RESIYTERIAN- BANNER & ADVOCATE.
Presbyterian BILIBRIOrt Vas VI, Ile. SO.
!Presbyterian Advasate, Vol. XX, Xs. 45.1
DAVID MoKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
TER fab.-1.14 ADVANCE.
ottrg.
What is Kan?
What is man in all hie prido
Of youth or manly bloom?
A wasting form on Time's dark tide,
His earthly goal the tomb.
What are the hopes that o'er him play,
That bind his soul to earth ?
What are the joys that gild his way,
Those passing gleams of mirth?
The forms that glide around bim, fade,
As fades,the day at even;
They pass away—their forms are laid
Where fall the dews of heaven.
The friends that round Ms pathway play,:
Prove fickle and untrue;
They pass like fleecy clouds that stray
Through Summer's skies of blue.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
College Endowment.
Having been applied to lately for aid in
purchasing a telescope for one of our Col
leges, I have been thus led to reconsider the
subject of College endowment. The small.l
sum I,.was able to give for the telescope
would have been very cheerfully increased,
even at the. expense of self denial, if the
object in view had been the endowment of
the good old College under Ecclesiastical
supervision. But the friends of the College
are divided in their opinions on tbis subject,
many of them objecting to the plan , of
having the College Owed under the formal. ,
supervision of any Church• Synod. On this
question, it is not considered desirable that
former discussions should be revived. Your
present correspondent has never taken part'
in them, and chiefly wishes now to suggest
one or two practical points connected with
the general subject of College endowment.
While it is firmly believed that, as a gen
eral thing, our Colleges ought to be con
ducted under the supervision of church
courts, it may be seriously doubted whether
the method, in which the relation between
the College and the Synod is commonly con
stituted, is really the best. That method in
most cases is founded on the idea of annual
report and review. It devolves upon the
Synod the nomination, and sometimes the
actual appointment, of professors. It brings
before the Synod the various questions con
nected with the administration of College
affairs. Now, it is believed that the Synod
is not a suitable body for this kind of Col
lege supervision. It is too large a body for
the careful review of such various and often
minute details. It meets but once a year,
but for,a few days, and then it must give
attention to many, other important matters.
It can do but little justice, therefore, to the
affairs of the College; while these are often
so urgent . that they require a 'prompt and
authoritative decision: The practical result
is likely to be, that the interests of the Col
lege will receive little benefit froth the great
principle of Ecclesiastical supervision; and
the members of the Synod will grow weary
of a trust which they cannot satisfactorily
fulfill, especially if it is found to open the
door for painful discussion of personal mat.
'ters on the floor of Synod.
There is, it is believed, a better way.
And it is 'a very simple one. It is to place
the election of Trustees of the College in
the hands of the Synod, vacancies to "be
filled when they occur by death or resigna
tion, and then to leave everything to' these
Trustees. No better electing body could be
devised than is afforded by a Synod, or . by
two 'or three neighboring Synods. Their
members, being ministers and laymen, would
fairly represent the intelligence, piety, and
influence of the region of country, or at
any rate of the community, from which the
College must derive its chief supplies of all
the elements of success. Not to enlarge on
this, it may next be stated that the Trustees
elected by such a body would' be men in
whom public and Christian confidence could
be placed, and with whom the affairs of the
College could be safely entrusted, without
much risk of local or other embarrassment,
Or if, under disturbing influences, these
Trustees should at any time give way to
the temptation of perverting the College
from its original and true design, the evil
would surely be redressed in the long run;
the new Trustees from time to time chosen
by the Synod, would bring everything
straight. On this plan, neither the College at
Carlisle nor the College at Meadville would
now be in the'bands of our Arminian friends.
Local 'interests powerfully affect most self
perpetuating select bodies; but these would
have only a minor influence in a Trustee
Board, constituted as here recommended.
Local interests, it is believed, mainly led to
the perversion of Harvard sand other Col
leges; but on the plan under consideration,
Trustees would not so much represent
these local interests, as they would' the old
faith and the only unchangeable body to be
found in this world—the Church of acid;
while yet they would be fully competent to
exercise a wise care over all the important
affairs of the College, howeirer these might
be affected by local or general causes.
Having thus secured the main thing, every
thing besides would follow in its train ; all
the details might be left to the Board of
Trustees.
These views are general, though brought
again to mind by a pleasant 'local' incident;
but if they are true, they admit of applies.•
tion to all our Synodical Colleges.
In regard to the College endowment ques
tion in the bounds of the obi Synod of
Pittsburgh, now divided into four Synods,
the writer, , shares deeply in the'perplexity
which many brethren have expressed. Onm
College, deriving its chief support from the
Presbyterian churches in these bounds,
might be the Most largely attended by eta
dents, the most substantially endowed by
funds,
the most ably manned by Professors,
the noLleet College in all the land. No other
College in the country would draw its life
blood and breath from such a constituency.
But we have two Colleges now, and we must
not weaken either. Can sie,pot, however,
unite them together? In some way, by
some good means, at some tilde ; this must
surely be dope; and the, sooner, thq better—
provided we do not sacrifice any god& we
now possess, nor even risk what s es, irjr,prize
in both these Institutions. Various 'Mugs
have been suggestedin order to brin.s:ahof
this good and great eiNd •; but, this
already too long to admit of their being con
sidered, and besides it has been writtea
mainly with reference to the method of link
ing our Colleges to our Synods. JOHN.
For the Presbyterian Banner and harecate
The Associate Secretaryship.
Mn. EDITOR would unite with others
in expressing my warmest approbation in
regard to the course you have taken in
reference to the Boards= of the Church,
especially in regard to the Associate Secre
taryship of the Board of Domestic Missions.
The tendency to large expense has existed
for years, and I am satisfied that it has come
to a point now, when it will be policy never
to send the Financial Statements to any
but large city churches and prudent country
ministers. The machinery, of our Boarde
are no complicated that over thirty two
thousand dollars must go to keep'the wheels
in motion. Till this much moneris raised
yearly, not a dollar can go to the poor-mis•
sionary student or colporteur. Many coun
try pastors have doubtless felt, as the writer,
like asking, is all this expense necessary?
