giNNBI" J. ALLISON S. LITTLI VID & CO. Editors and Proprietors. TERMS IN ADVA'N'CE. sunscturnose..... ...... „... ..... ........... 41,50 1.23 , v -.nEn IN NITRE?. , 18 THE ...... 2.00 DOLLARS, we wilt send by .mail seventy number t, i oN1: DOLLAR, thitty-three whither& ,ending us Titabrrr subscribers and upwards, will :0. vet it to &paper without charge. ;19 , 110‘1111 be prorapt. a little before the year expires ..rmeats ity cafe kande. or by mail. 17. i. t. all letters to DAVID IWKINNEY & Co. l Pittsburgh; tak. NM FO'r too Presbyterian Banner., Forgotten Resolutions. The Committee of Trustees on the Fund ur Disabled Ministers, have made, during le yogi., some of their largest appropria us to Presbyteries, on the ground of' their qiutious, to make collections. The application of their Stated Clerk been attended with what the Committee ,rded as an assurance that if the re t the Presbytery were granted, they ;lit rely on being reimburSede in part at by the contributions of their chtirch. Some of the pledges; given ialmost a ago, are not yet redeemed, • Presbyte- J, among the most numerous and wealthy our Church, have drawn from the fund re than they have• contributed. Many Te failed to make any collections at all. ; result is, such a depletion of our tress as has not been known before. This is season of the year when we .have been Mooed to give relief to seine'of our most 'eating applicants. This we , shall be 'oiled to withhold, if the ,promised (ens are postponed much longer. Our isurer has no evidence that many •ches remembered the wants of Disabled iisters on the first Sabbath in Septum as recommended by the Committee on tematic Benevolence, and enjoined by General Assembly. In view then of urgency of this matter, the Committee tld propose that another and not very taut day be selected, in place of the one has gone by, and that contributions be 1e with the least possible delay. The Committee would regret, that to' the , ifold trials of old age, severe disease, domestic grief, should be added the t of' bread. In behalf of the Committee, J. H. JONES, Chairman. tter-Oentennial Celebration in the First Presbyterian church, Steubenville. • t is just twenty-five years, last Sabbath, T the Rev. Dr. H. G. Coniino- b o began ministrations in the First Presbyterian -eb, Steubenville, and the interesting ision was celebrated in a bedoming ner. t a meeting of the congregation, it was -ed that we celebrate the qUarter-cen- Al anniversary of the pastoral relation a•. H. G. Comingo as pastor of our ech, and that we extend an invitation the several ministers of all the evangeliL churches of this city, and to the cow. 'tion of the Second Presbyterian .ch The congregation of the Second .ch united with the First, in the exer of the occasion. the, morning of the Sabbath, Dr. Co ) preached an instructive and eloquent rse to a crowded house, from Psalms s—" I remember the days of , preacher first drew a contrast between outgoing and incoming quarter of a Ary. Be then proceeded to notice providential circumstances that brought to this field and the inner workinr , of own mind in here remaining. Ho gave account of the rise of the various 'hes of the city, and a brief glance at last of the First church. There had ,"in this charge, seven" remarkable're is since 1831. Two churches had been mized from this one since 1837, and al: igh there had been a large number of vals and deaths, yet .now there were 1 members more than: in 1887. The e number of members added since the Alsatian of this church, in 1801, 'is cen hundred and seven; of thetp, hundred and five have been added tg the last quarter century. - but a hundred thousand dollars had from this church into the various Jets of benevolence. "The review of past twenty-five years," said"the preach " affords much fi - 1 thanksgiving but for p:ofound humiliation, on the part pastor." He then'recurred to many te pleasant things of 'his pastorate and nue of the mouriattl 'things, and 'also ;tern and things learned in a pastorate .nty-five years: He closed with at the future, and tha'final assembly end of time. The impression madc to discourse was deep and solemn. C. C. Beatty, the predecessor of Dr. ,go, as pastor of: the First church, teen invited by the• Session to fill the in the evening, but failed to be pres ,n account of indisposition. Rev. J. ‘.terson, of the Second church, preach nstead, an admirable sermon from the , No man liveth to himself." the contivance of the exercises, of this i occasion, a meeting was appointed to Id in the First church, on.,the Tues.. re niug following. When the4ppoint fur had arrived the house was filled a deeply interested audience. exercises were opened with prayer he Rev. M. Abbott, of the Methodist `.extant church. An address was then , by 1)r. Beatty, in which he presente43, a strong light, the great advantages of pastorates, and deprecated ihe ten / to change, so common in our times. lore strong testimony to the great ex- Iwo of r. Coming°, as a preacher, a and as a brother greatly beloved. dr. Drenneu, on behalf of the officers congregation of the First church, then anted to Mr. Comingo a purse of gold a handsome suit of clothes, as a testi ial of their love for him, and their Ltude to him for his abundant and faith iabors since he had been their pastor. • ie Doctor, in accepting the gift, said: he had generally, been a " Looker-on i erwa, ,, an d h e now,. found that to be observed of all observers, was rather a trial to his modesty. He .said that 1e he felt conscious that, he.: had ever lit them and not theirs—the flock, and he fleece—yet this evening ,he sud found himself in possession of the and that the finest of the wool_; nay without becoming . an Argonaut, he ' himself in possession of the gol4eA He felt that there were oireutn7, Is, in which even St. Paul would an ,edge that it "is a great thing that should reap your carnal things"— it betokens so clearly the good feel and affection of a grateful people 'to pastor. If a cup of cold water given disciple in the name of a disciple, not be without its reward, then re ward was sere. eral short addresses were now made .J J. B. Patterson, of the Second church, he and his wife (the Second church) had back to spend a pleasant evening-with mother. (The Second—chureh was a from the First church.) It, was de -111 to them, on the occasion of joy, and lss, to meet once more at the old hearth. The Rev. Mr. Andrews,nof United Presbyterian Church, and the Mr. Christian, of the Episcopal also made addresses u,pnropriate to occasion. Prof. Reid, of the giteuben- Female Seminary, gave a pleasant re mce of his first meeting with -Dr. go, in the valley , of- Chawoni, in rland. He described the scene—of first meeting, in the' presence 'of Blanc, and the met4b:9lace, daffei ;t impression of the stil'atigor, and a. of the Doctor's couveiliation, stig by the glorious menet? tirkidlid them. 