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seph Gordon retires from his connexion
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pended.
THE ST. Louis PRESBYTERIAN is to be
continued by the Proprietors, Messrs. Keith
& Woods. Rev. JAMES A. PAIGE will
be principal Editor, and Rev. Dr. Rice, af
ter his removal to Chicago, will be Corres
ponding editor.
REV. DR. HAPPERSETT, Associate Secre
tary of the Board of Domestic Missions,
has returned from California. He had ta
ken his passage for the Central America,
but transferred his state-room to Mr. Boker,
of Philadelphia, who was lost in the calam
ity which befell that vessel.
THE PRESBYTERY OF OHIO is to meet
at Maple Creek, on Tuesday, the 20th inst.,
at 11 o'clock A. M., to ordain and install
Mr. T. B. Van Eman. " Members travel
ing by the River, will please land opposite
to Elders Dnnlavy and Jackman, Capt.
Clark and Mr. McKee, in whose families
they will be lodged, and by them conveyed
to the church."
The Presbyterian Expositor.
This is the title fixed on for a new month
ly Journal, to be issued by Dr. Rice, at
Chicago. Each number is to contain fifty
six pages. The price will be $1.50. The
object proposed is, to discuss the DOCTRINES
of the Gospel, and defend them against the
prevalent errors of the day. We shall look
for an ably conducted periodical. The Ex
positor will not necessarily interfere with
the weekly papers. Monthlies have their
peculiar sphere; and persons who would be
well informed, should give one or more of
them a place on their table.
Revivals.
PISGAH CHURCH, - 80IITH ALABAMA
PRESBYTERY.—As the fruit of a revival,
we learn from the Southern Presbyterian
that there were received into this church a
few Sabbaths ago, forty-four persons on pro
fession of their faith, of whom twenty
three were whites, and twenty-one blacks.
ZION CHURCH, TENN., pastor Rev. J. T.
Hendrick, has just received fifty-five white
and sixty colored persons to its communion,
on profession.
THE CHURC/1 AT SCOTCH GROPE,• lOWA,
was recently increased by an accession o
twenty to its communion.
The Pattehgurh Missionaries.
It seems probable, by late advices, that
our good brethren at Fnttehgurh, have been
murdered. At the breaking out of the re
bellion, when the mission property was
burned, the missionaries escaped by flight,
and were traced to the vicinity of Cawnpore.
Nothing more has been heard of them.
There were, for a time, hopes that they might
be found there in safety; but Gen. Have
lock; on arriving there, reports but one white
person as saved, and she is not of them.
These missionaries were, Rev. John E.
Freeman, nineteen years in tte field, and his
wife, a Miss Vredenburg, of New Jersey.
Rev. David E. Campbell, from Penn'a,
and his wife from Ohio.
Rev. Albert 0. Johnson and wife, both
from Western Pennsylvania.
Rev. Robert E. McMullen, from Phila
delphia, and his wife, Miss Pierson, from
Patterson, N. J.
There is, as yet, no specific account of
their death, but there is scarcely room for a
hope of their escape. If murdered, the
means of their exit was horrible, at the
hands of the most cruel; but their rest in
Christ is glorious. Who now will , follow
them, in labors, and in sufferings if so called,
and to joys immortal ?
The Quarterlies.
THE PRINCETON REVIEW, for October
contains—l. Old Orthodoxy, New Divinity ' ,
and Unitarianism; II: The Argument from
Prophecy for Christianity; 111. Popular
Education; IV. Gieseler's Text Book
.of Church History; V. Inspiration; VI.
Albania and its People. We ask special
attention to the first of these articles.
THE PRESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY RE
VIEW presents us with--God's Arrangements
Successful ; Sketch of the Life and Char
acter of Rev. Isaac Anderson; Discrimi
nating Preaching; The General Assembly
of 1857 ; Revision of the English Bible;
Charlotte Bronte ; and, Compte's Positive
Philosophy.
THE THEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY JOUR
NAL'•oontains--The Inspiration of the Scrip.
tures, its Nature and Extent; The Sacrifice
of Christ; Dr. Hodge on the Resurrection;
Notes on Scripture—the Events of the Day
of Christ's Resurrection; and, Dr. David
son's Rationalistic Views of the Scriptures.
These journals are all ably conducted.
They treat of matters of living interest;
and the minister who would• be well read,
and thoroughly furnished for his work, will
find his benefit in making their acquaint-
MOO.
Personal Piety.
It is not an unusual thing to neglect
what is nigh at band, while gazing intently
upon what lies in the distance. Nor is it
uncommon for one intensely engaged in
public affairs, to fail in bestowing proper
care upon his family and private concerns.
