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NEW BRIGHTON NORMAL SEMINARY.- The ,Catalogue of this Institution for 1855- 6, presents a list of 102 pupils. The next session will commence on the first Monday in November. THE BIBLICAL REPERTORY AND PRINCE. 'TON REVIEW. 06tCtier, 1856.7 -The con_ tents are : The Bible, the Missal, and the Breviary—the Sacred writings of the Parsis ; Baird's Religion in America; Tbe Matter of Preaching; The Church—lts Perpetuity) Egyptology; and, Eli Smith's Arabic Bible. This is a capital number of the Review., Dr. Baird receives some hard bits in conse quence of his representations on the subject of American Theology ; but due credit is given to the Doctor for his great ability in collecting and digesting facts and details. Every minister in our Church should possess this work. Our elders, also, would derive great advantage from it. It is always good, and would be good, for all. The Bible Union. The seventh anniversary of this Society Was beld, lately, in New York. The policy °t i the Board of Managers was, notwith standing the exposures made by Dr. McClay, its late President, fully sustained. Its past policy is hence to be sustained, and its pres ent corps of translators to be continued; although the specimens. of 'the work, which have been published, have subjected them to the ridicule of literary men, and to' the disapproving sentence of Christians. If, however, an unfaithful and sectarian trans lation is to be made, the evil will be the less, the more manifest may be the incapa city of the translators. Ministerial Support. It will be remembered that the General Assembly, at its meeting in 1854, recom mended to the elders, deacons and trustees of the churches under its care, to meet together every year, on some day before the 18th of November, in each year, " to•institute the inquiry whether the minister or stated sup ply is properly and fully supported ; and if they find he is not so supported, to take fin mediate action to increase his support, and report to their Presbytery at its next meet ing. No doubt, many of the churches com plied with this reeommendation the past two years; but it cannot be disputed that many have altogether failed to the great injury of themselves • and their pastors. It is to be hived that elders, deacons and trustees will awake to the importance of this matter; if they will take the lead energetically and prudently;the people will follow. The cost of living is high now, and with no prospect of being lessened for at, least a year to come ; while many pastors are attempting to live on the same salaries received, when the cost of many of the necessaries of life was not more than half the present cost. It has been intimated to ns that the average salaries of the country pastors in the Synods of Pitts burgh,- Allegheny, Wheeling and Ohio, are lower than in any other four Synods of the Church. • Can this be so ? Donation visits and gifts are very good in their; place, but they.cannot supply the place of a competent aalary. The Episcopal Convention. The' meetings of this body, in Philadet phia, seem to have been attended with pe culiar, interest dignified, harmonious, Plea sant. ;.,One 'of the great propositions of re form or change , that of establishing a, uni form Mode of, trial for 'delinquents, with the privilege of appeal to the General Conven tion;'' hasp been rejected. The vote in ,the House of Bishops is understood to have been tWelVii'for, and twenty-one against! :In the House-of Delegates the vote , of the clergy was eighteen ayes to thirteen noes; and that of the laity thirteen ayes to fourteen noes This we regard as a strong demonstration of desire for the change of the Article alluded to, and indicative of further effort; which may be successful. On the subject of Rubrical relaxation, the feeling of the House of Bishops is re garded as decidedly favorable. A Commit tee has reported resolutions authorizing min isters, to dispense, at certain times, with parts of -the Service; also, authorizing the bishops of thi several dioceses to provide such special services as in their judgment may, be most for edification. Another change talked of, is the sub-di= vision of dioceses, till they shall become very small; and, of consequence, ti great in crease in the number of bishops. This would be an approxiMation toward primitive simpiiiiity; when the bishop was strictly . a pastor, and the Presbyters were his tants in the care of the flock. The Episcopal Church, in this country, is evidently adapting itself to other social in ititutions, and to the wants of the:masses. It it shall grow in Evangelism, and yield to the requirements of a, laospel order, it will bean; increasing increasing blessing to the land, and 'Will enjoy, still more largely, the confidence and `good will .of the oilier branehee of the Christian family. Sabbath Schools. The Lord's Day, as distinguished from the other days of the week, is to be conse crated more directly to the things which belong to his praise in the everlasting salva tion of men. It is a day for worship, for the acquisition of religious knowledge, and for instruction. Where churches are regu larly established, we would, if we had the arranging of matters, have one general meet ing of the congregation for the established ordinances, and smaller meetings in conve nient localities for prayer and praise. All the residue of the day we would have de voted to private and family religion, em bracing a thorough instruction of the chil dren. But, as men are, they cannot be induced to attend duly to private and family duties. Hence, to keep them from spending much of the Sabbath in idleness, or in dissipation, and to afford some profit, a second meeting for public worship is needful; and to have children taught in the knowledge of God, the Sabbath Saba becomes an auxiliary with which 'we cannot dispense. It is true that some families, devout and conscientious, would employ the Sabbath in, the manner we first