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Lotter to a Young .Paitor,
In Reference to the Disterninatiors!of Religious Lit
erature, in its bearing on -Ministerial Success.
BEAR SLR congratulate you on your
recent induction to the-ministerial and pas
toral office. The joys and sorrows of 001-
lego and Seminary life have passed away.
You have become-the bishop of one church,
and the husband of one wife. Having re
alized these bright anticipations, your sin
cere piety will doubtless lead you to con
nect your .chief happiness with your efforts
to do good, and your prospects of exten
sive, permanent and eminent usefulness.,
Every faithful and devoted minister of
the Gospel will aim to achieve the highest
success in his Master's cause. He will
strive to subordinate everything else to the
great objects contemplated in the ministry
of reconciliation. Nor will Ruling Elders,
or members of the church,. whatever posi
tion they may occupy, if they have the
proper sptrit, be indifferent on this point.
As the true children of the " everlasting
Father," they will give evidence of their
heavenly birth by the, most anxious
solicitude for the conversion of sinners
to God—that the sons .and daughters
of Adam everywhere may become "the
sons and daughters of the Lord Al
mighty." " Like priest, like people,"_ is
a proverb of groat antiquity, and of no
human origin. A minister of the Gospel,
ifiveited with. Scriptural qualifications, will
always ;be a man of influence for good.
Instead' of heing civbroome by the world, he
will gain and keep the ascendency over it.
There will be a constant tendency to mould
the character of a community to his own
type of intelligence and piety. His mind
will operate on the mental constitutions
subjected to its influence, just as matter
operates on material things in 'the natural
universe around us. Let his mind be con
tracted, in reference to theological and reli
gious literature in, general, and you will
soon mark a tendency to a corresponding
state of things among the people of his
charge. But, im the...other land, let his
mind be distinguished for a disposition to
grasp, in the spirit of candid inquiry, all
the sources of evangelical truth, unfolded
in the Bible and in other books that "" draw"
water from the wells of salvation," and in
religious periodicals that point to the ful
fdlnient of the Divine declarations in the
very age in which we live—how . soon will
such a spirit communicate itself to others I
How soon will the benevolent and noble
hearted pastor, wishing others to enjoy his
own sources of happiness, be' prompted to
the adoption of energetic and adequate
measures to put into their hands the ad
vantages enjoyed by himself And. when
he sows the'seed " beside all waters," not
only in preaching 'the Gospel, but in the
dissemination of the literature in question,
what a rich harvest' may he , gather in for
his Lord and Master,
The field of ministerial labor may
be extended, and difficult,, and discour
aging, but let us never overlook the
abundant facilities that the heavenly.
Husbandman has furnished for its sac
cessful cultivation. 4 They that sow in
tears shall reap in joy." The success so
delightful to the laborious and self-denying
minister of' the New Testament; is no im
possibility. The probabilities of reason
and revelation are all in its favor. God
has promised success to his faithful ser
vants, The Lord of heaven, our covenant
keeping God, has both. the will and the
power to crown your efforts with success.
"The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it
cannot save," and he ever represents him
self as waiting to be gracious—as willing
to bless, pardon, sanctify, and save. "Thanks
be unto God, which always causeth us to
triumph in Christ." The history of evan
gelical preaching points to memorable ex
amples of success, even where unbelief had
declared that the "dry bones" could never
live. The way of the Lord must be pre
pared; the great. barriers in the way of
success must be removed; unbelief, that
staggers at the promises of God; want of
reliance on Divine influence ; the neglect
of fervent, importunate prayer; neglect of
the Bible and good books in general, as well
as of those periodicals that speak for God
and the revival of his work—telling of the
mighty deeds accomplished for the salva
tion of souls whenever unbelief departs,
and the Divine' Spirit is sent down from
heaven. •
Things have undergone an amazing
change within the past fifty years. In the
beginning of this century, an era distin
guished for revivals of religion, especially
throughout. Western Penbsylvania, our
pioneer pastors were not called to encounter
adverse influences from a corrupt and de-
moralizing literature, now so often wit
nessed in the form of unsanotified books and
newspapers that too frequently consume
the precious moments of the. Sabbath morn
ing, and disqualify the youthful mind to
hear, and appreciate, and receive the pure
Gospel of Christ.
With all due deference, therefore, to
your piety and talents, let me assure you,
my young friend, that if you would be a
successful pastor, you must put forth special
efforts to disseminate religious literature,
and to give it the ascendency in all the
families under your pastoral care.
For the Presbyterian'Banner
Friendly Warning.
MY DEAR FRIENI :—Tho few words
that passed between us, at the church door,
last Sabbath, have suggested to my mind
the writing of this letter, for a fuller expres
sion of the thoughts then briefly uttered.
It has happened, since I became your pas
tor,,that you were always absent when I
called at your house. With.your interest
ing family,' and with their spiritual condi
tion, I have, therefore, become better ac
quainted than with you. I have noticed,
that for a few months past, while your
household were uniformly in attendance on
the public worship of God, your place at
the head of the pew, has been frequently.
vacated. That this should haie occasioned
me the regret and concern which I ex
pressed to you, last Sabbath, , you surely
cannot think strange, when you consider
my vows and responsibilities as the pastor,
of this church. Should not the shepherd
try to bring back the sheep that wanders
from the flock ?
Let me affectionately and earnestly ex
hort you, for your own sake, to attend upon
and attend to the public ordinances of re
ligion. The Lord hath given us no more
Sabbaths and sanctuary privileges than we
need; and if' we use not those which he
has'given, we cannot but be losers by the
neglect. If nay child should, by absence
from the table, indicate a failing appetite
for his, daily hod, I should be alarmed for
his health. So am I for the spiritual
health of one of' my dear people, when he
manifests indifference for the bread and
water of,life which are spread out, in the
preaching of, the Gospel. Such want of
interest In the privileges of religion as
leads to the abandonment of themis sure
to be accompanied by an enfeebled sense
of its obligations. And the person who
forgoes the benefit of public worship will
soon betray the effects of it, in a 'lowered
tone of moral feeling and conduct.
