PRESBYTERIA:\ BAWER & ADVOCATE.
proslortorlsio Boaxor. Vol. VlLtio• 14.
prosbytoriam *avowals. Vo XI, if o. I
DAVID MoKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
TERMS.-SIN ADVANCE,
J)riginal ottrg.
My Mother's Boit.
There's melody in every land,
Sweet songs from foreign clime,
Yet loved the most above them all,
My soother dear, are thine.
The memory of childhood's days
Recalls sweet songs to me;
The songs we sang, when all at home,
Beneath the old roof•tree..
And shall I e'er forget the song,
The choicest one to me,
The song of love that first I heard
Upon my mother's knee?
She sang of Heaven, of Jesus there;
Of saints in God's employ;
Of holy angels' watchful care,
Who'd guard her darling boy :
And as she'd sing, she 'd press my head
(lose to her heart so true;
Oh I then, it always seemed to me
She was an angel too.
My mother's voice, I'llne'er forget,
That voice so sweet to me;
The song of lore, that first I heard
Upon my mother's knee.
And now, though all those days are fled,
These many, many years,
That song recalls my mother's voice,
And tills my eyes with tears.
Oh, should I, when my time is done,
To heaven's bright home attain,
I know I'll meet my mother there,
And hear that voice again.
Till then, I'll ne'er forget; the song,
The choicest one to me;
The song of love, that first I heard
Upon my mother's knee.
The 'Presbyterian North-West Seminary.
The following very able article, over the
signature of " J. M. L.," appeared in, the
St. Louis Presbyterian, of December 341,
The author requests its traisfei to our' col
umns, giving us liberty to issue it at twine ' :
Let notie be deterred from reading it. 'The'
friends of Synodical control, will, we.thinir,
feel that justice is'fully done to'their cause.
The article is in a good sPirit.
It is very evident, Mr. Editor, as you say,
that the Seminary question is now a matter
of grave dispute among the churches of the
North-West. It is deeply to be regretted
that brethren having so much in common
should divide upob questions of minor im
portance ; yet the ohief duty now for the
lovers of Zion is to discuss some of the prin.
oiples involved, so that the mind and heart
of the Church may be united, and that wise
counsels may urge forward an enterprise iso
important to the growing interests of our
North. Western churches. May I request a
place in your columns for views diverse froth
those you have hitherto supported, yet urged
in a spirit with which I hope you will find
no fault ?
I do not propose to discuss the nerssity
for such a Seminary. Nearly three-foulths of
the minority in the Synod of Cincinnati were
the avowed opponents of the entire scheme; , '
and a recent writer in the columns of the St.
Louis Presbyterian takes his stand for no
more Colleges or Seminaries for twenty or
fifty years. Where in advance, one genera
tion will plane this growing country; •or how
far behind the other churches that period of
time would leave our lagging Zion; no living
man is competent to say. But though, the
movement for a new Seminary meets with
this kind of opposition, the sentiment of the
Church in the .North-West seems truly in
favor of the enterprise ; indeed it is a great
object before the orethren here, thwarted for
many years by various disappointments.
Nor is it my design to speak of the per
sonal matters, unhappily belonging to this
discussion. It is the part of those who have
not become entangled here, to keep them
selves aloof. For my part, I have never had
the slightest acquaintance or intercourse
with Drs. Mac Master or Thomas. I have
no reason to think otherwise than that mutual
esteem and confidence exist between myself, ,
and Dr. Rice. Since our acquaintance be-
gun, no question, that I now remember of,
has found us ranged upon opposing Hides
until now; and no prejudices against him ,
have led to my present difference of opinion.
The difference of principle between us, I
will mention, and will endeavor to maintain,
my views.
And I may add that I do not design to
dimes the vexed question of Slavery. It
is my 'firm conviction that with the legisla
tive position of our General Assembly upon
this subject, our Church is almost perfectly
one. So the Philadelphia Presbyterian de
ciao after reading all these Western discus
gone. So I believe. Yet I use the word
legislative, because there are some who die : .
like exceedingly the interpretations put upon
the acts of the Assembly. The Chnrch.
stands upon one common basis; all are agree,4,
upon it; but the reasoning is different in the
mind of a Northern or of a Southern Pres.
bytelian, for reaching the same conclusion.
Few Northern men can endorse the reason.
ings of Dr. Adger, in the Sout hern Presby.
terian Review ; and few will agree with the
articles of Dr, Armstrong in the Central
Presbyterian. But the great principle of
the Assembly's decisions, running through
them all and uniting them all together; name
ly that simple slave bolding is not a bar to .
Christian communion—is one that receives
the consent of the Church at large with far ,
more unanimity than could be secured upon
any of the moral questions of ti e day,
where a divided sentiment is possible. If
legislative action was proposed in our Assem.
bly upon the subjects of Temperance, Secret
Societies, or possibly of. Sabbath mails, I
believe there would be mole division at this
hour, upon either of those subjects •in the
Presbyterian Church, than upon the subject
of Slavery.
It seems true, however, that the move
ments; understood to be aggressive ,in the
. South, have aroused an antagonism in the
North. Yet only in one instance, to my
knowledge, has this taken the form of urging
another " deliverance" on the part of the
Assembly to change our legislative position.
This met with but little favor; it certainly
found little sympathy among those rith
whom I ism accustomed to f "
ee • so .1
amounted to nothing. The prevailing feel
ing of those Who say anything upon the sub
ject is to enlaiu why, we in the North hold
to the Assembly's past acts. We and our
Southern brethren have reached one common
conclusion by routes so 4ifferent, that we
wish to map out our 'course; and to show
that we have not passed'throngh the swampy
grounds—" love for Slavery," and "no eman
cipation "—that : seep to lie in the regions
round abont polu g kkia, and Norfolk.
But this question truly belongs not to the
matter of the Chicago Seminary. Whether
it is possible for the Church to avoid all dis
cussion of this topic, forced as it must be
from other quarters' Upon the attention of
our members,l need not inquire. On the
one hand,'if our position is'the right one, it
can be maintained; the views our people
must have urged upon them, if. we are wholly
silent, are false, divisive and dangerous, and
upon either topics we seldom allow errorists
to hold the entire field. On the other hand,
the'question is much involved in :the party
politics of the day, is of an exciting ten.:
,dency, and tends, when dismisied, to close
up doors of usefulness against 'us." In view
of the whole matter upon both sides, the
policy adopted by almost all our ministers is
to let the topic alone, and I have seldom
known it alluded to in one of our pulpits.
