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STEPHEN . LITTLE,
PITTSBURGH, OCTOBER . 15, 1859.
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key* ear frleade will etUl sot forget us.
REGIT/ASIGICII.—Bead payment by safe
kande, w= .vs eennonlent. Chro send by 'wall,
ensiodog ,rites ord Wool" oologoomit trembling
nab - Orly Walk a knowledge of angst ho= are
Geist. GO a large antinantoeend a Draft, or
large note* Roreneorewo yrwerayseod Gold
or entail lutes!,
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;• DAVID t<•HIBNIIT' & 00.01,1striviart1g
RFSOKAIID DUTCH , 0111M011:— . Twenty
two young, men entered the Junior - Olias in
,
the Theological Suilinary
wick, at the beginning of the present term.
OF TEM EDITORS expecte to, at
the Synod of Wheeling for one_or two days;
and the other at the Synod of Ohio.
are, alWaYs - haiiiiy ,to meet our byetkiewi
and we will be pleasad tohatve thia,oseasion
improved for. the transaction of Meioses ,
connected with the Banner and Advimate.
TES ONLY SUILYWORS.—The Cincinnati
Gazette says that Smile, of the
Meth&list , Episcopal Churoti 'South, the
Rev. Di. Biggs, of Cincinnati, of tiro Old
School Presbyterian Church, ..dr the'Rev.
Dr: Lyman Beecher of the Congregational
Churok-are the only survivors of the foun
ders of the. American` Bible Society in ]Bl6.
Synod of Pittsburgh.
A 'Committee will bean attendance in the
.1)e i)p) 'Bdoirc of the Second Preshjterian ,
church corner of Irwin and . Penn Streets—
on Thursday, 20th inst., at:2- o'clock; for
the purpose of ;Assigning 'member* their,
pikes of lodging. ' attkrwrint,'
B:
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Synod 'of Ohio.
The members of 'the Synod of Ohio will
please rapair to the basement of the Pres
byterian church on their arrival in-`Mans
field, where a comrniitee of arrangement
will be'in attendance to assign thein their
places of lodging. Arrangements are also
made for the.entertainment of strangers and
visitors during the sitting , of the Synod.
Clarnage of Ecclesiastical Rplation•
At a meeting of the Reformed (New Side
Covenanter,) Presbytery ef Pitt:hurghiheld
last week in this . city, at Dr. Douglas' church,
Rev. ,Thomas C. Guthrie, D D, received a
certificate of dismission ter himself and his
eon gregation, to connect; with the •Allegheny
Presbytery of the United Presbyterian
Chit**. Two other congregations gave
foriuil notice of their determinatit4 to with
from the Reformed Presbyterian
Church, .and unite-with the United Pres
byterian Church. Another congregation
has resolved to postpone any farther, action
with regard to this matter, until after the
mecting;of. Synod, in May, 1860,,ic the city
of Allegheny. However, it must not be
supposed that the' above changes constitute
any true index to, the general state of feel
ing among the. New Side Covenanters. The
great rocrie lt sfAtem artyntterly" opposed to
abandoning their recent pganication for
the purpose of union with United Presby
teriants
83rnod of Cincinnati.
This Synod its meeting at Hillsbor
ough, the last week in September. From
the synopsis of ptoosedlngs whieh we find
in the .Presbyter , much important lAreiness
seems, to have leen transacted.
A resolution was adopted to raise $20,000,
in:addition - to the sum already pledged, for
the purchase pf "OxionD Litman/`C—ALLEGE;
Revs N Neat, Jr audit. L. Stanton D.IY
had lea:veto resign their Trusteeship in the
Institution. t„
The•itubjealvf , establiabing and endow.
_„6.„ ,„
ing large, JATEFARY 119121TIJTION, in eon
with the Synod of Ohio,,lias again
received favorable action, Springfield;
Ohio, is'proposed as, the location. An effort
is twbe Wide to paroltaie Wittenberg Col:
lege for the 'Purposes of the 'University.
Theliiis to bcrltieed* $50,000 for the por t
chase of a site` and the erection of buildings;
and 4 1 200,000 ae perthinent
The pt er Il2lY,be in notes • bearin,,!otecest.
OnlY oP sums. received,; or
it be used , till the wholelamount
of the 'prit'cipelehall have been* wound.
The anbjeet is'te'be presented to, the Synod
of Ohio at its proximate meeting.
Relative, to the, empAtio Swaineity, the
following papermai adopted:
WHEINAI3,, This Synod has surrendered
iterright of Synodical control in the gorth-
Western- Theological Seminary 1 into
haida of the General . .AsSeMbly,riiad said
General Assembly has accepted 'lbis control;
with' all the interests of said institiltien, and
has orgatized it accordingly,
Resolved, That this Synod 'has no more
peculiar, Weal interest in this" Seminary,
other than it haa in every other Theological
Seminaryytindeethe control of the 'General
Assembly._
The Spod'siviews in ~regikrd to church
favor: toward :BENEVOLENT. ENTERPRISES;
was expreried unanimous/Ain these em.
Ostia terms: ' -
;. In reference to the action of the As.
seribl3r, upon the overture, page 535, trim
thp Presbyterian ,Historical Society, linking
to .be recommended to the (Thumbs! 'for a
collection in bebalf;the committee .would
submit the'tatlewing resolution :
Reso/refl, - That the Church of Jens
Christ is a' spiriliril body, 'oeiritaisehined only
to execitte`the revealed will'of Ged, aid'can
sustain no , direct relation to' any voluntary
aisoeiatiens, nevertheless it is perfeeili con
eistent, with her, iiisaion to recommend
and aid any voluntaiy:anociation whiohshe
bellevei to be inetnimentel in preparing the
way, and . in promoting the sueeees of Ale
'Gospel, and'in dping . ebb 'she ,meyernit,,cad
does not sustain to them iny - direot relation.
