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PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, MIL 19,•1862,
TEN CENT STAMPS.
Our 'friends will please 'not Send us
these, nor any of the large stamps. We
cannot use them, and our Postmaster will
not exchange for them. Semi only Tantx
cent and ONE cent stamps.
The Thanksgiving.—We see by our secu
lar exchanges, that the President's Procla
mation, inviting ehristianti to thanksgiving,
has been repßonded,to with much earnest
ness. Dispatehes from Boston, New-York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other places,
note its observance on last Sabbath.
gothg to the Assembly.—Arrangements
are in progress for the passage of Commis
'donors to and from the General Assembly at
hall-falre. We have already promises of the
Pittsburgh, Fort . Wayne and Chicago, the
Cleveland and Pittsburgh, the Steubenville
and Indiana, and the Central Ohio roads.
We hope 'to be able to state matters more
definitely and fully next week.
Donation.—The Rev. C. C. BEAT-
Ink, D. D., Principal of the Female Semi
nary at Steubenville, Ohio, and well known'
•Sitheliberal patron of _Allegheny Theolo
gical Seminary, has donated to the Library
of this Institution about jive Aundred,valu
able volumes, which will be of great use to
the large clasSes of Theological students
who ire annually resorting to this School
of the Prophets.
Concert of ..Prayer.—The call, in another
column, fora' Continued Concert of Prayer,
is commended to the attention of Chris
thus. There are precious promises con
nected with our agreement in asking, and
our perseverance in seeking. The card can
be cut out, and pasted within the cover of
the e
,family Bible, or in some other conv
nient place for reference. It is sent to us
by Rev. J. H. MORRISON, returnet miss'.
ary from India.
Commissioners to the. General Assembly
are ‘requested to forward their names to the
Rey. 3. D. SMITE, Columbus, Ohio. On
doing so, they will be informed, by mail,
of the name, and residence of the family
who will entertain, them during the sessions
of the Assembly.
Members who have relations or friends
in the city, with whom .they expect to
lodge, will; please inform the Committee of
Arrangements of this fact, by letter.
it
Arrangements with Railroad , parties
for half--fare tickets, will be pirh shed as
soon as made.
The Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the
Theological Seminary at Princeton, will be
observed(D.V.,)on, lit.dnesday, April 30th.
The order of exercises will be as follows :
A meeting of the Alumni will be held
at 11 o'clock A. M., in the Oratory.
Dinner will be provided at 1/ o'clock
P. M.
A discourse will be delivered in the First
Presbyterian church, by Rev. Dr. SPRAGUE,
of Albany; at 3 o'clock P. M.
Trains arrive at Princeton Station, from
New-York, at 9 A.. M., and 12 M.; from
Philadelphia, at 8 and 11.15 A. M. and 12
M., and leave both ways, at 6 and 8 o'clock
P. M.
Those who may prefer to remain over
night are requested to apply immediately
on arrival, to the Committee of Arrange
ments, (Prof. MOFFAT and C. W. HODGE,)
when accommodations will be provided.
A FIFTY-THREE MN PASTORAL LIBOR.
It was our privilege, on Sabbath the.6th
inst., to be present' on a Communion occa
sion, in Bellefonte, Pa. The congregation
of Bellefonte dates from about the com
mencement of the present century. Rev.
HENRY fit.uWILSON, P. D., was pastor for a
few years. We are not certain that he was
the first pastor. He removed thence to Car
lisle, Pa., in 1808. The following Summer
Mr. JAMES LrNN, then a young licentiate,
now Rev. JAMES'INN, P. D., visited the
place. In November, (1809,) Mr. LINN hav
ing accepted calls ,to the congregations of
Bellefonte and Lick Run, WAS ordained by
the Presbytery of Huntingdon, and in
stalled in charge of tbe two congregation&
This extended charge he retained for near
ly thirty. years. The congregations having
flouriehed, and , each having become able to
sustain' a minister, it was thought best that
they should be made two charge& Dr.
LINN then okevoted all his attention to
Bellefonte,-where be still continues in the
honored mid' endearing relation, which was
constituted near/y.44-am years ago.
About a'year since, Rev. J. R BARNARD
was installed associate pastor with Dr.
