.•! : ) §anitti:::gttti.:.....Abtoitatto .. PITT BU GH, - SEPTEMBER 11, 1868. inicamso— 11.50, la advance; or is Mittel 01414 ore delivered at residences of Subsoil* beret $1.15. See Prospeetus, on Third Page. IW-A34.11 ../1011111 be proiapt; A little while before the year expires, that we salty seeks full arrangeMenta fora steady supply. THU SURD 1 91/D.APPi4Ii Indleatos that we ieslre a renewal. If, ,howeven in the - haste Of stalling, this signal should be omitted, We hope ear friends will still not forget us. ELltnitilidifirgir—Seald payment by safe fiend* when convenient. On send by ntall, enclosing with ordinary @Arnaud troubling Embed ^ yerith a knowledge of what - Yon are doing. Per a large amount, mad a Draft, or lerge note.. Tor one mini., papernsend Oold or eniell Rots"' TO ll&KZ CHANGE, Read postogo Alta=pig or lbotior rood for Atom' papirs; ray $lll or Sov,osity ovonbars, or $1 for Thirty.throe araiibors. all Lotter, and tiosautualcatioas to RSV. DAVID McKEINIGT, Pittsburgh, Ccirraos ENDOWMENT.—A second arti cle on this. subject will appear; nest week. MELLEIC ACADEMY --This Institution, under the care of Bev. J. E. Alexander, sends forth its Annual Catalogue ; pupils, sixty.one. CHESTNUT LEVEL, PA., presents an ex cellent opening for a minister, or other Chris tian scholar, who would wish to take charge of a literary institution. See advertisement of Rev. Lindley C. Rutter. UNITED Blom= IN. CHRIST.—The Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Mis.- glans or this religions denomination is before us. The missionary spirit seems to prevail largely. A summary of the agents employed and the work done, &0., would be an im provement to the doortment. AN IwyrrAilow.—The Session of the Presbyterian church of Marion, through Rev. Alex. S., Marshall, present their ear nest desire that the members of the Synod of lam meet on Wednesday, at 7 o'clock P. M., in order to spend a day in confer ence and prayer with the congregation, pre vious to the stated meeting of Synod. STRONG LANGUAGE.—The article on first page, over the signature of gl A." is timely. Let writers and speakers, as well in comer nation as in public, and those also who lead in pritier, heed it." Extravagance in theruse of words, is rapidly making our language to beeome a very indefinite medium of thought, and is even, by misappropriation, depriv ing its of terms .by which to express the re ally great and grand. A elm TO THE PEOPLE.-" lOTA " asks that all the churches in the Synod of lowa, engage in , prayer on the evening of• the Synod', meeting, to pray. Doubtless the re quest will be heeded. And may not the suggestion be made as extensive as the call for the 'meetings of Synods twenty-four hours in advance of their appointed time T Let all the people pray. This will be a concert: Scripture 'Baptism. • We are pleased to learn that the first edi tion of two thousand copies of Fairchild on Baptism, has been already sold, and , that a new edition is in progress. We should be pleased to hear of the sale of a similar num bar eveiy.eix months, for a. long time to come. The work is worthy. The Board of Publication have also, we understand; ordered the "Great Supper," by the same author, to be translated into German. This is a judicious movement, for Which many will calf the Board blessed. :Seminary- of the North West. By the Constitution of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary for the North West ) the Board of Directors is required to meet prior to ,the -annual meeting of ,the several Synods. The Board is, therefore, called to meet . in the city of Chicago, on Tuesday, the 14th day 'of September, at 9 A. M.; No. 19 Portland Block. A full_ attendance is requested. ,S. T. WILSON, 4 Important Notice. One nember after the present, will ter minate the sixth year of the Presbyterian Banner. , Many subscriptions will then ter minate. A prompt renewal, a full renewal, ands large increase are vastly important. Our brethren; the pastors and elders, are most earnestly -requested to make up large lists, and to forward - them without 'delay. Where they hold thethselves responsible for the , payment shortly, we cheerfully , send at their request, to part or even to all the names in their list. Western Theological Seminary. The Bdard of Directors of the Western „ Theological Siminary, will meet in the Lec ture-Boom of the First Church, Pittsburgh, an Thursday the 23d day of September next, at two o'clock P. M. ' W. B. MitLvainx, Secretary. The Board of Trustees of the Western Theolqieal Seminary; will meet in the Leo. ture•Room of the First•Preabyterian °Maul), Pitteburghi on Thuniday, the 23d day of September niat,,at two o'clock P. M. FRAI4O/8 Q. sdl L EY, President. An Invitation. Upon consultation with a number of breth. raw connected with -this, and the adjoining Synods of Northern Indiana and Cincin nati, in , behalf of the church of Richmond, I take the liberty to invite the brethren of those Synods to meet in the Presbyterian chureh of this place, on Wednesday evening preeeding the meeting of Synod, for the purpose of prayer and - conference in regard s revival of religion in all our churches. 