We are plesseilo find the churches thus
Await The efforts made in the leek Assem. ,
blyitto.prosent the Church of our Lord from
b e i ng , witness-bearer ; anCa contributor,
by -commendation, to; whatever belongs 4 0
man's W 414.1143, should Witralrribtiked;
In every age Religion has bad its con•
flicts. And the days of warfare are not
soon to end. We need not then think that
our lot is fallen in,wondrouwiimes ;.-though
we may justly believe that upon the disci
sion of questions now agitated depend
greatly our country's glory and the people's
joy. ,If the ascendency of the Bible can
be maintained ;la place in the schools vin
dicated, itss - Sabbaths preserved, its eoeial
relational* inviolate, its whole moral,y3r
retained as the inindation of our country's
laws and as 'the' nation's right - and 'rule of
conduct, ours, and those to follow us and
them, will call us blessed.
Church and .State are not, in, their true
nature, antagonistic: God iei the author of
each: The Bible witiblishes bOth, ;and
gives to each its. province. They are
indispensable to one another. One Cannot
subsist without the other's - influence. But
men make them' antagonistic. Good teen;
truly' enlightened, Alo pot; bet good ..men
in their ignorance sometimes do, and cape
cially are bad men the authors of this
antagonism; ,One :,of these inetitutione' has
no right, from God; to control the other;but
each should be to the other's benefit A
whole population must necessarily, in wße
public, belong to the State'; .and all should,
as a duty to God, and a matter of personal
interest, belong to the Chtireth. Many,
however, do not estimate it as their duty
and.interest to form connexion. These,
to, some extent—not all of them,. by-any
ruins, but' some of them . set themselves .
against the Church, against revealed reli
gion, against the Bide and ite inatiinflobs,
and especially against a hallovied Sabbath,
and igainst having the Bible in the public
schools. . ,
The question as it regards THE BIBLE IN
TUE SCHOOL, has assumed' a new form in
Californisi—nelf ;this respect, that a
Pzoteatant minister, enlightened, evangeli•
cal, yea, a Preabyterian7—has taken ground
against the placing of this only pure foun.
tain of morals in this deep'spring of 'nut.
vernal 'influence
Dr. Sciott is an able , devoted and
eloquent minister, is pastor of the
Calvary Presbyterian church, (Old School,)
in San Francisco. Fortneqy lie was pastor ;
of.the First : Presbyterien:ohnieh, New
Orleans. ...in MaY, iB'sB, he was Moderator
of the General Assembly. He is the author
of several works, which have been well re-•
'eeived. One work of his, however, has
given great pain to Christian& It is anti;
tled "The Bible and Politics," and is de
signed as a reply to the arguments of the
friends of the Bible in schools. It is a
pamphlet of one hundred and forty six
page& It is, hosiever, though the produc
sloe of one so eminent, not by , any means a.
fair representation of Presbyterbinism.- It - •
is rara Avis. It is a something the like of
which bad not been known. • The= author
says, in reference to the controversy now
being waged by Chrititians in California,
in defence of their rights : " I regret
that an effort has been made to • show
to those unacquainted with us, that the
type of this Church on this coast is, to
be found in stout battle in defence of the
Bible in schools; . in defence of lair! for the
observance of the Sabbath, and for the , sup
pression of Sunday mails."
This sentence,• and others which we may •
quote' from Dr:— Scott, will be read with
great pain; but still,"the interests! Of reli
gion require that the subject should be
noted. It is not needful that we should
tell our readers that the whole. Presbyterian
Church, East of the Rocky Mountains, and
all other Evangelical Churches in the same
extended:regior9 do "stout battle" for the
things which Dr.. Scott regrets. But his
remark would intimate,that the Presbyterian -
Church •on the Pseillo .ooast, differs from
the Church generally on these points. We
are happy, however, to be able - to state that
this is not so. The- Presbytery of Califor
nia, at their meeting in March last, adopted
the following : • .
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Presbytery; the subject of the Bible 'in the
Public Schools is one „of great importance,
and that this Presbytery is in favoi of what
is 1:ommonly understood as the use of the
Bible in said Public Schools.
J. R. BURGETT'
This resolution passed by , the entire vote
of the Presbytery, except Dr. Seett's. This
intimates that the Dr. stands , alone in his
own Presbytery. „We hope that the same
will appear in his Synod . ; and, as far as we
know, he stands alone in the Presbyterian
Church. We have never yet met with a
minister, elder, or`private Chriltiin, in our
connexion, who was opposed' to the Bible in
the school:
Dr. Scott's Tractate we have not seen,
but we have read several. letters of his, in
San-Prani3isco papers, presenting 'and main-
Wining its sentiments lir A nderson and
Mr. Haight iinote the ..Doetor as. saying 7:
Oar Goverament las no Bible. It cannot
make one. It does not - prefers , to, be- able
'to ch oose one It does not - please' to' be-'`:
Hove any: The 'Koran; tie Hebrew
Scriptures, the DonlY Version, the '"holy :
books of the Hindoos are as mucti.reeog
nized thi adininiatiatiOn . of an oath es
our i'rotestant Bible.". tPage 79.) " The
President of the , Tlnited -States and-the
Governor of the State can. take their oath
with Ont the use of the Bible or without
calling on the name of God." „ (Page 74 )
So far as our organic laws can recognize
such subjects, has not the 'Deist =or the
Israelite a right to call our Bible sectarian
'l'm*? and has 'not the Catholic s 'fast as
much right to cin our version, notarise as
we have to call his, a Romish book?"
On me 45, 0f.)),.-Anderewee work, he,
quotpl SootfOhnev:
,
From, the following extracts we learn, the
'Dr.'s views on this part'of the subject, page;
60:`"Is it then, true, that Protestant
Christianity is part and parcel' of the com
mon lair in such a sense as to require slid ,
reooghize the enforoantent of laws
,in. favor`
of the Christian Sunday; beanie it is a 're-,
ligiaus'derby Divine appointment, and the,
use ot our Protestant our woo
in
stitutione? To this 'I roost answer,
,`No."
Speaking of thi"irtioles of ihe,Constitution,
of the United States which ; refit* to reli-E
gion, he 'Rapt," page 41 - :'" It is 'there` hi.'
plied they may worship as many Gods as'
they please, and worship anything;as God
they may choose or worship no Go+rat:a11;"1
—page 79,: "bur Government no t
Bible. It does not profess to believe in eny.l
How, then , can it teach whit it" Waif id!
1 immure,. or DR. EladiVil , Bnnat AND POLITICS„
in `the Light . ofiteligionAnd the Lair, Icy lien. W.
