PRESBYTERIAN' ..,..IA.NER & ADVOCATE II Pregbyterisin ilanner. Vol. VI, NOG 3. prembytorlan Advocate. Vol. 33Z, No. 50. I DAVID MeKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. ADVANCE. Original Vottrß. The Lonely Grave. DT W. WHITTON REDICK, A. M. In a lonely spot, on the lone road side, A grave in a narrow enclosure appears, IvTo monument-stone calls the traveler aside ' To tell of the dead—of his name or his years Oft, oft to the skirt of the outspreading wood, Beside that neglected and desolate tomb, I have wandered at eve, and in thoughtfulness stood, Affected with strange, inexpressible gloom ; For so lonely a grave, with the ohuroh-yard so near, ' Might well waken thought in the least thought ful breast, When a legend is whispered, half-told to the ear, 'Tow 'tis here that the bones of a suicide rest. An outcast from men—unlamented, nnblest, And debarred from their graves, here he sleeps all alone; Idle his spirit, perchance, is still wand'ring for rest, Unsummoned from God to appear at his throne The blossoms of Spring bloom uncultured around; Gay birds, through the trees, warble forth their sweet song, And Summer's glad scenes and bright beauties abound; Yet bore a strange silence and sadness belong. The storm winds in Autumn his requiem sound, And the owl and the deep roaring woods make their moan ; Whilst the withered leaves, falling like tears to the ground, Seem to weep o'er his grave; and weep ever alone. The Winter's chill blasts hymn his dirge in loud tones; The bare trees, like mourners, bow low as they 'Waite ; And these are the watchers; these only the groans That may ever attend round that suicide's grave. .Pittsburgh, 11357 Yor the Breebytertan Banner and Advocate. Homeward Bound. Nzw YORK, September 15, 1857. The scattered forces of the Church are beginning to recongregate, and put on the harness for the Winter campaign, which, in large cities, is the season of conquest, the harvest time of salvation ; so that the reverse ! of the Jew-mode is literally true every year, k as to many who were almost persuaded to le Christians just before the Summer die , persion, and not closing in with the Spirit when he was nigh them, even at their doors; I the sea-side and the spa, their feasting and I- their revelry have quenched the kindling fires of immortal life, to be lighted up no more forever, and well may such say then, , The harvest is past, the Winter is ended, and we are not saved This annual scattering of pastors and people is a very considerable drawback to city churches; but it is not without its ad vantages. When city Christians carry their light with them, seen of all men, at all times, and under all circumstances; at the country tavern or city hotel; in public places and private retreats; on stage and steamboat; at home or abroad; by land or sea; on railway or steamer—when in all these situations, the consistent Christian bears with him the light of a bright example, of steady, humble, and dignified piety, cheerful and kindly withal; this is the scat tering of the seed of truth to the four winds, to spring up in the byways and high- ways to trees' of piety, whose branches will reach to heaven, bearing fruit in that spot for ages to come, it may be. Thus may each Christian be practically a missionary of the Cross every year, to the heathen at borne. How long shall it be before that ". mischievous impression shall be banished from the general mind, that only the min ister is to preach the Gospel? SPLENDID CHURCHES. .No doubt some things strike our country friends as being inconsistent with Christian simplicity; and chiefly, perhaps, when they look at our expensive churches. Few are now built in New York that do not cost a hundred thousand dollars—some of them twice that much.- The argument sums thus " A dozen plain churches, just as commodious, could be built for that sum, and thus the Gospel be more literally given to the poor." The same argument was made, on a certain occasion, about a box of oint ment, in the Saviour's time, meeting his re proval. The temple at Jerusalem was per haps the costliest structure ever erected, and it was done by Divine command. We must in some senses be all things to all men, in order that we may save some. Churches are built not merely for Christian people to worship in, but to accommodate: those with the preached Word who are 'yet aliens .from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of prom ise. The rich, the great men, and the mighty of this world, will not go to inferior places of worship ordinarily. It is a trial to them to go down from their own splendid mansions, from carpeted rooms, and fres coed walls, and cushioned chairs, to the "plain" building, with its bare floors and hard seats, and bald appearance;they sim ply wont do it. But the magnicent sanc tuary does invite them; they come and hear, and are saved, and serve God with willing minds and large hearts ofttimes. BM ROW IT WORKS. Our church in Fifth Avenue cost a hun dred and forty thousand dollars. The sex ton receives a thousand dollars for his ser vices, and our minister four. Our income is ten thout.add dollars a year. There is not a disposable pew in the house; not a single sitting to be had. When one is vacated, it is immediately taken. The treasury being full, the Trustees offered the leader of our singing, who stands up before the pulpit al o ne, as was the custom forty years ago, a thousand dollars a year for his services, but wouldn'tLe have it; they offered our pas tor a thousand additional to his salary; he told them it was large enough, and would n't have it. He loves his people, and they love him; as evidence of it, when 'over