You, Mr. Editor, are` attacked' as if you
were the cause of all the trouble, I can
not help thinking of the charge brought
against Elijah, the Tishbite. Still Ido not
call the brethren Ahabs. They will find,
however, that the trouble is not in you.
There are hundreds of ministers and thou-.
sands of laymen wbo think as you do. The
voice of the Church will in the end be heard
in favor of retrenchment. Why should lb
not be so? What reason is there that the,
toiling Domestic missionary should labor and
travel too on five hundred and twenty-two
dollars when the Secretaries must cost two
thousand dollars and even More ? Why should
there be two in the Board of . Domestic Mis
eions, with a Treasurer and Clerk, when one
is willing to do all the work? We should
have men for Secretaries, willing to make
sacrifices and to endure labor, as well as the
missionaries. I do not say that their salariee
should be on a level. But, if a great city,
is such an expensive place should we not
think of moving
'the Boards to some country
town ! But am, persuaded that if 'the
country and city would be disposed to own
promise a little more, the Boards might re
main where they are and all would be satis
fied. If this is not done, lam just as fully
persuaded that the streams of benevolence
from the , country and even weaker city
churches will dry up. I have not handed
the reports of the Boards to any of my
elders or members for the last four or five
years, nor have I made any effort to extend
the circulation of the Record, simply
because I had learned, that the light, as to
money matters, would 'in my field; do more
injury than the other light given would do
good. I love the Boards and. have always
done all I was able as an individual and as a
pastor for them all. But I. have frequently
asked, whether no worthy and competent
men could be found to serve the Church on
salaries which would not startle country
churches; or, whether the Boards could not
be so united in the same treasurers, etc., as
to make them less expensive?
I am a pastor of "Eastern Pennsylvania."
I was not a Commissioner to the Assembly.
I have never had any, connexion with the
Domestic Board, other than that of Honorary
Member. I have never been at a meeting of
the Board, and have no acqnaintance with
the Associate Secretary, other than when a
student, hearing what I supposed to ' be his,
first sermon on " Hew shall ye escape," etc ,
till I thought the stars were against me as
to variety of preacher, and oubject. I also
once sat in Synod beside a classmate of his,
and heard his remarks after the Dr. had.
tried to enlighten us as to our duty to this
Board. Still he may be the best available
man for that post. I only wonder that in
isting circumstances, any man could be found
for any reasonable sum, to accept the place.
I have read the last article of " Western
Pennsylvania." I was astonished, I was
angry, I was grieved as I read. You are
almost a stranger to me; yet, you are a'
brother in Christ. I know not the name of
your assailant. I can have no personal feel
ings toward him. But I do feel that the .
whole spirit of the article is unchristian,
even unmanly. It puts me in mind of an
attack made by a Political Methodist local
preacher, upon a beneficiafy of our Board of
Education who • had offended him. I-ad
vised the young man to treat it with digni
fied, silent contempt. I feel satisfied that
you might publish the article with nothing
but a note of introduction to the readers of
your paper, and it would do you a favor,
carrying its own refutation upon its face.
I wonder if the writer thinks that he might
be taken for Dr. H., No. 2 at least, in a per
sonal defence of himself. •Wonder if the
editor of the Presbyterian imagines that
such an article will do the cause of Christ,
or even his sheet any good. Is there not an
attempt to throw contempt upon all efforts
to make the Gospel so cheap that the poor
can have' it either through the religioui press
or the living missionary ? . Good men some
ewes greatly err through personal interest'
and one•sided views. Good men may even
for a while oppose the whole spirit and prin
ciples of the Gospel, which is for "the
poor.
I have this morning written this hasty
note to . congratulate you upon the course
you have taken. I trust you will lave
grace to stand firm, and to act wisely in this
whole matter. ou have thousands who
will feel and =act with you. They may be
the poor of Christ's flock, but will not this
very fact encourage you. I do hope the
controversy will take place with as little
personal feeling and abuse as possible; and
that the result will he for the true glory of
Christ and of Presbyterianism. **
Eastern Pa., Aug. 23c1, ,1858.
Happy Through Cliace.
Christians might avoid much trouble and
inconvenience, if they would only -believe
what they profess—that God is able to make
them happy Without anything else :They
imagine that if such a dear friend were to
be removed, they would be miserable;
whereas God makes them a thousand times
happier without them. To mention my own
case, God has been depriving
~Ine of one
blessing after another; but as every one was
removed, he came in and filled up its place ;
and now, when I am a` cripple, and not able
to move, I am happier than, ever was in
my life before, or ever expect to be;,,and if
I had beliexed_this
,twenty years ago, I
might have, hes" spared much ansiety.7
tnit Days of Pi: Payson,
"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I I)ESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
FOR TIIE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, ISSB.
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PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTHS STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, 'PA.
For thePreabyterian Banner and Advocate
Equality.
"True Presbyterianism estimates county pas
tors, and elders too, as equal in Church
Courts, to city pastors, professors, and seO
retaries."
DR. MCKINNEY :—The above remark is
found in your article on the Associate Sec
retaryship, in the Bconer of the 31st of
July.
The writer has long been pained to see
the Christian character of, church members
estimated or, esteemed in the congregation
of which they are members, by the amount
of wealth which' a bountififl'Pfovidenee
giverr then.
In standing,not long since, in the vestibule
of one of our city churches, as the congre
gation was assembling, and seeing the def.
erinee paid by Christians' to these viho were
rich in this world's goods—though no otie
knew them to be rich in faith and good
works—we thought of what, an inspired
Apostle once said to some church members
on this point. (Read James ii: first foUr
or five verses)
This pride is a great evil in our Church,
or rather in the Church of Christ. it would,
perhaps, be ,a less one, however, were Chris
thus only affected by it. Bat the, scoffing
worldling is influenced by such acts, and
will question, either the truth of Christian
ity or the sincerity of its professors
How far this spirit prevails and affects
ministers in the Presbyterian Church, the
writer cannot determine. But it is feared
that sometimes the influence of the way
worn missionary in the far West weighs but
little in chinch Courts, When in opposition
to the city pastor, or a professor who obtains
a large salary.
