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Hattipg ,pler chattel: i 1 or four office Um "'Right " to use
nick's Adtentnittutt and Dtspattl„Patent; all, Or nearly all,
of our AillsWiggivis now have their papers addressed to them,
reylattfttitt asingulardy unique machinec;3o/lich fastens.
on thvathlle margts a small colored "address stamp," or
tuba, wherscpt appears their name plainly printed,folloWed
by ate loot up to which they have paid for their papers—this
being.listkortsed -by an Act Of Congress. The date wilt
always be advanced on the receipt- of subscription money,
'in et ad accordance with the amount so received, and thus
'be 40v-um -ready and valid receipt; securing to every one,
'and at all time: a perfect knowledge, of his newspaper ap•
.cotent,' ati that i f error is made he can immediately do
'Oct nand have .it; corrected--a boon alike valuable to the
publisher and sub Scriber, as it must terminate all painful
misunderstandings between them respecting accounts, and
thus tend to perpetuate their important relationship.
• "* - Thate in arrears will please remit. ' '
TEN CENT STAMPS.
Our i friends- will please not send us
the:se, nor' any of the large, stamps. We
cannot use ;them, and our Postmaster will
not e,xchange for them. Send only VIELER
cent and ONE cent stamps.
AnaapCs, Ohia.--The Presbyterian con
gregaiion of this place lately expressed
their regard for their'pastor, Rev'. IsaAEL
PRICi; by a donation visit: kindness and
liberality seem to. have ; 'ruled the hour.
We , rejoice in such tokens of goodness, and
should note them' in "A Visitor's" own
words' but that he, is quite too minute and
prot.racted.
AN , APPEAL FOR THE DANVILLE REVIEW.
filin Appeal of Rev. R. J.' Macroiv
,
D.D., in another polumn, in, favor
of the Danville Review, will be read • with
deed` interest by Old-School Presbyterians.
•
A auty;piesses upon us just now, impe
rioUslitito:sastain our Church in thd border,
States. Dr. 13RECKINRIDGZ was one of
the,'lnairr 'instruments• of saving us, some
thirty years ago; from Congregationalism,
Pelagianism, and ruin. True Presbyte
rians owe to him an linmenae debt of grati-'
tude. And now our-country's` calamity
he has; come forward as nobly as he did in
the - - day of the Church's danger. His
writinkre during the last year have done
more, perhaps, than those of any other
man, to save Kentucky, and the other bor
der .Statea toy the 'Union, thereby abbrevia
ting-the conflict and diMinishing the horrors
of war. And his agency, and the instru
merOtilily of the Periodical for, which he
makes , his appeal, are needed for the rees
tablishing, of true Presbyterianism in the
border-States. ' '
The nioyement against which Dr. BREOR.
contends, is Secession and Pro-
Slavery., He would resist this to: the ut
most. Be ,believes that there is "no
course for the purity, "the peace, or the
saf'ety of tine Clikil`.ch, hut for it to stand
immovably, aad unalterably,:by all, its past
deliverances and all its ancient landmarks.
"Upon that clear and firm basis," he says,
" the loyal- and orthodox in Kentucky' will
untiditrien,4l stand "
We Adipnld greatly rejoice. to fold many
of our readers take the Danville 'Review;
and we cheerfully volunteer to' receive 'and
transmit subscriptions.
We have a letter From 10...0aradstii,
affirming his loyalty, and stating that he
has a number of the First volume of the
Review for sale y also, pamphlets contain
ing Dr. ''.l3a.EbkOarDoE'g " Four Articles
on the : g,ant.e of the beautry," (price 35
mite) also the article on the " Civil
War," (price 12 cents.) :: , These articles,
all of 'them, are among the most valuable
to be foun4; ,the . subjects `of which they
treat. , Addreed 4iciA/1 4 :. H. Cur. - Lugs, 25
West Fourth StreetOineinnati, Ohio.
'SPECIMEN OF SOTITUERN TALKING.
The Richmond ,Dispatch, of -Feb. 19th,
after giving'an. account of• the - .fall of Ft.
Dondison, addi , '
" If these bloody,barbarians, whose hands
are now soaked to the elbow.s in the life
blood of men defending their own homes,
and firesides, dream that they,are now one
inch nearer thesubjugation of the South
than.when they started.,on their infernal
mission, they; prove themselves to be fools
and madmen, as Well as, savages and mur
derers. ,They have ,taught .us-a lesson, we
admit; they have admoniShed us ,to be
more wary and circumspect, to husband
with greater care, our limitestresourees, and
not to ,underrate our enemy.
"13ut, they have also placed between
them and na l a gulf that, can never be
crossed by their, arts or arms, and .a uni
versal determination to die r if Ole puo
for our country, but liever f permitherito„he
subjugated by themost malignant, the most
murderous, the meanest of mankind, Whose,
name is at this very moment such ; :a. by
word. of Born and reproach throughout
Europe,
,fer their combined- cruelty and
cowardice, that !heir, ewn , ambassadors .pan
not stand the acorn of the world's contemPt4r
and are all anxious -.to sy. liack,to the Uni 7
ted States."
=UM
" Out of the abizn4ance•ofthehettit, the
mouth Spealieth." According iii . :o46*-
teranoes then, the heart pßet ! Ale
far hots purt3, peacefulpsnaAcraely.. yllow
far the Dispatqlt is a rePreseitittive.of the
people, it may 'be hard to. disOiiisyy It
probably represents the ruling Vitaiy,
much fairnesS'ihut thSt party we:think ~4
quite aluinority., .
