P)b,ocate. PITTSBURGH, OCTOBER 11, 1856. TERM5...•111.50, in advance; or in Clubs, $1.28; or, delivered at residence!' of &airier'. beret 11.78• See Prospectus, on Third Page. RENEW A L S should be prompt; a little while before the year expires, that we may make full arrangements for a steady supply. THE RED WRAPPER indleatem that we desire a renewal. If, however, in the haste yr sailing, thin signal should be omitted, we hops our friends will still not forget us. REMITTANCES.—Send payment by safe bends, when convenient. Or, send by mall, enclosing with ordinary care, and troubling nobody with a knowledge of what you are doing• For a large amount, send a Draft, or large notes. For auger tvro papers, send Gold or small notes. TO MAKE CHANGE, Send postage idompeo or better rail, send for more papers; Amy as for Serenity 'numbers, or $1 for Thirtyethree numbinwe DIRECT an Letters and Communicationa to REV. DAVID RoKINNEV. Plitaburgh, Pa. BAPTISM.—The second number of "L. N. D.," on Baptism, arrived too late for this week. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. — We have received and forwarded ten dollars, sent by " A Lady" for the church in Illinois, whose request was presented August 16th. OAKLAND. COLLEGE, MISS.-Mr. David Hunt, a wealthy gentleman in the neighbor hood of this institution, has given it fifty thousand dollars. This handsome donation will enable a very important school to great ly increase its usefulness. Synod of Wheeling. The undersigned expects to be present a - short time, at the meeting of the Synod at Steubenville, Oct. 21st. All persons in debted to him for the Presbyterian Advocate, and who have recently received bills for the same, are requested to send the amount of their respective accounts to Synod, by the hand of their Pastor or Ruling Elder. Synods. ALLEGHENY.—The minutes of the re cent meeting are given in full. We adopt a small type, that there may be room for other matter. Omo.—This Synod is to meet at Zanes , vile, on the 16th inst., at 7 o'clock P. M. WHgELING.—The meeting of this Synod is to be held at Steubenville, on the 21st, fit 4 o'clock P. M. We expect to be at Zanesville, and at Steubenville, during a portion of their ses sions, and will be pleased to receive sub scriptions for the Banner and Advocate. Owing, however, to the meeting of the Synod of Pittsburgh occurring at the same time with that of Wheeling, we can remain at the latter for but a short period. Settlers Invited. Rev. 3. C. Hanna, in noting the settle ment of a minister in the church at Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., 111., says : "This church is in a beautiful portion of the country, about fifteen or twenty miles from Peoria ; it . is a small church, but having been organized but eighteen months, it has grown rapidly. This may properly be called a Presbyterian neighborhood, mostly from Ohio. Those - seeking homes in the West, would do well to look at Deer Creek. " There is also a large scope of country, in cluding several interesting points, such as Deer Creek, Delavan, Kappa, Clinton, and others, that ought' to be occupied by Pres byterians, as well as a vast country on the North-West of the Illinois river, which I cannot now describe. The former is on the South-East of the river, on or near the Railroads. Has not the Lord made this country to be occupied by Orthodox Chris tians? If so, let them come and take pos session of it." A Seminary for the North-West. The Presbyterian of the-West, of Oct. 2d, contains a long and excellent address, signed by Dr. McMaster, of the New Albany Sem inary, and sixteen others connected with that institution, to the churches embraced in the Synods of Cincinnati, Indiana, -Northern Indiana, Illinois, Chicago, Wis consin and lowa, urging concerted action toward the full organization, endowment and snstenation of a Theological Seminary, within their bounds, and for the supply of their wants. This is a measure which we earnestly advocated three years ago, and of which we still heartily approve. The time -for effective action was not then, and now it may not have fully arrived; but if not, it must be very near at hand. Those Synods now comprise very nearly the Ecclesiastical numbers of the whole General Assembly in . 1810, when measures were instituted for establishing the first Seminary in our Church —the Seminary at . Princeton—and they are increasing with vast rapidity. The address speaks of the Seminary at New Albany. This is in the district, but it is merely within the margin. It is also near to Danville. The signers, however, though strongly attached to New Albany, yet gen erously propose a change of location, if thought desirable, to accommodate the ex tensive district. They also suggest the ap pointment, by the Synods, of representatives, in the proportion of one minister and one elder to every fifteen ministers in each Synod, to meet in Chicago on the evening of the 6th of November next, empowered to adOpt such measures as may be deemed ne cessary te accomplish the objects The Lord grant wisdom to his servants, and prosperity to the cause. We would gladly receive the students from those Synods, at Allegheny, and afford them the best ministerial education, but more trained laborers are needed than we desire to see congregated in one school, and we approve, also of having a large pro portion of the ministry of a country educated within that country. However, therefore, the success of the measure may interfere with the growth of our local importance, we shall ye't rejoice in it as,contributive to:the far greater advancement of theprospetity of our Zion. The love we bear to God is the tesfof our Christian character. It is one of the first fruits of saving faith, and is of the Holy Spirit's production. " For love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love." The more we love God, the greater will be the delight he will take in us, and the more