LINN : One gentleman, a member of the
church in 1809, still survives, but is very
feeble: 'One lady, who professed religion,
WAS baptized, and united in the first Com
munion under the young pastor, still is a
joyous helper in the Saviour's cause. The
feelings. With which a minister will contem
plate a Charge, all of whose communicants
except one ortwo, have been added during
his period of service, nearly all of whom
have been converted by the Lord's bles
sing upon his labors, most of whose mem
bers has baptized, and many of whom,
and evet 'of their parenik, he has united in
marriagl3,„mteit be truly parental. The
ties which ttAittkijr. LINN to the people of
Bellefonte,,are stir. be severed only by that
power whieh'4ievers from all things here
below.
Of some =Asters it is said that thy
outlive their usefulness. It is, not so wilt
our levered father. And it is seldom, if
ever, se -with one who abides by his first
charge; :or who 'eoutinttes harmoniously,
lovingli'ana in faithftd labors with an
early tam. It is the changing ones who,
in mliranbtid k life, find themselves' in a con
nexion, whioh,the people , wish to eater, and
in a fielamhich: their labors eannot : ,retdo
to yield an increase. octing
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Then we are not told how the " distinc
tion " promised is to be "exemplified;
whether by placing the spiritual and'the
secular in parallel columns, that the dif
ference may be observed by contrast;, or,
by treating them in different articles; or
by discussing abstractly, the duty of "sep
arating" these things; or by its .speaking
wholly of the one, and utterly ignoring
the other. We suppose this last to, be the
meaning of the utterance. Sundry re
marks in the journal, indicate this, and the
word " practice," in connexion with exem
plification, indicates that this may have
•been the - writer's mind.
But to which of these, the secular or
the spiritual, is the•journal pledged? We
.. suppose the latter, for it speaks of, itself as
being " devots oily to religion." •
And. now, w . is the religion of the
True. Presbyterian.; or rather, what are we
to understand by the " spiritual ?" We
ought to be at no loss here, for we have the
paper before us, professing itself to be
"the exemplification in practice," of this
its "distinctive feature." In looking, then,
over its ample pages, we find some excel-
lent religious articles; but we also find
much that we, in our common sense judg
ment, cannot say is wholly religious. For
instance, we see business' notices, and ad
vertisements—" marble works," " Black
wood's Magazine," "British Reviews."
Are, these religious—and especially are
they spiritual 7 We find articles headed,
"To our Friends ;" "A word` to Subscrib
ers ;" "The Times, and their ! Difficulties
for Pastors';" "Politics and the Clergy ;"
"Position of the Church in Kentucky;"
which exhibit theosecular as prominently
ai do articles similarly headed; in other re
ligious journals. Even the New-York
Independent hardly goes beyond it in.
secularity. We believe it utterly 'im
possible to separate the spiritual and
secular while man is in the body. God
has not made " Spiritual matter," but he
has joined spirit and matter in man, and
the wants of both claim man's attention—
claim it religiously during his entire secu
lar duration.
But does the new paper, by the word
" spiritual," mean the meekness, kindness,
forbearance, forgiveness, heavenly-minded
ness of the Gospel ? Let us then try it
on this score. The Presbyterian Standard
and Expositor, of Philadelphia, in notic
ing the Prospectus of our friend, took
some liberties in the way of conjecture.
The response from 'Louisville reads, in
part, as follows:
" Now we are disposed to make all allow
ance for the' Standard, upon whose eccle
siastical brain there seems never yet to
have impinged an. idea of more density
and definiteness of outline than a roll of
Mississippi fog. If such an idea as that
of the True Presbyterian—the idea of a
journal devoted exclusively to, religion, as
distinct from any questions of North or
Smith, abolition •or, slavery—should. acci
dentally get access to the thinking appara
tus of the Standard,lt would not be easy
to forecast the consequences.
" When the Standard first came out,'
a year or more since, a kind 'lady friend
ordered us a copy. In spite of the ''ner-'
vous shrinking of our natural 'mart from
its formidable double sheet of platitudes,
without sign of oasis or single shrubfof liv
ing idea to relieve the vast waste, we un
dertook to read several numbers."
Is this " the exemplification in practice"
of what we are to understand by" the spir
itual"? Is this a specimen efthe temper
and spirit of the new journal ?
Again The Presbyter noticed the Pros
pectus} but did so rather in a strain of
pleasantry than of courtesy. The answer
is long, and sharp. One :paragraph reads
thus : .
