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A, " "‘' 4 ; - . 1 :" • • • • _ .. , . : ;: :: .. . •- .41111131 ll , .j NE ` 111 . ........-- , , •.t . V. 1 ' I 6to ' 01- it er 1,2 g i 3.o ' w• her )• f 1 f p rdi abyteriamllkuasers Volk VII, 111 s. 38. I p r ogiort62l6l Advs•atiog 1/44 31111 9 II es 33 DAVID McKINNET and JAMES ALLISON, Editors. TERIEB.-IN ADVANCE. 14 it A igtna Ga • g 11 On the Death of Denison Olmsted, L. L. D., FORMANT TZARS POOFF.SSOR OF ASTRONOMY IN YALI OOLVIIOI9, 001INZOTIOTIT. Spring potted fresh beauty o'er the onitur'd grounds, And woke to .loyanee every leaf and flower, Where erst the' Mari of Eleince, musing Refreshment from his toils. 'T was sweet fo, see• How Nature mot him there, and took away All weariness of knowledge. But he held Higher communion than'with fragrant shrub, Or taper tree that o'er the forest law'rd, His talk was with the stars, as one by' one, Night is her qieenly regency pit forth, • . The sprinkled gold 'upon her sable' robe. He knew their places and prononee'cl their'names, And by their heavenly conversation squght Acquaintance with their Maker. Sang the, not Unto his unclothed spirit, as it.pass'd Prom sphere to sphere, up thro g their highest ranks, • - With his attendant angel?' We are dark. • We ask, and get no answers, Yet we trim In clearest lines, the shining ooniee he took Among lifeis di:dies:for so manyjears; And heard his parting words, that "an was peace,', The harvest song of true philosophy. His epitaph is'one that cannot yield Its moulding motto to the tooth of tints.:: Man works An 'marble and:it mocks his trust; But the immortal mind loth ever ,keep. The earnest impress of ,thomoulding hand, , „ And bear it onward to, a ruespnbora, That is his monument. Hartford,, Conn., Nay 29;.1569. Prom our London •Corresiiondent. The War and its Opening—The :Biniperor- General's Departure—Shall tore be another Marengo ? The Rains in Italy, and the Troops in the Field— Francis Joseph and his Army—The Antagonists, Pugilism, and Punch—The War Manifestoes— Subsidence of the Money Panie—Arrest tb Nation al Progress—Poetry and Rifle Clubs!--“ Go*" and " Town "—The Pope and hie Position-2 as cany and its _gal:idled Duke—. 4 DiscmperyL-The New Government—Tracts and Bibles for ltali— This May Meetings-- Gsneral, Characteristics—r the Bart of Carlisle, the Baptist Society, and India—The Church. lifissidnary Society,' its Fi delity and Simms -- Its Future-- The Bible Society and its Report—The Bishop of London— Norman M'Cleod--Lord Shafts/Jury's Speech and Letter--His (God Trill to Ainerslqx--Postscript.' t LONDON, May , 14t 1 1 8 59x 1. , . ' ,` i THE WAR can heated/ be, sod lo,lin yet' `'t begun. Thedarietjhu Min lhi.clqiiAfit 'tiro gath- k i ertug thickly" over,l it ; ` and s ttheos phere, heavy and oppressive i lttisinpe silent and expeotint- , :abottesi a terrible out; burst.' The' illinfieror Napoleon this . day leaves Paris to be,eorailhellGilierali tizahief of his MELIA ;$41 1 4....g0 0 0 1Rmita OS gingetla and her sou to,the .'Natipp,,sl64prd; and to the PeoPIO ct:c i ° likiallsPktet , iititilis' departure -7.3*„*Pc.iteotrAtiNffillAntlPA , OPPe impatience being expressed' by one og t his officers, he .remarked that'" he would reach Italy time enough ' ‘'''esliticrite i iher'irfniU versary of the battle. tit, Ditiringp."", And,, it would almost /learn tliiit \on the `same fibld'of fame the Austrians and the Frerich"tiern'to meet once more. Were Austria to win the day, it would wipe out the disgrace of that fatal day, whfuliAded f luflite ; ,,tior t ely cavalry charge. of bessatx, Om own life let,) Napoleon I. 't'r' ~the ,clarvalri, Of llth, gOise, of gigelburg in the :Allot, and =followed 'up his victory by the expulsion of the Aus• Wane. :130,4, Franee ~he the 'yieto;' , the second time over the same foe, and one same field, that Woul,:iiiitOoicate "iyithglory the excitable' nation at large, and ,wonld be the beginning of4hat:eueisesSful . 1 1e,nePil-, ship and victory'which Isiuis Napoleon is believed to, have •long !let before him. At all events, fierce pefes?Oris.',wlll,rage on' both sides. The. Frepoicare confident and elateit; the Sardinians,. with dirilialat and his Free Corps in the, van, and ''' with 'the' Generals end the soldiers among 'her, host of hixij , five thonsand "Men, " . ..,: 4 06 fought en well'at the Tobernaya, full, too, of patriotic ardor, are resolved to do or die. Meantime, the elements , have ~fought against Austria. Incessant rains have fallen, and flooded those rice - ffilds tvidiew, grol4oo whcre her troops are placed, retarding their onward progress, and threatening to deli mate them by pestgential .teyer. - The French troops suffer greatly in crossing over the passes of Mount Cenis; and those encamped in the field_ are in .a• sad‘plight. A French officer wrote to his Wife,, last weth, " Welave'bann ,Iying 'in the water for three days I" The Emperor of Austria,.it was rumored, was to take the command 'of his army in person. But I observe statimentifihin'one who bas lately seen Francis 49seph ,At Vienna, as to , the paleness of hii.obeek,"and the attenuation of his'form It is said Wit his . physicians have warned him againstthe risk he would run ha eniiiing on the'fatigiiii of a,o§mpaign, Nevertheless it would seem that in ,his zeal and ardor i to say nothing. of his secrifnopseionsniss that ,his very throne is emperilled,, and that both-Russia and France are resolved to see him humbled, he will moseProbsbly take the field: Punch last week had among its illustra• • titns, the Emperor - N - apoleon, with the Xing of Sardinia on his ,nlfntilders, on one'side, and the Emperor of Austria on the other. Little ,Sardinta squares' his fists, over Laois Napoleon's head, in the Salhar's face, white the latter throws back iiiirforg, - draws him self up, and, with a resolved front, cries out, " Come on--who's afraider THE THREE WAR MANIFESTOES of the King of Sardinia, and the Emperors of France and Austria, are now before the ' world; The two first do their best to throw the wrong' and responsibility on Austria., while in the last the young Emperdi arias out against nth France and Sardinia,'Sid dresses "My people," , (the .cateohisni taught in the empire, under the Concordat, says his subjects ere his "slaves,") and obtests the Deily himself, with confidence. So does Louis Napoleon; and on the abuse of the Sacred Name- by these despots, one of our morning papers remarks, " All we hay, is,'' God help them I. " It is certain that selfishness has much to do, with the present state of things, and so with stealthy steps war has at last appeared, " in all its grimy and devilish roportions." . • i "See where the giant on the mountain stands, His blood.red tTeeses deepening id the Bun 1 With death-shot glowing in his fiery hands, And eye that scorches all it glares upon!" The ALARM IN THE MONEY MARKET, which brought down the funds five per cent. in two, days, Jias In a great measure subsided.. Some of the, r defaulters on., the Stock Exobange are ,paying ,in , full, ~ and others are compoundingwith4lieiroreditors. The funds are now between ftlict Y -0 ° 4 !,-,Rd ti. ninety•two,, 84,1, m i cti , ritie a