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' -I `," , :: , •.',..V.r:Ab'.. ki.!•.,T...'r{..`i"9.7,7....T. Vreshßterian Nanntr PITTSBURGH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26;1860. Sii•• Having purchased for our office the nrßight". to use Dick's Accoun!ant anti - Putritekratentotall or nearly all, of our enbeeribers noir hare the'it palters adai reseed to them repel/arty by a singularly unique machine, which fastens on the white_margin. a a/flan-co/oral:A addresa , stamp,' •er label, whereon appears their name plainly printed, followed by the date up to which have paid for their paPers -- tki"' tieing authonsed ky . att Act of Congress. The date will always be adbaneed sor the `receipt of subscription money, in tract aCCordanCe with amount so received, and thus be an ever-ready) andiaatid receipt; securing to every one, and at,all times, a , perfect knowledge of his newspaper ac count, so that if anyierror is made he can immediately de tect it and heibe 'it corrected—a • boon alike valuable to the publisher, and subscriber,: as ietnust terminate all painfut mieunderetaidings between them respecting accounts, and thus tend - toliapettoate their important relationship, *,,* Those in arrears will please remit. • • Newspaper Change..—The St. Louis Fro byterian tippears, this week, as a double sheet: One half bears the head, Presbyte riati•-of our Union, and the other half is simply Our Union. It, is to be, f‘ published every Thursday simultaneously at St. Louis, New-York, and New-Orleans, by SCHENCK & Co., with a full editorial staff at each of the above points, embraeina' well known* clergy of our body." Cailletepled.—The J. B. CLARK, of Canonsburg, Pa., las accepted a call t to the United Presbyterian church of Alle gheny City, of which the Rev. Dr. Roan Ens was formerly pastor. Mr. CLARK ,is greatly beleved by the brethren of the Presbyterian., church in Canonsburg and vicinity, and will receive a cordial welcome from . bufbrethren'in Allegheny and Pitts burgh. DEGREES CONFERRED. Aeihe late commencement at William and Mary College the degree of D. D. was conferred upon the Rev. GEORGE T.• WIL MER; of Yittsylvania C. H., Va., and upon the 'Rev: WILLIAM lion'oEs, formerly of Virginia, now of Warrenton, N. C., and the degree of L. L. D. was conferred upon the Rev., SILAS TOTTEN, D. D., late of William and Mary College, and now Presi dent of lowa University. END OF A VOLUME. THREE? numbers after , the present, will complete the eighth volume of the Presby terian Banner. A prompt renewal of sub scriptions is earnestly desired...We wish also an increase. Will not our friends help us? We , press the more urgently, from a confidence that the subscriber is amply re munerated ; and that whoever induces Ids neighbor to take the Banner, confers a very great benefit upon that neighbor and his family. . We -cermet promise' rewards' and pre miurna. Our-terms are too low for that; but we trust that ministers and. elders and all good men, women, and children will aid us from a principle of love. Sustain Tax BANNER. NETRODISUAID: 'HOER"! The action of the last General Confer ence, of the Methodist .Charchl North, has caused much excitement ahing "the Bor den". It has led to the starting of a news paper?, in New-York, which is ably edited. The dissatisfaction is most strongly ex. pressed, in . Eastern New-York, and South ward to ;Maryland and Virginia. A separa tion ii . Coritemplated, bit counsels arc not yet matured. The'• Last Pittsburgh Acivo- cute says : The.presiding elders of, the 'Baltimore Confer ence, with an 'equal number of laymen,' met in convention at Staunton, Va., August Ist, to con sider the best' course to be pursued in view of the action 'of the' late General Conference on Slavery. The convention is not without considerable im portance, furnishing, as- it. does, a clue to the form of action that the Baltimore Methodists will likely Pursue. A convention of laymen is recom mended to be held at Staunton on the first Tues day daring the next 'session of the' Baltimore Conference---the convention to be compbsed of as many delegates as there, are traveling preach ers in the Conference, and these delegates to be appointed ,by the several , quarterly conferences. The usual 'missionary collections are , advised to be taken' and forivarded• to 'the Annual Confer ence, subject to its disposal. Dr. Bond thinks that this proposition'to hold a convention of lay men at Staunton, contemporaneously with the session of the Conference, floes not render it, improper to continue -holding preliminary cori ventions.' • THE MOWN GOD, This, is the title of a. sermon preached by Rev. b. X. juNxibt, D.D., of. Holli daysburg, ,before the General Assem bly at ',Rochester, in May, 1860, on behalf of the Board of Domestic Mission& The text is, Matt vi • THY KINGDOM COME.," The _preacher speaks, , first, of The Kingdom of God;; and then of the Obliga tion to ' , Pray '.and Labor' : for its coming. He oecUpies alioiit iiineteeli Pages With the first head, and_ fiye .:634Ahe,..5,K0n.d.. _The Kingdom he -makes the .phurch, the true Church as established by the Scriptures; and he finds:" in the Standards of the Pres byterian churches," "the most fair, full, logical, and Scriptural exhibition of the constitution, laws, and ordinances of the kingdom of God, that has ever been embod ied in ,unipspired language." Dr. JUNIEIN` takes occasion to, present some of his rather singular, and, as we think, very erroneous; notions about civil government. We merely note the fact, leaving readers of the sermon to judge for' thetnselves. The discourse is the produc tion of in inveitigating mind, and an ably conducted pen. AN IMPORTANT WANT. We greatly need a few dollars to pay for copies orthe Banner, to be sent to, some of our missionaries, and superannuated and re:- tired ministers, and to a few other 'persons in straitened circumstances. When one who luiS been accustomed to the regular . 