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Synod of Northern Indiana on the Semi-
nary of the North-West
The following is the action of the Sytiod
of Northern Indiana which pawed by a
vote of 28 .to 18 :
gi In reference to the action of the Gen.
eral Assembly in organising the Theological
Seminary of the North•Weet, as shown by
the Minutes, we feel constrained to state,
(lest our eilence should be misoonstrned,) that
said action was not in mob consonance with
our views and judgment on this subject, se
to leave this Synod under any other obliga
tions or relations to the Seminary at Chicago,
than it sustains to any other Seminary under
the oars of the Aesembly."
Synod of Indiana.
This Synod, at its late meeting, took the
following action on the Seminary question :
The Synod would express its high regard
for the authority of the General Assembly
to whose wisdom they had submitted the
organization of a Seminary for the North-
West but they feel constrained to dissent
from its motion in the case.
Ist. Because in that action the known
wishes of this body were disregarded in the
organization of that Seminary
2d. Because in this Synod although rep
resenting one sixth of the Church member
ship within the limits to be served by that
Seminary, and notwithstanding it has borne
the burden of theological education here for
nearly thirty yearn, yet is represented by but
one Director in a Board composed of forty
members; and for these reasons this Synod
declines to recommend that Seminary as now
organized to the churches under our care,
preferring to give our support to other Sem
inaries for the present.
Liabilities of. Pewholders.
The obligations and responeibilities under
which pews are held in churches, is a mat
ter of practical importance. Judge Gal
braith, of Erie, Pa., has recently decided
the following points:
let. Pewholders in a church are liable,
under the established general rules and re
gulations of the association, for increased
pro rata assessments laid by the Trustees of
the Association,, on the value, of the pews,
to raise the necessary means of defraying
the proper and current expenses of the as ,
sooiation, notwithstanding in the deeds ori
ginally given to the pewholders for their
pews, a specified lower rate per cent. was
reserved.
2d. The Trustees of a religions association
may adopt bylaws or resolutions to equalize
the amount necessary for its support, and
assess the proportionable amount on each
pewbolder, though there is rio provision in
the Constitution, or Articles of Association,
authorizing them so to do.
3d. Property in a pew is a mere easement,
being confined to the right to sit therein
during public worship.
Rev. Dr. Edgar.
This good brother has been busy, for some
days, instructing and delighting our people
and churches. He is a gentleman of full
medium size, and something over sixty years
of age; strong, energetic, voioe powerful,.
and a good deal Irish ; hae much action
while speaking; and, when on the stand,
has mush the appearance of a pretty rough
Irishman. The attractions of hie oratory
are, good sense, clearness, vivacity, earnest
ness. A man must be very defective in
intellect who can sit within the sound of his
voice, and not be attracted.
Last week he addressed the Synods of
Wheeling, Ohio, and Pittsburgh. On Sab
bath he preached in the ohurohee of Drs.
Douglu, Rodgers, and Swift. On Monday
he addressed the Theological students, And
on Tuesday evening he spoke for near two
hours, in City Hall, on Ireland as it was
and is.
Our citizens, well u they may have known
Ireland, by residence, by reading, or by
mingling with her sons, will know her much
better still, by bearing Dr. Edgar. We
wish the Doctor all success in his mission.
Be Cautions iii Repeating Anecdotes.
The _independent was induced to publish
an anecdote to the effect, that at the Gen.
eral Assembly at Indianapolis, the Modern•
tor was detailed to preach, on Sabbath, to
a colored congregation, and was refused the
pulpit, because he was the holder of a slave.
In publishing a correction of the mks state.
ment, which we could do from oar own
knowledge, we gave an anecdote of a ainsi•
hr oharaoter, which, till this hour we had
supposed was a veritable faot. It was, that
the Moderator of the Assembly, at the
meeting in Lexington, had attended at a
church of the colored people with the in•
tention of preaohing, but that his services
were declined, because the pastor in charge
bad appointed for that day, a particular
subject, on which he himself wished to in•
strut his congregation. The Presbyterian
Magazine, for October, of which the Mod
erator of the Lexington Assembly is the
editor, informs its readers that this, like the
Indianapolis statement, was all a mistake.
Ile was most courteously received, and
preached his sermon.
This double admonition may make editors
doubly cautious about giving either credit
or currency to anecdotes wherein colored
congregations and Moderators of General
Assemblies are made to figure conspicuously.
Oars we had from gentlemen seemingly the
most trustworthy, on the very day succeed.
ing the one on which the event should have
occurred. But now the independent and
ourselves having been deceived by what the
Magazine calls ,4 two black orowe,'' we. ad.
vise our contemporaries to regard such
things with great circumspection, lest possi
bly there may (some a third and lead some
of them 'duty.
Pimp; -on the Kstde of Going-to Worship
on the Sabbath—A Symptom -of an
Anti-Religious Inquisition. .
We, last week, gave information relative
to two , oases in whiokthe Mayor of o ur , clg
imposed fines of $25, each, for driving car
riages, with families, to church on the M.',
bath. The Dispatch of October 21st, thinks
we did not do the Mayor full justice. We
quote our oontempiliary
Whatever opinions may be entertained- of the
Mayor's recent decision in the Sunday carriage
eases, he is at least entitled to a fair bearing.
The Banner and Advocate, in publishing his deci
sion, acts candidly, but when it ,dednees the
following conclusion, it does so in the face of the
decision itself. It says :
"If, then, the Mayor's views are to be acquiesced in as a
ha exposition of the law. be evidently regarding the going
to a place of worship on the lord's debits being a Trot idly
employment,qi I) hired Demons may not drive carriages to
meeting on the Sabbath-"
Now, the question which was involved in the
hearing and decision was not whether " going to
a place of Worship on the Lord's day" be " world
ly employment," but whether driving a carriage
for hire, either'to church or * elsewhere, on Sun
day, be such employment. The Mayor came to
the conclusion, under the law and the facts, that
the driving for hire was worldly employment; and
so concluding, very properly exacted the penalty.
