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PITTSBURGH, MARCH 8, 1858.
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to DAV. DAVID BICICIIINEIP. IPittisberghs
THE CONVENTION of Preshyterian and
Associate Reformed Ministers and Layinen,
in South Carolina, noted last week an, in
contemplation, has. been called by the Chair
men of the Asseiribly's and Synod's Com
mittees on Union. It , is to'meet' in Commi:.
hikon Tuesday, the. 28th of March, at
Menumn, in Danville, Ky., on the 21st
of janinny, by Re*. }3.1). Humphrey,
Rev W W HILL, D D , editor of the Pres
byteriau Herald, Xmoisville, to Miss Makurite
J. fimirl, of the former: plioe. We eon.:
gratulite our brother on his arrangement for .
a sweet honii whither to retire from the
perplexities, of the chair editorial.'
TUE v rEIrPI6II,ANCE BOINE . II.
monthly, edited' by C. 11-Hanson, and,pub,: ,
lobed at Galveston, Texas. Wan pamphlet
of thirty-twe'pagea, got pp. neatly, .and No.
I. promises well. It embraces. Christian
principles, and advocates the use of, both
moral and legal suasion. .It is it devoted to
Temperanee, titeriture, Art, Science, Mor
ality, and the FamilYCircle."
THIC YOUNG, MEN'S C*RIST.TAN ASS9p/A=
nom, of Washington City, have , sent out
their Fifth Annual Report.-` From , the con.:'
.
stitntion, arrangements for leetnrCs,
and the history, given of pro!eadinso l
should regard this. Association as one of, great
perfectness and adaptation to ,1180fUlnella.
There are two ;hundred and sixty-eight mem-
To STATIRD Cuaws.—The Slated Clerk.
of the 'General Assembly hereby gtves ,no
tice to the Stated' Clerks of Presbyteries,
that he has had mailed , to them a'fresh supply
of blanks for Annual Reports. In case the
Stated. Clerk . of any Presbytery should have
been °banged, the perion who reeetiea
will please hand the' blanks to the present
incumbent. The Stated Clerk of the Gen
eral Assembly, furnishes no other forms hut
times. Forms 'for Sessional Reports, &a.,
are kept for sale by our Board of Publiea
tion.—Presbyterian.
Narratives Wanted.
TllerlrtM=lwurvg--Wh..---clnttntvy
-41s* Presbyteryof Ohio, is `called to the fol
lowing Minute; the object Of Presbytery
being to secure repert, to be read at the
meeting on the first . Tuesday in April, pre
paratory to its being forwardett to the Gen
eral Assembly. !r -
Rooked, That Pastors and, Sessions' be
requested- to forward' the Narrative of the
State of Religion in their respective einiehes
to David at'least' ten' days
prior to the next meeting:
R: M'Prtiustizz, Clerk.'
Wallington College, Pe.
The Semi,Annnal Examination of the
students of Washington. College;
twill `obin
menoe'on Wednesday, the 10th of jamreb,
at 9 o'clock A M,.and continue until
Wedneeday t noon, of the following week.
The Board of Trnsteei will meet on
Wednesday, the 17th of March, at 2 o'olook
l'he Committee or Ezinninition for the
Board of Trustees are, Rev :
,Drs...Strkion
'and Wilsoi; liev7iti:firt;wnoon,"`Re T . Mr.
Comingo e and . GF Baird, Hsq- i.;` --
Thee doniinittee fi;r:titte
Synod are, Rev. .7. S. Pomroy, .Rev.
Stratton,. Rev. Samuel Boygl, and Rev. Rob
ert Herron. T..trostes 11,1!KENNAN',..
Beo. Board ,Trastees.
A- Tribute of Respect:
The Pastors' hid PeOle's Joimuil, for
February, contains an article' from the : pen
of Rev. William Speer, affectionately noting
the ohamter, andlivingron!nn incidents in
the history, of Rev. Jahn W. Quartennin,
who died at Shanghai, Ostober 14th, '1857.
Mr. Speer and Mr. Quartertian were:fellow
missionaries to "Ching,'hiiing sailed, thither
'on the 20th of July, 1840. Mr. Spear was
obliged to return on account of failing health.
He was, for some time , a labarer-among the
Chinese in California. This Winter he
opends traveling in the Southern States.
Mr. Quartermati was enabled to continue his
laboti in China, till the time
_mentioned
aboyee, when, he entered into his rest.
The Secular Press and Revivals.
The awiikitne& interest CM the sibjeet 'of
retigion has seized the secular press, in many
places, so that oieurring events are favorably
noted. The Gazette and the Dispatch, of
the .3d instant; now on our table, have ex
tended and excellent' renuirks. The New
York Trillune, also*, of the lst, devotes . six
columns to the sabject, noting the origin-in
the Pittsburgh Convention,_ nd tho progress
throughout the "country. Thai there should
be a little ' extravagance in the remarks of
journalists Whole attention is not habitually
directed to otioViobiee,4; to be expected;
but, the work is really vast. The general:at
tention awaked to religion is sisubjent for
great throkfuliteis ;: and - the iintieri which
hence press' upon ftrok'Obriediii to in
struct and guide inAnirers, a'e, ineet,hoper
, tint. The Lorkgrant,neal- and , wisdom )
and EH the teaChings of his 'own 'Spirit.'
