D Vrts,bo•olait.. : .,..*lttitt: PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, JULY 28, HQ Rev. Dr. Riddle, formerly' of this city, but now voter of a'Reformed Tina ehureh in Jersey City, preached in his former charge, here, last. Sabbath. A very large congre gation were in attendance. IVedzilaoler College, 1110.---This institution is Seated r ai Yulton, where it has a fine lo catiouinnt is surrounded by a good society. The' students board in private families. At the , ' late , commencement there were twelve graduate.s. Rev. Dr. PLUM= ad dressed the Society of Inquiry.' PASTOR,. WANTED. The Presbyterian church of Wyandotte, Kansas Territory, .is now vacant, and de sirous of obtaining a pastor. This is an excellent field of usefulness, and gives prriuse of `comfortable support now, and ample liberal support in a shed time. Wyandotte is the gate to the entire terri tory, and must alwayslyea, place of impor tance. Letters ou'"•the aubject, addressed to 'Mi. jA.317.8 R. PARR, Wyandotte,•Kan sag Verritery,' will receive iMmediate atten tion.. THE WHIP. Opt' correspondent " IL," (see fourth page;) is' a 'little severe on the ladies. Mailers must use their tongues. There must, be some out-let, for vexation. .=So think the multitude. But, really, the evil which is exposed is' one of immense meg-. nitniA6. There are 'hut few methers who use,, the rod „too much. But the number who threaten too much, is immense. Threat ening diminishes the parent's authority, injures the child's temper, and tends to an kihilite good goirernment. A good lesson ay; , learned by - reading the article to which we allude.. . # RAILROADS AND• THE SABBATH; We are plesied to find an improved care . fulness in avoiding the running of cars on the Sabbath. Cattle trains used to run,but we have ,not, for months, witnessed the move ment of any, and we live on the Line of the Pittsburgh, Fort' Wayne and Chicago. The Pennsylyania rOad, we learn, has also strictly f6rbidden 'employees to move their trains pn the Lord's, day. These are favor able symptoms of 14 growing , regard for Scripture morality. The stopping of the St . Clair Street and Manchester Passenger Cars, by the Mayor of Allegheny' City, is also a good act, lately, accemplished: MOM PRAYEI-NEETING. The Banner of Ulster, of Jul); ad, eon taina account of . the Great Anniversary Union Prayer-keeting, in Bblfast, Ireland. The day yeas delightful, the assemblage large, and the interest deep and solemn. The nuMber of persons present is stated as being upwards of thirty thousand! There was perfect br.der, under the excellent ar rangements of a committee: ' Among the speakers on the occasion, we notice the names of our. friends; Geo. H. Stuart, Escp, of Philadelphia, and Rev. N. Murray, D. D.., &Elizabethtown,' N. J. Sem - eighteen' stationB were occupied by speakers, so arranged that the voice at one station.would not produce confusion, at ano ther. • The meeting was•held in the Royal Bet aire, Garden. A few constables*ere placed at'ultervals to preVent the juveniles from injuring shrubs and flowers. So great an interest in a prayer-meeting is a delightful sign of the tithes. ' LETTERS ON SLAVERY. writer. in the Presbyterian Herald asks for the republication, in pamphlet form; of Rev. R J. BRECKINRIDGE'S letters- *u t ile Subject 'of Slavery. Re would 'be gin.with the letters to Dr RALiii "WARD- L41.1V Scotland ; then, Probably, the , ad dress 'on- Colonizdtion; with the letters to CHARLES SUMNER and W: R. SxwAnD, and his nephew Vice . ` President, BREUNIN RIDGE. These productions are all able, and they belong to a proper discussion of the subject" of which they treat. Without indorsing' them, we can say, that we delight to see important questions, political as well as religious, discussed by well-informed men, who are profbund thinkers, free 'from the extremes of partisanship, and imbued with; the 'spirit , of 'piety. Men who can wisely estimate the bearing of the things ofititUe,upOn the spiritual and eternal con-, dition of a people, are the men to discuss great national 'questions.- ISMS BEY. ROBERT ; &. MEL 4Tlais, excellent brother entered into his rest, on the 2d inst. He died at Talladega, Ali., of inflammation. of the bowels, after a liie l knesi of nine days, being his fifty severear:— T -Mr.lFtruarr was a native of New Jersey, and a graduate of Princeton' College. His father was Rev. ROBERT FINLEY,`D.D, of Riaking Ridge,.N. and afterwards Pres ident„ of Franklin 'College, Georgia. On Ida:mother's, side, he was the grandson of Itev:' 3A:sus OALDwz.LL, of Reyolutionary Iminiory. He hence came honestly by his lo4e of country and his ardent zeal in be half of the, colored population, and special ly-bis,ardor in the colonization cause. 'Mr. Finley was; for a-little while, a lawyer, and priletised at the bar in Cincinnati. But the was not his 'place. His training. was near thenitar,,and the altar he still loved. thereforni. consecrated himself to the work of the- ministry;' and in that work made himself extensively useful, while, he gintified a native disposition to a change, of loin* and to, a variety of-employment. In Louisiana, and other - States, he served the Colonization - Society. In St. Louis he wila an editor. In Metuchin, N.J.:, he was pastor and ; Principal of an Academy : In Talladega he had charge of the Female Collegiate Institute. .And in. all places, situations, and eMpleynients, he preached the (lapel. To Ala great and good work he had his call' of ,God, and in following than, call f9ußa . -. B C r e.' knew him well, ever loved him, and always found hitii faithful. - ' In , M. FINi labors, .ae wal amiable and most na:nnliAik wgasir Maly and who removed •froin k Taliodep.to Springlielar , ANNUAL REPORTS.