taken by a serious illness last Spring, they insisted upon hls spending a few months abroad, and that he should take at least a part of his family with him; they continued his salary, paid a. substitute, and handed him five thousand dollars to defray his ex penses. It is not unusual for the Sabbath contributions of this church to amount to thousands. For the year ending May lust, this single congregation contributed for re ligious and charitable purposes, nearly sixty ty-three thousand dollars, being an increase of fifteen thousand over he preceding year- There are individual members of this church whose annual contributions amount to more than those of whole Presbyteries. That these monied "kings should be nursing fathers" to the Church, nets should be set for them adapted to the object. These men are not only brought into the Church, but they become members who act from prinCiple, as the pocket ordeal, the'most trying , of all, so fully shows. I lately made a flying visit to your city, which has with it very many pleasant asso ciations in my mind; and the certainty, to gether with the comfort and dispatch with which a journey Vence , and. back may be made by the Pennsylvania Central Rail road, under the auspices of 3. Edgar Thompson, Esq., who now heads its direc tion, strongly commends its patronage to all business men, to whom, so particularly, "time money." In'reany passages over that road, I never have encountered an obstacle, witnessed a &Baiter, nor have been delayed an hour. W. W. H. , From oar Lo ndon CorreiDOndent. The Painful Interval of Hope and Fear—Lord Mel ville on the War—The Examiner, and "nothing new from India."—Details of the NaJsacres—Cry for Retribution—The Times and British Banner— Martin Tupper and his Summons—The Real Feel ing in England—The East bidia Company and its Past Policy—Colonel Sykes and " the Saints"— Affecting Case of a pious young Ofacer—Witnes4 for Christ—Religious .Fanaticism and its Four- Fad itlustration- 7 Mohonniedaniani and Hindoo -ism—Romanism dnd Riots at Belfast—Dien-Air Preaching in Ireland, and the Times—The Mor mon Conference in London—The 'Apostles and Elders—Elder Hyde in a Presbyterian Vestry— The True Elder versus , the .. False—The Curse Causeless—The Victim Set Free—Music and the Donkey Accompaniments—The "Sisters" Ex horted—Orion Platt and the Propagation of Spir its—British Association—Evangelical Alliance— The Jerrold Fund—Postscript on Persia. LONDON, September 11, 1857 The INTERVAL BETWEEN THE ARRIVALS OF INDIAN MAILS, is one of mingled hope and fear. While I write the opening sen tences of this letter, anxiety predominates over hopefulness. The Edinburgh Witness is most cheerful in the tone of expect. alloy, and gives its reasons for supposing that next mail (of which you will doubtless have the summary ere this appears in print,) will bring better tidings than the last. But one, thing all parties seem agreed on, that we shall not hear that Delhi has fallen. While that strong fortress is maintained'by the mutineers, the spirit of insurrection will acquire fresh impetus, all over India. A dark future is before ua. Lord Mel ville, at a public dinner in Scotland, speaks not despondingly, but decidedly, as to a long struggle and great loss of life, ere Bengal Can be quieted. The Cabinet are urging on greater military preparations than ever. The latest order received at our great Arsen al, at Woolwich, is for the dispatch of a siege-train—the very guns employed in the batteries before Sebastopol. Who can tell but that these siege•batteries may not have stern work in store for them before the walls of other fortresses than Delhi ? People who forget the slowness of com munication—and in this matter we feel the difference, as compared with the daily com munications, bytelegraph, from the Crimea, two years ago-are wont to ask you, on lhe street, "Have you seen the papeis; any thing new from India, to-day ?" The answer is, "Nothing new." The London Examiner makes this the title of a leader, of great power, summing up into one hideous cata logue the recent accounts of massaoro, and worse than Vandal or Red-Indian cruelty. It opens thus:' "Nothing new from India. We are re minded of the celebrated question of De mosthenes. Nothing new What can be newer, than that the wives and daughters of Englishmen have been sold by auction in the market-place of an Indian town—sold, not into chains and slavery like the envia ble negroes, but to death and torments; nor even to torments and death only, but to outrages and barbarities worse than a hun dred deaths, only to be faintly whispered in corners, for their unutterable enormities; tales that torture the very tongue that breathes, and the ear that hears them ?" The details, indeed, as they come out in letters, are heart-rending. Dr. Duff says, in a letter to the Witness, that he can think of no parallel in history to them, but that of the massacre of the Waldenses. The cruel- ties enacted by the American Indians against the early settlers of New England, are not to be compared with them. The victims at Cawnpore are reported, from one quarter, to be not less than 6501 In one letter, we read of a lady leaping into the Ganges to avoid a worse fate. Among the miserable fugitives who were daily arriving in Cal cutta was an English woman, frightfully mutilated ; her nose and ears cut off. At Jhansi, an officer, in the last extremity, shot his wife, and then himself, to escape worse than slaughter. An officer, writing from Benares, says: " The story Lever can be told. The greatest brutalities that Eastern vice can invent, have been practised upon English ladiespand children.' The civil servants