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Love visitA the heart an essence Divine, 1 and pure, unsullied by time; fountain, exhaustless, abundant and free, lence lbws out forever to me. fount do the angels with ecstasy drink, c their bright wings by its hallowed c in its waters, entranced to behold, rror-like surface, Divinity's mould. als, tam, when its bliss they do taste, roue of their God do joyfully haste, at his feet their offerings so glad, g to the praise of the Almighty God fills the soul with a rapturous fire, timuo toward heaven burns higher and ;s by the glare of a true brilliant light, brightest sphere, a glorious sight. angels cluster around the bright throne, in the glance of heaven's Holy One; ['lads join In the seraphic song, praise of the Father forever prolong. two is love, as in Tesus it shone, '4)untain-bend is Immanuel's throne; :eau of bliss to the soul that's redeemed, , ms it bath none to the soul that's thee, oh, haste to the foot of the oross, from thee, sinner, the burden of.dross; our still loves thee, implores thee to Al with him there, is that heavenly home. ;rsrillt, 185(3. R. For the Ptesby tartan Banner and Advocate. Baptism--No. 2. position ;Assumed by our Baptist hreth i already noticed, is, that the .word always signifies to immerse; that the id to baptize is a command to ins and that those, therefore, who are not ied, are living in open disobedience to 6hority of Christ. We have proposed ;here bold assertions, by a test equally le to all, whether learned or unlearned; Bible usage. In the prosecution of .n we have already produced a passage th the word cannot possibly signify ie. In the present number, I shall few more of the same kind : BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST. 1. Cor. xii : 13, the Apostle Paul, in of the unity of the Church, says : ,e Spirit ye are all baptized into one Does he mean to say, "ye are all 'd into one body ?" By no means. is, that by-the gracious influences. Holy Spirit, set forth in water•bap- Christians of Corinth had become ;o Christ and to one another, as the are united to the body. The idea -sion is excluded. To speak of the members of Christ as immersed body, is just as absurd as to speak of and legs as immersed into a human So the same Apostle says, " Know that so many of us as were baptized ius Christ were baptized into his —Rom. vi :3. What will the Bap le Union make of this passage in fthemning version ? Will they yen render it thus : " So many of us as unused into Jesus Christ, were im into his death 7" If so, they will elate common sense. And yet they ly avoid that alternative, for they the word baptize always means to .1. Hence, also, they must make the Saviour himself address his disciples language as the following : "Ire immersed with the immersion that ,wersed with."—Matt. xx : 23. here, perhaps, our opponents will Do you, then, say that .the word to sprinkle, and, that it Should be %ten in the above quoted passages?" no. We have never asserted, nor libent on us to prove, that the ,rd laytizo always means to sprin believe that the rendering of the our common version is correct, 'and alteration. The sole question now is, whether the word baptize al ms to dip or immerse. The Bap the affirmative, and we the nega is question. SM PRACTICED BEFORE:EATING. ,ier evidence that the word baptizo always signify to immerse, we refer era to Luke xi : 37, 38, where, we that a Pharisee who bad invited i dine with him, "marveled that he first washed before dinner." -Here. ' washed is in the Greek original the first Aorist Indicative Passive 'b baptizo, to baptize. So, then, see is here said to marvel that ' 'not been, baptized before dinner. wonder that Jesus had not been before eating ? Our "Baptist at take the affirmative of this They are compelled to adopt tbe .opposition that the Pharisees -..1 themselves before taking alid that this custom was so in our 9 :aviour's time that a person ..not cont mu to it, excited wonder singularity They are obliged to that every J o w , in town and country, id the long thoughts of Summer, Jnient pools or limning streams dwelling, in whirl he and his fam dip themselves befor e eating l To irate extremities are they reduced position, that baptizo means to , and nothing but immerse. now, let us test the matter 1- )y the . What kind of "washieg" w as by the Jews before wilting, add did Irse themselves? What 'Sfiyi`the •ecord ? In the second chapter of have an account of a wedclipg of the provision made for the cus unification before eating. We are' "there were set there six water done, after the manner of purifying rews, containing two or three firkins Now, according to the most intiquarians, the firkin did not con ) than seven gallons and a half,' and see at once that none but mere pig ild manage to dip themselves - in is of so moderate a capacity. ;here is another passage absolutely on this subject. Says the Eau- gelist Mark, "For the Pharisees and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders."— Chap. vii, verse 3. Thus it appears that there was no immersion in the case. There was simply a washing of the hands in com pliance with tradition; and that,.as is well known, was done among the Jews by pour ing water upon them. This ceremonial wetting •of the hands is spoken of by the sacred writer as a baptizing of the person. And as the Saviour did not comply with this tradition, the Pharisee is said to have marvt led that Jesus had not been bap tized before dinner." If, then, the wetting of so small a portion of the body as the hands, is a baptism in the Scripture sense of the word, the slight application of water to the face may equally be• regarded as Scriptural baptism. THE .BAPTISM ON • TEEE RETURN FROM MARKET In Mark vii : 4, we.. have another speci men of the Scriptaral sense of the G-reek word baptizo : " And when they (the Pha risees and all the Jews) come from the Mar ket, except they wasti, they eat not." Here the word wash is in the original Greek baptisontai, from the verb baptizo to bap tize! Being found in the first Aorist sub junctive; middle, the verb"-possesses a, reflec tive signification, so that the' strict grammat ical meaning of the, passage is, " except they baptize themselves, they eat not." We have already seen that this baptizing of the person was done by pouring a little water on the hands. THE BAPTISM OF TABLE-COUCHES In the latter clause of the verse last quoted,, we are informed that " many other things there be, which they (the Jews) have received to hold, as the washing of cups and pots, brazen vessels and tables." Here, again, the original word translated washing is baptismous, baptisms. The, word, ren dered tables is klinai, which, as all admit, denotes the couches on whiCh the Jews re clined at their meals. The beds on which they slept, were indeed small and light, and easily carried about. But these table couches consisted of a large frame of wood covered with mats or cushions, made as high as their tables, and of sufficient size to ad mit three persons to recline on them at full length. Here, then we, have the baptism of /able-couches, and the question is, How was it performed? As it was merely tradi tional, the mode of it cannot he determined by the Mosaic law. But can any one sup pose that every Jew, in Summer and Win ter, in conformity to tradition, was obliged to take these heavy articles of furniture to a pool or river, quite distant from his dwell ing, perhaps, and plunge them under water? The idea is perfectly ridiculous. This bap tizing of tables was done simply with a wet cloth or sponge filled with water, and we see again, that the.word baptism, as used by St. Mark, does not mean au immersion. ODBAST'S BLOODY BAPTISM In allusion to his last sufferings, our blessed Saviour said to his disciples, ".I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished." —Luke all : 50. This language applies with great force to his agony in the garden, when " his sweat was asit were great drops of blood-;" as also to the dreadful wounds in flicted on' bim by the scourge, the nails and the spear, by which his body was all stained with blood. Here none but the wildest imagination can discover anything like immersion. I may add that the Chris tians of early times were accustomed to speak of the martyrs as "baptized with their own blood." Tertull. de Bapt., cap. 10. They certainly did not mean immersed in their own blood. DIVERS BAPTISMS In Heb. ix : 10, the sacred writer, speak ing of the ceremonial law, says : " 'Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings and carnal ordinances." Here, also, the word washings is, in the Greek original, Lapti.gmois, baptisms. And here let me call attention to three things, each of which is decisive of the meaning of the word in this connexion : Ist. The inspired writer uses the word baptisms to express all the various modes of purification required by the law of Moses, among which were many sprinklings. 2dly. In no case, what ever, did that - law require a total immersion of the person;`the most complete washings required no more than an application of water to the whole body. 3dly. The very first example of these "divers baptisms" adduced by the sacred writer, is sprinkling. " For," says, he, " if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprink ling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ," &a.; verses 13 and 14. So plain is 46 7 -That---acctrnitag — Cri- the — writer' - uf aria Epistle, sprinkling is baptism. NOAH SAVED BY WATER Our Baptist friends-lay great stress on the salvation of Noah and his family by water. 1. Pet. iii : 20, 21,. " Eight souls- were saved by water. The like figure whereunto even baptism Both ,also now save :us." The Apostle's idea is this : as Noah was saved from destruction by the water which bore up the ark on its bosom, so now the thing signified by the application of water in bap tism saves us from eternal perdition. But Noah was note immersed. He rode secure above the raging flood. He was also shel tered from the descending rains; Where, then, do we find any example of immersion? Nowhere, except in the destruction of the unbelieving world, who were plunged be neath the waves. THE BAPTISM IN THE CLOUD AND IN THE SEA We are told, in 1. Cor. x : 1,2, that the Israelities " were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea." But how were they baptized ? By immersion ? Did Paul mean to say that they were dipped or plunged into the sea ? Assuredly not; for ~Muses informs us that they "went into the t y.