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After the singing. of a grand anthem, in fine style, by the choirs of the two churches, the 'whole 'assembly adjourned to a large haltin the city, to partake of a magnificent supper, which had been prepared' by the ladies of the First church. Probably eight hundred people partook of the supper. It has been a really joyous - and happy occa sion. The pastor's heart is refreshed by so many cheerio°. * • evidences of affection. He feels strengthened for future work, and the hearts of his people are knit to him io bonds closer than ever. lON. EUROPEAN' CORRESPONDENCE VENITIL AND ITALY'S ASSAULT—MS RING OF PRUSSIA AND A LIBERAL PROGRAMER—IRELAND AND THE MIDAS OP A "PA TRIOT"--Famrois JosEni,littrwear, AND GARIBALDIONE LIN VERSUS MADIZIAII—PREADIDING IN A LONDON THEATRE RATIONALISE REBUKED --1100 TOR LIISHINGTON'S "JUDG MENT "—MR. HEATH'S HERESY ANALYSED—REELECTIONS THEREON—THE ,TRACTAILIANS 'Burr AND SCATHELESS—THE YOUNG. MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION—THE WINTER'S COURSE or LECTURES—Posmourr. LONDON, Nor. 8, 1861 VENETIA • attached, not Rome—sUch it is now indicated by the Turin correspond ent of , the Times, is Napoleon's programme next year. One can well suppose that one so astute and cunning, and placed in such difficulties what between the devotee Em press, the Pope-and the clergy, and the re proaches if not the threats of his old friends 'the Carbonari of Italy (an oath, awful -in its character, binding his soul; and its violation expoiing him to a dagger as deadly as would have been that - of Orsini had it reached his heart) that his mind is oft distracted. England treats him with coldness if not contempt; her press ac cuses him of basest selfishness, and Liberal Europe forgets all that be has done, in their , anger at his neglecting what he ought to do. France itself is dissatisfied; and• hms much,as there is a: financial disaster there, what could galvanize an artificial life and prosperity - like the prospect of another war, and a loan on its bank in small sums, to which—as in 1859—the people would rush in crowds and at. once -411 the treas ury And then, the French army will not remain quiet for ever. What will he do with it ?" is: the question. asked about this army, by our clever and able weekly, the. London Review. If there were "a gen eral war with Germany (Russia ?) and Aus tria on the one side, and France "and .Italy on the other, it would thoroughly change the face of things, and give Napoleoir the long .coveted opportunity of crossing. the Rhine. taken Ti;tE KING or PRUSSIA has some pains tw show that when he spoke of his receiving his crown " from 'God," he did not •mean to endorse the, usual -blasphemy of despots. Ile avows that he spoke in a spirit of humility and under a deep con-, viction both of his responsibility and of his dependence on the Almighty. He not a very clearheaded individual, but is hon est and upright. He says he "hates all extremes "—revolution 'on the one hand, Ultra Conservatism on the other. In proof of his Liberal tendencies, his Cabinet has just issued &programme of measures, which will largely enfranchise the people and in evitably reduce the power of the Nobles and the Tory landholders. Rohe King, it was supposed, had entered into a secret and perilous pact with Napo leon ; but that is not the case. Even the treaty of commerce, so much talkedof in France, and which was to bring the two equntriesoo.closely together is not likely to be carried out, and that from the bases proposed by Prnssia being not acceptable to France. On the other hand the King of Prussia does not, as was reported, meet Francis Joseph of Austria, in confidential colloquy. Prussia aims to be at the head of derinany an empire and not a kingdom. Austria hates and fears her, and some smaller Principalities and 'States support her views. But Austria never can'oppose a sucee.ssful resistance to Prussia, which has the grand advantage ''of being a Prot eStant power. Austria, indeed, aims at giving her motley provinces and peoples, Constitutional Government, but this after all, will be almost a name; and as to Hun gary, the last act but one of a base and barbarous policy has DOW been enactedly the abolition of all local Hungarian au thority at Pesth, and 'the placing of the people under military law. And so the Emperor - writes an autograph letter con taining language which he *ill'one day be made to reckon for. He pleads, of course, the cause of order," while he treads down the old Constitution of Hungary under his iron heel : As the convocation of the Hungarian Diet in a Constitutional Diet; seems impracticable until order is reestab lished, all the existing authorities in the comitats, districts, and companies are abol ished, and Count Forgack is ordered to se lect, persons who will replace them. 