"We fear that Dr. MOIsTEORN—iII the
prominent position to which.caccident has
raised him—is destined to the fate of many
a harmless and amiable man who, elevated
above the sphere in which .nature placed'
him, and in which he might have been es
teemed, is elevated only to be laughed at.
We can remember when he was known in
the Church solely as the gentle creature,
on which the brilliant and gifted, Balaam
of the New Albany Seminary rode when,
in the interest of the abolition Moab, he
sought to curse the Southern Israel. If
ever known to break his natural silence, it
was only when goaded by his passionate
rider, to remonstrate' mildly, gAm I not
thine ass."
Are the things here named and alluded
to,
, things spiritual, in the estimation: of
the True Presbyterian? Are Dr. MON
'FORT) Dr. MAGMAsTzu,"the abolitionists,
the Southern slaveholderS, 13A.LAANI and
BALAAm's animal, things spiritual ? And
is the spirit here exemplified to he trans
fused into the readers of that :journal ?
Alas, we fear that the new comer does
not Imo* whaespiiit he it; of.
That a journal treating only ,of matters,
:strictly, religious—say of Christian doc
trine; duty, and' experience, and -, narrating
,Doily eitblesiastical' might`
THE TRUE PRESBYTERIAN.
The first number of a journal claiming
the above appellation, is before us. We
noted, two weeks ago, the Prospectus, and
gave the names of the editors, Rev.
STUART ROBINSON and Rev. ROBERT
MORRIBON. When a stranger comes to be
a resident, and to take a part in affairs of
interest in any community, there is a gen
eral desire among the people to know some
thing of him, and a perhaps equally strong
desire on his part, to become known.
Toward the gratifying of this mutual wish,
We propose to present some of the peculi
arities, or rather the one, claimed peculiar
ity of the new journal. It is thus stated;
" The, distinctive, feature of the paper
shall be the exemplification in practice,
and the advocacy of the theory of the sep
aration of spiritual from secular matters."
We regret the indistinctness in the state
ment of this " distinctive " feature. PAUL
speaks of a spiritual body, but that is to
exist after the resurrection. Secular mat
ter we see continually, but of spiritual
"matter " we have no knowledge either as
existing in this world, or to be expected in
the world to come. Perhaps it means
things—spiritual things, or•subjects.
g 1 A'BANNER.---SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1862.
useful and acceptable, we can conceive;
but it will require talent, learning, and
piety far beyond the ordinary' lot of mor
tals, to sustain it as a weekly.
Our brethren ROBINSON & MonnasoN,
have made an elevated profession. We
trust it will yet be manifest that they aim
as high as they profess. And we will re
joice with them when they shall exhibit
the noblest attainments.
We have received the second number of
the True Prestrjterian, and sorry are, we to
find no improvement in its. .spirit. It has
also a very, very great admixture of the`
secular, and even something of an Ish.
maeligish, tinge. It may yet- improve.
NATIONAL,RECOGNITION. OF TILE BEING- AND
PROVIDENCE OF GOD.
The Constitution of the United States is
sadly defective. We are a Christian peo
ple: The Christian> Religion is recognized
by our Courts of Justice as part of the law
of the land. But still, our Constitution
makes not the slightest allusion to Jesus
Christ, the author of our religion. His
name is not in it, neither directly nor by im
plication. Nor is the name of God in.that
important instrument: His`name, law, and
worship are implied, in an honor _done to
the day of sacred rest, and in the pro
vision made for the oath. Otherwise the
Constitution, as to the letter of it, is God
less. 'This sad deficiency of a;religious
~ •
ele
ment, was owing to evils replanting from the
manner in which Church and State were
united in lands whence our fathers had re
cently escaped,. ;to:, the , prevalence of the
French philosophy; during and. for some
time after the close of the Revolutionary
struggle, and to the influence of a few infi
dels who had attained to leading political
positions:
This almost total ignoring of God, in. our
fundamental law, is trsin. It is also, 'doubt
less, one cause of' the corruption which has
been prevailing and growing in high places;.
and of the extensive praetical4nfidelity
conducting public affairs.' And thus 'it is
a cause of the Divine dis Pleasure, and of
'the chastisement which has been ,inflicted
upon the nation. .God be feared and
had in reverence. This cause of the war
we are pleased to see departing. There is
no' Movement toward remedying the radical
defect but under the smartings of the chas
tening rod, we are returning to our Heav
enly Father.