Yet whatever feeling exists .upon the sub
ject, fer the reasons above suggested, belongs
not to'the Movementin favor Of the North-
West Seminary, During the meetings of
the present Fall, none of the' Synods of the .
North-West have taken action in the ease as
decided as the aotion'of the Synoatif Ohio,
and of Pittsburgh., In the North-Westera
Synods, 'le matter came before them ,th'rough
the paper of Dr. MacNaster, whiPh i sprung
out of the controversy Qllgmapany
'question.' But withoutsuch call,'the Synods ,
farther EaStlave taken up,. the Matter vol
untarily and carried it much farther.' Both
of these Synods-have thought proper to re
affirm,their concurrence with the Assembly's
action in,lBlB. The i Synsd of Pittsburgh,
it can hirdly hi'ilkotghtlindesignedly passes.
.over the lotion of I.B4s;'ese if it &ai ex
istende ;* 'while the aotion'of the Synod of: •
Ohio seems yet more significant. That body
refused to re-affirm the action' of 1845 in
direct connexion with that' of 1818, lest the
milder 'termslof the latter 'action Shouldreven
'seem irnpair"the' forim 'the , stronger
'tens Vied in the earlier per. ' '
Upon this eubjedt I firmly 'that the •
Nnithern Old SPHOl l Preabyf4riiiii churches,
in cOreparilenlwith'the Southern, are bore
conservative, hold' More firmly and calmly
the Asietably's,gionnd, and 'are less influ
enced' by opiniohs outside of the Church.
Their outside' biluences are pro-slavery and
ours abolitioniet, and they have'yielded more
than we. ' I judge thus for these reasons—
that the tone of defiance and the disposition
to agitate, and the restiveness of opposing
sentiments belong to them ; that pro-slivery '
views are uttered frequently by them with
out rebuke, while abolitionism is seldom
found among us and never Unrebuked ; and
that, by newspapers, essays and books, Pres
byterians discuss the matter there as they
do not here. I suppose two things especially
allay disaussions in the Northern churches.
Ist. Not through fear, feeling, policy or in
terest, but from 'Conviction we esteem the
Assembly's legislative position right and wise.
2d. We regard the `spiritual interests of the .
colored people of the South as of importance
infinitely above their temporal condition'
and we esteem it our duty to hold 'thitior
matters in abeyance lest we be hindered in
doing the great work of the Church,
But the chief matter which it is Mypres
wit design to disouss, is this : • Is the control
of the General Assembly over our Theologi
cal Institutions 'preferable to theii. control by
the Synods immediately about there.?
S.L.O.
The questiOn isnot a new one. 'The Gen
eral Assembly' of 1809 itibMitted the'
Presbyteries three niodes'of establishing such
Seminaries; for their views on the question.
ht. One Seminary. 2d. Two. 3elj :One
for each Synod. The advantages of the first
plan are t3tated to be, in brief ; larger finds,
larger library, amore perfect system'of 'edu
cation and union of views and friendship in
the pupils. The advantages of the second
" will readily suggest themselves from a.'
comparison with 'the other two." " The ad
vantages which *mid attend the third, to
wit, the of Theological Schools
, by the reSpective Synods, would 'be the fol.:.
lowing - : The local situations Of the respective
schools be peCtiliarly convenient for
the several parts 'of a country so extensive,
as that for the benefit for which they. were
designed. The inhabitants having the Sem
inaries brought near would feel a. peculiar
interest in their prosperity, and' may be
rationally expected to contribute to it mush.
more:liberally and generally than 'to a single
sewed or even to two. The Synods also,
having the immediate care of them and di
rectiug either in persou'or
,by delegation all
their concerns, would feerammilarinterest,
and would probably be Vetter'pleased with .a
system formed by themselves and therefore
peculiarly suited tdthe wishes and "interests'
of the several pails of the Church immedi
ately under their direetion. Greater efforts
therefore may he expected from ministers
and people to promotethe prOaperity of qhese
schools than of any other. The disadvan
tages Of' tine mode would be the inferiority
of the funds, a smaller number of Professors,
a smaller library, and a more limited system
of education in each. The students also
~
would be, as now . , strangers to each other.
" Should the latit Of these modes be adopt
ed, your committee' are of opinion, that
every thing pertaining to the erection and'
conduct of each'school, should be left to the
direction of the respective Synods. If eithey
of the first, the school shonld be sibiect to
the control of the General Asiembly.” See r
Assernbly's Minutes 1809, page '431.
The Assembly of 1810; received answers
from tvienty.seven Presbyterms--erin voting
against' spy. Seminary, one for two, and ten
for each Of first and third plans: Even at
that tim'e, as many were for Synodical con
trol as for- the control by the Assembly.
Yet the ASsembly, because of misooncep;
tions urged against the first plan, feltit lib
erty to adopt the first without further refer=
ence ; and in the circumstances of the
Church at that time, I have no doubt they
*lt .was proposed in the Synod of Pittsburgh,
to affirm the Assembly's action of both 1818 and
1846; but, on deliberation, it was regarded as
more appropriate to re-affirm the Synod's own
action of 1889 and 1841. The former embraces ,
the Assembly's action of 1818; and the latter is
comprehensive of that of 1845.. See the papers
in our issue 9c,Sovember
"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH gIiREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATVRADAY, DECEMBER 2611857,
acted wisely. Neither of these Assemblies
was as large a body as the Cincinnati Synod
now.
At present, the practice of the Church has
already
,passed beyond the first two, plans
here referred to. We have two Seminaries
under Synodical control, and three under
the Assembly. As the Church grows, the
advantages of Synodical supervision, will be.
come more apparent, and will force itself
upon our notice. Indeed the sooner we re
cognize it; the better for our Institutiens..
