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on our'first*'page.
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Lodge No. M of the 4 4Meripan Protestant
Aiscioiation, per hand of John W. Haney.
WE ARE requested to say that Mr. J. D.
Williams, receiving agent of the Boards,
&0., of the Church, will attend the meet
ings of Synods at Wooster and. Monongahela
City,:and'that he has procured the services
of a friend; to receipt in his behalf for con
tributions paid, in at the Synod at Wheeling.
AN IMPORTANT REMOVAL.—We learn
from the Pregyterian, that the office of the
Board of Domestic 31.filsions has been re
moved to, 'No. 0,0 Arch Street, Philade'
phia. This was rendered necessary by new
buildings on a lot adjoinhtg the old office, ex
cluding the light and air.
REV. Warm Am. A. GRAHAM.—This ex
cellent yoting Minister died on the 28th
ult., at the , residence of his father, in Car
lisle, Pa. His services in the Church on
earth were bat brief in their duration; but
he was one ardently devoted to his Master's
cause. He who called him into the vine
yard is the same who bade him, thus speed
ily, come up higher.
PRESBYTERIAL A CADEIVILES- —Literary
Institutions under the guidance of Presby
terian Church- Courts, do well,- and some
times are a necessity, where the population
is sparse, and, where wealth does not abound.'
But in other circumstances their success is
not so great. Even in Philadelphia, tle
headquarters of our Church influence, a
Presbyterial Acadeiny has proved a failure.
We learn that after a few years of great ef
fort, the enterprise has been discontinued;
and that Dr. Coleman, ,the excellent and ac
complished Principal, has established a
private classical school.
'Veit of Rey. T. .k Elder.
The seconnt we . gave, last week, of the
Presbyteryof ta.ke Siperior, mentioned the
death' fa- our young brother, Rev. T. R.'
Elder,“ of Bayfield, Wisconsin. had
...but.just entered upon his labors, in a new
a na'needy field. 'Another is'wanted to fill
the place, and'Avo or three more are 'great-,
ly needed in the region.. The country, is
r emesented as healthy , and-the uneMployed;
whether the young or the middle aged,.'
ehonld opin their hearts to the call._ Bet
ter, by far, go to a place where ,ministers'`
are nee'dikand desired, than to linger in
eities , or.distriets.where there must be a
`rotival, of Incumbent, by death or other
wise, before tin' unemployed can, obtain -a
Sabbath Desecration.
A correspondent complains of the daily
.press, of our city, as, haring " their offices
open, , and hands working all day, Sunday."
ThereLla 'here a very great mistake' as to
the-amount . of .day secular labor.
- The'o ces, we e eve, are mostly closed.
There is no work =required of employees
,w hich'needinterfere with the proper time
for family devotion and public worship. A
few hours work' . in the night is exacted.
But even this ought not to be. The whole
day should be held sacred, and be appropri
,iied,i,e, tie iprof, its institution., Cannot
theildaiirpress so :arrange matters? { Oor
, neighbor, tly! gazettei'practices, we know,
-aa,here,stated
f .,And'here 48e, may note: our regret at a
movement toliare the i telegrap in opera
tion on the Sabbath. , The Christian and
orderly Should resist 'this strenuously.
Board of Education.
'1; In another column, we place the appeal
.of this., Board,- for aid. Will not ' the
&niche's respond with,favorl. There is no
I part 'of !Christian duty more sternly
lona; Oen. the preparation and sending
1 fort h - of ministers. And how shall they be
prepared? If any way more effective can
.be .devised -than by using the Board, let us
have it. lint l 'until that plan can be had,
and until it shall, be 'actually , pouring in a
fuull supply, hit us use, to the best advantage,
, the means now in °papillae. The call for
ministers is very urgent. The want is
pressing.
the young men who on the faith of
,the Board and the Church, have abandoned
other employments and entered on the / pre
paratori work, we are under a solemn pbli-
gation to continue the promised means.
'Their wante, to the eaten) implied, most be
' :aau. But`chrdt,the• Board.be, compelled to
refuse ()th r ust . We trust there will be no
attoh ..necesatty. The laborers are needed,
and the churches are able to train their) for
their work.
JOHN CiTLI3EIiTSCiN
Dr. Breckinridge's New Work on The-
ology.*
This work is worthy of the name and
standing of the author. Ourideas of a Body
of Divinity, are associated with magnitude,
solidity, fullness, and length of time con
sumed in careful preparation. Believing, as
we do, in the wisdom of the direction of Hor
ace to authors, that they should keep their
works by them for years, and revise them,
again and again, 'ere they permit them to ap
pear, we acknowledge that when we- learned
that it was Dr. Breckinridge's intention to
publish, we "would have been as well pleased to
have heard that he had resolved on devoting
a longer period for review. Now that the
treatise has appeared, our hesitation has al
together vanished. It bears no marks of
haste or want of careful preparation. The
same clearness of style, transparency of mean
ing, and directness of statement which char
actelize all Dr. Breekinridge's published
works, are eminently visible in this, his great
est, literary labor. No man who does not
think as accurately could write as luCidly as
our duthor always does. The reader is never
at a loss to comprehend meaning, and
while the style is thus clear, it is always
graceful,, easy and flowing..
