Nntur*built** PITTSBURGH, JANITART.23;IB6Br- 21.111141Allern$1•50. In advance; or In Clubs sl4lsl,ortdeliverad at reeldances of dulocrl• bare. die Pcospootuo, ou Third Magee: It illlC NW AL S should bs prompt! a GUIs while horrors the year 'spirits, that ws imay maks Mill orrongionoitta for s steady Tut indicates ' t ire &emirs a zonswal. Ifs hemmer, lu thi hinds of usidlisipothis lama should bis I WS hops our Mends will still not forget us. ELGALTIVANCIedr-Sond parasols!. by sat* hands, .whoa ionvisiont. Oro Had by non, isnelosing with ordinary cameo and troubling nobody with a 11010iNditdg• of triatcYcha• are doing. Fora largo amount, send a Grotto*r large untos. Pot insole two papsrsossnd Gold Or mad notes. TO MAIM 011ANGS, Send postags stasispao sr batter still, send 'for agars papers; sof Od or 1411Vilaity nualabdim or g 2 ,for Thirtrtbree irosabass. DIRAC" all Lectors 'sad Comasinuaileattalsa ea RVs DAVID NainliNalln;Pittalbiargbi .. • as• =I AN APPEAL to Synod, from the decisionof • . the Presbytery of Beaver, in dissolving the pastoral relation betweenJlev. A. .1443()ready and the , ehuriali of Neshanook, has been taken. SOOTT , COUNTY, lOWA. -A few Preabyteiians in this thee are very tiesirons to have preaching; orto have'even thelabora of a Colportenr. Tu Presbytery of Ohio have .appointed Revs. D. MoKinney ,and O. V. MoKaig, and Messrs. M. R Bkown and Samuel Rea, Commissionem to the General Assembly. GLENDAI e, o.—The New &look church a t this place, by a unanimous vote, have re. solved to unite with the Old School Presby tery of eincinuati. ConnzanoN.--The five dollars acknowl. edged to .Academili " Congregation," in Mr. Child's report, in December, should have been credited to Mrs. Mary Huston, of that .lace. • r THE Pitssurnurr ALLEGIFICNY CITY, has elected Rev. Henry R. Wilson, D.D., and Mr. Robert M'Knight, Commissioners to the neat General Amen*ly, and the Rev. D. A. Cunningham and .l Mr. James, Lewis, Alternates.' THE extionmsn CcAvraerrow.— It, is 'suggested that the congregations assist in bearing the traveling expenses of their min'- . inters, to this meeting, and' also of an elder, from each congregation. 'To do' so would' be perfectly right. The people Blare largely: in the benefit. CHANGE or RELATiON. —Rev. John , skin, D. D., or the Associqe Reformed Church, in this city, was received into the Presbyterian Church; by the Presbytery' of Ohio, on the 'l3th 'inst. Skin' has' been long and well-knoWn, and highly es teemed in this community. He will find himself associated with brethren , sonrid in the faith, and to his enlarged and liberal Christian 'feelings. THZ OLD SCHOOL CAUSE 7 CHICAGO.-- Dr. Rice, writing to the, St. . • Lov,is Presbyr feria)", 'lays U My; congregations increase in numbers, and in deep and solemn inter est. We greatly Ike& a bitter and' larger' 'house; and if will not , be, , loag.tili, by the blowing of God, we shall have one. .Mean while, I hive never preached-to more inter ested and solemn audiences, than since I came to Chicago; nor...litany .point have I succeeded , lnore rapidly inlathering a lion gregation.!'- • - • BIBLE PAUSZ.--Rev. Cbarles Timm , , Agent for thO Pennsylvania Bible ,Society,, rep ortsoVer4l,ooo contributed toilet' So ciety by tbioburchesin'Westrnorehnut Co., since be ientered upon his labors 'there, al (though ',law part of the County reinnins to be visited. Hisunecess that _County, and a desire to'complete his work in it be fore leaving,,are given as the ,reasbriti -why he has not visited beferithis the'elmichie of Washington Co, accordme to promise. He has bad Bibles to amount of $BOO. 'The Ret e erto4 and Prineeton view. The January number of this excellent periodical, presents to us the folloWing,bill of contents,: L Positive Philosophy ef , An gusts Compte;rll. The Revolt,of .the poys ; M: English Hymnology; - An cient Manuscript Sermons; Brovinsen's Exposition of, kirßself; VI St. Hilaire' on the Reformation Spain , ;, with Short Np tices, and Literary Intelligence. Edeiy Man who'would keep even with Theological literature, should have`thiie Re- Termsy;s3.o6, which,> if sent in ad. 'mice, will secure the paynumi of the post;- • age by the publisher. bantling and the Theatre. The Theatre we regard as deeply painting. Persons of refinement, and, especially . fe• males, cannot Attend: it. ,It has become tulgar, as well as sinful ; and aria gentle -:I men, who value themselves' forth° strictness of'theirproptiety, cannot- he 'present:" Let young men who would Pastime' and load eluttaeter, beware; though they be fir from home, let them beware. Dancing is more genteel,' by far. But it is.dangerons—dingerons even at the Ikeda' party, in the private t parlor. A little of it cherishes a taste. Repetitions forma Habit. A strong desire as tole gratified, in circum stances highly it:de:WA - IC' Avoid it. K ee p clear of the very beginnii*.,,,,They lead to evil. We regard dancing as one of the deadliest 'foes to true. godliness: It is so seeminglrinnoeent, in the- parlor; 'and - so. intensely fOcirtatini, that 'it capture% our **sons yontioilen`nothitiefie of igifiitq plessuresicould reach them, and wbenert,Op caught in the snare, it- bewilders and mis. leads them, alienatee' them from God and holiness, and exposeuthein to dreadful evils' Avoid it utterly. Our Presbyterylum dune, well to reiterate the warnings of the 'synod'end GetteratAi r mbly. See our first page. Say „ :.