The argument for Synodical control as
thus presented in the report_ of the, Assem
bly's Committee nearly fifty years •ago,is
well worthy of being . carefully pondered
now. It is quite remarkable that not, one
of the objections to this SyStem, as 'present
ed by ,
them; would now be regarded as of
any. force by any, intelligent man: In the
great ; advancement of ideas, in the Church,
few will question that we may have in all
the SeMinaries We are likely to establigh,,as
good Profssors, &0., is they ex.-
peeted to secure for one; while one of the
chief advantages, they sought; tmasso
oiate all the students of the ,Church togeth
er, is now quite impracticable, and, never
could amount to much in even the smallest
Church. For the students of the same Sem
inary ,dt, not know those that are five years
before or, after "them.
Fifty years ago the Assembly almost
adapted Synodical 'control, and spoke favor
ably of it. No* the mere discussion of it,
is thought to imply a want of confidence in
the Assembly. This may be simply dis
avowed, We are Presbyterians as thorough
as those who coldly bid us leave 'the Church
of our' fathers,' our our faith, our
vosis, our 'labors. WO 'prove our sincerity
by every just,test to which it can busati.:
jecte4. Yet we have•no more confidence in
the General Assembly than; we •bave in any
kTe,, eight, or more Synods, called to act in,
unison upon any Subjedf."' We agree 'in
the doetrinal•Standards upon Which the As
sembly rests; we love the brethren, with
whoruwe.are there assopiated ; f ws cordially
support important itotitutions that are •
`controlled by the . Assembly, bedause their
influence is as wide as the. Church;' and be
cause they draw their support,from, the en
tire Church, and. ever need, te prayers and
sympathies of the great body' of the people.
Whatever 'the Assembly ought to do; : ;.
whativer it is better for the 'Asseixibly ,to
!dry shall have our cordial support;; but the
question now, is, will,it uot be 4etter.for our
,Seminaries to place the chief in the
,Synodal - •If .; • • ; •
I!luestion-the expediency of 'giVing the,
Assembly the control of the Seminaries,
I. Upon financial, grounds.
All future illheoloOcal Seminaries must
be established in view of this as the settled
policy of our gburch; that we are to have
many Seminaries If, this is indeed the
policy, then - each new Seminary must draw
its endowment chiefly from..the .Synoda
about it; and these 'Synods are the=proper
and most efficient bodies to , take measures
that will secure the needful funds. Indeed
it may well be, called in question, whether
the influence of the Assembly has .ever
amounted to much in securing, the „endow-.
ment of any Seminary. Princeton , may
seem to be an eioefitioti. But
When endowed, Was the :sok Seminary of
the. Church •;. it stood ; in the same relation,
tattle whole Church.that now a new Senn
nary would, sustain to the surrounding
Synods'; and as' an exceptfon,-it' makes ev
erything in 'favor of the 'present argument:
And it may easily lanshown that the whole
Presbyterian ,Church of 1810, was inferior
in., resources ~the seven Synods, of, the
North. West that up to this time, have been
engaged to sustain'the Serniriary at-Phica
go. In 1810, the entire Presbyterian',
Ohnrch contained four hundred and thirty
four ministers, seven hundred and seventy
twe churches, and twenty eight thousand
nine hundred 'and'one coininunicanti; while
these Synods in 1857 reported. four hundred'
and , seventeen "ministers, six hundred , arid
seventy-four churches, and- thirty-fiva thou
sand two hundred and -forty-two communi
cants, These seven Synods then, are larger
than ' the whole Church that established
Prineetcor Seminary. ' When farther we.
consider the altered times `>and= views, the
eallaupon the A:hurdles the, habits of , giv
,ingl and, the amounts; contribrited,:it is as
easy to ice that the entire' Chfireh could
then less easily endow Prineeten; than these
Synods . can Chicago. '`ln-fact,-the whole re
ported, contributionag 1810 were $5,439;
while in 1857 these Synods, i exclusive of
Presbyierial and congregational eipensei,
report of 'benevelent contributions raised
upon their field, $87,000. r If the Assembly
was as small now as it was then, if ,the en•
-
ergiea•ot all the Church were directed to the
control of a single Seminary, our, present
argument Would be needless.
But 'aside *oil Princeton,' which had
much the same advantages that we now
seek for the NortipWestern Seminary, what,
other Institution,has i derived any, real
advantage from its • being under the
Assembly's control?'
Is it the 'Western Seminary it Allegheny?
How long was that Institution- left to strug-.
glein feeblenees and. embarrassment; only
increased by the may in which, members of
the Assembly, and upon the , tloor,of that
body, Suffered theinseltres `to speak' of it?
TheSynode' around that Seminary , did fur
its support, substantially, all that was done;
and , they; w,01114. llaY,ff, done it better and,
sooner if,,relying Apbn their ‘ own resources;
they had been relieved of the chilling influ
ence exerted by the AsSembly: It may be.
very well now that Alleghenyiefter the strug- .
glen of a quarter of a century, has risen
above a bare existence to a rank of honer
and respectability, to point'to it as showing
the Atseinbly's fostering Care. 'But 'how
can we forget, , that outside of the adjacent
Synods, Allegheny was a scoff• for years 4
that the echo of these railings has scarcely
yet died away from the tails, of the Assam:-
bly that the uselesi jaaironage of the As-.
setably held. out hopes that were never real
ized) that the fear' constantly excited that
the Assembly would remove the Seminary,
hindered the exertions ; of its , friends, and
kept back contributions upon their own
field for yetita ;' and that the final'success of
Allegheny has been secured, not by the As,
sembly's efficiency to endow it, but by the
rise in value, and •by the sale of property
granted' for its use by the State of Penn
sylvania.
Shall we then have the Seminary at Dan
; villa pointed out in proof of the Assembly's
. .
efficiency in raising funds.? Danville gives
no such proof, The friends of an institution
at that point came to the General Assembly
'in 1858; With the means IP their hands to
make the Sethinary as successful' as it has
hitherto proved, before.the 'Church at large
knew, one woad upon the sukeet. The funds
thus secured, were raised by an energy which
the Synods could put fortih better than the
Assembly coeld. Whitnowthas the Agsem
bly added? , ITwo years'after it , bsd 'estab
lished that Seminary, the Trustees officially
informed the!General Assembly that,spplica- :,
tion for funds outside of file Synod of Keil .
tuoky " had sigma* fail d." . Aitirwards
we are informed that thhomiSsioenfaDra:
Humphrey and Hill meta' vorable, response, .