Since the breaking out of the, war there
have been several recognitions of God, of a
very, important character, by those high in
authority. And now,, in another place, we
print the order of the Secretary of War to
the Army • Chaplains. And 'here - we give
the President's acknowledgment that our
recent victories are the vonchsafereents of
Almighty. God, and, that thanks are due to
our Heavenly Father, and should be ren
dered to him by all the people, in their as
sernblages for public worship:
PROCLAMATION BY, THE , PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, April 10.—By the Pres
ident of the United States of America—A
Proclamation:—lt has' so pleased the Al
mighty God to - vouchsafe signal victories to
the land and naval forces engaged in sup
pressing an internal rebellion; and, at the
same time, to avert from - our country the
dangers of foreign intervention and inva
sion. It is therefore recominended to' the
people of the United States; that at their next
weekly assemblages in their accustomed
places of public worship, which shall occur'
after notice' of this proclaination shall have'
been read, they especially acknoWledge and'
render thanks to our Heavenly Father for
these inestimable blessiLgs; that they then
and there implore spiritual coneolations in'
behalf of all who have been brought into
aflliction by the casualties.and calaraitiee of
sedition and civil war, and that they rever-,
ently invoke the Divine Guidance for spir-,
itual councils to the end that they may
speedily result in the restoration of peace,
harmony and unity throughout' our borders,
and hasten the establishmenk Of 'fraternal
relations among all the countries of the
earth. In witness whereof I have hereunto,
set my hand and caused the seal of the Uni
ted States to be affixed: Done at the city
of Washington this 10th day of April, in
the year of 'our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two, and of the Inde
pendence of the United States the eighty
sixth.
By order of Oe President, ABAARAar
LINCOLN - . '
Wm. H. SENVATtIi, Seely of State.
The reading of this proclamation will
'cause rejoicing 'in myriads upon myriads of
Christian hearts. When we thus , speak;
,
we would not be boastful of our religion,
nor pride ourselves on the discharge of our
Christian duty. We would . rather be hum,
bled by the thought that National Chris
tianity is so rare as to justify a special
notice of the event befere -us. Revealed
religion should guide us, nationally and : in
dividually, in every thing'we do.
THE PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL ALMANAC.
The fourth .volume of this importiet and
reliable. ~' A.nnual Remembrancer," the
Church, has just come to hand. We have
frequently spoken of the ^ high' estimate
placed upon' the previous volumes, but we
are free to say that the present one excels,
them all in every, particular. And, we
regret that our limits will not allow us to
give a faller:and more complete notice of
the work this week:
,
- The editor and publisher, Mr. , JoSEPII
M. WiLsoN, of Philadelphia, is admirably
qualified for such a laborious :and pains
taking service-as is here rendered to the
Church. The three veAsicaes previously
received the unqualified approbation
of the different branches, of the Presby
terian Church in this.:country and in.
Europe. And the leading`Methodist and
Congregational journals have awarded them
the highest praise. The present volume
makes its appearance, under most favorable
auspices, because of its predecessors.
But it is &great improvement upon them,
'containing more matter, a better arrange
ment, and an increased number of topics.
It has fine steel engraved portraits:of•the
Moderators of the highdst courts of the
i digeientr`Preibiterian bodiesinithia,ncitui=
try, the British Provinces, and Great
Britain for the year 1862, together with those
.
of the late Rev. 'FRANCIS ' HERRON, D. D.,
the late Rev. NICUOLAS MURRAY, D. D.,
ex-Moderators of the General Assembly of
our own Church, and the late Rev. AL - Ex-
AgDER. MoLEon, D. D., ex-Moderator of
the Synod of the Refoimed Presbyterian
dhiirch of North America.
Then we have brief, accurate and well
written biographies of the ministers and,
more distinguished Elders in all these dif
ferent branches of the Church, who have
(lied during the year; historical sketches of
several of their leading churches, resolutions
adopted by each body on the state of the
country, returnsof Presbyteries on manses,
together with some valuable suggestions on
manses, along with complete lists of the
names and Post Office address of all the
ministers in Air great Presbyterian faMily
in the Vnited States,-the British Provinces,
and:Great Britain. Nor Must we, forget
'to mention that there have been introduced,
'histories of all the various plans of benevo
lence, such as the Boards 'of Foreign Nis
sioris, of Publication, of !Education!, ' and
Church, Extension, with' the, income uf
each. The utility of such a work'must be
evident to all.
