PRESIYTERIAN ;lA:\.)ER.'..& „''' ADVOCATE. terlan Banner, Vol. V, No. 25. Lorton Advocate, No. 20. MeKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. ADVANCE. Original flag. tten on the Death of a Friend , it bitter Borrow thrills my heart, think that he and t mast part! is, how piercing is the pain, more on earth to meet again ! flood did o'er his body roll, could not overwhelm his soul ; now he bathes in seas above, .streams of everlasting love. chilliag tide cut shOrt his breath, left his body cold in death; now he drinks the streams on bigb, gushing streams that never dry. mild and lovely was that youth! early learned and loved the truth; walked the ways of righteousness, lived with all his friends in peace. love was free to every friend, loved the Saviour to the end, now he loves to sing that Psalm, song of Moses and the Lamb. name is 'graved on every heart, earthly friends are called to part; • sweet remembrance of his name, eeds the pomp of earthly-fame. h may dissolve these earthly ties, showers of tears suffuse our eyes ; we shall dwell in realms above, ell in eternal love. 'iving friends dry up your tears, . banish all your gloomy fears ; aua our Captain's gone before,. d conquered death, with all its power, t youth prepare to meet their God, And walk the way our friend has trod; Devote, like him, their blooming days, To walk in wisdom's pleasant ways. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Baptism.--No. 9. :aping from the desert, and shaping our te to the North• East, at length we reach uxuriant plain of Damascus, one of • the it Paradises "of Eastern poetry. En , the oldest City in the world, and pass •long the street oalled Straight, we come e house of. Judas, where we find SAUL OF TARSUS. alias comes in, and puts his hands on and what follows ? "He received forthwith, and arose and was bap- —Acts ix : 18. Ananias had said to " And now, why tarriest thou? Arise be baptized."—Chap. xxii : 16. The iuge of the original is very expressive : ,IR ebaptisthc, " rising, or standingup, is baptized." And so in the parallel anastas baptisai, "rising'up, be ,zed." And it is fairly implied that received baptism immediately, on rising his couch, and without leaving the Our Baptist friends suppose there ellipsis, or omission of some words in sentence, to be supplied by the reader; that the meaning of Ananias was, ;e up, and go out to a river or pool, there be baptized." But an manna of different passages, where the same of expression is used, will show the lition to be groundless. The participle s, occurs six times in Luke's Gospel, .mes in the Acts of the Apostles, and it five times in other parts of the New , nt. In not one of these instances rds, supposed to have been omitted, tst in between the participle and the Take a few examples : cs I : 15- 6 ( Peter rose up in the midst disciples, and said ;" anastas Petros 28—" And there stood 'up one of named Agabus, and signified;" anas- EMIR 7—" Peter rose up and said unto anastos Petros eipen atztOis. IV : 39—" And she arose and min unto them;' "unastasa. diekonei : 8—" He arose and stood forth;" este. : 46—" Rise and pray that ye not into temptation ;" anastantes eesthe. will readily be seen, that in every in the action expressed by the verb the rising up immediately and on rot, leaving no interval to be filled npby !ader. On the other hand, whenever )ject of the actor is not attained without the place, , that fact is expressly as in the following passages : • • XV : 18—"'I will arise and go to my , and say unto him ;" anastas poreu -kai ero. rse 20—" And he arose and came to .her ;" anastas elthe pros ton piztem 11X 39—" Peter arose and went them ;" anastas Petros sunelthen 11—" Arise and go into the street is called Straight, and, inquire ;" poreutheti—kat zeteson. in every instance in which anastas td, if the purpose of the actor in rising not attained without going elsewhere, )ing elsewhere is expressly mentioned. re is no room for the insertion of omitted And it is as clear as noon-day, that Ananias said, " Arise and be bap ," he meant that Saul should stand up be baptized at once, without leaving his ber. What Baptist preacher would say to a son in a private' house, or at the church, se up and be-baptized ?" In such case, Id not every one expect the baptism to place by effusion An immersionist Id say, "Rise up and gb out with me to river, and be baptized. WASHING AWAY SINS. " But," say our good brethren, " does Ananias say, 'be baptized, and wash ty thy sins ?' This purely calls for more Lter than is implied in pouring or sprink ig." I answer, dipping a person with all clothes on, is no more a washing of the arson than sprinkling is; nor will it more ffectually cleanse from sin. What Ananias ' , ant was, that Saul, having now really the lith, should attend to the visible sign of le washing away of his sine, baptism being e emblem, or sign, of spiritual cleansing. haw was it to be signified ? Why, sprinkling is the standard among emblemat ical washings ; for God himself says, " will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean."—Ezek.. xxxvi :25 It is also said of the Redeemer, that he hath "washed us from our sins in (or with) his own blood."—Rev. i : 5. And how ? Peter answers, by " sprinkling of the blood of Christ."