IF 'Anna Abiacatt. PITTSBURGH. FEBRUARY 21, 1857. 01:4101 in advance; or in Clubs vas; or, delivered at resident:ex of Suburb. berg, Ilia% Bee Proopectua, on Third Page. EW A L 9 should bo prompt; a little while beftila the year expires, that'ves may make full arrangements for a steady 'apply. THE RED WRAPPER indicates that we desire ‘howeVert bathe:haste of mailings this sigrifl should be omitted, we hope our friends will still not forget us. REJiITTANCES.—Send -payment-by sails hands, when convenient. Oro send by mails enclosing with ordinary care, and troubling nobody Wit'n iehnowledge of What you are doing. Ro4ozlittlga anioant, Mad a',Draftt or largsinotes. For one ortwo paperi9sendOold or iaaptl notes. TO *Aida Send postage itamps, or better' still, send for more papers; say SA for ifieventynumberso or $l. for Thirty... Owes numbers. , DIRECT, L ett e rs and Oommumicationis to' OATIO M4CIINNICT. , Pittsburgh. INOREASZ , or CRIME.—See some excel lent remark's 'on this subject in our " East ern Correspondence." MAPLE' CREEK CHURCH' is to .be sup plied, on the first Sabbath in Mara; by Rev. Mr. Carothers. , ' ' ANNOTING.--The slow progress of the Reamer Euidzia, And an iinusual delay in the dispatch of letters by the mail; deprive tin ofsour :Landow-Correspondence this week: We may have two letters for next week. - 'Revivals. I MK= TIISiIARORA.—There has been quite a powerful revival , in the church seryed,hy Rev. G. W:ThoMpson - • .PmEorr . CREEK, BETHEL, and other churches ; in the' vicinity, in Allegheny and Washington Counties, Pa., are now enjoying a Precious season of refreshing: ' We hOpe for particulars from all these plaoes; Another Theological Seminary. Thee article- on this subject, on our first page, suggests some thoughts, and proposes .some questions Of much interest. An in genuous statement of 'facts, ,principles and prospects, and in a kind .spirit,. may greatly promote the enterprise-. The questions ask ed have some point, doubtless, but the writer we regard as an ardent friend to the West, and to true Presbyterianism, there and every where. Ministers Deceased. Hum! &mil died at Stewarts town, York,County, Pa., on the , 4th r in tthe forty-first year of: his age, and the twelfth year of his-niinistry. See a more-extended notice in another column. • Rev. M;Bnixiia PnicE died- at Niche lasyille, Ky., on the 7th insti:* The 'Presby &rim Herald says of him "He was Pre eminently a good man, and a noble speci men of a Christian gelatleman." .His fee ble health had rendered a retirement , from the active duties of the ministry, a necessi ty, forsomelime previously to his `decease. Papers not Received - We receive complaints of the non arrival, or late arrival, of our paper at different post. offices. Tile'&tilt; we think; is but' seldoin oh& We ehiploy — virry•terullititidilif the directing and mailing ; and we have not been three times, in a whole year, threelours be hind our fixed time in the issue We do not like to blame the P. 0. Department'; but :if we did, we 'should only chime in with eon gress, Air we see that, Members complain of thirty-eight mail; failures between New York and Washington, in about two months ! If -in so important a route there are so many failuresi what may we expect in other places ? Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital. The number of inmates hithis benevolent Institutfon at the beginning of 1856, was 250. Admitted during 'the year, 129.. Total under treatment, in the course of the year, 379. , Of these,,there were discharged, restored, 25 ; improved, S 5; stationary, 54, and there died, 32—total r 146,—leaving in the Hos pital, 233 patients. The Anntial RePort of the Trustees, con= talus some interesting tables, and valuable suggestions. Temperance Recommended. We see it stated , that the New York State Medical Society, at their meeting in Albany, two weeks ago, adopted', the ,followir% res olution, unanimously : , , Resolved, That, in, view. ofthe ravages mado, upon the morals, health and prosperity of the peo ple of this State, by thause of alcoholic drinks, it is the opinion of the Society that' the . moral, sanitary, and pecuniarY condition of the State would be promoted by the pingo of a prohibit ory liquor law. • - • ' That great benefit would result, in each of these three aspects,. to Now York, - and=to every community.' of men, from' the entire disuse of intoxicating drinks, cannot be doubted The wonder, then, is, whyjir &Ilion is is not the raw, ordained andinforc ed in Amery land. Day of Prayer for 'Co The twenty-sixth day ; of this month was appointed, by, the last General Assembly, las a`season of special prayer for our youth in Colleges,_and other institutions - of learning. The order is as followii Resolved, That, though Christians should pray habitually to the '"loid of the harvest," yet, in ths.rikful remembrance' of the signal marks of Divine favor, with which the observance of a special . season of, prayer has heretofore been at tended, this Assembly recommends that the last' Thursday ;of February, 1557, be observed by the: churches as a day of prayer for the blessing of. sod. en the work of the ministry, especially in its, relation to the baptiZed Children of the Chuich ; and'for the outopouring Of the Spirit•on the youth ortimeland, particularly those under instruction' in OUT.TarletIS institutions of learning. On. the day named, many , ,Churolies be sides` our' Will be professedly ;engaged in the same. service ; and if all shall ; truly engaged„, the blessing will be great Let the private devotions of each individual. have reference to the:subject Let there be importunity in family worship 'And let the sanctuary—every sanctuary—be crowded,, by-parents and their children,:and by all. the people, with earnestness -sf- desire: Pastors Will