'All persons charged with crimes against pub lic order;and safety, shall bk!tried by mili tary tribunals." It is now announced that Garibaldi takes a marked step in opposition to Mazzini and others who, would precipi tate a contest,rith Austria. He urges the continues* armamentflieament of Italy. One of the greatest; olostad4 to this, is found in the financial conVitiOn of the new kingdom: There has been for 'several years,'an enor mous expenditurvmany extravagant con tracts as to nubile works, and above all there has been the, waste of, war in days past, and the enormous expense to which thc.Central Governmeni .is put by the in surrectionary condition of the Neapolitan territory by reason of Eourbonish plots and' brigand expeditions prepared, at Rome. Besidea this, the Southern Italians detest the idea of Turin beComing the ' capital of Italy, and have a hereditary contempt of the Piedmontese The correspondents of.Lon ddt journals write 'discouragiiig on' this point. Nevertheless, when Rome becomes Italy's capital, all will be put' right. IRELAND presents a curious spectacle at this moment, in connexion with the bring ing home from. California of the remains of Terrence Belles McManus. He joined Smith O'Brien. in his ridiculous ind ahor- , tine attempt at insurrection in 1848, was found guilty of high treason, and his sett- tence was commut.ed i to transportation. ..He has lately died, and some Romanistefrom that district 'resolved to bring home .his hody. W It reached Cork, the .:Popish peOple followed the remains through the streets, in long• procession. - But no priest was visible, no Rotnish chapel was open to give even a night's reSting place to the corpse on its way to Dublin... And in the capital itself, the same. ealesiastioal frown rested witheringly on the funeral of one whom Dr. Mac Hale secretly hates and eccle siastically opposes as far as possible. And so Father Lavelle, one of the Mayo priests, raises an Irish aulatus over lacManus, coupled with a ltoilentation . ever'the conduct of, the Cork and Dublin priests. " Alas and alis I" 'he says, " that in Ireland there should. he :it second sentiment on his claims' to a`itik itiOnal 'Mottitling and' a hationargratiittaii. PITTSBURGH, . - .ATTTRPAY.,-DEC EM8ER..7.1861. Good God 1 MacM4l43 denied a momentary resting place in any, tharOn in Ireland ! Oh ! why not have broUght those sacred remains to the fane of :Jarlath. 'The patri ot died in peace with all, except the ene my of all, the cruel oppressorof his dear native land "—that is to say, England, which might have hanged and did not, which might have - kept him in prison and did not. "Saint. 'Malachi and "St. Law rence O'Toole," are also invoked, and then cries Priest Lavelle," Oh Ireland, Ireland ! n how art thou falle!" Finally he declares that.' he will never enter Dublin without re. newing on the grave of 'Mc - Manus a vow of hatred to 'England, " thy enemy and mine, and the enemy of our creed, our country, and our Holy Father." Poor Ireland—the Celtic portion of it— is always lavishing its tears, sympathy, and admiration on objects rather mediocre at the best, as to value. Thus not long since a female adventurer, 'Mrs. Yelverton, was .a • popular idol ; an later still, there was quite a _furore in, connexion with the trial of a cabman, who had assaulted a young lady in a gross manner, and who was convicted and sentenced to two years' im prisonment. Popish feeling had 'in both cases some .influence; while Mr. White side, a ',Protestant, was the counsel, - his client, Mrs. Yelverton, was. a CO pervert" to Rome, and had Hired in a convent, at Smyrna and because Curran, the cabman, was a Romanist, he found subscriptions coming in from cabmen, and false swearing in abundance, in order, if possible, to free him front: the hinds of the law, for his atrocious wickedness toward the Protestant Miss Jolly. Nay, even 'Mr. Justice O'Brien, (who,.:When Attorney General, five or sin years age,.l heard ,vehement and violent at • a gathering. in the Dublin RotUnda, in reference to the proposed,bill for the inspection of 'Nunneries,) in the spirit of a-true Papist, professed to have no opinion at all about the evidence, and when the prisoner was found guilty, and he was compelled to pass sentence, took care not to express his agreement with the jury. SERVICES in Halls, and Theatres are re sumed. I was engaged in one of these on the evening of last Lord's day, at the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel Road. Half an hour before the appointed'time,. a' great crowd had gathered in front of the main entrance, and afterwardi a vast assembly occupied - the house. The spectaele was most impressive and solemnizing. Nearly all joined in the hymns that were Sung, there was ,an affecting silence during the offering of prayer and, the reading of. the Scriptures, and a better behaved and. more attentive congregation I never addressed. The right, kind, too, of people were present, Jews and Gentiles, rich and, poor, old- and young, boys and girls, men. and women, (some with children in aims,)—the ? men forming a decided majority. These ser vices, more prized than ever by the London masses, have been followed by ascertained results of the most gratifying character, and afford opportunity to multi tudes who will not enter ordinary places 'of worShip, but whose rags and wretchedness find fellowship, as it were, in kindred pov erty all around, in that " pit" or in those galleries, to listen to the •words of eternal life. As a whole, the Evangelical body, Church and Nonconformist, bold' the sway in this matter. Neither Tractarians nor Irvingites, neither Papists nor •Negative Theologians, have a message for, the " com mon people "—the " priest and the Church" on the one hand; the hiding of the Cross, and the ignoring of a true atoning sacrifice to meet the clamant accusations of a guilty conscience, on the other; all ! neither of these so-called teachers will do for the per ishing and the poor. RATIONALISM has received a check and rebuke, in the judgment which hai just been elivered by Dr:'Luslaingtort, in the Arches (Ecclesiastical) Court. A suit was instituted some time since, by-the Bishop of Winchester, (in whose diocese the. Rev. Mr. Heath held a living,) on account 'of the printing and publication of "Sermons on Important Subjects," Parts of which were alleged to contain.doctrines repugnant to the Articles of Religion in violation of the statute of Elizabeth, and derogation of the 13ca)k of Common Prayer. Clergymen, on their ordination, must ,declare their "assent and _consent" to the Articles of Religion, and to the Book of Common Prayer. Dr. Lusbington is .a fine specimen of a jurist, and also "a good English gentle man all of the olden time ;" he is about eighty years of age. 