bat whigMr• Here' England sits, isolated and insular, a alaii3tatdi from afar' of i tefiible conflict,' %these tales 'none can prediot, but which tecesistrily'exoites foreboding's, even while in. the Christian heart .theretis the calming assurance that 'Messiah site King on' the floods forever. Trade and commerce are affected by the war, bread is considerably dearer for the, artitan, spd, what is worse, employment. is, not _ ,so abundant. Railway ,and mining shares, and in fact securities of all , kinds are depressed,. and the country is arrested ' its rapid' march" toward an linpariliblid prosperity Nevertheleskf if' it' Shall Vase ' God to preserve this 'nation`fromil being en tangled in the European complication and ' conflict; if itr shall suffice. for sur,to van out 'our , militia, to. send out- two fleets, one ifor the, Channel and another for- the Mediter-q puma, as demonstrations, that ! England, awake and resolved against, any,anrpriee—. , then, what, eason will tare be for joy , and thankfulness I Rifle Clubs, and the training of the i nlation; especiallY of the Middle 'and ; upper * ,. iciliSees, is now "ifidolisly — iiiged in 'many ' cinarters. In yeiterdayVTinzes appeared 'a ppetin and patriatio'apptial'Or'thiS'aubjeek, signed'" T., ' Which Tpresume froth r the' n. of Mr. Thaekerity,l and. *blob others , ! O may ascribe 'to 'Tupper, or Tennysonit runs in this fashion i 4 ; ' "There is a sound of thunder afar, Storitt'in the Bouth,'tlige'darkeni the day,• Storm. of battle and thunder of waft, Well if it do not : roll Air Tey.t. ; gtorm i storm i Riflemen form! Ready, be ready to meet the storm! ' Riflemen, riflemezipliifieznen form! • "Be not deaf to the sound, that warns! Be not 'gulled by a despet's pleal Are figs of thistles, or grapes of thorns? Mow should:4" despot set men , freel ; Form,!; forte riflemen.form - Ready, be reedy_ to meet the storm I, • , Riflemen, riflemen; forte !" It is pretty , certain that Rifle Clubi will • I. ,become general , unle unless, inde ed, dange! 811314 disc pear or'be con de " red faraway. for, as litie'lfeent we are 6 1i but nets Military nation," and the utilita rian and practical business' `of life naturally takes the &rim* ' ` At CifixibtidO,' the UnivaisitY is to furnish one Riflii•Ohib' , and the town another: . ' • L.s.B. THE POPE finds his dominions invaded by Austria, in/the guise: of t a friendo,- Shel 'has seized Anoona,.-and - is • apparently about to makeit one.of her,improgrtable (?),stropg- 'holds by vast fortifications a. garrison ; ; of seven thousand,men and all sorts, of Muni tions of war. The eturning,Emperor of,the Frenoh,holds RRome . with,ten thousand men, and so managed matters 40 to Make the i vtoglieheye th - at it was at ,the request of , Foly, Pather;" ,whona; the friMe 'Louie apd 11 pon, in . :4 Manifesto , ' days 'ill maintain', on 'hie Papal throne. Yet" there" seated enthimiaeM for liberty at ails - riiiiraeat,aiid'vrilukeitrs are earlatantry - going off to the help of Pied mont. Thesn are genifidli ihdosfeyleds,and With'thereirleption of the' nobility, whbire i fears have 'been ' sirdiudi than their wiartos, because of the 'influence ''of' - the i giterthorstlittid -, theokwertunutiosrhioh.: !they w4 - e subjeiteeirelB4Br: the. eitiVenek 'Hive insponded liberally. A party of shoe- Makers went for permits to depart' as -volun teer-a the other day, and - being asked why, they gave the, witty and 'suggestive veply, c ,, ,We have heard that. the. boototlialy is ginstitehed, and we go toomerid.it' TEE GRAND DUKE "OF TuscaNY, the shameful persecutor, eight years ago, • f the hi it Tiehatt; a ftigitive. - 'lt hss listen diseovered some:two'years ago, be hid liaised toibc prepared 'secret orderly ie coiding which. , any attempt , at revolution was' to be put' "down bp hoinbardment and massacre l The new Government - hasr-itt once declared and decreed in favor of entire liberty of conseitnce,,And,the equality of all, citizens in the, eyes of the It has elan abolished the ,piniihmene of death, returning' to' the mildnese 'of 'the If ilopeldiete Cede, which up till recent period, Was in force. If, as' we liope;'Arisfria Will be driven' out of Italy by this war, *hat a blestfed think 'will it be—and that is the constitutional tendency of things 'there —that the Word of Godeshall - ise no Unger ft hound 1" : TRACTS AND BRAES will now be poured nto Italy through various agencies. Otir Bible` and'Tract Scieletiee are vigilant and active; especially `in felerenee to the' French ind 'Sardinian tonnes This morn; ing a sum of £lOO was Put lby , the Tract Society Committee,) at the. ,disposal of 'the Paris' Tract Society. The MAY MzEnrias ire now in full *Orin. The attendance upon them is iihmense, 'and the support'received` by all the - great 'Sneietiii during the pist year; is more' enlarged: than at any foirrier New faces and' Speakers' appear each =year 'on' the plitforin'of Eketer Hill, yet still one sees - and :bears many familiar and. favorite charepirme of the Evangelical cause, upon whose faces time is writing.hisewrinklesAut Who, neverthelesa, if "wearing. out," are ",not!rusting .out," but rather:, " working While 'it is day." „The; ,platform ! of: .onr, common Protestantism more 'and mon unites ; the; tribes, of Israel.. It was, pleasing. to- find, the Harlot' Par- Ade, for ,example, an r Epispopalian, ia , the Chair of ,the Baptist Missionary Soiiiiiity , and manifesting an accurate acquaintance itshistory, with which many Baptists do ,not themselves possess. The total receipts of this society for 1858 had been 122,946 ; ;this year they have reached £26,513. Of this,£4 ,871 have been dOnatieni ft) " . `the "Indian Special Fund." - The - Rev. Thomas Morgan,- of Howrab, i (lndia,) spoke affectionately and gratefully of the 'Government of India, during his 'eigliteen''yearti residence there." "There ''was in* My time; full; absolute; confplete, ' and irttparalleled liberty to -preach •the Goepel."' He - strongly urged the claims of India, and described Hindooism =a>not -as a single system, but an embodiment, of every system that was ever inspired by the. Prince , of Darkness. There is not in it an idea of 'holiness. In the lowest and mostAegraded ~elasses of London,,there are hetter ; men than -in , lndia , There all-is bad; there holy,men ~areibad—one putrescent muss, throwing out miasma , and death, like the river Thames last Simmer. The% is a total.. want of truth,.and cruelty is Ihroughout the whole country. A man who would not kill a cobra, would destroy his mother ; and though Inky/phi nottread on an 3 insect, he would throw his child to the crocodile. The Brahmin eiemplifies Aitinity by pouring boiling ; lead or iroellownilie throats of those who attempted'to instruct The speaker indicated encouragements, also. The people understand much better now, than they did years ago. He remem bered when he presented_ a tract, they'tore it in pieces, and flung it, in fe r rie ; now, fre was received , with welcOnfe, aliWasked to come back ,All adrOtted that!thert Was no eijmkri in *air ralikiap; to :',Oat there' • • • 41 ,tig ; firri 4 . ite declared; iie lef eltv,, 411 " ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DPEIL ME PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING,: FIFTH STREET, ARO FOR THE WEEK ENbING SATUR hie .onvictiou of its'fiust triumph; and con eluded thiiti 4 :' ' "Oh ! my , friends, , let me, with all the awful realities of the great day before me, point through, all, the miseries of India to,i the degradation that is , done, to God. Ohl i think of of one men—Ons woman; think what must - be the acciiinuta tion of the miseries of two hundred millions of people " gullens, of the London Society's, missionaries at . 