= :41 A:d /35173.71f1at e .f., RITT MEI 6131)ttriiin, anntl. 4 ..PITTBBII6II, SATURDAY, JULY 14, :1860, , • Allegheny City College.--The catalogue for the • present year .shqws,; an ,atteridanee of ( fifty-seven males and fifty-two females. Separate aeconniodation a'nd instruction are provided - for the two sexes. Intemprance.—That• intetnpersoce is on the increase among us, cannot be doubted by any , one :who keeps his eyes open.. The larmincrease of drinking houses is proof of , thie: , It is high time for the friends of ternperatice to awaken to duty if they are UnCwiliinv to see the eneni altoonther vie torious.. A CALI, TO TUE CJIILDREN. In another column we present= a call frdm the Board of Church' Building to the children of our congregations, for aid in erecting a ehurch at St. Anne, Illinois. The article presents the -object in ,riew, and , urges 'it by considerations which ap peal to the Christian's heart and 'understand ing. The work is a good one. Ninny other places need churches, but in the place named the need 'is peCuliar. The applications for aid in the ereeticn of chnrehes, new amonnt, on the Enird's ales, to $30,000. This cannot' be met without a greatly increased liberality. to the cause. lAnd the frequeneyand urgency OF the calls upon the'Board, in the pros. - en :ion of their ordinary work, induce this appeal to, thp children for the special ph- Sect noted. 3• Contributions may be sent to AsOIII33ALD Treasurer; 5t.,,-Louie ;- or to Tpxorzon,E NEVIN, Esq., Pittsburgh." A NEW BOOK COMM , Some :of our readers, we , know, and very many of them we think, ,will be grati fied to learn that the Letters of "Rev. jOHN'SMITH," now appearing in , our col =um, are to be *given to the Christian public, shortly, in a neat volume. The work-is-to be issued by those' enterprising Philadelfrhia publishers, Messrs. J. B. LIPPINCOTT & Co., and we anticipate for it a very,extensive circulation.. Books on the Arminian question itre very numerous, but there is room still for more.' And need also for more. 'There is, perils' s, no form of theological error which more- than this entwines, itself with Evan gelical Christianity. As mingled with Methodisie, it is the main opponent in our day `inctreg,ion; In thiS form it is met, and Ably .and victoriously met, in the Let: tern ; to.,whieh we allude. These Letters combine, admirably, the suaviter .. with-the fortiter. • They are Scn . pittral, pointed, kind, attractive, convincing. A good ser vice is beitt,7 ren lered to truth and right eousness in, their publication. ' REVIVAL AT APPLE , CREEL 01110. The pastor of. this ohuroh, Rev. A. Yin- TirEi informs us that, some time 6. , -vo he sent US an account of an interesting work of grace in. his charge. The- maiwas that case, ,as unhappily it is inmanyothers, tat. faithful to its trust. ,, The followinn brief statement liave'jnit'received : " God has in Alt' mercy granted' a pre eicus revival Alt religion` to Apple Creek church, Wityrre Cenuty, Mao. As one of the happy results ;at the revival, fiftyinine united with us at our June communion, on examination, twenty r six of these Were heads ofifamilies.,and sixteen had not been baptized. Many .others are. anxious, inquirers, and twenty-five are partially awakened.. The religious interest yet continues. The re vival commenced before. our March com munion. C 4 Pn that occasion, ten united with• us on examination. ; ; Within three months,-Bixty _ •nine were added. to Apple Creek church •on .examination,,and.six on certificate; in all, seventy-five. .I.his, is the Lord's doings, and to, him be all the .praise. May all our churches be revived, and may the 'whole earth be filled withhis glory. ' 4l Yours affectionately, . . " Ammtxw Vinrire." rNASSAI IiALI, fIIINCETBN, Ati the late Annual , Corumencetnent of Ithis College, ;the addreis before the Liter tir'Y' Societies Walt 'delivered by WILLIAM Pafmr., Esq. Tha graduat:og'class cow: . s:sted 'ltei": - 07 11. 1.31c11.-! VAINE, D•.U., of lioClieiter, N. Y., was elected Professor " of Rhetoric and Political 'Science. 'Prof STEPHEN ALEXANDER, who goes, ith the Atrenomieal Expedition to Labrador, was'voted .V)-00t `1 Mrs. 'A. B. fIoPE, made a donation of over sixteen hundred volumes, from the brary of her late' husband, Prof. M.' B. .110 PE. Among these are many - valuable works on English Literature and Political Science. This College; is said to be in a highly prosperous condition. - The degree of D. I?. was conferred upon the. Revs. JOSEPH. M. OGDEN of Chatham N. J., CHARLES K. INEREE, of Jersey City, Lxvi H. CHRISTIAN, pastor' of the North PresbYterian church, Philadelphia, and the ReV.'Nfr. PETRIKIN, of Richmond, Va. . ROVEMENT IN ST., OUTS. :On the 19th of June, emeeting was held in St. Louis, by the friends of Sabbath sanct funtion, and. an Association organized to carry their,good purpose into execution. A constitution; of which the following is the main feature, was drawn up, and signed 43y those present; viz.: " 4 0itr object' is to secure a respectful -observance of the Christian Sabbath, and in order to fdrm trrinelens strutted which all the advdcates of Sundny Reform may rally. , "We,' whose names are hereto subscribed, pledge ourselves sacredly to each" other' and to our common city and State, that hereafter we will endeavor to elect only such men to office, as in our 'judgment, can be relied on to promote the design for which this Association has been entered ' A Committee consisting of three per sons in ,each Ward and Township, was ap pointed, to circulate the Constitution and. obtain signatures ='Efforts' of: thia-lind are needful; -Knowledge, 'permasitin, and example must' all be brought hotn., to men, in order to the exerOng upon them of a proper inane*. ' ,The Church does well for those 10,6: are disposed '-t o' :esedf- to' enter it. But the mnktitudea -that' diSposition. Stfehmurd bvought in otberPlaces. The be ,of Artered influence must be br:ought to bear:upou.them where they, can lisi:found ! G-e, into the highways and I:ol4o,"`that atreeia and th e leeei, CIPOSING A ItINISTER';! . A cconling to I 're!