3S:-.Brethren,upon arriving in the city, will Emma go immediately to the church, on Fifth. Street, one square. South of Mein, •wbaiwiltheywfßiind a committee in waiting, *stsassign them suitable lodging plices, r. F. Small Pastor. Riallassiii, la., Sas. sth, Id& A few weeks ago, we drew the attention of our clerical readers to the 'character of the publications of the Messrs T. and T. Clark, of Edinburgh; and according to proin ise we return to this subject again, with the view of commending the great work of Ben gel, which has now been rendered into Bog lish, and - issued by this judicious and enter prising firm. " It is leell known, that not withstanding the great amount of rationalism and downright skepticism which abounds among professedly theological writers in Ger many, still the literature of the German Church is rich in the possession of sterling works of an Evangelical character, which may be used not only with 'safety, but with great advantage, because of the wondrous amount of information which they contain, and their great auggestiveness. The Ger mani mind s not superficial. The literary men and theologians of that land do not hurry all their everyday thinking into print. They are toilsome and patient in the collec tion of materials, and with an untiring in dustry they will plod along, arranging their matte, and adding to it, from all available sources, until generally all information that can be collected on their subjects, will find its place either in the text, or in the annota= tions of their works. This characterific of German.writers is not a mere modern growth. It is an obvious trait in their productions, from the Reformation downwards. Con joined with this - remarkable patience in re search, the older German writers often die played an'unusual power of condensation; so much, indeed, was this brevity of expression and accuracy of terms sought after, that in writers like Bengel, a short sentence, a clause, and even a word, was made to convey a large amount of information. The great object of the Edinburgh publishers is to make such judicious selections from the modernliterature of the Continent as shall give the mere English reader the really valu able and safe productions of the, Evangelical mind of Germany, and in order to afford an opportunity of procuring the best of the\ older Continental works on criticism, the celebrated " Gnomon" of the renowned Bengel, is now issued from the press. This Critical Commentary on the New Testament, was originally published in A. D., 1742, and ever since it has been grow ing in the estimation of the learned. Not withstanding modern scholarship has been exceedingly industrious in the department of Exegesis, yet Bengel still stands forth in the front rank, and in seine respects he is superior to all his compeers. His brevity is only equalled by his perspicuity, and as a modern writer observes,. be "condenses more matter into a line than can be extract. ed from pages of other writers." Hence modern readers are required to watch his sentences under the conviction that neither clauses nor words are introdueed.to round a period. He was deeply imbued with a de vont reverence for the Written Word of God, and his object throughout all the work, was to educe the true meaning of the in- President of Board. Bangers Gnomon:* spired authors. On certain passages his leanings were to the side of an Arminian interpretation; but the present edition is from the hands of a learned and accurate Editor, who rejects the doctrines of Armin ians, and consequently if there were any danger to which a reader would be exposed by the criticisms of Bengel himself, the bane is counteracted by the accompanying antidote. After all, we attach no more im portance to the few passages in these vol umes that savor of Arminianism, than we do to the paragraphs in the work of Hackett on the Acts of the Apostles,, in which he sustains the views of the Baptists. We are quite sure that the latter work will never convert any of ourintelligent ministers or licentiates to the eystem of Anti-Pedobap tism, and we are equally confident that the interpretations of Bengel 4111 the subject of freewill are not likely to lead any students to reject the proposition that Goa had a sov ereign purpose in the kingdom of grace as well as in the kingdom of nature, and that his sovereignty, is not equally supreme in both. The necessity for the present edition arises from the fact, that many ministers and oth ers who might be greatly profited by this work,' are not able to read Latin fluently, and even when, after tedious labor and applica tion, such persons gather up his meaning in a general manner, still they miss the accu racy of his statements, and lose the point of his judicious criticisms. The publishers have laid all such pereons, and indeed the religious public generally, under a great obligation; by their preparation and issue of this, magnifieent work'. Three able scholars, distinguished alike for their theological and classical learning, in addition to the learned Editor, have been engaged on the transla tion. The Rev. J. Bandinel, M. A., of Wadham College, Oxford, translated the Preface, and the Notes on St. Matthew. The Rev. J. 13ryce, late of Aberdeen, in Scotland, translated from .Romans to He brews, inclusive ; and the Rev. Dr. Fletch er, Trom James to Revelations, inclu sive.;' while the Editor, the Rev. Andrew R. lausset, M. A. of -Trinity College, Dub lin, translated from 'Mark to Acts, inclu- , sive. Mr. Faueset also revised the la labors of his associates, and holds himself responsible for. - the substance of the whole work. His qualifications for undertaking such a task are of a high order. Any man who, like him, passed through the whole classical curriculum of Dublin University, who gained a, Scholarship, and who rose to the rank of Senior Classical Moderator, who made himself known a*. a successful • * GNOMON OF THE' NEW TESTAMENT. By John Albert Banged. According to the Edition origin ally brought out. by his son, M. Ernest Bawd ; sad subsequently completed by J. - C. P. Mended. With . Corrections and Additions from the . Ed. Secunds of 1759. 