=
E==l
The extent to whit& a writer may appro
priate to himself, withuut credit given, the
recorded products of another man's mind,
is not, easily defined. That which is pub.
shed to the world belongs, thenceforth, in
some measure, alike to all. is given to the
public, and paid for by the public, and is hence
in a very important sense, the rightful posses
sion of any man and every man who chooses
to appropriate it or to use it. A man, for
the enlightening •of his own mind, for its
'griiwth'and strengthening, and for the qual
ifying of himself for 'any` great and good
work, may use every thing that has been
written, and he is not bound to tell every
person,to whOm he speaks,' whence he Ale
rived his knowledge. lint when a man
comes -himself to write and= publish; for his
own income and credit, he is hounctto be
(lindens. An author has still some right in
his , published works, a right which attaches
to his name and fame, from generation , to
generation, and which no other man, how
ever far removed in titne,`matepproiiriete.
ikiintiniated we cannot define this right
precisely; but, to`someextent, we can know
*hen his *Ortted. We may not transfer
to our name the work of another; bodily.
,Nor may we transfer 41 ourselves valuable
portions of another work.' The thoughts,
the mode"of reasoning, 'the order and the
language, so , far as these 'are pecuticr and
originai are, to be credited, lased:
given..
'This state of affairs has set the oriticsAo,
work, with' much animation': The Intelli
ge'liCar, of New York, and the Preacher, of
this - "city, with others, chime in , with the
North Carolina; the Presbyterian, the New
York Observer, and others, defend Dr. Bredi
inridge. We have been=4initing a while; in
hoPes of a voice from Kentucky, but as the
utterance, comes not speedily, and as we
would, not leg too far behind our, contempo
raries-in so grave a matter, we wilL'veriture
ter if we shall find'that we hadheen greatly ,
mistaken:'
r As to books, in such a sciense ati this, and
such an , attempt as this, thillible is tie only one
having any'authority. And''yet I ant Tar from
tinderealning the immense advantages I have de
rived from the labors,of others ; without-which,
indeed, I could have done. notising., The fruits of
such attainments as I have . painfully made will
manifest themselves to the learned who may honor
Me by considering what I advance. I know too
wilt.that titeSpirit of God has been in his Church
always, to treat with unconcern the deliverances
of,hergreat teachers, much less her own well cop- ;
nidered utterneces of her constant faith and I
Perceire, clearly enough, that on such a Subject
Sitio, and after tie many centuries of exalted
effort, any;Maim ;of !proper. originality tonching
the subject matter, would• be meisly a confasion
of folly, otignorance, and of error.,- The general
doctrine of thiS Treatise is in the sense of the un
alterable
faith of the. Church- of-the living God—
in the sense of all the ancient oppressions of that
Church—in the sense of the orthodox ceiressions
of the Retormation—iwth'e sense of the Standards
of „the Westminster Assembly-,--which. constitute .
the' confeisiPn of so large a part the 'Christ:inn
'World; andlenningst.the rest, ' of my-Own Church.
The?` etails which taie been wrought . out by
learned, godly, and able. men in all ages, of many
sreedi,, and, in ,msay , tongues,, have, been freely
Wu& into the, staple of this work, when they •
Milted the Pico end the ptitipoie, and turned 1)1*
eiself to my thought. That for 'Which I' alone
hunt, cbe responsible; is that,' which makes the
work individual , : the ,epneeption—the method—
the digestion—the presentation—the order—the
ispirit-the impression of the whole. If, however,
had not supp'esed that the portion of this work
which Made it peculiar, was capableCf being used
to the great advantage of - the noblest of all mi.
mope,. Commonly. denied ,either the name or. the
treatment pf a science, , I; hould not have mislaid.
eradliMy duty to Mam such a publication.
Plagiarism.
The-charge' of plegiarisirehia been iifteo
incurred. It hats .been laid, against some
great men, and sometimes, has been made
good against them. But ofttimes, it is made
wrongfully. And sonietimesie is -made in a
quarter Whieh'aitenishes is'iMniensely. We
Say, Cent:that be possible '
•
One of thee oases has just occurred . 4.
writer,in the . North Curotina Phsbyterian
charges upon Rev. It. J Breckinridge,. D.
D, that, in his recent adinirible 'werk On
Theology, he- has. transferred - to his pages
whole chapters from the Polemical Theology
of Stager. To make his charge•'good, he
quotes from the 18th ;Chapter of .Brnokin
ridge's work, faur or five pages Oontinuously,
and frein the 19th Chapter five or sit pages,
and places beside them in a parallel column
a translation from Stapfer, Vol. Ii Chap. iii,
-paragraph after paragraph. The ; thoughts
are so manifestly identicali' the order is so
and the language is' so nearly the
same, though one is Latin and the
other is English, that it is not easy. ;to
avoid the belief that these' pages of the
recent work were penned with the pare- .
graphs of the ancient Work spread open be
fore the anther's eYes. Arid no credit is,
1. Then r while. Dr. B. put in strong claims
to originality, that is, that the book' is his
own, Itei yet tells us how it is his own. Be
- does not claim that no other person has
as he - i44; or spoken ' '
as hp does. -
He tells us directly: the • contrary. •, On the
sbecthd . page of his Preliminary Remarks, he
I It thus appears, that, at the very outlet,
thi author advertises' us that he derived im
mien advantages from the labors of others ;
that any , claim of proper originality'touch
it*, the
,subfeet matter, would be a confession
of folly, and that the details which have
been wrought out by the learned in all ages
and in :Any tongues, ; have been freely
wrought 'into the" staple of 1.0 work, when
they inited. Rend: thequotat s ! ien.egain, oncl
see whether it does :not justify& pretty free !
use of the• ancient theologians,. without in
terrupting the reader by a record-.(if credits.
