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Dear Ones 10:.1ffilyeAs
They are near, very near/twine,
The dear ones that havp,gone before,
I think I can hear their songs of love,
And see the harps 'within their hands.
I hear the rustling' of ,their spirit-wings,
They are so ripari`oo very near I
And I long , to 0114 within my arms,
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The, dear,ancl loving lambs.
In dreams see their smiling looks,
As.ronhd the throne they stand ;
And'oit4 My sleep they seem to watch,
Thi7 are so near, so very near.
,Soonony I join that heavenly band;
And sing those songs of love;
And then how near, bow very near,
Shall I be to thd love ones above.
THE NEW SCHOOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
This body was constituted, in the Third
Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, on the
17th inst. The opening sermon was
preached by Rev. R. W. PATTERSON I D. ,
D., of Chicago, the Moderator of the last
Assembly. The house was well filled : and
the attention showed-that an able discourse'
wasp being delivered, to a people capable of
appreciating it.
The text, or starting point, was taken
from 1. Cor. iii; 9—" Ye are God's hus
bandry, ye are God's building." This was
a noble theme, The preacher stated brief
ly, but strongly, the doctrinal truth, that
the Church is of God's erection, having
each part adjusted to the whole; and all to
show forth his prase, and carry ou,his pur r
poses. It is composed of living stones;
it increases by an inward vital growth, and
by accretions, all being the product of Di
vine power, and under the Divine gni&
once.
But the sermon did not dwell upon this at•
tractive truth—the Church, a building of
God, so firm, so'secure, so perfect, so earl.=
ous, so lovely; God's husbandry, so care
fully guarded and skillfully tended, so plea
sant to behold, so excellent in beauty, and
rich in its fruitfulness. Neither did' it
present to us, experimentally, the- great,
glorious, and blissful results, in individual
men, of God's loving kindness toward them,
in making them. living stones in this build-.
ing; in transplanting them into, this • de
lightful garden of his, •and.by his husband
ry, making them fruitful vines, and rich
olives. Ills plan and aim had another di
rection. These led hinvrather to present
the Church as diversified, and hence, as
man hail modified it, torn, discordant, un
lovely, than to exhibit it in its features of
unity and attractiveness, as 'being God's
building and, hitsbandry. He hence treat
ed his audiettee t:o an account of the dissen
sions in the Presbyterian family, which led`
to the New School organization; and, of
course, so presented matters as to exhibit
his confreres, correct in principle and jus
tifiable in their proceedings.
The New School body was held forth as
being precisely in the right position—the
media tutissima. They` are; moderate, Cal
vinists, liberal Presbyterians, middle men
in Church order and discipline; they can
work both with Ecclesiastical Boards. and
Voluntary Societies; they are mild anti
slavery men ; .in short, they. are, distinctly
and emphatically "Conservative Progresi
ives ;" (what a well defined and intelligible
apellationl) and they oceupy,too, the mid
dle belt of the United States 1
The preacher's aim led him to speak of
the Independentism of New-England, and
the rigid Presbyterianism of Scotland and
Ireland; the one tending to wide latitu
dinarianism, and the other to 'a system of
iron conservatism: These coming together,
and mingling, and modifying each other,
produced the Progressive' Conservatism.
spoken of, that is, American Presbyterian
ism. But the commingling was not per
fect, and a separation of elements became
needful. This took place in 1838. The
real American Presbyterians then seceded
and formed • the New School Assembly.
This historical statement was so made as
to be by no means- complimentary to . the
body left behind.
The remark that Ultra-Calvinism was af
filiated with pro-slavery sentiments, seemed
designed to bring odium upon the Old
School. But the utterance, just here, was
vary unfortunate. The Old School here
rank among the - =highest Calvinists in our
Church, but; no:where, among us is there
less tendency to an approval of slavery.
And this region is the home of old-fash,
ioned Seceders and Covenanters—ultra
Calvinists, if such are to bolbund—and'yet
more decided opponents of s every than
they are, it would be difficult to discovei.
The sentiments of the region are the most
decided disproval of the correctness of the
preacher's utterance.
Dr. PATTERsoN occupies an eminent po
sition among his brethren. His sermon
exhibited both skill and power. But he
had assumed. a. hard task. It is hard for
any man to find a justifiable reason for the
secession of 188$., or to find ground either
theological or ecclesiastical since, for the
seceding brethren to stand" upon.. Their
speakers and writers are ever making the
attempt, each seemingly conscious that all
efforts of his predecessors have been fail
ures. And we rather think that this new
trial will prove to be no happy singularity:
The American Presbyterian, and the The- ological; Review, and the next platform
speaker, and: 'the present Moderator, in
opening 'the ,Asisembly of 1861, will have
it all to do over again. These reiterated
efforts are indispensable to our brethren's
keeping each other in countenance, and to
the retaining ortliclir More open hearted
members, and to the awaking of a denomi
national zeal. If, li:olding to their Confes
sion of Faith and their Church order, they
would preach the Gospel in•peace and love,
they would, minister after minister, and
church after church, falll in, `with the old
but still wonderfally : th4ing stock, till
soon all would be, under God'simebandry,
visibly and truly, living, , to fruitful
brandies of the one olive tree: xPhe peo
ple would see no differences:between them
and us,justifying a separation.,l Their
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The matter of a man's stating his views of
Scriptural truth, and his Christian experi
ence, to his, brethren in Presbytery, would
soon cease to be a bugbear; and a people
one in doctrinal belief, and one in Chris
tian spirit, 'would become one in ecclesias
tical connexion. The Lord speed the day.
iJpper Beale Chure . h, Pa.
We have before us a historical sermon
preached by Rev. JOHN EAGLEEON,
pastor of -Upper Buffalo ohmoh, f Presby,
tery of Washington, Pa., which will serve
to commemorate some important events,
and be the occasion of grateful thanksgiv
ing. This was one among the-first church
es founded in Western Pennsylvania. • The
country was purchased from the Indians in
1768. A few white people resided in it
then; but they were very few. In j 770 and
1771, a'number of families came froni,East
ern Pennsylvania, , Vlrginia, and Ireland.
The church tof ; Buffalo was organize:l in
1779, enjoying, in connexion with Cross
Creek, the pastoral care of Bei. tosiPti
SMITH. Mr. SMITH died in 1792. He
was succeeded by Rev. TuomAs iyauizufs,,
in 1794. In 1798, Mr. MARQUIS : resigned
the Buffalo' - church, and continued'pastor of
Cross Creek, till his death, in 1827. In
the year 1800, Rev. JOIIN. ANDERSON, D.
D., accepted a callto Buffalo; and continued
in the pastorate till ;1880 The present
pastor, Dr. EAGLESON, was settled there in
1834.