-- idht of the sea upon the dry ground. Brod- xiv 22. Pharaoh's ungodly host were indeed immersed with a vengeance ; but they were not baptized. " And the waters returned and covered the chariots an d the hcrsemen, and all the host of Phargola." — tx. xiv: 28. • Some light is thNF.P, upon the baptism of the Israel ites by Asaph's sublime and' beautiful de scription ,of the passage of the Red Sea : " The waters saw thee, 0 God ; the waters saw :thee;:they ;'were afraid ; the depths also were troubled The clouds poured out 'I; ; 1 1 1 ;I \,. I 1 ti , 11 , Jr 1, 11' 1, FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1856. water."—Ps. lxxvii : 15-20. It seems then, that they were sprinkled or perfused with rain from the cloud, and with tne spray of the sea foaming around them. How do our Baptist friends make ont an immersion here ? Will they say that the Israelites were plunged into the hea ? No; but they say that there was: a wall of water on each side of them, and a cloud above, before and behind them; and thus were bap tized without a drop touching them I Are they not sensible of the absolute ridiculous ness of the conceit ! Will they say that a man can be truly baptized by walking be tween two hogsheads of water in, a cloudy day ? Besides, if they will read the history of the transaction, they will find that the cloud was not before,, but behind the Israel ites, to screen them from their pursuers. I shall merely add, that admitting as the ,Baptists do, that this baptism was a type of Christian baptism, they ought, by no means, to refuse that ordinance to little children, since the-Israelites-were. 4 all baptized," -in fants as well as adults. L. N. D. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. What are you doing for your Sabbath Schools ? For many years my mind- has-been pon dering, the importance - of the Sabbath School enterprise to our Church. Our Beard of Publication is deing something to supply suitable books for children, and have a goodly number ready for service; but com pared with the wants of the. Church,ull that has been done is but as a drop in the bucket. The. Sunday School Fi'sitor, published by the Board, though'a very good paper, is yet not so interesting and attractive as it might be, either in matter or artistic embellishment. The editor no doubt expends much thought and care upon it, and is worthy of thanks for his effort; but still the whole might, doubt less, be improved. But the question has often arisen with me, are the various and highly gifted pastors of our churches doing what they can in this department of labor? Do our writers devote their talents to Sabbath School aliterature ? Do :they, en courage the schools of their own churches? —visiting them frequently; addressing the children; strengthening the hands of super intendents and teachers; urging the parents and other members of the Church to sustain -those engaged -in this work ? Do they urge -the formation of Sabbath Schools in neg lected and destitute sections of cities, and in all the school districts within the circle of country congregations? Many influences are at work to turn away the minds of chil dren and young people from the truth;'how can these be counteracted unless pastors, pa rents and Christians labor to instruct andan terest them in things true and good I A pastor who shows an interest in the &Myr School cause in his'own Church, will awaken, not only the congregation is a whole to act with him, but will attach the children to him, and gain a hold upon the affec tions of a • large corps of young people en gaged 'in teaching. Not only so, but will-often open the way, for him •to carry the Gospel to families who had neglected the •sanctuary al ; most entirely. Each church. might have a number of school's. City churches ought to have mission Sabbath Schools. It can . be done where the effort is honestly and ear -1 neatly made. Bat the pastor must move promptly and watchfully in the matter. The Minutes of our General Assembly { give us ground 'of rejoicing, and yet of .hu miliation on this subject. As reported there, we have an aggregate of children and young '• people under the influence of our Church, of one hundred and two thousand five hue ' dred and forty-four. This is cheering; but if we look a little further we shall find much, for which, to be sad. For instance, , many churches and Presbyteries have made 'no report at all on this subject. Have they no Sunday Sohools, no Bible classes even ? The church in Princeton, New Jersey ; the , First and Second churches in Albany; the First and Second, Charleston, South Caro , lina, the- First and Second churches of - Louisville, Kentucky. Some whole Presby teries,, moreover, have given no evidence that they feel any interest in the training of the young. Why is it so ? Do those pas tors dO nothing for the children under their charge? Or are ,there no children and young people in the whole Presbytery of Louisville, Charleston, or Flint River, or are there but two hundred and seventy-five in the whole Presbytery.of Albany ? Why, then, the blanks in the statistical' columns opposite these Presbyteries ? We are disposed to be charitable, and, ascribe the blank to forgetfulness or inadvertence, not to any real - want of interest; but yet it is sad _to_aee sonarts_hlankt3.