delight to lead the solemteteicises, and to adapt' their; preaching, and timii praying, to the deeply interesting object. MaZIRM The Last Thursday of February. By most of the "Evangelical Churches of this country, the last Thurdday of February, has been statedly observed as a day of prayer for the youth of the . Church and of the country, and especially'for those assem bled in the schools and colleges throughout the land, for many years. This subject is regularly brought before the minds of the people of our own Church, by each sums tiVe' General Assembly, and the most happy, i'esnltS haVe tolloWed its observance. The last• General Assembly; as usual, took action with respect to this matter, and passed the resolution published in our last, and' also in thif number, `and 'which we trust his, ere this, been seriously pondered by Many' of our readers, who have already made men tion in 'their prayers, of the >momentous subject , of which 'it treats. • We notice this matter now more fully, because ef its great importance, and ,because of our, desire to, have every congregation, and every Christian heart, deeply interested in prayer for the outpouring'of the Spirit'of God upon the labors of the Ministry, Upon the, youth of the Church who have been consecrated , to God in baptism, upon the _youth of our' country,' and upon all its Schools Colleges and' Seminaries of 'learn ing. And it '.is is tc be kept in mind, that it has been regommeded that when cirenm stances will not admit of the proper observ ance of the day indicated, then either' the Sabbath' preceding,` or the 'Sabbath snooped- . ing, be devoted Most , ; especially to these great topics. Mis not,necessary for us, - in this connex ion, to enlaige on the general nature and duty of prayer, or on:the need of pivine aid to success in the Spread of the Gospel, or in winning 'souls to Christ. Nor is it necessary to refer to the many and precious revivals that have "taken place in Schools and 'Colleges in connexion, more or less di recap, with the services of this day. To do this, would be : ,endeavoring to establish a truth which no Christian denies, and a repe tition Of facte that have been brought to the notice of most` ciingiegations annually for a series of years. , , In whatlve now write, we will endeavor to follow the scope and - spirit .of the ,resolu tion •of the AsseMbly, already mentioned. In that relolution "prayer for ,the blessing of ..God on the work of the ministry,",is es :. peCially commended. No human instrumen tality; is so highly honored as this, in the - Divine arrangements, for reforining the world, and saving the 'souls of men: But just in proportion,.to the, height of its ele-, • vation, and the greatness of -its power,• is the support and direction of God's' grace necessary. •It - is in'dispensable''-not only the "personal safety, and comfort - of those who bear this holy office, but also to the sac-: ceasful•prosecution of the work, they. have , undertaken. Unless the Word ;be -" in power and in demonstration' 'of the Spit*" it Will not accomplish the purposes for, which it is sent; and this will be only in answer to prayers, not merely of ministers themselves,' but alio , of all Christian people. How often do we need to be reminded of the fact, that Paul may plant and Apolles may - water, but God only,..can give the. in I ,or of , that other, fact, that when the hands of Moses hung down, l Amalek prevailedl r But there is a particular feature of the ministerial < work, for which the prayers .of the Church ,-are <asked in. that resolution_; "its relation to`•the baptized' children of the Church." This is well; for the baptized children of the Cliurch should be the sub= jeet of the most anxious and prayerful solic itude= on the part of ministers, "of parents, , and of all who 'bear the image of Christ. Too l little care has been bestowed on - the baptized children, of the , Church; they have been greatly neglected ; they have beep allowed' to wander from the fold ; and many a hungry wolf" has iheen permitted to prey on them., They belong to the Church. They have been set apart to Christ, The Church 'has undertaken- the work of their training, and. is responsible to `God for the faithful perfot:Mance of this duty. The`,re putation of the Church in the estimation of, the world, depends, in no small degree, on the' character of • its " baptized children ;" and'from this interesting class Must come, in a great measure,, the members, the elders, and the' pastion for the, next generation. Yet they are fearfully exposed. : In addition to . the: native corruption found in their hbarts, the world:and Satan seek to lead them astray,; to efface the,instruetions, the pray ers, and the remembrances of childhood ; to si lence; in :them every -anxious inquiry after God, and to represi every heavenly .aspira tion. Not Without hive, faith, prayer, and unceasing vigilance' can they',be preserved and saved. Nothing more rejoices Satan, andwielted men, thanto behold the children of 'the pious hying in .unbehef; depraved, and' going doin to hell' But the Church extends her arms so as to embrace all the youth of this whole land. Our branch of Christ's fainily is not selfish,' but world-wide in its sympathies and active ef forts in this and every other good -work Prayer is recommended " for the 'out- pouring.of 'the Spirit on the :youth of our land.' This' cOmprises a very large, very miscellaneous, : and, at the. same time, very interesting class. Many of them have-been born inu the , Church; many had not the bles sing of piothi parentage, and never breathed a higher or ,Purer. spirit than" that of the world; and, alas, many have been.so far from favor .as to be- the offspring of • the wicked and the depraved: Many of these youth are...preparing ionetiMportant parts in our 