And the Christian may be so earnestly at
tentive to questions of Church polity, to the
great schemes of enlightened benevolence,
to the extension of the Redeemer's kingdom
at home, and to the dangers that threaten
its outposts abroad, that he may fail in faith
fulness and watchfulness with regard to his
own spiritual state. So that it is well for
us to turn our thoughts upon ourselves at
times, that we may ascertain our deficiencies,
know our defects, and seek all possible at
tainments.
It is a most solemn thing to conclude de.
liberately, that, we have reason to hope
that we have passed from death unto
life, that we are children of God and
heirs of heaven. And the proper cultiva
tion of the heart and Christian graces, to
g
ether with the maintenance of a consistent
Life, is a matter of the highest importance to
each one recognized as -a member of the
Church of Christ. For believers are to be
not only branches grafted into the living
vine, but' living branches bearing fruit.
They are to be not only stones in the glo
lions spiritual temple now building, but
" lively stones," highly polished, reflecting
the glory of the great " Master Builder."
Not only are they to belong to the family of
Christ, but also to be laborers in his vine
yard; not only soldiers of the Cross, but
"valiant in fight."
This character is required of us by Di
vine authority, for our own good and a tes
timony to others. That we may be able to
present ourselves as an example, such spir
itual attainments must be constantly increas
ing, knowledge of Divine things improving,
convictions deepening, and conformity to the
Scripture pattern becoming more and more
entire. We naturally expect the mechanic
or artist to become more proficient the
longer he continues his profession; and the
longer men are in the Church, so much
the more should they become, in disposition
and attainments, like the Master whom they
profess to follow. This is according 'to
Scripture. " They go from strength unto
strength." "The path of the just is as
the shining light, which shineth more and
more unto the perfect day."
This is widely different from the conduct
of those who seem satisfied with the mere
profession of godliness, but who make no,per
ceptible advances, after they have been
brought into the Church, but continue fruit
less branches, a dis honor to the vine to
which they effect to cling. When brought
into the Church, our work is not all
done; nor is the summit of perfection
reached. We have only set out upon the long
journey by which heaven is to be reached;
the work is only begun which our heavenly
Father has given us to do; we have only
entered the school in which to be disciplined
and trained for honor, glory, and immortal
ity. By not striving for increased personal
piety, injury is done to ourselves, religion is
dishonored, and God is disobeyed. We in
jure ourselves by preventing the full expan
sion of our poviers--by unfitting ourselves
for the richest blessings of grace, and for ex
periencing the fullness of joy. The cause of
Christ is dishonored by hiding the light of
the Church ; by marring its beauty', by im
pairing its strength, and thus giving occa
sion for derision from an ungodly and un
thinking world. And God is disobeyed, for
he says: "Give diligence to make your call
ing and election sure." "Put on the whole
armor of God." See also, 2. Pet. i :
5-8.
Thus the Christian life is to be one con
tinued series of progress and improvement.
For this, and to make known to others the
glory of God and the riches of grace, we are
left on earth for a season after being brought
into the kingdom. To these ends we
have the Word and ordinances of God, to
gether with many opportunities for training
and discipline; for duty and repentance. It
is obvious, therefore, that with regard to our
personal piety, Christian knowledge should
be enlarging, faith strengthening, love in
creasing, hope brightening, influence for
good widening, and our conversation breath
ing more and more of heaven as soul and
body are increasingly pervaded by Divine
influence. It will not do, in a day like the
present, when the world is so active; when
the struggles for the mastery are so violent;
when the issues involved are so immense;
when pursuit is so fierce; when every race
is so well contested, to be satisfied with a
low state of personal piety; to rejoice in
freedom from the censure of the Church, or
to be contented with being equal to our fel
low-members. It has been well said, "None
but an earnest religion can be a sincere one;
none but an earnest religion will take us to
heaven; none but an earnest religion can be
a happy one." And just in proportion to
our personal piety will we be prepared to
labor for the salvation of others. And the
necessity is great. "Time is rolling on; souls
are still crowding to perdition, and soon,
soon, both we and they will be in eter
nity"—
"Eternity, whose end no eye can reach."
New School Synod of Missouri.
This body met in St. Louis, the first week
in October. The St. Louis Presbyterian
tells us that the great question of the session
was that of their relation to the General
Assembly, in view of its recent action upon
the subject of Slavery; the final resolve was
to cut loose from the General Assembly,
and stand independent until Providence
should open a way to determine their nig
' mate connexion. This, it seems, was a
compromise measure to enable eaoh individ
ual.minister and chureh to choose as they
might prefer; to retain their present con
nexion, or to join either the Old School or
the Southern Synod, organized at the late
Richmond Convention.