The subject is one of vast importance.
It is a beginning. It is, or may be, the
entering wedge of interference on the part
of the civil magistrate, in matters of religion.
Mayor Weaver is an, excellent officer. We
honor him, and would cheerfully vote for
his re-election. Bat we think that, here,
he made a mistake.: We, have a right to
investigate the matter.
The case was this. The .Mayor had two
men arrested and brought before his tri
bunal. He there proved that they had been
to church on the previous Sabbath; that
they were men hired by the month, to make
garden, drive a carriage, &a.; and that, in
going to church, they had driven' their em
ployers' families in the carriage: We com
mend the officer for his zeal. He is hound
by his oath to enforce the laws. If the law
was broken, he is justified in demanding the
penalty; and even if he was mistaken, it
may be.that he 'should be cOmmended for
an honest effort to protect the Lord's day
from desecration. But, is going to church
in a carriage, an unlawful act ? if so, the
Mayor did right to restrain it. If it is not
an unlawful act, he had no right to interfere
with it. It was not his offieial - prerogative
to inquire whether one of the inmates' of
the carriage was a poor mar, and received
wages. He had no right .to look beyond
the overt act. The law makes no officer an
inquisitor, to look out bad motives for good
deeds; or secular reasons for religious
&dice.
The use of a carriage and driver is, with
many persons, a necessity. Their distahee
from church, their age, infancy, widowhood,
infirmity, make it impossible for them to
use the " primitive " manner of traveling.
They cannot reach the church on foot.
Would the Mayor then forbid their pres
ences ? Many men, also, are 'under the
necessity of hiring themselves to make their
living. The position in question one of
ease, and respectability. Muitit be declared
unlawful, and so be abolished, and 'the poor
thus deprived of its benefit Y For it ie. a
fact that in Christian families, oft times, the
carriage and driver would not be kept, only ,
for the purpose of taking the family to
church.
If a man may not employ another to driVe
his family to church, may he do the deed
himself ? . . Surely he may,not do that which
he may?not employ another to. do. Must,
then, the whole community be deprived 'of
their:means of conveyance, and he obliged
to either walk to church or stay , at home ?
And how is even walking to be protected'
long? Is it not a secular employment--s,
thing which one does every day in the
week ? Is it not servile labor, in one sense?
Or is the legal point this, that he who
driver to other places on week dar,
may not drive to church on the Sabbath.
Or is it this, that in the laborer's
contract for service and wages, it is un
derstood that, as a part of his duty, be
shall take the family to church on the Lord's
day ? Mak he be punished for this ? If
it shall be part of a Maa s s bargain, in
hiring, that he Shall continue to plow, or,
dig, or build, on the Sabbath, the law
will punish him for the deed.; but
if 'he shall bargain to feed his employer's
cattle on the Sabbath, the same as on
the weekday, the law will not touch
him. Why this difference? He is, in
each case, receiving his regular monthly`,
hire, but in the latter, he is not transgress
ing the law. The hired sexton, and hired
ferryman, and hired cook, work, on the
Sabbath, work for hire, but are not fined for
their Sunday labor. It is not, then, the
fact that a man is hired, which constitutes
the offence. This plea will not justify the
fine. The law takes not cognizance of, this
feature of the transaction. The deed it
self must be unlawful to bring it under the
law's condemnatory sentenoe.
The Mayor was hence wrongl—deoidedly
wrong—in inflicting the fines. 'He has
commenced an operation which, if sustained,
would clothe the magistrate with inquisi
torial powers. And whither would it lead ?
It commences an anti.oburch inquisition;
and to what extent it might progress, none
can tell. • ,
We think that the !good sense of our
worthy chief 'magistrate will perceive that
be has nn right to inquire beyond the overt
act. If the act is lawful, he will not meek to
know whether the actor did it from the love
of it, or from conscience, or for a comioin
elation. And, going to church is lairfuL.
We before admitted, and lamented too,
that some men sin greatly, even in going to
meeting.. Those who thereby keep their
employees from worship, commit 'a great
wrong. To keep a man engaged.all morn
ing with the horses, and.then make him sit
in the , carriage on the street during worship,
is an outrage. The Church member
who may be guilty of this, should be disci
!Allied. The preacher's voice sheuld be loud
against it. The employer who does so
should be marked, and should be visited
with the indignant frown of all Christians;
and if there is any law which can reach
him, let it be enforced. Such, however,
was not the conduct of Mr. Logan and
Judge Lowrie. Their drivers had perfect
liberty to worship with them, if they chose.
Mr. Logan, as we understand, has con
cluded to carry up the case of his driver to
the courts. We are glad of it. We want
ti legal decision. If the Mayor is sustained,
our people must build churches nearer hems.
The expense to even _a very few families, of
purchasing horses.and carriages, and of
keeping up the establishment*, with the
driver's chargea *died, would build , a neat
church, and' win ably sisfain a pastor.
Many poor men would thus lose their
places; but fa; more would find the house
of God brought near them, to their own and
their families' joy. Religion would, as we
thinit e be. ,, a greatlainer.-. This gain, bow
ever, we would much rather have by the
voluntary action df Christians, than by an
assumption of unwarranted and dangerous
power , on,, the':part of 'Elo" , hive ,
it, that aged widows and other feeble per•
Rons who would still need a conveyance,
might attemjchitrob without molestation.;
flynodical-Meetings
These are seasons of re union among
brethren, and occasions for forming new
acquaintancer, which are to be highly up
preciated by ministers and elders. The
large numbers assembled, of men of kindred
spirit ; their object, the noblest of all ; the
deep interest they feel ; ,the hospitality ex
tended to them by God's good people—all
contribute to make the meeting of Synod an
anneal peiiod of delight. itecent meetings
demand our attention.