This church has been one of the most
highly favored portions of the Lord's vine
yard. Copious and frequent showers have
fallen on it, and its fruitfulness has been
great. An account of one most remarkable
scene of favot., Dr.' EAGLESON copies from the
Western Missionary Magazine, a portion of
which we transfer to our columns :
•
"'On Saturday, the 13th day of Novem
ber,' A. D. 1802 1 a greater coneourse r of peo
ple _than . had ever been seen' before, 'at.a
meeting for 'Divine worship in this coun
try,' assembled at' Upper Buffalo meeting
house, in the congregation of the Rev John
AiiDERSON, and formed an encampment in a
semi-circle around the front of a tent, in a
shady 'Wood. The greater part had by this
time learned the necesSity of coming pre
pared to encamp on .the ground, during the
solemnity, as so many persons in distress
corild not be removed to lodgings in the
'evening; nor could such a multitude be
accommodated in a neighborhood of the
most hospitable inhabitants. On this o`o
ca.sion, it would have required one hundred
houses, with perhaps one,hUndred or near
ly to each house.. But, the peoplehave been
so engaged, that they are . not dispoied to
separate in the evenings;therefore .many
brought wagon's; with thir' families and
previsions, With a great number of tents,
which they pitched, for their accommoda
tion. The public exercises of devotion'
• comnienced at two o'clock with a iermon,
both in the meeting-house and at the tenti,
and 'Were continued, with but _short inter
mission's, until Tuesday evening. Fifteenl
ministers were present, all M en*er s of the:
Synod of Pittsburgh, and with cordial liar
rn.ony- took part in the various labors of
the solemn season. The administration of
the Word and ordinances was accompanied
with an extraordinary effusion of Divine
influences on the hearts of the hearers.
Some hundreds were, during the season,
convinced of their sin and misery; many
of them sunk down and cried bitterly and
incessantly for several hours. Some fell
suddenly; some lost their strength gradu
.ally; some lay quiet and , silent ; some were
violently agitated ; and many sat' silently
weeping, who were 'not exercised with any
bodily affections. Preaching, exhortations,
prayers, and praise were continued altern
ately throughout the whole night in the
meeting-house, which was crowded full, and
also part of the night at the tent.
" There were some Alert intermissions,
when the, sound of the cries and groans of
the> distressed was so great as quite to drown
a speaker's voice; at which times the min
isters and'others reputed for experience and
wisdoin in reliiion took opportunity to col
verse with the distressed, to discover the
cause and nature of their complaints and
cries, which:' pierced their ears and hearts
from every quarter of the assembly, and
administered such instructions and coun
sels as appeared to be suitable to their va
rious-cities; '
" On the' Sabbath morning, action ser-
. in-
mons, were preached, the meeting-house
and at the tent; and after' the way was pre.
pared at both places, the communicants
from the house repaired to the communion
table at the tent, where the holy' ordinance
was administered to nine hundred and six
ty communicants. The: solemn scene was
conducted with mi'much.regularity as usual,
and with much solemnity • and affection.
The multitude of nou.communicants; - who
'could not hear at the tent, were called to
the meeting-house and to a shady grove,
where they were addressed by several min
isters, during the administration" of the or
dinance.
"The night Was spent as the formerlad
been,:.perhaps the only difference that ap
peared was in the numbers who were visi
bly pierced to the heart, and made to cry
out,' e'What 'shall we do?' and in the 'de
gree of their exercise, both of which g . reat,
ly exceeded those of the preceding night.
Between midnight- and day-break, after;. a
short'intermismon of public worship, when
the congregation., had become •measurably
silent, an exhortation was given to the dis
tressed, Alirecting , them •to Jesus Christ,
and setting forth the fullness of his' grace,
his suitableness to all their wants, &c.
This was done coolly and with plainness,
suited to inform the nund—calmly, without
moving tone or melting expressions; yet,
instead of soothing their sorrows, or turn
ing their cries into songs of joy, the very
. reverse took place. The, speaker's voice
was drowned in a nreater cry of distress
.than was before heard. They appeared to
listen with eagerness to the Word of Life;
they strove , to enter in at the door of hope,
- which 'free' grace held open. They attempt
ed to lean on, Christ, Jesus; but here they
felt their spiritual blindness, hardness of
heart, unbelief, .enmity, &c. They could
not come to Christ,-unless the Father, who
sent him, Would draw them. These theY
felt in their inmost,soul, and expressed with
cries, which seemed to rend the heavens."
Washington College, Pa.
MESSRS. Eprroir t s :-Many of your read
erS are pleased to see the- statements you
furnish of the prosperous Condition of our
Theological Seminaries and Colleges. The
writer, after an absence .of ten years from
Washington, spent several days of .March
there, and attended'reeitationB 'of all the
Classes in different departments, in all of
'which. . the
„students acquitted themselves
well. He was, beyond •al expectation,.
pleased with the recitations: on the ,-differ
ent 'saris' of 'the Bible, Green's teetni#'on
the Cateclu , sni; EvidenceS Chriaiirety,)
etc. The orderly character of, the students
in the Campus: and. the Hall, spiced with,a
large measure of social _glee, might con
vince evens,stranger that they were happy.
There was a manifest rerafive from the
extremes of foppery and clownishness. At
the given signal, all seemed devout. A
large proportion of them are professors'of
religion.
The boarding establishment is managed
so, as to, secure two objeets 7r the greatest
possible cheapness, in connexion with the
cultivation of the decent proprieties of
life. The furnitire"and fare of the:table,
are `
such &site secure; for thp gueits a good
measure of self-respect. Then note the
family worship followingbreakfaSt and sup
per, and all tinder- the superintendence of
lir. and Mrs. Sinilie 7 who manage , this
department in -'a style that cannot 'fail' to
please the friends of piety, order, and
econoniy.
Those that wish can be accommodated%
private families of,pions character. , Sonie
families find it very convenient and 'grati
fying to move into town for a`few years, in
order to have the supervision of , their..own
children during the course of their educe
tion.
' The moral atmosphere- of ;Washington
ought to be healthful. Many,of, the.y,onth
are under the influence of. well-regulated
schools—numerous professors of religion in
the different denominations contribute their
share to
,this result; but the Calvinistic
element is such that every Presbyterian
may rejoice, since, truth rs in order to, god
liness..
The fact that Washington is not so great
a thoroughfare 2 as formerly, and that the
students' roll does not run up to =two or
three hundred, will relieve some miuds, who
dream perpetually ,of the dangers of College
life. With the increase' of students may
-there , always be a proportionate increase of
godly restraints. -
With such Professors, with such Trus
tees of College and Synod 7 -with so many
ministers and elders to keep watch—with
such men as Robert. Sherard; 'Esq., for
Treasurer, and A, L. Littell, .Esq. for Col
lector, the friends can afford to take courage
and go forward. , A. N.
