$1 . 11111 . c . t. 'iit4l 4)lbOillic. MoKINNEX. TAION"ALLISON, STEPHEN LITTLE, PITTSBURGH, SEPTENEBBR 24, 1809. VAIN In advanseg or la Clubs SIMI or, delivered at residents./ of ihtbserla bars. Prospeetual on raise AAA AkilllA I. ■ mitould be prompt, a little while before the year expire", Uliat We isay seeks fall arrangernents for a rteady wan AND lifitAPP.llll indleatoe that: wa desire a renewal. If, however/ ha the heats thli signal Aland& be omitted/ we belie oar friends will still riot forget as. RBJIIIMANCBIIer-Siale payment by eats bands, whoa sonvenienta Orip mend by malls onaloidng with ordinary ears, sad tronibling nobody with a knowledge of what you are doing. Wer a large 0.110111111114 send IL Marto Or tars:* notes. for oneortwo poperwend geld or email notes. 10 DANZ ORADDX4 Sand postage stamina% or bettor NMI, mood for Amore payers; may OA or Seventy aumoberm, or 41 for 'X kirty.tkrse avaaborm. DIELIACIP all &admire avid Commamonloattotal to DAVID AMADINJAV £ CO.§ Pittsburgh, Pa. Tam hum RuvrTma.— See farther Re counts of the Awakening from the pen of our Correspondent, who describes vividly from Ids own observation, and - expressive of his own emotions. Barr.. Wonsan .Ln&,,of Lawreneeville, FS., after a sickness which confined him to his bed -for seven weeks, has so far recovered his wonted health, as to' be able to wimpy hie pulpit. TEM PASTOR OF T 13311 ~FOURTTL .ugosoli t in this city, Rev. Samuel Fulton, spent the Summer in the Eastern part of Pennsyl vania, with the hope of recuperating a physics'' system which had becalm' much exhausted. That hope has been, to a considerable extent, realised. He has re turned to his charge and reaumes his pas torsi sduties, in part. Blairsville Presbytery. Oireumstanees make it important and very desirable for the members of the Blairsville Presbytery to convene on the third, instead of the fourth of October. Therefore, the Moderator, with the concurrence of other members of, the body, requests the Preehy tarp to meet in Salem church on Monday, October 3d,`at 2 o'clock . P. M. The natal business connected with the Fall meeting, will be attended to. Those traveling by . railroad will, on that day, find conveyances to receive them at Hillside and Deny Sta tions. J. P. FULTON. tottli-West 1342Linary; The Board of Directors of the Theological keminatir of the North-West, stands sdjcurned to. meet in the North church, Chicago Tuesday, Go. tuber 25th, at 7 o'clock P. M.' In addiiion,to Much .other , important business . to come before the Board, the inauguration of the four Professors is appointed to take place du. ring that meeting. The Rev. 3. H. Brown,,D.D., is to,preach the sermon, the Rev. C. Axtelbbeing his alternate; the President of the Baird ..the Rev. S. T. Wilson, to receive the pledge of the Professors, and•glve the charge, the Rev. Henry Neill being ids alternate; and afterwards . each Professor to deliver an inaugural address.. These services will doubtless occupy portions> of two days ; intervals being spent by the Board in other business. It is confidently hoped, not only that there will' be a fullifinemfiers.o.f.tho_Board....bne.. 41.0.4stisay other 'friends of the Seminary will make it convenient to be present, and witness exercises of such rare interest. To induce the members of the Board to attend, especially this meeting, they should beer in mind, that besides many other, and very important truste, the General Assembly has committed to them the graie responsibility . of selecting'a site for the Senunary buildings, and that, this , selection will probably have to be made during their approaching session. s JOHN IC FARIS, .Secretary. Church Increase. The North-Carolina Presbyterian claims a large increase to the Church in that State of later yeirs. It opt • u Our Increase since 186 e, has been steady sad rapid. 'Dating these three years it has been over three thousand nonbirs, or about ttensty-eight par cent. Surely we have reason to thank God and take courage. , • . The following table will - show the relative in crease of Presbyterianism in Virginia, North Car olina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia.' 'The Preebyterit of Winchester; which lies in the State and , belonged to the Synod of Virginia, in 1849, is included in the total of coin municante for ~Nrirginia, and the Synods of Mem phis and Nashville are united in the number as cribed to Tennessee. The largest increase has been in the Stet. of South Carolina, while Ken tucky has almost remained stationary: Stater. 1849: 1859. Virginis, . ..... 10,741 12,978 North Carolina, ._ . 9,642 '16,058 South Caro li na, . . 8,171 13,074 Kentucky, . . . 9,292 9,626 Tennessee, . . . 7,818 x 8,605 Georgia, . . . . . 6,059 6,822 But, the progress of the•(Thurch in North Caro lino is equally conspicuous in the receipts of, the various Boards. ' . The amotint contributed for all the'Boirde ten years ago, wee only $2,601, while thin year it amonnte to $15,670, or airtime aft much. Corauteniting 'a, New VolumiV When the Presbyterian Banner At' ppm. :fleeced, there were many who claimed to,,be wise. men, who said that it would not live a year. They were greatly mistaken.• It has lived sivicrr years, and is, we' rust, destined many Ames seven years Its COa. tinuanoe, however, ass news pater, both cheap and good, depends , mainly upon the good will of Presbyterian ministers and elders. These friendi of the people,' conservators of the purity of the channel!s' of , popular in:. formation, end the faithful. feeders or the Church of God, called the ,paper into being, to supply a want. By 'their continued. help it has been sustained. " BY the'llanie ail it may still flourish. This number, eommunees ;new volume. the last ye a r, our, s h eetwas much Daring enlarged, and, an increase, of mental fore* Applied. We mean still to devote ourselves earnestly to our work.. 4Earthly gain we nevir sought by it; nor do we now mean to make it a source of wealth. But we Wish , to : by our : industry. To do this coml. fortably,lwe need that our subscription lid shall stilrinarease. We $l, O / reads s- 0 1 . * Let fall, re" Isms his , subeeription, &tal i .