The first sentence in the preliminary chap
`ter, co ritains a most ;important idea, and one
which; we think, must have often been im
presse d on thinking minds. If one or two lead
ing men in each century of the Church's his
tory, and in theleadiug countries where Chris
tianity' has prevailed, had written a treatise
on Theology, in which the spirit of the age,
and the influence of the questions of the
times on the faith'of the Church would have
been displayed, with what feelings of regard
would such productions be viewed'as century
after century passes by? Voluminous as are
the Tomes which have come down to us from
the Greek and Latin 'Fathers, they are de
fective in so' far as systematic arrangement
and fullness of doctrinal discussion are con
cernecl, And, instead of feeling that the
doctrines of the Gospel have been ,stated
with sufficient precision and Evangelical full
ness in the writers Of the sixteenth and 'soy
enteenth centuries, and that the faith of the
Church has been amply developed in the
Institutes of Calvin, the disquisitionsnf Pa
mug, and the Dutch. Divines; or in later
times by the works of Ilidgley or Chal
merS, we are pleased to witness new efforts,
and especially pleased at the appearance of
this valuable contribution to the Church's
stock of Theological lore.
The human Mind is never stationary.
Errors, while they are the same in substance,
are, like the pebbles in a Kaleidescope, ever
changing , their aspect; and it -is important,
that as theyare brought forth,nevidy modi
fied by the influences mhich bear on them,
their antagonism, in.every form, to the truth
of God and his;Gospel, should be displayed.
Intimate, as Ate relations are, which subsist
in the literary and religious world, in this
country, and , in Britain,- still the, questions
which an American Theologian of the pres--
ent day would be called on to incorporate in
a Body of Divinity, would, in many of their
phases, bring out errors.which would not be
noticed in the works of a British Theologian.
On these and similar grounds, we hail this
important accession to,our national Theolog
ical treasures::
The following is the; plan of the work :
In the First Book, which is devated4o, the
condition of Man, his moral condition, his
ruin, his immortality,
` , and the Divine pur l
pose 'to save sinners, are. considered: , Book
the . Second is devoted to the subject of the
Mediator, hiuPerson, Incarnation.;Flumilia
Eialtation,' and Offices.' The Third
Book is devoted to God his Names Mode of
Existence,., the Trinity and the-Attributes.
`ln. the. Fourth Book, ;the Sources of our
Knowledge of God are examined; und in the
Fifth Book, the Sum and 'B suit of ,the pre
vious reasonings are.fully brought out.
Such is a
,condensed analysis:of thia'work
which we doubt.not is destinedto carry the
name of the author down to posterity.tus one
of the lights of his day and generation. > We
can only afford time and space 'in this hasty
notice to say, that in several parts of the•
volume we would have changed the order of
arrangement of the different sections.
,
°* THE KNOWLEDON OF AJIOD, OBJECTIVELY CON-
SinnAnn. :Being the Fire. Parfet :Theology con
sidered. as a Science of.Positiva Truthyboth In
ductive and Deductive. By .nobert.j. Breckin
ridge, ;.D .D., L.L.D., Professor of TheolegY in the
Seminary at Danville, By. Bvo., pp. 580; New
York: .Nbert ether 4- • Brothiri, No. 530 Broad
way, 1858. ..• '
Allegheny Serninary—Prayer for India.
The first Monday in the month,, being the
day statedly observed'hythe students of the,
Seminary for missionary eierises,' was spe
cially devoted io prgerJor, eirMissions in
India. Dr. Jac ohne took the chair, and after .
the invocation of G-od'i3' blesaing; With sing
sing, and reading the 33dPialin;the sttidents,
were addressed by. Rev • William Speer,
missionary to. China and California.• He
presented the aspects 'of this= outbreak in
India, as tending under God : Ist. To hum
ble the pride of England; 2d. To re-estab
lish and strengthen the British dominions
there, with important reforms and enlarged
accessions of Christian , agencies and infiu
,
ewes; 3d. To break down Mohamniedart
dth. To destroy the system of Caste,
sth. To reach American sympathy through
our Missiens Northern India. These
points were dwelt uiain,in a most solemn
and impressive nianner, jand this beloved
and faithful missionary, an Alumnus of this
Seminary, closed with a fervid appeal to the
young brethren; that they should not desist
from the work because God had chosen that
the Mission be baptized with blood. ,
After singing the;Missionary Hymn, Rev.