'His intellect' is re markably elear,and as the arguments 'on the case of Mr. Heath, pro and con., were finished in June last he bas taken advan . tage of the lawyers' " long vacation," and has now come forth with an elaborate judg ment. 'He referred in the outset 'to the much that had been.• said about Paley's idea of subscription to the •thirty-nine articles, as " Articles of. Peace'," and sajd that disquisitions of this character affordo no assistance 'to a Court 'of Juitice. "Es business is to (manacle' the doctrines, and see whether they are in accOrdahce with the Articles and the Prayer. Book. He next adverted to, the principles which should guide the Court in all - alleged cases of false doctrines, and atunce.fell back.to the gen eral principles established by the , Piivy Council, (the final appeal in, Ecclesiastical cases,) on the celebrated Gorham case, which had been approved by two Arch bishops. ' There it had"been - laid down by Lord Langdale that ," in = endeavor to ascertain the true meaning and effect of the Articles, Formularies, and. Rubrics, we Must by no means intentionally swerve from the •old eitabliiihedinles - of construction, or depart from the principles which have re ceived the sanction andapprobation of the most learned porsons in times past, -,as being on the whole the best calcula ted to ' determine the true meaning 'of the - document to be examined. If these principles 'were not =adhered to,' all 'the rights, both spiritual and• temporal; .of Her Majesty's subjects would be endangered." * The Judge admitted that considerable latittide had been allowed 'in times past to Divines of different schools in the English Church, but thesematters of difference did not bear on the present case. Justification by, Faith in the merits of Christ, as affirmed in the 11th Article, was emphatically denied by Heath. In defining the meaning of that article, 'Dr. Lushington said : "First, I hold with Bishop Burnet, that what,by justification was meant, is being revived into the favor of God ; secondly; . that the merit of our Saviour is the,great cause of that. recep tion thirdly----and what on the'fieSent . caSion 'was perhaps most Important---that the 'person so'. to be received must have faith in theredeiription. of Jesus Chritt. :It must be our. owwlaith, a personal faith. The words, " Are juatifted by faith only," mean that such personal faith is indis pensable, and that without it there can be no justification. l'he 'essence of the 11th Article is—faith in the •Redeemer's merits in the,,person to be justified." All'this Clears the way.for giving an ac- Curate account of what Mr. Heath's heresy really is. But may-`I not pause herii, and ,refer for amoment to ;the - awful pet-Version in Tract (theproduction.indeed of D r.. Newman,,,r ?ally =del:Fed ielZaat;'4ohoin. Me 'English Okurch, unehalknged,) with.regard tofthis. vital mat ter of the justificatign of a sinner before God. NaY, is not the doctrine of bermisntat re generation • made by all High Church `Divines a sine'iudijon,'thas cam Sing them to lull their unconverted heareis 4 (ilie -mass of them) in a . death-like spiritual torpor, destroying the distinction between the con verted and unconverted in their preaching, and in a word, pntting saerainental grace both in Baptism' andthe Eueliatigt, coupled with rhheir. doings, as the .ground of tfinal acceptance with God—faith ; olirect, . per sonal faith in the merits of Clirist, ignored; how, I ask;can these men be considered as giving their " assent' and consent" to that -noble Ilth Article': "'We 'are' acoomited righteous before God, only for themierit , of our Lord::and Saviour Jesus Christ, by faith, and not for our own works, or de servings. Whereforii that we are justi#cd by - faith only, is it idiot wholesome `of6eiririe, and full of comfort." , ' But now let lus see what: Mr. -Heath's special heresy is. It actually substitutes Christ's faith in the Father for tbe.sinner's faith itt Christ hiniself I "When'' says he, " I talk'of 'justification bYtith,l'Mean justification: by our ..BthfoUr's trust-'in. the Father: The Saviour still trusts . in our Father, as he always did J, he-still has faith, and his faith still welts by, love; he still , believes that lie can put the world right, and I b,elieve so teo.! No ivonder - that Dr. Lushington. shotild' say, "I attu under the painful necessity of declaring thatthese doctrines cannot be :reconciled' With the plain, grammatical "sense' of thelith•Arti ele. I think that they are contraryand re pugnant theretd; and must 'pronOunee accordingly." Tae Judge went on to refer to'.passages in the " Sermons," in' which;-as le,conSid ered, the lk forgiveness of sins " Ili set forth in the Apostles' Creed-, and doctiiries 'were taught contrary to , the A:thanasian and Nicene Creed, and violating the 6th, .I.oth, 11th, and 31st Articles: Thus at-page - HT of the " Sermons" it •it§ said : " The more I study the Bible for• myself, theluore as tounding. I find it---how many of:the most modern phrases of mo i dern > theology have been foisted in without-Sanction ft•oin the all-sufficing record of our religion. 