No similar publication, in Europe or
America, contains such a' "vast
,amount of
ecclesiastical information,. of the very.kind
needed "by every minister, elder, and in
telligent Christian. We trust that , the la
bors of Mr 'WILSON Will be fully appreCia
,
tect by the Chuxch, and that he will receive
the Pecuniarycompensatiouso fully earned.
The volume contains nearly four 'hundred
pages, andia field for $1.50.
,
For' sale in Pittsburgh at the Presbyte
nan :Rooms; Hand Street.
OUR ARIII-AN OPINION OF FOREIGN
OFFICERS.-
A few, months ago, it was fashionable for
Europeans to speak very contemptuously of
our extemporized soldiers. Recently, their
language is greatly changed. We . see the
British Albiori quoted as saying:
" Where the strength, lies, and to whom
will be the victory it is _none of ours to.
predict;. : but this may not be an unfitting.
Opportuoity'for. putting
,on record the opin
=ions of" several competent and inipartial,
'judges alto' the material of which Oeneral
McCaxia l AN'S army is . composed. -Not a
few British officers from regiments eta
'in Canada, Or employed there on
special service, have recently been permit
ted to examine with professional eye their
bane and sinew, their equipment, their dis
cipline, their inanceuvres. It comes within
our personal knowledge that several of
these our soldier countrymen, whose opin
ions are of the greatest value, report their
unbounded surprise and admiration at the
effective and promising condition of, the
thousands of troops whom .theY have seen.
Of the fighting qualities they inay have
something to say hereafter, for thanksto'
the unexpected and exceeding court' of,
General of these gentle.:
men have been allowed to accompany 'the :
headquarters of the , United States army in
AS expected onward march. This oblige
tien,, we need scarcely say, is far more ap
preciated by military men than any reviews
or entertainments got up for their benefit,
while those who could not remain to avail
themselves of this privilege, are neverthe
less most grateful for the hospitality with
which, they have been reeived."
WIRTH-DAY 'BATTLES.
Firmly as we believe in the " decrees of
'God,'' we have an equal faith in human
responsibility, Divine judgments, and an
executive - Providence. God ordained ,the
Sabbath , as a day of sacred-Test and wor
ship, and he promised to, his
,people Israel
that if 'they would observe it according to
his directions, he would " cause :them to
ride upon_the high places of the earth!'
The spirit of that promise holds good at all
times and toward` any people: Its veri
fication seems to be signally manifest
toward the parties now waging a war
fare for supremacy on the soil of the
United States. The " Confederacy'" is: a
rebellion most wicked; but still, while our
armies violated God's Sabbath, he would
not be with them. Their-hearts grew weak
And they fled before their foes. Since they
have observed' 'the Lord'a 'day, they 'are
courageous and successful:
So, signally marked in, this respect, is
God's
,providence, that,it is noted,exten
siVely bythe secular press. We'are pleased
to j be able to quote as folloWS, from the
New-Yo'rk '
SUNDAY BATTLES.—The late terrible.
Struggle at,Pittsburgh adds another to,the
long list of ,Sunday,battles.
,The facts , are,
so, clear in this and numerous, other con-
Aids, and the results have been so uniform
and deiisive, that 'comment- is not only
warranted but dethanded, alike'by phirbso-,
phy, patriotism, and piety.. the general
statement cannot be iminsayed, that the
more important, movements of the National
forces, in the"early 'Stages of the present
War, were made on Sunday, and that they
were undeniably failures. PkrrniisoN's
column was' constantly notorious for its
Mancenvering 'on Sundays—and fat ,little
else. Big Bethel, Buil Ann, and Ball's
Bluff, were the great blunders and defeats
of attacking armies on Sunday. All these
engageinents, excepting - Balfs` Bluff, Under
the now" imprisoned Gea. Srowz, preceded
Gen., M'CLELLAN's noble 'Sabbath` order.
Thenceforward the rebels have made the,
Sunday assanfts, with invariable loss of the
battles' thus' waged. Mill Spring opened
their career. of Sunday fighting, which
closes with Pittsburgh. The battle of
Winch'ester was begun on Siinday morning.
The first 'of these battles cost the rebels
kentlicky • the second, the valley of Vir
-giniii; and the third, The Mississippi Val
ley. The Merridnac too, after its destrac
aye Saturday's raid, ran a Mita against
the lifoatirr oirSunday, and has spent a.
Month in repairing 'diniages.