'2. Credits and references are designed
mainly to ohow the extent of a man's reads
ing, to fortify his argument by the authority
of great names, and' to direct the, reader to a
piece Where he may find a more extended
investigation. In casesemthetc letter
things are not aimed;at, the . former,are more
freely.omitted.
a. The argument in „the passage alluded
to, ie mainly a mental process, au Appeal to
intuition, to' first nonceptions, and :to" ;wog
11F3r mental deductions. There ie,but little
phieffor illustration or for variety of state r
ment:: The ratiocinatiOn retist'be f the. same,
flabltiaitil4y, whoever aintiliireiOnt it.
Tao*gun"rit aPireamkted by Otnp.fer,
bid been often Wed. . Oar reading land
M!
THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE.
memory does not enable us to say how
much of o r iginality could be justly claimed
by the Pastor of Berne, but we think it
probable that very many before him had
presented , the thoughte,,,in ,the, very , , order
which he did, and almost in the same words;
and, if the Stagyrite himself Were porMitted
to appear among us, we should not be at all
surprised if, !titer more:; than two thou-,
sand years gone by, he should lay claim to
much of the principle of the argument as
his awn. •The argurnintli la& lidmite of
so little variation, and is so completely the
eimarnon property thee 'tic
give credit for it , would indicate , limited
reading, and savor of ,affectatiori. _
.
5. One of the exeellences , of Dr. B. reek
imidges work is; that after having given, at
the outiet, the general credit above noted,
acknowledging that without the immense
advantages derived from the labors of others,
he could have done nothing, he goes on eon
cisely, plainly, and lucidly, to elaborate a
system of :great naturalness, purity,' and
strength, bearing the impress of his own
clear and vigorous mind, in its connexion
and order,nrid of , God's own - Word, in its
truthfulness; and he , breaks not the contin
uity of his discourse, and troubles not the
reader, by quotations, credits, or references
except that in the margin he amply directs
us to chapter and verse of the only true and
sure fountain of the knowledge of God
For*these cOnsiderations;whigh we'regard
both as truthful and to the, point, we , cannot
join in the charge of plagiarism against the
distinguished author of the work which is
now'passing the ordeal of criticism.
Thefforth, C4rdilia, of Feb. 26th, con
tains inother quotation, of 'upwards of six
pages, from the same: nineteenth chapter of
Breekinridge, and "the corresponding parr of
Stapfer,-in -Ch..iii., Sea. IV. The subject
is the &sandal attributes of God • arid`the
same manner of argumentation is used as
before. There,is also the almost identical
sameness' in , the two authors, as was above
noted; and we must' account for it in the ,
same way, and mnst justify or excuse Dr.
Breekiiiridge in , not mentioning the name
of Stapfer, on the same considerations.
The general credit which, in 'his Introduc
tion, he gave to the learned, the entire ob
ligation there acknowledged, the declare-,
tion, that he, has freely, wrought into hie
work'what suited the place and purpose, and
turned precisely to histhought, with his ap-:
peal to the learned, and the fact that he
marks, so , far , as we have discovered, no
quotations, mentions .no names as authori.!
ties, arid refers to no 'writers, but the proph-:
etii and apostles, are doubtless the reasons`
'why Stager's work is so freely used , and
ita,title not ,mentioned. To some, thesei
reasons will present ,an adequate justifica
tion ; others will regard them air a satisfac
tory excuse ; 'and others again will yet find
occasion for cherishing an unfavorable opin
ion of the author.
So far as we can yet see,..we cannot find
that the charge of Plagiarism lies againsto
Breakiaridge. Admitting the use made!
of Stapfer, and, doubtless, , of ,a hundred ;
othere, there is. a great o riginality, in the:
-work, and Kreat t newer.___ltsdwi.ces - Thighty
intellect, much learning, great clearness, a!
'sincere love of iitith, and a deep reverence'
for the Word of inspiration. . , We still eons.;
mend it most heartily, as we did at first, to'
,our readers. .
P. S.-After thee-above was type we
in
,
received the Presbyte r ian Herald, contain
ing a note from Dr. 13reckinridge. As far
.
as the Doctor speaks, he justifies our remarks
above; an& he:promises more mhen he shall,
have heard his accuser through. ' ,
Home and Fcreign Record.
The March numbei dithis journal comes
to us with more favorable indications that
the,means of Oan'ying on the great work of
the Church, through' her Boards, are to ,
be , amply furnished now, than for some
previous minitha.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
Thil Board is likely to get through iti
&cal year, terminating with this month,
without repudiating the missionaries'' orders,
for services rendered. But there is still
room to fear, that the number of laborers
Must be reduccd. This is ''a sad thought.
We would ] not eheriah it. But, apprehend
ed danger is a stimulant,to rational action.
We are bound, to, contemplate coming wants,
and, to make Aue proviaioni fRr their being
supplied. -I,iet none grow weary in well
doing. ,
RiteiipTs•in'Janitary: et Philadelphia, '57,688;
• At Louisville, $2,065..
BOARD 'EDtrOitiON.
The wants 'of this Board have not yet been
fully supplied. Much' has been done; but
still there are sonic doubts as to the means
of meeting the quarter's'appropriations. :
These doubts shopld be removed. The cost
of training the:youth who have consecrated:
their time and talents, forlhe whole of life,,
to tbe service of the Chnrch;should be most
cheerfully met. Let no one give either poi-,
'irarionsly or grudgingly.
