Vto blitrian Namur.
PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY,. OCTOBER ti, 1860.
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bean Mir-ready and Oalid receipt; securing to erery one,
and at all limes, a perfect knowledge of his newsPaPer ac
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tect itand hate it torrecterl-,-a bairn alike 'valuable to the
publisher and subscriber, as it must terminate all painful
misunderstandings between Them respecting accounts, and
thus tend An perpetuate their important retationship.
*** Those in arrears will please remit.
•Relr:io l fill Rico Wood died in Hanover,
Ind„,oty the 7th ult., in_ the 26th year of
hie" age. Mr. WOOD was a native of Lex
ington, Ira., He studiedtheology at Prince-
ton, N. J., and was.licensed by the Pres
bytery Of Philadelphia.. Tho Fresbytei.
speaks -of him in 'high terms Of praise.
nereits withthe
_ Synod of Samilisky.—This new Synod,
asked by the last General Assembly (see
Midas, pp. 44,) is to hold its first meet
ing in Cleveland, Ohio, on the last Tlturs
day.of October (25th,) at :7 o'clock P.. M.,
in the Westmikster, church. The opening
sermon is to be preached by Rev. HENRY
NEILL. The Synod is composed of the
Presbyteries of Western Reserve, Findlay,
*urine; anO,Dlichigan.
•
SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH.
. The members of the Synod of Pittsburgh,
traveling by the Pennsylvania Railroad,
should remember that the Indiana train
,
connects in the forenoon with the Johns
town accommodation, Westward, and Johns
town waytrain, Eastward, arriving at In
diana itt 12.50 P.M.; and that in the
afternoon it connects with the Johnstown
accommodation and express trains, East
ward, and mail train, Westward, arriving
at Indiana at 7.40 P.M.
.
A committee to' assign lodgings will be
at the Lecture-room of the Presbyterian
church on the, day of meeting,, (October
13th,) at 10 o'clock A.M., where the men:
bers'of .Synod 'are, requested to , meet them.
Ifhose coming by Railroad ere' requested to
repair to the church on their arrival.
• The ‘Jehri'stown trains leave Pittsburgh
and 2.5.0 P.N.; and the ex
press leaves' at 3.40 P.M. These,all make
connexions for Indiana at the Blairiville
Intersection. .
Ministers can have half-fare tickets, but we
hope to arrange tor excursion tickets for all.
UNION PRAYER-MEETINGS.
Acecirding to a request made, we give a
, .
prominent place to the following
NOTICE.
!The Committee of Correspondence, ap
poieted,:by the Second National Conven
ticle of Union Prayer-Meetings, have em
bodied the Address, and other transactions
of that Assembly, in a small pamphlet,
which they desire to send to every Union
Prayer-Meeting, whether in our own, or in
other countries. . ,
All persons, either engaged or interested
in Union Prayer-Meetings, are hereby re
quested itnmodiately to make themselves
known ,to the •Corresponding Secretary of
the,,Convention, Rev. A. M. MORRISON,
N0. , 124 "Fulton Street, New-York, with
the number of copies of the pamphlet
which they desire to distribute. • The
tributicn is intended to be gratuitous ; but
if any should prefer to remit the extra cost
of their orders, it will be at the rate of $4
per hundred.
Correspondence and information from all
Union, Prayer-Meetings are also most earn
estly desired by the Committee, and will be
returned,, with interest out of the general
fund of information they hope in this way
regularly to receive.
All communications may be addressed tct
the Corresponding Secretary as above.
TRE ROYAL VISITOR.
The Prince of Wales, now visiting por
tions of our country, under the title of
Lotto RENFREw, honored our city with a
call, this week. Ile arrived from Cincin
nati on Minday evening, in the splendid
car prepared for him, by the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad Company. The car was
sent to Cincinnati, and is to carry the Prince,
vilparrishurg to Baltimore. The DUKE OF
NEWCASTLE, ra Minister of the Crown, and
Loan LYONS, British 'Ambassador to the
United States, are of the Prince's party.
They were entertained at the Monongahela
House. On Tuesday morning they were
escorted by a splendid' band of music, a
portion of the military, and some of our
distinguished citizens, through several of
the principal streets; thus giving the citi
zens generally, the opportunity of setting
their eyes, for once, upon royalty. Very
.large numbers of ladies and gentlemen
filled 'the windows and doors, and lined
the streets along which the cortege passed.
Deep interest and high respect were mani
fest. There were no boisterous demonstra
tions, excepting that when the Prince left,
he showed himself on the platform of the
hindmost car, and the multitudeutter=
loud' farewell.
The Prince bears the evidence of his
youth, about, nineteen years of age. He
was plainly dresied, and frequently raised
his bat, in recognition of the respect shown
him. His features seemed to be regular,
indicating mildness, and cheerfulness, with
due gravity. The impression made upon
our citizens was decidedly favorable.
This visit is, we think, to result in large
benefits to Great Britain and the United
States,.and thus also to religion and hu
manity. The two nations speak the same
language: , They are affiliated. They stand
at the head of civilization, power, litera
ture, and trade. They, are also at the head
of liberty, Protestantism, and, evangelic al religion. And they are the leading na-,
tions in Christianizing the world. Every
thing, then, which tends 'to perpetuate
peace, and advance prosperity, and promote
cooperation, is favorable to true reli
gion. And this visit, to Detroit, Chicago,
the prairies, St. Louis, (and then but at
the centre of the country,) and thence re
turning by Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Wash
ington, Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
and New-York, must give- to the Head of
the English nation an idea of the extent,
'wealth, power, importance, and susceptibil
ities of this country, which be never could
hive had by reading and talking
_at home.
And'the . visit must also have an immense
infltuiniein conciliating to his country the,
tiepit6t:itid'good feelings of ours.
7 ,
THE PASTORAL RELATION SHOIIGD BE PER- I
MANENT---SUGGESTIONS TO MINISTERS.