of the Company have perished as well as others. Thus at Indere, where a sudden insurrection broke out, among the first victims were the managers of that noble telegraphic system, which has, within a year or two, been inaugurated by O'Shaughnessy, a distinguished Irishman. Of two young gentlemen, the sons of an ex cellent father, well known to me, who is one of the Superintendents of the London City Missionaries, and a cousin of O'Shaughnessy, one who left his fond mother's side only in April last, was ruthlessly slaughtered on this occasion. .The cry for retribution rings aloud. The Tones has been savage and fierce on this point; so much, so, that the British Banner, with a great deal of justice, enters its sol emn protest. Mr. Martin Tupper, also, author of " Proverbial Philosophy," has published—what, all things considered, is perhaps excusable under excitement, but otherwise unjustifiable—a poem, with the Miltonic title, though not• in sonnet form, " Avenge, 0 Lord, thy slaughtered saints." "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO." PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1857. As to un.ound tead.deg, we have the ful lowing : " All glory to those martyrs! the blessed children shd,i, The holy women, soon redeemed from all that pin and shame ; The brave good men, baptized by their own sol diers, in their blood ; 0, glory to the martys, for they are all with God." Next, as to vengeance : And England ! now avenge their wrongs by ven geance deep and dire, Cut out the canker with the sword, and burn it out with fire':: Destroy those traitor legions, hang every Pariah hound, And hunt them down to .denth, in all the cities round. " On groves of gibbets, set on high those Hamsns of high-easte, And bind their treacherous Baal-Priests with fetters hard and fast; Yet, even in thy lion-wrath, remember to reward The noble Sepoy few, who stood Abdiele of the guard"• Next, Delhi must, as the Times intimated, be made like Sodom and Gomorrah: "But, Delhi? YOB, terrific be its utter sack and rout, Our vengeance is indelible,, when Delhi is wiped out, And only so; one stone upon another shall not stand, For England swears to set'her mark upon that traitor land!: Her mark, the hand of justice; the Cross—a Cross of flame Where Englishwomen perished in unutterable shame ' • Her mark, the Cross of mercy,' tOo, above those martyred good, A marble Cross on that burnt spot where once proud Delhi stood!" do 'not believe that Englishmen gene rally endorse these sentiments, but ,that a judicial visitation of their wickedness and cruelty on the heads of the plotters and lead ers of the Revolt.should speedily come, is the desire of every right-minded man. True, we have not always done justice in India; true, that the infliction of torture, although denied by the East India Company's advo cates in Parliament, has been a 'sad reality in some parts of Bengal, in connexion with our collection of taxes by subordinates, not very long ago. And true it is, that, as some one has said, there ought to be "vengeance at home" on the East India Company. Long did it support the abominations of heathenism; and it is now notorious, that their party in the House of Commons, last Spring, tried to obtain ".a count-out," so that no debate might come on in connexion with the oppression of the ryots, or peas ants, by these land-owners, (Zemindars,) some of whom have been the worst foes of our countrymen and countrywomen in the re cent disasters. It is a maxim, that " Cor porations have no consciences," and it is, alas, too .true, that men, as bodies, when gain, especially, is at stake, will do what, as individuals, they would shrink from. The Opium Trade has been: one of the sins of the Company, and retribution is come upon them now. The enmity, too, of some of the Directors (there are happy, ,exceptions, among which Sir H. Rawlinson, the cele brated savan, is one,) to missions, is deep and malignant. It is even said that Col. Sykes, Chairman for this year—when Lord Ellenborough and 'others were casting the blame of the revolt on Christian missiona ries, and before the present happy reaction in the public mind occurred—exclaimed, "Now we shall get rid of these sands." The " saints," however, will hold • their ground. It is Sykes & Co. that are likely to go to the wall ! An affecting instance of Christian piety and courage, in the case of a young Ensign, is detailed in a letter from an officer in India. When the sixth Native Infantry Regiment mutinied at Allahabad, and murdered their officers, an Ensign, only sixteen years .of age; who was left for dead among the rest, escaped in the darkness tog neighbor ; ing ravine. Here he found a stream, the waters of which sustained his life for four days. Although desperately wounded, he contrived to raise himself into a tree during the night, for protection from wild beasts. He had a lofty commission to fulfill before death released him. On the fifth day, he was discovered, and dragged by the brutal Sepoys before one of the leaders, to be put to death. There he found another prisoner, a Christian catechist, formerly a-Mohamme dan, whom the Sepoys were endeavoring to torment and to terrify into recantation. The firmness of the native was giving .way as he knelt amid his persecutors, with no human sympathy to support him. The boy-officer, after anxiously watching him for a short • time, cried out, " Oh, my friend, come what may, do not deny the Lord Jesus !" Just at this moment, the alarm of a sudden attack, by the gallant Col. Neil, with his Madras Fusileers, caused the instant flight of the murderous fanatics. The catechist's life was saved. He turned to bless