'country's hiliOry; in its : manufae-, tures; kits agriculture; its commerce ; its. politics ; its social conditions; and many are seemingly preparing for a wicked. life, a diahonored death an d a dreadful" eternity. The large proportion of a tile liinth our land" are now dead in, trespasses and_sins." Thesncan• be, saved, only - .by. Divine power; to he hopefully expected; onlylw answer to ' Our Church has always biari' list nguished =lll THE PRESBYTERIAN for her love of sound learning, and the high character of:the Schools and Colleges which exist under' her'`care and patronage. But she is much more anxious for the religious ennuis and spitit:nal' 'aitaininents of the young, than for 'even transcendent mental abilities, and unequalled stores of learning, Hence,. the ,recommendation closes with • a particular exhortation to prayer for " those under instruction in our various institutions of learning.'.' ,oThis „embrages 'eyery;stage instruction; froni the Common School to the College; and to the'highest institution of pro fessitinal training. This part of the resolu tion is 'of 'the. 'greatest iinportanee. Well; may`any parent heiitate to expose his child to, the trials, ternptations andeapirationa of the young,• inexperienced, ardent,and sometimes dissolute companions, found l in 'Academic halls; ; Yet,- in them are % the master Spirits of the coining era;'ind front them are to go, forth the streams that wilCeither fertilize or make barren of good; according their ability; the next generation. In them grace has won many of its greatest victories; and' in'them 'are the hopes of the Church and the What a hlessirig if evers , Sphopl, every College, ,every, Theological. Seminary, everYinstitution of liaw and Medicine, could receiire. a fresh baptism from on high l' ' The Church andthe need . edncated and holy men in titerature,,Science r Ari; Law, Medicine, and above all,, in the holy. Min istry.% And we -eau have them an swer teoprayer. - Oh Chiistiat brethren, us re: that • we may have Christian women,. such as Mary Jane, Graham, and Mary Lyon ; Chris tian men, such as the , Shepherd of 'Salis bury Plain, and Harlan 'Page; Christian men of Science, such:as:Boyle and Newton; Christienlawyers; such as ' Chief Justices Hale and .Marshall; Christian preachers, such as Whitfield and ~ C halmers; -Christian theologians, such , as. Edirards'and'Alaima der; Christian, pastors, such as Payson and M'Cheyne,- Christian 'MissiOnaries such as Henry Martyn and David Brainerd, -Christian parents, we appealteepeciallyjo, you, by all' the' love lou bear to your dear children, and to your 'Lord and Mastei, be importunate for „the Salvation t:rt* your children, and the •dear'youth of the land, in your; private , chamber,' at: the family altar, in the social' theeting,und in the pablic eon gregitibii Oak& of the. Retr. Simeon Brown: Two weektieigo, we stated, 'in onr cc Ec clesiastical",notiees, the snspension of &V. Simeon Brown, by the . Presbytery of Miami., Since then, we have receiVed.a copy of: the Western, 'Star, containing a 'statement of affairs by Mr. Brown. 79ar ego, the Presbyterybed,tried Mr. Brown, and came to a,:decisinn Aort of sus pension. Mr. 8., ho*ever, appealed to the Synod - of 'Cincinnati. 'That , Syriod--on "review and control " we belieie—took ex ceptions to the proceedinga, and reinanded the case. It was no* taken . up as a new case, he havineas the ' resbyterytaye, "ex tended the matterof its aCensationin'new and aggravated' foreas."L The Charge . is, "Unsoundnefis in the faith.'"R The : sped& cations relate to the penalty of the law . ; the extent of the tr,toitement Ohe.local habita ' don of the ipirits of the dead ; and the ex position of certain passages of Scriptire. Mr. Brown' considered the proceedings not in 'aceordanco with the Book of DiSciPline, and refused to plead.. Presbytery regarded this as no bar to trial. After some progress on the part of Presbytery,- Mr. Brown read a paper taking exceptions to doctrines avow ed. in Presbytery, declaring himself no longer a member of it, a,nd• asking his name to. be struck from the roll., Presbytery re fused to strike out - his name, and proceeded with the' trial: ,TI e' attainedis expressid in the fol lowing : - , ' "Resolved, That said Rev. Simeon Brownbe ' :63.df hereby is; suspended from, the exercise of the Gospel l Ministry ; •as in, the judgment of.this Pres-, bytery, disqualified, by his errors, to expound" the doctrine. 4 of God's. Werd; arid administer the' ordinances of the Gospel in accordance with the doctrinal Standards of the Presbyterian Church of the, United States of America; until he gives satisfactory evidence of repentance." Some, two •weeks after the 'adjournment .of Presbytery,'ir. Brown's congregation, (e:- L , banon, Ohio,) by a vote nearly' unanimous, (but five or six dissenting,), ~".refused to, obey the action ofsuspension;" and,resolv,ed to ask the Synod ofOincinnati attach theni to' iiiiiither Presbytery, and 'to edntitine -Mr: Brown 'as their ' Stated` Supply during' the present.year. Pennsylirania Common SchtTlis." The .11 . 13130 d Of Col. - Curtin, Secretary of the Commonwealth, on: the Public Schools, is• an able ,document which citizens - will. likely not with some degree , of State pride,' and Christians , will regard , with thanksgtVini to the great' Disposer of social , Tkere were nearly _ six hundred'thousand children in the.schools in the,coursc of the. year. This embraced a, very , large , propor tion of those who are' between the ages of six and seventeen. ' The Pennsylvania sygtern claims three filatiires of special excellence. TheSe are : 1.. Its representative feature ; ,School Direetorw eleotecl by the people in each distria; and haying, sole and supreme management., 2. Large' dis trints;, giving the opportunity of grading ioltools, and .of " establishing high schools.