Alamos% D D., anal lercher :AGEtiopht.;Rez,
Pt"; 8 7°1 Ilk bTfesllB9 ttigatri
The Bible and •Polities.*
-•-,• A ' A" "
E p-REsFirm.
4z.
4 ATZ);(10
itself? As a governmenti.wahave ne4.lr
Bible nor`' religion,"—psge..74 When' a
man takis an bath simply 44 a citizen, there
is no tieties/110 to use thellible of!the name
of God. The President of the United
States,. arid .the, , Governor. , ..of -the Btateilman
take their oath or make their affirmation,
withoukthe "Use' of Ihd:BibleTor Ahis:
God. The following is the oath copied
from the Constitution : I do- solemnly
swear (9zaffirM) that I will !faithfully ex"i'
cute the office of President,' Sat, nor is
there any other catechising as to whether
,by.rtu.oath,..they meansm-appeal F to-God, or
a beliisf in Aturetitatelllated:"'
The two points made-by,Dr-Soott in-the
discussion seem to be, first, That the Eng
lish Bible is' a -Sectaiiciit book, and henci
cannot be properly introduced into the .
Public Schools; and second, Thatthe Gov
ernment of the country is -utterly- Godless,
and hence that nothing Religious should be
intrO - duced into any of our 'Public
bons "The fire `'ot `the points is" thorOnghly
Romish ;. the second is, utterly infidel; and
neither is a statement of foot.
The Eoglish - itible is ail& translation of
the Original. It is the Word of God in the
vernaeular,tongue. It ; wastioognized'as snob
by 4hose who settled the country';:by. those
who achieved independence; by thole who
formed ' the constitutions 'of the United
States, and of the several States; by those
who adopted those constitutions, and inter :
preted them, and legislated under them;.
and it is' still - received as such by the vast
body Or our citizens. It is not sec- ; ,
tartan book. The ; word sectarian, in its
proper meaning, applies not - for it. The
people recognize in - the Word of God.
'lt bad a national origin, as a 'translation,
and has been confided in es:sitch, by all
English speaking people, except Itomaniste,
'for over two centuries., It is , not sectarian.
''And to assert that, our GoirernMent,
whether National or State has no God no
Bible, and no Sabbath, is utterly incorrect.
In Rom. chap. we read, "Let every
soul be subject to the higher powem. For
there is no power but " of, God, the powers
that be are ordained •of God."' . Now, to
say that; God should ordain this Government .
and bring it. into being, and, it the same
time exclude all raaaiallion' of himself, is
an abeirdity. And a government a
God, would be an anomaly and, a monster.
We read of but oriesinch, and that one soon
came to destrinition. Fiance, in the days
of her:madness, decreed, No God, no Bible,
no Sabbath; but Murder, rapine, and , the
total, insecurity of •person, family, and prop
erty,•soon brought the-people to- an abets•
donment of their atheism and a restoration
of religion, in , its faith and ordinances.
But these United States never were without
a God, a Bible, and a Babhath,weither as
regards• the people, nor as regards the Gen-
eral Government or the State 'Governments.
The - early settlers came with , their religion,
their Bible, and their Sabbath ;,and their
descendants continue the same, to this good
hour. The immigrants of suceeeding gen
.
erations, have, with very few exceptions,
been like the early settlers, in these impor
tant aspects. • The Bible has been in the
school, from the very first, and continuous
ly; excepting a very few very limited die
Uinta, Nationally and overwhelmingly, it
has been as we state. And the Sabbath
has been ever known and observed . amongst
us as a day of rest and worship, and its
sanctity has been protected bylaw.;That the
people of .theseZnited,States are, and ever
have been a religious people, that they have
had a God, a Bible, and a Sabbath, and the
same God, the same Bible, and the same
Sabbath; is beyond contradiction. Pagan
feet, till lately, !scarcely touched our soil.
Mohammedans bad no place here. • The
Jews were but as a handfOl... And even
Rominists were, and still , are, but a small
minority, A Christian people settled this
country, and formed and still administer this
Goveinment. We are a °Within people,
and have Christian institutions. We Me
Christian language, and our writings are to
be understood as bearing Christian and not
heathen, or atheistic:, 'aentiments.
And when we look at public affairs =we
find that ours is a Christian .Government,
recognizing God, his Word, and his.. Day of
rest. From the inception of public affairs,
throughout;the being and Qin rule of God
has been acknowledged. An oath,. or its
equivalent, has been ever, and universally,
requisite to qualify, for : officei and for wit.
ness bearing in all our tribunals of juntice,
and for passing goods' at our custom bonen.
This oath or affirmation anioanizes a Su
preme Ruler, and a state of rewards and
punishments. And the legal and most corn
mon form of an oath is, on the Holy ETan
gels, or withthe right hand uplifted to God.
The variations are few, and they , imply still
the solemn., appeal to r a % trpth loving, and
falsehood-hating God And an oath thus
taken, btincl.r in, law, and if preyed tn be
flee, the person is liable - to punishment for
Perfury.
The Declaration of Independence, by
which we became a nation, recognizes the
one living and true God;and appeals to him:
The true God hasbeen recognized, govern.
mentally, by the, employing of his ministers
u chaplains, in the army, the navy, in
Congress, and in many of the' State Legis.
latures. `The Sabbath las been 'recognized
by expreeely excepting, it from , a count
the ten dais allowed for the oonaideration
'of public bills, by, snepending,- during 'its
continuance, the business of Congress
. and
. of the Courts, by malting it a day on
which civil process is, not to issue, and by,
nullifying call contracts made. on . it : ~T he
Bible is acknowleclged , by the recognition of
its Author and its Sabbath, and by the' em
',lament of chaplains to expound 'it in
preaching; and by the sanotion of its use in
the administration of an oath.
The Chiistian religion also has beeti ever
regarded, by all judicial authority, as part of
the common law; and Bible morality is,
'authoritatively, a rule for men's conduct.
We are Christians, as a people and as a gov
ernment, and, in both aspects, we have a
God, a Bible, and a Sabbith. I And, ikmay
be added, " Blessed is•tie people that are
in such a
,oare; blessed is the- people whose
God is the-Lord." Let good men maintain
their integrity. Sectarianism we repUdiate
in all public affairs; but Christianity, in its
grand distinctive, aspects, with its peculiar
and essential institutions, we , feel obligated
to maintain, both religiously' and socially
against all atumilants.
naiVILLE, KY.—The '.kheorogiest Sem.
inery hie fifty names enrolled; and" the Col
, itatitne;.) ota pity
Diae; t tßioas kitt,
• ego one Alleatell nu sixty.
