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A.OKNOWIaLDOMENT.—Received of " ; A !Orient," aiid paid over twenty dollars for Foieig t h ‘Missions. THEOLOGHOAL SEBSINARY OF THE NORTH- WgsT.—As may be 'omen in our "Notices," the-Directorit of this Institution are to Meet in the North Presbyterian Church, Chicago on tuasday the 3d day of Pebruary next. !/13usiness of vital importance," Bays the President of the Board, "demands the preE ence of 'every member." THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN of the West, is the name of a new paper, pub• lished at Monmouth, 111., DAVID MAODILL, D. D., Editor;. the first , No. of which is now'before us. It is a sheet of 'a.bout the medium size of religious papers, and prom ises fairly for usefulness. It will maintain the sentiments of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. It has our cordial welcome. CHANGE OF INAME.—The Legislature of Pennsylvania, being duly requested, have changed the name of the "Board of Mis sions" of the G-eneral Assembly, to the Board of Domestic _Missions. The former was, until now, the carpiwate title. Tustom has been fixing upon the institution the latter title; and it Is, by proper authority, henceforth legalized. RE viv AL KERRY COUNTY, PA.-By a letter from Rev. L. W. Williams, Landis burg, Pa. we are pleased to learn, that there is a most , precious and wonderful out-pour , , ing of the Spirit of God upon two of the ,churches under his care. In one of them, forty-four persons have been awakened and hopefully brought to Christ, and twenty nine in the" other. The Work was still in pro gress, and communion occasions were con templated shortly. • May the Lord's favor continue, and be greatly extended. Tireath of Dr. Harris. Dr. John -Harris, 'President of New' Col legei London, has`ceased froth his:labors. His works remain, a monument to perpetu ate his memory, and a means of benefit to many generitions. He is best known to American' Christians by his prize essay en titled llianiiizOn; 'Work which has put forth a decided'inftnentie: in favor of systematic beneficence. Another excellent work of his, is The Greta Teacher. A third iniportant production is . spokeuof as having been . nearly completed, of, which " Pre-Aciamite Earth," " Man PrimevaV and " Patriarchy " are sections. He was. but in his 53a year at thii time' of his death. • A Sabbath for. Printers. It is well known that, in offices of daily morning papers, the compositors havebeen, and mostly are still,-employed a large por tion of the Sabbath. For this there is no real necessity. Good managentent, with proper diligence on weekday hare, r oan ac song& ,all ;the work. We., are hence pleased to we the following announcement by the Philadelphia Daily Times : "The office of the Times will be closed at eleven o'clock this ( Saturday), evening, and will not be opened till kalf-past twelve o'clock A. M., Monday morning. In making the abos arrangement, we wish our friends and patrons to understand that the Times will be issued and served at the usual hair on Monday morning, contain ing all the news by telegraph and otherwise, preeisoly, tke same as if the office were.open during the day. On the Londou Times, and, other papers in that city, labor is sus pended. on the Sabbath. We believe it can be .done on the Morning Times, ,without keeping from our readers the news which they, have been 4tecustomed to have spread *before them on Monday morning." Extravagant language is , very Mitch ,the habit cif `the timee. Newspapers are. great. ly blamed for it; and they, are deepltguil til ` But.) l eY, rt,te' nor yet oheigiable` with :dereliction in this line; neither in their editorials, nor in the pieces whieh'they admit. Even this extravagances thet utter in: their adveitising polumns, are emcee n, in social' intercourse, and by pepplemet censorious the case demands. We hence refer the task to our'ministerial brethren who may have more leigure ; and especially to lip, Professor s of Theology and of. Biblical Literature in our Seminaries; who are not. only instructora, hitt also watchmen placed on the highest towers in OM. Zion. The value of a good Reference Bible ,we estimate more- highly than we can tell. Every family should y have one, and every minister More than we. prefer, and have mainly used, is, Scott's. Some object to Scott'aßeferences,thatt,hey . are too numerous.. - They are not so, for our taste. -. The linae:.exPended in examining theta:o4'bn any passage,We regard`AS well employed. And there 'is, safety_ in_ having them numerous. The very matter of their number brings before us the subject inves tigated, in a variety of aspects, and helps to as tire us that we have really the mind of the Spirit. These references are found in most of the editions. of the, author's Comnientary, but there they are in volumes so ninnerous'ind large that the use of them is inconVenient. 