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REP NW AL S should be prompt; a little
while before the year 'expirei, that we may
wake full arrangements for a steady supply.
TEE RED WRAPPER indicates that we
desire a renewal. If, however, in the haste
of mailing, this signal should be omitted, we
hope our friends will still not forget ns.
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enclosing with ordinary care, and troubling
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WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.—For some
interesting remarks, consult letter of "C,"
on our fourth page.
Tiz THIRD CHURCH, Pitteourgn,. (late
Dr. Riddle's) extended a call to
,Rey. Gee.
0. Curtis, of Adrian, Michigan. The call
had been declined.
PROGRESS.—We are pleased to learn,
from our Western Correspondence, the ad
iaeces being Made toward a building for the
North-Western Theological Seminary, and
the prospect of adequate funds.
BOARD or MISSIONS of the United
Brethren in Christ. The Fourth Annual
Report of these, industrious brethren is
before us. They display a zeal worthy of
oommendation, and enjoy a success adequate
to cheer them onward. Where there. •is
such abundant room for labor, as our
country and the world affords, Christians
may all exert, their utmost powers, and none
interfere with their neighbors.
Commencement at Jefferson College.
The exercises connected with the Com
mencement at Jefferson College, are as follows
On Sabbath, August 2d, a sermon will be
preached before the Religious Societies of
the College, by Rev. John Douglas, of Pitts
burgh. On Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, the
Literary Societies will be addressed by Gov.
Pollock. The Commencement takes place on
Wednesday, Aug. 5 ; and there will be an ad
dress; on that day, before the Alumni Associ
ation, by J. B. Penney, Esq., of Pittsburgh.
Value of Literary Labor in Great
Britain.
We have been - informed, by a clerical
friend from London, that a few days before
leaving the British metropolis, he had been
told by the head of the firm of Nisbet & Co.,
the publishers of the life of, Captain Vicars,
that he had forwarded a check. to Miss
Marsh, the authoress of the book, complet
ing the sum of five thousand pounds, 0r525,-
000. The circulation of the book is still
continued, and of course her remuneration
will Still be increasing. .
Washington College.
We understand that Rev. W. H. Mc-
Guffey, D.D.,L.L.D:, Professor in the Uni
versity of Va., is to address the Literary
Societies of Washington College, at the ap
proaching Commencement, Sept. 15th. Dr.
IL is an Alumnus of this venerable Insti
aoittamporary with Gov, Wise,
Tim W. C. Anderson, D.D., &c. ;. He is
'well known 'es the author of the series - of
Eclectic School books so extensively and
long used. He has an equally enviable
reputation as a College President and Pro
fessor, and as a Popular Lecturer.'
We learn, also, that the Senior examine
tion has lately occurred, and that in the
opinion of the Synodical. Committee, appoint
ed to attsrld the examination,, the Synokof
Wheeling has great reason to be gratified
and encouraged, in view of the number,
soh olarship, and character of ' the 'young
men composing this class—it being the first
wholly trained under, the direction of the
Synod. It embraces eighteen, and of these,
fourteen
.are expected to study for the min
istry-
Ministers Deceased
Rev. A. MITCHELL, D.D., on the 27th
'of Junk, started on an expedition to ascer•
taro the height of the peaks of the Blade
Mountain, N. C., and lifts found, on the 7th
'af July, dead on the margin of Cane River,
Where he had fallen from a precipice.
The evening on which he set out, there
was a terrible storm, and it is supposed Dr.
Mitchell became bewildered, and, groping
his way in the dark, met with the accident
- which terminated his life. - He wawa grad
uate of Yale College, and highly esteemed
for talents, scholarship, and .moral and so
cial qualities. He had been a Professor in
North Carolina 'university for nearly forty
:years.
Rev. WM. Onn died at Kenton Dale, near
Covington, Ky., on the Bth. of June. The
Presbyterian Herald gives a historical obit
uary notice of the deceased; showing him
-to have been an industrious' servant in the
Church. He was a graduate of jeffen3on
College ; and an Alumnus of Lane &mina
ay. He died suddenly, in his 53d year.
The Herald says :
"The manner of his death was one of
those events that calls us to serious refiec
*
Lion, and startles us by their snideness.
One day he was in the city, engaged in
business transactions,
and mingled cheer
fully with his friends. In the evening he
returned home, and late at night, as he went
to his mother's room, to see her safely to
Test, he expressed no unusual feelings;
.re
'; tired and slept undisturbed; arose early and
'; went to his study, where, in a little while,
he was found by some member of his fami
ly, leaning his head on his table, but his
life was extinct. How forcible an illustra
tion of the words of James Ye know not
what shall be on the morrow. For what is
- it your life?' And what a" call to regard
Ake words of the Saviour : Be ye therefore
I. , lloErtlig able ; Ara the Son•.af 'rrlan cometh at
When Ste think not." '
Skepticism Suicidal
There are seasons in the history of the
Church, when the friends of Divine truth
are deeply concerned respecting the cause of
Revelation. Not that they themselves have
any doubts about the heavenly origin of the
Bible; but they dread, lest they May not at
all times be able to commend it as they would
desire to do, to those who neglect it, and
who, as an apology for their neglect, are
accustomed to urge the novel speculations
of philosophical unbelievers. In our own
day, this feeling of anxiety has often arisen
in many Minds, in connexion with the ex
traordinary boldness and plausibility of Ger
man Neologists, who profess to receive the.
