1. 1 0 4 nor Altscatt au PITTSBURGH, JANUARY 2,1858. TERJIS. 6 in advance; or in Clubs g L.U1311 or, delivered at residences of Subscri. hers. .1.75. Sae Prospectus, on Third Page. lit F.ll EW A L 8 Should lie pro/EVIL; kin little while before the year expires, that we amity make full arrangements for a steady supply. THE RED WRAPPER indicates that we _ Madre urenewV.`• Zr, how e ve rilw the kiwis et mailing, this signal should ha °Minted, we hope our friends will still not (Omit us. 1111111ITTANOES.—Send payarant"brinfe hands, when convenient. Or, wind by yeah, enclosing with ordinary cars, and troubling nobody with a Itnowledgani' what you are along. par a largo suapyralit ssnd a. Draft, or large notes. loor one or two ympirr; sand Gold sr. Waall notse. • ; TO FARE onamoz, rind postage stamp's O 1• better stills send for Rimy. ,paporry lay $l/ or Sovontrunailbersi or . VI ; for Thirt r rikroo lirosaberth DIRECT an Twatters Otidi COMMOttitiltitilittol/4 to REV. DAVID KoKIIINIGY: Pitt sidurgh" Pa. • WANT or Mrsuarrits.-10ur Church has about seven hundred vacant congregations. Where ,are ministers 'to ,be found ? 'Where is their snstentation to come from ? , 'What is the duty of the large and wealthy toward' the small and poor? . ' Tom' : Pussurrunxiix QUARTERLY E t *: *Tuiv:The DeceMber number' of this' high-. er organ of New ~,School theological intlu once, contains some valuable article& Itti contents are—l. John Wickliffe.; 11. The Settlement of Maryland; The Office of Deacon ; IV. Theory of Public Wor ship; V. Exegetical view of Rom., viii: 19-28; VI. 04turch Poetry and Music. The Seminary at Danville. Rev. Stephen Yeikes, called by the last General Assembly to the Chair of Oriental and Biblical Literature in the Theological Seminary at Danville, wan inducted into of fale on the,l6th oi.December. His address on the occasion is spoken of very .favorably by the Presbyterian Herald. It is-'to be publithOd. • The'Board of Directors have ordered the session to close ten days earlier than tuntal, so that it report may be sent to the, next Assembly. There are about forty students in attend ance. 'he Presbyterian Expositor Is a monthly ieriodlcal, published at' Chi , cago, under'', the editorial care of Rev N. L. Rice, D. D., pp. 56; price $1.50. "Its leading design is to explain =and defend, in a manlier adapted to popular reading, the doctrines of the Gospel, and expose the va rious iornis of religious error which prevail in the country." = The first nuntber is be fore us. It is a very able and very judicious commencement of the executing pleasure the "design." We anticipate much pleasure from the reading of this journal, and much benefit to. the Church from ,its publication. We commend it to of r readers, and ask for it an d extended eiroulation., The aitlole On on Calla, in the present number, presents some very impor tant thoughts -to ministers. , The Day. of Pasting and. Prayer. The, late Convention of Synodsiat this place, recommended 'the, observing: of the, _First Thursday in January •as .11, -day of FASTING AND ..PRA.TER. The desire of the' Church isi , thatwthe Lord ',shall revive bin Work. :This accords` with his promise, but for 'Ulla he must be entreated, humbly and importimately. God's - ministers and people must not give up, diScOuraged -fiy delay. Tivy must Bold on to' a throne ,of Grace, dgerrained not. to retire, nor be silent; 'till they, are r 'blessed. ,God; will- bear and an!. ewer' the prayer of faith—the day and night cry of his 'elect.. 0 that We"could berdeep ly humble and intensely anxious. if the blessing is not bestoWed, the huh is in pur aging, ,We must ever` pray; and we must reform and wnMustpreach and hear ' , Along ,nth plainness and dir,etfuess in preaching Christ an the Sa.Viorir of sinners, let pastors; abound,:in private conversation, personally calling the unconverted ; and let the pious speak often one to another, and to the impenitent, man men. God will, bless the tendernestke deep anxiety truth thus brought, home tC,,,t.he individual heart.. He will bless. Bath said it, and he Will , do it. The New Year. A• happy New ;Year to all - our , readefi: May the Divine favors be , abundant to each one ;` in temporal things so far as God will samitify:them to the ,riceivir'S real "I:ienefit, and in spiritual good, According to the .riches of the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And, now, we Wish to entreat'yotf _ fellow-Laborers. We wis h you . to 'roue* your subscriptions, fully. and`promptly. ,We wish you to increase the numbers in every congregation. We' wish you to procure for tut new lists. We labor hard, and expend much money, • to make our jouinUl . trily valuable, a coadju tor to the pastor, and a yeasnio in the family. We put the price low, very low, that it may. be, within the reach of a 11.., We cannot af ford to pay agents a round , ' sum to canviies, for us. Neither can we tender "handsome premiums, for large lists; nor pay pastors, in dollars, for a eel-Vice done for us. All snob things, must, , necessarily, come from the people ,in the 'end. They must: either -diminish the -value of the paper, or-enhance its price. '• " • ' The religions weekly in the family, is really,, and without any exception should be, apart of the food of the flock. It then .belongs• to the Shepherd's pleasant work, to facilitate the acquisition of thii fOod. We hence aPPOO to Our brethren, bothminis — iere elders, on principle; and earnestlj , en treat their, cooperation; and we expect the greater success for them,> and the greater benefit tii'the'people of their charge, from its belug iirident, l -t i bat what they do is not for gain's sake, but is a lam of love. , • Oin , a