--byterianistn; and hence, as we hetieve, accordirv't - to the''Scriptires each congregation has a right to choose whom it will for its pastor ; that is, whom it will from among those whom God has ,called to his.Service'. in the , holy ministry. The exer`cise`:.of this Tight, is cue of•the must impOrtant, for themselves, their off s„.r.n-, an 1 r their neighbors. which ti:Oltris tiau petyrle„iiire ever,. called perform. And it isi.onmlthe judicious use of which, ftcy wight not to be expected to.learn by. experience:' Once or twice, in ante-tittle, is about as often•as th ia.me individuals shoulcl.be called, ordinurily, toile perfori ance.•. When A people and-a, Minister have, gone through their mutual !'parts in 'an in= stallation service;' the term "settled" sheUld be appropriate to the' transaction. ,Now, that Whielt,is to be enduring, should -be rightly done ; and the doing of:a-thing. rightly, tends to its st.thil ty . and'lyr.nal ence. This is 'especially so in the' great transaction - of which we speak—the choos• jug of a pastor. ! `. As it .belongs not to the order: of the house of God that experiments should be made, 'a wise people will be exceedingly .anxious to learn how to proceed wisely, when aa led in providence tuthe discharge of the day. 1. One of-the firstothings to be done is_ to pray. No-nallif will Wisely ekereise his jn:Pgnient, particularly in spiritual things, unlass'he is divinely directed. Every m needs much prayer, and persevering, prayer. '"And, faward'the obtaining of a pastor a' people should ,pray,,,not only that they may be; able to - make a wise choice, but,that the Lord would 'choose for Ihein, and send `them - a, man after his own heart. It' to . he feared that ,(uir churcheS do not make enough of the thought that the minister is amt--sent Of. God. They regard' him too much in the mere relations of a common , ' humanity, arid not enough in that 'of ;an ambassador of dhrist, • and „hence when they call and- install him, they look uponT him as theirs, and the act as theirs, and the new relation' they regard as of their own constituting; and they are hence tou much disposed to : use him or misuse him, to heed him or criticise him, to retain; him or send him off, at their own will and whim: The whole thing'is looked upon too much as secular, and too little, spiritual 4, too much as the carrying out of a human, plan, and too little .as the, solemnizing of a Li-, vine anangement. This is one cause of "short settlemen'ts" and of ineffective paS ,,, toral litbersT. The min star is 1. man as are others *- but he is tt, man called of Clod to a Work, tattg,ht of , GOkii 'endued Nvith grade, and seilt lOrth. The. Ministry is a gift; the ascension rift of ' f iesu.s. The good 'pastor" is the g of ..j,e,stis to a,, portion 1 -of his flock, by whom he intends :to bless them. I'Cien destitute of a shepherd, they shou d ask him to gi'C't ateth 'one—to send them the man is horn{ he Will oin, and by whim h , • w;11 .lead them in green pastures.- , A vac int church should then, alx.und rayer—piayer, Tor this Terythin & , Ch st may send, them a seisms of h s. -ada, ted.to the'work i -and give them intent gin:e to know hien, and a,. heart to receive 2. In the choice of a minister, a people are,to exercise their own enlightened judg ment. It is thus that God will execute h s will and Rarpope for their benefit. Ile his created them with intelligence, he has blessed them With regenerating grace, he has bestowed . 46n them his Word of in . struction to enliolten their minds and di- rect their judgment"; and now he says, in this light, and thus heavenly instructed, choose, Choose for your own ben'efit. In the discharge of this duty, then, and in using this pt4vilege, a wise, people will, course, select fbr their pastor a man ivho is taught of God. He must be 'sound , in the faith, and . well acquainted with the Scriptures. He Must also have an ex.. Per - mental knowledge of the application of,the benefits of Chrise,s redemption. He must be aman, of mnelvpietyi .one' , whe Las an interest at the' thriine of grace, who 'can lead - them there,'amithere plead their cain-e. A readiness to impart knowledge, - "'fess N `teach, will also be a qualification ft,r. 'which a wise people` will lMik, in the man Who is to be the instrument of curino'rthem and theirs of their ignorance. This 'will' embrace clearness of conception, e discrint imiting use 9f language, a ready utterance, a manner whiclitateracts and holds the at t3ntion, and especiall ; a delight in comniu- Ideating k.nowleflge 7 -sitch a taste for this, and joy in it, that it shall be,.as • it , were, the man's meat,-;to impart wisdom. A consistent' and 'exemplary conduct will also be a requisite in the man to be chosen. The pastor is a reader. I-Ie is to, go before clock, rather than drive it. ;:As the minister is Christ's A mbasiader, he la to ex . , etnplify 'Christ: 'He is to show to 'men as Well as to' tell tteni, What they, sheiild be. elaims to be regenerate, and hence, with him, old' 'things have passed away. - is . 