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PRES -. :,.YTERIAN. BANNER & ADVOCAT D
tiresbyterhui Beiaiser, Vol. VI, Rs. 44.
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DAVID IifeKINICEY, Editor and Proprietor.
VAENS.-IN ADVANCE.
rightal Mtg.
The Christians' Rome.
We 're traveling home to heaven above
To sing the Saviour's dying love;
Millions have reached that blessed shore,
Their painful trials all are o'er,
But still there's room for millions more.
We're going to walk the plains of light,
Far, far from death, and cares, and night;
The crown of life we then shall wear—
The
°emperor's pajm we then shall bear,
And all the joys of heaven share.
We 're going to see the bleeding Lamb,
With joyful songs to praise his name;
Our sun will then no more go down,
Our moon no more will be withdrawn,
Our days of mourning past and gone.
The way to heaven is straight and plain,
Repent, believe, be born again ;
The Saviour cries aloud to thee,
Take up thy cross and follow me,
Then shalt thou my salvation see.
0, could I hear some sinner say,
0, could I hear him humbly pray,
And all his old companions tell,
I will not go with you to hell,
I long with Jesus Christ to dwell.
Mansfield, May 29M, 1858.
for the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
Mrs. Jane C. Patterson.
The recent decease of Mrs. Jane C. Pat
terson, the venerable relict of the late Rev.
Robert Patterson, in the 80th year of her
age, after a life so long and so devoted to
the, service of her Divine Master, deserves
more than a passing notice. Seldom does
death claim as his victim one so gentle in
spirit, so quiet and unobtrusive, yet so faith
ful, in the discharge of every duty, and one
who so meekly, yet closely, walked in the
footsteps of her Redeemer.
Mrs. Patterson was the third child of Col.
John Canon, the founder and proprietor of
Canonsburg, Pa., where she was born Deo.
20th, 1778. Slue was the . last survivor of
her father's numerous family. Her early
opportunities for acquiring an education,
though extremely limited, were carefUlly ,
improved; and her taste for reading, joined
to her natural quickness of observation, ren
dered her the superior in information of
merry who had much greater advantages in
early life.
In' her childhood and youth she shareil in
the hardships and trials of the early settlers
of the West, of which she retained, to old
age, a vivid recollection. Her memory went
back to the times when the Indians were no
unwonted visitors in the settlements of the
whites; and the hospitality of no one did
they enjoy more frequently than that of
Col. Canon. She well remembered the build.:
ing, by her father, of the old inill'in Cadens
burg, one of the first in all the West, and to
which the farmers from a great distance
around brought their grain. On one occa
sion advantage was taken of a high stage of
water to send a boat, freighted with barrels
of flour, almost from the door of the mill,
by the tortuous course of the Chartiere, at
that time unobstructed by other dams, to
the Ohio,- and so onward to New Orleans.
The clearing up of the country for more
than half a century, may possibly account
for the present thread-like appearance of the
stream, which certainly does not suggest
the idea that Canonsburg was once the head
of navigation.
Mrs. Patterson also remembered the build
ing of the stone Academy in. Canonsburg in
1791, when, though but a child, she assisted
in preparing the , meals for the workmen en
gaged in its erection. Indeed the entire
history of that Academy passed under her
eye, from its commencement in 1791, until
its charter as a College in 1802. With all
its teachers during that period, and with
many of its students, she was personally ac
quainted; and of the character and standing
of almost all, she had some knowledge.
Many of the actors in the Whisky Insur
rection, in 1794, ware well known to Mrs.
Patterson, who could recall a variety of in
cidents that showed the intense excitement
under which the Western country was at
that time laboring. With all the first min
isters West of the mountains, the fathers of
the Presbyterian Church in the valley of
the Mississippi, she was well acquainted,
and had frequently heard them preach.
This was owing partly to the fact that it
was the custom of those times, especially for
young people, to attend preaching at great
distances -from home, and in other congre
gations than their own ; and partly from the
fact that her father's house was the usual
stopping-place for clergymen. Of his widow,
who was his second wife, and the beloved
step-mother of Mrs. Patterson, Rev. Dr.
Neill, of Philadelphia, in a recent Anniversary
sermon, states that " Mrs. Canon, (of Can
onsburg,) was regarded as the lady of the
place, and deservedly, for she was eminently
pious, friendly, and generous. Her house
was the seat of hospitality, the favoiite re
sort of Christian ministers and serious etu
dents." And of the subject of the present
memoir he justly speaks, as "a lady of quiet
worth, and attractive social qualities."---.
(Prebbyterian Magazine, Feb., 1857, pp.
87.)
Of the stirring scenes of the Great Re
vival of 1802, she was fond of speaking, for
her own heart bad been deeply moved by
the pervading and solemn influences of the
time. She had been for some years previous
a member of the ()herders church, under
the pastoral care of Dr. McMillan, by whom
she had been baptized, and who officiated
at her marriage. Though not herself a
eubjeot of the "falling work," she had fre-1
queraly witnessed that inexplicable, and
often on the part of the subject, involuntary
manifeetation'of the presence of an unknown
power. Butuehe loved more to dwell upon
the wonderful display of God's grace in that
memorable revival, hi renewing the hearts
of the impenitent, and in reviving the faith
of his people.
Her conversation in later life was enriched,
as may well be supposed, with many remi
niscences of a period whioh, with its simple
manners, modes of thought, and way of
life, as well as with its peculiar hardships,
has so entirely passed away, and of which,
during her last years, the decedWed was one
of the few remaining relies. Wotild that the
unaffected platy and self-denying spirit of
our Fathers and our Mothers mightliiviive
in the hearts and shine in the lives of their
children.