the boy whose faith had strengthened his faltering I spirit. But the young martyr had passed beyond the reach of all human cruelty. He had entered into rest. The power of RELIGIOUS FANATICISM is one of the signs of these last times. We see it strikingly illustrated in this Indian revolt. The Mohammedan, driven on by the teaching of the Koran,:as well as by political ambition, stirs up the Bepoy, and both act wider the perverted and powerful zeal which their respective superstitions inculcate. Especially is this the case with the Mussul men of India. Great apprehensions are en : tertained, lest, at the period of a great Mo hammedan festival, in the month of August, there might be disturbances all over the three Presidencies. At Patna, Dr. Duff writes : " An alarming conspiracy had been Providentially discovered, the authors of which were Mohammedans." The KORAN is still imbedded in the Mussulman mind in India, and the same fell fanaticism which not long ago led to the execution at Tunis, in Africa, of a Jew who " blasphemed " Mohammed, gives nerve to the arm, and hellish cunning to the plots of, Mohammedan hate against Christianity. "The Koran," says a Mohammedan histo rian, "declares that the highest glory man can attain in this world, is unquestionably that of waging successful war against the enemies of his religion." And so we read s in Mohammedan narratives, of warriors has tening to the doomed cities of unbelievers, that they might " share in the merit of send ing their souls ,to the abyss of hell." It is this spirit which vivifies that conspiracy, which, formed in impenetrable secrecy, is now exploding itself In the mosques of India, for a hundred years, prayers have been offered ; and 1857 was the hoped for era wheu the blazing cimeter—as it flashed in the hand of iilobammed himself, and as it cleared the path of Tamerlane to conquest, and gave hi' material for his famous pyramid of sku.ls—should sweep i e. away the infidel "Fe , ughees," and re store the Mogul domini in Central India. But there is another t pe of -religious fa naticism, in the active malignity of ROMAN ISM, especially in Ireland. Busy it is in France, and in Italy, in the erection of stat ues to the Virgin, in honor of the Immacu late Conception, and in the; punishment and i t excommunication of cer in of the .priests Lombardy, with wiles, victimization the people have - disiplayedl- trimg and indig nant sympathy. But in reland, and - ceven in the :capital of. litTilllsidi, - -4 Popery has ,been showipg ~ifielf.,in-: all: its ferocity. Open-air pr i e4 i ching was cus tomary at Belfast in former years. The ob ject was not controversy, but simply the in struction of the ignorant ilndungOilly—that "baptized heathenism," of a large town, which frequents noplace of worship. This year a howl of rage against such efforts was raised by the Popish press ;'and when, on last Lord's day,,a zealous:Presbyterian min ister successfully asserte4 his constitutional right, and did preach to-ithree thousand or four thousand people, riots ; -spread -over the town, and the Popish mob, which had : been collected by a fiendish placard on the walls, were pat to route by a large body of Prot estants, and the police were obliged'to fire on the bloodthirsty Myrmidons of Rome. The Times, in what deseryes ' in.plain terms, no better name than that of a rascally ar ticle, comes out against the Protestants.of Ireland preaching in the Open air at all, be cause, forsooth, they thereby insult the ma jority 1 In •England, Popish preaching and processions would be insulting to the ma jority, and so the Protestants would not put up with them. Thus the "'leciding journal" basely betrays the cause of religionsliberty, besides ignorantly or wieke'dly-arguing on the premises that Belfast is, by a majority, a Popish town-. -The mills and factories there, have been the inducement, during the k twenty years, for large masses to immigrate' to the North, and to Belfast, from the Popish South and• West. But it is but a play upon words to represent a town.which is the headquarters of Irish Protestantism, and especially the Presbyterian metropolis, as Romish. Almost the 'whole property, education; and' influence,' are' in the Prot estant scale. ill But MoitbiONTSm has 'al 0 been figuring in its own: way, and :furnishes us with a fresh specimen of its own peculiar and loath some fanaticism. The. Mormons have been holding a conference in tondon. It was attended by the Apostles Platt -and Bensoil, and by the leading Elderk sad' inetribers'Or the district. There was a good deal , of boasting. At a closing Tea-meeting there were rare doings. When the reporter of one of the morning papers entered 'the room, Elder Barnard was leading the company in the singing of a favorite hymn, to the tune of " The Low-backed Car.' The purport of the song was the happiness that awaited all when they would 'get to Zion, (Utah). There -were •some amusing variations, per formed by an ass in an adjoining stable, on' a song by Broiher Silver, which was to the effect, "I never knew what joy was Till I became a Mormon," &c. Elder Hyde flattered, in glowing strains, the two apostles from America, and seem fully alluded to the attempts to put Mor monism down. .With, this, same Hyde, and one of my Presbyterian Elders had a personal eneounter, (in,the theological sense of the term) some yoars ago. ,He had sue-. ceeded in perverting(for a time only) a young girl, a member of our Church, who had been brought up among the Weideyans, but who became impressed and, decided (as I have every reason to believe still) under the preachino. b of the Gospel at the Presby terian Church. Her warm