.4. PRESBYTERIAN • ADvocATEI, (4..,.. BA Maw • .“14:1 • . , • . . • . . byterian Banner, Vol. V. No. 32. byterfon Advaeotos, Vol. 3134 No. 97. "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESE'A ; p THE . LORD:" "THIS ONE'THING I DO." - WHOLE N' • • `YID MeKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STR ABOYE'SMI HIFI= PITTSBURGH PA • . tk Tenth Strew • • • MS.—IN ADVANCE. • FOIL THE WEEK ENDING , DA., - *IfIAY '2 IS'57 , SLSO per •• .fro...:•:1,••. '• . • • 1 A fr'' • '• • . . . „.),•,:. , • - 4 • '4' • ' 75 • • * and unite us to Christ. Ye must be born • From our London Correspondent. . yea, when as to ,legislators n -- `4' rulers 414144 0 101 pa -of the bloody:Mary,t and, the ; with:the precious thingkof the earth. Ottgtnal Ottrg. again.—John : 7.a n; -of Triumph —lThe Overthrow of the ,great: small, "the :r1) artyr Bishops, of England." ; E and : the fullness thereof • and. 'above all There is a legal union with Christ i from *Cobdenites—The Election, in its bearings on Trae • peace to the people and. the li „,- .-„r with the,goOdlrill,Of.H, ,intwhodwelle in the turiardeta and Romanism—Lord John Russel the present, this 'week, , oo - eternity, when we were chosen in him, and righteousness ?" , When we • „ w„. bush , the 'Unabaratable. riaties of Jesus , hope of Reformers--Polities and Christianity— J on he was constituted our Head ; Surety, and es' noble sonnet, " What 6 - ut i o , a j ~,t g eo(otpur .Artillery, forces,' and .also ..fUhrist•-`4the ' 4i e Death of Captain Iledley Vicars, . . The future of Polities—lnfidelity and Ultra- SUbstittlqe, in• the covenant of grace ;- and Dia:lent' kick the Beam—The Overthrow . of Sir State P' re sadly feel that the- *- '',iukftivjPgliAsu°42;',7yar" far budding Bhi P a r of f , ( ,1 /fait:fie/4 per:. itt:ll , ,ktikastiiC ; 97th Itegiment,.Crimea. •• there is a vital union with .Christ, consum- Wabitsley-i--Battle in Persia—China and its been realized under the best wars) o n ko-st 4 °°*°n• Nlw • - • • This way !"—and then he fell, mated, here in ,time,. when we are: of Empr--Palmerstan on the American Comma- eminent ; and that the da ', - opened 'there, in connexion . y w - the bleak night of storm went on; the Spirit, and united to Christ by faith dore al ,Canton _The • Opium .Trade Money ‘,‘ sovereign Law sits Emprea-2;". , 3,.v , 1 "with=-!,otteetuite , whose the . • ; Food—Lord. Napier and the L if e e j g Pe 'ssin ; `"lt t3 e r s 4 e iB e n ?; ;:t ei p t drowning good, repreesinei' W. M. Thomsourhat,rbeetrtot only-tilantor; z, ,, ,.:Theteriiibiatenergy of.,Moriltleuesion.in 4 This way P' the rest they tell, effectual,calling. This vital union, the re- ,A4ritt---Price President -English Pre , 46,yterian,Th's ~/11:0- • „ ears, at the next morning's dawn. suit of the legal, is that Of which I have ' ravian Altwons and Pre, Australia. spoken; and without regeneration, there is, = LONDON April 3, 1557 p ea u n rili on cs ly .,c a i v u i r v o e h .wh li e f n e t a h n a d t t silen"t permeate citizenship, also. Vi.. ; " he corse, the bier, the gun, and can' be, no such iinioa,.and,,of, course,wit he e beauty of holiness speaks - More 'efoqueizitly„ g o f o od. the t liftioiongilielifinen • slow retreat of weeping braves, , no communion with Chriet no life and no j They e . of God andi.dutY4haill Infidelity tried, in South*ar get a — l ` • -the; _.and ,rartgels, 'l.Let,-patents'reniemberithis , 1 ;•• I .cl the sad work is done, salvation.' Henee, that, you maybe vitally hearing. ) l- in'the• - Perion Rd e l ., the. '' tue'' ' intete4/44451ftrfnightti g latee - niin g i t i° P ii * d that field of sodden graves. noted Secularist but he was hoe , . ctionathe beet secular edlicationyin connexion and eavingly united 'to Chrit,'and have 'fee- , with the teaching of the Bible. The queath to it is a virtuous exeniple; lowship with him', you must be born again— hustings:. Fox, the Unitarian .his r fears, T weep for thee, used, unless when ;a2legney';Of remembrances, you must be born again . seat at Oldham; but this flare a light was on thy brow! . . • account Or his religion, as h was n '' 'pt o e rt ntT g etreet li ree li t i e l e b ri e ely Ahatis,/zot ~ sociations:.