—DONESTIC MISSIONS; The Annual Reports are Abe official ex posé, deliberately put_ ferthby agebts to their principals; that is, by the Boards to the churches and people. They should not be partial statements, special, pleadings, laudations, apologies, nor coneealments,laut exhibitions of truths and facts, full; clear and reliabl6: Being' such, and detailing much good work, well done, the more ex tensively thershall be circulated, and the more minutely examined, ,the better will the Boards aPpear. The people - Will then rejoice, in their agents. Great results flow ing from the; moderate means afforded, will he stimulants to increased liberality. The evidence 'that funds have been well bus banded aAd judiciously appropriated, will: inspire confidence. And if a Board has been mistaken as' to •the real will and wish of the churches, a corrective can be promptly applied. Then," tell the people what is done, and why. Tell them also of what may and should be done, and its cost. Light will lead to'free and cheerful giving, that is, when , it discloses true worth. Last week, in accordance witka purpose to bring to the attention of our.readers the Reports of all the Boards, we spoke of that, to the Assembly of 1860, on Foreign Mis sions. We now take, up the .Report of the Domestic Board: This document presents facts which must cause every Christian to rejoice. An evidence of the Meisiithship of Jesus was, - that lie preached the Gospel to the poor; and one grand feature of a true Church of his ever since and ever'; to come, has been; and will be, the preaching of the Gospel, to the poor. That is, the poor will not be , overlooked and neglected, in the wide dispensation of the Word. They will be provided for. ,Ministers will labor for them and rich men will bestow upon them. The body of Christ' will care for all the members. This evidence of true Churchship is' possessed in a high de gree by Presbyterians. Their, Board of Domestic Missions is a splendid light, shining perpetually, • and witnessing for them far and"wide. May it shine forth ten-fold more brilliantly, Making luminous every purlieu: of our eities,_and. every nook and corner of, our extended and extending country. The number of churches and missionary stations, supplied. ; whole or in part, during the year ending March Ist, 1860, was 1,179. In these there are 28,107 COM inuideants, of whom 2,666 were received durinc , the year, as new converts and there are `22,035. children receiving instruction 'in their Sabbath Schools. These numbers are reported;; but from many Mission churches reports were not received, so that the aggregates must be above what is'here stated. , The whole number of missionaries em ployed was 691, of Whom 56 , were itin erants. Attention has also been paid- to immigrants, and especially `to the CrerMans, of whom our country receives large num- bet's. The' term " missionary " is not 'strictly applicable to a great portion of our work. The laborers are, : for the most ,part, not ao- Wally sent. They are pastors of feeble churches,'who have been installed by the Presbyteties;and recomtnended to the Board for 'aid. And they are not sustained by the' Board „ alane. 'The churches contribute what they can; and the. Board tupplements. Some of the laborers receive from the Board sso;some $lOO, and sonic get five or six times that anictint, The average amount given is $202.87, which is nearly, but not quite, two-fifths of what the missionaries receive for their Sustenanee. Our Church, as a Domestic Missionary Society, operates mainly through the Exec live Committee of its Board ,at =Philadel phia; buteXtensiely through' a Committee ;11, Louisville, and hopefullythrough one at New Orleans. It also operates through seven of its Presbyteries, viz., West Hano ver, East -Hanover; Coneord,./arange, Tus caloosa, Fayetteyille, and'lSouth Alabama. These appoint' and pay their own MissionC cries, keeping independent, treasuries, and reporting to the Board. The Presbyteries of Flint•River.Roanoke; and'South Carolina do their own missionary work, without re porting to the Board the sums collected and used. Two or three Other Presbyteries do their Work mainly thus, we believe; sand some individual= churches conduct each its own missionary enterprise. Hence the + An nual Report does not tell us the full num ber of contributing ehurches, mor the ex tent of the work done by our body in preaehing to the poor. The - number of missionaries commis sioned by the Board, the last year, was, as stated, :691 ; which was 91 in advance of the previous year.' The number of thurches contributing througlethe Board, or reporting to the Board, was 1,705, an increaser of 97 on the previous year, or of 3on the year before that. The non-con: tributing chutlehes,that is, the churdhes which • did not contribute to the'.Board, nor report to it, were ,over .1800. The receipts in all the treasuries, for the year ending March 1, 1860,,was 8118,904.- 21; a sum greater by $19,231.18, than those Of the previous 'year. ' This increase has been a matter of no small, gratulation on the part of the brethren , who, , a little , over a ye,ar ago, obtained the captaincy and assumed the helm. It has beeni flaunted as the indication of a purpose in the churches to 'sustain them and their 'meas-, urea. In this condition of affairs, the •. Board's interest; may be greatly at stake, and it becomes a duty to: look a little into particulars. If the increase is from the churches, awl with Undoubted good - will, it may be relied on for the purposes alleged; otherwise, there may,,be wisdom. in await ing further developments.; This increase is stated in the, report to be, yrom individuals, special donations, and legacies, $13,052.24; and from - contribu tions of the Churches, $6..48.94.., The in crease, from, the churches, which are the perManent and main source of ncome, is thus shown to be but small. And a reduction is even-yet to be made. The'SOuth Wes tern Advisory Committee raised, for their own Special 'use, $1.3,078.41, The preVious year, there was raised in the samafield, but $5,390. The • difference, $7,688is to: be 'attributed to the stimulus of a ne3W"org,ani sationhaving the care of that" pedal fierd. A just inparkee of the two years requires the r.efitkP4Q l2 ,; ( i . this excess, from the ag.. gregate offal efeollentiorte,as,giveeTffent,the -e l fr - 4 • BFA*--BANNEIL---SATt 9 RDA Y - IDLY 860. churches. This reduction being, made, it appears that instead of a gain of $1;178.94, there is °loss of $000.47.