The subject of our memoir was married
to the Rev. Robert Patterson, Aug. 27th,
1801, and soon after accompanied him to
the shore of Lake Erie, where, in the spirit
of a Christian pioneer, he had accepted the
pastoral charge of two feeble congregations,
on the very borders of the wilderness.
Eight children were the fruit of this union,
of whom five survive.
After more than four years of courageous
struggle, on what was then regarded as the
remote frontier, with difficulties such as sel
dom beset the path of the modern mission
ary, and under which the heart seemed, on
the point of yielding, Mr. Patterson was
invited to take charge of the Academy at
Pittsburgh, (now the Western university of
Pennsylvania,) and deeming it his duty to
accept, he removed to that place with his
family in 1807.
Daring the more than fifty years of her
continuous residence in and near Pittsburgh,
that city had grown from the inconsiderable
frontier town which it was in 1807, to its
present importance , as a commercial and
manufacturing emporium. We can with
difficulty imagine her feelings when, soon
after the completion of the , iron track to
New Brighton, she took her first ride in a
railroad car, and , witnessed many of the vast
developments of the industrial resources of
a pity which bad grown from infancy be
neath her eye, whilst she reflected that more
than an entire generation of her acquaint
ance had passed away from its busy streets.
Daring this long residence the hospitality
of Mrs. Patterson was shared by hundreds,
more particularly by the ministers and fami
lies of our Church-on their way to the Great
West, or in their temporary sojourn in the
city. The student, preparing for the Gospel
ministry, was also, as under her father's
roof, a frequent and cherished guest. Many
who read this feeble tribute to her memory,
will recall the sweet smile of welcome, and
the lady-like manners, that rendered her
the unconscious charm of the social circle,
at her table and around her hearth.
lE3
A constant and devout worshipper in the
sanctuary and at the prayer-meeting, faith
ful in the discharge of every public obliga
tion, it was yet in private life, in the domes
tic circle, id the humhle, but not less real;
trials' and duties of ordinary life, that her
gentleness of spirit, her"sweetness of dispo
sition, her constant ooneern for others to the '
forgetfulness of self, and her implicit trust
in the Divine care and goodness, shone with
their greatest lustre: With mental powers,
which, if cultivated, would have made her
the ornament of the most intellectual circle,
she was extremely diffident of her >own
abilities, retiring, unobtrusive. Yet when
duty was plain, ❑one, was more firm, , though
gentle, in, its performance than she. From
their earliest years she made the subject of
religion.a matter of private conversation and
prayer with her children, who can never
lose The impression of that mother's faithful
and solemn admonitions. It is believed,
notwithstanding her shrinking diffidence to
approach others upon such a theme, yet
that her words of counsel have cheered
many a fellow-Christian, and have fallen,
not, unheeded, into many a careless heart.
In 1840 she removed with her husband
to the place of her late residence near Pitts
burgh, and here in 1854, Sept. sth, his,
death, in his 82d year, severed all that was
earthly' of a union which had existed for
more than half a century, and which has
been rarely, if ever, exceeded in the happi
ness of which it was the uninterrupted
source. Her husband loved to. pay a heart
felt tribute to her worth; and as they de
scended together into the vale of years, the
infirmities of age but seemed to increase the
tender regard of each, for the other; whilst
to all around it, was evident that both were
ripening for.that heavenly home which was
so often the theme of their discourse, and
still oftener the subject of their thoughts.
A life like that of Mrs. Patterson, spent
id the quiet performauce of, humble daily.
duties, presents little to arrest and detain
the curious eye, though in the eight of God
and angels, such an existence is more-re- -
garded than the loftiest career of an earthly
and selfish ambition. Of the many acts of
kindness, words of love, and deeds of Chris
tian faithfulness, with which that life was
filled, unmarked by the public gaze, un
thought of by herself, the record is on high.
And though her fraMe became more bowed,
and her step more tottering, year by year,
the covenant•keeping God of her youth did
not forsake her in Old age; the Angel of
his presence was with her; the arm on
which she had so long' leaned' was now her
sure support; and amongst the last articu
lations of her dying lips could be distin
guished, in whispers, the words—" Blessed
Jesus, how much I wish to be with you!"
In a few hours afterwards her longing spirit
was released from, the dissolving prison of.
its clay, and she was with the Saviour whom
she loved. Her death seemed to be occa
sioned more by the gralinal decay of the
vital powers—the wearing out of the frail
tenement which confined her here—than by
the attack of any' distinctly marked disease.
On Monday, the 15th of March, 1858, after
a night of peaceful rest, and just as another
earthly morning dawned, she entered upon
the glories of an eternal day. "Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord from hence
forth;lea, saith the Spirit, for they do rest
from their labors, and their works do follow
them."
(Presbyterian, and New York Observer,
please copy.)
"I don't believe in all this fuss about re
ligion. Do as well as you can, that is about
all which is necessary. If I live an honest
life, I reckon 1 have nothing' to fear," said a
young man to his friend.
" But the Bible takes a different view of
the matter," replied his companion. "It
says, 'Except ye be converted, and become
as little children, ye shall not enterinto the
kingdom of God.' And, 'V er ily, verily, I
oily unto you, except a man be born of wa
ter, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the
kingdom of God.' I feel there is everything
to fear until this change has come over my
soul. I must be born again, I must be con
verted i there is not, a minute's safety with
out it therefore I must be in earnest about
thethings of religion." One went to the
prayer-meeting, the , other to the theatre.
The =Wrests of eternity , may have turned
upon the turns which those young ' A pi a made,
during '"that
"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
Making a Fuss.
PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTI BUILDING, FIFTH STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA.
FOR THE WEEK pNDING SATURDAY, JULY 24, ISSS.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.;
Withered Fig Trees.
" Now in the morning, as he returned into the
city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig tree
in the way, he came to it, and found nothing
thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let
no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever.