If such sentiments are permitted to
spread ant become common in congregations
and church - Courts, Where and in what shall
we find the sepublican equality of .the Pres.
byterian Church ? Is not, the Family of.
Christ a Royal Family,and should not every
member aim to be like the Head, who is no
respecter of persons; but all, and in every
place, those who fear God and work right
eousness, are accepted, of him. S.
From the New:York, Observer
The Union, Associate and Associate Re-
formed.
The protestors against the act of union
between the General Synod of the Assoei.
ate Reformed Church and the Synod" of the
Associate Church, object to that proceeding.
1. It was on the 'part of 'the General
Synod of,the Associate .Reformed Church
abandonmentan of the Constitution and
Standards' f the Assodiate Reformed Chinch,
which they were bound to observe by their
ordination vows,, and, it was an entering into
another body
2. Because it was a violation of the com
pact with the Associate liefOrine:d-SYriod of
New York, in 1855, Made on. the ground of
the Constitution of the Associate Reformed
Church, adopted at Greencastle in 1799,
with a - modification 'of the powers of the
General Synod, and Securing to each Synod
its own institutionsund,property.
8. Because the Basis of that union con
tains the heresy of Era.stianism, which had
been ex.punged from the Confession by the
Asiociate Reformed Church. That heresy
gives to the civil Magistrate Supreme con
trol over'the Church .concerning: faith, wor
ship, conversation and , the power of godli
ness.—Ch. 20 r see. 4; 23;.sec. 3 . ; 31, sea.
1. , It is, no more a justifmation, ef this heresy
in the body of the ()Confession, that it may
be explained away by an Orthodox interpre-
tation, than if Soeinianism, or Deism, or
Atheism occupied a place in the Standaxds
of the enurch, and RS an ex.pressionof her
Creed, although accompanied, by an inter
pretation of such heresies 'EiS Would reconcile
theui with orthodoxy on those subjects:
4. The Basis is heretical on thusubject of
communion, being a Point.blank contradic
tion to the twenty-sixth chapter of the don
fession of Faith of both parties to this
union. That chapter enjoins the extension
of communion, as God gives opportunity, to .
all Oxcart who in any place call on.the name
of the. Lord Jesus. - The Article on com
munion in the, Basis (Art. ; 16,) prohibits
any such extension, by declaring, ",That
the Church should not extend communion
in sealing ordinances to those who refuse
adherence to her profession, or subjection to
her government .and,discipline, or who, re
fuse to forsake a communion which is incon
sistent With the profession which she makes."
6. The Basis being' a'lfixed testimony of
equal authority witlythe Confession of Faith,
is in contradiction to , the Act, in which the
said Confession of Faith, Larger and , Short
er Catechisms and Form of Church Govern
ment, and Directions for 'Woiship, was
adopted by the Associate .'Refoimed Synod
at Greencastle, in 1799, as their Pixed
Testimony by, which - their principles are to
be tried, er as -the judicial expression
of the sense in which they understand
the Holy Scriptures in their relation to the
doctrine, government, and worship of the
Christian Church."
6. The Basis contains new articles of
faith and terms of communion"never`re
ceived by the Associate Reformed,Church,
on slreholding, secret Societies, 'eonimunion.
and covenanting, and thus invades the pre
rogatives of Zion's King, to - Whom alone it
belongs to make laws for his Chitrch. ,
7. The act, of union was consummated in
violation of all order. The Basis sent in
by the AssoCiate Synod arid overtured to
the Presbyteries, was only adopted Without
amendment by eight out of twenty-seven
Presbyteries of the Associate Reformed
Church. It was never afterward even voted
upon by the General Synod. Not in 1857,
for what they did adopt had `important
amendments. Not in 1858, for they 'only
declared it to be a historical fact, that the
Basis sent to the Presbyteries was adopted
by the General Synod. Whereas it was not
a fact: one Basis was sent to the Presby
teries, and another containing the modifica
tions appended to it adopte,d by the General
Synod. Moreover the Basis as finally agreed
upon and containing an article on Forbear
' ance, was never submitted to the judgment
of the Piesbyteries'of either body.
8. The whole Basis as finally 'amended is
„a-aeries, ,of. contradiptions. It contains the
„ . • .
doctrine of Erastianism, making the Church
entirely subject to the moil magistrate in
6111;414 Of the Confession, and'contradicts
that ao - ctrine'in theAestirtioxiy. It contains
the {doctrine of3inter-communion in the ecnl T
fessien;,arid dentradipts it, in r,he,,testimoriy.
It-makes the Basis sent 4own,„to, the Pres.
bytelies a term of cots amnion, and in the
t
Article on Forbearance4leaves every man to
do what seems good , i his own eyes. It
seems to be in favor o lie Associate men, •
by requiring, as a ter of communion, all
that they have prescri d without'the alter
ation of a syllable, whi e it seems to favor
Associate Reformed me who declare open
ly in Synod,. their da r tirmination to disre-;
Bard some of its terriisy`securing tc , P them
the right of dissent • and non•conformity.
This union, therefore,' Li a> misnomer. Can„
two walk together except - they be agreed ?
Their practice is as -Janus faced as their
theory. • They proelaitatio - the world, with
a great flourish of trudipets, the consuinma-t
tion of this union,' with' Which the mean-
tains have been lahorintlf4tioutoltetpf-yelfs,
and where is this gree.6l:MitedPtlesbyte,rian
Church F- 1 -Toe menthat ;made' the Chnich
are not in it; therare cstillt'kesbeitate and'
Associate tßeformed"ithen,•erYtheitt present'
appearance and 4 Profe jou - are t a- 'shafm.,,
They cannot belong to- ?: Wo distinct lohnroh
T
e,s' atthusame time. . ,‘ ~ ' t
~
If they belong to 4 United Presbyte-'
Tian - Church of NorthcAmerica, they cannot
belong at the same tiinito tthe - Atisociate er•
Associate' Reformed Chtehea. - •
Ghost of a Church n' o re comet in such
a questionable shape , that
_I- would speak,.