-1. Pet. i : 2. BAPTISM OF CORNELIUS. We now pass to Cesarea, a sea-port on the Mediterranean, and the political capital of Judea, under the Romans. Here, a Cen turion, previously instructedby Peter, was baptized in the faith of Christ. Thrs was the first Gentile admitted to the Christian Church ; and Julian the ,Apostate, who ac knowledged but two eminent converts from Paganism to Christianity, named him as one of them. , For the record of his baptism, see Acts x : 44-48. "The Holy Ghost , /e/1 on all them that heard the word." " Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water that should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost as well as we 7" Peter's meaning is; "Can any one object to the baptism of these Gentiles; who have received the same , effusion of the Spirit as ourselves ?" Still, the form of his expres sion discloses to us the existing mode of baptism. " Can any man forbid water ?" This plainly implies,, ..that the water was brought in and applied to the subject; not the subject taken to the water. When Christ, speaking of little children, says, " forbid them not," (Luke xviii : 16,) his meaning is, " forbid them not to be brought to me ;" for the context declares, that they were being " bronght to him," at the time. So when Peter says, " Can any man forbid water?" his meaning is, _"Can.any one forbid water to be brought and appliectin baptism to these Gentiles ?" Had he'been an immersionist, he would doubtless have said, " Can any man forbid these - Gentiles going down with us at once to' the sea shore," Ac.c. How singular would it sound if a Baptist preacher, taking the vote of his church on the reception of a candidate, should say, "Brethren, can any of you forbid water for the baptism of this person ?" A stranger present would certainly take him for a Pedo baptist. The immersionists do not speak of forbidding water to .a person, .but of forbid ding a person being put under water, if they think him not a proper subject. A notre. PETER'S IDEA OF BAPTISM In giving an account of this baptism, to the Apostles and brethren at Jerusalem, Peter makes the'following remarkable state ment : "And as T began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on ns at the begin ning. Then remembered I the word of the Lord,how that he said, John indeed bap tized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.—Acts xi': 15, 16. Something occurred which forcibly re minded Peter of baptism' And whit' was it? It was the falling or outpouring of the Holy Ghost on the assembly. But if he were an immersionist, how could that put him in mind of baptism ?' Onr Baptist friends say that there is no sort of resew blance'between the two. Nothing short of a plunge under, would put them in mind of baptism. But Peter was no immersionist. Leaving• Cesarea, and taking ship, we steer to the North-West; and after sailing near a thousand miles, we land at Neapolis, and pass thence to Philippi, in Macedonia. Here, when Paul •visited the place, were a few Jews, but no organized synagogue. There was, however, a place resorted to for prayer, in the outskirts of the town,,by the river side. Here Paul's preaching blessed to the conversion of Lydia of Thya tira. The sacred historian tells us, in few words, that "she' was baptized, and her household."—Acts xvi : 15. It is not stated whether this took place at the river, or elsewhere;'that matter being left entirely to conjecture• 0 BAPTISM 'OF THE JAILOR. From the hospitable dwelling 'of Lydia, we pass round to the prison of Philippi. Here, confined in the inner ward, their feet made fast in the stocks, and their backs bleeding from the recent scourge, are two of the most disinterested servants of Christ, the world ever saw. And what had they done ? Their successful Mors had given offense to the idolatrous fanatics of Philippi ) at whose instigation they were cruelly beaten, and ignominiously thrust into prison. The particulars are recorded in Acts xvi : 19-40. The reader is already familiar with them, and they need not here be repeated. That the jailor's baptism took place within the walls of the prison is evi dent from the circumstances narrated. Yet our opponents allege that the Apostles must have taken him out to a river for that pur pose, because, in verse , 30, we are told that the jailor, "brought them out ;" and then, in verse 34, that " he sbrought them into his house." But they forget that the Apos tles were thrust into the inner prison. From thence the jailor "brought them out" into the outer prison, where he washed their stripes and received baptism. Thence he " brought them into his house ;" which, according to usage, was under the same roof, and constituting a part of the edifice. The supposition that they took the jailor and all his family to the river is attended with insuperable difficulties. It was mid night. The river was quite out of the city. —V. 13. By the laws of the country, the jailor would have, been condemned to death had he allowed the .prisoners to leave the prison. And, if the baptism was to be by immersion, it could have been deferred till the following day. How often do our Bap tist brethren, for convenience sake, delay an immersion for days and weeks ,together. Or, supposing that the Apostles had at tempted to leave the prison, they would 'have been stopped ,by the guard at the gates; and bad they succeeded in gaining the streets, they would have been arrested by the watchmen of, the city. But their language and conduct on the following day prove, beyond a doubt, that they had not left the prison. When the mag is4ates sent, saying, "let these men go," they declined going, saying, ." let them come.themselves and fetch us out." Could these holy.:• men ) without the grossest du have, uttered this lan. plicity and,,hypocrit!,y, guage, after having the , night previous stolen out of the city to a river? "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO." BAPTISM OP LYDIA '11; . 