~, The following letter, from'Rev. R. S. Ful lerton to Mr. Bighorn, who is an uncle to the Campbells, is furnished to us by the Icindizeseof 'Rev. S. F. Grier, of New Cum berland, Va. It is the latest infoimation directly from our Missionaries, though, from ,other v sources, there is more recent news `firma India. The fall of Delhi, the capture of Lueknow, and other successes of the ; British arms, and the arrivals of large num bers of European troop's, have relieved our Missionsirom danger, and operations.would soon re-commence. Mr DE/43 SIR :—You have, ,no doubt, long since heard , unpleasantrumors with re gard to the ,state of things in India, and have no douht felt much uneasiness' about ;the dear Campbells. I would have written to you before this, ,but,the, case of our dear friends was involved in,solnuch doubt and. uncertainty, that I was afraid of nnnecessa.. rily .exciting your fears. This reason for ^delay no longer exists. We have, now not a doubt cif,what,we havelong feared, that all our Futtehgurh missionaries, the Bev. 4 Messrs. Freeman, Johnson; McMullen, and their wives, together ; with our dear ; friends, the Campbells, and two of their children,, have been slain. You will'learn froth the Delhi Gazette, a copy . of which I herewrth i send you, that the missionaries left Fittehgurh with the first party that' dropped' the river in boats, on the 4th of Jane. The mutiny broke out at , Meerut on the 10th of May. On the 11th' the 'inarisiore' at Delhi occurred, and`on the 13th the new's reached us here of these events. • We wrote Over at , once to our friends it Fritteligitrh, informing them of our common danger, and' we were in almost daily corresmidence with thein ''te'the' time they ,left for Cawnpoie. The people of the 'station 'Were 'greatly alarmed,' for' they i were muctleapOsed; hertig it a station where there were only native' troOps, and 'living near the grand , trunk road, along which the rebel bands were soonaneving# great num bers. To increase their fears, the massacre . -at Shabjellampore occurred. This place was .only about forty miles from there. The Uhristian population were slaughtered on the Sabbath. Minister and people , were slain in the church, lett one remaining to-tell us the fate of . MEL fellow-wflrEa4Pere. A day or two after this, the massacre , at Bareilly took, place. This station t ams North of them, fifty or sixty miles distant, and ,it also„con, tributed to increase their fears. They wrote, to us, asking. us whether they, should ; flee, and telling us that wherever they_ turned death stared them in the face. :We invited them to come to Agra and;. cast, in their lot with us, but at that time our condition was but little better than their own. -It is true we , have &much stronger fort than they had, arida European regiment to defend us, hut the former was at that time in-the hen& of mutinous Sepoys, which had not thew been disarmed.' "Besides this, apart of their way here would have 'been one rattehtraveled by the •rebels; and they were fearful of' falling into , their hands. Had they made the at tempt to come , to Agra, we think they might have succeeded, but He who doeth all things well, 'ordered it otherwise. The last letter wet had from the CaMpbells,Vao oneltirittei by Mrs. Campbell and' addressed to' Mill. Fullerton,- just -before leaving' her home. She said she was just'pirating up a change of clothes forlter husband, her children, and hermit . ; that they,- with others, were about to attempt to float down' to Catinpore. in boats; that she had misgivings as to whether they ever would reach = that-station; but that it was a farce ,of gratification to her to know, that whatever might happen to them, one of her children was safe-=--referring to dear little Davidson, now irithe hills. Her last words were, " Farewell, dear) sister; shoild we'not meet again-oWearth,- may we meet inliaaven."' After letiVing, the first newiwiii received of them( cattle in 'a letter fromi native brother ' living in Futteliguilf. ' He laid thatViiiy nit ; shiest reached Oitwitiiire,' when 'their boats were faidinte by the and they were *oeingelled, to y landj "Where they and all their party, ,Osiniiiiting, hundred and;*twenty:slit, persons, were 'Made prisoners: There were thieti native' Chris tians" with thenir at the tinie;'Whi'fied an' soon an they reached the shoie, and bronght back word' to ourinforMaitt: None' of theni were put . t•i''deatb,' and cone-of''them tad- ' fere'd any indignities'Shire , 'these news, left; As soon `as' we'ieceived this We' sent off a native brother from this placer die- ` gunied , as a beggar; ''(the country Oaring" with.' this 'dais of persons, who are . looked Upon as' isiered by natives.) He bore' lettiriefroin us' e thein;but When het reached Cawnpore, distant tibont''one hundred and Was informed that, ill had been `''to' death this Wes all could 'learn, &boil them. 2' The houses at the 'station 'at 'Campers bad it ` time been burned,- and as band''of Enropegnis were defending the: residents`' an' trenched barrack, bit he cent& not' approach. it becinse it' Was- surrounded by natives The place was linvested; you will-; learn from the public paphivon :the Ith of June'f the barritok was soon tconimnied'hy • the ens: =• Myi :and t our poor fellaw-Chriitiane Were compelled toile in thteditcheiday"andmight, , ", exposed to the rays of an, almost vertical snniland , to ~raint Such yott=have 'never seen in America. The: consequence mac, that meniwOmen,and'Schildren, died -rapidly from sunstrokes and .fever, and , not a few , were .daily slaughtered by-this guns , . of.