Taking the above: :qUotation as a sample .
of Southern •felirig i 'it ' , might be siippcised
that the conntry*iqd ;never be pacified';,
and by
.such . ei4ibitiOrai they have per
-suaded. many Europeans . that-,the .States
.can never again be united . ..in.:me govern
ment:g!."We,• howeirer, make no 'Such .infer
ance.-i'Men are liahle to change:`; 'Cenapare
J.EFFER/ODT DAlrpie Inaugural with , :his
speeches a year ago, and you perceive a
wonderful anielioration. The change is
likely to be progreisdiel . ind%.if it were
not Air • the halter - whictra4aits.,treason
his ctu i v . tersion ; to'the conditieu,s4.p,peace.
fnl ruan o viould, he very -rapid., •
A duty which the Gov erimeatlit Wash
ingtcfn Will.soon have' ta.terfbini t lyin be a
declaration making it known to *lilt, elliaLl•
es of antiveYeliela rowan iilllkeifinidool )
and utiOli .may be aa . oot# .l l Aaa:
th e liens &I )e: executed.
ERNI
REUNION OF THE OLD SCHOOL AND:;: NEW
SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES.
Union is delightful—When e,orisenta=
neous. Bring together persons whose
souls are homogeneous, and who are adapted
each to the other, and you make two beings
happy. But bind in bonds of unity those
who are dissimilar and antagonistic, and
misery to both is the result. We hear
much talk of Christian union in our day;
and the thing is lauded as the'acme of social
attainment. It may be so, ;but let us note
well, that a union of Christians is a very,
different thing from Christian union. The
first may result in strife, rather than in
concord.' Beal Chriatian union, that is,
the cherishing of peace and good will, of
respect, and love, and of . a general and
ardent labor in the cause of human salva
tion may consist with, yea;may result from
ecclesiastical division. . This• was the case
in the
,division of the Piesbyterian Church
in 1838. For many years previously,
there had been a 'perpetual strife in our
body—ill will, suspicions, jealousies, wrang
ling& Our, social intercourse_ was marred.
Our periodical literature was tainted. Our
Ecclesiastical Courts were seenes of unfra
ternal contest—meetings where brotherly
love found no genial habitation, and the
spiritualities of Zion's interests were post
poned. Oa the division of the, Church,
things began immediately to improve. The.
Presbyteries and Synods, and Assemblies of
each, became at once meetings of brethren,
in unity, love, and labor for the Master.
And the two bodies soon., learned to dwell
side by , side in .peace:;, and esteem grew
greatly, till now we can commune together,
and help each other, and rejoice each' in his
neighbor's prosperity.
So rapidly has, this real Christian unity
been advancing, and so blissful are the at
tainments, that some of our brethren lave
conceived the idea of an amalgamation.
The thing took form under the action of
two Presbyteries in Northern New-York--
not just the region in which-to look for the
soundest Presbyterianism. The Presbytery
of Ogdensburg, (Old-School) invited, the
Presbytery of Lawrence, (New-School,) to
a joint meeting. It was_ held, and the
two communed together, and all was very
pleasa'nt, and, in the ardor of their love',
they conceived the thought of having their
brethren partake in their joy. They hence
passed a• set, of resolutions, of which the
principal are these :
" Resolved, That having confidence in
each other's, piety, orthodoxy, and patriot
ism, we desire to be united in one Presby
tery, in one Synod, and in one - General
Assembly.
" Resolved, That a copy of this Paper be
sent to the two respective General Assem
blies, and they be overtured to approve and
adopt the same."
That the brethren of these two Presby- 1
aeries should unite in one, may be a.matter
of 'duty and interest ; and that they should
then determine to
,Which branch of - the', l
family they wOuld.he attached, is a Matter
of -choice; and whichever way they would
turn they would then be "in one Synod
and in one General Assembly," and would
thus have their " desire " accomplished.
But;this was not enough for them. They
must throw the matter out to the disturb
ing of the whole of the churches of the.
two Assemblies I Whether it Shall' be for
good or for, evil yet - to be seen. We
hoped, at first that it would be left to,rest
quietly in the papers selected as the me
dium of its publication ; but it has become
a matter'of 'discussion, and duty calls us to
take our part.
• • " Can. two walk together, except they be
agreed ?" Surely not ; that- is, not in har
naony and 'to edification. Now, 'that the'
members ofthe two bodies agree sufficiently
to respect each other, and live peaceably,as
neighbors, we have stated. But .do , they
so agree that they can quietly and lovingly
Submit to a maul ruling,of each other,
and a mutual responsibility for each other's
sentiments and: acts? This is where we
find our doubts and fears. We are told,
and we have been surprised to find the'
sertion in the Presbyter, and'the Standard,
that the division was caused, not by differ-'
ences in doctrine, but by a disagreement as
to policy; and :that now,. the New-
School have got rid of Congregationalism;
and have adopted the principle of ecclesi
astical action in educating ministers And
propagating, the Gospel, there is nothing
,to keep us apart. .Is this so"? We have
thought differently. It was doctrinal
differences . `wiiich • produeed the- strife,
alienation and division. Let us test this
point, t.
The controversy assumed'a definite fend
malignant form, we may say, in the" ssem-
A r
bly of 1.841, on the occasion ,
,•
of the intro
ductiou of Mr. BARNES into the First'
church, Philadelphia. The objection -:.to
him was certainly doctrinal, and to shelter
him in his'doctrinal divereities; the Eleo
=
. Affinity scheme originati3d. The'
Toontiovepy was continued in 1832,1888,
In. the . -latter year: the i3ontest
was: violent.. , There were three parties; he
Old-School, NeW-Sehool, and Middle men,
, ,
' , the last two voting tegether on• inlet ques
itions, and thus carrying them—hut all
'affirming their orthodoxy. TO this
point the following resolution 'was offered .
by the Old-Salad: " • ' •
".
