. . . 1 1 1 PItESB . .. .::. . .. . ..... 4,,,,. B- ,—o.; , - , . i . , ... . . . . . . . •,. E. •,,,...••.„:„ • •..• ~ . . . . . . . p r osbyserhuiMuer/ VW. VII I 1.. p a ymbreerlas Advocate. Vol. XXI. 80. WY DAVID McKINNEY and JAMES ALLISON, Editors. LERIII-IN ADVANCE. V(Ittll• Toiling in Rowing -•Mark vi: 48, The twelve disciples being sent ,Across the deep, their way they bent, While Jesus to a mountain went To pray, there lowly bowing. And as they went without their Lord, - Though going at his hely word, Contrary winds their rage afford To Make them 'toil to rowing. When midnight hourthad passed away, The Saviour then had ceased to pray ; He saw them in their vain essay, • To oross the waves high soaring. He walked upon the mighty deep, Though,billowe ran both high and steep; That he might them in safety keep, He quell'd the tempests roaring. But though the' sea be calm and still, Obrdlent to its Master's will Whose glories now the heavens fill, Where seraphs worship bowing— • Yet there are suffering saints on earth Whose lives show forth a Saviour's worth; And while exposed to Satan's mirth In oorrow toil in rowing. Though when our faith , is very weak, in disguise should seem to speak ; Yet wilt he never fail to seek Those who in tears are porting ; Hardness for Mm we must egittre, If we would dwell with angetpure, Where we shall find hie promise sure, Nor longer toll in rowing. MAL Bor the Presbyterian Itanner'end Advocate. Minor Reforms Needed.4-No. 3. TWO SERMONS IN SIMMER. MESSRS. EDITORS :—lt is hard to change religious tillages, especially where they have been of long standing, and have acquired a sort of saorednesd from being associated With our best religious feeling!. And it is well that snob a conservative principle should exist within us, as s restraint upon our na tural fondness for novelty and change. Re ligious'customs should not , be lightly med dled with. Even the prejudicial, of Weaker/ brethren ought to be respected, lest, their confederates should be offended by innova tions which others may think desirable. Still, our , corissivatiiim mayiebmetimes be carried too i ftir. The time )968, when,r9any I oodkpeople stere' , opposelifito the eying out pf more than: onenlice at,a time, by the pre centor.;, and afterW#rdifpo • t d*disusc" of ~. Ms y. yue alto . gethe, ic t the eine of the . sr Mews inunlieof, amlingering MI ' taehment tf' our rsil . . WO* : i n) Rouse's Version, may be due telhis ,, sort of pioue prejudice, as welt as to More ineteiligeilit conviction, I Jwould ' not atternyt,-t(if Bay, 412<ouser-oistoketua. , "4 , utterly uttahnts ; ;ln , the trildetit eirtilmitificiiqUfieltOrTiViiffdlT inoonaistent, witli,,pyr r ntinpipled of ripen ,c3om gmuniom Stilt. Itugers. in .6 few . o ff. our 'ehurblies So also, and.roore - gendriill'r're tained, is the use,of several long and unne cessary tables, in the administration orthe Lord's Supper, besides the one common " table of the Lord," on which the elements are placed; and the " serving" of two or three suceeesive,tables, instead of gathering the whole family of Christ at one sitting, in the nearest convenient pews, around the one common table. There are 80 many stored associations connected with these old usages, in the minds of the more aged members of our churches, especially in the country, that, al though the reasons are entirely in favor of ,the changes ishich I have indicated, it may ,not be expedient to introduce them where any opposition would be excited. There is, however, another relic of_ the olden times, • the removal of whic h . I regard as of more importance. I refer to the hold ing of two religious services on the, S abbath, in immediate succession, in tie; *Summer. This prevails only in our country °burettes. Ever since I was a boy, and used eitbOr to be asleep 'myself, or to watch the elders and half the congregation eleeping under the second sermon on warm 'Hummer-after noons, I have doubted whether such a course is either profitable to men or acceptable to God. , As, to its itillpiring influpnce .on sthe minister, when be has to preach to a drowsy congregation, .I have also had some expe lianas:4 ' Why should not this second service he dispensed with in Summer, as well as in Winter' It is true the days are longer, so that there is time enough for two services; ' but that our people are prepared to hear, remember, and inwardly digest, two sermons at once, in Summer, any more than in Win ter, may well be,-doubted. I have beard many minister sly that they thought this " second sermon," almost labor lost, The custom probably originated when con gregations were few and farbet*een, when the opportunities for hearing pretiebing'iiiere comparatively rare, when many - had to travel far to the place of worehip, and'when the people had patience to endure long'ser vices, even until sun-down, if necessary. But all these things have changed. Con gregations are ' more' contiguous, and religions privileges are more abundant, people are 1 more impatient of long , exercises, and there is no need of holding a protracted- meeting every Sabbath Besides, we now have Bible Classes and Sabbath Schools to be attended to, which did not exist in the days of our fathers, The two Sermons with a half-hour interval, might be endured, if there was no thing else. But now,- our families are hurried on Sabbath morning, so as to bah' every thing ready for being' at the Sabbath School by 9i or 10 o'clock. 