• the , t 611,3m . y,,wbieh played on them,: without in- , terunssion, for about days- They , : were. bit - L' poorly :supplied- with loodV were reach .of but true. well, , ,and-, this was ,, commanded :by the guns of, the enemy,: so' 7 : that. they could 4.; intr. , obtain: a drink'; of: water: at the risk of , '„ their Ilives.::: , Yetithis bravilittle 'garrison:held out.until- the:With"' of .the month, whim-they capitulated :tof the "Nana Sahib," „upon ~::03onditionk that he Would 'provide them; with; boats, and 'anew them to. drop down .. to •Allahibad, ~whii3h : , eommMided by. one. of the ;stun grit' forts of India. All were allowed to go .= on board, 1 when the tree:Oberon& t,•Nenti "latlthe boats, which -Asere-thatched with strawi)fired, and *co, opened upon , Ahem with-bean , : guns, Which , be had previously, ooncealidiupiin , thY, Only about five persons_of thrwholi party „escaped the , most • of the: boats Were ". at. once sunk; anot the lew that got Off mete ". ultimately taken; The w.imen and: children Which were '-taken (a large numberi) were - kept as prisoners until our forces fe;ocoopied Cawnpore t or .. rather; until the =might „' pre vious, for ammediatelyifter thebattle whieh restored. the .city,..ito,tui t , they , were, cruelly slaughteredand'thrown into a well. • Thus' perished 'about-. seven 'hundie& F a: • fifty persons; 4 constituting the' 'garrison' at Cawnpore: As' soon as our foices reached thirsts:thin; they "warned tothiphice where the women and 'children were confined, bop= Jng to release them; but the scenepreserited.; to their w - War one: Which iverwhelined dm* withlgrief. . Their prison wiuf 'an open With - stnner;lthils Finial '3043*(1 4 with clotted blood—hands fall of hair, whieh 11E1 Our Missionaries is India. AGRA, October 9th,;1.857. rHE PRESBYTERIAN, BANNER AND ADVOCATE; • k had been torn from the heads of the women and children—elittle shoes belonging th.the latter, and garnent# torn to rags, belonging to both. No one possessing human feelings could look 'gen agelea . sceee unmoved., J, would spare you the recital of this sad ' tale, were it not that I wish to gitre you a con nected account of all that we know of our friends. I forgot to say, in the proper place, that we .dipereldited, for &Jima ' the infor mation brought us by our native brother, con cerning them, supposing that he had been misled; but even before the fall.of pi - 41( pore; all that wegeoulci tiearwasreonfirmatury of what he had told us; still some of our . number hOfecillet although the rest of Futteligurh fugitives had been killed, our friends (inasmuch as they were Americana) andiri no way connected with the Beet In dia` Company,) had been permitted to enter the entrenchment which'had been Made by Colonel Wheeler; but when we' heard of the sad end of all who were with - him,' our hopes were changed to ''fears, for the Colonel and his companions must 'hive suffered more than tongue can tell, during the time they were entrenched. 'lndeed 'this evident ' from journals which were kept on scraps of paper by some ofthe ladies, and were pinked up by our men after the slaughter. We "now learn from . Futtehgnrh native Christiana who hive escaped to Cawnpere, since it has been re-occupied, that our dear Mende never reached the'entrenchment, hut that' they were ill'beheaded On the • parade ground not far from it. Thiti oecurreeen the 10th of June, just one month after the o eutbreak at Meerut and three ' days after, Cawnpore was invested.by the'rebels under .the ' l4 Nene Sahib.." This -is all we know of our lamented brethren and deters and their, dear We have entertained-hopes tthat they may have written' to us, and that tb.eir , letters would yet reach - us, 'but 'these hopes grow'every day fainter and fainter. They were, ; perhaps, so closely watched that they could i not write. How they, felt in view of death ;I what ,their hopes or fears,:, and, what their . . rnessages wore which they would ,have • left' for.us or for their ' -friends , in America, we know not, and shall not probably un-, til the secrets of all , hearts are revealed. '.Their • untimely end fills •ms,:with grief. They were lovely brethren, and. were out 1 down in- the, midst ,Of their usefulness. 1-Who r will come forward to, take ! their place,. and share with us their hurdens ?-, May • ! the Iced of the harvest have mercy.upon us and upon India. Mrs. Fullerton ,and I have sustained a great- loss in did death of all' these 'brethren but especially in :the death of the, Campbells, as we were -bound Ito them by special They entered the fieldiwith- us ; we have kept up a • regular ;correspondence ever since, by letter, and have visited each otheict and felt toward each other.as relatives. But our loss is net peculiar to- oureelves; both Mr. and. Mrs. Campbell were lovely characters and were universal favorites in our mission ; yet lovely as they were, they were not more so.- than ,`their` dear : little children, • Fanny and Willy, who were slain with them.. They were beau tifnl children, and:under the very • best cipline. Teeny was one of the -most inter " estbig children I ever, knew, and yet not 1 more interesting than Willy would have been `l. at the same age. When I think that one so young, so beautiful and so lovely, suffered a violent death, it ahnost overwhelms me. • , In, view. of the removal of these •dear friends you will , ask, as we have dime .why *as it permitted? But let us not push this inquiry too far; it is enough for US to know that " the Lord reigneth," and. that "the judge of all,the earth:" doeth' ight. It is true such a dispensation,of his providence is 1 calculated turemind us .ef the declaration 1 of the Psalmiet, ".clouds and, darkness, are round;about hini." bit We must not forget . 