Pastors are the gift of Jesus Christ to I
the churches. The end in view is the edi
fication of the people—the bringing of
God's suns and daughters to glory, and the
training of a new generation to; be their
followers, in faith, labor, and holiness, to
the same blissful abode. When Jesus had
finished his personal work on earth—
having made an
,atonement for sinners, and
brought in everlasting: righteousness—
having removed all obstructions, and made
the way of access to heaven practicable and
safe—he ascended up on high. But he
did not abandon his work., Much was yet
to be done, in the application of the ben
efit, and be arranged for the 'proper instru
mentalities. "He gave some, apostles;
and some, prophets ; and some, evan- ,
gelists; and. some, ."PASTORS AND TEACH-,
ERs; for the fieVecting of the saints,
for •the work of the ;ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ." The idea
of the pastorate is permanenee; the work
to be performed requires permanence. A
settlement in this relation should,.ordina
rily; be a long settlement—it may not be
extravagant to say, a settlement for life.
Life settlements, we are.aware, are now not
the rule, but the exception. In the begin
nine. it MRS riot SO.'
Permanence depends on both' the pastor
and people. Both.need to desire it. Both
roust be pleased, each with, the other; and
it.depends greatly with the one, what shall
be the other's desires and feelings. .' Either
can show such a spirit :and 'exhibit such
conduct, as to produce a disruption ; and
either can -do 'very much toward` making
the permanency 'of - the union desirable.
The obligation rests first, and most
strongly, with the pastor. He, is sent of
God. The -people are given to him in
charge.: He is to be a father to them ; to
teach them ; to produce in them right feel
ings'i. to be gentle among them, even "
a nurse cherisheth her children!' He
is to bear with them, and watch over
them, and 'reclaim them, and feed them,
so that none' shall be lost, but that
all come . in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fullness of Christ." This is
his work. He is the actor and they are the
subjects,; and if his success is not imme
,
diate, if they are ignorant and wayward, he
is not at once to abandon them as hopeless;
he may reap in due time; if he' faint not.
Let the minister, then, give himself
earnestly to the work, in his ain't charge.
Exchanges, journeyings, attendance on ec
clesiastical meetings, are occasional duties,
and may thus be highly advantageous.' But
home is the place of his abode. His owp con
gregation is the seat of his labors. His own
people are to he the'objeet of his affections
and the subject of his anxious solicitude.
He must permit' nothing to come between
him and them, and nothing to divert him
from them. `Their everlasting salvation is
his immense charge, and this, in his esti
mation, must outweigh and' obscure every
other thought. Some atteneen to a garden,
a farm, a schoOl, to Writing 'and publishing,
may possibly be a necessity; but if so, they
must still be but secondary—a relaxation
rather than a business. -
Such devotednesz to a people's interests,
must render the minister a benefit to them.
They will hence not think him'a burden;
nor yet a mere necessity. They will regard'
him as a blessing. He is useful: He is'
the medium of appreciated - benefits—by
instruction, advice, alleviating sorrow, dif
fusing joy—a benefit to parents 'and Chil
dren, to the aged and the young. Home is
doubly a home by his influence on the mem
bers of their families.
An accompanying result will be, very
strong attachments.' Such disintereSted de
votion, such fidelity, such kindpess, such
blessings conferred, such,happiness diffused,
cannot but result in loVe. There is nothing
like love to produce love. Ardent love
manifested, in the bestowment of spiritual
treasures, will be responded to by a similar
loVe, to be exhibited in a cheerful „and
bountiful supply of temporal good things.
Where an attachment is thus formed, and
rooted and grounded; where it is thus the
result of the beneflts. unspeakable, which
flow from an ardent love and an unremit 7 :
ting toil, a people will not let their pastor
leave them. They' will 'do nothing -to ne-'
Cessitate removal, nothing to firovoke the
thought of going, nor will they yield him
without a struggle, should invitations come
from other quarters: The smallness of =the
salary is often the alleged cause of a min
ister's remotral. The people cannot sustain,
him, they say—cannot make up what they
promised. But why ? It may possibly be
from the fewness of their numbers, and
their real poverty. And it may be 'also
from a want of will—from real and sinful
illiberality. But why this illiberality? Is
it not because they do not adequately Jove
their pastor? '-"They do. not regard him as
the author and medium'of great benefits to
them'and theirs. He is niit to. theui' a
source of joy. For want of a personal at
tachment and a .high . : appreciation of him,
they withhold their . contributions. They
are willing that he should go.
The best provision which a minister can
make for old age, is the implanting of him,
self in the.esteem and affections of 'a well
trained Christian people. And this' is done
by a long pasterate; and, only by a long
pastorate. Nen of change cannot possibly
• make this provision,. It is the good minis
ter, he who has grown gray in serving the
Lord with the same peoPle,,who has, for his
declining life, the heritage of their love.
He has been the counsellor and companion
of the aged, leading, them in green pastures
and by the still waters, till now heaven's
gates are in view. To those who are now
the strong men, the;business men, themon
eyed men of the congregation, he had
preached with convicting and converting
power. He directed their inquiries, sooth
ed their anguish, led them to hope, 'and
rejoiced in their joy; and under his minis
trations they are now reaching the stature
of full manhood in Christ Jesus. Every
hope they have of heaven is, in some way,
connected with his instructions, his exam
ple, and his kindness. Anclas for the young,
they were baptized by him. To him they
often recited their Catechism. He has been
leading them - to the Lamb of God. From
childhood l / 2 3 prattlinglours,they have heard
parents,:grand-parents, uncles, aunts, righ
:WM all speak of the _venerated =mister
PRESBYTERIAN'BANNER.---SATURDAY, OCTOBER '6 1860. P'
only with words of reverwrce and affection.
They love him. This man hence has his
home in the hearts of all. Every eye ,spar
kles on meeting him. Every countenance
has• a smile for him. Every hand is ready
to administer to his wants. He also has a
field of usefulness, which, as one of the a,ged,
he alone can have. 'While he is' able 'to
utter' a word, it will be received with kind
ness, as an utterence of wisdom and .an
emanation•of love.
Such a heritage for old age is better than
an annuity, better than golden treasures.
It has the life that now is, connected with,
that which is to come. And it is attaina
ble. Let pastors make to thennielves such
a home.