'While a stUdent, we found theiw .in an Octavo, (W..W. Wood ward'a.) The edition is out of prink We have often since sought for it, or something similar to it, to present, to a friend, but sought in vaiw, and have wondered why such a treasure was not on the shelf of every bookseller. if all were like ourselves, our Board Might, with great benefit; furnish the; work , but tastes differ.t IP regard to Dr. Lee's work, we leave for, the present, under the remarks of our correspondent, and of the publishers. But I.to our readers we recommend • a'diligent•pe mai of the 'Scriptures.' TIN' Reference I Bibles and consult Commentaries as aida— as suggestiire of thought—but seek the Spirit's illumination in a careful . reading of the Word, chapter by chapter, and follow his guidance in dOotrine . and duty. *On the passage above quoted (John x.: 30, Dr. Lee gives as references, Xohn xvii : 11, 22 4. : 8 ; Gal. iii: 28. fWe 9hould be greatly obliged to our Board of Publication, for a good Reference Bible. The plan of Lee's we regard as excellent. The References are not crowded. into the margin, but follow each verse, in a smaller- type. If Scott's are considerated too numerous, they might be're- vised and abridged;.and if imperfect, the defi ciencies might be supplied; 'but if abridged, it should be done sparingly, as Well as judiciously. We like copious references, that we may be satis fied that the full exhibition of the Divine teach ings,on the subject , examined, is before us.. And there might be two classes of references, the one to passages more nearly parallel, the other to those"more remote and suggestive. The former might-be placed, as are Lee's, immediately fol lowing each verse, and serving for a more hurried examination ; the latter in the margin, and to be used When the subject could be fully investigated. A good Reference Bible and a Commentary, adapted to families and Sabbath Schools, are desiderata in the Presbyterian Church, and should be promptly supplied .by our Board. It is to meet the demands and supply the wants of the Church, as would not be met by the trade gener ally, that the Board was organized, and' endowed with such,liberality: We know that the duty 'we here suggest is exceedingly difficult, but it in volves no impossibility ; and, we urge it ou behalf of the myriads ,of, our retired families, who are in moderate circumstances and of the tens of myriads of our rising race. , ' Death of .Hugh This distinguished Scottish Geologist and defender of the Bible and its' precioui truths, is now no rriore a dweller on , earth. He com menced life in what are called its lower walks. His first training, along with common family and Christian instruction, was in the school of hard industry, but soon, from working in a quarry and dressing stone, be became one of the most distinguished in the walks of science. He early and ably espoused the cause of the Free Church, and was made Editor of its leading piper, the Witness. He is 'now gone; and, the circumstances of his, death add greatly to the sadness felt at his loss. He evidently died by his own hand, and there is not a witness to tell us how, or why. But the absenoe of all mo tive and of all predisposition to such an act, and the excellence of his Christian charac ter, afford to us the 'assurance that it was not of design. . The`London Christian Times thus speaks of ,the event: We regret to annonnee the sudden death of - Mr. ,Hrigh the, , well-known•writer on geology and editor, of the Witness newspaper. Mr. Mil ler wife found lying dead on the floor of his bed room, on, Wednesday morning, shot' through the heart with 'a pistol bullet.: 'That he died .by his own hand there seems to:be no:doubt,hut the oh ,eumstances, under which the ; melancholy event :happened do xiot lead to the supposition that his death was an act of intentional suicide. Yor some time past Mr. Miller had been in a seine what indifferent state of healtty brought on by over study in the preparation of a new work, on geology. He suffered considerably froin nervous •excitement,: and, though at all times a man of ec centric manners, an unusual strangeness Was re-, marked by his acquaintancei3. The evening before his death he was to have delivered a lecture on "The Mosaic Creation" to "an audience' at Portobello, a