___lf the ageregate_re ported be so large, .how much larger it would have been, if every report had been 'full? , Instead of one hundred thousand, might, there not be two or more hundred thousand under the pious, wise, conservative training ,of the Presbyterian'Church ? The largest number reported in any one church, is eight hundred by the 10th church, Philadelphia. The nextlargest is six hundred by the church of Tuscarora, Presbytery of - Huntingdon.. f . The largest number in any Presbytery is. I that of New York, four thousand one hun ' dred and sixty-four. The next largest is Philadelphia, three thousand three hundred and four. The next, New Brunswick, three thousand three hundred and sixtyfve. The next, Waahington, three thousand two bun ) dred and thitiwo. The next, Newcastle, three thousandwe hundred and eighteen. The smallest is ttarnanny, nineteen. This is the report of but a single church in that ; Presbytery; and what is still more, sur prising, there is.:-- - a . membership , re ported of three hundred and forty-nine I. Are there no Sabbath Schools in a church of that size 7 'We give the pastor credit who reports even nineteen children and youth under, his direct charge, and- hope that by next year he will -be able to show a much larger number. Arethose Presbyteries and churches that have reported the largest •numbers, doing all that might or ought to be done ? Are four thousand one -hundred and sixty-four or three thousand three 'hundred- and eighty four all that the churches of the Presbyte ries of New Yprk and, Philadelphia can do? It is worthy :of serious inquiry; and T. would Imp" that hereafter we shall have a far *eaterand More Special .attention to Bab- bath Schools, in every church, and by every Session. I have sometimes thought, we ought to have a separate Committee for Sabbath Schools; or at least a Secretary whose busi ness should be to attend to th&Sabbath School interests of the Presbyt l erian Church. Would it not be well for 'Mir Presbyteries and Synods to take action; On the subject, and bring the matter before,the General As sembly ? We must provide Sabbath School instruction for the children. of this country' or we shall suffer, for our, neglect, as Church: We`Must so train.' a the infant Her cules, that when he arrives' at maturity, the strength of his marthooctwillbe exerted not against us, but for us. Let me then ask each pastor, and each Session; what are you deingfor your Sab bath School ? D. . _ For the Presbyterian Bane nd > q • Temporal Advaltages. If this world were our aerlasting home, and property our chief gool, advantages for its accumulation mightovitlpropriety deter mine the place of our abOde. But as we are strangers and pilgrims here, and as holi ness is the great end to beli3'ought, temporal advantages should, it would seem., weigh lightly .in comparison with spiritual ones. And yet it is sad to see to, what an extent temporal advantages influence Christians in choosing their place of reaidence and man ner of life. This yielding to the influence of tempo _ral advantages, is no new•th 4 g under the sun. Examples of it occurred t ousands of years. ago. Lot chose the place o his abode in omi t sequnce of the temporal advantages'offered. He chose the well-wateredplains of Sodom. He thought only of temporal advantages. .1-le, did not consider whatimight he the in fluence of his neighbors oa c his spiritual pros perity. What were the obiasequences of his .1., Course ?. In the first place we are - informed-that his righteous soul was vexed with the filthy con versation of the wicked..ir It is always pain ful to a Christian to witness sin. It is pain ful to hear profanity arid impurity. If du ty calls us to a place whefe"we are compelled 1 -to hear it, we can bear it *but it is unpleas ant and injurious. Certainly, the.voluntary subjection of our ears toeuch conversation is. injurious.. It must so4l our minds, and 'awaken unwelcome trains of thought. Lot chose his position, and that brought him within hearing of the eStiversation of the wicked. #-f Again, Again, Lot's dwellipgiwas consumed in the destruction of Sodom The lives of the family were saved; it is i true, but his house and its contents were consumed. This was an inconvenience and a. lossOand was occasion ed by his worldly c,hoice.i. ~ Another consequence was the loss of his wife. ller heart wiiS4Xthe pity,:or ,the in spirit of obedience was not'iniffiCientlystroner tP . That this was owing to , her'residence in So dom is highly probable. Tile spirit of faith and obedience