feelings, her confiding character, her personal intimacy with Hyde and his wife, and the plausible account of, numerous cures performed by him on sick and crippled people, fired and filled'her imagination. I heard with pain of her reported perver sion, and asked her to meet me in the ves try. She came, after a week evening service, but not alone. Elder Hyde, afraid to lose her, with a face of brass, and a snivelling hypocrisy of tone, entered the vestry with her. There was nothing for it, therefore, but to grapple with the vile im posture, of which he was the advocate. I shall say nothing about my personal• share in the discussion. My worthy elder, a clear headed Scotshman, had 'recently read the Book of Mormon, and brought out its absur dities, its anachronisms, and its contradic tions, with such power, that the Mormon Elder was fairly cornered. We challenged him to work one of his miracles, and he told us - we had not "faith." It -was the old way of impostors. "First shut your eyes and then you shall see." So, finding himself rather uncomfortable, he dissap peered, with the vengeful assurance that if " we'did not believe in the Book of Mor mon, we should be damned !" To thierlittle episode I may add that the young girl in question, although a dupe for a time, had her eyes opened afterwards= to the delusion practised on her. This resto ration was largely owing to the facts which came under her' observation, in connexion with the death, of the wife andlother friends of Elder Hyde, who, had boasted to us-and to her, of his curing powers. She is now the wife of a respectable and worthy naan , and a Member of a 'Christian and Evangeli cal Church. But to return to the Conference; there was a Yankee Elder from Salt valley itself. He said "he felt first rate." He drew a glowing picture of the enlightenment and happiness of Utah; declared that he• had been persecuted with the Saints all his life, and just as he had been settling down at Utah, the " servant of the Lord" (Brig ham Young) "had sent him forth to Eng land, to warn this wicked generation," and he might have added, to bring fresh victims into the toils of Mormonism. A Mr. Harrison, one of the few English men among the Mormon prophets, addressed the meeting in -favor of polygamy, with the accompaniment of donkey music, before no ticed, and imitations of the same, by some of the irreverent juniors. Another Elder indulged in " a little harmony," to the tune of " Oh, Susannah, don't you cry fur me," about "sleeping parsons." Sisters Pearce and other ladies also sang. They and oth era received an exhortation from au Elder, to sell off all their ornaments, and put them into a fund to enable them "to gather out of Babylon," i. e., to leave England for Utah. Orson Platt gave them some advice about marriage; urged them to marry only Mormons, and in that case they would have husbands in the next world, otherwise they must remain single, " a horrible eventual ity." He propounded the doctrine of the propagation of spirits in the next world. Thus these vile wretches seek to give the stamp and stimulus of immortality to their filthy practices. Ezra Benson, another El der from Salt Lake, after describing his feelings and condition as " first rate, ' in litilgedgtirgelY ilfetdirse jokeitNizpreSsedliis opinion that all;his wives - at Utah would' not apostatize, and that so he would not remain "single in heaven'," and crowned the per- . formance by describing Young as "the best and 'holiest main in the world." The Times had a jeader on Mormonism, and recognizing its parentage here, traces it largely to our rage for prophetic and Mil lennial study, and cherished expectations of an earthly paradise, which a large party of religionists have indulged in. There may be something in this, but it -is very little. The true causes are long neglect of the masses, consequent ignorance, and low sen sualism, acted on by a cunning which is certainly Satanic. It is a great stroke so to speak as to flatter the peole hat they are religious, and safe for etern p ity, t while yet the basest passions are gratified. If 'it came to them in the p.aias old guise of Mohamme danism, with: its- sensual, paradise, it would not take; but, coming as a',New Revelation,. an enlargement of the old Bible, and in the name of Christ—it is thus that the. devil' and his agents collect so many , dupes. A strong desire is, expressed here by the papers, that neit year at farthest, the Amer ican Legislatu.re may grapple with the abom ination in itWist'rnnghold at Utah." In' Eng land; the Tract Society's publications, the City and Towne Missionaries, and the open air preachers, have, done, and are doing, much to expose and put down- Mormonism. Its dupes are largely drawn from Wales. A son of the late ARCHDEACON WILBER FORCE, who went over to Rome and died last year initaly, has appeared as a writer of poetry. Is it not pleasant (considering that the father was a Papist, that another Wilberforce, once an English Archdeacon, is so, and that the Bishop of Oxford is al most so, and more dangerous than if he were,) to find a grandson of William Wilber force thus beautifully vindicate the Virgin's real position against the idolatry of Rome ? If than dost love thy Saviour and thy Son With hat the:love that earthly mothers feel, 'Joined to a ransomed sinner's gratitude, How thou must weep, to see thy fellowmen, Like thee conceived in sin, like thee redeemed, Pour fourth their prayers to thee, andat thy shrine Offer their richest love when he is by, Ready to gather.