SYNOD OF ,PITTE3BITIMI.
The members; of this Synod, in large
numbers, 'met in the Second Presbyterian
church, Pittsburgh, on Thursday, the 20th
inst The opening sermon was preached by
Rev. A. Donaldson, D. D., and commanded
the attention Ws large audience. Rev.
Samuel C. Jennings, D. D., was chosen
Moderator. The Sessions continued till
TuesdAy evening, and were manifestly the
meetings of Christian, brethren. There was
love to each other, and zeal in the. Master's
Cline.
The amount of business done was very
large, and some of it was of vast importance.
The Minutes, in full, are 'given to us for
publication, and will 'appear, probably next
week.
The two items which elicited- most"die
m .
osien were, Sabbath Observance, and the
action of the Board of Domestic Missions
in appointing two. Secretaries in • the , office
at Philadelphia. In both came the papers
expressing the views of the House • were
adopted, nem con. In the latter ease, that
is, the Board's appointing two Secretaries,
in existing circumstances, the digenssion
drew from many members, expressions of
the strongest disapprobation. The Synod,
however, regarding the subject as heing in
the hands of a Committee 'of the General
Assembly, and hoping for a _remedy next
year, and also, feeling, intensely for the min
sionaries now toiling for the. Church and
expecting their sustenance, earnestly recom
mended to their churehes to make, this
year, their usual contributions; adding, at
the same -time, the amnion, that these con
tributions were not to,be construed, in any
wise, ai approning of the Board's useless
`expenditure in thnappointing of two Secre
taries to do one Mai', work. This. Synod
is composed of the n3osCfirm friends of this
Board. It wishes the Board to have: the,
confidence of the churches; and to this end
it asks that much work shall be well done,
without a needless consumption -of sacred
funds. Its ministers and elders teach the
people that giving to the Lord, through this
Board; is a duty, the exercise 'of a grace,
au act of worship. They urge even the
poorest.and the, Youngest to give; and wben
they have induced, under this view of duty,
grace, and worship,lheir widows and their
laboring poor, to east, their dimes into the
Lord's' treasury, they cannot bear to have
more than twenty' thousand of these effer
ings expended in the ittatentatiou of a use
less office. They.ask that the Board shall
be restored to the confidence of the churches,
by such an arrangement as shall combine
efficiency with economy. • •
On the subject of Sabbath Observance,
a matter, just now, of peculiar
. interest, the
Synod's action will. he issued, nor only in
the Minutes, but also in a• small pamphlet.
Persons who would have copies may obtain
them at the Presbyterian Book Rooms, or
at our office. Nice "$1.:00 per hundred—
fifty copies, , potstage paid, for $l.OO, or ten
copies, Postage paid, for twenty.five cents.
SYNOD OF-WIIEELING.
This Synod met in Steubenville, Ohio, on
Tuesday, the 18th ipst. The opening ser
mon was preached by Rev D. R. Cempbell,
of. Wintersville, and evinced talent, judicious.
ly called into requisition: A minister should
always throw his *hole soul into his die•
course, when be speaks for God; anti when
he may anticipate such en . andience. as the
meeting of a , Synod , affords, he may well
consecrate much energy to the preparation.
So did the preacher on this occasion, and
with great success.
The attendance of members ~was very
large, and the, whole transactions were her
minions. Devotional exercises, formed a
leading feature in the 'assembling, of the
SynOd. On tiie afternoon of Wednesday, a
peculiar interest was given by the arrival of
Dr. •Elliott, of the Western Theological
Seminary, and Dr Edgar, of the Irish Mitt.
Dion. Dr. 'Edgar Ywas - welcoined by the
Moderator Rev. Dr. J. I Brownsen in a few
pertinent remarks, and responded happily.
On the forenoon of Thursday, he made a
long, and 'quite interesting address. It war
humorous, pathetic, „argumentative—just
what an address ought to be from such a
man and, in such a preemies.
The affairs of Washington College re
ceived 'due attention. The collectionef the
endo aliment fund, both as to the interest and
the princigal, unhappily languishes. In
other aspects, the College fiourishes., , Rev.
James +Black, of Connellsville, Pa., was
elected to the Chair of languages, made
vacant by the resignation of Dr. Wines.
The choice is most judiCious. Mr. f Black
is yet a yottng man, and is possessed of
scholarship and an aptitude to teach. The
choice was unanimous, and an acceptance
is anticipate& '
The details of business will likely be
furnished to us for publication. The Synod
adjourned on Friday morning.
THE SYNOD OF OHIO.,
This body met in Mansfield, Ohio, on the
evening of the 20th inst., and was opened
with &striking and appropriate sermon from
Luke sill:
,50, ?‘ I haye a baptism to be
baptized with; and how am I straitened
till it be accomplished The preacher
considered his eubject under three divisions :
1. What this baptism was. 2. Why ho
was straitened untilVit was accomplished.
8. The liberty afterwards enjoyed ; : -
The Rev. James M. Platt, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Zanesville,
was elected Moderator; and the Rev. Wm.
E. Hunt, pastor of the Presbyterian church
in Coshocton, 'and Rev R. C. Galbraith-
Raqtor gt. ll l l AlM 1 :0 1 1 14 ngailtIrt
were elected Clerks.
This Synod consists of about one hundred
ordained ministers, and one hundred and
seventy three churches. & very large pro
portion of the ministers are young men. Com
paratively few of them are past middle life.