'Very well, they could h a'done all this", had.
the Seminary been controlled by thaynods '
about it. There is le fraterdal . feeling per
vading the Presbyterian , Milt& which w'ould.
have given' them, weleo eqis cbriiiii phlid.:4
they been respectfully s 4.: a lu t tkipsilak - Itir:
mi l t
Synod of Keetucky.
~,, a ypt 0,9. oollegeST`
even those under inereryPresnyteral,‘ not
to say Synodical control; have received large
assistance from distantontribittiorsi , VPar
may the. day be ,distant when ourinstiontions ,
--Presbyt,,erial or Synodipal- n are .shpt. out '
from the sympathies of the cihurehaatle'rge,
because; hus' controlled:'` It is 'Oertidliffr no
wish or'mine to I cut afPilteee 'Elyniflithies; ,
nor do I believe that thisrekgurnedrtifids at
all in that direction. Eierythipgr,J4tt:his
been „done , for Danvillp l eptdd,,,han t iliien. ,
done—better dorm and, sooner done , if i in
stead of taking tlindNitteti by eurpriti ) riiio '
establishment, theft, hihrbeen 11 inii' 'enti'
openand above board, te reata,blish it,' . go
,Synods. . 1 ; : ~ li4 ; ' r.r.itt ' , '
After all, to, what haye tire,,Asee
~,. blyl ' '
Pledges amounted ? . Not a stelae has et,'
l yet;' - '
been atDanville,4vitij , dollar EA ute'd'i
could I have been otherivine'igatherif ; l ite. -
especial friends, feel:grieVed that; they. Ave''.
leaned upon the ,Asfembly'A ~p.roridae4 .gid i ,",
only ,to .be disappointed 4, and, the, rein 't,ers, '
and churches North of, the Ohio rive will'
'easily recall 'With 'what ininise and Ind pa-' ,
Con ,they found, Altemselvesr eterrity. inia`
harshly, arraigned before therflepeKal'Astern,-:'
blyas COVENANT illizek ; lFEßsr for-pegleceng
a work which we had' in ,no wise felt our,'
selves' bound to"do,' and 'Concerning 'Which'
we lierevprite unaware thatkwe 'sierepledged;
And since the charge; our consciences ;have'
not responded to.it,. , D,r,„ltlee,, on 4,44;13 2 ,
sembly's floor, disavowed any such,
, pledge, ,
an f d "achuiaieed ' in' 'tibe . reinarle of another
meiribef &lit the Athietribly does - --Whietthii
Direothrs Arid Trusteetamppointed ;by titria.
„In other words to . endow. , an, , Asette4dO'S '
Seminary, is to,appint,:Directors wA9 ;it'll
raise 'funds where the Churches are disposed
to receive them Thm him been, and ever
will be, the practical result. - .
[CoNcLirsrombagrr Trßrit:]
From our London Vorreopondent.-
Iron. Cam, ...4batinia,priz i N, ' front.:hicla- - ,!,-,
Offiewl - bispatchtia rr gavgack 4a * *O A , "made
Baroketi:-Wha a llkelfial Di c es -The ' India
Comiany Doiniiedr'-The i" Times" on the Ainerican:
Crisis, anci,„New Tel* Street Demonitriirijea's-,-- ~
The Moral Dedu4d-LTbe Dissenters, and ..ezete:r
Mall Preaching The'Use of Me Literrii-I-Mr3
Brock' a 4,36.70mi 1 1 -The 4 ' Union," , 7 Me Bishop of
.London,' :
ondok,' and the, , g Presbyterian Canventick '— '
Neto Carit'ature.s--mal. 'Spurgeon. iind'Re Bithoi, '
The; Slow:"c'oach And the , .Expreas ! Engine-4 .
. Sponsorship for the thousadd kat .r,,0),1d0p
,Wo4-,
' hause-'-tSfionsarslin' 'de' Wstab'tiihinitir-2-/titoitly
--Remarkable load/ of 'Religion itz - Seotland
The and -i.
e Lay-•fach t ct the„broblemata T Thi,Queep.
Rim
and Mr.' * Cair , - arid Evangalirm—" s Mistreat
Albert'"! -and- bee Dyisightii—The *gine:est “Jea
-; Godly , Girr—pr, . kivingratone—Dr. • ,Oullen's i
Pamphlet---The railer-The Indian Relief And—
The Mo'rnicin Question:* ,* ,g. • ; 'l' ' ' •.;
' ' ' ' ThrinoNi Noveiribei 27, 1857. L
,
The , ship whiCh bean this leter , ' ,
will
early out good riewsf '+ . . e . .1
First, the , Commuituisr. Cuisis,-is , fast
abating.. , ,Months, indeed; must r.PqR 9, AWaYI
and much sufFermgmust be endured throng t
`the dark - and' dreary 'Winter 1)3 , the itniiking
blattseg. -Mit still"the country ii , not ruined, -
and.% the midst of chastisement; God: re:
members mercy. If one was sure.of, ngen :
oral eleyation„ of, the , standard, of, coninler-,.
cml moderation and morality on boat' sides,
of the Atlantic, and a reduetiOn in those
habits of luxury,Whichalways,Markfthe morel'
decline 4 great, nittitms, „there, w,ottlytbe, res. , •
son, to bless God more and more • for the re
'fining
fiie of affliction.
,
FROMINTA comes , cheering newe,,
also The frigitive „mutineers ` .from pelhi
'pursued and roitted. LuCknOw, we trus,t,,,,
sate, and' a'' largh ' force".and'ertvilafelock!
'there, The. /most Central- India-quiet;
and Agra saved from, messacre„ 3 f ( The, Bout=
bay Prssidencgwith some exceptions,r)quiet; -
and "liladran'tiaiquil. There 'is :Mitch re-
Mains, to lie done,. but India is' virtrially re
conquered.. In many parts of Bengali there,
,will be a wasting famine among the,,popribi;
The Adel dispa chea ° from ; India, cx
' tending' hack' over several raohtlis, irk Many
of 'them-written)* officers who lavereither
suceumbed,to:diseasei or have , felledlirribar,
tle, ,have just ; _ been
,published, The brief.,,
but spirited' reports by
of. his
battles; and his frequent referencei AO hie
Highlanders, stir the' blood,' tur you. read
them. , The,,gallant Neil and Nicholson give
more detailed accounts,. in. a style admirably
clear. Alas ! both have, since periehed.