Bible as a communication from God, and
who nevertheless deal with it as if it had
been the, production' of very fallible and un
trustworthy men. The writers and.learned
men of Germany, for many years, have ob
tained the credit of profound learning. It
has been believed that their knowledge of
ancient literature has been so extensive, so
minute and so accurate, that on every ques
tion connected with manuscripts their deci
sions were,pearly infallible ; that the authen
ticity and genuineness of ancient documents
.could be detected if the claim were valid;
and again, on the other, hand, that the inser
tion of a word or sentence, or any false read
ing, would certainly be discovered and
exposed by these gigantic literary inquisi
tors. When, then, it was found that Ger
man philosophers, as a school, displayed a
remarkable tendency to handle the Scrip
tures with a freedom which indicated, on
their part, that they saw nothing in the .
books of the Old and New Testaments that
commanded their reverence, any -more than
they perceived in the different versions of
Herodotus or of Livy, it was felt that the
time had come when the validity of the claim
to such intellectual and critical supremacy
as had been assumed by and conceded to the
German mind, ought to be decided. The
publication of the celebrated Life of Christ,
(Leben Jesu,) by Strauss, put the top stone
on the great monument of German Rational
ism; and happily, the absurdities in which
that author indulged, were so peurile and
ridiculous, that the effect of this work was
considerably less disastrous than it might
have been, if the author had dealt out his
doses of skepticism in more minute quanti- .
ties, or concealed his object with a more
skillful hand.
The appearance of the brilliant jeu d' es
prit, "The Amber Witch," afforded occa
sion for displaying the baselessneis of the
claim that had been put forth on behalf of
the German literati, as critics of solid judg
ment, and whose canons of interiretation,
and dogmas, were worthy of trust. The
lapse of time has also served to bring forth
other auxiliaries in the cause of truth. We
remember, some twenty years ago, stating
to a young friend who, was greatly enamored
of German poets and philosophers, our con
viction that he had only to take the history
of a few years of German literature, in order
to be convinced of the fact, that no sooner
had any great teacher propounded his peculiar
views and raised himself to notoriety and
fame, than it would be found that another
speculative teacher would arise to overthrow
the system of his predecessor; and that he
also would soon `have to retire before the
fame of another, , whose reign would be
equally brief• and evanescent. The rea
son of this uprising and downfall of
systems, is to be found in the character
of their mental processes. Avoiding the
Baconian method, and starting from some dog
matic position which is arbitrarily laid down
as an incontrovertible first 'principle, the
German seeks to bring all 'things in heaven
and in earth to bend to his theory. The
novelty of the dogma and• the boldness of
the speculations, will secure a crowd of de
lighted admirers who will applaud the teach
er for a time. But by-and-bye, among these.
pupil 4 an aspiring mind 'will be found to
perCeive that there, are other truths equally
abstract, and equally entitled to be made the
foundation principlelor a philosophical sys
tem, and accordingly such a thinker will'
address himself to the task'of mating down
the structure that he had formerly admired.
So is it also, in Germany, with, works of a
more strictly Theological character. The
Life of Jesus, by Strauss, has had its day,
and the last blow dealt against it has been by
an equally skeptical hand. Strauss imagined,
that he had rendered his name immortal by
his promulgation of the "mythical theory,"
a theory which denied the existence of an
historical personage, in whose life the inci
dents took place which are attributed in the.
Gospels to the Saviour. Gradually, he
taught, the myths of the early ecclesiastical
ages were concentrated on an ideal Christ, who
finally came to be recognized as, a veritable
historical personage ; but the possibility of
Jesus of Nazareth having actually lived and
wrought the miracles recorded of him=hav
ing died, risen, and ascended to heaven, was
treated as if such a creed was only worthy
of a lunatic. It is well known howqhe in
habitants of Zurich repudiated these doc
trines of Strauss, and how they finally drove
him from their city. A man who in many
respects differs from Strauss, but who,equals
him in the demands which he makes on the
credulity of his followers, now captivates the
citizens who expelled the author of the my
thical theory. Dr. Volkmar has had the
clearness to porceive that the destructive
system of Strauss would not satisfy the long
ings of the human soul. Mere negations
satisfy nobody. We long for something pos
itive, something real, substantial and true,
,
in philosophy andin theology. Recognizing
this craving of the human mind, and per
ceiving the uselessness of a system which
swept away every foundation on which the
soul could rest, he addressed himself to con
struct another, which would,settle Christian
ity on an immovable historical basis. The
results of his labors are now given to the
world, in his "Religion of Jesus," (Die Re
ligion Jesu, &c., &c., Von Dr. Gustav Volk
mar, Leipzig, 1857,) and while it is evident
that he has demolished the.theory of lds pre ,
anceStor,ltrid 'Shown the uttefuntenability et
THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE.