bathing-place in the neighborhood of Edinburgh, where he resided. Re had prepared the lecture, but the state of his health prevented his deliVering it, and it was read in his absence by a friend. In the course of the day; Mr. Miller saw his med ical adviser ' to whom he complained of headache, brought on by the want of refreshing sleep. Fol lowing the direction's he received, he took a *arm bath and retired to rest at an early hour. He had for some time been in the habit of keeping a loaded revolver in his bed-room, having, it is said, a strong apprehension of danger from, house breakers, for which, in reality, there was some reason, as an attempt was made not' very long ago to break into his valuable museum. No' ex plosion was heard during the night, and it was not till the morning that the ,body was 'found;,ly ing ,near the bath-room. These circumstances seem to proVe" that 'the melancholy event was purely accidental, while the state of Mr. Miller's' mind, as well as his general character and posi tion, preclude the idea or preme4itixtid or inten tional self-destruction. , ' ' The keeping of deadly" weapons in a bed rocou may, sometimes, beAznectessity. Bat it% is a dangerous oneid The thing shoidd never be done by those eubjeof to night ar The `danger toy therneelves, and to such Ns' may occupy the semi apartment with tkem, ,or may enter t.heir room to bring, friendly relief, is immi nent. We bow'submisaiNiely, and would learn to release the - mind, in due season, from in tense study, to keep dangerous weapons at a distance in our sleeping hours, and, above all; to be prepared to meet our God . !at his summons, however sudden. The 'Presidency of Jefferson College. Last, week we announced the fact, that. REV. Dr. Alden kid been unanimously elected President of Jefferson College. The friends of the College will be pleased to learn that he, has 'concluded to accept the iippointment; and will enter, upon the dis charge of the duties of the office as soon as his relations to Lafayette College can be ter minated, without detriment to that Institu tion. At fartheii, it, is expected he will enter upon his work at Jefferson, at the com mencement of the term, in May ,next. We learn" that the retirement of Dr. Brown from the Presidency will not separate him from tie Institution which owes so much to , his services, and to those of his venerated father. He will remain connected with the Institution; and will perform, as a Professor, such services as his health may allow. Dr. 'Alden has, for more than, four years, held, in the College of the Synod of Phila delphia, . a Professorship, to which he' was appointed by a unanimous vote of the Synod, and of the Trustees` f the College. Though Dr. Alden had served the cause of education for many years ,without the bounds of .the Presbyterian Church, in one of the best Eastern Colleges, yet the Synod were satis fied of his, continued attachment to the doc trines, government, and usages of the Pres byterian Church, in which he was educated, both as to his Collegiate and Theological Course, and hence did not hesitate to commit, to his hands. the -Professorship most intimately connected with the forma tion of, opinion—that of .Mental and Moral Philosophy. He, has also carefUlly inst. noted each Senior Class in. Lafayette, in the Con fession of Faith, with the Commentary pub lished by the Board of Publication; and we have learned that the young men have been quite as much ; interested in that study as in any .part of the College Course., Dr. Alden had his Collegiate Course in Union College, and his Theological at Princeton and it is well known that he has been steadily oppose& to all those' measures' and Isms which are disap prove& of, by , the various Presbyterian bodies who have been accustomed to patron ize. the College ozor.,,which`ho is called to preside. We trust that they will give him a cordial wele,ome, and an efficient support. - •; New-Yesi's Donations. Not a few of the pastors in city churches seem, to haye been very kindly reinembered by their people at,.the beginning of the year. The Rev. Dr. Budington, pastor of a Congregational church in Brooklyn, was , presented with $500,,as an evidence of the , lively interest felt,by his people in his min istry and himself. , • The Rev. Dr. Cheever received a purse containing $4OO, and his wife one contain ing $2OO, together with an elegant piece of furniture. The hev. T. L. Onyler, pastor of a Reformed .Dutch Church, in. New York, has politely informed the public that " his congregation, without consulting af word with the paster,had taken