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BEEII3 ............ k !: • -;' TIME Phil t 'tit , •t, ‘ BO ! g ii.; - t e.. . ti .. , 1 s 0 ,. ~ !...ti Prisbytarlaz Musser, Vol. VII p /11* 22. Pra , lileyterlaa Adlitosata, Vet. XXI. 11 sa. Iv I DAVID McKINNEY and JAMES ALLISON, Editors. VERMIL-IN ADVAN9E. Vattrg, Indiana' Appeal to Christians. 0: give to ue the Word of God Our wandering feet to guide; 01 come and tell of Christ, the Lord, Who suffeed, bled, and died. The "Spirit Great" wo do adore, -Hie works in beauty shine; But 0 t we long to learn still more Of Christ, the living ,Onp. We fled before the white man's face, Toward the setting eun ; • 01 'bring us news of Gospel graoe, , Ere sands of life be run.. 01 give to ns the Word of 'God, Ye heralds, void of fear; Salvation Qh I woolaint abroad, ' Thttligh 01411413.940014)ini050rm Palestine,lBs9, For the Preabyterfan Balmer and Advoea MESSRS. EDITORS :-I would propose the following question, desiring ,you or some of your able correspondents to &newer it Is it rigbt•for ministers, when remarking on Biblionl or Sacred subjects, to do so in such a manner as to provoke a•promisouons audience to laugh ; and especially to persist in provoking frequelt outbursts of laughter • INQUIRER. For a minister in the pulpit to expound the Word of God in auela a way, desigke:dly, as to produce a laugh l is an impropriety too outrageous to be : , suspected }; without the strengeet evidence. And if, any, one's pms pensities for the ridiculous run so strongly, in that direotion that he cannot possibly re strain them ) he should seek some'other callJ ing in life. Possibly, however, "Inquirer " alludes to the use of Scripture in a temper ance melting, or in scoial intercourse. Well, WWII say that the conduct intimated is' highly improper. God's Word should always be uttered with reverence, and ca. pecially so by his servants,by whom he sends Di not for the mirth; but for the conversion of the world. The: Baptism =of Childrem The following inquiry Possesses mneb terest to many plirents mid Church Sea alone : Alzaerts. Burrons: :—A reaArei9t,YoPY, i t excellentPermialles .104,41/ ..0". 1 .4 6 4.1911r, °°rr e'llai/• nt's fit° , 61 Mr< 001'1! ,, as* i° what ut t is proper, pge,,for children to be baptized on tlip faktkof,tke# impute, or, in other words ) wilit'eaitlillildratefoo old to be liaptirea•ort thelfsith ofstheir.pareUtstits in the recent awalteningin our - country; it'd' especially in our Ghttrohk , soine:have:uniied with the Chtinah whcrlefve , lirge fardilies of children, and , come of thew grownoeip: It is , d esire d f,' hy,,the 4 writero /and souseeolliersi , that thie , questiotrhe eltittledr ~ :: 743 1 0,1 The li mper r tithe riti lii 'erlfert ardflitit very small, gt little atildieli i " ' "'M f Nif"' , I . been hen.: ILO Ili But, the rite hnvingao, eu Amp Admin. istered, the,nciativicamgamfip t tr i aarly as practicable after.,,the &Fent" grt,hronelt to a. ; sense• of ,their, dn4r,,und,,.pri,vilege., . The , ordinanos,shouldictottbodefetreel. , But the T, Asti of troubl6oW" Whereat"' ohildten too old to be baptliedioni„tliecift# Of their parents 7" This question me cannot answer by ; flgures;_ but we may say,,they are too old,when. they. have passed•beyond par. ental control. In our pastoral charge, we. often baptized children who were "in their teens "; but not.entirely-oa,the bare profes- Mon of the parents. We noted the •fatnily order, the advance of 'the child id knowl.' edge, the child's conduct, the ehild'e.desikei the incipient evidences of grace,,tl:o,*4l% there were, to believe that the,,ohnd,-wasy l ia, the Covenant ) and would walkitherein. Byt these things ) in eaoh particular ease, otili course wee guided. We still think the principle is , a good one, and propose it for the conaideratiou of the inquirer, Co• Operation. A .pastor sends ne, for publication, the following judicious remarks : , Without the eordlhl aid of the ministry, we should have dull prospects. Bat, happily, their work and ours are sointimately blended,. that co operation is a.muttial - int*st; and_the peo ple. are benefitsd : by OUr joint labors : • In the original constitution of, man, it was substantially the , announcement of hie Creator, that it was not good for r a human belog,to, exist alone, And the truth,of this docilerfitiop is confirmed by all experienped in domestic, and social life. In operations, moreover, to