1 that " righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne." Let us boiv in . humble submission to his will_; let us ac knkiwledgi his sovereignty ' ; 'his` right tows and' ours ;. and let us rely with 'unshaken con fidence in-the declaration of his'word,-, that he'is good:- Let "our langthige• be' that of Eli'velten he heard tidings which Wire • cal culated to fill him with '"sorrow; "It 4' the Lord 7 .---let him' do what seemeth him gOod." Our Mende' are gona but God has taken them-to himself;; we'cannot surely complain of -this. He 1118111 in theme°but "he' has' taken thein World-of sorrow arid pain to a world'wheri there is neither--" Where the Wicked - 'eeasti - from 'troubling', aitirila weary . are at rest." 'The loss is ours and is that of the heathento whomthey' were sent; but'theirs is eternal gain. They have been numbered among those whom John sew in:Vision; and of Whom it 'is "said,' . `" These are`they who have 'came out of- great ' tribu laden and 'hairy washed their robes and'ado them white 'in the blood thei"Lemb: Therefore are they before the throne of God and' serve him day and night his tiiiiple; and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. • 'They shall hunger no more - —neither ' thirst ' any more—'neither shall the sunlight on them nor any heat. • For , -the Leith 'which is • in" `the midst of the throne shall feed and 'lead theta to living fofintaine of ; : waters _ ;.and God•<shall wipe away all tears from-their eyes." • , • • . • Let us be humble, faithful Christians ; let nsrdowith our might what our , hands find to do;- : and let us daily- watch- and pray, and in a little while,unto, us 'a/so. an. entrance shall- be •ministered, abundantly, ; into the everlasting.kingdom of our Lord ad 'Bovieue Jestee,Chriet. (I Very truly yours, R. S. FULLERTON. Seminary Control.at the South. Out Cincinnati neighbor, itUntiting. the Aid that the Synod of Alabatim had 'united with the Synods of - SouthiCazolinti and Geoi giu,inuustaining and iondueting the Sem inary, at Columbia, remarks "We have seen no indications of -slam at l'thie extension of Synodical-'control, on the Part of , thoki at the Noah,' who lave recently- discovered that 'such supervisiOri is imMinently dangermis to the . Purity of The °logical Seminaries; and 44who- think idiot Assembly control ivthe only safdlnaril. have heard' it Ewa,What:is ono man's mist is anotherlnan'apoiroW;' so wepresamethat what is Inca at the Sonth, is poison-at the , North:'- A. chtlege•of skies ehangOs plei=sometiMee I".' We are not .certain that our; contemporary is correct here, either Inits prepum„ orin its . : philosophy about. Ica change of.skies." There 'are causes, -for some' things', more powerful than 'climate. It is possible that those who Made the first movements'toward ' the Semblary at Columbia, deferred greatly to the opinion of their brethren. They did not, hence; send up a plin and Constitution, reedy made, to` the Synods They raiher suggested, the matter in the regalarSynodi cal meetings; arlthe„Synods then devised, deliberated, and, after much conference, re_ `solved and executed. They thus dulylion orid each other and had a Seminary' on principles ivislch t4ley. Gould, all either ; prove, or quietly tolerate iAlld .tkeY, dwell in peace, and work in harmony; and their principles being those of the Chirch to which they belong, their brethren do not disturb ,If, now, we are , right in our conjecture, on the Standards of-the Church and the; order .of the Assembly, have been the . meat'' _there, t k rul7ip venture. the opinion, our neighbor to 'the 'contrary notaitlistand. ing, that these would not be "poison" any 7110ext 1,4 :I ;) Revivals, God is the hearer of prayer. Those who duly seek, shall find.. When the desires of the Church are se intense, that she will give God no rest, day nor night, and when her faith is so .strong and so enlightened, that she will humbly plead his _promisee of 9 raae in connexion with the .diligent , and proper use of , all, appointed means, revivals will ,be granted. It is e. subject for great thankful ness, that God is manifesting that the Con= vention in 'our city was in accordance with his will. His Spirit was here; ink , the work commenced in the hearts of, ministers and elders, is 'apreading•to the people. FAIRVIEW VA.--" E. C. W." deems it no violation of confidence to , send, us, for in sertion in the • Banner and Advocate, the following cheering extrac t from a private letter (received from Brother Pomerby, pastor of the Faindew church, in the Presbytery of Washington. This delightful work we . regard as among the first fruits of our fa vored ConSention at Pittsburgh. We shall hear of many such : " There is a, great deal of religious inter, est with us, at. present. The Lord has -in great mercy visited us.. There were thirty five received into the church' on last Sabt. bath, upon, profession of their faith. Dr.. Stockton was with us. We have bad a , se ries of meetings which were well attended; and we think that there are many persons snore ; :inquiring •the way. of life. r lMay God in his rich mercy, still carry on this &Hone work.- We intend to have as much preaoh ing as we can, during this month and next.. Pray for us, that the;work may not' cease. : It was a very solemn and interesting sight, to' see thirty-five persons .dedicating them ielves to.the service , of God.- May God, of his infinite mercy, visit all ,our churches with a time, of refreshing I" - WAsnINGTOi*CPA.