lisES.i . :YTERIA) . I- . . ...'--''' AN:NY.. - .!,H.,' .4ek ADVOCATE p r4 ihrtorton. Banns. Vol. VI. leo DX. p r ..bytoriamo Adirovoto, Vol. IX No. It. 1 NUB MCKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. ; - Lints.--IN ADVANCE. Original ottrg. The First Presbyterian Church of Spruce Creek, Pa. Within a quiet little vale— A sweet, sequestered shady dale, Where flows a crystal stream ; With mossy rooks and hills around, Where's dreaded not the tempest's sound, Or mid day's scorching beam— A rural church has met my eye, (With spire pointing to the sky,) Of most exquisite mould ; Whosamassive walls seem but a part Of Ntibitti peeping out through Art, With 14*eliness untold. And on a beauteous hill-top's site, The chiselled marble pute and white, Doth many a story tell, Of dear ones laid beneath the sod, (Whose spirits have gone home to God,) We loved, alas, too well When those 'who reared this church there rest Within its walls, their children bleat, Shall strike the sacred lyre, Their songs of joy and praise shill rise (As grateful incense to the skies,) With the angelic choir. And when its walls have mossy,grown, And all rejoice around the throne Of the eternal One— That while on earth they helped to rear A temple to the God we fear— The Spirit, Father, Bon. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Our Sectarianism. "The Old School Presbyterians, I have been accustomed to regard as the most rigid sectarians in the land." This.remark made to me by a very worthy •gentleman, with whom I was conversing on eoclesiasti.- cal matters. It was uttered :without any, warmth of manner, and evidently without any acrimonious feeling. I have no doubt that the gentleman thought it was true, for he spoke it just as one would a common place sentiment, which no well-informed person would, call in question. And he seemed not a little astonished, when I as sured him that his opinion was se remote from correct as it well could be, and that the Church, so far from being rigidly sects rian, was remarkably. destitute, of that.char acter. Indeed, he avowed this by,exclaim ing, Why, you surprise me, sir, by that statement; for I have often and often heard such sectarianism attributed to that Church. I have no doubt he had; and I dare say it would be hard to find a person who, has not heard the same thing. The charge has been so long and loudly made against us, as into thereproach, that accusers have fallen the belief of its truth. Nor has-the .ohurob itself escaped unharmed from the'elamorous accusation. She has been so often arraigned on this indictment, that, feeling the awk wardness of a false position, she has, put. in her bashful disclaimer, with an embarraas meat that many have construed: as a sign of conscious guilt. And the confidently reiter ated clamor has almost-led to thelepression of that measure of a elkateem which is ne-. 'seamy to self-defenee, and has gone far, to ward . produoing:actual indecision and de bility in reference to. measures whioh , are necessary to the Church's influence and-:use fulness in the world—perhaps the very re sults which the declaimers on her sectarian ism anticipated and desired. The lack of sectarianism in the Church, I both affirm and deplore. It is an exceed ingly equivocal virtue. One might as ores itably boast that he had no patriotism, no love of kindred,ias that he had no love! to the Church which he had deliberately joined,, in preference to any and every other. And no society can long subsist, in vigor nand prosperity, without that fellow-feeling, aym-, pathy and attachment among its members, which are included in the true idea of .sec tarianism. The true sectarianism, or de nominationalism, if this gentler and more sonorous term is prefered, does not involie hatred or hostility to other churches, any more than patriotism precludes the senti meats of a comprehensive and benevolent humanity. The species does :not exclude the genus, but is embraced by it. The love of the Church to' which we belong, is due to it in consequence of the mere vela tion ; and in uniting• with itove formally assume the obligation. On the fulfillment of this obligation, she depends for her use fulness and prosperity. By withholding special love and support, which thatiobliga tion. demands, we disappoint or just. expeo• tation, and occasion injury instead of lienefit, weakness instead of strength. If 'we have only general sentiments of good Will, with out special interest and attachment,„cur ac cession will be productive of comparatively, little advantage to the Church in hergreat undertakings for the good of the world. I would describe sectarianism, or thelove of one's Church, as I would one's love of country, by what it impala one to do, and by the feelings that aociompany it. It ire joins in the Church's 'prosperity, and labors to promote it; it feels tenderly for her rep utation,.and will do nothing- to tarnish it. Its love for the 'Church of its preference, does not require envy, jealousy, or hatred of other Churches. It is not supercilious, or bosstful ; disingenuous or mean in rte sen timents or action toward others. The ten der emotions of the captives by the rivers of Babylon, arc a type of its feeling for, the Church's calamities; and the noble senti ment, " If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem," &0., is an expression of its fixed affection. Among the evidences of our lack of the sectarian feeling, I notice, briefly, 1. The rather excessive freedom with *Wei. measures constitutionally-adopted are canvassed and criticised. Discussion, free and protracted, as a •preliminary and aid to correct judgment, cannot be too highly prized, both as a privilege and duty.. Bub when, after such discussion, the 'eonatituted authorities of the Church have , given st. "Deliverance ;" the true seotarianbm deems submission and acquiescence an ,etslesiasti-' cal duty, the performance of which is essen- , tial to the' Church's peace and ,prosperity. 