• The 'beauty or holinesi-healn would that I could. be ' • - • ote ie ..:r -; , 1 8 h. „ , are 'feud ItelatiV4 Or Melia' is , • - the China' question, Edward . a beloved heart as thou! proprietor of the Hon-Conlo - a nd,• 44.4 -; ' - ' frtA, 43' • r of . Enguni , 1: 1 701 0 ,11 1 P. **Al 4 . r victories in one, Apsiey coadjutor . to tb, .thaf,are, blared down -than precept cowl - 3lunifielddhri,lie.lat t o*rgOeiii»iNfr • en Illy spirit was set free; *.and:Anti-Regiu'on, Donum eve both y life had searee„begun, been unseated, to the no small d omfitare ripened for eternity. of illtra-Disisenters: ,sp, warrior, sleep, hristian's is a hallowed urn; (.•...iat (r thee a world will weep, , t , " slips of their sad Cypress burn." ust hr . °id otn, Ft TE. ' er St ,e • i er 01 sI 7 4c1 OU: Co . ; r • f t Le 4) e , Ike • dw( 'is 1 Abe • je, • err r frog e 7. ,t rr ,•i nl• If U ik F .• . is s 0•1 f't ... e: . ; ~ : •4=. • ; : 701 • er• • " , on4 cal , n .1 , on -en .•d he to 11l Iv' e Iv' •sp, • E ,is way !" and fell. Oh I ,oarken to thy parting breath, follow, even fly, through the trodden gap of death .Ae, ir. hope like thee, from life's warning dream; d soon oar loves will be 'inn pure and living stream. or the Predbytorlan Banner and Advocate Religion; ,RS TO A FRIEND ON THE "DOCTRINES AND DUTIES OP TIIE BIBLE. XVl.—Necessity of Regeneration. ,t be born again.—JOHN In': 7. DEAR FRIEND follows, from what len said, and is evident from the nature case, that without regeneration, there no fitness for heaven. And this is reason for its necessity—there is no for heaven without it. A reforma t' life and manners is not sufficient; outward reformation may leave the untouched. A moral life is not suffi for external morality is not holiness; may be moral acts where there is no al goodness. Morality, is not religion; to men are but half the law ; there io duties to God, and. God looks upon art; and so long as the heart is not all is wrong. Conviction of sin is not :nt, fur there may be conviction where sno conversion. The performance of is duties is not sufficient; these can: >minend us to God; they cannot river his favor, rihr . can they of themselves 'or heaven. There must be a radical in our natures, that we may be ac and in order that our services may, rtable, and that we may delight in As God is holy, and man is a sinner, ist be a change in the one or the other, there can be any communion between As God is holy, there must be a in God or the sinner, before they Tell together in love and blessedness. holy, and he changes not; he will holy; and hence the sinner' must or perish. Man must be born again, 'e is no heaven for him Put the unchanged in heaven, and be would )m the presence of God, and seek in hell; or should he remain, God would remove his throne to some part of space, and shut the sinner seven, far from his presence, and iven itself would be a prison for the heaven would be hell ! Sin would )11 of any place ! Sin remaining, 7 hell in your own bosom for ever ! you would be fitted for heaven, to th God in his blissful presence, sin -enioved, your wicked 'heart must ge,l, you must be born again ! tun: is depraved, and that nature 'ren.,vated ; you are polluted with , your pollutions must be removed; st be delivered from corruption as from condemnation. You must be lain, or you can never enter heaven, 3r be prepared for it. It is time to lest in this matter. Seek the Lord , but one more reason for the neces regeneration : There is no union hrist without it; and we must be to him by faith, or perish. This