4, net A Starless Crown. If grief in heron might lind,n puce, And sharne the moiaiiipierlow down, Who meets the Saviour face to face, 'T world he to Tear . a Warless crown To find in all that countless host Who meet before the - eiernel throne, Who once, like us, were , sinneralost, !rot ow to soy you led him home. The Bon, to do his Father's will,. Could lay his own bright crown aside; The law's stern mandate to fulfil, Poured out his blood for us, and died. Shall we -who !glow Ida wadi-area love, While here below, sit idly down ? Ali, no; for then in heaven above We, too,,Wlas.tw!nkr a etavletia 0, may itne'er of me be said,, No soaLthat'S saved brgraoe Divine JIM ( 0 1 9,Ve - r,tittlPirsie Pl?:?i l 7)teati , Or linked its' destiny with mine. J 1 Vrit i 7.Ct5 BOOKS sent to us tar None, will attondeßito. 'fbrisi oik 1 .0 0. 441#4011 . **fir dolphin. Mew YorlitAceol, l rY entledelollds 0111,9111.1 SolithlOWS'ybelevot 4fiestanitir in *xi/4'ot dto4lo,llbc,kill,sciiitl4.l.• CItALLINE? ILLUSTRATED Itiotintror, for Fetnit-' ary, contains some'goad articles. GWOLOOT 'AN IFTSRFILETER. OF SOirvviraiiia* Address , before the Literary Societiei,,of ova: 0611ilgiqy" t eg• ThoniP"ki• Geology b o w:very ytdtfal theme for the spoon. Wive mind, bat it.afforda uo great aid to the in tenors:dad& Of Ideriiitwre Cbut!selentide• Chris. tians should have some lmowledge of it, that ,they may,meet And' :refute stie4o o 114 4 1 4,16 0 would use it agtinst'revelation: • STATr TIFLTO Ammust.—The.Auanal Report for 'jfis,,etoti4iiie'POioli,rsitigile infOpOition. REVOLT OF $0A 19 . - ThiS arriet4 'lli 'Ail Jantutry . ntultbsT.of" the „Princeton Review, is pub: , Halted as W pamphlet. it iie ably written, and fie pe n m a Y'?P re g. a ll e t 1 ? e llg "Ir o !?' • of a returned misstonary. Taltq/"T ,The- StoITY9f qaT,ont, by Ref. Wi ANcott, , D.D ; pp, 824;,12m0. San Franelion i : Whitton, refine This is ei very ingenious and instructive expo sition And elucidation of thet = Bible narrative nf Samson. Dr. Scott is one of the most industri ous of men. Preaching, Milting, and publishing, lie 00 P*1 1 ,014g.4 1 .(4,40i4 ,' 1 1 iiii i 9:4:4 ,the benefit of men. - - • Tni DIOTIBSTANT THIOLOGIOAL ANIYECOLISIASTI. " Eilutttirstmt • 'Being 'it COraexisedltrm- Imam of Herzasegs..T4tl,.:Aucyclopedi‘ Part VI.; pp. 641 188..:"P ilatdelpl ► ias; : 7andapy. Blaekiston. 1858. We continue to be delighted with every succes sive number of this truly great work; and again we have to 'grent regret that the Ruts can oniy , be Issued quarterly i nconsistence' .}ilea with le nof a , pnbliehers: " - Wel are Ofarel#lo greatcare ie required In the. PYPPVL *ion of the different articles.' Tide is obvious to every intelligent reader: We , beie .ege-ht and. spin Pelkte.f 'l!eTn ing and otteurate scholarship, and it yenta be well t i er the e - oniiilers our Gazetteers, Literary "5r..4. - 14,;;44,:` an snob 'wo r ks; I to examine this *Kirk ihirintelYin order to see bow much cap` be accomplished by anthers wbo are really com petent fee tl*e task *10441 they up4eiYitie: )3milr f mums is the title of a Dis course, by Bev. WM. M. Paxton, of tide - city, de.: livered before the Opnvention of ,colpertepre of the Amerjaan Truck Society, Oat., liga. We wird, with grelq, pleasure, the Discourse when first uttered We rejoice to see it in print. The text is, "Let, us do good ,unto The proposition lethal krigferf per trikutione are acts of worship. i lhis theme is maintaiMA with great esinestssese increlcigtiesioi;'the Inty and acceptability of giling, are made, clearly manifest. — The Discourse is .iesued by the Society in a neat Tract ; and there is appended f etatement . of the "Topics Diseaseed"at :theortvention, " B ko4, pad i§reje c tA.,„i from Personal Nartatitee of the Colporteurs."' Envoys/kir Acuumaraxos ; Being _Sketches pf People in Europe. By J. W. Ds Forest. AID:, thoedf Orie;ntiil Acqualutnwea:! 121 , 1 96,4 P• 276. New York : Harper t Brothers; Frank lin Squitiri.L y 856. ft '1 0 rr-if We regret bz earthat "filar not the pleasure of Mr. De , Forest ' s Oriental Acquaintance ; but if it be as siriihtly, Ad_ **A eis the brochure erori, as, it is well' worth enjoysihtt. This is fewu b decidedly one of e most rikey a tgbook Areirliti t hii t isiista . , 64 on E nropenW ziatteid ,atly:lttre., One of the . pecialiaritiws. anilezeelllenll. Milton ' s ir'oee-etyle Whiehdlel i'x ' 0ai1113 1 14 . 7.4 •1 4/A. 11 ; 8 in the faqt!ti). l . 40 2 are imbedded, as it wore, in his ordinary narra tive. He never stops to say thatany one is like a lion or an but While the reader perceives that Milton abating ininiagety. So it is here with -Mr. De Forest' Nit Style' is a strange compound, which,,thg.peetprigps of . Sidney Smith, the ffinat . tnnll:...Mhot.: cetittg, yrriters, ut ter_wh at they, tntittiti At, ing manner, and yet the ntteraneee proceed frinti flinch thonght,and - ,CIOSC'AgAW. ," This; is t a capital book for a railroad Oar, or a fireside:dur ing the Winter ' - • • .• Tax Wotan An Elem entary Boot.; By hade'reiy/or, antitor.Of WeelkiY hud Meth) Odicon;" *frNatairiir: History of , Enthtudaem,'! &o. 12='141787'7 1 :"11.1v4 //..,orxer t . Brothers:' 1 0;.:17 "1 : 1 . ;2: We should not yfigh.tp t ,pitt Altiu_betth into the hands of a mere tyro, who. , was but just corn menoing the study . of ,roentitphilorphy. To those who hare become familiar of Upham, De Haven, Reid itrid Stewart, this treatise will then be not only acceptable, but useful. Mi itailni'S ordinary style is r iaiittel for the commise,• scent-ate, and ape:towba r vim statemsert *lnch are required' troths, int in the woii:'before.us.he - liati cliPPe4 his 1 1.hige) REA ho. ilfw& .l6 elevatien that any referty% mind may bear 1 company. We recommend•this book to students in Metaphysics, se aluableoougs;~o,t dypartment: ' ' • TRIO WUTMIFern Rivnew, 3aniary:lB6l3. New. lorkliteilitafetSeBl4 Co. ' r " I ' • tk , „.r.v9tie! 51.91, 915 ' nets of Protestantism, and th e .porilonldskar ;Lied to Um RivrilrOi'c,;' is a g ood ntimber of this journal. nteirmus, It:fatty, eto3, , is s is va t rild and attractive as its multitudinous readers eau desire Writ.—A oelebrated,Frenoli wornanAtid Of i c the greatest eau rf arge on earth, is the coiintenanee al* tim affection of her husband after marriage. For the Presbyterian Banner ana Advocate. Kansas Highland, Lodiana, Kickapoo, lowa Point, Church. Prospects. LODLtNA., K. T., Feb. 2, 1858. Du. Mansur—Dear Sir:—l wrote you a let ter some time ago, but not having read every number of your paper, I have not seen it, or it may not have - reached you at all. Oar Church , here in Kansas, is not altogether idle in her Mas ter's vineyard. Highland Presbytery , has within its bounds some seven ordained mirtisteriand two licentiates, six of whom are natives Of Penney'. *anis, and ,all are strictly conservative on the question now distracting our nation. Within the, bounds set apart for the Presbytery of Kansas, there are some five more ministers, and we hope A Presbytery will be orgtinlzed there next 'Sum . mer. We had a late called meeting of the Highland Presbytery, for the,purpose of ordaining Mr. A. W7l'itzar. He was ordained with a view to his early installation in'the &rat church of Leaven worth `city. We' had a delightful meeting of Presbytery then ; and, at our next regular meet ing L'odianti in April,We expect to receive-sev eral more irieinbers, and perhapsta ordain anoth-' or licentiate. We have preachineat most of the more places in the Territory, and have made arrangements to:erect several church build inge next,Summer. We are about to.begin our edit* Lodians,'and hops; that sortie of our good brethren Will riot ferget our :labor of love' here. - We receive nothing hearsay quarter and in onnuenion with, very few here, must hear the expenses of, erecting, our, church. build, a fieuse (the lac are six lit a'cost of some $9OO, of which softie hiuidied'is already subsetthedhy.us here. We: hope to, get some thing treat the Church,Extension, Comittee, but with all confidence in our brethren, ' expect,a lit tie helg'from than: 'Pray for Us in our deitiin tions,-an&renternhaeyen werelonee' a new coutt try,, and an infant church, andlno* as our moth er we eater a kin' cilook from yew. We ,are,not discouraged in our. religious and Ifterary ,Oriterprieee hate. We yet expect to' 'see not duly this Mission (Riokapood in its fall pros perity near by us,. but a_ church with ; its sacred lighti casting a holy beauty tveii4l'arorincl; and a College (for which tWoluilidredlotO are being `sold ' at sloo,eichi) fieniga face, cheirini us in Obi-labors. A town (tediailit,)Pielihyte- Asa in its religious character, will, under these inthienees, grow up ; and 'we yet-hope lo see this beautifulland consecrated ; to, worship of God. are organizing, churches at, other points, and =kat , that our Chureh cart and will take the lead hire in'beth' religion and'literiture.. LW. Sabbath we organized the. lowa Point ' church, and inmennexion , with those, cervices, held- a de l lightful. _comma*, season. ~,B ros. 'lrvin, Camp bell, 4aCitin;aid Rice, were ir4seat. Praying feis . thellitspeiity of our'Ziee. ' I am yours, Ifm. H. Retolnltn do note anticipitte much inore'igita ilon. here, and all is now quiet. indeed we have never had much trouble_ compared with the re perta;:whicir reach us from the . States, ; Aly,surest address is TowaaointifT,lC.l. Tor the Presbyterian Banner sail Adroeata, Letter.l.-r...AwExposition. But of him are 'ye m *ho God is made onto as *isdom, and .righteoneness, and esinctifioation, and redemption ; that, according asttis*ritten, he thatslorieth,, let hint: glory ' " 1 Cc 4, I.; - 209 61 in the Lord.— . . . MY - DEMI Farrarn:—Tbpy who are born again lore the Word of God. This passage ,contains several things for its to think of; and. will try to giveyou an e x position of it. 'Here is union with „Christ; yt ,are a in .Christ. Jeans, united to bun, ingrafted into hini.Union with Christ, in Jesus. The :has ile says much of this, and `makes 'much" of it. One who `' not."`eiemined Will be enrprised find often,and in What a Variety of fdiMs it is insisted on in the SeriPtuies. There is a legal union from 'eternity; and' also a'Spiritual' nnion, formed here'in time, *hen we`are effectually called, ban `again, and become united to Christ by ,faith, and BO Are in hire new creatures; for if any man he fniehristnAsited to him spir itually and ravingly, he i rs a new creature.; old things are.paseed away; behold. all things are become new.-2. Cor. v : 17. Union With Christ;''know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ ? He that: is joined unto the Lord-is. one spirit; for we are members of his body,• of his flesh, and of his 'Cot. v: 22-43. 'See Hodge Cor., , and also on[ Eph. = . • " The' best writers of the last three cen turies have said much of the 'believer's union with Christ. Inspired men dui the same. All grace and mercy flow, to sinners through this union, which in the Divine purpose existed eternally, bat is aetually formed when the Holy Spirit , leads the soul by faith to embrace Christ. Once formed, this union shall never be broken. Grace ,will complete what it begins, and glory will crown what grace has done.”—See Tract on Union with Christ, by Presbyterian Board. Hence here are the benefits of this union with Christ ; for being in him, united to him spiritually and savingly, he is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. Jesus Christie the medi ator between God and men; "the only Re *Omer of God's elect ,; and Christ, as our ezecuteth the offices of a prOphet, etit priest, and of a king, both in his estate 'of humiliation and exaltation."—ShOrter elt:,*ee. 20-26. He is made to us Wis dom, as a prOpbet. By nature' we are ig norant and blind, our understandings' are darkened. Christ is our teacher jbe removes "itingfftYritneeris prophet4e-enlightens and instructs'.'revealing to us,,by his Wdrd and SPirit, the will of God for' our salvatioai" 1 4-is:ntitl,w.A*94 Pal lie is.our wisdom, for he mane us wise unto saivation . ::--;2. And he is made to us rightemmineda, as wpriest mature we are condemited.obildren Of ,:siistb, under the curse of and brokatAw. Christ is our surety and substitute ; csor nos were laid on hior 3 ; as:our sureti,igAiViti trite Ile .took unrlaw.place; and . tarmammade a curse for us.' He bare our sae in`bisOwn body od the tree; and by thus dying, in our stead,:he has made -an atonement for our sins; and having arisen ;an a l aseepded,, lie ever. lives " intercede. Accepting of him by faitlYsirlie