'Orie after another, no less thanibouttwenty idettS or phrases, such as 'stilt of sin, <paying a penalty, going to heaven, going to hell; int mortality of the soul, satisfaction, imputed rthteousness, appropriating the work of Christ, necessary to csalvation,' and many others, have vanished from my system,* be cause, as a _minister of Christ, studying these matters professiobally, I see them-to be phrases and•ideas 'not only absent' from Scripture, but darkening and confusing the clearest of the otherwise most inteUigible and comforting statements of. Iloly. Writ." On' this Dr. Lushingionebserves : "Now, what says the secend Article,? That our Saviour died to recon . diluns to the-Father, and to be a sacrificed not only for 'original guilt, but also for the actual sins of men. really cannot comprehend how any intel ligible meaning could be affixed to this Article, if guilt of sin' to be removed from:all Christian doctrine. I cannot con ceiv:e the idea of actual sin without there being guilt of sin. I will not dwell -on other expressions, said . t.o.be repugnant to the Creeds; I view the whole of the pas-, sage with astonishment . and regret. I think the words used contain a - doctrine---if it is to be so-called—utterly irreconcilable with the Creeds. ' The 31st Article is next to `be consid ered. Mr. Heath dismisses from his sys-. tom' the immortality of the soul, satisfac tion, imputed righteousness; as 'darkening and confusing. Now, the 31st Article says that the offering of. Christ. as a perfect satisfaction for all the sins of the world. To deny satisfaction altogether, whatever may be its meaning-4s Mr.. done—canaot be taken in .i.irrother sense than a denial of the worth of the Article itself." * * * "I am compelled *by a sense of duty to declare that I have no other al- ternative but to pronpunce a, judgment con deming Mr. Heath as: guilty of the charges preferred against Mtn." - The Judge welted up as folloWs Be fore concluding, I think it right 'to explain why I don't advert. to the many authorities which the zeal and learning of counsel hare produced. My reason is this—that in my judgment not 'one of these anthor ities does that which *as 'required in their case, namely,nhow that some Divine of eminence has held without reproach, from ecclesiastical authority, doctrines in substance, the imme , as those. which Mr. Heath has promulgated. Whatever• opin ions may have been held, in the vast field' of polemical divinityillnd none which Can support Mr. Heath, or justify him. Inthe Gorham case, the judicial committee` had the advantage of being able. to quote in support of their judgment,, and in justifica tion of. Mr. Gorham, paisages from the 'wri tings of ciivines of the higheit' authority. " I cannot = conclude without observing that I am welt aware of the fallibility of my own opinion, and_especially in ao peculiar a case as the , present; but I have endeavored, first, to make Clear the prineiples which intended should govern the; and 'secondly, to show plainly how I apply theSe princi ples to the case before me. If I have erred in either particular, the judgment of the Superior Court will correct me. It may be, however, that'many'wilithink that, though legally' right, this judgment recognises too severe restrictions on the clergy; and - shuts the door against inquiry.and disquisition, which ; might tend to elucidate, the truth. Now, even if this were so„it is not for a Court, of Justice to open a door Which the Legislature haschut. ''lt is contrary to all sound principles fora Court , to 80.1 r, ai has been formally. done by seine;judges, ingeni- - , ous sUbterfuges.to evadenr.weaken• the law, and that ,upon rtßtion, of its own power to discover what is, best and most'Convenient. Such'a course is, t think, not only Contrary to Principle, butWould'be most injurious in its cffects. For all.such atteinpts to wrest the law according to supposed consequences, invariably tend to,,postpone, a remedy, if there be a real evil. If there be bonds which press heavily on the Clergy, OS to which I give no opinion,) I repeat that' the I Legislature ;imposes them, and the Legis lature alone can loose them- Ipronaunce against Mr. Heath." Time was given by the cowl to,givo Heath opportunity of 4 4 retraetion." He has`'also power to appeal to the' Privy Cbuneil. • I - think , it will IMAL:pletusantlnud invigo rejgthkng.f.naner .mikiateiliaLreadars to ! rel4,l l 4 l WYßis of. Pi s . went; arid be4ides that, Y. am justified in diVelltni on it be4dse le aiiitena . thought* find feeliOgt it -.'eonfitixier4tifle the preseet.eondition•of ~t hattextriordinary " eqmPogsite i ` gonskr6loise," the Ohur.oh.of England ; 4 iVonve,remindeci by Dr. Inehington of the decision in:the Gor ham Case, by whi 'it the_ settled that those who held that infant. hiptiarn.Awas always and necessarily .kccompaniedi by regenera tion, • and, theseinrhe t ,,denounosd this as a, deadlY heresy were alike good Churchmen The .Record ever' einde . his 'ased its groliiiiigiAiranse*the Ecclesiastical Courts have *onouneed• What• the taw ; • and• as for the:Evangelical clergy as ahody think- ‘.‘ geiskg,„olit;',,became ,a , beyeey, 4„ s thus stereotypedh dear, no r 4 ttiat is not , to be thotight of.. And thus the living and , the dead; the blind and the seeing, the halt, abal the erect and vigorous traielleini are all elmisedtogether. 'Next, while Mr. MeNaught,. of Liverpool, has resigned his charge, are there not others who hold doctrines almost, it not Wihre Rationalistic than he? It is ekeering 'to' find-this He,ath, heresy put down; al -th.ough it bears4on. the face of it such ab sunlity,, that few, will embrace. it. But after all, in the denial of the." guilt of sin, paying a penalty, satisfaction, (propitia tion?) we see that the current of his thoughts run; precisely in the' same 'chart mei with those of the "Essayists;". nay, that ,Professor Jowett, and even Canon Stanley, Ate by no means free from the charge of d are these` grand old truths. Yet •-neasfkra of this Class—Lever increasing—will Panatela unscathed and untriedoindthuathe vitalir,of the. National Church.will continue to ho preyed upon by her own children. .I 1 - Mve already noticed the Tractarian ex "traine;and there has been 'a recent example 'of it,'where a. new bishop - (about to go to he , Btendioich 'lslands—let the American maisaionaries look. out I) has :been taking c part .semi-Popish and Fusey_ite 'mumme ries in connexion with the consecration of riew lure , vat 'else sa4ree diocese o e same Bishop of Winchester, who his pros ecuted the LatitudinaiiarirMr. Heath. The .Bishop.is,fin Evangelical • but see` his: eak ness, and:tbe.false position in which he is )Placed—poiveriess and aPparently assont int; because he hati 'nil - statute and ecelesi 4stieal law to fall batik upon I THE YOUN±I .