Dr. Swift roseand j said, that God had, in
Apostolic times, opened the flood•gates of
persecution, to awaken the sympathy of the
churches. Even Peter, 'possessed of such
miraculous powers as to cure the people by
means of handkerchiefd and aprons touching
him, till felt that even ,his shadow, as
he passed by, would be restorative—even he
was left to be imprisoned and fettered, to
THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE.
make hireand the Church feel their depen-c
deuce, and to keep them from the natural
risings of pride. "When I heard," said he,
" of this outbreak, it seemed the most heavy
calamitY that' had befallen our Board'from
the beginning ; and yet it seemed wonderful
that, there had not been such times of dread
ful uprisings before." He adverted to the
feeble beginnings of our Board, as he had
beer' so personally, L eoncerned imthem. It
pleased Tod' to open the work at our halide,
by designating two beloved missionaries for
Africa. One of these died before setting
out, and the other went en alone; but it
was like death, at the time, to the Mission.
Next, God sent to this. Seminary and called
two beloved young, brethren for this very
field of Northern India—Reed and Lowrie.
"I remember," said he, "how the latter,
who is now our excellent Secretary of the
Board, sat with Me in my study many an
evening, till near midnight y stating his diffi
culties, and seeking light. His wife, on the
eve of embarking, said to me, 4 1. shall
donbtless die in India,' and so she did.
Brother Reed died, too, and his body was
buried in the Bay of Bengal. Lowrie was
left alone, and was at length obliged -to-re
turn. Then God chose one from this Semi
nary and one from Princeton, for the Mis
sion in Africa. I remember how, in - Dr.
Boardmaxt's church, they sang, at the fare
well meeting, 'Yes, my native land, I love
thee,' and .the first news we received from
Africa was, that they were all dead ! It is
not wonderful nor new, therefore, that there
should be these seasons of rebuke and chas
tisement. The great question is, what domes
God mean by this? The Seminaries are
the sacred spats upon which the Holy Ghost
fixes his eye when he lays out the Divine
plans for the salvation of men. How are
you to stand affected by the massacre of
those' brethren, who once occupied these
seats ? How would Johnson and CamPbell
have studied, and prayed in this Seminary,
if they had known that they should be, cut,
down by these heathen hands? God may
call you to preach to these' blood-stained
Minderers Cawniore !"
After singing and prayer, Dr. Jacobus re
marked, that a great lesson taught by this
outbreak, is the awful depravity of the hea
then) and their perishing need 'cif the Gm
pd. "Just new, when the polite.thein:ies of
skepticism would make us believe that
Christian. missions are awaste of money and.
effort, and that the religious of all lands are
such as God will`accept, and such as are
best fitted for the respective people, he
Will have the whole civilized world shocked
by these outrages upon humanity. He will
have all civilized people admit the pressing
necessity there is of sending the Gospel to
the heathen, as the great and only civilizer
and reformer of depraved men.
Dr. Jacobus then closed with an earnest
appeal to the students, to come forward in
the spirit of a true Christian heroism, and fill
the places of their brethren who have fallen
on ' the field. Professor Wilson offered
prayer. ,
The day will long be remembered at Al.
legheny.
Home and. Foreign Record.
The months pass rapidly, and bring to
us a large class of our periodical litera
ture. Among the monthlies with which the.
Churches supply themselves, the Record and
the Herald, which contain the' missionary
news of the , two most effective organizations
in the country; for spreading a knowledge of
the Gospel, are not, the least interesting.
That ; of our own Church is looked for by
Thousands. •
DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
We havebeen both amazed and grieved
at the diminution of the, income of this old
eat; needy,' and •important enterprise of our
Church. But so much has been said; that
we might conclude that thus the churche,s
will it—that the compensation to missions
,ries is to be reduced, and their number di
minished. But we are • still reluctant so to
decide. Will not something effective yet be
done? We appeal to pastors. Make the
honest effort. Reiterate . it. By reason of
importunity you may , prevail.
The Record calls upon • the mission
churches to raise their contributions toward
their own missionary pastors. This is right.
It may, and should be done. And with a
view-to the reduction which must be made,
in appropriations from the Board, it call's
upon Presbyteries, in applying for aid, judk
ciously to estimate the diminution which
may be borne; reckoning the ability , of the
several congregations to increase on• their
part.. This, also, is right. Mission,churches
should. contribute to: their pastors, more and
more, each year, and' thus justify the
Board in a steady reduction'of the amount
Of their, appropriations., This is correct in
theory, for the aided , churches , should grow
in their number of members, and their abil
ity to give:
It would hence seem as though the' Board
would need less and ,less moneyeach year.