04004, and a very able minrapfokii'with gratitude and delight of Old greet eining4.that has passed enEitglisti , scil . ciety in Indiait and in thelenreber'ef flan supporters to ,missions,-noroog military men ; , there. He referred to, Colonel Ed wards and also to Colonel Nicholson (after waideliiiiiiier General:who 'fell at' Delhi,) who had;lfeen'OOMlrtibionier orthiO,Brinnoo , District,l in the ~ P utuj ant); who, , orr: Parture,. was TurrOundoti by .a, sorrowing and weepiqg agreeingthat one, who. had acted as" 'their tither and ` their friend,, ineiriraklen of one Of rthe great Spirit* orleitide , of former. years. Andlhere let:me t do justice to Lord.Stan-I, ley,-in this administration of India: MoOleod 1 'Wylie, writing from Oalcuits,' ,', n Jir -- praisesi policy and appointments the strongest terms. rray "Mitchell, of Bombay, now: in ~ E nglairo4 in like - =manner says % that T he is ~doing, , all ,that, could be,- ; wished, ,The appirintment of Sir. J. vyllian, to be Governor of Madras, also indi cateoll'elaiiorlibre:hieze"Whieh.noir bloWs foraol . olW:inn net, and' Mereiful 'pirlidy in India. , -The , pobrliShirianiivoinen, converts to- l ehristianity, ; whom , the Brahmins, ,were.. subjecting i tti shoe, with the:tacit consent, of a Gatlin, teneial Outten bir name, mill now hated redress:These BrahminsWed' giVere out' ittfit-the .IQueen .of , England 4 - as= quite, of a,anotherlcaste , ; , from: ther , Andia;. C.not9Pao3r.izFlO,waeAllite favor of 0 , , Live religions 'and of the sweeping away of all the Company's - encroachments upon weal ..rnt-f:. TEE gIWROR MISSIONARY Socatry ig,a magnificent and larJePreading 'enterprise, combining =inlts suppnrt the -very'J elite • and hift•Vood of the,true Evangelicals of:the Na tienal.gatabliehment. vAny olergymanAhat, heartily supports this, can have little gyin-, Paliy;eiren with the" Church propagation ertheGiSsioili - SocietyZ 'The litter,luVief-* er, is more - evangelical - than it , -.The. worst of -the; matter is, that' it ;'affects ;' a " corPPlTonlise- PliehAn4 sometimes , , sends. out men compromise preach, Sacramentalisin, While others equally In/stared,' deiiiiiineing such as the -propagators of "'another Gos pel " I . lO)the I'm!' the Church' Mission ary Society, , this l is net,. and I believe Inver, will.be, : ,the case. .T regard it., with the great:Alt, admiration and- ~,reylrfnee. Its business 'enqdltoied jai bushings' eight to belnlidditeV l Ile motto in every thing' is, "Thorough." A'spirit,Of love is.uherished toward,ull , Protestant missions; and ;L it is Worthy of, mention that the; Society hue ab 7l stained from ., a teMpting in:Turkey, ink beeutrietheWOOld 'not' inter:fah' with die . noble`Jeliterprign 'of the Americiti,iniisida tales there:' 7' - : The total in,come forthe . year Amounts to. 1,4,0141§0 re ceived the 1 4 71iite; ingdom. ' of this belong's' to 'the special find fer'lndia: Addinglielear's receipts; the'Jlndiati land reaches nearly £50,000. The Miision • Churches' fund and foreign funds sent home to thailSOorety;:sem estimated iitiZls;69o ; so ;thus the grand : total (audit is a "grarldr total,) is £161,976 This, heivever,. •is not its cniMihation: " bfultitridifi," says Dr ''Campbell ' in the' British; of the-living generation, will see the Church Missionary Society pis: ingAs9o,ooo ,per, annum ; and even then quite . dissa i tisfied with their own aohieve merit:- It after "all, -'only be an average of A5O , to etch" of her ten thousand par- isheal Stop till .theJ.Cloneia and the Prince; 1 with ; the Household,,begin ftattend the „meetings „of the; Society ) and _all the pee move train- 7 -andthen a new facewillhe'Phen l icin the entireise. w It was rumored that 'SW Johnlawienee would,bel.presenti, and 'would. speak at the annual,inceting., HE, sent an apology, and bth it a donation of 450.; and `the fast late other,`, Henry,* were 'always he fast fr i ends - Of Ulla . inetitutien. : " Ji "J " ' I THE , BIBLE SOCIETY. MEETING was a very abb4 one. J ) Parka there within few minutes after eleven o'clock, but - punctual and true , to J:time,- Lord Shaftsbury; was In the- chair, 4 ,nd. prayer , was ~being. offered. I:Pluming address -was like himself, frank "noble.heaCted. - He referred to Sardinia . aihrtlin war; and repelled liimit 'Wee iiiiCll . ; him on account ofr the letter , which he bad Written in the, ,iburnals. Amid the tumultuous enthusiasm he declared, that his letter was meant, and only, meant, to be "acontrast" hetween Austria and Sardin. ia, between merit and &Merit, weakness and poweicl betiefettAlitlerty 7 ofiedirldienad -r and the intolefable, serVittule, of ,thc,Austrian Concordat." 4 'lte Aida Wit% the re ceipt Of that letter at Turin, - Pastor the `7 l (rastiSi of the rWaldensuin church, at Once - eriniokedhis congregation; holdla ape. `offered ati."a prayer for the`free Government' which hat:secured their fiber tiesltrAvell as for the ;EnglighJpeople. "'Let Me - tell you," said= the noble Lord, "it is'no smallstrengthte that:petty king done of Sardinia ' -thayshe has the•prayereof such ,- a Church,",,'", (that Jof Jthe; Vaudois,) "..which; small and oppressed as it,had been, had 'held the , truth in, its purity„since the days, of the :Apostles,, and, which,l havinf been trodden.,:down,by,the iron led, of Po , pery, by.” the Sardinian Government, been placed outhe,high.plages of the earth. The . ohnrehea of the, Waldenses „ in : Turin and Genot,,stand more prominent tkanthe cathedrals of f'opery." Let me hike ask '*you to print in full, Lord Shiftsbury'e now, famous letter, to which 1 onliilluded in my last. It in warthY'of that his widely known and printed and damages' both Popery and "Austria 'wit `kJ SIR :7-Sardinia, " having acceptet_ proposi tions made to her by . England and Prussia," the mediating Powers, and having exhibited , her full willingness for the maintenance of peace, is. to be basely and cruelly attacked by the Emperor of Austria. On which side should be the li n opesand prayers of 'thirßritisb people there can be-tittle questidn. Sardinia has declared. and; proved; herself to he -the defender of civil and religious liberty in Italy. She has raised the Waldenses. front degradation and' suffering, and planted their Church in the , principal places of Genoa and Turin; she the•free preaching of God's Word; in public and in prOste; and where on the, Continent is the, oircnlsti`on`of the Soriptures so'open, so wide; so countenanced by'the authorities% of the State'? 