We were struck and pleased with the vigor
and ordei with which the Synod entered
upon its business, and our only regret is,
that we could remain only a short time to
listen to its deliberations, and mingle 'with
its excellent members.
A full abstract of 'its propeedings .will be
rnished to our readers in due time.
The town of Mansfield consists of nearly
seven thousand inhabitants, and is one of
the most important points in the State.
The Presbyterian church in this place has
been greatly blessed within the last two
years, and the pastor; Rev. Mr. Burgett,
has much to encourage him with respect to
the future. A new and attractive church
edifice will soon be completed.
The Ancient Chmroh.*
To start from the right point, and to con
duct our investigations upon true principles,
are necessary,,to arrive at just conclusions.
,Because, of failures in ,these particulars,
many learned researches and labored disgai
sitions in science, history, and theology, are
worthy of but little confidence, and produc.
die of but little benefit,
The early history of the _Christian Church
is an attractive subject of study, and has
received the attention` of men of great in.
Oiled rand , great feapzling. But many of
those who have entered most deeply into
this rich and inviting mine, had been pre
viously committed to . some particular sys.
tem of the Church not based entirely on
Soiipture, but pertly , on tradition, and part•
1y on expediency, .while. Athers 'have been
enraptured, with seme- philosophieal scheme
of their own. Not so with Dr. Killen, su.
thor of ,the volume before us. He enters
upon his subject with only the Scriptural
view a the nature and Order of the Church,
which is essentially Presbyterial,' 'and con
sequently he Avoids' many perplexities and
difficulties encountered by others; while he
is in a pbaition to set forth the true idea of
the Church as taught by ohris£ and his
apostles, and to detect,the means by which
error was introduced, and to note its sue
oessive steps and'fatal results.
Thus he is able to show that between the
. .
days of the apostles aid the times - of Con
. ,
stantine the Christian Commonwealth
changed its aspect how the Bishop. of
Rome, a' personage unknown to the writers
of the Nevi Testament; rose into prominence ,
and at length took precedence • how rites
and ceremonies of. Which' neither Paul nor
Peter ever heard, crept silently into use,
and afterwards claimed to be'Divine institu
tions`; and how officers , for whoth'the prim
disciples could 'have found no platie
and titles which they mould .not_ have under
stood, began to challenge attention, and to
be named apostolic. Our author, with
great oandor, patient research, and abundant
learning, lays bare the cause which produced
these changes, and marks the stages ofthis
'ecclesiastical revolution. In doing this, he
brings forward many retnarkable facts and
testimonies which had escaped 'the notice
of 'previous historians_ His exhibition of
the spurious Aharacter, of the Igaatian Epis
tles is a piece of masterly criticism. Alto
gether the'ivork a='niost valuable and
timely , contribution to eaclesiastical history,
which we can heartily.commend for thor
oughness, vigor, and , accuracy. In a
It Prefatory. 'iota," the author pays a high
compliment , to the enterprise and liberality
of hi& Scribner, which' all who have the
pleasure pf his acquaintance, will admit to
be-well merited.
Altopurr Clinton ; its History, Doctrine,
Worship, and Constitution, traced for the first
three hundred years. By Rev.W. D. Killen, D.D.,
Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral
Theology.to the General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church in Ireland. pp, 666. New York :
Charles Scribner. Pitishirgh : John S.
_Davison.
1859.
Christian Armen:tents.
We commend to the attention of our
readers the following extracts from a late
sermon by Dr. Heacock,, of Buffalo,. without
regard to connexion. .Let Christian par
ents ponder carefully the views with respect
to' dancing, • presented .toward the close.
Probably the late developments concerning
the moral atmosphere, breathed at " hops"
,and "balls," in high places, may lead some
ofthe apologists for this, so-called, amuse
meat, to reconsider their former conclusions:
Is it quite fair to represent the Church
as acting on this subject of aimsements,
toward her 'children ' the part of a morose
anti sour stepmother? The Church is not
omniscient; and she; may have in other
days erred in this matter, for she' was not
infallible. Yet, notwiihstanding her errors,
she has shed the kindliest light that has
ever been shed on to social life of the
world, and there never will come a time
when she can ean> go so far' as to set aside all
self-denim ` In the cultivation , • of her ear
nest religious life, shr6nay at times have
gone' too far. But the 'Church - no more
denies the' social life to her children be.
cause she forbids its emesses, than she does
a businesa life. And if she prohibits one
form of. amusement , is the weak, querulous
cry to be raised—the.Chureh is unfriendly
to a cheerful social lire ?• 'Look' 'at facts.
Does.the Church hold :this' frigid attitude
toward her children, barren of all kindli
ness, and only prolific of prohibitions ? Is
this the reputation of the Protestant Clergy?
No intelligent student of their lives will .
say-it. -They are genial, cheerful men, and
the friends of genial, cheerful, pure pleas.
urea,: joys, and amusements? Go.ask ~the
children of her - Sabbath 'Schools; led out
each Bummer to their glad. festivals in the
woods, and the recurring annual festivals of
the Winter. The whole spirit of this Min
istryhetrays the wish to impart pleasure,
joy, amusement; only pure and simple ones.
Whence too, came that finest and noblest of
all' the annual domestic festivale, consecrated
to home joys and pleasures, Thanksgiving ?
It was the birth of the old Puritan Piety.
We can forgive them much of their rigidity,
since this indicated that the unsealed spring
of human joys Wes bubbling and purling
yet Within their hearts. •
THE INNOCENTS.
