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TICILBES•••• SIAN in* advance; or in Chiles
Slain or, delivered at **sidemen of Subsario
hors, $l.lB. Bee Prospeetuse on Third Page.
= IA Lil c shouhlA prosopt; a little
wild* haiku* thirlear *spirts , ' that ipie 'may
erabe full arrangonsents for a steady supply.
'VII* RED WRAPPED. indicates that ere
desixo,itorr t i esval, -If, kOWOoprillo the'llasto
tildlignal should likollittedi we
hops our blonds will still not forgot us.
RBiNliiilliglSOES,—Send-gairispout -by solo
lissids, when souroniont. Or, wad by Midi,
suolliffug with ordinary rare, and troubling
nobildi With a knowledge of what you are
doing.' For a largo amount, woad a Draft' or
Tart notes. Ivor suaertwe papersoand Sold
eir suss HI notes.
TO MAKS CIIAVIIRI, Rend postage stamps.
or batter still, send for more papers; say $
Neventyhtuitlbsrsi or $1 for Thlity.threo
5h. 011 T 1 4.-
limne r s all Letters ` and Cosaistunisations
to BET. DAVID XvILIIINEY: Pittiburghe
THE, YOUNG MEN'S. MAGAZINE for July,
iron our. table. This is a valuable number.
iNElTAtlATlON.—Theinstallation of Rev.
Henry KendalVas pastor of the Third Pres
byterian, ehureh,in thiti, city, is appointed
for, Thursday klstir inat„) evening at 7-1 o'-
: THE 'AMERICAN ANDS' FORERIN CHRIS.
TIAN UNION.---ThiS MOntilly is the Organ
of the Society whose mime it bears. It is
nblished at'No 156 Chambers Street, New
and is a valuable periodical.
Cunviatowerxow.—The house and• most
oUthe furniture of Rev. David Hall, Bra
dy's` Bend,' Pa.; was destroyed by fire, on
Sabbath, July 4th. We have not 'heard
how, the fire originated.
4 BOARD COLPORTAGE.--The Librarian,
acknowledges the following contributions to
this board : George's Creek Congregation
Redstone PreeVytery 81.0.00 Slatelbak con
gregation, Saltsburg Presbytery, in part,
1820193.
AN Aem MINISTEIt.—Rev. Zs(chariah
Grestm, who died recently' at Hempstead,
Lopg,lshurd, was in his ninety:ninth year.
He bad, •in youth, been &soldier in the Rev
olutionarytarmy. He studied at Dartmouth
College, N. H.; was sixty years in the min
istry, Was a devoted laborer for Christ:, and
retained his faculties to the last
HANOVEIt COLLEGE, lA.—There will be
a re-union, of the graduates of this College,
along,•with the students aud. friends, on
Wednesday, the 4th of August, to,commem
orate the completion of the hmt quarter of a
century< sine the charter was obtained.
SevevaP addresses will be delivered, and all
who aitend will be hospitably entertained.
WZSTMINSTER COLLEGL—Thia institu
tion is —conducted by our (late) Seceder
brethren it is located at NeiVilmington,
Pa is receives pupils of both Sexes.
The recent Catalogue shows an attendance
of—Gentlemen 172, Ladies 76. The ladies
are -niiietly connected with the "Junior and
Primary Classes', in the Scientific Depart
,
xnent,
=3
THE UNITED t SYNOTh-Thw published
Kirintes oho* that this SYnod., constituted
at Knoxville list April and which embraces
the h New School South, centams nmety
sixtministers,.one hundred"and sixty-seven
charchesiand ten 'thousand taro hundred and
five Mehibers. There are four Sub . -Synods;
one inlriiinia two in Tennessee; and one
in Xississippi. More than half the members
&Tejo of,the Tennessee Synods.
CTaERDJAL'Hxamit . .— . -This most imPort-,
ant'subject iis'ivell'treated liy Riv. William
M. Cornell, of Boston, in a large, -
donble.columuelimpblet of seventy-eigLt
pages., The work is-published by Brown,
geld & Chase, Cornhill, Boston, • Dr.
Cornell' is `a; sprightly and' vigorous writer.
He has' had' much experience, and been a
aloof; obserier. His book may be read With
viry.great advantage.
Wolin's . or ItirrAison.—The Rev:
M. Stone, ,Of, Cincinnati pastor of the Con.
gregationaf ohuroh, is out of health. ,
stead of.spending his money and what little
strength. he has left in it. European tour—his
people having voted him a furlough'of six
mositihs—he has gone to Marietta, taken a
horse, and, in the style of the old New Eng•
land-Divines, he 4i#* to take the "overland
route" to New England on thedbaok of a
home. . ,
The necdogioal and 106 m! Jouzud,
The, Ng ; number of this ably conducted
Quarterly will do its part in keeping up the
reputation -of the work. The Articles aye—
I. The' PiinciPle of O. A. Brownson's Sac
oessive Theological Opinions; 11. The Pro.
4hetio reriokof the, Apocalypse and. Ba
n; 111. Notes on Scripture, John Baptist,
0 1 0 0 1 IV. The Annals Gf the Ameiican
'Puling Presbyterian Ir.' The Religions of
Indio and Patna; 'VI. The Laid of Prom
ise Literary and Critical &Aloes.