1\ ,t. :I ll\ t, I :1 , 11 1, i 'it i 1.. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1857. BAPTISM IN CISTERNS. Some Baptist authors suggest that per haps there were cisterns in or about the prison, and that in one of these the jailor was immersed. But how can a person be dipped in such a place with any degree of decorum. Have the Baptist friends ever tried the experiment? True, nothing would be easier than to plunge the jailor, with his wife and children, down into a cisteri.; but how would they be got out again, , unless there was at hand some such apparatus as was resorted to for extricating Jeremiah from the dungeon ?—Jer. xxxviii : 12. I will just add that Chrysestom, of the fourth century, had no difficulty in deciding where the jailor was baptized. " Doubt not, belovid," says he, "for the grace of God is perfect. The place is rio obstacle, whether you baptize here, or in a ship, or on the road. Philip baptized on a road, Paul in prison."—How. de J?egress. L. N. D. For the Presbyterian,Tanner and Advocate Religion; • OR, LETTERS TO 'A FRIEND ON THE DOCTRINES AND DUTIES Or THE BIBLE. Letter 11.-Sin mid Salvation.. Sin is''the tinnOgiessiOn 'of .thO.law.Hl.:Jonit • In: 4. Christ heth 'redeemed us from the curse of the : 13. M---v DEAR FRIEND.:—In my last, I tried to tell you what sin is; it is " any want of conformity unto, or transgression of the law of God ;" and it is both orignial and actual. —Sh. Cat., Q. 14-18. " Sin is opposition to the nature, law, and government of . God, which exposes the soul to his wrath and curse."—Bible Dictionary, published by the Presbyterian Beard of Publication. Here, then, you see the ildesert of sin. It offends God; it breaks his law; it mars his works; it brings misery and death 'upon his crea tures;'and what does it deserve? What punishment can equal, its enormity, and its turpitude ; ? The least sin, breaks God's law, and is, in its very nature, an infinite evil, as, ' unless arrested, its effects must endure for ever. Hence, every sin, however small, "every sin deserveth God's wrath and curse, both in this life .and that.which is to come." --Sh. Cat., Q. 84. And here, my friend, you see your exposure as sinner. * You are exposed to "God's wrath and curse" for this life and the next; exposed' to. God's wrath, and 'curse for time and eternity You have transgressed his law; you are guilty •of -sin as' a transgressor; and as a sinner you are exposed to God's wrath and curse ? Bring the matter home: Realize your condition. It is sad and fearful. 'Think ! Exposed to God's wrath and curse ! Suspended by the brittle thread of life over the gulf of perdition •! The swordof jus . tice ready to 4 fall upOn you 1 Oh, my friend, should God now summon your = spirit to his bar, how dreadful must be your doom I Death! Eternal death! Eternity! Eter nity!! Oh, think of , a miserable eternity! How can you dwell' with thedevoiring fire How can you dwell with everlasting ings ? How can- you lie down in endless 'tormentsl—lsa. xxxiii : 14. Hell, friend ) hell !" To this you, as a sinner, are exposed; and how ''can you escape? Yes, how Can you escape 't You—how can ,yeit eseape How. escape? This question concerns you; it is important for you; you are inter= ested in it; look at it, think of it, ponder it over; how can, you escape ? You cannot deliver yourself. You are ruined and lost; and despairing of yourself, you should look up to God for Help and salvation. Look around you, then, and see; just where you are; and try if you can any .where discover an open door, through which you can .enter and be safe. Is there any way of escape ? any way of deliverance 'from sin and hell ! Is there hope?' Is there deliverance ? is there safety;? Come, mY.,friend, em your feet, slide down to .perdition;..come,. look about you, and see where you , are, and' what is the . prospect before you. Come,', let us reason together.—lsa. x : 18. And: here it is my. Privilege to spelr the language of en couragement. Hope-! Yes, there is hope ! Salvation:! Yes, there is salVation ! Be holdthe Lamb of God !—John i : 36. For while sin is' the transgression of the law, and exposes us to its curse, Christ bath re deemed.us from the curie of the law, being made a curse for us; and; hence, Christ is the end of the law for rightecnisness to every , one that believeth.-1. John iii : 4; Gal. iii : 13 ; Rona. x:' 4. My friend, to see where you are, consider, " When God had created Man, he entered into a covenant of life" with him, upon con dition of perfect obedience forbidding him to eat of the tree of knowledge, of good and evil, upon the pain of death.'--Sh. Cat., Q. 12. Here is <the covenant of worka. Had our first parents Continued faithful, all would have been well; but "being left to the freedom of their own will," they fell.