suggested, greatly to their own benefit; but if these should neglect the second service and the Sabbath School, others could not be 110 1 10,a,t0 attend , nd in the Sabbath School' especially; the. Mem bers of such families are needed—needed for examples, and to give spirit and charac ter to the institution, and for teachers. And hence it is that we are decidedly,friendly to the Sabbath School, and advise all Christian people to encourage and sustain it. it may be made a very great benefit to their own children.. It is a field of usefulness of in calculable worth; and in it myriads, 'or mil lions, may be brought under Gospel influ ences, who would otherwise be untaught and perish. An experienced and zealous minister sends us the article which appears in another part of our paper. The subject is , of such im portance to our Church and our neighbors, that We give, some • remarks of our own. Much, very much depends upon system; and to keep up system, some form'of record is almost indispensable. The pastor who sends us the article, has, in his practice, a sheet ruled in, columns, with the following headings,'in 'which the entries are made for the various schools in his eharge : Name of School --When Organized—By'whom— Whole NUmber ,of Scholars—Males--Fe males--Average Attendance—Number of Teachers Male Female Number of Scholars professing religion—Number do ing'so since last report—Teachers professing religion—Teachers died--Scholars died— Number in Bible Classes—Verses of Scrip ture committed—liymns committed—Num ber learning Catechism—General Behavior— Books purchased—Price paid for saine— Whole number in Library—Sabbath School papers taken—Money raised' for benevolent objects: This is the form of the report read at the Anniversary. Records • are kept in each school, from which the annual report is made up.. Presbyteries might clo very "much toward the cause, by having blanks printed in due form for all their churches, and requiring each church to report in full al the April meeting.. The Board :of Publication, also, might do much, by, baying a judicioni Form for the Annual Report of Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes in churches, printed for use. This Form might, with much propriety and great benefit, once or twice in the year, occupy a page in the Home and Foreign Record, or in the Sabbath School Visitor, or in each of these journals. It would thus reach every?resbyterr, Minister ; and; Sab - - bath School; it wouldlrequently bring the Matter before the .minds, of, those, who are in duty bound to attend to .it' a a blank form would, be ever on hand when needed; and even though the system might not be wholly adopted, useful' hints would; be furnished, which might be modified to tastes and cir cumstance& • If very many country pastors and Sessions would send to the. city members of our Board a statement' of Abell' experience and their wants, .the results would be greatly beneficial, in the dissemination of praetical knowledge and the' furnishing of faeilities for accomplishing a , great work. Calvinism Wrongfully Reproached. The Advocate and Journal, the leading paper of , *the Methodist Church, quote's from the Weatminiter CorifesSibi - 4 three brief sections'Willett ife in part, the statement of the pecree of God, in which is set forth his electing love; whereby, "according to his eternal and im mutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, he hath CUOSEN IN CHRIST unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free grace and love," a portion of human kind, to be brought to faith, repen tance, holiness and heaven ; and in which is declared his purpose " to the praise of his glorious justice, " to " pass by" others who are " ordained to wrath for their sins." ( See Confession of. Faith, chap. 111. ) Upon this precious truth; for it 'is only on this purpose of, God to save' the lost, that any sinner can hope for heaven, it being evi dent in the Scriptures, that in the execution of E this good purpose. Christ came into the world, and the Atonement- was made, and the Church established, and the Holy Spirit given; upon this precious truth the Journal remarks The common sense and common moral feeling of I...a,Listi tuvult e at this "horrziale decretum," as Calvin himself called it. In their higher criti cal writings, their esoteric teachings, Calvinistic clergymen stilt maintain it, but they cannot vett- tare` With it frankly out before the popular eye. The fact is a significant One ; it is fortunate for Christianity itself but quite. ,unfortunate for the Calvinistic'teacher ; he cannot be true to him self ; and an habitual attempt to evade the res.. ponsibility of' religious opinions, deemed pro foundly important, must be not only disastrousto all noble independence; of thought, but also pro foundly pernicious to the whole moral conscious ness of the min. Unquestionably the Calvinistic TEE PR ESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE. ministry of our times feel and exhibit this ir resolution, this self-distrust, this want of candor to the popular conscience. A greater depression to a body of public instructors can hardly be conceived ; it is enough to unnerve them, to damp all earnestness and energy, if not all self-respect. If the old authoritative definitions of Calvinism are accredited by them, they should be proclaim ed manfully ; if not accredited, they should be cast away bravely, not evasively. No theologi cal question presents now before the popular mind of Christendom it more equivocal and sus picious aspect than Calvinism. The moral sense and self-respect of our common Christianity de mand that the system he more candidly defended or denied. Such reproaches, so ungenerous and so ut terly groundless, froin a source where there ought to be more information, and higher intelligence, and a noble Christian liberality of sentiment, were not expected. ,The doc trines set forth in our Confession and Cate chisms, we believe to be truly the teachings of the