- MSN'S CHRISTIAN Asso -orthrOx have secured' a band of very emi *Kt :persons to, deliVer the .Winter• series of Lectures in Exeter Hall. The :well known Christian philosopher, Isaac Taylor, deliVers the first, on " France and England eighty years ago," and will be folloired the 'Rev.' T. Martin, Dr. Thoinpson, the Bishoppelect of Gloucester, the 'Rev. W: B. Mackenzie, Edward -Corderoy, Esq., Rev. Henry Allen, Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, Rev Canon Boy, Rev. Drs. Magee, Cand lish and - Miller,' and Rev. W. Morley runshon. 'Thompson , Mackenzie IlDd Cor deroy deal respectively with " Anglo-Saxon .Christianity end Augustine of Can terhury; " ":4gio-Norman Christianity and Anselur ;" " Loliardy and 'Wick.liffe,." While Mr. A1..,1eu will Jecture on "Church Song," and be ,accompanied b e y illustrations of the people's worship, in ancient and modern times—the musical examples being sung by a choir of .one hundred voices. .As, many as four of , the Lectures bear on the Rationalist heresy .of dee day..- 7 -Mr. Boyd treating of ".The Criterion of Truth;" Dr. Magee, of "The; ..uses.e Prophecy ;" Dr. Candlish, of ",Mir acles;" and Pr., of Birmingham, taking, ashis theme, " The New Testament. Narratives Real, notdeal." Mr. Puiishon will deliver a characteristic oration 'on " Macaulay." The intellectual treat thus furnished is very ridt i arnple and varied; and very sea *ow:4de too, and bearing on the "present truth," are many of the topics of the lec turers. J.W. P. S —The Times disapproves of the Sfyle of Lord tyon'aletter to Mr. Seward, axed thinks that the parties arrested were not free from suspicion. At the same time it is not in entire accord with Mr. Seward, and•eontinues to maintain its 'general posi tion. At'llloseow, sant twenty-five students Were cut dawn by the brutal soldiery. Only'forty students attended at the reopen lag of the University of St. Petersburg. These hundred students have been sent to Cronstadt, - as prisoners. Out of the 1,600 students' who attended the Lectures of the University last term, 600 are in prison, 300 are at Warsaw, and from 600 to 700 are more or less at liberty. The 'Emperor has suthily arrived from the Crimea. Let - us hope that his kind heart will get the mastery this crisis-:—that 'having seen the wreck and waste of War at SebaStopol, he will avoid provoking it at home; and that, haVing'emancipated, in the face of recalcitrant nobles, millions of serfs, he thineof something like a Con stitution to his people. [Selected.] a Nark the Soft-Falling Snow." Mark the soft-falling snow, And the diffusive rain : To heaven from'Whence it fell, It turns not back again, But.waters earth Through every pore, And calls:forth ail Its secret store. Arrayed in beautedus green • The hills and valle , shine, Aid man 'and bease is fed 'By Providence divine ; ' The hari . est beim Its golden ears, The copious seed Of future years. " So," saith the God of" grace, 4 ' My Gospel shall descend— ALl:eighty effect The purpose I intend; Millions of Souls Shall feel its, power, Ana boar it., doivn To miliions niore. 4 ' JO-shall begin your march, And Peace , protect your Ways, While - all 'the mountains round , Belie melodious`praise ; The vciatil groves ' ' • Shall sing to God, every tree Consenting nod." ' leaven's - Light- in-Darksome - Dwellings. Combiti - ..and 4ygeethatie efforts to in eiruct'and train, children of 41seak. mind, is of recent origin. Scarcely any, attempt arm made before the beginning of the pres eat century, and lei of the existing insti tutions are more - thim ten years old. if we have been. • lateln beginning this depart merit of .philanthropy, we should now work. all the , more vigorosly to make pp,our lee- Way. Former, senerations of the imbecile were permitted to, grow up corrupt, and corrupting, hurting themselves and shock ing the passengers'en the public highways.' Of late ,years 'a. vent. has been drawn :de- ' . ,eautly over that opeu, sore by l the removal : otAtose childreuißto.workhours,and other, lanes of ‘ triugh nri'ilie:Varbar'ons tlAditioe 'of the' pasts, is Only.'tlie 'halt;"aticl‘ - thaVtlui-loiver half of our duty. • Ins Switzerland, France„Fmgland, and: also, to some extent : in: cotland, as well-.as in our own c ountry, sistimitic efforts have of lite years been made; with an; eticourig lop- measure of aucee.ss, for the Mental and. ;mind training of -imbecile children. 4neefie3lTAtSee, whose Pet worse . tt ta p „ thatof other countries,. but only more acenraVeliknolin, there - arel:6s7 idiot's in a gloss ffOitilation of 1.,15;000, WhiCh giVOs the proportion uf about a- thousand; arid this=is exclusive of 2,632 persOns who : KeitP.T9OCIY,--ITS.Ortingo49..l4..nejl.4ttikei same; uoznattinuty ; so that there is one person of either unsound oriseble-mindj• to every 302 of the general popuktiow.&Wand, as nearly as can be ascertainedi, there mahout 2,236 imbeciles,' and of these; about 600 are of an age suitable'for being admitted into educational institutions. • We flearcely know any greater luxury to a tender and.ure mind than the history, of some of these cases. If doing good in-or dinary forms be, to a Christian, like' meat and drink, the successful introduction" of these telplesschildren to a nieasure of eiv ilized habit, and intellectual light„ and moral purity, and Christian hope, is like a cordial to the spirit, both sweet and restor ing. Reader, have you ever, when seine what weary, sat down to rest on a stone by the wayside in a warm Summer. day? And as you mused, happy and half-dreamy, have you observed a flower at your feet, much crushed by a stone that had accidentally fallen upon it while it was in bud, strug gling ineffectually to escape from the Fes sure, twisting its 'body and crushing its petals in the , effort? You stretched out. ,your hand, of ,course, and lifted off the stone, and saw the floweret spring up, and look into your face, as if it were glad and grateful. When you rose and resumed your journey, ruminating on what you had done, you felt happier because of doing it. Ah l the spirit of these imbeciles were sweet flowers in bud, and some fall in in fancy, or some 'abnormal 'ontgrowth about the brain, haS lain there a dead Weight, and crushed them, as the stone crushed the wild flower on the wayside. The benevo lent are trying to lift, the pressure off; and so enable these immortal, flowerets, ere it be too late, to open their bosoms to the Light. Go and help them, that you may enjoy with them the peculiar delight of helping these helpless little ones. Jesus loved to relieve them • so should we.