is offered te,us in the Gospel, •istv iite'forgiven and accounted righteous; we are justified; and be is , the Lord of our rigliteousneui.l. Pet. ii : 21-25; Jer. ziuii 6" ;.and gulag 16:1 - .4sr;e•pnest ie delivers ns from'eoridemnatiom and' procures our acceptance with`Ged, "is righteous ,in his sight, only for the righteoneriede Of Christ, imputed to us, and , received by faith alone; fdr.Christ• exeouteth the office of a priest, in his'Onqe offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy 'Divine justice o and reconcile to 04,'Vtilfrin making continual intercession for I:ej"jkodeo he is made righteousnessto us; we ai a fits . sin,:he is our righteofiensiss.-2. 17-21; Short. Cat., Ques. 23-35. And he2.it made to us sanctification, as a liiiig." . l4ViiitUrnwe are unholy and slaves, "tO ann ; wir arelia bondage, led captive by: Satan at his will.. Christ is our deliverer. When .h,q died, he, „corßofred the ,devil; when, he *ended, he. led :Captivity captive Vito men; be mEceryxu gifts gitra;i ind'hei own .then.l.-7-EO l - iv : _7, ; pe, . Alexander ` on 'the Psalms, and Hodge on 40: He sits on ,his throne, as king in Zion, dippensing the faros received from his " Father, purchased by his death and promised and secured in th`O . cy,9o4tiog covenant when he was made die legal head and srirety of his ,people. He ii i i26 the SPirit'to apply the' purchased re he renews us by . his grace.; he is t ibdu.es us to himself, making, us his.mriging the day of Ids ',power, vAndah• Over ps;and in um. By hie thii,00:10111. ' gins the work of 1311120a10141011 in our regen.. THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE; oration or effectual calling, when we are made new creatures in Christ Jesus; and he carries on this work till death comes and we reach heaven, and it is perfected forever; for "Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and , de fending us, and in restraining and conquer ing all his and our enemiea,' and giving us the victory over all our foes; and BO 40 made sanctification to us; be is our aanctifi-- cation. As , we , are ~ complete; in him, ,se Christ is in us the hope of glory; and we all with open face beholding, as in a glass, the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image fromgloiy , to glory, even .as by the Spirit of the Lord.-2. Cor. iii : 18 ; Col: ii_: 10, and it': 27. And hence, in - all his , offices, as prophet, priest and king, Christuk made, to us pompleteend perfect redemption: , By , nature we are olives, :bound in the fetter's:. of sin and under the curse of the broken law, as it is written, - Cursed is every one.— Gil. : ;10. Christ is our , oar` elder brother; he has paid the ,price of our redemption • he hasredeemed us, not with corruptible Ailing, as silver. ; and geld,. but ivith his own precious blood; and , now , in heaven hi claims the purchase of hie , andsees of the travail of his soul and is aatisfied.-1. Pet. i ; ::10 =l2. 'He died turedeeni,and the purchase, of his death is secured to him. He claims it as hie Own; hesends his Spirit ; be. lgankik off the fetters of our sins; he . sets, us free ; he keeps us by his power through faith unto, salvation.-1. Pet. i : 8-5. He giVei'Me the victory over our enemies; he , takes 'our liberated spirits to his own „enibinee • 'he' raises up from the grave our dead bodies.;: he places our feet within the heavenly Jerti..- selem, and sets a crown upon heade,", and, permits us, to be ever . with the tord: among the., edeemed` and glorified . ; so• he is made redemption' to us. Yea, - he' our Bedeemer—our redereption. Glory to hie , 'Darnel! Vlceithy. the Lamb that ,Wes, slain I—Rey. v: • 11 7 -44. Again, herei the Author. of this union with Christ; it 'is` all of Gad.. God; the: Father, constituted .the legal union, when, in tbe.oduniels of eternity; he aPpainted the Son cur Arvid and Suretyin.theTverlasting covenant of greed; God.thn Son; ::linving r by hitnielf; retrged'our sins, (Heb. i : 8;) both 'our legal and our spiritual e Head ;, he is our life; (Col. 4 ;) anif Gad the . Spirit oenitunnietes , the vital, epiritual,-andsaving union :With 'Christ, when he milieu Offectu allrandeunitesms.,,tovehrist