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PRESBYTERIAN BAN)ER .- .. &, ADVOCATE. Presbyterian Banner, Vol. V, 80. 46. Presbyterian Advocate, Vol. XIX, 80. 41.1 DAVID MeKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS.-IN ADVANCE. Original ottrp, "The God of peso A Orin bruise Satan under your feet shortly."—Suir. xvl.: 20. A voice, a voice from the fur-off land, Comes whispering gently to thee; It biddeth thy sorrows afar to fly— From sighing and tears to be free. A voice from the land where Christ has gone, From the laud where the nngels sing; Where the tree of life in its beauty grows, Where Jesus is ever the king. Oh Pilgrim below, press on, press on To that land of heavenly rest; For thee, there is room in thy Father's house, Thy home is the land of the blest. And when," doat thou cry, "at home shall I dwell, And when, from my sins all be free ?" Now hearken, rejoice, and he of good cheer, E'er long, yes, e'er long it shall be. Then,Tilgrim rejoice, for above thee behold, Bright stars of the morning appear; The night is far spent, the day is at hand, The hour of its dawn draweth near. With that hour of the morn, thy journey is done, Then, through the pearl gates shalt thou go, And freed from all oars, no more shalt thou be A poor weary pilgrim below. Per the Presbyterian Banner and Advoeate Infant Baptism—No. 7. That the Apostles baptized little children, and that they were authorized to do so by the instructions of their Divine Master, has, I hope, been made sufficiently apparent. It is equally clear that in the absence of any specific instructions on the subject, they would haie been led to the same course, by their perfect understanding of the essential sameness of the Church of God under all Dispensations For if the Christian Church was simply a continuation of the Patriarchal and Jewish, with a change only in the ordinances and forms of worship, then the right of membership was the same in both. And as infants were received into the Old Testament Church by circumcision, they must be admitted to the New Testament Church by baptism. These several points we hope to establish in the proper order. NO NEW ORGANIZATION MADE BY THE APOSTLES Fine. The Apostles must have understood the Christian Church to be a continuation of the Jewish, since they made no new organization. The Gospel dispensation was fully opened by them on the day of Pente cost; and if the foundations of anew Church were to be laid, that was the proper time for the work. But no such thing was attempt ed. .On the contrary it appears from, the record,' that the Christian Church was al ready in existence. It had been convened some days before the feast of Pentecost, for the transaction of business; and "Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said (the number of the names was about an hundred and twenty) men and brethren" &o.—AOts 1: 16,'16. Here was a Church of Christ, composed of one hundred and twenty members; and they exercised the highest functions of a Church, in the elec• tion and ordination of an Apostle in the place of Judas. THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOT HAP- TIZED They constitute the first Christian Church; and to them were "added" the three thou sand converts baptized on the day of Pen. tecost. But how did these hundred and twenty find their way into the Church? It is certain that they never received Christian baptism. They may have submitted to the baptism of John, but that could not answer in the place of Christian baptism, as we have shown in a former No. The leading Baptist writers agree, that Christian baptism was not administered before the day of Pentecost yet previously to that time, there was a Christian Church existing in full operation; and how did the members obtain admission without baptism? Mr. Alexan der Campbell tries to solve the difficulty by asserting that, "When a person is appointed by God to set up an institution, he is not himself to be regarded as a subject of that institution."—Deb. with Rice, p. 356. That is, if we take his meaning, those hundred and twenty disciples were appointed to set up Christian baptism; and for that reason were themselves exempted from a compli ance with the ordinance. • But this evasion will answer no purpose; for Abraham was appointed to set up circumcision, and yet submitted to the rite himself. Aaron was the first Jewish high priest, yet he was con secrated in precisely the same manner in which he consecrated others. WHY NOT BAPTIZED The only rational explanaticin of the mat ter is this : Those hundred and twenty' dis ciples, with their children, had been: re ceived into the Church under the former dispensation, by circumcision ; and had not forfeited their standing by the rejection of Christ. When, therefore, the unbelieving Jews, with their children, were cut off by a judicial sentence, pronounced by.the Saviour four days before his death (Matt. xxiii: 37, 38, ,and Luke xis: 41-44) these remained in the Church and formed the nucleus, around which those converted in after times were gathered. As they bad never lost their standing in the Church, it was not proper that they should be subjected to an initiatory rite, in common with the rest of the world. For the Jewish and Christian Churches being substantially the same, mem bership in the one, of itself, conferred all the privileges of membership in the other. Thus we see that the first Christian Church was nothing more nor less than the Old Testa ment Church purged of its apostate mem bers. It is no objection to this reasoning, that those Jews who were converted after they were out off, were required to be baptized,. notwithstanding they had been circumcised. Ms true that in restoring an excommuni cated member, on profession of repentance; we would not have him re-baptized ; but the' cases are by no means parallel. • The unbe lieving Jews, were cut off under a former dispensation. And while they were in a state of excommunication, Christian baptism was instituted.