—We learn, inciden tally, that a aeries of' religious meetings has been in progress, for more -than a week, in Washington, Pa., with encouraging pros pects. Some mercy diops` have fallen, and the hope in entertained that there will be a plentiful „rain. Our information is to, the effect, that the College is likely to share in the blessing. EAST LumITT, PA.—lt was our privilege to attend .a sacramental.service in this place, last Sabbath. Ten persons were received , to the communion, on examination. Pour of these received baptism May these , Prove to be the first fruits, to be followed by a bountiful'harvest. KIRKWOOD, Onio.—This little church is served by Rev. Samuel Boyd; as stated sup ply. At a recent. communions twenty-four persons united, sixteen , of• them on extuni,- matron. Others.were serious inquirers. The brother who writes to is; says : "We ie joke to'seethe fruits of the Convention so soon;appearing.". NORTH HENDERiON, ILl4.—An awakened interest has been enjoyed in this church for some Weeks. Communicants are intent on `their spiritual interests, and sinners are be ing converted,to God. Fourteen, have been , added to the ehurch, inthe joy of hope, and others are inquiring. . The pastor, Rev. a. ,11. Nevins,' Writes: The deep spiritual so lemnity that characterises our assemblies, and the 'fervent - prayers that ge - forth of the heart of God's, people, and the eartuist tention of theiouth,arld, others, give us a liitely hope that yet the Head of the Church has blessings of salvation in store for us, and 'will give us more of his *Wel Fes ence."!, Ricumorm, IND.—As the fruit of pastoral ; labors long continued, there have been re-' .cently gathered 'into' the ! communion of this 'church, under the care of Rev. John Smith, fifty persons. - They entered on a ! profession of their faith in Christ. Twelve of them received" baptism. - FOurteen are heads -o r kmiliea 'This accession not only adds to the number of • pausing menibars but•gives great reason to hope for increased "eifndenip. • . CENTRZITItii.—Seti letter of Mr. Steven- . , non, on first, page. UPPER TEN , Mrra,A)A.-Seo ' , letter of Bei. Dr: Wines: MARENGO, ILL.—There is ;quite a pleas ing' interest manifested on 'the' subject, of religion;, principally in the Baptist and . Xeth6dist Chian. A Symptom. Tlie *Alden of the - Nevi Scheel breth ,. ren to the Old School was,.for a long , time, violent, and embraced a number of ,Particu lars. -.Now,. it would , seem that all i catmes,of separation have vanished, except the EX8,171 ination _Rule'; and even this, tliey begin to think, is likely to depart. Just hear the; American Presbyterian. It.ls speaking of, the reception of the Presbytery of Texas, N. 8. by , tye.Synod,of Texas. It says: _ "Our rea ders pereelve that this is ra matter of , the gravest importance ; it in. *Ayes in fact the , whole question of a . r - ,unien between the two branches of the 'Presbyterian Church. If all our Presbyte 7 ries,mA.Syriods may be received en Inane into the 'Old Selma connexion, without - ex amination, then of course the excisien is virtually rescinded. There is no further cause of division and the two Assemblies may re-unite. We ,are, as we . always have been,, entirely in 'fairer of this course, and as Soon as our brethren , are ready for' it, we are prepared''to terminate the unseemly schism which ,now divides brethren who ought to be united." , The exeindingaet they may well forgive, sinee'they found it needful to adopt °a simi lar ._practice.: And` our opposition to a mingling of Cmigregationalism with ,Prei byteripism they _may. readily : stppruye of, being now painfully taught its impropriety, . by a twenty years experience in Mrsionarh• Education, and Church: Extensioe:troubl6. And the necessity of a Church hiving its Boards, (or its Central Committees, which is 'the' 'Stile thing) theriiiirVill admk having been themselves impelled to the adoption of this measure. And if now they could only adopt the Confession of Faith, ex ammo, and as a whole, in its plain and obvious meaning, they could return - to us at once; and,they i would.he r most corially l regeived, „ r - O, , r, tn "•xixamination'z, le warnot in their-way,-they-could come in, withilltheir differences. But, alas, that dreadful Rule I It-requires a man , to cote to the light, to show Ow doctrine he brings, whether it is the doctrine which' we have' learned of the ,4postles,,or whether'it is another doctrine. This is the barrier. • " - • Well, we trust that the gate of entrance will ever open, only bp, this key. We have no; ideathat truly sound men will desire to enter by any other. It may be a gi strait gate," bat tbere is no likelihood' of men conscious of doctrinal rectitude seeking for any other mode of entrance. The Affieiican .Preskyteran thinks the Southern Synods are relaxing•the rule. If there is any tendency thus, with them, we trust that they will regard the words of our 'contemporary as an admonitory lesson. They see, if Ais barrier should'be removed, what floods nf New School men will snsh into our Church, from the 'North. They will, then not lead the way •in breaking down • con servititim. These who are of us, we would mostnordially receive, whether in the North or the SUuth. We mike no difference as to either.atitude or Longitnde,.in judging , • 'of. Christian& yhe Presbytery of Texas was received by. the Synod of Texas, not to be a• constituent of the itodi, but AS' be instantly dissolved. It' was so dissolved, and its members turned over to 'other Presbyteries. On their -ap pearing there, to be enrolled, it would be a clear linderitariding that they should be re ceived just <as they would if they , had be