the mythical system, he has put an irresistible
- weapon into the hand of any opponent who
1 1 may choose to assail his own. Dr. Volkmar
believes in an actual, veritable Christ, but
then he proceeds on an assumed fact that
nearly all the remarkable incidents recorded
of him in the New Testament are fabulous,
and added continuously as the marvellous
had time to grow, and credulous persons in
the infancy of the Church were prepared to
receive them. A reference to his views re
specting the facts in connexion with the
death, resurrection and ascension of our Sav
iour, will exemplify what we mean. Accord
ing to his view, the rock-entombment and
the fleshly resuscitation are additions to the
actual facts which took place after the cruci
fixion. Then again, he is able to trace the
progress of the legends, as they were formed
and added to,the Gospel narrative. Mark, for
instance, says that he was entombed in a rock.
Some years pass, when Luke writes, and
adds, "wherein never man before was laid."
According to Matthew, the tomb was sealed
and guarded; but Luke, writing some years
afterwards, states that the body was not only
wrapped in linen, but that also spices were
used, "as the manner of the Jews is to
bury."
Our readers will perceive that Dr. Volk
mar's system is just as dogmatic—that it
rests as much on his own bold and un
supported assertions, and that it is quite as
skeptical as the nlythical theory of Strauss;
and yet the citizens of Zurich, who repudi
ated the one, ~are now hearkening, with
admiration, to the novel rationalism of the
other. Thus it' is that one infidel syteni
has its day in Germany, and after having,
threatened the overthrow of Christianity for
a time, it is swept out of the field by another
infidel theorizer who is equally far from re.:
eeiving, the truth.
It is not necessary that we should enter
into any defence of the Gospel narratives
against such a logician as Dr. Volkmar. He
affords in his own person another illustration
of the fact, that of all men the infidel is the
most credulous, and that when he sets aside
the Gospel he believes a system which de
mends the exercise of an unbounded faith.
According to Dr. Volkmar, the school-boy
would be thoroughly logical who had read
Goldsmith's history of England, and some
years afterwards discovered that in subsequent
times there were other writers who had also
written English history, should conclude
that if the later writers mentioned a single
additional fact or incident, it must be
regarded as fabulous. Accordingly he finds
that in the elaborate works of Sharon, Tur
ner, 'of Lucy Aiken, Lingard, Macaulay
and others, there are many incidents stated
which are not recorded in the older and more
primitive narrative. None of these histories
were actually written at the time when the
facts recorded took place. There was time
for legends to be formed, and as history after
history appears, he infers that novelties are
inserted, and hence the latest historian, Ma
caulay, must be the most untruthful, and
least faithful of them all. So also, to change
our illustrative argument from the field of
history to the incidents of a jury trial. A.
criminal is charged with murder, and, the
first witness distinctly *proves that he saw the
accused , at the place where the deed was
done, and that he had a'weapon in his hand
while the murdered man was standing near.
He further proves that he saw the accused
strike the' deceased: A second witness testi
fies that he saw the culprit strike the mur
dered man a second time, and that the man
fell to the ground in a certain direction, but
that he did not see him die. A third wit
ness proVes that he saw the culprit trample
on the prostrate man, and that when the
crowd removed the assailant 'and lifted the
body, they found that the vitalapark had fled.
Now what would any jury think of a
judge who, in summing 'up' such a. ease,
Would caution them to 'beware how they
decided it, for there was evidentlY much
legendary matter in the testimony. Why
did not witness number one testify to all
that witness number three had said, 'or
how did it come to pass that there were
facts in the evidence of number three,
not given in the testimony of number two;
and as all the evidence had been given some
time after the occurrence took place, there
was obviously a considerable growth of legend
in the witness-bearing of these men. Pre
posterous and outrageous as such a charge
would be, it would not be more extravagant
nor more illogical than the system of Dr.
Volkmar, who is yet clear enough to see the
folly of his predecessor in ,unbelief;
Thus it is that the enemy at one time
comes in like a sweeping.torrent, and threat
ens to carry away the Gospel in a wide, wast
ing deluge. At, another time, like an angel
of light in the garb of philosophy, he pro
poses merely to remove some difficulty in
order to make the Bible more easily believed
by the work, but the difficulty which is pro
posed to be removed turns out to be some
thing absolutely essential; and thus the war
fare proceeds. From age to age the contest has
been maintained, and while the hosts of the en
emy have rushed forward confident of Vie
tory, they have always found .that they have
only injured themselves, as they have been
dashed backward from an immovable rock.