'Then follow the two sermons with the accompanying ex enlace, the whole occupying some four or five hours. And besides all thia,> there .is often a third service at some school house, in the evening l This is certainly a wear''u• someness to the flesh, which is very little conducive to spiritual edification. Ai for the minister who has to go through ill this labor—Bible Class and all—he certainly ought never to preach on the sixth Corn- mandment, so long as he itrthus killing him self. every Sabbath. day. And as for the people, and especially the children, who may have to attend upon all these services, the Sabbath must certainly be " weariness," at leant physically, rather than a day of re freshing spiritual rest. There can be no time for family Cateobetical instruction—Au- ,".ONE THING Is NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DE tie so important and yet so much neglected —(nor for private religious reading and meditation.) A more excellent way, surely, would be, to have - but one sermon at the church, in Summer as well as in Winter; an hour having previously Veen employed in the ex ercises of the Sabbath School, and in Bible Class or other Catechetiaal exercises for the adult members of the congregation. Under this arrangement the people might be ex pected, more generally, to form themselves into small voluntary classes for free conker- cation on portions of, Scripture, or such other religious topics a& they might agree upon. This, when followed by a single Ser mon, would certainly afford spiritual food enough for one meal. More „tilan this is surfeiting, and not conducive: to religious health. 1 Let a second' service still be held; but let it be in the evening, after . both minister and people have had time to rest, and let it be at various school houses or other places in the congregation, where aged or infirm persons• may reside, and where the Gospel may reach some who seldom• attend at the church. Much useful missionary work may thus be done, , Another important advantage,of the pro r posed arrangement would be, the possibility of weak or vacant congregations being sta. tedly supplied with preaching. One minis ter might be pastor of two contiguous con gregations, and could preach to bothtpn the same day;.or two houses of worship might be built.'within the limits of thelame con gregation; if desirable, and one service be held at each of them, every Sabbath. Thus one of the evils connected with the undue multiplication , of congregatiois, Might be effectually obviated. I will only add further, that the arrange ment proposed would 'afford opportunity for the observance of the' Monthly Ooncert• of prayer for the missionary cause, now so gen erally neglected through want of time. On the drat Sabbath- of each month, the hour usually allotted to the Sabbath School, &c., might be profitably devoted, to this Concert; the minister taking pains to prepare himself for communicating such , missionary • intelli gence as might be interesting to both parents and children. Will not-church Settsionstake this matter , ,i4d4tityirful ''and wise 'consideration ; or ivEviotloiiiiklOtligr in" earth Presbytery, 1411 apprOe,of 010941gggestions, bring up they subjeekrfoA s thepurpose,of having the proposed 'ohange,mposemende4 to tip® congregations, ..thlksectiring that ,con certed notion without irhioh iittle can .be „ro tor t . ,4k.qta=r"— C." BEEN • A.lllrom our London Correspondent. The-Parliamentary Strttole—Pro9ress2Bf the De bate—Sir.ifamee Graham and 4011 Pahneraton —D' Israeli Bitter and ,Wrathful,;- Speculation as to a New ifints&e yThe Congr7aa.an, The Saluting of the Ho_settrYa'fftiOned . r. Suit ter's Remains .ant; Weateninger Abbey—ilave- eian e o f oventraent COll /airy , Yining Men's Missionary for India—The "Pres byterian Almanac "—English Sympathy with German Protestantism Meeting at -Sir C. Eardley's—Dr. .Pomeroy—French Protestantism and the Emperor--Satire on Popery and the Pope —Postscript. , LONDON, March 29th, 1859 THE !PARLIAMENTARY. REFORM Bill Debate still continues, and •is likely to last for '4veral nights longer. The Cabinet measure is clearly doomed, and Lord J. Ruesel's Resolution will be carried. There have been very fierce 'imputations 'made on that•noble Liird by twit Irish orators, Whithside, the Attorney-General for Ire land, and Sir. H. Cairns, Solicitor-General for England; but making due allowance for buman infirmity, his Lordship is a true and temperate Reformer, and has a far better right from his long services to the cause— including the carrying hy him of the Re form measure' through the House of Com mons of 1832—than any other living man, to assume the place of Premier at such a crisis as the present. Sir .James: Graham has made a speech which may be described as " a finisher" to the Cabinet measure. It Understood that • 'he will not accept office—he is growing old —but the weight of his opinions and argu ,tnents eau hardly be over-estimated on the present occasion. As for Palmerston, he took a very curious, and yet characteristic, part in 'the debate. He eame out with a voice and manner of, great vivacity, avowing I his intention . to vote for Lord John's' Reso lution. But be produced some confusion in thi; Opposition ranks, (on his own side of the house,) and awakened" hope of escape in the underlings, at least, on the Ministe rial side, when, he coolly told the •Cabinet that thq ought not to resignif the Resolu tion was carried, but accepting it, to alter and amend their bill, giving up, the MO borough franchise. Whiteside fiercely re sented the proposal, as " offensive ;" and Sir John 'Pakington, the first Lord of the Ad miralty, says that the Ministry are not in power to do tlfe, noble viscount's bidding. Some the Popish members have been bought over, it appears—as indicated in my last—to vote with the Cabinet ; ; but 4, to do Dr. Mc.Hale and the Irish Ultramontaniets justice, they are dead against the Miniatry, and advise their Parliamentary friends to vote accordingly. It is, however, worthy of notice that Cardinal Wiseman would' keep in the Derby-Cabinet, as indicated by the resolution of his "henchman," Mr. Bowyer, (who has given himself up to perpetual celibacy, by becoming •a Knight of St.. John of Jerusalem,) to voteagaingt the resolution. D'lsraeli angrily said, the other night, that the Cabinet never would have brought in the Bill, had' they believed that Parlia ment would not give the measure (as recommended in the Queen's speech,) " a calm ,and impartial consideration." This ,kifid Of sneering defiance indicates that he is getting desperate, and no doubtere he falls, he will be his former self, throwing off official reserve, and shoot his arrows right 'and left, every one of them dipped •in gall SPRotr.LATiorr on,a new Ministry, ie rife at the Clubs. A dissolution of Parliament will scarcely .be Attempted by the Cabinet.