with thee; who is.' thetMederator of: -this
Church ? Is it Decto . ' MeLareit; or Dr.:,
Cooper, - or Dr. Presslyl
or like "the 'fable&
Cerberus;thas it three. Beads at the Same
titnel - Will it' continde to' wear'-its three
heads for all its futiireilife. ort will two of
them 'be absorbed ? Is 014 Seetch 7 .wedding
benstniumated r or 'after' the tpronettneing'toft
the marriage- ceremonteiiin lye §tate Hense
int Pittsburgh, have thebyoung persons, for -
family reasons i not expedient to lie divulged,,
g one: hoinO to their •bliMmas , for another
Last, big notleastithe whole proceeding
is 'sb entirely destitutef of =warrant; from the
Con,stitution` which it . discards ' ttort , `from the ,
Word'- of God, - that mine of CIL - Hies , free-,
men ought to-give place to it'hy subjection;
notnot for an hour. ti ' J: "
From OUT London. Coireipondeut:
The Close of the Sesson—RSview of Results—Pal-;
merston's Fall, and Causesfalmesbury' 8.,
Foreign Policy—Spain raid CtsbaThe' Coming
Reform Bill--The Corrupt Practices 'Bill,and
Electioneering—A Bigot. Bishop,, and a Scene in
the Lords —. Government ~"„Neutrality," Relig
,.,ions and Missions in India=Ellenborough's M
ice— ThePdithful ProtesteA=-11oebuck versus Nis
,
sions—Government Schools ira"lndia, and their
Probable Future—lndia and Vernacular. Educa
tion—Some Evangelization--;.4eter Hall- and
Sabbath Evenings—Open-Air
.Preaching--Green-
wick Park, and Lord Sado—Scotland and Lay
Rvangelista=A Revival Begun- 2 -" The British'
Eeangelist" The Queen 'at Cherbourg — The'
The'
Disabled Ofiker " and Sir Colin—A Postscript
Indeed.. ~
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The CLOSE OF THE SESSION of Parlia
ment-naturally suggests.many reminiscences
and reflections to our writers at the press..
One of them says : 44 it Ins:been an era of
Parliamentary surprises, disappointments;
and:paradoxes; of unexpected, defeats, and
of unanticipated triumphs; of Tory men and
Liberal measures; of. Indian, and main-
drainage discussions ;. of liberty extended,by.
the Bill on Oaths, and abridged by that on
Corrupt, Practices; of a minority in office
and an Opposition in power.
(t•When it opened, Lord Palmerston stood
at the head of
,a magnificent party, greater
than any that ever followed the, late Sir
Robert Peel,; and it was, with flippant con
gratulations that Mr. Bayter" (the Whig
"whipper-in,") uttered the well-remem
bered words: c This is something like a•maz
jority.' , Four hundred Liberals, ,returned
the general election of 1857, were arrayed
around the „Minister, who .had thoroughly
embodied the National spirit whert here-' sented the ferocious insolence of 'Chinese
officials at Canton.
"But • Lord .Palmerston had been too sue
,
cessfuli and from being popular, he endeav
ored- to beeome, •supreme. Something re
sembling ;the voice of a dictator was heard
iu the Heim of Commons, And added, to.
this,-(which.hrought down - on theßreinier,
the. bitter censures of his meat consistent
friends,) the fatal grenades of Orsini had
exploded, and if they failed to destroy Na;
poleon's throne, they indirectly overthrew' ,
Lord Palmerston's Cabinet." •
The Telegraph, a morning 'penny paper,
givei, in - the foregoing, a graphic - arid truth
ful account of the precursors of tbe advent
of Lord 'Derby's Cabinet to rimier. But as
a Liberal paper,•and with a strong hanker
ing after 'Valmerston still, it is constantly
decrying the present Administration.
did its best, along with the Times, to upset
it at the outset,-but the uountry would not
forgive e Palmerston eo readily. The, truth
is, it is well that he is ; Out for the ' present.
His:great merit it was to rally the National
spirit when the news of Crimean misman
o gement came home„ and to press- On the
.contest to a - successful' obnelusion. • But
-Coiztinenial i'olicy. was' not Satisfactory. He'
bullies and threatens the weak, but he nevev
acts. or strikes blowlorJiberty-against:des
potism, however he may declaim against it,
at times. A useless irritation is thus kept
up. : The -Tories recently have managed to"'
settle questions Which the Whigs trilled
. .
with, especially that of the Cagliari and
Naples,. and the imprisoned British Engi
neers.
The Times, in its review of the Session,
pays-a special' compliment to Lord 'llalmes
burY's dispatches and acts in this matter.
His reproachesofSpain for her `complicity
and dishonesty, as to Cuba and the slave
trade, were sufficient to reuse the contempt
ible Court ? "or' Cabinet, to tbreits Melia
tion which'have only , exeited-laughter here.
If ever Spain is 'humbled lby the 'United
States, no -one will pity her.
We have faith in your Cabinet that it wilt ?
not flinch ~from treaties- ' as to the suppression
of the slave.tracle. As to Spain, it is false
and corrupt, because Popish, to the very'
The country has gained much by the
strife of parties. The Conservatiieware fast
ceasing to be Tories, and , the concessions
.necessary for their very existence, made by
them in reference to the abolition of the
Priperty Qualification and, other matters,
indicate pretty clearly...that they will strive,
next Session, to outbidr',altnerstori, and,
please Bright and., his Merl& by a Reform.
Bill startling in its iiherality. It will; in.
deed,. be strange if the Tory,S,quirps , follow.
.Disraeli shonld,lie turn aside in that twitter
Ifrons,hispid. theories about the reprisenta
• Lion, of the land , and reverse his past ,, ideal
BIM
of strengthening the franchise of, the coun-
ties, and weakening the power of the bor
oughs. But he will adroitly manage it, I
expect, after all, and the Squires will follow
him after some recalculation, became they
cannot help it.