Old Side Covenanters
This orthodoxlSody of Christians properly
denominated, “The Synod of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church in North America,"
held its last Annual Sessions, in Northwood,
Ohio, May 27th to June 3d, 1857. There
were present fifty-three ministers—the
whole clerical force of the Church, except
four. There were in the meeting forty-nine
ruling elders. So full an attendance speaks
well for their sense of duty.
We noted, last year, the strong resolu
tions of these brethren, in favor of Cow-
NANTING, and their failure to go through
with the solemnity. The subject was again
much debated, but all things were still not
ready. They have ) however, resolved to be
ready within the space of two years;. and,
for the performance of the duty, have ar
!tinted' 'Etpbeittl meeting'.That
meeting is to convene in Allegheny city on
Friday preceding the fourth Tuesday in
May, 1859. That Friday is to be a day of
fasting. The covenanting is to take place
on Saturday, amithe sacrament is to be dis
pensed on the following Sabbath.
DEAooNs are properly regarded as officers
who should be in every congregation; and
on the principlerfef this Church; the Dea
cons are the Trustees.
Very commendable action was taken on
the subject Of 'S . 7lt , rnm,Oro RENEFJOBNCE.,_
The sale and use of "INTOXICATING
DRINKS" was declared to be "an offence
deserving church discipline," and Sessions
were directed to, act accordingly.
A very strong paper was adopted in re
gard to Slavery; and a testimony was borne
against the sins of the GOVERNMENT, as
well as against evils' which prevail in the
Church.
New Side. Covenanters.
These respected brethren, under the
ecclesiastical title of 'The General Synod
of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in
North America" met at Cedarville, Ohio,
May 21st, 1857, and continued ,in Session
till May 27th.
The proposition to alter the organization
of the Synod, from its present representa
tive character to thatof a body composed of
all the ministers and_ of an elder from each
congregation, was negatived.
The Committee on Psalmody asked to be
continued: ' '
Rev. T. Wylie and Rev. Dr.
Crawford resigned their chairs, as Professors
in the Theological Seminary. The filling of
the vacancies thus made was deferred till
next meeting of the Synod. There had
been but three . Theological Siudents in, the
Institution during the: past year.
Resolutions faVorable to Christian Union
were passed,, but no effective movement pro
posed.
The statistical tables present a. total of
Ministers 50, Congregations 80, > Stations
(unorganized) 25, Probationers 6, Students
of Theology (reperted) 15. The number of
communicants, admissions baptiiinS &c.
and the amount of pecuniary contributions,
is not reported. -
The minutes. are in the Banner of the
Cdvenant for July.
Affilotions—Job.
A correspondent writes: "We are in
formed that affliction is for our sins. Why
was Joh afflicted ? Does not the Lord, say,
4 there is. none like him in the earth, a per
feet and upright man, one that feareth God
and eseheweth evil ? and still he holdeth
fast his integrity,althangh thou movedst me
against him, to destroy him tvithout cause ?'
Now, why was the . Lord moved;against him,
by Satan, without cause; and why was he
afflicted?"
It' is easier to ask questions than to answer
them, and to raise difficulties than to solve
them. It is also 'exceedingly unwise to
put an interpretation leading to doubts and
skepticism upon any portion of truth or of
conduct; whether it be in the Divine Word
or in Ourrelationi to . those whom ,we love
and esteem. And we rather think that
with a little prayerful study of God's Word,
and' the cherishing of a docile • spirit;
"ittr,BE" could find in • her closet, an
answer to her questions; and, if farther aid
were needed, her .pastor and a good Com-,
mentary would supply it abundantly.
To answer a caviler, would, require more
spice than we, can devote to an artiele; but
,
" Phebe," we know, is not such, for she
inclosed to us a handsome donation for= For
eign Missions. We shall present to her one
or two leading thoughts, referring still to
the sources of information, above intimated;
and hope,she will hence excuse us.
All afflictions are either chastisements or
punishment& They are sin's desert; and'
they all'imply a just liability onthe part of
the sufferer. Affliction was evidently: for
Job's benefit, but it was also in accordance
with his desert. The perfectness and
uprightness aseribed to Job, was not an
entire holinesd. It was, comparative. In
these respects there was "none like him in
the earth." More than all living, did he
"fear God. and =eschew evil." Also. this
perfectness and uprightness, was , an " integ
rity," an honesty of purpose, a • sincerity.
He was - no hYpocrite no mere pretender but
a true worshipper of God; a man of God,
on principle. Satan Aienied this. He in
sinuated that Job's love to God was not on
prineiple; but for benefit; and he demanded
a trial.
That Job was not perfect in the sense of
entire holiness, is manifest in the. sequel.