I beg you also, dear friend, to consider
VOL. IX.
to what peril your example may . expose
the souls of your children. As yet, your
frequent absence from public worship, is
counteracted by the ;constant and fervent
attendance of their mother. But should your
absence become habitual, can. the example
of a father, whom they love and revere,
fail. to be prejudicial to their best interests .
Will 'they_ be likely to love and serve that
God, whom their father rarely honors with
an act of worship ? Will they embrace
that ...Saviour, upon whom theii.' father tUrns
his back, after having professed to love
him ? John -, whom you know, was
an
.orderly, quiet youth, till his iiither
ceased to attend the 'Church. What he
has since become the records of the
Criminal Courts will show.
Let me exhort you, to pause and con
sider, and repent, before your occasional
neglect of God's worship become habitual
indifference, and indifference settle into
'aversion. Life is, passing away rapidly.
The great work of preparing for death and
eternity demands great and anxious effort.
The Saviour's prayer for his people,"sanc
tify them through thy truth,' oes not
embrace you, if you turn away from that
truth. I. feel a shepherd's interest for you,
and I shudder at the thought of you making
shipwreck of your eternal interests, and
of your carrying down, with you, the dear
lambs of the flock, which God hath given
to yon as a father and to me as the pastor,
or the flock. " Return,. 0 wanderer, re
turn." Come to the house of God with
penitence, and join in the sweet songs of
praise. You are not happy now ; come to
the fountain of joy, and in the worship of
God your soul shall be refreshed. Come,
with the family that you love, and say
daily as you take your seat with them,
Hero am I, Lord, and those whom thou
hast given me.
Your affectionate friend and pastor,
For the Presbyterian Banner
Our Old church at Murrysville.
SURGEON HALL P. 0.,
Allegheny Co., Pa.
The aged temple, situated on the elevated
spot near the little village beneath, yet re-,
mains with all its joyful andlappy remem
brances. Time has wrought vast changes
throughout , the surroundine. p country since
the erection of this ancient edifice.. Yet
the fond and cherished recollections Of this
sacred spot, have not been changed. Time
has not erased the fond remembrances of
past and bygone days. The old familiar
walls,yet stand on their firm foundation,
appearing as though, time had not visited
them. The threshold seems not to tell of
the many feet that once trod there. With
in these sacred walls there yet remains
many recollections of the past. in the
Northern end of this temple, there behold
the sacred spot where once stood an aged
and beloved Reverend, as a watchman upon
the walls of Zion, proclaiming glad tidings
from on high to those who sat beneath the
sound of his sweet and audible tones. For
many long years that aged man of God
watched over his flock below. He directed
them to the Lamb of God. He pointed
them to that haven of rest beyond the
grave. Many glorions.seenes within those
sacred walls were witnessed by the God of
love. It was there, while yet within the
arms of a loving mother, and near by a
kind and indulgent father, that the aged
and infirm Reverend descended feebly those
steps.which led him down, in front of his
sacred standing place, to sprinkle the in
fant babe, and have the baptismal vow per
formed. It was within the walls of this
same temple that we first made confession
of our many sins, and resolved to battle
for the Lord. It was here along this conse
crated aisle, we first met around the sacra
mental board and partook of the emblems
of the body and blood of our dear Re
deemer, who died for the remission of oar
sins, and who suffered the shameful death
of the cross for such rebellious sinners as
we. Where now are some of those who
once met around the table of the Lord,
and partook of the emblem of our Lord
and Saviour. Jesus Christ'? Time only can
tell.
Man'ia doomed to die. He cannot with
stand the stern, unyielding hand of death.
The tall oaks which stand upon the grassy
spot near the old church door, have oft
times sheltered us from the burning rays
of the bright and glorious, ruler o the
day, as he was pursuing onward his ephe
meral course, gliding hastily along the
azure vault of heaven. These old familiar
oaks have stood many tempestuous storms
of Winter. Their branches have waved to
and fro beneath nature's white and glisten
ing hyemal robe. They have battled against
the stormy blasts of Winter. But they
too, are growing old. Their branches are
partly' withering, and the once vigorous
trunk is now being shattered to atoms by
the unheeding Wintry blasts `which howl
around this consecrated dwelling their
mournful requiems. Where now is mortal
man who oft has stood beneath the waver
ing branches of these !shady oaks 7. Echo
answers where ! The silent graveyard which
rises higher and higher, until it gains the
utmost height, tells the mournful tale
The sad remembrances of the, pastis brought
to mind when we behold that sacred spot,
all studded over with those white sepil
chral slabs. They tell where man has.gone.
One of those white slabs near the sum
mit of the field which tells of man's last
abode, 'marks-the consecrated spot where a
dear sister was laid beneath the silent sod.
The vernal flowers have oft bloomed o'er her
last abiding place. The evergreens planted
by a dear mother's hand, have oft times
waved over her' green grave. The little.
Clusters of lipawood.thatcrown this sister's
grave, have oft been. watered by the tears
which have rolled down the pale and tender 1
cheeks of my father and mother.. My
brothers and sisters have oft. visited that
cherished spot, and shed tears of sorrow
o'er our sister's grave. - The aged Reverend
lieth within this same yard. Another has
taken his place here' on earth, but he too
will soon be called from all his earthly labor
ing. Fathers, mothers, sisters and broth
ers, are lying there. Yonder.,sepulchral
slabs mark their last abiding place. The
flagrant aroma from digtant flowrets that
carpet .nature's soil, is wafted across .
their last abode by Summer's gentle breeze.
While the green grass has grown over the
grave of some loved one, the cold and silent
tomb is gapping to receive others. Per
haps some aged father or mother whose
silvery locks are already ripened for the
grave, or SOMO dear brother or sister 'who
are looming for that gloriOus land to meet
those who have gone before to that celestial
city of our God. We know not for which
of us the cold and silent grave is yawning.