'The 13111 for the prevention of : Corrupt
PrSetioes at eleetions, has been so shaped
and modified, as i n-the event of a dissolution
of Parliament, by reason 'of any adverse
vote , , next year, to serve, the cause of the
Tories and,, of the landed aristocracy. It
makes it perfectly legal fora candidate to
pay the traveling eipenses of his voters,
and= thus `the "candidate with the longest
purse, id likely tolwiw the , day, Hei)iiirest,
Atlor :neatly , a ll the hackney earriMellend-.„
their owners' influeNe and votes,'`: with.those ni
of their friend's, will-g0,,0f l'
,eoiirse, the same
WR Y - _
Divas* 'ltuesel 'arid 'Patin *Craton- both
- voted - with the , Minietry, and against the` ex...,
treme Liberals; in.! this matter. The-first
vote given
„ ; by the newly-admitted Baron,
lothsehild,,was against this 'Corrupting
'Clause in" the Bill: 'By its operation, the"
abolition': of the Property Qualihoation fort
Members, will; in many cases, be rendered
of no practical
,
The House Of,„Lords has yielded very un-
,gracefally in the Matter of the Jews, but'"
has stoutly reaffirmed Its old 60iiiimis
question' of Vhiirdit * Rateii, retaining;
therit,) 'and the prohibition of marriage Witk :
a,.cleceased wife , sister. both cases; the'
majorities , averp almost as ; arge in, the statv, -
guo ConservatiVe sense on the one hand, as,'
were' thoie` of the :Common's, in the 'Liberal ,
sense, on the other. - ,
A seene in the House of Lords—if the'
performance, of a „single actor .can ,be so:''
called—was enacted by that obstinate Pre-'
late,.HenrY of Exeter. In the -4 1
course - ' of the debate,:the young Bishop of
Ripon (thwEvlngelical Bickersteth;nephew,
of, the late,Edivard Bickersteth,•Rector or
ottoo ,P.a4,,dectared; hie conviction,ithat
there was no had
prohibition of mar.' ,
riage with a deceased wife's sister. Where-,: ,
'upon the Bishop `of•Exeteri 'furious if not i :
foaming, leaped to his 'feet and expressed ,
his more than, surprise" at such a decla
ration, ,Ho said if the, utterer of it • had
been a clergyman only, he would have been,
liable to' be - called to adeount by his Bishop,-
and that 'it was shocking' to hear
L' one'who,
had actually sworn to the "anons of the
Church" -in-which.- these- marriages were .
forbidden; , _make statement. Canon-
Law seemed to be uppermost in Phillpot's
mind, not the Scriptural, authority, .or. (as I
consider,) the weighty argument•based on
the genergiprinciple laid down in the chap
ter of Levitieus, from which one verse is
usually quoted. The arguMent to which I
refer, was fully brought, out sonic years ago'
bathe _.North, British, Review, in, an, article
'from the pen :of pr:,Candlish, i diatinguished,
"by all the acuteness an`d'graip of his remark
able intellect. Bat the scene in the Lords,
is what I. am writing - about, not a vexed
question ,on which good men, differ. The
Bishop :of Exeter, in bis notice of the Bishop
of - Ripon's
,Speeeh, threw down the printed
copy of the obnoxious Measure on the floor`
of the Howie, hissing- ont, in his rage; the
words, 44 ThiS.wretched Bill!" The words,
and the accompanying expression of disgusy
ran thus: . "A faithful minister would, be
bound to declare that the "Sacrament, which
was necessary to silt:cation, if this wretched,
Bill" (here he threw on the-floor the copy `
--
of the bilk-which -he - held in his hand,)
".passed,, naiist - lwabandoned,l4,Teliery man
who should contract these marriages.'
The Bishep is a notorious bigot- For
long months, if not years; lie refitsed ite•
".conseerate"' the EpisCoial part nr °V rural
Cemetery - in his 'diocese, unless' a solid Wall
of separatiomwadset up' between it the,
soil in which the, heretical-Dissenters found
their unblessed resting place 1 ; ,,The law at
last brought the proud priest to his senses;
and he was cunning enough not to brave its
penalties. His, long Episcopate has been an
increasing incubus on ; the breast of - true,
•
Evangelism over ,a district in. England, .one
of the, loveliest and finest--asto its,physicat
aspect, ite!rich mineral treasures,,-itsmagnif='
'Went scenery, and itilabundant-harvests--:
in the United Kingdom.
EDUCATION AND MISSIONS in India have
had fresh light threwn 'On theiiqutire, since
'I last wrote: I refer, first, team' announce
meat,. by Laid Stanley, the Indian Minister,
Of strict adherence to " the ancient poll 31 , of
neutrality ins 'Matters' affeetinvieligion,
the,terms of Lord Ellenborough's 7 dispatch,
some months ago,_ in, which " all, persons in ,
authority were most earnestly cautioned not
to afford by their conduct, the least stispi-`
,
nion• that this policy 'undergone, or
would 'undergo, theleast alteration.
Mr. . Spooner and. Mr. Hinnaird, sue:
cession, expresstd : .;their grave apprehen z
slops • and dissatisfaction' at this announce
ment. Bothdiselaimed all idea of partiality,
hut both knew'ton well',' amnion - with the
Christian publid, that " neutrality " meant, •
hitherto, a coward /y concealment 'of Chris
.tianity, by - the Company, ,for, the, etike of, ,
filthy lucre. Even a }Endo° • writer 'has ,
said : "The People knew . , that th a Govern
ment is Christian one; let`it act` openly,
as truly 'Christian The People will never
feel themselves truly disappointed; Aheywill
only, admire it." Every body:knows that it.,
was not in, those stations in India, where
Christian efforts were countenanced by Gov
ernment `officials,that insurrection` took
place, although , apparently most exposed to
danger/ but in Cade, which win:destitute of
missionaries, ; and from the Sepoys, whose
instruction in Christianity was barred.
Mr. Spooner spoke, solemnly and imp es
sive y, thus .