And so they would, if they had only the same
old churches to provide for. But new lands
are being settled, and new multitudes are
being born and needing instruction, and new
churches must be forined, and other and
More numerous missionaries must be sent;
and hence funds are ever needed in increas
ing amounts.
One benefit may result from the dimin
ished contributions to the Board—they may
be impelled to urge the curches which have
been long depending on help, to aid
themselves, either by their increasedliberal.-
ity, or by judicious groupings; two or more'
of them uniting to sustain a pastor. The
Board attempted this a few years ago, by
small annual reductions in the amount of
appropriations; but the clamor'was so loud
that resolution failed. Necessity may now
teach the importance of firmness in carrying
out a good principle. We 'trust that they
will soon learn the lesson; and that funds
flow in bountifully 'to enable theilv
liberally to aid those who cannot belP them:
selves, and to foster new enterprises as our
boundaries extend, and as, our population in
creases.
RECIIPTS in August: at Philadelphia, $4,128; at
Louisville, $1,095:
BOARD OF. EDUCATION.
We present the case of this Board over
the signature of the Secretaries; and in a
brief' note elsewhere. Does any man think
it possible to have work done without labor
ers? No Presbyterian is so simple. But,
'alas, Wore are many*Pwlio semi to say, that
the Lord
,of the. harvest, may provide work
men as best he can; that as for them, they
will have no part nor lot in the matter!
Well, there is a day coming when there will
be a reckoning. Who, in that day, shall be
estimated the good steward—faithful in what
was entrusted to him?
RECEIPTS in August.: at Philadelphia, $565; at
Pittsburgh, $l7O.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
INDIA —The Board has lost, by the re
bellion in India, in property burnt and destroy
ed, over $lOO,OOO. The mission work has
been suspended, and, probably, a number of
the missionaries slain. There is a painful
suspense, from the long delayed tidings, of
the certainty of how .things are.
THE INDIAN TRIDES.—The small-pox has
been severe among the Kickapoos. The
Gospel, by Matthew, has been translated into
the Creek language, and many of the Creeks
and Seminoles are learning to read it; and
some are asking for more of the Word of
God.
AFRICA.—TIie missionaries• at Monrovia
were enjoying favorable health; likewise those
at Corisoo. The English expedition, now ex
ploring the Niger, is expected to'open up the
way, extensively, for missionary operations
Sum.—The decline in Mr. Morse's health
has made it necessary for him and his wife
to return home by the first opportunity.
This will leave' the mission enfeebled, till
other laborers may sent..be
CHINA—The., missionaries at Shanghai
were enjoying good health, at June 15th.
Mr. Lowrie' had commenced week-day
preaching in the. chapel . in the city. The
audiences were good and, attentive. Dr.
Kerr, of the Canton Mission, had left on ac
count of the disturbances. -He has arrived
at Boston. He' is expected to return on'the
restoration of peace and order.
The Record contains some very interest
ing statements of affairs, both in China and
India.
RECEIPTS in August, $5,292.
BOARD' OF PUBLICATION.
We, last week, gave a. communication
from the Secretary of this Board, and made
a few remarks calling attention to its opera 2
tions and wants.' In this - reading age, it:
behooves the Church to be most 'wise and
diligent in the furnishing of a ready supply,
of that which shall be both edifying and at
tractive. Menwill not now go far to search
for- books. They are supplied; every where'
with those which are bad; and the good
should be equally accessible. •Colportage is
one indispensable means of adue circula
tion ; and the Board's fund for this depart
ment of their operations is overdrawn.
They, look to the churches for aid.
ItzbareTs, ,from donations, $815; from sales,
$3,051.
CHURCH EXTENSION
'The Secretary gives us'an instructive
statement of a journey up the Missouri river.
He is indefatigable in his labors, exploring
the- country, and endeavoring to awaken the
churches to the consideration of the import
ance of the enterprise with whose interests
he is entrusted. • The want of churches is
very great y and a little help toward a build=
ing is an immensuencouragement. Contri
butions to: this cause are among the'most re
munerative to'Zion which her friends make.
Rscaßrs August: at St. Louis, $9B; at Phil
adelphii, $85;" at Pittsburgh, $l2.
DeeHi/atilt() of Di% Rice.
Our readers are aware that the Directors
of the Seminary of the North-West elected
Rev. N. L: Rice, D. D., of St. Louis, to the
,
Professorship of " Ecelesiology " in that
Institution. When the. telegraph announced
to us •this event, we heralded it with grata
lations. We thought that the serious diffi
cultiesr which • time " we a time we bad feared
were insuperAle, bad been really overcome.