'Vol. 1., 'containing Preface and Notes on Mat. thew, translated by Bee. James Bandinel, AL A., of Wadhant. College; Oxford;-and the -Notes on Mark, - translatid by the Editor, the Rev. -Andrew R. ,Faursrt;eM., A. T. O. .0.„ Curate Middleham, Durham % Esp., - pp. - 577. - Edin burgh : T. ft T. Clark : Philadelphia Bing/irk it CO. 1859. I • I 6, • I AND ADVOC A. 7 El. Editor of Terence, Homer, and Livy, will be esteemed . by those who know any thing of the Dublin University course, as a pro found' and accurate Master of Classical Sci ence. Mr. Fausset has conferred an addi tional value on this edition, by annexing Notes explanatory of Bengel's meaning, where his brevity is likely to leave his meaning obscure. Where Ben gel differs from the received Text, the Editor has, in such passages, given the authorities, viz, : MSS., Versions and Fathers on both sides, leaving the decision to the reader, except where the probabilities are obviously on one side. Then again a yalnable claw of Notes have been added on the differences'of Greek Synonyms, in which Mr. Fausset gives the true distinctions and meaning, and the Appa vitas at the end of the work contains a great mass of learning connected with the MSS. and Vf l ersions used in constructing the Text, and with the .quotations of the Fathers of the first four centuries, which bear on the same subject. We have only to add, tbat the paper and printing of this great work, which occupies five volumes, are alike creditable to the fame of the Messrs. Clark. The American Agents are Smith, English & Co., of Philadelphia, who are prepared to supply the American market with this learned Commentary, on the most reasonable terms, and we trust that its circulation in 'our country may be commensurate with its well•deserved and long•established fame. "The Action Approved." Under this caption, the .Presbyteriatt says : , 44 The newspapers of our Church have .ahnost all spoken on the late action of the Board, of Do mestic Missions, and, with but one exception, have approved the decision to retain the office of Associate Secretary." 'Well, the newspapers do not always ex. press the sentiments of the churches; and it is something if there is even one journal through which the, mind of pastors and elders, as put kith by the General Assem bly, can still find utterance,. and in which the rights of the churches are advocated. But the fact is, that, since the first effect of the Presbyterian's very partial report of Board's proceedings, and since the send.. ments of ministers and people have come to. be somewhat known, the papers have said but very little on the subject. It will, then, be time enough for the Presbyterian to declare the opinions of the newspapers, when they shall, themselves, have uttered them. Oar contemporary says, further " The largest donors to the Board are the strongest advocates of continuing the office. The churches in New York are the most liberal givers, and yet the greater part, if not all the pastors there, strongly disapprove of:the efforts to oust the Assistant Secretary; and. in these views we know the New York laymen sympathize." Now, the Presbyterian's access to . the sources of information, as to matters in New York, is much more easy than ours; but Still, we doubt the correctness of the state ment. We are informed, on credible author ity, that some of the largest•giving pastors and churches in New York sustain the As sembly and the Executive Committee,` in their efforts at retrenchment. And why should they not? They wish their gifts to be effective for good, anti they have confidence in the Committee's judgment, expressed by their vote, that the office is not needed. And they have no idea of sustaining a sine cure, or forcing upon the churches 'a meas ure after it shall be known to. be unaccept able. And farther ; it is not always wise to de fer to the largest givers, for they sometimes know the least about an effective practical use or their gifts; and sometimes it would even lj far better to want their donations than to abide by their advice. But, happily, this class of benefactors are oft'times the least disposed,.of all men, to dictate. They give to the cause without prescribing to the thousands of minor donors, and without trammeling the dispensers of their bounty. The' Presbyterian • wrongfully charges the "largest donors," regarded as a class. And we cannot but think that our contem porary's whole statement is a mistake.' It seems to be•of apiece'with its late "question whether there be a dozen ministers in the Church" who approve of our course; when it were have known that, really, there were a dozen, if not twenty ministers just in its own city, whose strong.desire is to accom plish the end at which we aim. The Pres. kyterian is so deeply self interested in this matter, its conductors drawing their thou- Kinds, annually, from one ,of