A:l;if*
Sind-Conteofikry of the Rev. Dr. ,Lyin,
Bellefonr"Ila.
It is now a very rare thing to celebrate
the Semi Centenary of a minister's settle
perform a fifty years' service in the sacre d
Mos, but 'remoiali have becomeso" much
the habit in the Presbyterian- Church,_as
'well as in other. Churches, that not a tithe
of those who are favored with strength to
perform-a-fifty years' labor, find" themselves
all, the labile, -the pastor.of the - sams,people.
•
Rev." James Linnn, k D D., belongs to''the
rsee-of liboriousT faith.
fid, wise, modest, and lovely ministers, of
Jesus Christ. An acquaintance Ion& and
intimate,. and-alriebdship confiding and un
interrupted, enables us to bear unqualified
testimony to-his-worth.
A geitleinin who was present at
Semi-Centenary celebration, sends us the
following , •
The fiftieth" anniversary of ths pastorate
of the t Rev. James .Linn, D D.-, of Belle.
font., Pa, waseammemorated on Wednes-:
day, October" ith,itz the Presbyterian church
of' that place. It ems' 'a very intimating
occation. The congregation of Bellefonte,
of, which Dr. Linn .has-been ; the paotor for
half a century, had requested, the Presby
tery of lluntingdon to, hold their seini-an-.
nual otatisf, meeting, in that place, with a
view to uniting in the celebration of an
, event so interesting to them' and their pas
tor. It - is due 'to Dr. Linn to say , that it
was with a good deal oPreluctance hiyielded
to the wishecof bis.people jn regard, to the
observance, 411 be is of a modest disposition,
that shrinks frOm everything like/Tempel
ostentatioff. He,
,however, yielded to their
wishes w i fe). as to give,tupon the occasion,
a succinct narrative of the leading facts in
the history of- his pastorate, and that of the
PresbYtery. during the-lialfoentury of bit'
ministry. This narrative, characterized as
it was, by 'the: modest 'simplicity of its an
.WBS, very, interesting, and touched
every heart
As :the, narrative will be. published .in
pamphlet form, it is needless at present to_
attempt a report of it, farther lban to say,
that Dr Linn, a native of this State, gradu
ated at Dickinson College in 1805; studied
theology. partly, under the , supervision of his
father, who, was, pastor of the churches Of
Sherman's Valley; and partly usker the
supervision of Dr,. King, of Mercersburg,
and Itr. Williams of Big Siring Was 11- •
ceased by the Presbytery of Carlisle in
1808, came to Rellefonte in , the ,Summer of
.1809, and leas called to the pastorate of that
church and Lick Run,
,and entered npon the
duties thereof in the Autumii of that, year
-fifty :years ago. In 1839. he . was inani
mously called to Bellefonte for,all his time ;
and relinquished Lick Run, and has since
served Bellefonte only. ,
The congregation had invited the Rev.
D. ~X, ; Junkii, D.D., of Hollidaysburg, to
deliver a sermon appropriate to the Semi %
Centenary of , the pastorate; ,which he did, .
from ,the teat,,'! Ebenezer—Hitherto bath
the Lord helped us.”-1. Sam., vii : 12.
As the sermon 11160 his been requested for
_publication, it mied not here, he character
ized farther than to say that it , was not un
worthy Of the preacher _ ; : and that an inter
ested and often a tearful audience seemed
univerrally to feel;its adeptedness to the sol
emn and interesting occasion.
The entire exercises were well conceived
adapted and impressive. -After a
voluntary by the choir, the venerable Dr.
Woods, eon in law of the great Witherspoon,
and long Dr. Linh's co Presbyter, offered an
invocation prayer, l lor.
_Gibson then an
nounced the ; 555h Hymn. :Rev. Robert
Hamill followed With a prayer, well befiting
the occasion -pr,," Linn then delivered his
historical address. Dr. - G W. Thempson
then announced . ' the following, written for
the occasion by "Dr. D. X. Junkin, which
was impreisaively sung by the vast , assembly :
OP JUBILEE:
Come, thou gracious King of Glory,
In this Mini ( of Jubilee:
Whilat we tell the grateful story
- Of , delitranoe wrought by-thee,
Be thou present:
Bid us now thy glory see !
' Bow thine ear, God of our Fathers,
%von? glowing songs of praise,
Warming still, asmem'ry gathers ; .:•
Grateful themes from other days;
Lord we priase thee
For thy grace in by-gone days!
Thanks we givelor ceaseless favors
Following us these fifty years :
Thine is lose that never wavers,
Beeming on thrO' smiles and WOO.,
3111131LATX ' -
Praise thli grace of fifty years!
Thanks we give, that thou heat plantod,
On this mount, a chosen ve—
, „in
( Gracious rain and.sunahine granted,
Hedg'd'it mind: and'call'd - it
'Gathering'froni it
Clustering grapes and generous wine
Thanks ,
we give that .no disaster
Has laid , waste thy'heritage
That our venerable peep;
As in kouthoio now in age
Tells of 'Jeans
-And the . Heaytnly heritage!
May his life, 0 Lord, be precibus:
Spain hint to this trusting flock: "
Map his teachings long refresh‘tut--
Lead us to the shelt'ring ROOK; -
sat4our„ bless
„him , ,
Who so long lies fed &elk
And when; all his 'lnhere 'ended,
• ' Life's lastlebbing-bands are' fold—
,May the flock, he so long tended; . ,
Meet him Heavenly fold:
There to praise Thee
Whilst eternal yearsare rein.
The Seyd.Centenary Sermon was then
delivered,' followed ; b b tb R
y prayer y 8 . eV.
O. Elliott, and the 509th Flynn/. by thence.
D. D when exercises were closed
by the venerable,paator Linn, with the alma •
tone benediction..
The church edifice was . crowded in every
part ; many from, a distance having come to
participate in,the solemnities, and the writer
hasseldom witneried exercises of, prolounder
interest. ; is a lovely spectacle--alas too
rare, ,to ; behold a pastor of fifty years still
beloved, cherished, and , useful amonget the
peop)e, to whose grand,parents he ministered.