The East India Company are ihout tO'settle
14, pension on the widow of General , Neil, ofs.
4500, per annum, besides :the .usual allow . 1
ances for the family of an ahem- of his rank
wholes been killed, in battle. There isbut
little doubt that there will be monument*
erected both to 'Min and Nicholson; it the
nation's expense. '
Havelock And Wilson have,been.,creataill
Baronets, s with f.Pensi.olls4, This ~haS, given
gieat satisfaction. The Times calls it,
step in the right direction," but argues that
both should be made them.
It is to be remembered ,that. all, that has
been accomplished in India, htes been done
before the arrival of troops sent fr4m. Eng ,
These were beginning to reicili Ind* ,
:toward. the end of October. , •But ithe /East ,
India Company hired. sailing, , instead of F
steam vessels, at first, and the former :were.-
very
very slow in their program, being toted by
winds and calms. The increased expense of
steam ships was the bigbetir—wa penny
wise " policy which might have cost us , the,
loss of India. Bid; thanlt Providence, we
shall now get rid of the Company. As soon
as Parliament meets, the total abolition'
the Company's gOverittnent will be- Ordpouni,
by Ministers. This, be a mostpopular.
stroke. If there , ; was anything c needed to
intensify the national desire for the direct
control of the Crown and Parliament, it
would be doings and mis.doings of the Su
preme Council at Calcutta, apparently a set
of rod-tape, heartless, and godless men.
They have !iri,nally insulted the. European
residents, by requiring there to register
their arms, in common with the natives.
Lord Canning hasrnot 'been independent
enough to controlAbeii folly, or false
''• - ,
-The PROTAGATION SOCIETY held dgreat!
meeting here, yesterday. !Thechief .apeak
ars were , the,Bishopdof Lon4pnand.Oxfor4.
The missionaries of the Society in India are
to be doubled, Bid a voiide" minisiiA es
pecially is to bee-lined at: That is the true
policy for all Christian! missions there.!! The:
Church Missionary !Society is to be asso
ciated in the erection of an intended church
at gew,npore ti: gym the well into-.74:biehl tin!)
Aleek4.;h4aleir anaerciee Laken revs
-s ll . l l )3 Ffb 1- ,°r't 7 7o9#9FP , %-) °Pinta I thig*:
cowardly policy of protecting caste !and.!
of Concealing'Chriatianity, to the,sprit!and;
,
conduct the'Jeitiel ;"..11 let Will Man
go, the Ramans will come. and- take‘aWii
our.t)tate, Itrid parenationll •,v,f 1.
Last night;: Lord. Shaftsbury give, lea'
public ! , address, Bernet horrible -details, of
English indignities ; and-sufferings 54.,
Ca;svnPo t re,i and iCtf,:ttlekildTOn ,reserved, in
cold, blood s , to. be mtVbioruf3lV, and anatoniit"
callyput to death, . ; before being finallypdt to
death." ;:Probably ; the -nation.:would' not
have been. aroused-:to, its ',neglect,
and ;,future „duty,' but' fordthese.things.l,,
sub"?;
‘jeetlf i Mead rfireuggeitir l e "les i ding
licielte the It'relintirks on the long
'utcliroyeli" prosperity ifninterrepied ipt,O
grass :`of Cilia' Neiv Iltrorld-? Anaierit-ii hits
hardly had " r tiliatdry,Litt the Modern ;anal
sombre sense Of the Veruilu' itWhile the Con-
Itinent his - "been bOnifithiedilif ait
rev
whild'eteri:Englindlies IA to fight fier way
thiongh•tvaiii,oinsuireetioni;land'"stlikesr
America has'seen 'hertivilyebleitr‘liefeA her,
and "'has , only te Id. Ind oectiriy, to •
plant and reafk"thblinereikeyeo elfin:ate and
receive the hle'seihgs of 'edu'cation"' I i , 3 .
The very Pieseetity of the United' States
has.mailetheipeaple' weary and ir"r"itable,
•time4eflthe#.'haksiiiiike. Ma'freciple t 'S' eel
camenal PettidUially"'toward:
England;'lof their 'deidre'toytteriteirery,
conviisati•Or' it ''channel' 11 shall,
draw --fortY America
and her iniltitaliOnsi Much' of ' their eneouri '
agement to'filiiisteriiir end 'etberinisi t itul:
tins, and such`'like • ''elcestieS,' arise 3 !Fein -a•
feeling that the lardy ;
great enough for-her. --Prosperity is not a
sufficient :spbstitott3:ifeclglory. It is ;
enough to conquer the wilderness, to build
vest cities where the Indian' and the pan'.,
,-
ther wandere'd in the life-time of men still
young ; the Anierican people seem to tire ;;
of this , monotonous and uneventful.prosper"-,
af- thiii•ver
and: the unbrokettHstnnOthnekstial:Athkii pat
they :tread." • • • ,
Americans cap hest estimate how much of
truth' and
,justiee ' are, to be found. in these,
staleibeUti:; 'MY object is them` What
the- fiEtijriftg alietietlietieserie
Itigoes-on to dwell:toddle' novelty of-enforced"
s idleness, of raultitudehfitho l depand on:laboir
for their daily 133.c:843 1 ,1mA lays
,tliat,wp : 11 , 139 ;
have 'suffered so otteb in this way, m3d : isho.
even' non , ' hive so' many ` 'age or age
to eutirvirt'hy:Pbor , La*" "
feel. for the.-imsery tritiwwhioh the , popnlaJi
'Lien, of, the :A.tlantid,.eitiee, are t:_hreateemi. l l , .