the gross liberty of raising his salary." Dr. Boardman of our own Church, , about the same time, re ceived a present $lO,OOO from his people to aid him' in the purchase of a suitable dwelling. And the .New York. Tipxes re ports that the Rev. Dr "klagie, pastor of the First church in Elizabethtown, . N. J., re ceived'a purse of - $2,500. No doubt there were many other instances of equal liberali ty which we have not noticed. But we are afraid that inany,learned, worthy and devo ted pastors in country and village churehts, eking out a living from very small salariesi have not fared e,orrespondingly. well. In some of these places the people have mani fested their regard for him who breaks unto them the bread of life, by donations some what liberal.; but in many places nothing has been done. But it is not too late yet; "material aid" of this kind is always in season. Let something be done in this way . now; and as soon as possible let the salaries of pastors be raised, that they may have an adequate support, and many blessings will rest upon the pepple. The Board of Publication—An Easy and Simple Method , of Oolportage. The. following 'letter is from a layman, who - is a decided friend of Church efficiency; and advocate for the Circulation of religions knowledge : . .Our; Board of Publication is making commendable efforts, by CWportage, to circulate their books. But Colportage cannot be expected to do a tithe of the work which is needed. We do not ask it to attempt the whole work-of distribution. We do not regard it as at all in the, line of ,ditty, nor the best for edification, that the Board should send ce:lporteurs into regularly or . ganized and well established churches'. We are, just, es lunch opposed to sending paid , colporteurs there as we are' to sending paid. colleoting'agents. In either, case, a distant Board is sending, at a great expense,' abor; ers to do what the 'Pastor, and. Elders, and Deacons, and Female helpers should do,. as a. matter of official and wield duty,' and of Christian love; and which they could do incomparably better than can a stranger. The-Oan.sngested by our correspondent is excellent. , But - there may be 'other good plans. We, would urge no special form of doing the thing ; but let it be done, and done' thorinighly. - 0 for Wise, zealous, de voted, working Church officers, and labor ing praying and libeisl Christians ! EDITORTitI3 m i of our Boar4of , - Publication, as a lever of great moi. 7 al power requires no proof. But our` people shmild,liear in Mind that its measure f use fulness just cornmeri- surate with the extent to whiebits books are circulated. The Board, therefore, may issue a list of as excellent publieations_ as ever went forth from the press : hut if the peo ple have no means of easy access to the cen tral depository, the books Will groan on the shelves, : and our people not be benefitted. It is wise, therefore, in the Board, to organ ize a system of Colportage, by means of which its publications are brought home to every family.within the colporteur's field of operation. But let any one think for a mo ment of the numbers of our ,churches, and the extent of territory over 'which they are spread, and he will easily see that a great numbereour people can - never be supplied by these agents of the Board.. 'For these, some other plan must be devised. The fol lowing is suggested During the Winter months our rural population' have very little work to do. How easy would it be for two young men in each of our country congregations to put a horse to a: light wagon, and visit. every family in the congregation, and supply them with reading for the Winter, with books se lected from the catalogue published by our Board ! The pastor, from his acquaintance with the people, their tastes, wants, and de gree of intelligence, could make out a list of such books as he thought might be . de sirable. One of each might be ordered at first, and could be' carried around as sam ples; then, after the whole congregation had been canvassed, an order could be sent on to the nearest depository to be filled. On the ar rival of the books ' they could be all distrib uted on the first Sabbath, after service, at the' church. • This plant is simple, and very easy of execution, and can be easily repeated every year; and 'thus can till of our families be kept constantly supplied with religious read ing of the most profitable character. The only possible objection that can be urged against it, is the trouble of canvassing the congregation. But when we look at the amount of labor performed by our politi cians in the