* It would be a very impudent, thing in the face of the whole country, one may say, dead against their Reform Bill. And there foie we are told, of course, that Lord John will be Premier, and that Palmerston and hie clique will be shut out of the Ministry. That would please the country well, as *This rtitissnre is since determined upon.—Bvs PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING; FIFTH Bp, FOR THE WEEK. ENDING SA would the appointment of Lord Carlisle as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Mr Sidney Herbert as Minister of War, the Duke of Newcastle as Colonial Secretary, Lord' Clarence Paget (who is a great Naval Re former,) as First Lord of the Admiralty, and Lord Broughton , (formerly 'Sir John Cain Hobhouse,) as Secretary of State for India. It is probable'that Lord John would propitiate the Manchester school as far as possible, and in this way Mr. Milner Gibson would probably become President of the Beard of Trade. A Russel Ministry, how ever, may turn out to be verydifferent from all this. The PEACE or Errno - PE seems secured for the pr.:went. The gratifying; statement was made last night, by Lord Malmes bury, that there can be no doubt that Lord Cowley's mission to Vienna will have the effect of preventing war ; and that it is the opinion of Her Majesty's. Government, the Italian States should have an:opportunity of laying their grievances before the Congress. This Congress will have repreeentatives from all the great Powers* It was thought that Austria would resist the presence of any Representative of Sardinia, against whi' her wrath burns so fiercely. But Russia is friendly toAhe little plucky power that acts as a tborri in the side of her old treacherous fiienkr t arhom she (Russia) saved 'from de feat in gungary, in 1848- In the which country of 'Hungary, let me remark - in passing, the poor Protestants are still 'shamefully oppressed, notwithstanding the repeated promises . of Francis. Joseph. Moreover, France will stand ,by Count Cavour and Victer 4mmanuel, in this Diplomatiq busineis, and so Austria must give way, and allow either the Count or some other representative of Sardinia to take his seat Iris cs•vis to her Representative at the Council Table. This Congress cannot meet immediately, and its very delays will tend to ,tide over the Summer months. But it remains to be seen whether will settle the Italian question. In tmth, the . struggle is only postponed, to be more terrible and bloody in the end. , SALUTING OP TEE nosy, at Malta, by British troops, is, I am, glad to say, to cease. The Archbishop of the island is to be saluted by the presentation of arms, on account of his temporal dignity, as . ofbeiallY the representative of the'- old - St. John Knights, or , Grand Masters, but when pass ing with the host, that mark of 'respect is not to be shown to him. Thus ,we have a great grievance to conscience removedi and the arrogance of Popery rebuked. Ax INTEREBTIIiq SOBNE, took place, yes terday, in Westminster Abbey. Recently the remains of the r eelebrated. London stir geop, John Hunter, who died in 1193,were discovered in a leaden coffin in , the vaults of the church of, St. ,Martins,• in the Fields. The Dean and Chapter were asked for a grave for . these remains under ft:minor-of the Cathedral, vAtere the ashes ; ~"•h aide IVC 'es -avy Off The request was instantly - complied with, and yesterday afternoon, in presence of the representatives of most of the learned and scientific societies, the interment took place. There is an increasing tendency to do honor to the memory of the truly. great and good. Ere long a noble statue of Havelock will be set up in Trafalgar Square, and that of Jenner is already'there. Lady Havelock and her daughters have taken up a perma'- 'Tient residence in Kensington Park G-ardens. A letter from Mr. Russel, the Times' cor respondent, describes a visit to the grave of Havelock, at Lucknow. It is a little mound of earth, and the letter " H.," :on _a ; tree at hand, is the only ancl'imperfect <index to what precious dust lies beneath. A private soldier now in England, writes to the Times to say that his was the hand which marked the tree with that' letter " H.," and asks is there to be no other local monument and memorial to the 4 i gaViOtir of India?" There is no doubt the want will be remedied. It is' pleasing to hear from'-Constantinople that the.burial place of so many of , our officers and men who died- in ;the hospitals at Scutari, is admirably kept -by the Turkish Government, and that the Russians at Se bastopol treat with equal respect and rever ence the graves and bead-stones that tell so affectingly where Headley Vicars. and many others sleep, on the bleak bill side. INDIAN FINANCE is in a more embar- rassed con ditimithan Lord Stanley supposed; and besides the £7,000,000 already-bor. rowed, £5,000,000 more will be required. Nevertheless there is a great recuperative power in the resources of that country, if properly developed by the steam navigation of the rivers, by irrigation and public works, and by: encouragement to the growth of flax, (now greatly wanted here,) as well as other products of the teeming soil. Lord Clyde is not coming home at present, and as long, as Tantis Topes and-the Nana are at large, his presence is important. Oude is now , wonderfully tranquil, and between seven hundred and eight hundred forts have been levelled to the dust.' As to GOVERNMENT CONNEXION WITH IDOLATRY, it is confidently stated, in pit vete and well-informed circles, although, not yet formally announced, that Lord Stanley has sent a dispatch to Lord Harris, Gov ernor of the Presidency of 'Madras, 'by which that 0011110Xj011 is finally put an end to. It appears that the' Indian Coiincil have had this matter brought up by the re ligious riots that' took place at Tinnevelly, and the insolent and violent conduct (as to funerals of native Christians,) on the' part of the fanatical Hindoo& I may, perhaps, put