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THE . ILIA BANNER AND ADVOCAI.
Synod of Cincinnati.
The Minutes of the late meeting of this
body are not yet published; but, from the
Ptesbyterian, of the West, we learn some of
its important transactions.
The most interesting subject before the
Synod was, the Theological seminary of the
North-West. The action of the Directors
is approved and sustained; but not with
that full-heartedness which we had antici-.
pated. Cautious expressions, however,
evince wisdom ; and we have often found
those who were mild and guarded in
their resolutions and promises, to be
firm to their purpose, and energetic in
execution. The following resolutions were
adopted
Resolved, That we are still convinced of
the importance and necessity, with God's
blessing, of the 'establishment of a Theo
logical'Seminary, in some suitable locality,
within the geographical boundary of the
several Synods united in the contemplated
enterprise.
Resolved, That it is not because of any
mere sectional interests to be secured by it, l i
that this conviction abides, but more espe
cially because we ber.eve the interests of the
whole Church require it.
Resolved, That we approve of the locality
determined on by the Board of Directors,
at Hyde Park, in the vicinity of the city of
Chicago, 111.
Resolved, That we approve of the " Ap
peal and Address to the Churches," pub
lised by them, and commend its oareful
and prayerful perusal by all our membership.
Resolved, That we approve of the system
of agencies proposed to be employed for the
purpose of promptly carrying the claims of
this enterprise , to every house, and securing
the liberal contributions of our people in its
behalf, and that we will cordially receive
the agents employed in accordance with this
system, into our churches, and co-operate to
promote their success.
Resolved, That we have sufficient confi
dence in the competency of the Board to
consider and adopt suitable plans for Semi
nary buildings, and, without affirming an
opinion'in regard to the specific plan pre
sented in their report, we submit this sub
ject to their disposal; with the assurance
that they will be guided by the real wants
and interests of the CLurch, rather than by
a gratification of any mere love of display,
and that they will not inconsiderately iniur
expeaditures which may embarrass the
whole enterprise.
Resolved, That we approve of their pro
ceedings in the election of incumbents to
fill the several chairs of instruction in the
Seminary.
Resolved, That the other Synods con
cerned concurring, we adopt the following
amendment to the Constitution of the Sem
inary, in accordance with the recommenda
tion of the Board.
[This is the Amendment giving the Gen
eral Assembly a negative control.]
Resolved, That whenever the Synods of
Missouri, Upper Missouri, and Southern
lowa, shall apply for admission into the
union of Synods, they shall be admitted ac
cording to the provisions of the Constitu
tion, Art. 2, Sec. 2.
Resolved, That the following brethren
be elected members of the Board of Direc-
tors for the ensuing year : Rev. R. L. Stan
ton, D.D., Rev. J. G. Monfort, RD., Rev.
N. West, Jr., Rev. W. B. Spence, Prof.
0. N. Stoddard, J. M. Glover, Esq., Fred
erick Henderson, Esq.
On the subject of the overture from the
Synod of lowa, asking for an amendment
of the Constitution, Art. 2, Sec. 2, by the
insertion of an additional clause, providing
for the admission into the union, without
any farther action of the Synods, of any
Synod created by sub-division of any of the
united Synods, etc., we recommend the
adoption of the following:
Res:dyed, That we greatly prefer that all
Synods not now recognized in the union,
should come into it according to the present
provisions of the Constitution, and that we
think it, therefore, inexpedient to accede to
the above request for amendment.
On the paper submitted to us, written by
Dr. Mac Master, giving an exhibition of bis
views on the subject of Slavery, the Com
mittee recommend the following :
Resolved, That we find no sentiments ad
vanced in this paper which, in our judg
ment, conflict with the testimony of our
General Assembly on, this subject.
_Resolved, That we earnestly deprecate
the attempt on the part of any to make
the incidental differences of those who
agree among themselves substantially with
the declarations of the Assembly, on the
subject of Slavery, a test for qualification
for any department of usefUlness or respon
sibility whatever in the Church.
The _Presbyterian of the West tells us
that "several persons (sixteen) protested
against the Synod's action on Dr. Mac Ma
ster's views; but they say no more than that
the Synod did not take sufficient time to
come to a proper decision."