• 'Hese it was proper that they should be placed on the same footing with the world at large, and when they be came obedient to the faith, should enter the Church in the same manner as the Gentiles. Secondly. That the Apostles regarded the Jewish and Christian Churches as es sentially the same, appears from their own declarations. THE GOOD OLIVE THEE The Apostle Paul, speaking of the exci sion of the great body of the Jews, writes thus: "For if the first-fruit be holy, the lump also is holy; and if the root be holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Well, because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear: for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Behold, therefore the goodness and the severity of God! on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff, them in again. For if thou wort cut out of,the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafed 'into their own olive tree."—Rom. xi: 16-24. MO Here the Apostle represents the visible Church of God under the figure of a good olive tree. Of the natural branches, name ly the Jews, the greater part were broken off: and what followed? Was the tree, root, trunk and branch destroyed? No such thing ; the tree remained with all its "fatness," and the Gentiles, branches of a wild olive, were grafted into it. What a. strong evi dence that the Christian Church is, a mere continuation of the Jewish 1 But this is not all. The Apostle looks forward to the period when the Jews, the natural branches, shall be restored. And what does he say will then be done with them ? They " shall be graffed into their own olive tree." In other words, they shall be reinstated in that very Church from which they were cut off for unbelief. Language cannot be more explicit in reference to ,the substantial same ness of the Church under both dispensa tions. The same Apostle addresses the Ephesians thus: "Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called unoircumeision, by that which is called the circumcision in the flesh made by hands; that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, •and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.' —Eph. ii :11, 12. What was that " commonwealth of Israel," from which these Gentiles were once aliens 7 What but that Church of God 'to which the Jews belonged ? Bearing this in mind, let us hear the Apostle fur ther: " Now, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and' of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the Apos tles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone."—Ver. 19, 20. Who were "the saints," with whom these Gentiles had now become fellow-citizens ? They were the patriarchs and prophets; Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah. Again, what was that "household of God," of which the Ephesians had become members ? The visible society of the saints of all ages. Once more; what is that one mystical tm ple, in laying whose foundations, both Pro phets and Apostles united? No other than that visible Church of God, which abides the same under every dispensation. TESTIMONY OF FACTS Thirdly. The same truth is established by indisputable facts. The Church under both dispensations worshipped and obeyed the same Triune God, acknowledged the same moral law, and received the same glor ious Gospel; for "unto us was the Gospel preached as well•as unto them."—Heb. iv. 2. Under both dispensations the Church looked, by faith to the same atoning Saviour, through the shedding of whose blood was remission of sins, taught the same funda mental truths, insisted on the same terms of salvation, namely, faith and repentance ; and required the same qualifications for church membership. What more is wanting to prove that the Church of God is the same in substance now that it was in the days of the patriarchs and prophets? There is not as much evidence to prove that the Regular Baptist Church in the United States of America, amidst the changes it has under gone, is the same ecclesiastical body that it was forty years ago. It is true thatthe numerous and burden some rites of the old dispensation passed away at the death of Christ, and a few aim ple.ordinances were appointed in their stead. But let us not commit so great an error as to suppose that external forms constitute the essence of a church, or that they may not be changed to any extent by the Supreme Law-giver, without affecting the identity of his visible kingdom. The cere monial law was appointed for temporary purposes, to keep the Jews distinct from the surrounding'heathen, and direct their minds to the coming Messiah. It was "a shadow of good things to come." Its bloody sacri fices pointed to the cross of Christ, and its "divers washings," typically represented the sanctification of the heart and life by the Holy Ghost. When Christ at last ap peared and offered himself on the cross; that law, having answered its purposes, ex pired by virtue of its own limitation, leaving the Church unimpaired by the change. Our opponents object further against "our argument, that faith and holiness were not required of the Jewish Church, and that, therefore, it cannotbe the same as the Chris tian. What an imputation against Infinite Purity is this, that he should constitute a visible Church on earth and not require faith"r and holiness of its members! Truly the 13aptist brethren should produce better • -proofs than any they have,yet discovered . , or else abandon a position , attended with such, serious consequences. The Character of God and the whole tenor of the Old Testa ment Bariptufes flatly contradict their atiner -tion and show 'that God has required faith f.