1; Her policy telt° resist.the encroachments or the Chitreli of .Rome; Asy, , ,further,it is to seek, by' legitimateali means, the total abolition of the secular power of the ;Papacy. Austria; on the 'contrary; is opposed to every thing great and good for the; benefit of Italy. If there be onoAhing that ,Ishe, hates more , than an „other, it is (dill: and religitme liberty. What hu.: 480? 'principle is she now tendlisveringto4eserre trent degradation and Artuntift; nods; the lehicf—,perhaps, in fact; the Me d eltEKtirtAtßaikel_4MMl aud-utinc?!.ev.n raent in Central Italy. The 'Praistinti Hnn. gary and other parts of her .dominions cattail the higotry 9f. her .ruie ; while,her : rierons hibitiou to admit the Scriptutnii. anther d 4 seizare of whole depbts in 1853, , and .the,it portation, of their contents beyond the fr amidst," as, the 'report says, " the lanai tears and Sighs of tens of thonsandi ortrhe ple,!', show that she.haif no claim:whatever!) sympathies of the British nation. . ~) In the' deployable ' absence . of - the Hills Parlianient, there' can ;be no expressiont ' public voice.. But let its all, ningly, or WO wherever and whenever we can, implorer Mn God that the nascent causeof "truth and* . . . religion.and,Rieti " -may, by,his blessink, ily and universally prevail in lands So I thraldoin to ignorance and otipretsion. - ,t Tie total Teeeipts of the7l3ible„Soci the . year have : been £15,4:,406, being; 4000 over last year. ;I`he testae freis the deriet'af bailie , : 9B9 , "287' 1 * J - :f` pots a - brad, 636:698; Making , it 1;025,085/eopies,Lbeing '-an; increase 798 Over the, issues, of the previo, ni , The,Soniety,is,tiuder engagements tO". I t ent of '487,676. ' 'lltietpishisp of 'London ' moyed ask dop ,. bon of the ''report in .a large andt bend hearbsd isneeelritdivideillbetviteis, 4 gland andK the.nited Statesi j the , noble . p ' :lege of ;tairculating the. Bible:,ov,er; the ,arid. Dr. Norman Moefeed; Of Glasgo'w, ' de ',a, Characteristic and' i stiiritig ' addle' '' He dwelt on the tests which the Bible ha -stood prephitic,?;diastrinali . experimental,4 ed.by infidelity, by •PorrYs by. aliPiltelrB4 homes by missy:m:loes, among ; the" hentlieei •y our solders . * scenes Oficarnage„ in`ikett, nt and e . &B the 'l4 our 'pear allifitiat intry , nieicitil ane4es of ufasettere on 'the ryieve of the gralie, : by the , bridegroo ‘;ping to the altar, by the bride weeping ay. her 4e, partnre from her childhoods hi . e. All proclaim that "the Word` of doit, ! true." He denied ' the" - &iris of bib olatry," Baxe , in T the sense, ot loving : the I' 4. - ter.that came from the distantfatheig„so tit Church, ' ' from ' her' ' r band. k i th! message abse n t .4 . `'" ikkeir an old'offibei that tise. 'periodi cally thibiring oat a few bits of tii :r, over which le hung with an aspect ofi evotion, . and dropped many: 4 tear., ; Why. 4he love those bits of paper so , s well 7 ey , were the autograph; commands Of.Nois ii, Which had been !Mervin the 'sky, fiir'' belie the roaring'of Many a battle'lthat , beibmade our • name illustrious. And shall;wilihis blamed:. because ;we, too,. drop„ao. affe 4ippape i talt, over these glorious rev:nitwits iss of b t attles t f and victories of, the ' Great: - 0 7 ' taus .of our saliation; by Whein - oni'ilitifre lairbeers Ye diseased?' We' are not 'bibliol tin:o, init.we i .) adore and worship,the Father ' f , ithe,Bible; yes, we say it : is the word of, 4.' - ' ' ... Like' a true . Highlander, ' r. lgebleod spoke with riaithitic Coffin:lila M aboht the necessity of ''resisting invasion` :and ' war, should'they , assail our' shores. Bat yet, . "..while..l. say let = us take,eare of enr,shot, and shell, and keep our. powder j dryi and • send our Leviath ans on i " the brpot,i;,3lst ide not believe that arliPoinahiesstr or Popish` despot On earth, haa any'latemY iteleir - io 2 . much aiiti battery .of Bibles." , st,i; =:s .: J Dt:1111cOleod !concluded; ;I.o3+;a' =very graoo - reference to,thnishop,ef LoNon : I' jt is a long • time ago, that IhadiSe.happineis of ineviieg a 3rounimmi,in fv , gAtishriii- ' versiiY,' admired for This"iiilentsii profoividly reii eeted ` tor : his ``character , . alik_bislaredrfor isabfistdAbwittor .iry.'-;lvey.,-,m1p , .. him, till to-day ;,and,,thank God, that 1., can. as a Presbyte r ian minister; second a - , resolu- T don proposed hi 'that' once fOureg blan,r- and` now 'Alie ' 'Bishop of `LonderrA ) ‘; This was lailedlwith grisittechaering, amid_ which the-, speakettsabdown ; and Abe Bialsop, in, retir ing, grasped...him by , the hand. Dr, Pome.royy moved a vote of thanks to the Uhairsiihis; and testified to the universal feeling'ot reaper fot'the character of Lord Shaftsbury. which ,prevailed in America; and gave him, a hearty, invitation to visit the United States. Lord Shaftsbury "felt deeply indebted "to J. iomerey. '" ilia I been a yoinig man, and not verging on old' age, I' should" accept' the invitation and.go across the - water. , -I have , done„the.next,. hest thing, and emit -my son ; and if, the, re-.. <section he had met there,Waa a panicle what. he (Lord S") Might eipeiii; then he could' only express his deepest and most heartfelt' gratitude tethe penple of"the United States for theirkindneriwind affection. I believe that gone _et! the f greet, an blello - effeotoi whioh , erisemfrom ) the,iinititution of, ilinAi ;bieBomity, is, that itis a source of union,. Filth of thoughi and action, b etween the people of Pokier:ld; and their free, prosper-' `oitesi and happy - , brethren of: the .. United , States." (Loud sheers.) : , - - I might have crowded into this letter the statistics of a great number of the May. Meetings and great Societins; BA' Limie thought it bettet tolgitrethe; spirit of a:few of- them; reserving others, D. , V., for future. n0tice.:.::...... ; ... ~.T. W. P. S — 7 -There is a report that Garibaldi has gained a success against the Austrians. t They have virtually roiled from ; tie in va. sion of Sardinitir.iiidzitliii! odeinages their reputation: They have always -b een.slug gish,r , as a militaryfieree, eotnpared with the, date of the "French: , - ' The 'General Election is well nigh con.' eludini.'" The Tories' have gained about twenty new seats, and imainlylty gross cor ruption. By this they have exasperated the country, and kiiit*,„h,e4bert4 more , close: ly 'to ovettliroi them When " Parliament meets: 'Piesbiterbiris in - lreland suffer`loile in: - the retirement of Mr.' " Kirk, foriterly member for,Neury. . He found that £3,000 was : the.price ,of the !teat. So the , Tories had ruled it!,. Mr. Arnott, Mayor of Cork, , a Prisbytetian; has been elected for kinsa.le. ig - - Important Biblical Discovery. • - -. • •• • • • , The london Athe:nmunt says that Pro- fesserillitelienclorf; Who- had been 'serif by the'Rtisiisitf l Goireriirrienti on , a journey of scientific , exploration, in a letter from iCairo, dated 15th March; states to the.ginister of Saxony Herr Von Falkenstein that he has stioceeded in making same valuable dis cfteriei lelative to .the Bible =The'inost important of these discoveries istw mina; script' of the Holy. Seriptures,,ifrom , the fonrth century--consequently as old ,as the 1 famous manuscript of the ,Yatican, ,which hitherto, in all eorlimentaiies, maintained the first rack. This it 'will