'an epistle from Christ- Ile is a Sainple of the 7haracter and power' of the 'religion wh eh he p7eaelics. - ,A . people taught ,of God,,,w;il look; at this with greet interest. A'eongregation whiCh would judiciously laok 'after its own' welfare, will also, in ingaminister,nister, lia ie regard to the man's expe rience +in guiding, : tite,affczir.s ,of a cher . ch, ia administering discipline, and in direct ing inquiring It is here, perhaps, that pedple haVeUeleast thought, and call into requisition ,the smallest amount of judgment. So re'skless are congregations in this respect, diet' a correspondent of a Boston paper say: "" In law, medieine, and politics,, which relate to the present rlife, men of age and ,experience, and ti i ied'ability, occupy. pieces Of honor and inflUencc,,but when it comes to,. preaching thel everlasting „gospel, and caring for immortal sonls--why, the younger the better—the 10s experience, the, greater competency. G1..5e:04, is not cast oft' be cause,he .seven 'y -three, no.. Ji.ifige Veatilise hela:seventy-four, nor Chief Shatice Taiiey' beiause he is cighty-two nor, too look abroad, isguizot taken French leave .of. because he is seventy-two, nor is - 1./Ord7a,kaerston bidden from the helm of Stake, even in perilous 'times, because_ be, is seventy-five. Lor. Brougham ,is • of some little acebunt at- eighty,, and Lord Camp-. bell's,opinien is worth consideration,,ihough. ha, is seventy-eightt When a minister of Christ has drawn near tp fifty, or ftfty-five, I. he may deem'kuns f fortunate tf he is not inalitamea and ,away among , the " lather 4:" course, to, all this.. ihere may be many, hondahle,aveitions:4 . ~. PRE Sl3 T MON 11 AN N . , E SAT URD A 4l tt - JUL Xi - 1 1860• 7 44, "Z? • sl, • ;`7‘A ' IP:‘ This is, perhaps, greatly ovri • • l e tlp.wo ; but • still, there is Mali y,r( rind for the re marks. Knowedge aecu red hy=experience - - we value highly, in a p h ysician; lawyer, merchant, hanker, meehanic—iueverything secular. And why, not also in things spir itual. Is not the , soul precious ? -has its sicknesses,.-and its ivanderings,'iind 2'its waywardness; and skill in healing; and re-, claiming, and guiding it, is, of vast utility. Experienee ima pastor, a wise. experibnce, is of inestimable But there are,: as shown above, other qualifications which a people are not permitted to dverlook; and' an extended combination of excellences is found in,•comparatively, but very few men. There are not enough such to furnish one to each community ,of. Christian , people. , Some . 'churches, then; must riecessarily have their treasure not only in earthen; vessels, but in Vessels SOMCNy hat marred: Let:them not, however, refuse •the treasure on tif's aeCount. It is precious by whomsoever •, • • Let not then the servant of Christ be, Slighted, because he is advanced in,years.. Twenty or thirty yeafs . of ministerial ex perience add greatly to the : true minister's value and will compensate for the want of some' appreciated modernisnis. 'And do not, either think lightly of the young 'man, because he, is youtc , . He may' have' :knowledge, and p'ety, and aptness to teach, and much true Wisdom 3 and an, experience he will be acquiring from, day today. We recur to the thought, skit 47g , T1-'-'- ask-Jesus Christ' for.one of his; .for.an as eension gift. Then reet lye , the - intniater as an ambassador—as one sent of .God. PERSECUTIONS IN SYRIA. The blessings of a good government can poti be .fullT appreciated. Men ..who reap the fall fruits ox their own indastry„oceu py their own homes in peace, go out and come in, and lie down and rise, up without the fear of Moleitation, and enjoy the tso ciety of ,parents, Children and frietWS un distirbed, should not' free at little annoy anees. It may help us to gratitude, contentment, and thanksgiving, to read occasionally of what- Men suffer in other The correspondent of the Bo s ton Tray , , dip-, :writing from Beirat, Syria, on the 6th ult., says: Druses and Christians, numhering, hun- Aredi of 'thousands are now, engaged in wholesale murder, arson andpillage .in .which fiendish Work ihey . are aided ' by tuVks, Moslem Arabi, and the people known as the Metawalies. From my,win dow last week I counted, froth 'twenty to thirty trarnintr villages, upon the mountain a few miles from Beirut, from whence, the flash of musketry may easily be , seen; and tile volleys heard one after another in rapid succession, as they echo, through 'the val leys. The dying and the dead are brought daily into the town in, large, numbers 'and the widows and,the orphans.. may be seen , in great crowds wailingweeping and about the streets. The barbarity of this ,war is.truly•shock ikg. Men, women and children - are _over taken while ficeing for refuge and ‘ without arms, and ' s:aughtered le praying for quarter. The - Uhriatilins , have tlius - lar'snlii>fed - moA terribly. Their vil lages have been burned, their crops de stroyed, and, great numbers have been bru tally murdered, while the Druses,,,whio are better warriors, and far more,cpgrageous, are assisted by the Trirks„ Moslems, and Metawalies, and up to this time have proved,surcessful... The •Writer traces the, origin of , these troubles ,to ,the bitter feuds between: the Druses and Christians. Last .Summer, at Bait Marti, a quarrel, arose which, threat ened to precipitate a war, in which the Naronite .Christians were victorious, bar ing repulsed the Druses, killing tarty ,or more, whales their own. loss , was less, than one-third that number. Although, peace was then declared, the Drives have since assassinated every Christian who came in their Way with an evident ,deterwinatien to make the' number of the Maroniie loss equal to that Of the Druses. `lhis•aroused the ,Christians, and se exasperated them, that they made an cittaek upon,several Druse villages. At first ,:they were successful, but, relying upon their numbers, they ne glected to appeint leaders, or to form any plan for the campaign; consequently, the Druses rallied under their ivarrior chic& and burned ,every •Matonite, and Greek Christian village within their, reach. TIM' provincial authorities pronounced