7 r ffi .. .Vo'4il.il'i"-. - :_ . .,:..N ..: ',4:iiiit' O,r, i i,SRIJDOR, SATURDAY, JULY' 7,°1864. Contcal,Churoh, Allogheig.-lessr. PAT TERSthr&Co., , of Allegheny, have received the- contract -for - the- erection of hr. PLII:bMIe.B new chuich, corner of Ander son and - lacoolz streets.' The edifice will be eighty-five feet long, by sixty in width, and two 'stories high The preparations are nosy being made to commence the work, which wilkbe rapidly pushed forward. WESTERN TREOLOGNAL SEMINARY. It t ig the intention of the Rev. WM. M. PAiroirto enter upon . the duties of Pro 7 fegser ; of Sacred Rhetoric in this institu tion, -to which:he was • elected by then last General Assembly; -at the. , beginning of the next' session.' Mr.' PAXTON i S gifts as a . preaeber, pastoral. experience, and the attention he has given. to this department of theologieaLlearning, make. him a valua ble accession to the.preaent Faculty. Sa eredAbetorie willhereefter occupy a prom- - inent place among the .regular studies of the, Seminary. MR. MUNN AND,THE,NOBILITY. 'The Presbyterian quotes an exchange as saying: , - "Thia, „celebiated, preacher attended at Allefearn one recent WednesdaY, where he preached in .a.:largifield belonging to Mr. .ttngers, to at...least twenty thousand people. Our informant Says :that among those pos. entiieretheXord-Lientenant of Monmouth .Oxid -UTS. .Leigh; lord, Tredegar, Lady Tredegar r and tinnily; lord Lianover, Lady,,Llano7er and family; and a large number . of the leading gentry of:the country., Previous t 9 commencing Divine worship, it was represented to the .great preacher that it would-be advisable for, the large ,concourse of people to. Move aside, to enable the several7carriages-and-four to ap proach nearer, the platform, so that the oc cupants mightmore easily hear him; upon which he replied that he did not.come there to preach.to horses, but to men ; four horses and ; a carriage would ,occupy the ground of fifty people, and, th'erefore, the horses and, earriag'es must remain where they were. We are also informed' that after - the service the Lord-Lieutenant sent for Mr. Spurgeon, and invited him. to come to Pontypool; but. Mr. Spurg,eon replied that he was sorry he, could not comply with his lordship's wish, as he ,had full engagements for the neat two, years. THE PACIFIC' EXPOSITOR. This monthly journal, under.the care of Rev.: W. A. &err, DAD., of San Francisco, has now tompleteth r its'first volume. - The twelfth number, that for June, is befere us. The volume contains Eve hundred and seventy-six pligei. "The pike is 63 a year, It is ably .conducted and neatly executed.' In its 'early 'numbers 'tee cod mended it' to -a faVniable notice. We still do so, not that we :.approve of it ' entire g, , bat, becauae its geneTal features are excellent. :The principle draw back to our commen dation, is, that it presents very much the peculiar Views of Dr. :SCOTT, relative to goveinment; - making governnieikt; l or.insisting that it ought to be, in both theory and practice, .Atheistic. We had some reason to believe that this unhappy featare in a good man's sentiments, would: but, 'seldom, if ever, be apparent in the Expos:6p.* The contrary, however, is 'the.. reality. The , anther's , bias is peculiarly: , manifest. In the number now before us it appears in the'articles headed, " How the Inquisition Arose ;” " Religion in the India Schools;". "State and Church;", and "'The - Majority Rule." It, ialo'be regretted that there should be' this hindorance lathe itsefUlness of a peri odicalwhich,presefits Christ and Christian daties,in the Church and in the closet, so evangelically; .and 'our regret is the-greater k because that this is the only Old 'Scheel Presbyterian Journal in the _Pacific States. THE YEAR OF GRACE.* Our readers looked, with absorbing iu twat; during the yearlBs9, for the weekly letters of our London .Correspondent, be cause, in addition ' `pie usual contents, thsy, gave such 'fur and accurate accounts of ,thegreat work of grace, in progress in Ireland. A history of that precious work,, in the form of, a. _volume, has been .greatly desired by many. weals 'now fully met, ip a, work by Prof GrusoN, ; 7l3e visit ed this,country that, : year, and was.request edhy the American publishers, to' uuder= take the task which he has nowt .so' well cothpleted. The 'anther commences by giving a history Of the early plantation of Ulster by theSeotch, in the thee James,: refers, to the great awak.ening that took. place imniediately after that 'event, under the preaching of Brain; Li.Yrz:re grorr, and CUNNINGHAM, and glances rap idly over the history of the Presbyterian Church until he comes Ito the period embraced within the lastiVeuty-five years. He shows conclusively t)itat ,during this time the work of, the ministry_ was more faithful, and that a spiriCofi:deeper and more earnest piety sprang up.; iq fact that during , these entire twenty-five years, the seed was sowing - that has 'resulted in the late precious harvest Then ; Connor, the birthplace Of the;Revival, is described; its progress' to Antrim, Pelfast, arid 'other traced. Much intimating infor matiorils giVen of the meeting of the Gen eral Assembly of, last year. And the hap py effects orthe Revival upon party spirit, in suppressing drunkennessylewdness, and violence, are clearly set forth. The returns of three hundred*-churchea- 'show . an ad dition of eleven thousand : persons on ex amination, while other ..denominations