THE PLAN OF LIFE.
He who acts without reaard to d plan,
acts unwisely. If he
,accomplishes, any
thing,,it will be by accident. Men possess
ed of the same' mental eapacities, ; differ,
widely in the mod& .of applying‘them to
use. The one forms a plan, and,lconcen=
trates his energies, on, its execution. ; The
other puts forth fitful'and unconnected. ex
ertions. ;
The wiser the plan of action, the greater
the success attendant upon ex i cit'ion.
effort, is wasted on account of - unwise plans.
Most persons would resteem it a favor if
their plans for life' could be laid for them:
by the most sagacious 'Until on earth, who=
ever: he may be They : iyould then feel,
pretty sure, that. their 'strength would, not..
be spent ins vain. ~-(
God-has a plan of life foi- each indiviV
ual of the race. Ells' plan'inust be a wiser`
one than that of the wisest
, man who ever
liVed. As it was formed by infinite wis- 0
dom, prompted by infinite Jove, rt must be;
the best possible plan for each ini4yidual:
Each one should, therefore, :endeavor 'to
learn what the DiVine'plan of his life is;
and to act in accordance with it
But is it asked, how does it appear that
God has a life-plan for every One ? It ,ap
pears from the analogy of his works'; a'de
finite object or &Sign appears in every part
of nature. Has he,then no definite object,
•
no design in respect to man ?
Again, his , purposes extend to . all events:
Of courie they in - elude man and his acts.
EVely Man has has plabe in those purposes.
Again, it is our privileov to be, laborers,
together with,' GO in accomplishing his
purposes. He is the great master-builder:
He must give directions to the workniero
One is einployed in, the quarr3r, another, an
poliihing the Stonesr another in fitting
them' to their, proper places. So, long si
each one : follows the directions of the. Ma
ster-builder, his labors ,contribute ,to -,the'
erection of the - edifice. Ills labors are not
in 1 n
' Instead, therefore, ,of wearying onr,selves
in devising plans of life, let us seek to
learn, and to, follow the plan of God, con
cerning ma'. He will not communicate-itto
us in detail. He will not gratify'our curl=
osity respecting the future, but he Will
make. known to us cur present duty., So
long: as he does this, :and we perform it; We
are acting in accordance with' the plan of
God. A willing anciiobedient 'heart will
enable us .to discern the plan of God
fast as is needful for us to discern it, and
we should always be safe while
. engaged in
its execution. No real harm can come to
him who is in the place :in which God
would. have him to be, and who is doinr ,
what God would have him to do.,
COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
Under date of September 28th, we hate
a letier frem Coiuinbia, S C., Staing that
fifteen, new, students had entered , during .
the, few days since the Seminary opened
for the present term. Severhl . others' were
expected, and thought that there
would be an attendance of sixty to seventy
in ,all. ' '
' Columbia is a delightful Southern city,
of about ten thousand inhabitants. The
Professors the 'Seminary are among ; tbe
great and .the good in
,our, Church. The
Seminary library is said:tnbe - not surpassed
by' that of any of our Theological institu
tions ; and the means of living, for stu
dents, are not extravagant, The eipense
for imard, washing,;and fuel, need notex-,
ceed. twelve dollars.a month. There is:pro
vision made for indigent students; to the
extent of $2OO a year ?and remunerative
labor may be bad during 'va`eationa;
The inducements which are being offered
to young men to prepare 'for the ministry;
are one favorable sign of the tifneti; -Mani
laborers are wanted, and we rejoice '"to see
attractions. But still we would keep ; np .
the knowledge of, the fact,. thatit is truly,
and really, laborers that the Church desires
—4aborers Who are alsogood'soldiers—able
to 'endure hardness in' the service : . The .
ministry affords not a life - of ease Those'
who have . grown up in .".king's houses,"
are not fitted to its ;toils, and
But we rejoice to see thb way made practi-;
cable,in all our Sethinariet3; for every . man'
Avho becalled of Y ol*
.) P„
educational qualifications. ,-;
THE BENEFIT OF CHRIST'S DEATH;*:
.
. The plan og salvation, in and through,
Jesus Christ, and written by Evangelists
and Apoitles; has been known and , under-'
stood, in all ages of the Church '''hi - the
most flourishing, times; the light has shone
brilliantly. In the darkest ages, there were
still Some glimmerings of its radian ee. PAUL;
AUGUSTINE, and :CALVIN),' thought, felt,
and wrote very similarly ; the one itiii)ired",'
the others illumined of Orod's aiirit, so as
to know the thinos ,which had been re
vealed.
A kindred spirit we find in a day and
country, when and where we would little
suspect its existence. The *ls t ., given
above, is that of a work of EALF,Axpa, an
Italian, which, emanated,. more than three
htindred years ago, from the presses of
Venice, St r uttgard, and Lyons. Its dee
trinal sentiments and Christian experience,
associate it with the pioduotions of the
distinguished saints whom wuhave named. ,
Men taught of God, will exhibit similari- ,
ties.
This little bii6k was too evsngeligal to
escape the ban of Rime and.the fires of the
Inquisitors. The demand :;for it was such
*THE BENEFITS OF CHRIST'S DEATH, or the Glo
rious Riches of God's Free Grace, whieh every
True Believer receives by Jesus Christ and him
Prucified. Originally written in Italian, and
attributed to Anzio Palearib. Pliiladelphia :
Preabyteriam.Publication acmimitteg: 'For saleiby
' R. B. Duvia, Pittsburgh.
that forty, thousand copies *ere speedily
struck ofgad circulated, bitt the zeal of
Rome Wis sutEcient `te , *earelztheln out and
commit them to the flames, till it was
thought that alI had perished. A few I
copies, however, escaped. .A.' translation.
Was made from the Italian into English, in
1558 ;"'and one from the French, in 1573.