Bible, and we glory in them, in Christ 'Jesus. Our Standar& are printed and spread abroad, far and, near. We pub lish books and tracts by the •myriad, and cir culate them with great zeal. Our newspa pers and periodicals r printour doctrines, the one here assailed'and all others, and defend them from all assaults deemed worthy of notice. Our ministers proclaim them from their pulpits, and embrace them in their prayers, on every Lord's day. We endeavor to teach them to every child, in every family n our- eunuezion. no-Inan ou preach the ,Gospel without a distinct recogni tion of each doctrine, and a pledge to preach the whole; and the, man who would shun to preach election and predestination, as taught in the chapter partially, quoted, would speedily lose his ecclesiastical standing, with his ministerial brethren and in the churches. We candidly defend the syStem, in all its fulness, at all times, 'and in all places, when and where defence is needed. , There is no' concealment, no evasion, no irresolution, no seltdietrust. The "old authoritative defi nitions of Calvinism" are regarded still as the proper statement of Christian doctrines, and as such .are maintained and defended, boldly and frankly. It is true that we do not, in every sermon, and in every tract, and every issue of our paper 4; reiterate, and defend the doctrine to which the Journal is so inimical, and which it partially states. There are other precious doctrines held by our Church, which are to be inculcated; and we have also much to do with Christian experience, in our minis trations ; and r the • inculcation of social and religious duties demand much of our time and attention ; but the great, glorious, cheering, soul dactrine of the electing love of God in Christ Jesus, we omit not. Often it is presented distinctly and prominently in its revealed splendor; and so intimately is it connected with our whole system, and so deeply is it, with us, a life- sustaining principle, , that the enlightened and discriminating mind can discern it in all our tedahings, and all our prayers. It be longs to our life. It lies at the very founda tion of our hope of heaven. • Without it, all would be lost, for allure sinful; with it, if one is " left," to use the language of our Saviour, another is " taken." If a multi tude will perish in their sin, yet " a rem nant" will be saved, to the praise of. God's abounding grace, in every age; and the sub jects are: increasing and will increase, till they shall become a company which no man can number; gathered out Of every people and tongue and nation. , Decline of Religion in New England. The time was when New England was looked to,religiously, as being the garden"of• the country. Its churches, ministers, schools, colleges, benevolent societies, or derly habits—everything which indicates the pervading influence of God's truth re vealed in the Sacred Scriptures, were re ferred to as transcendent. But that day is now recorded with the things which were. A sad change has come over the land. Human wisdom—philbsophy, falsely so • called, is taking the place of faith and tree religion rapidly declines. On this subject we condense some remarks of the New York Observer We read of decreasing churches and increasing ungodliness,•wheie we have been wont to expect the brightest examples of virtue and religion. We are aware of what some of our New England States have suffered, by emigration., Their young men, their, talent, their enterprise, their rare ma terials of 'character, whether good Cr bad, have been withdrawn to build up Western cities. But that there should be a' deterioration' in the tone of morals or piety'of those who remain, is at once,painful and, startling. We wonder if the garden of religion in this land is to be removed to new regions, leaving it comparative wilderness behind ; whether - the , , history of the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse is s to be repeated in any of our old religious societies. Most confidently we. think not But there are facts lcrought out from time to time which: are•NarthYtaf;seber flection., • , These retharks,have'been suggested by the re cent ieiorted the State, tif i rSligio t tr`in same of 41.ti0L17 .1.3m0ixiLia.2.1101—a4p,0441.64- the number of church members is in- many, places decreasing, while the number of persons who neglect public Forship, and care nothing for reli gious iti•stitutione; c constantly on the increase. The young in large niimbers are growing up in igno rance of the Bible. Of ninety thousand children and youth in the State, not more than thirty thousand are connected with all the evangelical Sabbath Schools. These children and youth are seldom seen in the sanctuary; and great multi tudes of them areas'entirely destitute of reli gious instruction as the nature of the ease ad mits." There is surely something appalling in ,facts Eke these. They suggest the solemn question, to What' degree of ungodlineis 'these things may grow; unless a remedy is - applied. Who can bear the thought that'New England piety should lose its lustre on its own hills, while it is encircling the earth with the light of its former benevo lence,? There are found on the outskirts of almost every village and' township, rude settlements. of neglected and ignorant people. These semi heathen live on the slopes of the mountains; upon roads seldom worked or traveled. Their miserable houses are scattered amongst the rocks and in the regions which produce whortle berries and sassafras., These families cultivate mountain farms, their daughters go 'out to ser- Vice, and their sons grow up as wild as the scenery which environs them. There is a set of names which these settlements receive. Hardly a conn... try village but has its " Hard-Scrabble," "White- Oaks," "Poor Town," "Swamp," or "Shirk shire," where may be found hundreds of souls needing the Gospel as much as heathen. The remedy" suggested is Sabbath. Schools—plant Sabbath Schools on the hill sides, and the outskirts of