advance the prosperity of Zion, the great principal involved, must be reoog. nizeti'by every faithful offioe.bearer In the Churoh of God. And while co operation Op the part of church members, is one great secret of ministerial success, the co opera- ting influence of the religious press, is not sufficiently appreciated even by ministers of the Gospel themallrliti. In every sense of the word, it is the, interest of all pastors in our land,to have a ,good, religious periodical, such as ,the , Banner and, 4 114vocate, comm. EL regular weekly ,visitorto all the membogi of the church—to all the. hearers of the, Gospel, and if possible evea,,,telthoee who never enter the gates Of ? the 'Lord's house on the Holy. Sabbath day. Look ittl i a:ny eon gregation in our land without religigus pa pers I Are the people distinguished for their support of the Gospel at home or abroad? Are they distinguished , •for •their! enlightened•and liberal views with regal:a to a minister'elrlals and a miOister's wants? People are etirdulated to noble exertions ,ar the support of a pastor, when they read of corresponding exer ‘ ii,c)Ps is other fields of ministerial e ffort and.seltdenial in the great Master's cause. 0 tiow painful to the de voted pastor's heart, when in the tamiliei of MB church he finds papers merely secular, and none to advocate the- cause of Christ I Now, periodicals of • worldly etamp are put in general oiroulation; , beeause the pet pie of the'world exert thernselva .to meolge 111111 MULL =I Pubeoribers for the same. Arid I lria re gard' Was an evidence of a true revivid of religion, when ministers , and.elders; aia all' new,converts, as well atrold sprofeesoni, will say, let us take,the Betwner .o.nduldvocate, and,ttrge others to , and do likeiriee„ Daro.. Lay Preaching. The following excellent-remarks, on , this important, practical Subjeeti , wei fin& in , the editorial columns of the 'Episcopal Recorder. It is a, t.subjeot of: whiCh. we• have; often.: thought, and sometimes talked, and , eveng. v i resched. a . little r exhorting, specially , •01* gifted..elders• to use. their talent. for iChOs,to &pc), his cause. Wejire fully persuaded t tinat oi ilt . gdained 3 ministry are mot to ,do,the whole - t !wit of preaching the • Gospel7—that t is l .of;l heralding the .glad tidingel 7 -guit is 01 , 1:0501 claiming the name t of ,tetns ,and_teaching,, .t4 9 l4fifif t0Ad4.1.! it all until the' time of the Millennium, if even then. In relation to the teaching , la bors of our brethren who are : evidently . taught of God, but who lave not been urin isterially, ordained and set apart and bound , by soiemn VOWS, to devote rtheil whole en ergies to the sanctuary, we liko much, the utterance ,of Moses, " Envieet 'thou, for my, vkke ? Would God Abut. all tbe ,, Lord's people were prophets, and ,that the Lord'. would would put,his , Spirit uponthem." The Re corder says , • • Laymen znustwlteri.all ,do the larger Part. of ,c,oßr t mirsionart e preaching, a: t r jnornent for the copverefmt of the 1.01 a; • • We hive twelve milking more persons in ' Ablzoodntry than therm are church , sittings. , There are, hundreds of , millions outside' of, us whom the. Gospel, never reaches Is it theu,either rational Or Wise for.sur,to, attempt to reach tbese exclusively W an ordained ministry?. ' • • Now, first, the number of ministers re quired:is an insuperable difficulty. Four hundred thousand,would be necessary ; in our own land. Either thise ministers ir e to be selfdependant, supporting themsetiel l _ by secular labor, or they 'will have - Ohm,- on. parochial or.missionary stipends. Ifowe ., tulle th e former view, then: e secularize the, ministry at once, tipyoalter a ll .plergymen,. equivalent to laY pre%ere. If We take the latter view, then the 'fundsfor f eiren a tenth, part of such an outlay would corrupt the Church; The • condition of ' the country would ; be, like:that .of Spain in. the , last , ocu-i: tunt"whsn ono man in every fifty was abei tt , alesiastio, and when one-fifth the property,pf the realm was in the Church. • 'Butiuoit a scheme, for any work of prse:' boat evangelization, is' an.