It is now issued 'again in — ltalian, German,
Dutch, Danish, and 'French., It 'has thus
cernmenced a new race in avery wide field:'
In ItilY;i4 , especially op 7
poriune. , „Recent, events will, produce for
it, many' . readers; And its sound instruction's
willlead:paany in ;the pathslof truth:
'P.4.o:itio =Shorn at', Yeeroli, Italy, in'
,151)3.! ;When lie arrived at manhood he
got
_hold, ,of :the Scriptures,.•and
,of some
ot the, writings of the :Reformers. He
chink. knowledge;i:•and his , light' soon
shone " He beCamo :the 'objedt of perseou
tl tien: 'At hundred men
leagUed :together, 'tor hi:4 destruction. He
was seized and brought before the Inquisi
tion'. ably'defended , hiniself 'by God's
Worebut in vain". He : was condemned
and bui•becr. •
lIIMiI
the most, : virulent foe, of
ievapgelical religion,, and. the, most, profuse,
'shedder, of the blocid, , of the; :saints is, Ave
;trust, ;near the , end of its r - , powen: It is
4, 1 aandmust . h`' I'l "
_borne , pens , w e mar
j,yiod:knes by ; their moors.
Though dead., they speak
,DEiTITUTIONS IN iiINSO• ,f
• ,
IA! Week er— ewe ago We
s iatuctitt to 'lie
destitutions, ,Kinias i suprioaln,g'hOwever
-
that 10* wr i i:ters . , who mightsee rout
speeial t ipea'Jities,,laad over state 4 :the gener
al wants: , ;we: have a. Tellable state-`
,trent bigentiernen collected tngether from
idfffereire hind distant liaifs of the Teiiit(i;•jr.
'l3tirb7et,hern. in , a condition ; needing
'our liberality,; and the requested aid must
mot be withheld. They write : l
The Presbytery 9f - Righland,i n
,session,
:at .Wyapdotte City, Kansas, des i ire, to,make
known,to the ChurolLapd,friends,abroad, as
nearly as they, can, .the_ wants and iestitu
tions,of ,anriTerritory, consequent upon & the,
drouth Of, the past year. • „
4ince: Kansas. has been kalawn. by red or
white men,sbe has not before,: so fir as, is
known, flilled .to,produce abundantly from
her, ; and to repay largely; an
bountifully..the labors ,of the husbandman.
Thisvear,,it,„ has not been so.!: The rains
have been withheld crops hairo,failed and,
groat destitution,prevails,litt parts, of, our,
Territou.,
We, see, and we recognize the hand -of
God ,in;this. .We sea, his foptsteps, we hear
his, vpicei m and ,we would ba still and. •
Inow,that i be, his Goa!!
W i th ,pai n ful; interest„ havo,we listened ,
to.,,the statements made by hrethern coming
3 .1)-f : f119ri1244 1 .PO lB Pf:the,P7iteTY, and we
trust that we have now th'e Meta that will
enable us to make some correct, though
very , general an.dr , very- brief , Atatanents: in
the cage: ' 4 ' •
Thelcountiei borderitio. b
tin the Missouri,
and Some districts 'aldn,;(; 'the Kansas river
an;dAar,ger streams, are not in a siniferin,g
condition: .In most. of 'these , districtsa .
half .-crop ?has-been raised, 'and' frnin
of them.somethin carybe spared to help
the More destitute: ' ;
in:.the.South , and West, and on the high
prairie -"• ands, crops have been, in most
cases, entire failures. Nor has it beerefor want
of labor and effort on the part 'of • farmerh.:
Early in , the Spring,
_large -fields (if• Sprin g,
wheat were 'sown. Thisfailing, the ground
was phnighed over and planted in corn;
this again failing
. the ground was sown in
turnips or buckwheat, - and this also 'proved
a failure: :.,Itlany -'have, 'really nothing.
MOstpetsdns have come to the Territory
With)Sindll , ineans;Stient Whit they had iu
improving and in depefi'ding 'on kin
expected 'crerte Meet - the - wants of . the
future: .
There is' "also' an , Ularthirla destitution
of-clothing.'"' Wocil and flax are 'Mt 'little'
raised-here. and not yet manufactured", and
men have been depending 'Upon the crops
to Iprocure the'se from abroad. Winter isi
hear; andTarge fainilies may be found where
there=is•not a`,shoe, and' scarcely a comforta
ble woolen. garment for` the "Winter: In
this state' of things, the. Presbytery deem it
a duty" to - publish the facts; 'and' address
them mainly to bur' own Chiirc,h andjpeo
ple in theBtates.' SO'fafas bur owri Mitch
and 'people it'e 'concerned in Kansas, near
one4mlf•of them: do' not stand in 'need of
any help 'from- abroad. The, 'churches "of
Carli'sle; :Wyandotte,. LeavenWortli,
son; H lowa , Point• and Lecompton,
and l, tas'vrerice in part, =are provided, and
some •of Ahem' Can spare something for
othersJ= !The" remainder of!'our chfirches,
containing a membership'clf.abOut two': hun
dred and Tilly, and a• ton n extioU with per
baps itwO or three thousand; persons' ' do
Stan dgteitly in need.' i het parties of large,
ineans;' have 'we understand; in view
plan& tAtteeti to some 'extent,' the wants of
the'TerritOry, , and it seethed , ptoper.in us•
to , make a' :special' effort, • mainly in• behalf
dour own people. - '
'Our "plan :for collecting and distributing
the' means of relief is as' follows :- The
Elders 'arid Deacons of peat' church. ate
conatituted' a-committee to• report mid - fort
Ward' information to IV Central Committee,
organizedat Leavenworth 'City, and alSci to
reeeiVe:and
. distrilinte':ameng' their' people
any 'helfrthai may be furnished. • ;
A Central 'Corm:Otte is organized
Leavenworth City, consistiti.e , of=Rev. J. G.
:Reeser, •A .IMCAuley, Dr: G. 'J.-Park,
Geri. 'Bridgeman and' Alex. Garrett, who
Will4eceive and; forward - to the , ' different
Churches , ,anylelp'''that mayhe furnished.' We'also , appoint:Rev.