He--exhibits boastfulness, censoriousness,
impatience, and spiritual pride. 'After his
etilarged experience and a clearetand more
adequate knowledge of God, he is humbled.
He boasts no more. He confesses. Previous
ly:he:had thought and spoken_of God, a$ one
whom he knew but indistinctly, as it were
by report—mby the hearing of the-ear."
Now, he thinks, of *God and speaks of him'
as. of one whom he saw and whom ;he hence
knew much more accurately—"now., mine•
eye:- seeth thee." Under his indefinite
knOwledge Ire had* an idea that hia good .
conduct and honest integrity would be justi
fying; and,he said, 44 Oh that I knew where
I might find him ! that I might come even
to his seat! I vould order my =Use before
him, and fill my mouth with arguments. I
would know the words which he would
answer um, and understand. what he would
say unto me." (i My righteousness I hold
fast, and will not let it go.; myheart shall
not reproach me so long as I shall live."
"0, that one ;would hear me.l beheld my
desire is that the Almighty would answer
me." ,But now, under his enlarged and
clearer views of God's power and holiness
he exclainis, "I abhor myself, and repent in
dust' and ashes." Here is the sinner, en
lightened, humbled, prostrate, believing,
penitent. Then the Lord lifts him up,
shows him thelight of a Father's ceunte
mance, and' blesses him tith redoubled beim
illegatiouß) then ; 'against Job's
==Zll2==
honest integrity, were all 'false. They were
"without cause." But still, JO deserved
chastisement, and the Lord designed his
benefit; and for this double reason he was
Minutes of the General isSeinbli
This Annual is looked for with intense
interest.: It makes ,this year a volime of
248 pages. The work is very neatly exo
euted, „ and, we doubt not, with a high de
greelef:accuracy. We know that great
pains are regularly bestowed upon it. Dur
ing the progress and at the close of the
sembly's
„sittings_, we gave, a pretty full
statement of the business transacted. Two
or three things we proposed to note more
fully'whett we should receive the' proceed
ings regularly published. One of these was
the provision for disabled Ministers. A
presentation of, the Report on this subject,
with some views of our own, is still con
templated.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND NEW-ENGLAND
'To Care for the Remains of the Deia7:ted
.seems. instinctive in human nature..
dent civilized nations prided themselvesin
the veneration felt for their ;ancestors, and
their tombs- were 'ornamented 'and guarded
by filial affection: Religion does not efface
or destroy any proper . feeling or sympathy
of humanity; but; en the contrary, it ele
vates, and purifies it. Hence we find Chris- ,
tian 'People - ever anxious for suitable rest
pla.o6fOr the bodies 'of those they knew and
loved On earth. They delight to visit .their
graves,, to protect- them freak' desecration,
and to cherish the memory of the worthy
dead:So . sacred is the place of sepulture
esteemed, that formerly An encloSare 'that
embraced the church, also designated where,
`the dead. were. laid. And to ourselves no
place , seems , so - suitable for interment as that
underneath the`'shadow of the . sanctuary, -
where, -while alive theyiistened•te' s the pea . -
sages of saivatien, and prayed
. praised.
But in the-crowded city this is impossible ;
a more - PUblie receptacle lutist be found for
the ashes of the dead. Per, this pnipose;
large ,citins, have been priding themselves
on the size, situaticn, and beauty. of embel-.
lishments of their respective Cemeteries.
The city of Boston, among its othernbjects
of interest to the'Visitor, has its . "eity . .of, the
dead "—the far famed Mount Auburn, about
five. miles from ,the city. The Massaehu- 1
setts. Horticultural Society was incorporated
.with power to plant,' embellish; beautify, and
adorn the grounds,, in June, 1831, and the
. • • . •
formal consecration took. place on the 4th of
September, in the same year. The first . in
terment was a child, July.s, 1832 ;-and in I
March . of the folloWing yea; there had been
•
only nineteen 'burials is the Cemetery
the interments, are at 'the rate of ..soilae:.
thing . near five hundred every. year.-' Al
ready eight- thousand of mortals slumber in
this quietipot.. The Cemetery is entered .
a massive cost $40;000... :
An elegant 'chapel has been ereCied'for fu
nerai services, at' an expense ••of .$50,000.
From -.thirty to• forty men are continually
employed, by the lot' holders; independent of
the laborbestowed `by the corporation : in
clearidg the_ ; walks,, trimming 'Shrubbery,
training- vines, and ; planting, attending
flowers. It is said that work to thnamount
of $10,006 , $12,000 is done in" this way
every . year. ' The whole %Under the 'care of
Mi.:W earn -4, ,onn. of 'the „rnont accomplished
-landscape gardenernin the 'United St4es...
Boston does not seem likely to banish .
al
together, Intemperance, unless a more faith
ful and efficient city government be obtained,
however many legislative enactments against
the sale of spirituous liquors may be passed.