is tit's work in regeneration. Thus'we' tit in our Catechisms, as well as in Iles, "We are made partakers of the tion purchased by Christ, by the 1 application of it to us by his Holy And, " The Spirit applieth to us emptier' purchased by Christ, by faith in us, and thereby uniting us in effectual calling," or regenera-. hort. Cat., Ques. 29, 30. As a the Bible, you must have noticed 2h stress is laid upon union with W e are chosen in him ; we are in' ei<",tures ' • he is in us the hope of. c I , ut on Christ; we live in him; in hint; ho is our life ; he is the we are uteruhers of his body; he is Inc, we are the branches ; he is the .stone, we are the building; there is ademnation to them which are in him; here forms of expression, and many •s, express and describe, or imply, our 1r! ' with Christ.—Eph. i 4 ; 2. - oor. Col. i : 27; Rom. xiii : 14; Gal. ii : 2. Tim. ii : H ; 1. John ii : 6, and 9 ; Col. iii : 4; 1. Cor. xii : 12-27; n xv 1_14; 1. Pet. ii : 3---10 ; : 1. is union was proposed before the fours. of the world, and hence we are t in him ; but it is actually consum• at our regeneration when we are born Spirit, and receive Christ ,hyifaith as Saviour. So the bond of ,union;on our t is faith, and on his part, the indwelling his Spirit. When we are born again, he; his Spirit in our hearts, and we receive by faith, and rest upon him alone for ation ; and so we are united to him as branch is united to the vine. We re lit', life and nourishment from him, ißut state of nature, we aro dead, dead in passes and sine.—Eptk. ii: 1. There is hio, no union with Christ, and of course Lupe, no peace, no salvation. Rencethe cu,ity of regeneration to make us alive This union, described as Christ being in us and our being in him; includes union with the Father, and is of God. , -,Tolin x.vii : 21.; 1. Cor. i : 80. It is maintained by faith, abiding in him, his Word-abiding iia .as, feeding on him, iind obeying him. Th'e saints have union with Christ in mind, in spirit, in love, in sufferings, and in hie death; they hate assurance of it, enjoy it in the Lord's Supper, are identified with' Christ by it, are ecimplete in= him, are exhorted to maintain it; it is necessary to spiritual life, to growth in grace, to fruitfulness, ,and to salvation., The results of it are righteous ness imputed,, freedom ,from condemnation and fiom the dominion of sin, being created anew, abundant fruitfulness, answers to prayer, and confidence at'his coming; and it is indissoluble. Bid you cannot have it, nor its blessings and - benefits, without the new birth. Ye -must be loin again I - YOURS,:TRULY. a. C. I For the Presbyterian Bt!nner and , Advocate gn AirikeninkAn the .ChnTO 44 - Upper . ' Mt. Bethel; Pa. . . MR. Emoit :—lt will be cheering to many to hear of the yecent interest in this little, church, under the untiring labors of the Re*. S. Sturges, who, we are aware, at the time he resigned his pastoral charge at Phillipsburg, N. Y., eight months.since; Where, during three years, amidst multiplied labors at home and abroad, in, building both the spiritual and temporal • walls of that church, he was followed:lv* continual out pouring from on high;'retired from that field of usefulness, not without feelings of the the deepest regret. We trust, however, he can now see enough "to' convince him that the Lord bath "directed his steps." Be- ing entirely. Of German Origin, this' has been an exceedingly hard place for Presbyterians, and especially for; Presbyterian ministers; but we rejoiee•tWsee, at this, time, the fal low:ground is being broken. Since the gracious work commenced, several weeks ago, nineteen persons, mostly heads; of. fam ilies, have been added to our list of com municants, and the interest is still unabated. Truly, thig is a 'new eta in our congregation. Td behold - thewierflowing prayer-meetings, the densely-crowded, galleries at the hour of preaching, to witness =the frequent tear, and the penitential sigh, to heat many frem the ranks of sin, crying, "What shall we do I" Why, it is net only melting, but transport. ing and'enrapturing ! 