• $. . 1 7 IMIII "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING•I DO." 'I; . , ; t, 1 : • ,A; t 14 :1 I, 8: 'GIL PA. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATIURDAY, AUGUST 8.:1857. and holiness of all in every age who entered into a covenant relation to him. If the Jews sinned against him, they were required to bring an offer-ng, and confess, and forsake their iniquity. For all gross offences they were to be cut f£ from the Church See Ex. xxii : 20; Lcv xxiv. 15, 16, 17, and xxiii : 29, 30, and xviii : 29; Ex xxi : 15, 17; Num, ix: 13. L. N. 0. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate Religion; OR, LETTERS TO A FRIEND ON TER . VOCTETNES AND DUTIES OF THE BIBLE Letter XXVIIL- 7 End or Design of Re'gen- oration That we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.—Jas i:18. MY DEAR FRIEND :-I have spoken of the necessity and nature of regeneration, of the Agent in it and the means. The 'last point to be considered is the end or design of regeneration : that we should be a kind of first-knits of his creatures; that as the first•fruits of the - harvest among the Jews were devoted to God, so we should devote ourselVes to him and live to his glory.—Jas. i: 18. "Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever."—Short Cat., Ques. 1. The glory of God is the end or design of man's creation; and this is also the end or design of his new creation. Hence we are to do all things to the glory of God. —l. Cor. x: 31. Thus says Paul to the Cor inthians, Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your ovin? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.-1. Cor. vi: 19, 20. Hence to the Romans he writes, For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. I beseech you, thereiore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be, not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. Rom. xi: 36, and xii: 1, 2. I need say no more as to the end or design of regeneration. The whole may be' com prised in a single sentence, that God may be glorified, and that we may be useful and happy here and blessed for ever more. And here, by. way of application and improve ment, a few things in conclusion may be observed : 1. I would repeat the question proposed in a former letter: Have you experienced this change ? As then remarked, remember that the doctrines of these letters are not human opinions • they are the teachings of God's Word. Remember, too, the nature of this change, and its necessity, for without it you must perish; and then, in view of its nature and necessity, answer this question, Have you experienced this change? Have you been born again? It concerns each and every one; it concerns you, individually and personally, and the question is put to you; it is a personal question, and I wish you so to regard it; bring it right home to your own heart, and answer it now before God,. Have you- experienced this change? Have you been born again? Reader, Have you been born again ? 2. My next remark is, As God works by means and makes the truth instrumental in giving spiritual light and life, be careful and diligent in the use of these means. Read and hear the truth; despise not, nor neglect a preached Gospel, and neglect not to pray. Use the means of grace, but do not rest in them, nor depend upon them; for these means alone can not save you, nor can you by the use of them bring God under any obligations to bless and save you. He blesses in the way of means and in the use of means; but not for the use of them, or be cause there is any merit in their use. Use them, but do not depend on them, nor rest in them. They alone can not save you. You must have the Spirit, or you are lost. Yes, you must have the Spirit, or you are lost! Lost !! 3. Hence 'I remark 'again, Ask, that you may receive. Pray for the Spirit. You must pray or perish! I repeat it, and I mean it, you must pray or perish! Seek the Spirit in humble prayer; seek the Spirit in earnest prayer; seek the Spirit in perse vering prayer. And resist not the Spirit; grieve him not away, but yield to his influ ences. He is even now at work with your heart; he is convincing you of sin; he is pointing you to "the coming wrath," and urging you " , from that wrath to flee" Lis ten to his voice, and yield your heart to his control. Seeing the necessity and nature of this change, desire it, seek after it, pray for it, and rest not till you experience it. Re member, it is a real change, from nature to grace; an inward change, of principle, habit, and nature; universal, in the whole man; and rest not till you are changed. The Spirit of God has disturbed• the quiet of your soul; he has convinced you of your sin and misery; he has