And presently the fig tree withered away."--
MATT. XXi 18, 19.
As the Saviour walks about in the midst t it '
of the churches, he looks upon many profes- se ,
sing Christians, who, like the fig-tree, bear be
no fruit. They may present a fair appear- as
ance, and be full of leaves, sound, orthodox
4s ,
profesaors. They attend church regularly,
sit at the communion table,. and pray de
voutly ; but being at, ease in Zion, and in
active, powerless Christians, alas ! Jesus,
as' he draws nigh, finds nothing like fruit;
leaves only !
And how many there are, professors and
non-professors;: how many ohildren of pious
parents, who from their youth up have been
taught, the way of life, and to whom, ; - the
Saviour returns year after year, expecting
to find fruit, and still finds none—nothing,
nothing, save leaves only.
The Saviour certainly expects Christians
to hear. fruit, ,and if they, are branches of the
living vine, they, will bear, much fruit. , A
fruitless Christian then, is not a branch of_
the vine ; and is not the Saviour greatly ,
disappointed, •when his. professed followers'
bear ,no fruit? Howie the world ever to be
converted, if Christians are fruitless ?,
Another thought : Jesus visits his Church
to see its condition. My Christian friend,
the eye of your King is upon you; he sees'
you in your public walks and in your Pri
vete ways, he watches you if peradventure
you bear fruit or not. In your family, at
your business, at your devotions, when alone,
what are you 7 a fruitless tree ? The Say
iour comes to you, his eye' searches you ; what
does he behold—nothing but leaves only?
Oh, beware, lest, having come often, and
time after time gone away , disappointed, .he
speaks to you as he did to the fig-tree, " Let
no fruit grow on,thee henceforzeard forever!' f.
and presently you wither away. You. may
be spared for a long time in the Church, but
never bear any fruit; you will be a withered
Christian, dried 'up from the root. .Ales !
there are many withered trees in the garden
, of the Lord, and this accounts for so many
dull, worldly-minded Christians ; so inactive
and useless, they are withered. . ,
Christian reader, is there any danger of
you becoming so? Are your branches filled
with fruit, or 'do they bear nothing but
leaves? When the ,Saviour comes nigh,
and by the Holy Spirit awaken , many, part
ners; when he comes to you, expecting to
see you active and zealous in his cause, and
bearing much fruit, what does he behold—,
fruit? much fruit 7 or leaves only ? Ah
if he find you, fruitless, soon, yes, to,day, he
may utter the dreadful'words, a Let.no fru4
grow on thee henceforward forever."
And what is the result 7 " And presently
the fig-tree withered away." What is it to
be withered; and of what use is a.withered
tree? Is it beautiful to the eye 7 Are
men, refreshed by its. shade 7 It is of :no
use "=a dried up, barren thing, ‘ unsightly
i worthless, save only to be cut down and eas
'into the fire.
The Saviour will have fruitful trees, 0
none ; he needs no idle hands, and he wantS
no hardened, lazy souls; but as -he gives
every facility in soil and in eulture---as he
gives the means of grace, invites, threatens,
commands, and entreats—so he expects, and
has a right to expect, much fruit. And is
he always to forbear—is he to come ,again
and again, and always to be put off by a fair,
display of leaves only? Certainly not; he.
will come some day and take a final inspae-
I Lion of you, and if he still finds leaves onlY i
your doom is sealed, forever I—no fruit, no
I fruit to grow on you, oh Christian reader,
forever; none expected to grow on you! We
don't look for fruit on withered trees. Jesus
will expect none, and never, never will he
come to you again; but oh, the end of with.;
ered Christians—poor 'witheredsouls, withi
e red trees I—cast aways, lost Christians 1
To seal the destruction of a fruitless soul'
be he a professor or not, God has but to say t
" Let him alone." He gives them up, to
their own evil Jdesires'; lieivithdriwithitni,
self from them, and thus withers them for!
ever. '
If you, my dear reader, are fruitles.s, .oh
take warning now, before the dreadrul sen
tenee is uttered against you, which shal
wither you away, and you be lost=lost, for.
ever ~
" And:now also the axe is laid unto th
root. of =the trees. - Therefore, every. tree,
whielrbringeth not forth good= fruit, is hewn
down, and east, into the fire." S.L.O.
For thp'Premitditerisp. Banner ma Advoami
Sabbath School Celebration at Tarentum,
Penn' a.
DEAR DOCTOR :—The Sunday Schools of,
our village celebrated the eighty.second An
niversary of American Independence , in
grove selected for the purpose, on Monday /
the sth instant. The grove is the property
of the M. E. Church, known as the far
famed << Tarentum OamptGround,"=—a plaui
of singular attractions, .and admirifily suited
to the purpose of Sunday School celebrai
tins.
,The towering , hills on the North and
West—the ancient- forest on either land;
with the smiling fields of active industry
waving in front—present a pleasing combina-'
tion of, varied scenery, rarely met with in
any other grove. There is also an abun
dance of excellent water. '
The Sunday Schools of the three princi-:
pal denominations in our village were repre
sented by many smiling faces, and joyous
hearts. It was a lovely scene- , There, in
happy groups, mingling promiscuously, were
seen the youth and children of Prt.slute
roam, United Presbyterians, and Method
ists, seeming only to vie with each,other in
the exhibition of the degree of enjoyment
afforded by their mutual intercourse.