Many of our readers, we know, take a
very deep interest in this Seminary. We
shall endeavor to keep them well informed
of the progress of events; studying still,
while duty shall permit, to avoid personali
ties and partizanship.:,-
North. British Review.*
Our readers are aware of the difficulty
which occurred in connexion with this
Quarterly, and which led to the delay which
has taken place in the issue of the number
now before us. We felt called on to notice,
in very decided terms, the obnoxious articles
on Missions, and on the works of Dr. Chal
mers and his writings, which the editor had
incautiously admitted into the Review. Pro
fessor Frazer is thoroughly Evangelical in his
views, but in his desire to secure the produc
tions of the leading writers of the day, he
incautiously admitted the essays of Kingsley
and Taylor, without due revision.. We are
glad to find that the obstacles to the continu
ation of the Review arc now removed, and
that it will no longer give forth a strange or
uncertain sound. The essays in the present
number are all first-rate in character. And
nothing has been lost on the score of talent
or learning, by the arrangement which has
secured the presence of a due reverence
for the claims of true religion, in the journal.
The evil spirit of the reviewer of Dr. Chal
mers and his works, was chiefly displayed
on the subject of Inspiration; and we are
happy in being able to say, that the article
on this subject in the present number, is the
clearest, the fullest, and in every respect the
most masterly disquisition on this important
* THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, August, 1857
Republished by Leonard Scott 4. Co., New York
topic, which we have seen for many years.
The other papers are all able, and we con
gratulate the literary and religious world on
the decided improvement which has taken
place in this now truly valuable organ.
, lommendation.
A person may, occasionally, be permitted
to toll what others say of him. Editors, at
least, seem to think so in their own case.
A clerical brother, sending us a list of
names, and expressing his desire that the
Banner and Advocate should be in every
family, says:
" It is just what we want :
"1. Because of its general adaptation.
" 2. Because of the editorial care to pre
sent a good summary of the most important
news. The special editorial articles giving
us just what we want, and need to know.
" 3. Because of the catholic spirit which
it ever breathes toward all branches of the
Church. We are tired of so•called 're-
ligious newspapers' being the vehicle of
strife and contention between brethren. We
are tired of ever trying to agitate questions
which only-' gender strife,' disturb peace,
and alienate brethren."
To make a paper to please all, is imprac
ticable. We do not aim at that. But we
try to present that - which might be to all,
truly edifying; and especially we endeavor
to supply the real wants of the great mass
of families in our Church connexion..
To give the amount of information which
we do—selected, condensed, fresh, compre
hensive, varied, and adapted to general edi
fication—demands no small amount of toil
and money. Our success is not perfect, but
it is cheering. Another letter, received the
same day with the former, says
" I must express my strong gratification,
and the deep interest I take in reading the
Banner. Your Foreign Correspondence is
ahead of any thing I . ever read. It is most
admirable."
Such commendations, and they are many,
help to compensate us for some reproaches
we receive from extremists, and for our
heavy expenditures in preparing and pro
curing matter worthy of Presbyterian
readers.
Church Architecture.
The following paper, on an important sub
ject, was sent to the Synod of Allegheny,
and being read, its publication was re
( nested
MR. MoonuATou—Dear Sir :—I have
long thought that we ought to do something
to improve our style of church edifices, and
husband our resources in their erection.
We have undertaken to supply the world
with Bibles, and ought we not to begin to
prepare to supply it with commodious and
beautiful churches? The grand scheme of
aiding in building churches is a new agent
employed in the great work of evangelizing
the world. And its success is such, as to
give every encouragement for its energetic
prosecution. If now we can improve upon
our present system of erecting churches,
so as to have them better located, and adapt
ed to the, purpose for which they are made;
if we can make one dollar do what five or
ten have done, perhaps Christians will feel
like employing another tithe of what God
may entrust to their stewardship, in aiding
in one of the most stupendous enterprises
the world has ever undertaken.
Yon are aware that the English are at
present engaged in the experiment of build
ing iron churches in London. It is stated
that they are able to put up a church of iron
which shall accommodate a thousand sittings
for five thousand dollars. This, too, is a
new step, and who knows what improve
ment this new innovation may not initiate
in the hands of American Christian enter
prise? And who dare tell us that a moiety,
at least, of the vast amount of iron, of the
best quality, which our country possesses,
upon the banks of navigable waters in New
York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, around Lake
Superior and elsewhere, which not only lies
upon the surface, but is literally piled up to
heaven, has not been stored away by our
heavenly Father for this express purpose.
What is wanted,, perhaps, in this stage of
the business, is, a premium for the best plan,
models, and modes of operation, for the con
struction of churches of iron which will ac
commodate three hundred, five hundred, sev
en hundred, or one thousand persons,
so made,
that they may be set up, taken down, and
removed at pleasure, until the central place
is found. And they may as well be con
structed of the highest conceivable beauty,
as to proportions and ornament, as to be
made as plain and rough as an old-fashioned
box-stove. We may just as well imitate the
beauty of proportion and ornament of those
ancient temples upon the banks of the Cli
tumnus, the Anis, and the Tiber—those
gems of art whose beauty has been, like a
guardian angel, defending them from the
ruthless hand of the Vandal through the
long centuries of the middle ages; and
which, though built of frail material, and in
ruin, are still the adMiration of the world.