' The noble Lord,had stated that neutrality' was
still`-to,guide and.govern' the -oonnails of India ,
with,regard At. religion, ,Now, if it, were ; meant
by "neutrality "'that that there "should neither" lie an
attempt to ()compel or bribe conversion , to-,Chris
tianity, and that,all religions should be treated.
with perfect ithpartiality, then he readilygranted
that that would be a right, liter of Conduct to pur.:.
sue ; but if, that, ere the meaning ',of the•noble ,
Lord, "neutrality" was not the proper term by
which to designate it (hearrhear:y On the other
hand, if it were not his meaning .then bet
ask whether the noble• Lord intended to declare
that it Was, a matter of indifference to a Christiati:
country and .goverinnent whether or,not • idolatryc,,
still prevailed in the large empire committed to
our care? Per bie'Pari he was'entiielY'a loss'
totseezhow theyonoldjustifyinmehristian assent,:
My, and Italie, the Far.Kestsion
,t4at we onip l t,to
neutral-upon the quietion whether an idoilitious
'iyptem continned; or whether thVllitidbas - 4ere ,
sufficiently. enlightened I to know the value; of the,.
Christian religion. If the proclamation" assured'
' 'the natives , of there should bilitsicont
v.'lll‘l6s.ll7 ii*FirfirencetATlAL tlieiMeilitiorfattittitikerg xK
should be , no, bribery, and no attempt to make',
converts by coercion; that they should be left en
tirely to 'the effect of the Word of God, and his
Spirit upon their minds, he had confidence enough .
in that Word and Spirit, ta leave them to do their
own work, and produce their own effects; but
whilst that was depleted, the proclamation ought .
also to express the full conviction of the govern- .
meat that Christianity Was the only. sound and
true religion; the i only method either
~to civilize
'or to make hippy the inliabitanti cif India; and at
the same- time the.only sure foundation by which
we could look for the, blesging of, Almighty God
upon our rule (hear, hear.) For many years we
had followed , "a very different aysterii hirthist coon-;
try.,We had guilty of .great crimesin India
(ber, hear;)e' 'and he.agreed with the noble Lord
the meMber. for 'Tiverton; whenhe itatekin a
manner ; that, bad ;pada* great upon
(ldr. SpoonerM mind his emrletion,thatlndia_
f
Was not' given ans indialito'gritiffr, s onrairibition
ofamatiorturitcirealliefortimeiil'qournerchani&c•
No ; there were grear r restionsibilyes : Ai
uilest;oineated. witti'itispasiiessicin and We `had
n d run. to thodaresPonsibilities'; , and'Outiee
For many years weilutd r uct merely ,preserved,the
neutrality of which „lie bad complained, bat we
'lad tictially'aurWited;)7eifieniaged, as phidlior'
.the maintenanee..,:ef, idolatrous ppl , actioes, nnd,
he were not wrongly informed; we were not quite
clear , of tthe? - of;d6ibg yet 7 (li 7 ear;• hear.) - '
,Therk,with respect,to the sabject,of=education in
the schools of India be had been, told that we did
not infer' obi minister ` of the '` Christian religion
to interfere in the teaching of those schools, whilst
we permitted interference on the part of that
Brahmins and' oilier'religiOl4 Castes 7 erilindoes,,
• The' Hon. 'Arthur Kinnaird 'coMplained
that-Lord Stanleyf s statement. was in contra
.
fliotion4o that of the,,,Piamier in the lerds'
who expressed his „anxiety to disciuneot
,the'
Government frour - Ihe 'xiiiinageeent of', en,
dowments to ''.l.lloaciiies °Teti He
'edntended , Jthato Christian !converta were - as.
well entitled ,as others to 4 Government ,etn=
pigment, Colonel, Sykes flied the / boldness
to get up and say
~(13fnig in his teeth ?) that
Christian converts - had nev er been- discoun*
teriarided :by` the CoMpany U. -;'
=The::malitnanti hate Of Roebuck againsti
Evangelism :name out strongly, when he said„
With a fopy And, ignorance ,only, equalled
audacity and impudence, 'that,'" his opinion,
was, that: greater } arld''indre - 'lsoeateial results
Would 4-ensue to the people of India, if ;4e.
endeavored to -govern them lipon :the princi-.
pies of justice, than if ; e attempted•toicre
ate so-called Christians and Christian
verts i by'missiou'aryiziug'' OD'
As E di/00101in India;' it' would' appear
from varion's 4 •in'dioationsi not made. in Par
liament that the, Government , - Schools in .
India may very pTobahiy 'be greatly modified,
and it If not impossible 'hut ibto'Siaiti
May, to the end , be Withdratirr front achkils
for' the -humbler 'elegies' 'of ' Milauitnedans
and Hindomy arhile r • as ~L ord, l llenboriiiigli
recommends, native Princes may he min
cated in Colleges., established for the „pur
pose, and commissions in the army . after,
Wards preeented them.' • '
-• The complaint of missionaries hashitherto
been, .that the- Government ..-,,School, sanc
tioned the use of the Shatters and the Koran,
while it Withheld
,the Bible. _Bat notwith-
standing the keeping back of thei Christian
Scriptitrei, the very teaching of titie'Science
in the schools; upsetting, as it beeissarily
did; the; absurd cosmogony which , -forms an
enential part Hindooism, led to.the sus
picion of proselytism, ,So that, ,as, I haye
said, we may see Government ceasing to
subsidize sehools'in order' to'appiar "'neu
tral,'- and if so i a Natiohal san wilt be
practically -abjured and repented , . of;mbile
the Missionary Schools all over India—al
ready' so Popular, and 'every where more
attractive than the - Goverrinient"
will become morecroirded thin ever:' •
Elleuboroughißoebuekiethoogonus own e,
would gledly deport from India evify:Plcris
tien .missionary , and eehOokrouster. A3Ut.
neither their nor yet the gates - of
hell, shall sgainit God and his
Anointed-1 •
CHB;ISTIANTEIiNACTILharEDWATion for
India t one l of, the i greaty necessities, of , the
day.. 4 Society luts,been: formed for its ad:
vaneement on a catholic and EVangelieal
bags, with' Lord ShaftsEeiry and' Sir Calling
Eardley,' as its Vice nritriber
of retired' Indian 'ofEdeis; of-llate Tiincipule
of • .Missienaryoollegesi,-;:klarshmani ,ot,Cal
,outta, the4Fetherin i law of a thuiate pp,R,erat
the ',Seeitiaries"ef'theßible' r.