*** Indus a neighbor. to subscribe. Repeeially. do we appeal to those' who are charged with the edifying of the people: We are their fat low laborers—Korn to them, of a' elm in dispensable to their success. We print some extra copies of this number, for new eubsoribers. Our friends may send on their lista, and pay -us at the Synods, or remit soon by mail. Our terms are in advance, but where a good brother aseumesithe responsibility of making actual paymilkin lb few weeks for all the limes „ , , he may Ind, we regard Satisfactor y. The Regeneration of Society. The World's Great Problem, or, the Re genration of 'Society, is the title of a Die course delivered before the Society of In 'quiry, at HanoSetSage, in Airguet by Rev. Nathaniel West, Jr. The discourse was furnished for publication, at the request of the Society. The theme is one of vast interest, boththeeretioal and practical. The solution of the problem has deeply occupied, and still occupies, human ingenuity. Mr. West treats it with great ability. The dis course indicates an investigating mind, a sound judgment, an acquaintance with his tory and the speculative theories of both an cient and modern philosophers and reformers, and a firm attachment to the Gospel, as the only means, and the sure means, of accomplishing the end desired. It is not easy for a meditative and benev olent mind to think that the race of man started into being, as ignorant, depraved and perverse as it now is -found to be. De graded as man is, and prone to evil, there are yet sufficient traits of nobleness and suf ficient indications' of very high susceptibili- . ties, to show that he is, a wreck, and but a wreck,, - but truly the wreck of greatness ; and also to afford the hope that he may be restore& He is evidently capable' of vast degrees of improvement. The 'world, lean irate, animate, .and rational has, where civ ilization prevails, been, improved, vastly. im- , proved upon.its savage' state ; and there is age l neral and well 'grounded belief that 'it may yet be imprOted a thousand fold, im proved especially as regards man, both in his physical and social condition, and pre eminently so in his intellectual developMents and his moral and spiritual character. This belief has prevailed ever since the dawn of history, and has been the foundation of a hope which handed to efforts numerous, per sistent, and oft repeated, to renovate the world and restore;' society to its supposed pristine excellence. ;Some very faint idea of the,originatatate of man, blissful and peaceful, holy and hen py, was handed down by tradition, 'among the heathen. They called it the Gelden Age, and confidently expected its return. Of this subject poets sang in their loftiest strains. Upon it, orators were eloquent, philosophers were wise, and legislators were enthusiastic. All, lioirever, came, short'of a discovery of the means of renovating a world A wisdom and,a power were need ed, such as are possessed not by poets, ora tors, philosophers, or statesmen. All their inspiration,; eloquence, wisdoin, and legisla tive invention,, left mankind still deteriora ted ; still idolatrous, superstitious, vile, cruel, and getting worse: To really, better his own condition, 'belongs `not to the race of man, in the exercise of merely his own wisdom. The Owens, the peuriers, and all classes of theorists and inovators of modern times, have proved themselves just as futile in their plans and speculations' as were Plato, and, Solon and all their co-laborers and rivals in the days of the ancients. To renovate world, is not within, the reach of beings earth-born, either as to tke plan :or the efficiency. It is of Good. He created, and he alone clan re-oreate. There is to beli Itestontion. This, to us, is, cer tain. 'There will yet be a " Happy World," a world which in its glory and blessedness, shall far exceed all that was fabled of the . • via---Arc ---- Dwa :a ..nt be - or uncrs pru du otion, both as to the wisdom and the power. He says: "The earth-shall bellied with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea," and again. he says, " Behold, I make all things new." Peter said, "we according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." - This work God will ,acooMplish, not by miracle. There will be an instrumen- tality. Men, though operated upon, will yet be, in some mopeds of the case, the opeptors. But it will be under the ,Bivine iireetion. And the efficieney will bp from above. The gltny will be to him Who sitteth upon the Throne. God *ill work in man both to will and to do. , And the instrumentality which God will use in the production of the anticipated Happy World, will not be philosophy, nor, legis lation nor science- nor` social arrange- meats, nor unusual forme of Government. It_ will not .be general education,, nor the abolition of servitude r whether.individual or national. Some of these things may, yea; will, to a' great 'extent, follow the change, as results. Their Will b‘ enjoyed in the Reno vated World, but they , will not be the means of the renovation. , , In referenda. to 9 the production of the change, the discourse before us, truthfilly and eloquently; sail!: Where, then, it- will be asked, is the sovereign -remedy for the - world's distress.? Where is the true method of its social, civil, and political :regeneration? 'Upon what condition is the solution of the great prob lem possible ?- . My answer is, the Gospel of Jesus Christ firths world's 'only hope, and the method which the Redeemer of men employs is the only method: that will reach the ease. The world's recovery is a labor which de mends 'the interposition ot a God. The difficulties to be overcome ire such as re quire -a glorious display of Divine wisdom and viewer. One great reason why: - God has :permitted Men to try their own expert matte is to -convince their incredulity, and lead.thetn, in their helplessness, to look to Him- who -sits upon the Throne, and says, ".Behold, .I< make all things new." His purpose_ is to stain. the pride of all flesh, and fill the earth with his own glory, even it as the waters cover the sea." The—Divine method employed- in the solution of this great-,problem is precisely the reverse of that employed by man. g( My .thoughts are, not your 'thoughts, neither' are my ways your ways, smith the Lerd." It is a method which passes by any. consideration, s at r first,' of outward organic changes in the constitution of so ciety, which leaves to civilization - all its honors, which, dispensing with philosophy, legislation, scienceogovernment, and the like, begins, at once,-the workot regenera. ting,the individualrean. Proceeding upon the view that, in the human heart, there lies concealed -a malignant virus, an inher- Rause of deleily ; corruption which is the cause of, all the evils that have cursed the world, and made mankind unhappy, and recognising