Resolved,That ; ttos Assembly, in Record
anee with a, previ9up resolution which•al-,
lows this body, to condemn error in ; theotb 7 ;
stract, and in accordance with our Form of
Government which gives the General As,
Sembly the privilege of warning And .bear
ing testimony against
,error in doctrine;
does hereby bear'Jseilein 'testimony against
the following . errors, whether such errors
be hold in or ; ,out,:of ,the Presbyterian
Church, viz. . , ' , Thai .Adam Was not .the
covenant headow federal representative of .
his 'posterity—That We have •nothing' to do,
-with the first
,sia qf Aclam . ---That it is not
imputed to his posterity r — : ThatinfantshaVe
no moral character—Thett.all sin. consists
in voluntary acts or exorcises--s'hat man,
in his fallen state, is possessed,. of eatire
I ability to do whatever., God requirev , hitnito
.. ; a», independent ofzany nempower
ity imparted to 'him ) by•t gracious .opera--
Pja , y458. : 17.,E,R . g ANNER*---SATURD&Y, MAIRCHH7 - 3, 1802
at ‘ 4 tir
tic of the s97y,Airit r -
.4 a, % ream a-1
tign is the act of tlec'lsintt,er:4-1? hijahrist
did not
.becoMe . the''alle't24l(itlte , and
surety of sinners—That the atonement'. of
Christ was not strictly vicarious— That
the atonement is made as much, far the non
elect as for the elect'""
This was certainly a doctrinal :test. It
alludes not to either order or policy. It was,
hewever, set aside, a non-committal substi
tute being adopted, and' it ioa's . refused 'a
place .on the recoras.
The Old-Sahool then tendered a protest,
reciting, their, resolution. It was as fol
lows:, -
" We protest againgt the refusallto con
sider and act 'definitely upon the above:res
olution, `l. Because the errors alluded to
are contrary to the Scripture'S and to , our
Confession of Faith, and are Of a very per
nicious tendency. •
`Because thC Assertibly‘Nias inforined
that such errors, to a great extent pervade
our land, and are constantly circulating
through. our Church, in books, pamphlets,
and, periodicals. ...
" 3. ,Because in the refusal to consider,
and << amend if necessary, and, adopt, the
above resolution, this ,Assembly has, in
our opinion, refused.to discharge a ..soletnn
duty, ,enjoined Confession of 'Faith,
and loadly :and imperiously, called.for by
the circumstances, of the Cburch.".
This Protest is altogether on doctrine--
doctrinal errors then existing and likely to
become dominant But it also was refused
a place on the,: records, though it was sus
tained by the folloWing name's
" David McKinney, James ,Magraw;
Ashbell Green, Samuel Boyd, LTC. Snow.
den Simeon HI Crane, George Morris, A.
Bajleis, Robert Love, Alex
ander McFarlane, Win. L. 13reclunri ,
Isaac •V. Brown, ~ :James-Scott,: I. N. Can
dee, D. R. Preston, Loyal Young, William
Sickles, Wm: Wylie, Benjamin T. spill
man, James Blake,W - 1 A.', G. PONY, Cyrus
Johnston, ,Benjamin' . McDowell, Edward.
Vanhorn, Wm. McComb, George. Marshall,
James McFarren, S:McFarren, Wm.' Craig,
James Remington, Jacob Green ' 01 Beers,
Charles Woodward, J. Clark, 'Jacob Coon,
John'` P. Vaudykei John W. Scott, J4.znes
W. McKerman."=-4-39, • '
It was now. Manifest that no cheek would,
by the Assembly, ,b,e put upon the progress
of error. No. testimony would be borne
against 'it Nothing in opposition to it
could be put on - record hy either protest or .
resolution. An appeal to the people had
become, indispensable., Hence. the •rejec-,
tion of the Protest was followedimmedi-1
ately by a call for a meeting' of conference,
at which., - Meeting, the " - Act and 'T'esti-'
mony originated, „,,,Thisaapetwas signed.
very extensively by the ministers and elders
"of the It Chureli,'and mayi be regarded; as a
comprehensive and truthful setting forth
of the. grounds of! the .division whiCh re
sulted tour years afterward.' b'earatsol
emn testimony against' the right of Men - to
claim that _they adopt our Standards as
system of doctrine, while, they , deny their
particular statements. of truth, and. hold
and teach doctrines, inconsistent with the
system. - And it particularly testifies against
the errors held and taught by ,the. New-
School concerning Qur.relation to Adam ;
Native' , Depravity ; imputation; Ability
Regeneration,; Divine iniluenceAand Atone=
Ment. It also recommends a Conference of
`the Presbyteries, by .Delegates to be,
held in Pittsburgh ; a week :before the .next.
meeting of the .A.sSembl3r.
This Conference was largely' attended.
It met on the - speond ;Thiirsday of Igay,
1835, and adopted a memorial to the As,
sembly, which set: forth the difficulties as
stated_in the Act and- Testiniony; and 'asked
for redie,ss. These movements the or- .
thodox,had a profound influence on 'the As-,
sembly. A class, of persons who being
sound in thefaith, had claimed to be " Peace'
men," but had voted with thecNew-SchOol;
found that matters werre coining to a crisis,
and that the' friends of truth must shoW
their hands. _. This Assembly as the begin
ning of; a reform, condemned the Elective)
Affinity principle for :Presbyteries and •
Synods, dissolved the Synod - cif the Chesa
peake, which had been 'formed 'to shelter
the erroriSts in and around Philadelphia,
abolished the Plan of Unionwith the Conere
,gationaliSts; favored Church action in
cation end Missions as - distinguioefrona
the National Societies and afftrmed the pro
priety of examining; all ; intrants to , Presby, ,
s teries, however clean: their papers.