RISCIIPTX'in January: at Philadelphia, $&,5 . 74;
Pittsburgh, $398; Louisville, $lBO.
, .
FOREIGN
INDIA The latest news is from Mr.
Owen, under date , oflier 10th. He,
gives an account of the murder' et , the Fait
telignrh missionaries, entering considerably
into details. The letter is long, but:is well
worthy of perusal. The prospects Were
brightening for a favorable resumption of
at several of'the stations:
and - Macao," the,
Missionary work, is , being .proiecuted in :gni
dom. The war at ;Canton•,is likely, ,for ,
some months to , come, - to l keep the missiona
ries away from that ` station:
SIAM—The missionaries are' pursuing
their work of peace, in the enjoYmena of
;mace. They ask reinforcements.
APRICA..—Mr. Ogden , and Wife reached'
Monrovia, November 26th, on their way to
gorise ,)!dr. Wilson's health was greatly
improved. Mr. and Mrs.! Oleo:Lens were soon;
tolls& for the United 'Statesi to recruit
eiisrgini and 'to 01 books 'printed in the us-
two language, for the uie of the mission.
fran
Mr.' Williams : writes Cape de Verde
Islands, that his health is greatly recruited,
that he expected . itortly to return to
Mournyja_to.reatune his 141vra. •
INDIAN Mrssrous.--Three converts have
United with the Church, at Grind Traverse.
From the other stations, there is no special
newer , , , :1
DONATIONS in January, $19,464.
BOARD OF PUBLICATION.
?, in, the ' early . ; 'part of44linl§in - 4 if ilia
Board, now near its eloie the Board en
larged their Colportage operations, but, since
the commercial crisis, ha; t ie been, obliged to
retract. They now find that the year is
likely to 'end with a balance against this
'fund of eight or nine' ,thonsind dollars.
Sales ilso have fallen' off considerably. In
other respects, the usefn peas . of the Board
.is manifest , and the prosl ,
cots good.
DONATIONS, January 14th ti, February 10th, $l,-
4516; Wee in January, $4761.
CHURCH . EXTENSION.
The wants of numereis small and scat
tared o , ngregations, ire ! very great. How
shall the dispersed be gathered, wkhont a
place of meeting? A od!how shall the few,
and the poor obtain a house where to assem
ble ? The Church is one body, and the
wants of the part which lacks should be sup
plied by the liberality, stf. the part where God
has given an abundance. - To be almoners
of the Divine , llWaty, is , both a duty and a
privilege. ' •
RECEIPTS in January: at 1341.0ni5, $1,861;
adelphia, $227; Pittsbuith, $7l; Cincinnati,
$126; Louisville; $B4. •
EM=l3
We notiee,the accounts of , revivals in dif
ferent parts of our Church, East,- West and
South, but, thus far, they come to us in
more abundant measure from the -portions of
Zion Which united in the Pittsburgh Con
vention, in December. That was a precious
season. The Lord. blessed , those who came,
and sent blessingii home -, with them; and
brethren who were here tti'spirit but bodily
at home ingaged in labor hat% been blessed
also.
We are enabled to add. still to the- list 'of
amebas which the Lord. has visited in rhis
mercy.
THE CHURCHES IN Alin AILGUNO Prrrs-
Buwi, manifest still a-great interest in the
affairs of religion. The accessions at the
Winter communions, nowtbeing held; in
many of them, are' very pleasing, beiiig
quentir from six to twelve pensons, with in
creased ittendanci) and marked attention.
WASHINGTON, PA—Wei learn that on
list. Sabbath twenty five new conimunicants
united in commemorating t4e*Saviour's love.
CANNONSBIIIIG, PA.—Four of the Col
legb'students united with the Church, last
Sabbath. " '
HUNTINGDON, PA.—Welearn that a pre.
cious revival is in progrestic3n 'this church,
nnder th care' of Rev. WO" McClean. A
week ago there had forty•one persons exl.
pressed a, ;hope in Christ Jesus.; and the ex
peotations of Goiltrpeople were, that more
stilf.would be added to theft number.
SisEy nevo pammuni,
.
cants have , recently hien, , ,added to this
church.' See letter of Riv. :A. Tolley.-
SPRINGETELD, Prim.— Thirty-two persons
were recently added, on examination, to the
church which is ministered to by Rev. W.
T. Finley. -
ST: Loth's ) MO.—Our contemporari speak s
of large acoessions to the Methodist, Bap
tist, and African churches"; and of " a re
vived state:of feeling in all tbe Presbyterian
churches."
Temperance.
If Christians all would put forth their en
er;iei: wisely and perseveringly, they would
•
greatly dizninieh the crying evil of drunken.
ness. They have, enumerating all the de
noininations, immensely the preponderating
influence, in nearly-every part of the coun
try.. They conld make drinking unfashion
able and diereputable, and the sale liquor
for purposes of drink, to: be regarded as a
nuisance ;' and, under such a public senti
ment, the traffic would be placed among the
things ontlawed, and be punished as a mis
demeanor. -Christians are not, as deeply as
t. others, the canoe of. the evil; but the evil
exists by their tolerance, and In part by their
participiticii, and they are , hence; to a great
extent, responsible' for it : ' And , it is a fear
ful responsibility. , • •
,• How far the ministers of religion may be
chargeable with the people's apathy, or their
,
patient endurince, we. would not pretend 'to
air That they do put forth an: enlighten
ing and restraining influence on the subject,
we know; and that theymight do still great
ly more, thit is, the 'body of them of all
denomination:it, we verily believe. It ie their
business to bring forth and rightly divide
the Word Land thiSeriptures present drunk
enness, its causes, concomitants: and conse
quences, in various aspects and with awful
denunciations. The preacher may there find
many a wise counsel, and many theme for
earnest exhortation and solonin warning.