We 'also , appoint :Rev. S' M. Irvin,
and•:W.l ) ; Itontgemery, our agents
o 1; visit - the :States to • 'solicit donations in'
eash, clothing;. shoes, flour Meat, meal'" and
pro*isiene =of all kinds; else, seed wheat,
and whatever . may be needed for sowing ,
and - Planting in Ithe -Fall and :Spring,: •
-Theee :briefly, are our' *ants and our
plans."' 'We de net ask 'or desirc=much.
very 'small sum t from - each, of our friends
•ivlio have 'it to epare, will Meet all our
wants. I , We do net ask • for large sums of
indmily, =or that whiChWill cost our' friends
a sacrifice. We only ask of' those who
have received 'largely of God'S bounties,
that they . divide us a small . `portion. And
especially do , " we desire that Jour earnest
prayers may accompany'
.youf gifts, that
these -chastisements, which 'for the present
may seem= grievous, may work in us the
peaceable fruits of riglite'ousness.'",•
J. G. REASER, Moderator.
.S. M. irvirt, Stated
,Clerk.
Synod :.of illegheiy.—This, body met in
Allegheny City, First Presbyterian church,
on Thursday evening of last week. The
opening sermon was preached by Rev.,
Jthiol MeLAREN, D.D., the Moderator
of last year., Rev: B. C. CnrrefiLOW was,
chosen • M.oderator ~for the present year.
There was a good attendance of ininisters
and' elders, 'and" bigness was transacted
harmoniousli. On Sabbath the pulpits of
the Presbyterian, churches., of the two cit
ies and vicinities, and Of 'many of the sis
ter churches, were occupied by members of
Synod. The' meeting adjdiiiried on' Mon
day The mlputcsAm publish
next week. '; ;
HONE' AND FOREIGN RECORD.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS
` Tlfe'Executive" Committee, at Philadel
phia has sent K.eircular to the Presbyteries,
stating the Board's wants, and earnestly
urging the churchesto come forward with
aid. It reiterates an !old complaint, and
one which proved, very unpopular under
the administration , of Secretary JONES.
It is, that many chnrehei continue long
the recipients of aid, when they ought 'not
only to become .self-sustaining, but really
aid-giving churelies.. The circular requests
Presbyteries to examine into „this, and re
lieve the Board, as far . as practicable.
RECEIPTS in' AUgust, at. Philadelphia, $6,979 ;
at Louisville, $1;154.; at, New-Orleans, 5697.
Of the receipts at Philadelphia, $3,647
were legacies.
The Record contains some excellent mat
ter .on the,. subject of education; but .no
' ' '"
RECEIPTS,' ; $3;298; in Pitts
, burgh, 15129. ' •••,;:
There was', of the,above: $2;600 of lega::
•
eaes.
• -
AFRICA.—A letter from Monrovia, of the, Ilth
July; has been received. Mention is made of an,
accession of three members 'to the churdi at 'that
place, 'their !last communion season. The
schools at the, different .stations are reported' as
doing well. The annualbxataination of the Alex
ander High School had just takenpiace, and giv
en much satisfaction to a large assembly of citi
zens and strangers that were present. The Class
es were examined in .Latin, Greek, and Hebrew,
and in several of the higher liranches of. mathe
matics ' The hlgher plass as,reportod by one of
thespectators;,showed themselves quite familiar
With'HoMer and XelioPhdik.
INDIA.-411 of our reconnoiters, from 'lndia
speak of a season' f unuautil'heat drought,
`and muCh'sufferings , vrere anticipated in` corise-n
quence of the protracted drought. ,
,4 letter from' Fintehgurh, cf the,,l4th • July,
mentions three intereating,cises of recent,conver 7
sion. Therewere:beSidea,a_nuntber cifinquirers
after the trutW . The, general'a4ect of the miS
isienary work• Witfroh6Ourtitilig: •
=EIS
=ME
• 'CarilA.--Lyle have a- lettirfrom -Shanghai, of
the 14th June, mentioning the arrival ofJ)lr. and
Mrs. Nevins 4kt - 4441:we, with the view of. sail-'
iiag prjapan , liv l the first favorable opportunity...
Mrs Nevitia' . health had
,ttdproved, somewhat,;
arid it', 'kited sea voyage,wehld
Suit in its' omplete;lrestoration. -Should'the cli
mate prove ?• favorahle Ito her health; they will
proahly . , be l permainqtly,a,s§oalted;witll Dr. and
Mrs. Ifelibtirn in the Jagan Airs. Low
rie and her 'ehildien, expOeted,'woOld sail,
at'an early day for thiS oinintry 'lay way of Cali-'
fornia. FrOin•llingpo . we. leartrof altiostinteres
tingovork of grace: going Aon in , the htiys' board
ing-school; whichiit, waa-ilopefl wo,uld:.result t ,in
the, conversion, of many of the youths of that in
stituhon' There was alga an interesting state of
things in the chnicli es ' at liingpo and ' Sanpoh,
:‘At'the latter place - five persons had just been
,Teeeived to -the zcornmunionaf the.cliarch,• and at
the , fOrtuer,,se,ven.. ; Tye alders and two •=deacens
had recently been ardainedidtlie church atNing-,
pq
SOUTITANEROA.--:Tlie. civil War in New Gro:
nada' had'asthireed`tancre serious chitraCeer thin
had tednaspeoted; eand - Mr... arallMrs: McLaren
were , prevented 'front getting 'further on their:
journey than Barantiuillai. in. conscquence, of the
withdrawal of - tho ?team-boats between that place
aid" Honda.. The brethern were feeling no little
concern about' tlie' safefy tlieir,fairtilles in con
sequence of prevailing hosfilites.
-IN,DraX Ilmstotts.-u-Tifie burtben of all the let
ters from the Southwestern Indian MissionS is
the, protracted and.dittressing drought which has
been prevailing in ihat part of',,the country for,
several months" past. The corn crops had been
entirely and hdPelessly'destroyed";' itock'id
many places was dying for the Want dwater; , ap
ples and other , fruits were , bakacl to' a.pulp oru the
trees ; ;. and' there was every prospect of extreme
suffering among the people. Mr.: Ramsey had,.
been compelled to remove his family,frem . their
now station on account' ot tbe drought end exces
sive head. We wouldtanintend our red brethretr
in 'this tithe of special distress, to the •prayer
ful remembrance of the peopiniof,god,
1
.r. ; o:r f r r ,s 9m in le A ga u e g i:e o s s . t, , ,S,Bs , 4, of, $2,907
PIJBLICATION.