Even our little children tire pressed' on to
the Beene, in all their guileless gayety, to
disarm our opposition, and disguise to us the
evil. But I submit if this last shift to cover
the dance ' to sweeten and beautify that Ap
ple of Sodom, which while "fair to the
seeming," is ashes and bitterness to the
eore—l submit, if this plea in defence of
the dance be not a confession of weakness,
it not too much like pleading the act for
minors and infants, to shift real responsibil•
ity for a wrong or doubtful action Y " It is
wrong to dance," say we; and you say,
" Ah I these are only children." Yes, they
are, and we cannot blame them, becinse
'they know -not the vanity of the world.
B rt tyorr do; and we do-blame that-:parental
lAndnem, fondness, or vanity, which willin
troduce children to amusements of which
their innocence is tbe highest defence; a
child would shield a murderer's life. If
you wish to dance; dance; but to thrust
your children on to doubtful ground, to de.
fend or shield your doubtful act, is a coward.
ly crime against your ohild and your own
soul. * * * The Shaker Dance, both
from its style, its fixed and unattractive
character,. its spirit, and all its relations and
etirroundinge, could never be, and never has
been, pleaded as a justification for the
World's Dance, in all its length and breadth;
no one ever made` it a sober plea. But the
Domestic Dance is and has been used for
just such a plea. * * * If any man
should, in a promenade, take those liberties
with a lady's person, which some dances not
only justify but demand—for I should like
to know how they are to be gotten through
without—it would make many a chaste
cheek crimson to the deepest purple. * *
If the prevailing tendency of this more pri
vate form of 'the Dance, be to evils in the
same direction, and of the same character,
as in the case of that more public form,
which we have all condemned; if there be
also an incurable liability in this more pri
;rate form, to like or equivalent,abuses with
the more public form'; and- moreover,, if the
relations of this more private to the more
public, be such as inevitably to compromise
the one with, or justify and abet the one by
the other—l cannot see how any one can
_consistently or rationally consent to connte.
nanoe -the one who admits the evils of the
'other. And much less, can I -see how the
higher obligations resting upon a Christian,
will permit him to.lend his countenance to
such "a train of consequences.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
Bristotrand New England.
The Atlantic Monthly that has been so. ably
conducted, but thatehas,atthe same time, been
made the medium of £lO .mil.ph dangerous error,,
has at length been purchased by Messrs. Ticknor
& Fields, for the , sum of $lO,OOO. This will
be gratifying news to.mapy, who will expect a
great change in the
,"temper and tone of this
monthly with regard to "EvUngeliosl
This will, require the dismissal of some former
contributors, but if success is to be attained, no
other course can be taken. -
A new and enlarged =edition of the Poets and
Poetry of 'Per Mont, by Sohn 0 Saxe, will soon be
'published by Brown, faggard, & Chase. Mr.
Saxe is a defeated candidate for the office of Gov
ernor of Vermont. As pliet, lecturer. 'satirist,
and wit, he has few superiors.
The ,sale of the HimMumma Library of the
late Hon. Ruins Choate, was well attended ;, the
bidding was spirited, and the prices obtained
were good—in some , cases high. Sonic idea of the
food upon which this great mind fed, may be,ob
tained from the books put up to be his compan
ions on his last voyage. They were, " Daily
Bible," ~ Patrick and Lowth's Com
mentaries," " Owen's Commentary. on Mark,"
"Lather on the' Pealm's,"'" Lewis' Six DaYs of
Creation," Eleagstenberg on the Psalms,"
"Homer's Iliad,"," Greek ,Lexicon," Georgics
of Virgil," " Bacon's Advancement of Learning,"
and "Shakespeare's Tempest." If such were
the books used,for recreation, can it be any won
der that his intellect ,was.manly, energetic,,and
disoursive
Zion', Herald and, Trealeyau Journal, the organ . I
of the Methodists of New England, is-greatly
opposed to the action of inany of the leading
Methodists of. New York, with-respect to the ap
proaching General Conference, an account of
which we gave some time ago. In the number
for last week, is a reply of the,New York men to
the editor's strictures, and also some remarks by
the editor, which indicate great opposition of r
views between the two parties.
The Synod of Albany, at its recent , meeting in
this city, occupied its' attention Very , consider
ably with the prospects of Presbyterianism in
this locality. The Synod recommended the Com.
mittee on Church Extension to 'appropriate three
thousand dollars to aid the church of East Bos
ton, of which Rev. Mr. Johnston ts pastor, and
assumed the responsibility for,two thousand-dol
lars more. As soon asthese sums are realised,
this‘chfireh will free'froin ' debt. The' church
formerly known by the name of Enoz, has be
come the _First Presbyterian 'church of Boston.
This congregation is now paying a rent of $l,OOO
per annum, and giving its pastor, Rev. David
Magill, formerly of Philadelphia, a salary of
$2,000, and is ready to pay down $10,000,, to
assist in building a house of worship. Dr.
Backus, ' Schenectady, suggested that the
church eltiad assume'the responsibility for $20,-
000; and that forty men could be found, of whom
he would •be one, willing to-contribute $l,OOO
each toward this work ; thus $60'040 would
be secured for building 'a church edifice worthy
of the Presbyterian Church in the metropolis of
New England. At length, the congregation was
recommended to mature its plans, and to report
at some future day, how much money would be
needed. The meetings of the Synod were attend
ed by many persons with great interest; and the
-Rev. Dr. Blagden, senior pastor - of the old South
church, and other Congregational ministers,
welcomed the Synod,with great cordiality.
New Yoik.
Business of all.. kinds,. though. the great sales
are over, is - still quite active.
The Money Men-ket is , enayi-solthat parties able
to'give good securities; find not the least difficulty
in obtaining bane.
' The daily Flour -and , Grain Receipts are quite
large, and; as necessary consequence, there is
no, upward tendency in the pri*.