the Boards, that it ,ought not even to venture its testi mony. It may argne its cause with all its ingenuity, but it should not attempt to take the stand as a ititnese•bearer; And further ; ,the boasted "personal in• terconrse" kept up with the churches through the Associate Secretary, possesses not the great value whiCh is sometimes claimed for it. On this question, look at facts. Ask the Corresponding Secretary,' and the 'Ex. ecutive Committee, what benefits have thus resulted, during the three years of the office. Examine the Records of the business twans• actions, and search also the Rome and For eign Record for the information`- deriVed from this intercourse, and 'for the action thence inaugurated, and for the fruits thence resulting. Ab, there is nothing there to satisfy. Ask, then, the six hundred and ten missionaries, and the some fifteen hun dred other pastors, and the three thousand three hundred and twenty-four churches, hoW many of them have been visited, and what have been the happy results. An occasional 'favorable word you may hear, but, alas, what , a responsive silence; or stern negation The Presbyterian's expression—" efforts to oust the Assistant Secretary "—quoted abode, is a very great misrepresentation. The effort, by the Assembly, and under _its direction, by the working portion' of the Board, has been, not to:oust the man, but to abolish the office, and that because the office is not needed. It has been a practical sin- El= Hence we may rationally hope that the aetion"-whieh shall be tg approved," when the subject shall have been fully investi gated—approved by the wealthy as well as by the poorer churches, and by the few dozens of larger donors, as well as by the many ten thousand smaller contributors, will be' the action of the last Assembly, and which was attempted to be carried out by the business Board, and for which the one journal still pleads. The North Carolina Presbyterian. This journal has a very able correspondr ant, who urges upon it the fact that the As sembly's proposition to the Board of Do mode Missions, relative to the abolishing of the Associate Secretaryship was an ex .pression of the Assembly's will, which should have been obeyed. The argument is unanswerable. But the North Caro/Ina tries to shelter itself thus: The issue made between our correspond• eat N. M. K , and the editors of the North Carolina Presbyterian, is whether the res olution of the Assembly was a command or a suggestion. .It is entirely unnecessary foi us to enter into an argument on the subject, as we find the folloviing in the Presbyterian of the 24th ult.:: .4 It the reports of the Assembly's proceedings are not wholly false the editor of the Banner; who was a member Of the body, expressly said that the motion was by no means to abolish the office, but fo refer the matter to the consideration of the Board, for their judgment of the expediency of dispensing with it." We have examined the Banner to see if this statement was denied by the editor. As he has not done so, we hold it to be con clusive on this point, be being the Chair man of the committee which presented the resolution. The Pr 4 sbyterian's remark we supposed that we bad answered several times, not by direct contradiction, but by a fair statement of facts; which, to the candid mind, is al ways more satisfactory. But we must ie spon d again. • The particular words we used in the ar gument in the Assembly, we cannot recall. They certainly were not those attributed, to us above. We say certainly, because they do not express the idea we endeavored to convey; and we have the credit of com monly speaking with much plainness. The whole question was argued by us and others, and toted on in the Assembly, on the ground that the office was not needed as an agency among the churches, the Systematic Scheme having superseded it. . Dr. Breckinridge then took the ground that the work of the ob'lce (at Philadelphia; as we understood him,) was too great for any one man to perform. We responded that it was not; that the work could be done by one man, and had been done by by one man, and well done; but that if the Board thought that NOW the office-work could not be done hy one man, the resolution was not an injunction, and they could retain the 1 officer. - ' The ground taken in the Assembly, by the advocates of the resolution, was most clear 'and distinct, that the i Secretaryship, as an, Agency, was . not needed, and should not be continued. This was a matter which the Assembly, representing all the churches, could well decide. The office-work they could not so well judge OL . This matter they left to the Board, though with a very strong expression of •opinion, as is olear from the resolution itself, and from the ar guments used and the vote which followed, that. even there, there was no need for a second Secretary. The resolution, and the arguments upon it, pro and con., left no room for the shadow of a doubt, but that it was the Assembly's will and wish thot the office should be discontinued; unless, per Wince, there was some indoor need, which the Board might regard as important, but of which the Assembly knew nothing. If there was such need, the Assembly would not be unreasonably imperative. This in door need now confessedly does not exist. Hence the Assembly's will should have been executed, by dispe,nsing with the office. The North ;Carolina, will