We are pleased to know of any man, re
garded hy the people as clothed with the
timed' Offuse, wisely and firmly taking hold
of the subject; and hence, with approbation
and with the hope of inciting others,' we
transfer from the Presbiterias a paragraph
in'the circular of the Roman Catholic Bishop
of tew Jersey, ,addressed to hie clergy.
The. Bishop says : •
"While I am willing to leave to each pas
tor the choice of the particular 'means which
he thinks most likely to effect the objeok we
have'in view I would direct your 'attention
eipeaially to those who keep disorderly drink
ing honses,- and' ho sell liquor' ate Sat
urday nikhts and - on Sunday, and I would
suggest the advantage of obtaining a list of
alUthe drunken Inert and women; and those
wifokeep such 'houses in your district. In
this way you May make an example of them,
and so excite agaidst them the indignation
of all good Catholics, ail' persons who bring
dhigniee upon their religion, and "who are to
be shunned' by every one who'haa any regard
for order, pesos; and good citizenship. • I am
deters iiniad toliMite tie Of• the most time
measures against all who are addicted to this
scandalous and destrective vies, and - if thily
continue in the practice of it,' L they-Must do
it as outeasts.from.ihe Citholio Cherch, who
have no right to the name of Catholic while
they live, , norto , Christianintrial^whew they ,
die.
If all Remanists, and all - ProteitaistS would
do so, we would soon find ourselves in a
l'OOvateilso:Pietjr- Men AO 300360; parents
and children, social interests, political order,
and religion's cause would all derive there-
College BtatisticL
We are indebted to the Society of In
quiry, Of the Western Theological Seininary?
for very gratifying statistics from Col-1
leges.
Information lum been received from
thirty.two Colleges, exhibiting the following
facts. The whole, number of students is
five thousand one hundred and ninety-one;
profeasors of religion, one thousand five hun
dred and ninety-nine ; number looking for-
Ward to the ministry, seven hundred and
thirty-nine; number that have decided to, go
as foreign missionaries, thirty one ; number
of conversions during the past year, sixty
two. Though in the majority of our letters
-the number of conversions is'not stated defi
nitely, and in such cases we could , not place
them in our tables.
counGics.
Eva,
va
Union Collegs, N. Y, 811 70
Madison University, N.Y., 130. 105
Penneylrants College., • 110 • 62 43 "."
Franklin and Marshal pa. Pa. 116..., , 60 40 . „
Allegheny College, Fe, 206' 98 24 ,.
Jefferson College, Ps. ' ' 280 10 0 ,75
Waahington College. Pa" 101 44 34
Western University, Pa, '7O 4 '
Ohio Wesleyan University, . 2413 155 -
Kenyon College, 0, 172 9$ 48 7
•Wittoulberg Gallego, OW 175 40'; :.25 . ' ' •
Marietta College, 0., • , 60 30 ' t 13 '
'New Athens ()allege, 0., ' 42 5
.NeW Concord Oollege, 0., 40. , 7
Western Reserve college, 0., 46 21 12 8
William and Mary College , ski s. 8 8 -
.Wasbington.College, Ye., so , 20.,
Hamp6en Sidney. Oil., Ye,,; 100 8
Unlvertilty of Virgitila4 • ' '630 100 •
Richmond College, 'Pa, 105 . 50.
..' 25. .
Davidson College," N. 0., 97 24 11
Georgetown College, Hy., - ` .194 , 30'
Centre College, Ky.. 110' 33 18
Intent= College, Tenn., 52 20 . 3
Cumberland .Unirerslty, Tenn". , 445 •, 150 34
University of Alabama, 144 20 8
Indian!' University, 'lB9 `.. '430. , 13 • • •
Tianover College,lnd, ; 73 4B -30
Drildoines College, Is `,llB ' ' 7 1'
Harvard University, lima., 409, ,65
Rutgers College, N. J . " • 104 53 .47 15
College of New Jersey; - '` 272 ' 60
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES .:
HEARD FROM. ,
.• . • • •
Seminary at Danville,39
Union Chao . . Seminary ; Va.; ' ' '2O
Lane Seminary, 0., BO
Siceder Them Seminary, 0., 20
" Some of our correspondents deilore the
low state of religion and the, small number
of - conversions in their Tespecti've;
Institu
tions.. Many of them, .however, speak
'
couragingly of an awakened interest among
professors of religion, with many indications
of an approaching revival.' The writers ask
that :we shall this day, and wheneyer we
go . to a throne of rues, remember them;and
plead 'with the Treat Read of the qhureh
for his Holy' Spirit`to Come 'and consecrate
to his service, the talent entrusted' to: their
bare. We give the follCwing ',particulars of
a few. Colleges, as a specimen of the tone in
which the mejority , of our correspondenti
JEFFERSON COUEGE, PA
.
"The two public pryer- maetings as well
as .the> private praying • ouelea .among the
atndents, are attended'with, more thin. usuel
interest. There . is an earnest:desire .on the
part of many to see the work of God revived.