-allonelLto...his.fold ! What were thy earthly sufferings to these ! Thou Saw'st him scourged, insulted, 'crucified, Thy more , than Son, whom thou might hope to see On Israel's throne was not the promise great Borne to thy young ear by' the' angel's voice? And now; thou may'st behold him on a throne That overlooks the heavens, acknowledged King Over all kings; and yet too littloloved, Thyself Lupplanting him in human hearts." The BRITISH ASSOCIATION has been holding its annual meeting in Dublin. The presence of Doctor Liviugstone, who deliv ered a lecture on Africa, in the DUblin So ciety House aivalrened great interest. Some scientific, Zmerican gentlemen, were pub; Rely honored, with ; , others, by the bestow ment of Honorary Degrees, by the authori ties of Trinity College: An excursion to the• Western island of Arran, rich in Pagan, memorials, concluded and crowned themeet ing. The EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE has com menced its meetings this week, at Berlin: It has not been in my power to attend', the Conference. Oar Tract Society has sent as a Deputation, the Rev. M H. Vine, a Lon don Episcopal clergyman, and Mr. Davis, the Secretary. 'They go, not as members of the Alliance, but in the interest of the Tract cause, on the Continent of Europe. The King of Prussia has continued to man ifest the deepest solicitude for the success of the Alliance meeting; and while not going so far•as inviting or commanding the attend-_ ance of the Prussian clergy, has issued an address to the'Consistories, or' Presbyteries, in which he administers a rebuke to the High Church and Lutheran parties,.for their misrepresentations of, the objects of the meeting. For the closer approximation of all real:Christians, and for the Alliance as a means of promoting it,' the King expressee his most ardent desires. Mr. Crtaurzs DICKENS reports, on be half of the - effort "in 1 / 2 .emembrance of Douglas Jerrold," to raise - funds for his widow, that, a sum of ,f,2000, clear of ex penses, is in hands, and that an annuity will be purchased far` Mrs. Jerrold, with a reversion - to 'one' of 'her daughters. Living authors are.not always , friendly. Some one once sneeringly said : " Brother authors ! Yes,! Brothers like Cain and Abel!" But authors in this ease have substantially prove&their sympathy for the familY of a brotherclatd.. Jerrold earned vast sums of Money 'but, like• most of his class, he was prodigal. THAOKERAY'S new work, " The. Virgin ians," will begin to appear in monthly partsp in November. J. W. P. B.—l have detained my letter to a late period of the day, in the hope that fresh news from India might have arrived, but in vain. It may; however, come tonight, and go out to the United' States, by the' mail from Liverpool, tomorrow. It is announced by telegraph, that the Persians have evacu ated Herat. This will free the troops still remaining at Bushire, for service in India- The Shah of Persia has published a de cree opening public office to all religious clams of his subjects. J. INTERCOURSE WITH CHILDREN The most essential point , in our intercourse with children is to be perfectly true ourfielves. Every other interest ought to be sacrificed to that of truth. When. we in any way deceive a child, we not only. show ,him'a pernicious example, but we alsolose l our own influence over him forever. Disabled Ministers, &c, PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23, 1857 In Judge Leavitt's Report to the last General Assembly, on the subject of "dis abled ministers," &c , it is stated, that "to the printed Circular of the Committee, addressed to the one hundred and forty Presbyteries of our Church, in relation , to the number of ministers, widows, and orphans of deceased ministers among them requiring aid, replies had been received from only sixty-one. •From these it appears that within the limits of the sixty-one Presbyteries, there are eleven ministers, who from the effects of disease -or the infirmities of age are unfitted for the active dirties of their office, and destitute of the means of comfortable support. There are, also, within these Presbyteries, twenty-one widows and thirty-six .children of deceased minis who;, are iu„ ; need Pf , assistance. 48- stuiling'as the basis' of an: estiniate, that the same ratio of destitntionis applicable to r the Presbyteries from' which no reportbas been received, it- would result, that there are in the Church twenty-six infirm and disabled ministers, not, less than fifty widows, and, about eighty children, for whom relief is contemplated by the soden of the ASSembly. The Presbyteries from which reports have been received,• are located in different geographical sections of the Church, and there is no , reason to suppose that the 'above estimate does not present a fair average of the destitirtion throughout•its entire limits." As to the. probable sum Whatrwillbe needed annually to relieve ,the wants and provide, for the comfort of the destitute classes, -the report says, " that in the judgement of the Committee it will require an expenditure of from tsvelve thousand to fifteen thousand dollars." Since the , spreading of these facts before the, churches by our. religious Journals, the Committee of Trustees of the Assembly for distributing this fund, have waited in' daily expectation of the applies- , tion -of Presbyteries in behalf of these one ; hundred , and fifty adults and , orphan ehil dren, •nrany. Of whom, doubtless, ,are in a condition that calls for, immediate relief. Hitherto, only a small propcirtiOn of these eases has been presented by their respective Presbyteries. Although it was announced in the last Assembly, and has been publish ed since in their. Minutes, that there is_ money, in the Treasury for this purpose, enough thus far to