2. The frequent and sometimes a)ierP =- terms/ controversies., Looking back* few years, one cannot but notice how- lartikua' proportion of our dispeteeleve beakof the inter-fraternal kind. Our heroes have buck led on their armor, and shown themselves to be men of might and Valor; but in what field has their prowess been illustrated ? In the domestic fide What expenditure ;has there been of polemic power, on "College questions," " Seminary questions," "New ti;emes," ," Boards," " Baptized members," Agentti Y" &0., &c. But who has fought for Presbyterianism? 8. The mutual aspects and policy of the.. Church, Press. We have able newspapers; but bow seldom do they copy distinctive ar ticles from each other Row sedulously do they avoid. doing so It is not thus, I think r with, other bodies. S,triking and, ef fective, denominational articles are trans-, 1 ferred from paper to paper, till they have reached 'the whole body, furnishing themes for thought- and conversation, and awaken, ing a common sympathy through- its whele extent. This is sensible. The opposite °guise ignores a. great ,principle of our, so cial nature and tends . . to localism and see tionaligni in the body. • -These evidences of, the lack of true.see tarianism in the Presbyterian Churob, will be observed, have also something of the character of causes occasioning that lack. I will briefly mention some otliereauses that have had some. influence in producing the same result.- I. This eeclesiaatical.virtue is, not prop erly estimcoecl. It has,, somehow, got a bad name; and"examination and judgment are necessary to obviate the (Nikita wrongly as sociated with it, and , to establish it upon.its right basis, and in its proper use. 2. It isnot eultioatecl with due care. In telligence, piety, and discrimination are ne cessary, to rear it to its perfect size, and to ensure froti it, abundant and whulekome fruit. Left to spontaneona-grolithi it will degenerate into a soragged, unsightly n anA pesnicious secta#sm, with which, ' a soil of Ignorance and , `dePnivity, it tends to assimilate; and with 4hibh. , it le often lion fonnded. E. W. H. 8. The extent of the Okafrch t renders the growth of this lrirtne more. difficult than a smaller, body. A largo denomination is not so readily permeated by a 'Common sy4a -414. Besides, large extent usually am :brat:ea greater variety.iof peendiarities .and interests; and sectionalism interposes difft ,oulties,to the spread.of a nniqne sectarian ism. The .lines that bound the several zones, and Circles, tend to embarrass and impede those mutual interchanges of thought and• feeling, that.are essential to a right ,ap preCiation of, the eonmou. ißtere4 ? • 4. The Church has no small, portatile, and conspicuous badge of distinction. This, I adroit, is an equiiodal reason sines 'the blazoning of some rite, some notion, some custom, as a " distinctiveprinciple," only faeilitates. the growth of an inferior sort of sectarianism. The faith and order of the Presbyterian Church are held, in corn ice= With some other bodies: They areas 'broad as the Bible, aniline broader. It re 'quires industry and intelligence to embrace these and make them the object of the true sectarianism. Beyond these the Chinch cannot go, for a ' distinetive " banner, as a rallying point for the love of its member ship. The doctrine that we would inculcate by these ,remarks 'is, that every Member of the Presbyterian Chtireh'shortld'etherish for`it a eincerc affection,. and sustain , its.measures, for the good of the .wori.4, with an earnest oo l operation ; that he not love her so well and wisely, as not to hate any other Christian community; bat to pray for the: peace, purity and prosperity of Zion. Allegheny City. J. F. M. For. the Preeb7terlatt Xanher end. A.4tvoeete Sectionalism and the •North-West 4110w4ne, Mr. Eri# o r, respectfully to de cline the title you suggest fo . r. me—" a rep r resentative man." Fe* members of these Synods have . less claiin upon it. Entering the field after the initiatory was made for the Seminary ; having, had no voice in adopting the Constitution ; having little con r imitation with my brethren even in my own Synod, and caring more, I hope, to'walk- in the right than in the popular path, I do not' pretend tolls) , how my, brethren judge, And 1 do , not presume to speak for more ,than ; myself. , I do not agree with Amicus that my argu ment was defective on the point he chiefly discusses. It 'was not full, I grant, and :did not design to make it so. • But I affirmed the unison of the North-West churches ; ith the Assembly on the subject of slavery, and if this is ,30, the charge of sectionalism is unfounded. To-Make a charge unjustly, is to , give 'the accused good reaeon-to,resiA rather than by evadingit, tacitly to confesa judgment; and it is to give candid men Cause for withdrairing the false allegation. When I say further that the , plan ‘ proposed for the Assemblfs control secures all ithat eel/Übe :asked, exeept tho.vaimeoy,,of, the Professors'' ()halm the nnly,rersydr* mund for the charge of sectionaliarnm pointednrit. I am a little surprised that Antique should" call me enlarge •upon- theeq points in the- columns of the Bana4r. Illy communication appeared in the St. Louis Presbyterian. - Ansieus evidently saw it tliere;,.for the editor acknowledges the receipt eras article, before repriblikhing mine. 'I tither mention this transfer of the discussion,:because it will be some apoloki for thnintradaction of matters ;:here ; in the only reply have , made to various writers, which would perhaps lie more properly nat;de elsewhere. Before entering upon• the.