- 3. `.The whole support is from State appropriations and. direct taxation. . There are no pprmanent funds to .he mismanaged or squandered' or as stnrces` of cor ruption; there are no Charges whatever for tuition—an. education till 018' birth-right of every child in Pennsylvania. ; , Great improvement is claimed tinder. the" influence of the law of 1854, providing-for County Superintendents. The great want still" experiinced is side= quate teacher& To remedy this, it is sug gested that Normal Schools shall be.,estab lished, inisufficient numbers to contain some one 'thousand five. hundred' stlidelits;) in% preparatory course for teachers. • The trainingef the young is' confessedly one of the greatest interests of a community.. :And it should; ever be right training—the cultivation`ofthe conscience,' as well as of the intellect ` The 'moral susdcptabitities' should have thi fr first and greatest care; if good citizens are to be formed. This is what will make honest,' industrious and peaee fil citizens-La people obedient to lavi, good law-makers and faithful executors of law. It is by this that we ;hall be protected in our ( 4hts, and each en,,oy the:fruits of his own industry, and the sweets of a happy home. Let ,every eitizoni and especially every Christian, do his full share in extend ing, and in morally elevating the Common ,School systaur of t•hiiPStater. =II BANNER AND ADVOCATE =I 1 . Little TraversecXichigan. The Missionaries at this'station are forty Miles from the . nearest whitesettlement, in , . one direction, andsixty „miles another. They are among :heathen in a Christian country. A letter from Mr. Guthrie, dated January . 10th, says, 'their lateSt'dates, from either pen or press,' were . &Timber Bth, over two months back. He asks the fervent affectionate, and, much, availing prayers of the righteous: Christians should remember .% the'Missionaries: '' , • Friend , pf 'Missions" asks why Mr. 0. desires, So earnestly, to.be furnished with a good, church-bell.; and, by sending us the followit.g verses, intimates that the article desired is not much needed :` 1 ' No iniesion bells, nor Or an miund Though used by'skillfid hand, Within-God's house, *ill e'er be firma To rescue fallen man. • • The sacrifice of Christ 'alone Received by faith and love St Will benefit the red man's home, And 'lead. to joys • r Then sound the trumpetal hes given, , The Gospel of hie Son,,, To savage tribes, where e'er they're driven, And let your bells idone, yery good, this, as far as ; it goes. But how shall the red man 'be .brought within the' trumpet's sound'? Ho* get himqa.the Place where the Gospel of Christ preihf ed Thia, is one of the hard , parts of the Missionary's service, and, the Man of ..God showS his skill and wisdom very -much in this very'thing.. To have universal gatherings, in the sanctuary, en the Sabbath, would be re garded as the harbinger of ,great, success. in winning nnuin; If this "Friend:" will turn =to the' Bait ner and Advocate' of September find the explanation he desirei, accompany ing the request. It is. brie* „this :.. ; The Gospel must be heard,, that it may . produce ,faith,' and lead to salvation. In order to a profitable hearing; men must have a Sabbath; and must assemble thernieS . ei together; and, to this assembling there main an appoint- ed hour, and the hour's arrival Anust be known. Now, the Indiami, in- that region, have not learned how' to give time a tongue they have no clocks And, perhaps, even beyond some other sinners, they, are forget ful, and , careless. To , go round• amongst them; every Lord's day and tell them, 4 Nqvr, this is the Sabbath, and when the sun ligh Yeti niust come to meeting," would be impracticahle. A good chureh.bellwould usher in the Sabbath, telling every poor dian , qn the village and 'near* that the good day had comer he must not ivOrk, tuni, fish, nor "play, but must worshivGod: Then, .again„at theib.our fixed for Meeting, it , would tell him, 44 Now is the time, , ,come." We have no doubt but that theli Sabbath Bell" would be animineniebenefit to that. Mission, as also to many Others. It might last a century. Its cost would not, be a quarter of the Mission's expense for one lear ; and it would render the efficiency of the Mis sion vastly'greater, every year. We think it would breal economy in the Board to furnish the' article; but the , effort now•being made is, to have the amount donated, direct ly for that object. Will not the liberal send in ? We hive not yet the amount needed. Associate Refcirmed The ological Seminar We find appended to. an .exeellent Ad dress,.by Dr.(Pressly, at the opening of the present , session, an epitome &the History of 'this Institution and a catalogue of the Students. ' ' . The,Seminary was established. in, 1825. Rev. Joseph Kerr, D: D., was Professor for four years; Rev. kungo Dick for two years. Rev. John T. Pre,ssly, D. D., the present Senior Professor, has been instructor since 1831, and, for a large portion .of the time, the only teacher. ' A commodious:building has been recently erected. The Library contains fifteen hun dred v'olumes. The present number of students is, thirty. The• total , number who have enjoyed. instruction in tile Seminary, is two - hundred and fifty-seven, of 'Whein forty'-eight deceesQ. The present Faculty are, .Rey. :John T. Pressfy, , D., D., Professor ; , of • Theology; Rev: A. =D. .Clark; D. D., Piofessor of Bib- Heal' Literature and Criticism; Rev 7 D. R: Kerr, D D:;:iirofessOi of Ecclesiasanal Hie torY. and Church qoTernment. At tke.l443' monthly(Missionary meeting of the studentS,:pr... l lierr=delivirad)an Ad dress on the 'Condition and prospeeti'of 'this descendants of Anshan:l, in which' head vocatedthe opinion that, though now scat tore& over the whole earth:, they :will yet, be:ore the. end of the World, b - et restored to' the iand of their fathers. For the Presbyterian Banner and laiqicite. AlOxtuider ColOge. [We , are Anne& pleased,,,and doubtless, "North , -West" will be equiilly' gratified that we are. enabled to recorilthe following good'Aidings.