declines when we associate fa miliarly with the wicked. She looked back in disobedience to the Divine command, and became amomiment of the Divine judgment. Again; loss of character was another con sequence of Lot's residence in Sodom. The transgressionsin which his daughters play so diagraceful a part, would not have taken place, but for his choice of the well-watered plains.' Wre >have only glanced at.sotne of the most disastrous consequences Ao Lot, of his choice of residence, on account-of temporal advan tages. We have seen enough to show how dangerous is the practice. Let those, then, who are preparing to se lect 'a place of residence, beware lest they give undue preference to 'temporal advant ages. In the choice of a residence, as well as -in everything else, they should seek first the kingdom of God and his righteous ness. That will secure both temporal and spiritual prosperity, for Christ has declared, " all these things shall be added unto you." C.. C. For the Preetryterian Banner and Advocate Excellent Thoughts. First. " The princely-minded Sutton, founder of Charter-houses, used often to re pair to a private garden, where he poured forth his prayers to God : "Lord, thou hast given me a large and liberal estate; give me also 'a heart •to 'make use thereof" Secclncl. John Mason, a courtier, who flourished in the reins of Henry VIII Edward VI., Queen Mary, and Queen Eliza beth, said on his death-bed, to those about him : "I have lived to see four sovereigns, and have been privy councilor to each of them. I have seen the most remarkable things in forei g n parts, and, have been :present at inosttate_=transactions for thirty years together, and I. h6e learned. this; after." ;so many years' experience,-titeitz leniousnesS is the greatest wisdom, temperance the bek physic, and, a good conscience the best estate. All things else forsake me besides my God, my duty,' and my prayers." Third, - The celebrated Whitfield, in . passing through New Jersey, once dined, among other Divines, with the. noted Mr. Tennent. After dinner, Whitfield adverted to his varied difficulties and labors, and ex pressed his consolation that in a. short time his work would be done, when he should depart and be with Christ. Havingfirst addressed the others, he turned to Mr. Ten nent, and said, " Well, brother Tennent, you' are the oldest man among us. Do you not rejoice, to think that your time is so oear at hand, when you will be called home ?" Mr. Tennent wisely answered : "I have no wish or choice about it. I have nothing to do with death, my business is to live as long as I can, as well as /can, and to serve my Master as faithfully as I can, until he shall think proper to call mehome." To be liberal; to be pious, and to'be de voted to God'all our lives, are three things to be especially aimed 'it, as far superior to wealth, pleasure and honor, or all that the world calls good and great. D. L. H. WHY THE POOR ARE( POOR.—ltooently I had an interview with the minister of a parish in Scotland--(andi I may observe that he was not an abstainer)--when he said, " I am trustee for some money which is for the virtuous poor. Two things, in my opinion, are essential to virtue+.First, industry; second, `sobriety. The result is," said the minister, " I cannot get quit of the money, for all, the needy , poor about here are either drunken oridle. Simeon and Wesley. The following occurrence is • narrated by Dobbin, in reference to an interview between Sitneon and John Wesley : Three or four years after Simeon, whose name has since become sacred the annals of. the Church of Christ, was ordained, this young Minister had an opportunity of con versing with the founder of Arminian Methodism.;', and, wishino , to improve the opportunity-to the utmost, he began to ques tion him thus.: "Sir, I understand you are'called an Ar- Minian;' now I am sometimes called a Cal vinist, and therefore, I suppose, we' are to draw daggers. Bat, before we begin to combat, with your permission, I will ask you a few, questions,.not from impertinent curiosity, but for ,real instruction. Pray, 'do , ' , Oir. ;feel 'ourself a 'depraved area-, otird"ne,feY had not put'it into your.heart?"' • • " Yes said the veteran, "I do, indeed!' " And do you utterly despair of recom mending yourself to God by anything that you can 'do, and look for salvation solely through the blood and righteousness of Christ ?" • _ " Yes, solely through Christ." " But, sir, supposing you were first saved by Christ, are you not somehow or other to save yourself afterwards, by your good works ?" No; .I must-be saved by Christ from first to last." Allowing, then, that you were first turned by the grace of God, are you not in some way or other, to 'keep yourself by your own power?" cc No" "What, then are you to be upheld every hour and every moment by God, as much as an infant in its mother's arms '1" " Yes ; altogether." " Aud is all your hope in the grace and mercy of God to preserve you, unto his heavenly kingdom?" "Yes; I have no hope but, in him." "Then, sir, with your leave, I will put up my dagger again ; for