constrained you to ask what you must do to be saved and to cry unto God for mercy; and now rest not, never be at ease, till you find rest in Christ and are a new creature in Christ Jesus. And as one of the first actings of the prin ciple of grace implanted in regeneration is faith in Jesus Citrist, just come to Christ now for life, come to him for light, come to him for salvation; and come just as, you are, do not wait, do. not try to make yourself better, do not try to work out a righteous. ness of your own; but come now, come just as you are, come, sinner, come to Jesus, trust in him, and then obey him in all things. Give him your heart as it is, give yourself to him as you are; come to him now, and look to him alone for salvation. And as another of the first actirws of the principle of grace is a purpose to ° cleave to the Lord—to rely upon him and serve so be it your resolve to cleave to him. Be resolved to serve him. This purpose is not a new heart; this purpose is not regenera tion; but regeneration leads to such a pur pose : it is inseparable from those new views of truth and duty which result from a saving change; and as it is therefore one of the first aetings of the principle of grace in the heart, so form that purpose now, not in your own strength, but in the strength of (*ed.; and he resolved to seek the Lord with all your heart, and to serve him while you live. Let ethers do as they may, be it . your pur pose to serve the- Lord and, to live to his I glory. And as' youjorm this -purpose in the strength of Divine grye, commit your self to Jesus Christ and confide in him for eternal life. Awake, sinner, awake; arise from the dead, and Chrti), shall give thee light; he will give you pardon, peace, joy, hope, rest, salvation; free 'forgiveness with all its benefits; yea, he will 'giro you life, and in him you shall live fOreverl--Eph. v: 14; Acts xi: 23. Here I close this series' of lettera; but others way follow. Read rithe Bible; pray,, repent, believe, obey; pit i on Christ, and, walk in newness of life- ead Ps. Ii: and cxxx; John iii; Rom. v: `pd' Ti; . Gal. iii; Eph.. ii; 1. Cor. i: and 1; and Hymns 62, 262, 263, and 455. ~ 'IRS " TRULY.' From our Loudon ed. 'tipondeut.. Resignation of Dr. Davidson— Opinions Apra- . gently Unchanged—The Press I,ssrup for .the Defects of Congre,gationalis .r.,‘,"41 7 6 Qty formist"—The Advanced o- i.,p2wee , ism---Analysis of the "Otior lNetspapei Startlin,g Opinions and Daring, Avowals—Lead ing Articles—Reviews and C4respondence—TraC-' tarian Hymnology The lard Presence--Hot Weather, and the. Cardinals— at Edinburgh, of' Madeleine Smith—TheVei'dact—ltillian Trott • bles—Waldensian Deputation: in Ireland—lrish. General Assembly—The Atlantic Cable—Russet's Lectures on the War—lndian Revolt,. and Anxious Expectation. LoNnoN, 41, 10, 1807 DR. DAVIDSON has, resigned , his Piths. sorship in the Lancashire:lndependent Col lege.. At first he refused, bat he found the pressure from without too urgent to, be dis. regarded. It does not appear that he has been led to see that his opinions on inspira tion were wrong, for his resignation was sent in with an angry letter. But Undoubtedly his views are' such as the-:greater part of English Congregationalists, strongly depre cate and disapprove. It is ' , understood that a genutous present of money is to be made him, and the British Standard, which ad vocated his dismissal, warmly supports,the proposition. But what can money do to restore to him his position and prestige, as a Divine And while we approve the fidel ity of a majority, who compOled him to re sign, is it not sad to mark in him another example of the facilis deseensus, which is the characteristic of a rationalistic condition of mind? If CONGREGATIONALISM has necessarily failed in its weakness to do 'what Presbyte rianism, by the vigorous action of its, Church' Courts, would have done, at all events, let us applaud the fidelity of Dr. Campbell, and of other leaders of the Congregational press, in this as well as in the famous dispute with regard to the "Negative Theology:" Ra tionalising and "Negative"tendencies will still lurk in many minds, and probably a con siderable number of dissenting students may be more or less tainted. But Evangelism is again in the ascendant; the old theology is not now openly laughed at, ,t 'and even the apologists of Mr. Lynch arecareful to show, that while they thought thit - injustioe 7 .was done to him, yet they are themselves thor oughly orthodox. A decided cheek, has been given to , the progress of most subtle and dangerous heresy. The Nonconformist is the only dissenting journal, which has been the advocate or 'defender •of either; Lynch or Davidson. The Vraus OF ULTRA TRACTARIANISM is now working deep mischief, and doing the work of Rome in the very bosom of the Church of England, by a new and most form idable agency. I refer to the ". Union" newspaper, which, as its name implies, shows a desire for a closer union with every branch of the so-called " Catholic" Church, and especially with RoMe. It is true that a Tractarian poet long ago exclaimed-: "Oh, mother Church of Rome, Why does thy heart beat so untruly. Toward thy Northern child?" But it remained for the year 1857 to bring forth such a spawn of heresy as this "Ption, which, (edited by clergymen, and read, it says, by 4000 readers, three fourths of whom are clergymen,) with unwonted audacity, With intensest earnestness, with great abil