shared in the blessed work to )greater or' less extent. ' " From this book we learn that the ''sphys ical manifestations': that were used by some to:bring the entire _work into_ disre pute,fwere 'Of much =less frequent occurrence than 2a generally euppOsed:-' placetiihey did not occur thor, 4443114438 the caws, of these i‘Physi cal3manifestatione in a masterly manner. He is a careful observer, a , man of calm judgment and eicellent nil* . and has produoed a book that will be highly prized by every pastor and every Christian. illitaXf4.3 or Guam; ; A Mato* of the Bev'. Irel in lielsaid,, A. D. 1869:` By Re!. ellibitikPiofesior of ChriitiauEthibain Queen's Collage,Belfast, and Moderator ofthe'Gerter si Assmbly of - the....Presbyterisat-Chureh in rxeland„ With an Introduction by,Rev. /ar, .2/66; 0 01111 iT 11 F'll m toNm 464;. B ot etito:2l: weejaa , ;Pittaraith- : , o pbc,io 00. Roket&apti.-3113111. ENE AND FOREIGN RECORD. The Record, for July,l is accompa- - nied by a Supplement, containing the. Fifty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Domestic Missions, and, by an }li tre) presenting the Twenty-third Annual Report of thee Board of Foreign Mis skins. These very important docurnents are thus put into the hands of all the read ers of the Record. The inforrhation to the ehurches must hence be greatly more ex tensive than When the reports were issued only as pamphlets, and much more likely to be ,useful than when , they were spread out through successive monthly numbers.: We trust; that the Reports will be carefully ready and be preserved for reference. DOMESTIC MISSIONS. The Board make the following presenta tion of their comparative condition for the first, quarter of the current fiscal year Buring the first three months of the present , fisMil year, viz.: From the 1M of March to the Ist of June, the appropriations to our missiona ries.amounted to $46,570.41, which.is greateraq $10,048.20 than the amount appropriated during the.cm'responding period last year. The receipts finis. been greater' by only $2,078.26. The . coMmiiiionti issued were more numerons, by fipli, than during the first quarter of last year: '. From the foregoing, statement, it is evident that the receipts haie not been in proportion to the increased liabilities of the Board. It is, therefore, necessary That the.;treasury should be promptly and liberally replenished. , .t is anew policy in the Board to make appropnations so very largely beyond their ineonie. The wisdom of the scheme will tested by its working.' Till lately, was the policy of the 33oard •net to incur debt ••- now it is, to appropriate freely, un , der ;the belief that a debt having -been ad; tually incurred, the churches will givelnore liberally. It is thought that they will. not permit the actual laborer to suffer. The advocates'of the plan will be expected, of course, to put their hands deep into their own pockets; and even those who do not approve of the measure may yet sympathize with the zeal which has made the, appro priation, and, with the missionaries, should these incur actual suffering as the result of an empty treasury. Certain it is that con tributions to this important cause should be more general and more liberal than for merly; 'and if the Board have hit upon the plan. to effect this; 'they may claim com mendation. RECEIPTS in May: at Philadelphia, $3,204.; ut LOisville, $4(50 ; at New Orleans, $1;50711- EDUCATION The portion of the , Record allotted to this Board is occupied mainly with matters which occurred in the General Assembly, and Avhich were formerly laid before our readers. REOEiPTS in May ; at Philadelphia,. $2;182 ; at Pittsburgh, $ 827. FOREIGN MISSIONS., . , •CdiNA.=—The latest news is under date of "March 30th ! Mr. „Lowrie's health was-not so unfavorable as it was at the date of previous letters. He writes himself in good spirits, and takes a favorable view of his 'own case. Mention is also made • of o.ll' interesting state of religious feeling among the Chinese members of his household. WS. Devine'' health had failed, .and it would be neces sary for her husband to take her to a colder plimate. This may . prove a-providential circum stance, leading them to Japan, to be associated with Dr. and Mrs. •Hopbuim, a measure which the latter very much desire. Rankin giv . es a favorable aeCOLIM of th.e state of•religious mat ters at Ningpo. •He writes: "Yesterday, at our communion service, four more, persons were added to our church. We hope well of a few others, and probably there will be further additions be fore long., The church never seemed more alive. Their daily prayer-meetings are still kept up and enjoyed. There is, moreover, an increased spirit of inquiry abroad,' a.nd perhaps more contempt for idols, since •the fall of the idolatrous city, Hang-chow." Inuta.--The latest letters are dated Lodiana, April 17th. J Mr. Walsh writes' favorably of the state, of the mission-at Futteltpore, under the care of Gopee Nati' Nundy. In the menth.of January seven persons were received to the commueionof the church at that place, and it was expected that six more would be added at a meeting which Mr. Walsh, was about to attend. Letters from Fut tehgurh give, an encouraging view of the condi tion and prospects of the mission at that place : Mr. And Mrs. Broadhead had gone to 'MynpU lie, and commenced their labers there under pleasant and promising circumstance's. Ond or two hopeful cases of conversion have taken place at Ambala. Mr. Woodside is much encouraged in his work at.Kapurthala, and feels assured that. his steps were directed to that place ,by the proi idence of God. Artud.t.