-direct defence called for by Amiens, I will notice,tha ear lier, parts of .his commurrication , A t micus thinks diet Synodical influence is, not impaired by the Mien/Ws control of. a Seminary. Yet' certainly- it liquid seem to .increueraiSynod's interest, iu any,40141- nary, if at, ,each , meeting the affairs of the Institution were fairly brought hefore No one can question the interest of the Synod of Pittsburgh in the Seminary! at Allegheny ;. but' in the entire Minutes of tile recent- sessions , of that body,_the ,Seminary is not once named. In point of fact, the Synod, as such, has ,nothing to do with Air ristitution, whatever may be the intereettfelt loy.the members individually. • - To the triumphant question, how mbele could Dr. Thornwell raise. ill/ maymeighbor hood ? need , scarcely, reply, Ido notibe love could , raise , oneldellari more if tino aatAmicus %.tbe nnbject of slaym,,Angraly,Aside,' .oratf mailer the "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I D.4§IRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO." nary. PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA. FOR THE r fkit t *, * , 1858. sembly. I have shownpreviously that even the. Assembly's injunctions are regarded as of, little force; and the fair construction of Dr. Rice's words on the floor of the Assem bly, shows us that the agents of Danville— an Assembly's Seminary--were not welcome in his church. • But upon this point, and others that we, mentioned, ; am quite willing .to , leave the matter to the candid readers of both sides. My object is truth, not triumph ; and I care not for noticing every point of objection to the views already given. I may, add this, howeveros a feet bear ing upon, my , preyions statements, touching the transferrence of the Assemliffs Bern ina ries to the Syttode, 'that this matter was largely discussed in the. General- Assembly of 15m. ~ , The Committe : e to,yrhom,was„re ferred the Report of the Western Theolog ical Sentinary, brought in'three resolutiona; of whioh she second nada thus.: Rdolved, That the entire. interests ,of said., Seminary ,be, Antd they are hereby transferred,to the supervision and direction of the Synod of Pittsburgh, and that the Board of Directors are hereby authorised to donde to sucth a transfers whenever ,the Synod of, Pittsburgh shall .signify its ac ceptance of the same." Thc final decision, after anearriest debate that; seven columns of 'the . Ch.ristian, Herald, was to nfer the matter to the next Assinfibly, because , the Constitition of the Seminary Inquired a unanWunv,otte, .for ; :a ohange,,ln the, Constitutional , plan. (See filinutesof Assembly of 1886, , pp. 276; 277.) the matter was Javier called up, because in 1837 the Gotten' Assembly-ob. tained deliveranenfrom its .disturbing, eler meats. Aut,vrit4p.t4pl olonging the r dis,enesion . in this respect, may answer the, chief objec tions he lifis urged, if I quote the lards Of `9.n.(cui hiinself. - ' "So far as we-know, whenthe Seminary iwalfifirliteprojechol, its,,frippds would have been willing to' have said nothing about eanitrol, either one way or other, until it was Safely 'under4l4." - ;Sere 4the , entire abstract argument; for seetioWifint is. given up... If in itself Syn.. ,ooical cootrol sectional; if 11. Synodical. Seminary, cannot secure funds, is shut out 'from the sympathies of the Church at hirge, and destroys our fraternal feelingw,.. how could- these brethren expect this Institution to get ";safely under may," or consent to _adopt a Constitotion.thatuontaineo such an unwise provision? That the 'Synods so `harmoniously entered_ into a compact to es tabliska SynediealSeinioary, Puts the sinews, Of all- their arguments upon the d' principles invelvpdlin,finoh supervision. , Sinop T ,am thus unexpectedly called to reply in the 'Banner, and have asked no 'Vora in the St. Louis Presbyterian to re . ply to Dr. Rice' and others, I hope - it will Inot*be..thought , disolarteous if• I make ; :a single remark here in reference to the sug gestion of It., that more force would belong to my argument, if but one Synod *had Control over a Seminary. I %Watt judge. 'in ordinary times and- affairs,,,the chief action, under either kind, of control, isin ,the Board; and whatever, control se cures the best Board ,of Directors, secures the best action. At any time, a proper ma jority of Synods is as easily-ascertained as a majority in a single body. But it deserves to be, ecnisidered, whether - the .sound con servatism of the Presbyterian Church will not be better maintained by numerous con trolling Syneds. The more Synods -there are,. the less, danger- is there .of the ,hasty action >to which, every popular, assembly is liable. tSo even the General Assembly eon , not 'esbililish constitutional rules till they are approved bl'a majority of the Presby teries. . . • passi ng - ,now, to the charge of oegtional leo, I lip not do Antfcus the injustice of taking his words in their full force. Sure ly he cannot ''raean tg it is little matter whether the charge is true or false." It is a great matter. Arraigned before, the= Ohurob,by an odious name—nowhere more °dim than in our body—l, for one, feel dis posed to refuse to wear it, and to shove- its injuStice. I know it is oftenused as'a mere epitheteof opprobrium, and withoutu defini tion. Allow me to , designate wysolf, nnd I will say, I am a Conservative. Webster defines the term, "one who wishes 'to pre 'serve an institution or form of government in its present state." In common, the sup?, porters of the North-Western Seminary main tainlhe-Assemblfs old,unalteredground from the beginning ) on the subject of 'slavery; equally opposed to the abolitionists, on the, one hand, audio the advance of pro-slavery, sentiments, upon ,the other. This. ,we call CONOEVATIBM ; 1138 310 jest to call it Sec-, tionalisin. If I cap maintain, this' ground, surely the' charge' shauld, by every candid Mind, be withdrawn. I-mill-state my-reasons briefly: , I. There has been no such expressipm of abolition squib:pup on the part of peoPle, ministers, 'Presbyteries, or Synods in the Noith-Weiit, as to give countenance' , toi any ouch :,charge.' We,•,are ,all :ants slavery if giere any exceptions to:this, let plain speak for theroselves,--Init not more so ihap the Assembly's utterances. ' We feel that gross injustice is done us in many portions of ,the Church' in- regard. to'this . matter; . especially , as the letters of IDE; Vari ; BAnsselaer, noir in progretui, of publication, gives , almost the first decided note of warning against sectional. errors elsewhere. We will plead guilty to the charge, when as , much can be produced of -abolitionism from .the „North-West as is :boldly published of prollavery from *ha South-East ; and we will give our accusers credit for a candid and honest' zeal, when they attack departures-from our Church posi tion as, readily on one ,extreme as the other.- , Thenharge seems the narder.to bear,, be eause,.there are indications that it may; he retorted. ;I say this with some resent, chiefly because it may admit of an easy re ply, which I=still be glad to see:; and-becausq, I would rather make:indirectly in ,the Louis .PreOpter r ian t , if, had thought it needful to, write , again in reply to ,what i has there appeared.. That I hive been called into the' colunins of the Amer, is any, ex cuse-for saying this, here. In reading ' the reply to my former article in .that f ialper, I felt some misgivings as to the sentiments.: of Ri ce upon this subject. He sayf, in commenting , upon, ,my article, " I, agree with :the writerithatouri Chu ,h, ,tiyely few. exqoptiom, "- garflo.9..itaterfere/ce rl the matter :1 Of * l t.'"/" flre. i The vrordii seem to me ambigu:pii: 'l)r. - Armstrong, of Norfolk, says there'l/Witt "lie entirely outside of the r oper range, of lEoclesiastinal action. This wouki l implygo . tmAsSemhbr ought„never to he,r;Lpagrist the mtion that was unanimous in JON. Rice means the same, then ' he ie l sectibricsi;•' and I, who hold to ALL thelASkomikbeg Fait 40b3, - 00,N0BliVATIVZ. tiOlifiVq/PB/1 late testimony from hls c pen jiatit he does not . sympathize with the' vreir r A: r presents His potati o n fromleiter *Fitton by him' in 1849, shows his sympathy with the move, went for ercancipatioNir*,9o4l. But I would like def4t.eiLts i knply i *hither he approves of the AtitlopTyiliatiliinnlBlB';' of which he says - Clgriiittig :atidywhich he seems virtually 'to' 11. Dr. MaeMasterlOuself; : bolds the: ground of the Assembly ms . ; Illy,,and the ; charge of seotionalism*,..ni . .A. e,,ps against his princi_ples. Refesuag, x!'nfere, to deal in personalities ? . I iiir 4 onty ~ : . 'dfhitialliuk gnage in his letters to - 111i..4 ' • i' 77 '. ''' s ileigo terms I. neither employ trult, i ,deiand; 119; would my a PPrebeuq9.Act r fattßglA!'d mean that direction. But t . ,g ; . ~ chief: concern is with the principle,' of br.nitilelifin - iter, on this question. These, as given in the letters, are in unison, in every-parOgular al with, the , views laid before the SAO, Ole speaks of I those a 'who have abivadope Ol tqld ground, of the Presbyterian'Ohural.deprecates' " an exciting agitati644 ll the iiaject of Slavery;" speaks of Wait it subordinate to the great ,cause of riniking r lyiswn,the Gps..., pel;' . and takes , it " for l granted that .the ministers and churchele /A ,thIV NI:kW-W i est do not wish' any divisiveuliNfolent course in respect to Slaiery;:orpuipundle. promii nence given to.that mildew' ~,This. is, nci. 7 thee, the tone nor the lap. !age of a- ;aboli tionist. ;Dr. MaeAtaStef ) : .. . . itiloita 'Mei be called unjuit—his 1211 p -dike% .'arch, and. his • spirit•unfraternal—bnt liisprineiplss are not sectional; they are the, piiileiplem i of the As. sembly on the subject. . , . isiihese letc. ters,were written, to a ~ ..!f r nd, he cap. not be shag with d' . : • .. ling or anibigri • ity. It t -even'seeinti plainfihigtif Wel was brit convinced that the mentairipeniinres were standing upon the AsseinWs ground„his unpleasant feelings toTigiAhckn l typtild, .le dropped at once. 111. The matters urged by Ainicus have been allowed more weightiithit'n really be longed to them; and the , 44144 htetlirep would have, waived their obestions, if ,ouly Dr. MacMa..ster had not hAten,in the preci tion. The wish to exelitile v tlig'Synod of Missouri being disavoired,lthe Viarrel on that point was needless. „e . : As to the editorials of Dr: Monfort, on the subject of a new deliveganeee upon the Slavery question,,,theigass f il,,equally plain. He afterwards withdrew . from that_ somt ton, and declared himself satisfied ClE - 01i Aii- Sembirs'kets. This is his' rreiie r nt !position. Granting his sincerity; •his brethren should be satisfied. If any are .diapiased, l to doubt his sineerity, such ought-, to: he,,egen hetter. • 8 4:1?q,c400,ge„0414galt- . r ~r , :itlV,iiiiuytt " indicate such a' want of sup ~, it' to these 14 views, and such a 'presintio spinet; them `as to force him to retract and.,dpliwuble, ? The' 4 matter then, .either way,,disprgyesAny t ,4*- . iger,from sectionalism. • . ;,. . ~ ...., • " The other, charges ,we An.ssrcred by4e simple fact that. the Board i ofi Directors.r.e -.ooninkended a plan .. to, the531404 4 .:tbi.4. 