ity, - with an infectious zeal and priestly pre , tension, urges on its readers to the proscrip, tion and hatred of real Protesta,ntism, wheth er within or without the Church of England, and which advocates almost every thing, in doctrine and practice, which Rome demands of her votaries, To show you that I pm not makii.g these charges and statements at random, I shall lay before your readers specimens of the spirit of "The Union," as drawn from only one recent number of that publication. The importance of the subject will be evident, as illustrative of the tendencies to a crisis which, though in one sense desirable, must, in the influences brought to bear on the per version of a large portion of educated per sons, be full of peril and mischief. The first article in the number of " The Union" which , lies before me, is "The Ed uoationni Conference." At that Conference, Prinee Albert presided, and it was attended by delegates from. all parts of the country, and by friends both of, State and volun tary education. " The Union" sneers at the Prince Consort's words : " Some have sought the aid'of the Ch,urch, to which they belong," implying as'they do, a recognition, on his part, of different Churches, instead of only " The one Holy Catholic Church." 44 An address more . Pantheistic in its tone, and more charged with the cold and leaden tint of Indifferentism, we never heard. All religious communities were ' churches' in the Royal chairman's eyes; Truth, Divine Truth—a mere negative quantity; and for youth to be taught their duty to God, part of which is to believe all the articles of the Christian faith, was a matter in which he had no concern !" That is pretty well in the way of bigotry and pious slander, and so also the assertion that " the assemblage might have consisted, so far as it appears, of Pagans, Parsecs, and Hindoos." Then, there were' shocking " omissions and par tialities in the discussions." It was a great sin not to mention the Popish "vol untary association of the Christian Brethren,. a well known and most influential body in France and Belgium," and too bad not to have 'publicly held up to admiration 'the Rornish " Sisters of Charity, another volun tary association, who manage female schools." The second article is, " The Schismatics in Scotland ;" and who do you suppose are these" Schismatics`?" Are they "The Syn od of Preshyterian preachers," who are in cidentally classed with the Record, as making "untrue statements, and .bearing false wit- nese" against "the persecuted clergy?" Not at all. The "Schismatics in Scotland" are those Episcopal clergymen in North Britain, who will not submit to the jurisdic tion of the Scottish Episcopal Bishops, nor sign their adherence to the .Popish Scottish Episcopal (Ace', which recognizes a tran substantiation the Elements. These last —true Evangelicals, likh Mr. Drummond, of Edinburgh, and Mr. Mile-3,,0f Gia'sgow, who regard themselves as true sous of the Ohurch of England, 'aild 'of whose poSition its'Evingelic'al - Bishops warmly 'apprOve-- s.gThi Union" , cannot find language too strong to „denounce. And • then, , , the great : crime is, that two Bishops have coun tenanced them The first is Dr. Gobat who, it appears ''is gg tin Episcozial'cOoriion ---therestilt‘of a' tirlitirObetween the ChUrch of England . and the Lutheran Establishment of knissia,' who, Af t hatdng nothing to do at eyttealena t whew he VealEleAt i p a4ently, ole:bri4idwl44-uo. 6trite 'atnondst the 'Eastern , iariatiana " , , (those corrupt and ••fallen Churches which " The , Union" includes in: " the "Catholic" fold,) "took it into his head, during a so journ in Scotland, to•assist the Schismatical clergy there by his presence, and to join in their worship." The second Episcopal offender, is the Bishop of Rupert's Land, who, "having left his few sheep in the wilderness," (one of the ,pleasant sneers peculiar to "The ,Union;') "thought it decent and becoming to imitate Dr. Gobat." "He, patronized the Schismatics attended their meeting houses, (not "'churches,") and joined in their worship." If "'he be not especially ignorant of the first principles of, Christian ity, and of the character of our Scottish sister," he deserves even "a more =lan . - can fled censure" from "individual Bishops" in England, and "Ruridecanal Chapters" than even "-The. Union," gentry "feel his tifted. in pronouncing!' (II) Take comfort, however, dear Scottish sister. Let "the persecuted clergy boldly put forward the en : - tire Catholic faith'," and then "their powers will be felt!' The "presence of our blessed by. the Holy Spirit in the' Church, must be recognized, ere long, by those with- out the fold.' . " Scottish priests 'possesi powers, graces, capacities—let them be used at once, and then neither ihe Babel-toices of 'Presbyterial:darn, the eccentric perfcirrn maces of Dr. Gobat, or ttie fiehismatieal per formances of, the Lord Bishop of Rupert's Land, will hinder the Church from advanc ing steadily, and eiercising, with vigor and effect, her great and supernatural functions." MUch the same self-comforting strain, mingled with scoffs at Lord Shaftsbury, and wonder at what "good Dr. Donne, or Bish ops Hall, or Taylor would, have thought, could they, have been led out of their graves into Exeter Hall, to, partake of M. Cad man's sernion," (extremes ineet---the Infi del Dispatch, scoffs at Mr. Cadman's Evan gelical.sermon, just .as does the Tractarian