Vactrp.
The Day of Death.
Thou inevitable day,
When'a voice to me shall say—
" Thou must rise and come away ;"
All thine other journeys past,
Gird thee, and make ready fast,
For thy longest and thy last "
Day deep-hidden from our sight,
In impenetrable night,
Who may guess of thee aright!
Art thou distant, art thou near?
Wilt thou seem more dark or clear?
Day with more of hope or fear ?
Wilt thou come, not seen before
Thou art standing at the door,
Saying—Light and life are o'er ?
Or with such a gradual pace,
As shall leave me largest space,
To regard thee face to face?
Shall I lay my drooping bead,
On some lov'd lap round my bed,
Prayer be made,.and tears be shed?
Or at distance , from mine own,
Name and kin alike unknown,
Make my solitary moan?
Will there yet be things to leave,
Hearts to which , this heart must cleave;
From which parting it must grieve ;
Or shall life's best ties be o'er,
And all lov'd things gone before,
To that other, happier shore ?
Shall Igently fall asleep,
Death, like slumber, o'er me creep,
Like a slumber sweet and deep?
Or the soul long strive in vain,
To get free, with toil and pain,
From its half-divided chain ?
Little skills it where or how,
If thou eomest then or now,
With a smooth or angry brow;
Come thou must, and we must die—
Jesus, Saviour, stand thou by,
When that last sleep seals our eye.
fittrarg Botirts.
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MODERN Rnronat EXAMINED; or, The Union of
North and South on the subject of Slavery.
By Joseph C. Styles. 120 0., pp. 310. Phila
delphia : J. B. Lippincott st Co. 1857.
Here we have one of those works which the ag
itation of the Slavery question iu the New School
Presbyterian Church has called forth. The au
thor aims at demonstrating that the Anti-Slavery
spirit takes ground in the teeth of five capital
qualifications of •the true reformer (p. 16.) Ile
proceeds to argue that the Reform or Anti-Slavery
spirit against whir& he writes, is Arrogant, .Af.lig
nant, Belligerent, Impracticable, and Destructive.
The readers of thework will be prepared to find
that in the Moral Estimate of the system it is
characterized as a mistake, an immorality, and a
mischief. We shall no doubt have a rejoinder to
this volume in due time.
LIPS - OP JOHN FITCH, the inventor of the Steam
boat. By. Thompson firestcoit. 12m0., pp. 415.
Philadelphia: J. .8. Lippincott 4. co. 1867.
This book is fraught with a continuous inter
est from beginning to end. We think that there
can be rib doubt but that Fitch is fairly entitled
to the honor here ascribed to him. The advo
cates of Fulton and Miller of Scotland, may find
considerable trouble in settling the claims of their
friends as to the priority of their inventions.
The Scotch most determinedly assert that the
laurel should. belong to Miller. Fitch was evi
dently ahead of both. The perusal of this biog
raphy will amply repay the reader.
THE PRESBYTBHIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION
have just added the following most excellent
works to their stock. The first on the list is a
well-known and highly-prized biography of a
great man. The others are juvenile works, and
they are prepared with a special view to the li
brary of the Sabbath School.
lidinatolB. AND SELICT REMAINS of the. Rev. John
Brown, Minister of the Gospel, Haddington.
Edited by the Rev. Wm. Brown, Af.D. 18mo.,
pp. 227.
The others are :
1. ANNIE LEE. pp. 92.
2. BLIND Ring, or Row bray I do Good. pp. 100
3. HAZELGLIN.
4. CHRISTMAS ENE, or Give us this day our daily
bread. pp. 91.
5. Samsun: . TIMES Sayan, or . The Laws of Kind
ness. pp. 121.
Catasi.ra, or a Mother's Influence. pp. 123.
These little volumes are illustrative of the pe
titiOns of the Lord's-Prayer.
TalEs IN RHYME. For Girls. By Old Humphrey.
pp. 119.
Tam PRESBYTERIAN ALMANAC for 1.858, posses
4313 the same - valuable matter as formerly.
TEE PROTESTANT THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIAS
TICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA, Being a condensed
translation of Herzog's "Real Encyclopedia."
