ottrp,
For the Presbyterian Banner and Ads-mite
Lines,
Written on the Death of Tames Duff; aged 91 years,
who died Nov. sth, 1857, at the residence of his
son-in-law, R. H. Ring, Allegheny City.
Our father's dead, our friend is gone,
No longer we behold hitd;
Re sweetly sleeps beneath the sod,
48 Christ, the Lord, had told him.
Ninety-one, he.epent on earth,
Andfound them years of sorrow ;
As we haye found, and all will find,
E'en though they die to morrow.
For near three years be kept his room;
Nor ever once did leave it;
'Old age and weakness kept him there,
But yet he never grieved.
We often heard, at midnight hour,
When, few, save Godyere heeding,
The prayer . sincere, no one could doubt
Who heard our father pleading.
Ho prayed, if 't was his Master's will,
That he might soon be taken
To joinin heaven the sainted ;Mee,
Whose joys can ne'er he shaken.
els room and chair are vacant now,
But Loan ne'er 'forget him;
'My own true friend, my children's friend,
The friend whom none can waken.
When coked, the night before he died,
If death to him had terrors;
He promptly answered me, and said,
God pardons me my errors.,
Then why repine, or wish him back,
Or drop the tear of sorrow ?
We feel'our loss is gain to him—
Let us prepare to follow
rderateg (otices.
BOOKS Sant to, as for -Notice, will be duly
dttauded to. 'rhos* Cleoll6 pablishors in Philos
dalphlas Now Norris &c., limy be , left at our
.Philadelphia Odloailll South lOth St.tbslow
'Chestnuts in oar. of Joseph M. Wilsons Bed
ANNA ; OR, PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A. DAUGH
TER AT Hoare. 18mo., pp. 342. New York
Robert Carter if Brothers. 1857.
To those who are pleased with a profoundly
piritnal book cast in the form of .
.a tale, this will
prove an admirable means of inculcating religious
atrnth on the minds of the younger portion of our
households. The book is entirely free from
mawkish affectation, and the scenes are wonder
fully natural and home-like. It is one of the
best reprints which we have seen for a length of
time.
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. October, 1867. New
York : Leonard Scott t Co.
In this number of the old " blue and yellow,"
-which seems to be as -vigorous as ever, we have
'the following essays :
I. Spedding's Complet o Edition of the Works
of Bacon.
2. Napier.
3. The Mediterranean Sea.
4. Henri Martin's History of Prance.
6. Lauded Credit.
6. Lives of the Chief Justices of England.
7. The Highlands—Men, Sheep, and Deer.
8. Harford's Life of Michael Angelo.
9. The Indian Mutiny.
The last article is one of the most calm and
dispassionate we have read on the Eastern catas
trophe.
HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE, for 'December,
1867, is, if possible, more varied and attractive
than ever. While the illustrations are pro
fuse in the literary articles, the editorials are
worthy of a, first-class periodical. This is a
,genuine Christmas number.
N. B.—We have much pleasure in stating that
the financial crisis will have no influence in ar
resting the progress either of Harper's Magazine
•oi of Saiper's Weekly illustrated Newspaper. They
•will both be sustained by the c a me talent and
energy which has hitherto characterized them.
'BOENES IN CHUSAN, or Missionary Labors by the
Way ; by the author of "Learn to Say No,"
Una Lams, or the History of an Orphan; by a
Lady of .ICentucky.
Tire BEST LESSON, and the Best Time:to Learn it;
by a Presbyterian , Minister.
PEACE IN DEATH, Examplified in Youthful Be
lievers ; by the author of Little %adore.
These are recent publications of our Board.
They add new treasures to the valued store of
literature for the young. They will enrich our
Sabbath. School. Libraries, and be welcome in
mates in our families.
NORTH-WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
This is a pamphlet of twenty-nine pages, by
_Rev,. L. N. Rice, D.D., of Chicago. It con
tains two letters of Prof. .E. D. Machfaster,
D.D., to C. A. Spring, Esq., a Director. Those
who would be fully informed of events relative to
the Institution named, need this, in connexion
with reports of the Board of Directors and news
paper discussions.
Tim ECLECTIC Maraz/NE, for December, is on
Sour table s well stored with varied literature. The
:articles on. India, and China, are exoellent-and..in
. season - . The " Ages' of ChristandoM beford the
Jteformation," will well repay a perusal.
Abstract of the Minutes of the Synod of
Wisconsin
The Synod of Wisconsin met, according to ad
journment, ,in Boricon, on Thursday evening,
October Bth, 1857, at 7 o'clock, and was opened
with a sermon by Rev. Reuben Frame, of Fond
du Lac, the last Moderator, and continued its
,sessions till late in the afternoon of the following
Monday.
Of the regular members, there were present
!from the
Dun Passnyrarty--Miniaters : Wm. Cargen, C.
Niohols, B. Phillips, M. W. Staples, J. Schwartz,
and Joseph blathers. Elders: W. Norton, Janes
ville; and Mr. Rutherford, Cambridge.
MMIVAITIM PRA stemnry—Afinidere: J. A.