„Trayeling. s correspondence.
~ O n our fourth Inge we give the conclud
ing letter of W.M.F., descriptive of hie l a t e
• journey. Many of ~o ur readers, we know,
have followed him 'within& interest. The''
viewiihich a countryman, cflintilid sense and
gdokfetlhig, takes 'of ; the wonders ofnature
and rqtr- - -- . great immense mountains,
and;the) avast ,ocean, and of splendid `:cities
and z , beautiful millas—affords ‘a variety to
those vilio 'She 'things only by dellerilMonc
Too many,lAtarwriters follow a stetintype,
fortu. W.M.F. utters 'boldly, his .impres-,
lions: He, makes us see what he and
T.. 'he sees thitigitsibinh i maii trivideM do not
4 1observe, ' We 'hoie",lie may liie:l6
• Itnds still inin4 ) ,(l44t, and ily L efenjey the'
41 . 1 R 41-kind 'l 4 9A d P l o4l carellYhi o3 4 , Afik4ith
out° been so beneficent. kh , ;% I A - 1" . . r I .1)
Disobedience.
The last General Assembly, not being ex
actly pleased to retain, from age to age, the
same Hymn in two places in our Book, i. e.,
Hymn' 836 again put - in as 454, ordered the'
Board of Publication, in all their new edi
tions, to leave it out in one'oithose places, and
to substitute therefor another suitable Hymn.
This was an order which could be executed
very readily; but which, as we learn from
the Presbyterian, the Board chose not to
obey. Our contemporary, in telling ns of
the Board's refusal, says "We are sure
the General Assembly would not have passed
such an order, had it duly reflected on the
whole ease."
"A Commissioner," not willing to have i
the matter thus disposed of, writes a long
letter to'the Presbyterian, in which he ably, '
and eloquently argues the ease, insisting
specially upon obedience, as a duty, and that
disobedience is a thing not to be endured,
when the Assembly by a solemn vote a au
thorises and requiree." This deliberate re
fugal, by the Board, this sending back to
the Assembly, that it .may " reflect, duly,"
he regards-as a gross Assumption of author• ,
ity—as a setting:up' of an iitailerilon, in im
perio. The wholo article we Would like to
transfer to our columns but that we, are
pressed for space.
The Presbyterian, in response to its cor
respondent, narrates ;'a ludicrous anecdote
about a poor man, a lewyer, and some stolen
"hogs," and adds: " So a 'Commissioner' to
the General' Assembly has, with his fluent
pen, made it so •clear that editors, (another)
correspondent, end the Board of _Publica•..
tion, are guilty of ' tienson stratagems and
spoils,' that ~we suppoie we must say,
although it is n't." `_ And then it coolly tells
us that':" the Board' has not refused, but has
merely thought it advisable to'poisiPone until
the matter can be reconsidered by the 'As
,
sembly."
Our readers will likely be, divided in their
views on this, subject Some may conaider
it a - little thing—vet-sr' littli—not. worthy of
being noticed by a ",Commissioner," nor of
being iepeated ,by Others will regard
the very smallness of the affair as giving the
more distinct evidence-of a rebellious Spirit.
Why 'could not the Board, on the represen
tation - of the Miserably, correct one of their
own errors ? So small a thingas an apple WAS
the test of obedience, or of rebellion against
authority, in the 'case of 'our first parents.
Some, also, will recollect that this is not the,
first case of refusal on the part of this Beard
to execute the Assembly's 'will, until a sec
ond or third intimation 'should come. They'
will think that it is rather thie Board's wont
to relnetate against any order of the Assem
bly, unless it be one which the Board itself
has first suggested.
And some'may even think that there are
syrisptoms of this Board'inpirit Becoming in
feetiens • specially when they'recall the late
refusal of the Board of Domestic Missions
to abolish an office which the Assembly had
intimated was no longer needed. .;
We should not be 'surprised lithe thought
should occur to the churches' that these as
sumptions of power by their servants, and•
these intimations that there is ignorance and
inconsiderateness on the part , of. the Assem
bly, were becoming too serious to be regarded
any longer as a joke, and should insist that
the Assembly's injunction must be always
Obeyed at once. Situated as the Boards are,'
having their centres of: operations near" to
gether, and hiving some of the same Per
ilous members of the various Boards, and
the members ranking among oar ablest men,
embracing the conductors of our.prinoipil
journals'and Seminaries, and the paitors of
our richest 'oengregationi; "there is~ much
danger of their taking lip the, idea, that. they
are' ,the Church. It ,hence, becomes the
great body,of the people to be wide awake,
and - resist eneroachmentsin their incipiency
—to lay hold of them and suppiess' thOni,
while they are yet little wings.'
The Boards we value 'Most highlY. We
win:lld not suppress one of tliean ;ner weaken
their River., And, we ,eedu
lonsly avoid creating an odiuia against them,
or against 'their managers, or their manage
ment: It is'lO preVeit their' incurring
odium and so losing power influence, and
a capability for. good, that we Spea)c thUs
early. We notice the little things, while.
the institutions' ire yet strong and in favor,
and 'while 'for :their great 'intrinsic worth and
wholesome efficiency wu, - 61/111 ardently love
them, and can most heartily commend them
to •the confidence of the Church-=to her
confidence as the executors of her will and .