Reference W
is theumade to, the sufferings of,
the Irish and 'alirmani, to the hunger -
ineetitlo," and hantiaril - cribtid with the'
words, " Work or Deitlilm ,
these demonstrations-not-to native America''
feeling as: to :propiiity and political econoinyi:
but to the multitudes, that haye gone to
Ain:erica from Parlaisulynikehops, from Ger
many,`Sivitierland, and Italy. The' Times
exPresnei strong ' ' confidence that 4orsf
:is last, that the vast( pro:Aube of the West
and "South, bring :Wealth. into. the
country, and,lhat the merchants who, "have
fallen
. *3ll Spring up, with, true . American
elasticity, 'their"Plices Will filled by;
'others," that kenerai'priliparity, er•3
twelvemonth's eVer, will 'return. in=.
dividual sufferings will =: be great, and with
this the heartiest sympathy is expressed. i .
The article closes by,the deduction of "
moral, rhthar a' principle." The ilesti=
tntioli in the ithintio"cities remind'
American! , how inubh their social condition'
is, tending ,to similarity with our own,- and :
they may ,learn to look onus *ith
more indulgence. , The
.. facit
„which, all re
' oent'
more - ,indulgence
ieachet4 u is'
the '847.4,164 of
economical over political laws. Mit that
Forms of Government have not their effect:
Northern sealboardr States,. orewded With
arnigrants, will have . ; great
~diffionities' to
.str4gloe„,ith7, ;Bat, !,‘ here,f4 power of
amalgamating the races, gives ai
surance that Americana even'
with the most stblhOrn materials which Ire
land. and eentrif Viiiope"can Piodiee."
natal is rolil friend 'to limanitY; •to
tion, to the.progress of liberty and truth, all
the world over, who does not heartily : Wish
that such suemsgcmay be yours. To win
stioh.encoess„the Bible and theAospel, the.
College, the,'RlllPi, ,common Schools,'
will he amid "an arniory l of,prool. Without
these dimacritCY fell in olden es. With.
ening
theseffnlly leaysoojety, times...
glad`-`
,
den angels, mbody before the, nations what
a Christian people ought to be, and radiate,
hallowingitwide
a benign and in nenee,as as,
the limits of, the globe:
The DISSENTERS OP LONDON. have opene4,
a series of Winter services on the evenings
of :Lord's - , Hall., This is
done ;ins consequence ?of.,thet legallobstruiti
tons thrown- in; the : way.of the resumptioii:
of Episcopal and Evangelical preaching In,
that central poiition. Mr. Etionardithe fri
cumbent, complained that it s injured the al,-
ftenda,noe; 'on ..the ~0133ireh of ',England , set`
vices, and • took advantage, of a• slaw'
forbade, another 'clergyman :trespassing on
;the parish of, the regular incumbent,`' Driven
thus • from Exeter Hall,' i the .Evangelicali
bad arranged for preaching in St. , Martin's
Halt-; but here, too, a High Churoh rector
said " and thp movement is arrested:
A Clergyman of the Church of Englanti"
writes admirably on the subject,: in a, letter
to the Times. He takes Mr. Edouard to
task. I.f,by, his prohibition he meant that
his chinch :4d been sbern, of its congrew
tionor z oilier, neighboring, churches, or :if
he meant that the Church of England gen
erally suffered by aervice in an " uneorise
,
crated building,' then there are two alter.
natives. If the fornrer is his meaning,
then the matter of moment with him is not,
how can the greatest 'number of ,ignorant!
and perishing souls, be ipstruoted.and saves`.but how can the greatest number be brought
'to his own and other ,ilnrtioular' ohnrches.r
But if he meniiii the' latter, then whit does
he think of , the :wisdom: of this.,course?
Dissenting ininistersithe i ablestilio*,,preaoh.
in Exeter,Hall,:and crowds of„Churohmen:
will be there. "Who sir," says Lire der,
Omen, " 'snow the damage of the Church?
Whd is baiting her Ministration's Into the
hack-ground, and:diving 'needless promi
nence to Dissenters? And yet such me the
men, who boast oflheir Ohnrchinauship,
'are readito denounce .others as enemiesr-Of
4,14 Establishril'ent."
TheiMorain:q=Pokrhawalways sfaid,ih the
name of Fl ighz , ehurahmetr, g,f.:WhYtio t , open
r . t lgitilEfittferarSsd eStLeR r
arediffiqultcot in ci ththry * lfwtit3hoPe.
Hest, oven ff Chapters''and . ad`
, `might no ber able: Co' hear in .thnseq vast
bull inge j ~fit t &ply t , far ,ithe. , tolianthig
.I!salins,,,and,ithn i strairts of t the p,ealingorm- •
Next, half the„neople themselves would not
be ispoaecl to R, to t3neh;places Shat the
td attract lain; is `a#plane;
the mini go Vithdtite fielinglkeds nau
church, lag di thus, he is .-we4beii( offshisnare-,
497=
.Ent A49,mi.thox i ilicP •1•0 tbA.
'Oathectyais will try the esperiment,,then let }
diem sanction tits PAnigiios; such
Were'ininhaert to iireadh
<i+That It fear , they willonbt
be a gigkildi 144 t, *2ol:Parify qgoke,o:4 l
his mind tla , tr,9l PPPPOr,V4 V49ctkr "
dospel,,woutd, be, hiard,,,p,
,91!),,exppsure of
the''"idonipinniise"' ciethelitab
lisininAit,`niidrihnte4illieriiMitliialTigril of
many souls. .! Everyi dayp , theli abidifiltyPfir
oompteMiee. 40 .100,iping ‘OlO More abd
WreA1.f9 , 4.,-hhe„PlTlent'in;9.lTTEln-,t
fel* at Exeter Hail, conflu!Vd,„with, t stiph
brotherly feeling, and using, ast,lief do,
of the' Englititrefidi f olhdi part of
theddevotionaliservioe, but iendsAttldtair
; closer antii 3 Oblepr.Ahe Evangelical Christians
of the APPArtli-rflail , „ Mks anin 4014 that
iney , are onc i as the I,t,)?,ill9,,,niemhers t!of pilo t
great geld . Good gtarif, that even i the
ti Tiatitatianistii"df 1 114
',lead Antoine& union :of lihnl milrfrientis of
Aerdlntl'isiblo)vand.gyeil km
tho3ght-ciflplait for,thp healing of our "'un
-1,51,
". .••••••• a b le •
„,
The Sev. Brock, an , and
Treablied the , first “sermpii , Abel 'aeries
Exeter Hall on the evertingpot , Sabliatli •
4 sh ,r's si 4ll 4, e LiPs'Ulwas:lse4
' - aria to, ;the interoessien for "allbishops, ;
land defiant," "he' added, j ette r i the .
word"deacons '
.'" "pastors,'ministers,' and
missionaries of the > Gospel "—=%.irords to
-which," ,says., the, reporter of, the Time=s.
= - e 4 74 4k,
e nnastike, l ue• most n i gt#, , Chri t hrnaii."
"Very'munii mistaken Yoilire,, deazt
Reporter. 4Wliat I ree
, °game ,Brook; any nther like him,
",a pastor'?" Afather, ,such pastors„desertel •
the doom . of Korali;Dathan, and Abiranr.4
"was' it the Other day, when the,.
itialihOriiiiina at oe Tait's
'attekidainito , at 4 . a: Prenhyieriat Cdriventi,
ctle," t , whonlhe was.last -
(atteritiotr Print:ielleny; l WilidoWs:
ney , represent two otnnibuies tin tthe,atteete
of LTI4PLitt , 4 tPf- o ,ne.9f the#eiAr-. §lpsfirg4on
is 'the conductor. 'The likeness gob&
`VViih'bnis 4 foet on his proper stan d, and t h e
etilif;stietehed out; ati'd.witli raised,,
and tspltaking oPen , • smiling
countenance, be, invites passengers 10, enter
the om nibus, ,ori! the; back , which,„tjuit•
above the ; door, apPear, the, words "patent "
'safety, Olutle, on the door'iteelf, is prifiteti n
"Sorry Gardens ;'' and '"'"Park,
• Street Chapel:" The'omnibtulappearsquiie`
, I,apth outside, and in: ether has
for its ,conduqtor ) 11 , Bish l ep ? with
,d"rooped
hat,ittnii;blaCk artrot,2. A'ilpepy , dignitary is
inside l The pied The 4
, Fares,P , 16 fainted' on the dooi, the
words,•'! St". Paul'si"WestininstentlfulliaraP
appear above and arnnod l it t ri,
, But, a still „,better, pair of caricatures, I
pre‘ume fioirt,the ante' hand, and the
jeots the sei ne, 1 / 4 0T1 Coach, ";,
and` ' 1 ( The Modern ' Eipteis?' • ' for
i
mer,' yon. see, it four.wheelektplivati m car. •
with ; *s.bewieged old coachman on the'
boc, ? arit:l a Bishop inside 3, in,the jatier l , Mr:
Spurgeon ' sits joyously t 'aetride (with — hairs
itreathitig 'in the wind,) eittinft,.•
• as it rushes on' at; the rate of sixty wiles
hour:. - .0 7., •
RED-TAITIBM IN - THE entritar; hia - just
received an extraordinary :elucidation:
"Well-wisher of. the Church who I hife
reason tO . ,,belir3,,is the Surgeon of a West;
End parish, in a letter to. The I?e&ird, der,
tailirfaatsl6 the following purport': There
lately' died, the' 'workhouse, -an old -man
named Samuel --Allday.. a• god-4`
filer 49 All Ma*:
. ',.4t 3 Eit.9 0 .4:g94-flit , kfir for
pariy.years, to all , the obildrdn born the
work house. it Mattered' t'o'hifti'
wliCilier Wilithe
*retched Wife, 'deserted': by ilititqilnfeeling
husbas ;of the fisunting, frail ; onepwith
unblushing frent; of brsss • or of the poor
hreken-hearted victiM of the vile seducer;
asked'ikl kindly Mood foi"
mall:
lresitatnd , not to renounce the .'devil
and all hie. works, the vain pomp arid glory,
(exotiesAn work-house,) and carnil,dcsiree
of ike world ix:pre-Si his surd faritleelinf,
hid desire for bapfiiiiiit—in`short,Ttcliii,dmidS
every'" thing' for' the inoondoions inrioddntti;
r,oay, eyony promisedqo: briog(theioAll
Bifh,l ) Po • and to tR1A94 11 ,°1 4 in t'4, ;vlilgtql
„ton* (whic h was very epmpe the .ue n t
i The oldlifintid bric to
f Mica' ton.** ifbr afikae.
; amid ehi/VeivP- ' F \
This is an extreme oase„ but it
'of a fedifillY into
n k
'To recognize ' , sponsors ' ` as
Church of England does, other tl}4h the
parents, and actually to thrust the paimitiT
to'one side and. to make persons Ithkkivoti
have'no intention to perform- them, and ;
PT a clergy man tVii bat
service,- with Tetoome , befete him; giq
ing assent to his questions, who, as faill
ionabie IrientisizhaVe , come tc,47bitge thehi
genteersecisilitinoei;- initeterinitio to go
home with therm " , to 'dinnermaking ;pre&
Philadelphia, 111 'South Tenth Street, below Chestnut
By nail, or at the Office, *1.50 p e r., Titr4SEE PROSPECTUS.
Delivered in the City , 1.75
WHOLE NO. 274
~• . „ .
entato the
,bithy'of the
," white robe" and
the,'„" silver '
spoon,") or _else, poor persons'
sponsors,. who. are either notoriously igno
rant, or wicked.
S The Evatiplicals must groan under these
Tti:e,reli A ltion of discipline in this
Way is shacking; and often, in Ulster, for
*example, Episcopal ministers will baptize
uthelhildierr of Presbyterian parents, who
will not sub r mik i to.seresure from their own
;so*.; rnitnis ern. 'lth a/4-iab "is thus, in Ul
- naive ere now applied to a Church,
which welcomes Presbyterian fugitives from
a _ , .