'regular weekly visits of'a 'religious journal, is , de prived ,of them , ; the loss of enjoyment, is immense. • And there are such—many such —many-who really cannot, after supplying naturei imperious calls, raise the small amount of money needful to pay the sub scription. An instance of this kind is, now before us. A clerical brother writes : " I wish to discontinue the Banner for no other reason, but that I cannot spare the. amount neces nary to pay for it There There is no palm. that .1 ever read, that a more wekome visitor in my family thanlith , Baniusr; and believe me, I part with' it .most itluotantly." He then speaks , oftthe fail-arced crops, a small income, and a large family. He tells also of having been forced to part with a few papers, one after another, andndds: "Now I must part with the Banner,: which was the last one I fblt, give.up:" Thx is one case, of many, and we ask - , our befrolent friends to send a few dollars to aid us in supplying such wants. MEM JEFFERSON COLLEGE. The connexion of this institution with the Presbyterian Church, and the immense benefits she has rendered and may still ren der to the cause true religion, give her a claim to a prominent place in our col uMni: We hence make an address in her _behalf, our leading article for this, week. To the Alumni of Jefferson College : DEAR BRETHREN the Commence-. meant Jefferson College, August Ist, 1860, the Alumni there assembled took into con sideration the condition and wants of their venerated Alma Mater. Jefferson is, in some respects, rich ; in others, she is poor. In- one respect she stands preeminent, the glory of the land; in another, she , is low. Happily, in the relations in which she is poor and low, it is in the power of her sons to elevate and enrich her. Are we willing ?, Jefferson, both as a classical school and a chartere& college - , is 'the oldest on this side of the-Allegheny mountains: Her early' friends were the new, settlers, 'and pboi. The State did for her next to nothing. And her later friends,.having wealth, have not been among the very liberal; or if liberal, she has not shared largely in their bounty. -Her, Professors have belonged to the family of the good and wise--hard la borers, meagerly paid. Their toils have produced men for the country and the Church;but 'not fortunes for the instruc tors. We want for our College, just •now, the sale of scholarships to ,the extent of ten thousand dollars, to liquidate existing ob ligations, and to meet some , pressing neces sities. For this we look to a generous Christian publie---a public who will feel that while aiding' a worthy'institution, they are securing to themselves a valuable right. We want, also, just now, the endowment of . one Professorship, at fifteen thousand dollars and then another,at a similar sum. For the one we look, very much to the Alumni, and for the other to noble-hearted Christians. - The success of Jefferson, hith erto, is 'one of the best evidences of the righteousness of her claims. Her first foundations were laid with faith and prayer, and every stone and every beam in her ed ifice has been consecrated to the _Lord. Godly men began the work, and godly men have prosecuted it. The early contribu tions were from devoted Christians. They gave the fruits of hard a new coun try, under the exercise of great self-denial. And they gave cheerfully. And God blessed their work. He poured out his Spirit copiously upon the youths who re sorted thither. He made them, almost without exception, useful me,n, each a bles sing to the land. They have been the min . isters, physicians, lawyers, and educators, mainly, of the West; and many of them have gone East and South, and taken posi tions among the elevated and the useful: The number of graduates has been over sixteen hundred, a majority of wtom have entered the-ministry: A' very large num ber of young men also have enjoyed a par tial course of instruction, and entered posts of honor. The first Foreign missionaries sent out by our Church were Jeffersonians, `and a majority of those who are still sere- sag the Board: are hers. A very large proportion of our Domestic missionaries, received their renewal there, or there had the cherishing of their spirit. More than 41 third of all the students in our six theo logical Seminaries, are her graduates. One reason of the success 'of Jefferson, , College, has been her adaptation to the cir cumstances and wants of the country. She began poor, among a people who were poor. She made education cheap. Young men whose means were small, and who kiiew that their own energies were their only fortune, and that the cultivation and dili gent putting forth of those energies must elevate and sustain them, resorted there. Hence it is that her sons have been among the frugal, industrious, arid useful of the land. But very , few of .them , have been spendthrifts,or vagabonds, The'pious,, and the sons of the pious, have been - her pu pils, and, under her moral and religious training, their good principles have been cherished, and the seeds of grace made to grow. Thus it is that we, account for the multitude of ministers she sends forth to bless the world. 