Cottiortage. is
carried on' with unusual
aetivity. The Record says '
The cclportaga operaticna of, the 'Beard were
never in amore llourishinecondition'than at the
present time. Thh-n' umber •of colporteurs at
' work during, the Summer has been rrerY consid
erably larger tha,n during the same portion of the
pr ecedingyeara. ,A large number of theological
and college students has been actively engaged;
thus not only doing immediate good, 'but'pre=
, paring l themselves to, be more useful hereafter.
Both they and our permanent colporteurs hive
penetrated far and wide into ,the more destitute
and: frontier regions of our land, and hare acat
tired hundreds of tholithlnds`of'boblts and tracts
containing the' pure and bleased traths of God's
word.
As a ''ColiSequenee of this increased .
amount .of labor; the col ortaae fund is
overdrawn ,to the extent of $8,000, ; , and
the churches are called upon:for help:
The Board have in press, two, l2mo.
• • •
volumes of Dr. VAN :RENSSELAER'S Mis-,
eellaneous .comprising sermons,
essays,Acq on a great' variety - of subjects:
We anticipate a large 'demand for the
books.
The, Presbyterian Almnpac,.for 1.861 is
now. out., Ministers s and elders'should en
courage >merchants ;to , bring on a speedy
an'd large supply let every family have
one. They are six cents single, or $4, per
hundred. ,
RECEIPTS iri August„ Donations $4„389; legacies,
.$1,990; 5a1e5,41,635. , ,
IticeirrS, 'hi 'August, front , churches $1,019
.legacies; $2,100; for Children's church at St.
,Anne, $1,944; . .
EASTERN SUMMARY.
BOSTON. AND . NEW-ENOLAND
An effort is in progress ni Boston to se
cure the closirw ' of the APOTHECARY
STORES,. , ftS ,far
,as possible, during the
Sabbath. , Here as elsewhere it is felt that
druggists - and • druggists' clerks have a`
right to ,the 'rest' Of the Sabbath`, when
necessity' andmercy do' pet require them
•
to be at their usual posts. lii,addition to
• this it is very, easy to prostitute the neces
' Sary ':Bale of medicines on the gabbath,• to
the winecessary sale 'of cigars, tobacco, and
even choice liquors.. For it requires a
good,
deal of religious principle and no in
considerable amount of firmness for a drug
gist; whose shop is open the entire Sabbath
for the sale of medicines; to refuse to sell
anything else that may be called for. The
object now is, to secure an extensive concur
, renee of apothecaries, in a rule for opening
the shop at certain flours of the Sabbath,
to accommodate' those who have a necessity
for, medicine, and to close it for the most of
the day. , • ,
,
NATHAN JACKSON, ESQ., aistingaisnea
for hiS munificent donations to William's
College, 'Massachusetts• received his first
• •
dollar of capital from a Mr. Bidwell, law
student at that time (1802) in Stockbridge.,
This dollar he Invested in a sheep. 'From
that. sheep he had in 1832 a flock of one
thpusand and sixty-four sheep, which he
sold for $1,506. This sum he invested in
up-town lets in this city--purchasing: ten
lots at $250 •each—which he sold in - two
years for $l 9 000 Thia was the
•beginning
of his gnat fortune.
A few days ago a CONVENTION Q.F
VERSALLSTS, 'representing almost all the
congregations of this sect in the 'United
1, States, was held in this city. The number
•
of their congregations in this country ; is
EDUCATION.
POR:EIGN : ISSIONS
'OIIIJRCH EXTENSION
nine hundred; however, a great many of i
these are very small. Their ministers num
ber six hundred. There is an evident in
crease of energy in this body, and at pres
ent they far outnumber the Unitarians.
They.have recently endowed a college, and
at the hate convention tonk mleasUres for
establishing a'Board of Publlcation. One
of the exercises of the Convention consist
ed of the'celebration of the Lord's Supper.
This Ordinanee is evidently an -embarrass
nient to 'the tniversaliats, as it is •to the
Unitarians. They know not - What to, do'
with it. Their theory makes no distinction
between the Church and the 'world; and
ao dispoies of a church altogether, and
having no. aura, they really have no
-
place forchurch ordinances. The preacher
on the occasion reoTetted.the'extensive
use of the stierament, and stated that three
fonrths of their congregations 'neglected it
altogether: Tfoiv !ong a profeSsedly, Chris
tian body can exist without,this observance,
is a problem. , The Quakers have sustained
theuiselres so-fat:Withont itcbut are noir
passing away. The ordainance Avas intend
ed to be a standina memorial to Christiani
ty, to make remembrance of Christ till he
come.;. and that professedly Christian body,
that rejects it, cannot expect to be long re=
membered in the earth. '
Atgoormt is an :interesting spot, owing ;
to the blessed memories of the past, the
large endotiments given fdr literature and
religion, and the learning and ability'
found in ;its schools and its theological
Seminary. The academy for boys and :
,girls, has three 'hundred students; and. the
Seminary 'one hundred. , - Formerly the:at
tendance at the annual' exhibition of the
TheolocicaliSeminary was very large but
for :several years it has. been decreasing..
A correspondent of the American, Presby
terian (New School) who was present, gives
the followinc , sad account rgentinients lit
tered on the occasion :
' The ,music was excellent, and most of the de
claiming, Old, but some of the sentiments delay
ered kiatia very harshly 'on 'our Presbyterian
ears. For example, "The imputation of sin is
impossible, unjust f % -faise.". This view was
fortiftecl,by•the passage,
,‘,‘The , soul that .timapth
lit shall die." ",
Sin, is rmither inherited ; nor
transmited.lf infanta are Sinful, "they are
answerable' for`
no sin`.' but': theii.' min. God" has
,given us inclinationa which may-lead us to sin,
but are xotin themielyes, sinful. The doctrine
of the Amputation, of „sin; ,4shopors- God. The
vexycommencement of, sinful life, is our own act."