,
The Stock Market is 'firmer than some time
ago. Owing to , the Large linpotteitiont, a 'heavy
amount of goods; are left over.:.,. This las led
many of the jobbing houses to dispatch agents,
with' eamples of their goods, to- almost -all the
cities and large towns in the country, for the
purpose of,effecting additional sales.- In this
way, no.doubt inland purchasers will , be able to
buy many articles'during Ahe Winter at their own
doors,. on much more favorable terms than they
could have done, some weeks ago,, in New York
itself. These agents take their samples. to the
cities and towns, and then order from the estab
lishrnents with which they are connected, such
goods as they 'may have sold. A considerable
trade is carried on in this way every season, but
it is probable that an unusual amount will be
done during the o oming Winter.
, An Adhas been passed 'foe the aliening of a
good eked street, right through the quarter now
known as the Fine Points, that will do muoh to
rid, that place of many of the wretched creatures
that have so long occupied it. The principal
cause of delay arises'from the difficulty found in
the way of the assessment of damages to certain
properties. But the enterprise ha's been under
taken, and before any great length of time has
elapsed it will be consummated.
The whole Number of 4"migrants that have ar
rived at this portduring the ,
nine months of the
present year, is sixty-two omi:wand five hundred
and twenty ; a; large falling off from some former
years.
The Fire Department, at the late triennial Con
vention, numbered one hundred and twenty nom-
Panics, and six thousand men. Mayor Tiernan
made a speech, in 'which* he gave a history of
this department, back to the days of the Knick
erbockers.
The American Institute is known throughout the
country; principally on account of its fine exhibi
tions and annual fairs.. = But it has in it an element
for practical and perManent good, in the shape of e,
library of no less than ten thousand volumes, for
the use of its members; and practical men of all
callings in life. .
The Roman Catholics of this city are doing
,
everything in.their power to retain the `
youth of
their Church, and also - Jo' 'Aaron's° its member
ship. For this purpose, every new convert of
•
ability and position is employed in some con
s!) icuous way to protnote'the interests of &mon
ism. On last Wednesday evening reek, Dr. J. T.
Nichols, a recent convert, delivered the intro
ductory lectare before the Cummings', Literary
Union, a Society under Catholic influence, on the
Duty and Destiny of Young American Catho
lias.h Re took the position that Romanism must
soon be the dominant form of religion in the
United States, and that upon yonng
Roman
Catholics the duty of spreading its principles
chiefly rested. Re considered the city of NOW
York a most inviting field for active efforts in
extending Popery.
The Jews of • this,city are . rapidly increasing in,
numbers and wealth, and naturally feel a dispo
',Rion to preserve their own distinctive religious
features. „For this purpose" they are, advocating
the formation of a oonsistory of delegates from
each congregation in the United States. This
body, after the manner of the British Jewish
Board of Representatives, would attend to the
advancement of Jewish interests by canvening and
acting for the, mass, as occasion requires.
The Mariners' Church, corner of Madison and
Catharine Streets, has been blessed, more highly
during the last year, than any other in, the •city.
Over two hundred have been hopefully convertedr;
some of these may be now found on board fifteen
ships in the United States Navy, where in many
instances they have established the daily prayer
meeting. This enterprise has accompliehed an
amount of good that only eternity will disclose.
Here the Gospel has been preached forty years,
by such men as Rev. 'Ward Stafford, Rev. Henry
Chase, and now by Rev. Charles Jones, who spent
more than ten years on the ocean, as an active
sailor, thus having peculiar facilities for reaching
the men who do business on greatwaters.. During
three years of his ministry, at this point, he has
conversed with men born in eighty-nine different
countries, and •speaking thirty-eight different
languages.
The Synod of New York met last week, in Dr.
McElroy's church, and was opened with a sermon
by th&liev. S. Rumens Prime, D. D., from Ezekiel
ii c 5. The concluding part consisted of a sketch
of the life and character of the:late Rev. J. W.
Alexander, RD., in illustration of the truth that
a faithful minister of Christ could not fail to
leave hislmpress for good upon the people among
whom he had ministered. z The Rev. Wm Bonnard
was elected Moderato& During the meetings,
the Rev. Dr Krebs submitted an able and inter
eating report on public wheels, which was re
ceived with deep
_interest, and ordered to be
published. Thus it will be seen that thisEinodi
occupying so important a position before the
'Church and the world, repudiates practically and
entirely_ the whole Thitrarell theory ' of' the
Church. And present indications lead us to believe
that this will•belle significance, in various ways,
of almost all the Synods of our Church at 'their
recent meetings. One of the moat important
subjects brought before the Synod , was the mat
.ten of the Choctaw Mission, lately discontinued
by the American Board. The Hon. Walter
Lowrie, Secretary of, the Presbyterian Board of
Missions, declared, that , the present and pros
pective liablities of our own Roard, rendered -it
impracticable to assume the
,reeponsibilities of
this:Mission, even if the brethren composing it
should wish to come under the care of our Board.
At length, the Rev. Dr. Spring proposed the fol
lowing resolution, which was unanimonely
adopted
Resoltied, That if the Executive. Committee
deem it expedieat to : take , the mission to the
Choctaw Indians tinder the:care of the Board, the
Synod of New - York pledges itself to use its
best efforts 'to increase its contributions to the
Board as much as may be necessary to meet the
resPonsibility.
From this, those of our readers who are also
readera of the Presbyterian, mill see that the so
' tion of the' Synod was quite different from that
reported in the Presbyterian of last week. At
this' oint it , may be "proper to hiate that it has
been Suggested that probably the best thing that
could be done for this mission, would be for its
special friends among Congregationalists, New
School Presbyterians, and others who have
always contributed liberally toward it, to
continue their benefactions, at least for the
present In this way, the wants of the missions
would be supplied, no additional burden would
be l a id on any Missionary 'Society, and the be
. .
nevolence of former patrons could be continued.