too strongly the actual condition of this question, buEstate what 'I have heard, =and will correct or modify; khe statement, if , necessary, afterwards. Meantime India is more and more.an ob ject of prayerful . interest. Our Presbyte rian young men in London, last year, in augurated a Missionary Society, whose ob ject should be to add another missionary to the staff of the Free; Church• of Sootland in India. They held their first anniversary last week at our College in Queen's Square; I had the pleasure of taking part in it. Dr. MoOrie occupied ' the chair, and the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, delivered a most interesting and practical address. Good progress has been made by the young men to the desired consummation ; and the reflex benefits to themselves from such be nevolent activity, cannot be over estimated. The PRESBYTERIAN ALMANAC,published by Mr. Jos. M. Wilson, of Ph adelphia, (re. ceutly delivered to Messrs: , isbett London,) has just come ,intol y hands, and I 'baleen to express my- gri, t satisfaction with its goodly size, its,oomplehensive ohar aster, its most impornuit c , formation on those various points of la interest which it concerns the gref Presbyterian family to know, and which , ill tend to•bind them all together in still, oser ympathy and brotherhood. t mup not: ' forget the pictorial illastrations of the of the places of, Synodic` meetings, and of churehe' ehitecture, or the 'Toners the Presbyterian xealrand time. f trust that. the ~1; such encouragement as to ed publisher in continuin year. • Very touching was 'it , me, to read.thet full abstract of the sera: delivered last July, by Dr. Goudy, the i °aerator Of the Irish , Amen*, since th so audden3Y.tak -1 is en away. -I could recall s noble foray his, flashing eye, his fall to 4 and even read by any brother on eith ide of the ;Agen t tic—as it, is found in th ,„,.' mane-it cornea . with, a trumpet like f hires to the heart,' . bearing the animating huiekening„ solemn. Message, " Buy the t h, and sell it not" SYMPATHY WITH, 0 ,MA.N.PHOTESTANT- . 1 ISM in its' evangelisti • iflc:ite in the diffu sion of its theological t t eratnie,,and in the promotion of closer u iy or,..feeling, is : now finding practical expr Fon in London. 'A German Uommittee ha min* been formed,, including a large nu rof eiri,inent litera ry men, clergy and Tty, in and around the metropolis, and co using both Church men and Nonemifor to. I waMvited, last week, in mum ' ith 'many others, to a Convertazione on `t `above` topic; at the 1 mansion'of Sir Culli'E. Eardley, Bart., Grosvenor Street, G svenor Square. In l the fine old house, ling with ancestral pictures, and the pr etecif the , Great Mas. i f ti term, was gathered. - reasembly of 'about sixty gentlemen, a er'also . Several ladies. Sir Culling receivedhaelrgu4t courteously, and after refreshments, the meeting . was opened by singing, - ypin, and by prayer. sc Among. those who slre on the occasion, was Di.' Thomas ki3 rim, wholwelestiongly on the godly unity diet had unitedthe Eng i lish and German Re corners in the sixteenth ceritiiry, and hailing the: present movement as tending to drai . 11.°Evangelicat Protest.:. ants more 'closely -together, ,, and to - 3 , piece them' on . the platform of that memorable age. These sentiments were fully 'endorsed by the•ReV. William-Goode, a London Rec tor, Who, in his' " Rule of Truth," snd in various Other win* has rendered *abide ble service. to they cause. of Protestantism versus Romanilan and Tractarianisut This gentlemari-- , -inodeet in 'aspect; but rich in learning 'and info4mation—spnlre Ter 'some time,, showing holt the Foreign Reformed Churches had wnini .l ' een reoognisedA r [their orders, ko., even 4 Engish HthChurch tbt 4,Atil6nore ahmly in . dieati O grthat.t erewasidways: eaarge-party - in the Engligh Establishment who thorough ly; fraternized with the Continental Churches. Professor Lorimer pointed out the popu lar mistake that Rationalism was now in the ascendant among German Divines, and from personal examination was able be give most encouraging information aitO the prat deal-as well as Evangelical character of. many' books now published in Germany. The •Divines there .certainly excelled us in point of profound criticism and learning; and if to our practical and • busy aggressive ness, it-were possible to add the German quietude. of research and thought, without the taint of Mystecism or Rationalism, it would be a grand desideratum. What is practicable ~perhaps, perhaps, is the closer attention in our theological training of candidates for the ministry, to the spirit of German inves tigation and thoroughness. Protessor Lori mer remarked, that it was deeply to be re gretted, that while the prodations of the Tabbinger School of historical (Infidel,) criticism were being rendered into' English, especially by the writers of the Westminster Review—little or' nothing was being done to make known the rich harvest of Evangeli cal literature which: had sprung.up in oppo &lion to that school. The antidote should be given as well as the bane. Mr. Goodels remarks were regarded as so valuable, that a request , was made that they should be printed, ,which will be done. He dwelt on the principles of true Christian union. Ecclesiastical incorporation he re garded as unattainable, and he urged the strong motives' to union suggested by, the present aspects of Romanism, .Tractarian ism, and Infidelity. In reference to the last of these, he could not but regard Lord Stanley's allusion in Parliament to the wri tings of Bolyoake kthe secularist apostle,) as " philoeophical speculations," as a sign tif the times. Dr. Pomeroy, Sedretary of the Boa l% of American Miesions, assured the meeting of the fraternal feeling of Christians on your side of the Atlantic, and in reference to proposed Continentid Reflikes for 'priests (the one half of the Bohemian prieethood are disaffected to Berne) suggested caution, in the sense that .none should be e reeeived who had not' stood the fire of persecution for a time. He dwelt on the -number uf Germans