— Sh. Cat., Q. 13. Thus the covenant .of works was broken; and " the , covenant be : ing matte , 'With'Adam not' only' foi. hue for his liosterity t all mankind, desCend ing from him by urinary ;generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first trans gression;" and the fall has "brought man kind into an estate of 'sin and misery."--- Sh. Cat. ? Q. 16, 17. As by' one man sin entered into the world, and death 'by sin, so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. By one man's disobedience, many were made sinners.—Rom. : 12-19. And being sinners, there is, and can be, no salvation by works. The law is broken—L. transgressed—and it knows no mercy ; it condemns, but it can •never justify. It re quires obedience—perfect, constant, perpet ual; we have failed, we'are sinners, tiling gressors ; the law condemns us; and, hence, there is for us no salvation by the broken covenant of works. Condemned, sinful, lost, what can we ? My, friend, what can you do ? Condemned, perishing, what can you do? 'What? Listen ! Justly God might have left the race to - perish in their 4 estate of sin and misery,' with no provision made for their salvation, as the fallen angels were left, and as multitudes of the human family are now left without his revealed will. He was.un der no obligations to put forth an effort for their rescue'. But he loved, and pitied, and gave his Son.—John iii : 16. "Having out of his.mere, cood pismire, from all eter nity, elected Borne to everlasting life, he en tered into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of Sin and misery; and to bring them into an estate'of' salva tion by a Redeemer.”—Sli, 'Cat., Q. '2O. This Redeemer is the Lordj T esus Christ,; and " being the eternal Son of God," in the fulfillment of this eovenaAt of grace, he " became man by taking to imself .a true body and a reasonable soul; land thus he came into the world in the 1 . Oleos of sinful flesh.---Sh. Cat., Q. 21, 22 , 6M.: via: 3. He took our nature upon hi ' a'ssuinid our place, as our legal head and presentative, our surety and our substitut - Amd.'suffered and died in our : stead. Th .he met the demands of the law for us, s tisfied the. jus 7 tine of God, made an atOn- lent for sin, brought "in an everlsatini "thteOnsnese, opened the door of hope !vation, and made itpossible for God . lust, and yet the justifier of them which rein Jesus; and now through this man . ;ached unto yen, and offered unto you, forgiveness of"sins ; and by him, all believe are justified from all things. ix : ... ......_ : 38 1 39 ; Rom, a That law which you hays your sins, lie has satisfied . and death, hiving been _ ,:a 'curse Tor you; and he is now the end of the law for righteousness to every one, that believeth— and to you, if you, believe in him. Hence, hninediately after the words; sin is the trans gression of the law, it is 'written, And ye know that he was manifested to - take away our, sins. Here, then, is hope ; .here is sal vation : . Christ. hath, redeemed us • from the curse of the law, being mad`a a curse for us. An atenenient is made. Christ has died; look to him and live.=-Crapiii : 10-14 ; Rom.- x : 3--11; I. Johniif : 4,,5.` i. . But: listen further ! There are more glad tidings still. Not only has Christ died, but he arose and ascended, and ' exalted, to be a Prince and a Saviour, tove repentance and.forgiveness of sins AA p ti v -: n. He promise& the Spirit, saying tte shall`receive of mine, and shall shewit, unto-you.-John xvi :.14. He, sends, the Spirit .: to convince of sin, and renew the heart, and spply_the benefits of redemption. He has sent his Spirit into your hearfj 'hie Spirit has opened your eyes, in al.measure ;. he •has aroused your , conscience.; he has illuminated your understanding; he hat,convineed you of 8117, shown you the dePrOty of yoUr na ture, your want of confoiniity unto, and transgression of the law st God, and your exposure, to -God's wrath ,and curse on adz count of sin ; , and here you are to-day, - a. convinced sinner, a ,convicted sinner, snder, the operation of God's Spirit, treiabling in view of the Divine wrath* Which' you are exposed, and inquiring w4t-you must - do ! And, my friend, what will ,t ou do ?,, • There is a Saviour, Jesus; it is tads. ,Spirit's ..work to lead to the Saviour; you-, are _under t4e Spirit's influences; and iilth r t'ivil' you a . O? Will you come to the Saviour''? Will you close 'with Christ now ? Orhvill you. dismiss these, convictions ? Will t ,iyou resist the Spirit, .and. grieve him from ! your heart ? ,Do it,,, my , friend, do it at yqur peril ! That Spirit resisted and grievedl ay, and 'y4:111 are lost! ' Yes, lost! lost `!! I '-' iStririt grieved away, - '•and' you are =: - too .ft lostl -forivfii lost ! ! No, my dear frie u d,,ne, you will not do so. You dare not !" No, do net grieve the Spirit ; no, resist him not. Yield to his in- Iluences: By him'you i must be .'begotten anew,,and born again; , or: perish; ”Bear this in, mind, an& I may address you _again, on this thene„ and, speak of the necessity of regeneration. Ye multi he born again.