religious paper liye on this pried ple ? We irotdd APeriment A Reviikng Time• Nearly a year ago, (January 10th 1857,) we directed the attention of our readers to an investigation of the thought, whether, in God's Nord,. and by analogy, and by the history of the gracious outpourings of his Spirit, there was a season of the year which might properly be regarded as a REVIVING TIMa. We have been asked, from a quay ter which demands respect, and the request has been repeated, to reproduce the article. If the idea is correct and another twelve months' observation has strengthened the evidence, it is one of very great practicil importance. But we do not yet set forth the proposition affirmatively. We still but suggest. Our brethren will weigh and de aide. If any are disposed to exclaim; " What! Periodical 'Revivals !" we urge it upon such to see to it p that they have a per petnal revival. But if they cannot have a constant shower, let them not despise a sea. son of out-pouring; if they may not enjoy a daily feast, let them not slight the tender et an annual Pentecost The article requested, is as' follows God has not bound himself to any particular place, nor- to any specific day or, season of the .year, when and where he.will bestow regenerat ing grace ; and especially he has not named the place nor the time , When -he may not be sought advantageously hy , the. serrOwin" g sinner/ The maly limitation is; that :he will not' hear those who haveeinned away their day of grace. Previously -to that sad hour, men; at any time, and =in any place, and in any need, may call upon the 'alma of the Lord and be saved. Offering the prayer of faith, they shall certainly be accefited. And always the Word of truth in Chriit Jeans; when ever and wherever duly preached, shall have its converting and ,sanctifying influence. Never is the Gospel proclaimed, we believe, by 'Christ's herald, but that there is a soul in the audience which is to be saved, and, which 'receives benefit from the message. This is a delightful thought, cheering intensely to the devoted minister. . But still is there not a time slightly intimated Scripture, the thought strengthened by the an alogy.of God's works in the natural world; and the season indicated to the Church by successive outpourings of God's Spirit, which may be dC nominated the. reviving time---the harvest time; coming in its appointed order ? If there is, the ,ohurch should, know it, and should improvelt ; and thus be saved by the sad, desiiairing cry, 4 g The harvest is passed and the Bummer is ended, and my people are not saved." The subject is worthy an , rinquiry. 'Even if nothing can be de termined with certainty, we may`yet be led to the contemplation of truths which will strengthen our faith and stimulate to activity. In the Old Testament Church.there were special seasons appointed for protracted religions ser vices. these, God would meet his people and bless them; as ,at the. Passover, Pentecost, and Feast.of Tabernacles. -God speaks also of a time when ke,may be found, ott season when h4e is near, an (leaped time, a day of salvation. That there were, of old, , annual seasons for the enjoying of the 'Divine, favor in religions services, is manifest; and _that there is &season of grace, which, if not animal, occurs yet once in the period of human !life, is equally clear: And the thought that there may be to the Church, an annual season of amore -than ordiusay bestowment of reviving grace, is not at 'all inconsistent with God's ways of good . ness. God works much by seasons. So it haspleased him. He has appointed a seed time and a harvest.: 'a:Summer and a Wmter. It is not always the one; nor alWays the other. Men sow, and after- wards they reap. They saw again, and patiently await the appointed time for gathering. There is the springing of the earth's verdure, the harvest of. grain, the Autumnal' fruits. Men do not plant and'itither, nor `I3OW and reap at the liami seasons.' - And the recurrence of the season for harvest and ingathering do . es not; of itself, secure the fruits. There must have been a previous sowing `arid.'planim r g. .Human industry, and skill, and tinst have precede& Without these, the harvest thne, though divinely ordained, would. come and depart 'unblest. There would, still bo empty barns and a starving people. , Thus it is in the kingdom of itater. , Kow, does not, all this tough,. by analogy, that theremay be aim's:Twit seasonin the Kingdom of Grace ? It is the same God who ordains and rules' in - each kingdom And tiothing is more common` in his teachings, and especially in CO instructions given by Christ, thento illustrate thu one kingdom by the oiher. We have the husbandman, the vine -dresser, Of sower, the garden, the ,tields,i the vineyard, tin fig-tree, the, harvest, „the -barn, the garner, the early and, the latter rally:and the fruit in its sem son. There is the souring, and the blade, and thi - ear, and the full corifin the earo .There are till rains,: and ;the winds,, and 'the; hsat, and thl drought. There, is evertvicissitude adapted V. the 'growth, the', ripening, and the ingathering key we not then bejustifunl in carrying out thi analegy,,,und saying, modestly, but in hope, then. may be an annual harvest in the. Divine economy. for gathering in, the fruits of the spiritual laber er's husbandry, in kingdom of grace—a seasos, for the recurrence of which we'shall look in tir , strong exercise of faith and expectation ; fe Which we shall prepare by a timely sowing of flu. seed, and a diligent attendance.upon its culture; and when'We shall he prepared, and shall actually 'set to werk,logather` in the harvest? Triily, we do not signet a harvest time ire shall not pre pare for it and if ire prepare not for it, then. will be nothing to gather. But if we sow we shall reap, and reap :in accordance with our sowing; good fruit and bountifidly Surely, to expect a'tiine, a favored time, a idf tune for her Lord to visit his •Zion in his love, would be a great stimulant to, her. Berrante, t, make the due' preparation. They would strive t have all things ready.' She would awake and put pik her beantifil garments._ • 'To have a wise divie. ion of time and rightly apportioned •labor, -is' hro mensely important to the husbandman, the vine• dresier, and 'the steward.: Thus we'may reason , for the, importance of a du; arrangers** ay.