qii4tare - in future with the newly.discovered manuscript, if Herr , Tisehendorf •be not mistaken. In three hundred and , fortysix.. beautifully Atm parchment leaves, of such aim that only two eau' have been out of one 'akin, it contains" the greatest part of the Prophets, the Psalms, the!Book of Job,ltbe Book of Jesus, ; Siracit„th, Proverbsil the Song of Solomon and 4fferal of the Apochryphal Books of the Old - Testament ;Ibut then the " whole of the New Testamentie complete. tr 'Another`alititile discovery l of Professor , Tisohendorfs is - described as nlundoubted ,and, complete manuscript of the Epistle of !Barnabas, a nd , of the Shepherd of Hermes, both belonging,to the second century of the , Christian era, and Originally standing in the esteiim -of: thet Scriptural Epieitles. Herr tTisehendorf hopeskirom the munificence (of the ~Rinwitca ,G,oveynment,,,that he will., be ,enabled to give Attliediate publication , to these three manuscripts' " " , t 1 the SEEM of y the. ;al) , tine; eed in • 4 for o. ly MEE :'4 . -;:t.d..LoAtz, ~:r:I.; 1:., 1.1::'...;.i- THE LORDS" "THIS ONE THING I DO." PP 9N;t i kiH, PA. AY JUNE 11, 1859. The General Assembly 0f71859. ,TENTH DAY---Afternoon Session. Tim' order of '.tho - cloy being • the election. of Professors for ttle..Nortll"Westere Boolioer,y, Ar..,E. Nl Maeaster, moved . tO_postpone, for tke purpose tattfogiuji imotitie to defer the' , election till...next year. - MOM beau ten years a Professer in the Sem inary under;SYnodical control, and felt it a duty to, present•the subject fairly to the understanding lot} Ore: Assembly,; His position was., delicate. • 'Efe,,had hitherto declined participating in the, dis Citations', hat now felt:it a duty to speak. - Provi dettotealled him to' it, though painful. Justice to a Public %interest ot,the reqiired the hownt,P4, We patience, and'give attention. He heAL committed to :writing 7ritat,trhad to pay, and w7giirVitralV HeMN Wilke tliree Immerke. 1. He did_not appear as a party to a scramble for pl „ „„ ow. in 0 onenotuu point it) any act of his, by himself or by his friends on his anthority, seeking _an appointment. He had three times vacated his place, with a .tiew, Ao .ctianges,sup posed ta be beneficial. " He r parer, had been,: and never Ifinid'l4; lin aspirant.foil artotribi!, in the gift of the Assembly.'" He appeared here but as a member. de I , o f 23,- ear. ex• 2. Re had Chit been, and would' not be a party to any personal controvasy,-nnless, as he had heeh 4 powned, - fiir 'theee - Tiettenl4iire. everrefosedlo reply,to any nt,the attacks made uPee , * r im- te. be ar.419 1 thhlg.persoial heretofore, teas a gnarwtee for-the present. ith e to t°ll3subject, -wo u ldBl l i t;8 would w e4 9kuldw be discuss needfuli !trellts6 discussi ng e and edifietitiOn of the Churah, and plain ness and ' fidelity. There W:el3 • ll,great division in the"churches, on the subject: Since 1856. the whole, movement toward the Seuilitery, had been by accimations, specintly against the':Professors. The accusations god refirenie to alleged opinions and designs on the sebject'otslavery. He did not intend SO dieones merits of the subject of slavery, only tie far' au "answer, to wreegful charges made this necessary. No matter pf so cuiation has been ..alleged against:4llmi except what resolves itself into Ws' It has been al leged that it was the design of himself and Dr. ThOntai . ' to found_ an abolition IBeiniiiary, and divide the Chrireh-ftiat they bad' attempted to accomplish : this _design, by enneealment, fraud, trick, lie: To thesaln t h e terms' in which they are made, he would make no reply. He would treat them, as he b‘d7diitherto done, with si lence •ge would not attempt to prove that Abe charges were wrong; untrue as they are. Some may have b eef deceived by the repro en- Wiens made. ,He would try t to, diaabise,the AB - speak historically, quoting rewords *-1 ; 1. The Seminary at first; was l ostablhated by the Synods, in Ohio, and Indiana. They sought the Taoroperatilni' se of ' Kintucky,""fen nessee,, and,..Miesenri. union ,was,-, formed; and the Settiloary_desired a cordifid union. ' The PrOpoitillit 1856 to - eiteiad the interest in the Seminary, to- other-Synods, was not made to •Missouri. This was because, Missouri had with draw .1 f;om the 'Ocrinexien, • ' years previously. Shah Avaatha, general , understanding, andithere wasobundant evidence, of tne,fact , of withdrawn' , (Orr htqttrited from • the Digest, prepared by S. J. Baird; and from eundrY papers and documents, to,snetain tnis_position.) ~He gayi these reasons to 'shoe; the ground on which he,and the Direeters concluded that the Synod, of Miesouri did not de sire aninvitatipn to, unite in, the Seminary, and lime was not, invited, when other, Synods were invited2l ' = • -, ,The'eennexion of the Synods of Kentucky and' Tennessee with ,New Albany, was - dissolved; in. 1858, When the with, New Danville watt tnied.Tl , And =Missouri withdrew in the; samk t year,- and for , four yearn ,appeinted , no . Directors., The 3emmarY had loiMerly sought a union with the)Syneds in the slat , e States , on true prim? , ciple, : consistent with , the safety and benefit , ef t i ;tint p es Hei s hilieved that the free Statee will not be driven; froth Iheiii * true JfetitairilitiVe: ground. The attempt to, excite the odium of Abolitionism ngainet l ,the jriands the New Albaril-Seddiarjr,li , nejest, and'to he deprecated. He had:endeavored tn , preserve lhannion of the Synods North and South of. the Ohio, and yet hal is anAbolitioniat It not he; ' but °there; who sought and effected division. E. In Augnst, 1856.. a circular . was addressed to Ministers and eiders in the aiveii. North-Weitera Synods. nln 00Mber, , a Conatitution was proposed and ,arlopted. It, was ; adopted by all the seven SYnods, with only One` 'negative voice, in one of theta. ' ThiireA was nothing 'aboutlelaveryin the cironlar; . por zl in the-,Constitution; nor in the Synods, on.the sdoption of the Constitution; He was accused of Plotting, beanuse a Constitutieti' had ,been offered to, the Synods, and, not ! to ,a Convention. ~But they, the Synods, had the right to net, end they exercised that right. In 1157 he addreesed'a letter to the Directors', Of the new Seminary, stating hie views„on the iibject of slavery,.in which he declared"his ad: hesien fully to the doctrines'of the= Assembly on the subject. , _(The sneaker here read,thiaJetter. It is very long. We published it once.) ' To the answer given' th-the queetion sent up to the Assembly in 1645,re)ative to fellowship with. siavenolders, in any circumstances; he had always dealorded. It Was' snbstantiallY right. he thought the Raper then adopted , by' the Assembly WAS liable to, be, misunderstood, both by .slave holderruied "abolitiliniets,'and also by Many good persons biota. own Church and mother Churches: He considered that paper ill7ndvised,crude, and inconsistent." Two privitaletters of one of the Professors (Dr, M. iiimself l ).,. had .been discovered, and brought forth, as proof agaleiti hies, of Plots and Of these he would say that they were his; Own., The other ?releaser, andtbe Directors, had no responsibility