'ln one 'respect ,the sons'of Jefferson have'been sadly defective, that is, in, remu nerating love. They have enjoyed richly of her bounties, but they have not returned the means of her elevation. They speak of her with reverence, and they Send oth ers to drink at her healthful fountains • but they seem not to reflect that, with the pro gress of the country, she must> progress. The instruction, librarY,, aparatns, and buildings which were once abundantly ad equate, are not adequate now. Once she, was even in advance, of the country's cir cumstances, but such is not' now her con dition. She has made progress, but every thing around her has been morerapidly progressive; so that, now she is in, danger , of failing, t 0 . ,: meet the demands of• the times. The more wealthy and nobly-as piring of our sons are likely prefer East ern institutions—they will surely do so, if our own shall not be duly elevate& This would,bett sad calamity. _Let it not occur. It need not: Her friends can prevent it. And we trust that there is. wanted only a little Of that stinitibis which is infused by a knowledge of her wants, to lead them, to prompt and successful efforts. Permit us then to say to you that—the compensation of the officers is decidedly too small. We ought not to expect the salaries there paid, long to retain, and by 'no means to replace, .the talents, erudition, and refinement which are indispensable to the keeping up of Jefferson's preeminence. Also, the work of the teachers is too labo rious. The size of the classes: makes it, needful that they be divided, on some sub jects, and they should in fact be divided on all the subjects of recitation, thuS making double work to the teachers, or requiring the number of teaphers to be doubled. The idea of having sixty to a hundred young men to recite together in a elass, is pre posterous. Thirty to forty' are as many as can well be brought, under a teacher's eye, Apd called elywith sufficient : frequency, to be incited`to perpetual diligence. The effort at present being made is, first, to complete the old endowment seheMe by, the sale of Icliolaiships. That schemn was, left incomplete, several thousand dollars being burrowed to make-`up the =mint PRESBYTERIAN BA NNFA,---SATVRPA Y, AVGUSTA2b, 1860. i which was to be, nvested—robne3r on which interest is still to be paid ql-Tioiz,-We wish .= to endow the , Greek Professorship. This was started as specially an Alumni project. The plan was for each graduate, iiiid - Zther student of the College, to contribute tqp, dollars. But few, tfioWeVer, yet, responded, to the 411, Only a_little liver, five -hundred dollars has been .received. May we not Press it Upon you';'brethreii; one and all, to , forward this small sum im , mediately, or 'very' soon. Send to the Treasurer at Canonsburg, or to, , either of the undersigned in PitiSburgli: All, the living Alumni giving at the rate , proposed, would 'go far toward raising the contempl , ated ,$15,000. _Next, we, propose, to solicit • do nations from the liberal to aid in'perfecting this Professorship, and to endow :another. To carry out this work a joint committee of the t'r'ustees and Alumni, have arranged with Rev. J. J. MARKS, D. D., to act as neut. And so impressed are the commit-, tee of its necessity, and.so.hopeful are they of success, that they have hgreed,'tbein selves, to raise Dr. MARKS salary ;,and thus every dollar collected by him will go, into the College funds. . ' If the scholarships can be sold; and one, Professorship,bendowed,great .benefits will e will result. The College willthereb be Y relievedfrom a considerableamount of in teresti and be enabled to add two Tut Ors to its corps of instructors. But this, as before intimated, is not• the acme of*mir desires. We wish exCedinc;ly to have a Professor. of English Literature: This should be deemed'an indispensable. But to have this we need a second profes sorial endowment. And we Cannot but hope that there are liberal minded men, among the friends of education; who, , on being duly infbrmed of the want, will, re gard it as a privilege to enroll themselves for this purpose, among the benofactori of the College. Once more we ask. permission to 'preps the Alumni to put forth a vigorous effort in behalf of the Institution which was hon ored of God as the means "of their own great benefit Aid her in every way YOU can; and especially and, promptly aid' her by sending forward, the small 'amount , re quested of each of you', l toward the Greek Professorship. , On behalf of the meeting, DAVID MCKINNEY, c ,- • } ommittee, JAMES ALLISON, , SECRETARISHIPS An 'CHAIRS!' Under this heading, the Presbyterian Herald, of August 9th, quotes froni the H C. Presbyterian, and then adds, of its own, some remarks relative to us and others,' rather loose, a good deal personal, interfer: ing with private affairs; and by no means' in full accordance with facts. And the Presbyter,' of the 16th, ` copies from 'both, with seemingly great'; gusto. Well, jour nals, as really as individuals, have 'their peculiarities 'of `taste; and they must` allowed a' little 'latitude in b : seekino enjoyment. There are, however, some things,-in,the Herald's article, of a general character, in which the Church may be deeply interested. If they are simply to . sit in, the C,entral office at Philadelphia and receive and answer Such let ters as may:be written them, one - is abundantly sufficient, ,if, you give liim'An ordinary; clerk. Indeed we de not see how even lie .could fill-up the whole °Penis time in that sort of work alone. But if the Board is to be made efficient, r so, as to develop the whole strength of the Church in ev ery part of it; if new fields are "to be eiplored and filled with missionaries, and old ones thrust off the Board when : ,they have, bicome strong enough to stand alone; if those portions.of the Church are to be visited and conciliated, which have misconceived and misconstrued the., eats of the Boari, and brought into efficient cooperation with it; in short, if the whole work, in all its parts, and in all portions of this grand country, is to be pushed forward with the energy,that the. wants of the country diniand, then we, say i 7 ther one, nor two, nor three Secretaries . are enough to do all that needs to be done: There is work enough to be- done to. employ the - whole time and energies of. half a dozen of the .liest men in. the Church. The only question - is, can they be had, and will they do it if they can ?, A Secretary may do little or Much, as his talents and inelinationimay read , him, last as an editor or a pastor may do. We could fill a< Whole paper in six hours,, or we could spend a. whole week upon it; just, as we could ; make a sermon in three hours, or We could expend' three, entire days upon it. ' . The tendency to ari - O i ligarchy s 'very. strong, even in • the Church. Parity and Presbytery are, with some, not. Very pleas-: ant., ideas. Men are exceedingly fond.'