Having settled upon the best plans, and
erected our shops and foundries, we.may not
only supply the great valley of the Mississip
pi, but the valleys of the Amazon, the Niger,
the Ganges, and the world. We may as well
carry churches to India, as ice. If this work
can be done, Christians may add another
string, to their harp. They will not only say,
" How beautiful upon the mountains are the
feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace," but they will say, " How
beautiful, how amiable, how admirable are
thy tabernacles, 0 Lord of Hosts."
Hoping that these suggestions may receive
some consideration, I am, &c.,
A MEMBER OF THE
SYNOD OF ALLEGHENY.
Erie, Sept. 28th, 1857.
For the Presbyterian'Banner and Advocate
Supplies Appointed by► the Presbytery of
Allegheny City.
Sharpsburg Church.—Dr. Elliott, Fourth Sab
bath in October. Mr. Allison, Second Sabbath
in November. Mr. Conrad, Fourth Sabbath in
November. Dr. Wilson, First Sabbath in Decem
ber. Dr. McLaren, Third Sabbath in December.
The intervening Sabbaths to be supplied by Prof.
Wilson. J. AmasoN, S. C.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
Oak Ridge Congregation.
The name of Oak Ridge, Presybtery of Steu
benville, appears on the Minutes of the Assembly
without a Statistical Report. A Report was
made, but when it reached the Stated Clerk, was
not found amongst those of that Class. From
these, that for the General Assembly was pre
pared, after the return from Pennsylvania, of the
Stated Clerk, and sent on to Lexington. When
copying the Minutes into the Presbytery's book,
necessity demanded the examination of the Re
ports of settlements with Pastors, and amongst
them, was found the Statistical Report of Oak
Ridge Congregation; too late, however, for the
credit of the good people of that congregation, and
their worthy pastor.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND.
Boston, in common with other large cities,
is still suffering greatly, owing to Commer
cial Embarrassments. Yet the merchants
and Batiks are striving nobly to sustain each
other, and to protect the honor of the Me
tropolis of New England. The failure of
Lawrence, Stone & Co. has called forth
strong expressions of sympathy. The Pub
lishing House of J. P. Jewett & Co. has
suspended, having liabilities amounting to
one hundred thousand dollars, and nominal
assets to about the same sum. • During
last Winter, they suffered heavy losses; but
without an extraordinary interruption of the
usual course of business, their misfortunes
would soon have been retrieved.
The Puritan Recorder continues its arti
cles, setting forth the tendencies of the In
dependent to Unitarianism. In the issue of
last week, there is an account given of the
series of articles that passed between the
Independent and Christian Register—for a
long time the organ of the old-type of Unita
rianism—in 1850, for the purpose of ascer
taining in how many points these represen
tatives of opposing creeds could agree ; of
the Independent's sneers at Orthodoxy, and
of its attempts at "overlaying the truth,"
by urging all Gospel efforts to be directed,
immediately, to the cause of Anti-Slavery;
while withdrawing them from its peculiar
and appropriate work.
The Princeton Review, in a long and able
article on Ellis' " Half Century of the Uni
tarian Controversy," comes to the same
conclusion as the Puritan Recorder, with
respect to the direction taken by what is
styled " The New School Party" of the
Congregationalists of New England. It is
certain that Mr. Ellis bestows high praise
upon some of the leaders of this party, and
it proves pretty conclusively that consistency
requires them to abandon the theological
position they profess to hold.
The movement toward the establishment
of a Review, has now taken a definite form.
A constitution has been adopted, and books
have been opened for subscriptions to the
stock, and for the work itself. The name
and objects of the Review, are thus set
forth:
" The name of the publication shall be
the Puritan Review. Its object is to meet
the demand, which has long existed, of a
Quarterly Review devoted to the interests
of the Orthodox Churches and Ministry, and
to meet the ever•occurring occasions for dis
cussions, and for articles not adapted to the
lighter and more popular periodicals; and
also to promote and defend the doctrines, on
which the Congregational churches of New
England were founded, and in doing this,
to counteract the, tendencies to latitudinari
anism and fusion with Unitarians, which
now threaten the purity and safety of our
churches."
A fund of five thousand dollars is to be
raised, at once, by the sale of stock at the
rate of five dollars per share; the work pis
not to be commenced until the fund is com
plete. It is also said, in the report of the
committee, which has been adopted
" As the Review is to be established for a
special purpose, as well as for general pur
poses, it is recommended that no subscrip
tions of shares be received, except from
those who well understand its special object,
of saving our churches unharmed from. new
speculations and new fellowships, and those
who concur in this object."