in relation to them. These letters, heivever, sufficiently eXplttin themselves, to the:candid.r. He would print ohm in ; an Apr pendia. to his present remarks. They maintain that slavery is a 'tigat'evil and this is sustained by the Aisembly43 action' of 1818; 'and they speak in condemnation of the new doctrine, that slavery is a great good. They"They speak of certain persons who are endeavoring to introduce among us this .new doctrine, and of, the duty, of resist ing the encroachments of the slave ppwer. Taking sliferyini3 difineill—thatis; as a system .whielt.mAkes human ,beings,'V,chattels," 1' tools" ••=-4t , eitonid„npt °time. into ; the•Chttrolt, and 84910A0t there,,tolerated.;,T.be.pro'slnyery power had conic region t o, interfere with the Reooeffik .eirerio to , 00 tat?tioh. ,a Solinnol7-: It was not te. : baendnreil., p The wa?hed - been waged _to .maintain the e pro-slavery,poirer..: He had , been „preserined, hecanse -beoptild not bow down to AikimporcamtAgeoiou to , twiloOkled• . The eyes, , of the ,Ohtirch i and the world. are ,. upon this Assembly. If the ; Assembly should decide ,wrong, .he would still netleisake the Church, but would ,yet , contend.for. and,glory. Truthwill,prevall, bet error will die and, perish. He j had,.diecharged a present duty, one,',Whieh i lie eotildmotovade. lie, . would ; print 'fifty ; thousand ,copies of hisopeeen c end send them 811 2 over the Church. ' • Dr. Rice regarded -this exhibition, by the last _speaker, us,otie, of the} meet remarkable he lied ever witnessed; Spch,a speeoh,when the order, of the k day.was an eleotion .It shouldiave beep ,ruled out of order ; - but now there must be a re sponse. He would.lurbrief: This matter of the Seminary came up to the Assembly from= the Synods., This direction was --giveipto it, ftpA, in the Synod,-of Cincinnati, on a paper drawn up by De..- Val:Master audit was ealled.a," peace, measure." He, came heie .sup posing that all had been done in, good faith. He .brought no. documents, not ..expecting_stoy euch discussion.. 11e,capte to accept the.. offer of the Seminaryand adopt rriessures for parrying it on He bakcome with. the pledge of fonds, ample. to ,begin -; with. ; - He had-.thought the controversy The House_ had board a tong history. Dr. Machlaster might.believe it was,trne, but he did root., Noman ever-let 'suffered persecution in the Presbyterian Church. Every man has room. The controv,eray betwiten_hitn. arid Dr. , M. com menced in 1845,. in i tlie Synod of Cincinnati on a paper introduced by Dr. hisohlaster. The Synod then approved, almost nnanimmisly,,of the action of the Assembly of the previous May. Dr.. 14: entered his, dissent. This was not,. a personal matter between , him and Dr. M but a discussion on principles. He never bad a yeraonal oontro tversy_ with any , _man: • Dr.. Rice hern gave way to a motion to adjourn. . -Adjourned till eight (Nock. The unfinished business of, the afternoon was did,_not Intend,to make speech, he not go.into the..agee.ph i , of 4 t - Dr.4 -Igachistster,_ lielkePoAsirer. l state_ a few ufeetsbage Tfoo l . B ett#ll. o P4o o PcltPt,iChAnlera ifageithstlthatsi?firlrrAngwitis kgbjeo-tnoCtls4;o4e- , , Even!ng Sessjon. s,~ ;r}s ME Philadelphia, South West Corner of Seventh and Chestnut Streets liveranee of '45. Dr. C represented it as an evidence of great wisdom in the American Church. . Also, the Synod of Iridium, which had planted the, Seminary, had objected, to Pr.,MacMaster as a. Professor, and he supposed that be also might object. The. Synod , of Missouri could easily have been asked whether ,it, bad withdrawn. The 'Stated Clerk couldbave answered. Bat they .never did withdraw. -They were designedly excluded from, ' the new arrangement. Why else•pass them by;? Why was there no invitationl Why make,it an article , that a two thirds vote , must be hid to,-qtd mit them, or any. other Synod, into the alliance? lie would -refer, to ,the private, letters. .They were simply about the ,Seminary, where there, should be. no risecrets. There are, some ,things , about which amen has no right to have ,privacy. in his porrespondence ; and one of these is, mat. tars which concern the public :interests of the Church.. Dr. Bice here read extracts from these letters, and commented on them with great power. . , The South, he maintained, had-never come up ; to the Assembly to ask an alteration of the. As mbly'Sdoctrine of. 018.: He ,belieyed hi that doctrine and had preached it often, Ebrth, and South. The petitione, ;which - called, out' the action of 1845,:dami'.up - 'from M.'s friends. ILhe, Dr.ll..., ; believed the 'slavery power sought to govern the 'Assembly, he' would fight: too. Neither Dro-sleyeryism nor abolitionism . ehotdd rule in the Assembly.; Tliey;,:v(pro!,bOth. ,errors, and lioth led J to infidelity, Rev would, allow no man to assail brpthrem.in. ; private •'letters, -nor to' PrO"te :4160ive •Imeasures 'AT' , 1410/reit; ,by, private letters..; It WAS. his ~4- r aty,to,.previnf these evils. he could , forgivek as- he" hoped • to be , forgiven' Dr .M copiesiothis speeo'h. one hun dred thousand. He will but the more injure him "lf.; Thifit4li 4ad..) ). 0 11- * , 4W- Ar'h'e , 4., had come up With threatsoin case..he :should not be eledted; he would have deserved to be rejected. This,Aseembly,is,not..to be_fr,ightened bY threats lie trssted.that the .Assembip•okoold go An -and+ finish thematter. lie:had i toid:Jda,brotbrep that he did not seek,'" place in the Seminary,,sad,,now he, said ithe..same to the Assembly. f . But if the Assembly wanted him, it. would say so, and he. would then consider the matter. Dr. him:Master's motion . was laid on the table. Theyote.m,fill the first, oks'ir„that of -Didactic * and Polemic Theology, was: Dr. Rice, ?.14:- Dr. 21177,5,",1114sjro'rit4y.5f;or.8Dearr votes, Ballots being..cast .for the 'Chair, of Biblical and Ecclesiastical History, , was ..elected.--tHr. ..Lord bad.. 218 .votes, Prof., Moffat. 28 scattering, 84. Majority for Dr.. Lord, 161 all. _ The thanks of, the Assembly were voted to, Rev. Drs. Palmer, Clarke, and Moore, for their sermons before.the Boards, and copies : veep) asked for publication. On , motion of Dr. B. M. ;Smith, a proposition to. diminish the number „of. _members of . the Boards;• and comae other changeso was referred - to, the neat General Assembly,,aa follows : , 4. That the Conatittition Of the Boards of Foreign Miss done, Domeitic Idissione,..Bducation,Bublication,. and the . Church Extension, -be modified - -in, the .folloning , particu lars, TlM.tithe number of members in the& Inetttitiche be limited to sixteen members eiktit elders and 'eights:Mule. tentito be elected font' classes,. . -2- That said Reseda and Committees shall meet on the Thursday of the week succeeding' the thong of the Omens bly,Jand thereafter oti`their own , lidjtirarnent,' proiride4 they do:not meet lees often than once monthly.. , .8, That nine members shall he viscose-my to constitute a nuirosit. 