Time is short and life uncertain. Then
let us be up and doing, so that when time
closes here on earth, we may all be prepared
to meet our God on the great.- and final
judgment day, and enter into that land of
rest where sorrow is forever o'er.
DELTA
May all who have met in days of yore
within the walls of this . ancient •edifice,
meet at last around the sacrament board on
high, where we shall ever dwell,-;chanting
anthems of praise to the , Omnipotent
ruler of heaven and earth, and where we
shall forevermore behold the Lamb of God.
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The Congregation of Hollidaysburg and -Dr. I often the case, by an outbrea : ,a'tf
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unkin.
MESSRS EDITORS :,—Your notice of Dr.
Junkin's resignation may possibly make an
erroneous impression, as your information
in regard to it does' not appear Co be quite
correct. The congregation did not " ac
quiesce". in his removal, except upon the
condition that he was strongly convinced
that it was his duty to remove. At the
Congregational Meeting, which was unusu
ally large, a resolution to acquiescence was
lucid uporrthe table by a very decjded vote,
and the following resolution, expressive of
their great reluctance to lose his ministe
rial labors was adopted. Since you.. have
given public notice of the matter, and since.
Presbytery has not yet acted upon the ease,
justice seems to demand that you publish
the minute adopted by the congregation.
It ,is as follows, and was adopta unani 7
musk
Resolved, That this congregation respect
fully, yet earnestly, remonstrate against
the dissolution of the pastoral relation
subsisting between 'them- and the Rev. D.
X. Junkin, D.D., and that commissioners
be appOinted by this meeting to appear in
Presbytery and carry out their wishes in
this respect; and that whilst the congre
gation is desirous to retain the services of
our beloved pastor, and will .make all rea
sonable exertions to do so,; yet if in view
of the state of health of his family and
other considerations affecting his decision,
he should feel it his . duty to persist in
asking the, dissolution of the pastoral rela
tion, the congregation will no further ;re
sist; but will acquiesce in the action of
Presbytery, whatever it maybe. D.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
FRESH VICTORIES LN ITALY—THE SURRENDER OP CAPITA—LORD
JOHN RUSSEL'S DISPATCHES ON ITALY—THE Tmga , n AT.
TACK ON lIIN AND ON LORD FLOW--Pnolupazlnttne OF THE
WAR IN CHINA...-EVANONLICAL ALLIANCE ANNUAL MEsTrzra
—SYNOPSIS OF THE PROCmarras--Tint DEAN OF CARLISLE—
HIS ADDRESS—RELIGION IN ITALY—PAPERS ON REVIVALS.*
Piernat Crusiwr IN LONDONT.TILE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCLLTION--THE SCENE AND SPEECHES AT FREEMASONS '
MALL—TILE PHYSICIAN AND THE DYING PATIENTOVATION
IN CORE AND DUBLIN TO THE Ex-husn
CUNNING AND HYPOCRISY—DR °EMUS REM, &0,-TOS . P.
scaxPr.
LONDON, November .9, 1860
FRESH TRIUMPHS have been achieved in
Italy, first' by the capture of .Capua, and
the surrender of twelve thousand men, and
next by the overthrow of the Neapolitan
army on the other side,4 the Gagliano, by
the Sardinians. The result of the latter
victory was the immediate occupation of
heights near Gaeta itself. It is, however,
scarcely possible that ere I close this letter,
I may be able to add to the above that
Gaeta has fallen, and that Francis IL is,
fairly driven out of his dominions.
Gaeta is a very strong city, and in every
way possible had its defences been in
creased. A most serious ; obstacle in the
way of its speedy capture was made by the
interference with its . bombardment, - which
had been commenced by Admiral Fermi°.
Napoleon is sternly blanied for this, but the
case is peculiar. Russia and Prussia had
both refused to recognize a blockade, •and
an open quarrel with them was note at
present desirable. Besides this, both the
French and English Governments have
been calculating with confidence .on, the
speedy flight of Francis IL, and have been
by no means desirous of preventing his easy
escape. Indeed it is• said that an English
ship of war has been •placed at his disposal
for that purpose. Wherever Ile. may go,•
whether to Spain, or Bavaria, or some part
of Austria, he will have none-to pity him.
He, and the Emperor of Austria are both
the pupils of, the Jesuits, .and their souls
have been thormighly permeated by the
principles: pf these ." strong rowers of the
bark of St. Peter "--1-men , who have been
the public enemies of nations for centuries,
and have precipitated the destruction of
many a tyrant.
Lou) JOHN RUSSEL has written a dis
patch, in which he justifies the invasion of
the' Neapolitan territory by Sardinia, on
the ground taken by Vattel, the great au
thority on the laws of nations; namely,
that .when 'a people are under oppression,
and desire foreign aid, they have a right to
receive it, and that it may. be lawfully
offered to them. He cites the case of the
English nation, oppressed by the unconsti
tutional tyranny of King James IL, when
the Prince of Orange was called in to the
rescue. The Times seizes the opportunity
to make one of its fiercest onsets on the
Foreign ; Minister; first declaring thatsuch
a dispatch was not required, now that the
Italians were virtually in possession of their
freedom, and that Victor Emmanuel needed
no justification in the, eyes of the English
nation ; and secondly, contrasting with the
last dispatch another, which Lord John
wrote' to our Ambassador at Turin, some
two months ago, deprecating the invasion
both of the Roman Marches and of Nea
politan territory by the King of Sardinia.
Finally, the Times insinuates that personal
vanity, and •a restless desire for publicity,
has led to the publication of the later dis
patch. The statements are to be received
cum, rano. Lord John Russel is a true
Liberal, and his sympathies with Italy can
not be doubted. He may have advised,
caution some months ago, because of the
attitude of Austria, and the consequent
danger. of Italy losing all she had gained,
if by rashness she provoked an unequal
contest. Boldness has certainly won the
day, and we applaud it now, because it has
been successful. The dispatch of Lord
John Russel is the emphatic voice of the
English Cabinet, and as such, it was a
lesson read to the Warsaw Sovereigns in
good season. The following is a portion
of it ;
It is asserted by the partizans of the fallen
Governments that the people of the Roman States
were attached to the Pope, and the people
of the kingdom of Naples to the dynasty of
Francis If., but that •Sardinian. agents and for
eign adventurers have by force and intrigue sub
verted the throne. of those•sovereigns.
It is diffieult, however, to believe, after the
astonishing events which we have seen, that the
Pope and the King of the Two Sicilies possessed
the love of their people. How Was it, one must
ask, that the Pope found it impossible to • levy .a
Roman army, and that he was forced to rely almost
entirely upon foreign'mercenaries ? How did it
happen, again, that Garibaldi conquered nearly
all Sicily with two thousand men,. and marched
from Reggio to Naples with five.thousand ? How,
but from the universal disaffection of the people
of the Two ,Sieilies,.? Neither can it be , said
that this testimony of the popular will was, Capri
cious or causeless. Forty years ago the Neapol
itan people made an attempt regularly and tem
perately ,to reform their government under the'
reigning dynasty. The Powers of Europe,
assembled at Laybach, resolved with the ex
ception of England, to put down this, attempt
by force. It was put down, and a large foreign
army was left in the Two Sicilies to maintain
social order. •In 1848 the Neapolitan' people
again attempted to secure liberty, under the
Bourbon dynasty ; but their best patriots atoned
by an imprisonment for ten years for the offence
of endeavoring to • free their country ; what
wonder,' then, that in -1860 the •Neapolitans,
mistrustful and resentful, should .throw off the.
Bourbons, as in 1688 ,, Englancl had, thrown off
the Stuarts It must be admitted undoubtedly,
that the severance of the ties which,bincllogeth
er a sovereign and his subjects is in iteelf a mis
fortune.. 'Notions •of allegiance become con
fused, the succession of the .throne is disputed,
adverse parties threaten the peace of .society:;'
rights and pretensions are opposed to each other,
and mar the harmony of the State. Yet it must
be acknowledged, on - the' other" hand, that the
Italian revolution , has been conducted with sin
gular.temPer and , forbearance. The subversion.
geance. The extreme vi.._
nowhere prevailed. Public oliiinitnt;na.
t f ula
the excess of the public trium h.".:4lte venera
ted forms of constitutional mo city have been
associated with the mime of a ' who repre
sents an ancient, and glorious f1(147- ,
Such having been the ca nand the con
comitant circumstances of tltiOrevelution of
Italy, her Majesty's GovernAiiiti, can see no
tii
sufficient. pound for the sev ' iinsure with
which Austria, France, Prus :laid Rrussia,
have visited the
,acts of the of Sardinia.
Her Majesty's Government w' tyFri their. eyes
rather to the gratifying pro lit - of a people
building up the edifice of th Aiberties and
? ilk
consolidating the work of th independence
amid the sympathies and good:1
i
The Edinburgh Witness ~ .dtiends Lord
John Russel. Parliament • ;not sitting, or
we should hear his person ldefenee ; but
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the Times is nothing, if it, abusing
somebody.. Last week it •-• filil„ " pitching
into" Lord Elgin, as if h :Wits about to
befool us by a treaty with 4' l- '4 1 0.,;
peror that was sure to be
also, by implications, Conn
military operations, as in
four hundred killed and
in the dispatches publishes
umns, it finds its refutat
face of brass, it hvishes
body. Lord. Elgin has
needed to a permanent tre
the great triumphs' of th
most difficult operations ;•
row causeways f innnmerali
dug, and finally the strong 4
. - - -
have all yielded, and the wetuter lb, ..
one reads the story of thelfinal struggle,
that far more were not killediand wounded:
Tien-sin. is, occupied by the French and
English; the capital is in their power if
they,chose to march upon ititand the Am
bassa.dors-are too sensible of heir responsi
bility to leave without guaranties which,'as
far as can, be secured from akynasty proud
and deceitful, must be respe ed.' It was a
sad necessity, however, that. U . 'expedition
so costly should have been, ceded. The
treachery - of the Chinese . government is
proverbial, and against that his absolutely
necessary to have pernianenOpecurity. Tivo
days ago came a professed fd,leg,ram to the
effect that the English and French Ambas
sadors had been duped by thelen-fulfillthent
of the promise to send thiper Imperial
Cominissioners to'settle the Vims drpeace,
and that hostilities were iiestinied. And'
the report was that .48,000,000 was the sum
which, the Chinese Governm'ent consented
to pay for the expenses of the war.
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has
~,‘ • IRE EVANGELICALV ALLTAICE n been
holding its annual meeting , at Nottingham..
It was of an exceedingly influential char
acter. In the report for the year, special
satisfaction was expressed as to the results
of those meetings in Londo#,if a new kind,
held at the houses of noblet4n and others,,
wherein the religious want of different
lands were the subjects of pepterence ' and
measures were taken to supplpttem. Your
readers will recollect that I,htve repeatedly
referred to these utetings, apome of which
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I was present. lt w - -1-- ` stated
at 'Nottingham that s had
done more than anyti lvance
the, interests of the A and,
the cause of God on vf Eu
rope.
Special thankfulnk
pressed—as indicated
posed by'Dr. Blackw'
gyman—for the pro ; is
erty, in the - face of _ plied `.
difficulties in 'Turkey; also, to the British
Government, to the representatives of the
Protestant Powers at Constantinople, espe
cially Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, for the
services that they had in, that regard ren-•
dered to the Alliance.
