In an admirable address upon the oc casion of the annual commencement of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in the Academy of Music, Baltimore, last Wednesday, Archbishop Gibbons first spoke of the rights of the medical pro fession and then, as to their obligations, he said: "You should be careful never to allow yourselves to be imbued with Materialism. Your profession tends to this result. Your dealings are with the flesh and blood, with nerves and tendons, with brain, muscle and bone. You see the relation and subordination of one organ to another, and yon may be tempted to ig nore the existance of a controlling spirit, because you do not observe a soul at the point of your scapel or at the end of a lens. You are brought face to face with physical laws. Now, gentlemen, you might as well question the existance of God because you do not see with your eye llis action on this material universe as deny the existance of a soul because it is impalpable to the senses. It seems to me that a thoughtful medical student, who contemplates the anatomy of the human body, the delicate construction of each organ, the adaptability of each to perform its proper functions, the harmony exis ting between all of them, must admit the presence within the body of a controlling spirit. A shallow physician 111:13' de luded by materialistic notions. To him 1 would simply say: "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philosophy." You will never find an Abercrombie, or a Sir Humphrey Davey, or a Galen, led astray bv atheistic notion?. One day, after ex plaining the anatomy of the human body Galon exclaimed: "I have offered to the Eternal a sacrifice more pleasing than goats or oxen." Las Casas, in his me moirs of Napoleon at St. Helena, relates that the dying Emperor held a religious conference with his chaplain in the pres ence of Dr. Antoinarchi. The physician's face seemed to Napoleon to bear an ex pression of incredulity, though this sus picion was without foundation. "Doc tor. can you not believe in God, whose existance everything proclaims, and in whom the greatest minds have believed?" "But, Sir," replied the doctor, T have ueve.l doubted it.' The New York Observer makes pleasant allusion to the history of the First Pres byterian Church, of this city, especially in connection with the library of the I!cv. l)r. Wilson, who was pastor from 1809 to 18150. One of the trustees bought this library and presented it to the church. The Rev. John Blair Linn was pastor of this church from 1790 to 1804. lie was a poet, and in this church library are two copies of his Valerian and a poem on the death of Washington. The pastors of the church since Mr. Linn have been; Rev. James P. Wilson, 1). D., May 1, 180G, to December 20, 1830; Albert Barnes, June 25 1880, November 18, 18G7—emeritus pastor, November 18, 18G7, till death, December, 24. 1870; Derrick Johnson, I). 1).. December 9, IGG7, to January 1, 1874 ; Lawrence M. Colfelt, March 1, 1874, and still pastor. The Observer adds : "The place of meeting in Philadelphia for the groat Presbyterian Council of all Nations has not yet been definitely determined. This First Church—this mother of them all—if it were large enough would be the appropriate place for the opening sermon. It cm seat about 1,200 persons, and the necessity of a far larger house may com pel the service lesewhere. But it would be a grand sight to see the representa tives of every Presbyterian body of Chris tians in all the earth assembled for pub lic worship in this the first Presbyterian Church in the city of Philadelphia, the congregation of which was-first gathered in IG9B, nearly a century before the nation itself was born."— Philadelphia Times. An old woman of the name of Gordon, In the north of Scotland, was listening to the account given in the Scriptures of Solomon,s glory, which was read to her by a little female grandchild. When the girl came to tell of the thousand camels which formed part of the Jewish sover eigns live stock, "Eh, lassie," cried the old woman, "a thousand Campbells, say ye? The Campbells are an auld clan, sure enough, but look and ye dinua see the Gordous too!" NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.—NO tice is hereby given that the partnership be tween Itichard 1). Burchiil, Arthurli. Burchiil, and Abrum Burchiil, was dissolved on the 16th day of February 188 i, so far as relates to said Itichard D. Burchiil. All debts due to the late partnership must be paid to A. li. and A Burchiil, who arc only uuthorizedto receive the saute. All claims against saidpartnership will be settled by the said A. 11. S; A. 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