Union,),pervadesthe.artiele,on "Exeter Hall. Services.' These are a "sign of the times" preaching is truly the order of the day;;' by'this very means, used by Shaftsbury to "hring Dissent into the Church," andwlio, with " his brothers," has been, like Joseph's brethren, ,who; sold - him, into, bondage.but made this the very means of his exaltation," —bY this preaching, by "these very . weap ons, ~will the Catholics, Sooner or later, avail themselves to flood the people with the streams of the true faith." . Well certainly, this is something new. The "Tracts for the Times" exalt .sacra ments at the ; expense of preaching; so does' Rome, and so do Traetarian preachers,_ at least hitherto. And as for their sermons, what miserable things they are. Two• or three friends of mine lately went, to a Trail. Wien church,. whose first. Rector And first Curate are alr4dy gone to Rome, and then, after observing the semi-Popish performance and intoning of the Liturgy, the grouping of the clergy, the lighted candles, &c., the clergyman, in, his priestly surplice, preached about a twenty minutes sermon in which the main point was,, that 'whatever evil there might be g in other sins, there was one class of crime that was wellmigh unpardon able; and that' was, "opposition to the priesthood." The very foot of this " oppo sition," any thing like want of submission to the priest-preacher and his genus, is one of the deadly sins 1 "Ritual 'lrregularity" bears testimony against the Evangelicals-for not acting as do the Tractarians, "in placing the elements on the altar before the service began." And " The . Union" is horrified ,at those Churches where "the lessons are not read from the leeturn; where the words of communion are said to 'a whole milful at:once,";'(and not whispered to each, as, Romanists and Tracta rians love 'to do;) where the pulpit is defikdhy,a gown (instead' of, the surplice,) and where there is grave, reason to 'fear that daily morning and evening prayer is repeated neither privately nor publicly. 'Following these leading articles is a series of, "Reviews" of new. books. In one of these,. ,written, by a" pervert," .there is much found to applaud, and the author's charge of intellectualism: or Anglicanism, that is, 'a tendency to draw from " the Mys terious position of , the Blessed Virgin no motive for practice" , and " devout ..affee tion," e., Virgin-worship,) is admitted to be "too, just." So, likewise, his con trast between "Protestantism " and itsvion tal process of Religion, awithout a real con nexion with external agency, and " Catholi cism," whose votaries "hope to be saved by the Body whiCh has assimilated them to itself," is acknowledged to be too' true. In like manner, " the private study of the Bible" as " tha guide of, individual Chris tians," is as relay, deprecated, by the Union ists as,tlie Romanists. Next coins a paper on "Fine Arts," in which the "AthentEum is quoted as deprecat ing exclusively Protestant subjects for .the painted windows of Glasgow Cathedral. Then is " Original Correspondence," stuff- . ed with Popery, and, including NO: IV., on' "Confession Confession and Conversion." Amongst other letters, is a pretended one from "A Mormon," which I extract for your amuse ment. " The Union" had been in an awful rage at the reception, at Lambeth, of the . Evangelical Alliance by the 'Archbishop of Canterbury and four other prelates: • BE EVANGELIcAL ALLTANCE AT LAMBETH PALACE. To the Editor of the 1 ‘ Union." .. am sadly disappointed at the line which you have taken with. reference to , the meeting of the Eyangelioal Alliance at_the official residence of the-Aichbijliopof Oanterhury. I confess - I was ebeered-beyond measure at the boundless tolera tion of your estimable Primate in giving the sanc tion of his sacred office, as the spiritual head of , the Church of England; to the schemes of i'body of perapps—includiug Baptists, Wesleyane, Meth odists, Nonconformists, Presbyterians, Zningli ans, Neolegkile, and every other foln'ef Dis Sent; hecs;use it afforded ma gleam of,bope that, ere long, his,Grace.;would extend hisCatbolie liberal : ity se far Ws te'piesidts at a meeting of the" perii cuted sect of width I am au humble but devoted member. ; ,Your faithful aervemt, A I migit, fill illy Whole letter with pungent proofs o the Poperyfof-this new and ..forrni ' •dable.weekly fpapery , conduOted With .consuipnate . cunning, and with an unsprnptk lons : determination ,to, infuse courage into the failing hearts of it,4l.Pa'rty. In, the Universi ties, (wbere;' cenily,irt the commemoration; the name of the =new Bishop;of Dirdon: was hissed, to the, delight Ot, The .Uniona it will be:4TO with avidity , , Tlie obje . . progress •m • •‘: 1 1- e d • • *lite Ailitrby tine . antiquity, midst :of necessity, therefore, be erroneous, '-and , thus to end "in. a corpo rate reunion with Rome!! . Her practice in the Confessional, they wish to adopt as fully as they haVe adopted her principles thereon. One correspondent suggests, that twenty-four priests should form an engagement to divide among tbein the- offering of the " Holy Sa crifice," each hour of the dayand night, and what a shield "wou,lcl this he agairtstheresy!" And finally, thespikeof Rome in worship ping the Host, (they complainingly say,) is not „yet adopted, even while. Tractarians be lieve in the. Real Presence, as she does.. So another writes : Thus ' with regard to the Blessed Eucharist, we believe the true dogma; but