The ,opening services were conducted' by
Rev. John Grant, pastor of the M. E. con
gregation. The singing had a pleasing ef
fect, as the voice of praise reverberated
through the grove. • ThS Throne of Grace
was addressed in terms appropriate to the
occasion i,'when, after proper restrictions as
to moral deportment'and good behaiior, the
children were permitted to enjoy themselves
in a variety of innocent recreations, under
,the care of the officers and teachers, and a
lumber • of parents who, had come up from
their homes ,tube partakers of the joys of
their children. The whole affair passed
off very agreeably. Not an accident occur-,
\
r ,or any misbehavior to mar the general
ha piness, or, serve the most scrupulous as
ex eptions; although it hal; been urged that
I
dr , uninteresting lectures of great k Ath,
ar essential to restrain the childre rom
act of impropriety. We trust the yof
is notions is well nigh past,. The object
celebration, being not " merely viand
!a fication " and " frolic," nor yet plegrig
Le i hone" of stale and tedious lectures, or
f
:ve al WconsecutiVe sermonsi"! but,' flias
:en practically demonstrated in our — Mit; '
w 11 as repeatedly in other , place llthat
and y School , children can , under th '.,care
of their Barents and teachers, conduce-dim:a
-t
selves'with'propriety in inftocent plc Vie ;
whilst parents and teachers ' in social din
-tellectual intercourse, can• spend ada eas
antly,and profitably together, agreeabl °Abe
dh;tates\of nature and oommon,nnee ,
,I,
That ur celebration was . a, seats o enjoy
ment ' log to be remembered, by ib4,,ohil
dren, as a golden - link in the chat& that
hinds thin to the past, , we cannot , oubt,
That it , y lead their minds to the ntem
plation\oghe sublime , scenery of nat, e, and,
fromnature up to nature's God ;) a tend
ultimately`to their transportation to climes
infinitely more fair; to realms of 'u fading
"oy, is the earnest prayer of the r.':,
1 FRIENDS OE THE C SE.
From the Presbyterian.
The New Jersey Case; '
[ Y BEQUEST OF THE AUTIIOB.*' '
1
MESSR EbITORS :—A number Of the
members of he late. Assemblylat. 1 eV/ Or
leans have quested the insertict in the -
Preskyterian, of the report of tie l ommit 7
tee on the
,de isten of the base fr m New
Jersey. - Som entered- their dis Sett; frOM
the final sod a of the Assemblyf on the
adoption of t et•substitute ; but the hurry.;
incident to th close of the Assep,:khly, pre-
vented others rom taking such,ffltion,as
they. wished; - d this publication see Med to
be the only
,ernatire left. ' Thgylard 'sat-
isfied the paper, adopted did not• extirearthe '1
sense of the liouse, and was neC•properly
passed. After \ some discussion on, i the.-re-,
port; it Wei laic on the table, to' ahh up the
substitute presented by Dr. Palmer. - The
substitute was then discussed, and'also laid
Co the table, and the report taken4up again:
Finally, all
,the l papers aud motiotts were,'
laid on the table, and, the 'sabstikkte,takem .
Up by a bare Majority and Pissed. .This
as clearly wrong; as a two-third'yote was
eoessary to take .nikthe iabstitatii, ikulet,
itely laid gat the table. , ' 1 • , '" 1 f - ' -
'The Report proposed, nothing;inrelation
o the subsequent action of the par i ties ap
sled from. The Committee felt that such
ssues were not'' before the ' AlSeinidy, ilia '
herefore deblineltiany report 'tthe flint
disposition of such alleged ' cti::-. , : , The '
House, had sustained the • appe4 by : a very,
large majority, and the—Qommittee were;to..
et forth the 'rations for'this decision. The
ear lest further trouble" might the,
rnnfusion of motions and 'counter-inotions,
d the.deterrnination of many to leave that
evening; hurried the substitute through,
Lnd led the Assembly into something of
the same error they had just;condemned in
others: ,`
The Report of the Committee is as fol
lows :
The Committee to bring in a Minute on
he decision of the appeal of the Rev.
ebert S. Finley - and' Mr. Smith Blooinfield
gainst the 'Synod 'of New Jeisey; report--
at. That the Assembly sustainirthe appeal,
ecause the Synod shoald not have : allowed
he Presbytery of glipal•othtown,to dissolve
r. Finley's pastoral` relation withMit ,the
onstitutionecourse r iii the case. Oar-Feria
ofAovernment, chap'. tVii, &fines the inn=
er in,which the .pastoral relation -shallobe
issolved. The power of the Presbytery to'
' visit" churches, &0., in chapter x, does
of clothe the Presbytery - with arbitrary
ower to make a summary settler:tient of a
Ise like this. Neither Mr. Firileynor the
p any formal
and proper application for the dissolution of
the pastoral relation between them, -.
1 2. The,Asseinhly sustains the appeal, be
cause.the Synod' should not have allowed the'
Presbytery to haVe dissolved' the pastoralre-'
laden , of Fir. 'Finleyovhile the discipline of
the Church ,was in exercise. The Presby-
tery not only did this, but they went:-fur
ther. They arrested the .progress of ,disci
pline by a siinple ' net. They also forbade
the exercise of diScipline until such time . ris
the same might :be< agreeable toqrthem.'
Their action in the premises could only be
an appeal regularly brought before them,
and this interference was therefore clearly
unconstitutional.
8. The Assembly sustains'lthe Appeal,
because the Synod should not have al
lowed the Presbytery to,,have- tolerated . the
unlawful and violent breaking up of aneet.
ing of the c6ngregation for worship, and the
election of additional Rifling Elders. Neither
should the presbytery have been alloiredio
appoint a Committee of `their body to, call
another meeting: of "the. oorigiegittionlqind to
preside in place ottheModerator of Session;
thrust aside, and at which meeting pew : .
holders; not members. of the church, were
permitted by this Committee to, vote, and
elect some of the menlo the office of Ruling
Elder, who. were under discipline', Mid'
prominent in these unlawfullproceedings,
and contrary to the feelings and wishes of a
majority of the members of the church. i
4. Your Committee, ' therefore, conclude
that the action' of 'Synod should be reversed;'
and that the conduct of the Presbytery has
been unconstitutional. However desirable
the dissolution of the -pastoral .relation in
this case, it should have been brmight about
according to the plain proviiionii of the Con
stitution. By Order of the Committee. '
R.D.M.