who settled in the United' States, and also on the' effects of the Bible, Edu cation, and Schools, on. the children of Irish Immigrants. Biz' address was marked by good sense, 28 well as by quiet humor. In reference to American slavery—about which a remark was dropped by : another speaker —he said that it was introduced by Eng land, that American Christians needed the sympathy of England in effecting, the re moval of the evil, and that. it was sectional and not national. , Returning to the theme of Germany, pe . ouniary aid was invoked for scattered con gregations in Austria and Bohemia. Among those present at this meeting, were the Swedish minister, Lord Calthorpe, and the representatives of Episcopalianism, Presbyterianism, Independency,' Moravian ism, and Wesleyanisne Another meeting is to be held in April, in the same place, when the Bishop of Lon don is to preside—the subject to be " Re ligion , and Religions Liberty, in France." The , Emperor's 'Government has issued orders on this subject, which, while they re lieve local pastors from the oppression of priests and prefects, and refer each case of opening a place of worship, &a., to head quarters, yet are clearly repressive in their R • a e :" THIS ONE T - NC ••. T, ABOVE SMITHPBILD, PITTgBITRGH, PA. URLOAY, APRIL 80, 1S 59. tendency. For example, none lint a native- French Tastor can officiate in any of the Protestant churches. The Eiliperor , wishes to encourage only the slow-going endowed Establishment, or at all events to hold an Erastian grasp of the " Protestant Conks sions," and to repress all efforts to propa gate their principles.. In that, he will as suredly fail, and there are men ready to endure rather than be quiet in the presence of the monstrous heresy 'which corrupts 'and en slaves unhappy France, an inva d ria bly produces a tearful orop of Infidelity, both theoretical and practical, especially among the male population. Liberties with Popery, howeyer,, are. al lowed in 'France,:ichi6h Weuld.not`be en dured in Austria.- Thus,' for example,4t Brussels has lately been published a volume, "The Roman,Question," by a clever literaiAy . man, who had been sent to Rome oh a liter= a ry mission, by the Emperor. The Nuncio at Paris, had oomplaided of, his oontribi tions to the Mon/few, bat it was " out of the frying-pan into the fire." - For, lo I out ooroffs er book' Ylf ith satire on Ro rnanism and the Pope. The first chapter , on "The Kinidem .of the Pope," commences thus „ 'Moderators and t BO' Assembly ibeautiful in ar i e. Memorials of ty of the olden rk Will receive iWtbe` spirit it from year to "The Catholic 'Church; for which I feel a sin cere respect,•eoneists,of one, hundred and thirty nine millions of individuals, exclusive of young Mortara. . " The Cardinal Bishop of „ Sonici who is lso designated by ite” appellations of', -Vice of Christ,' of ' Het i -Father,' or or vP6 1 ,', is' in veiled withWnlinii&l authofity:Cviet minds of the one hundred andthirty-nine million'iof Cath olics. , • . "This mental disoiPline is-highly - Cre ditable to the 19th century. Posterity will-think us for submitting to it, if it has:any sense of justice. "This regal poier Of tlie Pope t irfounded on numerous abuses, and hetet allstimes created malcontents. - __l "Deduct the . Conservativeparty—that is to say, the men who have an iisteKstC r inallib Main tenance of that Government, and,the nnfortunite wretches whom it has reduced **tate oeßassiv, brutishness—and all the, rest arciValdelidenm, "If the - complaints of , the Moderitikparty reach the ears of the Pope, and he makes- a few observations to his advisers, the Cardinal kinister replies that the ,edifice is cid, and that on any attempt at reparati4n it would fill' inLiiins. , After us the deluge,' he exclaims; 'We have no children. The edifice will last es long' as your Holiness.' and the good intentions of the pope allot with the fate proverbially assigned' to:good intentions." And thee this disrespectful sketch of the IfOly Father himself : " 'Pius IX, looks older than he is ; his stature is diminutive 'he is obese; sallow,• and hie health"is threatening ' His paternal" et and sleepy featur give' Idea: of kindness andlassitude there is nothing imposing about them. :Pine IX, performs his part iathe grand public representationsefithe Catholic Vhirch with only secondary ability. The belieVkii;:who have Come along, way tO eon template hithrat mass, are astounded to see hint taking a pitich of snuff While surrounded by the bine Wreaths of incense. * * In his leisure ',hours he plays billiards, gentle exercise having been rev:lute:tended him by his physicians. He; beheyes - -in He is not only' a true Christian, but a bigot; /tills enthusiasm for the Virgin' Mary he has _invented s. useless dogma, and raised' a tastelesi monument . that disgraces the, -Piazza di Bpagna.: .The ..character of this worthy-old=lean is compound of devotion; gen iality, vanity, weakness, and' obstinacy, with a dash- of peevish rancour, •which, is perceptible now and then.. He. bestows his- blessing with great unction, but only,grants, a pardon with re luctance ; he is a good priest, but an- unsatisfac tory monarch. Ide not believes.him to be infal lible in timpOralMatters. * * * * He ex presses himself tolerably in French. The failure of all'he undertakes, and three' or four accidents which have happened in his, presenCe, have given rise to a strong prejudice against him among .the lower daises at Rome. They imagine that the Vicar of Christ is a jettatore—that he has the evil eye.' When he drives along the Corso the women, plump down on' their knees, but with their thumb;and index they. Make the sign supposed destroy the charm, under cover of their, mantilla. The Italian, question would be greatly simplified if there Were nakope at Aoine.. After hiving been for two years the lion of Europe, he was com pelled to-evacuate;- at the shotteit• notice, his palace in the Quirinal. Now he sulkswitk his people, with the French, and with himself. The murmurs of his conscience are stifled' by his remembrance of 1848, which is' kept constantly before his, eyes, •and by -the fear , of "revolution, which is constantly dinned into his ears. He stops his eyes and his ears,, and prepares to die in peace among his obdurate subjects and his dis satisfied protectors. He is' riot so Much to blame as weakness and old age; but I confess I should not -like to undertake the cause of Cardinal An tonelli." P. S.