-: Hut let us view the matter at the centre of operations: Total Receipts.at the office in delphia, March l, 1859 ss74 585.30 Deduct Legacies • -11,081.50 Leaving from ch's and Miscellancons..s63,s23.Bo Total Receipts at the office in Phila.- delphia, March 1, 1860 .• 5,716.97 Deduct Legacles - 24,822.1.1 Leaving from oh's and Mieeellannous.:s6%B94.B6 In 1860 less than in 1859. That is, in the office in Philadelphia, with the two Seeretaries, and the new EX ecutive Committee, and the new meastires, and 'the special effort, and in a year .of great mercantile prosperity, there is, from churches, individuals &c., a decrease of two thousand, six kandred and twentyLeighe dollars and ninety-four cents, below the di- . minished receipts of the previous year. This certainly does not look like an inertias-' ing, devotion 'to the 13cia,fd. And`it iffoilds but a poor prospect' of meeting :sueeeisfUlly, enlarged operations and, growing expendi tures. , • And the $24,822.11 of legacies was not , the prorier incorne of the year. 'Much of it was derived' from heqUesta of former years—bequests held in bonds bearing terest,,,, as a ,permanent, fund;. but , Which were, during the year, sold at a' discount "to raise ready cash. flow much of the income was thus obtained, we 6atinofLtaie; ,but „ can crive some information. In, the Ronl,e and Foreign Reco'rd,for Febrnary, we find{ that five bonds of the HANS WiLioNlstaie,' (of Ohio) of $l,OOO 'each, were sold for s3;=" , 950, that is, at'a discount of 21 per cent.; and that two bonds of the, estate, of A. 3.- BLYTHE, (of Indiana,) of $l,OOO each, were sold for $1,506.18, that is'•at a discount Of 24.18 per cent: One elaAs of these hoods, 'ati we are informed, bore 7,per cent inte'reit, and the, other 6 per eent., the, interest being promptly paid. Other bonds of a similar character, we`have reason, to,believe, were also sold, and' the proceeda counted in, thus swelling the receipts., This exposure - of facts is riot pleasant; but a new policy is Ott trial, and not only laudations, but expansions are based upon' the figures In such 'a case, to be honest is a duty, and will do good rather,than injury; to a worthy. cause. Presbyterians know hoW to diseriminate`between ,a great enter prise and its' incidents. - ' l'" "' '• Our Domestic Missionary< work cannot be abandoned, and it must not be permitted ,tokeeede. For our 'feeble churches we are bound to;provide. Christ has his claims upon us, Jove „has , its claims, brotherhood has its' claims, .hurnanitY has its elaims everything which can oPerate*upon an en ,lightened and right-feeling Soul, urges us to support Domestic n Missies. If, the Board has not ; the confidence of the ohurehes; let it he modified. • If, it cannot still be made so as to please,' let not its im perfections be; used as an exense'for'parsi mony or inactivity Use it still, or work otherwise. Let it, be ' ever true, - in the Presbyterian Church, that to the poor the Gospel is preached. REBELLIOUS SPIRIT. Since the organic union •'of the 'Assoei ate Reformed with the Seceders, and the formation of " The Plated PresbyteOgan Chunk", some :,elemerits of, diner& still seem to mar 'thelainiony,,of the mew cooler siastical structure For example ; their 'General Assembly; tiff its recent, seisions 'in Philadelphia, de cided that their .leading distinctive irinci pies on Psalmody, Close Communion, Se cret Societies, &C., should be-Maintained as terms of commtnnion ; and that it is a-vio lation. of, their 'Standards to extend com munion in 'sealing ordinances, to •persons retaining membership in •Churches 'hifddin& principle's inconsistent with theirs. They also recommended that pembers of *Secret Societies who reinsetowithdraw from them, be excluded from"the Clutch. Rev. :Wm. DAVIDSON, one'of their miniiters'in . Era:Thw ilton,' 'Ohio,- PnblisheS to 'the r elnrCh, throut=h their'newspapers, that he cannot in good conscience, carry out these decis ions in his ,practice ‘ in his congregation. They oppress his coitstieace, and he will not violate it at the bidding' of the AS sembly. That ,MT. DAvrosoN, is entirely unpre pared to;submit to the dicta of his breth ren' on 'these -point's, is evident' from the following' extract from his article : "I believe," hi `says,''«"l fully ,believe, , ..„ that the sacred. Scri'p'tures our ConfeSSion of. Faith, our Catechisms„ and • the great body, of, Christian Churches in all: time, conspire to declare, that 4 Visible Disciple-. ship' entitles to membership in the'ghurch of, .God. I believe, that.,the, 'commission Which, as , a pastor,, L hold ; from j'esus Christ, requires me to receive all such,, and to fellowship them. In receiving,members into the Church, canuot,, require more, nor accept less than this, withotit,asl con= ecive, violating the express languageofAhe commission under which I act, (See xxviii: 19 ,- 2 0) - - In conformity withthese large and:Scrip tural views Mr. 'D'Avinsoit ' , then'avows that in 'total' disregard of the deliverances of his brethren in the General : Assembly, he has ,admitted , te sealing ordinances, per sons who retain- 'connexion. with- Churches which hold to doctrines inconsistent With their 44 distinetivc princiPles," and Oat he will. do so, again; that he has admitted members of Secret Societies.twhia church, though he himself is opposed to 'such' So theties, 'and that he Will do so 'agaii3. DAVIDSON,Mrs who is a rising minister of considerable promise, brilliant' in the pulpit an& in ecclesiastical : debate, an d of great earnestness and decisien of Character; seems to have anticipated thatthis free and frank avowal `Of sentireent r like the torch of the visitor to the interior .of: the Pyra mids,• would diaturb the dust Of ages; .and perhaps create considerable fluttering among` a certain class of his brethren. He does not flinch, howeVer . ,,fiern any: of his , posi tions, nor, hesitate to meet their utmost consequences. Thus he concludes :•• • "If, after this free and 'full eonfesiion, nothing is done with me I shall feel free to pursuethe even"tenor of my way,` and shall believe' that l'have 'violated no la* ,ot our Church. If amen are to censUred' for doing .as'l have done, it is,ipeihtips,:iia well to .be:gin with 911 e 'as-. any Othfr,anillo, begin now as at some most beg to• `declare os' seriously Pyrr"'lte` thisiii.nd spirit of. bitterness or defta4oo - ,, with no desmn •4co#,roVeis . ± oriliaitrVarinO, r{'do , ~,X' .:.1 . A' the above qugted actmik of our i Assembly, I I conceive id,oon *line* rNuires i ;ese avowals.,',lc:, , 4 ...),0,1 , 4.,#,. ~. .. 