the impossibility that a e9rrnpt tree should ever produce good fruit, or, a bitter fountain ever emit sweet water, it relinquishes entirely;, the ancient Pagan idea of ~progress, upon an unchanged natural basis, and commences the recon struction; -of the social, civil, and po litical fabric, by the reconstruction, of the separate personal elements of which it is. composed. The re-creation of the ma terial itself out. of which sooiety,and nations 4111 kl ia *N , al" tallnOliOn9 ll # ol of Pbe boAlvid 'ue4. chanoters by Divine power, imparting ki!S'~:~Y4~ THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE. to them a new life, celestial in its origin and aggressive in its nature, from which the streams of blessed influence shall issue, is the plan adopted, in Divine wisdom, to inaugurate and consummate the happiness and glory of the race. It asks for no ad vance of unrenewed human nature under the auspices of human civilization. It seeks, on the contrary, and makes for itself, a new creation, a new basis, a new ground, which is to be the pledge of a new order of things. Thus it is that " old things " are to pass away, and "all things become new." Existing evils in society are to be eradicated, no suddenly, nor violently, but gradually and steadily, by carrying the truth of . God into all the various relations of life, die playing and maintaining it there, inoculating the laws, manners, customs, interests and institutions of society herewith, and, under the benignant influence of the grace of God, transmitting tb future generations the•prae goal result of that Divine method by which the world is to - be redeemed from all its miseries. This is the mission of the " Church," all whose ordinances are de signed simply as means to bear directly toward this end—the work of that company of regen erated souls, - made new in Christ, reedy mg, by faith, from him, an ever-increasing measure of Divine life, organically held together and placed amid the mass of human kind as the "light " of the world, the " salt " of the earth, the " leaven " in the lump, and the " witness " for the truth— to shine, to purify, to permeate, to testify, and , thus, with incessant solicitude, relay the foundations of the social and political edifice according to , the purpose and the word of God, first of all within the heatta of men, and next, within.the hearts of States and nations. To every evil in society the Church of Christ has some solemn antagonistic relation. There is no overshadowing disor der, of whatever kind, upon which she *IA bound to flash her " light," o vitiated ,"re lation into which she is not_ called to cast her " Balt " and infuse her "leaven," and no moral evil against which she is exempted from lifting up the voice, of .her ," witness." Circumstances may, indeed, require pm dential delay, and facts a prudential appli cation of effort, but sooner or later the time Inuit come when her mighty influence shall be felt in the truly miraculous renova tion of :society from all its distresses. In, quoting this. passage, ie are pleased to have the opportunity of correcting a misrep resentation on the part of some of the re * porters for the press, who gave thedebates in the last General Assembly. Some of the journals bp,a it as though Mr. West assented to the proposition that the functions of the Church 'were limited and confined to the preaching of the Word, and the ad ministration of its ordinances; taking the ordinances, too, in a very restricted sense., This, we see by the quotation above very erroneous statement Our brother' maintains that the Gospel will eradicate existing evils, "liy carrying the truth of God into all the various relations of life,- displaying and maintaining it there, inoon - lating the laws, manners, cuitoms, interests and institutions of society," with its princi ples and spirit, and bringing them into a conformity with its precepts. It will " re lay the foundations of the social and politi eat edifice." " To every evil in Society,' he says, "the Church of Christ has some antagonistic relation." This is sound teaching. It -is Scriptural and Presbyterian. s And, what an induce ment does it present to all Christians, to put forth their most strenuous efforts 1, They, are using the very, instrumentality which God will make- effective. Their toils and sufferings, will not be in vain. Society will be Regenerated. , , Editorial Life. Sp far u exciteient is concerned, edit o rial life has: a charm. There is much 'ex citament, the painful oft predominating. The Nashville Christian, Advocate says : " We have long "been casting about to find the bright side of editorial life. The press is a modern invention, and those who superintend it inherit none of the promides, except constructively, You made several friends by that article in the Advocate,' ' said one. "Yes, and lost several,' - was the reply. Such is editorial life, that if, on striking the balance, we can keep even, it is' counted pretty fair business in the way, of making friends. Happily, however, that is'" not the main thing. " Many readers will go along with yell, in the best humor and approbation, until some one position is taken, or some one 'word is'written {against their cherished opinions.] Then they, forget all the 'rights:in:mess the editor bath done. It is a trial of nerve to make a cool ealculation to lose a friend, and that, too, pro bon° public°. " Others there are (God bless them 1) who take a paper, as a man does his wife for better or for worse. Dealing with inch,' there is hope. They give you time to de fend a position, or wait for you to make it good. They allow for a full evolution of truth." Folks sometimes make, a great mistake in quarreling with their newspaper. If it is conducted: with energy,., the mind' of thS editors must appear, and of `Course they will, in some things, differ from some of their readers. If it is adapted to general utility, it cannot, in every particular, be just what every particular person would prefer. The editor of a' Religious paper; with other qualifications, should he firm, fearless, no man : server, and no time-server. Fideli ty on the part of a watchman is of the first importance; and those' whom he serves should be careful not to either say or do that which might tempt him to, silence or StOP What ? Not your Church paper This you cannot , afford to stop for reasons given two weeks _ ago. .And yet, many, regardless of ail the evils which they entail on them-, selves, and their children, persist in