respond, in part at least, to every regular application. Please to call the attention of the churches to this part of Judge Leavitt's able report, which seems to have been too little heeded, even by some who concur with the writer in, all his state ments, and cordially adopt= his conclusions. JOSEPH H. JONES, Ch'n of the Corn. forDistributioni &e. tatts:: . - 40:!itaiAgi t HE wito„has many secrets,'he who Wieh es you to be his security for a 'sum which you are not willing to lose; he who loves law-suits, and he , who has a jealous temper, should be carefully avoided. QUAINT old Fuller says :—"Let him who expects one class, of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether- one side of his face can smile while the other is pinched. WATER AND MORALS.:- -A. very slight declivity states to give the running motion to water. • Three inches per mile, , in, a smooth,- straight Channel,igive a velocity of about , three miles per hour. Now, what is true of water is equally true of morals. The beat of men need, only a slight push from adversity to.obtain a downhill momen tum. Be careful, therefore, how yon "lose your equilibrium. TEMPTATIONS.—We must never be as tonished at temptations, be they ever so outrageous. , On this earth all is temptation. Crosses tempt us by,irritating our pride, and prosperity by flattering it. Oar life is a continual combat, but one in which Jesus Christ fights for us. We must; pass on un moved while temptations rage around us, as the traveler, overtaken by a sterm,. simply wraps his cloak more closely about him; and mattes on more vigorously toward his' des tined home. CIMISTIAN MISSIONARIES IN TURKEY. A• meeting , for the aid of the Missionary cause in Turkey was held en Sunday even ing,, at Rev. Dr. Adams' Church; Madison Square. - The building was filled with an attentive and interested audience. An ad (tress was delivered by Rev. Dr, Shaniller, who has long been resident in Constantino ple, and who described the present condition of the Turks; after their recent intimate communication with the Christians .of Europe -during - the Crimean War, as ex.-, tremely favorable to the_ inouleation, of the Christian religion, Rev. Dr. Tyng likewise delivered an address. PLAIN. PrtEaoitiNG.--Dr. John M. Mason, while preaching on the text, " What shall it profit a man etc.,referring to the apologies .?" given by 'the impenitent fore refusing 'to accept the gift of eternal life, mentioned, the 'common . plea, "We do not want to profess Christianity,. because many dishonor the profession; we do not want to be hypo crites; we are candid men." c(And so," said . the -eloquent preacher, " you'are willing to go to hell as gentlemen of candor." It is said that a distinguished lawyer in this city was led by this . pointed rebuke to re nounce the hypocrisy of unbelief for a sin cere faith in the Son of God. CHILD'S MORNING HYMN : The morning bright, With rosy light, Has waked me up from sleep. Father, I own Thy love alone, Thy little one Both• keep. All through the. day, I humbly pray, Be thou my guard and guide; My viva forgive, And let me 'live, Blest Jesus, near thy side. Oh, make me rest, Within thy bteast, Great Spirit of all,grace— Make me like thee Then shall I be Prepared' to'pee thy' fuse Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut By Mail, or at the Mee, $1.50 per Ye ar, , SEE PROSPECTUS. Delivered in the City, 1.75 " WHOLE NO. 263 Ninutes of the Synod of Allegheny. ERIE, PA., September 24th, 1857. The Synod of Allegheny met according to ad-. journment, in .‘ Park Hall," in the city of Erie, on the 24th day of September, A. D. 1857, at half past seven o'clock P. M., and was opened with a sermon, by Rev. Robert Dilworth, D. D., the last Moderator, from the Epistle to the Egh. iii: 8, Unto me, who am the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among'the Gentiles the unsearcbable riches of Christ." After sermon, Synod was constituted with prayer. The following members were present: PRESBYTERY or Rem—Ministers: John V. Reitiolds, James Coulter, Samuel J. M. Eaten, John W. 147cOune George W. ZaLniser, James W. Dickey, Lemuel d. Olmstead, William McCullough, James M. Shields, William M. Blackburn, 'John R. Findley, William Willson, (8). Elders: John Breckinridge, James Miller, Prosper A. Booth, John ifilMeB, J. L. Reed, Isaac Eaton, James McCracien, David Agnew, A: Tanner. PRESBYTERY OF BNAVNE—Ministers: Robert Dilworth„ D.. D., Benjamin C. Critchlow, -David Waggoner, David C. Reed. Elliot E. Swift, William T McAdam. EZWers—William Fruit, William McCready, and John Hope. ALLEGHENY , 'Paisserrgat -Ministers:: John Coulter, Loyal Young, Robert B. Walker, Newton Bracken, Williain G. Taylor, Ephraim Ogden, David Hall, Samuel Williams, J. R. Coulter. Elders—Valentinn Glenn, James Campbell, John C. McNees, Thomas Mifflin, and Saniuel Lesson. PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGHENY CITY. Ministers: David. Elliott, D. D., W. S. Plumer, TY. D., (2), William Annan, Henry R. Wilson, D. D., Leland R. McAbny, Louis L. Conrad, James Alliaen. Elder: Robert Wallace. MINISTERS ABSENT. PRESBYTERY OF Rass.--David Osier, William J. Alexander. PRESBYTERY OF BEAVER.—James Satterfield, Robert bsalom McCready, William Nesbit, John W. Johnston," iohnston, Henry Webber, Thomas P. Johnston, A. •S. Billingsley, Jonathan Wilson, Thomas G. Scott. Passerreer Or ALLEGHENY.