4,,, As Mr. DAVIDSON has adopted senti ments on these subjects which seem quite in harmony with Presbyterian views, our, curiosity is naturally excited tr%know d what is to be done with ?Oil; rebellions- spirit' Will--his brethren permit—him.-to - settlre• deeisioo,a, of their „high.* ,Judicatory ,at, defiance in the 'face of ,the-whole Church, or will they bring i disehiline to bear Upon him ? ' ' I ' ' What do ' our neighbo'rs of • T7ie Presbytericiv, think of this development;of unity in their midst? So far aswe have noticed, t,hey have 'observed 9. profound si lence on the subject If :they can quietly continue to' hold fellow Ship with this re bellious 'minister 'even We 'Presbyterians may indulge the . hope of epee' dily,,ooMmun'-. ing with " The :United Presbyterian Church , !" t 4 1 2,628.94 IRON AND THE -SABBATH. Some , time I ago, a gentleman. in, Ohio wrote to a friendin New-York, „ r , , . • am in possession of ore an coal land' in a favdribleideation' for the Manufacture of ironr'and contemplate 'the' erection of furnaces"; 'but' I ain thoroughly 'convinced of the disistrOtis consequences, ThYsicilly, mentally, 'and spiritually ? of -Working: on the `Sabbath, and' unwilling . to 'do-so in any case where it can be avoided ; ern in formed that. Sabbath , labor can be dispensed with in the manufacture `of iron. Is-it so ?" . The answer wai givemthrough the news papers, thus : ' • ' "Where there's .a will, there's .a way." The 'most impressive illustration of the matter before us, is furnished.in the testi mony before a `committee Of ;the House ,of Lords, of Thoinwtagnall, one of:the largest iron-masters in the world. He stated, un der oath, "We'have made rather mere ir,on since we stopped en . :Smidaysthan we did before," attribiltiM,, , ,,the clifferenee "to the. Men having a day's rest. We devote Mon. day to repairs, and< do not , work . on:the Sun-, day, and we find we have less 'drunkenneds, a great deal. We entpleynearry'two then sand men and boys,", zn a letter written by JMr. 13agnalli, he' says : "We t have never but once, 'dnring the last seven 'yeara worked either of our blast furnaces on ,Sirnda,y and ; we have made a larger, quantpy, of iron thaudyer, - and gone:onvin all onrlsix iron-works much more the from tecidents , and interruption than during any'p b recedina Seven Years,of our lives. * * *"'OceasionallyinYou takes a walk to the fuinaces to see that all is right,• and he Comes home to tell me how he is amused in seeing thesparroWe oceupy 7 , lug the place Which is so busy a scene on' other' days and P i P irking up the crumbs of . the workmen; and that all is as still as- though no works 'were there. " The introdnetion,of hot blast has been the great means whereby this salutary measure has been carried 'Ont. Thesimple truth is, if,rogiures an inflexile deteAninar lion, conic what will, to Stop; l and then; by , some attention at,first, it , becomes 'eaiy." Mr:: Davis, -forenian of Mr Bi g nair§ work's, adds his testi mony : " iroUr furnaces: 'at Copperfield stand longer---Sixteen hours =—on the Sabbath day than any'other `naces in the world, and yet make More iron than any in the whole worhi This is not; 'only pleasing, but gratifying, ever(to, • Tbia Enbject claims careful imatigation e , He -Who most fears God, will in the end . be: thettkeitteat Ee'. l'Faiiliiiie b bOaiied the ffectis ar§abliatiii ! breaking pnlippilko,ao congregations,, as. thateaal. exasedinkly large; part of iliiim - }faveo (*Die to naught: How i;an othifiinadf trains men, tO be *nil:" iriiiilV:4l4; need n*.b.o, surprised" showhp,ilunpiety.,toward.bvkthey,.pianif,ast injpati'oe—toward their: sedum* and. cor k a pi er : . . . =1 It'was Tong ll:knight that to co4duet,'S,' b,. 1 0( 1 , 1 04 9(5 .1 1 4 (0 f i 1? fr i Pt9Pinti . 1,04; impracticable.' But :the . in-. stances !of success , are becoming numarous. We ourselves know of one: :.• Kr-MAY/MN BELL, of.PWir PowitY,Papx AkPftt for. carried on , his iron furnaciep which . 1a one , of the usual coriatiuoticri,styi pia*, though' resting': theSid:d!nth: - , ) manage-,' went, close , attention; and ocpiacientinulat: pt borersi,produce and save to sakextent,witioli, yields . a good roturit fOi.- the capital , ripJ.• vested.= i ; • •'• ; • 1. PoigeS, aid. all opotSions in the.. manufacture of.iron! . .oeao • e - on. the Sabbath, as do o*er rink!. The AilkY thisig which' has .pleadedAhalleceesity of a. continuous . opiiratiMiNie . of snielting the - ore and 'tur n ing ; ' it' • crude iron . Now it seems that this :aise may be abstracted from- the catalogue a ti."‘":Thiii'sObjCOt is well 1 4 1911 - °d f 1 1 r. I cers • I ? - an .4444 wadi is ;.essential. •to 'human. ...id; .+0 .• • :• IN- SYRIA. We I.deTiOta' k large portion' oui fine page to an account of 'the war Of'titeDii;=; ses agatnat the ,Clinattana b in = Syria. • othPF)!Ptairr,;iot 4 44 kr Oktiplfrfl* saw.e: sourfiie,ntaila,whio:An9t,...be l learly a eon.: eluding eatistr i ophel i 7) • ••••• ' " *Biiiiiir;egiiiie 21 1 18601 of the Christians has heen,taken, pinnlierei and and its i sniTiVinkaltehitants are flying like front: the' wellies that are itilyci'onib'e'taiicsk:•'" The Christhin : army; has been anti lhor i Chfistian' pow r , rvhiialr ' NA been "foi' ages' coniiieting with:MCl/inane; 'has, been crushed: - The fleet;lay'lizieily 'at anchqF of Zahleh ales besieged, sacked andisiid in ,tuiria ; and "the Consula-Gen2 evil; Who:Piave hitherto been so potent'and iniglitY;:have' held and nightly' con sattittibns in -I The kaanlation. 