fancy ing themselves unable to take it. Many; subscribers can afford to continue the Church paper without in the, least diminiehing their luxuries, much less their comforts. It would, however, be none too dear, even were We to have a few luxuries less as the price of the thousand intellectual enjoyments: Which it affords to its readers. Many things are less important than it,, though they may be deemed necessary; and these may, with out leas, : be •discontinued to enable one to take it. It is strange that persons often attach importance to matters.. and, things, really indifferent, and undervalue what is truly, essential to their welfare. Doubtless many, in reading these lines, will differ from us, and , place among the, indispensable what we think, could. be, easily dispensed with in order to the attainment of greater good. We have often noticed persons " too poor to take, the Church paper," spend their five and ten dollars on objects that are un necessary, if not positively injurions.—Ger. Ref. Mess. For the Presbyterian Banner and .A . shrokate. Change, of itello:ion. The Presbytery, of. Susquehanna, at its recent meeting in Osceola, Pa., received the 'Rev. James Gordon Oarnochan from the Presbytery of Pennsylvania '(N. 5.,) and made arrangements for his installation over liht . ,eangregation of:Troy, the 4th nesday of September. STATED CL EASTERN SUMMARY. Bogen and New England. The failure of the large publishing house of Phillip, Sampson 4- Co., last week, took many by surprise. But this occurrence should not be thought remarkable. Mr. Sampson died some time ago, and Mr. Phillips died within a few days. These were the old, tried, and reliable men of the firm. The remaining partners are comparatively young men, and somewhat ambitious and daring ; this, united with the removal of the means of the deceased partner ft, , impaired the credit of the concern in the public estimation, so that a sus pension became necessary. Nor can it be denied that the Atlantic Monthly, published by this house, is a heavy load. Owing to the erroneous religious proclivities of some of the writers, its circulation has nat - been increased to the degree anticipated, or that might have been realized, if it had been clear of thesi objectionable features- We know that some of the i papers say the Atlantic has been a Raying enterprise, but we also know that the same thing was said of Putnam's Maga- I I eine; and yet it brought own every one that un dertook to carry it on. . 1 It has been customary for several years to have a Game of Foot Ball uplen the opening of every term at Harvard. Gradually these contests in accordance with the spi t of the age, have been assuming the character f regular pugilistic, con tests, in imitation of hi rissey, the. Benioia boy, et id genus OT/Ing. The me for the present term was .largely attended q the good people of the modern Athens; but th manner in which it was oonduoted, must have made aboutlhe' same im - prosaism on the minds of the spectators as a reg.- tiler' Spanish bull fight iwould have done. The contending cliosegy prepared for the game in the regular spirit: of the' "ring," the ball affording a mere pretext for what would have been consider ed, under eircumotanees,nothing-lege-thalla, regular rougiand tumble fight„ BOYS and young i t men were pitted against eaoh other, by scores and fiftieg ; and after the st ggle was over, there was a , motley exhibition 9 bunged eyes, blackened faces, bloody shirts, gged coats, and broken shins. And yet hund eds of ladies anf ti „gen e -1 men froni Boston andi eurrounding to,, were witnesses, of this beast y exhibition . , The Presi 'dent and Faculty have or a long time disapproved 1 of the game as condo ted by the students, and have entertained great fear of the results. Un- , loss something be.spe ily done, it is not at all improbable that the re urrenee of such scenes as this will injure the ins tution greatly in the pith - lie mind. The tended at present to" exalt wind and tangelo unduly, i likely to manifest itself among the " fast" yo g men . of educational in stitutions, to the hsaury of themselves and others. , delivered one of the Pra .nter, and excited' a good ions quarters. These lec ind, are under the auspices vongregation of Theodore winced that he will lecture . in during the present Win riticisms with which his ived, has led hint to accept either for the purpose of :es, objectionable, or swan Henry Ward Beeche tensity . Lectures 'last :v deal of comment in va tures it is to borne in' cif Members of the Tinker. We see it an for the Association ag , tar. Probably the former lectureime ree the present invitation, delivering sediething daring public opinion. The 100th anniversy of the Victory of General I Wolfe, at Quebec, w f ,s celebrated, by the New England Historic dinalogical Society„ at the t; State House. The dress was delivered by the Hon. Lorenzo :Sabine who showed-Ist, the in-. finance of the French war in producing the Eevo lntionary struggle ; pad, the Characters of ,sev eral British military' facers iii . o riging upon.thehe taxation f America; 3d, the English Ministry t parts performed by e four Brigloier* Generals, under the comma 4 of Wolfe, atkthe Battle of Quebec; 4th, difficulties overeomel7 Wolfe, ow ; ing to the failure o -General Amherst to meet him ; and%th, an enumeration of l i, the private .virtues of the hero. Last week, some of the leading, tfroperanoe men. in the . State, . eld a meeting • Tremont Temple, for the purpose of forming a State Tens -7 ~.......birice, to which all the varlfas Temper- Anne leagues now organized in the Componwealth, are to be subordinate. The Honiffeliry Wilson, of Natick, United` States Senator, pr i esided, and upon taking the Chair, said, that ' enty-seven' temperance ;pledge; ago, "he Tlaced his name to temperance pledge; and his experience \en had im pressed upon him the den ring his aid to the bbly cause which lo Ways, by his vote and M . his influence, Mai le had seen the evils of intemperance—) the foremost . men of the country legislat the effects of, intoxication, and it had' im to new. ef forts. An address to the people itste was re ported which recommends Ands of tem perance, and all good citizens, by combined ao tion, to secure, in ail , emis, the nomination, and election of 'candidat s * Mayor, and Aldermen ' in our citiesomd fo Selectmen in our towns, of men of, well know fidelity to the temperance principle, and who • ill pledge themselves faith fully to enforce the ohibitory