longed to any other Presbytery; 'that is, by examination. ;And if the Presbyteries of Eastern and 'Western• Texas, to which they were sent, did not so receive theM, they vie hied a rule of the Church, and exposed theinselies to censure. We trust that the rule will be neither abrogatedlior evaded. It is good; and is essential to pece. • The Presbytery of Ohio, and the Fifth Church, Pittsburgh. The following extract from. the Minnt,es of the. Presbytery will show the present state of affainkreltitive:to this enterprise:: ' , The Committee , .appointed: at the • previous meeting of the Presbytery;.to , niganize a Church in the edifice of thuFifth Church, reported that they have, not yet Seen their way clear so to de. The Preen tery,. then, appointed Dr. Jacobus to preach statedly in the' edifice knoWn as the Fifth Church. The.following paper was then., introduced, and ;adopted; That in this moat trying crisis—that of life or death to this enterprise--:Presbytery, in some hope still, make one ;Dore- effort sad , 110 the best thing they can in apiointing Dr. Jacobus to preach'statedlY , there ; and he consenting to this difficultand seltdenying rservice, we do appeal again, with more earnestness, and . anxiety than ever, to the churches of this city, to give men and families-4es, many men and several fatu ities. " 4 And furthermore, -PresbYtery do express the desire and the.hope, thatAhe Sessions of the First and Second churches will at once, and most kindly, heartily, and. effectually counsel and encourage, the separation from themselves to thiS important enter Prise, of any of their number who have hith erto,' providentially or by their 'own feelings and convictions, been identiftedivitkit„ .Resolved, That early, announcement be made of the desire and plan of this Presbytery,_ to organize a Presbyterian church* the Fifth *Mnh edifice: imbed, That whin this Orianizatioirshall be made, this church shall , be reconiniended to the Board - of Missions for $BOO for one year, to aidin the necessary-expenses of opening the church.,; The `above: expresses a very strong desire on the 'part 'of the Presbytery, in favor of ChureleExtension in this city, and there are strong , inducements to, prosecute the . work. There is already a flourishing Sab bath School connected With , this °birch., DLit Sabbath there were one hundred and twenty-one Scholars and twenty one teachers present. The location central. AB a, place of worship it is every way highly re spectable, anditully as comfortable as-a ma jority of our elnuthes. It' is designed to or4n. with an afternoon' service ? and, Shortly 'to give Opportunity , of orgartizing,,according to the directionuf the Presbytery. . Persons who have any intererifin.church extension, should at once fall in with this promising enterprise. Everything will depend on prompt encouragement at the outset. This ,will accomplish much more than double would do,•if tardily given. Those who en 'ter noir will have' the advantage' of coin retaking an entirely new enterprise—with a church , edifice awaiting their occupancy— an efficient 'ministry—a central location, and an • opportunity 'for furnishing additional church accommodations in our city at very moderate rate. The serv,ices . 4 Di. Jacobi, ,may now, 'be, enjoyed if efficient helpers,mill come for ward, to'becontinned so long as there will be an enoonnigementin this Work. `• The house be`opened' on next Sab hath afternoon, Service to commence,,at 3 o'clock, precisely. , ,Disabledlafinisters; The duly of providing' for the poor` is prominently . presented in the Scriptures, and is sanctioned by all the better feelings of hu manity. The obligation demands, that we embrace within the comprehension of our beneficence, all the - Sons and daughters of ,But there is a special: claim on the part of those who have been Worn rout, or disabled; in a Service:- The righteousness of this claim is acknowledged, and it is lib • erally responded to, by government, in all civilized 'countries. Soldiers and sailors, wounded, in their country's' cause,: or worn out, by Age, or `broken down by toils or ex posures, or in any lase DISAIitED, are thence provided for while life lasts . ; and not only is the, disabled one sustained, but his w is embraced in the bounty, yea, and his chil dren also, during their. helpleisness. Well, ministers are employed in a Service. They are servants of the Church i, aid the Church by her Headoi, soleinnlyinjeined . to provide for them. This she does by the :o':ngregations which they serve, or have skived previouslyio their becoming disabled. '• Often, however, the individual congre gAion is not able to make the needed pro laherer: 1 fence the congregations, united in their Church organization, should have an arrange ent, by which the burden will be equalized, v , hile the means are made abundant. This benefaction is •-rworthy the serious a4tention of the churches. Every one should do something. Collections are paid to the Trustees of the. General Assembly, .and. the f ands are thence distributed on the recom. riendations of the Presbyteries. The sub j'i et is presented by a Committee of the I hoard thus Mn. Enrroß :—Application for the relief' of ".disabled clergymen and the needy wid u.ws and orphans of deceased clergymen" are rikany, and increasing. The report to the .:assembly in. May, 1857, estimated the num ber in,all our churches,. for whom relief is eionteroplated, to be not less than twenty-six ef the first class, fifty of the second, one hundred and eighty of the third. Among these are ministers who are disabled by palsy, hronohial