late Presidential canvass, thin sinks into insignificance. I was- told by a prominent member of one of the political parties, that they had, by a sub-divisiou of labor, canvassed every tozonskip in the coun try, and every block in the' cities, in the large State of Pennsylvania, so thoroughly that they could tell to within a few hundred votes how many each party could poll, be fore the election took place. Now, "they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible." If this can be done by the adherents of a political party, whose main inducement is place and power, surely there can be found'in every congregation s two persons, at least, who will undertake like labor to supply their brethren in the Lord with the " bread of life." ' Western Missouri The following letter gives information from a region, of which we are pleased: to hear. True, we heard much of it during the last year, but it was in a line quite unfavorable. Let us now learn something of the good , which is being do,ne ; and of the prospects, of things still better; and of the :wants, the desires, and the facilities. GREENFIELD, Dade Co., Mo., Jan. 5. REV. Da. M.'KINNEY :—I am some times, led to think ,that less is said in the re ligious newspapers, ,of Western Missonri, than almost any other portion of our coun try. feel tempted to say a few, things of what the Lord has done for, the land 'where 'he has placed my home, at least for a time. We are probably not advancing as are other Western states, in the cause, of correct re ligious sentiment. . In . 1843 or 1844, the Synod of Missouri set off four. or five min isters, and a 'few churches, on their Western border, as the Presbytery of Upper Mis souri. As late as 1849 there were not more than nine ministers and perhaps six teen churches. Last September our num bers were twenty ministers, (excluding two missionaries among the Indiana) living in. Missouri, and above forty churches. At the request of Presbytery, Synod, in. Octo ber, divided it, making tbe Missouri river the line. The, North side retains the name 'of Upper Missouri, and South is called the Presbytery of Lafayette. Ministers, churches and members are, nearly equal in each. Of the last, in the, two Presbyteries, there are about tielve hundred. We hope, ere long together with a Presbytery in Kansas, to be organized into a Synod. The Presbytery authorized by the last General Assembly in Kansas is said to be not yet organized. But there are - there now, in cluding the missionaries to, the Indians, four or five ministers; who might, be eon . strtuted a Presbytery by proper authority. IS it ,the work of the General Assembly, or rather of the Synod of Missouri ? Our Free List." " Tbrough•the kindness of a few liberal and enlightenediriends;•we have been enabled to cir culate weekly, during,the past year, nearly three hundred copies of The Missionary to worthy but struggling ministers, missionaries and willows, and to colleges, seminaries, reading-rooms and charitable institutions of our own and other churches. No list has given us greater pleasure or yielded more abundantly than this. We Lave received letter after letter of thanks, while in many instances its perusal has been instrumental in'doing much good by awakening an interest for the suffering, strengthening the hands of the mis sionary, and making the widow's heart to sing for joy." . . Thus discourses our neighbor the Mis sionary We - wish that we could use siini lar language: And why should we not be so enabled The Presbyterian , Ohurchhas many members , who possess wealth, and many , widows, enfeebled; members, and min isters who are , poor, and'to whom, with their Nannies, the weedy visits 'of the Banner and Advocate would be -a great consolation, and. the means of invaluable instruction. In what way, then, ektld a few dollars be more' beneficially disties'ed, of than through the medium we offer Y The Witness Newspaper, Bainburgh, and Dr, Lee's Reference Bible. . , EDINBURGH, Dec. 24, 1856. TO THE EDITOR. OR THE BANNER AND AD VOCATE NEWSPAPER, PITTSBURGH, PA. Sir:—Oar attention has been directed to a;notice in , your paper of the 29th Novem ber, of, an attack by the Witßess upon an edition of the Bible, lately published by.us, with References. Collated and , Revised by Dr. R. Lee, lirofessor , of Criticism in the University , of Edinburgh. As , the tone of your remarks. is calculated to throw diseredit upon the work, and 'imputes un sound views 'of Christian doctrine to the editor, we beg to lay the facts of the case before you. About three years itgo we purposed inh lishing a new edition of