Savage, J. M. Buchanan, W. Brobston, 0. Park,
and Archibald S. Stev - rart. Elders: Henry Davis,
Waukesha; and Mr. Buck, Tort- Washington.' •
WINNEBAGO r PREBBYTERY-4-Ministers.- Reuben
Smith, J. B. Plumbstead, Reuben Frame;
Johnston, B. C. Peck, J. A. Rosseel, L. C. spoit
ord, S. Robertson, H. M. Robertson, W. W. Mc
Nair ' G. C. Heckman J. McNulty, S. Mitchel,
and A. Gardner. Elders: J. Anderson, Horizon ;
Mr. Wiley, Rosendale; Mr. Van Dnyne, Fond du
Lac; Mr. Clawson Dodge Centre; Mr. Ross,
(Fox Lake; ,and L. H. Jones, Netiash.
CORBBSPONDING MIMBERS PRES:BNT—Rev. G.
'T. Todd, of the Synod of New York. Rev. L. W.
Chapman, of the Synod of New"JerseY. Rev. T.
Frazer, of the Synod of Arkansas. Rev. W. H.
Hendebourck, of the Congregational' Union of
England and Wales. Rev. Mr. Parmele, of the
Presbytery and Congregational Convention of
Wisconsin. • Rev. G. W. Elliot, of the Synod of
Peoria. Rev. Mr.,Jonee, of 'the ,Methodist Con
ference.
Bev. Reuben Smith was chosen Moderator, and
Rev. S. Mitohel Temporary Clerk.
,PnEsartutuy sursgon.
After reading and approval of *the Minutes
of the last meeting; it was'on motion,
Resolved, That Synod having received satisfac
tory information of the organization of the Pres
bytery of Lake Superior, according to the act of
the last General Assembly, as designated on
page thirty-six of the Minutes, do recognize that
Presbytery and direct the Stated Clerk to add the
names of its members to the roll of Synod.
At a subsequent session of the Synod, a copy
of the minutes of this Presbytery, accompanied
with a letter from the Rev. J. M. Barnet, the
Clerk, stating that by the death of Rev. Mr. El
der, since their organization, they were unable to
obtain a constitutional quorum for the transac
tion of Presbyterial business, and asking the ad
vice of Synod what to do under their existing
circumstances, were laid before Synod and duly
considered.
Whereupon the Synod resolved to recommend
to the existing members of the Presbytery of
Lake Superior, in their peculiar and painful cir
eumstanoes, to act as a Presbytery in the recep
tion of a new member, if the opportunity offer,
although they may be unable to obtain a consti•
tutional quorum, and that they send up to the
next General Assembly a report of their proceed
ings, together with this recommendation, and ask
for the confirmation of their acts, or a reorgani
zation of their Presbytery, as may seem best to
the Assembly.
Otto, t 7 at
After the announcement of the Stated Commit
tees, by the Moderator, the report of the Direc
tors of the Theological Seminary for the North-
West, with a letter from the President, and a com
munication from Rev. Dr. Mac Master, on the sub
ject of Slavery, ordered by the Directors to be
laid before the Synods represented in their Board,
was received and referred to a committee consist
ing of Rev. 0. Park, Rev. Reuben Frame, and
Rev. B. Phillips, to which committee was also
referred a communication from the Synod of
lowa, on the subject of an alteration or amend
ment of the Constitution of the Seminary, whose
report as subsequently modified and adopted by
the Synod, was substantially as follows, to wit :
That only part of the Directors be . annually re
elected, and that they be changed, one every year,
beginning with the first of our Presbyteries, as
on the Minutes of the General Assembly, and so
on in succession.
And, WilkatEAS, This Synod has been officially
informed that the Synod of lowa have "Resolved,
the other Synods concurring, that the Constitu
tion of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary
for the North-West be amended, by inserting the
following clause in the appropriate article, to
wit: ' Any Synod, however, which may be at any
time erected by the subdivision of any of the
United Synods, shall obe entitled, without any
further action of the Synods, to elect its propor
tion of Directors, and assume its part in the con
trol of the institution; provided such election
take plane at the first stated meeting of such
newly erected Synod '"
Resolved, That this Synod concur in this pro
posed amendment.
The followiog preamble and resolutions were
recommended by the committee, and adopted by
Synod.:
Wise/Ines, It is the deliberate opinion of this
Synod that the, success of the Presbyterian Theo
logical Seminary for, the North-West, located at
Chicago, is of very great importance to, the in
terests of the Presbyterian Church ; and, where
as, it is our opinion that to its success the united
and liberal support of our ministers and churches
is absolutely essential ; and, whereas, we are con
vinced that such united and liberal support can
only be secured by placing the Seminary under
the entire control of the General Assembly ; there
fore, '
It.H:II
Resolved, That this Synod concurring with the
Synods of Cincinnati, Indiana, Northern Indiana,
Illinois, Chicago, and lowa, and such other
Synods as may be united in , the control of the
Seminary, or a majority of them, does hereby
transfer to the said Assembly all the property in
and control over the Presbyterian Theological
Seminary for the North-West, possessed by this
Synod.