and pulmonary affections, both mental and'bodily, induced by ex ,:.essive labor or advanced'age, widows strug vling with poverty and disease in their efforts to keep themselves and their fatherless chil dren from want. The "annual collections", I',3r their relief, recommended by the General .assembly in 1849, and twice repeated since, u;re made in comparatiVely few churchee, did a majority contribute nothing at all to. this object. Hitherto something , has been riven to every applicant regularly presented, hut in no instance so much' as the necessity . - !f the ease called for. Under these ciircum :Amities the Committee ,of the Trustees of the General Assembly for * disbursing this, coney, feel 'oonstrained to make this special ;:ppeal. They, would most respectfully and .I:arnestly solicit the churches to give early qnd faithful leed to the Assembly's recom ,)Cendation of:this labor of love in behalf of Their inffering brethren. Let, collections be Inside by all the_ churches "as Goihbas pros- Pored thein," the money forwarded to the treasurer of the Assembly, and,', the very itreat relief ) which such .a bounty ivould,fur insh cannot be hilly known nor adequately, sppreciated till (as one of the relieved suf ferers writes) "they meet their benefactors those mansions where the kind offices' they sow perform for their destitute Christian, brethren and orphans shall be no longer needed." WILLIAM NEILL) JOEL JONES JOSEPH ii. JONES. The fcllowing resolution, offered in the AssemblY of 1857, by the Hen-M. Putnam of Pnifalo, was adopted unanimously and with great, cordiality : WHEREAS, Notwithstanding the increas ing interest of churches in the subject of pecuniary aid to disabled and indigent cler gymernnd their families, which this Assem bly would gratefully acknowledge, there is an inadequate response to the demands of jtisticaln their behalf. :Risolved, That the General Assembly re affirm the; action of 1849 on the subject, and 'earnestly recommend that an annual col lection for this 'objeet be made in our "churches and forwarded to the Treasurer of the Assembly. Garman Reformed aptk :Presbyterians irmting ; „ At the late meeting of the SynOd of North Carolina, it was agreed, by a joint Cornreit tee of ,the Synod and ot . the German _Re formed .:08813fili• and approved: by Synod, "that - there is no essential difference be tween the two chirches, either 'in doctrine` or church government," and that the min isters, of the Claude (with their respective charges) :can come into that Presbytery in which they severally reside, "by the-same ; simple process observed in receiving a, min ister' from one . ,Presbytery to another!! This, by our New School brethren, would be called ; " absorption ;" but if the mate:. hale are really; congenial, there' can be no reasonable objeation. only such mater rials we depire, and Ilion the casprpricgt will be perfect. ,; EcolesiastioaL Rev". WILLIAM J. AiNXANDER, of the Pres= bytery of Erie; has icieived,a; unanimous call, — from the eitingiegatien • of West. Union; in the -Presbytery of Washington; „ to-become their pastor.' -. Rev. Tuos., A. AlWEllyAlf is preaching regularly in the spacious Hall of the New School . Hemp, in :Tiraukau;: Winnebago County, Wisconsin. The, Hall is well calculated, for preaching, haying an arnhed ceiling, with a desk elevated. It :Will ' seat over four hundred _persons. The at-, tendanee is good. Rev. RI H. RICHARDSON was called to Professoiship in Marengo, 111., , and not to the pastorate of the church. The church, as we learn,is still vacant. _ Rev. eTOI4PH WARREN, D.D., having taken charge of the Westminster church, Quin- Illinois, dUring the temporary suspen sion of his agency for the Theological Seminary of the North-West, desires to be'addressed at thai place, instead of Oi , ford, Ohio. ,Rev.,,T. B.• STzwAuT has declined a nnani- moos call'from the. First church of ',Mull-- catine, lowa,; with a view to accepting a call from the Third church, Oxford, Ohio. LGOMAR HAWES, formerly of Bloom ington, Indiana, was installed pastor of the First church of Madison, Indiana, on the Bth-inst. • ' Rev: J. R. BURGETT has received and ao cepted an invitation to supply the church of Mansfield, Ohio. Rev: W.m. MCMILLAN, of, Pittsburgh, has= reoeifed a call from the church of Ham " ilton, Rev. JAMES H. BROOKS, of Dayton; Ohio has :beet elected pastor of the , Second church; 'St. Louis, vacated by the removal of Dt'itice to Chicago. - Office Bev. ..:REERSON P os t adarese is changed froni Ashwood, Ten ' rieseee to Hampshire 'Maur County, y Tennessee. Alessi's. J. S. - Firm= and J. A. EWING, were Bootleg' to, preach the Gospel, by the Presbytery of;Saltaburg, on the ..50). inst. Rev. FRANKLIN ORE's pastoral relation to the church 'of.Ourtie!s Run, was diSsolved by the Presbyterit of Saltsburg, on the sth inat. , Mr. GEOR:4I W. SLOAN, of the Western Theological Seminary, was licensed by the f!resbytery of Ohio, on the 13th mist. Roy PETER' V.:v2P.DER; tato of Kingsbor-, "44 , and- fon44Y.Of the Western Theologioal L Seminery L ie about removing to Sacramento City, Oat. EIST - .E'RN SUMMARY., BosioN , AND NEW ENGLAND. In the address delivered at his inaugura. tion, Gov: Banks recommended some imper tont oban ges. .