be:so kind as to set this matter right. What Shall be Done • A dissatisfaction with the expensiveness of our Church Agencies, has existed- for years. It is , a growing emotion, and it must increase with every effort to enlarge the amount of the collections!, and to multiply the number of contributing churches. livery sermon, and every address, and every tract, and every circular and newspaper article, urging the duty of giving; that giving is a grace; that all must give who would perform acceptable worship; that -the ,poorest must give= ali thiti directs attention to the sacred ness of the fund; mikes the multitude look after it to see .What is accomplished, induces prayer for its fpitfulness, and must certain ly, if there is any ground to suspect waste fulness in one channel, induce donors to ,either withhold or to direct their gifts into another channel: The members of the last General Assembly, many of them, observed this feeling to grow just as they made efforts to extend Systematin Benevolence, and; to obviate the evils we have noted, as -well as to discharge a sacred duty, they sent down their proposition to the Board. Something was needed to be done; and something must be done. The churches are not to be thwarted in their good purposes by those to whom they.haVe committed a sacred trust. Their feeling was long kept almost sup pressed, as to its utterance, by a,pointed use of the terms, " croakers," " fault finders," &a., &c., but it has become too, strong and too well founded any longer to dread such epithets: It put down the Traveling Agency system ; and • now it demands that a need less Secretaryship shall be abolished, whether the officer shall travel as a collecting agent, or as a supervisor of vacancies, missionaries, pastors, or what not. Presbyterians have been wont to regard the Presbyteries as the supervisors, in all these respects; and they Will not tolerate an innovation. The Board' of ' Domestic Missions is founded on the true Presbyterian principle. The Presbyteries look up their own vacan cies, fig the missionary circuit,: (it being One congregation or more,) name the man to be appointed, and suggest the amount of aid desired, provided the state of the funds will authorize its appropriation. This is their work, in their own held ; and the mission aries, as well as the mission churches, are parts of themselves under their watch and care. Whenever, then, the Board employs a Secretary to look after these things, the Presbyteries may justly complain; first, of the interference, or the unauthorized sur veillance; and next, of the waste of funds in tbe way of salary and traveling expenses. Feelings not uncommon, are expressed in the following letter, intended for our col umns, from a worthy pastor DeAlt DOCTOR set out in my ministry with a determination to do all that I could is order to have my "people" give of their substance for carrying on the operations of our Church through the respective " Boaids." Personally, my inter est in the Board of Domestic Missions has always been lees than in the others—from what I have been able to ascertain with reference•to its operations; but I made no exception of this Board in the determination referred to above. The Minutes of the General Assembly will show that thus far this determination has been car ried out. But now .I am "in a strait." I wish to adhere to this determination, and yet I am very unwil ling to ask my people to contribute to the trees sury of the Board of Domestic Missions, in the face of the fact that no inconsiderable portion of the funds contributed to that treasury must be paid out to an officer who is declared to be um ; necessary by the Executive Committee of that Board, and for whose services, in his present po isaint', I verily belleie there is no oall. Can my , self and- church do this : contribute to the funds of I that Board, with the distinct understanding that the contribution is to be used for the purposes of the Board other than that of paying the salary or expenses of the Associate Secretary T Is the Board required to regard the designation of the donors, or do you think it would regard such designation? If you can confidently answer " Yes," to these questions, it will, I am persuaded,- relieve more than one pastor and church from a difficulty. The feeling in this region is very strongly against the action of the Board in continuing Dr. Hap peraett, and 'I am afraid will lessen the contribu tions. Your argument about " giving a little more because of the leak hole," is not appre ciated. Wishing you success in. your attempts to lighten the Board of its Associate Secretaryship, I am, Yours, truly, CENTRAI. 