—The judgment• of the Archbishop of Canterbury against' Mr. Poole and the Confessional, is very important and decisive. Nevertheless, the Tractarians, ,by means of ":sisterhoods" in many parishes, , continue the evil. The lido% has a letter.trying to show that the " Immaculate Conception " is a dogma of the 'English Chureh Whit next I iOr the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. ...Presbytery of New Castle. The following paper, adopted by the- Presby tery of New Castle, is published by request,. for the information of the members and their churches: ' • WHARVIAS, During the past year, God has in a wonderful manner answered •the' prayers of his people, and blessed the efforts of his servants in reviving his work throughout the land; and as God is'still pouring, out his blessing Upon the ohurchas, it seems' proper to your committee that some special effort be made by this Presbytery to awaken a greater interest in the subject of re ligion in our churches. The success that has, du ring the two past years, uniformly attended Pres byterial and Synodical action in this respeat'con tirma the opinion of your committee in the im portance of some action by, this Presbytery. The committee recommend, that the members of PresbYtery be divided into committees of two, to visit the chinches, to hold protracted meetings, and-preach so long as to' them seems necessary, and would further recommend that in each con gregation, previous to the visit of the Committee, a day of special prayer be observed for the .out pouring ''of' God's `Spirit. The Committee recommend the following ar rangement, with the understanding that any min ister aipointed, be empowered to procure a sub sante, if he cannot himself attend ; Penningtonville,' Mr. Love• and Dr. Grier; Forks of. Brandywine, Dr. Diokey and Mr. Carter; Red Clay. Creek, Messrs. Latta and Morrison; Coatesville, Dr. Hamilton and Mr. Reed; Fagg's Manor, 'Messrs. Du Bois and De Witt; New Lon don, Messrs.= Vallandigham and Marshall:; First church of Wilmington, Messrs. - Otterson and Murphey; . New Castle, Messrs. Roberts and Squter Doe Run, Messrs. }lusted and Hodge ; Dover and Simms, Messrs. S. A. Gayley and Squier ; Port Deposit, Dr. Spotswood and Mr. Dn Bois; •White Clay Creek, Dr. Spotswood and Mr. Mclntire ; Zion, • Dr. Martin and Mr. Ralston; Green Hill, Messrs. Roberts and Love ; Lower West Nottingham, Dr. Dickey and Mr. Reed ; Rock, Messrs,Hodge and J. W. Grier ; Oxford and Upper Wst Nottingham; Mr. Morrison, and Dr. Grier; Upper Oetorara,,Dr. Martin and Mr. Carter; Iced of Christiana and Newark, Messrs. Marshall and Dewitt. R. P. Du Bois, , Stated Clerk. This ,book has free circulation. in France Philadelphia, South West Corner of Seventh and Chestnut Streets For the Presbyterian Benner and'Advocate. Presbytery of Steubenville. AMUR, Ohio, April 15th,1859, Misfits Emmons z—The Presbytery of Steuben ville has just olosed an interesting meeting, held in the First church of . Steubenville- The mem bers of Presbytery, with one efception, .Were all present; and nearly every congregationov united pastoral charm, was represented. A considerable amount of Presbyterial business was transacted - in a kind andexpeditions manner. Two young „ gentlemen,,. Messrs. William Johnson. and A. W. Boyd, students at the Western Theological Seminary, were licensed to preach the Gospel. Two candidates .for, the ministry, and three beneficiaries were' taken' elder•the care' of Pres byteri.. • A nail was presented to ,the Rev. Alexander Swaney, froria the congregation. of New Rigors . - town.. The call placed in the hands _of REM. W. W r Laverty, some time since,. from the congregation of Welisiill% was - accepted by him, and arrange ments were made for hie- installation. A call from the congregation of Richmond, was present ed to the Rev. Laverty' Grier, and accepted by him.- Ms installation-will speedily take platte., .It appeared that considerable advinci . * have hien made by the churches, in 'this Presbytery, on the subject of Systematic Benevolence. The Overture from-the General Assembly, on the = Demission of the Ministerial Offte,e, answered unanimously in the negative: The reports-from the different churches ,on the, Subject of religion, show that they are generally in 'a prosperous condition. Seine of them have been signally blessed . during the past year., One of the churches, which last year numbered forty five members, now numberweightylour. Of this inerease, forty-three were added- on examination. Others received some taventy-five, somethirty, and thirty-five members each. Presbytery adjourned on: Thursday forenoon, having, been in session from Tuesday ,previous at 10 o'clock A. M. and as the Members separated; they:evinced that therhadleit. it good for.them to be there. zek.' The folloWing actiOn'iras taken 'in referenae to the Western Theological Seminary. The Synod of Wheeling having recopmended.that each con gregation under its eare:be expected- -to raise for the endowment of a Fourth -Professorship in that Jnititutron, sawn , at least aqui& "to 'fifty Cats per, member, this appearing, mho quite. within the ability of 'all our members ; therefor% , .Reselved, That' all- the congregations , within this Presbytery, be urged, an& earnestlyenjeined, to endeavor to come up to the recomMendatigit oft Synod; and that the ehniches•bii rasusd Upon; at' the, Tall meeting,..to i report :what T th!iy these done, in order that Presbytery. may. report i ng& ;lotion to Synod at itsikeit meeting. ki,solved, That-this whole, subjeathe committed to the supervision of ,Rev. Dr. ;Beatty,,,whone counsel and aid we hereb:r solicit; in order to facilitate and secure. the - accontpliihment of the shove recemmendatfon. „ The follAring eapplieivrereappiiinted : • Centre. " First Sabbath ot.lilay, Mr. — Reldt ,Firet Sehhath of June, Mr. Price ;..to administer the Lord's Supper, and take a collection for the 'Board ofr Miisiona' ' - Island, Creek.