the invad ing party—the Christians—to .be rebelS, and the Governor-General proceeded with all his available lime to the mountains and brought his cannon to bear,n.pon l the Uhri`s thins, checking them at every, turn, while the Cruses, aided ,by the. soldiery; carried on their work of Pillage .and,,marder -in a manner shameful even to a North American. Indian. Denounced as traitor's and rebels, their homes having, been burned, their crops destroyed; and, in some eases, their families butchered, the Christians are rallying for the forlorn hope ' for they .feel that the Druses, thus aided, will endeavor to miter initiate them.; Thiis,% however, will Mk' be an easy matter, as the Maronite Greeks: and Greek Catholics number about two hundred and fifty thbusand, and if, as they hope and daily expect, =the Eitropean Powers:4M come to their aid, they may not only be saved, but greatlyiniprore their,ebnattion, ky `being placed .under the rale bf Euro pean Prince, who. may be plaCed over the Government of Syria.' ' • 'The American missionaries in Monnt Lebanon have been`areitly 'eipoied; but as yet have suffered only *OM- the want (if provisions. Upon the breaking•olif of the war; Mr. Consul Johnson `sent, gudrdi-for their pretection, and some eases provi sions. Some of the families of the MiSaion have come down to 'Beirut-under an eicort, furnished by the Conant," and others are daily expected. .No personal (linger to the Americans in ; Mount Lebanon*iiapp,re hended, ah they are well 'known and well protected, but their work is`stopped by the war, their houses become asylutud -for the wounded and the fearful; in fact,•they are crowded out by the people who sect. `their protection; for, wherever the Alei.iCan flag is seen waving on the housefop, the people thick great numbers for' ad in i ssien. • `The American Mission premises are crowded day and night by women and children cry ing' tbr bread,. Which they receive with comfort `and consolation from the American missionaries. News has been ,received -that Deirel .Kenir, a Turkish town, ,and garrisoned by Turkish troops—unlike the other Christian towns, 'which. are governed 'either . ri s tian Oruse -feudal* i 'state of , siege:.4 This indicates that the Turles are determined to,..orush,the Christistr pow. er in Mount Lebanon. thus attacking a Turkish town, the Druses bepowe rebels, but the: Governor-GeberaLforsete his se. sutned Consistency, and allowlitftho.Drit4ses to burn a •large portion of the - pkee.befOre he interfered. 'lnformation has also.been rebeived this evening, that the Christians .in 'the North , Lebanon• are rallying, and , repuls ed the.Druses with , great , slaughter. This yet requires confirmation tis generally. believed alai ;the , Christians .1 hike -.)beeopie iiiitilwarreited:.:tryvtlie)wan 4ftkint7llur/is , 1 wittyth e 1) ruses, at are "trivino. up their arms : 4 Ii 'estimated,at the: ; 'Britis4 'Coti;illate"'thatL about iI ty villa es ha4e 'been burned. It is believed that the Eu ropean Powers will now interfere in behalf ,of the _Christian of Syria, and relieve them from the TurkiSh-yoke. `: - SOUTIVESTER - N ADVISORY COMMITTEE. This is the title of ran agency of the Board 'rf, 'fromestie, Missions, Whose seat of operations is at New,,Orleans, and •whose field of care embraces the Synods of Ala bama; Mississippi, and Texas, and the Pres bytery of ChickasaW,in the Synotkof kern 'phis. it had, per repc;it of 186; minis ters, one. hundred and eighty-eight; churehes, three hundred and sixteen ; c• inunicants, one thougand five hundred and fifty five: Its Organization was authorized by 'the General 'Assembly ~ of 1859, and effected :during the .Summer and Autumn of that year,. It has the collecting and disposing of all -the - funds. which ran be 'raised in its own - Reid. It appoints and compensates its own Corresponding Secrete ry. It nominates.all its own missionaries, apilfixeS their ,stilaries, the parentßoard having obligated- themselves to appoint all its nomine.es 'and to pay them by drafts, on its (the , Advisori.Cpniniitte&s) Treasury. This , Cortunittee siccppies vastly impor7 taut position in the Church,. and. promises, great uSefnlness'. It has gone into' opera -lion withinuch vigor, ; under the guidance of a. Very ,efficient Secretary, Rev. Pr. DE collected, up to Marchjst,lB6o,' 813,978.41.,.and:expended 88,542.25; and had in it? employ-nine inisaionaries. . The ' numbet of Missionaries is very small but, at the time of the report„sev eral"Jahorers wereunder appointments from. the Western. Executive Committee, who would come under the SouthlWestern as soon as their year would -terminate. The pere.tary : had Also visited several. of ,the ,Seminaries, .and had: ngaged y.oung mento. 'gii.fo that fielctlaSsooti'ai their studies were eon - 104a We relative to, its wide.ipread des ti tntions, a. paragraph from the Committee's first Annual Report:.. It;says: "This . vast South-Weitern field' inipor 'tunes, with Macedenian earnestness, every Seminary. in our land: Look at its spirit 'mil desbn'ition's, stretchina en a base line of longitude . foniteen hundred miles from the Georgia boundary to El Passe. The single State of Teisas, : eight hundred miles in di ameter, with an immenie fluctuating and heterogeneous population, with some sixty counties, without a single settled minister of the' Go . pel, has but .13 missionaries,of our Board : 'Louisiana has 47 parishes; and only *.r.4 active ministers of our church; and ihere is almost ab - equal destitution in Mis 'sfssippi 'and Alabama. Then look at 'our missionary supplieS, contrasted , With'other section's of the Church and country. Penn- gYlvania, 'the 'home of - the Board, last year had 69 missionaries, and Texas 13; Ohio 54, and Alabaina 10; Illinois 72, and Lou