tenderly and affectionately will he deal with us. True love to God requires us to give him the chief place in our thoughts, and to devote our lives to his service. Everything else must become subordinate. Self must submit to God, and holiness must take the place of sin. Nothing can be substituted for the love we owe to God. But, how far do we come short of what is due from us ! The sanctuary of the soul is often rudely invaded; the pure flame is often adultera ted; devotion becomes cold; self, the world, and sin struggle for the mastery; and when they have secured a hold, the tender affections are wounded, the Holy Spirit is grieved, and withdraws his gracious pres ence. Then must follow that lukewarmness so hateful before God, and productive of most evil consequences. To the Laodicean Church it was said, "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; P would thou wert cold:or hot. So, then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth." The Lord chides his people for declension in love. To them, "Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown." Then we read the charge be brings against them : Thus saith the Lord, what iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?" And to this same state our Saviour refers as evi dence of approaching desolation, when he says, " Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." And the same charge is made against the Church of Ephesus: "I have somewhat against thee, because thou hest left thy first love." So that they who fail in love to God, forfeit all claim upon his favor. But again, believers have vowed undying attachment and devotion to the cause of W. ANNAN their Redeemer; they have united them selves to him, and cast in their lot with his people. The name of Christ is the highest that can be borne, and his service is the noblest employment in which mortals can engage. But he that does not strive to honor the name he bears, or advance the cause he has espoused, cannot expect the rewards of a faithful servant. The moment we think lightly of our profession as Chris tians, and of the obligations resting upon us, we weaken our strength, dishonor the banner under which we march, deny allegiance to him whom we profess to serve, and wound whatever feelings of attachment there may be to him in our own hearts. The soldier who would treat his sovereign and country thus, could not expect to be honored and re warded ; and he would soon lose even in his own self-respect. In like manner, the Chris tian who will not honor his Saviour in all things, and who does not count all things but loss for the excellency of his knowledge, cannot expect to be strengthened, cheered and encouraged, as if found faithful to his high calling. How can disciples grow in grace ? how can they be joyful in God, if they do not love his blessed • Word; if they do not love to draw nigh to him in prayer; if they do not love the preaching of the Word; if they 'will dare absent themselves from the sanctuary and prayer-meeting, on some frivilous .pretence; if they will not hunger and thirst after righteousness ? Rath it not been said, " Cursed is he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfally-r? _ And does he not do the work of the Lord de ceitfully who professes to serve the Lord and does it not? No doubt many bring leanness upon their own souls, dampen the ardor of their affec tions, cause the light of God's countenance to be withdrawn from them, and close heaven for the time against their cry, by the low estimate they set upon their profession, and•by. the unfaithful manner in which they dinhalge the duties of the Christian life. Not only do they injure themselves, but they also injure the whole Church with which they are connected; for if one mem ber suffers, all suffer; and they keep back the showers of mercy from all. Only Achan took the Babylonish garment and the wedge of gold, but all Israel were defeated in con sequence of his sin. Fidelity in God's ser vice flows from ardent love. First Associate Reformed Synod of the This body met in Newcastle, Pa., on the evening of Wednesday the 23d of. September. The Synod was opened with a sermon by the Rev. 3. M. Galloway, Moderator of the pre vious Synod. On Thursday evening a ser mon was preached by the Rev. Robert Gracey, of this city, on "The Work of the Spirit in Regeneration." On the succeed ing evening, the Rev. Wm. Findley, of Butler County, Pa., delivered a discourse on the duty of " Religious Fasting; " and on the next afternoon the Rev. Alexander Young, the new Professor in the Theological Semi nary at Oxford, Ohio, preached on "The Proper Qualifications for. the Lord's Sup per." During the sessions of the Synod, a lecture was delivered by the Rev. James C. Campbell, on the subject of Ministerial Edu cation. The Manchester church difficulty that has occupied so much attention at the meetings of Presbytery, and in the secular papers for some time, elicited a spirited discussion. The final result was a direction to the Pres bytery to install the Rev. J. C. Steele, as the best thing , that could be done for the peace and prosperity of that ehuroh, in View of all the circumstances. JEFFERSON COLLEGE.—Upwards of sixty new students have been matriculated, the present Session. The prospects of the Co! lege are highly favorable. Love West THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE. Home and Foreign. Record The October number of this monthly, ar rived just a little too late to be noticed in our issue of last week. It contains matters of interest to every ardent friend of our Church. DOMESTIC MISSIONS. OPERATIONS OF THE ROARD. From Horeb 18t to September Ist, 185 G. 1. RECRIPTS.—The amount received at the office in Philadelphia, wee about $31,000.00 And at the office in Louisville, 8,000.00 Making a total of about $39,000.00 2. APPROPRIATIONS.