This ides is certainly worthy of consideration.
Philadelphia.
It has been decortained that the =Present
itition of the consolidated city of Philadelphia
is about 812 C hundred and eighty thousand inhabi
tants; This includes what was fOrinerli' the
city and county of Philadelphia.
Ecclesiastical.
Rev. W. H. VAN DOREN has declined the
call to the ehttech at College Hill, Ohio.
Rev: A. B. GILLELAND having removed
from Venice to Millville, Butler County,
Ohio, oorrZspondents are I.mi:tested to ad
dress him at the latter place, instead of
- Ross Poet Office, as heretofore.
Rev. ALEXANDER SWANEY was installed
pastor < of the congregation of New Ha
gerstown, by a Committee of the Presby
tery of Steubenville, on the 3d inst.
Rev. A. L. KNOX, of the Muskingum An
nual Conference, was received by the
Presbytery of St. Clairsville, at its kte
meeting.
Mr: SAMUEL RAMSEY was licensed to preach
the Gospel, by dip Presbytery of St.
Ciairsville, at its late meeting.
',or the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
Narrative of the State of Religion in the
Boimds of Creek Presbytery. •
This Presbytery includes the Creek, Seminole',
and Cherokee Nations. In the Cherokee, Nation
we have but one minister, and no churches as yet,
the ground being occupied by sister denominations.
In the Creek. Nation there are two churches or
ganise& and form other places of preaching. In
some other parts of the country, God's 'Word is
occasionally proclaimed to the people.
At , Tallahassee Mission, preaching has been
conducted regularly , during the year. The abut&
now numbers forty-seven members. This year
five were added to , the church—four by certificate
,and one by profession of her faith. Here, also,
is a Manual Labor School, of eighty pupils, (of
both sexes,) which is doing a great and good
work for the Creeks, in imparting knowledge to
their sona and daughters, and training them for
future usefulness.
At Kowetah, preaching is also regularly held.
This is the oldest mission station in the nation.
The missionary has labored here, many years,
and much good has been effected. A boarding
school was kept up here many years, and God
has blessed the labor of his servants in this de..
partment. Six who were once pupils in this
school have gone to different parts of the Nation
to teach school under the patronage of Govern'.
went; another has just now been licensed to
-preach the Gospel, and still another who has
been preaching two years as a licensed 'preacher,
is now an ordained minister of the Gospel, and
is appointed by this Presbytery, to take charge
of the church where he was once a pupil in the
school. A day school is doing well here, taught
by one of the old pupils.
The Kowetah church now numbers thirty-nine
members. Two Indian men united with thii
during the past year, on profession of their faith.
Some that have been gathered from the heathen
here, as well as some of the missionaries who
labored for them, have ceased from their labors,
and gone, we believe, to their reward in heaven.
Their-bodies sleep in jeans, near the Mission,
waiting-the-resurrection morn, when the trump:of
God shall call the dead to life, and then they will
become immortal, glorified bodies. -
Oak Ridge church, Seminole Nation, haslifty
seven members. Six united' with the church this
year. ' Two of the members -died. One was a
young woman, one of the first pupils of the
school. She made considerable progress in study,
soon learned much of the English language, and
was used by her friendsas an interpreter. She
united in marriage with a young man, a. member
of the church, and helped him much in learning
to read in the Creek language. We hoped that
she would be long spared to her friends, her
husband, and the Church; but the Lord haft seen
fit to take her froth us in early life. Our losti is
her gain: She >- loved to sing God's praises on
earth; now she can unite 'with the redeemed in
glory, in singing the-wonders of redeeming love.
4. The other was. an.. old TEM, whose -heart the
Idord.atirred: up to attend:to: the , salvition of hi's
soul. His reformation was no hurried matter,
but a gradual, thorough change, manifesting
itself in many ways—in. the improvement of his
home, hie dress, but most of all in his attendance
at the house of God. tt He always came clean and
neat, was very attentive to the instruotionn from
God's Word, and seemed.willing to give up every
thing that stood in the ,way of serving God.
While living in .his heathen .state, he had two
wives. But as soon as he became convinced that
he ought not to live so, he gave up the one he had
taken last. She afteriards was converted, and
united with the church Soon after, he. and his
' wife east in their lot . with'God's people. To the
last, he was .a serious, humble, consistent Chris
tian. Just before he died, he said his only hope
was in Jesus. Hie death was , sudden and unex
pected ; but he seemed ready." All looked upon
him as a good man, and felt that be was gone to
be 4 foreverwith the Lord. Many tears were shed
at his grave.
The Temperance cause is still attended to,
particularly-:at Tallahassee and' Sowetah. We
hope it will spread its blessed' influence over the
bounds, of the Presbytery, till all these tribes
become sober and:godly.
The Creek hymn r book has been revised and en
larged, and is now in 'press. The translation of
the Scriptures is atillin progress, sod we hope
the time will soon wide. when all of God's Wort
wily be given to thin people.
JOHN LILLIT,
H. M. LOUGHWIDON, Committee.
W. S. ROBERTBOII6
for the Preehitestan Benner and Advocate.
.Interesting Exercises.
During the sittings of the Presbytery of
the Creek Nation, at the Seminole Mission,
on the 6th of September, two young Creek
Indians, were set apart to the work of the
ministry, both of whom were former
pupils of the Presbyterian Ramis, and for
several years acted as interpreters in preach
ing. Mr. David s Winslett was ordained as
an Evangelist, and Mr. Joseph Perryman
was licensed to preaoh the Gospel.
Mr. Wineilett was licensed about two years
ago, by the Presbytery, to preach the Govel.