--:E D A DUBUQUE, lowa, Jano 20, ; ,1857. Itzv. Dn. AIo,KINNEv.:--In , your paper of,the 3d ins,t., I. observe an., articles signed "'North,West," in. which the writer stated, what he Considers a sad and sorrowful;fact, that Alexander College had been sold And given-np,•&o. All which would be. sad and sorrowful, if tru e . Now .I wish to cheer. that good- brother's heart, and all others who have been made: sad by the , report 'that he has pulAished, by ,porrecting his , imaginary facts in reference to this Institution , ? which, we, trust, with, 'God's blessing,will yet be : « a, source of untold usefulness to,alfthat region in*hich it is located." Yesterday, Janus-, ry,l9, 1857, the Trustees of the: Alexander OA*, didiell,,,to Finley, the „College building, which was enclosed but not finished, for the sum of ten th,u4and dollars;: and , made all necessary aritingementg for, the mediate erection of inothahuillingOn oth , ' er ground. This they did after mature de liberation,,,,,and,consultationywnOt.,onlravith- Are ,f:riemiopf the cause t here, ,b,ut l with the, SS'eretarl'es - of the 111`oird Of',Educatio4 Philadelphia; two of whom had visited the place, t ., ,,c_prp . m9te the, interes i tpf ,the ;blessed cause (which they are 'engav , ed, and. to whom we feel under great, obligations b for their kind and Christian counsel and influ- - ovum The ehiekreasen 9fith - cre*oval - ava,s2 the viantlf 'siiffcient &mind *Tem our lege was located,.,and..the Japid,..growth...of our city, which was crowding around us so as to,eramp us. still more, and which caused ilia a rise in the' value of property there, its to make it impossible 'to' buy More ground in that In selling the building and 'removing 'another location we gain several advantages. First, we have more ground. Our' new lo cation contains eight acres; and this. 'we do not have to buy .is a do'natioi to the College, an fee wage: is valuable' -ground, also. Spine 'Or it' would sail, this moment, 'at twelve hundred dollars an acre. Secondly, , we have a-far more--beautiful and commanding position. 'When "we' firstioca ted our College here;- we Could get no ground on the Bluffs which would overlook the city and the river. Butproperty changing hands, had brought the Bluff onlvhich we,are.now to build r into the hands of _such, as, felt an interest in the College, and desired to see it occupy the best possible position.,, The site pn which,,we are now preparing ,to , erect our College, building is one of the.most bean % tiful on'the whole Mississippi River.- It is, the point of a Bluff which,runs out to the river a little below the city with aperpen.4 dicular front of ,nearly . ,, i three hiandred,fest. ,Itthus'compandit a; view of .the, ( whole city, which in . , a crescent , ..fornied. , the Bluffs receding frem the river and returning., to the .river again , about five miles ~above,, and of .the Missiippi River : for, a distance, of .more than twenty miles:, 'OA the oppo site side of the river, with nothing struct the view, is. the: tprminturef,,the great Illinois, entralltailroad, atiktnleith, a beau .tiftil and growing tow' n, where, already, an immense business is done ;,,but where, only, three years ago, there was but just, one honse,, and theta log cabin owned by.the ferryman. The College, buildings wilt i pommand,a view `of the Railroad for some six or eight miles toward ' Galena, and the Railroad West trotnl/nbuque finds its way,out to our beau. : tifnl, prairies, by running direetly around the foot of the Bluff on ;which enr,College ,ings are ! to stand. Instead,,, therefore,.pf mourning over it as your eurrespondent does, ;(and we are very much obliged to him ler his sympathy) ,we consider ita m,tter,of thank;_ inlness that God has opened to us - thp door for such a removal... ' We can pow go,forw ,ard with heiter!hepes, of success than ever.. It ,places our : young,_ College pre an immovable fdundation : for usefulness., : In, this Whole, region, there, is . no 'such College as, the wants of , the, com munity even now: imperatively, demand. Our removal does, indeed} , bring us in gain sight of two, other 'Colleges,, (so, called:) . There is .the Roman Catholic, College, at 'Sinsinna Mound, under, the cars of ~the, Itomiph Bishop of Wisconsin. ; The building is in plain sight of -us Only some ,twelve miles to the North.e,ast;, and about three miles, to the Seuth-west. of :us, at Table ~Mound, is the Rotaish College,under the care, of the , Bishop of Duhnque. This fact, however, .only shows the greater necessity of our Institution,- and of unceasing efforts to, .propagate, the truth, surrounded, as ,we are, with such a mass of errors and superstition.. Suffer, me thus much, .11;1.r; Editor„in, the . , way of correcting a wrong .inipreeston that your correspondent, has received, , and un 7 willingly propagated in reference to onr, College. Yours . fraternally,, Jostitia. P. S.---The Lord is graciouely granting unto, us some tokens,.of presence, and the' , sevlving and converting, grace of his Spirit.. ,Yet we do not speak of it as a re-, vival. 