- appropriation of time_and employment with thy ministers ofeChrist. They are rightly to divide the *Ord; and dispense,portions in due sensor •its • Now, islikere,anything in the history of God's dispensations of mercy to his Church-Lanythis.g in the - history of revivals, which indicates a seass3 of the year when the spiritual husbandman, visa has eaYttiand - planted, and cultivate& well, an!! Welched andluardedkwith diligence and i wisclote map niPeotto feaP and gather in his harvest ? is thetWinter, an& especially the former part of the Winter, suoh'a,' Season? Is it the time for revs • viler 'One own pititOral exPerlenoe would indi oate it as Moth a .favorabliiand a favored season. And oar ',Observation corresponds with our 'expert ' ence. ilzi searching' all :`our reminiscences, the idea is vividly before usi that' the early part a Winter has been the season of the year in 'which., -in nearly If in6t quite all instance's,' we have el.* joyed, orwitnessed, tefieifiei time. • - • And, ; in tie ordearbigilof Proiiilenoe, there IA reason in this. Man id's° eisistit(ctiortbst he own attend' earnestly to tlingst a tune. Anil bola tiecifoinistititied irlad THE PRESBYTERIAN BALNNER AND ADVOCATE a revival is an event which, to enjoy and carry on, absorbs his whole soul. Hence it cannot, in its deep poweri continue very long. Neither man's nature in its feebleness, nor his other wants in their imperiousness, could endure it. We may look for a revival, -then, when a people enjoy comparative freedom from other pressing claims ; and that time is the season which wehave indicated. It is the season of leisure. In the Spring and through the Summer, and in the early Autumn, husbandry, and trade, and -business in its various forms, and sometimes politics super added, demand men's time and anxious care. Soaroely canfthey'find.leisliie to attend to their' daily devotions and their Sabbath•day worship, sufficient to keep alive, and-in a Strengthening state, the plants of grace which had previously taken deep root. But early Winter is the season of comparative rest. God has so ordered it in his Wine dispensations; and he says to his Church, . Now is the accepted time ; call upon l ac, for I am near; and oft and untiringly as he may have re iterated that cry, in their busy days that are past, yet now he says ''emphatically, .1 am near. I may be found. Seek me now. ; Suppose, then, that pastors and churches shall regard this particular season of the year, as their favored time of ingathering ; and shall adapttheir labors thereto—their preachinge, visitations, cat eohisings, personal addresses.to the young, their business, their' leisure, all their arrangements. Have a Pentecost, and expect a Pentecostal out pouring. Are there not intimations in God's Word; . and indications In man's nature, wants, 'and circumstances; and facts in the history of God's gracious bestowments of reviving grace, which would justify .suoh an arrangement and such expectations ? And would it not be wise in ministers, elders, and people, to cherish'the hope ? We can see nothing wrong in the thought we are laboring to present. It would not be &limit ing of the Holy' One of Israel.. He would be regarded still as ready, at all times, to hear the suppliant's cry, and, able to save. There would be no encouragement to procrastinate. Every motive, from the value of ,the soul; the precious. nein of religion, the danger of delay, the freeness of the promises, the uncertainty of life, the sud denness of an unexpected death, and the certainty and awfulness of judgment, could be stillovith unabated force, biought to bear upon the sinner. And while we can see nothing wrong, there are evidently great advantages connected with the suggestion we make. • It corresponds with the analogy of God's working in the kingdom of no tnre ; it accords with .Scriptural illustrations; it is adapted to human - capabilities and the varied duties of life; it would be a rational dividing of time, that the spiritual workman might attend to each of his duties, or parts of labor, in season,- instructing and establishing the young convert, nurturing the advancing Christian, defending the , outposts of Zion, warning the persevering sinner, presenting the invitations of the Gospel, and dwelling on the evidences of regeneration. God works by system. Look abroad, and be hold it.' Examine minutely, and admire it. Wise men work by system. Scrutinize the order of their plans, and mark •their success. Pastors should have system in their , labors, and what we suggest would lead to it. /day we not then ask for the subject a serious thought? We can readily anticipate an objection. We have alluded to it. Men will say, why, the Win-, ter has come and gone all our lives, and we have seen on special revivals. True, it, may be so ; and it would be just so with the harvest time of Summer, if <no man expected it. There would be the season of the year, but no ingathering, no re plenished barns nor full garners. Why ? Because the seed would not be sown, the soil would lie