'The North American Review, for Octo
ber, is more than usually able and interest
ing. The present editor is the Rev. A. P.
Peabody, D.D., of Portsmouth, N. H.
Professor Lewis Agassiz, of Harvard, has
been honored with the appointment of the
Chair of Paleontology in. the Gardin des
Plantes, by the Emperor of France. How
ever, the Professor declines the honor, from
his attachment to the American people, and
also from the fact that he is now engaged
in the investigation of some natural phenom
ena, which he is unwilling to abandon.
The Rev. J. H. Fairchild, of South Bos
ton, has given notice of his intention to re_
sign the pastorate of the Payson Church
and Society, because of the failure to secure
a sufficiency of funds for the completion of
the church edifice within the time specified.
Mr. Fairchild was installed pastor of the
Phillips church, of which his present charge
is an offshoot, thirty years ago.
On the 23d of September, a new Ortho
dox Congregational church was instituted
in the North part of Cambridge, called the
.Holmes Church, so named in honor of the
late beloved pastor of the First Congrega
tional church in that town. This is the
result of, labors commenced in that vicinity
by means of occasional preaching, about a
year ago.
The Rev. Dr. Poor, of Newark, N. J.,
has declined the appointment to the Profes
sorship of Latin, in Amherst . College.
The third Annual State Convention of
the Sabbath School teachers of Massachu
setts, will be held in Lowell on October 28th
and 29th. Speakers are expected to be
present, of the highest repute, on the sub
ject of Sabbath Schools, from Philadelphia,
New York, and Boston. The occasion is
intended to be one of great interest and
usefulness.
The boarding house of the Wesleyan
Academy, at Wilbraham, Mass., just com
pleted at a cost of seventy thousand dollars,
has been consumed by fire. The insurance is
only partial.
Some estimate of the General Depression
of trade in New England, may be formed
from the following, taken from the Provi
dence (R. I.) Journal, of Monday:
"We have not a sale of printing cloths to
report this week, not a piece; nor do we
hear of a single sale of stocks. This is
without precedence since our acquaintance
with the market, and is as striking an illustra
tion as could be given of the condition of
commercial affairs."
The Freshman class at Yale College is
smaller than for several years previous. It
is not unlikely that the present crisis, like
that of 1837, will lessen the numbers in
attendance at many of our schools and col
leges.
Dr. Stiless tong expected book on "Mod-
ern Reform" has appeared, and will be read
with attention, both by those who receive
and those who disapprove many of the views
it contains. It deals very hard 'blows at
the Garrison, Parker and Pillsbury school of
reform, and all who sympathise with it.
The next term of the Bangor Theological
Seminar✓ will open on the 22d of this
month. In this Seminary no charges are
made for room rent and the use of the
library, and the whole expenses of living
are exceedingly moderate.
NEW YORK
The Finances continue as unsettled as
ever; the relief fondly anticipated has not
come. Merchants have been straining to
the utmost to collect their dues and raise
money to preserve their credit, but in vain
for many of them. Great losses have, been
suffered in paying exorbitant interest; in this
way fortunes have disappeared in a few days.
The Banks are curtailing their discounts
rapidly; last week these were lessened two
millions of dollars. Men of large property
and the most ample means, but not speedily
available, are forced to suspend every day.
Bowen & McNamee, one of the largest
silk houses in the United States, have sus
pended with large assets. They promise to pay
their whole indebtedness. Owing to inability
to make suitable arrangements with the
Banks, the paper of Harper & Brothers went
to protest, notwithstanding their large prop
erty in the city and the vast amount of out
standing debts all over the country. This
suspension will surprise all acquainted with
this able and eminent publishing house,
knowing its perfect soundness, great wealth,
and the comparatively small amount of out
standing liabilities. The only explanation is
found in the great and unusual stringency of
the money market.
But the Calamity is beginning to affect
those who are less able to bear it—who are
dependent for the necessaries of life upon
their daily toil. Almost all the large manu
factories have either stopped altogether, or
greatly reduced the number of employees.
The seven hundred laborers engaged in im
proving the new Central Park have been
paid off and discharged, and the work has
ceased for the present.
The American Tract Society has only
eight of its sixteen presses now in operation.
Of the three hundred and fifty hands em
plO) ed in the bindery department, one-fourth
have been discharged, and the remainder
have been put on half pay. Two thousand
women and girls engaged in the cloak and
mantilla business, and one thousand engaged
in the bonnet business, have been already
thrown out of employment. The guests at
the hotels are thirty per cent. less than dur
ing the same month last year. One great
alleviation, with respect to the poor and labor
ing classes, is found in the great plenty and
consequent cheapness of provisions through
out the country.