As Dr.,Linn said in hie addrese, he, is now
baptizing the :fourth generation of -his par
,
iehioners. It wasjouching to hear him , re
cite the changes that had passed before him
in his long pastorate,: in hia, charge, in the
Presbytery and the Church at large; and as
the ,preacher, in, his: address to the pastor
and people, feelingly .alluded to these
changes, the sympathies ,the occasion
grew intense. wish the senior editor of
the Banner (mold have been there ;to wit
,i2eas the semieentsnary of an event which
he, in his boyhood,, witnessed., Alas it is
to be feared,that the wish that , father Linn
so tenderly eipressid, that many of his
young hrethren might live to enjoy a scene
similar to this, is not very likely to be re
alized. It is, however, our devont wish and
prayer, that scenes like that of Wednesday,
-may become , more frequent in the,thatych.
Cliiistian Colonies'.
Qn our first t . page, our readers will
find, over, the signature- of "J. an
article on the subject of , occupying the new
States,' or jiai to 'of' them, by aoloniel of
Vhrietians. The writer regards the 'plen as
being injudicious. His ,
opportunities of
judging are far better than ours. .has
resided in, a Western State for many-'yeare.
"He as an - . observant, judicious, and "reliable
The. Subject has, evidently, tWo sides.
/P 6 1. , 4 ,0 tr s .C34 ' Anall.4tai
We tate presented one of them , by pito.
-, -," • 0
lishing oemninnioations from the friends , of
the projected Penner!ant Colony. The
other is ably set:forth by our oorteppontient
this week.
- , - , The;questionieronecoft - grinit - inititittitifife
to,einigrants, and is also,intimately connect.,
ed'withZion's interests. Still, we - do not
invite a protracted discussion. For smielo•
oslities and inik'peojile; WeVolany idiom°
we should think to be the beat adapted.
For other locations and other people, the
out any formal bond of connexion, would be
Vie more promising.
Providence. sometimes .thwarts the' pur
.
'poses of • religions.men, still accepting their
good intentions, and making them blessings,
even beYond their aspirations, An instance
occurs to us, narrated; we think, in,,Old
Redstone. Substantially it is this :. Some
twenty enterprising, religions •young men in
a congregation in South• Eastern Pernieryl
vinia,ln sin early day, resolved' to remove
to the' Western part of the State, to locate
together,, and , to form a church, with schools,
&c.,.&c. They could not remove in- a. com
pany, - but ' they would remove se soon: as
practicable, arid would locate so . as to form
one, congregation. The Lord, however, had
hisnlalms, andle,dieposed of -them for his
work. ...11e so directed the. , etent,-that these
twenty were dispersed over WatittingtOrt,
Fayette, and Westmoreland Counties; and
farther, so „disposid.' of them ae 'nutke
them leading men in many- congregations- t`•=-.
active, wise r laborious men; 'in founding
'churches and settling and sustaining minis
tire. Each beanie a candle of the LOrd
ilinininating a neighborhood.
Christians will regard their removals, not
as naere - matters of, pecuniary interest, nor
as matters alone of personal pleasure and
finpity benefit. They will look also at the in
fluence they may be enabled, by their change
of place, to put forth for the *benefit of their
fellow-men. They are servants of Christ,
in their generation Their continuing
where they are, or their ,jeiningia Colony,
or ti*ir removing singly or in pairs, is to
be determined by a regard to the glory of
God. And when they honestly purPose, God
will dispose of them for' good.
Ecclesiastical
Rev. L. a. HAY, '
returned missiOnary'from
Allababad, Northern India,r s has estab
lished a boy's school in Indianapolis ) In-
,
R, , . THOS. E. .PEOK, of Baltimore, is ex
peeted to accept the Chair offered him in
Union Seminary Va.
Rev. T., D. , KING, of Dry. Zreek, Covington
Connty, Miss., Stated Supply if the • Dry
Creek;ebureh, died on September sth.
,
Rev. Jouw E. CASSON,' having received
unanimous calls from the churches of
Canal Fulton, Chippewa, and Marshalls
villa, Presbytery of Wooster,' hie Post
Office address- it changed from Apple
Creek, Ohio, to Marshalliville, Wayne
Co Ohio.
Rev. M. B. PATTIRSON'S Post Office 'ad
dress is *hanged- from White Deer, Ly
'clouting Co, Pa.', to Troy Grove, La Salle
Co Illinois._
Mr
Mr. trAidza S. ELDER was ordained by the
Presbyteiy of. Clarioh, at its late meeting
and installed pastor of the church of
Greenville; by a Committee of Presbytery.
Mr Bider was - on the -Itir inst.-,- also in
stalled pastor of the - chit* of Bethle
hem Where one-third of hitt labors are to
be bestowed. His address is ;Limestone
Post Office, elation Co., Pa.
Rev. N. SHOTivELL I S Post:Office address is
chantied from Milroy, Pa% to Rutherford
ton, N. C.
Mr, R B. MOORE was licensed to preach
the Gospel by the Presbytery of Redstone,
at its bite meeting.
Mr. WM. W. CAMPEZLIF , WBB ordained 'by
the Presbytery of Redstone, =at its late
meeting, and is Boob to be installed pas•
tOr of' the church of Fairmorciit, Va.,
!rout which he has accepted Call.
ed a ci e. ll G-I r F, lo 4 rti m ehseb h: c ' tiekru r y e r e co ni i iir sc e d of .: im a d accept
and Berlin - . of, M t. Eaton
Coehooton.
Mr. J. A. E. SIMPSON has ,reoeived s call
from . the church of Holtoesville Ohio.
'EASTERN SUMMARY.
Boston and New England- -
Boston has lost •one of its , oldest -native,;citi
zens, in the death of Mr. George Bethune, in the
90th year of his age, His -father in October,
1754, married idery Faneuil, niece of peter pea
euil, the ilonor of the celebrated " Fanenil;ll6ll,' ,
often denominated "The:.Cradle of Liberty," to
this The Fanenils were, originally,, Hu
guenot rpfugees, and possessed many memorials
lin the y form
,of plate r pictures,- and historical
,doonments, respecting the llnguenets. These
were all in the FOSSO9BIOII of Mr!. Bethune at the
time of ,his death, sidled be hereafter greatly
,prised on account of ,their intrinsic worth and
-associations.