By-Bev. X. H. A. Bomberger, D.D. Part V.
Philadelphia: Lindsay 4- Blackiston. 1857.
We have already commended this great Lexicon
to our readers, with much earnestness, and our
great regret is, that owing to the nature of the
work, awl the necessities of trade, a quarter of a
year must elapse between the appearing of the
numbers. We do not pledge ourselves to every
sentiment expressed in this ' number, on the
"Canon of the .Old and New Testament."
THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REPORTER : Sep
tember, 1857. Philadelphia : If. Welson.
We have read, with much pleasure, the lead
ing article in this number, by Dr. Coles of New
ark, N. J., on the Ethnological Theories of
Messrs. Glidden & Co. It is rather ominous that
these philosophers have not forwarded copies of
their last , grand attack on the Bible, to the Re
ligions Press. Are they conscious of weakness ?
Ten LONDON QIIARTIMLY REVIEW. July, 1857.
New York;: Leonard Scott 4 Co.
This is a capital number, full of taldnt and
learning, as the Quarterly always is. The pa
pars in the present number are-1. The French
Constitutionalists; 2. Electioneering, (very racy
and full of interest) ; 8. Ireland, Past and Pres
ent; 4. Internal Decoration and Arrangement of
Churohes, (This le a valuable paper) ; 5. Travels in
China—Fortune and Hue; 6. Manchester Exhi
bition; 7. : Homeric Characters in, and out of
Homer; and, 8. The Bill for Divorce.
GUY LTVINGEITON, or Thorough." 12m0., pp
829. New York: Harper t Itrothera. 14367
This is a reprint of a novel, which we have not
had time to examine. We observe, by the criti
cisms of the press, that it has had a great run in
Great Brintin, and that it is written with great
dramatic power.
OUR COUNTRY'S TROUBLES—No IL
We is the title of a. sermon preached by the
Rev. Dudley A. Tyng, the Rector of the Church
of the Covenant, before his own congregation, in
Philadelphia, on the fifth day of July last. This
sermon is similar in character to the celebrated
discourse which led to his removal from the
Church of the Epiphany, and to all the feeling
and excitement connected with that event.
.BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. September, 1857. New
York: Leonard Scott• co.
This is one of the very best numbers we have
had of Maya for a long season. The affairs of
India are discussed in an admirable paper. The
essay of Marine Natural History, is clothed
with wonderful interest; and the lighter articles
have all the freedom and power which are only to
be found in this Magazine.
Ifor tie foung.
Conscience.
A little boy named John Roberts, having
been set to weed in a gentleman's garden,
and observing some very beautiful peaches
on a tree which grew upon a wall, was
strongly tempted to pluck one.
"If it tastes but half as nice as it looks,"
thought be, " bow delightful it must be"
He
stoo for an instant, gazing on the
tree, while his mother's words "touch no
thing that does not belong to you," came
vividly to his mind. He withdrew his.eyes
from the tempting object, and with-great
diligence pursued his occupation. The fruit
was forgotten, and it was with pleasure
that he now perceived he had nearly reached
the end of the bed which he had been or
dered to clear. Collecting in his hands the
heap of weeds he had laid -beside him, be
returned to deposit them in the wheelbarrow,
which stood near the peach tree. Again
the glowing fruit met his eye, more beauti
ful and more tempting than ever, for he was
hot and thirsty. He stood still ; his heart
beat; his mother's command was heard no
more; his resolution was gone ! He looked
around; there was no one but himself in the
garden. "They never can miss one out of
so many," said he to himself. He made a
step, only one; he was now within reach of
the.prize; he darted forth his hand to seize
it, when at the very moment, a sparrow
from a neighboring tree, calling to his com
panion, seemed to his startling ear to say,
" Jem ! Jem I" He sprang pack to the
walk, his hand fell to his; side, his whole
frame shook ; and no sooner had he recov .
ered himself, than he fled from the spot.
In a abort time afterwards he began thus
to reason with himself.
"If a sparrow could frighten me thus, I
may be sure that what I was going to do
was very wicked."