A
not as dictitortt-as her servants ',and net
her makers. And, to keep them in this
position, without wavering, is her, bounden'
duty. If any men are too :wise . and 'top
Iva to obey, they laer"tions; or, if
sons r shduld lie ri , -ixistrnoted. -
, It is not our, purpose to take any promi
nent leadership in this matter. , We have
no interest in the ease, ldifferent from that
of any . and'every other minister in the
Church. But the pcsitiou in which PrOva
deuce has plaeed , us; makes it a duty,inouni
hent to keep the , Ohurch informed of .facts.
Our brethren lock , t'4:l (us for information on
an . Ohuich matters which idled 'litw pros
perity,. and we endeavor not to :be 'utterly
derelict in duty. -
The Southern Presbyterian Revi'ew.
;This journal iitioOkell to us in due seison,
well eteouted, , and rich in , niatter. ' It is
one of' those 'Works'whioh shanld - lie 'extort
sively read byresbyterians. , This, ,ind the
should every .PreßipiteM.‘
for instructioni , :t6- evince• the Identity of.
Theological and ISoientifui - sentithent in our
Church,: and , to- .Ireev atrong the' bonds of
our unity.' The Articlianre-=-4. Alexander"
Von Humboldt; 11. The Trinity of the
Godhead, the DOCtrine of the Holy Scrip
tures
(continued;) 111 t. Pr. Wayland ,on
The :Limits of -Iluman,'llesponsibility; IV.
Popular
,Objections':toxScienee The
Miiid:nf tan, thit'lni‘ageii-OUrf Vl` The
. 411 41 14 / 4ail A urt kel/1 4 .
h qenerat Magmbly, ,of 1858
SOWS alitioPetiodicat Literatiiretsl4
ME PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE.
Home and Foreign ReOord.
We, last week, omitted to' notice the Rec.
ord, owing to the large space demanded by
the Board of Domestic Migsions. The ex
tensive circulation of the Recordogeems,lo
some, to render a notice needless; but really,
it reaches not a fifth, and we think, hardly
a tenth of our families.
DOMESTIC 'MISSIONS
The publication of the Annual Report is
continued in this number. This Report will
be mead, we It ust;textensiYely4and iealtanttai
all its parts. It is greatly valuable, both as
to the facts stated and the suggestions made.
And our people should be all fully informed.
Enlightened Christians are the most likely ,
to be large and cheerful givers.
In the compensation to missionaries, there
has been a gradual ktivance.. We hope that
the liberality of the churches will still in
crease the'means of comfort to Christ's de
voted servants. The Board make the fol
lowing statement, showing the advance
made in five years
Av'ge aPpro. Av'ge amount Av'ge total
Year. propriatin by, paid by their amount of
the Board. people. •salary. •
1853, $181.82 $240.19 $372.01
1854, 151.55 250.98 - 402.58
1865, 162.37 278 84 486.71
1856, 173.72 288 69 .462.41
1857, 131'20 812.40 508 60
1858,' 187.74 834.86 622.10
Rucarrrs in'. May: it PhiladelPhia, $7,991; at
Louisville; $476.
EDUCATION.' •
This Board pleads earnestly for aid, and it
deserves all` it asks, toward the comfort of
the candidates for the ministry, who seek
the aid of their own Church; through this
medium of , her liberality. Our candidates
should be , greatly increased in number, and
the appropriations to each should be much
enlarged. Parsimony to this Board is like
sowing sparingly. Especially at this time
is liberality needed, for we may hope, as
part.of the fruits of the revivals, that many
excellent young men will seek the Gospel
ministry.
RECEIPTS is Tstayat Phla i d sv el i t e hi:t s ,
4 34 8 7 : 2 8 1 ; at
'at
.L
Pittsburgh, $668;
FOREIGN •MISSIONS.
CHINA.—The latest date received is
March. 20th. Rev. N. Martin would have
to return to this, country, on account of the
loss of his health, and Rev. Mr. Way re
quired a change of air to the restoring of
wasted vigor. There was a prospect of soon
resuming missionary operations at ,Canton.
SIAM.--,—The few laborers here were in
good health, March 6th. The Mission great.
iy needs to be strengthened.
INDIA —The latest information received
is to, April 22d. Mr. Munnis had returned
from Calcutta to Allahabad, and resumed
his missionary labors there. He remarks :
The'reception we had from the town's peo
ple and native Christians was most gratify
ing. They crowded around
„us, and gave
every assistance." 'ln relation to his.labors,
he remarks further: "On my arrival I com
mended two services in the mission church,
one in Hindustani, and the other in Eng-,
lish, and both are yretty well attended. I
have also had a S'abbath School in the mid.
die of :the day. Last month I commenced
my bazaar preaching. I got out daily, and
I foUnd large, quiet, and generally attentive
audiences. One would never suppose from
their.demeanor that a terrific storm hail
swept -over the place lately." Rev. Messrs.
Seett and Fullerton had gone to Futteh
,
gurh, and were preparing to commence mis
sionary labors at that place. Most of the
'dispersed Christians had returned; and. Mr.
Scott speaks of several candidates for bap
aka.
SOITTH ADIERroA. ---, Mr. L'Hombral
spoaks of his work as decidedly encouraging.
INDIAN MissioNa.--Mr. and Mrs. Long
'had arrived at Omaha. The number of
children in the school is thirty-two., At
Tallahassee the missionaries were well, and
the school going on satisfactorily. Mr. Reid,
writing from Spencer, remarks " There is
more seriousness visible among our boys at
the' present time' than usual. We are en
couraged to hope and pray for a blessing
upon the school. The, school was fall during
the whole of the last quarter. Many appli
cations for 'admission had to be refused."
The Record contains some valuable letters
from our missionaries.
RZOICPTO is May,;512,716.
.PUBLICATION.
This Board's portion of the I?ec.ord, is
occupied, mainly, with matters from the
Assembly r which we have 'already noticed.
Six small books are added to the list of pub.
lioations. „s :
DOIIATIWIS, May 14th to Juno 12th, $2,478;
&Las May,.54,926.
.•• - • CELURCU EXTENSION.
The Committee have, thus far, paid eVery
apprOpriUtion; as soon as properly ()ailed for.
This`shows jUdieions managetient. Bat
they have not , .heen able to make the appro
priations asked. They greatly need funds,
to.enable them to meet the calls, in full, of
the really' needy.'
in May : at R. Louis, $2,768, of widish
$2,1100 ivas a leigsoy front Mrs. Agnes Stuart,
of-New York; at Philadelphia, $221 ; at Pitts
, burgh,.s69; at Cincinnati, pl.
A Query.
" Can any individual, especially a Chris
tian, sell his graiu'for distilling purposes,
and be. guiltless ?"
Answer—Some distilleries produce alcohol
to be used only in the arts. Of such we
say nothing. But others, and by far the
rester number, produce liquor to be drank;
and the:certain and known result is intoxi
cation, degradatio&and misery to men. $0
parson aware of this, or who might have
the information if ",he would seek it, can
innocently furnish the material for the liquor.
A =man is bound to open:his eyes and lookto
the' consequences of his conduct, and, so far
is these can be foreseen, he is responsible to
the full extent of the agency he bad in their
production.> The man who, knowingly, fur.
nishes the grain, and the man who turns
that -grain into a tempting and injurious
d4k,' and the min who, by sale *or other
Wile, puts that drink into the hands of those
xho T wjll swallow it to their own, and, ,their
family's and country's injuryi are, joint ;par-
Others: iota lery grtnitiocialan oml , Wrong.
Theelogical Seminary of the North-West.
The General Agent, of this Institution
gives, in the Presbyterian of the Fest, an
account of an abortive effort, lately made, to
hold aliieeting of the'ExecUtive and Finan
cial Committee. There were but four mem
bers in attendanoe—Vot a quorum for bus %
iness—and an adjournment, sine die, was
theJedilt.
The four, however, talked about snarly
things—the hardtimes ; the difficulty of
raising money,;reinisters*salaries not paid ;
other institutions at Chicago are at a stand
still; the Congregationalists begin their
Seminary instructions without buildings;
the donors of the Hyde Park lands want
them back again ; a part of the grant is still
offered if the work shall proceed ; the lands
given by the Central Railroad Company are
lost .by lapse of time ; subscriptions were
made conditionally; most of the friends had
not even subscribed definite sums, but would
give something to the Seminary if it went on
The-question arose in the mind whether
any, except a few, ever really oared for the
Seminary. How much love did an affirma
tive vote imply, in the Synods? Did the
votes intimate any thing more than a wil
lingness that there should be a Seminary,
which the voters would agree to hold and
control, provided others would build and en
dow it? Were not some iadifferent whether
the Seminary were , built for five years?
There Seemed to be a combination of parties
to embarrass the undertaking. The enemies
were combined, and the hearty friends not
so many as had been supposed.
The location, also, was talked of. This
matter must be again discusse& Chicago
had been adopted because of the supposed
value of the ground tendereti. But the ex
tra amount needed for an endowment there,
would exceed this benefit. The churches
were not unanimous for Chicago. Some
preferred a smaller place, as more economi;
cal and better adapted to the , formation of
-
ministers. Hence such a place might be
more' practicable, and better 'unite the peo
ple... Calculations were made, showing . that
$126,000 at a smaller place, would do as
much as $202,000 at Chicago, thus saving
$76,000, sum almost equal to even the
estimated value of the lands tendered at that
place A feasible plan of , operations was
suggested, but not yet to be made public.
Most of this.looks rather gloomy, and yet
the four brethren bad some wise talk. The
idea of a " smaller place " strikes us with
peculiar,favor. ;For ; the Christian ministry,
well educated men are wanted, and, at the
same time, real working men; men whose
tastes' will be gratified, and whose highest
joys will be promoted among that class of
people ; who are said to have heard the Sav
iour gladly.
A Seminary for the North... West, we have
advocated long and earnestly. The time
approaches when such an institution will be
a matter of real need.` We wish the whole
Church to.be united in` it, but especially the
ministers, elders, and the Christian people
of the region it is' to serve, who, mainly,
are to endow and sustain it—whose sons,
chiefly, are to be its-pupils, and whose con
gregations, for the most =part, are to be sup
plied by its Alumni. The Lord grant the
unity, and. lead to wise counsels, and bless,
the labor& ,
Colonization.
The Colonization of the people of color
with their own consent, on the Western
Coast of Africa, we have long regarded as
a truly benevolent, enterprise. We are there
planting a nation of freemen, on the margin
of darkness and - oppression. We are ex
pelling slavers from the coast. Already, for
a distance of some five hundred miles, the
coast is so occupied, by the Colony, that not
a ship can obtain a cargo., We are intro
ducing the gospel, and its civilization, into
the most benighted and degraded portion of
the earth. We are preparing a peaceful
home fin the descendants of Africa who
among us, may have a nominal freedom;
but there can have real freedom, enjoying
all the rights of citizens, without prejudice
or distinction. And we are preparing a
happy receptacle for manumitted slaves,
where every benevolent master can trans
fer all such as he - would endue with free
dom's prerogatives:
Liberia is now an indepetdent nation.
The' American Colonization Society possess
over it no control. It but aids emigrants to
reach the- country, and obtain settlements.
The
,Pennsylvania Colonization Society is
a branch of the National Society, but with
some separate action. It planted a Colony,
now part of the nation ; and , to that Colony
it still extends a fostering care,, and helps
thither, to its utmost ability, all who would
emigrate. To these ends its funds are ap
plied, and in this good work it asks aid.
The following letter we present cheerfully,
and express the desire that there may be an
extensive and liberal response :
PENNSYLVANIA pOLONIZATION SOCIETY
For several years an appeal has been made,
at this season, to the pastors and churches
of- Pennsylvania; in behalf of the "Penn
sylvania, Colonization Society." The Board
of Managers fed grateful for the kindness
and liberality with which these appeals have
been received. We have looked forward to
the month of July, with earnest hope, an•
tioipating a renewal of r your: prayers and
contributions for this important. enterprise.
The blessing of 'God has aignally rested
upon the efforts which have been made to
promote the Civilization and Christianization
of Africa by the agency .of colored men,
who have gone there from the United States,
and founded the flourishing Republic' of
Liberia. Of all the vessels sent to Liberia,
not one containing colonists has ever been
wreaked I
The national existence of the Republic of.
Liberia has{ been acknowledged by Great
Britain, France, Belgium, Prussia, and
Brazil. The slave trade has been broken
up for more than five hundred miles. The
colonists have continued to enjoy great pros
-parity, both tiMporal and spiritual. Numer
ous tribes gof 'natures have acknowledged the
government; 4 Liberia, and can now be
easily reached, by missionaries of all denom
inations. .
More than one-half ,of> the, colonists- in
Lilieiiti werei mOurnitted 'fontluit purpose'
By providing the facilities for their removal
and settlement, we are encouraging °fliers
to imitate the generosity of those who kayo
voluntarily emancipated ricores and hundreds.
The new settlement at Carysburg, fifty
miles from the sea, beard; his been estab
lished during the past year, under circum
stances of peculiar promise. The natives
have welcomed with joy the new settlers.
Not one of the colonists, at Carysburg, has
died. The acclimating fever was light, and
in no case was there a relapse. Before the
settlers built houses for themselves, they
,reared: an bumble timple for the worship of
the 'Eternal 'God. Surely we may cherish
bright anticipations for Liberia -when her
cit'sens thus honor God. " Righteousness
e alteth a nation."
It is a momentous duty to send the Gospel
to the millions of Africa. While the cli
mate proves deadly to most of the white
missionaries, does not the finger of Provi.
dence point out the colored man as the agent
of our benevolence? "Every emigrant to
Africa," said an eloquent statesman, "is a
missionary carrying with him, credentials in
the holy cause of civilization, religion, and
rift institutions."' We have an important
duty in regard , to the colored inhabitants of
the United States. Let us aid them to reach
a land where they may enjoy the same priv
ileges which we possess.
Within the coming year we expect to send
out a much larger number of the colored
residents of •Pennsylvania than usual. Men
of intelligence and piety have already made
known their purpose to leave. Several stu
dents from the excellent "Ashman
Insti
tute," will sail as missionaries to Africa.
We earnestly request that in all cases
where a collection was not taken on the first
Sunday, that one may be made on the second, -
third, or fourth Sunday in JULY, BO that
the collections in.all the churches may be
simultaneous, as to the month, if not as to
the day. In cases where a public collection
is not expedient, a private subscription can
be made, and a sum be raised, sufficient to
make the faster a life member.
While we are reminded, by the return of
our National Anniversary, of omit own civil
and religious privileges, let us feel a renewed
interest in behalf, of the young Christian
Republic, founded on the shores .of Africa,
by those.who have been so. greatly elevated
by the glorious Gospel.
In behalf of the Board of Managers of
the Pennsylvania Colonization Society.
.
SAMUEL H Pnams,
PAUL T. JONES,
THOMAS WATTSON, - .00710Witiee
JOHN MARSTON, i
COLSON HIESKELL, ' ,
ALONZO POTTER, President.
THOMAS S. MALCOM, COT. Sec'y.
• OFFICE OF TILE NEVA COL. SOCIETY.
609 Wainut St., Philadelphia, July, 9th, 1858,.
Thirty dollars constitutes a life
_member; one
thousand dollars a lifeilirector. The Colonization
Herald, is published monthly, at one dollar per
annum. It will be sent gratuitously to Pastors of
churches in Pennsylvania, and to annual contrib
utors of five dollars and , upwards.
Rev. bloat. it Mstmord, Corresponding Seers.
'tar*, and Rev. JOSEPH MAHON, General Agent, are
authorized to present the claims of African Colo
nization in connection with the Pennsylvania Col
onization Society.
.Donations e.an be sent:to WILLIAM COPPING=
Tre .s.tarer, 609 Walnut Street, opposite Washing
ton Square, Philadelphia. -
General View of the Presbyterian Church
During the Year Eliding May. 1858.
Daring'the year ending May, 1858, the
Synods. of Upper Missouri and Southern
lowa, and two new Presbyteries, Highland
and Platte, were organize&
Synods.in connexion with Gen. Assembly, 33
Presbyteries,
Candidates for the Ministry,
Licentiates,
Ministers,
Churches,
Licensures,
Ordinations,
Installations,
Pastoral relations dissolved,
Churches organized
Ministers received from other, denomi
nations,
Ministers dismissed to other denomina
tions,
Churches received from other denomi
nations,
Ministers deceased, .
Churches dissolved,
Members added on examination,
Members added on certificate, :1068
Whole No. of communicants reported, 259,835
Adults baptized,
Infants baptised, • 13,984
Ain't contributed for Cong. purposes, $1,886.166
Ain't cont'd for Boards and Cb. Ex., 465,699
Ain't cont'd for miscellaneous purposes, 181.056
Whole ain't of contributions in 1858, 2,544,692
The following ministers have died during
the year, viz.:
Name..
Asa Bennett,
James Adams,
William Blain, -
Isaac W. Platt,
C. Barrett, .
James M. Edmunds,
James K. Wilson,..
William S. Morrison,
William A. 'Graham,
L W. Williams,
John Moody, D.D.,
David Polk,
James Satterfield,
Robert Glenn,
William McCullough,
Isaac Reed,
James Cunningham,
Isaac IN Shannon,
S Usti°,
A B. Church,
William Reed,
John C. Young, D.D.,
William Clark Kniffin,
William Orr,
Samuel H. Brown,
E Mitchell, D.D
Thomas Galt,
Thomas A. Spilman,
A. Bui,
George C. Fleming,
Rioliard•• Hooker,
D J. Auld,
Jos. M. Quarterman,
Daniel 'ogles,
David Finley,
S. E. Robinson,
John M. Morrow,
D S. Todd,
G. Munzenmaier,
Daniel Baker, D.D.,
N. A. Penland, •
Philip Condit,
John E. Freeman,
David E. Campbell,
Albert 0. Johnson,
Robert E. McMullin,
Total, 46.
- Jo HN TATBIIRS,
Stated Clerk of the Gen.rai Assembly
Religious Oonvention.
The independent, of Indiana, Pa., pub
lishes a very "Jong and deeply interesting
account of a Convention of ministers, elders,
and members of different evangelical church
es, held in that borough on the Ist and 2d
days of Jaly. There were present seventeen
ministers, and thirty-two elders.
The subjects presented, for discussion,
were—let. The Nature of a True Revival of
Religion. 2d. The Necessity of a Revival.
3d. The Means to he used in . Order to
Secure a Revival. 4th. The EncCuragement
tolloPe for a Reirival. sth., The Evidences
or Fraits,of a fßevivaL, -
• iliti:disonssions seam to have been big*
initluctive,;_and the Wm' tian feeling deeply
fraitirnal. repo occupies nearly six
coluinns- in ~the Independent.. We should
have been pleased if one of the brethren
had furniihed a 'condensed statement for our
readers.. •
Our Presbyterial and Synodical meetirks
are religious Conventions, and they should
be made far more instructive in practical and
experimental religion than what they are ;
and if they were rightly conducted, we
should but seldom need any other. Occa
sionally, however, it is desirable that many
Synods should meet for counsel and exhorta
tion.. Hence the happy meeting in our city
last Fall. It is also, sometimes, a means of
great good, in smaller districts, that true
Christians, of different names, should meet
in conference. Such a Convention was that
which we here notice, and •the good results
.of which, will, we hope, be manifesting
themselves for weeks and months to come.
Rev. DAVID HALL desires editors and cor
respondents to - address him at Brady's
Bend, Armstrong County, Pa., instead of
Adams, Pa., as hitherto.
Rev. JA Es HAJRANESS . has resigned the
ohai ge of. the State Street church, Roches
ter, N. Y.
.Mr. SIDNEY G. LAW has received a unani
moss call from the churoh of Fresh Pond,
Vernon Valley, L. I. His address will
now be. Northport, L. I.
Rev. THOMAS M. °WATT, of Burlington,
lowa, has accepted an invitation to supply
statedly the church in Decatur, Ill:, and
has removed thither. •
Rev. JAMES PAINE, late of Fairfield, Va.,
was installed pastor of the church at
Somerville-Tenn., on the 29th of May
last.
Rev. J. M. DRAKE'S Post Office address is
changed from Miinville, Ohio, to West
Rushville, Fairfield County, Ohio.
Rev. LEVI HUGHES has resigned his charge
of the church in Logansport, Ind. .
EAST-ERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND. '
The great matter of intersest here, last
week, was the commemoration of the Eigh
ty Second Aniversary of American Inch
pendence. It was celebrated on Monday,
the sth. The Hon. R. C. Winthrop has
made a suggestion that hereafter, when the
Fourth of July occurs on the Sabbath, the
third instead,of the fifth be observed. For
this - recommendation he assigns, as reasons,
that the Declaration was in come of prep.
aration from the first to the fourth, and that
General Washington assumed the command
of the American army under the famous
Elm Tree at Cambridge, on the 3d day of
Ju1Y,1775, one year before the Declaration
of Independence. To these reasons the
New York Times adds that of religion and
morality, for it , asserts that the Sabbath is
de:secreted far more, preparatory to the
Monday celebration, than it would be after
the observance of Saturday. •
The orators of Boston were out in full
force, in memory of Independence • Day.
-The city orator was Mr. Holmes, whose rep
utation for effective speaklng has been by no
means great, but his effort on the present
occasion will certainly do much, to give him
a high place in the public estimation. He
has a decided horror of the professional phi
lanthropists, who have their head quarter in
this city, and - administers a severe castiga
tion :
There are among us men who live, upon alarm
and terror; who fatten upon public tumult, and
find no peace in the still movement of ordinary
political life. Takeaway their power of disturb- -
ance, and they would die from want of a means of
living, or come, as their proper destiny is, to. In.
habit the madhouse or workhouse. There is no
meaner animal than the professed philanthropist,
who, under pretense of feeling for public and po
litical wrong; gathers to himself a good living, and
always leaves the objects of his charity as they
were, and where they were, as the sentimental,
capital of his futute harvest., -
-Mr. Everett addressed a , '-Democratic
gathering at the Revere House, in his' usual
felicitous way, exhibiting the most faultless
elocution, and expressing the widest and
loftiest patriotism. With regard to' the
Statesmanship of the present times and for
mer days, he said:
'Statesmanship, as it was understood in my younger
days—that is, the study of the foreign relations of
the'country,• its defences, naval and military its
currency and finances its internal improvements ;
its great industrial interests; and the relations of
the Government to the Indian tribes—has almost
become an obsolete idea, and our political life has
assumed almost exclusively the form of sectional
agitation.. Into that dreary and profitless agita
tion I have no heart to enter.
The Oration of Mr. Choate was delivered
to what he terms "The National Men of
Boston," on " American Nationality!' The
manner of delivery seems not to have had
the startling brilliance that was anticipated,
• but the discussion was able and thorough,
and the speech will be read' with great inter
e,st. Even those who' may not be -able to
agree with every shade of idea presented,
must admire the wide range of thought, the
compact reasoning, the striking illustrations,
and the nervous language.
The followers of Mr. Garrison held their
usual assemblage. But this class of men
have rendered themselves not only so oh
noxious, but also so ridiculous, that they
seem to have lost their influence almost
altogether. People go to their meetings to
be amused, and reporters attend them, to
gether up absurdities with which to enter
tain their readers. And the ridicule: to
which they have exposed themselves, and
with which they are met at every turn, is
the most potent weapon that
-has ever been
wielded against them. The account given
at this meeting, of the late Conventiontft
Rutland, the proceedings of which have so
disgusted the public mind, by Parker Pills
bury, will show the estimate placed by„liim
•and his fellows upon loving man and hOnor
ing God: •
That Convention," said be, tt was a gathering.
larger than the one in which they were then
assembled, „continuing three days ; and a more
earnest, lnAhst, devoted, liberty loving, man-toe
ing and God honoring body of men and women, it
bad • not; been his happiness to meet for twenty
years.".l. •
honor of Printing the First Edition
of the Bible in America,' has been claimed
: bi r ßhiladelOia. Some time ago it was
80 1 40 that the fir=t -,American edition t:47 1 4,
-13 . 0fishedjut that eityrilf.-117132,_ brilfrs4,
159
468
256
2,468
8;824
102
171
146
109
20.792
b. 70
Presbyteries
Michigan,
Hudson,
New York 2d,
West Jersey,
New bastle,
Huntingdon,
Baltimore,
Ourßale,
44
Clarion;
Beaver,
Erie,
ct
Colnnobns,
Richland,
ig
Oxford,
Rook River,
Winnebago,
Transylvania,
West Lexington,
Ebenezer,
Greenbrier,
Orange,
Kaskaskia,
Harniony,
Georgia,
Hopewell, _
Florida, .
44
Cherokee,
East Alabama,
Tombeokbee,
Central Mississippi,
New Orleans,
Brazos,
44
Oregon,
.Farrukhabad,
EcclesiastleaL
Aitken; but Mr. Isaiah Thomas, in 4 .
ci 1E0, 0 4 of Printing in America," giv es
honor to Boston. He says the first editior
of the Bible in English was printed, wi t h
great privacy, by Kneeland & Green, in 11,„..
ton, about 1752, for Daniel Henchman T,,
escape detection by the officers of the cro wn,
the London imprint was on the title page ;
for Great Britain did not then, and does p ot
now, we believe, allow the Bible to be
printed et borne or in the colonies, exerpt
by Royal license. The celebrated j o L L
Hancock, who was a relative of Mr flenet.
man, knew the particulars of the tranalflion,
and had a copy of this edition, which di, - 1
not exceed seven or eight hundred.