unfilled, and the fields would not be hedged. *No preparation would be made. God's appointed time would come and depart, but man would not be blessed. So is it with the spiritual husband man. If he is uninformed or unbelfeving, he will not expect the harvest; hence he will not duly sow nor cultivate, and God's time to favor Zion, even the time which he has set, will come and depart, but his heritage will abide unblest. Now, what is the experience of our churches The few revivals whiph.we have, come, generally if not always,. at the season named. But our people are unbelieving; have no expectation; no pre-adapted arrangement; no specific prepara tions nor labors. The Winter—the proper, ifnot the appointed season----lionies. Men have leisure: Entertainment and excitement are needed. The theatre 'opens; 'the opera invites; the ball-room allures; systems' of lectures are gotten up`; the world tenders the means for gratifying the desire for excitement, and it has the masses, The poor pastor goes on in his old way, laboring in sorrow •, the elders lead their little dwindling prayer.meetings, and mourn; Christians wonder, at the folly of men, and sorrow over their straying children. But why is it thus? Why? It is be cause the pastors, and elders, and Christian peo ple did not prepare for the season. Thexhave no measures adapted to its:leisure, and to the excit ability of the, human mind, and the wants of the multitude. The means of entertainment are un-. provided by the Church, and the devil steps into the empty, and garnished house, taking with him his wicked spirits, and he has things to his liking I Alas, for the pastors, and rulers; and people of the Church. They are thrown back in those days —thrownhack because they, have not wisely and boldly .put themselves forward. ' . Oh, when will the children of the kingdom be wised When will ministers, and elders . , 'and Christians young , and old-; but especially tors, who are the leaders'of the people; irhen will they be as consecrate as their vow den:tends, and as judicious. es God would make them by his teachings, and as is regnired by their high call ing? It - will be a happy day for Zion, when her watchmen shall be all wide awake, and all her children shall wisely discern the signa.of the times. They will then sow the seed, and'tend it well, and gather in the fruit in its se_ aeon; iii some, thirty ; in some, sixty ; and in some, an hnndred fold. Home and Foreign Record. The number of this Journal, for January, is prorriptly sent forth . 1 conveying to the churches the condition of their great cen= tral operations. The importance of the Boards.is but very , imperfectly appreciateo, and the officers who labor there, are oft left destitute'of sympathy, and sometimes even censured, when they are really among the most effective far good, of all of Zion's eons. We honor and would cheer them, even though occasionally we suggest where in their labors might be still more prodno tive. DOMESTIC MISSIONS The reports, from missionaries are eneouv aging. They labor in the cause, and strug gle against difficulties; but they read the promiies, and are permitted to rejoice in in dications that the word ,preaehed by them, a portion of it at least, is the good seed in good ground. The contributions, also, are improving. Let the home laborers be sustained, whi4: ever self- denial may be required. Swims during November in Philadelphiii, $9,824.; at Louisville, $1,082. EDUCATION. We regaid every Prevbytdnan 'as borthd tii 4 alit eituA and he vidil fief gation just as he 4ppreciates a numerous and well qualified ministry. The Church will have just such hiborers to supply her con gregations and extend her boundaries, as she shall,use the, means of producing. The Lord will not give her ministers by miracle. She must procure . 'them in the established way. She must take her sons—the sons of her poor as well as others—and train them. There are some indications of liberality to ward supplying the urgent, the painfully presting 4: this, : ; cause. , A , Lay they increase till they become abundant. 'RECEII O III for 'November: at Philadelphia, $2,- 910 ; at Pittsburgh, $llO ; at Louisville, $96. FOREIGN MISSIONS. INDIA.—The latest dates are from Cal cutta, Sept 21st. Mrs. Newton died, at Sabatini, of typhoid . fever, Sept. 2d. Mrs. Foreman was convalescent. Mrs. Janvier was stronger, but a visit 'to th.s country was still regarded as needful. Toward replacing the property destroyed at Lodiana, $14,000 had been received; and the whole amount would be paid, from the assessment 4aid upon the city by the government. At ,, Agra, the brethren felt themselves 'safe, since the fall of Delhi. THE 0:rmo. MISSIONS do not present any thing new or peculiar. DOMATiONB in Niwitnber, $7,952 PUBLICATION. The, Co'portage Fund is still • defective, and the system of reduction in the number of laborers must be continued. This is painful, but it seems to be a necessity. A large debt should, 'on no account, be in eurred. If the churches will not supply funds; it is. evident that' they have no strong desire for thoptogress of the work. DONATIONS; NOC - 11th to Deo. nth,' $1,01.8 ; sales, $8,012. CHURCH EXTENSION. Though we 'have not a great deal to re cord,. either of ,i he doings'of this Committee or the Church7s liberality toward it---and the former is dependent on the latter—we" would yet still' keep it before our readers. It is an agency whose value has never been duly appreciated. But, with small means, it is doing a good work. EZOILIPTH in Noyember : at. St. Louis, $1,428; at Pittsburgh, $B7 ; at Philadelphia, $644. Something Singular. The following very , singular plan for in creasing the :subscription list to a