We thought, though filled with wonder at
the supposed event, that the election had
been unanimous and cordial, and that there
would hence be aconcentration of all the
, ,
energies of,nine young and• vigorously grow
ing Synods, in the conducting of the enter
prise ; together. with the counsel and care
of the General Assembly. But, alas, the
arrival of the record of the Directors'
ceedings, showing us that there were divi
sions among them,, that seven men out of
eighteen opposed the election, •that the
buildings had not been commenced, nor
building funds' procured, and that there was
no transfer to, the Assembly, but merely a'
negative control , tendered; and when we
also learned from -other sources, oral and
written, that the election' of Dr. Rice was
by his perional opPonents,' while. his per
sonal friends refused to, co-nperate, and that
alienations , were extended: : and . estrange
ments strengthened, our spirits sank within
us.
The St. Louis Presbyterian„of October
Ist, brings us the letter of invitation to Dr.
Rice,,and,also his response. The invitation
brief, and is kind in its expressions. It
is dated Chicago, Sept 3d, and`signed by Ji
C. Brnvin James. Blake and J. G. Mon
fort, Committee. It is mainly as follows
" We beg leave to assure you, that this
election has been made in entire cordiality
to youfself. We, do for ourselves, indi
vidually, and for the brethren, who have in
vited you to this office, urge you to accept
of this Chair of instruction. We are re
joiced that in the providence of God you
have been called, to this city, and we have
great hope that you will in this election see
a call of God, to help us in this great work.
" The election to this office is not de
signed to affect your relations to the .Noith
church of this city."
The reply of Dr. Rice is extended. We
,
give a few extracts, indicating the 'views4sf
the. nominee, and the reasons for his de
clining the appointment.
"Brethren, I am the servant of Christ.
bold myself bound to follow the leadings
of his providence ; and my prayer has long
been, that I might never fail rightly to in
terpret them. .* * -could see the
finger of God, pointing me to the Seminary,
most cheerfully would I enter it. I'am
not conscious of cherishing, or allowing, a
single feeling which would, prevent me from
trying to do the work to which. the Board
of Directors have called me, if the provi•
dence of God seemed to me so to order.
"Not from your letter, but fr:om one of
you through the Presbyterian, of the West,
I learn, that my election was a peace mea
sure, designed to show how much the majority
in the Board were willing to concede to the
minority, in order to secure their co
operation, and perhaps to convince the
Church that there is no design to abolition
ize the Seminary. And from the same
source I learn, that upon me rests the
responsibility of deciding whether there
shall be peace and co-operation, or the op
posite. Thus placed before the Church
and the public, I am compelled to speak
with great plainness, though, 'I trust, in no
unkind spirit. So much do I covet the
blessing promised to the peace-makers,'
and so unspeakably important do I regard
the peace of the Church and the har
monious co-operation of the ministers and
churches in the vast and inviting field of
evangelical labor in the North-West, that I
am ready to do any thing short of com
promising principle to secure such a result.
And if I could see that my acceptance of
,the Chair of. Ecclesiology in the Seminary
would probably accomplish an object so de
sirable, and make the Seminary what the
Church needs, I would not hesitate for one
moment to accept—notwithstanding the
amount of, labor already undertaken. But,
brethren, I very much fear that the measure
proposed would entirely fail of accomplish
ing the object. I will candidly give my
reasons for this opinion, and will venture to
suggest a better way.'
" 1. In the first place, I do not feel free
to accept the Professorship without know
ing better than I now do bow those who
secured my election, stand in relation to me.
You are aware, that ever since I ventured
to express my views in . relation to certain
proceedings in connexion with the Institu
tion, very severe charges have been made
against me by some members of the Board.
Only- a few weeks since, as you know, a
pamphlet was published, written by a mem
ber, of the Board, and. published by the
advice of others, then republished in the
paper edited by one of you, charing me
not only with being an enemy of the.-Sem
inary, but with perseveringly assailing it
and one, if not both, of the Professors
elect, in a most un-Christian spirit." * *
" 2. The relative positions of the major
ity and minority in the Board .present a very
serious obstacle in the way of my accept
once." * * * * *
" 3. When difficulties and divisions arise
in the way of such a work, the true plan is
not to try to plaster over what has been
wrongly done, but carefully, impartially,
.prayertully, to inquire what error has been
committed, and immediately rectify it." *
4. The Professors-elect entertain views
and have plans which I cannot approve,
and with which I 'cannot co-operate. I
do not now refer to what have been called
their 4 abstract , views of slavery.' I might
co-operate with men in such an institution,
whose views on this subject might' not
'be identical with mine; •but there are
views and modes of operating in re
lation' to it, which are so deeply injurious,
that I am compelled . to meet them with de
cided resistance. I have carefully read the
paper on slavery, presented by Dr. MaclVlas
ter to the. Board ,= and I am obliged to re
gard it as "eminently ambiguous and unsatis
factory!' *" * * *
These reasons are amplified and enforced.