congregations. These may be a means of good, but a previous means are needful. There must be vitality restored to the churches. Speculation must be laid aside. Gospel 'truth must be is ceived. The ministry must be regenerated. Resolutions of Church Courts. A stranger to Ecclesiastical Courts would suppose, from the degree of earnestness often manifested in favor of or against resolutions proposed for adoption, that the simple pass age of the resolutions was the great diffi culty, and that after this was done, the ob• ject proposed would be accomplished as a matter of course. But unfortunately there is a wide difference between the passage of a resolution and the accomplishment of its purposes. Indeed, not unfrequently the resolutions of Sessions, Presbyteries, Synods, and General Assemblies, are nothing more than so much waste paper, and the labor bestowed on them is lost. This ought not to be so. To adopt a resolution in a Court of Jesus Christ is a solemn thing; and it ought not)to be adopted, unless there is a determination to carry it out. To neglect it is to trifle iwith a sacred obligation we have assumed, and to •weaken the moral force of Ecclesiastical acts, as well as to omit the performance of, duty. • A case Of this,kind is now present to our mind, and, it is but a sample of many , such, 'of which every observant minister and elder is cognizant. Some time ago,, at a meeting, of one of our Synods, the subject of contributions for "the — rener - srf-loor and disabled ministers, Was brought forward. Considerable debate , was-elicited, much interest was manifested by all the members, and strong resolutions were adopted. The Presbyteries were directed to take measures for securing a contributCon to this object from ail the churches during the year. The resolutions were published. At the next meeting of ' that Synod, it was found, upon inquiry, that but a single Presbytery had noticed the matter at all and that but a sin gle church in that Presbytery had made the contribution I Now, brethren of the minis try and eldership,_ is not this very humilia ting?" Let us bring the proper objeks of benevolence before the people in a Seriptural way, and the claims will be met. We throw out these remarks, in view of the fact, that the regular time for the meeting of many of our Synods is approaching, to show that resolutions, without corresponding action, are useless. -No member of an Ecclesiastical Court should ever vote for a resolution, approving of or enjoining , a duty, which he does not fully purpose himself to perform. There is a thoughtlessness in the vote, or a moral delin quency afterwards, in the class of oases referred to, which is deeply sinful. It will not form a justifying excuse, to say, "I did not vote," for it is a recorded principle with us, that silent members are regarded as voting with the majority. Nan-Worship. . The disposition to, honor mortals, some times, is wonderful. In monarchial coun tries, where people depend so much on the prince, it may be : expected, on grounds of policy; but in our own country, indepen dent and the advocates of, equality as we claim to be,, the same proclivity is also mani fest. The minds of our readers will recur to the visits of Lafayette and Kossuth, and - the tours of Clay, Webster, and others. Such things, if not sinful in themselves, are . exceedingly wrong in their excesses. - The most extraordinary instance of this - kind, of late,occurred at the Coronation of the Czar, in Moscow. Our London Corres pondent sends us a slip from the Times, giv ing us a graphic account of that pageant. We are charmed with the fine writing, but sorry for the ' occasion which calls for the record.. It was now a quarter-past .twelve, and just at this moment, a little, bell tinkles once more, the big bells begin to ring lender far and near; and one hundred and one guns proclaim that the Em 'peror has received . the Sacrament, and has been anointed with the holy chrism. • Shortly after- Wards the Empress Mother and her suite, the Grand Duke Constantine the Duke end Duchess of the Imperial family, and their suites and at tendants, issue from the South gate of the Ca thedral; and proceed to enter the palace by the perron rouge. They- are greeted, along thoir march, by cheers and loud cries; but the Russian ladies have not yet learned hair to impart anima tion to such scenes by waving their handkerchiefs, and, as they do not cheer, their share in the pro ceedings is, to try to look pretty, and to look as hard as they can. Meantime a splendid prones sion is' defiling out of the North door of the Ca thedral, and passing under the archway into the outer court of the Kremlin, to go round •to the Cathedral of the ArchangefMichael, on the left hand side. Presently, forth stalks the Emperor. But now he wears an "Imperial robe, and on his head there is a crown of dazzling splendor. The sun's rays seem to.seek congenial light in those flashing diamonds. The eye cannot bear the brilliancy, and the muliA, and the prostrate Rus :sian may well be pardpned if, with his imagina tion heated by all that he has seen and heard—the chaunting of the 'chilirs, the carrilions of bells, •the' strains of' music and the clamor of voices— thinks . he .sees .a halo of heavenly: , glory around' the 4mpiarial head. 4 1,101 X - nlnfiage7ra - man'emb' only be pardoned D e the , ground, that "he le, the e1..4i,.......i.