Hay 9th 1800.
More about the Sabbath-School singing
book.' Many children are disepuraged and
for ever prevented 'from learning to 'sing
by being placed, during their first efforts,
among singers too far advanced . for 'them
to comprehend the instruction given, and
by their being required to ,sing, in their
first efforts, music entirely too difficult for
them. Success t in education, on any. sub
jeot, is always prOportionate to the compre
hension by the pupil of the subject stud
ied, and. advance is accordingto the ability
possessed. Hence we require a book
adapted to every capacity of pupils.
The little incidents of youth in common
life, make the greatness of 'the Man; these
incidents giving,power over the individual
by their vivid perceptions and comprehen
sion of relations. So here'.: To adapt the
book to general introduction into Sabbath-
Schools of various character, - and dew&
ments those ,schools, it_would be well
la; publish it in niunbOn;„, or divisions,
so as to be procured and used separate
or• as a whole. In that ease such parts
as might suit the various circumstances of
the school might be obtained at the small
est possible gest. As a book entire, it
nhould contain a large amount of music, as
well as great variety; as children very soon
learn a large quantity of music. The book
should contain many piecei, so' arranged
that they might be sung as dialogues by
the children, or teachers_ and children.;
also duetts or choruses, by which often
Much greater effect can be produced,' and
a greatly inereased,number of children in
duced :to sing. Choruses are contagious,
and many a.child, and even an adult, • utt.
accustomed to sing, who cannot, be induced
to sing a whole' piece,' will, with enthu
siesta, •after a moment's eessation, join
the full chorus, and thus will' be led on to
song.
For the sake of containing much more
music in the same;space, • and preparing it
the better for instrumental accompaniment,
it should be,arratiged with'two parts upon
the same staff. A vast number •of our
children ""are, at this,time instrumental
formers, and a mich 3<greater proportion
will hereafter be. The -writer, being orig
inally of Quaker parentage,• was long, from
early prejudice, entirely and conscientiously
opposed to instrumental music. The study
of the-science, as a sciencejor years while
teaching without instrumental accompani
ment, led him to the entire conviction that
the" full training in the science, and effect
of, music cannot be had without instrumen
tal accompaniment never as leadine• or pre:
veiling over the vocal verformanee, but as
supporting and sustaining It. Of this;
more will be saidhereafter, when speaking
of congregational singing and choirs. Suf
fice it to say, now that in no age or nation
has music been generally cultivated,. and
taken its proper place, and had its full of
whernit was not ,largely attended by
instrumental accompaniment Just as me
advance, and shall advance in musical cul
ture, instrumental music is, and will be
found in all Our families, schools, and other
places of instruction—(not necessarily; in
our churches to overwhelm-and direct our
vocal performance, but the• very contrary,
sustain and enrich.) Hence Our ehildretes
books should all be adapted to such •a de
velopment of .musical taste, ability, and
effect. Great care should• be taken that
the poetry used should be chaste- ryth
mical, • metrical; -and not broken.legged
prose'; but poetry that does not require a
grunt, arid, a nod to .6.11 out some ,of the
musical strains; or the driving in of the
tail'end of others so as to stop when you
get done:
It is a far mere, .serious evil than most
think tonomme.nce the training, and form
the 'taste of;our children thus; and it is a
fearful drawback to the effect, of • the music
under all eireumstances, as it 'gives a'cheek,
though unconsciously, to the mind's' pro
gress in feeling, the effort to surmount
an obstacle of difficulty. Surely, our
Chnieh does not wish
,to initiate such a
character of sacred praise in our embryo
chuil.ches, the Sabbath-School's. The con
structors, of very many of ,onr juvenile
singing. books seem to pay little or ,no
regard 4o this paiticular. If they , can
but get the music, little, care is taken what
murdering may be done .to the , words.
i
The truth s, the musicale rage of the day
is effe'et 'by ',open melodious.sounds withput
verbal articulation; and not effect by sense
and sound united.
There'should be no rudiments ox rules
for singing, - er secular music in this book.
The Sabbath is not the time to 'teach the
science of' Music, or to learn to singsongs.
Pcr' the Presbyterian Banner
PITTSBURGH, SATTJRD
. ,
Fortha presbytTian Banner
Bide • and Music Books.
NUMBER' V.I •
*The erriteidoes not wish to be und‘rstood-Eas
objecting to teaching such- an amount of the
science in connexion with; Sabbath-Schools as
may be necessary to the children's understand
ing the mere orninsie, in aiding' them
to sing from the notes. 1 •• • • •
This he has practised a few itdCutegeaclSSab
battr-Sehl)ol4iessiO;ii 'fiii.Mitny - yeaff• 'Where net
ceasary.
This is a book for the„Sab s
be' entirely adapted to and'
the Sabbath "services:*' 0.
tinetly adapted to seienl l
should be provided with
This would remove n temp_
violation common in many
ing Upon the Sabbath to f' 4
esteeming this so much`
being a holiday,' the' most si
letting young people tog
fessional music. _teachipfi r
frolic and mirth, This pr
lent to a great extent i
places. The Writer has fo,
many snob: meetings, an
circumstances witnessed'
desperation, and the ankh'
spirit among the young,
into our churches; yet, all.
blance of a . sacred diity,i4 .
the services of the Chur
on the Sabbath for &lurch
ed with the
,same tearful: p
common ,' in, our city church]
It will
a. readily , be I;ereeiv,
viding of Snell Sabliatlil
book as our .Chntehl
an hour, or easily, per
book. adopted, and
selves. .for the , exprel
ends contemplated !
by - '4 •or . 'fOr a
come upon u$ with
entirely foreign to,
onr interentsnii4,obj
And while it Rho)
and• by our Board of
Board are 'illy qualifit
Work, as probably few.
either the time or pi
constructing it.
The General Ass(
should 'take the whop
of the Church in hand ;
best interests, and ai
meeting of, that, bed:
committees as may be
and enlargement of of
and for the providi
hook in each of 'the
our •Church necessiti
be jesued,,when prep
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LONDO ~, prii-27, 1860.:=;
A PRIZE. Fram. ; betw •iv ,tWO , profes
sional pugilists, has been.cupying public'
attention for the last 'ten
or twelve days.:
It was a fistic contest for, 4 ,The Champion
ship of England." The;etallenger was an
American Irishman;• Jon ' }:C: Aleenin, ,
commonly called "the B icia - boy," and
the challenged was also of Celtic bloody by,
name of Torn SayerS.' A' ge number of
Americans were 'resent a e fight, which
the authorities: and• Le. ee , endeavored
I,
by every possible means rcfent," hint in ,
vain. , , Among thc specta o ; pf the brutal
`struggle, the, Times info , ins were Peers,,
Mernbers of -the-ITott s .: ACinunpils. in
ri.
plentY, , ,iiiisti, poets,- an ' Ma ' eidi*lrten`.