`of pow'L, and many of them "eve. ease; also: To have a position of influence,; with an ad equate salary, is.' deeply coteted. Hence the strife for Secretaryships; and the - desire to have several person& employed- about - the' same Work. TO'be one, of two; or foil'', or six - men, who shall be charged n with but one man's labor, and to have a full,salary, and• have travelling expenses also, andwithal; to Kaye an office which may claim deference; and' give access to goed society, Is Very, grateful to a a certain class of minds The Herald will have no difficultyin getting its• half-dozen” of Secretaries, if it can only raise the funds. But what say the toiling thousands, whose indastry, piety, and self denial, supply the treasury? Will' they agree to have. Church matters so arranged? If ihey intelligently,. let it be , so.: But let them not be imposed upon. - Lei; them not be made to believe that they . aro parting with their hard earnings to, plant the Gospel among the destitute, and to aid feeble and perishing congregations, and to Sustain laboring, missionaries, who, with' their , wives and children, are half starved on the poor Pittance of two or thrpe hun 7 , dred a year; while a large part of the , con tributions goes into the pockets of men who are luxuriating on as"many th - ousandS, Let" the contributors 'know, fairly, 11 .9 w things are; and then if they choose to au* taro the syste,m,,we have no, more to say. The Board of -Domestic ; , 111issions now , ' gives to its Secietarles ,(two at Philadelphia,' one one at Louisville, and, one at New-Orleans) an aggregate salary, amounting; with trav elling, expenses, to about" $7,000. It , has also Treasurers, Clerks, Sze., to the amount' of about $3,000. And th ere are rent's., in surances, stationary, &6:, to an additional large amount. 4Now,, are we,,to: haye. all this still increased, hy an addition of two, three, or four Secretaries ? It seems to us I that there is already too much Machinery.: Ten thousand dollars is too much to be paid in salaries.. If Systematic, Benevo- . lence works as it should do, , thatis, if. pasi - tors, Sessions, and. Presbyteries do their duty, one half the amount named is - the` last cent. Which`elionld be 'eipended 'brthe Board upon its,employees. If the South-West; from .their. , peculiar condition, must ,Agincrindt , ' are willing to ,flus n lti oq them have A But note.tikt tP diminishes the business at the Board's centre; and if the West must have their corps of officers, this still lessens the 'central work. Hence there is there neede.d fewer Imployees„and salaries • more Moderate. 4 • there. is, in__ the- quotation from. the Herald, a principle involved which.,is of immense' importaiiel-La principle sustain, ing Episcopacy, and ':utterly subversive of true Presbyterianism 4 The. Herald would have the Board develop the wholg strength of thetthurch in l every part of it, eiplore new fields and fill .themwith missionaries- 'thrust ,off „the.old .when' they have, become, strong enough to , stand -, alone; visit and conciliatd' thode portions of the Chiirch . which misconceive or misconstrue '"its acts; and bring 'them into' efficient COBperatiOn, with it, in`short'the Board is to press:for ward the,whele work, in all its parts, in, all portions of this , g rand ; , What a: work L. -Neither,the,six. Secretaries which the Herald deintoidg; for teiity'of thenit, would be able to do half of f it,as it should be done. .And what a power, is here claimed: for the Board . 4ind its Secretaries ! An Epis copate, to oversee, superintend,'direct,'and control! Pastors are ignored ; Sessions, are, ignored *; Presbyteries areignored; Synods .are ignored r only as,• these are , servants of the Secretariei,:bythein 'to he stirred up and directed: "The 'Secretariesi are tode yetop•tliPivh:oe : s i trenritli.Of the c OblireiLrto explores it all; to locate missionaries; to thrust ofehifelles • to t visit conciliate and, hring alliportions of the'Clurch into= effi cient" Ce'oPeratiOiCaith 'they areto.paskforward the whole.work, in all portio;is Of country ' Presbyterians ; concede such ',power to a Board 'fand”its 'Secretaries? Are not all' these lthincrsf PProPria c province u the PresbyterieS7 Surely they are And 'When We , sbal~'."have t °s'urrenclered all", this power and the's.; functions to our Board, the days ,of true Prehlaterianiar.ri, as tor us, Will have heen..number4d. We ,, trust that that time' will ;never wine-po, never: Here we plant; ourselves, as on-arock.- We resist every aggressiVe movement of the Boards ;upon the". Presbyteries. ~ N o Secre tary may lord it over pastors and SeSsioni, nor chide,. 7 reproyei „or.dictate to : Presby teries and Synods'. 'S Our idea of a Board is, that it is the 'handmaid of ,the Cluireh-1--the 'executive, to cari'y f according to her in str, 6n her work` , uctions.