law. , The temporanee nof Massachusetts seem awake to their dange nd responsibilities. _, The Rev. Thamas Hi , of Waltham, Mass., has been elected successor o Horace Maim, as Prat'. ,dent of Antiach`Coll ege. It is said that Mr. Rill holds to the mulles extent the same views as Mr. Mann, both is to - nCation and religion. By the way, grist claims. • liberality in Theological opuaion have been nrg . by its friends in behalf of this College::- But . e Cincinnati Gazelle tills a different story from' ne of its correspondents. This writer 'says i ..., ',. Moreover, '‘'recta *, &lima" are taught within its halls; and at he present time Mr. Fay, .the special favorite of ie orace Mann, who is an agent of the College, i preaching in the College ',iChapel a series of il courses against the doc trine- of the Trinity, nd in vindication of the distinguished , t dogma of Unitarians. This is but a- specimen of m• t institutions that make high sounding claims t “ liberal" sentiments. Gov. Banks does no seem at all satisfied with the manner.in which te State Reform School has been conducted ; and i his message to the extra Session of the Legisiat re in reference to the Re -1:1 form School, whose tpildings were lately con- entned, be suggests ver , important 9 hanges with n reepect to its future anagement: He opposes i sending children to 6' institution merely On act-: count of vagrancy an ' trivial offences. He al ludes io . the fact that> e thousand' and twenty eight of the cbildren ere committed2sin3ply for stubbornness., It can tbe doubted flibat great advances"' are yet to b made in our 'reformatory systeins. The General Agent Company, of Hartford of,,m commissions' sal $80;000 per annum, This City continues brilliant appearance. still at the various h. Business transactions rapidity DteMoney Marke about $23,000,000 in the general tendency ward. Large quantities Grain and Flour are continually arriving, nd no apprehensions of scarcity or high prices re now entertained. The report that the; whea when threshed did not yield as witatiaxpected, iitts not had any effect upon the market, since it w generally regarded is a run of some speculator wishing to make a little profit out of a moment ry alarm. The Custom House j tables of Foreign Trade show a large increase Of importations during the eight months of the present year over the same months of last year. The total of imports, at the port of New York for the last eight months is $183,823,561. During the. Faroe time last year, the amount. as $101,342,259. This gives anincrease of importations to:the present time' of this year of $81,881,802 over the same peilogi of last year, over the same months of 1857, SI.N 881,614, over the same months in 1856, $22,290,- 527. The eame tables make the exports for the same months only $44,426,159, an increase of merely $1,656,728 over the same mouths last year. This gives a wide difference between im ports and exports, that must be met by specie or its equivalent. The opponents of the Sabbath. Lama are untir ing in their efforts to defeat every thing interfer ing with their purposes. The liquor dealers have done their utmost to arouse the _German feeling on the subject, but in this they have been only partially successful. The Herald has been lend ing itself, for a consideration of some'kind, no doubt, to the anti Sabbath agitators. We - are plesied to notice quite .a change in the tone.of the Times on this subject, since the return of Mr. Raymond from Europe. The American Institute is now open for visitors, and will continue open until the 28th of Oc tober. The exhibition is a very fine one, and . three spacious edifices hastily put up in addition to the great Music Hall, will afford ample acconi. modations for all the entries likely to be made. the 2Etna Are Insurance Conn., receives in the way ' equal to from $25,000 to York. o present a thronged and Haste of strangers' are els ond boarding bouies. are :conducted with greet is ettey ; the banks bold peeie and exobenge t and the Stock Market 's tip- The Mews. Hoe have just completed one of their mammoth six 'cylinder printing presses for Anetrilia, and have dispatched one of their best workmen to put it up. Charles Scribner has just published " The Ancient Church. Its History, Docixine. ship, and Constitution, traced for the first eight hundred years. By the Rev. W. D. Killen, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History, &o, to the General - Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in. Ireland. 1 vol., Bro." This is a work of re search and real learning in a fieldhitherto mostly • • neglected except by Episcopalian historians and German philosophising ,Divines... The author is an eminent Divine and scholar in the Presby terian Church of Ireland. The, discussion of the qUestion of the Ignatian Epistles, to which so much intortanow-has-been-attached in .cer quarters, is thorough. Abundant eiidence is • brought forward to prove , that they. are utterly spurious, and have no right to a place among the genuine remains of ancient ; Church literature: Thus questions are * raised that 'will require our Apostolic succession brethren - to - start on their explorations 'the past, ,anew, if they would make good the claims so confidently presented. We are greatly. , inistaken if this book does not create a greater sensation among them than any thing that has appeared for, some time. At the same time, Presbyterians and others will be - as. tonished at the shallowness of: the pretensions of the Apostolioal succession party, and of the vast preponderance of historical evidence against "The Christian Advocate and Journat, the great organ of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the North, has a - leader on the articles in Harper's Weekly with respect to the approaching General. Conference of that Church. , -In this article it is admitted that strenuous exertions are made,to ee l cure such a representation as will ensure ;tlie adoption of the rule mentioned in the Weeekly, but does not :suppose that , the prospect of their success is so strong as was there indicated: The editor takes strong ground , against the movement of the agitators and 'says: Our chief danger would arise from the attempt to introduce into our, law an : utterly prohibitory rule against slavery, thereby changing our long established standard of Discipline, on the sub ject,-'and cutting off those families among us which are involved, by inheritance, iu the evil of slaverY. 