'That means Episcopal clergyineir, of course';
and if they can be discovered;let, , us, hope-,
that each of them will he " unfrocked" Fby,
his Diocesan Bishop. The fight, was a drawn
One, and the crowd of 'garnblers were thus
disappointed. Only think of two men,'
made in the image of. God; for nearly two,
;hours and a half, pumMelling each .other,p
,one of them having his right arm coin
ipletely disabled,' almost:fa:Tithe beaiiming,
And the other's - face completely ;disfigured,
_, ,
'and when the light was put. a stop to by
'the, police, almost blind, and " abnostun
-
recognizable` as a: human being." ' - '
The affair has let in a hideous light on
the inoral condition' of a' large portion of
society, in its , Upper , SS well , as its loWer
strata. Attempts 'of enlarge are made to , de.4;
fend prize , lghting . 'as " then noble nrt , of„
self defence;" , fair and limn ly, 'is opposed to')
theArnife‘and stilletto; which rwould other-)
wise be adopted in personal— rencontres.
There,. are, also pleas. that: in.:this r_ way ,
national muscular developmentis cherishedk
and so, the , people, are better prepared for
war. ,This idea is ; ridiculous. , There ; is a.
natural bull-dog tenacity.and combativeness:
about the Anglo-Saxon race in battle and,
it, is not the , science of pugilism, ,but the
a pluck" and weight, of resistance and at
tack in receiving: or making the ~charge„
,
Which brings.victory to English ,or' ch Ameri
can banners. , , . ,
Times ar`e"indeed not so bad as when the'.
last Prince of Walen,ofico attended nfight t
though he professed to haveini stomach far
its' brutalities. his presence made the;
ring" fashibnible ;. and When the Allied,
,SoiereVilis mine over to 'England; in 1.515;
after th e e great' " turn up "
vent, Lord 'Lowther could:think of no`More
acceptable trea to those august person g ,
thin a breakfast at his house at • Pall-Mall,
following it by a series of boxing Matches -
(not = with gloves,' in the drawinglrcioni 1
In February, 18 . 17, the= Czar` Nicholas,- rat , '
tended by Lord Yarmouth, -witnessed
fight; at the. close , of which the conqueror ,
was presented.. . Nicholas; took off:
his hat, .to the -bruisediandkbleeding- - :victor;
who •lelelt •out -a puffed , hand, which Ithet
Czar. shook , :fbetween 'fingers, The.'
Athenmum which supplies these.facts after,
noticing the:training procesSes, preparatory,
to fighting,, remarks : ," To judge,, from.
statistics, 80, fay from improTing the, race ;
destroys the, powers of man.. All boxers,
have had a tendency to run. into dropsy or
cpnsumption. They are speedily unfitted
for their calling, and their highest ambition
seems to be' the ownership of a public
honse. A few have done well ; Jackson
realised a fortune, "and - Gulley becaine a
member of • Parliament Pontefract.
This-is the' highest position eVer attained
by a pugilist, ; but for the One that' has,
been a Senator; there have, been scares' ibha
have died`paupers—inere wrecks of human
ity, stealing away to' workhouses, or' hiding
in seine back shim, and 'there; wiz/me-de&
and' iniknOunt, 'dying, in. nine cases' out , of
ten; long before' the allotted ante of man:"
Publicimuseisi , kept•by ex-pugilistsp are
scenes r.of • great , abominationSi and' , itvi
pleasingto be .able .to . record'thatotwo
these gentry' have been deprived gif their
respective licenses,. by the 'Middlesex meg.;
istrates • meeting, at t -Quarter Sessions:
After the excitement and fascinationomitn
speak, of this. last , •fight, and :theiotimid.
descriptions, ,of it, have passed away,,d3is
gpst, strong and practical has.,set.,ip,.epd,
while the
_organs of the, , 44 ring!! hap, been
lorying in the resuscitation of their lopg
frowned-op craft, the .referees and. umpires
have agreed that the tw o men shall not
meet again, and the, .H6mc Secretary has
publicly declared Omit: even attendance on a
&lie - fight illegal. Had another fight
been resolved on, the great middle' claSs
.liould'hive risen in its moral might, and a
; deunonstration would have been made thiit
liordd have made ' aristocratic patrons' : of
111;0• fighting wirice'and tremble.
TErv i I,,orforttry l WII!,TITR known in
tlfrifain fora generation, is now dr awing to
Yi. M1AL26',:.1860.
•
But- the' memory of its';
weary
months';. of its incessant vicissitudes of
sleet, snow, rain; of the greatly increased
mertality„ both in, town and .country:;,and
of the prostration of
,invalids who were
hrOnght to the - brink of the graye,will
long be pre'ser'ved:'" Those poor inialids
are now reviving' iii the breath andqinn
alive of the gladsome Spring ; and so; of
the "wretch_ that 's long been tossed on the
amply bed of pain," and , who now goes
torth
. bet Ween the sunny 'skies and amird
the bilds'atid blo'sionis, we can say with the
poet : •
It and should
.speiated :with
biloks dia-`
o instruction:
usib adapted..
loFt tq,Sabbath ,
a,ces, of meet-,
a& singing,"
saved`; and
eaSaful in . col- 3
et.; for apro
,really for
ice is preva-;
, ,
111 aily country
erly' attended
; eldoni iin 'any
• a.ten Sabbath
*of, worse ;
to introduced
nd.er the
'for
'Practislngg'
rvides,-attend;.=
,mot I;,u-
- The meanest flower that scents the gale,
The sun, the sit.; the common skies, , •.
To him are opening Paradise."
Meanwhile, there is scarcely grass- suffi
ient to keep athie the flocks of sheep, and
in the NOrth 'both of Great 'Britain: and
Ireland, hay and other fodder for-cattle are
selling attunparalleled prices. Small far=
niers are nearly. ruined. ,
AUSTRIA is apparently penitent,' atid) is
proposing. to ..make,„concessions, including
the consent of the Emperor;to be crowned
King of' Hungary, and to allow it a sep
arate administration. 'Few ace dispoied to
giye erAti.t , for9l3re,thecorgves than fear,
"..a.I , -
Ml.f,
1,34-
-' --
:.,,, o,", ;...*:,..,. f-i , ~..7 , , 7fl . ' , •
--` ;- " -, t
,ti*
, ,x, t
eondition, arid fresh peculations , of ap
6.OTM'OUS Character ' are being- :constantly
di§covered; in` connexion' with . the 'Ainiy
Commissariat , contracts of last year. !Baron
Bruck, a distinguished Finance Minister,
who had risen from a clerkship in a country
hoitse by his eitraerdinary, abilities,, has
just committed suicide. , It *discovered
that, he was one of •those involved in - frauds,
1 and, &stamp . oin•office, in an ,agony of
1 shaine and fear, he ermined his career by
this awful crime.. Other high personages
are Under arrest. All things bode .ruin to
Austria4Ml' she' seeks in vain to obtain, an
alliance 7:With . Prussia, ;jointly to resist
France; including the, preservation ,o her
tyranny aVerl - enetia. I
.