-At the office in Phila delphia, a little short of $29,000.00 And at the office in Louisville, about 16,700.00 Making a total of Dearly $45,700.00 8. APPOINTHENTS.—Tbe number of mission, (tries appointed by the Executive Committee at Philadelphia, was 100 And by the Committee at Louisville 110 Making the total No. of appointments 270 From this statement of six months' opera tions, it is manifest that the churches must exert themselves. The cry is for laborers. Laborers offer. Each one needs sustenance, while he works. Many places are, in the judgment of their Presbyteries, too poor to meet the expense, and are recommended for aid. The Board has made the appoint ments ; but whence shall come the means of compensation? The Lord's stewards—every man is a steward—havp the money. Let it be forthcoming. It will be speedily needed. Our Western churches appear to be very backward in giving. RECEIPTS in August ; at Philadelphia, $4,430 ; at Pittsburgh, $797; at Louisville, 1,347. EDUCATION. There seems to have been nothing of striking prominence to record, during ;the past month. On this subject, however, the interest of Christians should not be permit ted to flag. Without a ministry, nothing will flourish ; with this heavenly gift, great good will be accomplished. Let us have a ministry, numerous, well•taught and devoted to their Lord. Such a ministry must be gathered mainly from the ;working classes— from those who, if they give their time to study, need help toward bodily maintenance. Let the Church, in season, provide for her wants. The contributions, as reported, are very small—painfully so. RECEIPTS in August: at Philadelphia, $973; at Pittsburgh, $284 ; at Cincinnati, $B7. FOREIGN MISSIONS. We condense the Board's summary, as follows : INDIAN MISSIONS.—A letter from Mr. Guthrie mentions the organizatiom of a church at Little Traverse, with sixteen members, three of whom were received on a profession of their faith. The boarding-school at Grand Traverse had its full complement of pupils ' and was doing well. Mr. Irvin's letter from the lowa mission is mainly occupied with an account of the progress made in the erection of buildings for the Otoe mission. He hopes they will be ready for occu pation in the Autumn, but regrets that no mis sionary has as yet been engaged to occupy that station. Our Creek letter informs us that two persons had recently been received to the communion of the church at. Kowetah, and that two'or three others at Tulseytown, one of the out-stations connected with this mission, professed. to have experienced a change of heart, and expected to be received to the Church. Rev. J. R. Ramsay and Miss Eliza Lilley, both of the Seminole mission; were united in marriage on the 24th of June. • ' One of the teachers at Wapanucka makes the following encouraging remarks about the general deportment and the capacity for improvement evinced by the pupils of that institution: " Our girls, in general, are so kind and teachable, that I must say that many of my happiest hours have been spent in the school-room. They are fond of learning hymns and Se,ripture lessons. A class of the largest, girls in my school, by spending about fifteen minutes each morning, committed to mem ory forty-four Psalins (thirty-two in review and twelve in advance,) the entire Epistle ofJames (five chapters,) the-fifth and sixth chapters of Romans, besides hymns, and the week Catechism lessons. The younger ones made proportionate progress, and all study Scripture lessons who can read well enough. They make good progress at the same time in arithmetic, geography and grammar." Our latest letters from Spencer, represent Mr. Reid's health so poor, that he will not be able to continue the superintendence of that institution longer. INDlA.—Letters have been received to August 2d ; our native missionary at Futtehpore has been permitted to baptize four new converts. At iltynpurie the small pox and cholera had .been_ Nen , Drevaleut—anfLinasky_of the_natives. had been swept away by one or the ()flier of these diseases. Mr. Walsh writes from Futtegurh that the new church edifice would probably be completed in October. Nearly six thousand ru pees, or three thousand dollars, had already been given by friends in India for this purpose. Mr. Walsh was making preparations for a visit to this country with his family, on account of health, and the education of his children. Mr. Fullerton writes from Ayra, that Mr. Scott had had a severe attack of Asiatic cholera, which had brought him apparently. near the grave. At the date of the letter, he had been restored to his usual health. Our missionary work in this part of the world is making good and encoura ging progress. CalxA.—Our Chinese letters of latest date are from 'Canton, June 7th; Ringpo, May 22d; and Shanghai, May 31st. The letter from Ningpo mentions that a new place of preaching in that city, had been occupied by the brethren of the mission, where there was encouragement, both as to the numbers who attended, and the attention which they gave to preaching. CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA.---A letter has been received from Mr. Speer, dated Lahaina, July let, in which it is mentioned that his health is much improved, and he hopes to return to his family and his labors in San Francisco, early in October. AFEICA.—From Liberia we have letters as late as the 27th of June, and from Caries°, May 6th. At Corisco there had been some sickness in Mr. De Heer's family, but they were well again' at the date of our letter. Mr. and Mrs. Queen had re moved to their station at Ugovi, on the South side of the island, and were expecting soon to re open the school for boys. Mr. Erskine mentions that his church in Ken tucky, Liberia, is increasing in numbers, and he hopes also in knowledge and grace. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were both feeling the ef fects of the African climate, but their missionary labors had not been intermitted. There was much suffering in Liberia from a scarcity of food, owing in part to short' crops, and to the recent war in which they had been engaged with the natives at Sinou. SOUTH AMERICA. —Mr. L'Hombral continues his usual labors, but feels the need of a suitable place of worship. Mr. Pratt had arrived at Bogota, and com menced his labors. He expects, and no doubt will encounter, opposition from the Romanists. SAILING OF MIBSIONARIES.—The Rev. Robert McMullin, of the Presbytery of . Philadelphia, and his wife, sailed in the ship Vitula, from Bos ton, on the 11th of September, for Calcutta, on their way to the Furrukliabad Mission. PUBLICATION. COLPORTAGE is prosecuted with earnest ness. Several theological students were thus employed, on Lake Superior, durin g the last Summer. Our Boards should ever accompany the new settlers with all the means of Christian influence. Fifteen new laborers have been commissioned. NEW PUBLICATIONS.-In this depart ment we have the titles of five new Tracts added to the list. Bustin's in' August: Donations, $599; from sales, $2,776. CHURCH EXTENSION. The Committee are zealously engaged in their work, but it is exceedingly difficult to accomplish much with but little means. The churches which are blessed and full, seem to be wonderfully unaware of the wants and sufferings of their houseless brethren. Why is it ? RECEIPTS in August : at St. Louis, $lO , at Phila delphia, $l3l ; at Pittsburgh, $64; at Cincin nati, $32. Exemplary Beneficence and Christian Conduct. The late •Robert Hamilton, a native of Fayette County, Pa., but long a resident of Lawrence County, Ohio, and one of its most prominent iron men, who died at Hanging Rock, Ohio, on the 11th of Sep tember, made the following bequests : to the Presbyterian church of Hanging Rock, five thousand dollars, together with a house and lot for P arsonaoe • to the town of Hanging Rock, a school house; to the Ameri can Home iiissionary Sothety, five thousand dollars; to tee American Board of Commis! siouers for goreign Missions, five thousand dollars • to he American Bible Society, five thousand do,llars; to Lane Theological Semi nary, six thousand dollars; to Jefferson College, Pal five thousand dollars. Mr. Hamilton was the son of pions pa rents and endnently a religious man. But there is one feature of his character to which we wish' to call special attention in these days of Sabbath desecration, and when, so many attempts are made to apologize for the misuse , of sacred time. Is not the conduct of Mr. Hamilton worthy of imita tion, on the.part of many engaged in simi lar pursuits, among our,readers ? It is ,a fearful thing for any one to appropriate to his own use that which God claims for ,him self. The following notice, which we clip from the "IrOnton Register," fully sets forth the Christian integrity of Mr. Hamil ton in this matter, and the beneficial effects resulting from it. When he left home in early life, the parting counsel of his father was—" My son, beware of the tempter ; re member the Sabbath; honor God." This advice seems to have been never forgotten : "About the year 1828, he came to Law rence County, and became, a partner in building and. running Pine Grove Furnace. It is now probably fifteen years since he be came convinced that if iron is an article given by the Creator for the use of man, and necessary for his convenience and comfort, it could be made without trampling on one of the clear and express commands of God. As far as is known, the experiment of stop ping a furnace regularly on the Sabbath had never been tried on this continent,; or if it had been tried, it had failed. For years, the subject had occupied his mind, and weighed on his heart. When he obtained the entire' control of Pine Grove Furnace, strong in his convictions that iron could be made, and keep the Sabbath, he determined to put his convictions and plans, which had been years in ripening, into practice. If he succeeded, it would settle an important subject. If he failed, so that his furnace became entirely chilled, it might cost him many thousand dollars. "Apart from the difficulties inseparable from the experiment, which were to be over come,and his want of experience in stopping, there were great prejudices among his men and the furnace owners around him, against stopping on the Sabbath. But cordially seconded, and aided by &judicious ana faith ful manager, who never failed for two years to be present and superintend the weekly closing and opening of the furnace, difficulty after difficulty gave away, and obstacles were surmounted, until, the experiment was en tirely successful. Pine Grove, has never run on the Sabbath since, about twelve years. Thus Mr. Hamilton succeeded in clearly, and forever demonstrating, for the first time to the furnace owners of the country, and by a successful experiment, that iron could be made and keep the Sabbath day. And while all around him were heard on the Sabbath, the roar of the powerful blast and the puff of the driving steam, Pine Grove stood there alone, year after year, silent on the Sabbath; its people regularly assembling on that day to worship God; order, sobriety, and religion: groWing under liiiifeatering in fluence. His furnace stood alone for years, a silent and unanswerable argument and re proof to all its neighboring furnaces, that there was no necessity of breaking the Sab bath. In the course of five or 'sir years, one and then another began to approve and fall in with his example, and stop their fur naces on the Sabbath. Now there are twenty-six Sabbath-keeping furnaces in this vicinity, and no man of Christian principle thinks of running his furnace on the Sab bath." Death of Rev. Wm. Cox. We learn, from an elder in his congrega tion, that this beloved pastor fell asleep in Jesus on Tuesday, September 23d, at his residence in Piqua, .Miami County, Ohio, where he had been faithfully laboring in his Master's Vineyard; to the great satisfaction of all his congregation, for nearly eight years. A committee of his congregation (and his family) accompanied his - remains to , Lan caster (his former field of labor) where his mortal body was entombed, there to rest un til the great day of final accounts. An obituary notice is in progress, and will appear before the public ere long. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate Rev. Anderton B. Quay. This excellent minister departed this life in the town of Beaver, Pa., on the 22d of September, in the fifty-sixth year of his age. He was a native of Chester Co., Pa., where he was born OIL the 22d of May, 1801. Of his early history we are ignorant. His classical and scientific education was ac quired chiefly under the direction of the Rev. Dr. John F. Grier, of Reading. He studied Theology at Princeton, and was li censed by the Presbytery of New Castle. His first settlement was in the congregations of Monaghan and Petersburg within the bounds of the Presbytery of Carlisle. In these charges,' he labored successfully for a number of years. About the year 1840, he resigned his charge of them, for the purpose of prosecuting an agency for the Board of Education, in which he had been partially engaged before his resignation. During the progress of his agency, he visited the West, and having received a call to the church of Beaver, be accepted it, and after laboring there sumo two or three years, again entered upon the self-denying work of an agent, in the service of, the ,Board of Mission,s. • But, being Solicited by the church of Indiana, in the town of Indiana, Pa., to beComutheir pastor, he relinquished the agency, and accepted their call. In this church he made good proof of his ministry. Difficulties, however, having sprung up in the church, he felt it to be his duty, after some time, to resign. His large experience and skill as an agent recommended him, to the Pennsylvania Colonization Society, which sought and obtained his services. In this agency he continued until, disabled by the disease which terminated his life, be volun tarily tendered his resignation, which was accepted with many regrets. The managers of that Society evinced their high apprecia tion of his services, by strongly commenda tory resolutions placed upon their records. Mr. Quay was a man of respectable talents, and was a ready, fluent and earnest speaker. His sermons were highly practical and evan gelical. He was of a nervous temperament, which often exerted an unfavorable influence on his religious comfort, rendering it -less equable. But, while he had seasons of des pondency, in which he wrote bitter things against himself, those who knew him best, could not fail to discern, in the midst of this gloom, the deep Workings of religious prin- Mple clinging to the promises of the Gospel. He was honorable and steadfast in his friend- Ship. In the different .posts which he oc cupied, he approved himself faithful to his trust, and to the Master whom he served. And, although in the early part of his ill ness, he had occasional seasons of darkness, and of painful conflict, as death approached, his mind became calm and peaceful. He was enabled to rest upon the promises of his covenant-keeping God with sweet confidence, declaring that he knew that the Lord was with him and that he had no fears of death. One that was often with him near his last, remarked to the writer 7 that he never met With a person, who, on the confines of eter nity, conversed about his own departure with such'perfect composure, and comforta ble Christian hope. All his hopes were in Christ, and he rested with implicit confidence on his righteousness alone for salvation. His place in the church is now vacant. Who will offer himself to the Lord to add to the number of Christ's ministers ? "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few." E. Report of EL Childs,Treasurer of the Board of Foreign litisions, for September. Steubenville Presbytery. E. Springfield Congregation, $lB.OO Beaver Ridge 4, • 11.00 Island Creek 4 ‘ 20.00 --$44.00 Washington _Presbytery. Neiff Cumberland Congregation, 12.00 Washington Cong. Monthly Concert, 14.37 East Buffalo Congregation, 8.00 Ohio Preabytery Hopewell Congregation, Centre Church Male Benev. Soc., Behtel Congregation ($3O of which is to constitute W. Wilson, Jr., a Life Member,) Alle,qheny . City Presbytery. Manchester Congregation, 21:72 Bridgewater gs 30.00 Redstone Presbytery. Sewickley Congregation, Clarion, Presbytery. Fem. Miss'y Soo. Canonsburg Cong.,' 26.00 ‘ 4 . " Concord - , J. P. L. and T. Mee., $5 each, Three Ladies, $1 each, A. few friends of Foreign Missions of. Academia Congregation, The Pupils of the Select School at Callansburg, Presbytery Salem Congregation, Heio Lisbon Presbytery. Brookfield Congregation, 2.50 .k em. Mies'y Soc. Rehoboth Cong., 18.00 Erie Presbytpy Cool Spring Congregation, Fairfield ' " Georgetown " Franklin " • Miscellaneous. From Margaret and Jemima Kane, a legacy to Foreign Missions by the late Mrs. Margaret Kane, Box of clothing from Ladies of Canonsburg Congregation, for any of the most needy missions ; no estimate placed upon the .box;, the clothing is intended for the children in the schools. Box of clothing from Female Mis sionary Society of Rehoboth Con gregation New Lisbon Presbytery, valued at —ltepcirt' of - TREASURER OF TITE BOARDS OF DOMESTIC MIS SIONS, EDUCATION, dRURCII. EXTENSION, AND FUND FOR SUPERANNUATED MINISTERS AND THEIR FAMILfEE, `POR' SEPTEMBER, 1856. Kte, E;1:1 r - Bruen OP etersaufteu.' g r 0,, Ohio Presbytery. Central Church,* ' $21.75 Lawreneville " ad., - 2.60 Blairsville Presbytery. Racal Valley Church, 11.00 Glade Run " ' 15.00 New Alexandria " 'OO.OO Congruity . " 86.00 Salem "t , 50.00 Biaireville " 55.00 63.00 Ebenezer 25.00 Clarion. Presbytery. Licking Church, 24.00 Redstone Presbytery. George's Creek Church, 8.50 Tent " 21.00 SYNOD OF WHEELING, Washrnyten Presbytery. • Upper Buffalo Church, ad , , 26.00 1.00 Upper Ten Mile " 28.00 Washington " 117.85 HOokstown 7.00 New Lisbon Presbytery. • Bethel Church,.2 . 