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DIRECT an Letters and Comaannteattont
to REV. DAVID MoKINNEY. Pittabnrghs
Pa.
REV. STEPHEN YERKEB accepts his ap
pointment to a Professorship in the Dan
ville Theological Seminary.
Mu. SA MS A. Inwrw, of the Presbyte
rian Book Rooms, died on Tuesday morning,
the 30th nit. Many of our readers will feel
the loss.
BEAVER CREEK, VA.—ln this church,
under the pastoral care of Rev. A. L. Hogs
head, fourteen persons were recently added
to the communion on 'examination, and
others were expected soon to follow.
REV. HUGH W. GUTHRIE, missionary Of the
Board to the Indians at Little Traverse, Mich
igan returns, on the 4th inst , from a visit of
some we eks amongst, us, with his lady, to the
distant and lonely field of his labors. •
THE FAMINE IN MICHIGAN, the last win
ter and spring, was very severe. 'lt was in
the new settlements whither families had
moved the previous summer, and had not
raised a sufficiency of food.
OXFORD FEMALE COLLEGE, OIIIO.—The
Third Annual Catalogue of this institution
gives us a list of pupils, as follows : Resident
graduates ; 5; Senior class, 17; Junior, 17;
Middle, 26; Minor, 40;"University class, 89;
Preparatory Department, 79 ; total, 208.
THE JOURNAL AND THE PROHIBITIONIST,
temperance papers, have become united, un
der the name of the former, whieh will hence
forth be issued monthly, as before, in the
city of New York. The Journal is well
worthy the attention of the friends of tem
perance throughout the whole land.
Tin Brims CLASS.—Such an Association
should be in every church, and it should
embrace every youth. If the pastor cannot
conduct it, the duty falls upon the elders.
Let the one, or two, or more be selected for
the work, whom the brethren deem most
competent, and let such duly prepare to give
instruction in the best manner. Prepara
tion is needed by every man, and the impor
tance of the duty demands it.
To aid both teacher and pupil,- we are
pleased to see such works as those of Drs.
Jacobus and Hodge. The "Questions " -of
the latter, on his Exposition of the First
Epistle to the Corinthians, recently publish
ed, will be received with interest.
Degrees Conferred
The College of New Jersey has conferred
the degree of D.D., on Rev. William Henry
Green, of Princeton; Rev. Daniel W. Poor,
of Newark; Rev. Peter Lorimer, of London;
Rev. Thatcher Thayer, of Newport; Rev.
George Cummings, of Washington; and
Rev. David D. Demarest, of Hudson. .
Princeton Seminary.
The demand for ministersis so great, that
of the recent graduating class of Princeton,
twenty-six in number, two were engaged to
the Foreign Board, and twenty-one to places
of labor in the Church at home, with a view
to settlement.
The Seminary also has received, from a
donor whose name is concealed, ten thousand
dollars, as we see stated, the interest to be
appropriated to the sustentation of poor
young men, while engaged in their course of
study. We rejoice in these evidences of fa
vor toward this worthy Institution.
Payment of Debts.
We are pleased to see it stated that the
Spring Garden bhureh, Philadelphia, is
freed from debt. The congregation was
formed but a few years ago, and the edifice
erected through the great industry, and per
sonal acceptability of Dr. John
Recently a venerable ruling elder, being sick
and anticipating death as near, expressed a
strong desire to leave the house of God„ in
which he had worshipped, free from pecuni
ary obligations. To make his wish effective,
he proposed to give $4,000, in case the con
gregation would raise what more would be
needed. The work was done; and pastor,
elder, and people now rejoice 'in having a
sanctuary, which is unencumbered by work
men's' and lender's claims. Should not
every church do so?
South Carolina College.
This institution has been beset with diffi
culties, and is not likely easily to escape
them. Recent disturbances have been se
rious, and been continued for weeks, as we
learn by the Southern Presbyterian, and
Carolinian; but the statements do not em
brace particulars. The Board of Trustees
have held a meeting, and " exonerate - the
President from any imputation on -his char
acter." They also " perceive no grounds
for any charge affecting the honor or integ
rity of say one of the Professors." They
also, by a vote of 15 to 8, pass a resolution
requesting the President and Professors
forthwith to resign. The request is,prompt
ly Complied with, and a part of the Professors
are reelected. The exercises are suspended
till the first of October next; and a com
mittee is appointed to re-organize the college.
Funeral Sermons.
A desire to have a sermon preached on the
occasion of a funeral, is, in some portions of
the Church and country, exceedingly preva
lent. This desire may not always be the
most pure, and yet there is something con
nected with it which makes the request not
easily to be resisted by the pastor. How can
he refuse ! To preach is his duty, and when
Providence collects the audience and reads to
them such a lesson, how can the messenger
of truth hesitate to improve the occasion !
And yet there are objections made to the
having of a funeral sermon, as a uniform and
invariable habit. Ought, then, the practice
to he discontinued ? We think not. Espe
cially do we think that the minister should
exhibit no reluctance. He should rather fa
vor the desire to have this to be the estab
lished order of things; modified, of course,
by the extent of his charge, the scattered
situation of his flock, the character of those
among whom they are dispersed, and other
circumstances indicating need of the in
struction which may be given. In a minis
try of greatly over a score of years, in the
pastoral relation and otherwise, we cannot
recollect that we ever declined a call to
preach a funeral sermon; and we have fre
quently regarded an opportunity thus pre
sented as being one of the most favorable
'hick we enjoyed for preaching the Gospel
of-Salvation; and, with tbe most earnest ef,
forts at fidelity, we do not know•that serious
offence was ever given.
We take the liberty of making, briefly, A
FEWINGGESTIONB on the manner of discharg
ing the duty.
1. Always found the remarks to be made,
on a portion'of God's own Word, plaihly cited.
One verse of Scripture has more power
than thousands of man's words. The labors
of the speaker are useful to bring the truth
fairly and favorably in contact with the mind
of the hearer.
2. Let the effort be to make a substantial
improvement of the occasion. It is an op
portunity given—yea, it is a call in God's
providence upon his ministering servant, to
make ready a people to meet him in judg
ment, and so to meet him as to have an ap
proving award, and to enter into rest. View
ing it thus, the preacher can be at no loss for
a subject, both impeirtant and appropriate.
The deceased may have been young or old,
wise or unwise, the event will still help to
enforce a Scriptural theme—the importance
of being prepared for death; what follows
death; meetness for heaven's joys; the cer
tainty of a speedy and just award; rcgenera-,
tion ; saving faith; repentance; the eviden
ces of Christian character; holiness; peace
with neighbors; confession of faults; repar
ation of injuries done; charities bestowed;
provision made for a widow and orphans;
business duly arranged to be left—a hundred
things, form proper subjects of discourse;
all of which will then be listened to more
seriously and benevolently than at any other
time.
3. .Always preach to the living.
4. Avoid laudations of the dead. They
are removed beyond the reach of praise. It
can do them no good, whether it be truth
fully or falsely uttered. But if the praise be
undeserved, the utterance of it will do an im
mense injury to the living. Judicious hear
ers, who may have known the, deceased, will
despise the minister. Their confidence in
him will be lastingly diminished, if not utter
ly destroyed. Injudicious hearers will draw
the conclusion that if that man was, in the
opinion of aminister of Christ, a Christian, and
is gone to heaven, then religion is no great
matter, and the path to glory is- much wider
than the Master' represented it to be; and a
foolish heart will likely lead them to a false
presumption in their own case. Let not the
minister, by any stretch of charity, nor by
any impulse of tenderness, intimate a belief
that the departed is gone to heaven, only as
there h'as been evidence of unfeigned repent
ance toward God, and a genuine faith in our
Lord Jesus Christ, and the unmistakable
fruits of holy living. Be honest.
5. Note any thing specific in the history
of the departed which the speaker knew well
from personal intercourse, and where all will
accord approbation, and where the deceased
was truly an example to be followed. The
righteous, being dead, yet speak. Suppress
not their utterances. s
6. Avoid harrowing statements as to the
misery of the person called hence, he having
given no decisive evidence of experimental
religion. Leave him in the hands of a right
eous God, who will do no injustice to any of
his creaturea. But be, at the same time,
faithful in warnings and admonitions. Who
would be willing to die just as that man died;
would willingly take a chance to be where he
is—would like to be summoned so suddenly
and with so little prepaiation, into the pres
ence of the Judge, and to have his eternal
state fixed just in accordance with the deeds
he has done in the body!. Would it not be
desirable to have more of faith, more of re
pentance; more of holiness among those deeds
done than could be found at the close of such
a call?
7. There may occasionally be a direct ex
position and comment setting forth the
causes, and their character and results, which
led to the dreadful end of the unhappy mor
tal whose obsequies we mournfully celebrate.
We may note the infidelity, the bad compa
ny, the forsaking of parental precepts, the
Sabbath-breaking, the lewdness, gambling,
drunkenness, Ste. which destroyed a spirit
otherwise noble, and blasted the bright pros
pects of early youth and a religious educa
don. But, in all such cases—and we think
they are but few, though to be fearlessly as
well as kindly handled when taken up—in
all such cases, it is prudent, and a duty also,
to consult the relatives who may be present.
They are not likely to object, when they
know that the matter is in the hands of a
wise, as well as a godly minister.': We are
not ruthlessly to inflict additional pain upon.
the sorrowing. We mourn with those that
mourn. We are the ministers of consolation
to these upon whom'God has laid Ilia heavy
THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE.
hand—faithful still to him, and to all the
ME
And there are REASONS, many and weighty,
urging the pastor to preach a funeral sermon,
always, when requested.
1. It is a season when consolation is need
ed. The presmee of the minister is then
expected; and, not only for the good hemay
do at the time, but for his lasting influence
with the family, ho should sympathize in
their sorrows and gratify their desires—those
desires being, in the case supposed, for spir
itual instruction and comfort.
2. The mind of the mourners, and neigh
bors who will collect at the funeral, is then
more than usually tender; their attention
will hence be more particular, and the im
pressions made will be more deep and last
ing. To preach then is like sowing Seed
upon the moistened earth.
3. There are, ordinarily we think—cer
tainly there often are—persons present at
funerals, who but seldom, if ever, go to bear
the Gospel preached in the house of worship;
and to whom the minister can, at no other
time, obtain access. For their sakes, there
should be a sermon.
4. There are many portions <of God's
Word just suited for texts on such occasions;
and the opportunity should be embraced, as
sent to us for that purpose.
5. The preaching of funeral sermons may
be made of much benefit to the pastor.
There being but little time for preparation,
he will be included to apply his mind vigor
ously. To be pressed to tliis is, with many
men, a great advantage. It will also pro
mote the habit of warm, earnest, extempora
neous address—an acquisition whose value is
- not easily estimated.
We might present other reasons; but we
leave the subject here,. with a simple remark
or two. It is not needful that the discourse
should be always at the time of the interment.
Ordinarily it is best so, but sometimes it may
properly be deferred till the Lord's day.
Neither should the sermon be a long one,
nor formal as to divisions, discussion, infer
ences, i&c. It should be brief, plain, easy,
natural in manner, while most earnest and
affectionate. Let it be adapted to the case,
the time, the audience, the needs—adapted
to the wants of the living, and to the mani
festation of the Redeemer's praise. As to
the amount of time which may be occupied,
we should think that it must be only on very
special and singular occasions, where the
reading,. preaching, singing and prayer
should, altogether, much exceed thirty min.
utes. A few words, fitly spoken, make the
impression, which is most favorable and most
enduring.
Lynch Law.
This term is applied to the summary pun
ishment of offenders, where there are some
of the forms of trial, not by the constituted
officers of justice, but by the people in mass,
or by a portion of the people. It is a fearful
way of doing things. Sometimes, perhaps
mostly thus far, substantial justice has been
rendered; but still it is fearful. It may be
terribly abused. The virtuous may become
the object of displeasure, and then justice
would be utterly perverted. The thing
ought not to be tolerated. But how shall it
be prevented ? There is one most effectual
way; and that is, for the civil officers to be
prompt and efficient in apprehending and
punishing offenders. No community will
put themselves to the trouble of arresting and
executing a culprit, and thereby incur a lia
bility to the severest civil and criminal pen
alties, when they have a confidence in the
authorized administrators of law, that they
will promptly and fully discharge their duty.
The object with the community, is, self
protection. This is to be attained by, re
straining the wicked; and this latter is ac
complished by the sure, speedy, and full pun
ishment of transgressor& Let, then, the
lawful officers be honest and prompt men,
and there will be no need of a resort to Judge
Lynch; and his honor, of bad fame, will be
seldom honored by an appeal to his court.
We are led to these remarks by the fre
quency with which, in our exchanges, we
observe accounts of culprits being seized by
the populace, sometimes even 'taken from
the hands of the officers, or from the jail,
and tried and punished. These things occur
more in the North-West and South-West, but
older sections of the country are not stran
gers to them. Lawlessness is rampant in
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York.
A case recently occurred at Memphis,
Tenn. A man named Eveson demanded
payment of a debt from a gambler named
Abel. Abel shot Eveson dead, and was at
once arrested and imprisoned. There was a
great excitement. A dispatch from Mem
phis, June 25th, says :
A meeting of citizens was held last night,
and formed a jury of six men from each
ward. They found Abel guilty of murder
in the first degree. Twelve were for lynch
ing, and the rest were for punishing him law
fully. A resolution was passed, requiring
all the gamblers to leave. the city within ten
days, o'y they would be forcibly ejected. The
father of Abel, also a murderer and a gam
bier, was made to leave the city' at twelve
to-day. Last night a crowd.got a cannon to
force the jail, but were dissuaded by the
Mayor.
Now, under a steady and vigorels admin.
istration of law, such a state of things could
not have been. Murderers and gamblers
would have been scarce, and in bad odor,
and feeble, and timid; and the community
would have had a full confidence that justice
would be duly meted out to the culprit; and
hence they would not have' felt themselves
necessitated to interfere Every friend of
law and order should do his full part in hav
ing good men selected as executive officers,
and should
.. then sustain them entirely in
the speedy and full discharge of their duty.
If they can be depended' on to• do the work,
there will be no mob to take it out of their
hands. Under them we shall live in peace
• 4
and safety.
Another incident, given in the Republi
can of Bloomington, Ind , intimates to us the
danger of leaving abuses to be rectified by
lawless cOmbinatitma. it ritittlds that:
About forty "Regulators" broke open the
house of a man hamed Bingham, near that
town, captured and took him into an adjoin
ing wood, where be was so dreadfully scourged
with rods and bludgeons, that he died soon
afterwards. Active measures have been
adopted to arrest the perpetrators of this
outrage.
Whether this man was a real offender, or
only a fancied one, does not appear. The
event, however, shows a very great defect on
the part of the State and county officials.
Every culprit should be sought out and pun
ished, by the lawful officers, that there might
not be either provocation or excuse for such
a terrible act, nor any work for " Regulators"
to do ; and when any assume to be regula
tors, those whose duty it is to take care of
the public weal, should be so prompt, and so
strong in the public confidence, that they
meld at once reduce them to order.
The North British Bevievi'.
Our readers will no doubt remember a
very lengthened editorial on the character of
this Review, which we felt called on to pub
lish, especially in connexion with the spirit
which it displayed to' the late Dr. Chal
mers and his works. That notice found its
way to Dr. Hanna, the Biographer of Dr.
Chalmers, to Dr. Cunningham, of Edin
burgh, and others of literary and theological
celebrity in Scotland. We believe we were
the first public journalists who noticed, at
length, the extraordinary spirit which - this
organ was permitted to cherish, for a time
nnrebuked by the leading men of Scotland.
But, if our brethren there were slow to move,
they were yet the firm friends of truth;
and their leading literature they would not
permit to become corrupt nor corrupting.
At the close of the late session of the Free
Church Theological College in Edinburgh,
Dr. Cunningham, in an address, dwelt at
length on the treatment of Dr. Chalmers by
the North British., and adverted, in his pow
erful manner, to the points which we had
criticised. The result has been that a change
has taken place in the management of the
Review. Mr. Fraser is no longer Editor,
and his removal will be followed by a return,
on the part of this important Quarterly, to
the solidity and orthodoxy by which it had
been characterized in its early days. The
delays connected with the change of editor,
are noticed 'in a card by the New York pub
lisher, who is prepared to issue the American
Edition of the May lumber as soon as pos
sible after the British copy reaches him.
Our readers mayl have also noted our
strictures on the Gernlianizing rationalism of
Dr. Davidson, of thel‘ancashire Indepen
dent College, at Manchester. It is gratify
ing to find, as our London Correspondent has
informed our readers, that Dr. Davidson is
likely to be removed fkom his present'posi
don, and that the young men who are to be
prepared in this valuible College may, in
future, be saved from the insidious poison of
his. prelections. Let the fountains be kept
pure.
The American Tract Society.
Our readers will remember, that in last
May a year, there was much excitement at
the Annual Meeting of this Society, relative
to the character of its publications; and
especially in regard to the subject c.f slavery.
A Committee of fifteen was .ppointed to ex
amine and report. The report was made at
the late meeting, in May, and was unani
mously adopted. We noticed it at the time.
All parties seemed then pleased. But ex
tremists both claiming the victory, naturally
awaked wonder, and led to much conjecture
as to what would be the character of the
Society's future publications. Would they
maintain their old principle ? Or retaining
the words, would they 'interpret their
powers and duties differently? And what
change could they consistently make ?
Hopes and fears were expressed. Confidence
and distrust were uttered. In this state of
things, the officers come out with the follow
ing Circular.
To evangelical Chrinians, and especially to the
Society's Colporteurs, Superintendents, and Gene
ral Agents, and to Editors of the religious press
throughout our Southern and South- Western
Slates, . •
DEAR BRETHREN IN CHRIBT.—We feel
called, in the providence of God, to express
our deep regret in perceiving that what we
regard as a misapprehension exists in the
minds of some highly esteemed brethren,_ as
to, the true import of the report of a Spe
cial Committee unanimously adopted at this
Society's late anniversary.
The idea that that report contemplates
any violation of the fundamental catholic
principle by which the Society has for thir
ty-two years been governed, in issuing only
what is " calculated to receive the approba
tion of all evangelical Christians," we be
lieve to be an error not warranted by the
language of that repert.
The almost unanimous voice, not only of
the Special Committee, but of the Society
and of its friends and patrons in all parts of
the country is decided, that the Society
Must carry out s in good faith the sacred
compact in its Constitution, and must con
vey the messages of salvation through a
crucified Redeemer ,to every accessible im
mortal being, in all circumstances and con
ditions throughout all our boundaries, in
fulfilment of the great command to "preach
the Gospel to every creature."
We believe the teller and aim of the Re
port of the Special Committee to, be in full
accordance with this view, and that it was
so understood by the Society in unanimous
ly adopting it. That report solemnly re
affirms, word for word, the fundamental
catholic article of the Society's Constitu
tion; and as publications are issued only by
the unanimous sanction of the Publishing ,
Committee, consisting of six prominent cler
gymen from as many different evangelical
communions, the Special Committee have
in their closing resolutions enjoined on the
Publishing Committee "that their action, in
carrying out the principles contained in the
previous resolutions, * will be such as will
tend to promote the widest and best useful
ness of this Society throughout our whole
country."
We most respectfully and in Christian
confidence ask our esteemed fathers and
brethren in the ministry, and those who
control the religious press, ifjthey will not
in kindness and courtesey, and from love to
Christ and to millions of destitute and per
ishing souls, refrain from prejudging the fu
ture action of their brethren ,of the Com
mittee in whom they have hitherto gratefully
confided. .
And in the name Of out Matter,
we would call upon ourselves and all our
brethren, general agents, superintendents,
and colporteurs providentially engaged in
this service, to go on in our work of faith
and labor of love, undiverted by whatever
may occur around us; to confide in God and
in his people; to do all we can to spread the
glorious Gospel of our Redeemer; to trust in
him to order all events; to supplicate him
to remove prejudice and open the way be
fore us, to give us love to souls, a. spirit of
peace and good will towards all men, and to
make our poor endeavors effectual in win
ning souls to him. Ant may we not con
fide in the great body of evangelical Chris
tians still cordially to co-operate in this bles
sed work ?
Your brethren and fellow servants in
Christ, Wm. A. HALLOCS,
0. EASTMAN,
Corresponding Secretaries.
New York, June 15, 1857.
The Seminary at Columbia
The Board of Directors of the Theologi
cal Seminary of the Synods of South Carolina
and Georgia, held a meeting on the 26th of
May. The institution is flourishing, except
that the number of students is still small.
There were 34 the last session. The libra
ry contains 16,574 volumes, including the
" Smyth Library." There are four profes
sors, including Dr. Adger, who has not yet
been inaugurated; and there is also a teacher
of _Hebrew.
The endowments are :--
L The South Carolina, having $27,450
invested, at 8 per cent, on an average.
2. The Georgia, having $28,500 invested,
at an average of 71 per cent.
3. The third Professorship, haying $33,-
389 invested, at an average of 7/ per cent.
4. The fourth Professorship, having a
subscription adequate to the purchase of a
house, and to the investing of $32,700.
The most of this subscription is collected,
or is in notes bearing interest. It is esti
mated to yield an annual income of $2,250.
This shows a commendable liberality, or
rather a proper sense of duty on the part of
the members of the Synods. We hope that
those to whom the care of Allegheny Semi
nary properly belongs, where the number of
students is so much greater, will not be
found wanting, when called upon to com
plete her endowment.
Rev. John C. Young, D. D.
This eminent minister of Jesus Christ,
died at his residence, in Danville, Ky., on
the morning of the 23d of June. He was
yet scarcely numbered among the aged,
though he had done a good work for his
church and country, as a minister and in
structor. He was a Pennsylvanian by birth
and -education; a graduate, we believe, of
Dickinson College • an . Alumnus of Prince
ton Theological Seminary ; a Tutor in the
College of New Jersey; pastor of the Mc-
Cord church, in Lexington, Ky., and Presi
dent of Centre College, at Danville. To
this last position he was called early in his
ministry, and served in it till the time of
his death.
Dr'. Young was among the most distin
guished teachers and preachers in our
Church; and in usefulness be was second
to but very few in his day. The Presbyte
rian, Herald says of him:
"He was pre•eminently a good man.
He was naturally amiable and kind in all his
feelings toward those with whom be came
in contact, bit especially so to those who
were under him as his pupils. Upon his
natural excellences, Divine love had deeply
engrafted the graces of the Holy Spirit in a
very hantionious proportion. In the latter
years of his life we were never thrown into
his society, without feeling that we had
been with one who had ,tasted and felt that
the Lord was gracious, and one who was
deeply exercised in spiritual things. The
kingdom of Christ and its progress amongst
men, were ever near to his heart, and
formed the staple of his conversation.
For every good work, he ever had a heart
to feel, and a hand to give and to labor.
No good cause ever failed to find an advo
cate in him. The spiritual and eternal in
terests of his pupils were always amongst
the first objects of his thoughts and care.
No College, in all the land, was ever blessed
with more frequent or extensive revivals of
religion than was the one over whioh he
presided for so many years."
The " Church."
What do you mean by the term ? What
is the " Church ?" The word is used with
great indefiniteness—is much abused. Dr.
Cox, in writing in the Genesee Evangelist,
remarks :
What will some of my readers say,,if I
tell them that the word church is a bad one,
apart from its immense per i version and incal
culable abuse. It was ruanafactured by the
sohoolmen, in the dark ages; and not well
translates the original and classic word,
ecclesia; which occurs, I think, about 115
times in the New Testament—in the text of
the Old, not once ! King James is thought
to have inhibited its existence, with that of
the word mystery, and several others, in all
the books of the Old Testament.
By a licentious metonomy we now use it i
commonly, and . I will add, incorrigibly, for
the container, instead of the contained ; for
the house, instead of the people, that meet
there to worship. In this sense is ecclesia
used in the New Testament not once, No—
NEVER. 1 I know what I write; and who they
are who may scorn and deny it; and I know
that I write the truth. It seems small at
first; but to the learned thinker in theology,
everywhere. it is not an affair of such re
markable levity. It is used in the classics
for the people assembled on any oecasion.
Luke exemplifies this three times in one
chapter ; Acts xix : 32, 39, 41, rendered
there assembly: referring to a mob of wild
pagans, making an uproar in the theatre at
Ephesus. So the Athenians, when convoked
at a given signal, to hear Demosthenes de.
claim against Phillip of Macedon, are called
an ecetesia. The word itself, legitimately
refers to the people alone; NOT to the place
where they meet I The primitive Chris
tians, with the exception here and there, of
a poor synagogue transformed, had no places
in which to meet; or they met in private
houses, in school-rooms in market-places, in
a grove, by the sea-side, or, like those who
heard the Saviour, in an open meadow, or
by the way, or in a corn field, or on the side
of a mountain. For one or two hundred
years, at first, they had no certain place,
permanent or built for the purpose, wherein
to worship.. How different from our times
of .cathedral magnificence, architectural ex
travagance, and sumptuous ecelesiology—
y/orshipping more the gorgeous palace,
than even its INVISIBLE inhabitant—Al He
is even mitilly thVI
Presbytery of Lake Superior.
The Presbyterian , publishes the official
minute of the late General Assembly, con
stituting a Presbytery with the above name.
It is as follows :
Resolved, That a new Presbytery, to
be called Lake Superior, be erected out of a
part of the territory of Winnebago, to con
sist of the following ministers and churches :
The Rev. J. Irwin Smith of Presbytery of
Erie, the Rev. J. M. Barnett of Presbytery
of Blairsville, and the Rev. T. R. Elder, of
the Presbytery of Saltsburg; together with
the churches of Ontonagon, Superior, and.
Sault St. Marie, and such other organized
churches as may fall properly within their
bounds.
Resolved, That this Presbytery be con
nected with the Synod of Wisconsin, and
meet on the third Wednesday of August
next, at eleven o'clock, A. M., at Ontonagon.
The Rev. Mr. Barnet to preach the opening
sermon, and preside until a Moderator be
chosen, and the Rev. Mr. Elder his alter
nate.
Resolved, That the Presbytery of Lake
Superior be instructed to define such boun
daries as to them may seem best, and report
to the next General Assembly for their
approval.
On motion of Dr. Hoge it was added to
the resolutions in relation to the formation of
a new Presbytery, to be called Lake Siape
riori that the said Presbytery be authorized
to receive any ministers of our 'connexion
who may propose to join it, with proper tes
timonials, whether dismissed to it expressly
from. other Presbyteries or not.
This indicates progress Northward as well
as Westward. Let the Church ever keep
pace with emigration.
Eastern Summary.
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND.
The Hos. N. P.-BARKS, previously nominated
for the office of Governor of Massachusetts by
the American, was nominated for the same office
by the Republican Convention, which met at
Worcester on Wednesday, the 24th ult., by a vote"
of 337, against 78 for I. G. Goodrich, and 18
scattering. Some of the more sealnus Republi
cans opposed the nomination of Mr. Beals, on
the ground that he was not sufficiently Anti-
Slavery in his views and public measures.
The Mercantile Reporter states that an EXTEN
SIVE Ship BUILDER of Boston has been ;in the
habit of cheating in the measurement of his yes=
eels, for a long time. The government officers
had been in the
. habit of permitting one of his
men to hold one end of the measuring line, not
suspecting any dishonesty. It has been ascer
tained that in the measurement of a single ship,
he has defrauded to the amount of $12.000.
The Annual Exercises of NEWTON Tnatmotticer.
SEM/NARY, (Baptist,) took place on Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week. The disconrhe before
the Baptist Historical Society was delivered by
Professor Cutting, of Rochester University, and
the discourse before the Knowles Rhetorical So
ciety by the Rev. S. R. Mason, of Cambridgeport.
This institution is in a prosperous condition, and
has a large endowment.
The GI ENER.ALASSOOIATION OF CONNECTICUT, held
ite One Hundred and Forty-Eighth Annual Meet
ing at Old Lynn, Connecticut, on Tuesday, the
16th ult. The sermon was preached by the Rev.
George L Wood, of North Branford, from Titus
is 6. The Trustees of the Missionary Society
reported their receipts during the year to have
been $2,924.47, and the expenditures $2,617.24.
This Society has a permanent fund of $30,000.
Eleven missionaries have been in the service or
the Society during the year : two in Miohigan; .
three in Northern Illinois ; three in Wisconsin;
one in lowa ; one in Minnesota; and one at • Ni
agara Falls.
The Trustees of the copyright of the Psalms
and Hymns selected and arranged by the Asso
ciationveported that the selection continued to
be- received with much favor; bat complained
that many of the Psalms and Hymns had been
appropriated without permission or acknowledg
ment, in two recent collections. And, wailst a
resort to legal measures is hot advised, it is dis
tinctly intimated that the publishers of these two
collections are legally responsible to the publish
ers of the Connecticut Collection, for the unau
thorized liberties taken. 'The most serious *Wm
plaint is against the collection published by A. S.
Barnes & Co.
The duty and importance of pastors calling
forth the unemployed talent in their churches,
and how it is to be done, was selected as the sub
ject for the condo ad clerum in 1858. The Rev.
Mr. Brainerd, of Lynn, was appointed preacher
and the Rev. Mr. Barr, of North Lynn, his
alternate.
It was voted to inform the General Association
of lowa, that if the New School Presbyterians
should persist in their present method of Church
Extension, according to the information given at
this meeting, it is thought the time is not dis
tant when co-operation between Presbyterians
and Congregationalists in Home Missions must
cease ; tho Ugh it was not thought expedient to
institute measures at this time, with a view to
such result. Thus the breach between Presbyte
rianism and Congregationalism widens _contin
ually. The two systems cannot work in any
church organization harmoniously.
Resolutions were passed, expressing confidence
in the correctness of the principle of prohibiting
by law the sale 'of intoxicating liquors, and also
a firm belief that* the public mind will soon. be
awakened from its present lethargy with respect
to the evils of intemperance. It cannot be de
nied that the reaction in this respect has been
very great, and that direful consequences have
been the result. The drinking customs of So
ciety, once nearly laid aside, have been revived
to an alariaing extent.
A resolution was also passed, affirming that'no
minister should solemnize a marriage, without
having previously satisfied himself that the ante
cedents of the parties do not make their union
inconsistent with positive Divine statute and com
mon morality. This action was taken in conse
quence of the ease with which divorces are now
obtained, and the frequency of the marriage of
the parties afterwards ; while the law of Christ
recognizes but one valid ground of divorce, and
pronounces persons divorced on other than this
ground, incapable of contracting a newt marriage
without the grossest sin. It is time for this sub
ject to receive more attention from pastors, legis
lators, judges, and all the friends of sound
morality. Ia many places the marriage tie is
now considered very feeble.
TUB PASTORAL ITHION . OY CONNECTICUT will
hold its Annual Meeting in the chapel of the
Theological Institute, at East Windsor Hall, on
Wednesday, July 15th. During the meeting, the
Rev. Dr. Tyler, on resigning his office as Pro
fessor of Theology, will deliver an address to the
Alumni, and a. sermon will be preached by Pro
fessor Lincoln, of Williams College, Mass. After
these exercises,-President Woolsey; of Yale Col 7
lege, will address the Nettleton Rhetorical So
ciety.
The Rim- Da. ST/LIS, pastoi of a Congrega
tional church in New Haven, a native of the
South, but long resident in the North, in connex
ion with the New School Presbyterians, is about
to publish a work on Slavery, in relation to the
pulpit and domestic taissions. It is expected that
this work will make a sensation" in different
quarters. _
The itifV. aaxr nk r , aberghtb*li,
' •
Mass., is eighty-eight years old, and
Father Sawyer, of Portland, Me., is in hi
year. Both have a remarkable degree of
and mental vigor.
NEW TOItK
Comparative quiet has been restored.
Noon has been released from the custody o f
Sheriff, and the new Police Commissione r ,
quietly discharging the duties assigned then,
the time of writing this, no decision has be er ,
en by the Court of Appeals as to the eonstio r
ality of the law taking the power of appoic,.,
the Police oat of the bands of the Mayor, awl ? :
ing it to a Board of Commissioners; but the
eral impression is, that the constitutioaalit ;
the law will be affirmed. This will be accu r i .:
to the wishes of by far the greater part of
citizens, who wish their property and person s p:
tested—the promotion of public morality,
punishment of evil doers, and the general cr-,
of the city sustained.
The Times calls attention ,to the fact that,.
act of 1850, by which the Tsaarroar or i•,,,
was established, contains a provision ivh er ,.
Congress can, at pleasure, abolish the Territ c .:
or attach it to any other State or Territory. i;
act was passed with the express understaz.E
that Polygamy would not be tolerated.
The MORMONS of New York and vicinity
preparing for a grand demonstration at Norwi'
Conn., on the Fourth of Snly. An oration w
be delivered by President Appleby, High
of the Eastern Conference. This foul deluz!:
has become bold in its pretensions and arroz c
in its claims. Its own daring is doing more r-, 1
any thing else to awaken that public and o6 : _
attention which should have been aroused
ago. Long enough has it insulted, not only t
moral sense, but also the government oft i
country.
The Annual Commencement of the FE3i,AI
NORMAL SCHOOL was held hi the Actidenir
Music, on Thursday, the 25th ult. Dipl ol . l ,
were presented by the Principal, Mr. Hazeltir.:,
to eighty-four graduates. The addresses and
says on the occasion are said to have been of
usual merit.
The Annual Session of SPINGLAR IxsrnT: T .
under the care of the Rev. Gorham D
closed last week. The number of graduates
twenty-six; to them an interesting valedia,:-
address was delivered, by the Principal.
The fraternity of ALPHA. Dstme Par celebra::
their 25th Anniversary, on Wednesday even::
the 24th of June. Nineteen hundred gradu,:,
and under-graduates belong to this Society. I
orator of the evening was Mr. Donald G.
(better known as Ike Marvel.)
The Annual Commencement of the GENE
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Of the Episcopal Clop.
took place in St. Peter's Church, on
the 25th ult. The graduating class consitel -
fourteen.
The Churchman (Episcopal,) is out in app.
tion to what it styles the*" unwarrantable and in.
ohievous practice of having women in the choir.
The reason given is, that " the choir is the phis
for those, and those only, who are to take pt.
and prominent part in the ministrations of z
sanctuary, and where, on that account, women:
girls can never, with any propriety, be admitted
The Prohibitionist, published heretofore at
bany, has been removed to New York, and naiti•.
with the , journal of the American Tenptran
Union. The united papers will be conducted, fc
the present, by the Rev. Dr. Marsh. The
E. W. Jackson will act as financial and travel.::
agent for the united concern.
PHILADELPHIA.
The CROCKERY DEALER'S Assocterion
splendid banquet, at the La Pierre House, ra
evening of Thursday the 25th tilt. One bundr-:
and fifty persMas sat dein at the table. Delegoi
were present from New York, Baltimore, Bow:
Richmond, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Lai . ,
Wheeling, Chicago, and other cities. IC.
Hacker, Esq., presided, and from his openings
dress the following facts are taken: The nux
of packages of earthen ware shipped each co
from Liverpool for the United States, for the L.
six years,,has amounted to 1,000,000 crates, at:
the whole trade in this line from Liverpool to
partsof the world, is only 1,700,000 crates pert
nuns. This would be sufficient to give empl7
merit to four ships of one thousand tons btird . .
per week, each way during the whole year, t
whole amount being 215 thousand tons
average freight of earthen ware from England::
the United States, is about, five per cent on
cost; and the average freight of the sameard:::
from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh,. is about tE
same.
The Um HENRY D. GIMPILN, Attorney Ga.-
mal of the United States under Mr. Polk, and Si,
to be one of the best scholars in the country, F*
years ago, traveled extensively in the East.
the evening of the 18th of October last, be
livered an excellent address before the Missiow"
Society of the Protestant Episcopal °bac
Bishop Potter presiding. This address hasls
- been published under the name of the " Aur:
can missionaries in Greece." In this addrn
important statistics are given of the labors 5
usefulness of Dr. Jonas King, while a high tri:'
is paid to his piety, wisdom, and learning. F:
his library and dwelling at Athens, have been
sued already 400,000 copies of school book&
scriptures, and works sanctioned by the Amer:::
Tract Society. The works of Baxter,
force, Butler', and others of kindred spirit,
become as familiar in the schools of Greece a
this country. And it was through the intivf
of Dr.' King that. the Holy Scriptures were I:
thoritatively introduced into the schools of tj
country.'
The UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION of LW'
street, has adopted a liturgy, which was reai: ,
the eighteeth time a few Sabbaths since.
pastor of the church, Rev. Abel C. Thoittas. l,l:
compiler of the book. He read the prayevi: -
lessons, which were responded to by the audi , ='
in quite an audible manner. Many of the FT , '
ers and collects are from the Episcopal boy'
common prayer, with some very material
Lions.
' Ecclesiastical.
Rev. S. A . GA.TLEY'S Post-Office addre-:
changed from Bottle Swamp, 3 1 ( 1 rt
" West Nottingham," Cecil County,
land. Correspondents will note the eha:.
Rev. A. P. BOTSFORD'S Post-Office
_ -
is changed from Hughsonville, New ;
to Port Byron, Cayuga Co , New Tors
Mr. DAVID EDGAR . VMS ordained and
stalled pastor of the- North Eta - arra:
Presbyterian church, on the 10th jo'•
by the Presbytery of New York.
Rev. A L HOGSHEAD'S Post-Office fh- -
is changed from Clear Branch,
ton Co ;Va., to Abingdon, Va.
Rev. DR. GRAT I S Post-Office addreF. ,
changed from Memphis, Tenn., t°
Grange, Tenn.
Rev. PETER. RASSINGER'S Post-Ce ee
dress is changed from Moro, 111., to ,
ton, 111. Coriespondents and other s
please note the change.
Rev. ROBERT BELL has removed from
eva, Ala., to Garlandsville,
,
Rev. H. HENDERSON, New Orieao ,
so far recovered from throat disease , r ..
be is able to perform the ordinary 10 '
terial labors.
Mr
: ARKHAAT ? N ew Orleans, Was sitar'
tire 246 at' Mgr