0, that the great Head of the _Church. may continue to send down upon us the spiritual rain. Not only has our ,beloved congregation been very much elevated by this . special ,visitation, but our parochial school, of_ which the writer has the satisfaction of being Principal, has, we trust, also been materially enlarged and strengthened. _April 20, 11357. I have found the following rules to he 9f much service to myself, and respectfully suggest to my brethren in the ministry, the propriety of testing their merits : 1. Resolve to be brief, as this is an age of , telegraphs and stenography. 2. Be pointed; never preach all around your text without, hitting it. 3. State your propositions plainly, but do not stop long to particularize. 4. Avoid long introductions; but, plunge into your sermon like a swicinler into cold water. • ' 5. Condense; make sure that .you- have an idea, and thew speak it right out; in the plainest, sl!ortest possible terms, G. Avoid all high-flown language; quote no Hebrew nor Greek; aim to be simply, a preacher.. 7. 'Be h'onest enough to own that you - do avail yotirself of help frorn any 'source. But in using helps,^ be sure' you never make stilts of them, when your own legs are far better. , 8. Expect the Father's blessing,; y are his servant, and can do nothing wit , - out it. 9. STOP - WHEN YOU ARE DONE. Among the , many rules given the pre,ach er, I have found it convenient to adopt :th.e above, as being such as were profitable toe : , And now, my brother, if they will do yo?, any good, you are welcome to them .- 7 G C. Bancroft. 1 • , Seeret Prayer. Men never take so firm a hold of' Gi d as in secret. Remember Jacob. Thou shhuldst pray Alone; for.thou idea sinned alon4 and thou art ,tu die alone, and , to , bedged alone. Alone thou wilt have to at ar be fore the judgment . seat. Why ,ot ,get p i alone to: the :merey,, seat ? In tI4 great transaction between thee and _Got, thou canst have no human helper. You/are not going to tell him `any secret. Youimay be sure he will not =betray your cohfidence. Whatever reasons -there may , bei for' any species of devotion, there are 'tore and stronger reasons for secret,devotionNothingembarrassing and disturb ng is more in ise cret prayer than unpropitiouicircemstances. Great attention ought always to , he aid to this point—" Enter into thy closet,"says Christ. He says not a closet, / net. the closet, but thy elbse.t., The habit of secret communion is supposed to be farmed. The man is supposed to have a closet--sorne place in which he is accustomed to retire for prayer---so me spot consecrated by many a meeting there with sod—some place that has often been to him a Bethel. The Sa viour uses the word to niean any place where with no embarrassment either from tbe fear or Pride of observation, we can freely !Aix out Aur.hearts in prayer to God. No matter what are the dimensions of the place, what its' flooring and cadopy. Christ's closet , was a mountain, Isaac's a field, Peter's tie the hotthe=e6p.—' 'Nevins. 1 J M To Preachers. Ti.ER SUCCESS OF. AJORDAFMERSTON'S Govittinutivr, at the general election, unmistakable. The country has pronounced with 'rare unanimity, especially against the Cobden party,' almost every one of them having lost .their seats. The ~mover and seconder of the 'subeessful resolution of cen sure, which led to the dissolution, viz., Messrs.' Cobden' and' Milner Gibson, have been thrown - out `from Manchester. Mr. John Bright, also, (whose health had' failed -him,. and who is 'on' the Continent,) the Ve hement opponent of the war with Russia, has received the severe . verdict of a long, pent