--- John 'iii : 1-8. For the present I will only Say, you must yield to the Spirit, and lelieVe hi' Christ, or die. Yes, , youmust yield. to the and receive Christ as your Saviour, and rest - upon him' alone for salvation. Yes,, you' must - receive Chriat, or perish: HP"is your only hope.: - He' alone can'save you; he alone can:take= away your sins, and.ide liTq, You fru& the 0 1 gfie of. , God'A .iirckkfm law ; And he can, do„it,; yes, be can AP lid inightY And he is wiling.;; yes; he is willing. Leek him and 3 lie saved; believe in him, and you' sh'all live forever. For he that believoth, hath ever lasting life.—John 36. Here, then; the way of deliverance from sin=thu way,of life—the way of sal vation; will you walk in this way ? ,Will you Como to' Christ= thatyou may: have life ? Will you come to him for salvation,? Think of these things : and read Hom., chapte'rs v, and viii. Pray, repent, believe; ; yes, believe, repent, -pray. There is a mercy r seat ; and who that feels sin to be a burden as, you do; who th4tfpels himself hat, and perighing as you 'do; yea, "—`who that knows the .worth of prayer, But wiehne. to be often there?' - '. :.,. You do pray; continue to:pray. But, My friend, rest not on your prayerevrest only on, Christ, and. , he will save • you. Flee% to him now,.and you ahall be safe. He has been i made sin kr you; „` receive him as offered to you;and he:will be: your righteous= ness and salvation; •tbe,joyiand the rejoicing of yourlsaitt But rejectaim i -r-rand-who can Dreadful:thought I Reject' him not;, but embrace him, and love,. and , Serve My friend, I have-spoken pkint . V . - 11 . 18 for your good. But lam glad to know that you do feel your need of Christ; that you do see a suitableness 'in him to your .wants; that you do approve.of the way Of salvation through him; and that you can and' trust in him; and4hat it is your- deems 'arid purpose to aerie:lib:it while you Let God be praised; *for he is goodr Jesus Christ is worthy of your trust; and Jove, and service. His offices meet.the necessities of your fallen and rained condition; and he will never deceive nor .deseit' these who trust in him. • Cast yourself entirely nixiti him, and julikill3 you are; flee totim now; rest on him; lean on him; recline `on him ; repose on him ; trust' n him; Confide in him to do all he has said ; and he will save you. Yes, he will sustain you in all your weakness, guide you in life, support you in death, and take you in his own good time to the heavenly rest ! Read Ps. xxiii, and lxxxiv ; John xiv, xv, xvi, and xvii ; Heb. xi; and Hymn 656 of our Naha and Hymns. With much regard; YOURS, &c. PREJLTDICES are like hurtful plants; the slightest effort suffices'to eradicate them, if they be at once attended to ; on the con trary, they grow with time, become invete-' rate, extend far and'near,'and their numer ous ramifications ieizesupon everything 'that Domes within their roach. The following beautiful and impressive thoughts are taken from " The Royal Preacher," a volume / from .the pen of the Rev. Dr. James Hamilton, of London, au thor of " Life in 'Earnest " "The Mount of Olives," and other . admirable volumes, have bad a very wide circulation in England and in the United States. The , Work is published the Carters, of New Yo k: Behold yoir position ss.. a candidste for immortality. I What could" jrou desire which the , God =of grace has"not done for ,you;`already ? At-salvation more , ppm plete--a Bible. more; plain==.4 trevelation ' *tore abundant? And, yet, instead of sitting down contentedlyand thankfully. to this"leasiTi3f4lit' find , a ~1 1e 13 A rising_ up betwixt, you and• the costly pro vision ? With that Gospel spreading bland ly' before feu, there is nothing' better for you 'than to eat and drink :of its tinercies, and. enjoy the .good which it brings. you. Oh study to • realize - yew-amazing position as one whoniJehovah,,all,sufficient is,daily inviting into his friendship, and Awn .the Wearer of a sinless'-humanity to call his brother. Fear, not to think* that .to you f ...poor tenant of the dust, a white robe_ and a golden harp , are offered. Fear not to think of , it, all sin-laden , and sin pervaded as you are, that to the fellowship of 'angels and his owe society, the Holy One invites you. Fear not to , : think iv that aR a believer in Jesus, and sna member of his great ransoined,body, your very. self is soon to be an inhabitant that world where there . is neither sin nee sorrdw, and gess of that city those' streets are gold,' and whose gates ,'are pearl. Fear not to 'think such toingai ,butfear ,to forget them. Fear not: to believe such things ;Ant fear to cred it there in, a cold and vacant manner. Fear to get into' that habit which' engulfs any: amount of - God's mercies ' as -the ocean en gulfs the argosy,withoutfeeling richer or fuller or giving any revenue back. DR. M'KiNNRY :-in commencing this ,series of letters,. it , was tny design; among Other things, to give your ( readers an idea of matters connected with our Old School Preshyterian"churchee in the North-West; to keep them advised of their progress, and of all matters touching theirinterests. in prosecuting, thiaohjeet, I .have alluded s to the, peculiar facts exhibited in the his tory anti presentcondition of our churches in - our large cities; have acaminted for the comparative weakness of those churches, ;and:.'the fact that in 'towns of eight or ton thousand inhabitants, and in, „ru , rai . ; distriets, .an,d . ,,Yiii:ages, our success . as Offttirked. hay!, alio intrOdueed 'and diaBUsiell the iiireation f 'Of education as connected' with our branch of the family _of Christ, and have endeavored to, stir up a the , pure minds" of my brethrin to a greater , zeal and activity upon this Most important Subject. fainhigipy to firid - cabers in this Weatern field anxious upon the subject of our , educe, tional- work. A letter from an earnest brother, „ who l l. 2B _4P:kg, P4horedmvitheffo 3 leneY in tt!e' eeti aad,who knows, her wants, con tains the following': a Wfiat: you say in refereitee to our wants of 'available ciericy.in respect to educational' interests; is too true:. The remedy :..that is •the vibe+ tion. in actien T actic,ni action,,, : . Ac tion vim where, and s All, the time. ,Onr Method' of linsting roildeitce needs lin provement. ' Our doings have been damaged by ; a segregation:, of: interest.. The whole ,body, needs to be. leavened-with „the: same YeP4?'. ; „,.JPtefereeee. to , the estehijehMent of Institutions in the Territories, he gar, ti They 'for Tutiti:4 am ple landed OndOwnients.” The aired-brother states' that he 'has had in his mind; as a means, of .promoting this, :glorious, ~cause among I.lp, some such .plan as, that developed in the "Sodiety for Collegiate and'theelog ; ical - BdUcation in.the Vest," `an association to Which I , referred in a' previous fetter; which has done so much for education; having literally,cmitained, if I have, been rightly informed, 'Jacksonville, dalesburg and. Beloit, until their Wisely-invested Means were sufficient to support them without ex ternal:aid. Testimonials like this might he fupialied, from every frierid of our :Church, Who knows her wants Another .brother, born and educated ina ,wes , writesthat jirdidions Troin 'friends 'in the ' -. East,: at thirparticular juncture - of , oar affairs; would be. of incalculable benefit to;us; directl7,.in aiding to establish our schools • and indi rectly, by enCouraging to effort those among whom they are projected. But the subjeet mug be-droppe'd fa-the present. This Mat ter of education, iin its relations •to -ottr Church West,: is one of -that great l and? vital ,questions . with.,us,, L and the space , .haye taken to di - Seise it in your cohimns has not, I'trait, been Misapplied. Your correspondent;- a Out West," in his letter-published by yowin the Banner and Advocate of the 21st ult., har asked several t very inigortant gilel34ooe: and, has 'maga severe most useful suggestions in reference inthe Theological'Setainary tor . the North 'West. A few of these I will notice, 'and so far aaJ.,ean, iwill:rinswer:;! and The Christian's Positinn. Western Correspondence. .‘ ge says ; "I do sot belioys there is yet any: of the proposed Seminary, ; " . a nd bases .his opinion ma inly upon the , min d thitt'oni ''Chnich is not yet'strang in the district for ' which this Institution 'is pro posed. United,ppouthis Seminary,:, aro at present seven .11yriods, en - shoeing thirty Presbyteries,' h aving a membership, by the Minutes of the Assembli'6elBs6, of not less than thirty-two thoustind:=' - Now; if ‘to this be added the Prasbyterpol.Minnesota, and the Presbyteries .of thn,Synod of .Mis souri, which _will, without doubt, : continue to present their' claims, and :Idiom) . admission will be urgently contended for, We'will . have no less than thirty-six Presbyteries, with membership of nearly forty thousand,. to be concentrated upon thjs.lnstitntion. IfAss have not now , thO remisite ,numbers fcg v iter hnning in this . 1' ask, will .we ave'? 'J . ' " Ssciuuk::Ardn i til i ghtteffeet presenia•the oensideration,,tiuktete L biree.not the 13 tudents for such ttujnoitiOser ;,gutt 9uFAzademies and' enh,eoB. 'leave ;12 4, yet, the requisite strength, and young men seeking the minis try are not now in the field. Let us con sider that this Seminary is not being forindefd for'the present alone. That we expect its beginnings to be small; bat that we feel that this is a, favorable time tubegin, trust ing. in the Lord of the harvest to raise' up the young men for the' Work.. .4 will. yet take five years probably, or 'more, before the Seminary is placed upon such a footing as to accommodate a large number of students; and in the meantime We may expect ,as many as can be, Cared for... Meanwhile, the Church is growing;;' and the , Seminary will grow with her, strengthening with her gitrength. I think that from , the . first, from twelve to twenty students may .be, expected. Our institutions, . 'of aeademical and colt education will he founded, and' will be doing theirwork , so tharbyithe 'dine the Seminary is _prepared. fora large , number 'of rr • to ; enter. genera i 8 s=matter arid- 'asks, as he' haA er right to de' 'certain very-important and pertinent•questions. Ist: ", Is. the 'proposed Seminary a new Institution, or only the New Albany Seini nary transferred to Chicago P' answer, I observe, it is „ generally understood -that this la new Institution, having a new char ter, new eonstiintion, ne.w Board of 'Trus tees, &e. ; but those Synods which formerly controlled. it have still a majority in the directorship ; the old Professors hatr,e;been here r•e:Alected, and a transfer, made of all thelunds and property of New Albany,' so far as that property anethose lands could be transfeiTed. 