The State Temperance Convention assem
bled at -Syracuse on the 6th inst. The
attendance was small, numbering only thirty
five. The excise law was denounced; and it
was determined to form no alliance with any
of the existing parties, but for the friends
of temperance to vote for persons known to
be unfavorable to granting licenses, with
whatever party connected.
The Eighth Anniversary of the American
Bible Union was held last week. Many short
speeches and some long addresses were made
with respect to the objects of this Society, and
the necessity for a new and correct version
of the Scriptures, as a matter of course,
conformable to Baptist views.
At the last monthly meeting of the Man
agers of the American Bible Society, Rev.
Frederick Monrod, of Paris, took part in
the devotional exercises, and an interesting
speech was made by 'the Rev. Dr. Tyng,
lately returned from the East, on the demand
for the Scriptures in Constantinople, Turkey.
One thousand volumes were donated for dis
tribution in Brazil.
The Rev. Elias Riggs, D. D., for twenty
four years a missionary in the Levant, and
one of the best scholars in the country, has
taken charge of the Hebrew department
in Union Theological ,Seminary, for one
year. He is to spend the approaching Winter
in New York, superintending the stereo
typing of the new American Bible, of which
he is the translator. This Seminary has
received for the present term forty-seven new
students, of whom thirty-seven are in the
junior class.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of ladies
was held on the afternoon of the 9th inst.,
to take into consideration the proposal of Mrs.
Magreder, wife of the Mayor of Washington
City, with regard to making some suitable
provision for the comfortable maintenance of
the wife and family of the late gallant
Lieut. Herndon, commander of the ill-fated
Central America. A speech was delivered
by William M. Evarts, Esq., and effective
measures were taken to secure contributions
in aid of the proposed object.
A Farewell Meeting was held on Sabbath
evening week, in the Fourteenth Street Pres
byterian church, on the occasion of the de—
parture of Rev. Mr. Jack and wife, and Miss
Van Allen, to the Gaboon mission, in West
ern Africa, and Rev. Mr. Quick and wife to
Ceylon. The Rev. G. W. Wood, one of the
Secretaries of the American Board, in allud
ing to the connexion of the present financial
difficulties with contributions to benevolent
objects, stated that in the three years sue
coedit:lg the crisis of 1837, the receipts of
the American Board exceeded, by one hun
dred and thirty thousand dollars, the receipts
of the three previous years.
The General Congregational Association
of New York, at its late meeting in Pough
keepsie, passed resolutions approving the
action of the Home Missionary Society with
regard to slaveholding churches, and denun
ciatory of the present course of the Executive
Committee of the American Tract Society.
PHILADELPHIA
The .iVercantile Circles are still greatly
agitated. The dark cloud has not disap
peared. Meetings for and against the present
course of the banks'have been frequw„c : ; ,„,1
exciting. One of the largest and m , st.
spectable meetings of businr:is men e ve
convened in the city, was held last week,
which it was determined to aid one another
in every possible way. The failure of.' tila
old house of White, Stevens & Co., lon g en
gaged in the West India and New Orleans
trade, has occasioned great astonishment :mil
much regret. The senior member of the
firm, Mr. Henry White, like General Rober t
Patterson, who failed some time ago, was
long known in political circles as the ardent
and staunch friend of the late Henry Clay
. The Penn Widows' Asylum, Wood and
West streets, was dedicated last week. The
Revs. John Chambers, Dr. Gaston, and Dr.
Coombs took part in the services. Thirty
five aged widows have been already received.
The Rev. George Hughes, of Trenton, N.
J., has been appointed Corresponding Secre
tary of the Pennsylvania " Seamen's Friend
Society." The office is in the Pennsylvania
Bible house, corner of Seventh and 'Walnut
streets.
The Philadelphia Bapti,st .Association
just celebrated its one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary. This is the oldest Baptist As
sociation in this country, and with the ex
ception of two in Wales and one in England,
older than any in the mother country.
Ecclesiastical.
Mr. tiORN RicE,, a licentiate of the C.
neuter Church of Scotland, Was ordained
by the Presbytery of Saltsburg, on the
7th inst., and installed pastor of the con•
gregations of Harmony, 'Mechanicsburg,
and East Union, Indiana Co., Pa.
Rev. D. L. HuGrin' Post Office address's
changed from Rock Springs, Centre Co.,
Pa., to Glenwood, Mills Co., lowa.