1 :144.t.., hitve,,been carried into effect„if the hien* . of absolute Assembly control had heen wil- , ling, whioh,plan gave to the-Assembly all. needed power to correct any,pectional ten. deneiesin the, Institution. To,exery candid, , naiad this is, a triumphaut refota,tion of every sectional charge. The Asseinbly was to, re ,eeive the Annual ; Reports of the ,Seininaiy ; to review them; to Approy. B .o. l ' 4isapprove; and nothing could be donpAu ; t - lie Institu tion . against the wish.-of rethai...44414, Ai- This ,ought to, have, beteg. Peclt.g4,l 4 0 ,.2 2 4cfek the , charge of sectionalism;" Arid the. RINI . :are fools who cherished anyjjectiopfd designs, :and ;yet formed such a plan ,Knr,,„4ly. supervision. , . , ~ , ~, . . :This much I say against the charge o f see- . --Indeed,. in the eyes of all the , Church, the .00gro_v.ottlyARI been personal, 4.t . inch, ',stand apart i from i it • not as iudif, -6r S___ : _ l )c t 0 t he (fla iM.'?flOtAth. z ."4 . 1 .4, 641 r),!* Freigas .I. 4 # l not,,inijiix .T4oli t"..,12;_e i ., pu: : , lisan in rnfikte,r B - .. l , l Q.uoquilY.PdergltVd• • A oomplioated.quarrel of ten , Years'.standiPg i , I am not competent to see through at; a ~ . glar!ce. 1 , , see no reason for adopting the 44.11eMed 6 040. i at eitbCf - side. My W4tWe neon the kbjeßtot,Bgu:4l4 control, . •I -have. given cahrily4.tuid,,plainly. Uuleeff, :these view,'`' are changed I will so .vote,, if : spiired`, to pieekini:Bynod in the Fall. But if I am outviiiMl,,,ao tie l -Synods decide to .!rauefer. to the.Aget46.lin g t e1,..,14, still be glad to see the Seminary at unmego• . I °hope it will tdo . k 'cad -wheri;both.Dr. Mip,.: Mmter and Dr., Ricuelrriow • more didactic: , 111 4 1 iRIKC TiPloliiiiir2fFolok i y,. 6 4l:pii .win aver know on ,eartt. I j ,lFirtict separate; the lunetion from .dying. men, and go for, a s4m`- mary to disseminate the.principles of Proshy teruinism that are imperishable. Preferring, as I do'l•B3rtiodicaLniontrolivfor the ream:vs, , assigned. and,for othenidwsted, by 41:_ t oniel . reflection, I g ive 'dpe, i l l o ß pr to the, Semina ries that are under the Assembly. „ And if ,at any . time I, wy, _paged upon to advise ,a student where, to . parpie.ho stUdieeifor the. ministry, I wrillidßaY,T4o"7. 81 ' 1 ,0 ' ii,gar4 .too 1 locality in the I > respyteffien C...nfal ,, i,,iind my influence to place him wherillie tronl'd ' find the meat pious, judicious ioa ifficient Professors. It seems to me a very unhappy. i ' thing, indeed, that' the i hrethien Of` tliese Igorth-Western Syriods"Siiould allow ,them selves to become so much disturbed in their , kind feeling's - award eicrother; and shaild have Aber Church o f.len;JoYe. l . ll 4s 4l .eilli in the eyes of the world, .w.hen, unquestionably the mass of us feel, alikkon ,every important , .p ‘ oint. I, paßpßtimt . hope, that , before ;the Fall weetingii,et - itiioneds, '. the brethren but will, wisely, ell mliapd.f4y erfnlly, and io gerkera//,y3ettle their minl . s, 'that the repult may be easily reachidiiiieway Or the ot her. In conclusion, I may simply Oa t tilt LI see no relief in the case by tine' the Institution to the Assembly. •Ijf De: 'e arl% Master is thus set aaide, against the w* "fif these Synods, , this wilt result in no good ; but will bring upon the Assembly's floor their vindicationmOtst the, eharge pf;sec tionalism. If itsWerv.elai*esP gll . kode, i , for existing, reasons, judge it just, or ev ert e x .... p;eient, that Dr. blittlifter should , ncit be a ProleisOi in the S'enaiiiiii, thi's racilt ought to.be.openly aimed at.by thogklAilLoKAMink:: I make:tide aMtententx.simitqa . 1 4 0 w ithiltioi ,the discussion for supervision stiouldbe con ducted upon its own merits, *Mak I previ ously attempted to 410. J.ALL. From our London Cones Pendent. Attempted Assassination of Ihe French Em peror— Itaziaa , Oonvkatore Their Plans— Imperial , Coolness—Political Resnlial—TheVigtion of the Refugees in Rnidanie--Oiening of the French Chanibeil— The - Sigiech— The( Protestants of Prance—Aseassihation and Liberty—The Cara• nal„ and the TO Dejlfll--4. Ftaientd Sermon for Havelock—The British Lion liouning-,A Noble Tribute to Chriskanity" ff.s* an 't/nexpeeted Quarter—Arekdeltedn "Binctair'e SeimOn in the Abbey—THetypellStieet and Street riee—Lr.gista tion Thereon—Bodin. •Duff's Lag Letter Irons Calcutta—The Nebel/km Widepapiead—einzieties and goß,9*-4:eldigian Rebtiked—Engua ,Chuglain at onse- 7 ,Death - Hcidetsy—R markable*Vhunge in Cape/and—TA 'ProsPect4 Africa=rersecation - at Madttgifitccir. . LONDON January 22d, 1858. the. ..litsnintfk%, en tn t, l.4 r iikproi.ol eentWinni‘girnughinit -. F4 nrope. d!) tTinkatt ,seeing-, to hate beep Lonli9N - 44tttsiian refugees, No French -171'6191' 4:S r e ki ete,4l .t o.l 4M 4 #4aiPnr,t in it. Never was there ; a plot, , tkO ,°M;m4l3:- of. whose success might have beep, ea r. conk dentil -Prildfatea• Considei . —ihe errentn stances. First, the conspiratoM had ^ in vented a, hind of small Ninth, or hand- ' grenade, filled with nigif;as4 i pidoPli of iron, encland in a glass case, iit) ieh was 41144(0 round , with r Oar) PO that the moment, It struck, the, ground, or, any other object,, it (would infallibly, expl. o ( l e•s 4 l4t) thei had lirati:npartMentatint toitoi "otTalrtit * opposite the ()KW lifolaPs and had Woo miFo4,sthaM ,selit,eBAitnong the crowd, eo" AO at `one and PAW' moment , they ; we thrown from AllkArinOooroof 449 hotel alLuATim MAN nt sjjes i at garran thOP4P9ror-T The .explosionsNrsTg vi olent,, < pumaTlMM! and stKaottiv.;lPt‘,Pa.ll.9,PElD'o(Ora an, more ttut4. 0 #9,*41V3491 1 ToARAtIt The Intaes thn Porn wPreYottncted killed, and . tI9 O Ct I 39ARBFMRc ' , ! 