And now he worked with greater dili
gence than ever, nor once again trusted
himself to gaze on the fruit which bad so
nearly led him to commit so great a fault.
The sparrow chirped again as be was leav
ing the garden, but be no longer fled at the
sound.
"You may cry Jem, Jem I" said he,
looking steadily at the tree in which several
perched, "as often as you like; I don't care
for you now; but this I will say, I will
never forget how good a friend one of you
has been to me, and I will rob none of your
nests again."
For the Presbyterial' Banner and Advocate
Lake Presbytery—Pastoral Letter,
DEAR BRETHREN :—Suffer your Pastors and
Elders to address you, respecting the Prayer-
Meetings of the Church.
To us you have committed the work of minis
tering in holy things. Ours is the duty of study
ing what will be most profitable to the flock of
Christ. We should be wanting in our duty to
you, and false to our ordination 1.01Y9 before God,
did we not fully tell our people that , which will
further them in the way of life.
In relation to the weekly Prayer-Meeting,. we
are constrained to say, that in this day it is in
dispensable to the growth of the Christian, and
the well-being of the Church.
In the inspired history we find that the Saviour
and his Apostles, and the early Christians, made
much of toe assembling of the Church together
for prayer. They speak of Ole duty as if it as
naturally followed a professor of piety, as breath
ing does the existence of lifein the body.
The history of the Church ever since, has been
in accordance with this. Whenever there have
been seasons of growth in the Church, these have
invariably been attended by meetings for prayer.
Revivals of religion can no more take - place, and
afterwards live, without meetings for prayer,
than a body can live without breath: Without an
'exception, in any age, and in any land, those
churches have been most blest in the conversion
of sinners, and most consistent in their own lives,
who have given most heed to the meetings for
prayer. There is no undervaluing of the preach
ing of the Word in this. Before the Pentecostal re
vival, there had been a prayer-meeting of a week.
The thermometer does not more certainly indi
cate the true temperature of the atmosphere,
than the prayer-meeting does the state of piety
in the church. A neglected prayer-meeting as
surely shows religion at a low state, as the mer
cury of zero indicates intense cold without.
Those of us who have been longest in the min
istry, have always found it to -'be So. 'Just in
proportion as the hearts of the people of God
are warm, they do find time, and do go up to this
service. And, dear , brethren, we have invariably
noticed, that whenever
_'a brother or sister began
to fall away frost the prayer meeting, this indi
cated a declension in vital godliness, unless there
was some marked bodily, infirmity. Before God,
to this we have never known an exception.
The prayer-meeting, then, is of unspeakable
importance, because it affords a test. of the
strength of Christian love and zeal. The Chris
, tian whose heart is warm, can no more stay
away from the prayer-meeting, than a starving
man can be kept back from a full table.
The prayer meeting should-be sustained .by all
the. Church, because of its bearing upon the piety,
of the members. , There is far mere ,neeci of it
now, than there was a generation ago. Then men
took tima for reflection; but now dissipation and
worldly business drive from. early
.dawn until
night, and from Monday morning until Saturday
night. In the fear of ,God, in such a state of
things, we say, that if Christians do not stop at
least for one evening, and bid the world stand
aside while they reckon with God and their souls,
they will be overwhelmed. This we .say in the
light of what we have , seen: They who have
made shipwreck of faith, have, with hardly an
exception, been those who have first neglected
the prayer-meeting.
We have the united testimony of those who
have carefully attended these week day services,
that they have found them of unspeakable-ad
vantage. How often have temptations there
been resisted; how many times have doubts been
resolved, and darkness dissipated, while in the
circle of prayer. How often have they felt , a
wavering faith strengthened, and a languid love
kindled afresh. Can we doubt the duty of at
tendance upon a means thus blest of God to the
edification of the Church.