we do not realize its spirit. • The Holy Sacrament is not our All. It is not our Worship. • It is scarcely felt to be our God. We . do not xealize that you substance that looks like bread is the Very Eternal God Himself; that it is only by an express miracle that It is withheld from speaking to us ; nay, that it is only by a maSter-miraele of Divine long-suffering that It does not arise and avenge itself on its enemies. Hence:it is that,. to, so many among us, St. Thom as seems far-fetched and'pedantic ; and Faber is an enigma. Verily,.,this Union" is a formidable sign of the times, and the"spirit which'evokes and sustains it, is assuredly diabolical, and an Anti-Christ. The Ifyrnnology Tractarianism is be coming more intensely Romish. In a Hymn Book sold at "The =Union'? office, are several Evangelical hymns, such as, " How sweet the name of Jesus sounds," and "Rock of Ages;" but there are two to ""The e Sacred Heart of Jeans," and two to* "The Blessed Sacrament," besides others most .Popish in their spirit. Here is' Transubstantiation boldly avowed: , "Nord made Flesh, His word transmuted. Bread to Flesh, and wine to Blood ; Though 'each sense the change disPuted, Nor discerned the unearthly food•; In the true , heart deeply. rooted Faith adores her present God." We "lave. had very HOT WEATErait,- re . cently, which;was trying while it lasted. have never known, in Mjr memory, the ther mometer in the shade rise • above 86; but this year, on the 28th June, it reached 92. There was a hot Wednesday i n.1813i when it rose to 99. In the - United States you think th,at, probably, a trifle, being, like the Irish woman's' eels which were skinned alive, " quite used . to it." But here we groan and sigh under- heat, and our climate being so changeable we make little preparation,,either in clothing or houses, against it. At such a time, stout John lull perspires immode rately. sat in a railway train on a very hot day, with a very rotund and rosy English cler gyman, who now slept, rocking to and fro, and then woke up oppressed. - : Poor . Cardinal Wiseman must have passed through a heavy trial by reason of the melting weather, and it must have been a sheer necessity; (not an indulgence for the flesh, oh no !) to have iced claret' put on his table after, dinner, from the coolest corner of his capacious cel lar. Now that, the air is cooler, it is likely he contents himself with old port; It is of great importance that the body'corporate of, this eminent ecclesiastic should not bulk less than formerly in the eyes of "the faithful." The trial of MADELEINE &maw, for the murder of Emile I/ AnieHier, has produced an intense sensation, only paralleled by.the trial of William Palmer, last year. It lasted for a 7s hole week. .The painful fact came out that their meetings, at first clandestine, af terward became criminal. Then she grew cool toward:him after a time, and accepted an offer of marriage from a - rich. Glasgow merchant, the, latter, as well as her parents, all unconscious of her past conduit. " She sought to persuade ,leAngellier to go away to 'Jersey, her object being'to get married in the mean time. Then she: seems to have given him,poison twice in, coeoa, , which she pretended to drink berself. 13e, was twice violently ill. went from home recon ciled, apparently,' to her, and ignorant 'of her engagement still. A letter reacheehirn, fondly urging;his return. He manes to-his lodgings in,perfeet health from the country, in the, evening"; is seen near her lionise at half past nine o'clocki inthe morning,' about o'clock, he comes to his lodgings in' a dying state. The verdict, "NOT PRovzw," sets her free, but that is all - There have been ATT.EMPTS AT INSUR REOTION in various' parts of Italy, all 'of which have been suppressed,, but not till after much bloOdshe4 and misery. An at tempt made at Turin against the Constitu tional Government of Sardinia, is traced to the Mazzinian party, all of whose efforts, of late years, have been marked,by infatuation. as well as cruelty : In connexion with this was a conspiracy, , (discovered in time,) to assassinate the Empercn%of the French. Cavaignac and two other opposition can didates have been elected for Paris.' This is gall and wormwood to the Emperor. A WALDENSIAN DEPUTATION are at present in , .Ireland. The Archbishop, of. Dublin received them moat kindly, and at a public meeting remarked on the deeply in teresting position of both thc,Morivianaand Waldenses, as not 'being Protestants and " revolters from the Church of Rome," but as ," never having owned submission to it." The ,Reputation includes the - eloquent M. Pilate to whom I referred in my last. The Tuxes GENERAL . , .Aqsznintr is-now hohjine its annual meeting at *fast. Dr. Grandy, of Strabane, is Moderator. The ATLANno CABaac, will soon ' be ready to be sent to' ea: The 'Airier twin ship /Vivaria is fast readying her porl Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut By Mail, or at the Office, $1.50 per Ye . eri SEE PROSPECTUS Deliyered in the City, 1,75 " " lEEE. WHOLE NO. 254 tion of it, and her tender, the Susquehanna, is by this time, lying aside at Liverpool. Fears an& hopes alternate as to the success of the enterprise. Mr. W., Ti. RussEL, the'eelebrated Cri mean correspondent of the Times, has been engaged ) by.two London gentlemen, to deliv ''er tLectures over the -United Kingdom, at "ali c elperise of ,ElO,OOO, and it' s expected that the sum realized will far exceed that alitanni. 