01110: This feeling exists very extensively; and the effort to brave it out, by the Presbyterian. newspaper, and by " the largest donors," (we have, in another column, expressed the opinion, that "the largest donors" and the "liberal churches" are misrepresented by the Presbytertan,) is very unwise. It - should be heeded. It should be obviated. The expense should be curtailed. It doubt less will be, ere long, if the churches shall urge their demand. Let, then, the Board be enabled, by the Church's liberality, fully to sustain all the missionaries, while she uses theriruly legitimate means for effecting the desired reformation. To the inquiry of Central Ohio," we reply that, there is no reagon for the slightest doubt but that the Board will religiously re gard the daignation' of the donors, in the appropriation of any funds entrusted to them. We conclude by suggesting that the rich ministers and rich elders, who insist so strenuously upon retaining the office of As. sedate Secretary, shall give an extra' dona- tion to the Board, equal to the amount of the incumbent's salary and expenses') and shall let the fact of their bounty be known, 'without delay. They will thus obviate one great hindrance to .a liberal, and cheerful, and general contribution to the Board's treasury. Home and Foreign Record. DOMESTIC MISSIONS. The September number of the Record, contains the concluding pert of this Board's Annual Report. This Report should 'be read extensively. It contains not only wl:at the Board has done for the year, but it pre sents many thoughts of vast importance to the (trident carrying on of this great work of the Church. This Board sends out but very few mis sionaries, on its own motion ; and the few it does send, are only to new settlements, where Presbyteries are not yet organized. Wire a country is embraced fairly in the supervis ion of a Presbytery, there the Board sends a missionary only under the Presbytery's call, and on an appropriation of the Presbytery's suggestion. Hence it is utterly unjust to say, as the True Witness, did recently, that the Board neglects the South-West. 'There are Presbyteries in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and the Board rejoice to receive recommendations from those Presbyteries, and to commission their.nominees, and they vote larger appropriations there than they do for the• Middle or Western States. The Board has not Diocesan powers, to ,send, and to bid receive, and to recall. The remarks in the Report, on aid receiv ing but non progressive churches, are excel lent. Presbyteries are boned to look into this matter. Help the feeble, and cherish them -Iraq strength. Plant new churches and nurture them; and then plant more. The table showing the amount contributed to, and drawn from, the Board, by the dif ferent Presbyteries; is suggestive. Inter esting comparisons might be made, tending to provoke to good works. For instance, the wealthy city Presbytery of Philadelphia paid.-in, last year, $3,065, and drew • out $2,666,- leaving but $399 for the extension of the Gospel in our immense new States and Territories; while 'Huntingdon, .which lies in the mountain ranges, gave $1,917, sad drew but $179, leaving $1,738 for the general iurposes ,of the Band. (She,• by extra contributions, supported a traveling missionary to supply destitute places) How was this ? Philadelphia needed, doubtless, all she drew, but she did, not pay in the half of what she should have paid. An examina tion of the table is commended to the minis ters and elders. Let us live in *the light, and be benefited by the light. RICEIPTS in July: at Philadelphia, $6,497; of which $B,OOO was'a legacy of• M-za Elizabeth Gelstork, of New York ; at Louisville, $604. EDUCATION., -• The Board continue their article on the Causes of Anxiety to Young Men in - Refer ence to the Work of the Ministry. There is also a good article on The Ministry we Need. RRCRIPTS in July: at Philadelphia, $3,506; at Pittsburgh, $392 ; at Louisville, $45. FOREIGN MISSIONS. IN - 4TAN Mlssuins.---The reports froutthe missionaries among • the Aborigines of the country, are more encouraging than usual. Several persons, at different stations, have united with the Church. These. Missions are less hopeful for the number of converts, than any which are conducted by the Board, but the duty of sustaining them is most im perative. AFRICA —A church edifice at Sinou is nearly completed, and eight persons have been received to membership since January. CHINA.—Rev. Henry V. Martin and party had arrived out. There are some 'en couraging facts, though the work progresses but slowly. Much more is hoped for. The Missions need to - be further strengthened. Rev. Samuel N. Martin- and family, return ing from China, - arrived in New York on the 11th ult., after a pleasant voyage of one hundred and twenty days, from Shanghai, and all in health improved by the voyage. INDIA.--The missionary work is not yet fully resumed, but, in places, the laborers are engaged, and prospects brighten. Mr. Fullerton, writing from Futtehgurb, says : " We have large and interesting congregations, and some eighteen or twenty inquirers. Scarcely a tiny passes that we do not hear of some new ones. Since I commenced writing this sentence. .a fine looking Mohammedan has just come in from the city, professedly to ask what he must do to be saved. Some of our inquirers are very prom ising, 'whilst others are less so, but upon the whole, we- feel greatly encouraged. It is, I think, the Filmost universal opinion that the late outbreak has furthered the cause of Christianity. We hear of •men all around us, who say that they are ready to embrace Christianity. We make allOwance for the fears of the community; still, aside from this, many are sincere inquirers." RECEIPTS in July, $7,542. ' PUBLICATION The Colportage fund, which was greatly overdrawn last Winter, is now gradually ina• proving. Mr. Keith's labors, in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, are spoken of with much favor. Eleven colporteurs were commissioned during the month. The Sab bath School Library is being improved by additions to the Catalogue. The Almanac for 1859 is issued. 