We would give the whole, but that there
'are remarks which bear upon individuals,
who might hence claim a right to reply in our
columns; and 'we are exceedingly opposed
to controversy, waged by Zion's sons against
each other. We must give the history of
the times, but we do so, as much as we can,
to the production of peace, rather than to
the perpetuation of strife.
Dr. Rice closes with the following im
portant paragraphs
." Now, brethren, it is absolutely certain,
that without the confidence and cordial co
operation► of the North-Western Synods, the
Seminary cannot succeed. It is certain,
moreover, that you will find large numbers
(large mojorities, I am persuaded,) in the
other Synods, who will refuse to sanction
what has been done publicly and privately.
My acceptance of a Professorship would not
mend the matter. To me it is perfectly
manifest, that confidence must' be restored,
and cordial Co-operation secured; or the
Seminary must: be abandoned. One year
has passed, and no funds are yet raised;
and your agent reports an entire failure.
" I know, no means of seeming harmony,
but by, placing the Institution entirely under;
the control of the Assembly that that body
may appoint Directors and elect Professor&
The Seminaries under its control have pros
pered, and enjoy the confidence of the
Church. Such control is better and safer
than that of several Synods, acting without
conference or concert. It is greatly to be
preferred, especially "in this day, when sec
tional prejudices threaten the ruin of Church.
and State. The negative, control agreed
upon as a compromise by the Board, I am,
sure, will not secure confidence and op.ope ,
ration.
" I know it is objected, that the Profes
sors-elect would probably not be elected by.
the Assembly. - If not, it would be because
'the Church does not desire their services in
this department. Candidates for the minis-•
try are trained not for the North-West, but
for the whole Church; and therefore our
Professors should be acceptable~ to the
Church. If a Seminary is to be founded
for certain men, let it be known ; but if it
is for the Church, let the Church be satis
fied with the Professors. No minister qual
ified for a Professorship, I am sure, will
thrust himself, or permit his friends to
thrust him into such an office, uncalled of
the Church. Such men can find work
'enough to do.
r‘ Most deeply. do I regret the necessity of
writing thus; but, brethren, you have .
brought me before the Church and the pub
lic, so that I have no choice. lam com
pelled to give the real' reasons why I am
constrained respectfully to decline the Pro
fessorship."
TILE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—The
great meeting
n t Berlin, occurred on the Bth
of September. Details are not yet received.
We , see it stated that Mr. Wright, the
American Ambassador, ::had addressed the
meeting in an eloquent speech. Bishop
Simpson. spoke : briefly in the, naine. of the
Methodists of America, and Dr. Baird in
the name of the American Presbyterians.
EcelesiaStiCal.
Mr. DAVJ&A. CUNNINGHAM, was ordained
to the work of the ministry, and installed
pastor ofothe thureh , of ., Bridgewater, by
the Presbytery of Allegheny City, on
Monday, the sth inst.
Mr. ROBERT M'MILLAN was ordained and
installed pastor of the united congrega
tions of Warren and Pine-run, on the
25th of August, by the Presbytery of
Saltsburg.
Mr. WILLIAM G. SHAND was ordained
and installed pastor of the united
congregations of Washington and Centre,
on the lst of September, by the same
Presbytery.
Rev. J. W. M'KENNAN's. Post Office ad
dress is changed from West Liberty, Va.,
to Wellsburgh, Va.
Rev. J. S. GRIMES' Post Office address is
changed from Salem, Ohio, to Dayton,
Ohio.
Mr. Annan WARNER was ordained as an
Evangelist, by the Presbytery of Craw
fordsville, at its late meeting.
Mr. H. M. ScumEn, a licentiate of the
Presbytery of Ebenezer, has received a
call from the Presbyterian church of Eli
zaville, K.y.
Rev. J. C. BARNES, D.D. has accepted an
invitation to supply, for some months,
two newly-formed churches in the vicinity
of Haynesville, Clinton Co., Missouri.
Correspondents and others will please ad
dress him accordingly.
Rev. J. K. LYLE has been installed pastor
of the churches of Horeb and Hopewell,
.Ky.
Rev. Dr. Josxm WARREN'S Post Office ad
dress is changed from Greensburg, Ind.,
to Oxford, Ohio.
Rev. L. P. ORrrTninEses Post Office ad
dress is changed from Fairfield, lowa,
to Newton, lowa, whither he has removed
to take charge of Presbyterian church
in that place.