- It , is• the `depository of 'her benefaptions,,te,recieye, and distribute ac cording to the wants of every part. It has , . itainforMation "from the general sources of knowledge,- but specially from the Preshr teries. thmn it is instructed AS to per sons and places; acting without them only when it would push its enterprises beyend their respective fields—lt is, wisely to weigh statements of Wants, and judiCious ly and,,e9onan*ally :distribute, according to the means it may possess It should have no Diocesaapower.. , The Presbyteries shoUld.resist• most determinedly, and at the ' very beginnings , every assumption o f sueh power..'; "'`The - Herald's , above quoted, is not mere accident: . It ,was yut forth, some months ago, under the' pen we be .lieve, of a correspondent; and- there have been scintillations' - of it in other quarters. AnOther,part of this system was intima ted., rather cO4reitlyand'plansiblY, not very longsince, under the taking proposition, The Right man in the Right _place."' This would' certainly be a'great i26.tter. The intima tion was , that the 'Church'. might "have a , centrat:Office, where information, general and minute; • would be colleeted from all the Charches and alt the Ministers; in which office much jiidgnient and oreat discrimi „nation should preside, ; and Whence each man shonldte ',assigned to the church which he suited. And.what-,otrice so well adapted to this,- ai ithat Hof the Board lof Domestic Missions especially when, ac cording' to the; H e i t'•ald, it shall.have its six Secretaries, and - poiver, to develop, explore, and, push forward; the whole; work; all portions of, this grand countit! , ",,,SOrtiryshii)s," are sought, beanFitipli,e4, - Att4 to,be occupied by bish9Rs thus •aspiringoit.bedrimes '!Editbr's chairs". to be filled. , by, -watchmen . *hose eyes are :‘ 44 Rppn, and ' Whotie' i trumpets . no uncertain .1. : ~:•,• ,sound. •,..11.13T110D1ST PERIODICALS. • • ' Theand even aged men • 4.) •• M.ethoaists retnemher it, when' :the: *(oe, in l oomparison with P'resbyterians, an. :uninformed people. At that time many.of their ministers; as well as their. Aural. members, declaimed against learning. ~ :Bnt now : there a ivondrons' change. They have numerous Schools . silo Colleges. Their Concern any is denominational icopeitry.k• and', in, iperiodicals•they go-; far \ ahead , •of:all their. liizstiaii'brethren:` 't< .. -.4 : 1 .The :Repository, for July , gives the 'fOl ,lening as the circulation eels in . 11369: :‘ . ••,: Ladies' ißepbsitory, ' • `.' •' ti 'L. • lt8;400 'Methodist Quarterly (Review • - '4,250 Christian. Advocate and,Journal , • 29,000 Micstern:Christran,Ativocate,• 81,000 North-Wejferti 'Christian Adv : oCafe, • 18,000 antral Christian Advocate, ' • 8,016' Pittsburgh ChriStitin Advocate, (aliOut). 8,000 Northern .ChristiarisAdvocate, , t(about)t.. 11,006 rata° Advocate,: 1,480. palifornia Chr**,.Adv,ooltte, alput.).. APO ; ( german) (,about)_ . gUnday'Sehool.'Aairoeate,4 • • '208,000 Suriday 'Bell; '(German)' 14,000 h4!', ll. 4rl: 4 o4g*likAo#oi; 'Generat:Ounfereneei and,betwig, we belieyey to the ChurokNorth.i- Andlliey. have'yek in the Churehillorth, seYeral :other 'lour= riala of 'a, large- 'Ciicirlitiott; 'tibia are' edii ducted ati:pri i vate enteririses ; * How • that this Church sustains.iso• many papers, especially weeklies, and gives to them so large 'a circulation? There may be several relsone;'bilt .: the one 'which' is most influential is; that their ministers, practical% as well as'theoretieally , shy_ that •every family must have a : paper. .Every minister in charge will preach, persuade, ind'urge till: the thing is done, and that, •: too, everrYliar. • !And:not only de minis- . Jere attend' tq pus, but class-leadere''4i; (who oecujiy; r in some respedts, the plaCe elders with us,) are engaged in the work; • dad - thcyAsye i. fem . Oes, top, who are 7414,e,effec helpers:. And the results are, ap9ofilet • raPidlf..iivihiti l 4lP growing in. inypgencee,adv.ancing. int liberality ; and deniiiniogitional . ;merits. Are Presbyterians to be outstrip . • mill They well know, or should know, .he relatibns of etnise and effect, THE PITTSBURGH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. o,ur neighbor,complains , sadly of us, that we Publish the rafter's 'of •" JottN SMITH," but do not respond" to its criticisms on those letters. We certainly should,respond, with all respect and earnestness; if we thought that 'such a course` would tend to edification. It says , hoever " Our peo ple do ,not wish controversy." ;We also can ,say truly, that •the readers of the ,Banner do not wish for controversy; that is, needless, unprofitable controversy. Hut they desire inforrnaticin. This we en deavor to', give them—information ,not only of, the right way, but , of the' dangers and errors to which they and their children are exposed` - - Whenever we shall think that truth, (holding the h truth- in loye;) , will' be the gainer by a contest with our neighbor, we shall' then respond' to its remarks. Till then,' we ask to be excused, as suring our friend that we_ very highly esteem both-it-and the 'body represents. The-Methodists we regard as Christians of a, strongly evangelical type. But we can not accord to them the'Claim `of fierAction, either doctrinal or, practical. And here we might just whisper to our brethren that .a main objection which we have to discussion with them is, that' they`will not represent 012 s; ;fairly. They will not 'do it in their preaching,.nor in their(books, nor in their journals. When they preach and write didactically and experinientally, they utter, not, all truth, but a - 'great deal 'of trUth. 'When they engage in continiersi,theyure very forgetful. ~ I UDDEN DEATH. Rev. TriomA's H. tEVERIDEIt of the Sixth United Presbyterian church, Plena= delphia, died, suddenly at the:residence - of Mi l cummiNosi of KishaeoTfillas on Wed= nesday of laat Week He h'a'd just finished his dinner and when' min& from the table - fell dead without speakincr; Mr., BEVtit- IDGE was the editor , of the- Evavelical ICE pbsitoily, a monthly periodicalqiublished by the denOinination towhi ; ch he was attached. lie Was the son of Rev. Dr. BEVERIDGE, Professor in the United Presbyterian Theo logical Seminary, at Xenia, Ohio. .:He was ,a young man of fine. attainments and great prondie. , EASTERN SUMMARY. . B OST ON AND NE'WE'NGEAND THE BOSTON Punt - Ism - Ens, like their brethren in New-York, have been Makin , ' vigorous efforts in preparation for the Au tumn sales. Messrs. Gould & Lincoln, who'se rep - utation is not .nieelledhy that . ' of any'other 'publishing house in the country, ha - ie .in press, and will soon .bring out, " The