4t . . few have already, : as they trust, n b beerought tea knowledge of the Saviour, and still more seem, anxiously ,the, way of life. Oh, that the - Lord would.grant us snch, a revival as would cause the hearts of, all to rejoice, and would bring multitudes to a knowledge of Jesus. , , P. . for the Pteahiterian Banner and Adyopate. Dedicatian at Millwood: ill The Presbyterian church .at Elmtwoodi 111., was dedicated to the worship of Father,- 'Son, - and IHoly Ghost; om Babbath,Tebruary Ist, 1857. The 'dedication serriton wars preached .by Rev. Thomas S. Vaill, Of Knox- , -vine; 'and' the' dedication prayer ;wits made by Rev. Mr. Saner, of Elmwood:• - The .sacrament .of 'the' Lerd's 'Supper P was cele brated at the conclusion; of 'thelli3dicatimi , services. Great solemnity pervailed the . crowded assembly e; and it is hoped that-Ithel Holy. Spirit caused •permanent impressions:. The organization whiCh has thus possessed) ,themselves of • a house •of worship;' amtprev sentedi it to the Lord; ins , made. - Only - last , June. Their minister, "..Rev: ,, ,PaviCFl McFarland, has 'labored,lavithv unwearied energy, to accomplish this ~ enterprise. ). In connexion with, Elmwood,. Mr. McFarland is pastor of a large and:flourishing congre gation at "Trench Grove, eight miles froth Elmwood; 'arid his time is equally divided' between the two,places. c , :; oo?..1 Elmwood 'is=. a mew and .growing town; .half-way between Peoria and Knox.ville,: on the Peoria and. ,Oquawka• Railroad. = The' :town hari . dsomely located, With , air adjoin-. ing country scarcely to be , stirpassed• for 'beauty :and fertility. ..It t has now , three church , ,etliftees, .Congregational,.:Methoclist, and Presbyterian: • • ...This ( -latter!‘ , Cdifice,' though. complete ut , its idedicatiok, and •one , .whiCh-:(sliould any; of your:readers be pass ing the.. Sabbath "at Elmwood,' would'lnd perfectly comfortable,) is still in debt: Would it not be agreeable. tot some of the, Eastern• friends to remit.helping amounts to , Rev. 'D., F. M - Tarland, .Elmwood,' Could they, Witness the , self-denial tolvlaich the minister and his littlu flock: 'ltalie sub; jected themselves in gettingthis louse reedy I forworship, they would; love, `cte help 'them: An , interesting :meeting lof the' little chureh,Was held in the afternoon of dedie&' tion day, at the room of Mrs: Bradleyiw venerable Christian; who was too feeble"la go,to the ohurch. sacrament of the Lord's , : Supper > was administered -to 'Her soul seemed tofeed upon Jesus:. Soon she will be, at the marriage supper of the Lamb. • EMU Poe the Presbiteriiin and Aar:mate , . • , 4 , t t,' Death of Rev. S. Htune,Smith. Mn.,EDITOR : — Amother minister, has' ,1 passed., to his , reward. The Rev: Samuel Hume , 'Smith, - pester of the churches- of Hopewell; Centre,t , and: Stewartstownide parted this life ontthe at , his late. residence, in. York .County; .Peniukylvarda,i inttheJorty.first , year, of his age, anlktthet twelfth of his 4 ministry. His vil la; ,n its/first approaches', aoriatparatively.slighty tgrcatly.pdebilitating ) tindeedrbut mot (other wise very seriously affecting, yet baffling all. == CM --77' "r.s , t t , 4• 4 A t skill alto its iliture a,ndkeined34 and :coin- : Peting:its woNin less tlan two,Monqs. : , ..:31r..'Smith. , was ordained by the Presby tery of Donegal, and installed pastor of Hopewell4ehurch.Junewl7thri€46,ztaking 0143;gehshe, asiated,Supply, of the infant alurek' ini6shurg, now Stewarts town. Of this latter church, he was in stalled pastor on the 21st of June, 1851 ; and, on the same day, pastor, also, of . the church of Centre. Though thus placed in a large charge, and one requiring , much 'abor, he was faithful in preaching, visiting, nd catechising. In the last two respects, he followed the,,good_old_rule r still in foree. among the churches of the " Barrens of York,'.' however much, neglected elsewhere, as well the days as the example, Set him r in " of his strength, by , his former ,pagtor; and theolOgidal:ikreeeptor,ithefaie venerable Di., Somme Martin. The church. of Hopewell, admonished by his failing health, _reluctant to part with. him, `and appreciating his ` affection for them, had just taken' steps a,. rlease him, :in case of his recovery, from . doer work, 1)y calling him to' their ",service' 4aleee: The Master' willed it oth'erivisC:' He now 'rests from 'hie labors entirely. Siiett' was the nature" of , his disease, ,: that much. conversation ,for several days previonti death, was itn- . possible. Yet, ,:isrben . he cthild m not co muniaate feelings'an'd his Ifopes'in this way, : hefonrid another. ' At all times = much soothed by singiai," belied yeiichoice sentiment. Signifying bis, desire for a pencil 'and `paper, with trendiling hand be wrote in scarcely legible characters, and with • 4 many'nmissions .o le tte rs, an even , wor ds, enough ot 'a hymn 16 indicate partictilar wish, and when in'i'd6Ordarke t e witiftkis; the 'song arose, .l" ; • x:" Cdnie , w6thatiloye tb.etLercl." •• 4 ! his 'whole ' aPpearanee-ishowed his , eprdiaL adoptionnr the sentiment We sympathise with his four fath'erleswandlmOtherlesw chil dren.:His . churehes,'his relations his brethren in the ininiitry, Ids friends,: his neighbors, all 1 - eel ihis-loss; fovhisleharaoter endeared 'him . tFa MEE Eastern Correepondente: • ' Nr*Yotx, Vet): Art. , reegnt" '.inerecse , of crime has forced itself upon every obser.ier," and beenine ii‘'fruithil topic. discussieir. It is not confined to large-eitiesnori totany , ' particular pirtidti' , of'ortfrown country; the British Press ; in speaking-of it, 'oliailite- 1 terikee the priFityearlYits prevalence. High as well as low, the prominent and' obscure, even ' the Prefeesedlyreligionsilive been concern ed in its commission: -- `lt- has developed great talent, as well asgreatdepravit3r. peudirdefinuda and robberies, desperate and', diabolicaPinurilers, have excited' our 'beton.' ishMent, at their adroitness, as well as in dignitien at,' their o r Afew 'weeks; crime lias-made 'rep; ' id strides in this'eity;' arid timblie 'Attention has been indeleenly awakened-Ito itepretr 1. alence: , Atiallcevents, thereis A feeling of insecurity Suhject, , Ghat- is hut partly-lindicated'in