--Feurth 'Sabbath of lidan Campbell. ' Fifth Sabbath of May, Mr. 'Waitron. Wvossburyh.LL-First Sabbath of '16.1Y, Baton. Second-Sabbath of August, Mr.'Watronl to administer the Lore's Sapper,, and take a col lection for Bduoation. ' Ninervi—Sehond Se.bbatit of htly;Mr. Braglr. First Sabbath of September, Mr. Brown;..,to ad minister the Lord's Sapper, and take 'Collection for Foreign Missions. . Rtiltsui'llsanourStited Clerk. ror the PresbYteribtvilanTAr_F*Al?""ite Presbytery of Newcastle. At the recent meeting, the Commissioners elected to the Assembly were Dr. Grier apd Mr. Tallandigham, ministers, and . Messrs.:B. .7; Dickey and James Springer, Ruling Etders. The Rev. James Mclntyre was received from the Prefsbytery of Wilmington. Alao, , at:a recent adjourned meeting, the Rev. John P. Carter was received from the Presbytery of Baltimore, and Mr. William D. Mackey, lieentiate, was dismissed to the Presbytery of Lewes. . - - .oae candidate for the ministry was takentmder our oare. = Messrs. James Amos, Arthistead Miller, and Thomas H. Amos, students, from the Ashman i Institute were ordained as 'Evangelisti, with a view to laboring in 'Africa as , missionaries,; and were also dismissed in girder to connect them 'aelVes with the Presbytery of Western Africa. '.Dr. Dickey Wag appointed to correspond , with the member of our body who, is a missionary in Atrica, and Dr. Spotswood to correspond with the on o who is a missionary in China, and theie missionaries were requested to send us an an nual report. Mr. Du Bois was appointed to attend to the mat ter of the Fend for Disabled Ministers, ito., recommended by the ; Synod. Dr. Martin's recent installment at Doe Run, was reported. - Supplies were appointed to preach once a month at the Chester County -Almshouse. A report was adopted appointing our ministers, in pairs, to visit eaoh congregation, and hold protracted meetings therein. The action of Presbytery , on this - subject be. found in• another part of this paper. The Rev. J. W;Danforth addressed the Presby tery in behalf of the. Colonization Society, and this cause was commended to our churches. The congregations that have not yet contribu ted their quota to the Lafaletteseholarship, were requested* dp(so within tho,next-six t months. A requeit was made to' dissolvelle pastoral relation between Mr. Murphy 'and the Congrega tion,ot Smyrna, but the .Presbytery, deeming,. it 'unwise to do so at this time, refused the request. • ' The Prisbytery is to meet Fagg's Manor; on the 26th inst., at 11 o'olook A. M., to ,take into gonsideration a call that has: been made to...the 'pastor by the First church:of Aurora, The Overture from the Assembly in 'regard to the'Demission of 'the MinistrY, was answered in the negative, almost'unanimously. A memorial from a Convention held at Dover, to the Assembly, asking for a new arrangement; of boundaries in the territory no*, covered hp the Presbyteries of Newcastle, Lewes, and Phila delphia, and sent to us for our concurrence, was indefinitely postponed, by , a vote of thirteen to .four, the vote being so small because it Was taken at the very dome the meeting. There, were present in all twenty:two ministers, 'sixteen elders, and ten correspondents. The next stated meeting will be held at Lower Weat Nottingham. 11.P.D. 'per the Preebiterfan Banner and Advocate Preobytery. of, Carlisle. This Presbytery held its stated meeting in the Paxton church, Dauphin County,' Pa., corn-. menoing on Tuesday, April 12th, and was opened with a sermon by Rey. J. Smith Gordon, from 1. Cor. ii: '5. Rev. Edwin Emerson was chosen Moderator, and Rev. J. Smith Gordon, Temporary Clerk, for, the ensuing year. Rev,' W.` W. Bells ' with Rev. Geo. P. Vanwik, alternate, and Rev. N. G. White, with Rev.R.l. Sample; alternate, and Messrs. Melianahan and Holmes Crawford z , were elected Commis shiners tiethe General Assemhly. liagerstown was selected for cthe . next stated Meeting 'of Presbytery; to be On the' First Tuesday of October, at 7 o'clock P.' The pastoral relations between:Rev. James P. Kennedy and the church of- Dickinson was dissolved. Also, thatbetweeißev. J. K eramer and the churches of WilliatusPortand'Welsh Run. An application , was' made by the Church of Waynesboro', for the pesters] `Services of Rev. E. Emerson, for one-fourth part-of his -time, which was favorably received; and said church requested to put their call in a regular and constitutional form, 'as soon as convenient. Supplies wereappointed for Dickinson, as fol lows : Dr. KarPer, •to preach ;ortli!the Fourth Sabbath in April; and 'declare theopulpittvacant. By Nail, or at the Moe, $1.60 pe r Year, szx nosp E ons i Delivered in the City, 2,00 " 11112 WHOLE NO. 844 Mr. Vanwyck, to administer the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper on the Third Sabbath in May. Mr. J. H. Clark, First Sabbath in June. Mr. Joseph Clark. Third Sabbath in June. Mr. Reeves, First Sabbath in July. Mr. Hays, Third Sabbath in July. Mr. Henderson, First Sabbath in August. Mr. Murray, Third Sabbath in August. W. W. Bells, First Sabbath in Septem ber. Dr. Creigh, Third Sabbath in September ; to administer the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Rev. J. R. Warner, with Rev. W. W. Eels as alternate, was appointed to preach the opening sermon at the n..x.t stated meeting , of Presby tery: and Rev. E. Emerson, with Rev. A. D. Mitchell, alternate, se preach on the morning of the second day's session. The Overture sent down from the General Assem bly in regard to , the Demission of the Ministerial Office, after some discussion, was negatived— ayes, 7; noes, 27; excused from voting, 3. Presbytery adjourned at noon on Thursday, to meet in .the German Reformed church, at Harris burg, for the ordinations of Mr. Ashbel G. Simonton, under appointment from the Foreign Board as. a missionary to Brazil. His trial sermon was