Life of Christ Historically Consid ered' .by C. I. Elliott, 8.D.;., and also ",Tl3.e Relation of the Sunday School' to the Cliurch." This is a 'review„ by the Rev. N. M. Williams; of the address of Dr. Huntingdon before' the Sabbath School Conventien at Worcester, Mass. Messrs. Brown& Taugardtwill begin tnissue their magnificent edition of the Works of Bacon, early in September. Du. HwiTINGToN, formerly, Professor. of. Christian Morals in Harvard' College, and who latelyTeneunded Unitarianiam, will be admitted to the Order 'of Deacons, on the 12th of September, in Trinity church, Bos ton, :Every arrangement !has been made -for entering upon the'pastorate of the new' congregation organized for him; at once. There is a good deal of Hum Clluitoir ism in And around Boston. -A wealthy and liberal Episcopalian, has published at his own expense, and circulated 'mong his brother High Churchmen 'f A Brief Church Directory,',' which..is'said to have been prepared by, the 'Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, son' of the 'late Bishop of New , J:ersey. If the XpiscoPalians who adopt this "Directory'' differ from .the Roman Catholics in the points specified', it will require keen-optics. to :discover , wherein. ,this difference consists: !We.give.:an ex aniple-or two of. this silly Mummery : -I i • .. ••• . The toreparation,f9TAis highes(,ervieeof Cfninit, 41'4 Cianzitinion,) consists , in tiliserving the'-Friday" fait; * *tin& If y.our 'health permit; ;in almsgiving; in careful self-examination;.cionfession and pray,eff-and if need be, .for a. i weiglit t ,of sin „or sorrow, or {PT, some unknown temptation, ihe . counseland - aliiso- Intien of, the Priest in privatP: ,:•;At, the - end 'of th e prayers, etc., yen aliciuld say Amen; -with tho A as inah,,and not-flat: !..;-. You should always', bow lat the holy name of Jesus, (whether. you hoar •it or say it,) and at every mention of the several Persons of the Elessed . Tiiiiity;',.ai in the Gloria Petri; the Te Peuni; , the Ter . Sanctus in the Communion office. You &mild turn , to the - East (which is wherever theWtar is,) in the Creed and in all ascriptions of praise to .the Holy Trinity. the aot of adoration, to be. made to . Christ really 'present in the Consecrated . , Elements, sbobld be made during the words or nstitution, Oblation and Invocation, for which the Rubric orders the priest to break the breadeeto4 before ,the people. You should., receive, the holy. Body, in the palm of the' right hand', ungliived,'ind.Ciossing, over the leftliend, of the sentence, of , administaation; after winch the Amen should saids,end'notat the end Of the whole sentenle t „ 1 .. • If any thing moreAinginting, in this lirie, hip United States, we have n . q . defik . A.lt..4 . Betiiiiely, possible to *aginLsi : l ,o4o founded by Paul or Peter, committing itself to such trifling as this. Tit mill . not kuppro z fitOlu.to contrast these irupres.sive I. Cor. '23__34.. ,s; „ . It is . o noW . Pix . )po#e:a . to: 'a:Ni*, Ontlitila, • PARER) *4:OP last of . Septe mber;. to be palli4; .7.714.26p4c0pca Observer; . or . .The . 07aurch. , ifil•rprg.71t !will probably ; take as. high' ground as , the Churchmcin, of lTaw-Yfirli., 'but: its ityle ind spirit will proNibly i tli( offeiisiye... • . . • • The TREASURER OF *AMIIEREIT COLLEON has !lately r4eived''Airli Danp3l 'of BostintOierot t itf* liberal benefact,or . of I theCollege, i.sniall,and carefully sealed. 'Vox, with the instruction that it is not to Vik,Operied,...for. one `hundred. years, on pain of forfiitUre 'the gift whi'ch it contains: . Speculation ; is at Jault as to' the contents and the s easons for,the , accompanying con- Theishrewdest guess is, that the Jinx holds deeps: of real' estate in Boston, .now, 'owder lease; for one hundred years, but then to . hO tran4feried to the. College., The Hartford Couratit• sips. that the Haag ioWLof gi;r.ing.the' Thick , Csußeii'Or„igln,l4o;l - 4; tims Oi r thil lodise wars; whew ifie niele members of the:famiiy always took their muskets to church, when it was, of course, very proper that they should have the front of the pew, to rush-out to repel an attack. Then the inner seat was the one of safety. The men also never-kneeled in prayer or bowed their heads, as either was an unsafe position. Thus originated a custom of ar ranging the occupants of a pew, which has become useless and troublesome in modern times. We' do not vouch as to the accu racy of thih statement, but it is high time for this ridiculous custom, that , so often in , terferes , 7ith. the, viet of a whole congre gation, to , be , abolished. NEWIKACT ' R. I now such a famous.rof sort for the devotees of pleasure and those in the persuit of health, has many interest ing historical connexions associated with it It waihere 'that the learned and saint ed Berkeletbnce resided, and . the spot is still pointed out, near what are called the Hanging. Rocks, in full view of the majestic ocean; where he used to sit,' and where he planned many of his valuable works and sermons. Old Trinity is one of the churches which survived the ravages of, the Revolution. Her spire is capped with the crown of , Old England ; her pulpit is the only one exist ' ing in this' country, in whirl Berkeley preached; and her organ presented by him, was ,one of the first imported to this coun try. It is still in use, and is surmounted by a crown and two mitres. NEW-Y ORK THIS CITY is renowned for its wealth, splendor, and enterprise, but it has also its gi.eat and terrible evils. Among these the sale and Use or intoxicating liquors hold a conspicuouS place, for they are closely con , nected witli many other evils, if not all. During tbe past, week the business of licensing men to sell intoxicating liquors, has been brought 'to a close for the. year. Two kinds of licences have been granted—the storekeepers' license", which permits sales only in quantities of five gallons; no