the , prominence giveri%to' it in, the papers and in ConversationV It hardly deemed prudent to *entire mit; • unattendedl . Aven ,An early hohr I the` evening: Not only have child. of --youn.g ineril'organized and'arnied z•themsel;re,S; for! mutual sproteetion, VIA sober-Minded and re , ' ligiou,s people are proVidingthemselVes - with weaporie "'f A. brisk trade been carried on in revolvers; dirks``-`and swtfrd canes. Prohably'thousanda' of peaceable,: bufeibited; citizens, now:walk the streets, dreading, yet preparedto defendthemielves, egainit bodily violence. This feeling has grown up, chiefly, from' the frequency And `; boldness with whiehl:stieet robbery: -has been committed. . Here Man is garintted, , at hiieWn door, at an early lent in= the even ing, and in A crowded thoroughfare. An ' other knocked detail:end -robbed a •few pe T ce§ from - hie Own house. A third iereturn- . ing froth dinner-party, at seven- o'clock in ;the evening,' and suddenly set upouwhile turning Alootri9r,'liid Stripped of his aides and money. A lady, in Crossings iii' open day, is seized:by twolnen, arid compelled to`giver *up her •=rich furs, by threats' of ' inimediete violence. These • examples the that aterife, Almost every one ybil-nieet.haw a , fresh out rage'td communicate. They are, doubtleas, exaggerated and multiplied, Often with den der- grounde for their occurrence; but 'their • repetitien Inter:Wrought, up3inany to • a fever-' ish 'excitenient: . Carryingleoncealett weap on§ is but' oneof the' eonseque'rit `. Tt will lie's Wonder some'-terrible - disaster' deemsnot result iti , aea pieol is already Said to.have expleded'ai the opera,•,. and another iii the i•roeketef aiming • man, whom'it seriously' wounded. Should a few of the villains,:fer , whom they. areinteilde'd; Meet their ;deserts froM;there; it . might inspire 'others with a wholesoine terror, but the probability is;' the be:the 'greatest sufferers . ; froth their careless or .vicious use; as in the • case 'of Hugh Miller," * Or . by the greater reek- , lessneie -With which , they 'by their assailants. This carrying eft-weep= • ona*is a, 'genie atiathich !NO; Call'play, And if eititensiresert to "tbeio etiininhls will itotise slow to'retaliate:' This is ayslikstate :of, things,' intenisified, asitims by..the Bond Street tragedy:- It-looks. its though barbarlisnr might reassert`' • itriJeMpirein the ‘very eentre of 'eivilization‘.. Indeed; ••at` the _rate' with which we live ad; vanced the few past Weeks; the qUestionref , a Miiiioriary: of our' Board:in Washington Territory, might not, .before .a long "time, be altogether with:out raieetlint in New York: • ;w hat,v le asks, "weiild . cengregatfori int , the..Btates r think, to'see a , Aleigyman ter the phlpii,AMitufittrlifingilia Bibleiar the" ileak,•linbliekle atO9Valrei‘robier ftOin' side, , :itnatlythitt ale° tile desk ?"' ,Ift"Stir olergyiiidulthoitdubeteitlleefo trgvellail or , return ::late front' "evening . servieest; 'they, mighti `soonlthirik it; needful to ado' t ,the' P sane precaution', hereiligairiet ruffiansPivhich; is' 'there indispensable; itgainst . • Irandue causes are assigned fcir4hislare*aL lenee d- Mime,' nonel of ' which are. adepiafe thoUgh together, *they 'affoiti' a pirtiEirexiiiatittion of its` lucre*. SFor. extiniplekthu infinx.'of briuduals"troin'abroa'd;' and:fronitill"'parte Of our , ovin'istinntrf; es pecially from SanTraneisco;Whinceitey have beft l / 2 1 driven byithe itetionlef - theVigilanee Colninittee.;; The eharieteri inabytofl our -1 eitiftiffturals, , chnseik at thevrecelit arid' who . ' are hoftniPirilliinorle beilenietit t, to'tbechiss 4oUrhonl. they ewe - theirlialitieil - ele:vatibil . .' • `Thelitetfiiiienci police are °ministration; -nunistrathin; Whieh l latillest"the Otinfidtince , of •reslieetahle people ~.1 amid which has ei..fx bibited, in!a, eign nilupeti its iiictipteitiiii the'. detectibri, lir' . 7saY !nothing:lW btliev.'pre!, ention of:lcrinin; in the little! aid it hite rendete& thU.Oorober, in his inve'sti'gate . into -the., Burden. murder'-removal of .ton fireilics`frimi the pity hubtitis; is also urged:as reason'; , ilkeeerobije..ritea_ are as commoVinqiiitrters.u Oberipiedlibl as in thosegiven npxelasiVe•tos business. More powerful'eavesi is- bbe fOundinthe unc ertainty'Whitili 4 'hai , attended, the punishment of crime: in the lightness of its have', leen liaidonaie‘ Elnndrede: description are supposed to be now in the !EE:=!l:u;= • • city; whi r le ~rt rs . .., , estunated that there are in the. dountrY at ,brge,, at least, a hundred thotsattd flint 'Have been pardoned, or di-. charged, from our State Prisons. How few -ortheie"iiente been leformec? by the disci pline to which thsg .. have been subjected, or hate' been 'able to surmount the difficulties which prejudice and suspicion rear to their return to an honest life, need hardly be sag. geisted.' Tlieren:iight be - added the increase of intemperance, since all restrictions on the liquor traffic have been practically removed, and the number of.pladesiii4lich it is sold in this city, has risen from six to fifteen thousand. The love of -money, too, that root of all evil," has its influence, as is evident from the fact that a large proportion .of the crimes are" cemmfttedifor its acquisi tion. In . a -population it ilintost a million, and of such a diiersifted character, out -breaks must always be expected; while all the causes., suggested, wilt: operate with : greater intensity, than.if the same number ,of people were dispersed over a wide extent -ef country. 