2d. , c Is it ominons of anything; that the Synod of Missouri, the-next neighbor of Chicago, and the North-West,: is not invited share in the enterprise 1 1 7 " Out West" may find an answer to thiS question in the' reports' of the'late Meeting of. the Board of `Directors,-at Chicago, Pub.- liaised in one- of ,your recentisaues, andby consulting the columns of .the Presbyteriet,p, of the West and St. ; Loo Presbyterian. 'The brethren extending"invitations to -Synods to enter upon this worki state that, -in . their opinion, Missouri s had withdrawn *tun_ the sisterhood, of :Synods •engaged in ' sustaining New Albany; and, as this. Ingi tution 'was designed te,snpersede that, they felt, that 'they= were net under obligation to shake the tender to her. On the other hand, it is ,centended that, Missouri had a right in New Albany, and should have been consulted in reference to any movements affecting a transfer of the property of , that ary,..or in any... manner ,tonching her - interests. Improper motives have also been charged upon certain individuals; but with' these we will have nothing to . do. Our Church is 'dietinguished for her conserve tisn, anthou„ were true;; that is charged upon individuals in. this Matter, we • believe, that any. weTdefined-movement in - that direction would, meet, from -ministers s ant.iiliurchea North-West, a most; • effectual.registence: r think c' Otit need fear nothing from 'this cause.' • 3d. He further asksi "Is it significant • of anything, in ;the future, workings of the .proposed Seminary, that its :first two, and, as `yet, only Professors, do not sustain our Gen era]: Assembly in the exabinaiihk `acts'? - Are - we . to, have from the North-West 'a stream of cooks moderation -to permeate our Clruroh This I regard as the most imports* q'nes tion' of this aeries, and I cannot answer , Is'' "Out West"''assured'` of the fade? lin* -far does this' charge of Ilot;suiitairiing , oupEkcneral-Assembly.gol 'What -isothere in. it ? ,If, some one -morn competent : Akan. mysnlf does not- answer Imp, he not e let us healfriiinliim. again, as this is vital,.atid the churches should be informed it. ,Illthisiregara;:•cwo 'had :Supposed Drs. Mc- ' Master ; and Thomas as alioNie , suspicion. To.the sth question of " Out West " we Would say, a constitution has been, secured 'and printed ; and if ha will apply to Dr. Gl-.Monfort, or to' either of the Pkofessoin select- of the Seminary, iloubt, be supplied. with copies lophiroself and friends. A charter has also been; secured ,at.least steps were taken secare ,one, from the Legislature` of Illinois,. at late meeting, the provisions ofWhich "have not yet' been made public, but , will be, without ' - doulit;' in due time.. . • As to his 6th quespon no. doubt but,,tbe propriety of placing _the Institution under the`care pf, the General Assembly will 'be discussed, as;it has already many advoestes . in. the _West. have" thus= noticed, and - briefly, answered, ,as far as I .am,able, the questions proposed by your correspondent - not expecting to answer him upon all;points fully or •satisfactorily. I trust hie weighty and Important, questions; will elicit answers from those more intimately- connected , with. _this enterprise than I am. Let Ile have in- • veStigatien, and truth will he elicited.. , I was glad, to 'See the letter . from Dr. 'Phelps, respecting the' affairs Alexinder :College. believe {lay fats4ere pre as the :Dr. gives.z,them, •and.:lnyinferetice from the facts was precisely as the Dr. ; now i inforiiis us is, the case- - ,stated the 4 11 0 that - the building had been sold, and 44ed it , was' only that' thereby a; niore advantageous arrangement; pecuniarily, 'might - . be made'. No one can rejoice more, than myself in the success of Alexander Pollege.:,,,,MaYit!soon be placed upon a basis of peenniary, perma, nency, which- no contingency, can move. It" Canno t be Splited:' 'We' , Wittitinaiire like it. ;May':he Lord - direct its all departments of labor which has for its object hie glory ••• , . • Yours, . ,Non.ft.W.Bs'r. For the Ptesbyterian t ,Beenei and Advocate. , ,Do What .You Can. In looking around , on the , apperoptal ing state of _ declension among . us; ean;:we avoid ooming iii 3 theconolumanAleat - the churches; beret (it not actnallj retrograding,) are, at:lest:stationary ? All willtadmit.that gri:ek:f lamentable jigaminess, and wa n t or:eyuFgr the profeasop,. n and eape c igly ii lick, of "Spirit of :grace and,supplioa tion " ,' andlhat whife:thie . state of things exiets, we , oannottreasenablir-expeeti"pie . repoil ity,. in. the, Chntelf.? Inti.i:dear , Chnstian en4: l lkaa,Plit:al l 9 is!Vd.eSmOthe *paw tus axe, einetu'fpiyil,ma tet4tlyf.:etiiFring up . , h e ad ' Aie - w$ with! ou.o4hige . 'hiiiffciiieliiiii : of God oirt•tlie °hutches:Pin-Vail diyidnais, wtiligiug4dailyiiii,ourgeloieli pain families, ; at. the Philadelphia, 27 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut By Mail, or at the Office, 51.50 per Year, en PROSPECTUS. Delivered in the City, 1.75 " " WHOLE NO. 203 Church, officers and private members, soci ally and publicly, importunately pleading for the outpouring 'of the Spirit? ' Dear brethren, would you "have thnpres ent ;state of things,to ; ,eontinue ? Do you say, s'.l can do nothing 4o remedy the evil 1" Is this true ? Can you, indeed, do "n o thing for yourifai3ter'scanie? Haie'yett no in fludifee? During'the late piditicar COntest, did you „ seunderyalus your influence ? veielioryouf4hlie' eriergtei%illarand ; exerted to-promote the' cause of your,,,favor ite candidate ? 