isiana 6 ;"lowa ',62, - and Missisiippi 10; While Wisconsin had 30, ' and Indiana $4 The' four'North:.Weifern States had 198, and the %iris SontivWesterifB9. Theleur formerStatei, with onlyhalf the extent of. farifory,reecivwd432 3 4-92--frouvha :but the four latter only $8,255; while our section contributed`: $5.890. to the-common treasury,..and that only. 82,812... Surely' these; startling, facts :should awaken an in tense activity in behalf.of our owir.desti-' tutions.: ,And,then beyond us. stretch. .the almost:illiniitable mission fields 'of Mexico and Central •America; ninkin a state of civil anarchy and spiritual darkness, appealing with , ten-lhousand pathetic:utterances to Protestantt.Christeridoiri for the light'and liberty of the .sons of God. Surely if an, apology were neededfor the oratinization of this Committee, it is patent-to t r he Christian world; in this, evident.cOndition of Our own and ,-,the border field heyond. And. if in centiies toz'the vigorous prosecution of this impertant:and difficult.work are necessarY,. we find irrepressible motives and constraints in the 'work itself." - Witirtheie facts before us we are not to wonder: that", our brethren., resident in the region were importunate for .an or-aniza t4 on by which work might be, done. Nor are we',to,,take, these statements as coM plaints ,against,,the pareitt:Board. That 'Board'eannnt compel missionaries to'go at its „ , w or • d. It can but commission. the wilt ling And the main feature ,Of its opera tions is, that it' commissions, those. whom the Presbyteries recommend.' It is not a. Sovereign, 'but an agency. Power is-re tained in the Presbyteries; and wisely so. The parent. Board commissioned all who .vrnr,e, - dulyr4bnlMended: to them, ,butAlle ;Presbyteries - in that region had not= the -the, „Beard conlArlafilyi men' wil ling to go. ' = With' the 'present arrangernent we trust that there will be, in the Seuth-West, a iait'inere*e'of laborers. • There is much wealth there, and the fact that it is called `out for i t'inle supply„,an retained un der 4, spiAccaktrol, will, we hope, make it -flow freely,' . • ~losv3 : have we not many you'ng ministers who will.give heed to this Macedonian'cry? IM EC,O.ND PITTSBUR9II. ' Two'weeks ago we gave a brief. notice of the cri recently erected and nlegant!et . rneture: We, this week,, give iiltiielliJrac,4linf from the pea of a cot . :respondent: Vie"43B7 . tat!on had its lollipop 'to strtigile G tlirongli, but, under tbe,3vatehfill :6#11".#`121"4"-ip . "*.rrr, and by . bid diligent, kiiNii_e o g 64w, and attained a viggiova nianliiiddi:ilgnder Mr. DUNLAP, who now yesys k ith: r,* , • happy, it s t i ll flouri sh e d. ,pnrinpthe *ministry of Dr. .11owmtni, its .ir4ie,gripa."ond' kalued pastor, it leas not still, but has abounded,in good' wdrke: ~ . .dhe...new.building.will afford some room 'for' gioW!.b in numbers, and its own wants in Ae.line. of, ,ohntch 'erection being now amply lupPlie4; and , its`debts all 'remoyed, as the in'emisiiii,,thit they, will lie speedi- ly,'it will-be noted even more 'than , form erly ,11;11 a fonfit:iiiti, of li b erality. : lire , '0 • congratulate ,J Dr. HOWARD on's !lap. atapeots - • 1.0 .... • ••• ••• 1) • ECCUSIASTICAL. Rev. ANDREW litirrus hag accepted a unaniVie *4l Gititsk tear"; Waype Colpity,V))lo. • : .4e??; lowe;. h ved anl;4o.lktpted:- all frOpi the church of dOrliiikni, Gfal4a, 4141 removed thithee. iteV. aS43IU al • McOULIMIGH AZ DERS4 its dulyinstalledi by• the•,Presbyterref • ,CeclaNlis,pipt,sof. the ehttr:oh at Ditveat: .1 Ii et. • JOHN LAtriNM S Post Office adaress is chaoged ,West , illanchoster, Pa., to licebester, ht. . . Rev. A. HAIVITENCE, late or Columbia, Tenn.;:lia:Ving removed to Philadelphia, requests his correspondents t address hith accordingly. Rev; AIdNAIR; a graduate of Danville Seminary, has been invited tolake charge of Mogatiza and Williamsport churches, La.- Pis lost Office address is'Mogiinza; Rev. B. WAYNE has been invited to the churches of Livingston' and Bethany, Alabama. One oP the RELICS OF OLD TIM'S in 'Boston is nearly gone. The venerable Elm that stood in the ‘‘ComniOn," dear to every inhabitant, : and visited next after the old State . House ,by every stranger, has been shattered by the storm. The iron bands, that so long'held it,together, were broken, and one half of the "Old Elm" fell to the ground. .This .tree grew up with Boston from its earliest infancy. In the revolu tionary.: at - n*es 'it -was one of the places constantly resorted to by the Sons of LibeitY.' the news of ' victory - Fos .often illuminated with ,lanterns hung from its branches. 'Anil, from it 'many a .tbry was hung in• effigy. Very 'near this tree the first dna in Boston was fought, by Benjamiti 'Wobalifildo!e and Benry Phillips ,The first volume of the new edition of .13A:CON'S IVORFLS, announced to be publish ed July lit, will not be issued till Septem ber. The Pubfishers, Messrs. ;Brown tk, Ta. , zard have received a letter from, the English:editor, .11r:'Spedding, who has so interested himself tis to infthiit them that if they will delay the issue till Selitember, he w.ll furnish them certain notes and.correc- tions, which Ivilj greatly add to the value :of their,edition. Havingreceived this k;ncl offer: Irani' Mr. Spedding, the publishers. think. that it is dne to their large list of subscribers to delay the issue, and thus give the_ American edition a further superi ority:ovetr the En.iish. Tns SOCIETY tO Mr. Parker lately ministered still meets, and is entertained on _ .Sabbath morning by different lecturers; but withbut any well de-fined course for the fa - - tare. Last Sabbath morning, E. H. Hey wood, Esq., discoursed to them on the highly Evatifyelistic subject of "Ideas and Institu , tious.", Theodore Parker was by,no, means the amiable and loving ratan he is generally considered to have been. Those who look upon - him as such, areas mizehmistaken a.