Rev. Was. G. CAMPIART.T.'S Post Office ad
dress is changed from Staunton, Va., to
Salisbury, N. O.
Rev. Jos. F. FENTON has resigned his
charge at Kirkwood, Mo., and removed
to Labadie, Franklin County, Mo. Cor
respondents will please address him ac
cordingly.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND
The effects of the Pecuniary Difficulties
throughout the country, are severely felt in
the metropolis of New England. The
Banks, at the time of writing this, continue
firm in their determination to avoid suspen
sion.. But many of the oldest, and, hither-,
to, most responsible firms, have been very
hardly pressed, while not a few have failed
altogether, or been forced to suspend. The
failure of. the great house of Lawrence,
Stone & Co., has produced great consterna
tion in the cities
r ef Lawrence and Lowell,
because of the number of operatives throWn
out of employment at once, just at the begin
ning of Winter. And the prospect is, that
Most of the large n3anufactories throughout
the Eastern States will soon be deka
for, at least, some months. . .
The' Rev. E. N. Kirk, pastor of the Mt.
Vernon' church, has returned from .Paris,
where he had been, for the last nine months,
engaged in laboring for the permanent and
prosperous establishment of the
, American
Chapel, under the auspices of the American
and Foreign Christian Union. He was
warmly greeted by the people of his charge,
where his labors hive been greatly blessed.
The Evangelical Christians of Boston,
are discussing the propriety of inviting Mr:
Finney, to spend the coming Winter among
them, as he did the last. Opinion is greatly
divided ; but the more thoroughly orthodoX
and judicious are by rio means -in favor of
the measure. Neither his theological vision,-
nor his mode of conducting religious meetings
are to their taste. At the.same time, there'
is a very strong desire among , serious and
earnest Christians for times of spiritual re
freshing.
The Puritan Recorder is not done with'
the Independent yet, and has set itself to
work to explain what it terms "The Inde
pendent's tendencies to Unitarianism." It
charges the., latter journal with keeping
silence touching the distinguishing doctrines
of grace; with defending errorists, such as
. Drs. Davidson, of England, and Bushnell of
Hartford; Mr. Lynch, concerning whom the
Rivulet controversy arose some time ago,
and Professor Huntingdon ; with a skillful
use of fence men,' such as this same Profes
sor, whose exact theologicalposition has not
yet been determined; with fellowship with'
errorists, such as Dr. Ellis, the foremost
champion of. old Unitarianism, and Mr. Cha
pin; the popular Universalist of New York;
with - diminishing the points of difference be
t Ween Unitarianism and Orthodoxy; with
its use ,of ,ridicule against those who practi
cally regard truth as important, and worth
defending j and with displacing the public
sense of the importance' of Gospel doctrines,
by stimulating a disproportionate zeal in
lesser matters. In the meantime, the Inde
pendent denies that it does now hold, or ever:
did hold or teach Unitarianism, but alfirmi3
that it holds now, and has held and taught,
" the same system of theology, and of prac
tical religion, which has been for substance
taught in New England from the begin-
A meeting has been held, to promote the
establishment of a Quarterly Review, to be
devoted to the interests of `the. Orthodox
ministers and churches of Boston and New
England, which promises" to be successful.
The want of such a Review, " to sustain in
their integrity, the doctrines of the Bible,
of the Catechism, and of the Puritan:Fath
ers," has long been felt.' There are times
when the discussion of subjects of great in
terest is demanded to an extent that the
weekly newspaper will not allow. And at
present.there is no Quqrter/y in New Eng
land, in which the work aimed at by the
authors of this movement can be done. The
publication is not to be
.commenced until it
is made certain „that it can be , sustained,
both in the way .of. contributors and pecu
niary support.
'Phillips, Sampso n "& Co. have announced
a /Veto Monthly Nagazine,,under the name
of The Atlantic 111onthly, the first n• , ,
to be issued on the first of Novei.r4
bong Ha of contributors is giv,-.11,
I whom we notice the names of
Prescott, Henry W. Longfellow, Ralph
do Emerson, Professor C. C. Felton,
H. Beecher Stowe, and others widely
as popular authors. But the literary
acter, and religious tone of the work Cr l.„ , ,
be learned by direct examination of its
tents. The present does not seen]
very favorable time for the commence , Ft ,
of such an undertaking, and yet it mar , Th.
teed beyond the most sanguine expeetati
The American Board of Foreign v..
dons has been entirely relieved of all it,
debtedness. The debt of $l,BOO, remain;.,
at the close of the meeting ia Prorider ,
has been cancelled by a wealthy eltri, ,
merchant of Boston sending his cheek
that amount.