t. • • • • r • at , • •
Tract, Heine and'Colanal,
„Clint - eh, Wes: ,
'cyan,' London, Baptist, and Mis
sionary =Societies, with.;- (Jamming
and Hamilton form the Comniittee..- The
Secretary is H. 0, Tueker, Bengal Civil
Seriice—one I
'the lattAtvelve seine lifiadee 4 the
frown of ..the galcutia Ocktncililfovhis CVi is.
tianfidelityma zoo.: The lollowing:rgdmi
railie sentiments, . , „uttsance r p„pnlY
tareive months ago by the late Bishep,Virit
sou, in 'the oailledrarat OaitnititiNite printed
it knell tapitaleen "-every
":occasional paper" iiisuediby the %Chrisiian
Vernacular Education ; Society, forlindia
UnitY,extd love prevail ,tke:4lifferant
divisions of - the Protestant family. We no longer
inaintein tile 'old eieffital
men are not co ! •operete for anything, tut they
agree in every thing. We now hold the antasonis 7
tie and'true'' maxim that 'Chifstian• men should
act ,together. so far as they are agreed!'
The-,last,:paper sets forth the, claims of
India, with ,its one..hundyedAnd,eighty it mil-:
lions sours, Speakino,9?,,..urieere,.,distinct
guiges, besides inlerols "viidely (tient . ;
dialeUts. It quotes loidP Of an' .zitellt
gent ;Ilindoo observerileterrinkto the G-of-'
ernment ;'_neutrality",system.:-lEdualition
must be carried on, on a sounder { systensi
and religion must he ,fo,stsred. Dou:t turn
India from Idolatry Atheism ." . It aliu,
quotes the forcible` language of the 'Cordinie:
sioner off` the *Southol districte',! with regard
to the •mistaken policy of the Oovernment,
as having " made- us appear, ea<cowarde be
fore men, and traitors , to our God!!
It is next indicated * that" the whold4 num
ber of niissiebary Pupils is only eighty
eand, or than= three a s thousand
of those .who, are of, a schootgoing, age!
Tracts ,of of, country larAs Russia may',
easily be traced on tle map of India, with-*
out si single Christian`'
Tens of inillibmi‘-!ofAßritiih
never had; a° single louris Christian inetniii
tion, from either teaoheror preacher.
The exietieg, missionary bodies cannot
supplyo - the wa n t, for, it link Wee shown that:
as missions apand; a`leitinaiiitteis'propor
tioe of Ifieirmnieses is gitren'th flohools for
the heathen.".. 33esides,1 it would ~ require
half a million SA4Pitt/V supply-with one
instrttpior ever A/ay 134clig ihildiep
t The'obnolusiort, therefore,
is, We milk igienatke:i th this gr '
eat'
sibAY4:4litifralintrkitieriA
forfthehmaiteeteentistibelintheihosintverhaet T
WRltitai.P Its.govi*D „insitettil
Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut,
By Mail, or at the Mee, $1.50 per Year, t BRE PROSPECIT 6.
Delivered in the City, 1.75 " "
MEE
WHOLE NO. 310
mother tongue ; iri" Ireland' ' it' trusted to
English;. and what a lesson'ilas,the differ
ence of the result,teach !"
With vernacular translationwofthe Bible,
and a supply of a variety of cherip:tihristiart
SOlirsolbooks and pure litemtizr4 s iiid by
raising up living native teachers. iii, e the
training of normal schools, it is hoped great
- things maybe accomplished. It itopropoeed
tir *tab' ish a ' Vernacular ' Training School
„in,esolaresidemay m endAc,,,ald
° Apse, schools
of this class already in existence. 'TO re
print' viirmiciar Christian boa's and trans
lations of the Bible, is another , important
object. " When-once a book has been well
Itraxiilated.'into any. ; particular , language of
ifiallia,"itAvilllta kckealch -eas,,.and in!PrOYing
arpopmti,..o ! tajnr i naty c e p ,sAdioniatic Tun
t , lr t . larts „inAll 1! , 1"(11:11* 0 0811/1" all C rt , , 7l
11,s -L iau)tillari -to "bible, Illissionait 'and
1 Tfiet Sossietiee,lthii flew Association; under
cthe; Ditinelblessing, bids fair to prove .very
usefnljsand,will o Lam sure, be ettendedorith
the best wishes-of the. friends of, missions in
the United States. i ' ' ..
- 4. ,
,'Pnriting- to . HOME EVAN , ifigI it IZAFION I
iii
there much t o cheer and en c ourage. 'By
' Noveinher. T riejf, th e magnificent nave of St.
Patirii'tis* niSialenis,,'yriltiTs'liad,e ready
' "for'the accommodation of 'twenty-five hun
dred 'persons: - Liberal •Mitsidriptions 'have
flowed -, in for the neeemeiry , eipenses.it At
i , Exeter Hall, every Sabbath e,vening,,,pious
,and able clergymen of the flisurob
,of Aug
latia are M
preaching ille' mimes- flkfC• r tiatt
- Of 'the 'Liturgy hi used, arid thins '"'sservine,"
f , pioperlYand legally spelkinObeirigavOided,
the.atill'ogrowlingmind it,hreatenitig parish
incumbent is set at defiance kni,Aos, disgrace
,._iattempts to.impede a free 4°641. The
preachere Include RI?, Molyneux, Maguire,
Goodheart,, linetilt• aro all Evangelicals and
Calvinillikiles'afin. ''i n- '
1 . .., . 7,9.,:`:Pi.! •• ii ' . . ,• ,31 ,a
g piq .9P.T.Tit i blipernnlias on ~
AMlred
and. 'fifSTA.
ty,
,preachers;: all - l aymen, engaged
' every , „l,,ord's `day in various parts 'of- the
• 'nfetrepoliii: in- otlier , diatrices milliliters col
. lect •crovidoirr the , afternoons of theiSibbath.
~ ./1t ; ;.W . ,andswor,th,,„ten miles from; London,
~ the Rector, of .Battersea takes hifiniii tc r r ith
ilai,'Distienting , m inister .` " 1.4' Gfeench
"Park, a constilit'euticeission of Sabbath even
: ieg 4 SerVidei Aiisis'obefen` singularly *blessed.