}3 was Bayard Taylor,: when - ,he represented Humboldt to be so.kiud and good that he , did not need religion, as do most other men. While the yubliezttion of Humboldts cor rgspimdence proves him to have Leen : one of the most spiteful, luting, and insincere of men; even 31r. Taylor himself does nn:,, escape: his biting sarcasm. The Springfield., Republican, that 1:10 ~one, .one will suspect of any desire to do injustice to the character of Mr. Parker ,thus.s , e,talts of, him: , Mr. Pai:ker- belonged to a class of men who' talk at great, deal about " the. love of- the great: cather,". and the -4 4 laW of love," and t he," broit erlioOd of'bunianity,"' and Illustrate their principle% bY •hating everybody because 'evel-y 7. body does :not love: everybody. Now the • love .tbat.gushes freely at, the touch of an unknown . negro, and congeals ; under the glance of an or thodox neighbor, may be an eicellent artiele;, bin we don't like it. We do not heave we do any injustice,to_Theodore,rarker—witen we say that, beweyerloving he May have been, he did not love leis" -- If he•did7'he used strange words for the„expressiOn of his affection, and !took strange. ways of showing it. It is not too much to : declare that be regarded • those, around. him at differettee with-his creed as mainly hypo , crit es, for he used no soft words in expressing his convictions upon that point.* - I 1:051 .4 TnE ORAT ION OF ETT, On the inet:,• was, like All. hie prodnetione, Elaborate, ornate, and ehlideterized by lofty and 'patriotic sentiments..: His ..object. was to:combat the idea •so industriously pm:, lnul'gated•just'•now Ahrougli 'Europe', thilt the' American• eiperintent of-self-0140p. went, the of an exteriskre - electerel franchise, is. sUbstantially •i .Tn .. , PUROII2.BB OP TILE UNITARTA.N OBUILOH for , ibe use the .li'irst Pretshitie fitin cluroh, lids . now been pomplc:ely,con-, st l im Services 24prepriate to the occasion, were .held jV3t. Sabbath. Preach - ing Au the morning_and: afternoon by.the lilagill;`and in 'the evening by 'Rev. Dr.. Kirk. :Every Presbyter:in Will rejoice to learn th 4 we have at , length , acquired, uch a firm, foothoid,in ; the _we : tropolis .of brow Tea' long hive we neglected this, our.diniiitry.'"4 • The Co Lizet Co**.zyczat*?iTs thiough . .out New EnglapdAron.iise to, be numinally interesting. The . addresses will be deliver- ed! bylablti men, 'end, fe'r' the most. part, treili: in: this lino of iiifort. .The 'College orators' that 'have bad the:ear of the .pull for the'last half dozen.. years, tiro genteilili laid aside this season:l ••. • , •,v, The New England Congregational' . As sociations will not bare any thing to do with. Ow proposition of the last New School General Assembly, with.regard to the mat ter 'l;f HOME MiiszoNs: The separation. betieen ConoTe*.mtionalists and'New pout,' ..tresbyterians in the . work of 4opAz SION S may now -be regarded. as %complete. That cooperative , Christianity that formed ' 'the sermons .' and addieSsei of • . ',School breth ren:some yi3are.sigo;..seeils" to be nearly extinct: - . ' • "Ix lklaitif - EL," who 'Midi himaillf co 1. Is • • popular some ten years no, Dy nut "`.Rev .pTies of a Bachelor,", is, livin g on a An nail fent, which he oultiVates, nibs of New Iltven. ' His early oltition for literary distinction seems 'to - heie in a greet measure died out. His mdch - talked of " History of Venice - a' still sleeps in 'his own dehieves. r. daring th.C,, day, and disraiY , O . f • fre ; worka . •nn lbw:evening. There was a Military pa ..frade,•touVtlfe • ent,huAiatin:. of former 404 14 fo'r'citizen soldiering no Tonger exists'. =MEM upon the recurrence of the anniversary s.f 5 124PePdep,ce, t4:3 brush • • escort OK; 6914iersof , moat .capacione church-, when the,.;beelar lion 'Of . I.lldependeneewsi read, mita 'ger": ' • iron savoring strongly of polities.**•del. . • ,• .liveked. But now . there. are no more dims. tbe,,,RevoluOce2 •be: be espcqter4. -- ffl id ' even Oet.BPlki.Tllsq the " a T44 . 4' B g a 4: .i.amaitaknostent.::44o,..peolakatibil,ifthot .. ~ ,EASTERN SUMMARY. BOSTON ANDNEW-ENOLAND the staple' 'of so rate& 'pionkexiiitation in r,OIIK. THE FOURTH was Observed in tills city , with the u s ualexcursions to • Country •tbe. • . Thmi it was the custom of the ,military, read, and the: Sermon is . not heat d. he' only vestiges left of ft Fourth of ti y ebratiun'aiivitsed to Le, axe the u.cetiugs of the Tammany Society and the Society of the 6nai;inati, both of which have tough work to keep up an interest in, these, annual festivities. It-was on -tklOth day 1176, that 'the sturdy . rebels of Upon receiving the news of the signing` of the reclaration of Independ ence, at Philadelphia, on the 4th, hastened iltoAhe .toWling.Greep,an4 transformed-into letS the statue of King George the Third, that for so long had been the emblem of England's' power over the Atherican col on-Co: 'Since few i months since and left, by his Will, $300,- 000 to ~ purchase a farni noon which' t-) "place such destitute children in New-Yolk as might be placed under the guardianshp lof the "Bose Benevolent Association."' One of the conditions was that a like sum '.'should be raised by"others. At a meeting. recently held here.. the Trustees" of the Pro ple's College, at Havana. N. Y., reported- Lthat Charles Cook, of that place, was ready to contribute-the additional $300.000, pm vided the farm and institution should be ` IJcated at that place. , .1 [. THE FUBLISHERS are: buiy; and a fire Supply of new and valuable works will be re dq fbr the Fall sales. The now work by Dr. J. G. Holland, better known as I Timothy Titeomb, will be brought. out by Mr. C. Scribner, and is entitled, ." Miss 'Gilbert's Career." It will contain some sharp hits at our, modern .prevailing novel ,ties ,of opinion on female e4ucation and davelopment. The same publisher will walict shortly issue a volume by the - Rev. J. i C. M. Bellew, entitled, '" Christ in Life,_ Life inChrist." Harper _&; Brothers announce Studies _ _ in - Animal Life," by George H. Lewis. Also, "Young Benjamin Franklin?' 