'For the benefit of ihe fabaily of the fate Donglas Jerrold, Russel delivered's lecture this week, ,at _Saint Martin's Hall; to aTarke audienee, of whom I was one. His `power of Word-pieturing, the beauty and felicity of his figures, and the.description of ( the battles of Alma and Inkermann, as well as of the death-charge at Balaklava, thrilled the whole assembly. Dickens and Thack eray were present, and attracted much atten ption, ~.I,l‘ he .foimerqesdillnJtimeam t ellice, . - -,.iit6VigkFt#•-‘9sithe # nititith ? Thaekeray ttilecture on : "Street Pieacbers," The INDIAN MAIL is expected this even ing, with some anxiety. The telegraph will inform you of the suppression or extension of the revolt, ere this reaches you. All will, I trust, be overruled for good. What you may Expect. It was for thy sake that the Judge did suffer unspeakable pains, such as were suffi cient to reconcile all the world to God. And to consider that thou haat, for thine own particular case, made all this vain and ineffective; that Christ, thy Lord and Judge, 'should be tormented for nothing; that thou wouldat not accept felicityand pardon, when he purchased them at so dear a .price; it must needs be an infinite condemnation to thee ! How shalt thou look upon Him that fainted and died for love of thee, and thou didst scorn His miraculous mercies? How shalt thou dare to behold that holy face which brought salvation to thee, and thou didst turn away, and fall in love with death, deformity, and sin? And yet in the be holding that face, consists much of the glories of eternity. Surely all the pains and the . passions, the sorrows and the groans, the humility and 'poverty, the labors and watchings, the prayers and the sermons, the Unra.cles and the prophecies, the whip and the nails, the death and the burial, the shame and the smart, the cross and the grave of Jesus, shall be laid upon thy score, if thou halt refused the mercies and design of all their holy ends and purposes. And if thou rememberest what a calamity that was,. which broke the Jewish nation in pieces, when Christ came to judge them for their murdering him, who was their Bing, and the. Prince of Life; l and considerest that '• this was but a dark image of the terrors of the day of Judgment, thou mayest then apprehend that there is some strange, un speakable; evil in store for one who refuses the. Salvation of Jesus, and rather chooses that Satmohould rejoice in. his destruction than that Jesus should triumph in his fell city.—Bishop Taylor. jfacts zau .IS leanings. A BEAUTIFUL THOTIGHT.—Some one has said of those whc; die young, that they are like the lambs which the Alpine shepherds bear in their aims - to higher, greener pas tures, that the flocks may follow. AIM AT perfeetinn in every thing, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they, who Aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and` despondency make them give it up as unattainable. 8 T WORDS OP PRESIDENT EDWARDS. —When the great theologian was dying, hiving taken leave of his family, he'looked abciut and said,. "Now, where is Jesus of Nazareth, my true and never-failing friend ?" and so he, fell asleep and went to the. Lord he loved: How unfailing is the instinct which leads thupious heart to cry out for Jesus in the last hour I The mighty in tellect of Edwards,.after all its. acquisitions during a long life of usefulness, must then lean upon the Saviour's arm with the same helpless dependence as a young child just able to Syllable that precious name. THE FINAL RI DOE MEET .—" We must ali appear;" or, as now it is generally ad mitted,- that"" We must all be num:Tested be fore the judgment seat of. Christ" —a far .more searching , thought. If we were to em ploy a homely expression and say, " turned inside out," it wouldl believe, exactly ex press the intention of St. Paul; all that is inward now, and . *thus hidden, becoming outward then; every mask stripped off; every , disguise torn away ; whatever any man's work has, been, that day declaring:it; and not according to its outward varnish, but its inward subStatce.—Trench. F.A4m.v . PniYER. —John Howard, the philanitropist, is said never to have neglec ted family prayer, even though therit was , but ones and that one his domestic, to join in it; always declaring that where he had a tent, God should have an alter. . This was the ease, not only in England, but in every put of Europe which they vis ited together, it being his invariable prac tice wherever and, with whomsoever he might be, to tell Thomason to come to him at a certain hour; and, knowing what the direction meant; the latter would be sure to find his master in his room, the doors of which he would , order .him to fasten. Let who r would come,, nobody was admitted till devotional exercises were over. . THE S prarr OF TUE Loup's. PRAISE.— The spirit of the Lord's prayer is beautiful. The form of petition breathes a 'filial spirit Father.' • • A catholic spirit—Our: Father. A reverential spirit—Hallowed be Thy name. A miesiona7 spirit—Thy kingdom come. An obedient spirit—Thy will be done on earth. A dependent Spirit=Q - ive us this day our daily bread. A forgiving spirit—,And forgive our tres pmaes as we forgive those that trespass against us. A cautious spirit—Lead us not into temp tation, but deliver us from evil, A confidential and adoring spirit—For thine is the kingdom, and the power,.; and the glorh foyer. Amen. U 0