Employment Essential to Health: -
In the course of my literary labers,llound
that the mental exercise which accompanied
them was a little beneficial to my health.
The motives which' exciteffnie . to write, and
the objects I. hoped to"tiecomplisb,
were of a nature calculated to cheer the
mind, and to give the animal spirits a Bain—.
tarp impulse. lam persuaded that if.l. had
suffered my time to pass away with little 'or
no employment, niy health' would have been
still more'impaired, my spirits depressed ) and, `
perhaps, my life considerably shortened. I'
have therefore, reason to, deem it a 'hay pi-
nesi, and a source of gratitude to Divine,..
Providence, that T- Was enabled, under my
bodily4eakneiniotletd cceilftitiitherlt, to tiiie
my attention to the subjects which have, for
so many years, afforded me abundant ocen
potion. I think it is incumbent upon us,
whatever maybe our privations, to cast our
eyes around; and endeavor to discover
whether there are, not some means yet left
us of doing good to ourselves and to others ;
that our lights may, in some degree, shine in
every situation, and, if possible, be extin
guished only with our lives. The qUantum
of good which, under such circumstances ,
we do, ought not to disturb or affect'.us. If
"we perform, what we are able to.performihow
little soever, it may be , it , is
. .enough; it will
ba'acceptable in the sight of Him who knows
hove to estitnatc'exactlY all our actions; by
comparing. theni with our disposition and
Iffurray.
From
our rondon Correspondont.
The Detith and Burial 'of Doctor Buating---Yotice,
of his Vitreer4; l TheW.Funerall , ..Troasisron:=The -
City Road ,Chapel—The Services and - Interment.=.
The Position,Character and Prospects of English
AlethodlintLCheap Bread and Harbest Prospects
77 Duty on Paper and ite,Foreshadowed Abolition
—Press Prosecutions rAbanclonerb—The 41.[Asscss
. sination" Pamphlet—:A''Lictu'h tO"GOverninents
-, s 's-The'Enslaised French Tressa—ltirAbitie of Rai
' land--The Reason Why—The Pope,'s Navy—An
Armada in; future—'The Confeseional, and the
Homilies`—Education Grants and iTuvenile Labor
—Grants to I,lomanism—Post.senpt.:
r Lorin* June 25th,{ 1858.
The'D.narli AND Bureim. ! of the,Bev. Dr.
Buliting, have excited deep and mournful
* interest not only in London, but throughout
the country," and that ithefig i all Evangelical'
Christians. 'He watia,' native of Liirtateihire,
'the child of humble but pious parents' and
early, gave , himself , to the service' of &riot:
Although barn in the conntry, his parents
IreinevAn t gliite Manchester, a turn was there
by given to his destiny. He early attracted
the. attention=ofiDrs Peroeval; President of
a Literarylnstitute who employed him as
an amanuensis '"He, had thus abundant
ioppoittinityof' acquiring knowledge, and he ,
made large attainments. His patron "Was' a
tnitarian, and amongst _polished 'blase of
persons_, at Man Chester, like-minded with
Dr.,,Perceval„ young, Bunting moved Con
stantly., Bat religious faith Ar n aB, - !:kot
shaken, and tienty-orie years
,of age
he beeime Methodist preacher. '
traded • notice early; by his pulpit talents.
His- style was, tasteful, fluent, and fervent.
Dr. Liefchild,, an, aged
,and, revered Inde
pendent minister in London, . when speak- ,
ing of his early reminiscences of Bunting's
preaching, saidihat ' 44 lie was' . lin imitator of
none„,and his own style of:preaching was
inimitable." ;
Bat it was as a man,of wisdom and count
eel; that this good an shone , tre-pminent.
Nhile' l still young, 'he spoke with
ability in the 'Ceciferenee'• "aild ras
, ;
another:aged. Minister,: Mr.Seett; ,who: gave
an address at . his fkineral; * said, amongst
others who observed young Bunting was, the.
late iiiehardjiriettiOn, who remarked, He„:
io t a great Man; and all that he does done
in the fear of GOV adininistratiVe
ability, and judicial clearness, hive, been
Owerfully helpful to the, eonsolidation and
advancement of Wesleyanism all over the em
pire: He was the father and founder of the
Foreign Missionary' Society, *hose income
this year reached the large sum of, £123,-
000, and , whose agents are found in almost
every ; part ,of the world. Whe schism
was threatened , w Conference, some years
6r violent men. 'who eiight have
4,3 r violent ~(who „lot
seized the 'opportunity to agitate' for 'a lay
element in the Conference , similar to our
elders in Synod or -Assembly, but, did not,)
BUnting confronted - ; the furious waves, like
an unshaken rock. When the Evangelical
.Allianee was being forined, his counsels and
voice in eases of d iffi ty 'Were generally
decisive in making ' , Matters plain, , ltina,
`the Senior Secretary. of the •Alliance since
its fortnation..in : ,lB46, he,has lent it his
powerfil, although qniet
As you.' may already km 4, the English
Wesleyan, although a strongly ConserVatiVe
body both .in politics and 'religion,
t.hized from the first with the non-intrusion
party in the -Establiehed Church of .Soot
land, sustained their cause., by , petitions. to
the Legislature ; and When a Disruption was
forced on the Evingelleal inajoilty; then,
with * unanimous enthusiasm, the Methodists
'rose
,up to theiraid, opened, their pulpits to
the ministers, and stood , , l)ythem on .plat
forms and with large and liberal sifts, in,
their Movements'for'providinineW chinches
for expelled' congregations. • Ai Di: 'Otithrie
! aid, leas than two months ago in Exeter
Hall Dr.-Bunting was ,4 a statesman.? He
saw the glorious principles # and issues , in
volved' in the Free Church controversy,, and
his intense Eviingeliee sympathies Must,
through,any 'barrier Of a hereditary venera
tion for Establishment, such as, alas ! then
made, and still makes , the Episcopalian
Evangelicals, untrue , to themselves, .