WASHINGTON tOLLE . GE; PA.
it The President Writes, (January 30th,)
("The professors of religion are greatlystirred
They prefer,
,zeal,
,anxiety
for others, and earnestness, apparently much
more than during the revival two years ago;
yet conversions are not so numerous as Wen.'
WASHINGTON COLI;HGE . VA..
"The four-fifths of all the students are
Presbyterian. While religion is prosperous
no special interest is manifested. .
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
t 4 Rev. Dr..MeGuffey writes encouraging,
ly of the state of religion in'thiS Institutions
where six hundred and thirty:young men
are congregated.' Prayer-meetings and. Bible
classes are well attended. = Several convex.;
sions have occurred during the past year.
UNION COLLEGE, N. Y.
"Our correspondent states that there is an
increased interest among professers of relig
ion, 'and more than usual seriousness among
the students generally. A general prayer
meeting is held every Tuesday morning.
The different classes also hold 'meetings for
prayer during -the weeks
DAVIDSON COLLEGE, N. C.
"The students hold a prayer-mettina once
a week, and sometimes , more frequently. ,
prayer-meeting is held every Sabhath even
ing, by the Prefessorp, which is, well af
tende,d by the studerits, as well.as the Bible
classes Wand the other services. An excel
lent missionary spirit , exists , at this time,
among the students
HANOVER COLLEGE, IND.
" , Says the writer; "icre • are looking and
hoping for a revival of religion. • There "has
been, for some weeks, more'than usual in
terest visible in the town, - as well ak among
the students. Many are.. , earnistly Praying
that such a• season would come.'
RUTGERS COLLEdIi N. J.
ti Hon. Theo. .Frehnghuysen gives us an
account'of a fine state of thingsiwthis In
stitution. Out of one bundled and four
students, more than one-half are profesiors
Of religion; almost the one-half preparing
for, the ministry, and nearly the one-third of
these design going as ~ &reign missionaries.
4s Ile says : 'There is a growing interest
in religion at this time; our prayer-meetings
are, full, and much teryor and prnyerfilnees
are hopefully present f ' Several conversions
have occurred during the past year. •
WESTERN VNIVERSITY, PITTSBtRaII,-P.A.
"This Institution furnished a consider.
able ntiinber,' of studenti
'classes of this Seminary. The InititutiOn
is now in operation under the Presidency of
Rev.' F..MoLaren, -1): D.; and'has in it
about seventy students:mostly 'youth under
sixteen years of Sage. Four , of these are
loaking forward to the
' COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
"A large number of the, students of this
College, as heretofore, are pious, , and are
studying with' sinew to the Gospel ministry.
Religious service is conducted four evenings
in the week,. by-. Dr. Maclean;,,Professoni
Hodge, Moffat, Duffield, and Atwater. Two
years ago, on the , day observed as` a day of
prayer for Colleges, a precious revival of re
ligion commenced in this Institution, in
which many youth, befere careless, devoted
themselves to the cause of Christ. ci
"Many' Of our Utters contain interesting
ficts, had you time to hear them 'all 'Those;
hdwever, from *hide We hive "taken
tracts, represent the tone in which they are
mostly written.
SUMMARY' TAKEN PROM THE REPORT
' ' • OF 1857. .1 is
line whole nuither of Theological
inuries in the United ;States, is forty-six:
number of *,-Professore,lin Seminaries, one '
Minded and eighteen ;7inumbeipf students,
one Zthousand,-three liindredimd - 'seven;
number of graduates, three hundred and
fiftyva-Thir , wholetniumber , of , V olle g es,,is
one hundred ankfourteen; Professors, nine
litindied'andlsixteen ; Tutors, one hundred
and forty-nine; students eighteen thousand
seven hundred and fifty•seven ; of which,
• five thousand five hundred and eighty-one
are professors of religion, and,one thousand
nine hundred and twenty.seven have the
ministry in view."
--Allegheny County Bible Society: —
The Eighteenth Anniversary of this ef
4Vellent Institution was
.held in the':Firc
*iethodist 'Protestant Church, Allegheny,,:tm
the -16th of February. A. Cameron, Esq.,
presided. Beer,etary Jr. R. Newell read the
Annual Report. The Treasurer, RW. M.
Bell, reported the' state of the funds, and
Rev C. P. Krauth addreseed the meeting.
ANPVAL REPORT
For , seventeen years this Society has been en
gaged in disseminating the SOripture,s of Truth in
this vicinity—and in what nobler employment
could we enlist our energies, or who can estimate
the salutary influence which, by. God's blessing,
this work may exert, and may have exerted, on
so, many of our neighbors who are less happily
situated than• ourselves. Whenreviewing, on this
evening, the labor and results of the past year,
it is pleasant and encouraging to repeat in public
what our agents have asserted in our monthly
meetings—that they are well received by the poor,
with but few eieeptione, and that thoie.from
whom they request subscriptions to the Bible cause
generally esteem it a privilege to have the oppor
tunity of giving afforded them. .1E is pleaeant
also to recall the harmony of our monthly meet
ings, and the Christian spirit evinced by the man
agers.
Mi. Thompson, the agent of the' Society for a
number of years, deemed it his duty to resign his
connexion_with us last October, and Illr.licEtwee
was, selected ,to continue the work; but finding
dial his health would not permit this addition to
his other' engageinents, he resigned also, and Mr:
R: Davis was appointed. That an agent is neces
sary to the successful prosecution of the designs
of this Society, will be evident from a due con
sideration of what those designs_, are—and ,the
principal one is'to supply with a copy of the Scrip
tures thoge who are not already in possession, of
How can' this be done properly, otherwise
than by an agent who will devote much of his
time, to this important work?, ..