- anointed' of the Lord; and, indeed,' had - one come from the'skies with all the pole'. and glory of'a celestial messenger, he could scarce have excited more fervor of adoration than did the Czar, as r with his figure .drawn up to the highest, ,his eye liashdng and his cheek flushed ; but, his tread as firm as a lion's; he ,came forth from the church and stood, with globe and sceptre in MS hands, in the blaze of the sun - before his people- " In how many wild tongues, with what frantic gesticulations, did they call on Heaven to bless him! Many a tear rolled down. the ragged cheeks of the rude Cossacks, and in many a strange dialect did the descendants of distant races im plore their common Father 'to polar down every blessing 'on him whe represented their forgotten conquest, bondage,and thraldom, and the influence of whose name alone bound them up with the Mini= people. What might not be.done with suchsubjeCts; and with anch devotion, and such faith ! The flourishing of trumpets, the crash of bands, the noble swell of the noble National an them, "God, preserve the Czar' which nearly equals our own, the roll and tuck of drums, the bells, the voices of the people—all these formed a strange melange of 'sound; and stunned the ear; but when the Czar, passing out by the archway on our right, made his appearance to the larger Crowd, there was a noise like a roar, of thunder, or the waves of the sea, which swallowed up all else. The people on ithe terraces below, on the, banks of the river, and in the streets outside the Kremlin, took up the au and shouted like the rest and some, Late told,lwent on their , knees in the dust and prayed forte Czar. Ina few minutes the procession began to ind through the archway on our left and to pass afore the Cathedral of Mi chael. The priests golden stole and surplice, are waiting at the gat s, and as the Emperor and the &egress (whom e have quite forgotten in all this wild triumph'of adulation and Czar-worship) come up, sprinkle them with' holy water, and give them the cross to kiss 'On entering, the Czar and Czarina kiss the holm relics, and kneel' down to pray before the tombs.of their ancestors,; after which the .Domine, salmon foe is chanted, and the Emperor and Empress continue their short march for a feit' yards' to the Church of the "Annmicia tion, where the same ritual is observed. ~. r On their way the cheers, the noinie, theothelin, ''ntrr the cannon, never cease. It is just one o'clock as the procession begins toascend the perion rouge. The enthusiasm is boundless, as his, Majesty turns, and with nutraised arm seems to return the blessings of his people. He bows to all around as he reaches the landing, and, standing forth from under the canopy, looks down upon the scene below. In a few moments more he turns, and is lost to sight in the interior of the magnifi cent palace, through the walls of which, however, those sounds must follow him. It is with the greatest difficulty, of course, that the bands can be got to stop playing "God preserve the Czar ;" and with the usual infatuation of musicians, sev eral times throughout the day,, they struck, up at wrong times, and could not be got to leave off, or would not go on when they were wanted. So far as the vast proportion of spectators was con cerned the ceremonial was now over. Indian Mission at. Little Traverse. Mr. Guthrie, under date of September 18th, speaks of a Communion season, at which two Indians were received to the Church on examination. Both had be longed to the Roman Catholics. One is the head of a large and interesting, household; the other is a young, woman from a large connexion of Romanists. An aged man bad also been. restored, who once united with the Protestant Mission at Mackinac, but being long in Canada, under Romanist influence, had been perverted. Now, in coming into the society of Protestants again, be professed deep sorrow for his declension, and asked to be restored. It was before remarked that the Roman ists have long had a Missiou at Traverse. They_bave.._baptized_ many of_the Indians,- but their nominal converts need real conver sion, and much instruction. Our churches will rejoice in the early indications of the Lord's favor toward, our missionary in his labors among these aborigines. Shall not a remnant be saved ? For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate Supplies Appointed by the Blairsville Presbytery. Warren.—Mr. Carson, Second Sabbath in No vember, to administer the Lord's Supper, and to take a contribution for the Board of Foreign Mis sions; and they have leave to procure other sup plies till our next meeting. Pine Run.—Mr. Bollman, First Sabbath in November, to administer the, Lord's Supper, and take a contribution for the Board of Foreign Mis sions ; andihey have leave to procure other sup- Harmony.—Have leave to employ Mr. John Rice till , our next meeting ; and they are expected to raise a contribution for the Board of Foreign Missions. Centre.—Mr. Donaldson, First Sabbath in No. vember, to administer the Lord's Supper, and take a contribution for the Board of Foreign Mis sions • and they have leave to employ Mr. Rice for the rest of the time till our next meeting. Salem.-11r..Robert Carothers, Fourth Sabbath in Octobet ; Mr. Elder, Fourth Sabbath in No vember; Mr. Kennedy, Fourth Sabbath in De cember„; and they , have leave to procure other supplies till our next meeting; they are expected to take a contribution for the Board of Foreign Missions. Boiling Spring.--Mr. Graves, Third Sabbath in October;.Colledge, Third Sabbath in Novem ber; Mr. Bider, Third Sabbath in December; and they are expected to make a contribution to the Board of Foreign MiSBl.OllB. Livermore.—Mi. Hill, Second Sunday in Novem ber, to take .a contribution for . the Board of For eign Missions; and they have leave to procure other supplies. Cherry . Rua.—Mr.• Lesson, Fourth Sabbath in October, to take a collection for the Board of Foreign Missions'; and they hare leave to procure other supplies. Schnticksburg.—Have leave to procure their own supplies till our next meeting; and they are ex pected to make a contribution to the Board of Foreign Missions. Stewartson's Furnace.—Mr. Stark,' Fourth Sab bath in October; Mr. Graves, Fourth Sabbath in November ; Mr.: Morgan, Fourth Sabbath in De cember. A. McEirrein, Slated Clerk. Per the Presbyterian BUMS? and Advocate. Supplies appointed by the Presbytery of Ohio Maple Creek.--Fourth Sabbath in October, Mr. Caldwell ; Fourth Sabbath in November, Mr. Braddock; Fourth Sabbath in December, Mr. Rockwell, to present Abe cause of ,Domestic Mis sions,and take up collections. Mount Caratel.