4ti , guFd ,were enrsege li ge he d2- I %nds.a-gPARC l 4 , 9ffiSir , 6 4 ittri.,PPP,9; site the Mal PLO, WAtkaw , 9 l .4 l 4la.P b lood staining the robe of the Empress whiie she and her, hO-44134 ) hY fraginents o,cghttg, or otherwise,,were &itched, Ant not, Coolness and self possession have always Marked this man's . : ~History. And Without change of countenance he went into the theatre', and remained: there till nearly mid night, retiring amid load. acclamations. -The Empres& - en4she drove outstheneritAay, unattended, and , their sprowess7ivas 'one con tinued +Auden. , The resultiti . ,tp 4 ,,yemstalbkish l apparently on a firmer , rkthlttXtelk_ evtr, 4.9 throne of the Emperor.. The Times' Correspondent at Paris has been lately writing Very bitter : things about hita,..but new, : tbe spiet of in •clignatios,Against assassimati"on expels every other feeling from hie hreast. All.the newspapers of France condemn F the act, aqd 4 f4he weep .of this cpuktry is equally Many eonspiretors_havA beenArreeted. A Coast' Orsini awl art ,gx-nolottel in the It:01ft .../tepublie,'Fierii,,A,Triati) it - 1 4 . 13 44 i) stained Nitik PAnY _MOM; ttl"Pg the first captured. The latter ; iutpede - d to shoot:the_gmperorj.hut was recogpized and arrested beferecle Orsini hid been weStidea bithe explosion of i bomb thrown by himself. • ' To the numerous `addressee presented to the Eix . lPeriir, lie"hisrElidn'ioplies in 'which he says he Will not ' deviate - from his . past `policy 'of " moderations."`' The 'flatterers' Whc; flocked around lam /ii/10g, `and who would haVel6igeteen 'to ilistd 'Waif; kw' him dead, were lOnd r iii'theiiiridighation against , Exigland'ta3G - g ale' harbor - of refugee assas sins,, , " and demanded' Ail' she allitTniir no. Toikershelter - trent 'But' ''as the "'Times says,' let -the — Pei - 0 send over 'partie s `to, Point out the guilty, iethere are such here, and bring "theta to' the bar 'of — Cue.' lti, 4, s. ',.BeCideti,it le' asked,. dims ride the laxit lie, a t ;the' door of 'the freneh pollee,Whose, barriers ilk piissOrti, , Searoilies, U.', hive lad heeotieeeilly passed, aid whose Vigilaiipe„, even t while ' Sixty of third:4'6;e ''cloie" td' the carriage of the Emperor; *is airiiiitiiiiitli-. less. . " The Pamperer; two days after the attempt, OPeiled ' i th e Ireifeli . Chamhers.'"Althikagh oar Morning 'Po'st, i iiiiinh'is ' his humble laegn4, 'beetSte,ers „firs . igiceell With praise, Yet; Still there"- filegood dell ofjiieteinia in, it.' Vrai - ,p.EVeiv knows 'Whither 'the 'state-. mente . frcien Frefieli atingle** ;about- 'pe flourishing state .Of ifie ,relirmine: iit, the Otata, way. 6616 deceptive ; `and Whirl the Empe ror '`talks of of the liberty accorded by the Conat to-. . tion to "the-Reformed Confession," we k ow, that what.o&prgieptiatit of France ask tor, 1 1 , 0 I T. l la t 4 he Yi. POO. Pforo f ,loo, bean ,ur-. gentlidepianalti fiithein'in ail' Matter ';'),f . peldhrioislifp" and or day schools; is' doi l. clf, not words. - What is the use of alaw4llteh is; habitually *noted .. or. ivicAsted , 4o please c'fa .il3 -4 Pe a f e 4fi .;91.4 the P,q!4 17 Even in arm itseii,antlionzation to`'ne r W,Proles nt, schools hasytii?Mliloietitlilefidaid."* s e tli, ii ta 'SiriperoVis hilt indifferiintte'llhat our p eos, says 'of :lam, and; t, diay be„that the. Flinch , P t rotestonits. alkali, ere Jong, ~ : ;enjoy gre ater ,iikerty. Assassination is a means utterly . anwprthy, ad g` to ad4inee, 'of fieliftlieieviithliie•fiittle of truelibarti: She `abjured: ueh aid as, this:;' and: L erlmes thus committed in her name have be - On wpmethgfirufelesa l in trt ) , f k irpolt4 s al,res F lO. Putting, asi d e the 4 covart , seleesaftlition plied ill thEiWilaio;r4 7 olliB Nillol46iii3 , p* tike truth , tt his opining of the Chambers, : when' he Said, "No assassination; 'grin of snocessful, Aver i sepArd : the cause of thoie. who hired the assassin. I NCither 'fikeseNvip slew Omar, - nor those vllin" Henry I.V.,deriied any 'advantage front fills crime." Had he, perished,- what_ would havepee,. the result.? ~-Wiauld ,"_.chaos have cokue, again r s ~.xc e tw ip , ,lot so says thelEgk-, ,peroqinuicilf. — He Wine, "If I live, the:Bpi. pine will live with me `and if Irehbild fall, lily_ , very death'would only tend to strengtheit the, Empire.; _. for the ind i gnation of the..,ptoide and of , the apny h wepld be al o icltiti.onel support fox the Ihrdne of my son." T HE, OARDINAI . .haB kbeenvec2rlf -M g a re,Peuplu,khe sharl of thi Fru kin. Jassaiirin London,Hirt dfessYste efiAi i as'Verj gorgeous. esidii Vie - lit:3W persons resident here, several of the feinalo , 4ilitr Tot:Eriglandt—eeme.attlietn t ,thoonr pezygita 1,...-Ailtrovese4. ~ no Qi,r4ol(l4liirpfedli .. _ MEM discourse in French, sufficiently fulsome. All these performances are done for a "con sideration," and with ;eye 'to the advance ment of Mother Chnrch. If a *pal in were inaugurated Paris to--morrow,' then, as in 1848; the Bomb& priests 'Would bless the trees of liberty again. A FUNERAL BERKO( FOR HAVELOCK, was preached last',fiord's, day, and repeated on the foliowing evening, by Altewell 7 known BuPtist minister, the' *hen Havelock was in Loiidffii;' *Si went' to ',dread ‘Dir:'lirock's ministry, 'and Wo .communicate with the 'aura there Sir Morton 'etc, , the_ eminent : contractor and. miUionai,re, has undertakeu i to; have the ser monpiibliehed iy the'Nesirs. Nisbet. —Ati thentie pirtietthini of Havelock's life were supplied for ,the ... occasion frpm . private' sources. The dorrespeplent from Calc u tta Buys, thatthat'even anthe Affghan **pi, and when,besieged'atAilahibid, Aapho4t.fijivaA4ilifyi,SOCuFedj6WOlM4itrin, %file thornin'efei:rea444i. • situate ,BraYl7. - de , The tributes in ,pkese a s tit , RtiOry i te;ihe. memory of the have peek very 40.: merous. Panda which can be serious • furnishes a noble