Two thousand
, liquer shops remain open,
without any' vigorous effort being made' o
close them. The temiienince men of the
State have been unusually active for some
time, and great success seems to attend
their efforts. The deCisions of the courts
have,_ of late, been entirely in their favor
and but little, diffidulty is apprehended in
executing the restrictive law, save in Boston.
Dr: Joseph Palmer prints in'the Adveki
ser of Wednesday the Necrology of Har
vard the past year. The whole.nunaber ,of
deaths ascertained since the last commence
.
ment is fortY:eight,being . five more' than in
the preceding year, when the . number was
forty-three. Of those who have died ,the
past year, fourteen were lawyers, nine were
clergymen, nine' were physicians, four were
merchants, two were planters, one was a
notary public one a professor one a book-'
seller, one- an engineer, one an architect,
one a farmer, one an inn-keeper, one .a
theological student, and two had no profes
sion.'`
• The Andrew Carney,, Captain King,
sailed from Boston on the 15th 'ultimo, for
Smyrna, laaving on board Hervie R Haskell
and Mrs.A Haskell on their way to Mosul.
Dr.: ; Haskell had recently, returned from
Mesopotamia. Religious services were held
on board, prior to sailing, by the Rev. Mr.
Wood, one of the Secretaries of the Amer
ican BOard.
A Committee was appointed by the Gen
eral Association of New Hampshire, August,
1856, to procure subscriptions, deter Mine
tbe position, 'plan, and legend, and to erect a
memorial stone, on the spot where the great
and good Whitfield preached his last sermon.
This spot, we believe, is in Exeter, New
Hampshire. The Committee is now ready
to erect the stone as soon as the necessary
funds can be secured. It is proposed to
collect $l5O .by. subscriptions of $1 each.
Appeal is made first to Congregational min
isters of the State; and' second to such of
their congregations as are willing to con
tribute. No one is to be allowed to give
more than $l. It is the hope of the Com
mittee to be able to ihaugarate the memorial
by September 29th, the anniversary of
Whitfield's last sermon.
A reunion of.the= former pupils of Kim
ball Union, Academy, at Mendip } IsTow,
Hampshire, was.held on. the 16th. fat. This
institution originated neatly hit ic
ago froin a desire to increase the number of
candidates for the ministry. At first, a
Theological Seminary, with a partial course,
was proposed, but this was overruled, prin
dipally throuri theinfirtence of Dr. Dwight,
President of Yale : College. Still the original
object has not been lost sight of, for through
the liberality of the Hon. Daniel Kimball,
whose name it bears, large provision has
been made for young men desirous of enter
ing the ministry. An address was delivered
by the Rev. Asa D. Smith, of New York,
on "the Educational Powers of New
Eng
land."
From a pamphlet lately published, it ap
pears that the Hon. _Nicholas Brown during'
his life, and at his death, gave to Brown
University, Rhode Island, the sum of $158,-
848. Justly does that instituticn bear his
name
NEW YORK
There have been No More Riots at the
present writing, but still much uneasiness
continues to be felt. So great has been the
apprehenaion of violence, and so determined
has the lawless spirit, beccme among that
large class that infests every important city,
to the great danger of its quiet, that the
secUlar papers have expressed their gratifica
tion at being permitted to enjoy, once more,
a'Sabbath free from alarms: Stringent laws,
faithful municipal officers, and a strong mil
itary force may do much toward maintain
ing good order and safety, but only the mo
tives and restraints of the Gospel can reform
permanently the spirit and habits of the
depraved, or maintain the force and author
ity of law. The resignation -of Simeon
Draper, as President of the police commis
sioners, heti given rise to much trouble and
threaiens to defeat the whole end of their
appointment. Great difficulty has been ex
perienced in making any move toward
securing a successor. if one agreeing in
sentiment with the Mayor, or even the Mayor
himself, should be appointed;„unhappy
consequences will most likely follow..
`The efforts made to Stop the= Sale of
Liquor on the Sabbath have, so far, been
produciive of most happyeffects, and if 4he
determination of the commissioners is faith
fully and wisely carried nut, one great source
of =disorder and danger will 'soon be cut off.
The past week has been one of unusual
Ease in the Money Market; the general rate
of loans has been . 7 per cent.,but many have
been Made it 6 per cent. The banks have
gained $928,460 in specie, and $1,328,992
in deposits. The export of specie has,been
small during the week, amounting to less
than sl,ooo,ooo—a little less than half , the
sum for the corresponding week last year.
About $lOO,OOO worth of Wheat and, Cotton
was exported in the same time.
Archbishoir Hughes does not relish the
report of the Times concerning to
which we referred in our last. The fact is,
with all his gifts, and notwithstanding his
high elevation, the Archbishop is sadly
wanting in the , manifestation of dignity.