We feel that we cannot say too much respecting it,
as a means of promoting brotherly love. We need
not prove the importance of this grace. The
things of this world tend to separate men. Their
interests are different, and the calls of their busi
ness keep them apart save as they meet for
business. Men, even Christian men, know little
of each other, save as they thus meet in matters
of the world. A want of cordiality and affec
tion is the almost certain result. To counteract
this, and to cement the hearts of Christians to
gether, we have never found anything to be com
pared with the prayer-meeting, save only the or
dinance of the Sabbath. We have always noticed
that those who most punctually meet at the
prayer -meeting, take the deepest interest in each
other's welfare. For it to be otherwise, a law of
our nature would have to be suspended. Let all
the Church but mingle their hearts and their
prayers together around the mercy seat, and the
cord of brotherly love will bind them together
with an attachment not to be'broken, Without
ithis, we meet as the world meet'; with it, we meet
as Christians should meet. They -who meet and
pray for each other, cannot but love teach other
with a pure heart, fervently.
Suffer us to say further, that the Prayer-Meeting,
THE PRESBYTVRIAN BANNER AND ADVOCAT E.
well sustained, is essential to the success of the Pastor.
Dear brethren, before God we declare that in no
way can you more efficiently help your minister.
Could you know the overwhelming depression of
soul that your absence produces, you surely
would never be absent. Full prayer-meetings
assure us that our people are praying; full
prayer-meetings help us to study, and to
visit, and to preach. Full prayer-meetings
during the week, always make fuller and more
prayerful attendance upon the Sabbath.
We know that some may object that the Prayer-
Meeting is not interesting. Well, we ministers do
sometimes fail in this ; and sometimes brethren
are too lengthy in their prayers. 'But, after all,
let us see if part of the difficulty may not be with
you. Some drop in now and then ; they have no
special sympathy, and it is not surprising if they
do not feel much interest. They do not come of
ten enough to get interested. And then again your
very absence may make the meeting, in a meas
ure, lifeless. A full meeting is usually interest
ing. It is very hard to make a small . one thus,
when all who come are cast down with the
thought that so many neglect this blessed means
of grace. We know of nothing w'rich more ef
fectually kills the life of public services than'the
absence of those who should be there. • •-•'.
Others say that they can pray at home. But:is
it true that those who are absent from the prayer=
meeting do pray most at home ? We can read
sermons, and sing, and read the Scriptures at
home. You see that the excuse would lead to
the abandonment of-all public services, and of-all
religion, too. When your hearts were warm -in
the revival, you went; why not now ? We do not
decide; but may it not be because the world has
Care
Others plead a want of time. Does business
never wait? "When friends call, it can wait;
when other Societies meet it can spare•men,.and
will it be more injurious to wait for the prayer. ;
meeting than for other things? It is a question
which,we do well to settle, whether. we dare have
on our hands , so much business that - we cantiot,
attend a meeting which all experience and obser
vation shows, is essential to the growth of grade,
the exercise of brotherly affection, the efficiency
of the pastor, and the salvation of perishing souls.,
Brethren in Christ, we see you in the midst of
the world, exposed to its temptations. God'has ,
bidden us watch for your souls, as'we will be clear
of your blood. •We see your danger. The world
is pressing hard to draw you from God ; 'we do,
therefore, affectionately, and earnestly urge you.
for your own sake, and for the sake of perishing
sinners, and for the saie of your pastors, and,'
above all, for the love of Jesus arid the glory of
God, neglect not the Prayer-Meeting. Be in
your place there. It will strengthen your, own
heart; it will deliver you from temptation; it
will help your 'brethren ; it will encourage yoUr
pastor; it will glorify God.
J. C BROWN, Moderator..,
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
Narrative of the State of Religion in the
Bounds of the Synod of Allegheny.
The fixed and constant purpose of God's people
should be, to honor their Divine Master. And in
all their conflicts with the powers of darkness,
they should move forward only'as marshalltd and
directed by Christi their great Captain. The in
tegrity of his truth, and the promotion of his
kingdom, rather than their own temporal peace,.
honor or safety, should awaken their earnest as
pirations. Their prayers, their contributions,.
their active labors, and their patient sufferings,
should all tend only to prolong the echo of that
early song, "Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward men." '
The eye of the enlightened Christian surveys the
whole field of religious• enterpOse, and 'kindles
with,. joy or weeps in sadness, just as light or
darkness rests upon it. But his heart is most in
terested in the particular field where Providence
has placed him, To subdue this to, the dominion
of his Lord, is his highest ambition. .