'We have not been fa vored with a oopy for notice;but the Record tells us that it is excellent. RECEIPTS,: Donations for Colportage, July 14th to August 14th, $1,420; for books sold, $2,657. CHURCH EXTENSION Every church which is organized needs a house where to meet, and every missionary sent, and pastor installed, needs a house where to preach. Without a church edifice, ministers and - organizations are of but little use. And one of the hardest tasks, for a poor people, is to obtain this accommodation. if only they bad a comfortable church, they could obtain and keep a pastor. Help them to this. RECEIPTS in July, $1,1.66. Kighland University, Kansas This institution was commenced as the, Presbyterial Academy of Highland; but afterwards obtained a charter as a Univer sity. A tender has been made to the Trus tees, of a number of valuable lots in - the town, and some acres of land adjoining, on condition that a. building worth $6,000 shall be erected in a reasonable time. To aid in the accomplishing of this, Rev. James Campbell, President of the Board of Trustees, is . now in our city., The church and congregation of High land, made-very strenuous exertions to helpi themselves and lay the foundations of the Church, and the educational cause, before venturing abroad to seek Ldp. They paid and raised on subscription, during the last year, $4,200. • The end aimed at by our Kansas breth ren, is worthy of all praise. It meets, ex tensively, the approbation of Presbyterians, who have examined into its merits_ A few brethren met Mr. Campbell at the Seminary in Allegheny, last !Thursday, and adopted the following paper, viz Resolved, That the pastors and ministers, whose names are hereunto annexed, having heard the statement of the Rev. James Campbell on the subject of his agency on behalf of the University of Highland, in the Territory of Kansas, do hereby express their cordial approbation of the object 'of the agency, and recommend it to the liberal' patronage of the friends of education ,to whom - h may apply .for aid. Resolved, That the pastors of the differ ent churches in the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, be requested to give notice to their respective congregations, that Mr. Campbell will remain, for a short, time in these cities, in the prosecution of his agen cy, and will call upon individuals at their houses, or places of business, to solicit their contributions. West Hanover Presbytery. This Presbytery, at its meeting in Au gust, appointed a Committee to prepare, and present at the next meeting, a paper adverse to the proposed CoMmentary. It also i'efused to rescind its expressed purpose to apply for a divialon, at the next meeting of Synod. The Overture sent down from the last General Assembly, relative to the demilsian of the ministerial office, was affirmed; pro vided the words, "Except advice of the Synod," be stricken out of the 17th and 18th sections. Forty-two members were in attendance; and the Central Presbyterian informs us that there was preaehitig every day, to large and attentive congregations. Revival: The church at Chestnut Level, Pa., un der the pastoral care of Rev. Lindley C. Rutter, has been enjoying a. gracious re_ freshing from on high. There has been, during the last three months, an,ingather ing offifty persons. It is hoped that some of these will give themselves to the Lord, specially for the work of -the miniskry, and become the laborers for gathering in others. " Go ye:also into the vineyard." Becleidastical. Rev. JOHN MASON GALLOWAY, Was in stalled Raster of the church at Clearfield, Va., by a:Committee of the. Huntingdon Presbytery, on the 26th of August. DAVID ELLIOTT, A. D. CAMPBELL, WM S. PLUMER, DAVID' MCKINNEY, M. W. JACOBUS, WM. M. PAXTON, S. J. WILSON, W. D. HOWARD. EASTERN StiNvIARY. BOSTON ANto NEW 'ENGLAND. TICKNOR AND FIELDS have in cress, a nd will shortly issue, a new work that will be read with avidity by multitudes, if its matter and style be at all•in keeping with the esti. mation in which its subject is held. For it is the Life of that distinguished friend of liberty, of whom the admiration of Le rr ? Brooke was so high, that the highest ttib. me to his fame requested from pesteritv, was to inscribe on his tomb, " Mere lies the friend of SIR PHILIP SIDNEY." THEODORE PARKER has managed to once. py public attention very much ; but his pow. ers for evil are on the wane. Appearance s indicate that his race as a public lecturer and orator at College Commencements, is nearly run. For he seems to take special pleasure in declaring his views and uttering his blasphemies concerning the Lord Jesus Christ and the Christian religion, whenever Evangelical Christians are present, and when 'common, gentlemanly courtesy, to p no farther, should restrain from woundine, unnecessarily...the tenderest feelings of which the human heart is susceptible. At the late Commencement of Union College, New York, be took occasion to present himelf and his monstrosities, in the most offensive manner possible. But for him, this is th e hist time in that locality. So outraged is public sentiment, and so anxious are the Trustees and Patrons of the Institution for the preservation of its good name, that the Faculty has taken the appointment of the Annual Orator out of the hands of the etre dents. The veteran editor