A Monument is at length to be • reared' to .the
memory of the patriots who fell in the battle of
Lexington. An efficient committee , has taken
the matter in hand, and theltOn. Edward Everett
has been appointed to prepare an addtees, setting
forth the objects of the movement, and soliciting
public support. The design is intended to ex
hibit an actual historical' fact. It represents a
`Wlifinute man," leaving tie plow" in - the furrow,
seizing his Musket, ball pouch, and powder horn,
and starting at once upon the call of. duty.
The Vagaries of as Rev. Henry Tra . rii Beecher,'
are beginning to beslittle too flagrant for even
the NevrEngland nand:.- Of Mtethere have been
frequ'eist.notioes of his theological abaritions in
the leading religious journals ,of the Eastern
States, and'some of the More knowing ones have
occasionally hinted -that he. presently,
Make some revelations concerning his own= opin
ions that astound' many of his admirers.
The occasion seems M have now Come. • ' ln a ser
mon published in a labia:amber or the Intleperule
ent, this passage occurs • .
" One thing I know, and that is,
that there is
no , other name but the name of Christ, given Ul3-
der heaven, that we know anything about , whereby
we must b e saved. - * * .* * *
44 For le who lives and dies, believing in Christ,
shall not perish, -butt have -`everlasting: life.
Whether any others shall have everlasting life„ or
not, is not for you or me to say. I wilL not sit-in
judgment upon them, neither will I set up , a judg
met against them.” "
For this he 'is severely taken to 'task by a
writer in the Recorder,' who shows that according
to the sentiment above expressed, Mr. Beecher,
takes bides 'Ulu:the most dangeilins, and at the
same time most plausible phaie of modern infi
delity. The Miami Evangelpit: slialges * Mr.
Beecher with ignoring, in this matter, the ,teach
ings of
,Holy writ, and says : '
Let the answers to thW great question, - what
becomes of unbelievers, as given by Mr. B.; and
the inspired 'writers be set over against one an
other.
Beecher.
".1 do not know."
4 g It is not for you nor
me to' say."
11 They shall go away
into everluting punish-
L ment." •
"•Naisther name that
we - Mow ARYthino .a 6 P uA .,
knhetl l 4,d . 7.1 1 :. SIR sa.o§•
saved?
ECM
4 ‘ .87iatt not no life."
I=ll2
"Shall be damned."
SMI
- E' There ie !Lone either'
name ririOer , z , heaven
,ete j t won zke_u,,lAo,
.::~::;
n,
, puts tit, pertinertk•lit-
The sanMAtaper th`—,
quirt' : •
While helas the ele nts of , popular oratory
beyond that of almost: soy other prea che r of this
age, would he so delight men of loose no tions
. g ) ,nd ,
easy eietnepittilie"woriderftert. ore' env'
ployed in the enfoicement of those wows of"the
• Gospel urgecpity such men as Belamy and Ed- )
*ends"?
- .- The editortioUthe Recorder remarki'
What we have, with sad forebodiggi
pected, is now realized, in Mr. Beecher's open
abandonment of the doctrine - of the inevitable=
and eternal perdition of ungodly men. The bold-,
nese with which he sets aside the plain averments
of the Son of God is more a grief than a sur
prise. The secret of his fraternizin gs , w4k,
Chapin grid Parker; now — fullY inflained; in
his open avowal of the main principle of Univer
salism—which Is, that all the Scriptural asher
tions of the sure and eternal punishment of the
wicked, fail to make tis, know that they will be
thus punished.
They then say thht "he htuth.eld in, sympathy
with him t housands on thousands of men, like
minded,, sprinkled through all our" (that ie Con
gregational),“ churches," and intimate that these
will now, like their leader, reveal the true char
acter of ; their theological ,views. The
son '
of their article is worthy the attention of all
ministers and Christians, not only in Neir Eng
land, but also in many other , places:
•It strikes' us that. this open defection of Mr.
Beecher, will mark a new era. , It will •not bring
into being any more 17riiiersilism than now ex
fists;'but it must bring forth to light much that
has lurked in concealment; and so it will cause
such a sifting in Our 'churohis, as-bad not been
seen in our day.
And what will make the * trial all the ,more
searching is, that liniversalieni is DOW to be pre
' Vented in - a new form. Usually it hits been
connected with a bold repudiation of regenerate
charnoter and experimental godliness. But now
it is to be preached by men professing great re
.. , gard for spiritual religion, and men long scored
ited as friends of vital godliness. Coming in
this' form it will deceive, if it were possible, the
very elect; and the question is to be agitated
• whether that error consists with piety. These, of
course, will be times of critical and solemn Inter
est to all who have fallen into the popular cur
rents set in motion by Mr. 13eecher ' and who
have favored his lax views. Now are to be tested
the foundations on which they rest,
'Whenever the ancient landmarks are deserted
by an erratic genius like Mr: Beecher, flattered,
caressed, and admired, it is difficult td say into
what ruinous error he may be led. Oar readers
mist not suppose, however, that the editors of
the Independent have the least sympathy with these
views of Mr. Beecher. In a late number, they de
,
plore the spread of this form of infidelity, and its
prevalence in the writings of some of our most
popular authors, , and call upon the ministers of
the Goapel to preach again the old doctrine of
the eternal punishment of the-,wieked with re
inewed, earnestness, saying that any deviation
from this belief is, essentially infidel.. The con
, test thickens, and the truth must be' boldly' and
fearlessly proclaimed. •
/.Mr. Parker's Reminiscences of the "late Rufus
Choate, will soonhe published: • This • 'Work will
necessarily be only fragmentary, as' a complete
inemoir is in course of preparation by his family,
as also 'a collection of his sfeeches and
Writings. ' •
New, York.. . _
In several quarters among
,business men, the:
question ,is beginning to. be mooted, whether it
• , . .
would not be preferable to have all laws enforcing
the Payment of Bebts, abolished. In this way,
,
most cOmmercint transactions, it is argued,-
I.
would be, on the , cash prineipie,,end credit : would
only be granted in cases of known probity{ of
character and ability to. meet all engagements.
