ginner anb *Watt. DAVID MoEINNEY, JAMES ALLISON,. , TitoppiaTwo. , , STEPHEN LITTLE, PrITTSBITRON, SEPTEMBER 3, 1859. MARMIIow .1•10, or li Clubs .141111; oridellvared at rinlldwassa of lihabrarlo bars, ifiaoo. Is. Prolvtoltus, os 'Mari Paget A U SSW Al. I sewed& Ls prompt, a Mlle While before tbse year expires, that we may malts fall artaniseaseata fey a !steady spapply? IMO RHD IitiILAPPIZA. Indicates that WS &entre a renewal. U T bowers,. in Who harts isk alalLasi this sigma should be osoltiodt opt bops our friends will otal not forget as. payment by rata Wanda. when eoavealeal► Or, toad 1y ansli, enalining with ordinary sale, and troubling; nobody with a knowledge of whit yaw. era doing, lifer a largo amanitas, aensin Draft, or large note& roe onaor two impskraocend Oahe or anion noses. VOKSJ/LIA (=mows, &coital p 056740 stamps, lislitsr stills samd Gar mos% poplars; sap VA or Severity SllUMbsra, or Si rot kirtystlirss DINAH,. all Letters sod *.ossisiamiestittiat Is DAVID VisKINNNIV A CO., Pittsburgh) Pa. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the Board of Colportage, will meet• at the Rooms, on St. Clair Street, on Monday, Sept. sth, at 9 o'clock A. M. • J. CULBERTSON ; Librarian. THE BOARD OP COLPORTAGE of the Syn. ads of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, will 'meet in their Rooms, on St. Clair St., Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, the 6th of September at 2 o'clock, A. M. A full attendance is re - quested. DAVID M'Krrrwzr, c'res't. DEA.TR OP DR. DANA.—Tbe venerable Rev. Daniel Dana, D D , of Newburyport, Mass., died on the 26th nit., in the 88th year of his age. Dr. Dana had long stood as a representative of the old fashioned Presbyterian Orthodoxy in New England,' admired for his talents, and beloved tor his piety and excellence of character. GLENDALE FEMALE Corizetr—The an nual Catalogue for. 1859, has reached us, and gives us the following summary—Sen iong, 8; Juniors, 20 ; Second College year,' 37; First College year, 41; Preparatory, 18; Primary, 4; Ornamental only, 6; •To. tal, 184. This institution, located at Glen dale, Hamilton Co., Ohio, is in a very flour ishing condition. The Principal is the Rev. Joseph G. Monfort, D.D., assisted by a large and competent Faculty. Rxv. Da Rouenns.--This excellent MU and beloved pastor of the Second United Presbyterian church, of Allegheny, owing to oontinned ill-health, tendered his resig nation of the pastoral charge. The congre. gation unanimously refused to accept, but agreed to employ an assistant. Brethre' nof all denominations will be rejoiced to learn that Dr. Rodgers •is to remain among us, and that he is at the same time relieved from a part of his labors. Dr. Rodgers lute been a mast laborious, devoted, and successful pasr tor. Rev. I. W. LikeinL From the Presbyterian li - eralel, we learn that this valued brother entered his rest on the 9th of August. He .was, a native of York County, Pa., graduated ,at Jefferson College, was licensed by the Presbytery of Fort Wayne, and exercised his ministry in Waveland, Indiana, for a time, but more recently in the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Lanius was spared for but five years of ministerial labor. He died in the thirty third year of his age. He is spoken of as having been eminently pious, as devoted to , hie work, and as greatly enceessful. A Comparison. We see the following statement in a New School paper, accompanied with the remark that the efficiency of labor in the two branches of the Presbyterian Church ap proximatee very nearly to the ratio j of equality : The Old School Presbyterian Church, with a membership of 279,000, received • last year nearly 24,000 converts. This is a per outage of 8 6 10. The New`.School Church, with a membership of 137,990, received 10,705 converts, or a per centage of 8. As to benevolent contributions, the Old School churches gave to their four Boards, $542,600, or an average of $l9O . to each communicant. The New School churches gave to the four corresponding ob jects, $266,572, or au average of 81 93 to each communicant. End of a Volume. Two numbers after the present will close the seventh volume of this Journal, under its title of .F 4 resbyterian Banner. The favor shown us has been very great, and our efforts to - serve the Church .have been limited, but by the measure of our ability. A large number of sibscriptions terminate with the volume. , Wa respect fully solicit a renewal ; and ask that the re newal may be prompt—a week or two be *fore the time is out, would be quite a >favor to our. business department. bum as usual. They are exceedingly lel, but a large subscription, promptly paid, and well kept up,: vill enable us' to meet our very large expenses. Our adveirtising patronage has been in creased, but we have enlarged our sheet Ike cordingly; so that the amount of reading matter in our columns was Atever .greater than it is at present. The Sabbath Law Question in 'Weihing. ton, Ps. 