-. , .At Cerise° "it. was expected that ten or more persons would be received to the church at the approaching communion season. There had been some aickness among the members of the mission, but none of a serious chi - Teeter. " It was expected that Mr. and - Mrs. Mackey would visit this country during the sumraer, for the purpose of recruiting their health. A new church edifice, constructed of bamboo, had just, been, completed at Evangasimba, large enough to ac commodate four hundred people, and costing only $230. INDIAN Mmsrox.—At.the Ooodwatei station; Mr. and Mrs. Ainslie had"-been afflicted in the removal by death of their daughter. Mrs. Ainslie's health had, been so feeble for _some time, tit she r liad been compelled to set out on a journey to the East, in the hope of •recruiting her health by a change of air. The Creek Mis sion school, it was feared, might temporarily be suspended on account cif the prevalence of small pox in the neighborhood. The country Ives threatened also with suffering from short-crops and want of proirisions: ' RECEIPTS in May, $8,782. m4ICATIoN Part of the proceedings/of the .AsseMbli . are given in the Record, and the names of seventy-two colporteurs. .. RECETPTS ire Itiay, Donations, $1,1.56 $5,34. CHURCHIr EXTENSION.. RxesrPis in May, at St. Louie, $609; at Philia , ; delphia, $3,260. - LIFE INSURANCE.* The prejudice against Life Insurancels strong, but not rational. EVery argument in opposition to it,' when it is c.onduated fairly and by a Company organized n proper principles, is equally an, argument against making May provision for the fu ture. t , The insured are to be regarded as a MO tual aid association. The principle is, that each pays a moderate ,sumin advance, or a small sum yearly, and his , family is to re ceive a large sum -at his decease. The sums advanced are called the premium. These are judiciously, invested, and the in terest is collected annually and re-invested.„ This accumulation enables the Company to pay the large sum promised; a sum always proportioned to the amount of the premium directly, and to the...age of the insured in versely, The Tables are founded on.a long, extended, and careful.: examination, into the average of human life. /The greatest ben efit ie to - the families of thosel who die un der that average. Those who' live ,beYend the common time of life . pay,,with the in . terest; more than, what is to be drawn out' in the en& But the- benefit is peculiarly valuable to the former, not only because he draws more, money, but also because it comes just, in the circumstances which aid is the most : needed; that is, the , Man who diestyoung leaves, ordinarily, a family• of helpless This family, by. the lA.Dolutps.to:Mht . filtcetp of Lite' Remo 324.: PRESI3YTER4NY BANNER.---SATVRDA, Y, ItTL:Y 7, g 1860. .father's prudence, receives a` large amount from a fund into which htvhas paid but little, and for , whorn,.: dtheiwi§e, .he has made, and could make, no adequate provi sion. The' family of the man who lives greatly beyond the average of life, may. re- deive, as before intimated,•.. leas than the father has paid in ; but still, they 'receive the amount'agreedupan, and theY ho:v'e; all along, enjoyed the father's care, and by this time can supply their own wants. SUGGESTIONS. 1. Those to whom eltrtyi! is natural—who can save and wisely in,vest — and still save And invest the ineereit, need . not,for them selves, go to an iosnranee office. Such will Declaration of the Indepen'd `ence of the United States; was an event frapoht with the highest interest to ,the entire world. Great: was the responsibility incurred at ,that time, and nobly :was that responsibility met. Strong' was 'the' trait reposed in sod, and wonderfully , did he'' prosper that trust And ever since,„ , his good providence has : heen with us as a Na tion. - Our = domain has been, greatly•ex= tended; population has increased at a rate that has no parallel; and our Educational and ReligioUs,progress,l2S kept pace with the advances in other things. Powerful, :enemies from without have been encountered and vanquished;" and at - timss the spirit of party has raged fear fully among our own people. But still, notwithstanding, all, contrary predictions on the part• of many, we are an Undivided peo ple; we live under one geVernment we enjoy tho same privileges., At tines dark clouds seemed to hang around us, but they passed away, and the i storm we dreaded, burst not upon us. And that mind must be an.unrellective one, that does not see great reason just now, for gratitude to. God, even in the 'present agitated state of political affairs, in this country, When our condition is compared with that of the rest of the world.' The great'Empire of China is rent.in twain by opposing parties. The insurgents have aroused themselves to< fresh activity and manifest renewed energies. The .determi nation to overthrow the Tartar or reigning dynasty, seems unconquerable: The King dom of Japan, some of whose officials have lately visited US at the National expense, is convulsed. A powerfnl party there seeks the expulsion. of all, foreigners, and the de-, thronement and death of the present, Ty coon, because of the favor shown to for eigners. Turkey, the sick' man" of - the' late Emperor Nicholas, is becoming feebler every day;