Resolved, That this Synod, concurring with the
Synods aforesaid, or a majority of them, does
hereby consent that a new act of ineorporatiOn
be obtained from the proper authorities of the
State of Illinois; that a Board of Direotors shall
be elected by the General Assembly, shall nomi
nate the Trustees to be named in the act of
incorporation, and shall appoint their successors
in office, and 'does hereby authorize and direct
the present Board of Directors ic; instruct the
present Board of Trustees to convey to the new
Board of Trustees, to be so constituted, all lands,
tenements, funds, moneys and other property,
real and personal, now held, or which may here
after be held by the present Board of Trustees,
for the sole use of said Seminary.
Resolved, That this tender of the Seminary be
made to the next General Assembly, with the re
quest that that body elect professors so soon as
the funds of the Seminary shall be in a condition
to warrant the opening of the institution.
And, whereas, the Synod of Missouri was one
of the Synods united in the direction and support
of the Theological Seminary located at New Al
bany; Indiana
Resolved, That this Synod cordially invite the
Synods of Missouri, and Upper Missouri, to ap
point Directors of the Presbyterian Theological
Seminary for the North-West, in accordance with
Sec. IV., Art. 2, of its Constitution.
Rev. Reuben Smith, Rev. J. M. Buchanan, Rev.
H. M. Robertson, and Elders W. P. Lynde, and
E. W. Drury were elected Directors of the Semi
nary, with the understanding that the last named
(E. W. Drury) does not claim his seat until after
the meeting of the Presbytery, of Chippewa, for
organization.
SYNODICAL MISSIONARY AGENT.
The committee to - whom Was referred the sub
ject of securing a Synodical Missionary Agent,
to labor within our bounds, appointed, at the last
meeting, reported that they have secured the ser
vices of Rev. D. C. Lyon, who has already enter
ed on the work assigned him in this field, and
with a vie'' to his support, in addition to what
was contributed by the Board' of Domestic Mis
sions, it would be necessary for Synod to raise at
least $3OO. After adopting this report, the
Synod made the following apportionment, with a
view of raising the sum specified:
1. Presbytery of Dane.
Oakland and Cambridge,. . . $12.00
Mineral Point, . . . . 20.00
Janesville, . . . . . 30.00
Madison,. . . . 25,00
Richland City and Richland Centre, 5.00
Decatur, . . . . . 10.00
2. Presbytery of Milwaukee.
Waukesha, . . . . $15.00
Milwaukee, . . . 40.00
8. Presbytery of Winnebago.
Fond du Ide, . . $15.00
Weyauwega, . . . 10.00
Oxford,. . . . . 10.00
Neenah, • . . 15:00
Depere, ' .
Dodge, Centre, and Herioon,2o.oo
Eau Clair, . . • . 20.00
Newport , 10.00
Dekorah and Caledonia, of o 5.00
Portage City, . . . . 28.00
Rev. Reuben Smith, . . 5.00
• Rev. Messrs. Heckman, McNair, and Dhillips,
were authorized as a committee to secure the ser
vices of Rev. D. C. Lyon, for another year, if, at
the close of the present year it be deemed by
them advisable.
The committee appointed at the last meeting to
'attend the examinations of Carroll College, re
ported that they had attended to the duties of_
their appointment, and signified their satisfaction
with the state of that institution in regard to the
instruction, and discipline. Their report was ac
cepted, and the committee discharged ; and Synod
appointed for the coining year, for a similar pur
pose, Rev. Messrs. Park, Knoepfel, Beckman,
and Barnet, and Elders Rexford, Tellis, Pettibone,
and Crosier; also, a committee to advise and co
operate, on the behalf of Synod during the in
terim of its meetings, with the Board of Trustees
of the College, consisting of Rev. Messrs. Bu
chanan, H. M. Robertson, and Staples, and El
ders Rexford and Lynda.
,The Synod recommended to the Board of Trus
tees of the College io elect to.the Professorship
of Modern Languages, Edward P. Evans, A. M.,
and as Tutor, Mr. Andrew Watson, A. B.
I ~.
The President and Fiscal Agent presented the
following report in reference to the institution,
to wit :
Since the last meeting of Synod, littlo or no
change bus occurred in regard to attendance or
CARROLL COLLEGE
THE PRESBYTERIAN MANNER AND ADVOCATE.
instruction in the College, with the exception of
the graduation;,of one class of six members, and
the introduction of a hew Freshman Class of the
saute number.
' , Rev. Ch. D. Pidgeon did not, according to
his own and our expectations, enter upon the du
ties of the professorship to which he was elected,
and has resigned his contemplated position in and
relationship to the College, in consequence of the
impracticability of consummatino• b his plans for
the removal of himself and family to the West.
The department of instruction, which his with
drawment has rendered it necessary to provide
for, has been supplied, through the assistance of
Mr. E. P. Evans, who has also the charge of the
department of Modern Languages. The instruc
tion is now conducted under the direction of
Professoati Monteith, Bean, and Evans, in the
College proper, and of Mr. Andrew Watson, a
member of the Class graduating in July last, in
the Preparatory Department; Professors Chap
man and Daniels giving occasional gratuitous in
struction in their respective departments.
" The financial condition of the Institution may
in fact be said to be more favorable than ever be
fore, while the difficulties in meeting the currrent
expenses have never been greater than at present.