—Family Treasure. God says : Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, -and all these (earthly things) shall he added unto you. Man says: Seek first worldly wealth, and fame, andpower ;'religion you'ean get on a dying , bed. God says : Open thy mouth wide, and . l will fill it. Man "says : Let prayer go, and work for what you want. God says : Give, and it shall be given ...unto you ; good measure, pressed down, and shaken, together, , and running over, shall men give into your bosoms. Man says : Charity begins at . home. Why . give to others that for which you have toiled so hard ? Your own family may want it. God says : 'Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. Man says : My own interests first. God says: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, but lay up for your selves treasures in hpaven. Man says: Make sure your worldly trea sures. Heaven is a long way off God says: Whoso hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? Man says:''What guarantee have I, if 'I give my earnings to the poor, that I shall not come to want . myself? God says : There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth. Man says : It is , only by saving and hoarding what you have, that it will in crease. Reader, what says your.conscience? Is not God's Way better than man's? This word, which is used in the Psalms seventy-four times, and thrice in the proph ecy of Habakkuk, must have some signifi cant meaning, and yet there seems to be much doubt in reference to the matter. it is a Hebrew word, which the translators have left as they found it, because they could not agree :as to its meaning. The Targurn, and most of the Jewish commen tators, give to -the word the meaning of eternally, forever. The voice of the Sep tuagint translation, appears to have re garded it as a musical or rythmical note. Herner regards it as indicating a change of tone; Matheson, as a Musical note equiva lent perhaps to the word .repeat. Accord ing to Luther, and others, it is equivalent to the exclamation, silence! Gesenins saysP Selah means, "Let the instruments play and the singers - stop. Wocher regards it as • equivalent to sum= corda I (up, my soul 1) Sommer, after examining all the seventy-. four passages in which, ,the.-word •occuis, recognizes in every case. "an actual appeal or summons to Jehovah; they are calls for aid, and prayer to •be heard, expressed 'either with 'entire directness, or if 'not 'in 'the imperative, Hear, Jehovah,' and the like, still earnest addresses to God, that he would remember and hear," etc. The word itself he regards as indicating a blast of trumpets by the priest. Selah itself he, thinks is an abridged' eipression used for Higgaion, indicating the , sound of the stringed instruments, and Selah, a vigorous blast of trumpets. Some, think, the word marks the beginning of a new sentence, or a new'measure of verses; and others, that it joins what folloWs to that which goes be- fore, and shows that what has been. said deserves always to •be remembered. Some have thought Selah showed the cessation of the -aotql inspiration .of of the Psalmist ; and others; that it is - simply a note toindi ,cate the elevation of the, voice; still others, :that it is, equivalent to "-Amen," "Be it so," ,or, " Let, it be." Philip Doddridge. The effect of fretfulness is seen not only in the temper and in the spirit, but in the voice and in the aspect of the face. Bear that womatew cracked and shrieking `tone, pitched in a falsette, plaintive, wheezing whine, more disagreeable than the grating of a. rusty door-hinge, or- the filing of a saw,,or the creaking of ,a broken chair, or the chewing of unexpected gravel in the teeth Is that the, human voice ? - Such a voice, heard in a house is worse than, the smell of brimstone, audit, operates like a, perpetual mildew to rot•outell energy, and peace, and hope from the hearts of the. whole , household, servants, children, com panions, and lovers._ See that face, .with an eyeglaring but, not lustrous—the, glare or. wet putty, not ofOreen steel,oreold,Ce —look at the . pinched, nostril, .sharp: and yet dolled; mark thitt scowl, irresolute and tiesponding„uneverid yet deep as though Plqwe4.tbY thi*ENorth-East,:f4g4 that upper lip ; curled, but not, stiffened. with.• nervehnis i scorn, and., fflled, but, not controlled by impoteßt hate; read the pic ture of .aelf-torture and, &melees des pondency upon, the whole otmAtcuance, and tell. us if fretfttlness that: can so transform _ , the human, f);ix;‘43 . Rivitte fr* the, image or aii heavenlyheag9:7lutcNstio)? . '41 411 Y-washY mask of rood, ; 44 not •4 Crl:44 , against our,commen hutnanity'of' the d.eep-, est, meanest kind,? Pops it not dishonor! , the Maker of all souls and holies and does: it not destroy both the ,inward, spirit and., the outward,formof, a man or woman ?I We say, thett s do stop Ate practice at' WHOLE NO: 480. God's Way: and ban's Way. Se ah Fretfulness. .•; ; : --IN b Belarti 0 ofti et : tieMitt lThDG A ' ZV , Ailanl d BOjr n alO4kgir e? ! , 4 , 4 -ADVERTISE Te. (13_11fies or ieoft,), gOoingertim,,,Ocr i pentit; girt Aloe *44;fifiiik, 40 cantos mad if blglpfaiigit, t i at / per itartir, ; eseli . tfoo utoptionol, NI cent, A,BrAildttiormsde to' adiwtigeotear.- BVISMES•rfUnCEB of too' ilthis or leo, $l.OO each sd. ditlorial I e,,10 emits. Nelinrittit gr. co., istorammoßs AND ktratikittil. once. . Set your face as a flint against it, and resolutely refuse to fret at what ,you cannot•eure. Direct your energies, if you have any, and if yoit have not any, pray to your Maker tor give yon some, against the evils in the world in the way of practi cal work, and not in the way of impracti- cable fretting, and • ~ worrying, and wearing yourself out, and souring your temper, and vexing your friends, and dishonoring your God. We have spoken a few plain words because ,we think them , needed, and our prayer is that they may be'read and heeded. —Western Advocate. ➢aaeiig. 