Boston claims to have issued the Enoi, h
Bible thirty years in advance of Philadd.
phis.
NEW YORK
FreqUent reports have lately been noi se d
through -this city, to the effect that that
dreaded instrument of suffering and d eat h ,
The Yellow' Fever, was actually in the city,
or at least as nigh as the quarantine grounds.
And it is not at all improbable that there
have been a few case* from ship fro m some
of the Southern ports, or the West Indies.
Still, tbe general health of the city is good,
and the people hope that God will, in hi s
great mercy, 'spare theta the infliction of
this terrible scourge.
In many of the churches, the fact of the
F ourt h of July occurring on the Sabbath,
wis taken advanta - ge of, to show the ogees.
cityof pure religion to national greatness,
freedom, and stability, as well as to individual
happiness. In the prayers, there was much
confession of personal and national sins,
earnest entreaty for pardon and for the out
pouring of the Holy Spirit on the people of
this laud, and of all lands.
The morning of the fifth was ushered in
with great demonstrations of National Re
joicing, and the day was spent in military
parades, Sabbath School excursions, and in
every way congenial to the tastes and prefer.
enoes of the people. As a matter of coarse,
there was much drinking and profanity, and
i some of the usual accidents, although
nothing took place to disturb the general
peace and safety. The evening was ea
livened by brilliant displays of fireworks in
twelve different places.
- The Oration at Tammany Hall was de
livered by the Hon. Caleb Cushing, of New.
buryport, Mass., one of the most industrious
men in the world ; a most indefatigable eta.
`dent, and at the same time a moat active
public man. He employs every moment to
I the greatest possible advantage. But few
public or private men afford such an exam
ple of nnwearying diligence, and at the same
time of intense earnestness in whatever he
undertakes. His speech was mostly taken
up with an account of the cardinal facts in
the origin of this Republic, a description of
its territorial greatness, and a defence of the
present generation from the charge of de
generacy, and of departure from the princi
ples of the founders of the nation.
On the same day, the corner stone of the
new City Armony of Brooklyn was laid with
Masonic ceremonies. Henry Ward Beecher
was the orator, and it had been supposed
that be would occupy a stand erected for
the purpose, but he chose an independent
position, and spoke from the steps of the
City. Hall. His discourse was of the bless
ings of American liberty, of the goodness of
God to this broad and fair land, and of its
immense capabilities for good under the be
nign influences of the Gospel. bleu sup
pose this erratic preacher a representative of
New England Congregation sham, and that
the *hole body sympathizes in a greater or
less degree with his views and course. But
this is a great-mistake. The Congregational
Journal, a most reliable paper, says:
"we are not disposed to consider tier. II W.
Beecher a proper representative of all the Con
gregational Orthodox Churches in the land. In
theological opinion, parochial views and practice,
he is a nondescript, and represents only himself.
It is not right to make the whole body of Con
gregationalists, or any part of them, responsible
for his vagaries as an individual. In his views
of baptism and communion, especially, we have
yet to learn that be has a single admirer or ad
vocate among the Orthodox Congregationalists.
If we are drifting in a wrong direction, Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher is not the pilot of the boat.
He paddles his own craft, and himself is the only
passenger. 113141 him and not others responsible
for what he says and does."
The Difpu/ties in Dr. Cheever's Church
-
are not over yet. The forty persons who
asked letters -of dismissal have returned
them, because they are not such as tne
church is Otistamed to give those who
leave in good and regular standing. They
have'also made a public statement of all the
facts in the whole affair, which has been
published in the Times, the Evangelist, and
the, .Boston Recorder. Complaint is also
made,- that while the Independent has always
interested itself in the matter in behalf of
Dr. Cheever and his friends, it has refused
to'publish this statement, that both parties
may be heard-by the same audience.
Many People have gone to the country
for the Summer, and not a few of the
churches miss some of their most regular
and active attendants. It is to be hoped
that they will carry their religion along with
`them, and be regular in their attendance at
the sanctuary, wherever they may
be found.
In this way theymay profit others, as well
as themselves. Much care is necessary to
keep the heart io a proper frame, when ab
sent from the settled habits of a Christian
household, the social meeting for prayer) and
the accustomed Sabbath ministrations, and
-while surrounded, as many will be, by the
gay, fashionable; and ungodly.
We have often amused our readers with
the sayings of the Churchman—that well
known organ of High Churchism in the
Episcopal. Church—but we 'have met with
two extmots just now which we cannot with
hold. They are specimens of the views
held and promulgated" by the section of the
Church it represents, and show that the
charges of illiberality preferred against it
are riot too severs! In a notice of the v 01....,
....,
ume of Select Discourses, by Adolphe Mo.
nod, lirummacher, Tholuck, and Julius
Muller, it !Vs
One's - onbriegret id, i l l t urn ing over the pages
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