The least insinuation frets and chafes him,
so, as to throw him 'off his guard. He has
appeared:in the New York papers with a:
long and severe article in reply to the one
in the Times from which we gathered our'
statements. He .attacks ,'the cheraeter of
Mr. Raymond for veracity, basing his insin
uations on some correspondence that passed.
between them in the Winter. The various
charges in the Times are repelled, with
much bitterness, and he denies by 'implies.
.
tics, that any attempts are being made by
the - Ronaish authorities toward supplanting
him. Howiver, it is stated on good author
ity that the Archbishop will soon leave for
Rome, to be absent for a year. "
Dr. Clieever and his church still occupy'
a prominent place in the seoular and religi
ons newspapers. The course' of Dr. Cheever
for some time has not met the approbation
of a part of his church, including their
influential deacons. This'has • not arisen
because . of the pastor's sentiments with
,re
gard to the subject of slavery, but because
of the violent and unreasonable manner in
which he has treated, all who could: not go
the same length-with himself, and because
this one topic has for the time become
almost the exclusive subject of his public
ministrations. The letter addressed to him
by twenty-three members Of his congrega
tion, including the three deacons, was pre
sented to a public' meeting of the congrega
tion, when a large majority voted to sustain
the pastor, and at the same time a disposi
tion was manifested to visit those who dif
fered from them with some-mark of displeas
ure. At a subsequent meeting the rule
appointing deacons for life was so altered as
to make the office temporary, thus aiming a
direct blow at the three offending deacons.
On Thursday evening of week before last, a
special meeting of the congregation assem
bled to hear a statement from:thew.-deacons.
These gentlemen very naturally considered
their removal as a reflection on their Chris
tian character, and entered a formal protest. ,
The signers the' letter to Dr. Oheever,
asking him to resign, presented also
statement of reasons for theirs original
action which • the meeting refused to hear.
This statement, which is very long, is pub=
lished in. the Times, and Journal cif, Com
merce, and also in the Observer, and- the
Evangelise. By the way, Dr. Cheever and
his church, in the matter of the deacons,
haVe not been consistent 'With: themselVes ;
Some years ago this very subjected the life
tenure of the officenfi deacon , was agitated
in the Church' , of the Puritans, when' the
pastor, Dr. Oheever, delivered a sermon in
defence of the permanency of the'!offi.ca.
This is now,a subject . of .discussien,;in- the
congregational journals.
The Merchants have been compelled to
abandon their resolution to pay No Advanc
ed Wages to sailors when about shipping on ,,
board their vessels. measure, if sue
cessfullycarried out, would hive been of great
advantage to the sail.ors; but they them
selves have defeated it. •
A itio - fiertai and`:' yeti conatictect sat-
=E==
bath ,School, is a great blessing t ,
any
church or community. The Sabbath ;.:,,1, 001
in connexion with the West Spruce s tteet,
Presbyterian eburch, of which the Rev. «'
P.`Breed, forrnerly of Steubenville, Ohi o, i s
pastor, has been• most successful. This
Setiool w ag 'opened nine months ago
it ten teachers and thirty-six pupils ;
n
'has fifty-nine teachers and three hundred
and eighty-seven pupils. During the same
period, eight of the teachers have mad e a
profession of religion. Professor Hart,
Principal of the Philadelphia High S c h r ,i
is the Superintendent.
u The increase in the Number of
Edifices in Philadelphia, within the las t
forty years, has fully equalled, if n o t, ex.
ceeded, the increase of populati cal , in
1821, when the population was 140,fwn, i i„
number of church edifices was 84, as
lows: Baptist, 8; Bible Christians, 1;
enanters, 1; Episcopal, 10; Friends, 6; ‘,
man Lutherans, 4; German Reformed, •i :
Jews, 2; Mariners' Church, 1; Menoni_st,,
1; Methodists, 13; Moravia; 1; Mono:
Zion, 1; Presbyterians, 17; Reformed Dutch,
2; Roman Catholic, 4; Scots Presbyterian ) ,
1; Swedenborgians, 1; Swedish _Lutheran,
1; Universalists, 2; Unitarians, 1; Evan
gelical Society, 4.
" The church edifices of the present
time, the population being about C0..1)
000, number 283, as follows : Bap.
tists, 31; Dutch Reformed, 4; Evangelical
Association, 2; Friends, 11; German Re.
formed, 5; Independent, 3; Jews, 5; Lu.
theran ' 15; Unitarian, 1; Methodist .Epis
copal, 43; Methodist Protestant, 4; _New
Jerusalem, 3; Presbyterian, 44; Associate
Presbyterian, 6; Associate Reformed Pres
byterian, 3; Reformed Presbyterian, 9;
Protestant Episcopal, 51; Roman Catholic,
27; Second Advent, 1; Mariners, 2; Uni
versalists, 3; Bible Christians, 1; Christians,
1; Disciples of Christ, 1; Jews, 5; Colored
Baptist, 4; Methodist, 11; Presbyterian, 3;
Episcopal, 1. The above does not include
those in the progress of erection, of which
there are about 20. It will be perceived
that a few of the denominations have died
out, while others have not advanced. In
several instances the increase has been most
'astonishing. The: 'Moravians, Unitarians,
and Bible Christians, are as they were. The
Universalista have' increased 1; the German
Reformed; 3; while the Baptist Church has
erected 23; the Methodist Episcopal, 30;
the Presbyterian, 27; the Protestant Epis
copal, 41; the Roman Catholic, 23, and the
Lutheran, 11. The Protestant Episcopal
shows'the largest increase in the number of
churches; the Methodist Episcopal next.
Then follow the Presbyterian, while the
Baptists and Roinan' Catholics exhibit the
same increase."
Ecclesiastical.
Rev. W. P. CARSON'S -Post Office address
is changed from Marengo, McHenry Co.,
111., to Winnebago, Bureau. Co., EL
•
Rev: J. A. Dnirrives Post Office address is
Shrewsbury, York, Co., Pa.
Rev. , J. S. MITCHELL has declined the call
from the, churches of Bethel and Vernon,
in Madison Presbytery.
Mr. LrNn.a.y IL 'BLANTON, a licentiate of
the Presbytery ofliouisville, has received
and accepted an invitation to supply the
clinrch Versailles, Ky,, for one year.
/lir. F. R. MORTON, a licentiate of New Al
bany Presbytery, has been invited to sup
ply the .church in Rockport, Ind., and has
removed to, that plaCe to enter upon his
work.
Rev. ALEXA.NDEN, 'REED has accepted the
call to the church - at Octorara, Pa. Cor
,respondents and publishers will address
him at Parkesburg, Chester Co., Pa:
Rev. D. J. Arm), late of Madison, Florida,
was installed pastor of the church in Tal
lahassee, Florida, on the 11th ult.
Mr.. jAlianS ithmonzrz; a licentiate of
the Presbytery -of Philadelphia, at a late
meeting> of the Presbytery of Newton,
was ordained to the work of the miniatry,
and arrangements made for his installa
tion as pastor of the church of Phillips
burgh, New Jersey.
Rev. JOHN STUART, formerly of Montgom
ery, has received and accepted a unani
mous invitation to supply the church of
Harrison, Ohio, the ensuing year.
Mr. Josiiiir IkLatKLE, a licentiate of the
Reformed Dutch Church, has been or
-de-irked- and installed pastor of the Pres
bYterian church in Chester, New Jersey.
Rev. J. G. Mar/Fon; D.D, at a late meet
ing of the Roard of Domestic Missions,
in Philadelphia, was appointed a member
of the Western Executive Committee at
Louisville, in place of J. M. Stevenson,
D.. D., resigned:
Mr. FUNNY' E. THOMAS, JR., a licentiate ci
Louisville Priabytery, has received and
accepted an invitation to supply the
church of Charlestown, la.
Mr. WALTER Powl.m. a late graduate Of
Princeton Seminary, has been ordained
and'installed pastor of the First church,
Lancaster, Pa.
E...EusKINE. has been released from
. the
,pastoral care .of the church at Ca
lumbia, Pa.
The pastoral relation existing between the
Rev. R. S. iirreiccom. and the Fifth
church of Baltimore, has been dissolved.
Mr. J. SMITH GORDON, of the last eiv.s
graduated at tPrineeton Seminary, was li
censed on.
,the 17th ,of June, by the
Presbytery of. Carlisle, to preach the Go=•
Rev: S.•III.'TEXPLETON *is installed Pas
tor of the Delavan church, Illinois, by a
Committee of Peoria Presbytery, on Nay
29th. ' '
At a meeting of the Presbytery of Redstone,
held, at Morgantown Va on the 21 st
inst.., the. pastoral relation between Bet.
WM. RATO"*. and the church of Clark:3-
burg, was dissolved.
Rev. ROBERT BELT,'s Post Office address
Decatur, Newton Co., Miss., and no t
Gariaudsville, Miss., as we had copied
from an-exphange in our issue of July 4t•
Por 'the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
Jefferson Co4ege.
Let an humble member of the class tba:
graduated, at iTatTorson College, A. D. .1.5 23,
suggest to the members of the class within
convenient distance from the College, That
they meet on the daybefore commencemen t,
and make arrangements for a general meet
ing of the class next year, as it will thee
be the thirtieth• anniversary just an ay ,
since we left our Alma Mater. It see""
due to our mother and:to ourselves, that We
come back again, after the lapse of ! an age ,
to our home .. , and tell what we have be o3 ,
doin g , h°l7 God has prospered us, and steu
a tear over our -beloved classmates that bare
depactek .
ONE OF TEE