-impossibility. It' • i ttiktorfOr 'lterto expeot4o thiemountry k to, see pwiairked,olergy,preasing toaoy large extent ; beyond the limits of settleeparishes, _ or missionary posts. It is not the fatilt of the , afergy that they cannot labor without a seklery. The Churoh makes them; helpless. It: requires them, And.wisely, to _form Joliet, Linea profession; it 'ealls them fileverend.," and MA _invokes the ridioule of the world' tei•kiseiithiirallist of seisolar affairs; and 'it' iinpoiges'on'them duties and exacta's from theinit culture whictr take theirmlfole time. it, iseten a bitter thing i and, if there Wig prellll4 . tis* of miseionary.work,,it would ; be `e iteked thing,,te thus ,transfer the oler-,, gyp and 'tip make the meesage they 'hear limited to spoti, where 'a salary can be paid. lifolay missionary work be. permitted,i this , dependanoe, of:tite, clergy on salaries can, readily be justified t It is necessary that, there should be a learned profession, 'to whom the study and expoeition of the. SoriPtures should:be primarily_ entrusted, and to whom in.addition the pastoral office , should be cent-, milted, It its .proper that each a,profession ,ehould ,ba s ,relieved from. ' the Tabors , of eelf,, eipport, and 'shOuld be tenderly Cared for. Wherever, in- feet, lay. missionery effintet aboundsr-wherever the Gospel: has been . preeehe'll ,Chrietitios oolle oted—there, :parishes will be formed:4d mieistens.called, l supported and cherished. , kat, if none ex cept. ordained ministers are to - Preach; then the setting apart of the , clergy;as a dietineit , and self class, leas repugnant to Gospel extension as we shall presently show, it is , cruel to themselves. . `For, where have there ever been oomura nities in which the eldigy have been so trod= den down , and degraded, as those in which lay evangelizing has been most cried down Where /111W0 ministers, been, so tenderly guartedlerid,their prerogp.tives so rigrously -rniernedi anwhere lay pregohing is most countenanced P Among the Roman Catho lies and Methodists, lay preachers, dependant, sometimes on their daily labor,lsometimes on alms, axe large part of missionary_work, and do this without cost. Where, however, is the Episcopal and pastoral authority so high as in these two communions Y. Oa the other hand, wherei were the clergy so de based, as in those periods of English history in which the 'monopoly of ,prerushing.was as- Signed, to them ? How was ,the : parson treated by the roystering High Church squire, who would out off the ears •of a tinker or :a pedlar whom he found exhorting in a barn ? The parson thought , himself proud if he could sit at the aeooridtable.and marry the lady's serving maid. 'Why' wit that so many earnest ministers of our oien Church, have-Joon(' themselves , cramped'..'or crushed, by the. very laymen whom they •Ilave . convinced that to the Jaity belong no public epirittial gifti? Simply because that among there laymen who take any interest in reli gion' at all, to stop the preacher is to create • their/oil/tic/an. The man who' is not per mitted •to,save souls, sets to work to save the 041170 h, It is inconsiste.ot with " Church principles" for him to preach Christ iika eohool-liOnee, or lead in a prayer.meeting, but it is not so• for him to keep his Minister" in oheins. "But do you not by this extension of the preaching office, do sway with the necessity of the ministry altogether ?" By ne means; for.wausay that if any converted. young man .endowed , with a gift for- teaching, and in •goodtealth, turns awaLliom the ordained •aairitist4, be epsomite*, a fearful risk. These.ctirfflunatances masa-prin . afacie call, which. it requires a strong ease to repel. But.there are a large majority of Christian Men, who do not fall under tills class. There .are Op f e_who have not that gift.for, system ,traohing, which our Church: requires '•t • „ "OBE 1 4 Ll7Ol E TH. _IWA3k ZS NEEDFUL:" 'ONE THING Mk ri MEM EMI . PUBLICATION OFFICEL:GAPTTE BUILDING, FOR THEW WEEK ENDING fort ministers , 7 There .are those converted . "Of course I do, Late in life. Them are those rvho, t have noty: A 4 , i thought y bad the opportunities, of edueation. To and ,that. all your stroll we now address oniselves and Say— That may' be tr Woe) be to yon .if , you 'Tire's& 'not lite' most daily, that Gospel, -laymen though you' ker. IA :your =before in soigood own.pacish, it is true, , work under ; your, min-, a man.mustrlive., hater. is there the authorie . edhead„and for . his own, house one of your chief objects „should:be to so you know." u sustain him, as to enabbrldin lO'devetehim- claimed 0; "wb selfrto =his sacredzeffteir.with 'an, number- gent." Bo thong rased: ,mind. If F