The liabilities for instruction up to September 1,
1857, remaining unpaid, amount in the aggregate
to about $2,000, to liquidate which, the Fiscal
Agent has no immediately available means. And
so far as he can arrive at an estimate of the
availabilities of the Institution, the expenditures
for the instruction on the present basis must ex
ceed its income annually at least $2,000. Under
these circumstances he asks for the intructions
of Synod."
"Signed, JOHN A. SAVAGE,
"Pres't and Fiscal Ag't Carroll College."
The committee to whom this report was referred,
consisting of Rev. Messrs. Staples and Frame,
and Elder L. H. Jones, who also were instructed
to audit the accounts of the Final Agent, snbse
quently reported that they had examined the
Fiscal Agent's accounts nwro October 1, 1857,
and fopind them correct. And in order to meet
ibe exigencies of the Institution under its present
embarrassments, they recommend that the Presi
dent and Fiscal Agent, if he con safely arrange
the instruction to be conducted without his pres
ence, as soon as practicable, be advised to lay the
wants of the Institution before such individuals,
and communities as he may think most likely to
interest themselves in its behalf, with a view to
secure the necessary relief; and if he shall find
this impracticable, that be endeavor to effect a
loan wherever he may think best, of an amount
sufficient to meet immediate exigencies. Their
report was adopted.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS
Rev. J. M. Buchanan, Rev. B Phillips, and
Elder VanDuyne, the committee to whom was re
ferred the whole subject of the missionary work
within our bounds, made their repOrt, which was
adopted, and is as follows:
Resolved, That the present financial distress
of the country, and the consequent embarrassmeot
of our Board of Domestic Missions, should, in
the judgment of Synod, be regarded as a call in
Providence upon the churches within our bounds
to make increased exertions in maintaining the
preaching of the Gospel without missionary aid.
Resolved, That Synod earnestly urge upon
Presbyteries the duty of relieving the Board, so
far as practicable, by the transfer of missiona
ries from less to more promising fields ' by the
union of feeble churches, and in such other ways
as may in their judgment seem best.
Resolved, That while our confidence in the
fidelity and wisdom of the Board of Missions is
undiminished, and while we deeply sympathsie
with said Board in their present embarrassed con
dition and felt inability to do as much as de
sirable, we yet regard the missionary work commit
ted to us of such importance as to warrant the
Board in devising more liberal things, trusting
in God and counting on the prompt and cordial
support of his people.
Resolved, That •in view of the facts that
many of our frontier missionaries are living upon
starvation salaries, and are suffering the many
evils incident to such inadequate support, and
that the Presbyteries have, in making their ap
plications to the Board for missionary aid, asked
in each particular case, the least amount that
could on principles of justice be asked, and that
these missionaries have, with a self denying zeal
for the advancement of the kingdom of Christ,
entered upon their work, expecting to be sustain
ed by the churches, Synod feel constrained to
urge the Board to cease from the system of cur
tailing the salaries of our frontier missionaries,
believing that such a system, in view of all the
facts in the case, is one which is rendered un
necessary, by the well-known integrity, wealth,
and benevolence of the Presbyterian Church in
these United States.
FOREIGN MISSIONS
On motion of Rev. G. C. Hechmenthe following
preamble and resolutions were adopted:
Wnsuses, The Synod has beard with deepest
grief and commisseration the disastrous events
which have interrupted our missions in India, at
tended with heavy loss of property, and perhaps
with more deplorable loss of life, therefore,
Resolved, That we bow in humble submission
to the will of God in this painful providence.
Resolved, That we extend our hearty sym
pathy to our surviving missionaries in India, their
suffering families, and to the Assembly's Board of
Foreign Missions.
Resolved, That we commend these distressing
events and the consequent pecuniary embarrass
ment of the Board of Foreign Missions to the
earnest and prayerful attention of our ministers
and churches.
PRESBYTERY OF OBIPPEiVA
On motion of Rev. W. W. McNair, the Synod
erected a new Presbytery within their bounds, to
be called the. Presbytery of Chippewa, to be com
posed of the following minikters : Rev. B.
lips, of the Presbytery of Dane; Rev. W. W:11c-
Nair, of the Presbytery of Winnebago ; and. Rev.
A. S. Stewart of the Presbytery of Milwankie ;
said Presbytery to hold its first meeting in Eau
Claire, on the Fourth Monday of November next,
at 7 o'clock P. M.,' the opening sermon to be
preached by Rev. B. Phillips, who shall act as
Moderator until one be chosen.. Said Presbytery
also is to have power , to define its own boundaries,
subject to the future•action of Synod.
I. P. MACK'S APPEAL
WHEREAS, I. F. Macke has not a}tpeared before
this body up to this the third day of its sessions,
although he has been informed that the papers in
reference to his appeal would be on band—and
WHEREAS, This body has been certified that he
has united with another. Church, one out of our
connexion, while under discipline; therefore,
Resolved, That his case be hereby dismissed;
provided, that should he, within reasonable time
in the future, make it appear that he was pre
vented from attending this meeting by Providen
tial hindrances, and also giye satisfactory reasons
for uniting with another Church, while under dis
cipline, his case may be resumed.