11e gives' the following reasons against the adoption of the new rule: First, anti. Biblical—contrary to nearly all standard expositors of Scripture, Methodist as well as others; and would therefore be an =- scriptural assumption of legislative power against ihe legislation or the only lavigiver, Christ. As such, not only the border chttrehes would feel' themselves hint up to the alternative , of choosing between the Word of God and the•word of the ma jority of the General Conference, but men rever encing the Word of God, through all the range of the Church, would feel so too, and no calCulations could compose the poseible coimequenced. 'Second, such 'a measure would:be, as we have heretofore shown, anti-Wesleyanj not: only -con trary to the nresent English Methodist sentiment, but contrary to Wesley's own showing in the'case of-the:West Indies ot,nd- the-slaveholder• Nathaniel Gilbert, who founded Methodism there, and thereby produced at last the West India emanci pation. - Third, it . would put a restriction on the capacity of the Church to spread in the world, which would not only be , anti:Scriptural, but which might cut off its successful access to 'important - lands. Fourth, it would be the sactifice of a certain evangelical victory over slavery among us, for the sake of a form of law.. The same number of;the Advocate and • Journai, has a circular signed by a large number of the preachers and lay members of the New York East Conference, calling upon their,brethren in other parts to rally for the support of the rules of the Church as they now are, and against the attempt made to divide the Church again, and cripple> its efforts for good. • - The Rem Theadoie Botto, Foreign Agent of the Afrie,an Civilization Society,,of this city, is now in London, advocating the claims of this. Society, the objects of-which are The evangelization and civilization of Africa, and of the 'descendants of African ancestors in" all parts ()Ville earth; the, destruction of the vile and inhiman African slave trade ; the introduction or commerce and trade into Africa; the - promotion of the growth of cot ton and . other products there, whereby the natives may become industrious producers ;, and the els widen of the condition of the colored population in our'own and other countries. Observer has a letter frota Delaney, a colored gerdleinan of education andability, and formerly a resident of Pittsbnrgh, who is now fix= plormg l the interior of Africa, for the purpose of facilitating the efforts of this Society. He is delighted Liberia, and with the prospect Aqica preients of becoming the home for the black Mall Ickig exiled. . , The Advertising Columns of home of the' daily papers, every Saturday, contain curious announce ments of subjects of discourse; by some ministers, on, the following Sabbath. The Times, of last Saturday. , announced that on the following day, the Rev. Joseph M. Waite, of .the, church . of the Holy Comforter, rmi mild preach in the morning on "Conscience," and in the afternoon 0n.." Rispah;" that the Rev: 0. B. Erothhigham, would discourse to the 'Christian 'Union of Brooklyn, 'on "The Conditions of : Full and Free Infiniry in Religion ;" that Elder Snow would in Union Building, preach in' the morning,' on "The End of the World, What - It Is, arid When," and in the :evening on "The Real Chsracter of Spiritualism;" that the Rev. 0. B. Frothiegham, in addition to the ser vice already mentioned, would speak to the Third Unitarian Society, in the morning, on "God in Nature," in the evening, on "What Constitutes a Church ;" that Elder George Storrs,would preach in the morning and afternoon, on the Hebrew, Origin, of the Anglo Saxon Race ;" and that Rev. T. L. Cuyler would preach on the "Deisive Battleit of Life." This is but a sample of the dish offered `every Sabbath morning, by a certain class of gen sation speakers inNew•York. This is a kind of thing, however, into which the regular and sue. eessful pastors never enter. Many of them are in the "habit' of preaching series of sermons on particular subjects, which are generally announced in advance to their congregations. Pfiiladelphia. The Amount -of .Butdatoa transacted continues to be very large. The jobbing houses have been thronged, and the salesmen have been busy, early and late. . "Wheat and Flour continue low, and with but little prospect of any great advance in price this Pall. So that the people in the /toted district in Western Pennsylvania, Western Virginia, and Eastern Ohio, who will be unfortunately com pelled to buy their bread this year, haire a good reason to expect to get it at'very reasonable The Sabbath Question is not at rest yet. No small amount of malignity is displayed, not against religious men, but against Divine truth and Divine institutions. The Daily Ledger seems to have com mitted itself irretrieVably, „to the anit-Sabbatariane. The Book Trade Sale was largely attended and thcprioes obtained were generally & aw ay , tory to the cellars. The Roman Catholics have been for several years engaged in erecting an immense Cathedral, bearing name, of St_ Eeter, and- St.,Faul, in Eighteenth Street, opposite Logan Square. Last week the ceremony of blessing the immense cross and fixing it in its place, came of. A numbil of bishops and priests were present, an WWl blage of five thousand enovened within 44e. the walk, and probably twice that number in opposite square. The cross is of Florida pine, and richly gilded. The length of• the building is tie hundred and twenty feet; the breadth one hundred and thirty feet ; the height of the navels no less than one hundred feet; and the great dome will swell one hundred and, twenty-five feet above,this, So that the whole elevation of the grand cross surmounting the dome, will be two hundred and sixty-five feet. The walls and piers are exceedingly massive. Some idea of the vast strength of the work may be formed from the fact that the drum "of the dome, from the top, of the wall to its.kesent elevation has required half a million of bricks. The American Presbyterian has an article in re ply to the artiCle in the last number of the Princeton Repertory on Barnes' on the Atonement. The writer in the American PresbYterian contends that Princeton cannot appreciate Mr. Barnes' argument, and that the whole object of Mr. Barnes' late work is misunderstood by the rep= viewer. But something more will be necessary before Mr: Barnes can be - acquitted, or the main positions of the reviewer shaken. UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Va., opened