Here was a great gain The "Plan of
of Union" which had been the; great, chan2
nel for inund'ating ouriChurch with Con-
. .
gregationalism, : ind „othear, laws, wan now
•st4ed ; and'sthe' flow .of iirror.'from the
kart EduCittien,'ldia
aryi SOeteties,-waz by the rule examine
bome:whaf Eni, - luni
'the; power of idMinistering
, . discipline s ?
*Alight; error still flourish ? . This was
question to be tested. -
"Accordingly in the SMEthncir4V.Bss, Di.:
G.BOIGE Itrnktri bionklif ;bases against
Rev.; ALBEIT Banns! for holdingi.
teaching erroneous doctrines, bringing. AL . ;
proofs from the acknowledgfidliniblinattris
!of the accused. The:43linigdiv4l4o.-Iffilin
mimber,W4 all related to doctrines. hey
were brought , before ,, t~i then Second . P.res-
I 41127 of rm 1 0.'_.e.191.411/01.0101,04.00 1 Elec
: .
Affinity . ) meta muitted,
as a matter of :ems, ; and appeal was
- take14 0 .4,1i4 P . T4114i404. • (..'.
433iMil met .ill -, -Qetfkbel!flett,..-Yerk)
Pennsylvania: .Neirly the'ininisters
were there, and almost every 6h:6l.6h:was
.zepirisented. The trial. is .'ve'rY`protr..o.
tid; and resulted in the suspension of Air.
Rearms from, the Ametions of the minis
try. 'Mr. BAnsParappealed to the 'General-
A m iably; .; ' . •
The Assembly'of 1836:illetn'k..itishurgh.
:The lipped of Mr. Rex Es was ably !or'
vied, and was sustainedi , :by a nijority, and.
in a manner which-put hOpe of
enforcing 'discipline:: •
The . .Xsneinbli of 7.807 met in
phia. It declared the,. Synod of the West
ern Reserve, and, three Synods , in •Western ,
and Northern New-York,' which had. been
formed through the action.ofthe , ..l ) * pK,
sanization, amUno4ouger ,conMatnesittarte,
of the Gelend: Assembly, as the same
time adyisqg and requesting ministers
churches Preihyteriiii
sentiment, to seek proper organizations,
and duly to report themselves.
In 1838 -the Assembly again met in
Philadelphia, in
.Ranstead Court, and when
the youse was engaged in organizing, the
clerk reading the roll, it was found that he
did not record thenamed of 'the Commis-
sioners 'from the four Synods'; those` Com
missioners then and their friends tumultu
onsly went through the farce of organiz
ing,—and left for Washington Square.
Thus was 'the Church divided.' The party
which left was the dividing party., It Wept
off. It,was numerous,tut was a minority,
and so it still continues.: ,
NOW,' What caused the diVisiOn ? New-
School men say it was not doctrinal differ
elms and in this they are seemingly cor- .
rect : Their adopting . the' Confession of
Faith as a system, and for substance of
doctrine; enabled them to" keep an easy con
science 'while they rejects& or exPlained
away any or all particular formulas of state
ment; 'and the' power they )iia got into the
Church, by the Plan of Union and by the
National Societies, eiiiblva them to langh
at discipline. , They did not go out for doc
trines sake, but because the disowning of
the four ,Synods .diminished their.power;
and because , the annulling of 'the
,plective
AffaititY echeine, and the 'adoptini of the'
'rule of examination, and' the new zeal in
educating, our own :ministers and conduct,'
king miour;own Domestic IlisSions, took away
theirjprospect of gaining. a controlling
fluence. -- *hat'they call the "Excluding
Act was the "so ate ands ing rea
XIM '
eem
son of their ieaving the Assembly in Ran
stead Court, and-, forming a new Assembly.
But the red/ reason of division was; as is
manifest from the historical statement just
made, A. DIFFERENCE INS 3-3ou,ritarcu.
An Important question now is, Have the
two parties becomeassimilated,in doctrine?
It is not pretended that the ()IA .:School
have ehanged. Have .the New-School
abandoned their errors ?. Some of the more
erratic, have' left theno do those who re-
Main; hold with 'lie ? they do, the Soor
is open. It was set open in 1838, , and. re
mains so. i Somefew have entered .They
have come to our Presbyteries und .givert
evidence that they were sound in the faith,
and - have* been received most ceedially.;
Others—all who will—can do so. And :,a
Union. thus effected is .the only union to
which we could heartily consent. =lt is the
onlyunion which could promise 'love, con
fidence, and peace.
The .Presbyter, and the Standard advo
cate an entire, or ~mass 11:0011. •' The
ld Pres-
.
byterian,,and the Hera, think the .propo-
Sidon is' premature, the two bodies Being
not Stiffteiently homogeniOus to ainalva-'
mate With these we agree., Though the
New-School are greatly modified since
1838, still they arenokwith us in doctrine
-but they are disposed to kind and frater-,
nal intercourse: They and we i live beside;
each Other in true brotherhood, keeping
the unity ,of the.; spirit in the bond of
peace.' t This brotherhood we' wool & slier='
ish with assiduity.
We cannot but regret, the stirring up of
the question before us. r It tends to alien
ation.
i. The argument's to be adduced, pro'
and con.,PMuat produce farther 'separations ,
between' the two bodies, and, also : seliati
tions between the , 'members of each.body:
The New-School weeklyjournals are divi
ded on, the question. The Old-School
'journals Itre divided. Ministers take 'differ
,ent sides, and, church
_members will be
found not to agree. Thus, time ,will be
'wasted in discussions;:and possibly parties
may be, fermed , inz each chi:trek,
We are SOiry:toaee it, insinuated that our
Old-School.
,contemporaries, which~ oppose
the amalgamation, do so because they wish'
to win , back the new Sontheirr' Assembly.