' A GIWANTIO FRAUD:IIB:i just been ' die
coverahere, in:connexion , with;the London
Union (Joint Stock) :Bank. The Cashier;
highly; esteemed;: and , long.triisted, ' has
gambled •away, on : the . Stock Exchange,
about.a 'quarter of. a :million sterling, and
succeeded' in,coricealingt his peculations up
till .li,' i few days:ago,: by ar . false pasi-laook,
sent _daily to 'the .Bank of,. England,' A
subordinate clerk 'is. alsb arrested, for a de
ficiency. of ~Z 1,240: , The , days of .Rebson
and Redpath:seem , returning:..
THE, FLEET, OF GUNBOATS, prepared a
feW years' ago, at vast expense, are found to
14 nearly all rotten--and thiti . from. :the
frauds of the - contract Ors, who built them
in 1854 and .1855: Inquiry is going for
ward," and 'exposures; Will be made.
THE SYNOD ' OF THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHUROI IN ENGLAND, whose earlier . ,pro
ceddings I - notieed'ininylast, continued its
sittings - frent the Monday :afternoon till
Friday:; afternoon 'of dart ' week.: The new
Moderator is , the:;Rev,. _Patrick I.4.iMiller,
of Newcastle, a man of genuine piety. and
Worth. Ile was ' the intimate 'Mend of
Beliert M.'Clieyne, and at' the 'time of his
death as Minister in • Wallacetewn, - Dunde,e.
It was during his illness, and-before' de
lirium came 0n,..,t1mt Mr..ll.iller and Mr.
M.'Clieyne conversedtogether on . Psalm,
0x .x. 4 4-baria.4ol‘.!.eoini4.," tO.Abo.lgxtli ',verse,
My. M'Cheyne said-he mould• give Mr. -M.
a divisien .of it,.. 1: . Wh,at
m fa, solved
-4: Precious ined."
. 2. The ?nae". of sow
ing it-:—‘‘ Goeth forth and Weepeth." He
dwelt upon "lbeepeth." Then 'said, " Min
isters should go forth let all limes." 3.
.The fruit—" ,Shall .doubtless come again
with rejoicing.". Mr. Miller pointed to
the certainty of it;, Mr. MiCheyne assented,
f 4 Yes—tiOubdess." .
The - English:Synod has!now one:hundred
churehes and preaching stations , on its roll:
The. Scheel Report indicated forty-six day
schools, with an. attendance• of upwards of
, Six 'thousand' Twenty:eight out of fifty 7.
' three teacherihave certificates, that is, are
endorsed by 'g'overninent inspectors,'and
are . qualified by .recognized training. Gov.'.
eminent, aid is received in the prepertion
of £4.35. annually, from the Privy: Council,
for every . .kJ given by the Synod. - The
decline in past dines' of Presbyterianisin in
I England, was very much owing to the want
: of such a provision fl.B. Our school 2.scheme
supplies. i
Wherever there is;
a day school
it strengthens a ,cOngregation d uineh. ,'For
Want of it, a congregation suffers, especially
; where Tractariamsm'prevails. ' Thns, when
ai'Bourneworth, some . two years ago, I
found,, our interests impeded' .by this
I pause;. and, at the.late Synod, Mr. M'Mulz.
1 lan, the,nble pastor, stated that the Tracta
I ruin ministers in
, the parish admitted. no
1 'Children to' the day school unless they at
, tended thnSabbath School, and they (Dis-
IBanters' children,) ,were not allowed-- to
attend the, Episcopal Sunday Schools, unless
` tiwYtoqrST,q - /,'PlPtized., , ;,
"Two'c,aes have recently oceurred, of the
reception into Our Church Of small ; decay=
ing ~ congregations, hitherto in. connexion
with-lAady.Huntingdon',s connexion. :• One
of these,,was, at Cheltenham, a place, of
fashionable resort aid residence. for persons
of fortune, retired officers, &c. ,The Rev.
Robert`Steel,:forinerly miniAer at SalfOrd,
Mancheiter, is now .at Cheltenham,' and
thereare
' manifold. tokens ,of, growth and
revival. The other is a chapel in. Maid 7
tone Kent, ,which was about to he, closed,
lint 'whieli', some lireSbyterian'S' resolied to
keerropen,ln Connexion with the donsent
of the 'English .part of.'the; congregation,.
and with.nupplies, from ,the London-. Pres
bYtPrY. . , , ~
The Home Mission
. contemplate,s - the es. :
tablishment - of new charges, as well as %he
suppleinent of• the stipend§ in eases aeon
gregations, not strong,' in,. themselves: . It
has else set, itself 7 -as indicated hy, my, le4
tern from „Northumberland County, last,
Yirinter--,to raise the standard of minit3-
terial iiicOrde. 'The Deputp.tiOns sent out
last Winter, sought first tnetirnii"the aid
receiving . congregations:: to do more for
themselves,,and ,offered - them a ,bonus.,in
emery ease where, they, raised the minister's
stipend above Lloo4giving also to weaker
Congregations 'as much as 'secured that stun
at' least 10. every minister.'' 2d. The aid
givi ng, and.- stronger , congegations were
visited, ,and, addressed, in order, that the
p,ecople . might be led, by subscriptions, do
nations, associations, and 4inlilic colleetiona,
iteincreaie flie - generaffund;'''The'result's
are already; - Very eneouraging, 'the general
funds: having-increased . about 'thirty' per
cent: ,and, the weaker congregations, ; mak
ingprogress in adding . to their, seat-rents,
so that the Supplement required' froth
the' general` '' frifid, is now` 'comparatively
small. . Thus; for Instance; -there' I was' a
1 congregation who. , were,' wont to receive
x4Q from the. Home ; , Mission Fund..,
-This
Year ,E,15 only, was required. But we are
anxious that the minirawin Should be raised
limn `MOO to 'XISO.'" It . will take some
time `to' accomplish - thia, but. Ivbelieve -tit
will .benttained... Happy -should I, ~ be to
1 hear,. of :united', . action of t a,kindredl kind,
e:t
thronont' the bounds ef' the Anterican
Presbyterian Churches. , ' ' '
' -Tliellireigii 'Mission 'of our Chilieli Is
one of Ihnindirect =results fef 'the Disrup-
Mon of, 184,3".; 1, That ;event . took away from
Scotch churches . in, Al } gl*Ftd., all „the ; mod
erate ministers, who, though well-nigh;'
the . Rio-
w.