37.60 Brookfield cc 3.50 Liberty " 5.50 Steubenville Presbytery, Steubenville 2d Church, • 60.02 SYNOD OP AY.I.ZOKENY. Allegheny City Presbytery. Manchester Church,o 6.00 Bridgewater " ad., ' 7.00 Beaver Presbytery. Clarksville Church, - 15.50 21.00 Unity 4C 18.63 West Middlesex Church, - - 10.75 Little Beaver "if 10.00 15.83 North Sewickley " 5.00 Nesbarinock " 13:00 Beaver Falls " 31.00 Fislaski . a 5.00 lleghetty Presbytery. Centreville Ohurch,**, 14.63 18.40 Scrub Grass s' 9.00 Ebenezer - 6.00 Erie Presbytery. • ' Greenfield Church, . 6.00 .Evansburg Ch., (a Lady $3,) 8.00 Cool Spring 2.00 t23i:o $117.00 $85.13 548.75 *Female Missionary Society. tDonation of Wm. Sterling, Sr. tgor Presbyterian Church, Warsaw, Indiana. ?Ladies' Missionary Society, $23.50. [Balance to constitute John Downing, Esq., an Illinorary Female Missionary Society. * * *Female Missionary Society. J. D. WlLLlAAlS„ .. fireasurer, Presbyterian Booms, 45 St. Clair St. Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 30, 1.856 EcolesiasticaL Rev. JAMES M. SMITH, late of Allegheny Presbytery, was received into Ohio Pres , bytery on the 7th inst., and accepted calls to • the churches of North Branch and Bethlehem. His Post Office address is Industry, Pa. Rev. J.I4.LsoN has resigned the charge of the, chureh at Jefferson, Ind., and ac cepted an invitation to tie churches of Scotch Grove and Cascade. His Post Office address is Cascade lowa. Rev. THOMAS P. GORDON, of the Presby tery of. Steubenville, has accepted an in vitation 'to supply,. statecily, the Sixth church in Pittsburgh. From our London Correspondent. Unholy Allianie against Evangelism—Rome and Oxford—Parties in the English Universities - Papists and Radicals in Parliament—Broad Churchmen—Slander on Evangelicals—Conybeare rebuked by kV Neil—Sir Benjamin Hall—Ultra Dissenters—The " Controversy" again, and the Negative Theology—Suppression of open-air Preaching—Tokens for Good—Wesleyan Method ism—The Conference—Politics—Russian Super stition and the Czar—Postscript. LONDON ' September 16, 1856. The union of forces against that Evan gelism, which is the life-blood of true re ligion all the world over, never was more manifest than at the present time. Let, me furnish one or two illustrations of this position. First of all, we have the thinly disguised alliance between Romanism and Tractarianism, the latter publishing and circulating works of " devotion," the pro duction of "saints," whose sanctity after all is of that doubtful quality which justifies the end by the means; and which, while one hour lifting its eyes to heaven, (in Virgin worship, or through Holy Mary's interces sion,) the next, is breathing forth threat enings and slaughters against those "saints ,7 of the primitive model, whom Rome has always regarded with instinctive hatred and horror, and has always, (when in her power,) persecuted to the death. In addition to this, the abuse of the Evangelical press and ministry in the Trac tarian journals the writing up the priest hood of the clergy, as' well as of Semi- Popish Scottish Episcopacy ; and the writing down of Bible circulation, tract distribu tion, and of the right of private judgment in matters of faith; all sufficiently indicate that Tractarianism, ' (in some cases unwit tingly,) is the fast ally of Romanism, and in E ngland far the most dangerous in its influence. I can well believe that Wise man's satisfaction—so strongly expressed when the " Tracts for the Times" were for some time published, and a new party in the ' Church was fairly formed—is not a whit less now, even though, (with one ex ception' the other day,) the tide of "per. verta" is checked, and the "traitors" re main .to do Rome's work far more - effectually within the bosom of the Church of,England. Again, one sees this united dislike and opposition to Evangelism, in the spirit which prevails in the English' Universities. Both at Oxford and Cambridge, the old doctrines of the Reformation are held; bat it is only by a minority whom the High Church students, who almost worship Doctor Pusey as the model of a, saint, the mere scientific fellows and students, who, if they have any definite religious views at all, are, (as seemed to me when I visited Cambridge this Sam mer,) somewhat Pelagian in their sentiments —at allevents Arminian and Anti-Calvinistic —these, together with the Semi-Rationalistic party, who adopt Professor Jewett's views, or lean to Maurice's theology,'are all ready to ran down with "full cry," Evangelism as a common victim. 34.87 10.00 26.25 40.00 6.25 But one cannot help seeing the same animus in the views and votes taken and given in Par liament in reference to Maynooth and the Sabbath question ; the former uniting in con federacy D'lsraeli and other professed Con• servatives, (to say nothing of " Old Whigs,") and the &charts, Selm-Inftdels and Lati tudinarians, who have got into the House- 7 men of the Bright and Roebuck stamp, who are great in their hatred of political abuses, but who shrink from the " Puritans " and " Sabbatarians " with disgust. 