tribute. First, therilun ceffin covero!,with .1:p01; 844' se(ated*be side it, with bi head res ting on it, .the British lion, the very pic ture ,` of 'a noble', grief. Underneath , enclos ed in black lioi dering is the Estral,box. He is gone. ..Heaven's will is best! Indian-turf o'erlies his breast ; : ,,... Ghoul'in black, nor foolingold, Laid him in yen hallowed mould. Guardizenia soldter'i i By the bravest of the brave, He bath gained-a nobler , tomb Than:in old -084hed1A1 tgleo' Nobler, menrners-paid the rite Thin the oreir t d i ttgleei"ei3 a sight. Bugler:Wei banneti o'er'him Lniad,ihe keep! the resin! , lielaved.' -• - • w • -* Strew-not on the hero's hearsp Garlands of a herald's verse; Let ne no *dr& of fithe Sounding loud name ! Tell US af-iio'vanirtfidlgltiry if Shouting forth her haughty story ; Alt life-long• his homage ,srpoo, To far other shrinsl.aan' thos,e. g , hoc SigisO," nardita, • Lit the' bittlelfiald - foi• him ; hod`the prise hationght and won Was the Crown for Duty dene. It will be' observed, witb pleasure, that Express homage is`hOti given te *hit% Waif the Inspiritittit'ef 11i4eldck'rilifii 4,nd career.' THE '4lA_ caw ,n 5 :Finsprat sTza 'AB• 04Y was continued . last Sail/41i evening. Archdeacon Sincla ir . d>aooareed on the words,,," I ; was glad when they unto : um," &e. object, was,)o,,,erifoiee the' duty of slAtendance of all . classes atfIPOPs and that not merely tts in its social ,advantages, bu t as essential in Misteilett; with its spiritual worship, Tor the soCiety'd heaven. His appeals were_pointed, illustrations excellent, especially When 'he' pointed out tht4 at would ebstirl, for a man to think to 9tialifY 'Cr; he `an Artist by putting"off his first Pant's in Paint ing to a sick and dying hed, ei.ifis for Alen p,ostpone religion , and,poiiiratieri fora Holy heaven, , till ~their elosn4 'lselin 'Of Evangelism, there' was not mUch in ser-, *M I ; and of Phirich-ghnificeti'en there was . a little. On the whole,,hawevei it Wits' creditable and, excellent address. is Hari rs n+r Plecl'o," a' famous but anknown correspondent of,the Who datealisletun.e fr,in'ii Breed rwstussiki,", And makes , havo c of forhialiiin and - fifistnis, has a fresh letter Alas Week; afte z i a tofig silence, very congratulatory as ici!thinioie: nipni which he d i d so much to Iltlate. Ho jbinlrs that when ‘‘ lied has een en: : lagging itself withentjhir geon, and Exeter Hall; and the are all needed, and all usefuf; stemming the' tide of sin. Punch soya, !ix,f the of prove as successful they ,seeni to liestifous in their. attempt to siiiitot the htunfler eltiSsee, there is no reason why the door of . - Cathedral naves and Ragged Churches should . .riot be 'as closdy,',crowded With donkey arts as fashionable placei of worship are 1011 Alpe rior equipages!! Of d irect copeorosone, have not beard an infltMets./aid may be many, both, Under the - presefdrig the (in Bpurgeen's ministry'. it,`,ls bipty ' sea in Exeter Hall qqa else 1 4. 11 081, the are Pqtrllq..e.*ll"Yn - .WI*, and go far to, P,,ft 10 , trAl 9ut ef,the market.. Iu itilbegirining to rage' tihe' . .. 4 lloick ' • .041," the IlleArPPOis- • Via 00§i 111 0 • •Aot , also, for the'snppreation - eollieine pub , wet ev , „era) el the ,tf,oliwelt Rtivet'"'potsoners," .. , the venders of , books .. .and 'pietuos 4 ,. (0 in prison, and, bait one or twoileiles . :Of this t..l44 . ,mnaip in that locality po'do4l4, ere ionfto boEinced upon. . To suppress , also, the great ;rice' of pities, aefer . , jus removing its shameless solioitante ,oli•pqndoe„ . eid,espfsp*,y 4‘,." lA* . 1 .[4/0 11 144;07qaularto wini. 4l.4 ; rum •CEI. knits , be adepted. And vet t h e,: evil 4!) Oak Pnw , Aux . % .7 40 „ a, tqlik of. inlitT4Pliiaq de!driOk i. qg the - AlAttiqat• A A letter from Da. Dear, dated Calcutta, . December Bth, '1857, appears in the; Wit -476a5. ' 'He `describes rtlul.sturpense caused Calcutta' by the interruption of; the - telegraph forieighFdiya, and . then the relief experir ' etieed•in i heiring from'Cawnpore ofiJ Sir lin's tOry;(succeeding Windham's defeat,)'• with "insignificant "=loss. "While the bat- tie of 'Caotripcire was raging on Sabbath : foienoon,'`the 'people oft God assembled in ;elf ouisanctitariee, were 'engaged- fill (orient, the' success of our woble, miciinderi and heroic men." 2 -'"' 44I IYE'. 'Duff le it thorough Highlander, an& were he not a hero•miasionary,l he would ''doubtless 'be inhis element me leader in kb" ; host' 'bf baitlehis kilted - ebantrynien fia bind hini 'and hg brighe'eword the van ! He evidently belieiesc that The' centiot is a righteous 'one; and is destined; "to a successful hme: Bat he fears'a pro traoA On'll-bloOdy'striggle. *ins to - thhilt that Hivelock died - of.m. wot t r a, ,, as lilt is of at fatikhdir while he pay bs tribute Whit itielintky lis "the find of duittiiSotirala handoe;Godtra "ii 4061 rid L - ; el•DelhiJhas not, been;atten#sfl, tfieldilitlidilkdilichltt ht, e3besu,kfa• wsoLE NO. 282 Phlladelphh, 111, ; Soot XelitlLStnet, below Chestnut By Mail, or at the Mee, $l.BO per Ter: BEE PROSPECTUS: Delivered ill the, City 145, ft 1 The DEATH Or MARSHAL RADETSKY, at the' age of eighty - two, reminds - us of the lyiatt-doniinioia of that Austria which he served so'Well, over the fairest provinces of The young Emperor laves his praises on the old man's memory: When quite youth, he was p resent r at one of the battles whenltaly,rose a gainst her opprestiors. But With Chin% Albert abdicated; and Italy - Waltitgain *adder' down, 'Victor - Emmanuel livits as a Constitutional King, and the ral lying. standard of Italian liberty. What would not Austria . , give ip,,kaye Sardinian Constitabonglism Swelkfriaisitii path ! ait.ialm From THE CAPE or Goon HoPE, we have remarkable news' ITtiitit the Caffre popula, tiom"Vberliaitthntinowhkwers of wood andcdrawers of water for the British, against whom they have so often risen in fierce de fiance. A false prophet ocimminded them s t 4; destroy their crops and to kill their cat ' tie; With' promises' of a resurrection of the dead, of greater abundance; than ever, and • the destruction of all their enemies. They obeyed, and the results , have been starvation and suldsciini. hear"of' Chiefs whose te -4 11 it b .