this is my Calvin ism; this is my election, my justification, my final perseverance. It is, in substance, what I hold, and as I hold it; and there fore, if you please, instead of searching out terms and phrases to be a ground of conten tion between we will cordially unite in those things wherein we agree." A Suggestion for Parents. A correspondent of the Country Gen. , tleman desires to caution parents against discouraging children who manifest a tact for invention, from its employment Even the making of a water-forge, or any trifling toy of childhood, he says, may tend to de'- ,velop a genius, to take its place in maturity, with -tboso-of- -Franklin, Whitney.. or Fulton. Very true'.; but, what is a much more prob able result, time apent in the practical study 'of mechanics, whether for mere purposes of pleasure or for those of actual use, will lead to habits of thought and accuracy of work, when properly conducted—which can but be of eminent service in any pursuit of life. The child's time, after he is old enough to think, and while he is yet too young to at tend school at a distance from home, or to be of much assistance there, often passes most tediously—i.• e., unless the proverbial employer of " idle hands." sets his or hers at work—for mere want of something to do; and it is by no means an easy task in all cases and at all times to supply this great desideratum. A child on a farm, however r is more hap pily situated in this respect, than one in almost any other position. His father has a workshop, more or less extended, arranged with a, degree of order and work•mantiness, .very much in the ratio of his character and success in the other operations of the farm. This, in unpleasant weather—the care of animals, or the culture of a plot of ground, in pleasant—will afford an instructive'as well .as interesting - resource for many alistless hour. in either ease, it will well repay the parent to expend some care himself in directing, and encouraging the efforts of the child. Fore thought .before entering on an undertaking, even if it, be merely one of pleasure; pense verancelnit when once begun; a proper degree of pride in having it well accom plished, can Fall be inculcated, and by the most iinpressive example& A boy who en ters into his sports with the determination to make the most of them, and to excel in them, will be the one to take up his work with a similar'zeal and purpose. The New Bible. At the late annual meeting of the Bible Union commenced in the Baptist meeting house in :Broome Street, in this city, arrange ,mettte had'hgen made for a large assemblage frientie-ef-tinr-new enterprise, to make a grand effort to revive the cause, which has received so fearful a shock from the late disclosures. We go to press too early to ,give any report of the proceedings. The officers say.: " We expect to be pre pared to report considerable progress in the work of revision, and such- a state of ad vancement as will justify the adoptien of plans, for the final committee of revisers." It is now a matter of comparative indif ference to the public, whether or not this movement is carried forward. It is to all intents and purposes dead. As opposition often calls out greater zeal on the part of those who are resisted, and thus increases even the pecuniary contributions, it .would not be strange if the society should receive largely augmented funds, and so be able to complete the work, .and bring' it out accord ing to their original plan. This will now be attended with little or, no harm. The trans lation •is dead. No amount of money, no list of names, no newspaper puffs can give life to, it, or make it a book for the people. Its literature and its objects, its letter and spirit, are now so well understood that it will be completed only as a memorial of sectarian "empiricism.-1V: Y. Observer. FIND fault, when you must find fault, in private, if possible; and sometime after -the offence, rather than at the time. The blamed are less 'inclined te resist When they are blamed without 'witnesses. Both parties are calmer, and the accused party is struck with the forbearance of the, ac cuser, who, has seen the fault, and watched for a private and proper time for mention ing it; Nor the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate The Preslqtery of Luzerne This body held its last:stated meeting in Tank hanuoek, Wyoming County, Pa., on the 16th and /7th-of last month. The village of Tunkhannock, in the extreme Nerthern limits of the Presbytery, is beautifully situated on the " fair' Susquehanna," and is the County Seat of Wyoming County. It is destined to become a place of considerable importance; but its growth ,has been somewhat retarded of late, by adverse, circumstances, which, it is thought, will soon be 'overcome. The Rev: C. R..Lane, - the pastor of the'chnreh in that place, has labored faithfully there, for a numbbr of years, in the face of discouragement, which few men could have endured so long." Be lieving that theXaster had there a•little flock •to be fed and increased, he labored on in faith and hoPe. 