!The pions- and Evangelical Lord: Haddo,
• the eldest son nf l Lord Aberdeen, who is
Ranger of ihe Park, (an henorary office
conferred by the Crown, along' with . a reel
denee,)
,earnest encourage s the good work.
In front'eltherßoykt L Exiiiiagl; in pres
nnce Of the 'Lord' Mayor, "and' un i fier the
'manakin of the Bishop .of '`Londoni.eiiinest
:clergymen address , a Multitude •eyery i Lord's
, dayevenipg,
,feom, i klie,,q,eps •of dila c great
Emporium 014,4 weeid'is - commerce,, on
whose front ii'engrayliii I'M:sentence; "The
earth hi thiktinil'inri'd the &Brien thereof."
Special prayer-Wdetings have been held
at 'Brietek'sold''Eniiiy Other' platcels; for the
•drevival of" - religion:' In Scotlandothe lay
Evangelista, fortherlydescribed, (gentlemen
of, rank,) ,are still• carrying on, their great
work. ~,Mr. Atwill, a gentleman
. editerially
connected iiitlithiEvangelical press of New
York;'ifter aritifiesing whit is going on in
England, has said that areal revival is begun.
The second number Of the, " Burnell
.
EVANGELIST"Iicit before me,' Its ivowed
object is to promote " unity , 'zeal; andietivity
in the . 'Oki/satin - Chinches; induidvineing
'the 'knowledge and love lot' Christ in• the
world." It has been originated by , two
Yorkshire. lay gentlemen, one, the son of Dr.
,Boothro,yd, the COmmentator, and the other
a 'manufacturer" iii' ituderefield. It is mainly
dreditedby the Rev: J.H. Wilson, Of Aberdeen,
.whose. name' will al ways , ' he associated with
7 the "Jtagged - Chnroh' , movement, and-who
is on /eavei.soto i speak, for a time, from the
Northern city, to rouse the Lendosi Chris
tiarisTo aggressive inovements on the teeming
inyu:iids`cif tile nietropOlie. 'The subject of
revivals Occupies a . prominent place. Of
three articles -on•this point, one is by the
editor; 7anotherby Mr. Herbert, a country
Rector;". a• third by: myself lighexpeotedly,
- ..1 fq 1 ,4:A31 01 1 Piiittied:k.:o4neiTolffOrt to
it adyance t ehrise i s,lringsieni.,,Ftmire securing
iirnitiiliiittra u fr l oln lirth:i sections ktliti one
' eilhOli l iir*Obtireh; 'slid God is'giving the
riuglibisitiOn' favor, Which we trust, under
t God; will , increase, till it is an established
and,recognixed•agency for great usefulness.
"Rive us time," says the editor, " and with
:Galli blessing, our Magazine, Whiiih is
. .un'i44,l,:ii , lll 'do the work of an Eiiiingelist,
Ao thethontie,if our common Lord,4nd the
ei!ievivalt of:the Christian Church."
1 ! ArrTIXX - ; QtrEEN ' ili CHERTMIII3O, with Peers
*maid 'Commoners in her train i received with
salutes from French fleet and batteries, Lord
Lyons in ..a magnificent line-of-battle ship,
and the DukepfMalakoff his guest; crowds
repairiOi, cs . the:*grarad - Opening of the, docks,
and the inauguration Of the statue of Napo
leon ' 1.-itush is the present position of
vidFairs serespects England and France. I
(,trust;hat the•Queen'oviait will be over-ruled
~for good, andtliat this, fresh addition to the
i jo?wer . , of yrarkee will n ot end in an insane
attempt at the invasion 'which would react,
' iiith."`Euinoturposieit; on him who would
, attempt it...... .. 1 - ... ,
Allic "X - Drisitliati''Ornomt," ittriried from
ehdiav writer at 'length in the ' Times, against
‘,ethe .slow , movements and over,cautious strat
s.:Ndof§iscoß. -91110,.01-Re.2.,xgre,..mgmd
the fears, of many, m India- ;L:ne,/Intes
13 1
)14 e . ` “defends Sir Colin :' ' ''' j.: W •
Iv 121.-; .;Ld ..• .4e.oft .., • ..' i_i_, ..I..A_
. 0.- 6 ;uty .remseript, this suwe--uie a
'ladfil'iliiikire-Lietlie best of Ili letter; for it
conveys, or - rather gives, one of a million
jubilant lltatitioes ori!lthe glorious news,
which• yeaterday electrifittl :the -Kingdom,
• namely,., that the Atlantic Cable Apw con
.rieotsobe two. great -,ArsgloSsixon ) ,ttetions
'and` "cOnntiies. Thie, WA 4 Ai; - harvest
I'
nelliber . and riiiigitindS Onakes
7
l' s4liiieatia'gli/lAti)ivntelity`thiiikthD 'Among
; other noblei sentiments ,of this daeselligne,s,
i nowY..eXPTeasod, are..the following,:' 'f Nor
can : any, regard wit indifference the ,peel
do t: in ' Which; tke Atlantic Telegraph has
placed us wit regard "ro the great Amer
! 4 Man , Rismiblic. , It bas hill undone the Dec. .:Aeration lof 17176; , anit/gorsei far.to make us
,-once Igainiril:l-spite of owitelvesi one people-
To the ties of a coßrarin.4:lo, li . ktiginge,
andreligion; to the intirritto ape eAtion in
i iiiiiiP'''' , „;and '',9ou'idOl 4 6 , B' 14 4 4
_,,P r ' so i .
- I: 2 4PAY#S anNeatas i s. nOW-1, 11 5 1 9M 1 I dae 4OPU IS Y 01
Anstantaneonsi communicationi. which must
tgiyotolidl these "tendencies 'to unity an in
i!tellittilryibier thiii kiSf 0 L betfiiie 'could pos
t i c i4.,ft•-„Dieliiiirte . ftavi” ifoile up q . from
q pc ,„,.,•.11 n ~),......,.,.... vef •:,
0‘;'141. 4 1N1. 1 .g5. . AR/40A •
1 I , rew nosi et! *. .