• With bhalrafkrake` - haa a delightful inter
view, near the close of that great maree life,
and at the peridattEluifiliiitiviiiti&LOndon,
iMinediately, before his death. ,The record of
this interview will be found in theletters of
Dr. °hairnets.
The'tuneral was a public one. Depute
lions fromithe Committees of the Bible, and"
of variona ,Missionary Societies, incliiding
,the Church Missionary Scoiety,,(represeuted
by Mr. Venue,, the Secretary,) , and also, a
Deputation from the Evangelical Alliance,
including Sir C. B. Earaley, bar', . the
President; and Dr. :Sanwa-Hamilton; were
present;and: formed* , part of thaiong pro=
cession which. passed.,down the City ,Road
on Tue4ay The most impressive part
of the spectacle; was the;large body of Wes
leyan ministers ' who went two and two after
the hearse. Arrived in front of the City'
RoaaChapel, built , by' 'John Wesley, (be-
hind which lies his dust as :well as that of
his brother Charles, and around whose walls
are marble tablets to the memory of these
inirtliiesi as' " of' sueli - inen as Dr.
Adani-Claike Dr.`Coke, Fletcher of Mad e - .
ley, and , :Ric hard' Watson,): thn procession;
with the coffin borne in front, entered the
,area, and„passed , into the,spampus
which Was sPeedily filled by a nympathisieg
congregation. Hymns' Were sung; Prefers
were offered, and leinons"readiniitabletO the
occasion. Then followed 'addresses, to
which kave already referred, ~ The body
was then removed to Atie litury,ing : grouni t
and the` Chdreka Englarialtineral servile
lead'; and as the solemn . *aids, :" Ashes t i t
ashes,/ dusto ditst,"-• were Uttered; the
(latent • Thomas Farmer,-Estr.i tlie - Treastirer,
of WePIPN3 tigitiT3M PiektYm B uP - 1
ported - on the grave's brink' by tke,Epkeo i ,
pafßector of the Parish, in whase 'bounds
Dr. Bunting lived and died, dropped the
eloquent mould, on the et
after another, the three
other relatives, with 01
counsel and toil; and'iiim
who loved their father,
in the burial service, thi
ley's funeral, changed
took their last tearful ,1
place of this remarkable
I believe that the Wei
with the happy death-bci
called and remembered
Bunting he overrulk
and, increase,. the; unity
:wherever '0 is'
was 'most' impressive. • I
outline Ire& personal of
recognized more'
With it, ,tho.tval ,onenese of, the,- people - ,;)f
„The,modern 'Methodists aro:wog, in
ism — they pn
owe: Saviour:a sacrifice, ton-, the , ',doctrine , of
justi4eatiow! by-faith-, only, and of t Vyk. ,ne
, eessity of, ; „regeneraqon And ,sanctificatiowhy,
the coupled With' their earnest i
and 'indefatigable iabora fcir the ' eitenhion'd!
(lhrietiai ity prove them el)e ) a. noble -hind '
in: the:" host ,of. God'o7,cleeo
"I`hqTe! -Or Of course, certain degree tftf sec;,
arianism,Ft,4-oie eicWon,ofMothodism: is,
.'not entirely Shivered to *nig, and very
lengthened biographical and efildaiitic prayer
at the funeral service, was
(Methodists inclnded,:-J.: doubt fjaot , ;) ;yet,
still,, onr l Wesleyan, friends err : .rother : in
log c of their theology, than in their 14eart
immdtiesik, the faith once
de
livered''to the 'saints. The QM - faience; too,
'wants an - eldership; and more than - this; an
,elected, ministry; yet. still:At -.has increasing
I. ; regard ,to, the., will and rights of. the, Chris-.
tian ; people, withagdcwith true
} Presbyterian
power and marches on in a glerioui
career spiritual viotort. •
CHEAP BREAD is a great mitigation of the
still prevailing dullnese in' trade and 00113•.
ineree. 'fhb extraordinary Miner of-May,
and unusual beats; ofi.June;- , contribute- to
, the joyful, prospect of an early And an abun
dant harvest. With the exception of famine
iiiitation, or of / great wars, the . priee of
corn' in Enitland is likely to rule low: - A
cycle of Cheap food' now Seeing - to haVe c set
in. .Increased} prosperity would certainly
lead to increased consumption. Wheat s.
which in Sune,lBss was;-upwards of 775.
per 4uartei, was last Week 445.7 d. per !ear
ter. - 'sinde repeal of the:Otiiii'lawsite
1847; - we have had's period Of - healdear ,
rare, then of six cheap, years,, afterwards :Of
fPurAooc,rorOr-and Row) !Pr ,5,e991 to hfive
readied' the first of ,another,seies of cheap
years. '"if this shouldheen,,
remarked;." it ;Will he' Si ireat mitigation - of
-the evils of-diminished trade;; and ,- will itself
;be a,principal means of, revivingirne pros
, ,perity.'' .