0, gill, not your -z‘l,l •in this Matter condeinn,you? Is the election of a'Ohief Magistrate so important, and will you not•emPlor your talents and. influence (bestowed too, byßim who demands them,) for,the cause•ef the ,Supreme Ruler. of - universe? 0,, set not earthly, things bei Weavenlyi Let' aCh one resolve to; do lie can, for the protacithin of 'vita g - - 'for sue Iregbyternin Banner and Advocate. ReiV,EMbrßletisedness. 0, what holy joy ll i7hat-ruptures will fill our souls, if permitted to enter the 'Para dise abovel .There,yriuhall ; meet our re deemed"friends and kindred who have, gone before' ns There we shall dwell with . Abraham, ;Isaac, and Jacob, and illthe _redeemed of God, eternally. But is .there not a, dearer object than this, upon which all ottr.hopea are centred? There we shall meet' our` blessed' Redeemer.' We shall be hold 'hilt glerified beauty. That Isa cred head which' was - once • crowned with thorns, sharp.and-pieraing, we shall be hold encircled tt-, crown of glory. Oh ! happy souls, to be, permitted to see, the Sa l:Tzar, fate to face and dwell beneath the 'smiles of 'his - coiniteinince forever and ever. This isiVell weith"' a:life 'of devotedness, of patience, -anfi resignation. _ 0, blissful thought! 0, happy day, When we in Heaven, shall meet, To see our S'avitinr face to face, • And ,WorshiP; at his-feet: R. L. For the Fresbyterbutlinuierand Advocate. End , tiftiti *joked. Among the eitielf of 'the Plain, were Sodom and Gomorrah: Noted for their wickedness, famed ?or; their idolatry, for saken by every virtue, theyasked no mantle for their, evil deeds, no hiding-place from the jnsi vengeance of an offended God. Piondly rebellionii,they emit aside the restrain of , God and man:- The gifts upon their sin-t polluted .altars l were.brok.et? hearts; their Maker tiApyliadforgotten.• =they fashioned for themselves a God of Pleasure, whose voice might' never ''break; wit Sin th dela their endless sleep' of sinftil gratifica ,tion. The -Suirof Ri r „oluteausneas' had. sunk forever,,,and gm-rayless, night of iniquity closed arottud_tlieg.4.4.....whose dawning no ann.°, , tan erey should arsie; slept Celina t it lightning Stroke would conie- . —dectiii . in the bour of theirdestritetion.'' But .G-ed "I will not alwaysstrive.with the wicked,',' and in ,his own appointed time he.poured ~upon , , , ,fear s" . f flie.:p:als of his" wrath, and, with fear ful`lenience, Wept theni frein the face of the etirtliYto'bi no More •remenibered, Save as a warning to" such' as. fear not the Al mighty. • - •. 0. 1 „, C. W.- lattSliat 6 • taunt . gs ♦ . WITHCOI` tablis bed Frith es, our feel ings contend against slika c t,w;ariny. with out a 'cadet, and o elier vanquished than vietoriona: MIST* ie likeia flesh' offlightning, that breeks.through , u gleam of :clouds, and gift tors Tora. ?moment; eheoffulnese keeps a kind' of daylight in the. mind, and fills it with a steady and perffiAtiil 4•• • • WOOD AND . ANT.BAt,A43ITE e -i-It is stated on good scientific authori ty , that as wood contains a great ,quantify of oxygen, and anthracite "coal rione,lesesiir - is taken from an apartment When *cod is used' for feel, than when anthracite , coal is used. For this Town, the atmosphere* apartments heated with wood is more genial, and wood is more healthy, and reqUires lesa cold from the Oa ab lo'Cupply "the fire. SAirlNG.— ; The' origin_ of wealth is in a moralfeeling 7 -self Here is some thing I Will not Ooninime or throw away—l Will' fake Care 'of - it, titord it up for' the fu tore :Mae of-mydelf or others." The man .who.first saidiandcacted thus, laid the foun t** of a, virtu" upon earth. The savings of each man are s ,difrusiva blessing to, all, and' the'refore, so far, frugality is a thing all'may, AMA biaglit lo applaud. MUE Co, 11Fike..aulge is not moved breath of 1 11 71iile'the'rail brivery of boiling blood, Impetuous; knows no'settled principle. A.feverislutide, it hascita ebbs and flows, As spirits rise or fall, as wine inflarnes, Or circums tances , change : but inborn courage, 'The gerierowi child of fortitude and faith, Holds itsfirtrempire in the constant . soul; AnA:likelthe)steidfast.pole-star, never once Fro• T 1: 11 ,t 3 Run e fixed and faithful point de clines. —[Hannah More. OBEDIENCE IN CHILDREN.—It is unapeak- Able,wlutt-a blessing it is to a child, what a ,qavipg of unhappiness .and.wickedness in loa be early- tinght absolute obe ilie,fice:.iditin must be no labsitating or ask bat what a mother says must at onecOas done. the' young twig bends MO3, lOC itmembek.t4e, in after years, it grows hard, and you will break before you. can bend it. „B. little steadiness atlret-will tiaireibtei`diatiY''yeats' sorrow. While yon inaistJupon otiediende, however, yai must taka-eare..that you doh not'provoke' Wt .- Child', Aut,t4mipt, disOeilienc* by 0/%1.14 fPolif44 oPPI 3 'I I I I 4-4 Ihnsallte not. your ohilen to arra43,il;:juisl...wheu, it is thegq, see, tiai. never LtinsdiinWbletitly.idid Ifi'ePaiiron; 'but as a, duty. pop IVI
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