" slicked" and worthlesii fcitind
cult), in getting parishes. it , was e in Abe
new .baptism of' life, and iu zcsollue l xion; with
the infusiop of #esh hlood from, Scotland
and Ulster, that the Eiglieli,Synodiesolied
to hive Sohoole,' a College, 'and 'Honig
and . -Foreign Niesions of its Cirri.' In 1847
the Rev. William Burns was , ..drdained;and
set apart as• the.first missionary.to;China,
at a' meeting ,ofr Synod,;held , Abe. town of
Sunderland.andiin , th'e same chnruh.Nvbeie
we met this year.;:; ,There• are.now nine.
missionaries in , the field, one .oft them a
medical missionary, and ;a portion ~of this
body is supportelby members of the Free
Church of :Seotland.. At. Amoy, the mis-.
sion has been eminently blessed.:" Mr.
Burns goes .from'place to place as an Evan,
gelist: At- Swam , . he (landed last year
among' the' tworbt-possible population;l3llV
age and. almost has, an extra,
ordinary faculty for.. equiring
•languages
and ' dialects. Their .dialect learnt
sfeedilyj , and in. 'a 'time he had ac,
quired"af marvellous power, becoming the
arbiter, and , peace-maker 'of the .people:
Here-he baptized a convert, a first 'fruits.
Thence be.went to another field, and so he,
•acts continually, dressing and living , as a
ehineeeJs The-climate of China is,,very
spee.lt_has,:been !..eoeulated .l. that • of
those then in , the: inert, t.diM
on an, a verage,,after six Tears': serviee,f and
that those who had to leave 'from: heal.th,
were obliged to do so after six andJklhalf
years, so that(' ithserivorkiitriay ofr,Ruro
peens thus very 'short,: Numb;: if
Manehester, seemed, ,to• think that..thisiairn
erage was too high';; but tat Abe; lost ,it r iti
clear that Christian .Churehes , :must!mainly
lo .k for future extension-find :final! trig,
umphs ,in India , and, Ohinai , d,o, , a , native
ministry. ',lt is a fact in, otir7Own
lar case, that , we have to face ails average
expense .of £350 a yeariin sending .ont A
missionary. to ,replace the. dead or disabled.
. • • The:income .of "but. , ..!Fokoign Mission 106
year; from Seothuid..houid. England, .rwas
nearly. £2,000. , The-14e:klamented mist
sionary;. Mr, Sondem= , :de ft r£3,000, , by
will; to the Misaion ; :a'oLf.l2s:interest will
accrue froth •tbat vie:keno -for...the -, present
year's expenditure: ;
iArprOPosid was made' sometime ago, that
tlie:En glish -.Presbyterians' should add ',one
missionary. to ,the• Indian. staff ; of the: Free
Church. The funds , ritised4er.lhe object,
are as ydtin'sufficient,
ancv•some ,apprelken
sions are felt, lest appeals, forit should, '
tract . the attention. of ..the people, from •the
China Mitisioniithe expenditure of. which
is now necessaiily. large. Very :coniiderk.
ble. sums„ling.ever, • are sent, tit_i...ln4lim'iby
our members t for ~Female . ilueation •rd
other Ofitiiolk . 4jects.
Dr. Munro `' mentioned at Syliod' thiii
tiVoiti; £1,200 finisilieeartrantanitteid in
ail. years— , He• f strongly..eflvonateu!ia.,ynist
49 2 :Indict) !;e 7 .4ire/Y 'diOnet: AWL V 1 .4
independent
'army4 that: of the FreeAu lridiau (040 . 8litiitiede;
elder forltriihtori,paiid that practical
Baainple*of (unity, •the Synod should'- plash
their • misshimuy nnder -the ..Free i yhureh t
it„ j was finally. resolved that p,...ympaieuary,
should be be sent Out. t() labor in connexio n
4idtli 'the Free
Synod should have I.ldatioiiable prhspect
of Inrfficient; funds foi-the support-of i'a.full
mission staff. - : '
... • -...; 1 1.
~, , , i)n4 k pkßeqA9l l 94. 4 3 * FelkP. R . l‘zcimg!Q
offers to,-senil . out two mumuoninesln his
vessel,' free eiepenge; and a: Veil able 4WD
deutirf our College has. offefeeliiniself
the Foieigu -Mission COminittew for.: this
service..: ."
The Pollege,fhaathin year fourteen stu-,
dents, nice of, Wham' are,of Enillehliirthi
the, red from " Scotland and Ireland ; ` -- Nei=
er bad' ire'sinh ' a Vignibtur land rprotaising
baud oflonng• men:: ,Most..9if ,them: live
and board ~together ;: in.: an. Collews z. at
Queen . Elqivare. . The ladies of i the,chureli
have fnriushed their rooms. The arrange , -
merit is under the sand:ion d'ihe'College
CoMMitiee, and work adlitalify. These
yoUng .men haie received `s inpexioir
graduate ,education., ; ,,Baholurablmof 440
and £2O are liel 4 ,la•pevcril of t thclN:eac,l4
for three , years. 4.yo,iingllestoriiin.ditin::
ti an. bas attended' tbf College fo='Glee' 'pest
year,• and -*as . .aided'not: -our Au,
dents,: but alsoArthote of -tbe free -and
Irish Presbyterian ( . Churobes.,,. One pf „Pr.