THE DUTY ON PAP2a, by which a large
revenue has seemed to ; the Rxehecierk, at
the expere, of a free prase, ',pure literature,
and national enlighten - Meat; has just been
condemned 'MI i‘impolitio," by a reselution
of theHouise'.of Commons. ~ The Times is
paying duty at the rate, of £l6lOOO, ler-an,
num; the Stfiridard, a new perningßenny
paper, LlO,OOO ; and a - Manchester penny
paper, :t8;500. - 'Religion, literature, and
acienee, all would profit by the repeal of-the
There is aneddr to TELE Pates 'PROSECIT='
TroNs which-the English' Goierriment had.
resolved on.in connexion with the attempted ,
murder of the French, Emperor.,,
dietments came, ibis - week:, before . the
fueesn'i Beneh; - against 'bOokaellere-4the
one an Englishman; the other a Pole—for
Publishing al pamphlet -in which :it wasi,
averred the, doctrine _of assassination : was
openly advocated. Had thisertheen tried
two months igo; it Seems to me that a eon,
viction Wag ineVitable.
I have I seen, Wtia 'in' Freeoly Writtentliy a'
refugee ;..anif: the time of its: appearance, as
well as its:whole ,tene, clearly pointed, to the
justification, if not to the ; recommendation
of tinieotirse in Which Orsini had enibeilted l
and failed." Bat *hen theludg,6l'ire
on the Bench,. and the fOouriSel - ready,' and
the Court crowded, the defendants; byLthe
mout,h,of - , air Oqunsel; eta_ ate that they 44
not the
,sqgigest intention (Iyofadvooating,,
in any manner the horrible doctrine of as=
sassmation, and that they were perfectly
willing to discontinue the
dare 'say the Attorney General of the Tories,
who waoso foiled by the fiery,, , eloquence
Mr.
,Edwin James -the , Counsel for Dr..
Bernard, was only too ; glad to get out" of
position; * false alike for = hibiself — and
his party': But • that • deeOnot , alter the fai
ture of things, - or the: fact that political
assassination is; .a -cherished doctrine , with:
many refugees. in England.
The Mae/ reads ex•OOirerning_nnd
governing' powers'Jeanie on of
bringing into notoriety snoh' obscure
-phleta from the backalleyivof the Metropolis,
and in this it is right. "Had these cases
been seriously tried, we.have little doubt, but
`that the result would have been the: defeat=
of the Pali° 'Prosecutes . ; and`the . tempOiarY
popularity of the authors and menders.ef this
wretched stuff. They, would have: been pept..
Shirt no,booltllse the 8, 603 .4 PePple feel:NW;
-particular delight in . killing kings, but A be-,.1
cause, by WeOrient ideS, they woubi r have
hien - exalted into the 'fiery heaven of poliis
Thal martyrdom!' '
The French' tam itself is fearfully en:.
slaved. Those papers .thit dared to differ
from Imperialist opinions and interests„,,have
'been erippressid, With the exception of the .
Debats, which suffers in silence, or carpi'
indirectly at Toreignlpolicy in the affairs "of
Turkey, and by its, very -redeem proves.
how true liberty, lies crushed iiiiderthoiron,
keel of despetism, ti The Goyernment papers
fake their inspiration, of of `course, 'from . their
Lpiymasters; and, this week, are fiery:and
furious.against Lord MalinekburY becinse,
Nyaph,hp had the pluck and honesty,:
(unexpected from him;) tu t declare that
France Boas reviving We, slave : tiede by ',the.
importation of Afridenliegroes
into her,ool
onies. Under the name, of " tree negiieS "
this has been , attempted; and- wits:alit case
of a cargo of poor creatures. mid and bought,.
who rose, on Ole ship's,-.crew, and Were all.
or nearly all, afferwaids massacred,; has
"reused particular abhorrence here. Renee
'the rage 'of' thelFiniiich tittektae
They charge. upon T England - all -manner 'of
evil. "But " at, tips rmes gaped ef,
donseitutionel, " this g uogue' is only.
i intended to distract attention from acts
Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth, Street, below Meeting,
By Mal,. or at the Oleo, $1.50 pr Year, BIR pßospzero sa
Delivered in the. City, 1.75 I' s
WHOLE NO. 804
which are disgraceful ii thifSperpetratora,
and will be disgraceful to the Emperor's
government, unless it reprobates,and pun
ishes them." The , leading, journal goes on
to say, that British authorities on tlie coast
of Africa must not only give - no assisAnce
to the trelfic;, but must, fOrtid it on every
vet subject to our Crown, and induce, as
fai,asnspossibleop,African , -Ohiefst , to , oretil .
French speculators, My own inipressien
that'll the force cif public . opin ion, aid
. fy .
a detipelledtegiirdticeitsisteriey4--kis slavery '
has been ,formally 'abolished the s.Fienoh.
colonies—the traffic will be arrested and put
elia -to/ ,One : French,paper,..the
- S'eicte,
writes temperately , ,and, says that if there
(ire "abuses
. inseparalile from the system,
abandon the System iiself, with the
eininfrankiiiiii , with which 'she had adopted
it" - ' •
_
Lliam - X4P,Aniaovatttrisma Gorily think 11 , '
" re 150116 - , r- - ( 14- pe,eaToViited"-tiol
, :to lie astonished--" means to increase its
c.navy." So says the .PAris,Correskontient of
.Times, adding, to consist, at
present, of two corvettes ! and his Holiness
intends increasing' the number to ten.
' after:this,' you neglect to - fortify Your ''Obirit;'
'thereds no, more Ito be saitir,'• The. Pope
and the jestilts: had, better sari the. money .
thus t.p bei i spent, for the', rellef, of , the
poverty their reginietinnainied. ' If a %pal.
blessed " Armada" set out
from the:Frew* port of Cherbourg, up Chan;
mei ) . a true• Protestant -Briton.• could wish
nothing‘better -than that some modem 81ake.... ,
should meet it , and that if the Ripe and all ~
the. Cardinals, sailing in their' `°On little
,fleet, and bringing up the reat,shotild es.'