- -•
_The rgeult of the, year's labors is as follows:
One thousand six hundred and fifteen families
have Imeti visited, of whom ninety-One were found
destitutcPof the Word of Life ; fifty-five of: these
were supplied gratis, and. thirty-six ; .refused to
receive the
,gift. One hundred and seventeen
Bibles, and one hundred and, twenty-five Testa-
Merits were sold; one hundred and thirty =six
Bibles and one hundred and thirty-eight Testa
ments were donated. Total number distributed,
five hundred and sixteen ; ; of whiph twelve Bibles
and twenty-four Testaments were donnted to the
Orphan Asylum ;bratty-four Bibles to the Western
Penitentiary, -and fifty Bibles and"fifty Testaments
to the House of Refuge. Amount Of cash received
j!)r, hooks, sold, $77.76.: Value of books donated,
$53.06. Whole amount of subscriptions received
in `tlie Country, $448; in the city," 41,093.69 ;
total ; $1,541.58; of which $1,1.43:75' litti been
A considerable number of certificates•have been
issued to,those who subscribed $5,, constituting
some young Mend a life member of the Society..
Considering the embarrassed state of business
&ming the Winter, and the scarcity of money, of
which so many have had goodieason to complain,
the above report may well be considered,gratifying
and encouraging. The number of those who refused
to receive the'books offered to them, is, this year,
not - one-half of what it was last year, in propor
tion. This fact also is encouraging: •'Of course,
the atatiaties of , the, labors' of our' agents for so
manyyears, ought to show a constant, decrease in
. .
the number of those who are destitute . of . the
Word of" God; 'and 'on examination of them, we
find that it is so. In proportion, this year's report
shows but, twe,thirds of that of last year, and
much less than former ones. This also mEly en
courage us, And, all who,, by their contributions,
hive enabled 'Us to prosecute, thus far, this under
taking, so teneficial and enduring in'its effects:
May God's Word be every year more widely dis
seminated.
TitiIASURER'S IttPORT.
Dr. WM. M. Bell, in `account with Allegheny Bible
Society.: .
DEBIT.
To Balance from last year, $116.48
To A. Thompson, Ag't, 'Donations, ' 492.24
To " " " Proceeds of Sales, 77.76
To :A Friend; per Richard Bard. 80.00
To Rev. Wm. WElwee, Ag't, Donations;
$3O of which are to constitute William
Sawyer a Life Member of Penna. Bible
Society, 142.76
To Alex. Sample,'Esq., Proceeds of Sales, 9.79
To Robert Davis, Ag't, Donations, $3O of •
which are to constitute Lydia Jeannette
M'Millan, of Ref. Preeb. Church, a Life
Member of Am. Bible Society, 508.75
To Sewickley Bong., $3O of which are to
constitute Mrs. Bitches' Starr a Life --
Member of Am. Bible Society, 86.90
To H.orse, (Agent's,) - Bard to Rev. Mr.
Gracey, 115.00
CREDIT.
By Rev. J. Aikin, in full of bal
ance dne on Bible account, 141.49
By Bev. .T. J. Aikin, ponation to
Penna. Bible Society, 855.06
By Samuel M'Naugher, services
• as:seton,Jaet.year, 15.00
By Sipgerly .& layers, Printing _
Report, 37.00
By Whitney, Myers & Co.,`Print'g •
NotiVes, • • - 4.25
By A. P. Thomism, Ag't, ser-
vioes, • 850.00
*Rev. Wm, WElwee, Aet, ser- •
vicee,' • 25.00
By ft'obt. Davie, Aet; .services to
date, - ' 82'50 -
By David 8 winehart, services as
eexton4his ,yee.r,
By Otiortterfeit Note, 3.00
By Advertieemente,,prititieg Pro
- gramineotiii " - ' 4.88
The Americia Tract Society.
" The question relative to what this Insti
.
tntion may and ought to pribliih, , is'still Bei=
fitted with great 'earnestness. The amorint
tendeied for our columns has been,quite too
much for las to use, and some .of it, seem
ingly, not for ,edificationl From. an article
now before us, by" An Executive Officer,"
we `quote the concluding paragraph
"The Publishing Committee and , officers
are ready to publish oh this, (slavery,) as on
all: other subjects, all that promisee useful=
tress did in which the 'great body of Emph - -
gelical Christians are agreed. To go fpr
ther than thiS,, they believe is to violatee i ihe
good faith and the fundamental catholic
principles `of the Society which have been
everywhere publicly avowed: The real
question at issue is, whether its Catholic
union. shall be Sacrificed - by :Publishing in
teS'pect to slavery what will sunder and dis
i4naber the IfistitutiolLn
We trust that ; be Eepiety will be guided
by wisdom from on high, and be still made
an instrument of greatly prorneting the-Re
sleerner's (Arise. -
"Home, the School, ,and the Church."
Under thiwtitle, the Rev. Dr. Van Rees.
selier:bailieen issuing a most" yaliable
nual embracing articles on Christian Edu
cation ~1 Tje eighth. *One' is, now before
the ,:public:•. oontomis 'are: Household
Religion; The Value ofJa Good Wife;
tives that should influence the Conduct of a
Nurses, : A Proper sEarly , Training, ands its
Priceless - Value;.Mutual Obligatioti of
Christianity and Learning; Religious l'idue4.
tion under the Care of the Church; Physiel
Education; True Principles in the Orea ❑ i
zation of a Christian Institution; A, p lea
for our Educational Operations, on the B as i,
of Scripture; Inaugural Exercises at the
Opening of the Western Theological S.
inary, at Allegheny City, Pa., by Dr. S w i ft,
.D,r. Brown, and Dr. Janeway ; Go, and
preach the Gospel.