'ibis "goodly Lebanon Was -*deoreed, %Mid the bean* of 'dehtriatiOn lias Inidit wastet' The 'Consuls were in secret 'emit:hive" all : niglit;• : after 'Are 'leis 'of Zahlikleiriiii' received; to devise trays 'and means' tie' the rescue.' of, •the ' stitiiving Christians` of tho Iscituitiy 'fiern'a' t generg inasssacre„ What they have done'hili not trabipired, btit 'The httteheiy 'of' the re ! mainder 'of the one hinidied thon sand' Christians is 4 ' sad thing 16 . coitti3ni:: plate., We ,had hoped that the steamers this week would have brought - autlioritY front:the powers"that be to land maiinei for an 'finned interferenee, tit in this •welreke disifirlinted. 'True:, the Constils were in stritcteds.lo atop the r war as'Bonn as pOnsible;, but nolioirer ivai placed at their dispoiat to , „ emiquera peace. Tile United States Consul has 'repeiteOly warned the Americane ofitheir 'dmiger,.o4 inforineil ihenk`thait, eriso,4lenee'',m,',lll6, l'nonntainiti , s tenger' "Many'liaie 'mission* at Beirut passed a l irote requesting 'lnv. Mr.'Calhonii; of 'A l .hibipi:ihii,' Watident'a til l ' lege s that;plac . 'aritli,llo Bird t of rilVeldr, to t'onieitelkikkirlitinital ''" Weiriiiiive*iiirdlt'bit 614 1113161 M ~~ ~; • M 1 ; 4- . - .. . Zahlehf le mpstrafarlikeAown in I.4banon, 'Wes co ucte,4 weh much spirit. As an 0 ,iffustra to, a t a. .e, mannerlgil Whieli the ' desperate forlbrns , ahope 6r'the Christians behaved in thisigase battle, in which about seven thousaiid'Druses and Arabs were en gaged in the siege, I will refer to one case 'ooky - at-reutnt„„ - ••• ~ . 7 i/ The. Drtisee had gained. the suburbs of ...,tbe..toxrz, tind.had,succeedexi. setting, fire to about a score ,of houses, when the Chris ! tians iallied•aud drove theni out:tip:lit the • plain., The Druses were led-by ''a *est. fe. , . rocidn kind' tiloodthiritt ehief; Range el f Anhui'. InAhe:Ohristianarniy was . *ilia'of• •!foritkeen 'years , of age, Who-Aeteriltiula to die in defence Of his • bonie.'"'He 'rushed' into the ranks of the enemy; and shooting the chief, fell, pierced 'by' spears and bul lets:- ' ' '.' :•• '' •• ' Tlie•ohier was killedi'and the little hero slitixed liia".graVe. ' • ....` • , 1, - • -• • • The •destitation cif Sidon i has 3 just been „ reported ' ''' Tito ' thOnoind 'foe : hundred Christians are Said t4ihavO' been killed by • Moslems 'and Driasesi'•!This intelligence reqUires confirmation; ' and is not generally credited. ,•' '' • • . ' ' - Perions i fond' of' acquiring iriffirMation, sad: eSpeCialli titb;ie who Wi ta:know what 'is being done.in the Church andtbe world, we find tolbe warm friendsfof the Banner. It Meets their wants and gratifies their de- Henee.the'Yoting,love it. And the young should haVe A pastor writes to us that often, when he Sods the parents havings •inore love fofq wilittle money thin for.untele knowledge; fbund success in tipii4liitgle .the:Childieu. In many .eases, the i ehil'dren, 'by their small parukugs and savings, can soon possess the amount of a year's subscrAP,tion).4lo-get the paper for themselves, ; . • This thought .. is goßdoxid we commend it .to all. .Noto only may the .banner thus ,introduced;' to Any fannies - which would otherwise be destitute,..bui by this means' its efficiency among the 'vent will be greatly increased. .Yhey will • titui re gard the paper . as being especially ;AO Own, and will read it with a double inter; est, and will grow up an intelligent and well iafornO l people; OA 'the niere virtu ous from hiving received: their knowedge, through a religious channel. •, 'The ziumbei of the Princeton: prey sent the follo'‘in; 'thlate of ,coritshitti*: I. The, BitiltiO awn 7iVitOesP Ond ; 11. ::The Heathen Reim:male:for theirldol ,-atry; . Tbetrries , Cik:thli . Eldership ;•IVi ; • Flainhigii's'PhifoilopilY: of • Conditioned • V t : ilte:* l neralfAesenibi • :VL, ',Presbyterianism ;„ iethor.t.Nofices. , Thia is lin excellent`bill. of • fare, , and it ,is Served Thp, loading article is an able defitiCe . :tif 'the; Itile•gs 'an' adequate • ' That on: Wo . a9Oll - elusion of a treatise whielviwas commenced in the lase proviOus - nimbei of thii3jauinal. It differs iliihtly4orn, the more common vie* of, flie: well worthy a :;pergaid....Tiip article on . Prsubyterian'ism is a :,development o£ ideas. advanced by ,Dr. Hopozin the Assembly; on the Theory of thd'Ohiirch.: ' PITTUDIGH REGILig BAPTIST .ANIOCLITIONw of - "t& tTwenty-FiriitAtini-, vinpui;;'hel4 June 2d; 3d and 4th, are be: ' fore; us. The .Assotiltion, embraces,. eigh- I • teenuhurclies., principles are thus set f dr i r h. : -• i:7 ' clinches, are equally free and ' independerAti an d , have certain iudefeasible rights, 'Add.; are r7 reeeiving, dis Missing, censoring or.expelling . t4eir.ewn, members —.-talert* ng; ini,preve, .or . , licening : 4o prwh, tftie4,df thetr members as appear in, tbelP,iiAdgPlent , 0' have. gifteogi4 are di .• irinely called•to. the work of the muiiiitry— i anti silencieg su c h of ti,heix membimaa may have been' tolerated, or : licemmt to . preach, the , case .may, so reg Ore. all and Ours, other power and privilege essentially,. necessary to ,t,be,free and, regular exercise etthe,Gpapel discipline, and the , well-being and happiness, ; of the eierches Tespect ivelYr - 1 ,, • , MEI ' of ihioiSouthetii, well-aisidefed aft= taiW•Aik." I VlOff Revivals; IL, The • PaAl... „ iorallputies 'of tltulingalderlip lII.' Pur katiiry • and Prayers •-forr'theltDeall:( TV. • A r Supernatural . - 'Necm!OliFir; V: '<;f'dsifi Scr,ippirp arid. from Nature; VI.. The Gen, end 'Assembly of :1860; .:Notices of Recent Publications ; ' Teriodickl Literature. Thd first i; an' able lefenbe Of re'-' vka)q- . ..:;' l ll4'AecPlo .. e °o 4 A ll l:'PPle , P°4- Prac*clistatomPoB;QP, mf_ork otElders,i thoiighi thC.theoiy of.tthe.offieel is mot uni versalli adopted.: , ThEilleniaiks on the As: , tenthly ',differ; a' '#ttlo . rpm those of the " 'Springfield . Amide Seminary, ninth Anneal Catalogue shows an attend= ince.qt , one inlnared,andtwer k ty-one pupils. The flu stit uti on is under..the care of I.levs. . 