These are some of the sentences Which we wrote
down on the spot. - imputation of sin was
expressly , repudiated,- and e*fdently with
sanction of the professors, who sat benignantly
,
The 'following statement' may interest
"these of our readers Whormay wish to knoir
f the
something o origin and character`of
thee JEWELRY so , generally given
,by the
proprietors -of "Gift .Bookstoree and
other " gift" •-establishinehts. ' .A, cories
pondent of the New-liampshire Journal :of
Agriculture, says
.1 came through Lynn, Boston, etc., to the
tie manufacturing village. cried N. E. Village,,
anti.' learned something abinre,Making the bqgus,
jewelry with 'which the country is flooded, either'
by 'peddlers or gift-book enter'priSA. , One ComL
pany, is making ear-drops .:.of at' Composition. ,
called .oreide, which will • cell for, gold, but
it is not worth so much, as, biqp.. The , other
company is , manufacturing r4B l chains: . out of
German slider, brass, or oreide.` 'the - process of
making' was interesting to me,••and- -may be to.
others. 411 give it: 1: •
The links are cut from whe,or plate, According
to;the-kind, of chain; sometimes'soldered, before
putting into a chain, and sometimes, afterward
After it is linked, it, is drawn through a'machine
to , even it—boiled in vitriol water to take off the
scales caused ,by heating—drawn through a
limbering, machine; and dipped in acid, to ~clean
it, after which it is dipped in a solution,pf pure
silver, and Bnally dipped in gold coTOting—
making a chain which - they sell at the rats of
si2 to $lB a dozen. This is gift-enterprise
jewelry, which is marked Lady's splendid gold
chain, $1.2;" Gent's guard chain, $B, or .
t‘ $10," etc. The ear-drops cost Jess, and are
often marked higher. • •
NEW-YORK
The thirty-first Annual lxhibitton. of the.
ANE4TCAN INSTITUE is )30W open, at Pal
ace! Garden. •-. •
Elwanger '&%Barry,' of - Rochester, N. I r aj ex
hibit. 500'varielies of apples, pliima, and pears;
Smith , & Ilanchett, of Syracuse, N.Y., 500 platea
of
,apples and, pears; Hovey & Co„. of Boston,
Mass., 200 varieties of apples, and pears; Saul,
of Newburg, N. Y., 250 of peers - alone'; Carpenz
ter, of Rye, Westchester County,, 150 varieties of
apples and pears, (besides vegetable goose eggs,
hen's eggs, and enormous Fejee Island tontaioeq);
,of N. J. 7 GO varieties of apples and pears;
Dr. Ward, of N. J., 50 do., some of the latter' .
being' sixteen ounces in weight'; J. HMIs,- of
Long Island, 75 of apples. Thera are also many
small lots of fine quality.
_The grapes
,merit: particular ; attention; there
are thirty varieties of them,
,of colors and
sizes, many of the clusters beiaggigantic. One,
entitled the Prince Albert,. a, purple giape -;'
another, 'the Trebiano, green," are , the most .no-,
tioeable.
At Victoria Regia, formerly wiled : by:
Caleb Cope, Esq., of Philhdelphia, but nOW
the 'property of George Et: Stuart, .Esq:, of,
that city, attracts much attention. It bas
leaves twenty-one feet in circunaferance,:and•
strong enough to bear the -, Weight of a may.
Mriaopr.sT 1100 K CONCERN, said
Rev. E. G.. Brooks, in:a, sermon preached a
few days ago, win commenced in 1789, on a
borrowed - capital Of six hundred• dollars,.
and nosi'it'has - gained a capital' of more than
half a Million and, since 1.836—i e during
the past twenty-four .years 7 —has made more
than -a million dollars—one million. and
nearly tv'vo hundred
,thousand—all of which
,
has been expended for denoniinational work
ItbaS,`PuThisiMa ,riaore than t'ykelve hundred
different,- : kinds of Sunday, School , books,
and more than fiveihundred , tracts, ,besides
hooks and periodicals, and ilmemade this
large'profit bf selling itsublications at
little advance above cost, though it has sold
much for, less than cost,.', The . denomination
has thus availed itself ,of the reading habits
Of its members to supply itself with means
of denominational well, at the' same time
securing, to itself t,he,. proftta that would
otherwise have gone tnto!individual pockets:
The THIRD AritirF.itsAßY of the 'Ful
ton Street daily prayer meeting 'Was 'held
last week at the Old Norih Dutch` Reform
ed church, at the corner of Fulton and
William Streets—... The church-was crowd
ed to the utmost; and a great many peorle
Went away unable to! gain. , There *as no
published programme , of the exercises,
which consisted of alternate singing, prayer
and addresses:'
'Rev. De; Cutler, 'or SL (Epido
pal) ehureh, Broolrlyn, presided. Rev. ,Dr
Gillette, of the Iventy-third. Street tap
tist church, made the opening prayer; and
the hyrim `was sung 'commencing,
4, lllest be the tie that binds'
Our heartain Chriatiaii4oveY -
Addresses were. delivered by ReV. Dr.
Vermilyea of the Old Norih church Rftv.
])r. Murray, (PresYyterian) of Elizabeth-.
town, New-Jersey;.Rev. Mr. Clark, (Con
gregational) of Btooklyt ;,Rev. Dr. Jones,
of the Seamen'e*Chapel 3 the Chapliin of
_
the Brooklyn . Navy ;? yard andoth e i s .,
addresses referred to the r eift'eacy of Piayer,
the importance, of United Christian effort,
&c. Dr. Veimilyea, gave a brief history
of the prayer-meeting to-day commemora
ted, and spoke of the general religious
awakening to which it contributed. S ix _
cial reference was made to the promise of
Scripture—" Hitherto ye have asked noth
ing in my name; ask that your joy may be
full."