These subjects are ably treated, in a vo i,
ume of 198 pages. The work is for sale at
fifty cents a copy; but it is kindly "sent t o
all the ministers and candidates of ow
Church, to whom it is respectfully ( l e d ; ,
sated.?
B. L. AGNEW was ordained and in.
stalled pastor of the church in Johnstown,
Pa., by,the Presbytery of Blairsville, ot i
the evening of the 18th ult. Rev. X .
H. Gilleit preached the sermon, Ro 7.
Adam Torrance delivered the charge t 5
the pastor, and Rev. D. Harbison the
charge to the people.
Rev. R. A. DELArIoY, of New Orleans,
received a call to the church at Cantu,
Miss.
Rev. War. C. HANDY has accepted an in 4
tation as Stated Supply of the Presbyt!
rian churches of Lewes and Rhehobotl.
Maryland.
EASTERN SUMMARY,
BOSTON AND
.NEW ENGLAND
Business is not active, and men are but
little-disposed to undertake new enterpri ses
until some luller indications of the thane.
ter of the future have been seen. AR , ' as
a necessary consequence money is normally
plenty, and the opportunities for hrge and
profitable' nvestments are rare. Merehanbi
here-"are 'more - cautions; slower to move, and
recover less speedily from a depression, than
in. New York. The effects of a great ca.
lamity remain visible for seine time.
The Basic)* Pilot speaks in jubilant tones
of the futon prospects of the RontiA
aura in the Old Bay State. The cause
of - " this felicitation is the greater proportion
of marriages and births among the foreico,
than ,the native born population. Tbie
papa says the day is not distant when Re-
Manists shall be in the majority in that
state. But unfortunately for him, the datt
On which this opinion is based are very in
perfect, and the history of what were once
the strongholds Of Bomanism in this coun
try, exhibits,a large relative decline of the
numbers, attached to that Church, within a
few years. Baltimore, New Orleans, and
St. Lonils, are oases in point.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. has been provid
ing hiresg ; with a new store of materials
wherewith to address the public, and pro
poses ta deliver six lectures to the people of
this city, who may be willing to listen to hie
indefinite reasonings and barbarous English,
on thought; memory, and country life. We
fear much that Mr. Emerson and others of
his school, owe their popularity much more
to the 'Singular forms of expression they
employ, than to any thing profound or new
in the. 'sentiments presented. Take away
the meretricious gilding, and but little that
is really valuable will remain.
" 'The' 'annual election to fill vacancies in
one, „of t,be Boards of Harvard Uzi.
versify, has been held, attended as usual,
with much earnestness and no little acrimony
of feeling. The election is by both branches
of the Legislature ; in convention. The
eoelesiwtical appearance of the Board is ty
no means uniform. The Board, as now or•
ganized, 'consists of eight Orthodox Congre•
gationalists, five Methodists, six Unitarians,
fortr Episcopalians, three Baptists, two (,lack•
era,
,one Swedenborgian, and one whose
religious views are not known. It is to be
remembered that this is a distinct body from
the Board of Trustees, in which the Unita-
rians are largely in the ascendancy.
A very readable article has been published
in the Atlantic Monthly entitled, "The
DiaMond Lens," which it has been asserted
is,pilfered, in part at least, from the writings
of the late William North. The author of
'the article, Mr. F. L. O'Brien, denies the
charge, and 'calls for proof. Mr. Maverick
appears in support of the assertion, and de•
clams himself in possession of abundant
evidence to sustain the position he has taken.
Asa matter of ethane each party has his
friends;and`the contest waxes fierce. What•
ever may ` be the issue, injury should not
accrue to the Monthly on account of it; be•
cause it is impossible for any editor, how
ever thoroughly acquainted with general
literature to detect all the larcenies iu the
articles offered:.
.-Brekident ;Beckwith has returned to the
Sandwich Islands, without having completed
the endowmellt of CMhu College, with the
$40,000 asked from this country. This
work has becurpoatponed to a more propitious
season. in the .-meantime the Institution
will he sustained by the American Board, Fe
far as ay he necessary, in addition to the
aid received in the Islands.
ahe .anbject of Extemporaneous Speak
invis beginning to attract much attention
iu"many'places, and improvement in this
accomplishment loudly demanded. It is
true that facility of expression and attract.
iveness of»manner cannot compensate for
the want of ability, information, and stay:
but no' reason why they should be
disunito. Alpheus Hardy, Esq., of this
city, has offered three prizes, of fifty, thirty,
and Awenty dollars, to the Junior Class of
Amherst Colieee, to be awarded to those
who` shall make the moat improvement in
exteuiporaneous speaking; the decision to
e. left, to President Stearns and Professor
17ose:
Tile fortylist annual meeting of the CRY
Missionary Sociity, has just been held.
This, for many years, has been a most pros
perous and 'useful enterprise ; by it many
poor have had their wants supplied, maul
fallen raised *up, and many far from God
brought to the knowledge of the truth as it
is in J,cant,t. The receipts for the year have
been $12,283.4T, and the expenditures ,
$10,474;87. Eight male missionaries and
$1.529.68
$1.529.68
Ecclesiastical.