up. indignation. Certainly, to' be " a peace.at.any.priee man,'? never was there- a friend of war more pugnacious, bitter, and insultingly eloquent. Majorities , / of three thousand, at least, agaillst these men, and that in the Cottonopolis•of MancheEter, pro claim very strongly,: that Messrs. Cobden & Co.'s habit, of always representing Russia, China, and the rest of the world, in the right, and England in the wrong, will not be tolerated. For my part, I am a peaceful Min, and' a patriot, I hope,, but,the way theSe men, and others allied with them have acted / seems to me very disgraceful. I am satisfied if their sentiments prevailed, a Utilitarianism heartless and selfish, with out one throb of sympathy with the noble and•the :generows; much lesti with the Evan gelical, and prepared to allow "Derby and his dangerous folloWers to take power and carry out their; ecelesiaatical policy, would, ere long, destroy the' old spirit of the nation, and that foreign despotism would then pre sume :upon our cowardice and covetousness. The bearing of the election on ROMANM IS, is of no small importance. I have, ,in former letters, dwelt on the inevitable ad vance of Tractarianism, opposed to . Evangelism, should, Gladstone regain his position, in a British Cabinet. Lord Pal merston's ecclesiastical appointments in the Church, have, irritated High 'Churchmen 'much. But le is a mane of rare sagacity; he sees, with a Statemnan's eye, how ?cit.: national is this vile 'priestly elernent, and how the mass of the people are Protestant in their tendencies, and cannot bear it much longer. Not that' Lord , Palmerston carries into his •Church appointments - a , spirit and a motive such as Lord Shaftsbury would do. But he understands the genius of thepeople r and, as-a Statesman, acts , ac cordingly. His sagacity, is: quite extraor dinary. As to 'Rim Et,zonoNs, Doctor Cullen, 1. theVopes Legate, has issued a'" pastoral," to instruct fife people. He denounces the Orange Protestants very sternly, but they; have, assisted by more moderate Evangel eels, carried the Dublin election against' him. He praises those ProtestantAso called,) gentleman who vote for Mayrooth. IThere is, however, a band of Romisb. " In dependent Oppositionists," who wilt not fol low the Cullen advice, which virtaally is on the side of the Government, as long as it indorses Rotnish chaplains in jails and in the army, and s keeps up Maynooth. At Belfast, 'thure, the Presbyterian. Liberal has ben beaten. At Newry, the Presbyterian oes in. In Dublin City and and s t o conservatives carry the day. I It is a rions anomaly that the Irish Governmen relies far more on the Popish element in Ireland, than the Protestant; and strang still, that Evangelical Protest ants elect embers of their' own opinions, I who, if t eir party - were successful, would have 'to 'and by and see. Tractarianism ad vancedin England and in the Colonies' ! , Pope'. is a:hateful thing; a great mar ,plot ; and :its odious doings in Ireland m oon s' for this apparent inconsistency. e election of Lord John Russel for city of London, is a great 'success'for cause of Constitutional "progress and I form. He has been systematically run awn' for the last few years. The Times I eas . behaved shamefully-toward him. 'He Lad not intended to present himself again as a candidate for London °; but he:-was roused, not only,by counsel to the contrary, but by an attempt to make ,it a mere mercantile struggle, to stand forth. Great enthusiasm was elicited in. his favor, and his election is a significant warning to the Premier Abet if he will not, bring in caeasures of. Reform, he, has a rival , who may supplant:him any day. . The general bearing'. of POLITICS ON' RELIGION, as indicated not , long-since in one of your own leaders, is > mast -forcibly impressed on one's mind by this. general election. It is; alas! too true that Chris-