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,