PRESBYTERIAN EXPOSITOR
The committee to whom was referred the Pros.
pectus of the Presbyterian Expositor, a monthly
periodical proposed to be published at Chicago,
by' Rev. Dr. N. L. Rice, reported as follows,
which was adopted by Synod: •
Resolved, That we would hail with pleasure, the
establishment of any sound journal in the interest
of the Presbyterian Church, but more especially
a weekly newspaper, and the Synod would express
its conviction that such weekly Newspaper would
meet with a hearty support within its bounds.
The first half hour of each day's session was
spent by the Synod in devotional exercises, and
throughout the whole of its unusually protracted
meeting, a. hallowed feeling seemed to pervade the
bosoms of its members, from the Moderator to
each attendant, rendering its transactions delight
fully harmonious. According to the arrangements
made by the committee on devotional exercises,
the Sabbath morning was spent after a sermon by
Rev. T. Frazer, the missionary pioneer of the
Presbyterian Church in Wisconsin, in joining with
the pastor of the church and its members in the
celebration of •the Lord's Supper, the services of
which were conducted by Rev. D. C. Lyon, and
Rev. W. W. McNair, and the afternoon in relig
ious conference, conducted by the Moderator, and
the evening in listening to a sermon by Rev. S.
Mitchel:
The adjoining churches were supplied by the
members of synod ; and after these refreshing
scenes'of the Lord's day, the Synod continued its
Session, until late in the afternoon. of Monday,
the 12th, when, after a vote of _thanks, with right
good will to the' congregation and citizens of for
icon, for their generous, hospitalities, they ad•
journed in the usual form, to meet in Portage
h City on the second Wednesday of October, 1858,
at 7 o'clock, r. H. JOHN A. SAVAGE,
Stated Clerk.
for tc
Nor the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
" The Nails are Gone, but the marks are
There.
Once there was a little boy, who had a
father who loved him dearly, and wished,
as all good parents do, to have his much
loved son a good child. So, one day, he
told him that he would drive a nail into a
post whenever he would do an act that was
wrong, and when he would do a good deed,
he would pull one out. Now, I think that
this little boy tried to be good, for, though
there were quite a number or nails driven
into the post, after a while all had been
drawn out. Not one remained.
Don't you think "Bennie" must have
been a happy little fellow the day that the
last nail disappeared from the post ? His
father was very much pleased, and was con
gratulating his little son upon the fact that
the nails were all gone but he was much
surprised to see that "Bennie was weep
ing, instead of being elated. "Yes," said
the dear child, " the nails are till gone, that
is true, bu. the marks are there stilt"
Oh my dear children, did you ever
think that all your bad deeds will leave
marks? Yes, marks upon your soul, and
perhaps upon the souls of others. Think of
this whenever you are tempted to do a
wren , " act. -Say to yourself, " I shall make
a mark that I shall not love to look at—a
mark that cannot be taken out." For even
though this sin may be pardoned, as to its
guilt, and washed away, as to its pollution,
by the atoning blood of the precious Re
deemer, still it will leave a something that
will prevent its being forgotten by you.
Memory, like a faithful mirror, will often
present it before you. How painful the
view will he. How you will wish that you
could have none but good deeds to look
upon. Bright and beautiful would the tablet
then appear, instead of being stained and
marred by dark spots and scars.
Then, my dear children, strive to make a
mark every day of your lives, but let that
mark be , a good one—one that you will love
to see in days to come—one that will bring
smiles, and not tears, whenever you think
upon it—one that will leave a bright spot
upon your heart, and the hearts of others,
and not a wound that will keep
, festering and
aching within your heart, or sear your con
science. Now is your seed-time. Lay not
up for yourself that which will cause bitter
remorse; but gather a store of sweet mem
ories that shall refresh you in age—that
shall cheer you upon a sick or dying bed,
and even be remembered with joy in heaven.
AUNT LIZZIE.
Pittsburgh, Nov. _24.
qt
Per the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
Jacob in Padan-Aram.—•Gen. xxxi : 41,°42.
After the vision at Bethel, Jacob hastened
on, with lighter steps and more joyful heart,
toward the fatherland. He stands at length
at "high day," by a well covered, as still in
oriental countries, with a great stone. The
sheep, which love to rest at noon, lie around
in three flocks. But Rachel, the daughter
of Laba», now the chief shepherdess, has
not brought up her flock, and, till she comes,
custom forbids' tb)it the well should be
opened. When she arrives, Jacob—not, as
the Jews have often said, to exhibit his great
strength, but to show his affection—rolls
away the stone,, waters the flocks; and his
relationship being made known, "he kisses
Rachel and weeps;" perhaps, with mingled
feelings of sorrow and of joy—of sorrow
that he stands there as an exile, of joy,that he
has met in a far off land a friend of his
mother, whose name he would often repeat.
We feel like pausing for a moment as we
read, to consider Rachel as a keeper of sheep.
Our herd of modern times is unpoetic and
servile, but it was not so in early, classic
ages. Abraham, Moses and David were for
a great part of their lives keepers of sheep.