We trust there. will be no such motive at
tributed to We rejoice that the SOuth
erners ',lto/cling their 416 . 101 ,avoived send
'menu ,us z :.We pray
that they may have the grace Ott - repentance;
and until they shall 'Caitlin it,' and shall he
ready distinctly to avow it by reDfirping
the act, of their fathers, in the Assembly, of
, we trust they will notcthink ofy re
turning , to the' ecclesiastical "'connexion'
which' "they havie abandoned::
~ We wish
thernallsfdritialigod.,,but'"it - Con4be,,for
neither their joy ner„ours, : thatthey. and
we ' should, , with , their recently , published,
sentiments, •be''-'embraced' une'Gerfeial
Assembly . "fr
We invite , all`ao mordi s aliy,.airin With.
to. ',uteri our cotanruniotr...-.(To:an jt.oft
'our ministers or churohed who 'pieferlino-'
flier olinbniznion,-we say, •g& in *to& •To
.eveilbranOli of the "Wail.* of Christ;
. 7vf:i,
say; brethren, let us each cherish our., own
fi~ater ovr,aPlTßPri4,7,lf4;*;(7lo4Br,
tne:direotion of 4 the, great, the 'hpnbred; • and
the beloved( Master;;.
Oheriehingri3ueli ':sentimithts, ire `„
tipould:
be lease d `
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peapefull;{.postpcmed.l Atqbe:rommie
let it beluilderitoodvtliatlminiete:ii f
, ea and indiiidtillt inember.s r '
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, may,
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without`. odium, trauafeT, :.,t,hPYl4'll4,oll,llsk,rl4t-,
duty may call, . and a willing, reception be
•f` "'' I ' •
vanted. . .
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o PR I SM* Vile ciglegAl
;and also tAni hopes were nritertikitfedr of ;lib
sPeedy,regcmerY- But h4.slje4,9lNclipes %
'day, .the 26th, ult. / • at - the:heme of his
.
brother - in'•Cheater Count3r,l l 3.: , ,iu.the.ssth
year of his age. He graduated:at Haria i rd .
in . 1827 ; was appointed Latin Tu'tor in
'1829; eliceek_Tutor 1830, atitr . 'dolle . ge
Piofeksoi'ir he
kwas, _
_.
aPP o l l o,4l#oN,PrefiriPT 41 rXbit% •
enure, anAlldiesiharge4stitei daties4Eitliis
office until h election to the -Presidency
oellarvaid upon the retirement of Presi-
Y.
dent Walker. x He was the editor of several
important classieal and literary works. As
a Professor of Greek he occupied a very
distinguished position. Among the sehol
ara of classical ,Greek in this country,
President Woolsey, of Yale College, was
supposed to be the most extensively read;
President Felton was considered to be the
most polished—that is, to have. the finest
perception of, the beauties and the niceties
of meaning in the words and phrases of
that language; while it is admitted by all
competent judges that Professor Hadley, of
Yale, College, is the most profound in his
knowledge of the structure of the language
and the derivation of words.
The death of President Felton will cause
considerable anxiety as to his successor,
since, during the •present Winter, there has
been a good deal of excitement in the elec
tion, of the Overseers of the College. - The
institution belongs to the whole' State of
Massachusetts, 'and the majority of the
people' have been for years restive, from
the fact that a small minority, as the Un
itarians are even in this State, should con
trol * the, foremost University in the land,
especially when that University was found
ed and endowed by those whose• doctrines
are now . excluded from its walls. Yet
Unitarians have the assurance tO demand,
notwithstanding their loud professions of
the widest liberality, that the whole Board
of Overseers should be taken. from among
them. During the contest an` attemPt was
made to elect the Roman datholic Bishop,
Fitipatrick, a Member of the Board; but
he had the good sense' to decline. Dr.
Huntington, formerly connected with Har
yard, has, attracted a considerable. number
of Unitarians , to his church. But his ad- ,
iinces to High-Church ideas are by such
long strides as to remind one of the seven
league.d boots,.
AVERY FEW YEARS ago much was said
about planting .a strong Presbyterian
church in Boston, and the project was fa—
vored by many Congregationalists, from the
fact that there were many in thelcity, Pres
byterians by birth, 'education; and prefer
ence, and who could not cooperate he,artily
with Congregationalists. The late, Rev.
J. W. Alexander, D. D., was ,at one time
urged to undertake this work. The Rev..
'Dr. N. , L. Rice was then 'suggested. at ,
'length 'a part of a congregation 'formerly
an connexion with the Associate Reformed
Church united with us. :This was made a
nucleus, and the Rev. David Magill, of
Philadelphia; was chosen pastor. . ' The next
move was the purchase' of a 'Unitarian
ehurch in
.'a, most eligible location ; , for $85,- ;
,p,00,, about one-fourth ,its cost. Of . this
sum. the coiagregation: Was' able to pay a
very small ; it was expected that the
sum necessary would be 'mostly raised in
other' plaCes. But the pastor was not ac
quainted with American ideas, and the con
greg.ation failed to inspire the confidence
expected; in men of wealth . and liberality
The 'Paitor has returned to Europe,'and it
is almost certain that the . mortgage on the
church for $20,000, will be soon foreclosed,
.and thus the propertywill'pass' out 'of our
hands. Had the congregation been eon
-tent. with a less ambitious :`hinise of Wor
ship ; or bad the pastor beeii: a man knewn
to the Church at;large as eminently:adapted'
-to that particular work, the result would
-.no doubt have been' different. ,* '
THE Evan h gelica Christendoin, for Feb,.