'Duriiig the past year, the powerful•pres mice of the Holy Spirit among his people, has strengthened that faith, and enlivened that hope. May-whit the little church' has enjoyed, be but tha-blginuing:Of still greater. blessings. • I.g 11 • • a• • • , 1 - Ta a a a , Tortionb of 4 Preabytery; nitwit' less `Of , ll, "Ugh , than it would, have been, under less genial skies. 'Senn of them were under the necessity of trav eling, a hundred miles, and over - mountains, lo'at tend the meeting; . but all toil seemed to be for gotten in the fraternal greetings enjoyed by brethren, after a long aeparation. But, one fa miliar and much-loved face is absent. Alit how his cordial and tender salutations are missed by his brethren. Another bears to th'e Presbytery ,the Record of its proceedings;,another..voice ar ticulates the, lines which his hand had traced. We are 'sad ; but our siirrows are Mingled with joy. Our, 'beloved . brother, R. Webster, in tri umph, left us, his , brethren and friends below, to be with his Master above. • The Rev.! N. G: Parke was elected by the Pres bytery, its Stated Clerk. The ministers of the Presbytery were nearly all in attendance ; the eldership, howeier, wasmot fully represented. It is, much :to be, regretted that the elders do not mire generally attend ; they certainly lose a source of real enjoyment, and the churches, espe'- eially Missionary churches, a means of benefit. One lay-brother, who, for the first.time, attended at Tunkhannock, remarked to the rapidly that he never knew the time to pass more rapidly than at that meeting.' • . Our place of meeting being near the borders of the Presbytery of Susquehanna, we • enjoyed the fraternal greetings and counsels of four of its members, and those also of one of the members of the Presbytery of Northumberland. The pres ence of these brethren naturally suggested, what, with the cordial concurrence of the three Pres byteries rePresented, would bean important and desirable consummation, 'viz: the formation of an interior Synod, to be - composed of. the above named Presbyteries, which might be called the Synod of the Susquehanna, or the Synod of Wy oming. The reports from the churches, while they in dicated a considerable degree of external pros perity, did not afford evidence thattheirapiritual prosperity* Was very encouraging. It is to be feared that the exciting questions' and pursuits of the day unduly engross the mindsof God's pro fessed people. The preaching during the ses sions of Presbytery, by the - Rev. M. J. Hickok, the Moderator, and the Rev. T.D. Hunt; .was well calculated to turn the minds ,of their hearers in the right direction, and imPreas - them , with the transeendent importance of eternal • things. In deed, in all the devotional exercises of the meet ing, there seemed to be,'ozi the part of the bre"- thrma, more than usual engagedness. Mr.: G. W. Smith, -elder from the church of Mauch Chunk, • • gave the Presbytery some account of brother Webster's last moments, in which the power of Divine grace •to rob . death: of, its terrors,. was wonderfully Manifested. Two new church organizations were asked for, and committees appointed to, carry out the wishes of the, ' petitioners if the" way be clear. These, in connexion: with a German church recently or ganized at Scranton, will make the number of,the churches under the care of the Presbytery, twenty-four. Some of these, however, .are now without pastors. It is to be hoped they, will, ere long, enjoy the labors of faithful watchmen, and reviving influences of the:Ably. Spirit. The two Institutes under the care of . 0)9 Pres bytery, viz : The Wyoming PresbYterial Institute and the • Wilkesbarm Female institute, n.re•Still under the management, (if very competent ,apd efficient iitetracters, andare in a very prosperous condition: • ' ,The. Presbytery, at the suggestion.of .Bunt, appointed acommittee to devise measures for the comfort of brother "I , 'Vebster's'fataily: 0. J. For the Preshyteriarißann - er`.nd Advoeite laying of the Corner-Stone of Park Church, Erie. The Corner-Stone of Park`Presbyterian chinch, Erie, Pa., was laid on the 26th ult. A sermon, with reference to the occasion, was preached on the Sabbath evening'following; by the Stated Sup ply, , Rev. W. M. Blackburn. , The texts were Gen. xxviii : 22 ; and Acts vii : 47-49. Ex hibiting, Ist. The necessity of 'haiing - a conse _crated place of worship. 2d. A. ; glance .at the consecrated places of the Church in past times; The Altar, the Tent, the Tabernacle,' the Temple, the Bynagogue, and the , Church Edifice. Bd. 