of the Boston Recorder, REV. PARSONS Coox, D.D., has been spend ing several weeks at Saratoga, for the ben efit of his speaking organs, which have bqn sadly debilitated for some time. In the mean time his eyes and ears have been open, and he has employed himself in giving his readers the benefit of some of his observe tiorm. While there, he bas been a worship. per in the Presbyterian church, where many of the most noted clerical visitors are emus. tomed to officiate during the " Watering Season," to some of whom be administers the following pointed rebuke, equally appli cable to those of the same class in other places. He says: We have here a representation of the worst preaching, because the nature of the audience is such as to tempt the ambitious to seek it as a fitting. race-grourid. It is well known that the thirst for popular applause has Badly prevailed and corrupted one stratum of our ministry. Awl those ministers in-whom this passion is largely developed, often turn up here. They are usually not overmuch restrained by their modesty. And though many better men are available to occupy the pulpit, the forth putting of ambition often secures for them an invitation to preach. Some -times they actually invite themselves, by sending a letter to the pastor of the church, requesting a place in the pulpit. Sometimes they cause it to be given out in advance, that they will he here on such a Saturday, and ready to preach if needed. And when some of Ilts class of preachers succeed in securing an invitation, it happens in special cases that placards are found on the doors of the hotels, where church•goers are to be found oa Sabbath morning, both without and within the house, and all over it, notifying the great event, that the Rev. Mr. or Dr. such a one, is to preach .at such a church. The following account of an Om BIBLE, taken from the Journal of Commerce, will be read with interest by those of our readers from whom the remembrance of the New England Primer has not deputed. The writer says :* Speaking of old Bibles, there is one now in the city of New London, Coma., which is remarkable not only for its antiquity, but for its earls history. It claims to be the identical book that Rev. John Rogers, the martyr, owned ; and after the perse cution of Mary, concealed in a bed to keep it from being destroyed by the minions of Gardiner and Bonner. The Martyr, who was burned three hun dred and three years ago, gave it to his oldest sun. The posterity of that son removed to America in 1635, bringing the Martyr's Bible with them. In this wilderness it was kept as an amulet to keep off the devil and the Indians. When iti owner, James .Rogers, traveled, he wore it in his bosom, and when he slept at night, it was his pil. low. It was the light of his log cabin and the instructor of his children. It descended from James, through three generations of the same .name, to Judith Rogers, who married Thomas Potter, of Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and has now been in possession of the Potter family about one hundred years. This family claim also the dirtct Rogers descent through Judith Rogers, wife of Thomas. Its present owner lives at Potter Hill, R. I. ; but the Bible is, fur a time, in the hands of Daniel Rogers, Esq ,of New London. It can• tains the New Testament, Psalms, and part of the Liturgy of the English Church in the reign of Edward VI. It is not divided into verses, not its division into chapters differs from King Jam? , ' Translation. It is Matthew's or Cranmer's Rink. NEW YORK. Several years ago a devoted missionary, who had been quietly performing his duties, for many years, at Green Bay, Wisconsin, under the name of the REV. ELEAEER WIL LIAMS, was brought into public notice by an article in Putnam's ilfagozine, endear• oring to establish his right to the Throne of France, as the long-lost Dauphin, who had so mysteriously disappeared. For a time, the controversy was animated, and :qr. hams became the• subject of roach notoriety. The advocates of his claims supposed airy had been established unanswerably, tel;lie they were treated as the most absurd pre tensions by others. But the effect Ilion Mr. Williams was only to disturb the here tofore quiet tenor of his life, and to fill hits with anticipations never to be realized. For he disci in an obscure place, and i a mach destitution, at Hogaosburg Se 7. York, on the morning of the 28th of August. Thus has passed from earth one who, for many long years, supposed that ts carried in his, veins a large admixture of Indian blood, and was happy in the quiet discharge of , thity, but who, in lattr years' looked back to a long line of Kegs as his ancestors, and to the throne of Cbarleniasse as his legal seat, and was disquieted asd sad, and,died in poverty_and neglect. The great topic of last week, was the eel• ebration, on the Ist instant, of Tss ING. OF THE ATLANTIC TF.LEGEAFIL Bue. iness was suspended, and the whole city 'so astir. The procession wss one of the freest ever seen in the city. Trinity c hurch Iry ornamented in honor of the scent, the 7 4 Deism was chanted, and the siesin of the 100th Psalm by the whole cOrgregotioa, led by a choir of five bundled voices, was 6 marked feiture of the occasion. The nirbr . . op of New Jersey delivered an able Bed IP' proprtate discourse. At the Crystal Pelacel
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