:ruary, 'closes a review of - the Ainerican
_.}3ear,ds' "TiftY ;Years "..with the following
testimony : .1. • •-• • •
• . ,•
ciThe American missi onaries , seem to be
'7well qualified for. their;; work. Men of
.faith and ineirof/prayer, there have also
been nci -botiteretitible scholars in - 4e,0.'
TankeL4we 'hiiik'fifOnl whit we have se en .
-of .tliaia; ~tneir,iiken.swa better qualified on
!the average than those sent ont from. Britain
—scholars like Bli.Sinith, the translator of
the new Arable version of the Bible • StocL.
.Naort, the, mithorOf.the iriodera Syrumgram
, marl „Biggs, Of tang Bulgarian Miseion, and
'others.. The , journatof . theAmeriOan Ori
'4llittal.•Society gives fall proof. of their lin-.
' ' tie researchee The of thin-
partitive 011*d, ing - etlin4otphy, have
been enriched by their labors,. and:yet tbe
Nwork of the Lord has not
suffered. in their
'lands.' - Grammars. have beeittpOblished'lt
them or modern Greek,. Armeti is i, Arabia
Syriac ' ilawaiian..Dakota Grebe
..I.lipongwe; Zulu, etc., and dictionaries more
fir less complete, of tka , ..Armenian,
Chinese, Hawaiian,Grebe', Mpongwe,NZuln,
and .Dakotas . , A - .ictionary too •-ofasilideirn
Syriac, , about ten thonsind • Weide', lbws
Iteen papered, and will soon be published.
(0 el, sit amines!"
i• • - VTAI9*ICEI oollected 'by tlitygooffitles•of
•,, t,* v •
1 13iini!'il Lane
_and Andover Theological
"how that pf six thousand six
ildred
.and: seventeen Students Lizeihirty
'Colleges inqbe•gnitsd.Atites; twd tliouisind
- nine,hundo . :44 . tir,ool,ireti profes
sore ' of • • ;
. •
....47.-010,1712.*/4
„Itkakthe country is on the veily,.§ie
. 0440
-*Mast speculative expansion; •Irlii.oh: bas
visited •this , Continent ... ;;i .the.listinit'OT
speedy term inatiom of
#ear as owing to the 'oce an'wilt
soon be circulation,. nd t)rat,
-tempt men. into, all kinclik'of inconsiderate
risks and rash investments.- To 'biota
calamity is now 11414of"filiF4' the
wisest' financiers :' 'he ~ ~lQwi piaii r is
•
• -
....The' remedy even' now that pajr
,:iinfation!which• - threatens ss,'is within our
reaol.'4. hjlavy, , tax on. all bank aii•cu
latiosl. ;Taos bank 'totes , out f of.e"..ii4frac e .
The-nation:
. in! , such event would hate' fkir
;its'ourien - ey;.gold and.).silier `chiefly . , and
of t Treasnry - noterl;
ating
.„of $5. and: above, of which noti • ntore than
iabout $40,000,000 could be used as-money.
'''".The , United States are estimat'ed to von
*it about $250,000,000: in specie, which
has now ceased to' be used as money, owing
the legal tender bill.' •••,,
The•weekly Statement- of the New-York
• Icity banks, 'ending 'February 22d, shows th -
tdollowing•figures and differtinces compared ,
," with that cof4lm 'preceding week: rids in
44139.950.95 de0retan3;42,043,234-T, tot
cie, s26r;B7s,992—increase, $761,844; car
culation,-ss,4B9,496—decrease, $273,010;
net, deposits, slo9,o79,o76—decrease, $l,-
351,399 ; and average daily exchanges ,
slB,ss7,67B—increase $1,040,649. The
ratio of coin to liabilities' including the
Government loan, was 25 20-100, against
24 11-100, and excluding it,`; 25 79:109,'
against 25 04-100 the preceding week.
The banks are increasing their specie,
and held on Wednesday over $29,500,00 0 .
The exports of domestic produce for the,
week ending February 26th, were $2,436,
112 against $3,046,668 last year, and $l,-
518,781 in 1869. The totals Since Ja!,l
- Ist, were in 1862, $29;036. 517 ;
mu
1861, 821,421,537; and in 1859,411,54 1 , -
967. The imports for the week. ending
February 21st were, $4,581,399 against
$4.629,802 last year, and $6,048,126 in
1859. Thetotals since January Ist,.' were
in 1862, $23,765,036 ; in 1861, $31,215,-
384.; , and in 1860, $36,444,214„ The
shipments of specie to foreign ports last
week were $734,512," and since Jaunary ,
lst, $5,961,389 against $732,567 last year;
$1,824;556 .in 1860 ; $4,644,343 in 1859;
and $8,492,540 in 1858. • „
CoL., AtxxANDEB, R. THOIVIPSON, who
fell in the Florida war, bequeathed. to the,'
Atnerican Tract Society premiuins of $lO
each, ter ten short tracts best
adapted to soldiers of the ,United States,
Army." A. Committee of Award, consist
ing of the Rev. .Drs. Ohanibers,Hitchcock,'
and" Weston, was some time ago appointed.
To thetatWo hundred and fortYmanuscripti.'
were submitted, from which they have ,se-,
iected• the following, as intheir judgment
best entitled to the award;namely :a Show
your Colors," by Rev. William M. Thayer
Fra,nklin, Mass.; " True Courage," by.
Henry L.: Boltwood, Lawrence, Mass.;.
" Sentinels for the Soul," by William R.
Duryee; Newark, N. J.; " The Soldier's
Best Friend," 1 :1', Bev. David i nglis, Hain
" The Soldier's Trust," by,
A. M. ~Smith, Mauch Chunk, Pa.; "Take
Carer by Rev. Dr. Tryon.Edwards, New-
London, - Conn.; ' - George Tr.