'What makes an edifice a clinrch ? and, 4th. The object in erecting 'this edifice: To have our 'con secrated placp, where God , win reside ; where,we May meet hini ; where he may be worshipped in spirit and in 'truth where the truth may' be preached cis. 16) ;L where he will convert, encourage, and sanctify souls; and also we build 'it as a' thatili-offering to our God. We lay our heart-offerings on foundations of stone, to be a monument to our Redeemer, and 'his glorious • cause. This ..chtirch organization. was, effected about fifteen mantle since, by "the Rev. Win. Wilson, :whOse'commendabletind enterprising labors were ~blessed by, the Lord i in bringing together a prom 'Ming , congregation, and preparing, the way "for .the er:ection_of-`a olitirch edifice. It hod been 'the wish of his heart to see 'our . Church 'represented in Erie by this organization, and by his self-de nying labors, he was successful. It was not for himself, but for the Lord, he undertook the work; and his friends, grateful for his persevering efforts in their behalf, pray that the Good Shepherd, may direct this young pastor to 4 field of usefulness and of blessing. . , - Mr. Blackburn, recently from Three Rivers, Mich., accepted, in May last, an invitation to preach for Park church one-year. The promises qf blessings.are encouraging ;. and to the blessed 'Redeemer be all the glory. One Thing we do not Want. We do not want a New Bible, Many an old volume of human lore has been rendered obsolete by the discoveries of a succeeding age. Mit all true science does homage to the Bible. We need not be apprehensive that the ever-widening circle, of human lit erature will trench on the hallowed ground of Divine revelation. We have no Inisl givings; lest: light from that.region of ne bulm, the," milky way" should extinguish the beams of the 4 ( Sun of Righteousness;" or lest " the Chemistry of the Stars" should disturb the elenients of inspiration. 'Stand ingw, on the "Rock of Ages," e are o bi t _ scions of no tremor from the hammer of the geologist; nor do we fear that the hiero glyphies of the archmologist may invalidate the chronology of Moses. Exempt frOm the mutations .which pertain to mere human philosophy, the .Bible,- stereotyped. from heaven, remains alike the glory of all lamb slid tunes : ' • Moat wondrous book ! bright candle of the Lord! Star of eternity.. iThe Ry whieh•th'e ,barkcot Oran eouldtnatigate , The aea of life, and•gabrthe coast Of Mal- Philadelphia; 27 South Tenth Street, below CheUtiint. By Mail, or at the Office, $1..50 per,, Year, BEE-PROSPECTUS, Delivered in the City, L 75 " " IlverybodY must sleep some .of the twin. 7 . e grant that, and ecomm nd to.all our friends to make comfortable provision for sleeping, and then have propel-regard - to the hours devoted to this purpose; and. also' the place. For .some hours, 'certainly are 'much more appropriate than (there', indthe,Samels true in respect to places . We vienhinet, hoWeVer prescribewhat. hoUra 'slieuld - be given to sleep, but simply say that for our selves we decidedly prefer the night. Frank lin said day light, was cheaper. and better than candle light,. and therefore; he . thought it best to use the . ' day for work; and the night for sleeping: !And 'St: Paul s:aid, " They that sleep, sleep in the night.'? ;Nor would we attempt to prescribe as,,to . the place where persons .should sleep. We are, however in favor of .havingap some. roonV re . *fiat. d to this 'uit e,.!d, . .of a lng t:11:11"tf:V.,-i , W • others can make their own Selection: We would,- however, suggest, inest' spectfully, that. there are some places ivheie no one ought to attempt to sleep. The mar iner ought, not to sleep on the mastmad; there is danger in doing se, and that is not a good place, even if it were Safe, for one to sleep. Nor is it very proper for one - to sleep onthe sidewalk, i or n the public street- Nor does, it bailey nod breeding to cation a d forfrien some information and ge to sleep , isi it. „ while he mparting Courtesy would require that he should be heard through 11,t, ten tively and with respect. - There.are Many places in which it is neither , safe nor appiro , priste to sleep. But of all places, the house of God is the most inappropriate. ” Sleep ing in Church," as it is called, is among the most discourteons'thiiigs that, a civilized person ever -does: sWhat:-a ridiculous ap pearance one makes. Bow insulting it is to a minister, to invite , him to preach, and have him spend days and nights, too, in toil and prayer, to have something for profit, and then, when in the name of Christ,4ith a heart over-burdened with anxiety for your salvation, he is delivering his message, how deeply he must feel the insult, when one and another fall asleep befere him. They may not intend disrespect, but they shew dis respect, and he feels it most keenly. lt, is also an insult offered to. God. He his appointed social worship—he has insti tuted the ministry---he has furnished' the message to his servants, and it is insulting to his Majesty to sleep in his honse, when his,message is proclaimed by his servant,. It may not be physically.unsafe to sleep in meeting, aid yet, .the only sleeper "of whom we have an account,under-the preach ing of Paul, `fell down and was, taken ,up dead. We hope 'such evil' ill net come to those who :deep in our times. , 'But the evil morally.is as bad, now 'as it was then; and the habit is a discourteous, a shameful, a wicked one. LIFE'S IRRITABILITIES.—What's the use of it Y 'Don't worry, yourself to death' on acconnt of what other people may 'say of you, as long a' you know it is ndt trite. Take: