rtttrarg . etires, BOOKS gent to Its for Notice, will be duly attended to. Those from publishers in Phila. delphies New Tarn. Be.. away be left at our Philadelphia Oioee,lll South 10th St.tbelow Chestnut. hi ear* of Joseph 31. Wilsons Esq. BOOKS issued by our Board : IN,DOOBa AND OIIT OF DOORS, or Life among the Children. By Mary McCalla, author of "Pic torial Seeond Book." Square Bvo., pp. This little volume, which is beautifully illus tinted, is divided into five parts, each expository of weighty matters for the consideration of chil dren.. OUR THEOLOGY IN ITS DEVELOPMENTS. By B. P. Humphrey, D.D., pastor of the Second Pres , loyterian church, Louisville, Ky. 18mo., pi We are greatly pleased to find that the Board has secured permission to issue this admirable sermon. Many thousands of our people read it in newspaper form, after it was 'preached by the author in Charleston, in 1852. It was • revised, and given to"the Rev. E. Wilson for publication, with others, for Mr. Wilson's benefit, he having been laid aside from the ministry by the entire loss of sight`; and now Mr. Wilson has kindly consented that the Board should issue it in this separate form, for more extensive circulation. We have on our table, the sixth number of Vol. 11.: of THE MBDICAT. AND SITEGIOAI. REPORTER, edited by Dr.. Butler, of Burlington, N. J., and pub'li'shed by .T. N. Wilson; S. Tenth Street, Phil adelphia. !,,f: Ptscriptiit. For the Preehyterian Banner and Advocate Things, Seen in a Recent Ramble. Dun READER :—ln the course of human events, it seemed recently to become neces- nary that I should visit certain churches, friends, and places, by way of relaxation, to recuperate, if possible, physical energies, which had become much enfeebled.by a too vigorous effort to discharge the onerous and unending duties belonging to a large pastor al charge. Village and country pastors, be it known to' you, need rest just as certainly and' an frequently, as do those of our cities; and you know that the latter generally make the tour of Eurepe every semi-decade to re gain health, and acquire information; and when they return they entertain us with graphic accounts of what they saw and did, heard and said. Mine, was a land-trip, ,at my own expense, and not a ica-voyage, paid for out of the pockets'of kind' parishibners. It was short, and soon over ; but was, notwithstanding, quite ; interesting to 'me, and try and make it so to you. • Soon after leaving home, I found myself in the,eity of Beßair, a plitee ofsome note, at the •Eastern :terminus' of • the Columbus and Railroad, five miles below Wheeling, on' the Ohio line. The town is growing rapidly, and the population contains a respec table per centage of ' Presbyterians, who are soon, it is said, to be organized into a church; and I am told an edifice is about being erected for the accommodation of the said- ety; and from the specie/ens of Presbyte rianism that • I saw in the place and its vicinity, I have not the least doubt but that the enterprise, with God's blessing, will be carried through speedily, and nobly. From this place I went some miles into the country, where I remained a few.weeks in the family of a kind friend ; and here I had ample opportunity to see the almost incredi ble productiveness of the soil of this region. Although the hills are •so high that they might, with propriety,, be named the Ohio MOWlttaill,S, yet their sides are as fertile as their summits are ;exalted. Combining, as they do, the useful with the grand, in forms the most imposing possible ' they are alike attractive to the farmer and the sightseer. Never did I see land covered with a thicker coat of greener grass and grain, than are the al*S of iftese towering hills. That any one should wish to exchange a' farm here fora low,' flat, swampy, frosty, sickly section of any Western prairie -land, can be accounted for'only, it seania to me, on the' prineifold ofa dementation superinduced by &fancy the most;morbidlmaginable. To the credit' of the people, be it said that few have done it, and, according to reports, this few now see and repent their folly. Thereis a fine church. of our order, a short distance from where I was stopping. On the Sabbath, of course, E attended it. The church is now without a regular pastor. For merly they diVided the ministerial services of the Rev. B. Mitchell with the church of Mount Pleasant. Both the churches at length growing, strong, each laid in a call for the whole titne of this good brother. Mount Pleasant having the oldest claim on 'the pas tor, was the successful competitor; so the ' church to which I alltide was left vacant and now offers many inducements to any minister who may wish to become the pas tor of a large, wealthy, and highly respecta ble congregation. It ;was,rather a singular circumstance that the day lattended this church, three Presby terian ministers , happened to be present, and all,too, originally frOm the. Associate Reformed 41;11eurelc—two of them quite recently. These ,preached, 'and two better sermons it has sel dnut been my privilege to hear. Bitl,musttake exceptiOn to some things rsaw'abouttliolinbita of the people that 'I did-not like ; and Ido hope, for the sake of gond order, (which is one of the elements of true religion) that they will atone abandon them. I allude to the un-Presbyterian mode of, eitting-r-the,men and women being separ ated. But what is singular, the men in the church occupy the two ranges of slips at the sides next the windows, leaving the two middle ranges for the ladies; and thus the former sat as cool' as cueumbers; whilst the latter seemed almost overcome with heat, as Was evident from the motion and rattle of a hundred fans. The family-pew mode of sitting not being' adopted, the congregation had, byno means, a prepossessing appearance to a Presbyterian eye. A batch of -young boys sat in one place, and a squad of girls in' another. Here was a section of the ehureh filled with young men, and over there, about an equal number - young ladies. Even the lathers and the mothers sat almost as separate as Quakers ! During interval these different companies go out, and come .$ in together, which, to me, looked very badly. And here, as elsewhere, I notice that most of the young men, and' some of the older ones, too, did not pretend to come in, after interval, till admonished that service had ac ' Melly commenced, by the voice of the min ister, as he 'read the hymn. This shameful breach of decorum is too common in all our country churches, and should be at once abandoned by all lovers of good ,order. There is scarcely any thing more uncouth and impolite, in the eyes of a man of re , fined taste, than to see, on 'Sabbath morn= hag; from twenty to thirty men, and boys Rerohed upon the yard fence of the church, r No many turkeysonitrooptinuole. et them tether about ,the c iteb - i and then—rush into the - Wraith to. gether, walking as hurriedly down the aisle, as if they imagined the floor to be giving way under their feet I* There is no order of sitting so desirable as the family-pew system. Much as may be said against it, more can be said in its favor than in that of any other. Even the Meth odists in our cities are abandoning their old mode of sitting, and adopting the household mode ; and they confess it to be the best. It shows that men, know how to behave themselves, and it also indicates the strength and purity of the family ties. After remaining for sometime in this re gion, I went aboard a train of cars, bound for Pittsburgh, on the " Circumbendibus" branch of the Pittsburgh and Cleveland Road, and soon found myself in ,Bridgeport, where I. was sorry to see the new brick edi fice of the Presbyterian church a heap of ruins. It, had been prostrated by a heavy gale of wind, the previous evening. This was the more to be regretted, as I was told that this is the third time it has fealen.from a similar cause I .However, vigorous meas ures are about being taken, by an active and efficient Building Committee, headed by their pastor, the Rev. Mr. Boyd, to repair it, which will doubtless secure the hearty cooperation of all concerned. We' were whirled along , the beautiful shore of the Ohio •River, toward'Pittsburgh, at a wonderfUl rate of speed. For a new road, this is the best I ever traveled on; and its cars are the most elegantly 'finished and furnished of any I ever saw; and I have seen.those of.iourteen different States of our Uniou,,besides some in .Canada. ~We made, two changes,. with, a ,delay. of about as, many minutes n tand got, ,to . Pitts burgh in time‘for a late supper, which was served up for us at the St. Charles, in ,a, style that could not fail to please the, most fastidious epicure, after . which we retired to rest,,to dream of coming rambles in the City of Smoke and, vicinity, which we shall chronicle in order, in another letter or two the Editor willing. ZED. *Our correspondent speaks plainly ; but he utters words which should be heeded. Keep thy feet when thou goest to the house of God, is a Divine, precept. There is one adequate reason for the ladies sitting apart from the gentlemen ; but 'it is a reason which should be at once and forever removed—it is the filthiness caused by the use ea noxious weed. Tobacco should never be permitted to defile the sanctuary. It ,should be banished equally fr'em the pew and the pulpit. —ED. for tt yabieg. To Get Rid of House Ants. The best way to get rid of house ants is to set a quantity of cracked walnuts, or shell barks, on plates and put them in a' closet where the ants congregate. They are very fond of these and will-collect in them--in myriads. When they have collected in them, make a general auto-de fed by turn ing nuts and ants together into the fire, and then replace the plates with fresh nuts. After they have become so thinned off as to cease collecting on plates, powder some gum camphor, and put itin the holes and crevices; whereupon the remainder will ; speedily va mose. It may help the proem of getting them to assemble on the shellbarks, to remove all edibles out of their way for a time. Dlrections about Milking. Give the• cow an easy and pleasant place to stand. Be in good temper yourself. Ap proach her gently. Always have a good stool, and sit on it, if the cow will let you, while Milking. Commence very 'gently, es pecially if the cow is very sensitive, or her udder or teats are sore. When you: have fairly begun, milk with a regular, easy MO don, and as fast as you can without great fatigue, till you are done. Milk very Olean: if yea,milk in a large dairy,,always milk the same &owl, and let all'lhe •ilkera* have their own cow to milk. A cow is better contented, and will give more , milk, if she is always milked by the same ;:person. Wo men are the best linkers; but never set - a woman to Tank a cow that milks hard. It is too severe. Ilow TO COOK RHUBARB AND ASPARA- Grs.—lt is a common error in cocking rhubarb to peel it. This should never be done, as the skin contains the aroma of the plant and is not at all fibrous, but cooks as readily and becomes pulpy. We have de rived this information: from a French cook of note, experience and skill. The same cook tells us that' asparagus should .be cut into pieces about thtee-quarters of an inch long, before cooking. It should be boiled with a nice piece of salt _pork, and served up in tIM same manner as peas. FOR POLISHING FORNITURF.—Take two ounces of beeswax, and half an ounce of alkitiet root; melt them together in an earthen pot; when melted, take it- off the fire, and add two ounces spirits of wine, and half, a pint of spirits of turpentine. Rub it on with a woollen cloth, and polish it with a -clean silk cloth. - - To PRESERVE FLOWERS IN WATER.- Mi . - WATER.- Mix a little carbonate of soda with the and it , will 'preserve '' flowers for a fortnight f but the Ayaterin,flowerrpots-shnld bn'ehanged every diy in Sriternerrpr it will become offensivean& nnhealthy, , even-if there is salt in it.' . Afor tte fang. Keep the Sabbath young Man! And it will - keep you, 1. From all dangerous errors. These abound in the world, and dr'essed up in every kind of fascinating garb, and meet young men everywhere. But the spiritual keeper, of the Sabbath has a moral -coat of mail about him. These mimiles cannot penetrate it. 2. From bad trains of thought. Many give the reins to their thoughts, and suffer their imaginations to drive the ear. where they Please, if it only be the ear of "pleiSnre. But the drive is through regions of tempta tion, and toward the frightful precipice of ruin. But faithful Sabbath-keeping fur nishes better, even the best trains of thought : it creates a distaste for any other, and is therefore a powerful safeguard from evil thoughts. 3. It will keep you from- bad books. You will have an appetite that will loathe them and a discernment that will, show you that: though they may have the fair colors, they have the venom, too, of the serpent. We have ,never seen. a Sabbath-keeping young man fond of bad books. 41-. It will, of course, keep you from bad ',company. Your love for the Sabbath will cry yen, as a matter of *course, into the society of thosi who have, respect= unto all the commandments of tho,-Lord. Yon will dose aIP sympathy ;withevil doers ; ,„ Witlt the Sabbath in your heart, yjir 'cannot NAI II DE 111 lIV II ti walk in the course of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful." 5. It will keep you from bad habits. Bad trains of thought, and bad books, and bad company, are very certain to produce bad habits. But the sanctified Sabbath, like the angel that guarded Aen, wields a flam ing two-edged sword against them all: Every hallowed Sabbath will help to cot.firm and fix the power of all good trains of thought, all good books, and all virtuous habits. 6. It will keep you in the path that all the true and faithful servants of God have trodden, which, being that of the just, shineth,more and more to the perfect day. Young man ! Are not these six reasons enough to bind your heart to the Sabbath You keep, and are kept. You honor it; it honors you. • Vietrp'. The Neeting-Plaee. BY DH. H. BO2PAB 7 ',;OF KELSO. "The ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads."— . Isaiah xxxv: 10. Where-the faded flower shall freshen, "Freshen never more to fade; Where the Shaded sky shall brighten, Brighten never more to shade; Where the sun-blaze never scorches Where the star-beams. Cease to Wker:ine tempest stitlithe echoes Of the :wood, or wave,.or ; Where the Morn shall 'wake in gladness, And the noon the joy prolong Where the daylight dies..in fragrance, Mid the burst of holy. song— . Brother lye shall meetand rest; Mid the holy and the blest! Where no shadow shall bewilder, Where life's vain parade is o'er, Where the sleep of sin is -broken, ' And the dreamer dreams no more; Where the bond is never severed— Partings, claspings, sob and moan, Midnight waking,