religious journal, was, furnished to us by a pastor not far distant, who received it by mail. The re ceiver requested` that we should publish it, appending our editorial opinion. The pro position is as followe. We italicise a few emphatic words and phrases : [Hrivate Oneuraa.) PRESBYTERIAN OF THE WEST magsaL OFFER To Ministers. REVEREND AFIS DRAB BROTTIMI: —With the 'present number of our paper I send you this pri vate proposition for the purpose of securing your aidin promoting the intereato of our paper. Our object is to secure an immediate, efficient, and general effort ta . give. it a wide circulation ; and, to effect this, we offer the most liberal terms. It is found'to be difficult to employ traveling agents, in canvassing for new subscribers, with the hope of reaching any considerable portion of the Church; and it. is too much to expect minis ters to do our work without compensation. We, therefore, propose to give ONE DOLLAR for ev ery new subscriber furnished us before the first day of February:next. This offer is not made to authorize any one who may receive this circular,. to put down the price , of , the paper to , subscribers below the published rates, which are as low as can be afforded, but the object is to secure a large list of new s aubaribers, for one 'year, below cost to Ual with the expectation that the paper .will, its own merits, secure a continuance of the new subscribers, fronk year to year. If this end, which. is the object'of this effort, cannot be attained, the loss will fall, where it ought, upon the oonduc If:you prefer to get up clubs, at our published rates, you may retain all you receive over One Dollar, for' each new name sent s us ; though it will be best, for you and forus,, to charge noo Dollars, in'advanae, for each - subscriber; as the club sys tem is an injury, in the end, having the - effect of disqouraging subscribers from afterward paying full price, even where, by delay, they lose the right to pay club rates ! You will report the prices paid you, and we will send " receipt., to yen or them; as if you had paid all to us.. Your compensation is to be regarded as confi dential. While, in doing this work, you will be advanc ing an interest of the Church, Yon will be folly compensated. " The laborer is worthy of his hire." Perhaps also, the cost to us, in the end, will not be greater than to send agents to do this work. You will not demand payment, in every case, in advance, but you will attend to.collections as promptly as riossible; and you will not receive your compensation, for' ny new subscribir, until he has paid his subscription for one year. If you advance One Dollar for any subscriber, we will send , you a receipt for Two Dollars, so that you may get your commission when you collect of '''Yon will not forget that this proposition ex tends only to new subscribers, and terminates on the first of. February next. If you are not a sub scriber you will be at liberty, by these terms, to gat the,paper for one , year, for. One Dollar, for which you will please send at once: When yon make returnsyou will please refer to these terms, inasmuch as this Cireulir u not sent to ail our minfatiri. If you approve of our paper you will please authorize, your name to, he put to the recommen dation which you will find in our editorial columns of this date. ' • , TERMS : $2.00 in advance; $2.50 after six. months $3.00 after the year expires. Owes— sB.oo for five copies ;. $15.00 for ten copies, and $BO.OO for twenty-one copies, -in advance. J. G. MONFORT. No. 74 West Fourth Street, Concinnati, 0. December 17,1867. We can easily reprint the paper but, to engross an opinion may require some cau tion. We shall' rather note, what seem to us, some of its singularities, and let each reader form his own opinion. 1. It is singular that a teacher of moral shOuld offer to sign receipts for two dollars each, where he had really got but one; and `Still more so that he amid urge moral in struotors to, demand and receive two dollars each from their pupils, under the pretense that they had actually paid, or must pay, him that amount for his paper, when really and truly they put one of the dollars into their own pocket. 2. It is singular that a Christian minister should try to induce his brethren, the pas- tors; of churches; to use the influence which attaches to their official Character, to induce a loved, and confiding people to subscribe for a journal not commending itself by any superior worth, when they would thereby tax that same people extravagantly, not only for the one year, in which the pastors were to Share of the spoils, but, as the Troposer hoped perpetually, for his benefit 3. It is singular, that .any man, for his own/ benefit, should . think of miarto Any , lother Alin in - an - afield station for so Pal: try a tali; to intei into such a consphiay. But, 4. It is not singular that the paper conveying such a proposition, should ba marked "PRrve.m;" and that a promise should be annexed, that the "compensation" should be regarded as "confident/ca." Upon the whole, this paper, with the sin gle exception noted, is a very singular doc ument. The Southern Presbyterian Review. The October number of this Quarterly taslow iniireathin g - us ; rbuttiv sores rich. The articles are—l. The Sabbath Contro versy; IL The Messianic Interpretation of Isaiah 53d ; 111. The Alphabet of Natural Theology; 'IV. *The Influence of Stimu lents on the Manifestation of Mind; V. Our Problem; VI. Testim•my of the Rocks; NIL Critical Notices. The fifth article, "Our Prbblem," is a dismission on the best mode of embracing the colored people in worshipping assem blies; whether the separate mode, in con gregations by themselves, or