Sept. 12th, with thirty students. Ecclesiastical. Rev. JAe. H. GAILLARD has removed from ""itlpley, which place all letters should he ad dressed. Rev. J. E. C. Donsmuo, of New Orleans, has accepted a Professorihip in the Aran aUla College, located at Goliad, Texas, and has removed thither. Rev. Taos. S. CROWE has signified his wil lingness to accept the call of the church at Walnut Hills, Ohio, provided his Presbytery releases him om his charge at South Hanover, Indiana. Rev. W. H. VAN DOREN has received a call from the First church, (N. 5.,) at College gill, near Cincinnati, Ohio. Rev. C. K. CALD WALL has accepted a 'call to the church in Pittsborough, N. C., half his time to be given to Haywood. Rev. W. K. MARSHALL'S Post Office ad dress is changed from Rusk, Texas, to Henderson, Texas. Rev. J. L. MOKRE has received a unani mous call from the Chestnut Street church, Louisville, Ky. Rev. T. A. HOYT has - accepted the call from the First Church, Louisville, Ky. Mr. Tabs. L. PRlsmioN was licensed to preach the Gospel by the Presbytery of Lexington, 014 the ISth ult. Rev. R. J. L. MATTE_Ews has been ap pointed Principal of the Male Academy at - Brow nsville, Tenn. - Rev. J. A. L Lowa:s has ,been unanimously elected' Principal of Salem Academy, by the Presbytery of Chillicothe. Rev. j. A. DzvngE has accepted the nnan-: imous <invitation of the Presbyterian church of Howelton, New York, to be come their stated supply. This church was 'formerly connected with the Congre gragational body, but on application of itspineers and members, it was received by the Presbytery of Ogdensburgh. The -prospects of ministerial usefulness , in this field are very encouraging. , Mr. GEORGE H. WEBSTER was licensed by the Presbytery. of Philadelphia at' a late meeting. ' ' Rev. MaK. WILTJTAMSON has received a call from the church of Rocky Spring, Presbytery of Chillicothe. Mr. VirM. WILLIAMS was ordained by the Presbytery of Chillicothe, on the 6th inst., andinstalled pastor of the church of West'Union t and a Committee was ap pointed to install him over the church of Man cheiter. Rev. liltAmom LYRN has received and ao• o opted a call froin the church at Carlisle, Ind. ReV. TIIOMAS G. PECK" Of Baltimore, haft been chosen to the Professorahip in Vnion Thologioal Seminary, Va., lately held by Rev. W. J. Hoge. ' Per the Presbyterian Banner and Adveaste Dedication at Deerfield, Ohio. It;was our privilege to be 'present at the, dedication of a new church edifice ' in this. place, on Thursday, , the Ist inet. The church is in Morgan County, in this State,' cis miles west of McConnellsville. The oc c-asiori was one of much, interest: This 'is the- third building sinoe the organization, which dates back nearly forty years, viz :'in the Spring of 1820. This took place under the ministry of Rev. Mr. Moore. Four candles entered. ;ti The first communion was held in•a sugar camp about a, mile, from where the new, house now stands.' During the Summer, a small round log structure was put up; in which the congre gation worshiped for some time. Mr. Moore, the pastor, being assisted on communion oc casions by. Revs. Wright, Clark, Jones, Cul bertson, and ether self denying ministers of our order, who, under God, have the honor of laying the foundations of Presbyterian ism in our/noble State. Some who were then boys, remember well some of the texts preached by Mr. Culbertson, of Zanesville. "Ye are the salt of the earth," is one often spoken of as having had a powerful effect on' the minds of many. Of the eight per sons that entered the organization, two only survive; and they are waiting and ready to depart Were the History of Deerfield church carefully- written, the chapters of its high prosperity and deep distraction would alter . nate in the. most reviler order Into this we have no heart to enter. The second houeo was, a ' frame, ' When first erected, it was considered large and rather elegant. It occupied:a commanding prospect, one quite aedeasible to all parts of the country. Like other buildings of its day, it was constructed , with an eye to cheapness, and hence, in a short:time gave signs of de cay. By patching and groping, it was made to' stand for thirty years. It still stands as a memorial of the architectural skill of the peat. About it there still linger associations dear to many—to none, perhaps, more than to us. Here we first made trial of our 'ministry, after:licensnre, moderated for the first time a Session, first adniitted members into the church. Here We re ceived our first call from man to preach the Gospel—was ordained and installed into the lull work of thepastoral office. It was here we met some of the best and truest friends of our life—saw the, greatest revival of religion we - ever- saw since or before, and passed six years of as happy an existence as falls to the lot of most men in , this world. We experienced a pensive sadness as we bid farewell forever to the dear old walls that had, so often echoed to our voice and the voice of others as we called sinners to repentancesnd saints to a closer'communion with Heaven. Besides the writer, this church has had the, regular ministerial services of Revs. Hunt, Plumatead, Aikins, Lowe, Hanks, Dickey, Fulton, Grimes, and Reed. The latter is now linter elect. Of i phe above, only two or three were paeitors. Mr......tranks died, greatly regretted, a few month atter he' came "''among the people. Messrs. Dickey and Fulton were here but a shore time, having aceepted,ollB elsewhere. The building just dedicated is a very fine one of the kind. It is a large, well-pro. portioned and exceedingly well built frame'. It is well finished throughout. Indeed it is• faultless—a inodel - in its Way. It stands near to the old site, on •an eminence com manding a fine view of a wide 'valley lead ing down to the `Muskingum:` A lovely • grove of well-trimmed email oaks , surround and shade it on all sides: ; On I t he Sabbath following the dedication, the. Communion of the Supper was admin istered. \The day was fine, the crowd great, and the interest general. An hour before service, theyapacious edifice was filled to its utmost- capacity. Still the people came pouring in on\foot, horseback, in wagons, carriages, buggies, Sm., to such a degree, that the officers ,of; the church agreed to take the pews from the old church and seat the yards in front and at one side 'of the building, for 'the acoornmodation of the masses. This done, the' 'Windows and doors being opened, there appeared before the - speaker the largest audience he ever ad dressed iikthe State. It was a grand sight. 