A.4IEMARICABLE REVIVAL of true relig
ion has taken, place in the North of Scot
,land, marked
,by features peculiar, and in
sonic degree unprecedented. To say, noth
ing of the large circulation of religious
tin by , the Tract and Book Society of
• Seotland, and ita Numerous Colporteurs who
pervide - avety town,-and _hamlet, and visit
dtbttlit .rests are
tieing athieved toy-preaching, in connex
ion Th. 0.1
ion wit tract tat!'" ahem
•
several` Epia
copalian gehilleik;en , of 'rank and 'fortune,
have bee - eine d6tiVerts to Christ, and that after
ii t fOr 'Yeara in "Carelessness. One of
Fthissetteganibliranda patron of the Turf,
T V/Es ~plyietttpcl s by, conviction at the open
Efev t e,,e,f, ?le its!, bis,,boon t companions. •
To.oir of,'two of them, the pulpits of the
Pree Estatillihreent, , and Con
' iieratioftilbits'aitgthroivik 'eon; andlens of
tliotteands.havethus heard the Gospel, with
ettgeAos,a it from the lips of laymen, as in the
days of the Haldanes. ,At Aberdeen,where
the u.se,, , etl
P one of: the Established Church
n 'pkiiitiikWatiailied r , the clergyman refused.
t'etJtAlidiseliat the 'Speaker miglitetand.
flanitsitieltirectdipit on "theistairs, sheik also
bargained-with-him-that he was not to pro
noutge .thp*..A.losroliollienediction. These
t t eplis t waro„asseuted t to, and fi fteenkundred
were addra'Se9d With
. ancitiort and power, and
' ere n ci itti the aenti:reluetant Chnrchman
IVA; drat WM° `-the-ipulpit would be
openttb3thefia3ripreaoher.i .
„The young Eearl of. Ken Ore, brought to
f i tilltleeie z ien, ,by the, influence of
Mies M'aritk; ( kautlier of the Memoirs of
il'edleYirioars',f4taiiiig at his house, has
liiriachlistfitheitifdagketinel into a Chanel,
cwliere Ahisitenantry are legtilarlY assembled
,stprehip.:. iii Vie, Earl and ,his „Countess
are most actiTe ,in doing good amo n g the
tenantry. Bat=4nd this I have from the
best autherity e r-wilat ilk still more inter
eaten, tao re important , is that the
•
Queen; - rT rinee Albert, an d the Princess
lioyalOiavelfedome inore and more Evan
, gelical: in„..their views and feelings, this
chiefly front tharesialts of Mi. Caird's cele
ibrated iserreeit at the parish church of Ora
tts(iei lasi year:' This year, at the Queen's
"desireilhe.preachted again, and with the
/greatest faithfulness. , Weighty and solemn
~: d iscourses, also, were delivered by other em
inent men,, amen. the rest, by Dr. Robert
'eon; of Edinbtirgh, in whose ischeme for
vtitlildinetridNindehliiirg' a large number of
'new chapels for destithte - lietriettri the
Queen has.-taken- the deepest interest, and
subscribed to:it £5OO.
„Iler.„,Majesty is accustomed to, go out,
When at: lialmeral, among the cottagers, in
'he 'plainest - dress, and the "simple people
called her "."Misitress Albert," and feel
quite at home with her. From her hands
A they,reikeiye many a precious book or tract.
including f , our. Tra ct Society's "Leisure
Hour," arid "Sunday at Home." The Prin
' Ceis - 'ola!, the bride-elect Of the young
yiinde tf , Prubsia, liar 'been equally active
and useful. This last Autumn, the young
i l ady,Aook,a most affectionate farewell of the
cottagersoind in several, cases - she wept on
parting" with them. Indeed, to use the
lineage of one Trim whose lips I heard all
thin; L'an'd *bet he said to be true to
,-`fact p ‘f there is r rbason to believe she is a
godly ; girl." Sorely, _ , for these tokens of
and revival in, these dark days,
praise sh ould ascend W
to the ng of kings.
1,
- Du. LIVINGSTONE left England this day
for Portugal. _Re visits the King, at Lis
bon, with i nv;iew.to secure the zealous co
operation 'of the " P'ortiiguette Government,
*hese territories, on the Eastern
odast of :Africa,-'the: adventurous traveler
:-.Patriesat passint, to reach the heart of the
great,Africen Continent, to pursue his mag
pitieent discoveries,. there, and to open cen
tral' .Africa`' to tome; through the great
poises through
•theriPorttigueria -possessions, and empties
itself into the -Mozambique Channel. I be
.
lieye _that Dr. Livingstone will not take his
final deg:attre from this country for Africa,
toiieree thiie.N I was informed last week
by -Tr:. Tidnien, ^Secretary of the London
Missionary Society:
'Curiart has published a monster
'finifihret reply to Lord St. Leonard's
letter of denial, that the Crimean Charitable
Fund had been perverted to the education
of RomishAdren in the . Protestant faith.
; in
it fully analyzed by
tille r papers - The Pope has forwarded money
contiibhtion of £4O in
cluded,) for the sufferers from the Indian
Mutiny, but arOullen is to be the distribu
4wiliffaiguprobably be sent 'tint to
'iltrebisilltrifeits in India, for the restoration
o,fdemglished
chapels,. or the use of the nun
.
neriesin India ' The general Patriotic Fund
,;• d
now fast approaches the magnificent sum of
.E300',001). - ' Part of this is from the Conti
.
tient; ..E.14200,and upwards, has come from
Hainbu.rgh alone.-
The' news' of the DELAY or THE EXPEDI
TION Ta•t of American troops, has
been receive&with regret here. The Times
ItiWtrn aFttAc-on ; Mormonism, in connexion
"".,,temporary triumph." The
.li4 rinims are' ti
c fond of Old Testament al
lusiniut.;"( & t it the. Federal forces will be com
!pare* to thenrmY of the four Kings whom
Abral la i nov artook,=to the Ave Kings whom
t hshrlsovertook," - Ac. M. Buchanan will
t atikd for , Obederlaonier i ;,'thOKing of Elam;
lor'itSliik; 'for Gohah; or Nebuchadnezzar!'
As to Motiridn 'hoirrage, it is "a brute pas
rsiou—the. rage oflegata disturbed near their
feed." 1 4,1wanaprojty clear that the United
States croxefumput must have a large army
for this business An overt sot of treason
has andthese &ratios seem
fisit;f6ll6 - 'llishink on thifir own destruction.
Alas for the dupes and' victims of this vile
imPostlWe t J.W.
P. S.—Prhicipal MacFarlane, of Glasgow,
~long: knows ass leader of the gt Moderates,"
in the Scotch Church, is dead.