—Third Sabbath in October, Mr. Workman; Second Sabbath in November, Mr. S. J. Wilson; Second Sabbath in Decembei, Mr. Hinter, and present the cause of Domestic Mis sions, '&c. Second Sabbath in January, Mr. Jennings. Valley Church.—The supply on the Second Sab bath in December, present the cause of Domestic Missions, Sm. The Installation of Rev. James M. Smith, at North Branch, to take place on the First Thurs day of Nthrember, and at Bethlehem the mitt day at eleven o'clock A. M. ; Messrs. Jennings and Hunter, %be cOmmittee. Dr, Jacobus,Mr. Paxton and Mr. Laughlin were appointd a Committee of Supplies, to act during the interval of Presbytery: The Presbytery of Ohio will meet on the Third Tuesday of October, at ten o'clock A. M., in the Second church at Pittsburgh. W. B. MolLvants, Stated Clerk For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate Presbytery of liew Cattle: At the . late stated meeting, Mr. Jatnes D. Rear don, licentiate, was dismissed to the Presbytery of NOrthumberlancl. The pastoral relation be tween the Rev. Thomas Love and one of the churches of his ebarge, viz : Lower _Brandywine, was dissolved, at the request of the pastor, con curred-in by the congregation. The forthcoming History of the Presbyterian Church,' by the late Richard Webster, was recommended •to the 'patronage of the congregations under their care. The Trustees of ;the Ashninn Institute ,reported that.--tna,nuttontgs-were---itearly-eumpletedr-thut they expected the Inktitute would be.opened about the first orjantiary neat; that they had elected the Rev. John P. Carter as President of the •Vaculty ; and that Doctors Dickey and Spots Wood had been appointed to prosecute a call for Mr. Carter, before the Presbytery of Baltimore, of which he is a member. These proceedings and appointments of the Hciard were approved of and confirmed by the Presbytery. Various injunctions and recommendations of the last Assembly were acted upon and ratified, in reference to Church Extension, a fund for disabled ministers, the American Bible Society, the ap pointment of Deacons, Systematic Benevolence, and the instalment of ruling elders previously or dained. The matter which elicited most interest and discussion, was in regard, to procuring the services of two itinerant missionaries ; one for the Northern, and one for the Southern, portions of the Presbytery, to labor in places destitute of the (Nape]. Measures were adopted with a view to this end, which, it is hoped, may meet with suc cess. The Presbytery will meet ',during the ses sions of the Synod, to act, if the way be clear, upon calls, Wbicb. it is expecthfi, will be made for the Rev. Caspar W. Hodge, from the united con gregations of Oxford and Upper West Notting ham. , R. P. D. Ecclesiastical. Rev. A. L. HOGSHEAD has been -released from his charge at Covington, Va. Re-v. WILLIAM PINKEItTON's relation to the church at High Bridge, Vti., has been • dissolved at his request. Rev. Jomx g. BROWN, D. D., has removed from Jacksonville, 111. to Lexington Ky. Rev. , WILLIAM L. GREVT of .Greenville, Ky., has accepted,a call to Madison City, Mr. j.7ILLMAN ITENDItICK has been -h ceased by the Presbytery of Nashville. Mr. ALlt ram W., PITZER has . .been li carded by tie Presbytery Of Mthatkoniery From our LondmiCorrespondent. A "Traveler's" Misrepresentations of the Free Church of Scotland—Moderation and Missions Sir James Graham and the False Prophecy—The Real State of the Case—Transgressions against the Law of Love—The Principles and Duties of Presbyterians— The Record and the Free Church— Retraction of Calumny—The Evangelicals. of England—The North British and Quarterly on Missions—False Charity—Free Church Missions in India, and to the Jews—A Liberal Soul Evin- Afied—Mr. Drummond. of Stirling—Perot - mums —The New Bishops—China—The Times' Corres pondent at Moscow—Domestic. LONDON, September 23, 1856. A letter from a " Traveler " has appeared in the Times, the style and sentiments of which bear unmistakeable evidence of the pen of a Reverend Doctor, who represents the Scottish Establishment in London, and whose name is familiar to large numbers , on both sides of the Atlantic, both as a writer and a preacher. This gentleman has "friends at Court;" in other words, he has access, both for anonymous and other pro ductions, to two columns of the leading journal, enjoyed by few. Sometimes this privilege is employed for excellent purposes, and not the least for the chastisement of the Cardinal and his Popish allies. This " Traveler" professeti to give notes and im pressions of a tour in Scotland. He tells of the semi-Popish condition of the Scottish Episcopal 'Church, and of its being the highway to Rome. He speaks much, also, about the recent restoration and repairs of the Cathedral at Glasgow ; about the simple beauty of the Scottish Church service as there in performed ; and of the " venerable principal Macfarlane," who preaches there. -As for this ";venerable?' _gentleman, am old - enough to remember hearing from him twenty-four years ago, a genuine, moderate sermon, which the Scotch would call " fu sionless screed," and as dry and cold as pos sible. He himself has, for far more than half a century, been a leader of- the Mode rates,. and was ever true to that policy in Church Courts, which, in the days of Prin cipal Hill's leadership, and, later still, in Dr. Cooke's (of St. Andrew's) reign, sternly stood up for the rights of the patrons at all hazards, and forced the worthless tutors and nominees of worldly nobility and people, on the flock of Christ. His recollections and sympathies go back .to the days of bitter opposition in the General Assembly, against sending missions to the "virtuous heathen," when old. Doctor Erskine, the tower of EVangelism in his day, cried 'out in answer to the semi-infidel talk of his opponents, looking at the Bible, as it lay before the Moderator--the book telling of Missions in Apostolic times, and by an ascending Savi our's command—" Rax (Reach) "me that Bible ;" and when, with this sword of the spirit, the veteran smote his opponents to the dust And yet for such a patron of such a policy, and for the whole series of oppressive measures of the Law Courts and the Government combined, by which the i Evangelical party was driven out in '1843, and the "Free Protestant Church of Scot land," (laying her yet unanswered tQ Claim of Rights "• on the table,) started on her glorious career—for such a policy and a p?ity our London orator reserves all his praises, and then turns round on the Free Church with a bitterness, and an injustice which has known no abatement ' since his laughable prophecy to the credulous Sir James Graham in the Spring of 1843, thatas to a secession, if the Government refused the claims of Chalmers and the Evangelical party, twelve, might perhaps go out, but:certainly not more than twenty! Now, we are told in the Times that the Free Church is hastening to dissolution, and that in a few years, one-half of its adherents will- go over to the Estab lishment, and the rest will unite themselves with the other Presbyterian , Dissenters I .Sach statements go down with John Bull, who knows no better; but they need no ex posure to those who have been in Scotland, and opened their eyes and ears to the real condition of things; nor even to those, both your readers and yourself, who have watched with such affectionate interest and such hearty joy, the rise t progress and prosperity ever culminating (yes, up, to this very hour I) of the Free Church of Scotland, with nearly the whole population of the Highlands on her side; with the large cities, giving her a decided predominance of wealth and numbers over the Establishment itself; with her noble band of missionaries in In dia and the glorious work they are accom plishing; with a Sustentation Fund, and Manse scheme, giving her stability; with all her enterprises prosperous, and no mark of .lecaying vigor upon her—what, but the " wish, which is, " father to, the• thought." could prompt to such a prophecy as that now alluded to ! Depend upon it, that such statements, as these are as unjust and un warranted, as they impede the cause of brotherly love. And, by-the-bye,-it is worthy of mention, that in the saine letter, the Evangelical Alliance meeting at Glasgow is sneered at as a dull affair. The writer once was a member of the Allia.nce, and if not so now, he beet knows "the reason why." A moral certainty as to the authorship, prompts these remarks, as well as my love and veneration for Free Church principles, which are knot to be abandoned, bat rather ° maintained against that radical , spirit, which, some fourteen years ago, roused the Scottish. Dissenters so furiously against the acceptance, of aid .by the Free Church from Americans; and a stand, also, must still be made against that Erastianism, which, _thrmall_dissulised .anA....nAtie.,asi_tolerapt 86 possible in its application, s still the stain of the Established Church of Scotland. For all that is evangelical, eirnest,loving, in or out of that Estiblishinent, let us give thanks to God ; but let us not the' less adhere to the grand doctrines of the supremacy of Christ, the spiritual'' ndependence of his Church, and the indefeasible rights of his blood bought people, as essential to the very Con stitution, and as absolutely necessary to the enlarged success of our beloved Presbyte rianism. The foregoing is not, the only recent MIS REPRESENTATION OF THE FREE CHURCH. The Evangelicals, the Missinnaries of the English Establishment, as represented by the Record, have always been rather jealous of that body, which constitutes a standing rebuke to the Erastianism, to which they submit, and to the " ,Compromise," which unites, by a State legation, the living and the dead within , an Ecclesiastical pale. The Record is a most valuable paper, but to the Free Church party it does but.seant justice. Thus there recently appeared an article in the .11rorth Britighl Review, which was Much akin to one on the same subject of Missioris in the Unitarian and semi-infidel' Westritin der. The Record thereupon expresses its horror that •a Free Church organ shotda thus write; and 'suggests, very uncharitably, that the body must be tainted with' Ifet•esy. It is quite. true that the North Irritisle Review had . among its earliest supportels,l)n 3 . Chal mers and Welsh; but the - willisConception" of the Ricord receives a spiietus in the tOl - letter from a Freiithur ' h ministerof c high standing I assert positiiely t from ersonal knoild edge, ,that not t only his - Ib'eltrorth p British Remit° never been an organ of Vie FreeChureb, Vat that its oonduotors ha,ife all relent Most deliberately, systanatinally, and determinedly guarded it from being the organ or exponent of nny CLurrl, ~. party whatever. I believe that urith. prospectus, nor in any authorized dy whatever, can a word be found to ju-tit2, IL, tion of its being a Free Church organ. ; 7 .], its first projectors were leading menTher, Church, and many Free Churchmen Lave t ,c r , deep interest in it; but few, if any, appro, all that appears in it ; and the idea of n . v ,, it as a Free Church organ would here be -lo ridiculous." The Record is "glad" at such a claimer; but it would have done better ; 1 , it inquired first, before making a statu, so calculated to damage a portion o f L Church of Christ, which has hitherto, in. Evangelism, been above suspicion. I fault was all the greater, as the writer it North British Review disputed the p.i : , that the heathen are in a guilty condit i ,, and, therefore, exposed in proportion to light against which they have sinned,'tol'. penalties of a retributive justice, and elusion from a heaven of purity. All world knows that this is the position which not only the Apostolic Mission; founded, but those of the Church of land, when ruled by an Evangelical maj.. r t and especially by Duff and the whole L. of Missionaries in India, who, to a man_ hered to the Free Church. Touching the general question, thf,.o - in the two Reviews are ALAE: , !. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. They indicate • stealthy spread of that false and sentinp theology which ignores the justice and built of God, and which is more charitable than the Bible itself! May God deliver Church from this Latitudinarian and m "charity !" Paul was sent to the bend "to turn them from darkness to light. from the power of Satan unto God, that might receive forgiveness of their sins, an inheritance among those that are sa-, fied," said the Saviour, who appearcol him, and gave him his commission, "/ 17 :. that is in 31E." That commission wear the fact that the heather were in a lost dition. I well remember the imprc-. once made on me by the portrait in • Evangelical Magazine, of one of the ildissionaries of modern times, the I: , Richard Knill, especially by the printed underneath—the words of p f :, which had oft flowed from his :ips "1 : ,- ren ! the heathen are perishing; ;liv,, then sr' This is still to be the alarm to be rung out in the ears of : awakened Church, instead of the ,songs of a modern sentinietitbli, le , of a "negative theology," which vogge, missions mainly on secular . and would thus allow Satan to n,:4 undisputed sway over six hundrea of a fallen and guilty race. THE FREE CHURCH MISSIONS in Incii giving fresh evidences of viurd• and Hie, There has been an unwonted excite! among the Parsis at Bombay ; agaiug, w:, errors Dr. Wilson has iviicten with learning and power, and while but one ti; ly adhered out of four young men r had asked for baptism, and Ltd stood is for some days against the tears and entre> of mothers and 'friends; still a guar Ir, is begun amongst the Fire Worsliiipti, India. In other , parts of India, lune: preaching, by native converis, is vigo,l carried on, and is received with weleune many. . . It is worthy of notice that the Tin correspondent in India gives promineun the Parsi • affair.. We bad a specimen c; high intellectual qualities of this riwt. Dhanjibhai, Who, some years ago ; e.t.a.( to this country as (ne of the fruits 01 Mission, and a missionary himself, bur.-:. with zeal toward God, and love for lei:.:: low-men. Another youth came out truml. false religion, and was baptized at the time, (1839) and ever since, a spirit ligious inquiry bas been active aniecg Parsee tribe. Associated with these l- - been opposing influences, infidel tenk. infidel and licentious . publications, aid 7 ' lent attacks on missionary education. quirers, not- far from the kingdom God,"- but, under the fear of man, wi-- with_ cometb. a Snare, they have kept from an open, profession. The doer opt_ by the British power in India, for the l - pel, is wide indeed; the Bible in the School is doing a great, though silent w'- and the educational system to which I.:- has chino , t through good and bad repo , . ? proving itself a mighty leverage, in nexion with Evangelistic effort, for the throw of idolatry. Mr. White, a missimt at Bombay, writing on this subject, " The American Board of Coturnissip , for Foreign Missions have lately ahoh, their missionary educational establishmet but their experienced missionaries feeling tint one of the worst blows thereby been inflicted on the estr.e the Gospel in India, so far as Attie): Missions are concerned. It is truly small matter to have every day a r 4.- number of hearers for the Gospel, to be. to count on the same souls to instruct, • the same consciences to address." IHi these words of, an independent and friet witness as to the results of the abolitieh the American Mission Schools, in the that they may come under the eye of Directors at home. Here is a description of Evangel)- work near Conjeveratn, under Mr. V: and his native assistants; and the fervco eloquent preacher Rajabgopaul is also sr known to us in this country. In English tongues be could thrill all j" in`his native "Tamil" what c have been hid power ! In, the eveninewe went to,Poolypaukuln, standing within the court of an idol tin united in singing the praises of the Grea! vah: Men, women, and children came Tot to us in all directions, and by the time Fz sung eight lines, about three hundred ist: , _gerly waiting, to, hear 'what stvange to be made known to them. A ruffle, self-confident fellow came ti 4- !' through the crowd in breathless haste. L' l ' tempted to interrupt our work by aebit impudent questions, when the Rev. P. II . . • paul, with much tact and self-possessi,: him to breathe a little first, ifs he was ett:' exhausted. This well timed ' -:remark at ei cured the' sympathy of all in favor of the spv:" . and he went on at oncato address his deeply iv eating audience, from the first line of the Kr.' :The subject was, God, the author of all tki:: It were difficult' to describe the effect :: withering eipOlinre of the sin, folly, and do : of i delatrY, while standing within the Ter: ducts of : tthe temple—and then unfohliq glory atirgrace of him who is both the ant Saviour of the world. The countenances of the bearers, as the preacher ' .ceetred With bis impassionate and soul-stir'' discourse; the arresting of every passer-by ; fill:Len their riveted attention, while some v ete; tering under their varied loads, plainly told ;:f . all u nderstood and felt its power; while the :ing rage, and profanity of a few revealed d es perate enmity of man's heart to God. The Free Church has, from the e arlir' period of her history, been tenderly cerned for the "lost sheep of the boll Israel." The Mission of Keith, Pao' Foment and M'Clieyne before the disrupt' , (all afterwards ministers of the Free Chig' l : save Weheyne, who, ardent for the liberre, of the phnrch of his fathers, was calk,' away ere the , crisis cameo must, in its lore 'ing incidents, be familiar to many.of yt- 6 , Ten,ders. Keith fatnded the MissionPei&2 it Thinga'r Yl by a large ingatherit? or sows • and success continued there tib
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