'On Monday evening of hurt week;irhich wee "court week," a large 'and reiPectable meeting of, the moat, entutential citizens of the county, was held in the Court Honeeito take into consideration the movement' lately initiated in Philadelphia, with regard to a change in the Sabbath laws , of lam State Addresses were made by Eev. Dra.. Vines, Hanna, Browneon, and Alrieh, and-also by Prof. Brewer, Mr. Sweeney, C. M. Reed, Hon. Jno. H. Ewing, and Hon. '.Tno. L. Gow. Item°!talons strongly oppoeing any repeal Of'the law of ,1794, and condemning any attempt to give any particular-locality-the right to determine this questionfer respective of the general sentiment of the whole State, and also commending the Hon. Alexander Henry, Mayor of Philadelphia, for the stand taken by him in this matter; were unanimously and ' enthusiastically We are eapeciallipleseed to lee Abe kr tive part taken in the meeting by leading and ipfinential laymen, and the temperate and conciliator/ tone that characterized all Fee leeches No man would think of attempting to carry on business in any department of trade, without being daily conversant with its Achangeo f ite ..dangers, and its prospects, through the medium of the secular newspa per, or journals devoted exclusively to such subjects. And no politician would risk his reputation for sagacity, and his probabilities of success, by neglecting the political papers that reflect the ever varying phases of pub lie sentiment In-like manner should the Chtistisi be :liar on the alert that he may be made acquainted with the present condi tion and future hopes of that kingdom of which he is a subject, and of ;which the Lord Jesus Christ is the great monarch. The movements in progress are vast. The enemies to be overcome are acute, untiring, and powerrnl. But the resources are abun dant for the supply of the wants of all the followers of • the Lamb, and for the diecom. Ettore of all-lhicen'emies. But how can the true slate of- the Church, its present emer generes,,its many encouragements, the new openings presented, the preoious revivals enjoyed, and the- pressing duties to which &Ultra called 'at once, be known, without the religions newspaper The people should feel that the sighs of the coming o kingdom are worth seeking. , The-religions newspaper brings new sub jects oft thought, and new topics of convex.- satiori before theivninds. In.this way they are reminded every week that'the' movino , and stirring scenes in which . ` they , are, en gaged, are not the only things of import ance now taking place; but that the Lord is accomplishing his own purposes and- rally ing his own people around the standards of the Cross, even in such a world as this, :and in times such as these. When they come from behind their oonn. tars, rise from their benches, leave their forges, or quit their...fields, the religious newspaper is ready to inform them that dry goods. and leather, iron, oxen, and village politics, necessary as they are in their place % are not the things worthy of their great est care and highest aspirations. Here they are brought into communication with the. Church of God. from all parts of the world, and made to see that it is really one —that they are a part of the "sacramental hoot of God's elect," and that they are called to come the help of the. Lord against the mighty. . He has:been a very careless observer that has not noticed the difference between falai lies and congregations in whioh the religions newspaper was sparingly taken, and those in which there was a full supply. To bring congregations up to any thing like a proper standard of Christian liberality, without the aid of the religious. newspaper to make known every. rweek ,the wants of .the Church and-the world; and to communicate the news of the progress of the work of grim has heen'found in our day' to be almoat impos sible. that paetors,, elders, and others, who would- have the .people awakened to a sense of their duty and ;privileges in-the matter of Christian-liberality and enterprise,, and properly informed in all that pertains to Church affairs, will find the circulation of a sound, diserithinating, reliable, and vigorous