The Sanitary Condition oflevery large city, isa
•• subject of great importance to the well being of
'its inhabitants, and to its future prospects. •The
New York' Sanitary Association met last week,
when reports from various Committees were
made, aetsiling facts, some of which will interest
ourree.ders. In"these reports it has been 'found
*that no less than eighteen of the pepu-,
lation of New York sleep in ceilars; the ceilings
' of which are, in very many instances, three and
four feet below the level of the - street' , At ltdist
seventy per cent., of the entire population resides
in ,tenant , houses. Dr. Francis, in , speaking of.
the Central Park said that it had already cost
$5.000,000, and that it would probably cost $2O
000,000 to,finish it; but that owing to its distance
it can never be of any benefit whatever to the poor
who live in, the lower wards.
One, great cause of the • Miagovernment of the
city, is found in the difficulty of obtaining,a suffi
cient number' of respectable persons to take an
interest in this matter. And this want of per
' sepal interest aria& from the feet that so many
of them liveOntside the city 'limits.-
The Brooklyn Union Ferry Company carry
eighty thousand persons in their boats-that is,
forty thousand from end to Brooklyn, every , day,
and the :other ferries CatTy nearly ..as many,
making in all nearly seventy thousand persons
doing, business in New York, but residing in
Brooklyn. And there are seventy.two trains run
daily ,between Jersey City and Newark, filled
mainly with people who do•business in New York,
but take no part in its goiernment. •
In `these •Days of Research' and bold declare
'• tions; it is difficult to tell what great-event of the
past' may' not be denied, or what historical
personages may not be disrobed of their glory by
the unsparing hand of criticism. Even the Pll
- begin to be'treated as mythe, 'At
the meeting of the York Historical Seeiety ,
last meek, John A. Poor, Esq., of Portland, Me.,
read an essay on English Colonilatien in Eng
land," in which he dissented , from the popular
theory of the Pilgrim Fathers, and the sanctity
,
of Plymouth Rook. He denied that New England
was first settled by the Pilgrims, and spekt!orf
Mr. Webster's celebrated Plymouth Rock speech,
as apoliticalrhapsody, es much apical as Homer's
Iliad, and worth- no, more as ,history. Etierett, -
also, endllanproft, were all-wrong. The Pilgrims
, had no idea, of formhtg a colony, and= Plyinouth
Rock was the great American myth: What next !
The action,of the Conventionof the •Diocese. of
New' York; Iritli" respect to Bishop' Oriderdmik, of
which we gave an account last week, meets, es
we anticipated with nearly unanimous condem
,
nation froth btith the secular alld religions' press.
The tinkering and engineering of Dr." Tyrg - and
his 'associates 'in this Matter
• •t h ighly "'ap
proved, while the pretended penitence of Bishop
Onderdonk in his i petition, by rio means' satisfies
the pithlic mind. The Evening Post thus com
.
meats on the transaction
!'A "{WHOP WITEEOIIT a entrums.--The resto
ration of Bishop Onderdonk rti a Merely nominal
dignity, shows a reversal-of position ori.the part
of the Church since the days, of the Wainwright
and Potts controversy. ) Then the dogma was
•No Church without a. Bishop.' The actiomof
yesterday tends to , create . a bishop . without a
'Church.
•• But the- whele• proceedings in this Matter
redisplay • • a lamentable want iof that - straiihtfor
mward tioopel simplicity which should characterize
ri:a body of God's ministers ,and people.
,Instead
'of boldly disregarding Permitted feeling, - and act
ing openly, according to their notions of.duty and
a regard for the good of the Church, they prat
. tice what.will be considered by the world as a
mere 'evasion. Fourteeh ; years ago, the House
of.Bishons, although convinced that Bishop On
devd"lt, oughtto be deppied, and intending yin , '
tually to depose him, only ' - voted a suipension,
• and now, perplexed with the conseqences of that
anomalonstdecision,• they are expected to votes
sham,restoration. In both gases they exhibit, S. ,
spirit of compromising with , grave questions more
becoming's political caucus than a Di 00138831
vention."
That valuable monthly, the American 41,ticui
,
twist, edited by Orange ,7itdd, Esq., has now a
Circulation of forty five thousand every month.
We are rejoiced to learnthis, and would be glad
if every . Armor in the country could, be induced
to take a periodical so distinguished for true
science, and sound judgment -in diamuning agri
cultural matters.
letter to Rev. Dr.-Itaird,' , Rev: Dr. Merle
1 -D'Anhigne itates.that he is rapidly histening to
Poompletion the sixth and seventh volumes of his
Bator' of the ReformatiOn. ' ' '
Gov. .gorgan has appointed the 24th of Novem
ber as the "day of annual Thanksgiving.
A Conoention of Baptist ministers i and laymen,
I was held m ibis oft last we ek, wh ich lSlbst
int:tier? steps toward forming a Baptist Runday
•
school golop t -Thia l e jest dmilared is to secure
thorough iustruotier in all the doctrines
,S
of the snore& Scripture, and_ to promote, in
every suitable
~way, the growth of the schools
Akt o deakop*ttiop.„4.,,reries -ot.resolutions
was passed, setting faith that the Union is to
mike %eft aeguainted system of in
structiOilln Sunday Schools, and with the books
needed, in to recommend the same to the
ahools in fire ithOotki;./tAit ifre:y! * inform them
selves where the various books and publications
pan be procured on tie lowest terms, and that
they be authorized to primp) and publish such
new books as may be needed, giving the prefer
enottpthe American Baptist Publication Satiety,
provided that Society will sell as cheaply as any
other. They are not to involve the 'Union in any
expensesefoithe same.
The Bible 'Question in the public schools 11118
taken a financial turn. The Principals of the
Fourth, Single-and Fourteenth Wards were un
able to endorse on the pay roll that all the rules
of the Board of Education bad been complied
with, inasmuch as the one requiring the reading
of the Bible at the opening of the schools,
cieiy, day, had been neglected; consequently the
Presideutlof the Board deducted the salaries of
the Principals of these schools from the pay rolls,
taking the ground that the principals and not
the teachers were responsible for the violation of
the rule. As the matter stands sow, the Princi
pals are in, a dilemma; if they open the schools
in these three wards with the reading of the
Scriptures, the Local Board will dismiss them, but
if they do not open them in this way, the Cen
tral Board will not pay them.