the raied form, the whites and blacks being associated. The Reviewer prefers the hater. He thinks the rich and the_ poor should Meet together in worship, inasmuch as the Lord is the Maker of them all. With questions of this kind we but sel dom interfere. Where they are practical matters, affairs of every day 'experience, and in hands equally able, they are likely to be far More:wisely adjusted, than they would be by the theories of distant ones. And for this reason,-thdugh sometimes we find, in our contemporaries, things from which we dissent, yet we rarely say much. God bas4given to our Southern brethren, mainly, the work of converting the negroes, and guiding them to heaven, and we trust that he will also give thein the needed grace. EASTERN SUMMARY. BOSTON AND NEW . ENGLAND. Mr. Everett is engaged in delivering his address on the character of Washington, in many places, and always with pleasure and profit to the hearers. The puhlishers of the Atlantic Monthly state that although the -enterprise was un dertaken at a time peculiarly unfavorable, the result ' s thus far have been beyond the expectations entertained in the beginning. Great diversity of opinion' continues:to ex; ist as to the position in ,which this monthly, is to be viewed. It is admitted, however, that the number, for January is a great im provement on both its predecessors ;, and it is to be hoped that some of the features no ted as objectionable, will quickly •disap pear. The article in the last number on the new work of Agassiz, mentioned last week, will be read with much interest by thoughtful minds, as it sets forth the prin ciples of inquiry and classification adopted by that distinguished naturalist, and exhib its his opinions concerning the creation and support of all things, as being in accordance with what are generally known as orthodox views. Bostonians cling fondly around Old Har vard, and bestow largely upon it their gifts. , The valuable library of the late Dr. Giesler, of Germany, purchased principally through the liberality of Col. Loring, has arrived, and been placed in Divinity Hall. The magnificent library bequeathed by the late Henry B. Wales, has also 'heri received, and placed in appropriate eases, furnished at the expense of his brother. The same gentleman' also provided in his will, that upon the occurrence of a future event, 840,000 should be paid to the College for the endowment of a Professorship of the Sanseript language and literature. Thomas Lee, Esq., has also made a donation of prop erty to the amount of 810,000, the income of which is to be % added to the stipend of Dr. Jeffries Wyman, Hersey Professor of Anatomy. The members of the Old South, Church held an interesting meeting to welcome the return,of their pastor, the Rev. Dr. Blagden, after an absence of six monthay on a tour to Europe. The Puritan Recorder of last week has an editorial article, styled . ":Review of Creeds," in which the , necessity of profes sing and - adhering to a correct and Scrip tural creed, is strongly 'advocated, and at the same time any tendency toward lower ing the doctrinal Standards or .omissions of truth, is greatly deprecate& , The Congre gational churches of Massachusetts and New England, originally stood on the Westmin titer platform. But, according `to this paper, the defection began in the churches relax ing their creeds, and dates as far back as the times of Edwards. The work of altering the creed into a conformity with Arminian ism, began in 1765; from which time the work of change progressed until 1813; when a professedly Unitarian minister was settled, who admitted members on a creed of his , own composition. Now, the declaration is, that many of the new churches of the Con gregational order, especially in the West, either have no creeds, or statements of doc trinal belief, or adopt such as are at fault, by the omission of a clear and distinct enunci ation of doctrinal troth. They do not set forth heretical opinions, but open the way for the admission of members holding most diverse and erroneous sentiments.: As a sample, the creed of the Plymouth church o f Brooklyn, of which Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is pastor, adopted in 1848, is se leotcd. This is done because of the alleged ability of this church, by the wealth it can command to " rear up churches in its own image," and because of the reputation of its pastor, exerting a wide influence, that the evil may be arrested. The fault is said to be not the error it contains, but the truth it does not contain. The creed has nothing in it of our need of Re• generation—nothing of any Special Influence of the Spirit in Regeneration—nothing of Justifica tion by Faith alone,--nothing of the Sovereignty, of God in renewing grace—nothing of the Decrees of God, or of 'Election or Foreordination—noth ing of 'the? Perrseverance of the Saints—and noth ing of Infant. Baptism. So it may: be seen at a , glaucethat .it is, deeddedly below. a respectable. Arminian level : Itis as near , to llniMrianiem, an equivocal and b ungling definition.,Of ity will allow. On the Atonement, it has rt most appearance of truth; but yet nothing which a Unitarian, aided by hie ambiguities, might not readily receive. To publish such large.hearted Benevolence as the following, is truly refreshing. The liberality of this man las not been merely posthumous, but during a long life, his gifts were freely dispensed toward all proper! objects of charity and Christian effort: The Hartford papers publish a statement of the bequests of the late David Watkinson, a wealthy merchant of that city,.who died on the Sabbath, December 16th, at the age of eighty. After legacies to his nephews end