4. That the dirties devolving otOthe Executive Commit tee, ea now-constituted. Abell .devolviy on the Boards and Chu* Extension Oommfittee .noder the proppemborgeni zatiOn, and that the:Boards. and Committee shall send up;; their roottide fO.! review to the assimitify. !le . ..That teach meeting °Uhl Assembly a: Committee shall by appointad,,ott.each of the Boards and Church Bx tenelon ComMittes; Which Shall' ocUisilst of ' otie mendli. from eaehlsineerepreeenteeli, *aided' thlilititaber of members may be - antitdent v to whieh COM . mittee Icaddition-to the nrdinary, duties, performed by. it shall be added tha .of nominating stiltable,perions for the of to of Be 4 retaries such Boards, and 'Ohniehllatexision QossmftteeThat. a ,Committee of one memier from each of the. Thiside.iod'thei Church ,Extension ComMittee he now. iso pointed pretkielor the consideration` of the'" As sembli,.enoh other and speehd modifications of this existing Constitutions of said Board and Church Extension Com , mittee as may be required,'ShilMethat 'Ant* bly proceed to the adoption of the fox!tgohngle, The Committee are Drs. , B 3. B. Spottswood; Bohert -Steel, - W.=s:-'Green, and J. C: Backus. • ,-; COLONIZATION. R.'R. Reed, M.D., of Washington, Pa., offered certaiwresolutions on the subject of Colonization. Dr. ,Thornwell considered this subject to ,be outside of Alia commission, of the Church., ; She is, organized for spiritnal pitrposes; and these only. lie was not opposed to Colonization, but it came not within the; functions of-the Church. Let theChuroh cling totthei Scriptures, proclaim them, preach thaglospel,-know nothlng,bntlesus Christ and him ,cruolf!.ed, if gentlemen, wished to colonize the people of dolor. or take measures to prevent the antra 'trade:Aet 'them do so es citizens, not as ati organized Church. The Church should not be implicated - with the State, nor with State,airairs, Aloe affairs, otoff ,the.world. Leave Risiorical.Societies, 'temperance Soeieties,Abo talon'Societies pro- SlaverY Soeleties. Let the Church attend ' to the . concerns of the soul's saliation. Ale wished the country 'all prosperity. The salt which is to, save this cottetrylethe Church. A Church which belongs to, 4 no,politiCal party arid no mere human association. Church Which' serves` Christ, and Seeks 'tile welfare of the souls of men. • • -! • The paper iwas referred.. to the Committee, on Bills and,Overtitres. - Adjonrocat.to 8i tomorrow morning. Con dhided with prayer. - ELEVENTH DAY. • Tramper, May 81, 1859. ,The _Assembly engsfed,.for. half an hou r; in praise, reading the 4oriptures, and preYer.. The Minutes of . yesterday ,iifire read , and ap proved: ELECTION OF,PROFE S SORS The unfinished beakless of last evening was re,- smited,-aod ballots cast for the occupancy of the Chair "z of Hititorioal and Nato* . Theology and Clinreh Governnieet, With; thefolloWing result; viz.; Rev. Leroy j. Halsey, D. D., 206 votes, scattering, 48; majority for Dr. Halsey,- 158. 1 _Tor the Chair of Biblical Literature and Exe gesis Rev. W. rk., Sc ott, D. D„ 165 votes ;J. F. 141,aren D 45' 1 '66attering Majority for Dr. - Scott, 84. STAVE OF. RELIGION Rev. Dr Sparrow, from the Committee on the subjert, read a Narrative on the State 'of Reli gion. It ixpresees gratitude for uniot► and peace. The Church is advancing. The fruits of last year's revivals belie been gathered in, and other revivals have been enjoyed.. Of the one,bundred and wenty nine Presbyteries which have sent up reports, aixty-three have`enjoyed seasons Of re fresiiirigin portions of their churches. The re port is exceedingly encouraging and ' also srig gesdvewnd inciting. (Read it , entire when pub ,lnihed.) It was adopted unanimously, and , or dered to be inserted in the Appendix to the Min . • Judicial ease No. 4 waslaken up, being an ap peal', of Davidson, .Roons, sand others against a decision of , the Synod of Baltimore. • Dr. Humphrey stated the nature Of the ease , when•it was referred to the next General Assem 'bly. Members of the Boards of Domestic Missions, Publication, and Education were elected. , Directors .were ehoosen for the Seminary at Chicago.. The members ohosen for the Board of Damestio 'Missions are : • Mutternas—P. O. Studdiford, D.D., in the place of J. J. aneway,' MD., deceased ;N. Morley, D.D., 0 Beatty, .D.D„, R. L. Breck, Squirt Robinson, D.D, Joseph McElroy, George McNeil, John N. O. Grier, DD., J. Rice •Ilenry Perkins, D.D., , Reward.. D.D., A. G. Hall, Robert Steel, MD., Lewis Oheasman,D.D., Weary J. 'Tandy - kb; Wet. W. Palls. Rtnlato Runktr—Jatnes Lenox, Jonathan Ogden, A. . Porter; P. S. Shields; M.D., Joseph B. Mitchell, Wm. win, lien., John 'Mitten, O. Day. Judicial.onse No. 3 was taken up. .It is an ap peal of. Alexander Frazer from the Synod of Bidfalo, which oonfirmed.ti Sentence of a church Session, suspending` him from the communion of the Church.' Dr. Hall, of Itoohester, appeared for the apellant. ''Dr. Rankin and Mr. R. Y. . Miller appeared to .defend the: Synod..,. Mr.. lies. •of Alabama,,wac appointed, by requept.Of Dr. Hall, to assist .in the : prosecution of the appeal. The pißefs in the case Were 4a4Trom which it appeared 'that Mr: Frazer,. allßtiling Rider, bad • forsaken , the ordinances. of oMorship reighteen;months, withontOuty reason satisfactory to the Session. (He did not like the minister;): Adjourned with prayer. = • 'Afternoon .tession: - . Judicial ease,. No: 1, ,wa.e. reaumedit arid the readiagiot the paßers,cqutinued. Dr,l"lull.,Bl4te thi,f9pollo4t. spokilarUilpellant. - 'I; '.A.`difficultrherpvccurredote ha were hhe decided' that t z sliN 1.)14-,11f4 -49 By lan, or st the!OtOe, $1.50 pe r Teat len PROSPECTU ) ?,ta g feredip ;e, Qty' s _4.ost WHOLE N 0.850 , Synod WSE , nit n party, and doubted the pro p ittl of heating:Mr. 'Miller, he having to en ap pointed as one °Mite Committee to defend the Synod, but was not. a member .of the House. Ihellouee decided that the C o mmittee s ;ho u ld b e heard. . Br Itultin then toilf.,the floor Adioarned to 74 O'ploCk. Evening Session Dr. Rice, from the Committee on Bills and Overtures. reported on the subject of notifying members elected .on the different Boards, recom psraling-notaction at present. • Dr. Edwards wee surprised at this. In this charges for looseness and neglect, some tiing should be done. Ordered . on the docket; Dr. ItiOh-Preisented also the subject of colonise tien,-yeferreil last evening, recommending the We affirming Of - Abe Asiembly's action of 1848 and 1858-. - -Put on the docket. h in unfinishedTlie _ess was resumed, Dr. Ran kin laving the ,ftoor. ' • - for. Miner was next heard in , defence of the Synod. of , )3nifole. , . 4Dr. - Hall replied. - • ,Sundryr menkbeFe of the Synod spoke, and the artiottiilidd• TWELFTH DAY. WEDNESDAY Tune 10, 1859. A lief hour was occupied, as usual, in devo tional*exercises. , Th - eldinutee -of yesterday were read and ap proved. BOARD OF PUBLICATION "The unfinished businese relative, to the Board of Publication was recalled, Dr. Edwards having the ffoor.. Dr. Edwardwhad been: speaking of the Board AS assuming powers over the Hymn Book, to al ter;•trits4p9sep and refuse to, alter. They objected twthe injunction 'of the last Assembly, because it ;would cost something. - o entailer subject' his attention had been Celled by `any brethren. It was a central effort Ur' confine iiirthe business of circulating the books to the`llonseln Philade'phia. No Deposi.