Proving himself worthy of the sacred office,
Presbytery determined to set him •apart to
the full work of the ministry. Accordingly
the 6th inst., was fixed upon as the time for
this interesting exercise.
Rev. R M. Loughridge preached the ser
mon, from Jeremiah vin 16—" Ask for the
old paths, where is the good way; and walk
therein, and ye shall find rest unto your
souls." Rev. I. It Runny presided, pro
pounded the constitutional questions and of
fered the ordaining
• prayer, during "the
laying on of the hands of the Presbytery."
And Rev. John Lilley gave the charge to
the newly "ordained minister.
Immediately after the ordination of Mr.
Winslett, Presbytery proceeded to the Been
sure of Mr. Perryman, he having taken all
the preparatory steps in the study of Theo
logy, Church History, &o , required by Pres
bytery. The Moderator ,propoonded the
constitutional Auestions, and in. the ;name of
the Presbytery gave the candidate his charge
and license to.preach the Gospel. .
Both of these, young men are of sprightly
talents, pretty good education / and bid fair
to do much good among their people.
LOUGERIDGE, Stated Clerk.
Tallahassee Mission, Creek. ITation,l
September 28th, 1859. 5
74ir tie Presbyterian Banner, aad Advocate.
- Letters
OF THE . REV / .10EN EDICTS,' A. PRESET - TR.
RUN MINISTER; TO HIS' BROTHER, THE
DER . TIPPER ;€4DIITHJ 'A - METHODIST
PREACHER... . ,
LETTER "S ,
DRAB. BROTHER . ZOIIIThea4i O O. of
character in the Bible,,like. every thing else
found there; is 'perfect. Only men of ge
nius, or, inspired men, could have drawn
those master-pieces: antiquity:had but
one. Hemel, and. modern Christendom has
not furnished :three writers able to sketch
such fife-like characters as we have it the
Scriptures. Memoirs by the ,dozen.are.an
itually thrown before the .public, but, which
of them delineate With perfect truth and
impartiality, real men and real womenT
Look at " Spragile's Annals of "the Ameri
can • Pulpit,' , awork of merit; • the labor of
more than one cultivated mind, the labor of
years. Compare . ,now -with these the hie
graphigal sketches of the Bible. Here ; the
subjects did not sit for their likeness, prim,
and stiff, and starched,, combed and dressed
up" for the occalion they were taken just
'as they appeared in every day life. The
deformities as well as the excellences, what
was good and what was had,. the - etriking
faults and the striking virtues, are all before
us. -We 'blush to hear. Abraham ;
we areshocied tone Noah drunk;-we stand
confounded at, the .fiagrant adultery of .Da
vid; Peter's fall, and the coward* of James
and jcihn, take us by and we won
der at ,Paul and Barnabae getting into a
- Tierra ` Unlike modern character mongers,
the Bible presents Ms with one, and but' one
perfect portraie,-.and that portraitlia perfeet
only, because `the Great Original. Was abso
lutely perfect.
Equally clear and correct ,the picture
of human nature in general. The outlines
are bold and distinct <the touches remarka
bly simple and striking, representing., the
thing itself to the life. The whole is Of
,a
dark and gloomy aspect. Men do not hive
God. They refuse to put their trust in him.
There is no desire to please that gloriosa
Being. Ms favor has no attractions ;, his
wrath inspires no dread. Rebellionikthe
role; obedience the exception, and the ex
ception has its root alwayain grace. ,Native
born, obedient - and loving children, there are
none. All are children of - disabedience by
habit; by the 'force l Of example, and by
what'is more powerful than habit or exam
phi, by nature. In search of bappinese; the
bowels of the earth are torn open, — the
depths of the• ocean are sounded, and the Ilse
vault of the. sky is pierced, ,but happiness
is no where to be found The wholemni
verse, hien its lengths and breadths, inall
its heights and depths, is not of dimenSions
vast enough to fill the fatal void =effected by
the agency of sin. .
The Arminian theory maker God the au
thor`of all this This is indeed a grave
charge, and one that ought not to belightly
made; butit is a charge not. - difficuleto prove.
Pelagianism and Naturalism, Whose God is
tikorieholy licordSloil, reject the doctrine
oNitiginal sin with,contempt and, as a
matter of course, theargiiments by whioh it
is established. -You receive the doctrine,
and impugn the Divine justice. Arminians
hold in the: fullest sense the' depravity of
human nature, and then with strange limn
siatency, contend that men are , not to blame
for their depravity. Bat surely somebody
must be to blame. ',There is guilt some
where. Totally deprived, yet without guilt!
A race of totally depiamed innocent ,
.crea
tures ! This sounds rainewhat odd'.
,Listen to what theß4.-Dr. Poster his to
. .
sty on this point. Re le contending that
every human being is entitled to a share of
grace,.ami takes , the sinner's .part in the
following style •
" Let it not be said Ift (the sinner,)
brought this disability 'on,himself. If this
Were so, it, would relieve the case. Bat
this is not the fact. This disability came
with him into the'world; it was communi
cafed- as a part of his-existence ;.it was his
very and essential
.nature. And now, was
he to • blame for an existence and nature
which were forced upon him—which never
at any period he consented to, which
he never could avoid ?"*
This is certainly very- plain talk. Theo
dere - Pinker could hardly beat it. Now, Dr.
Foster either believes• that men are guilty
for being corrupt and depraved, or be does
not. If be believes that men are guilty for
being depraved and corrupt, be is not an
honest .man, because he argues , against, his
own ‘belief. If he believes that men are
not godly for being deprived and.corrupt,
he makes God the author of sin.
• Div yon isty that; the •'Methodist ' Church
ought not to bet answerable for the foolish
extravagances of: one Irian But is not his
*retched trash printed at your Book Concern ?
Ermi.