51.72 20.00 11.50 10.00 3.00 2.56 _ . But "Broad Churchmen" also indicate that they form-a party of this motley host of foes. For - example the Record news ! paper, (which is not taultless, and which sometimes dealsin personalities and insinua tions, of which last was one the other day, that the North British Review was a Free Church organ, and this in reference to a dangerous article therein on Bible Inspira tion, of which more anon,) the organ of the Evangelical clergy of the English Church is not only the object of the ridicule of Punch and his scoffing fraternity, but in itself and its representative men, it is especially disliked by " Broad Churchnien." Thus, Mr. Conybeare, a clergyman, wrote an article which was first published three years ago in the Edinburgh Review, and afterwards printed separately, entitled " Par ties in the Church," represented Dr. Mc- Neil, of Liverpool, not only as a leader of "the extreme section of the. Evangelical party," bat also as teaching in such a way as to subvert morality by teaching its "worthlessness," although " conscience " has kept the party from the legitimate con sequences of their principles ! This is , as old a charge against the doctrines of grace, we all know, as Paul's time ; and we see in it another proof of that hatred to the good old way, which so clearly indicates that "perilous times" have "come." Mr. Conybeare has lately published another edi tion of his articles, and this without correc tion of the erroneous statement of which Dr. M'Neil complained at the time A . .. second remonstrance having been made in vain, Dr. M'Neil hail administered a right eous and dignified rebuke, and has justly branded his opponent as a slanderer. But in the same category of foes to Evan gelism comes out the strange union of Sir Benjamin Hall and the patrons of Sunday bands, and of Ultra-Democratic Dissenters, such as the editor of the Nonconformist, and others of the new "Liberal" and " Rivulet" School, to whom I adverted some time ago. Mr. Miall, M. P., when the Sunday band question was in agitation, early this year, wrote very mystically and philosophically (as he seemed to think,) against any legislation for putting down the bands, and all this to the scandal of the Patriot and British Banner, which stand up for the old doctrines, and the old wayz, as believed and walked in by the Evangelical Dissenters ever since the days of Owen and Howe. And, inasmuch as "the, preaching of the Cross " in the plain, Scriptural, direct way, in which the old Di vines and the Reformers preached it, is, fear, now by a goodly numberof young .Dis senting Divines and students, coming to be regarded as rather vulgar and common place; and not at all the thing suited either to cultivate or display intellectual develop ment and power—why, the NOnconformist et hoc genus omne are very elegantly fierce on Dr. Campbell, of the British Banner, and Mr. Grant, of the Morning Advertiser, for their critiques on the theology, of the Rivulet, going so far in the amenities of controversy as to give geutle hints that they are nothing better than " blood-hounds." Mr. Lynch is a "runaway' slave," and free from the old orthodox bonds; and the con duct of these parties is "the attempting to recover a runaway slave by the employment of the bleed hound." Further, Mr. Miall describes them thus : 5.00 58.06 18.08 15.50 6.00 16.09 20.91 22.00 04.00 10.00 53.64 "They are well-meaning nurses" who, by their "fussy ways," "alternately amuse and chafe." They "insist upon treating the runaways as helpless ; " they " put in force a. host,of absurd and superstitious old wives' precautions ; they worry all that come near them witliAheir fears; they have a selt-confidence whichileads them to imagine that they are themselves; providentially appointed for the defence of , orthodoxy ; they have minds to whom words sae More important than ideas; " "they drone • orth the praises of orthodoxy in a minor .key upon the bagpipes;" they "ferociously denotmee all more practical, more Inimical, and more etherial modes of cele brating its charms•• " they " stare at the hetero dos ae a monster; " or "paNs him on the oft( side of the way as a leper ;" or "put him it,. the pillory as a vagabond ; " they 4 , h an dl e sitive conscientiousness with corny fingers tn. smite reputation with a sledge-hammer ; " Our surround orthodoxy by "an atmosphere of ca t :- and brag, - unctions professions and boisterou s bombast, the iterations of dogmatism, the 1.;•:(f, ; _ siness of pretence, the self-glorifications, of Pin, rasaic impudence; " they " drive men of refic.:•,l tastes, by the annoyances of ignorant zealotry, 1, the very verge of blank infidelity." This refine,; class "intolerance first assails and ultimately disgusts ; " their " coarse vituperation and !nu:: anathemas break in upon its meditations, ato ruffle the surface of the lake." &c., /to. This is called the language of rernon. strance and humble complaint ! Dr. Camp. bell, in his Banner, has reiterated hi. charges against Mr. Lynch, of the Rivithr, and gives specimen papers, written by tte latter, of which we take the following : GOD AND DEvri..—We cannot wonder at this greatly wrong yet powerful contrast of God tool Devil, as two ever-striving, nigh co-equal purr= of good and evil, that has risen from the per plexed thought and imagining of the world. God who does only good, and all the good he Ca —Le. Devil who does only evil, that mightily, and sometimes with the advantage.—Atem. P. 149. DEFINITION OF . CHRIST.—The man is more thin his thoughts, yet his thoughts show him, and they are he—a most true constituent of him. Se is God more than his thoughts, yet Christ the ut tered and acted thought of God, shows him—nay, himself Divine.—Lecb P. 33. DOCTRINE ABOUT CHRIST.—And whilst you can not accept all Mat men offer you as doctrine e/cet Christ, or know all, that you desire to know about those doctrines that you do accept, yon may be very sure that he entered the sea of sorrows and prevailed to pass through, for mighty ends of (le. liverance. And as independently of the puzzliti varieties of question about Truth, the Bible is a power over a man for inward and daily righteous ness ; so, independently of doctrinal completeness of thought about Christ; his courage and con stancy of love even unto death, and his resurrec tion from the grave, are not these God's comfort and covenant to the believing heart? Christ is the method and the sign of God, his sign of hope, his method of leading on to hope's fruition. God's sign—death could not hold him ; shall it hold whom be willdoose ?—Lect. P. 42. HOLY Powna OF THE WoßLD.