0/inn:raze STEIRDEVINT,':HENRY •R: SO, Ti.b.; an d el - A*6 rt.' RODG ERS, Prin t 14: worthy•' :Opals, and offers iriduprnents the attention of parents. • •• 4J" ‘• Davids . o! Renege,' • ,thc recent Atinual.Commencement, there were twert* graduates: W. 4115 of Tennes.4ee, was elected President s , in , place of Dr. LACY, 4e signed ; P c ; elected to - thi....troy drrofessorship ; : , the -Chairs of Greek and Natund are siill.iacant. , ~.; ~lPi, ESIAS,TICAL. • 'Post Office ad !. Camden,.. Carroll :N., Indiana, .te -Wild Cat, Carroll Co., Indiana: . ' ?di; J. LeIZ Lows , a'licentjate of Hunt ' is n: Preakrtery,- has been ordained, and -inatalkid igastor .of the churches: of and Salem, 'in the Presby 7 44; 44: 14,14- Xis ,Vost . Office, silken is r.oint•lddm.Co Indiana. . . lir."JciiiietlCuEitiii was ordeiiied by tite.Mllbitery of Doingal oW • tlie nlLiosia-iiistalled pastor of the eitureksh - Strasburgi , Lauctister .Co., Pa. • , . .7; ••,. IResr•4444l l 44ritaaill otimpelled by , P oll ;:' tinned ill , healtlip to give up hi s. charge at Marengo4ll. '-His Post Office'addresst , . • • affisia ad Vigapritraitigiefr - oil'tkaiaton'lg z i l l". I nrsMo6ffie;tlliniatiViCfiellit."'"?'' THE, CHILDREN AND THE. BANNER. . • • 'PRINCETON iIIEVIEW. 8 0. 0.4 1 . 11 1 V . .1.41 3 We" are( presented; in l they luly number lON MI 14> Rev. WILLiAm. MEts.i,,B, late of Mobile, Alabama, Chas received a unanimous call to die church' at -,Dobb's Ferry, New York, and requests correspondents to ad dress him there. _ Rev. 'TESTES T. UMSTED has received a call from the church at Fagg's Manor, Coehranville, Pa., to become their, pastor. Rev. JAMES ILMcNEILLYbas accepted _ _ an invitation to supply the New Bethel church.' His Post Office is Charlotte, Tennessee. t • Rev. W.H., MORE, having taken Charge of the churches of Reading and Pisgah; requests Correspondents to address him' at Reading, Hamilton Co., Ohio. Revs,MlLEs SAUNDERS has received an in vitation to supply the churches at Spring field and. Pleasant Grove, and has re moved to Springfield„, Ky. Rev. C. S. .HENiimoK has accepted ad ap pointment to labor as an itinerant mis , sionary in the Eastern half of the Pres bytery of Paducah, and 'has entered up nn'the work. ' His address is Paducah, ley Rev. E. T. BA.lnp: has been ,elected a:Pro fessorin Oakland" College, Miss. EASTERN SUMMARY. BOSTON AND NEW-ENGLAND The great event of last week was the Con , NENCENENT AT HAEITAED COLLEGE. As, usual, a great concourse was present, including many of the most distinguished. of, the literati ,of New-. England. President Felton conferred the degree of .Bachelor of Arts upon one hundred and five members of the Graduating Class. The degrees of Masters of Arts, Doctors in. Medicine, Bach ' elors in Science, and Bachelors of Laws, were 'conferred on one - hundred-and airty-seven gen llemenit of various classes, some dating as *far back as the Class of 183/ The Ecclesiastical relationship of 'the members of this last gradu ating Giulio as follows: Ch. Dlembtrs Unitarianis.andllniversalists: Episcopalians, 17 „2 , Oxford Onagragriiionalists,, 14 10 Baptists; 9 7 MetliodiSts,'' • ' ' ;. 3 1 - Spiritualists, 3 2. Swedenborkian, 2 0 Dutch Reformed, Total, ~106 ;,,.2g : The following honorary degrees were colt- Doctor of Laum—E± , -Presideikt. James Walker; D.D.,; Hcin. William B. Reed, of Philadelphia; John Lathrop Motley, of : Boston ; Lord Lyons, British Minister at Washington'. Doctor of Divinity-LBishop Alfred , Lee, of Del aware ; Rev.' Thomas Rill, President of Antioch College ; Rev. William Brock; of London. Four Ex-Presidents: of the Institution were on the platform, viz., Messrs, fluincey, Sparks, Ev , erect,, and Walker. 'Rarely, pis such a., sight,wit nesse& at, any College Cemmencemeist. ,The cer emony of the induCtion of,'Prof. e." C. Felton to : the:President's, Chair, was,quite imposing; At half-past. eleven the procession was formed at Gore Hall, and, proceeded to the First Congre ,gational,church. First,came,.he Marshals and the inidergradriates; folloWed by the Alumni; the 'Librariantenring with a sort of mediMval pout: pousness, the College- seal and charter; =the Steward,.with the College keys; the, Harvard Faculty ; ,the ex presidents. and ea-professors, of the'College present ; the orator 'of the day; with, the-'President' of the Alumni ; Governer Banks and Mr. Felton; walking together; the Lieuten ant-Governor ;, President of the Senate;;, and the' Speaker ,of, the House of Representatives, the Mayors of Boston and Cambridge ,arid invited guests closing; the ranki. Entering the church; the::generic's' of Whielt were filled by ladies, in spite of the , rein; the 'Librarian deposited the charter OR a stand near the pulpit„where.every one could see it ; and after music by. the brigade, band, and Luther i s hymn sung, by,,the College, chair, 'President, Stearns ' of Amherst College; opened exercises with praYee - 'A Latin ora-' tion; -by Mr. MeDiniels, of the senior . elass,ffol lowed; and then Governor Banks addressed Pro fessor Felton; presenting, o him the charternrid keys. of Harvard, as symbols of his new Office arid authority, and happily alluding to the thfrty years' connexion of Mr. Felton with the College • as:student; tutor, alumnus, and professor in dif: ferent departments. He spoke of the past pres 7, ;dents: end their hittory,. Of the custom never yet, broken, by which the Governor Of' the :Emmen wealth; ex-officio, hasinvariably,inaugurated the Presidents of Hariard,. and in conclusion said to Mr.