religions journal, indispensable. The effects will frilly compensate for all the time, care and money, that may be expended, in the effort. Oar pastors, elders, and .private. members, will confer a great blessing on in dividuals and families, and do much toward increasing the activity of theit respective congregations, and exciting an interest in re ligious movements, by exerting themselves to hive :at least one, if) . not more, of the weekly religious newspapers of our Church in every family. This is the way , in which our Methodist brethren are giving finch an immense Oren.' lation to Some of their newspapers, and pro ducing such an intense spirit of attachment' and ileirotion to their own branch of the Church. Let the effort be honestly made an& faithfully.persevered' in, and most bene ficial results mist follow. . . Home andl'oreign Record. Thee Sigtember number of this journal makes its appearance with the usual prqmp- . titude. We sometimes hear the 'Reberd spoken of as being "dry;reading" —Well, that depends much upon the reader's taste. How nearly it may apprcurimayLto the surn mitof interest which itis , possible to throw into a sheet which has its specific work to perform, we shall not attempt to,determine, but this we 'can say, that" - We deeply regret the' want of interest 'felt in it by the churehes, and we fear that a large part `of the deficiency is to be found with the pee plc They , have no strong desire to be fully informed of the wants ' aiid the doings of their own aggregate body, through their ed clesiastioally 'constituted agencies. This is manifeit fiom the fact that less than eighteen:. . thousand copies are taken in our whole Church, and that the subscription price of some of ; these, small s,,& . it is, is permitted to lie over unpaid, - ,fronalear•to year. '- h- DOMESTIC MISSION& • We' have` from Oreaon and Iron , top, 1,40 showing the progress of religion . in those mission ehurates; and a letter from. Tribes Hill, -N. indicating much labor. on a field not very fertile • one from Chestei Pu., where three year's of missionary toil haS added eighty-pine personi to the communion, list and , forty seven families ) to the ;congre gation, and raised , tha 'pew rate fro& $335 to over sBoo.—The‘charge , now self ens - taming ':Therel alscr!,a letter from Mit- . cheater, Pa., speaking of favorable prospecti of an Ancrease to , .the .Glermarr. church in that place. • .• • A table showing the contributions, during the last year, by the different Presbyteries, and the amounts drawn by them from the Treasury of the Board, is instructive. The . ` Presbytery of New York is the largest giver.. Its donation's amount to $12,949, of which it dtew put 0,480 for churches in its own bounds. The Presbytery of Philadelphia gave-but $2,634, all of which it drew out, and $6lO More. Ve complain not• that, it drew out so much, for it is;:eallyn needy misaionari,:6eld, but must consider it a I shame, if •not something worse, that so little was therweentributed. Just think of $2,- 634 given to the Doinestic cause by the nu _ inerobsVrealthy churches of Philadelphia and vicinity And our own Presbytery of Ohio, eau make no greet boast. Our thirty-two gave but $1,570. They, however, left of this, for the supply of the-needy, $920. It ustylelisefel to look at the table; and titipeeially'reiglil it-be useful-to Idok -at de =REM The Religions Newspaper. I 9 k.i ADVOUATE. t 9 - • more detailed statement given in the Board'i: Annual Report It could not but tend more to stimulate aotivity and benevolence, than to increase pride and flatter vanity. Ractirrs in July: at Philadelphia, $2,771 ; at Louisville, pm. - - ' EDUCATION. On this subject, we are furnished by the Secretary with some excellent thoughts. The following gg , practical lessons" , on the subject of benevolence, are worthy of special atten tion : T. Small gifts are tore diligeatly sought, and thankfully accepted. 2 ' The power of Miles does not interfere with' the privilege of large donations from the wealthy. 3. No church, or congregation, should .be sat isfied with its small donations, simply because many small ones make up a large amount. 4. The true principle is for every individual and every church to give to the pause of Christ in proportion to their ability, or tt as the Lord bath proepered them." 6. Ordinarily every church ought to make some increase in its annual gifts for the propaga tion of the Gospel. 