So the spouse in Canticles is described as
following in the footsteps of the flock, and
as a feeder of kids. As a mark of honor
and as a privilege, Rachel kept ber father's
flocks. This incident is no doubt recorded
of her who became the honored wife of the
father of the tribes, that mothers in every
subsequent age might learn an instructive
lesson. They have a flock, it may be the
Father's flock, well worthy of their care and
watch, even if they are born as princes
daughters, and have risen to the rank of
queen wives.
The news of Jacob's arrival comes to the
ears of label' and his selfish worldliness is
banished a little. He now seems more like
the man be was almost a century before this,
when he so affectionately sent , away his sister,
Rebekah.' He is rejoiced to meet her son.
A month passes, and he is pleased with the
interest his nephew takes in his affairs.
Meanwhile, it is perhaps learned that Jacob
cannot for a time return home. Laban
offers wages for Jacob's service. Aware of
the custom of the age and land, that wives
must be purchased by a price to the father,
and despairing of soon entering, upon the
possession of his father's estate, Jacob offers
seven years service for the beautiful Rachel.
The bargain isystruck; the seven days mar
riage feast plisses joyfully away, and, accord
ing to custOm - , the bride is brought at night
to the chamber , of 'her husband. But the
elder and not the younger sister is given.
The anger of the deceived husband is al
layed in a measure by another week's feast,
and by the presence of Rachel where her
sister Leah stood one week before.
Truly, we have here a picture well drawn,
to describe a low state of morals in this age
of polygamy. We may profit by the high tt
value we set upon our institutions; the re
sult of a full and 'completed Bible revelation.
Whether the two weeks marriage feast
took place at the beginning or at the close of
the-first seven years' service, bas been a matter
of dispute among. Biblical scholars. There
are difficulties on both sides, but to us
they seem less with the former than
the latter opinion. Though the narra
tive (Gem xxix : 20) seems to convey
the idea that the service for Rachel was ren
dered first, and then came the feast. Yet
this verse may be viewed as stating the gen
eral fact, as is often done by historians.
That this is the case here, seems pretty evi
dent. Jacob was only twenty years with
Laban.—Gen.' xxxi : 38. Leah bears four
sons, is barren awhile, arranges with her sis
ter for her eldest son's mandrake:, and bears
two other sons and a daughter before Rachel
has a son. Joseph is born at the end of
the fourteen years' - service —Gen. xxx : 25.
Seven years is, too short for these events. i
Jacob is in Hebron when Joseph is seven
teen years old.—Gen. xxxvii : 2, M. Prior
to this, Dinah is dishonored, and Simeon and
Levi are old enough to take the sword of '
vengeance in their own hand. Obviously,
some time must have been spent after Jacob
left Shechem, at Bethel, Ephrath and Edar,
before he came to his father's house. The
history, too, seems to indicate that Jacob
bad dwelt some time with his father (Gen.
xixvii : 12) before he sent Joseph out of
the vale of Hebron to bring word from the
flocks which had been driven North, as fir
as the demolished city of the Hivites. Yet,
allow no time for these events, and Levi
could not have been more than twenty-one
and Dinah seventeen years of age at the
destruction of Shechem. It appears much
more natural to consider the overthrow of the
Hivites as an event several years earlier than
the sale of Joseph to the Midianites. If
so, Jacob's marriage, to the daughters of
Labari, took place at the commencement of
the first seven years of service. Laban's
proposal in answer to Jacobs complaint,
and the fact that the words, "Did I not
serve !".will bear equally well the tendering,
"Was I not to serve ?" strengthens the view
that Jacob served for both Leah and Rachel
after his marriage to them.
All the children of Jacob, except Benja
min, are named as born during the fourteen
years' service. Jacob, after he purposes to
return to Canaan, is detained by a new ar
rangement for six years This is the period
of his advance in wealth.
The bargain proposed by Jacob, and agreed
to by Laban, was that the speckled and
spotted'goats, and brown sheep, should be
Jacob's, and the rest would be Laban's. The
small proportion, in oriental lands, to the
whole flock of the part which Jacob agrees
to receive, makes it pretty evident that he
either intended that he should have that part
of the flock named, and not the increase
merely, or that he expected Providence to
interpose in his favor. Laban makes the best
of what he deems a good bargain, divides
the flock, and, removes all the " speckled and
spotted and brown" three days journey from
the place where Jacob feeds the balance,
from the increase of which alone he must
expect his wages. This was, on Laban's
part, taking an unmanly advantage of a bar
gain, unless it was understood by him that
Jacob wished to make an appeal to God.
In either case it places, Jacob's conductin a
much more favorable light. He must, new,
to all human appearance, labor for almost
nothing, or he must resort to unintended.
means. This he finds in his, pealed /uz or
hazel rods. No fault could be found if be
had treated "the weak and the strong " of
the flock alike. Even this, his unjustifiable
conduct, has its guilt in some measure les
sened or paliated by Laban's prior unfairness.
If the result was directly from God and
beyond the reach of human agency, then
the wages JaCob received were no more than
just, for God will do right; yet, we need
neither approve of Jacob's anxiety about the
matter which disturbs him in his sleeping
as well as waking moments, nor of 'the means
employed by him to bring the desired result:.
The feelings and the words of Laban'e
sons are not proof positive that any injustice
was done them, taking into account all the
service Jacob had rendered from his first.
arrival. They may have possessed much of
their father's spirit of worldliness, and they
may have felt and talked enviously of Jacob,.
as the servants of the King of Gerar had
talked of and acted toward Isaac, almost a.
century before that.