Rev. Rurus TAYLOR, of Manchester,
has received a unanimous call from the
First Presbyterian aura of Hightstown,
Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
Rev D. A. CUNNINGHAM'S Post Office ad-
dress is changed from Allegheny City,
Pa., to Rochester, Beaver Co., Pa.
Rev. ALEXANDER SINCLAIR'S' Post Office
address is changed from Sharpsburg, Al.
legheny County, Pa., to Charlotte, N. C.
Rey. A. 0. PATTERSON, D.D., has obtained
the consent of the Bethel church, 011ie,
to a dissolution of his pastoral relation
there, that he may accept the call to West
Newton, Pa. Dr. Patterson was, in his
early ministry, pastor at West Newton.
Rev. NATHAN SHOT w.bra, has been relefizpa
from his charge at East Kishacoquilias,
Pa.
Rev. N. M. CRANE'S Post Office address i
changed from Rimersbnrg, Clarion Ca..
Pa.,' to Polo, Ogle County, Illinois.
Mr. A. S. THORN -baying received a com
mission from the Board of Foreign
signs to the Kickapoo Indians, was or•
dained as an Evangelist, by the Pre.,by
tery of Cedar, at its late meeting.
Rev. PAULUS MEISS, of the Presbytery of
Cedar, who had been suspended son f.
time since, is now deposed from the G.:,
pel ministry, en the ground of contumacy.
Rev. G. D: PORTER has received and re.
cepted a call from the Presbytenar
church of Tipton, lowa.
Rev. SETH HOWELL'S Post Office addrEsE
is changed from Spring Hill, Ohio ;
Oxford, Ohio.
Rev. SAMUEL LYNN has accepted an hri.
tation to labor at Jerseyville, Illinois, us
is about to remove from Newport, Ky., to
the former place. Correspondents wil:
please note the change.
Rev. R. V. DODGE, formerly of Springfifk.
Illinois, has accepted a call from the Sec
ond church. of Wheeling, Va., and 11,
removed to that place. Correspondent.,
will please address him accordingly.
Rev. JAMES PAINE has received a mini
mons call from the Presbyterian church
at Somerville, Tenn. Mr. Paine has bac
supplying this church for more than a
year past.
Rev. CHARLES W. COOPER., of Washington.
Pa., has accepted a call from the Hut
.
Ington South church, Long Island, N. Y.
Western Correspondence.
Our correspondent, in his letter for this
week, gives a synop: of Dr. Rice's reasons
for declining the appolntinent to a Professor
ship in the Seminary of the North.Weq
Having published these last week, we do ft
repeat them. But our correspondent's re
marks on the subject are excellent. He sirs:
The Doctor's reply is written with °:` , r
plainness, and whether his conceptions :ire
or are -not correct, his worst enemy will
charge him with ambiguity. Some taa`i
perhaps be disposed to look upon the present
aspect of affairs as especially diseouragia , ,:.
I must, however, confess that I do
These things may cause the falling of
some, but my conviction is that the w:,, , ;e
thing is tending to this result. The Sy rrcris
engaged in the enterprise will refer the
matter to the Assembly, and when it is fOi
under their control, like Princeton,
gheny and Danville,. there will be such et-lz"
fidence begotten, that the co-operation of 0 11
churches will be secured. It was thon , :t.:
that it.mip,ht not be.best to agitate the .itic= -
tion.of control for the present; but rece"'
developments seem to indicate the propriyi
of taking action at once. Upon this que, , u ,,
the Synods of Illinois, .Chicago, Wiseon. , :o•
lowa, and Southern lowa, will no doubt u 1.1 : ,:
immediate action, and if information reeeivca
from this whole field can be relied uP , '".
there can be no question as to the e linier , :r
of their decisions. Whatever may be [ ll '
feeling of the Synods in Indiana and Oil . 'r•
there will be but little opposition, we belicv‘' ,
in the first mentioned, in giving the
bly control.
Matters have now gone so far that this wl''
be regarded as, a test question. Do we
far honor the highest Judicatory of
Church, as to be willing to entrust to bet: : , '1
'control of our institutions where our so":
men are to be educated, who are to Fo
all parts of the Church and labor for the
tablishment of the cause of God among a::
Has our Church the confidence of those irlt;
owe their position, in situations of honvr: , u',
responsibility, to her partiality ? Or are 7'l
ready to declare ourselves, so far as
do so, independent of the Church spe:• , - - i
through her highest Judicatory ?
so far lose confidence in the whole Cinir,!--
as to be unwilling to abide by her
I wish at once to withdraw from her r.'-"
,munion..
The Presbyterian 'Jerald, of Low..v
in making a lengthened extract from ot
my recent letters in the BCl7l7teT and
cate i 'thinks me somewhat more sanguine
my anticipations of raising funds for