The. AmArleen Bible Union, representing that
portion of the Baptist Church engaged in the
revision of the Scriptures, held' its annual' meet
ing last week. The expenditures 'for the year
have been over $40,000. There was a considera
ble amount of speechification, trying-to show the
defects of our present version, the need of
another, and that this wing of the Baptist Church
is the body competent for this work. The under
taking has thus . far been
,very costly, and the
progress, has been slow. The Examiner gives the
following summary of the results now attained :
The primary revisions of the Gospels of Luke
and John have been issued. Matthew, In the
same form, is passing through the press Though
thoroughly revised , by a member of the Final.
Comraittee; it is to undergo' the ordeal of general
criticism by all interested in its perfection. before
it is subjected , to the examination of the full
college of the Final Revisers. Philemon, revised
by another member of the Final Committee, is
ready for publication the same as Matthew.
Galatians is also ready to be issued in the same
manner. Dr. Rodiger of Germany, has furnished
valuable philological notes and criticisms on the
revision of Job, for use in future editions of that
work.
The Inquirer gives some statistics of the
Female Operatives of this city, which show that
all the female operatives of Lowell would not be
noticed here. The following is the probable
estimate of the numbers of females employed in
the•varions branches : in woven fabrics, 12,000;
shoe hindlng„ 2,000 ;, sewing for clothing estab
lishments, 4,800; bookbinding,- • 2,00O; feeding
power presses in • printing offices, 150 ; ' map
coloring, 17,5 ; ; making shirts and shirt collars,
2,500 ; hat trimmers, 1,000;•cap makers, 1,000;
cigar makers,' 1,000; paper box makers, 800 ;
making false teeth 1. 82 ; sewing at umbrellas and
parasols, 14200 ;,:artificial flower makers, 200; in
establishments,_ 400 ; au& individual
milliners, dressmakers and saleswomen without
number. • rr - •
• -
The great event of last week was the meeting
of the American Board or Foreign Minions.
This attracted visitors from parts very distant.
•
Mani missionaries who had grown gray in the
service of. the Board, were present; and many of
the most distinguished ministers and laymen of
the Congregational and Nei School Presbyterian
churches were in attsndance. The meetings
were held in Mr. Barnes' church on. .Washington
iinualw• • The annual sermon was Preached by
thelteir. Dr. Patterson, of Chicago, from Matt.
zu,: Bs. The annual report gave the following
summary of the missionary operations of the
Board:
Number of Missions,
stations,
- 4; Ont-stations,
Laborers Zaptoyed.
Nuniber of ordained .
beiriS:physiCians.) , 169
Physicians ordained, ' 4
°thin , male assistants, - ' • ' 14
FP male; assistants, • • 210
Wholemunher of laborers sent ;from this •
country, -897
Number or native pastors,
Natbie preachers, 222
Native helpers,' . 254
Whole:number of native helpers,
Whole number oyaborers, eanweeted with
' 'the 894
The Peas.
Number of. printing establishments, Ci
Pages printed lasit year, as far' as re
ported, " 41,529,949
Number of churches; (including all the
Sandwich' Islands,).; -
Nninb,er of, church members, (including all
the Sandwich - Islands,) 23,516.
Added - di:4fmk the year; (including all the
Sandwich Islands,T
Ethicational Dvmt.
arten
. . .
Number of Betninivies,
" other hciarding 4 schools,
'free schools, - Omitting 'thole
at - Sandwich Islands,)
" Pupils in free schools, (omit-
..
ting those at S. 1.,) 7911
" '. ' Pupils in Seminaries,,, . 401-
"
Pupils iri boirding selierda, 637
Wholeanniberin.semiparle#and oehools, 8843
The entire receipts dining the year from an
sources:were $350;915.45; while the-entire ex
penditures for the' same time were $376,418.71.
The entirudebttlif the Board at the °lose of the
year is $66,373.18. The three great subjects of
discusisio'n were: l- The • debt: 2. The memo
vial to Congress on the 'Part'=of the Board with
, .
respect - re 'the slave team; presented by Dr.
Cheerer. The Choctaw 'Mission.' 'The' con
clusion arrived at with Tapia - to the first was.
that the debt was the result of the Penelerity of
the missions of the Board s aid that it must be
liquidated by increased contributions from the
churches ; , and the Prudential 'Committee wan
entrusted with methods of Securing the neces
sary increase. .. The second satiject drew forth a
long and characteristic speech from Dr. Cheerer,
whichwas met by..a reply from Dr. Bacon and
others., Finally, the - whole matter was referred
to therriniential Coinmittee to ',take such action,
as it might deem, best for,the missionary cause.
Dr. Cheerer will not be, satisfied with this , but
will take the liberty -of bombarding the
•
Board for months to 110111 e. The :Choctaw'
Mission , was a subject Lef. deep ~ and tender
interest. ~ This is one of, the oldest and
most successful riniseionst .of the : . 4teard.
But in-Abe _churches of: that Mission are
;some slareholders. - Latterly this sluts been a.
cause of:great . cooophiint- by nereCoontributors
to:the funds:of the, Board'; esid.thiMe complaints
'have caused no email "dissatisfaction on t.hepirt
:of these - churches, with tlie 7 Board. At length
the Prudential Conireitleii*derined it best for ,the
interests of the Board,' tiiicitilso for the - Choctaw
nhurchba, tenerer between them.
This reaminendation , Wiiii "adopted - at this meet
big: But while 'doing! this; the Board has per
formed another sot thatwill receive the 'hearty
commendation or all: the friends of: missions.
The Board gives to the Choctei *ikon all the
property it held among that people, in the form
of lauds, houses , school house '
s,,' and churhes ;
has pledged' itself to support the missionaries
until, proper , arrangements can be made for their
sustenance in other ways, and will support the
old veteran missionaries while ,they live. All
honor to, the American Board for this. -
During the meeting, many able and touching
addresses were -made by returned missionaries
a.titteliers. The expressions. of attachment to
tida l ßoard, on the ; part of Aew School Presby
terians, were many?and,nordial. The meeting
Ate z rtext bp',.,tielti4m. the ~ eity of, Bos
ton. The sermon will bo,yreached by Prof.
Philadelphia.
Mission..
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