But it is not our purpose to attempt
defence of all Jacob did. This is neither•
necessary for his honor, were we set to write
his history, nor is it required in order that
we may properly priie the Bible as a revela
tion from God. "To err is human." "No
man liveth and sinneth not." The man
merits the highest earthly honor, who rises
above every adverse and opposing influence
to accomplish great and noble deeds. So
the Bible awards the highest heavenly honor
to the sinner who, through the greatest and
sorest trials, reaches the goal for which he
sets out. Yet, we do feel like dulling
the edge of some of the cutting remarks
made against Jacob for his alleged fraudulent
dealing with his father-in-law.
One writer says if he knew when he made
the bargain, that by pealed rods he could
mark any of the flock as his, "he was guilty
of the greatest eheatery, dishonesty and sin."
Another says, in reference to Jacob's deal
ing with the cattle of Labau, " Altpgether
our notion is very, much confirmed ,with re
gard to the low standard of virtue in those
days." Now, does the Bible account justify
this? We think not. Laban is declared
to be a fickle, grasping and dishonest miser.
Jacob is overreached by him in property as
well as social arrangements. He appeals to
God and obtains justice; and Laban is for
bidden to attempt by force the recovery of
any part of the property which he has got
into possession.
The lessons then taught us are these—dis
honesty is bad policy, and will sooner or
later meet with punishment. But it is
Laban's dishonesty, and not Jacob's, that
we 'are called to reflect upon as we read.
Diligence, with an • honest purpose and a
proper trust in God, will be rewarded, though
human infirmity may be visible in some of
the,means to reach an equitable end. But
it is the result aimed at byJaeob, and which'
God approves, and not any supposed wrong
to Laban because strange and extraordinary
instrumentality is used, that we are invited
to consider as we read the Bible story con
tained in those chapters.
We are not justified in concluding that all
Jacob's wealth, while yet in the house of
Laban, was the reward of service rendered.
Jacob was the son and the acknowledged heir •
to the estate of a pastoral prince of far greater
wealth than Laban. He was the mother's
,favorite. Many of the numerous and pious
household of Isaac may have been ;warmly
attached to Jacob. It was only ten days
hasty drive for cattle from Haman to Gilead,
(Gen. xxxi; 23, 25) and this place was as
near the residence of Isaac as Shechem, to
which the sons of Jacob drove their flocks
when Jacob dwelt in the same place. Com
panies of the herdsmen of Isaac way have
done so; and with the consent of both the
father and mother, they may have gone these
ten days'drive more to be under the super
vision of Jacob. Deborah, Rebekah's nurse,
(Gen. xxxv : 8) we know did become a
member of Jacob's family before his return.
to Hebron. So part of Jacob's increase in
"cattle, maid-servants, and men servants, and
camels, and asses," may have been in the
same way. Other families, as we have al
ready intimated, may have joined themselves
with all their substance to Jacob, being pro
selites to his faith, and hoping with him to
reap benefits by a covenant relation with the
God of Abraham. These things in same
measure may account for the envious feelinrgs
and hard words of the sons of Laban. They
viewed him as a servant of their father, and
considered themselves heir to all the wealth
which flowed in to him ; whereas he was
greatly the superior, and was actually the
head of a commonwealth, for whose benefit,
if needs he, God will interpose in special
providences.
The incidents of these twenty years of
Jacob's life, fully justify an allusion to the
inexhaustibleness of Scripture. A fact is
stated—as, for example, the death and burial
of Deborah, or the fact that Jacob proposed
to return to hi's father's house when 'Joseph
was born—and this fact may appear isolated,
and may be expressed in a single sentence;
yet it must be taken into the account for a
proper view of every incident of the entire
period. We see at s once, then, the duty of
careful study of the Bible; the danger that,
without it, there will be principles drawn
unsuitable for real life in a sinful world; and
the likelihood that conduct will be approved
ur condemned, when a full investigation
would change the decision too hastily given.
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It strikes us that there is a " word of
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" Every school-boy knows that a kite
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Jacob's Army.
A 'queer mode of defence, was that of the
Patriarch—not very wise or Christian, ac
cording to the view now prevalent among
men calling themselves followers of the
Prince of Peace. Esau, in his wrath, had
come out "with four hundred men;" a
pretty formidable host for that day ; and
how did Jacob- purpose to meet him ?
What sort of an army did he put in array
against this force ? His army consisted of
"'two hundred she-goats, and twenty he•
goats; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams;
forty kine, and ten bulls; thirty she asses,
and ten foals." A cost of less than $3,000 of
our money. A novel army, that; a strange
way of repulsing an enemy; but what was
the result? " Jacob boWed himself to the
ground seven times, until he came near to
his brother; and Esau ran to meet him, and
embraced him; and they wept."
Here waa a real triumph, a Christian vie.
tory, that turned a foe into a friend. What
a pity that those Christians, who are forever
poking about to find in the few good men of
that rude and barbarous age, examples to
justify war under a new dispensation of
peace, could not cull out ,such facts as these,
to illustrate and enforce the Sermon on the
Mount. There is in the Old Testament
something better than war.—Advocate of
Peace.