-Felton : I present to you the _charter end the keys of the. College, and, in the .name ofothe corporation and overseers, the ,name. of this, assembly, I salute you as President of the 'Uni versity at Cambridge" • The reply of Professor, nc;W . President, Felton, was happy and effective. His inaugural address, was then delivered. .He opened with an allusion to' the- responsibilities of his new position, and compliments to his 'predecessors. After this, he glaiteed over the history:of the College, and set, forth the relations of studerits, T the need of dis cipline, and the objects of' College' life. The styli of composition was almost faultless, and the ge,neral tone elevated, but it, would have been eiceedingly•gratifying' if more prominence had, been,giveri to the great matter of religion. The address to the Alumni, was.delivered by the Rev. Dr.,Osgood, of Hew -York.; There were, no less, than 138 applications, for admission to the Col lege. The -Library. new ,contains 91,509 volmnes, and 50,000 pamphlets, exciusive of, duplicates:, The Prince of Wales has, been invited,to visit,the institution, and the Boston papers say, that tho invitation has been accepted. • , • That, the AMERICAN BOARD . maybe free from debt at the approaching AnnirersarY, the contri butiens for July must amount to $;5;000;', last' year for - the mime month they were - s6o,ooo;;:fin6 before that time they had never exceeded $52,- 0041' This is a large sum to be raised in a single month, but still it may be done. OLD:Sriit OPVENANTERS have a Church Or ganizaticin in Boston, and the Rev. Wm. Graham, forMierly of Hew York, was installed pastiii; last week. The Rev. Messrs. Dickson, of Brooklyn, Stevenson, Milligan, and Sloan, (of New York, took ; part. in the exercises. The, servi4e.Of this are at present held in the Hall.ef the Sons oflTemperance. The. GENERAL Cmgmrittcm of the Congrega=. tional churches of Massachusetts will be held,: this year, at Springfielkon theAlth of Septeiabei.:. , • The o - which Jonathan . Edwards was. pastar;;ltft had 3,620 members since, its organizationtinl66l, the prese nt,number being 485, of whom 147 are men: The record of its pastors is as follows : 'f Eleaser ,to preach July, 1658; ordained :. June 18; -1661; died: Jtily 24, 1669, sged'32 yeirs;. Solomon. Steadard,:ordained Sept. 11, 1672, died. Feb 41,1129, .agad:B6 ; Jonathan Edwards, or, &tined Feb. 15, ; 1727,..dismissed June 22, 1750,, died" March 22,1758, Aged 55;john s Hooker, or dained D ee : s, Feb. 1753,, died F 6, 1177, aged 491; Soloinoii? Williams,' ordained jurie 4,'1778, died Nov.' 9,f1.884; aged 82; Mark' Tucker, installed! March : 10; 1824,:dismissed Aug. 1.6, 1 827 ; SpaireT, ~,,ordained Sept. 11, 1828, dismis se d /Carol 12 ; 1832; Joseph Penny, installed Jnne 5,.1888,' dismissed NOY.: 23, 1835 ;''Charlei Wiley ordained-Noy. 7; 1837; disniiised Feb: 26; ' 1846 ;. E. Y; Swift, installed N0v...19; 1845, dismissed Sept. 22; 1851; J. P. Cleaveland, installed April. 20.,,.1858, dismissedrJuly ,11, 1855;, Zachary. Ed dy, installed btailt" 8,1858." . . The. whole lausgpert.of,..CoranzoarioNaL, Cißocar.s.ia Vermont is 198. In these there are 6tpaators and 87 stated supplies. The total, church membership is 17,482. Of these, 420. have been xeceived during, the year on profession otfaith; and 820 by letter.' The benevolent °con tributions reported , amount to $2.5,641 While 'but one church report's a general revival, many havaexperieneed;gentle refreshings; a large part ,of the reports speaking orator° or less hopeful con. , Versions; ;niany of thera.occurrisig -in, Eiriall par ishes !and destitute neigh borhoods.. o d everyr where shows his .readineen'to work 'with his people. • • • 1 ' ••' 3,,7 • The Crruts A3D LAEQ= Ti . ..7Ortit of Connecticut shOW - alarge increase''oriekh4tion 'since 1850. Ilikford 'stud New . HavefiilM exhibit an increase of about : 4,000, over itiefiPiß!imlation of 1850. They have iiettrly'dothleii during the hat decade. bleriden,. one of the most prosperous manufac turineirinikilthiii State, has more than doubled it.4lo4icAi *nig the lkst ten years. It now contains 7,8 1 00 14aliitatiate: ' New Britain has in cfeasek tiiai than 2,000. Vernon - 3,823,' against 2,900 ten Years ago; increase 923. In, the Rockville dis trict the-number is 2,712, a gain of 732 for that Village since the private census of 1854. The GREAT EASTEB3 has daily attracted ilD inense crowds and the announcement that she would-be closed to visitors after Saturday, (to !day;} greatly increased the ruin: Some days no less than ten thousand: visitors =were on board. The exhibition has been an entire success. It is said that on her return trip to Europe she will take' out a large number of passengers. Auother , excitement has been the arrival of the • CHICAGO ZOZAVE MMITARY COMPANY', uniformed and ••drilled somewhat after the style of the French Zonaves that gained so much credit to themselves in the:Xrimean war, and that did such terribleexecution in the Italian war of last Summer, The odd,dress mid peculiar manoeuvres attracted the attention of thousands, and what ever may be the merits of their military charac ter, they have some peculiarities deserving of imitation in New York and many , other places. It is not often that a' body of over sixty young men. can be found so perfectly irreproachable in their morals and general conduct. The rules under which they, serve are stringent in the ex treme, ,and forbid gambling, drinking, and even on' penalty of expulsion. It is greatly to the credit of the Zowrves that they should thus ,voluntarily renounce all temptation , to be led astray; nor is it surprising that they, after this. exhibition of moral courage, should prove themselves to be one of the most gallant and efficient corps in the: military service of the country. A great SITBJECT or 'ANXIETY, at present, with philanthropists and Christians, is the condition of the forty thousand children in this city who are either petty thieves or beggars, or, because honieless and friendless, must, unless speedily rescued, resort to theft or beggary to escape starvation. • Every year, as reliable statistics shoir, there'are born, in the city of New-York, front six thousand'to ten thousand children, un der such ,circumstances as ensure the death of one-half of them - within