DuTs Converts, at Calcutta,. a licen s edpreacher, has also s.,itanded a part'Of t
session: • ' ' " 41"1
Inlay list I referred to the Scoetiall'and
Irish Deputatiens.; both of which received a
wariu w,elcome. ;I;1I0 not possess,,aalpt, a •
report •of i ,Dr. Ottnßijighank'smasterly,
speech• aftenvartiti.tit;the Tricentenary . , Con . 1-,
niernorative ,meeting,. 7 of the • Synod .,. ;
gist was, that Calvpi'sni and Preelqterlft4l
jam are identified with, the New.',4 B *lfluir
furnish a suitable, „basis ;for .ovangeligA
un i on, ; and are practically best adapte4 !QM
Christ's work in the world. But, ,as writ ;
of the. Deputation of t,he Fres:o4l:4 J 4,4
delivered a speech, of, 71i.ich.,•tbe s following
extract will be interesting„tojepr, ! reiders;
• •
We take • a deep ' interest: n yinirrwhole histo=
ry:and :position, pertly because of , t4e variety of
elements you comprisc— ) Scotch, ,EngEsh,: and
Irish. We expect naturally some little etnpli3i-,
ional diversity from these• sources, bit'ichnbined,
as 'fro always hope it will, be, with unity *mat
ters of doctrine; discipline, and worship. 'This
varietref 'eletlenti atibrds good gionnd; of ater
isliinggo4hopesotyourgrowing,Wittperity..,The
oombination,of ,these•elements is something lihe
the wrijiti which Cliristtantty wile iota otluced in=
to the Northern States of .Anierica, hy the selee
!ion. of many execllent l and7vainabte men from •
various sections of the conntiY,'Scolland,
land, and Ireland—so much so that one. of:the
most.eloquent American writers, tweaking of ,the
„introduction of Christianity into _ flint 'cotintry,
said that the Lord in his- wisdom niftedi three
kingdoms.in order to plant Americaiwith the tin
est of the wheat. ALaughter.) Perhapi it would
seem an e x aggerated etutililiment; to' say that of
you, but still], boviino doubt of gli4, that you have
got , a great ,deal of good,, excellent grain, from
these sources,'ind I trust yob will attain to isicati
el: efficiency and adaptation to your station.. It
is interesting, te.rementher, in connexion, mith
the AmericanChurchest that. 'the first Presbytery
that primarily. met in the iTnitettStatel.in
delphia, and Iyhich.maybe.said to have been the
proper chinnience`nient of tthat Veit' plinlanx of
Preatiyteriani Ministers. • non!• texarting ~ e uch. a
wholesome-influence in,thatcountry, 7 tlint,,r,rest
Itytery conflated ,of four, liishinen, two Scotch
men,lind'One froin`Neiv England; a repreienta
tivittiout',the English,: l'initans, who 'were
..then
snbstantially l'reshyterians. , This was the com
mencement of 'Um Piesbiterian system , in 'the
United States; reiernbling.somewhat tlid position
in, which you ?ire Sued at present. At. ,the same
time; it: is verylesirable thit you de
pend; as it were,' on' the! sifting ,prooess,igetting
your wheat from other ennntries. , You can nev
er be fit for dOingyoui 'own work completely un-
Ides you raise.ura ministry for yourselves; "(Ap
.plause.) That is reanifestly.indispensable, and it
is a primary, imperative duty of this tfiurch to
giVttrevery encouragement they possibly can to
provide for the training, of a ministry ,amottg
yourselves., We, of course, take a qeep interest
in that 'nuitte:r, all 'the more That , you have 're
volved a meek important,boon frota l us,4n . gie par
son of Dr. tinperintmdco i lt, of 7,eurleol
legiatti institution. • , -,;•
After ; e ' •
. :the —resses o f epn
lion; solemn prayer dildlhankigitingivetit
offered' up' in econnexion - ....with , -the:truly
itirring..statentents made; %as ; :to ;the , p ea t,
nark of . Ood..inAllster. , • • •
Choever s case, was ' brought before
the biyaoo t hy art oxerturo , trom some ot Its
biernberat'Oiethili - Voiiit 'give you the
outline reporti ofithe4SCottisfi,;Guardian;
as• follows 1 . •'• 7 9 f• ;
Theglerk rely' an .o:fertnre h fevn . m2mpers t of
Synod, reinesting flit; Synod to oxprititi their
zaz..:V4t.k.:t o lospaigNitmhoocAut
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• DAVID DPKINNEY CtO”. •
• • ' • Paontravoise
, .
deep' dhiistian sympathy irith;Dr. CheevOr3ll,tliel
struggle in whioh.leis. engaged, and. their deep
regret at the t poldnesp, indiF,eremee,,and silence
of several thurelies' AMermi do;
; i -1.,. ; • - •; ;
Alexandc stated that this movement*
the *nod, ii•well ig the: public meetings in•Ed%
inburgh-and ; GloegoW; were; pronsiptedlOy Nies'
Johnstone,. a: zealous. member of Dr., Cheever's
congregation; antrhe'had'no 'doubt that 'a meet,
ing. would yet be held in I .Exeterilies,..wheresall
the big guns of London o would lmiffred off with
such effect as that' the report *hill heard
across the Atlantic. Be • movetthe:adoption of
the overture. , • •
Mr:'lnglii seconded the Motion '
Dr. - liftirdlion sidd.that it was a very
task to.throw,aeytbing like a, dfunpf rc •nn, a genet}.ous impulse, but he thought this wasaniaterfor
private arrangement "rather thin" , ibmodi'eal -tto
tion.' He thought they ,should not commit,thenr-,
selves, to a matter the • circumstances of which
Were not properlPbknii i them. 'Be was • Wire
they : allAympathised: with Dr. Cheeyer individni
ally, but anything they did in a. §ynodieal.wny
to' express 'symisatbf witlilli7ClitsSiiir Was; of
course, a reflection on the Presbyterian Churches
in Americls,,...ps,own conlintiunnas, that itovas
not' bY dfmwielitioni • going scrollthe itlantic
that they 4vbuld do"any' good negiti.; '•,erf
anything was.tck , done, it must ,thirAugh
fraternal representation ; ,for if the neeS was to
be benefited, it Must be by the 4 Chtistiaitrift
the country. •
. Dr. M'Crie. said that he
.felt,it.to be ado sate
nuestion, tuft now that it wan iiitiodnaeil, ifeJWits
. .
, i t • • . 44104;0040111M
• tore, e Ise wou .misrepresented across
_the Atlantic. He thought they should ' at leaf
' send a .remonstrance to the Old•ldebooltPreebyteT
• rian.Church; referring, though it might be indi
'to the case of Dr: Cheever. ' ' '
?Mr.. Wrighison; Marla; opposed; th6%evertire.
Mr. Wr,ight,,,Snuthiunpton, moved that, in f pre s
' sent strew:l:dances, it wai inexPedient to e 14.4-
. tan the clueet • • • •
-... 1 Dr.-Weir-peconded.the motion{ and After sem,
. !briber .discussion,,Mr.. "demander; peeing it 'to
be" The, 4 Mind- of the Cionit,.'Witlidiew 9 t3fel (Atka
tufa:, .. ;;;411'.