Religion in Italy—in other wor4s, the
state and prospects of Evangelical; Chris- •
tianity-in Tuscany especially, and „Italy .at
large, And upon what could be done in Eng-.
land for its advancement, 'and for . the
uniting of its friends—was the subject of
an evening's discussion: Sir C. E. Eardley
delivered an admirable address on this
topic, and the, Rev. H. Sc. , mettean, the
Foreign Secretary to the Alliance, read
several communications bearing on the for
eign evangelization of Italy. A resolution
was proposed by the Dean of Carlisle; (Dr.
Close,) in terms so suitable and suggestive,
in connexion with.recent 'events and proxir,
mate changes in Italy, that it is well worthy
of record in your columns : •
That this Conference regards the state of Italy
as one of singular and unpr4oedented importance
to the interests of religion. It _cannot behold
without silent'awe, the wonderful movement by
which God Seems to be underinining that gt eat
enemy to the faith of Jesus, the Papacy, nor can
it help recognising with gratitude the readinesi
with which, in many places, the population is
listening to the truth and 'receiving grace ; and
that under these circumstances, it could not be
come the Evangelical Allianee to stand• indiffer
ent to what is passing before us ; understanding
there are Committees in'France, Switzerland, and
Italy, desires that the Council should, maintain
brotherlyzenumittion with these bodies, with a
view to aid their operation, leaves it to the Coun
cil to devise such means.for raising funds in - the
country, and applying them , to the benefit of
Italy as they may deem expedient. '
The' Dean of Carlisle delivered an adL
dress on the second day of the Conference,
very catholic in its spirit. I recollect being
in •Cheltenham when Dr. Close was Vicar.
He_was the Evangelical torchbearer he was
the firm friend of the Bible Society, and he
did not`reject the aid of Nonconformists in:
its advancement. But he was then, I
think, more.exelitsive than he is now, and
his evangelism as 'a Deaa and Dignitary of -
the Church, COMB outin ,a.,eatholicity,
this address, wh:',ch does him honor, and
indicates marked opiritual progiess. Few
and far between are the 'Deans who are
members of the Alliance. I am doubtful
whether Dr. Close is not so/us in this mat
ter. Certainly not one ,of the Bishops has
formally; joined the. Alliance, although the
Archbishop of Canterbury and other Pre
lates have endorsed, once or . twice, move
ments made by the Alliance for religious
liberty and the advancement of Protestant
ism on the
,Continent of Europe .,, .Qf
Close's addres, the following is an outline
They lived in times when no articles or creeds
however carefully drawn up, but could be wound
about and destroyed by philosophy. They were,
however, met there as a living creed. As the
Pope was the embodiment of Romanism, they.
+embodied belief in` Christianity; apart from that
doubt which overshadowed everything. • They
were there that day
. to declare before God and
mamthat they had no doubt, no hesitation in the
glorious_ doctrines of God :in, Christ• Jesus, the
Holy Trinity in ,unity," salvation through the
propitiation and substitution of Jesus for them.
They had no *doubt that the blood of Jesus
cleansed from all sin, for it had cleansed away
theirs. They came together for the enlargement
of their minds and the mutual interchange of
spiritul thoughts. . There was a danger of plies
-
flans becoming narrow minded.. They thonght
in sections and in cliques, and he asked if there,
were not many truly Christian people very nar
row minded people. Now, they wanted to get
the Christian people out"of such cliques. He
therefore looked upon the Alliance as a broad •
Church on good principles. He had lately been
struck with the marvellous ingenuity which God
was putting into the hearts of his, people to
carry on his work in out-of-the-way places.
The Rev. Chairman here referred to the exertions
of a lady r (Mrs; Wightman) in Shrewsbury„ and
'the works undertaken in other part cif the coun
try.-by a woman here; man there, sometimes
by a child, and at other- times tby..a: minister,
God putting it into their.hearts to do new things,
for the purpose of building up his
,kingdom,.
which reminded him of the mannerr_ lin' which.
God 'inspired certain , of thelsraelites in
,the
building of the'Tabernaele. lie .camq`lastly, to
• the.-most,noble :idea that the. iiiatitution
sented to his mind, namely, that he was Origina
ting a new moral and Christian power. The
combination of good people, simply as such,
laying aside their denominational, peculiarities
for that purpose, •meeting together and finding
each other's hearts , in a holy fraternity, and
then reflecting what they could do for the glory
of God, was it.not evident that.there was a pow
er created.? if any great object was to be ac
complished, if the Minister of the day. was to
be approached, ; , he. asked, did not . a •body like
theirs become largely : influential ? When . any
denomination thus approached the.. Minister, .
there was immediate suspicion that it had sonie
selfish object in view, and sometimes very justly
too. But when - the Alliance came forward, a
great body of -members of all the Churches, and
appealed for the.slave, the oppressed, for spiritual
versus secular education, there was a moral pow-.
er brought into action which no British MiiiiSer
could resist, Such a body was therefore impel.:
taut, and he need not say that the; pOWer of the,
Alliance had been felt even in the dungeons of
Naples. It ,could. make
„the, tyrant, tremble on
his throne when a body. of British, nay, Europe
an Christians were 'known 'to sympathise With
the oppressed. and_ cherish aspirations for
univer-
I go down upon Satan
istration of the Spirit;
union as' theirs would
A's truth; and be for
salvation of his peo
concluded by saying
oughts for the medita
'sting ithat ,the, result,
them lhose Who weretA4fifia?cloCNiT
rally "prominent at
Alliance. Prof. Gib
mromaries of results
of the remarkable
movement now in progress at Dublin and
Kingston. Your readers are familiar with
most of these, facts, specially as they bear.
on Irish presbyterianism. But perhaps,
they have not yet seen the following state
ment, made by the Bishop of Down and
Connor, as` to the change in, his own dio
cese :
".`The average attendance in the congre
gations in 1860 exceeded that of 1869 by
8,193 ; the average evening attendance of
1860 exceeded that of 1869 by 1,239."
It also 'appears that the Wesleyans in
Ireland have added to their churches fif
teen, thousand members.
As to. Wales, the Rev. Prebendary Venn,
(Rector of St. Peter's, Hereford, and son
of the excellent Henry Tenn, author of the
01 . Whole Duty of Man," a great . Revivalist
in his day, "before whose. preaching men,
fell like slaked lime,") read a paper, from
which it appeared that eighty thousand
persons had. been added to : the Church
during the progress of the movement.
The Rev. H. Magill,,ltome Mission Sec
retary of the United. Pre,sbyterian Church,
read a paper on the subject of, the• revival
in Scotland. Answers had been received
to queries sent:out ? film, which it appeared
that the awakening had spread among
fishing population in the East of Scotland,
and to Campbelton, Lewis, Islay, and others
of the West Highland group ,of Islands.
In Islay, specially, hundreds and thousands
of persons, formerly very careless, now meet
for united prayer. " A few persons in ex
treme old age 'have come under the truth,
and some of the most refined in soeiety
have turned from sin." This statement ap
plies to Scotland generally: The large
cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Pesth,
Aberdeen, and Dundee,, have all felt the
Divine influence.
ex
pro-
eler-
There were no trained agents for the
work; volunteers (converts) are banded to
gether.al: evange.lists, while the :thee Christian
ministry was greatly quickened, and in
creaaingly honored as well as useful. The
Rev. Dr. D. Brown, Professor of Theology,
Free Chtirch College, Aberdeen, read a
powerfully written paper on •' united and
universal'prayer throughout the entire
Church," and intimated that the Alliance
had set apart the second week in January,
1861 for that purpose. Sir C. Eardley
announced the reeeption of a letter from
the Alliance Committee in America, inti
mating that 'a New Year's Concert of
Prayer would be carried out over that Con
tinent.
PASTOR. CEEINIQUY, after a warm recep
tion at the Alliance meeting,, is now in the
metropolis. The Religious Tract. Society
Committee, at 'its last' meeting but one,
welcomed him most cordially, and by grants
of French Areas and books—to the latter
adding. English.theological works—is about,
to give him all the assistance in its power,
for the, enlightening of the ignorant, and
for thi training of young Evangelists to go
forth among the French Canadians. The
Islington Evangelical clergy—the Protest
ant Institute taking the initiative--have
been his warmest supporters. A large
meeting was addressed by him this Week,
in 'the Memorial Hall, recently erected in
honor of Bishop Wilson, of Calcutta, form
erly 'Vicar of . this Parish. At Exeter.
Hall the Honorable A. Kinnaird M. P.,:
presided.over a great meeting convened by
advertisements and circulars, the watch
word of which was, " Protestants,' come
and hear this , . Luther of .America." The
succors and sympathies lent to Pastor Chin
iquy, are; very creditable to the Evangeli
cal Churchmen of England. They gener
ally are aware that:he has become a Pres
byterian minister, and that his churches in
Illinois are formed on the model of Pres
bytery. But they. choose to follow their
spirithal instincts as lovers of truth, as
haters of Anti-Christ, and as desiring that
Canada may yet be thoroughly evangelized.
'Pastor Chiniquy has nothing whatever of
the priest .in his aspect---nothing, of the
look sinister, earth-ward, furtive, of the.
Jesuit fathers, or of the vulgarity of .the
Maynooth-taught Irish - clergy. He is in
truth a gentleman in habit and feeling—
has more of Melancthon mildness than of
Luther-like roughness qf speech, but he is
free from Melanothon s •timidity, and has
a moral couragewhich is, truly marvellous.
That he is an honest man, and that has
done vast hdnor and homage to Presbyte
rianism and Evangelism, by his developed
action both as to Qhurch Government and
Doctrine, is equally plain.
THE CHRIiTIAN MEDICAEASSOCIATION
of 'London, recently.held : , its annual. meet
ine, at Freemason's Hall and I had the
pleasure of being present by invitation, and
of
. taking part in the proceedings. It was
formed .seven years ago by a few medical
teachers and practitioners in London, "`for.
the inculcation and extension of spiritual
religion among medical students, by means,
of a Society in which teachera and other
members of the profession`'should take an
active part, by promoting 'its/officers and ,
promoting its .objects." Ins a matter so
momentous, it was felt that there should
be a thoroughly Evangelical basis of,
'membership—namely,' as the, test of ad
mission to membership, of the 'grand truths
of " the Divine inspiration and sulfteimicy
of, the Holy Scriptures; the unity of the
Godhead, and the Trinity of Persons thcre
in ; the utter depravity of human nature in
consequence of the fall;,the incarnation of
, the Son of- God' and Work • of atone
ment for, sinners; the 'justification tf 'the
sinner by faith, alone; the work of the Holy.
Spirit in the :conversion „and, sanctification
of the sinner.",
Meetings at stated times have been held
from the-first; for =the study of the Holy
Scriptures, ; in, two separate districts, of the
metropolis, and-the religious students have
`been'przictically j naisSionaries by their pri
' yate exertions amongst their fellow-pupils
;in the differentlifedicallschools. ,
I rejoice, to say that a large body of the
medical profession in London, have given
their approbation to this movement. In
truth there is a marked change in the med
ical; profession, as to religion and morals.
Infidelity, materialism, scoffing at sacred
things, the eguivogue and double entenders
of a polluting character, even from the
Professors' chair—these are now compara
tively rare. There are twelve hundred
medical students in London every year, and
from these an increasing number of Chris
tian men go forth annually as practitioners
over th'e kingdom, or to the Colonies, and
also into Her Majesty's army and navy.
The Society at whose annual meeting I
was present, has grown in strength and in
fluence every Tear, and has rallied around,
it some of the, most eminent physicians
and surgeons. It was to' me a novel as
well as cheering sight to see the room' at
Freemason's Han.crowded to the doors by
gentlemen all of whom were either medi
cal men in practice, or medical students..
The Chairman was of the former. class ; so
were the two Secretaries on either side of
him, by one of whom I had been invited.
It was truly gratifying to see several
men of great eminence, rising one after
another' and slieaking,to g theAstiidth,
suohtibdaity,P rexpressiorin 'MaesCs ,
of feelinglonlithe great 'concerns of eterni
ty, on their own , personal responsibilities,
and their future'openings for doing good. to.
the
the smils,as well as the bodies of the sick
and dying. Very strongly is the idea re
jected by these good men, that a physician I
may conceal from a dying person his true
condition. Surely a medical man, with a
tremendous eternity full, in the view of his
faith, cannot and ought, not to be guilty of
such cruelty under the plea of not alarm
ing the patient sous to hasten dissolution.
The late GeOrge IV. was deCeived as to his
real, condition, by Sir 11. Ilalford, up -to
the very last, and when the 'last agony
came upon him, suddenly, in the dead of
night his bitter cry was : " Oh. God I this
is death !"
AN Ckv - ATIoN has been given at Cork
and Dublin, to the members of the return
ed Irish Papal Brigade. It was cunningly
got up for two purposes, first to prevent
the wretched -men from "blabbing" the
secrets of their evil treatment in Italy, and
secondly to hake the' best of a very bad
business, so' as to hide the disgrace that
has fallen on Dr. Cullen and the Irish
priesthood. The thing, however, has de
ceived no body; and is shown up by the
press with merciless. and just severity.'
These men: have got credit for great valor
in the field, which they did not show, and
numbers of them were reported as dead in
battle, whereas only one .was thus actually
killed I Still for the souls cif the slain, it
was thought wise by Rome in Ireland to
have Requiem Masses, and the tactics
adopted by the Popish betrayers. of these
Aeceived men, - has been such as is only
possible when there is an unreasoning Cel
tic enthusiasm, prostrate popular slavery
before superstition, and. a Hierarchy and
priesthood whose, =sciences have been
thoroughly debauched by the maxims of
Peter Dens, AlphonSits Liguori, and Ig
natius Loyola. Some of the returned
Brigade complained that they were badly
treated, by the peo p le of those districts
where they, served—"a complaint," it has
been'pithily said, as reasonable as it would
he-Jor ntlocust,tri-feel_hurtAlia
acceptable to the people of the country
which he helped to devastate I These fel
lows went to bind more firmly the!fetters
of a people panting fbr liberty,
,and who
had the best right to know what Papal gov
ernment really was. Now the Brigade has
its- " Finis" pronounced. There will nev
er be, another. •If "it went: -up like
a rocket," it has certainly ". come down
like a stick." Ireland, Popish Ireland has
disgraced itself by heaping honors on brag
garts, and by pronouncing, lying eulogies
(known by herself to be such,) on those
whose heroism was of the Fluellen pattern.
MATTERS MISCELLANEOUS may new be
noticed in a condensed statement. Lord
Palmerston has returned from his tour in
Yorkshire, after receiving niany tokens of
his popularity. Admiral .Sir C. Napier,
the celebrated Admiral, and Lord Dundon
ald, another. brilliant Naval Commander,
have both died within the last week. The
Men of the age of Nelson are fast passing
away. The Bishop of London has been
distributing prizes to young men who have
been successful at the Middle' Class, Ox
ford Examinations. He distinctly ap
proves of the provision whereby the sons
of Nonconformists are elegible for their
distinctions. Preaching in theatres and
halls, is going on extensively, and is about
to be still .more' fully developed. Prayer
meetings are considerable in number, but
not so much so as twelve mouths ago. The
weather here and all over tbe Continent is
serene and beautiful, and likely to -remain
so. This (9th November) is Lord Mayor's
Day—a great holiday in the city, and the
Volunteers of London forming the guard
of the Lord Mayor. This is a new feature
of the occasion. The'Russian and Austrian
Ambassadors are likely not to be preseiat at
the Banquet in Guild Hall, if report
speaks true, as they would be sure to, hear
pro-Italian sentiments from some one of
Her Majesty's ministers. The French Am
bassador will be present. The others will
only make themselves " conspicuous by
their absence," to. use a phrase of Lord
John Busied's, and will make their posi
tively despotic masters all the more de
spised in England. The Empress of. Ru
ssia, the widow of the Czar Nicholas, is no
more. The young Empress of Austria is
in bad health, and is about to spend the
Winter in Maderia. Turkish baths are be
to be extensively used in London.
Public health here is very good. Provis
ions -are dearer than usual, and the harvest
is decidedly the worst both as to quantity
and quality, for many years: Corn and
wheat, however, come from afar, and other
countries are the better of English gold.
The new French treaty is likely—after all
the misrepresentations of certain parties—
to be most valuable to English trade and
commerce. An excursion of volunteers to
Paris, is projected by a private individual,
who leas "the assurance of the Emperor that
they will be warmly Welcomed. The press
discourages it, and as they would go with
out their arms, and under no recognised
discipline or authority, they would but
very feebly represent their country—the
section that would or could go. Still the
military authorities here are said to approve.
The English Alliance
,is essential to the
Einperor at present. His arrest of the
bombardment of Gaeta -by the Sardinian
fleet, has given great dissatisfaction.
P.. S.—Garibaldi
_has denounced the
Pope before the people of Naples., as " the
Anti-Christ," amid loud acclamations. Yie
tor Emmanual has entered Naples, amid
.enerat enthusiasm. Tlie flight of Fran
c's 11. is believed to be: imminent.; The
Prince of Wales is nineteen years old Ibis
day. His; arrival home is not yet. an
nounced.
THERE are. a• set of; men who differ in
nothing , from brazen pitchers, which can
hold nothing, but" let it run out' by ,bab7
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"An adMirable story of a quiet pulpit
rebuke'," says Dean Ramsay, "is tradition.;
ary in the East Neuk of Fife, and is told
of a seceding minister, a Mr. Shirra, a man
well remembered by the older generation for
many excellent and 'some eccentric quali
ties. An officer 0f..,,a volunteer corps on
duty in the place, ,very prou& of his fresh
uniform, had come to Mr. Shirra's church,
and walked about, as if looking for a seat,
but in fact to show off his dress, which he
saw was attracting attention from some of
the less grave Members of the congrega
tion. He .came to his place, however,
rather quickly, on . Mr. Sbirra quietly re
menstrating, Oh, man, will ye sit, down,
and we 'll see your new breeks when the
kirk's `dune !"
This same Mr. Shirra was well known
from his quaint, and as-it were, parenthet
ical r comments which he introduced in his
reading of Scripture; as for example,_ on
reading from, the 116th Psalm, " said in
my haste all men are liars," he quietly ob
served, "Indeed, David, an' ye had been
this parish, ye might have said it at your
leisure."
Another clergyman, on coming into the
a the ur pi Vac
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'parish lot. he authorities had been
unable to ieinove him without more ;•' io-
lenee them wayseemly,'and therefore wait
led for, the minister .to dispossess Tam of
the place he had assumed. " Come down,
sir, immediately," was the peremptory and
indignant call; and on Tam being unmov
ed, it was repeated with still greater ener
'gy. Tam, however, very confidently re
plied, looking down from his elevation,
"Na, na, minister, just ye come up wi' me.
This is, a perverse generation, and faith
they need us baith !" —Blackwood.
Has it not been observed by you, Messrs.
Editors, that a very considerable - k ortion of
the preachers of our fraternity have become
softs, to use a partizan phrase—have nearly
dispensed with "terrors of the law," and
with anxious manifestations toward the
impenitent class ? Also, that if they occa
sionally, dispense the terrors and acconi
panyi ng anxieties, they dilute the prescrip
ion -torthwith=tby a- palliating Inveltrenr,
as if they.hatl thought, " Though I have
spoken of the damnation of hell,' Ido n't
quite believe it." And if a hopeful sol
emnity 'has been produced by an hour of
faithful' dealing,-the whole has been dissi
pated partly.by some •playful, pleasant re
marks by the •preacher, heard on his way
home from the conference room, as if he
feared he, might have dealt too severely
with his audience, and wished to alleviate
the sadness produced.
Paul'did not so, but took pains to deepen
the impression made on the assembly by
warning every one with tears, publicly, and
from house to house, And Jesus did not
so, bat fbllowed up his preaching "with
strong crying and tears, and was heard."
Now as the Holy Spirit is expected to liar-
Monize and to sympathize, as it were, with
the preacher, how can that blessed agent
consistently fasten and hold the truth upon
the heart of the hearer while he sees the
preacher rela,x. his solicitude, or does but
half believe the fearful denunciations of the
Divine Word ? How can the sinner be
mime
,thoroughly convinced of his danger
while he notices that the minister and his
chureh, after some rousing appeal from the
desk, throw off their solemnity on leaving
the house, and are seen through the week
as jovial and worldly, and as reckless about
the perishing, as if no warning had been
sounded or danger was apprehended ?
It was said that Augustine declared that
after his conversion he had not ceased for
an hour to hear the thunders of the Judg
ment Day, as it were, ringing in his ears.
Should not.all preachers thus more or less
feel, and in preaching mingle those thun
ders with the accents of a Saviour's love ?
Like a Payson, let them solemnly, tenderly,
perseveringly warn the sinner by word,
countenance, and behavior, and they will,
like, him, be continually blest with the
coilperating agency of the Holy Spirit.
Knowing the terrors of the Lord, let him
persuade men, like' him who directed a
warning to -be 'labeled on his coffin.—
Evangelist. -
• Straining after Popularity.
The lack of , piety shows itself in our day
in straining after popularity. One is truly
popular by the force of his talents and the
fervor of his piety; another, because he
seeks it as a main end. Between these
there is a wide difference. One is simple
and solemn.; the other is magniloquent and
affected. The one impresses by his thought;
the other, by his manners and words. The
one attracts by the solemnity and power
with which he presents and applies Divine
truth; the other, by his newspaper notice,
his quaint subjects and texts, his odd illus
trations: The one wins converts to Christ;
the other,•-adrnirers of himself. The' one
preaches boldly the doctrines of the Cross;
the other withholds or modifies them, lest
they should "offend; and blunts every ar
row, lest it should penetrate, emulous only
of the reputation of as popular preacher.
Doth the moon stay herself to lecture
every dog that bayeth at her ? Doth the
lion turn aside to rend each cur that bark
eth at him ? Do the stars cease to shine
because the nightingales reprove them for
their dimness ? Or does the sun stop its
course because of . the officious cloud which
vails it? Or doth the river stay because
the willow,Aippeth its leaves into•the wa
ters ? Alr I no—God's universe moves on,
and if man_will oppose it, heeds them not.
It is as God hath made it; it is working
together for good, and it shall not be stayed
by 'the censure nor moved on by the praise
of man.---,Spurgeon.
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The Lesson of the Seasons.
When Autumn comes, with piercing winds,
Blasting the flowers of earth,
It tells us that all mortals thus
Shall lie embraced in death.
When Winter, with his snowy hand,
Lies outstretched o'er the ground,
It tells us that we all shall rest
Within the quiet tomb.
When. Spring's fair 'flowers begin to bloom,
They ; point our thoughts away,
Where Christ, with all his angels, are
Blooming in endless day.
When:Sunitaer's brightness o'er our beads
With glorious beauty glows,
Itpoints our souls from earth to heaven,
Where crystal water flows.
The Seasons all teach us to know
That, like the flowers we die—
But not our 'souls, they soar away
To spend eternity.
A Modern Defect in Preaching.
Truth
MAONANIMITY.—Iasso replied to a pro
position that he should take vengeance on
a maw who had injured him: " I do not
wish to deprive him either of his goods,
his honor, or his life; I only wish to de
prive him-of ,
ME
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