The church where this anniversary was
held is the oldest'in the city, having been
built ii - 1767, and dedicated in 1769. The
first church ever built in view-York was a
rude structure erected by the Dutch set
tlers inside of the old fort, at the Battery ;
the second was the old Garden • St reet
Church, which was burned down in the
great conflagration of 1835 ; the third Iva ,
the Middle DUtch church in Nassau Street,
now used as a Post Office; and the PM
North Dutch church Was . the fourth. The
first subscription for building this church
was headed by a Dutch Admiral with a
donation of fifty guilders.
The Middle Dutch church—the Pont
Officewas built in 1726. Under the
board on which is painted a notification of
the departure of the mails is still to b e
seen the Dutch inscription : "
zal een gebede-huis genaemt tcerden,"
("My house shall be called a house of
s prayer,") to which a gentleman in a recent
Sabbath School • address suggested should
be added, in'view Of recent occurrences at
the Post Office, the rest of the text—" but
ye have made it a'den of thieves."
The forthcoming ,BALL in honor of Lord
Renfrew, Prince. .of• Wales, has caused
much dissatisfaction. It seems that the
Chamber of Commerce proposed a public
dinner and invited the gentlemen whose
names have ,been published to act as the
committee. But the .Prince declined a
dinner and suo•crested a ball as a substitute.
The suggestion Was adopted by the sub.
Committee that waited on, him, and the an
nouncement for the, ball was made in the
name of the original - 'committee including
some ministers and many others who were
never consulted on the subject, who will have
nothing to do with it,•and who are deeply
grieved at the wrong that has been done
them. The Christian Intelligencer truly
says
Public balls and promiscuous dances are a
kind of amusement which-is not thought to be
conductive , either to private or public morals.
The " gay world," of Cowie; sustains, patronizes,
and strives to defend them; but, the "gay world"
has, never been willing to, allow Christians to at
tend them, without ,exclaiirting,' "What do ye
more than others ?" The world knoweth its
We are unwilling-to employ a word in censure
of those jvho, intending a courtesy to the Prince,
yielded to his expressed wish for a ball. But no
Prince of Wales has authority to absolve Chris
tians froth-their allegiance to the King of kings
and while we know that many "clergymen in this
city deplore the false position into which certain
prominent Christian gentlemen have been
brought, throu . gh.their generous attempt to be-
Stow a merited honor, yet it is right to assure the
Christian - public at large that; While the ball will
be given as arranged, 'it wilnack theoresence
many Of the most distinguished gentlemen, whose
names were allowed to be used when a dinner
was contemplated, but which were never yet, and
mirth- will be associated with the gay pleasures
of Terpsichorean-crowd.-There are many
Christians in this city who - will forego the honor
of honoring the Prince. of Wales, sooner than
bring dishonor upon their own proffisions, and
upon that religion in which is laid up all their
ope. •
r rifILAD4LPIII:4I.
THE CENSUS PITILADELPUTA. is so
nearly completed that •the population is
ascertained to be abont ,64.0,000, and the
manufacturing capital $1.50,000,000.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE
ARTS,iS about to receive. a further addition
to its collection of casts from the antique.
Last Spring the lower. gallery was enriched
by the colossal figures, or rather the re
mains, of the Theseus and IliFsus, by
Phidi'as from the temple of Minerva, at
Athens, and the Torso Belvidere: The two
former had m ot, been seen, befoie in Phila
delphia'; the" latterwas in the old building,
and was destroyed in the conflagration some
fourteen years since. In the fine collection
which therv,met a like fate, many will re
member the life-sized figure of the Dying
Gladiator, the original mar' ble et which is
in Borne, and is the object which Byron so
nobly apostrophizes in 'the fourth canto of
Chide Harold.., The loss
,to the Academy
of this statue is 'about to be supplied by a
new mst of the seine which is now on its
Way across the - Atlantic, and may therefore
be very shortly expected.. Along with it,
will also arrive a quantity of fine material
for stu - dY, which the directomhave procured
for the use of the , drawing class:
The successful exhibition of the WATER
GAS at the.Girard House, during the past
three monthS, appears to have had the effect
of settling. some of the - questions recently
discussed at - .so" miloh length—a well-known
engineer of ,this city, Air. Wiegand, now
offering to furnish estimates of the •cost of
works, and to'accompany them with satis
factory guarantees of the 'cest of manufac
tare-, and of the reliability of the gas pro
duced, In further evidence of this, we
learn that arrangements are ,now on foot for
the erection of.numerous works for the
manutlicture of gas, neediding to the pro
cess pf Dr. Sanders, X New-England, New
ork, 'New-Jerley, and several of the West
erru States.
*<`)
Marten - Ketitnitag.-'—Rev. Dr. M
AGILL,
of Princeton, and Bev. Dr. SMITH, and
DICKSON, of Baltimore, hive returned from
Fillrope. Dr. lthataAr and GEO. H. STUART,
returnecla few weeks ago. Dr. LENlN
wira, was expected this week.
Methodist Colleges.
We take the followitig, fiom an editorial
in the Methodist, of September 29th :
If 'we
...K
were to
,divide „the history of
American
,thadism into distinct eras, We
should descrihe that ,extending from the
year 1832 to.the _ present time is the era of
its educational activity. During this pe
riod were laid the .foundations of all the
Methodist ~collet , ..es ,now existing. The
!names of,Johri Emorj,. Wilbur Fisk, Ste
Olin, and John P. Durbin, are iden
tified with it as the founders or first Presi
dents of our most cherished and promising
,
Institutions of learning. And it is not too
much to say that hereafter their chief title
to fame will
,be derived from their connex
ion with this branch of the service of the
. Chur Our preachers generally engaged
in with the singleness of purpose and
hearty zeal which have always character
ized their undertakings. ,Though most of
them far from being rich, they gave freely
of their own limited resources, or individ
ually.. assumed the responsibility, of raising
funds, up to , certain required amounts.
Sonic of the ablest give cheerful and labo
kervice as ‘. agents ; others, by their
spited appeals, 4 rpused the lagging faith of
the -Penile, and inspired them at length
OEM