$e Suggested that the sessions of the Legislature be shortened, and to this end deemed a fixed salary preferable to a per diem pay. The propriety of diminish. ing the military force and of more thoroughly training and equipping the citizen soldiery, and also of levying a 'commutation tax o n those excused from military duty, was no. ticed. The consideration of changing the tenure of the office of Governor from one to two years was also urged; while it was a d. vised not to allow the circulation 'of bank notes of a smaller denomination than fi ve dollars. The animadversions upon the eon. duct of the federal government with respect to the present state of things in Kansas, were very pointed and severe. One of the • best evidences of Reviving Prosperity and'• confidence is seen in the resumption of:business by many of the large manufacturing establishments, as is the case in the vicinity of Boston, and in various places in New. England. Though scarcely any of them are doing fall work, yet em. ployment is given to many, and the pinching of hunger , and want is prevented. The "late difficulties in financial circles have torn away the screen and revealed, i ll many instances; an exceedingly Low Gr a d e of Conwneroiag Morality where the highest integrity was supposed to prevail. The firm of. Lawrence. Stone & Slade was regarded as one of the soundest in the whole country ; indeed so great ,was its moneyed strength and power, in public estimation, that it was looked upon with a kind of awe. But the Committee appointed to investigate its affairs, reports it • insolvent two years ago. The firm has gone down beyond the reach of human aid. Mr. Slade, under insanity pro duced by. the disasters that have come upon the..reputation of. the house, has cut his throat, and Mr. Lawrence has left for Europe. He is the youngest of the Lawrence broth ers whose names have been associated for many years with profound commercial wis dom and princely wealth. 44 Let him that thinketh be standeth, take heed lest he fall." We lately, gave an exhibit of the com mendable liberality of the Boston churches, last year, toward Foreign. Missions. Oa last Sabbath week, the annual collection for this object was taken in the Essex Street church, of which the Rev. Dr. Nehemiah Adams is pastor. In the morning a discourse was preached by the pastor, from the text, "The silier4fid the gold are the Lord's;" and in the afternoon a subscription was taken, amoag to ntin six thousand six hundred dol • . lars. _This is A. handsome advance upon any annual' contribution hitherto made by this church, so jastly noted for liberality. A sim ilar spirit in all the Congregational churches throughout 'New England, would at once relieve the Board from any apprehension of straitened means, and, at , the same time, greatly enlarge its field of usefulness. The irninher.of Sabbath Schools now in connexion with the Orthodox Congregational churches Of Boston, is fifteen; of teachers, four hundred and forty-eight; of pupils, four thoutiand one hundred and eighteen; and of volumes irt the libraries, seven thousand three, hundred. Aceording to the Congregational "Year Book," lately published, there are at present in the. - United States about. two thousand six hundred and' ninety-three Congregation al Chisrehes, with a membership of about two hundred' and fifty thousand. During the past Year, six thausand eight hundred and aoventy-six have been added on profes- .eion of faith. It is admitted that in New England the Membership is less, by the re• -turns, this Year than last and last year than the year before; but it is also contended that the membership is actually greater than ever before, notwithstanding the reports to the contrary. The discrepancy is accounted for by the care that has been taken for the last two years in purging the rolls of the names of persons long since dead or removed. Wendell Phillips 'has delivered his leo hire on the "Lost Arts," for the third time, `at New. Haven;, and the same production `has been heard with great attention in ' many other places. The theme is one affordink 'fine opportunity , 'for theory, fancy, ancconjectur, e, since it is difficult to bring forward 'reliable data for the refutation of any. statement that might be made, however wide of the truth. But to come within the neighborhOod of learned professors who have - devoted themselves entirely to re searches in the past, and investigations in the present, with crude theories and foci» ful illustrations, is by no means safe. Thesei gentlemen, like the redoubtable Mr. Gradgrind, are so much addicted to "facts," that a single broadside from one of their batteries is'often sufficient to scatter to the winds the finest rhetorical flights of the most popular caterer for the public taste. And so it has been in this ease. 'Professor Olin steadi in the lecture, introductory to the course on Meteorology.ind Astronomy, took the liberty of questioning - the statements of the lecturer with respect to the state of science among the ancients. The Professor ,contended that 'the ancients had never made such reliant:tee in chethistry, mechanics, and astronomy; as the moderns ; and that they were' unacquainted with the use of the tele- !coin amt microscope. The assertion that by a mirror suspended from the mak of the col 'limn at Rhodes, ships could be seen at Alex ander, three hundred miles distant, was shown to he unfounded. The opinion that the an cients were capable of • emploYing greater mechanical power than we are, was proved to be incorrect; while in the useful arts wa have greatly the advantage of them. The Profemr promises a more elaborate refuta tion of the lecture, 'at a future time. NEW -YOBS. The Mercantile'Agency of Douglas & Co. hoe issued : A Circular, giving an account of the busizeis, failus e 8 &.0 , in the United 4 1 *- States . , which presents some carious results;
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