part of it tote drank on the premises, under penalty of forfeiture of $500; and the innkee.per's license, which allows him to sell in 'any quantity, but prohibits gambling, quarreling, or disorderly conduct; on, his 'premises, under penalty of $250. The license fee is $3O ; one. thonsand seven hundred !licenses have been granted, but only about one thousand three hun dred as yet, given out, as the kees :havg not, been paid on the remainder. The Commissioners an nounce their intention of prosecuting those who sell without license, including 'some , of the pro prietors of leading hotels. If this law can be strictly and thoroughly enforced, it will suppress a groat deal of drunkenness in the city: Lint public sentiment must be greatly improved before any prohibitory or restric tive lawi will operate successfully - . • ' Among the passengers by the Adriatic was LADY ,FRANKLIN, widoW of Sir John Franklin 7 the Arctic explorer, who lost his - , life in.his, devotion to the cause of science and geographical discovery. Lady Frank lin. is now the guest of Henry Grinnell, whose name will go down to posterity, in separably connected with that of Franklin, to discover whose fate he performed so no ble and disinterested a part. After - re maining for . a short time with her friends she will < travel ,throuah a portion . of the United States and of the Canadas, - and avill probably be present at the opening of.the Victoria bridge. Since - 1849; -leer'-efforts for the relief Of her gallant husband-and his braVe comrades from their lee-prison, have been unceasing; she has appealed to her own Government, and to those of 'France ,and the United: States, for aid and men to seek, in the icy North, the little band of explorers, she has expended nearly the whole ,Of her own private, fortune for, the same object; = she has stimulated'thesucces sive companies who have entered upon the Arctic search, by her own heroic Words or cheer.; and, by. the sympathY which her Wifely devotion:has evoked, has stimulated the explorers to the performance of deeds of chivalry, which will sink . the remem brance ofthe names of King Arthur, Lancelot, and Amadis, in those of Kane,, De• Haven, Hayes,. McClintock, and Rae. 'All hbnor, then, to Lady Fianklin. A MEETING LFADING MERCHANTS and citisens was held on the 14th inst, to take measures for a proper reception of : the Prince of Wales on his:arrival in this city. An able committee haebeen appoint ed to make the necessary arrangements The' _Aldermen who di:sgraced the city, in the ; Japanese matter, will most probably be excused from taking part in the honors+ to be given to Enolandli future' King Mr. MOSE,S S. BEACH, so long connected with the Daily Sun, the oldest penny paper in New-York, and we believe'in the world;, has retired from that leavingnal, leavin W. C. Church as his successor. The San has a daily circulation of over sixty ,thou sand. Mr. Beach is about engaging in the enterprise of perfecting a new iMprove ment.in the lightning printing preig, which it is expected to throw off one hun dred thousand copies per hour I ARCHBISHOP HUGHES has announced that in Consequence of the fund thus far subscribed 'for the erection of the new cathedral having been expended, the Work will, for - the present, be`suspended. It will be iresumed',in .october. \ The- entire 'sum contributed and paid in cash for ;the work done so fur,', about , one `hindred theusand dollars, was; subscribed by only Seventy three persons. When compleied- it will be by far the largest and ,most mas P mificent edifice in America. ', The. JEWS OF THE UNITED STATES ire arousing themselves, to make - their impor . twice felt, demand their rights, and render mutual aid. The fist annual meeting of, the Board of Dele gates of American' Israelites was held at Cooper Institute,. last; week, Mr. RenrY J. Heart in. the chair. 'The Executive CoMmittee reported, , ihat they have, collected, and remitted to Sir, Moses Montefiore the sum of $20,000 for ,the relief of time .Morocco refugees. They call attention to the difficult negotiation necessary to establish their rights under the treaty' with SWitzerland, and , also;to the factothat no provision was made for army, privileges to citizens of Jewish. faith in the treaties with China and Japan. They refer• to the Tact that no Jewish citizen can hold office under time Constitution of North Carolina, and suggest the propriety inemoralizing the legis', 'attire of •that State =for the abrogation of this obnoxious provision. ' . . A blktrlNG was 'held at the Tracer:bus - el list week to tan into consideration the Propriety, of sending immediate , relief to the sufferers from the civil war in ;Syria, Addresses were made by the Rev. Dr. Baird, !Rev. Mr. Wood, Rev: Dr' Bethune and others. Dr: Bethune said it Was im possible to estimate the. results ;that might follow this -kindly ; interference , in Aelping these Christians. , It might-be the entering, wedge, the end of which 'night be - very fine, but which, before ht' a9coM plish great, results, 6lt could not , , told what a little fire would kindle, especially if it was the fire that was drawn from heave l! . Therefore, he thought they should be up and doing. His, faith was great in the spirit of the Gospel. A large committee was appointed to prepare an Address to the American people and solicit 'Contribution s . Dr. Baird is Secretary' of the Committee. THE METHODISTS: OD THE " UNITED STATES are making active exertions to reach the Scandinavian -population in our own country and abroad. The followim 4 Ivok-s, lately issued by their Book Concern, show that they are supplying this interest ing people with a Methodist denomination a l literature at once: "Porter's Compendium," "'John •Nelson's Journal," " Hester Ann RogerS," "'Wesley's Christian Perfection, - "Ralston's Elements of Divinity," a n d, '"Why lam a Methodist." These books arc in the Scandinavian language, and others will follow in due time. The pas sage of the' new Toleration Act by the Swedish Parliament will doubtless open a door for the further diffusion of Methodist missions and literature in that interestin g country. THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Dr. Phillips') of New-York, is one of the most liberaLchurches in the world. The contributions to benevolent objects, exclud. ing all the congregational expenses, which amount to $6,000 per annum, last year, as reported in the minutes, are $52,961. The items are as follows : Domestic Missions, $5,765 ; Foreign Missions, $20,000 ; Edu cation, $7,323; Publication, $4,400; Church : Extension," $4,310; Presbyterial, $163; Miscellaneous, $lO,OOO. And pro. bab'y contributions to the amount of $lO,. 