neices, num bering over thirty, of $lO,OOO each, and to his adopted daughter, $20,000, the will gives, for the establishment of a Library of Reference in con nexion with the Connecticut Historical Society, $lOO,OOO ; to the Hartford Hospital, $40,000 ; for the establishment of a Juvenile Asylum and Farm School, his Pavillion property, (10 acres) valued at $40,000 and $20,000 in cash; for the estab lishment of a Fund for. the -support of Indigent Orphans, and other children, in connexion with the Hartford Orphan Asylum, $30,000 ; to , the Retreat for the Insane, $3,000; to the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Young. Men's Institute, and the Connecticut Historical Society, each, $1,000; to the A. B. 0. F. M., American Home Missionary Society, American Bible Society, American Tract Society, and American. Sunday School Union, each, $600; to the Hartford Female Benevolent Society, and the Hartford Orphan Asylum, each, $lOO ;, to the church in Lavenhans, Eng., (Mr. Watkinson was born in England,) £lOO. Besides the above, there are sundry lega cies to individuals making up a total of over half a million of dollars. NEW .YORK- The present is one of the regularly Duil Seasons of the year.; yet the prospects for the future are, on the whole, encouraging. Manufacturing establishments are going into operation again; money on Wall Street is, abundant; and the stock market continues to improve; while new enterprises of finance and trade are agitated. It would not be strange if, in twelve months, all vestiges of the late calamities should have disappeared, except in the case of individual sufferers. The Hon. Auguste Behnonte has been for several years engaged in forming a col lection of the Best. Paintings of the most "distinguished Modern Artists, of the French, German, Belgian, Italian, English, and American Schools This Gallery is now opened for exhibition, the proceeds of which are applied to the relief of the poor. It is to be regretted that, hitherto, most of the best and most chaste Paintings in the coun try have been confined exclusively to the parlors of the wealthy, without any opportu nity of being seen, except by a few: Monday the 22d inst. was the two hun dred and thirty-seventh Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims at Plimouth. The .New England Society of this city cele brated their fifty:second anniversary in the usual way; and in the evening was addressed, in a happy and able manner, by the Rev. R. S. Stara, D. D., of : Brooklyn. ..;A large audience VIM in attendance. The Mercantile Library Association, of Iltlooklyn, is a young institution, but has already a capital of ten thousand dollars subscribed; and a libraryitfof five thousand volumes, for the use of the library rooms, has been presented. It is now twenty years since The Old -Tabernacle, on Broadway, near the Park, was erected. On Christmas, the corner stone of the new edifice, nearly three miles distant, was •;laid by the pastor, Rev. J. P. Thompson, D. D., the Rev. Dr. Buddington, and Rev. R. W. Clark, of Brooklyn, assist ing in the ceremonies. The edifice is to be, one.hundred and eighty feet long, and eigh ty-eight feet broad; containing, in addition to the main audience room, rooms for lec tures, Sabbath School, Social and. Bible Class, and pastor's study and library. Professor Mitchell, of Cincinnati, has been invited by some of the clergy and literary men of the city, to deliver a series of lec tures during the present Winter, on Astro nomical Discovery and Science, as connected with Christianity and Scripture, which have been for some time in course of pre . paratton. The recent difficulties, throughout the country have embarrassed •almost. ad the great religious Societies. During the first five months of the present financial year, the receipts of, the Arneriasn Home Mis sionary Society were in advance of the cor responding period of the previous year, $7,961; but in the three following months they have been less by $12,729, than the same period last year. Outlays have been contracted, as far as possible, yet, on the first of December, there were $13,424 due missionaries for labor already performed, but the treasury was empty. The contributions to benevolent °Veda are in danger of being lessened by the course pursued by some, in pointing out de: fectiveneas of administration and unnecessary expense, forgetting at the auk time that every one, 'in looking over his own private accounts just , now, perceives many leakages that might have; been prevented. Many, wishing' some excuse for not, giving, will seize upon every plausible pretext of this kind, to cover their parsimony. A writer in the Evangelist controverts the assertion so often made, he says, by • means of the press, and also by the younger ministers of the Methodist Episcopal C'hurcls, that that Church has five hundred thousand children in its Sabbath Schools in this country, and is "in advance of all others in ;that department of Christian effort. He takes this city for an illustration.; in which the Methodists have thirty-six Sabbath SchoOls, containing eight thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight papils, or an av erage of two hundred •and sixty to each of the th;rty-two churches.. Of these, four are Mission Schools, with six hundred and seventy pupils, and sustained at a cost, to the denomination, of $l,BOO. annually. Only four hundred and ninety-five,ef their teachers were professors of - religion, out of over nine thousand two hundred communi cants. Or, in other words, the Methodist Ohurch comprises one-fifth of the entire number of professors of religion in the city, and yet ^ only reaches one-filteenth of the Children. While the