So the Synod of Allegheny, not forgetting other
interests, and the state of religion elsewhere,
would cultivate with assiduity her own field, and
inspect, with peculiar solicitude, the condition of
the churches in her own bounds, and make her
report accordingly.
.
Toe cause of religion in the bounds of the Syn
od of Allegheny, as gathered from the reports
of Presbyteries and other sources, may be consid
ered in relation to its past history, its present pro•
gress, its outward appliances, and its inward life.
The past history
,of the Church in the bounds
of the Synod of Allegheny, is an inkructive his
tory of the efforts of earnest men, of God's
abounding grace, and of consequent happy pro
gress.
- Our fathers were men of zeal, and seltdenial,
and faithfulness. Precious revivals attended
their labors. God wrought with them for the glo
ry of his great name. Our aged, members recount,
with gratitude, the interesting communion, sea
sons, and other public religious exercises, when
the Spirit of God descended, and converts became
numerous.
Half a century ago, the Presbytery of Erie cov
ered nearly the same territory as that now °cow ,
pied by this Synod. Its ministers were, Joseph'
Badger, who was a missionary among the Wyan
dotte Indians:; John hlePherrin, Thomas, E.
Hughes, William Wick,. Samuel Tait, Joieph
Stockton, ,Robert Lee, James Satterfield, John
Boyd, Abraham Boyd, William Woods, Alexander
Cook, Robert Patterson, Robert Johnston, Nicho
las Pittinger, and BjDjBlrlill Boyd., The mission
ary spirit had already been kindled, which has
not yet left this portion of the Church.
Just half a century ago
' at the meeting of the
Synod of Pittsburgh, which Synod.then embraced
the bounds of the Synod of Allegheny, a mission- .
ary sermon was preaChed by Rev. William Wylie ;
and at the same meeting a day was appointed for
the purpose of imploring the Divine blessing upon
their missionary work; and it was, enjoined upon
the several Presbyteries to take order that their
respective members endeavor to raise contribu
tions for the support of the Indian missions.
Thus that missionary spirit which now burns
upon our altars, was kindled more than half a
century . ago: It inaugurated the late Western
Foreign - Missionary Society, which ushered in the
General Assembly's Board of Foreign Missions.
It sent out from our midst missionaries to India
and China, and our Indian tribes. It gave to our.
Foreign Board two of its three Secretaries. And
it now furnishes for the Indians, (Vesides others,)
nine teachers from :a single church. .
These things may be recorded, not in the , spirit
of vain boasting, but as a tributeto the goodness
of God in imbuing our churches with the spirit of
Missioni.
Another successful issue is worthy of recordsn
the past history of North-Western Pennsylvanii,
The contest waged with Intemperance, though not
BO successful out of the immediate inclosure of the
Church as was at one time anticipated, saved the
Church itself, under the blessing of God, from the
evil which threatened to sap her very foundations.
But ,we turn ,from th epaalhiatory of . the Churik
to its present progress, as falling more Stridtlyun
der the design of this litirrative. Does the ,tree
show all the life and vigor of the infant•: germ'?
Has the morning light which - dawned so auspi
ciously, been shining more and more tovirard the
perfect day ? Or has a youth of activity and ;
promise degenerated into a manhood of indOlence?
The Narratives from the , several Presbyterier3,
with entire unanimity, state that great harmony
and brotherly love exist in the churches, and that
the attendance upon the preached Word is highly
encouraging, and in many cases earnest and mil;
emn. And two congrPgations have shared in spe
cial seasons of refreshing. Many of the churches
have received large accessions to their comniu
nion from instructed families, and from you,th.
trained up under the teachings of Sabbath Schools
snd Bible Classes. These institutions have aug
mented in number and interest; and many pa
rents are becoming more faithful in the instruction
of their own families.