their first year of life, and of three 7 fourths before they reach the age of ftveyears,,and ; the growing . up of the larger part of the survivors, crippled in health and contam inated in =or*. This is certainly a frightful picture. MEI For children above five years of age, , schools like, the Ragged §chools and Refuges of London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and to some extent, the Industrial Schools now happily multiplying, afford- some relief.. Cleanliness, purer air and more; comfortableclothing are provided for in these schools; and in *some of• them, one meal a day, of 'Wholesome food. There is not, however, sufficient attention paid to the ventilation, in most of them. In London, twenty-five thousand •of the children-of the poor are provided for by these institutions, a large portion of whom are fed clothed:and ledged, and cared for entirely, by which meitis many thousands have been saved from death, 'fiem'suffering, crime, and moral degradation' worse than death, and made useful inembere: of " ea'Aety. ' In the thrionv or TRINITY CHURCH, by Dr. Berrien, appears ; that that church, was not as exclusive ;in, former times respecting other de noMinatiens; as at present. In the year 1779, upon ,ita being represented to the Vestry that. file„yt)id Dutch church was -used as a hospital, : by , the royal, troops, ” the corpo ration, d impressed with a grateful remem brance sifithe Sormer kindness of, the members of •thet,ancient church, in permitting the use of their Churchlo_the members .of .th.e Church of England, when they had no proper edifice of their- own - for. that purpose; :offer to 'the-members of the ancient Dutch church the use of St. Georges Chapel, for celebrating their worship on Sunilkys, and such ;other times, as they shall ch6OielteParform seivice.;? -' In= the fol lowing year,' 1780 the Rector, Dr.. Inglis; commu nicated to the Vestry a letter 'Which. he had re ceived from the members of the Dutch church, returning their graceful thanki for this kind ae eoraniodation.`Concerning thin fact,. the-'Prot estant' Chtii-chman; ieniarie 4 ,‘ We would coronmud,9lde interesting ,histori cal fait to the attenioii of some of our breth- ren, who, unlike the veneiable corporation of the olden time; Wonidiplace . the Old• Dutch, and all non-Episcopalians; among the dogs of the flock, and not among the members of the Lord's family, the blessed. company of all faithful peo , . • The NE' Parra entitled The * Methodist , edited and pnblished as. a private. : enterprise, without being aubjoet, to ,the control, of -the Church, has, made :its, appearance, and we welcome it to% our, exchangd list. It consists of eight pages,rof various „and excellent matter, both edi torialand selected,:and gives, promise of life and much ability. , ,It takes the -ground that the ac tion Of the late General Conference.of the Meth -6(lldt:4ll3wpm' Churoh,nn the slavery question, must bi considered a finality, and.leaves the in trodictioi of laymen to' the Conferences of the Church 'open question. The:editorial corps is highly qualified to make an able and interest ing 'paper tor the Methodist ChUrch. theie is likely to be a WARN DISPUTE regard ing t44lAlisposition of the funds, when the sepa ration,betweem the Congregationalists and Pres byterians, as; regards the Home Missionary So ciety, be consum ., mated. ~.The Inflependent 'asserts •that the. legacy ,of 5100,090 left to the Society by the late Anson G.. Phelps . ,-,e4nriot be passed ; ow to the :Phurch patcnsion Society. It claims_that ony attempt b to, , take such a step would violate the legacy, for,the will is explicit in makingithe r'llorrae Missionary Society" the legatee., Air. , Phelps, at:the .time ,of making his will, was :a- member:: of qt New School Presbyte rian:chureh. ; - • Tiii'lithir•pariza^r follows np its article of last weeli,''irtirning Christians ik England from con the support` Church of the Puritans, (Dr: abeelier'a.) . '". Facts advanCed and statements Made are substantiated and 'defended. And Obsrii* answer's the '404 . 'of Dr. Cheerm: that he had fOr joto,i, slave holder an'•a member _ hitf clinipit,'ind lately gave her a letter of dismiasion as, M gOod and regular stsnding, );y • T9 611t i1% t'mPr asser tion,; and by oteritigto,priura ,timit, it was not un usuab ,C 4,7ea"49 4 3 ,4. this,. lady, and polgglze for, some of ;the .hariiii,t4Mgs said by hiim in the fulpitAocortabggialair . ory, 4nd slave holders. From this it is evident that Dr. Cheever is not the-mighty, fearless, and consistent man. be would hive othet:r. Consider 116 . : -RI: ',IAJ . • • --_ , alLoCeo . IaffTERO ON SUNDAY SCHOOL& whiblihitie been for some time course of pill licptlun in , the Independent, soon be issued in boot term by !Messrs. Bheltion & Co. • ' FIATETII AIsZNIVERSARY of Dr. Spring's settleMeTit over the Brick church will occur on the first Sabbath of August, on Which day he is expectedlt.OPreach anniversary sermon. in the moiriltig, On llie: succeeding Monday afternolM, August, at six. &clod: precisely, 'the people !expect to present to their venerable pastor a memorial, with some addrestif, suj . 4 toi,,ths occasion. This is his first- a,24. only charge- Every member be longing .to the Presbytery at the time of DI Spring's ordination has been gathered to hie fathers. He stands alone amidst an entirely new generation. . -; • -; , In JUne last the IVATEnwoults of Philadelphia PlIUVed up sit 7 hundred and eighty one millienb of ,gallons, a daily average of nearly twenty three millionS. This is about eleven millions more than in the same month last year. A good deal of OPPOSITION has been awakened againat thi "reintoval • of • the Courts to Penn Squit4. • 3 5, i. At a MEEFXXO MEDITIE BS OF TILE BAR Of this city, held last.:Monday, the following reso lution was adopted lved, That the Bar of Philadelphia deem the removal of the Court Houses, and the offices mktieeted theiti-ith, to Penn Square, as hNjudi- NEW-YORK. ' -P,HPLADELPB7:A.
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