1. It is atrannisementpurely ea w orldly nature, eneourt*ed and kept up by the world. 'As such the , Chureh should stand aloof from it, aminoteonform itself to the 2. 2. Its natural, tendency is to excess, go ing, is it generally-does, beyond the bounds of propriety. 3. It dissipates the mind, diverts it from the .great object of life, •unfits us for serious and holy meditation, is unfavorable to growth in grace, diminishes interest in re ligious duties, and has, in numberless in. stances, been an-effectual means for 'trench ing the Spirit. 4. It always lowers professing Christians in the •estimation of their fellow-men, and invariably. produces trouble and di fficulty in the Church. 5. Those who engage in. it have them selves doubts of its' propriety. No one could reconcile it with his conscience to participate in a darme .on Saturday night, and then. commune-at tlie-Lord's Supper on the following . Sabbath morning, or• pray for the blessing Of God do it. S. The consciences - of . weaker brethren for whom Christ died are always wounded when any of the members of the Church participate in the dance. If for no other reason, we should refrain' for their sake, saying, as - Paul did, " is good to neither eat flesh, nor drink , wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended .or made weak:"—Rom. —Western. Missionary.- Gen. Havelock's Prayer,Tint. Many people excuse themselves from God's service' lor , want of time. The ap prentice does ; the school-boy in the hurry of term time does; the man at his work shop; the mother with her large family around'her. General Havelock, that distinguished General -in India, whose' wisdom and bravery did so much to put' a-stop to the cruel and bloody mutiny of the Sepoys, never made this excuse to'get rid of the service of his Heavenly Father. He had time, among- all - the hurry and worry of camp life, to make the business of religion he first business. He famed time. He did not believe that God ever put men in posts where they could not serve him. He was a man of prayer, and he found time to pray; not only to pray by himself, but with his men. Among his camp-baggage was a praying -tent, the largest one he had, and this be used to pitch at the stations, and hold prayer meetings in it, and read the precious Word of God to his soldiers. He well knew if there was a class of men in the world that needed the comforts and help of the Lord Jesus Christ, it was soldiers. And many a poor soldier found how superior was a heavenly service over anything the Queen of England could offer. In the hurried and awful marches which Gen. Havelock and his regiments were forced to make in the late war, he arose two hours before his men, in order to have time to pray. If they were to march at six o'clock in the morning, he was up at four. If' the camp was to break up at four, he was np at two. He believed there was time for the business of religion. And the papers tell us there were no soldiers so I rimpt and faithful in duty, so reliable, in those dread ful times, as Gen. Havelock and his praying regiments. Ree6nriliation. Robert Hall and Charles Simeon are well known among the lights of the evangelical interest in England, in • the days when it ,cost, something to be faithful to spiritual truth. These two servants of Christ, the former a Baptist, and the latter of the Es tablished Church, both living at Cam bridge, formed a warm friendship for each other. In time, however, a breach was made,.which grew so great that they refused even to speak to each •other. A reconcilia tion was at length effected by the Rev. John Owen, Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, whose memory is still fragrant in the English churches. The means used was the following plan, adopted after several others had been tried in vain. He wrote and left at the house of each these lines : " How rare that talk a prosperous issue finds, Which seeks to reconcile discordant minds How many scruples rise at - passion's touch ! This Yields toe little, and that asks too much ; , Each-wishes each with others' eyes to see, And many_ sinners can't make two agree, What mediation, then, the Saviour showed, Who reconciled' us all to God !" It is said that, upon receiving the lines, each' minister left his residenee to seek the other,- and 4 that they met in the street, where a perfect reconciliation tbok place. .Dow to Die ;Happy. .Glorious words these, to which I heard a dying woman respond not long ago with a sudden burst Of praise : "Is he not a pre cious' Savieur, so great and good, and wil ling- to' save-all - us poor sinners?" She was -lying on a hard bed, in the dreary infirmary ward ofa work-house, and the power of faith and love to create a:hap piness independent of eironmstances came out with almost, startling force in her an swerAoiliinqiiiry : "1 on know him, then, and love him 'I" " Yes, I do know him and love him; his presence makes a heaven in this room." ." if you r heaped up my bed with gold aud silver," she add& ; " if you ebuld give me the queen'w.:oarriage and horses, and her palace and, her garden, and all her beautiful flowers, nitti health and strength to enjoy it all, I, would' not take them if theT would hinder Me - from going to my baviour. They talk of the pains of dying; what will they be twine? They will but hurry me to heuventand to Jesus."—Author of Eng lisl.oeartednd English. Hands.. fistvt' lit orlo of ost.troly did The ,. odors Sedgwick sayer that it is the, man of rol:rdit add 'endriritig - constitution, ot elastic nerve, of comprehe'nsiv'e digiatiOn, who does, the great work of life. 7 it. is Scott with , his cisnly, form. It , is Brougham with his superhuman powers of physical endriran.oe.;' It is' Franklin at the age of seventy; earopipg out on 'his way to arouse the•Caniclas, as on.r hardieSt boyirOf twenty nowcaiWou.t . in-Ate ..kdirondaok or orr.the. 2►liram chi 41. 0 , ,R4l4oPg# o,, vdt:h' ,ll l o framc,4l l proalr.strsaigta. c. iS .3 l4lipolo oo , STEeping. liours, f and on horseback twenty.' • • who, nutk6stan, AU- iabweillit Oakes a martyr or Ws biltbrAYll
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