- - names e rri 0,0 g, a pot terms, " r terldisTfOk' thtilf *Os ' and children; and now thousands of the Caffrey .are employed on public works and roads, and the spell of their superstition is broken. There are Ger man Lekuiriiiries who have military posts along the frontiers, and Gaman or Dutch aolonist6' in ttiottaands are likely to repair to andvettle-in Cairn/AIL All this, we trust, is preparatory to , the,triumphs of the Gos pel, and awakens the fresh activity of faith and lioPe - in conneiion Witliflihit Moffat Ils'ilene_itridniethe-Aleehisimaimlto whom 'hegives =ththliible i - vAioulateltrtranalated,) sandarith what is likely to,f4*the Iliaaon ,A)4B.4l of r..q*-M°4l,o9le' AT MADAGASCAR, the heathen Queen is again actingiui,ifierce persecutor. Native Christians' have 'been subjebi to terrible or deals„and some nt to death; and her chi 'e, Wiiri.WrrilnitiMetay who coin ' • soiled moderation and!lenity l inive been ban . fished fripmCcnizt• Mr, Alia, of the Lon , don Missionary Socitty been received last year with, hOnoi; iiTurgr i est things were fOi i . ; • 'tut " - UOW the Old Serpent's `brood are'a's &illy Cud malignant as before. Thdre is; hour f irer, , in Medagasear, an India truetibleAerni of spiritual,NN and its days of J klossonlirgi 914 140)6414 'will surely conie,becanse theclritis Yaitithil and t ikie d tgail delhouithatortWertio altar de bnd ^ ;! , -t P:t...--The.two chief conapiratore against Louie Napoleon have been, up till lately, ~teacbge, of wuslo orlinguages at Birming. - +av 117, 915 • PATItNT Surginaree—Patiently suffer that froni others which dim cant not mend in t4em, unt o:494)eliee . di) it for thee; anerentimeer - lbaithorl mendthyself, since 'don tiftlikYlwilag rtigtiotherstiihnuld not of : fend , itilargthink. ~-Perhaps it would be as , T ,ol4 o ,4 4l oDEarAbAbat i ftst; we would then sec fewer, bleiniahes onr - neiAtiors— plunk the w Ote Out "ltiVieth e root of • 441 dueled had it Men at the outset. Multi tudes of liiitiobe do fide believe that it has been WEiffelt 'BMA' stations there is eider, in "ihir AtintryOlear them, "crimes and. robberies-are the order of the io - ctor Duff also holds, (as does Sir H. Bayiliesett, - herti;rthiii ni a large degree, the mutiny is not purely " a military revolt." He " , solemnly protests against so deadly a Undone -Itia 44 itiebeaten long and de liberately concocted, and now nurtured 'lllll - *Mtratitittettrshorsebol o yop u l a ti on of condo," es well as ",directly or indirectly sympathised with by well, nigh half of that of the neighboring itiainces." Besides Sepoy revolt, there-is-largely " the dissoln . tion of society." All this,shews how very serious is our ,position 'lndia. I fear it is und ; e:riatect at h6me. Vie retaining of Lord Canning; and i thisi instalined of •Clanricarde into 'the 'Cabinet, bode no. good. • Without thid's blessing we , cannot prosper; and Pal n&Firtlet"trr ef • i ferd, tooknOvidedeinent - iii him of '"the aid of Gosl 4 l;lo4lsingile. Still the bettin India, in England, and in - America, remain; and for his view vitttne's sake we humbly trust to have deliverance. Doctor Dor concludes, hopefully : " I never, font r iittmtiiiiccrdihdAelPdur ultimate • '* * This impression is more donfirnied,than ever, by thegreatly improved tone of the speeches of your humbled men, and especially of the lofty evattgellatie strain of ikhntifititide-thiyiriteticeid* The Xiiitei l 4gia t t'lluiliAlim irstaSolicited Dr. liair to Visit their "tihilieli c ed. But he feltitio " be - wrong to , leave Iddia in the hiittii - of het. sdrenriVail:" '••, • • • -•-• t„ Turning, with a strange kind of reluct ance, from the 'Agitating topieof the day, I illat'a great Ann-CLERICAL TikitOXY,4ll4o*(4oiiktniii'lgazdirda. Count CaVelik , ifea"bold iteltatiNtional states 41lhelinterferenee of* Priests in the last eleetib lie aotWeituvit 'They succeeded '-ftlaiitsKalitW ntibeir nominees in the Ciplikp a rAlif ford :hope: . But the Minlideri-baeked by Piti filovereign, pressed the Parliament to deplare itself in condem nation " onlhe use of spittle" means, on the part of theticlbreMit Influence the elec tinife," kid majority' AS upwards of fifty dielared - infivdr of liberty. Thus,.both in • Bardinia_and Belginm;is . opirittud despotism , held, in abeyance. But to be sup posed that Wide wiltkiot *Mob - and wait for an opportunity of regaining" lost ground. `lttantiele;4n Titseshiy;lit Piedmont, and in truth r in , a'printed form, is being circulated happy results. It would be imprudent to give imiticilars on the subjedt. • , • The XNGLISM,CILAPLAINQT AT ROME ; is 'OOCU , Rlea lidieffeiches an- OtEer 't3lOsPel!" PrbUstititis are - thus left 4ithetle barren or poisonous: pastures. I *tuft; howeirer, I am comet in believing ;that there is an American congregation and Aniniotrt at Rome. When shill the Pauline •Weleflagain be preached in ittli fornm ? It iikild'fiiikairitlaiViie' think or believe, for in these days--clod's providence works out results Legit ; an it may be that more ritinore„ every par, ith ; sari& the omens of tlie 'binning triiiii, - -wheni the: Lord will makka short work in the earth." Were our troubles' cleared away, who is there expects that " the clouds" shall not "return after the rain