6. It is an encouragetnent for all to give'some thing, and to give liberally, 'when the aggregate depends ea mtioh upon the united sums of the whole church. • • „ 7. Thei e is no merit in donations, be theylarge or small. Donations area duty, a privilege, .a grace ; 'but'never a ground of merit.' 8 Rememtering the power of littles, let no small church neglect to send a little to-the Board of Education, and to all the Boards, because it cannot send much. RECEIPTS in July : at Philadelphia, $1,865;:at Pittsburgh, $176; at Louisville; $l4O. FOREIGN MISSIONS. INDIAN Missrons.—The senior Secretary gives an interesting ;mount, at.some length, of the 'state of the work among the native tribes. Progress is slow, but good is being done. We hope that not only " a remnant" is- being saved, but -that a "seed" will be preserved; yet to become fruitful in ..props gating, as it were, a new mile, numerous and of a high grade, from the decaying stock. SOUTH AMERICA.--Aiitate of warfare at Buenos i Ayres, greatly interferes with and hinders the mission work. In New Grena da, the prospect brightens A~xzoA Mr . Clemeni and his company arrived safely at Corisco, on the. 25th of April. Mr. Mackey continued feeble. He may benbliged to.make a visit to the United States for his recovery. He urges the send. 'ng of more laborers: '- The field •is both large.and promising. Grove ---The brethren are much encour aged with their prospects. They expected to witness a growing favor toward their capee,' and, soon, Co have ahcess, by 'mission ary journeys, into the, interior. SIAM—The missionaries are enjoying good, health, and prosecuting their usual la bors. - . INDIA.—Of thew missionary work, the breth ren in India continue to write•in terms of enoour sgement. Mr. Fullerton refers ,particularly to the Schools of the Misision at Futtehgurh, which, nolwithetanding some hinderances, appear to be prospering more than ever before. About' five hundred scholars are Under instruction in all'the schools. Mr. Fullerton also mentfons instances of . , hopeful attention to religious things. And he gives an interesting notice of a communion ser vice latelY held in the city of Furrukhabad. The wife of one of the native Christians was then ad mitted,to the church. RICONIPTS in July,. $6,910. PUBLICATION THE CONFESSION OF ' TAITH.-lt IS pleas• ant to have the opportunity of ,eopyinethe following, from the :.Record : "We are extremely:gratified by the interest , excited in various-parts of the. Church, in the re cent cheap editions; of the Confession issued by the Board. Those who have read the Record for' the past months, are aware' that the BOard now has two cheap editions; 1. A tract edition, d2mo. ' , 64 pages, with `references to the proof texts, but not the texts themselves. This is sold .at five cents per copy, or four &liars per hun died. 2. A large edition, 18mo., 190 pages, con taining the proof texts in full, which is sold at ten cents per copy, or eight dollars per hundred. " There is much difference among.pastors as to which of these editions is to be preferred. Some have thought the Confession should never be Printed Without laving proof-teats appBnded in full. One cointnisSioner in the last Oeneral As sembly desired. the Assembly so to instruct the the Board. Many,lowever, prefer that the texts should be hunted , out. in the Bible by the reader for himself." It is to be hoped that pastors, elders, and other good men, will not rest till every fami ly in the 'Presbyterian Church is furnished with a,oopy of this valuable manual; riiir till tens of thomands of copies,are given away to such m may be willing to receive them. ENCUIPTS in July : Donations, $969; Sales,. $6,- 880. = CHURCH EXTENSION. The demands for.aid increases rapidly. Tice Committee say.: " Since April Ist, 1859; the Church Extension . Committee' have, put on . file applications frOin Pu rr ehurches: calling for aid to an amount exceed-, lug twenty.fivei thousand dollars. In addition to these fifty applications, fourteen other applies tiOTlE previously filed, and asking for more than eight thouStuid -dollars, have during the same pe riod been put in a position to require the final action of the Committee. The aggregate amount of aid the Committee has been called upon to give, during the last four months, therefore, ex. ceeds thirty three thousand dollars: The receipts during these four months vary little from five thotisAnd dollars. Moreover'the applications of the present7ear are of an unusually urgent char deter:" - What is to be done ? Shall the needy suppliants be refused ? This must , be the ease, and extensively so, unless Christian liberality shall abound greatly beyond the measure of former years. Rauxtrza - in °July : at'Bt. Louie, $805; at Phila ,delpliia, $303-; at Pittaburgb,,s3B. A. McClung: - , This distinguished minister of the Gospel canoe to his death, by .drowning„ in the NI; agarit River, on Ovarian after the 6th of August. He 'bad 'been, for some years, in, feeble:health. On thetd of August he left his home, in ; Maysville,..l4., on a Northern jaunt- Owthe , 6th - he stopped at a public heuie in' Todawanda, about eight miles above the 'Niagara' Falls. Some time after his arrival there, how long isnot stated, he took a stroll on the banks of- the river, and, as is evident from circumstances, he went' in to bathe, his `clothes 'being afterwards found the bank ;' but froin want of knowledge-of the water, and filo want of strength, to buffet the current, - be was oar- Tied down the stream and drowned. His body,Lseveril •days afterwards, was found below the 'Suspension Midge. Mrlll6Ching was about fifty'-five years of age. He was a Folituokian; studied The. ology at Princeton ; afterwards studied law, and practised at the Bar for some twenty years; then returned to the ministry. Some time ago, impaired health compelled him to relinquish lus pastoral charge in the city, of Indianapolis. During a period of ,comparative ,rest, he passed several months in Minnesota; but even there he was ever on the alert in doing good, in seeking the prosperity of the Church, and in devising ways. and means for the extension of his Master's kingdom: Upon being partiiiiy restored, he accepted 'a` mill to the church at ' Maysville : , Kentucky, where his influence was widely felt, and, where his labors were greatly . blessed. But his zeal and ardent temperament soon brought baok his former teniporiry 'neztation; as it ins :supposed, from pastoral duties ue- °vagary. His family, his congregation, and a large circle of acquaintances, are overwhelmed with aorrow,T)Ale.tbe.,o4 o l47 10 0-aa. able and faithful ambassador for Christ. Mr. McClung was a man of great •warmth of feeling, possessed of considerable literary attainments, a fervent preacher, and a ,fe•, licitous expounder of the Word of Clod. His eloquence was striking and peculiar; hissstyle ; and manners of speaking wereem imentlY his "Own. Those present at the meeting of the General Assembly in Buffalo, will not soon forget the notable speech made by him on that occasion, in behalf of New Albany Seminary; his wit, his gesticulation, and his mode of argumentation. The effort was decidedly successful—softening aspen ties, reconciling difficulties of opinion, and at the same time accomplishing the object of the speaker. The leaders are falling. Who will come forward to take their place ? Pray the Lord of the harvest to send more laborers into his vineyard. The family and congregation of Mr. Mc- Clung. have the sympathies and prayers of many pions hearts. EASTERN SUMMARY. Boston and New England. One of the - largest and most enterprising Publishing. Bowes in Boston, has suffered severely by the death of two of its leading members. A short time ago we chronicled the death of Mr. Charles Sampson, of the firm of Phillips, Samp son 84 Co., and now we are called upon to report the death . of the senior partner, Mr. Moses D. Phillips.,. Mr. Phillips began his public life as a boOkseller, in Worcester, Mas&, hilt has been for many years successfully engaged in the publish ing business of this city. The publishers of, Worcester's Illustrated Quarto Dictionary, expect to have it.ready by the 15th of October. When it comes, it will be a treasure to, the lover of English literature, and to every one who desires to understand and use correctly the English language.' The receipts of the'American Board of Foreign` Missions for 'July, were unprecedentedly large, amounting to no less than s6o,olB.B2;:'the' • largest sum received in any month since - the • • organization of the Beard. The receipts for June and July were about $lOO,OOO, of which Massachusetts gave one-third. The total re teipts for the year ending July 31st, were $826,- 000, of which $120 : 000 came frem Massachu setts. Trnly the churches of Massachusetts have done nobly for this Board, and we are highly gratified to be Able to report that the nhurches have responded so cordially to the urgent call, made upon them. But notwithstanding all this, the deficit of the year will be $30,000, which, added to that of last year, makes a debt of s7o,ooo—a very heavy burden .to be; borne by any institution dependent on voluntary contribu tions. The Annual Meeting of the Board for 1860 will he held in Boston, and will close up the first ^ half