`cape a general "bbiwup - ," that-they :should ,
- at -least, get ii",thorough fright, auk :ouch
begin to mntter, 140 disappointed ; and
:covetous dream ;,„ " How 'shall I curse whom _
bath" not crifie.fi, and how '
'whom God bittt'not defied
The CONFESSIONAL IN .BELGIIATIA still
excites attention s ind
; manifests more and
more` plainly ihelendencies i 'lloninisiiii'd ; of
• theanglioanli,iiit spiteriif all their iirliteire:
but the 'development , of
the.old„virns.,of "compromise:4 and of ,the ,
" element, • ,:Qeel- thieg , pertain,
that it is pointblank tho,.thind of the
English Balinheri. "" It is `m ost evident;
easißepeetaiee; - "thei' this
Aurieulariooufesiiion hethinot Goire4Woka.;
* 7.**, I .49,aat-8V but that. ic..l4Y id.° find,
themselves t r onmea,britopscnejioe, tlifty t may
`-to '`their ' le arned curate or pasior,
or fa' 'seine and
oevettlie , :itroubles ;of theirt-'ednicionoe to• •
them' (that j they may,receiviiiat their,:haids
the oomfortableealve of,Goirs Wort,- but.it
is . agal : no Am" 94n8,496 Liberty, tha t
~
any main boihte Milli - 4 , 6mi* Or his
'Sim, as it bath been used - linieniforeAnt -
::time of blindniiii - AqlParirt s :" The
,Homilies, it reiiiiiiitteend, are de
plareduitrAlie'ithirty-nineArtiblesitornibioli'
.." 610 4 Olillgrnittt'Sutvicribesitemoutaint i henhi
wholesoine,doetfins,"!
hOwOrit„ As well ; as s the plain Spesking.,,of
the'' SOarlet of Babylon,;, " and
withered " of the honest old -Holuiliei of
,Ring Edwiirdl most " infirbolesonieP—
in' the ; estionite,,,aud ; , , bitter ,Anthe lade of
Dr. Posey, and hundreds, if not thousands,
..of the English clergy
4 -
The Ertuce.Tiorr EBTrMATSs, for•the,preek..„, ;;
amount tothe large sum of
000; a large inCrease being made annnally.., .
In this *ay iitliintirj; 'effortS---in' the case
Of those ..who. do . not, zlike4he Coneregatibni
alists and Baptists, object to all State grant&
on princip,lare supple,mente4,,an4,schoofi
fees atigniente'd. Normal .?Ichpolitre o also I.
snitained';'ind sehool:buildinisegrea4
gifted. ' "Economic pres;tite '
words, the stern necessities of the poorAol.•
avail themselves early,. even in rural dig
' triets, ofithaabor efltheir.
:manufacturing.. and „ A mining Adistriek" thqi
temptatiOn of ,high wagea, cute short, and ;
renders imperfect in its results, the work, of
the :sohnolnassitif.' qteifianists are' making`
'the , beitt , Of these Liustlyear they
receive4:aa _much aa There is no
donbt.bnt that prieAs, and nuns are • power
sided , to, do minhier by' these, gifts of
the krtvS , council. , ,;.T ; W.
p . .t:l-Thel;test.news from India
indi
~atokness among our troops at ',miaow ,
,nitthe intense heat; an army of rebels in
leo*, of that place ;, Bir4o. Campbell coming
• froulllareilly will troops after them ; and a
e
imminent: between Rose and the in
surge. its at Calieti. Central India is threat
ened* with disturbance, and it is to be feared
that part ' of the Bombay Presidency may
The latest dates are Calcutta, May
18th. Yon will have still more recent news
eye these lines appeatimrint.---
The Thames river L is t p,etteh a state of
,
impurity, that members of Parliament and •
person in piblie offices are suffering ; Chie f
• barge min , has 'died of Asiatic cholera frOrit
the effluvia. The, weather is much - eoolet
,than last weekahut_at_any time an epidethic
might break„npt. The, remedy for the evil
is most ditinult, and will involve a vast ex
pense. „
Losses' CtriPeniated.
Consider, even,, the undoubtede and
trials of ; this mortall life. ' , "Sweet are the
.->us6B of adversity.;.' ii With all:Pk43B !mil losses
there are sent blessings, or,ronmclies, or, at
'leiast; alleviationi; if we Will `only receive
, Ifieni: -Of 'old times'iiiirtiot found that
iliWhOtlieli:Ohuroli lost I:6: martyrdom was
th
Arillgall repaid by new sonession of min
, , . ;and; ner,fkrvor of zeal ? The Church
ita.•a diavin,Stenhen ; ,but how rich and
" A " ''t 'le jU
(4.
t . from t he
• ge e ompensa lon, as,. ilea
itls'iliialtyred dust there !Trani an'apoitte,
'-'1 4 4# 1 - I Tor , the individuil , , tat), V well as
.7.418 ooppnutity, disetwe 'an& .calamity have
3tkektms, their Alleviations, eyes their api
iltioOmpeosatiolui. Uses 7 -fornemuch a 8 they
"Efeive to refine, humble, - and tillow the char
aUter. AlleiJiationsinee ti - God stayeth his
rough wind.irothe day- of his East wind."
And .eveni ,compensation_--for , some help,
tome vantage r pot open at fLret,iNeure to rlk
veal itself to those.. ) that are , watchftd ADA
wise. When Pail cline to MaciedOnia Ittas
flesh had no rests' 'fivrithout were'
hting'
'within were: fearar.bektiod oomforted'him
"by the coming id Titan." Thud, often
when we are ~ in gr. pit ,e!milsolom,ei Titus
comes--Some' friendly oompeireation—and
. 1•., , w eaker , .. .•:,s .• , r..
we are not Tamer stronger ; and after
64 tekie; •soMStiEnes in Our tears, Wiiire hap
pier!, than before. Itlis• true 'of lifii, t its with
nature, that with the dark cloud God sets a
rainbow in the sky.
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