0, how changed the people in ten years ! So much improved in dress, manners, and morals. How orderly ! how attentive ! But, 0 the babies l—numerous, 'noisey ! This edifice was undertaken about a year ago, t iat the suggestion of their pastor, Rev. W. / Reed, seconded by an urgent appeal to the congregation, from your correspondent. The members are comparatively wealthy. They west to work, like liberal Christian men. - All did something, except two or three. Success has crowned their efforts. True blue Presbyterianism is more than ever in the ascendant in this community. No_field in our . Presbytery (Zanesville,) g lietter — fiiiinlie iCricher - harvest; to the spiritual husbandman, than this. No church in our bounds has such multitudes of young people attending it, as Deerfield. Nor have we any other church with so vast a field all around it for lengthening its cords, as this. The sittings will all be taken ; and some say, now, they wish - the building had been made larger.' They have, perhaps, the strongest Session in the Synod of O. io— certainly in numbers. Happy the pastor that has such. Happy the people who are surrounded with so many privileges. In this connexion we might mention a new church enterprise in progress in Oak field, Perry County, nine miles West of Deerfield. A fine new church is in course of erection there_ by the same gentleman, Mr. Samuel Price, who supervised that of Deerfield. The church there was organized a few years since by the writer, and is flour ishing greatly under the blessing of God, although in the - very heart of a Roman Catholic community. A colony from Deer field started it. Bro. Reed preachei there part of his time. Our delightful ride home through Mc- Connellsville and Cumberland, in both of which places we pre ached, we pass for the present. ' ' • - W.M.F. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate- • The 'United Presbyterian. . MESSRS. EDITORS :—The editorial notice of " The Letters on Psalmody," contained in the limit Preacher, is conceived in 'a spirit of kindness as great, perhaps, as could have : been expected under the circumstances. Assuming that the editors have no desire to do the author a wrong, evezkunintentionally, permit me to direct their attention to one or two of its statements :-- 1. "The point in controversy" as pre sented in the "Letters," is not, as . the Preader states, " the exclusive use of Ronee's Version.". The " Letters,""X ad mit, discuss the merits of Rouse, but with what view? with what object? To argue down its "exclusive use ?" By no means; but te,demonstrate that this versification by Rouse, the only one'noto tolerated by these brethren, is not " inspired Psalmody," not " the word of God" in the sense in which " our prose version is so;" not " the songs composed in heaven;" but an explana tory "paraphrase" of those songs, at least to a great extent. These points the author believes to have• been established in the former part of his book, and on these is founded the inference that these brethren,hy singing Rouse, sing large patches of " human composition," and practically commit all and several of the sins which in that aspect, they are in the habit of vehemently charging upon Pres byterian's I Thus, while constantly . pro. fueling to adhere "to the very matter provided by God" as " their True Psalmody" says, they sing " a paraphrase," part human, part Divine I And this patchwork of. Divine and human composition is called "the songs of the Holy Spirit," &c. Thus, this favor ite, exclusive "version" of the brethren is a constant, practical refutation of their own theory of "an inspired Psalmody," is a " millstone about ;its neck," and, until they oast it away and get a better one, ought to silence • -their ceaseless denunciations of those whom they call "the friends of hu manlv composure We say, " physicians heal yourselves 1" Now I hope these brethren will not deny that .this is a legitimate line of ar gumentation, a lawful use- to make of their favorite, their , only versification especially since their leading authors. affirm Rouse to be " a literal and correct version," "a fair and literal version,":" as literal as the laws of versification will allow , " " God's Psalna. Book," &c. 2. As to the charge made by the edi tors of the United Presbyterian against the author of the " Letters," viz , of " perver sion of the , views " of the friends of Rouse, and in a manner "not tolerable even in a politician who ignores , every law but party success," we can only express,the hope that these brethren may never feel greater trouble of conscience in reviewing suoh."ltaking up of areproach against their neighbor," (Psalm xv : 3,) than that neighbor, feels in inquir ing of his conscience, "is ' this injurious charge true ?" And he has , a still higher and m9oini i mate Witness;-whose testimony deprives ite, uncharitable statement of these editors of all its poisonous sting. With such a Shield, the , most envenomed shafts fall harmlees at thc - Christian'll feet. °Hammy. OM Print'eton Seminary The exercises of the Princeton Theologi cal:Seminary were resumed on Friday last, Wiih an introductory lecture. by. Professor Addison Alexander. Rif! theme _wail "The Present Age as One of Controipsy." There have been about: forty adn4ions, thus far, into the Seminary ; others'are ex pected, some of whom have., sent their names, which will doubtless increase the number to fifty or' upwards; not equal to the linprece.dented increase of last year, but about the same as the average accession of fornler ordinary , years. The number ' last \ year's catalogue was 18 1; the class hick graduated, 49.----New York Obser:ier : - Preshyteriaa Camp Meetings, , In the Southern, Presbyterian them. ‘, - notice under the signature of, , the Henry Brown, that there will 'lie a ctnip meeting at the Presbyterian' eamp.ground near Canton, Cherokee . County. Ga., begin ning °tithe Thursday before the fourth Sab bath in- September. And another, under the signature of Rev. H. C. Carter, stating that the members of Bethany and Smyrna churches will, encamp near Smyrna meeting house,lrewtfn County, on Thursday before the second Sabbath in September. Such meetings have been common for many years in some portions of Georgia; and, they hive beenlound profitable for the edification and enlargement of the chureh. , ,rCentral f res byterian.
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