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surrounding country is Wily and remarkable healthy.
A large, tasteful, and convenient building, lie
erected and furnished with suitable apparatus; the uzl,r.
signed devote their attention entirely to the instite
and all the necessary arrangements have been male
educating young men on the most approved principit , ,
The course of studies includes an English and
Department, and is extensive enough to prepare ~ tti, r !F
for the Junior Class in the best Colleges. Strict atz , co. ,
will be given to the comfort, manners and moral a J 1.,..!
pupils, and they will enjoy the advantages of a Literary
Society, a Library, and a Philosophical Apparatus.
Very email or backward boys are not received, nor will
be permitted to remain who are either immoral. in.! ,
or unwilling to form habits of diligent study. On
u.E tbe , L't
hand, we invite young men of good character and st. .
habits, who desire a good education to fit themstlre , '
business or for teaching; and especially pious fount
preparing for the Gospel ministry, whose presence a: :e
fluence we highly appreciate.
TERMS op TIIITIoN.--141 the Classical Department.
per Session of five months; Senior. English Depart:le
$lO.OO, per Session of five months; Junior English D.
ment, $B.OO, per Session of five months. •
Tuition fees must be paid in advance. Rooms
ing will he furnished by respectable private famiNt- 1 - :
$2.00 per week. The Sessions continence on the tin,t
day of May and of November.
REV..I. E. ALEXANDER, Priscir
jyll-ly J. Y. MO( ER, A. 8., Assistant. .
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NEW CATALOGITE.— GOITIL D
A COLN, No. 59 Washington Street Boston. ttn.-
issued a full descriptive Catalogue of their publirathr , N
with illustrations, which they will be happy to ..,red,
paid, to any one desiring it for reference.
They would call particular attention to the follnienq
nable works described in the Catelogne, -
Hugh Miller's Worka—Bayne's Works—Walker's 110 .1 -
-Mien's Worka — Bungener's Works—Annual of s,i.unne
Discovery—Knight's Knowledge is Power—Krum .
Suffering Saviour— Banvard's American Histcri , a- 11 .'
AimwellStories—Newcomb'a Works—Tweedie'
Chambers' Works—Harris' Works— Kitto's Cyclops=tie °i
Biblical Literature—Mrs. Knight's Life of. Montgomery
-Kitto's History of Palestine—Whewell'e Worts--W'! .
land's Works—Agusiz's Works--Henry Rogers' Grq"
son Letters—Williams' Works—Guyot's Works—Thom!:
son's Better Land—Kimball's Heaven—ratuable
on Missions --:Haven's Mental Philosophy—Buch"El
Modorn Atheism Cruden'e Condensed Concordat '''
Raffle's Analytical Concordance—Cortis's Pregrees of DV'
List Principles—The Psalmist: a Collection of 11 ) . ° n :
Valuable School Books—Works for Sabbath Schools—
moir of Amos Lawrence—Poetical Works of Milton. l.7"`'
per, and Scott—Elegant Miniature Volumes—A reine's .".
cloptedis of Anecdotes—ltipley's Notes on Gospels,
ltomana—Sprague's European Celebrities—llacketes
on Acts—Sle , WhOrter's Inhveh Christ—Sielold and Sul,
°lmperative Anatomy—Marco's Geological nen 1 - 71 ''1,
States—Religions and Miscellaneous Works—Works io
various Departmenta of Literature, Science. and Arc.
Mgr. Gould & Lincoln will send any of their work . `!',.
mail, prepaid, on receipt of the published price of the sc—'
feb2B-ly
lINDERSIGNIM 111 AS BEEN AV.
IL POINTED Receiving Agent and 'Treasurer. tbr e
lowing Church enterprises, in the Synods of PITTSM.: OO )
ALLEGHENY, WHEELING. AND OHIO. ris
The General Assembly's BOARD OP DOMESTI
SIONS; the General Assembly's HOARD OF EDErst
the General Assembly's CHURCH EXTENSION CO):'
TAR (Et. Louis); and the FITND FOR SUPERANNIAT ,
MASTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Correspondents will please address him as helot, swis ,
distinctly the Presbytery and Murch, from which erwu n e
tions are sent; and when a receipt is required by vittil•
name of the pest office and County.
As heretofore, monthly reports will be made throne,. tr.
PratbOeriart BaTint+.7and.tittrecciteand the Home esti
,Recurat.
D. WILLIAMS, Treasurer.
114 Smithfield Stre,t.
Pittsburgh. P.
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OTICE.— RAVING RESIGNED DO
i'e Professorship in the Homeopathic College.
Philadelphia,
my friends in theeoantry will hereafter tile
me, as formerly, at No. 312 Penn St.
nOl43m* J. P. OAKS, 31. D...
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Pendnoted by the Faculty of The Ecleetie College of sole
tine, is publiehed at One Dollar a Year, payable in alran ,
The 7°1 " 10 of the Jrurnal comae twee with the :F O7
Communications for subscription, or for specimen nureb.r:
should be direeted to
Dr. C. D. CLEAVSLAND , Publisher. ,
'74 824 131) seventh Street, Cintinnati