000 were made to - various objects by mem bers of the conoregation, which, were never reported. PHILADELPHIA JAMES N. DICKSON, Esq., for several years President of the Bank of North America, has resigned on account of con tinued ill health. 'Mr. Dickson 'is Presi dent of the - Board of Education, and has long been an active,.efficient, and highly valued ruling elder of the Sixth Presbyte rian church, Dr. Jones'. GEORGE H. &UAW; Esq., has returned from his . trip to Ireland, where he labored unremittingly in Addressing prayer meet ings, and attending religious convocations. His return to the daily prayer meeting is properly appreciated ; and his statements and addresses concerning the state of re ligion in Ireland, have been full of `inter est. TER FUNERAL OF REV. DR. NEILL was largely attended by ministers and people of all denominations. The services at the house were appropriately conducted by the Rev. Mr.. Crowell. The corpse was, then taken to the Sixth Presbyterian church, of which Dr. Neill was for several years pas tor,, where a touchinc , andltruthfnl' address was delivered by the, Yreka - pattor, Rev. :Dr. JOnS . , Who will in duetime favor the Church with, a more, extended notice, of this venerable servant of God. The Rev. bert Barnes, of - the New School Presbyte rian church, Rev: Dr. - Steel, of our , own Church, Rev. Dr. Cooper, of the Episco pal Church, Rev. Dr. Taylor, of therße fOrmed Dutch Church, and the Rev. John Chambers, of the Independent Clnirch, took' 'part in these ".services, all of which were solemn and impressive.- Dr. Neill was born in Western Pennsylvania,not many miles from Pittsburgh, in 1770 or 1779. Before,he was tWOyears'ola his `fatherwas massacred by the Indians, and his mother died before he was three years old. in 1795 he was a clerk in 4 store, in Canons burg. While here, under , the. - ministry of the Rev. 'Dr: John 'McMillan,- he' was con verted to God;;:and becaine connected with the'old.Chartiers ,church. For, the gresbytezian Banner Discussions on Baptism. Mussns. EnUrons Wish the use of ;your Valuable paPer ' as: a Medium through which to spread before your 'readers an ac count of some discussions 'With 'the sect known •as Cainpbellites, on the subject of baptism, by the Rev. IL 'Wells, . of the Lutheran Church. The'Campbellites have a:paperi which they publish in 'Cincinnati, in _which' ,they'always report these discus- Jsions as reatilting very favorably to them selves,'ind thusilo injustice to us and the cause of trait. Many persons, who do not belong to that sect, receive the impression, from such representations is are made to the*, that we' cannotrnaintain our views of baptism, and that we Practice sprinkling, or pouting,; as a matter of Convenience. - -The Cartipbellites and Clirystiaus, or New Lights, do more, t 6 hinder the spread of the Gospel 'than-all the Other forms of infidelity with which we 'have to contend here. . ' The ministers-of these Sects are exceed ingly illiterate yhtit - their zeal is alWays in proportion =ti their ignorance, and they make up by their impudence what they lack in intelligence. They will' attend at the places where the Evangelical denomi nations-Of Christians meet to 'worship God, mutter but their' assent'or dissent to what is sairi, and, probably, after the religious services.are oVer, either announce their de termination to reply - to' what may have been -said, or give a challenge to 'disCUss, in public, some propos:hien in regard to which they feel persuaded that `they are well'informed. Their' impudence becomes so intolerable that, however 'great, the con descension, the Ministers of the Gospel are constrained to meet theni in debate, and vindicate the. truth. • There'has! been several disc - dui:ens with the Canipheßites lately, of which I, wish to .give an acedunt;that your readers,',in those !regions` -where Compbellism may know how thde discussions haie,resulted. The firat,debate was held ita town called Cicero, in Hamilton 'Rpiintiy, Ind. The proposition was / immeniat in,loctter is es sential - to C Y lei-istian" Bait/sin. ,:Mr. Aaron Walker; CaMpbellite, - affirined, andtthe Rev. H. Wells,'Lutheran, denied. The place ofcliscussinii - waS aitronghold of,Cainpbellisni, it is reasonable to sup ,pose that everything would be done which was necessaryitot guarantee success to their .champion. They put forward their most pugnacious and wily ,debater, assembled their best;men to" counsel and assist their diapiitant. But_ the, effort was _in. vain. After a discussion of three days, five hours of each .day being. occupied in debate, the .chmpion of error was vangpished, and. ClunPbellisni received a blow from which it will noksoola recover. :Mortified., and ashamed at their ,defeat, and :too.:-keep, up a show, of courage, .3lr. Walker:awn challenged Mr. Wells to dis cuss 'the , same questiogi This challenge was accepted, and, by:agreement, the par lies; met on the 6th of June ult., in the •Southerii- part of ;Whitely County, Ind. 40:his-place a large concourse of people assembled from, that and the adjoining counties: The :discussion continued three dayspiv e hours of each day being devoted