'by lklayhew. Both from early sheets. Westei•man & Co,. of New York, have iripress the " Codes Alexaudrinus, Novutu Testament:tun, Graeco cx antiquissimo." It is to be uniform with the "Codex Vat-, icanus." The price to subscribers' is to be $3.00. - Phinriey, Blakeman & Mason announce " Astronomy of the Bible," by Professor O. M. Mitchell." This will donbtleSs be a popular and valuable work. The later StinistoN OF BISHOP fIUGHTS, on' the Papacy, has given,- great offence." A the newspapers, both secular and reli g:.ous, not in the intet•est of Rome, de-1 Bounce He undcrookto set forth that , fie ermine of the l'ope'had ever been pure and,Stainless. But it is a little too late in t to liistory of the world for an Archbishop t',,,atteinpt to conceal the infamies of such monsters as Cm:sal; 13orgia, and Pope Jtllius.'i 'I he Archbishop seemsterribly bellicosetinl behalf of the menaced Vatican. The Nevi-York "'SABBATH COMMIT 2 TEE " whose labors in ,behalf of a better, observance - of ,the Sabbath have been so judicious rand so successful, has addressed an earnest memtirial _to the Directors of the Central Park, asking that it may be pro-, teetedtrom,military parades, bands of' mu-. sic, the sale of refreshments, and, other things prejudicial to quiet and peace on the Lord's day. They,do not ask to have the Park closed. 1 hey woula leave it to. the cOnscietice of the • people whether to walk there or not on the Sabbath, just as. it is with respect to the: streets. But they would have it protected against everything , tending to dissipation. THE Quaxims are making elfortifor v.go.rons stand in this city. They are net wiliingly tol3e entirely rooted out. They, have so fir -conformed to the prevailing po:icy as'to _undertake, the erection of a urignificent ehurCh of their order. At the' 1 styearly meeting it' was- agreed to raise' .61.0 . ,4003, for this purpose. The entire Sum has' been already raised, and the ground purchaSed. At the, monthly meeting, $50,- 003 were raised ; ,$40,000, will be realized by-the -.sale of the - present property; and $lO,OOO will beziven by the yearly meet-, ing. , "Thenew-site consists of eleven lots near :St up: esan t Square, which cost $65,_ 000. ,The sul3s,eriptions Were remarkably Lberal ; one Friend in the leather trade gave 400, another in the hardware trade s•l,b 30, and several gave sume'Varying from $.1,000 to $,OOO. PHIL .A D EL PHIA. "TVA COM P4ITFEE * appointed, Bit the" put- , Poie,lins se Penn leeied Sqitare as the Place' , forthe.screction of the.publie :buildings of the city:- Tkits the venerable buildfrotlon, Chestnit -- tieet, around which so limp memories or the past duster, will remain; tetelkefi t -apd ludepen (isnot 18q,..9Vp. Abe leftifreetuto the Nationa4ibinenleet A i e= sociatiorl:ws: I • ' ' The Philadelphia' SOCIETY rOn. THE PROMOTION OF • A.CARIOULTIME, has made arrpLegemente for the . exhibilionti be held' at!'Poireltmi. Oh - the-ill*: 27th ~28th, and an ' are bemgytgorously Pleased by the t‘iinitu, ittee of. Arrangements The.sehedule (af premiums will be issued shortly, aird will' be. notonlyvomprehengive -but liberil,. • The eihibitioh e3 T44lo l °*. • • .oliterouta4,l42Rum-bilt okillowAititet • press h ef „i nof the rui:;-cellaue,,, ; , writinlo . s of Riel and Itu,ll, a public better-known to the last than the pre, ( .,, t omneration, but always deserving to be he's; in remembrance; as a dignified, honest, zol t enlightened. statesman: It is entiti o ‘,‘,Occasional Productions, matic, and Miscellaneous, by the L tt , Richard Rush. Edited by his Esecutot:i." Messrs. Lirnsar , & BLAKISTONs r bringing out a new and complete edition o liurtzs Church aistor3r. The late. Bisuor Do.ANE was ono dressed by an English writer as " Geor , , ;e , Lord Bishop of New Jersey;"-uor did th e Bishop ever repudiate the title. Ihe lowing-precious. niorsal of news trout th e Prote.stant Olinrchntan, exhibits the that his. successor, Dr., Oienheiiner, for merly, of this city,. is equally disposed t o be a Lord over Clod's heritage. The Evangelical brethren elected DiArr,p Odenheimer I resident of their missionury ty, -and notitied hies. The Lishop ater. same thirty. of them, to talk the mailer oNe l ., ArriOng this number were of Abe- crergy, Li-, Neville and Jones, and I Messrs. II:111i., buane, Clark, sever, Byllesby, Maxwell, Fqg , ,, etc. ; of the laity, .Nlessrs. lL illiamson, Stritu,a, Parker, Wiriteli ad, 'lrtadWeß, the. The gave !heal in lull his views 01 - the power or Lishop...-fle said that they• were, the pastors of the people; he was more— T he was the chief pa, tor. Tney Might all be out of the Diem ebsi.r, the next Convention; lie was.there ior foe worse. As he could .nt t attend l 1. smtahy to'lhe'spiritual wants of all the p, (pie lliOcese.lliey were his subord.hates to work. All'thai he. wanted to do the mission;iry work of the 'NOME% was a Finance Committee Ulm ministers were to lase thelaintey, and it at the..apostie's feet;" (verbatim I) and lie w.u. to disbUrseit to stieh men as Le pleased. if they did nut choose to raise the aeon y in their park , Y.is to support mete of -his select he would conic to their people and raise it him self !