- terfes. No due facilities given to Synods, Pres byteries,:&a. would not extend . hislremarks. He had spoken' only_ of things , which be knew. This Boaid was the Most expensive of all the Boards. They should be instructed to economize; also to expand' their operations, and to exhibit their bal ance ,isheat. They had sent to this Assembly no Statement of their capital, nor of their receipts 'and' ,expenditures--nothing minute, nor full. ~ Simply, ale printed and circulated in the House, a general statement of total amounts, and admit ting, a balance on hand of $22,000. What was this balance fort The Board of Domestic lifis sitins.had need of its balance, to pay missionaries fer labors already performed, and soon to be re ported, ond to keep the-work going on during the SiMiniey,' when receipts are commonly small. Whai was this-balance for in the Board of Publi . ca on . - Dr. B. M. Smith thought we had not time, at this late day of 'the Sessions, to enter into these matters. ' Some of them had been agitated in the Aasembly.before. The Board had three Bank Presidents,, men of business, in their number. If Dr: Edwards had presented these matters to the Board, it would have been better. Dr. Smith had been Secretary for a year. He knOws semething. This Board cannot compete with ioluetary Societies. (?) The Tract Society cireidates three hundred thousand of the Child's Aver, while the 'Sabbath School Visitor circulates but eixty . :thensan'd. But the Visitor is good, Preebytertan,'jest as the Assembly directs. The Tract Society gives no acconot of itself; and prints, just what it pleases. He had been Col portage:Agentin Virginia, for some time, and he could get all' the' tont& he wanted. The Board would not trust ' the Committee of Synod, but he, befilikeOWn and responsible, could get a credit to any, extent be wished. • The Doxologies had been left to the Board's .discretion, tend had used it as they thought ittwould be for lairfination. The Board did not mean to disobey, by not changing the Hymn as directed. last /year., ,They hut deferred for farther instruction. mould not see why, since there Were ibieat nine hupdred Psalms and 'Hymns, hikbrithreti could not bear to have one or two repeated; and specially since they are willing to sing; a' good hymn five hundred times. Mr. Meander knew that the Treasurer of the Board had served gratuitausly; but it was proposed that he should give security (in $lO,- 000,) and hence apiary was voted to him. Mr.-Edwards, of New jersey, had no complaint to make against the Board. He honored the men brit he 2 .vreald make a few remarks relative to thabuioness. Hi moved , to amend, by directing the Board to present their financial statement wioremitintely, The Board labored under disad vantages before the churches, for want of such statements. He .also wialied to amend by direct ing the Board to appropriate, as fully as prac ticable, to the work of Colportage. This year there was centributed about $24,000 ; an increase pf about $5,005, froth the churches, for Col peitage; and yet there was a decrease of over onelitnidre lin the number of Colporteurs. The report spoke of the amployment of one hundred and forty Colporteure ; but their aggregate ,services amounted to only forty years of service ; ,and their visits Were but about six a day. ;Mr.'J. B. Mitchell is a member of the Board. There lase order of the Assembly directing the Board to present their report in print. The re "port as printed, is .not yet complete. The finan cial statement ishere in writing. It will be put { in ~print and published with the report, shortly. Be had a Staten:Mut of the Colportage fund for flee, years,, which he would use. The fund had „beetiAierdraitn $OOO ; and hence so many Col vporteura oCW:di:intim employed. Only about ten cp'er'eeilt. , on the for five years, had been to,,OfiCeirs: in Philadelphia, for conducting business A. few years ago a tremendous assault was made on:all the Boards. A Committee was ap pointed to investigate, of which Dr. Plumer was could not find his Committee, `only''an initial letter being given to their first .sames.. Dr. Plumer; attended iiiinself, was re ceived courteously, and reported favorably, and the' r Assembly sustained the Boards. Mr. M. ,would.mention names of gentlemen in the Board, worthy of all confidence—Drs. McDowell, Board man - The Board.liad once.trusted ministers, churches, kte„. and the consequence was, a suspended debt of $15,000. Treasurer is now endeavoring to eollect thisSioney. The ,charges against the Board_he regarded injurious to the members. The Members were nearly the same as formerly; and, if the,Aitlein,hly-iwould send. Dr. Plumer there again, he would make a report similar to the ~for Mer.. The,', Colporteurs were not peddlers. They seld,latiplM,',gave .hooks away, visited fam- Mee r prayed. with families. 'For the' first dime in his life, he had heard a word against ! the, Sabbath School Visitor. The Board , was not responsible for the Home and • foe+ Record • , They had but one eighth of ,th f ir., journal. The ether Boards had the residue. qhs Sunday School Union gave $3,000 a year -to editor. The Board publishes books, as '';cheap as do Others. and' cheaper. Rev. Win. B. Sohenck, Secretary of the Board, was invited to. speak.,: •He was grateful for the ''oPportunity. B‘iirti.' rejoiced to bear the 4 88 %1114 ,disctiss4loX affairs, as had been done ihi's Morning. He had come here without the means„of itito r details, not having antici pated theil4Att4ol +. The Annual Report presented to this Assembly, is not complete. ~s ,T he Appendix is yet to be . He held in hp' hand written statements ..ef„eccbunti, descendingio minute details. They '.„bed,beert ,handed te,,tke: Chairman of the Com ' tiaiitee. Any member might have had access to Tbe„rednetiga. in the number of col portiere was greater than he thought it was, but, it was needfal acconiat of .the financial crisis. The redaetiiin was mainly of those who labor for but a !short time. T,he debt of last year was nearly paid, About $19,000 had been paid for the Sortyryears of actual'labor. This was about $485 for, Ca.ch year's polportage. This embraces wages, expenses,freights, books donated, &c. He regarded the agency as very economical. Comparing this with the cost of colportage in the ..:Treat Society,,and Sunday S3hool Union, it was many della:in:cheaper. The mode of keeping accounts in the Board - bad changed several times, and he was not able W , atieNr,',promptly, every titration. The ma ,Ohniarat,ef the.,Ceippetage system must be kept -tip,siand if the churches will give double the . t inency,,the double of, the work will be done, withontany,grent increase in the expenses in the :;offioe:in+k Philadelphia::.. The 'Tfoilni 4 and Foreign Record being the joil,t wsirk Otalgthe,Boards, each Board is to be held -mectinntable for their own.part. And, if it was tall t/ Xwas, chargeable to the missionaries and ~.,pitterfktAti? lAdt In circulating they'give all prac t""They' give to the 'Synod of Ms 4s AO iSASe AO 4,1 I • • , ” . .14 at al . • 'aa ME
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