Dairenpnit, Himtingdon, Pa.; "Major San
derson" by . Rev. J. K. Lyle, . Lexington,•
Sy.; "The , Soldier's Talisman,"' by Mrs.
E. N. Horton, West. Cambridge, Mass.-
)
' The Dying Soldier," by , Rev. Charles
Hyde, Ellington, Conn., :
The aboye , ten premium 'Tracts will be,
issued by the Society, about March lit, in a
small and neat picket, adapted' to the sol
dier's pocket;' price'five cents; postage two
cents. Another siMilar packet will soon
'be issued , consiatinc , f tractsof
t, almost
equal inerit, selected from those written for
,the premiums.
THE:'BAPTISfS kavp
. .2.mitted their
Bible House, on Nassau Street, , which, cost
$140,000, tUbe sold under, the hatraner, to
the United' States Tradt Company, for $65,-
000. - Certainly our Baptist friends, haie
not been very successfulin their attempts
to getup a great institution;for circulating
a sectarian Bible Let , us""have- one .Bible,
even if we should interpret a few lords
and phrases differently.
P. .A.PPLET6N <& 00. have nearly ready, ,
, c Aids to Faith-: 'A Series of Theological
Es.sayS; by Various Writers; being lc Reply
to`' Essays and Reviews.' " This will be a
very important work, adapted to: meet and
'Overthrow several pestiferous; errors that
have crept into the publicluind, and also
into some ChttrolfeS; a full- ac
count of its contents'and'anthors, that our
"Ministers and others may know its exact
character. The contents' are: 1.. Miracles
as Evidences of 'Christianity by H.
Mansell, B. D., Waynflete, Professor of
Moral and 'Metaphysical 'Philosepy, Ox
ford ; Study of the Evidences of
Christianity; by Wm: , Fitzgerald; D.D.,
Lord Bishop . of Killaloo; 3. - Prophecy, by.
M'Caull D.D Professor of Hebrew and
-Old Testament;Exegesis; :King's College,
London; 4. Ideology and 'Subscription, by'
F. C. Cooke, M.A..,Chapkin in Ordinary;
to the QueOn 5. The :Mosaic Record of
Creation,- by the same author a55.N0....3;
On the Genuineness and Authenticity 'of
the Pentateuch,- by George Rewlinson, 11Z
thor of Historical Evidences editor of
Herodotus ,&0.'.• 7. The Death of Christ
by William .Thomson, Lord ,Bishop of
Gloucester .and Bristol; 8.. Scripture and
tits InterPretation, Charles : Krohn' Elli
:Ott, 13.D.1 Dean of Eieter, and Professor
of Divinity,'Xing's College ) London. We,
are persuaded thakmaity of our ministers
'and others are in need of , just such a work
'as this to stimulate' their' s own minds and
to preiliaTehe?:a: to grapple' with insiduous
and dangerous error. .
1 :1 1MADEI • id .
Milli
• THE YOUNG MEtes CmixsTrAttl - Apso-
CIATION, of this city, sti,ll ryigoinirs and
usefUl. While most other Siinihkx institu
tions haye;disbanded or, aKs t drnging out a
sickly. existence, , thisone.stilreontinues its
course. This is owingli4igy to t4e
'perstrireiance, itii4l:l4rality of its
President, George •Esq. The
Anniversary Pestival,:wes„held last week,
and was an entire success:'.
=I
'The supper itself' may he. best described
elegait collation, ineluding tea; and
coffee; and concluding with . ice cccann3,, 1c,1 7
lies, an 4.; 001- fgobiOnitzy. -Most •of.the:prci
visions Ayers: preilented , for the onoasikir by;
individniliVand; sal their "preparitiiiii ) -ritas
eondnated toy a ritnnber of the W 3:: friends
of, it or-404 1 i#Olif
;w 'the . .O* l2B ° , of ...1 1L . 3 :4 8 ,
as, comparatively little. The pro
oeethr,realized from the sale of tickets•go
Into' the . find 'for carrying On'thC - ' general
olifects of the'Association.
This is according to.the,enstomOf most
of the-great religions..and. benevolent •So
cieties of Europe, esi3te:- theii anniversa
ries are accompnnieU 'bfeakfasti din
ner, Of suppeif.r'''''
• ••TRi. Ray. J. ,1 4.4131F1G. ,BURROiVe .WiS
.
formerly . a popular - ziptist clergyimm, of
:this city, but at pieitent resides in Rich-
monii, Va., itharalia - is one of the many
,clerical ohmfipions of, SececsioN•of.4ich
piat• pity; ca Of him ;Abe Neiv
roik,,Examiner,(Baptist) esyn::;•;
The: teiliat . Ihif could 'of' a
Neitleiiirt 'roan, living in the' t•OntAlwi3idd.
•11
06.115- when attempting t o pr ear. h
be that beehould not insult Norther n
Gospel to them. But it is pt,itivell.
the oners,
stated 'that S: Lansing Burrows, b. f 4:
himaelrealred upon to rebuke our iti„V
mond" prisoners, for their wickedness Making war upon the South; and that,
in
:matter and manner, he was so insolent a t „
exasperate our noble fellows! we
.Burrows.will live long enough to be sur `,.,.
for both his treachery and his insolence'!,
In passing, it may be remarked that
turned. Philadelphia prisoners from ilia_
mond speak in high terms of the
kindness shown them by the Rev. ch ar i,,
Hollis Read, D.D., of the Southern N e „_
School Presbyterians. But they saw no t h,
ing of the Rev. Drs. Moore o r
though the former is a Pennsylvanian b y
birth and education, and the latter an
Ohioan. Dr. Read has many friends in
the North Whcovill be gratified to learn hi;
attentions to ,, our prisoners.
ON THE 22D OF FEBRUARY, a large Con.