-Jahn Munson, John Smalley, Ebenezer Henry, Alexander Cun ningham, William F. Kean, George Cairns, John V. Miller, .1. F. Boyd. PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGHENY CITY : Nath. Todd, E. P. Swift, D. D , John C. Sinclair, John,F. McLaren, D. D., Daniel E. Nevin, Alex ander Shand, Edward S. Blake, Charles B. Mc- Clay, James Smith, John Brown, John Davis, H. W. Guthrie, Alexander Sinclair. Sitiod adjourned to meet to-morrow morning, at 9 o'clock. Concluded with prayer. FRIDAY MORNING, 9 o'cLocx. Synod met and - Wile opened with prayer. The Minutes of the , hist session were read. Rev. Loyal Young was elected ,Moderator, and Rev. L. R. Menu, Temporary Clerk.' de motion, the reading of. the " General rules for Judicatories " was dispeneed with. Rev. David McKinney, of the Synod of Pittsburgh, being present, was invited to sit'as a corresponding member. • , The Minutes of the last-meeting of Synod were read. " The Moderator announced the following Com mittees. ON BILLS AND OVRRTURRS:--MRMSterB :—Revs. Robert Dilworth, D. D., John Coulter, H. R. Wilson, D. D. and John V. Reynolds. Elders—A. Tanner, Thomas Mifflin, and:Robert Wallace. JUDICIAL COMMITTER :---Ministers—Revs. L. L. Conrad, R. B. Walker, S. W. M'Cune, and B. C. Critchlow. Edders—Wrn. Fruit, Samuel Lesson, lease Eaton. RECORDS OF PRESBYTERY or ERIE :—Ministers —Revs. Newton Bracken, and B. C. Critchlow. Elder—Samuel Leeson. REOORDS OF PRESBYTERY or BEKVF.R:—Minis ters--Revs. John R. Fbadley, and J. R. Coulter. Elder—John Humes. RECORDS OF PRESBYTERY OF ALLIGHENY : Ministers—Revs. Wm. Annan, and G. W. Zahniser. Elder—John Hops: RECORDS Or PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGHENY CITY: —Ministers—Revs. D. C. Reed, and David Hall. • EtdirL--John Breckiiiridge. Os BRVOTIONAI. EXBROISSB :--Ministere—ReVS. W. M. Blackburn, and John V. Reynolds. Elder —D. Agnew. ON NARRATIVE OF STA.TR OF RELIGIONI—MiSts• ters—Revs.l James Allison, and Newton Bracken. ..Elder—Jamei Csimpbell. ON Synonican SIMON :—Ministers—Revs. Da vid Elliott, D. D., and David Waggoner. Elder— P. A. Booth. ON THE Musuvas OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY : Ministers—Revs. Wm. Annan, and D. Waggoner. Elder—John C. lieNees. REASORS FOR 'ABMINOR SIMS Panvions 'Mem- Ines OF BYNOD:—Jfinisters--Revs. David C. Reed, G. W. Taylor, and James Coulter.'• Elders—James Miller, and- Valentine Glenn. ON Liners OF ABM:NOR' rams THIS .liinernto : --Afinieters-,—Reys. Ephraim Ogden, J. W. Dickey, and SaninetWilliams. Eldirs—James Miller, and J. L. Reed. A collection of twenty-five cents was, raised from each member, to repleniiih the Contingent - Fund of Synod:. ' On motion, Revs. David Elliott, D. D., H. R. Wilson, D. D.,` and Thomas Mifflin, eider, were 'appointed a Committee to consider the propriety , of appointing a day of, fasting and prayer, in view of the position, difficulties, and dangers of our Missions in India. Revs. L. R. M'Aboy, R. B. Walker, and. David Agnew, elder, were, appointed a Committee on the Western Theological Seminary. The first standing order was taken up, and statistical reports. were read and placed in the hands of the Stated Clerk. The aecond'etanding order was taken up, end Presbyterial Recordi were ;called! far, and put in the hands of Committees, for examination. The following Report was presented by the Committee on'Devotional Exercises, for the exer cisewof this afternoon, according to.the standing rule: 1. Psalmody andiPrayer, ROT. IL C. Critchlow. 2. Address, Rev. D. M'Kinney, D. D. 3 Psalmody and Prayer, Rev. W. T. M'Adain. 4. Narrative of. the State of Religion. 6. Address by Rev. Wm. Annan; and such oth er exercises as the Moderator may deem , proper. The Committee farther reported that Rev: David 'Hall preaeh to-morrow ,afternoon, at 8 o'clock; ,that Rev. H. I. Coe preach in the evening, at 7f o'clock; that Rev. W. S. Flamer, D. D., preach at Park Hall on Sabbathmornhig, at 11 o'clock. That, the ,:Sacrament: of the .Lord's Sup per be administered on Sabbath afternoon; at 81 o'clock; in which services, "reading:-the: Scrip tures and Psalmody by Rev. Loyal Young; introduction to the Ordinance, and distribution of bread, by Rev. H. R. Wilson, D. D. dietribution of the cup and closing- address by . Rev. D. McKinney, D. ; and Rev. E. E. Swift preach on Sabbath evening. That Rei,:iDr.*Elliott and Rev. Dr. ld'Kinneypreach in the First Presbyte rian church.,!_„That Rev.. 1.4. Conrad and Rev. Loyal Young preach in the Methodist church. That Rev: J. R. Findley and Reit L. R.. M'Aboy preach in the Associate 'Reformed church. That Rev,D. Waggoner and Rev. B. C. Critchlow preach in the Baitiat y chnieli. These reports were' eta:opted and adopted. Synod then proCeeded to, appoint the time and hour of its next meeting.' It was resolved to meet in the city of Allegheny, on the fourth Thursday ofSeptember, 1858, at 7f P. M. Synod resolved 'that' when it adjourns this morning, it adjourn to meet for its remaining busi ness aessions, in the Baptist church, and for pub lic worship, at Park Hall. The Board. of Colportage presented their Re poet through Rev. L. L. Conrad, which Report was accepted, and Revs. E. E. Swift„ L. R. M'Aboy, and' John C. M'Nees, elder, 'Were appointed a .Committee to report on the subject. Adjourned to meet at two o'clock. Concluded withprayer. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 2 o'ozoox. Synod met, and was opened prayer. The Minutes of the morning session were read. Rev: H. I. Coe, of the Synod of Missouri, be ingyresent, was invited to sit es a corresponding member: Rev. Dr. Plumer appeared, and re ported his name , to the-Clerk. , Presbyteries were called upon to report on the Mitiject of Church Extension, according to the standing rale. Pending the illscriteioh, the hour kipeng arrived, ; Synod engaged An the devotional exercises ' • allotted for the afternifon " on•soirien PAWL]
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