At a recent Episcopal Sabbath B,f
Meeting, in Massachusetts, some of the
gy, and even Bishop Eastburn
spoke to the children in citizen's dn:,
This excited the indignation of that ttifl:
derfnl stickler for ecclesiastical prnp r i,,, 7
according to its own contracted notions. Cr. ,
Church Journal, which censured then
verely. To this puerility, a correspond m
of the Protestant Churchman replies in th
following ironical style, which our readri
will highly appreciate :
" We don't want more flexibility and adq.
tation, more catholicity of feeling and a : .
tion, more wisdom to discern the siza,
of the times. We need more surplice ,
bands, and gowns. Instead of seLd.
ing out more missionaries, let a c1 , f ;,..,
tailor be set up in every diocese. Inztead
of reporting the baptisms and confirination E ,
tell us how many vestments are there la
your wardrobe ? Above all, keep th
black-coated clergy' out of the chancel
The world, the flesh, and the devil, are no:
to be conquered by troops in broadelo:4:
lawn and linen will do the business."
NEW YORK.
The Financial Difficulties still confine.
The Banks have not suspended, but their
discounts are very limited. Almost every day
witnesses the failure or suspension of STIE
firm, that a short time ago was considfroi
beyond the reach of any vicissitudes that
might occur in monetary circles. And
many manufacturing establishments are sai.
pending operations for the present, tl..x
thousands of the employees will soon be 1
without any thing to do, and many of the::
in very destitute circumstances. So
in'theend, the poor will be thp greatestqu:-
ferers, as in every calamity of extensiv,i
prevalence. As a matter of course, butt::
is. greatly depressed. The Evangelist
that sales have fallen off fifty per cent. T.E.:
'stock market is dull to a degree never vi
nessed before in this country; and it
quite probable that operations in this isay
must, in a great measure, cease for son::
time. This, of itself, is no great calamit:
since making haste to be rich by this rneari
has become one of the crying evils of
times among all classes. .The follouica
paragraph from an exchange will sugai,,
many, and should be admonitory to all :
"No one who is unfamiliar with 'Ws.
Street has any idea of the extent of str
speculation. It has been said that there a:
not ten merchants in New York who do r,
dabble in 'stocks; certainly very few re— .
the temptation. Merchants, lawyers, men
property, doctors editors, clerks, and cr.:
clergymen and ladies, are constant cusbn.ri
'of the brokers. Probably $1,500,000
42,000,000 are paid in the course of t:=
. year to" the,Board in the shape of comLi,-
sions. One leading broker—who is
to' be honest and averse to speculation—
makes 650,000 to 460,000-a year."
Great complaints are made of the RI:-
road _Management of the country. T , .
much has been intrusted 'to a few irif
viduala ; too much favoritism has been die.
playedin awarding contracts; too little pEr
sonal attention has been given by the prin
cipal officers; While expenditures have be . ;:
made with a profusion amounting to re.:•
lessness.
Another infamous establishment for [--
issue of Obscene Publications, has bee:
discovered, and some of the persons
neeted with it have been apprehended, 3:d
will be brought to trial. Such thins :.2
corrupting in the highest degree, and :4b
be removed as speedily as possible. nis
matter is beginning to attract much a t,
tion in Great Britain. Lord C.ln
introduced a very severe bill in Pgli-•
pent, for the suppression of obscene
cations, and for the apprehension, 1,b7. 7
tion, and punishment of their authors, via
publishers. But the London Patriot
minds his lordship that the chief difficallY
is not reached in his bill, and calls atteariD
to the publication of police reports 1T• 1
criminal trials, and other things of
character, in the Times and other reputab!e
journals, whereby an immense amouat
moral poison is spread all over the land. all
carried into the houses of the people, W here
it could in no other way find an entrance•
thus doing an amount of ihjuryto the mora; , :i
the people of which no proper estimate cull be
formed. The same remarks may be applied
to some of the largest, ablest, and most
widely cironkted newspapers of this 7 1 e"
tropolis. They all profess to be on the side
of, morality and virtue; and yet so a
gent are they in gathering up the 6.2 ;
tails of vice and crime, and with sit
evident delight delight are these things seized bY
many reporters, each anxious to esei
the others in this species of catering, th' t
it is not always safe to carry them home
the fireside, if we would not talks (ce
young familiar with the recital' of the °
loathsome debauchery by shameless aet
and fallen women. These journals owe I C
to themselves and to society, to make a EP''' .
dy reforination in this respect.
The 74th Annual Convention 00'
Protestant Episcopal aurcli„of N e w 37 , 5;' ,
held its sessions last week in St. JA 4S
church.
Provisional Bishop Potter was ;a
the chair. The opening sermon was proleb'
ed -by' Bishop Kipp, of California, from
Luke 8.
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'The lite circular of the American Tract
Society, with regard to the suppressiop c
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