fourteeu.New School Presbyte %riga, churches have •eight thousand two bundred and sixtrnine pupils, an:average 4 fiVe hundred 'aid itiventy to eteh of the fourteen churches ; and connected with th ese they have thirteen Mission Sch ou ', with three thousand six dundred scholars; and more than three•fourths of all their teachers are professors• of religion. Thus the four. teen New School Presbyterian chur c h es have three limes as many mission schools, containing five times as many scholars as all the thirty-two Methodist Epi scopal churches. And if the comparison is er. tended to the twenty Old School churches, the result will be still less favorable toward our Methodist brethren. Two of these churches last year paid from 82,000 t , 83,000 each, to sustain their own Ch urch mission school enterprises ; or, eithe r o f these churches paid, last year, more than a ll the thirty-two Methodist Episcopal churcha, for city mission schools. The writer say, these statements are made, not in au in. friendly spirit, but to cheek boasting a q . self-glorification in the future, and to p r ,. yoke to love and to good works. For it certain that the Presbyterians can, ari ought to do far snore than they ever har. 'done in this good work. PMIADELPHIA. Thomas Allibone, Esq., late President of the Bank of Pennsylvania, has written a letter from Nice, Italy, to his brother, er, pressing intense surprise at the char ges made against him in connexion with thin Bank; declaring that he had no idea that to waiindebted to the Bank; denying that he was ever engaged in speculation, and stating that on leaving the country, he gave full power of attorney to two friends, authorizin g them to sell real estate to meet any demands against him; and that absconding debtors do not usually take their families with them, as he .did. He is now suffering greatly in mind and body, partly from the suspicions excited against him. Philadelphia has long:been celebrated for the variety and extent of its Hiscellaneas 4 Manufactures, in vrhich Horace Greeley says it surpasses every other city in the world. The North American says there seems to be a disposition to retire from this business on the part of some, and to enter into the various channels of trade, and warns against it as certain to be, in the end, injutions to the, persons themselves, and to the growth, wealth, and importance of the city. The people of this city are beginning to feel proud of their Polytechnic College, whch has been very successful in its efforts toward scientific and industrial .education, The last graduating class promises well. Of the four graduates in Civil Engineering, one immediately obtained an appointment dirtai'llitisbuirgh; Fort Wayne and Chicago 'Railriaid; said another is in the employ of the Great Western Railroad of France. The graduate' in Chemistry now fills a Professor ship in that bnanch in the interior of Penn. sylvania. And the graduate in Mechanical Engineering is attached to one of the large machine works in this city. The Episcopal Recorder says that there are now, fifty students in the Episcopal The• ological ,Seminary at Gambier, Ohio, a larger number. than were ever at one time before, in anyone Theological School of that denomination in, the land. The Day Prayer... Meeting in the 'Union Methodist church, continues to be well at• tended. Ecclesiastical Rev. A P. RAPPER'S Post Office address Pittsburgh, Pa. Rev. D. A. MURDOCK'S Post Office wiling is changed from Otoe Mission, Kansas, W Doniphan,. Kansas. Rev. Wm. A. yirmsT's Post Office address is changed from Dry Run, Pa., to Spring ban, Franklin County, Pa. Pastoral re• lation unchanged. Rev. _JOSEPH R. WILSON, D.D , desires correspondents and publishers to addres him hereafter at Augusta, Ga. Rev. P. A. ,blcAlAnTrtes pastoral relation to the church at Cape Island, New Jer• sey; has been dissolved. Post Office ad dress unchanged. Rev. L. S. FINE has received a eall from the church of Ohambersburg, Pa. Rev. ROI3ERT CRANsoRD's Poet Office ad dress is changed from Chester, Pa., to Deerfield, Mass. Rev. G. L. Mote's Post Office addratis changed from Doaksville, Choctaw Na tion, to New Orleans, La. Rev. A. L CRAWFORD'S Post Office address is changed. from Indiantown, S. C., to Warren, Arkansas. Rev. R. TAYLOR has accepted a call from 'the church at Hightstown, New Jersey. Mr. E. H. RUTHERFORD was ordained and installed pastor of the Vicksburg church, Miss., by the Presbytery of Central Miss., on the 15th ult. , t Rev. Dr. E. T. BAIRD'IrPost Office address is changed from Columbus, mi ss ,, to Crawfordsville, Miss. Rev. Wu. E. RAKER, of Georgia, has re. calved a unanimous invitation from the church of Staunton, Va., to become their pastor. Bev' T. M. HoPKINs' Post Office addreasi s -changed from Keene, Ohio, to Yellow Springs, Ohio. Rev. ROBERT S. FINLEY has received and accepted the appointment of General Agent of the Illinois State Colonization Society. His headquarters will be at Speingfield, Rev. T. S. REEVE has received and aceePt' ed a call to the church of St. Charles, Mo. Mr. J. CAMERON was ordained and installed pastor of the church in New Scotland , New York, by the Presbytery of Albany, on the Ist nit. Rev. *roux V. DODGE has accepted an inv. Cation to supply the church in Canton, IL Rev. S. E. ROB=SON, of Milton, Florida, departed this life on the 21st Rev. 0. J. Knw S Pest Office address is changed from Sidney, "lowa, to Binning' ham lowa. • A RIM S. A. /dui.°ammo h a s engage- to supply the church in Bowling-Green) Kentucky, until Spring. Rev. R KIINZENMAIKE ' German Presby terianurinister of the Presbytery of La' Warta, died in St. Louis on the 28th of
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