'These things,,hoiever, do not satisfactorily account for the evil. The in `crease of ermie throughout Christendom, in dicates the existeriee - of some more prevalent, :and powerful cause, far its . commission. May it not be attributeti to the laxity o f religious belief, or positive errant that have obtained a wide circulation? It cannot be doubted that there is much secret infidelity, as well as open indifference, in our day. The Gospel has .little power over vast ;masses., as , iii:obviou from the neglect, of its ordinanees, as well as from their flagrant wickedness. The most ridiculous doctrines find ready adherents, :while numbers, supposed' to be grounded in the faith, are snared by the devil, as is mani fest in their conversion to Spiritualism;with all its absurdities.... The marked .sympathy, too, which is felt for criminals, indicates the -prevalence of crier in' refetenCe totheireon ' 'duct. Crime id looked on as infirmity 'rather 'than guilt; end "punishment, there fore, as reformatory, rather than retributive. Indeed, the idea of punishing amaubecause 'he deseries it, is as rare as, he' mention of vlitdictrve justiceis deemedbarbarous. .ThediebiPlitie - of the Offender, or the safety 'of society is theiightte be the only warrant for its infliction,. .All this, -it need hardly `be said, betra,.yka.fatal misconception of the "'demands of justicet, as re,vettlecl in the im pulses of our own, nature,- as well as in the Word of tied. When a great crime is cora mitiffarliffewfireinrifigr. "firlfiirdell; -- the 'whole community instinctively calls -for the blood of his assassin,,. 110 ;merely because -their own safety is ,periled, but because of a convietion'of itsill deseit. And the very 'men sihir denouricethese 'sentiments as hor rible, are , often, the first to vindicate it as Proper, when personally , assailed.. When tlri.s..islett of jwtice .",retributive is lost, the malignity of sin is also overlooked. The character of.Godis misapprehended, and of 'course", the foundation of religion , is destroy ed. One truth is intimally 'connected with others,,and. its =Perversion 'may undermine Ithewholiutructurei: at ,least operis the way lor •the 'gravest errors. , - Therumust be a re- Ituriv . to:-correct' views] of - -crime, ":as the .offspring..-of :a . depraved hart,..instead of a -"diseased, organization ;land to a true concep -Ttioni therefore, of its desert, and the -strict-"justice, as well'aw expediency of its , The -popular-theories.on the subject r - must ,be „modified, as avellas exter :naFtemediesrapplied,; before we-can: expect to- seesii , radically. diminished..;.-Neglected children; Should; indeed, betrained to habits "of industrf;*bntall clasneimust be instruct- ed bathe nature of God's law, as well as urged, 'to embrace his Gospel. Is therefidtarwork. here,for thsrPress,; and sdio forthe.Pulpit, would be as potential as ;any change in: municipalrgovernmentirupcdice regulations ?. The liton&Street tragedy involved inJobscurityithonghtwo weeksative - spassed since its enactment,- and :the -investigations have, been .prosecuted, With' :scarcely-any in termission: .:;}Farrell; a .shoemakeroteistifies that le-e.sw Mr.llßurdcdPenter Aria. -.house about- eleveunicliek;kon thelevening:-. previ ens fo the: disco Very &hie) death; ,and.. shortlyLafter; heAstatd the crrof. In-order, and the fall ofts c me heavyliodv , A: man, too, in his shirtsleeves, whemhe recognizes as Eckel, soon'put hie head ch i t of the front "door .arid Ybtilered him from the 'Steep on which *al- sitting: `'testimony shall he corrnhoratedkoiliacharacterplaced shoji Saitimati;the disotiveryof the Criminal ..will be truly providential: , pit - gieat doubts .are cast-Upon `it, and the whele.thing can 'hardly be Said pt& have ":reeeived any expla rnatiori:- now, asiiiiitigh=the crim inal finightinever diseoiered the !great -day that all seciete. There; is'buts oner'opinion' in regard to fthe . coittroirersy bet;iire r eri 'Observer and . . .byterzetn'ilct hick )rou Made reference in your last"vreek'S paper.tTlie friends of both'perties denire taste it elided; Sines they 'deeplydephire it, matronly arilin - illirstration rof ,"the infirmities of gocidiiieh," bit as an Occasiolt-uf exilltatiatulo the wicked. SincertilY'yetirsi,j; ' B. - Ecclesiastical - t Rev. WM. DALzEL, of the Assoetate Reform , Alansftel4,„reoeived the Tcesbytery of;Biahland at'a called ,leee*g A ,J4 l l- 2 7.0- . r Dina 4: M. liloGßiGonOicentiate 'of the - )Presbytery tof- Allegheny, was received ion Jan. 27th, Presbytirycefaich lod. ' • 'address is , lllansfield;cohio. H. JACOB was instal l ed 'faistSF of the ,church. of Knoxville , lowa, byi,a'Cota rnitieg.of DesMoineg Presbytery , Un . NCw Year's day. Revs J. M. *E+ lroyiircach edlhe Sermon'. and ohargd. the . Rasitor. Rev. J. M. Batchajdor'proposed thecOn .` Stitaitlia'sfieVti6n24, sud oharked the g 9 P ie crit Rev. 'A.ll3V.ir.OVNgiit of, Tateeville Miss., ~has reutOVed to G Panplik,le,Panola County Miss., and,taken. charge A ot the church :Arai erninar3rfin that lilacs. Rev. R. L. NEikk;life . " - ii student of Dan aV;:'haiilialienleharge of the otnehrOii,Tariolsville and New " T Altoilif - ';lfifiTost 'Mee' address is Car- auTLEB. has, taken tan charge Pf.:9oke ..e4ur,Rh, in Van. Buren Arkansas. Iltcnkrir MOSELY has resigned his ehifgeibigixirksen, I.a eiqW MN4IP - rd. M Noinvommor, has been to the exercise ."of -the has ofihe - Gos el ministry from 'which he has been suspended. Rev., N. C. Nou'ru, of New!Oileans, has re- Aigned his charge. - Rev. Joitif JouraTOWS'Pitet Office address is cluinged`Yronk Wind Lea,' to Loney's Creek, Virginia. Rev. *Josilst - 'G. - SyMMES . , of • Madison, has declined ifiet ball to the Ten nant Church, Freehold, New Jersey. • Rev. 2Tztorcs,P., loicon-Kw w as installed by ) .reebytery l 'orNew : Brunswink, pastor ~of the SeeoudiNeshiterian Church, Cran berry, New Jersey. Rev. "SiNlTiii tT; ,7 1111.11) has received a call from tli Presliyeerian - church in Wood bury, N. Z. •
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