preached from Acts svi: 9. At night, Rev. Wm. , D. Snodgrass, D.D., of Goshen, New York, by request of Presbytery, preached the ordination sermon from Rev, xis , : 6. Rev. Edwin Emerson• presided, proposed the con stitutional. question's; and made the ordaining prayer;.and the Rev. Thos. Creigh, D.D., gave the charge to the newly ordained missionary. The whole service trio ' deeply solemn and inter eating: Many were the 'tears that trickled down, 'unbidden,' and many the silent yearnings' and fervent prayers sent up to the mercy seat in ..behalf of him< who was soon to leave home, and friends, anti country, for the sake 'of Christ and his , Goepel.. . ' " - .Presbytery adjourned to meet in.Shippensburg, on the Second Tuesday of June, at 4 o'clock P. M. J. SMITE GORDON, Tem. Clerk. por the Presbyter/in Banner and Advocate. Presbytery of Redstone. At the late Sessions of the Presbytery of Red stone, Rev. Daniel 'Williams was dismissed to connect,himself with the Presbytery of , Carlisle. The ,pastoral relation between . Rev. Reuben Lewis and the church of Fairmont, wasifissolved. fay:James Black and Cephai Potter were ap pointed. Commissioners to the next General Asiembly. Mr. B. F. Myers having beenreceived from the +Presbytery of Allegheny City, under our care, a call from the, church of Somerset was put !into hatids;''oflwltich 'he declared his acceptance. ilentsi , fflilliam Nerd Campbell, and Samuel Jack Niccolls, were licensed to preach the Go'sp'el The' , question of demitting the ministerial office was answered in the negative. - SUPPLIES. 7aiff4o2dhi.-41. 'W. Biggs, First Sabbath in May. W. W. Campbell, First Sabbath of Jane. „Samuel J. Isllecolls, First Sabbath of July. Peierebtfrg.--=Dr. Fairahild, 'one Sabbath at discretion, and. administer the Lord's Supper. W. W..Carnpbell, First Sabbath of May. Samuel J. Niceolls, First Sabbath of June. Mt.,ifsehingtott gad-Brown's Ciltcrch.—J. Stone road,. one Sabbath at discretion, and administer the'Lord's - Supper. W. F. Hamilton, one Sab bath. at discretion. W. W. Campbell,. First Sab bath of July. . Samuel J. Niccolls, First Sabbath sf August. ' Daunt Run Vied Sandy Greek.-4. Flanagan, First i Sabbath of. June. .11..0. Rosberough, First "Sabbath'' of • August. W. "W. Campbell, First Sabbath - in September. Wallace, Fourth Sabbath of May. Dr. S. Wilson, Fifth Gabbed' of May. ; By order of Presbytery. J. M'Crinnoox, StatatOlerk. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Extracts from the Minutes of the. Preeby. , • tery of Cedar. Presbytery met in Lisbon , on April 12th. Reyn. K Stene was dismissed to the Presby tery. of Peoria, and, Mr. D. D. Christy to the Presbytery of Columbus. Siiice the last meeting of Presbytery, churches were organized on Old Man's Creek, in Dewitt, Millersburg, and. Hebron. Rev. Jaoles'V Mason was appointed to preach at the next stated meeting, on the Pastoral Relation. The following churches reported .:settlement with. their pastors : First German , church of Muscatine, Davenport, Linn Grove, Linden, Suminit, .tolido, Mechanicsville, Marion, and Muscatine. A. Committee composed of Messrs. Jones, Mason, and Lyon, was appointed to see that the church of lowa City settle up ,with Bro. Shearer immediately. Resolved, That the same Committee write to all the churches under our care, thereby enjoining upon them the , duty and importance of settling with their pastors once a year and that such as are in,arrears make an immediate settlement. The pastoral relation between Bro. R. IL Morrow and the church at Cedar Rapids was dissolved. " John Ekin, D.D., minister, and Samuel Knox elder, were elected delpgates to the next General Assembly. • • Presbytery opposed any action on the Demis 'ion Of the Ministerial office. Bro •Mason asked to be dismissed from his pastoral-charge. Presbytery adjourned to meet in Muscatine, the Tuesday preceding the Thursday on which the Synod meets, at ,2 o'clock P. M. F. A. SIENARBIL, Stated Clerk. For the Presbyterian Zenner and Aditoostn. Presbytery of Donegal. The Presbytery of Donegal met at Bellevue, on the ' , l2th. inst.,land was opened with a sermon by the, RCM Jos. M. Rittenhouse, from Isa. is : 6. The Rev. Walter Powell was elected Moderator, aid the Rev. James Smith, Clerk, for the ensuing year. , Mr. John Y. Cowhick was received as a Been tiate`from the Presbytery of Columbus. The , Rev. John J. Lane, or the Rev. John Faisinhar, and Mr. Samuel M. Smith, or Hugh Ross, Ben., elders, were elected Commissioners to the, next General Assembly. The Overture of the General Assembly, on the Demission of the Mmistry, was answered in the negative. Rev. J. J. Lane accepted the call from the church of .Donegal, placed In his hands at the last meeting of the. Presbytery. The next stated meeting, will take place on the first Tuesday of October, at II o'clock A. M., in the church of Middle Octorara. Two adjourned, meetings wdl take place during the month"of Vey, viz , one on the 6th, at Hope ,well, when it is expected that Mr. Cowhiok will be ordained and installed pastor of that church ; and the other on the 19th, at Waynesburg, when it is expected that Mr. Thom will be ordained and installed over that churob. Very cheering accounts of the progress of religion:came up from nearly all our churches. The- meetings for. worship diking the sessions were exceedingly pleasant, and we trust profita ble, and the bUsinestemeetings were characterized by the utmostthartectty. The people of Bellevue received, as ,they well deserved, the thanks of the' Presbytery for their generous hospitality.. Their -pastor, A Mr.. , -.Ciamble, has been greatly blessed in. his whole charge (Bellevue and Les cock,) duririg Ids eighteen months' pastorate. A COUNTRY MFR.—The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God- but in cities, little else but the works of men.:, and the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other. The country is both the philosopher's gar 4den and library, in which he reads and eon tetoplatespthe power, wisdom, and goodness of God., 3
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