Some of the Presbyteries report that the con
tributions to benevolent objects, and especially'to
the Boards of the Church, have been increased;
and that the churches have become more system
atio in their benefactions. These things indicate
progress. But there are evils mentioned by the
Presbyteries, which, if not so much within the
Church, constantly surround her - with danger, and
Will, unless arrested, prove a snare to her mem
bers. The two evils particularly mentioned in
the reports from the Presbyteries, are, Sabbath
desecration and Intemperance. The most mani
fest evil in our bounds ' increasing while others
are mostly losing ground ; the evil which bla.sts
the highest hopes of families, and hurries many ,
to an untimely grave, is Intemperance. In the
community generally, there seems to be a very
marked change for the worse, since the repeal of
the late law in Pennsylvania, "restraining the
sale of intoxicating liquors." The repeal has em
boldened 'venders, and where public sentiment hid
put out the fires of old distilleries, the smoke of
new ones lately erected, begins to roll up, darken 7
ing the heavens. What can be done to arrest the:
evil,
evil, is a problem of most difficult solution; and
yet, on. this subject, Christians and philanthro
pists have need to renew their, exertions, lest the
bright prospects, lately entertained, of rescuing
the rising race.from the ruin brought upon many'
of their fathers, should all be over-clouded. It
is pleasing to learn, that the-most of our cbprch-
members act upon the principle of entire absti
nence from all intoxicating• drinks.
In portions of our bounds, infidelity, under the
guise of philanthropy and religion, seeks to
poison the minds of our young men. And in other
portions, the Church of Rome, though impotent
to the work of prosolyting, makes rapid advances
by immigration, and present% an impregnable
barrier to the ingress of truth.
Many other religious denominations are found
in our territory; and though some of them, be—
cause they differ from us in the doctrines of reli
gion, and in schemes for promoting social reforms,
oast upon us reproachful epithets; it is with
pleasure that we recognise others as worthy and
efficient coadjutors in promoting the kingdom
of our common Lord,
The outward appliances for the promotion of re
ligion in our midst are abundant. We have our
long-established congregations, generally supplied
with ministers, 'and our schools, Presbyterial and
other Academies, and Female Seminaries; our
Theological .Seminary, with able and pious Pro
lessors ; our Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes;
our prayer meetings, our religious books and
periodicals; and our time-honored usages, such
God'blessed in the days of our fathers, for the
revival of his work and the salvation of souls.
But what can be said of the inward life of the
Church? Does this outward culture produce
fruit? Is there vitality and growth? And here
we are startled with therpainful fact, that for the
last three years, our churches, on an average,
have no more than held their own ground, as to
the number of members. According to the etatis
ties found with the Minutes of the General As
sembly, the actual increase of communicants in
this Synod since A. D. 1854, is only fifty-five.
And it is known that there is a mistake of a hun
dred too many in the report of one of our churches
in the late Minutes ; so that there has really been
a small diminution of church members during the
last three years. This stationary condition of
the Church is calculated to awaken inquiry. Is
it so that our Church in Worth-Western Pennsyl
vania has: attained its acme of numbers? Shall
We from this, time retrograte ? Shall a field.
where God's grace has been richly displayed in
the revival of his work; a field bithertticonstantly
increasing in Presbyterian strength and resources ;
afield that has furnished so many ministers, and
So many missionaries and teachers for the heathen;
now be allowed to pass into other hands, or be
given up to spiritual drought and barrenness?
The condition of the Church does not, however,
appear so discouraging, when we ascertain, from
the same statistics, that seventeen hundred and
seventy-six persons have been received during
this period, to the communion of the Church on
examination, and fourteen hundred and forty•two
on certificate, making in all three thousand two
hundred and eighteen. What, then,'has become
of this large increase? .. The only adequate solu
tion is, the spirit of emigration, which, is a con
stant drain upon'our churches, has borne them to
the inviting West. .
We trust that those who have gone are not lost
to the Church at large, but that : they carry with
them to tbeir new homes, what they have learned
to love and cherish here. But, those that are left
should gird themselves to greater diligence, and,
if possible, seek to make inroads upon a popula
tion indifferent to the true Gospel, and supposed
to be inaccessible. What we need, is, a revival of
God's work among us, such as was experienced
in the days of our fathers. Were God to pour out
his Spirit upon our churches in large measure,
they would not be stationary, notwithstanding
that multitudes are hastening to the great West.