-• Our correspondent calls this' "the conceit , . trated essence- pof Romish Episcopacy," atol says it - has .t•raised.the spirit of .bexington auk' Bunker 11111 In the hearts of Eiangelical men in New-Jersey.' '' • Th,is.is about, as rich a display of :s. copal uotrpation as we.have. seen fur nizav a day. OE For the Preabyterinn. Duper ArlPOW.ledgMent. The 'congregation of Pleasant Crove church ; Yresbytery of- : Dulatque, make tho - following acknowledgment ni.:4s, he ladies of the Second PresbperiEin church, Albany, N. Y , h ' . made us The handsome present of a silver plate . do'innuinion service, in addition to fermer . 'llteral donations, and thus bsve lit ught us under "grateful obli g ations to thou therefot e, 2i elvecl:''lh it we accept with lasting gratitude their generous ptesent. Resolved', we acknowledge our ap preciation of the gift, connected, as it le, with the dearest objects of Christian affec tion. 'Ats 'material is to us an emblem of of the . purity'of . affection and purpose which prompted its 'presentation ; its use brings us into Intimate communion with saints, where everything which tends t,) distract and , Mailthe peace of the church is forgot ten, and where Christians of every name in sweet esfun son sit armincl.the table of their commOrt,Lord, to record" his love and show death` detill he come-==to 'renew their cov enant with', hint, ask his pardon for past offences, and to seek his grace for time to . Reeobed,' That we remember them at a thrond of grace, that God •would bless them With iqhist sjirituai Llesines atd anirly reward enbir - work .and Libor of lore, in making them eminently successful in doing good in' the - name of ' Resolved, That.we desire an interest in their prayers for spiritual 'blessings to ac company our temporal mercies; that our little church may groW,and become a bless ing Co the communitY'iii'Wtich we lire—a ibuntain whence shalt flow:rivers to make glad thelcifY of our God Resolved.' That these resolutinas be pub lished in the Pre,,biter7;i7i, and -Preskyte ricen Ban and a Copy. be sent to tie donors: efltile 28th, 1863 , . , ' Poi - tli6 , P7Eibytetian Eanlier The Children's Church Anne. 8 •• " • . , 4 11 LiRI L.T.Rgir!.,: - Fteari ` t y, Sevtnty auks south OilAti u ,olty, Olic;igo, is Kan 41iiluis;; .. settlement pf Fritieb, qittiaßaus ceuteritig around a tillage cslled ;; St, Anne . the settleuient fii‘z hutUired.ifamilies, inert of whom t h eirliastor, .lie*. Charles Chjoigui, base viithiß,Oe.,last five years thrown ufic Oie sh:to,4t,of Itouutnism, and begun (6 rea4 'the -Bihl - 111 an, love .. x i _ le couutry it's whit:44lm.y. lire is , very ferti'e and Leaitilfril;.and ordinarily very produc tive. •Vol. - three years past, however, frost .and..drengt, ; atid other ,things, have .so nearly cut 'off their "crops that they have _sufferedinuch from hunger,, and have been kept . .fthiu slariing te . death; 'outy.: ‘ ll, the 1 charities 'irt' !Christians. in . ., ether places. .Notivithstandiiii all their: JoVerty and triale, these ftaer.Freaelt Peo,oo haveheld 1 1 t'tot -I a - - I • they,, ' ' • _lot _tie : ..espe . ..,ey ! ,eonie .mady milee.and-iii,,gltatretuithe l r,s; to church. Ou , week..da3i ereulllgsAom three to six bun t dred, and.ot. Sabha*. from nine to twehe hundred. ,(e. theta ~a ttend.public . worship. iOn ;,,Sablatth.,titlerticon as many as eight 1 Mandrelof them ofieu gather in one, great 1 Sabbath . Scftiikl,', iu whichn may chi I dren 1 teichithirlytKetsts to read the Bible. In deik one of • dile: most,, interesting and .prountsirig.'reitures of,thiii new, reformation, .ti. the, puttibei, of ~ bright children and i .ynn! ; ls „ who , have learned to love the I .?fitiviettrAtnd.,ivish to Untie him known to , others,: hiitny,, 9f thcai.. hiVe.patiently borne cruel ' beatings and persecutions from their -4pluieh i parenta, , anli friends, rather than gfv,e. lir; reading• their Testa ments and attending, the house of God. An order that this. wonderful work may g0,0,a, and the,Pisople, receive the trainiug i.....katArill,Make,:thewasefia and ' intern ge i 1 t .Cal r i llitiali_ S A . .:-,.11 1).13„ necessary that a larger and.hettiF.lkee.of worship should he -ro- Videld; ,: The loase in which they now f meet . irsikpiy,,uneomfortiNe,.and will harii -11 ~iettt•hulf 'Of - those who wish to hear the I,vrAld of 44d. ,; The: people.* too poor to I 4g).apyti;jll.oieniselves, except labor upon I the Imil ingo. Om . their. duly bread awl I clothing. The ;tear. church cannot then Le built unless ethers'*.ilt furnio the meat s. £he _list GeberalfAsieMbly . referred tl e • subject ef ; ;,proi .ii t4ing the necessary places : of worship fcir these .interestin. people to the . Boars; o. :.Church Church ...gstension. After ensign:tit '„,comiiiler:ng. the matter, the Board, see nii:Way to. build:, the church at St. 'Ana.e,tealies„the .children, and espe .oialli the.a.f4th School children will furno the means, . It is propwed to erect A *in iltette . .ehilich, sixty feet broad; sod .one , 4unthed : aild 'ten 'feet long, that will •4 1 . 1 iit-,_ fe !.W . 4l.e,'hundied rertsons. Such a ,•ltlirt,,liql estat,ii,Jeast ten thowsand del .AlifeAtlid.liet.**, tlse children for enough to b i iil 44l, o llC - Wilthe called the ". Children 'a ChereK at St . .....Atine." If each child in our palihiitli.Sefiools will give sufficient to 1 1 4!. Ohre getid .atone in the wall or one good I'l: _in the leer, .we .can soon tell you ; the,oo iitews that the . - chef& •is built. Al le VPtif.Te ago, the .Children gave thirty ihohym.rid :dollars to laild the .Missionaiy Ship, '4l4raing : Star to tarry the Go-pi i to the *heathen Wanders of the I w.iie Ocean:: . Shatl - fte - 'ask there in veil: fir Ona-third : than sum to rear a home inlimithich 'th : gospel- way be preached farAlitilihus to: thousands, and many chil. d*.l *4114 Lotak-fen* el' the Lord . / View;