„The:4te 0 P 3 YR4 1 4.1F€1 1 0: 1 7
e. 1 11, 1 4 4 44110014,W i ca.ce.FiRgillricigi7e,r1 1
giVen Aiini Avi l a 'tiiid.rielk - 440:114
lied.ThireiTiodL Theribl
lowing statements *Fere giNien..fromißinn=
inghanLand London::
Dr. M'Kenzio, Birmingham, stated that he
bad more , comfort in the prayer,meetings during
tjtie past'year;than' liadluid in any meetings
since he came to England: In,considering•what
IdudranCes there might . ; be . to the' work of the
Holy Spirt in' hie 'Own eongiegation, Mut felt
it•his 'duty, on the: ground of Christian expedi
ency, to, abstain from tipirtipomtßqngrii, though
recommended to him by his medicalnian, and 'he
'Petit his duty to testify; after `eight mouth's'tii
al, that he could do, quite well , without them.
(Applause.) Since he had done tide 'he believed
" that 'a greater amount bleasingl:ad..attended
' the' ministi*i.on.of the Rosp4 in his congregal
tion thin over he liad seen Infore. Di. M'Keniii
Coneldded by" , rriofibg 4114' the ministers be en =
' joined tory:Teach on.the,revivalof,religion, on the
second Sabbath of June, and the attention
• of their 'Congregations CS' thii=drity of earnest
prayer for the Spirit of God; and that the Mod
erator be requested.to prepare a pastoral address
be circulated over the Church'. . "
Dr. Weir, of London, said thatAbis Synod had
been preceded . by I . .)p,..iritityzoycr on the part of
many of the peopla, - iiid he couldnot but believe
and: love
should prevail among them had been answered.
(Heiur;"betir.)::'Thelsoneetationa in London, •Dr.
Vek t proceetled•to 3 say, were not without some
tokens of the Divine bleeding. He had witnessed
grentePeaineettie'sh eviii congregation, an'd .
could; 'window:oases of what he believed ; to be
the real,,sonnd conversion of the young and oth
era. 9 Then tie congrggation'of Marilebone, pre
sided aid'''. by Mr.. Chalmers, r.had; he. believed,:
beenjargely visited by the But all
this; hebelieved, was bat albiefiete. of What they'
might humbly expecfffroni e odltuSpirit beform,an.:.
other; Syno,tlical meeting came '
~ He look
ed'foiirard hopefully fora blessing writhe vihelo
of England, arid'helielievediflthey did not:edit,
up-aiI:KIK/meek antirifttbey took the stumbling
blocks out of the way, and heart the con-.
Jiff& . 'statea by' tat -Lord Jesus himself 63 eit.
' tachingilto successful prayer, viz.: !f abiding :in:
him by holy living, they might ask what they.
would; and' it itouldliedone untothem: '
The brethren separated from one anOthei
in the spirit.; 9f: zenuinei lifotherhood;i'of
prayerful , exp,eotation,hob ,41*;, , ,
fulness. It Was the. iiappfeist BwOng, Qf
yritod for many yearn. No rot:df
• J. Wf-
ness spnmg up
-• P. Ili—L-The.Bev. Dr&Leybiln !and Mur
ray, with,Gl 114:Stuart, Tom., artiAred here
ON Aar' agorgni,tel , Wo.! . ,
• The Povernment will . .eariT the second
leading of the•ofoini Bill in theCom
mons,,but it will undergo revision and im
provement' in , Committee. Sir •E. L. Bul
werJtadb agreatspeeeh last night, in the
Rouse, Against, this As a specimen
of brilliant., rhetoric, I hive seldom heard
ifs equal: I saw Dr: Murray ("Kirwan")
an'd Principal Uunninfliln; sittinglogether
in the Speaker's gallery during' the speech.
The whole house was in excitement under
the wand of genius.. ,
...4 , 44,8!gin has left for China. There
is a rumor' that two of our frigates have
been sunk at the month of the Peiho, by
Lbe•Chinese guns , and that the Emperor is
endeavoring to..hireEuropean artillerymen.
Vr9AIL 4.aPap.Podes..news pf the murder of
two Ditch Captains. Matters look dark
• in China and Japan.
•
• ' 'Alite to-Sebast opol, writing to
Times; warmly eulogises an American
ColoneL(who has, contracted with the Rua
;
-
sian Government to raise the sunken. yes
eels,) for. hi,
„kindness in ref iring the
ile'§iergteirgravei' toriitli • Of British
. The , total sum: paid into, the: Treasury of
• the, 'frisk, Assembly's - Home Missioii, from
•,t4.,eelloetions made by the recent Deputa.
• tion to the United State.s, is, £6,200—a
nelile'betitrititition to a neble cause.
• • For the'Presbyterian Banner.
Plarrativb Of the' State of Religion in the
;:pfesbytery of Coehorton..
• •Wo - iitiliticpy to report to the General As-
SemblY o .that during the :last ecclesiastical
year i i,onr.ministerial force has been greatly
increased. Five names have been added to
ths3 . Presbyterial Roll, and. O Licentiate of
another Presbytery haS been statedly sup
plying In ' our bounds. But two of our
twenty ~ e iturebes are vacant,—a state of
things unknown with na for a considerable
taute, .. The .number of additions to the
CliurCh,h9thrun examination and on certi
&ate; is Much larger than . for many years.
Tlie ehutohei at - Millersburg, Linton, Ap
ple Oreek; - ancloWest.Cirlisle, have rejoiced
uitwhst .they.,regard as for them, large in
gatherings of soulattended with much
solemn intereat. The church at New Phil
adelphia, so .. long distracted, and so much
redueed ite . membership is being healed of
its `'hurt "= and Many of those beg uiled
eint:Of them, i are returning to the old Pres
byterituipaths, which they find are best for
the licao:and . pleasantness of their souls.
Theeondition of morals in our bounds,
as regards temperance;the observance of
theSibbath ad. such arto.keep up the
activity. of all C hristians and Patriots, while
thers.is yet no . room for despair. Family
• ,re ligion
-
. .
iginn—inelnding,the. ChruOian instrue7
tion: and goyernment households by their
xespoptito hf#4,-;itt hy,no means in such
(*Peg', an,,itt g aught we -jadge
that.SPlPES_Writs are rising to, a
this
;kid. more,Boeiptokil platform, , in Orli mit
tar. ~.?04.,FturAi.nisters, urge, cateliotiQ
knatrii; . pabbath 7 S,9lo elkars
atad mo r e thoo,ughlY
•'
in their keldi of
. .a
, view„ of the. roports v -and . ,:stiaemointe
"frbni the' 'phiiriAes We, 'the
Piesiiyteiy 014
hibiting iniheirancireeariiest labors;:an
usuaa gratiituie,m4 7 bave r ,tkighAppes,..wiVo
ir:os9Aces toot-he' ll4 ;4 4, 43 l I PAPOg
year. .'W. ilitoVN;lsoersitok. I
I Wm,. E. Hunt, Chm'n. CaigrvieNitr:
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