—Reading of our• self in one like ourself, as we become more truly human the world becomes to us more truly divine. But divine in itself it ever is—and much Divine inS, ewe it ever has WHETHER CHRIST BE KNOWN OR NOT nsovvw. The love of Nature is a help to holiness. —Mem. P. 28. On these, with special reference to the first, Dr. Campbell observes : I hope, however, that the time instill far, fgr distant when we hall have the Old Serpent in our pulpits elevated to a level with the Leith GOD ALMIGHTY, and sometimes victorious oTer him! I hope that far distant also, is the ti_: when the Son of God, and the Saviour of the world; with his work and Spirit,-shall be talkei of after the foregoing manner! To fill the lat.: with such,a Theology would be, first, to beelouL and, at last, to extinguish the Gospel Salvatirt: Whatever an undevout or an ignorant apathy ruly say to the contrary, this is a question of life o; death to the Ghurcbes ! It may be that Dr. Campbell and 31r. Grant have been too severe ; but the ques tion suggests itself, " Is there not a causer I believe that the controversy will be over ruled for good; that the people -will be put on their guard, theological professors made more definite and dogmatic (in the right sense of the word, in their teachings,) and that if there be "traitors in the camp" they will be unmasked in the end. To return, however, to the Sabbath and its opponents. Some of our Dissention friends do not at all admire the word " bath;" they think it c 4 Scotch," and prefer the "Lord's day!! This seems a small mar ter; but it means more than it appears, as.: really involves the perpetual obligation th,e 'Fourth Commandment, which is so generally admitted as you would cape:. although it involves the very vitals of tie question. lam bound, however, to state that the Puritan view of the matter has re ceived a mighty advance in England since my acquaintance with it; and that prize essays and valuable papers, by eminent writers, have helped much to imbed in the English Evangelical mind; the creation origin of the Sabbath, and its standing obligati —invested with the fresh sanctions of a Saviour's resurrection—as a law which matt may not tamper with. Practically, this Summer, the battle has been fought and won, by the defeat of the Government r posal of establishing, under national sanction, public bands on the Sabbath, in the Metro politan Park. And if private bands, paid for by .subscriptions, have both in Regent: , and Victoria Parks been maintained, yet, each Lord's day, a noble, practical protesthas, it the latter park, (whither the East End popu lation resort in such multitudes,) been heft , up by the constant and public preaching of the " Word!' ''But the infidels claimed the right to.declaim, as well as others; and hetna mightily incensed at exposure and eppo: - tion, and anxious to get rid of these zealot- Christian teachers of the masses, they either set up some of their apostles to spout real " blasphemy," or sent in a report of certain "blasphemies" haying been spoken et: Sundays, to . Sir Benjamin Hall, who, in hi pious horror, resolved at once to put don all public speakers in the park, and issued an edict accordingly. Be was but too glad to show his hatred to the Evangelicals is this fashion, smarting, as he was, under de feat; and now it remains that he shall le taught, and the Government also, Roc thus wickedly to interfere with our religion: liberty, nor with that open-air preaching to which alone the masses will listen, (and they deserted the bands to listen to it !) aid which has for its Grand Author the Savient of men. The Record writes thus faithfully: SUNDAY MUSIC vs. PREACIUNG.—ITICTOF“' PARK.—The Record, of Monday, contains the lowing remarks on this subject; "The last edict of Sir Benjamin Hall, spare the trouble of distinguishing right from wrong. liberty from license, use from abuse, and eat' cLz knot of an imaginary difficulty by involving t; 111 , au indiscriminate prohibition. The preacher= PI the Gospel were yesterday excluded from tie park; no twenty or thirty, no two or three peacea ble, citizens might gather. in a little knot to anexposition of the Word of Life. .The ries of Infidelity were also professedly shut out: their existence had,-indeed, been made th e pre text fer silencing the advocates of' truth. let this was not 'altogether so. One pulpit stood erect for the demoralization of a vast assemhL by proclaimin g open defiance to the fourth law of the Decalogue ; we mean the - Music platten:• raised at the public cost, but occupied by the II • vats Sunday band. Beneath this a promiscuoie company stood, sat, lounged, smoked, or s lept : The intervals between. the tunes were accept?: by conversations and=discussions, affording abun dant opportunity for the dissemination of the la fidelity and blasphemy' on which so much stress is laid. -Men hawking programmes of the music, one .pemay each, plied a busy trade; a nd the refreshment house, which, like the muiile platform, is public property,' was openly tribu tary bite attractions of this private band." It is refreshing after this somewhat gjoomy account of the union of fore , against the truth, to turn to the brighter side of the picture. I need not say that I am not an admirer of Wesleyan Methodism , either in its Arminian theology or in its hybrid Presbyterianism, making the clergy' the sole depositories of ecclesiastical power , denying to the people a voice in elturc 4 Courts by representative elders, chosen from, amongst themselves, and also the right ar choosing their own pastors. But yet Ido like Wesleyanism for its warmth and fervor: and also in theSe days, for its continued aw herence and bold testimony to the grand doctrines of ,Christ's substitution, and atone- Meat, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit. On these points, as well as on the absolute
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