.iregation assembled in the Second
,terian church. The pastor, Rev. Charle s
W. Shields, MD., offered prayer, and made
an introductory address. Washington' s
Farewell Address was then read by t h e
Rev. W. J. It. Taylor. from. the
manuscript, loaned by Mr. Lenox, of New.
:York, for the. occasion. Mr. Lenox par
cliased the manuscript, a few years a zo,
'from the heirs of, David Claypoole, w h o
was the first printer to put, the address i n
type. The reading . was followed by D r .
B oar d man.r an...address suitable to the
times and the occasion. Probably no other
'ximeting in the land, on that day, was en-
Ai:toted with equal profit and satisfaction to
-all concerned.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
'The ihinifillC Review.
Godly and,loyal persons who fear the
;_Lord , and love their country, everywhere,
'but especially ih the , West—and of all y e _
ligious persuasions, but especially Presby
terians—are requested to consider carefully
the statements which, follow, and afterward,
do what shall, seem to them good.
.About a year.:ago a- certain number of
ministers, of Whom I was one, founded the
Quarterly Review , ; four quarterly
numbers.. of which,, making a yearly vol
ume, have.been 'issued. -It is to prevent
the destruction of theiwork that this appe a l
ds made ; 'a destruction -such ItS could hap.
pen ,only means, that would justify such
appeal. as this..
Before the first number of the work was
issuedi• the Rev: : Messrs: Stuart Robinson,
TWA. A. Hoyt; and John H. Rice, with.
drew from our Association', of whitt
they were. membersi , because they under
stood the majority- of its members desired
me to advocate in its paaes the loyal prin
ciples of .my Discourse e nf the 4th of Jan
uary, 1861,--7that .is, because they were
Secessionist& z .At almuch later period the
Rev. L. Breck withdrew from the As
sociation because the majority of its mem
'bers. besought- him = not :to publish in the
Revifw..the political-,article, which he has
sines published in.. pamphlet form, and
which = as ,was,,feared. before we had full
knowledge of its contents—it was impossi
ble for, any. loy.al =an:even to appear to en
dorse. Still later, and-,in - succession, the
Rev. Dr. R. :W,Landis, and the Rev. Prof.
James Matthews went into the army of the
United States as chaplains ; and the Rev.
, Dr. d. T.,Smith removedfrom the West to
Baltimore. -Finally, Richard H. Collins,
Esq., the Publisher ofthe Review , and
the owner of an extensive but qualified
property in' -it- r und who,„if not a Seces
sionist, is - much Misurnierstood—having
first notified the AssoCiation of his ina
bility; and inwillingtisse:- to carry it on upon
the terms of his' dontract- with us, refuses
- to allow ; us- the- : use of our own Mail Book,
except terms. whioV are wholly Mad
missable., J.: IL Worrall ap
proves! of :.his -conduct, as he did of Mr.
Breck's4 What , remains -is, that the Rev.
,Drs. Humphrey and. S. Yerkes, to
,gether with ' ,Prof. Cooper and myself,
aided by Dr. Landis and Matthews—
as their dUties..in the army may permit—
must start-the work anew, or it must be
discontinue& • •
In.thepresent statenf the country, and
I may a.(14,, of. the . minds of •men in the
region
~.to -which . the- Review particularly
appertains, touching a multitude of sub
jects of,the greatest' importance, it seems
to me -its destrudion, especially by the
ineang,that,have been resorted to,is both a
calamity. and a -wrong, which loyal Chris
tian psople will not hesitate to defeat.
The , kumperable difficulty. is the suppres-
Sion .of:Our Mail Book; for we had sub
scribers enough to sustain the publication,
and enough, money. was paid by them, with
in the, year , to have covered all proper ex
penses.. The object of this appeal is to
procure the names of a certain number of
imbseribers, immediately; whether of those
who have alrady taken the work, or. of new
patrons:.'-'And so great is my confidence in
the loyalty of thy countrymen, in their ap
pr.oval 'of 'the peat course of this Review,
their love'of upright conduct; and
so little am I either inclined or accustomed
to be baffled in iniportant matters deliber
ately undertaken; by such conduct as I
have described that I have become per
sonally responsible for the expense of con
tinuing the work, under the conviction that
a sufficient nbmber of . patrons. would be
ready as , soon as the liekt number can be
issued which I hope will, be by the end of
March.
The'itibscription . price is $3.00 per an
num; $2.50 if paid strictly in advance ;
st.oo . 'Whirp a club Of five numbers is paid
for strieqf in advance. Every one friendly
tc ). the;kliiiiiSe is requested to obtain sub
scitibetaillia-rfunit by mail their names and
,i4drairivith Money,. current where re
ceived pi the Rev. Prof Jaeob Cooper, at
thiiiso4 l .- Exchanges, and . works sent to
be :noticed, must be directed hereafter to
Danville, isy.
,"liVhileirei- Will consider the state of pub
'B_o. affair's' in Kentucky, a year ago, will
lardtf Tiqd • any explanation of the inis
'tikes 'Which loyal - Men were liable to com
mit, in organizing our Association, and
I starting Our Review. perhaps, those
who bear in mind the present affairs in this
region;'and the perils of all kinds through
which : the fairbrable Chancre has been
wrougliit, will )411,rdly agree that any in
strimienS, or any man,, used in any degree
God' lifprodiaing that change, shall be,
ignorifiliously put out of the way,
tho faltered Of the most flagitious eon
:pa. by thit ever assailed human society.
I . ltithese'things I am mistaken, I desire,
atleast, that it'll who feel any interest in
the matter, should understand by what
means thil`,enterpriae failed, and how thor
°l'4ll was cotkviotion that the failure
ought to hive beet: prevented.
'Danes BRZNRIDGE.
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