The youth andichildren would be found pressing
into the kingdom; families hitherto careless, and
despising the means of grace, would join them
selves to God's people; and those who are now
but formal and worldly professors, would become
burning and shining lights in the churches which
they'now disfigure:
Greatly do we need the quickening influences
of God's Spirit. No other blessing could be con
ferred upon our beloved Zion, worthy of compari
son'with this. The general lamentation from all
our borders, is, that professors of religion , are not
duly awake to their duty—to prayer, and holy
consecration to their Master's, work ; and that the
impenitent are not awakened and converted to God_
Let ministers and elders, and church-members,
come, as in former times, and wrestle for a bless
ing- Let the Watchmen "never hold their peace,
day nor night ;" and let those Men
tion of the Lordnot . keep silence, and give him no
rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem
a praise in the earth."
The recent removal,' by death, of our beloved
and faithful Brother •Glenn, reminds us that our
day of toil will 80.011 be past, when our account
`shall be rendered, and ivhen thoselhat turn many
to righteousness shall shine as stars forever and
ever.
For the Presbyterian >Banner and Advocate
Presbytery of Ohio.
REV. Dn. bloßtiotzy:—Many of your readers
will be interested in that. inforniation from this
second daughter of the Presbyterian Church
West of
,the mountains, which will subserve the
place of notices to others.
•• At its meeting on the 6th of October, at. Beth.
the Fifth Church of Pittsburgh was "st ick
any,r -
en from the. Roll, and the Church Extension Com
mitteewas authorized, if the way be clear, to or
ganize.a church to worship in the same building."
The Rev. Dr. Goertner was invited to make state
ments in reference to the American Tract Society.
The pastoral relation between Rev. S. C. Jen
nings and the Long Island church, was dissolved.
That church, existing where, a few years ago
there was only one member or two, has become
sufficiently strong tasustaiu a minister one-half the
time, and its lite pastor resigned, and accepted a
call from the • Valley church, to permit a more
convenient union - of churches, in pastoral charges.
The Rev. Samuel Caldwell was directed to preach
in the Long Island church, on the 3d Sabbath of
October, at 11 o'clock.
, The Presbytery appointed Rev. Drs. Jeffrey
and Brown, and Rev. Mr. Meßaig to install Mr
Jennings pastor of the Valley church, on the 2d
Monday of October, at 10 o'clock.
A call from the - Maple Creek church ,was ac
cepted by Mr. T. B. Van Eman, and Presbytery
agreed to hold a meeting there on Tuesday; the
20th instant, at .; n o'clock for the purpose of
ordaining and installing him as pastor; in which
Service the Rev. Dr. Jacobus is 'to preach . the
sermon, Rev. Dr. Smith is to deliver the charge to
the pastor, and Rev. Dr. Howard to the people.
It is understood that Kr. Van-Bman will labor
at other places beside Maple Creek, where he is
to be pastor. Thus, in that section, where old
Dr. Jennings, Rev. B. Mercer,and others, form
erly, and Rev. Messrs. Carson and Virtue, latter
ly, have labored, a Pastor is to be installed. But
it remains to be seen whether the influence of
antagonistic sects, aided by other bane
ful influences, are to prevent the gathering
in of wanderers to tbe fold of Christ. In the
labors of the pastor elect, and his missionary la
bors, much interest will be felt.
Messrs McCartney and Barr were appointed to
, preach on alternate Sabbaths, at Temperanceville,
until the. 3d Sabbath of . November. On that
day, Rev. Dr. Marshall was appointed to preach
and administer the Lord's Supper in the church
of Temneranceville.
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increases, beyond all other systems, the actual acquiremeZ'
of the student.
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knowiedged ability and attainments.
In this department those desiring it, may receive
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Daring the Session, addresses on topics of Science sad
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B. B. Hotehkin; Rev. Robert Lowry; Thomas IL 8011 .
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course on Agricultural Chemistry, by a PTA'
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