" Add' to the facts, that, most of' the
Generals Commanding whose" names figure
, i
`as assailants in these battles,'were slain n
tliem, or are in disgrace, on account'' of
them,' and there is food for reflection in
these bits ,of history. What has become
of our Gen.. PIERCE, of Big' Bethel mem
biy 7 What of Gen. STONE ?' Where=,are.
ZOLtICCoRFER and SIDNEY JOHNSTON? ,',ln
short, sinee We have ceased the business of
Sunday fighting and the rebels tookit up,
'we have' hid 'only victories to record, and
8,4 'only defeats and' surrenderii." • Fort
Donelson and Island No. 10 were our
Sunday morning benison on week-day
prowess.
" Nor are these isolated historical facts.
History is full of them. The British forces
assailed us on Lake Champlain and at New-
Orleans on Sunday, and were defeated. We
assailed them at Quebec;'our army was re
pulsed and its leader slain. We began the
battle of Monmouth and had the worst of
it. NAPOLEON began the battle of Water
loo, and lost his army and his empire. The
battle of Blenheim, which has been re
peatedly cited by the Herald, with its
usual accuracy, as a successful Sunday bat
tle, was not; fought on Sunday, but began
on'Wednesday.
" We content ourselves with the simple
collation of these suggestive' facts. Let'
them go to swell that mighty volume of
testimony to the supremacy and stability of
a law as old as creation; which claims quite
other use of one-seventh part of time than
the work of willing human butchery!'
We are not to, regard the Sabbath under
the impression of a, bargain. with God, the,
compensatiem for which. is to be uniform
victory. There are many obstacles to' suc
cess, beside that of profaning the Lord's
day. God may righteously chastise for
other sins; but Jet us avoid the additional
provocation of .violating the fourth corn
mandment. And if we would be uniformly
blessed, let us 'keep all God's precepts,
serving him in fear and love.
TRB CANADA OBSERVER.
This is a newPresbYterian weekly, pub=
lisheif at Toronto, by WM. OLIVER, B. A.,
editor and .proprietor.., It k is a small double
sheet, well executed, at two dollars a year.
In - speaking of the pUrpose and plan of
the paper, the editor says :
"It must be remembered that in a large
number of the homes, where we trust it
yet destined to :visit, it will be the only
newspaper taken. Hence the necessity of
makiq it '4 medium of general intelligence;
of giving'in its columns all that is reallyof
importance in what is transpiring on the
world around us ; in short, of 'making, it a
'complete, family newspaper..
- -
"It is 'not' our intention to makeour
sheet What may be called a'purely religious
newspaper. We do not presume tb•occupy
the place of the pulpit, the. Sabbath School,
or the religious magazine; butrrather to
aid, and cooperate with all In the great ob
jests aimed. at. • - • -
" Our .aim will be not so much to give a
fixed amount of what might be styled
gions matter, as to leaven -every subject on
which we may tquch, with that -highest of
all inflnences i and 'to,treat all - matters from
the• lofty stand-point 'of. eternal. truth."
This is after the'.liattern religious
joUrnalisin in Great Britain, and the char. :
acter to which the religions weeltly , press.
in the United Stites is tending.
The , editor's field is different from that
of the pastror, and of the Tract Society, and
of a Book Publishing Board. He should
take up all important public,cvents, record
them, and send them families through a
religious channel, andAn connexion with
Gospel truth; a Gospel Spirit, and' events
directly ecclealastical. Christians are in`
the world, and are affected 'by all public of 7
fairs. Their, children grow up in the.world,
and are to live and act, to suffer and rejoice
in the world, And to be: judged at last and
have their'eternal award, accordino• to the
, 6
things done in the world. They should
hence ;be early, truthfully, and extensively
'Wormed in= worldly affairs, and• 'have their
knowledge through the'purest' ehannels,
and in company; with the higher truths'
and the heaven-born spirit Sinful as
earth is, still, God has. not. divorced earth
and heaven. The secular and the 'spiritual
are conjoined. Attempt not fo - separate
them till you are ready, to meet the "dis
solution of the earthly house of this taber
uacle, but strive to have them so. related
that the `spiritual shall rile, " whether ye
eat, or diink, Or 'Whatever ye do, do all to
the glory of God."
EASTERN SIININARY.
B' A''',2J 0 N AND IVEWERGIAND
A .N „
.A.mmom TELESCOPE, probably the
largest in existence, has been lately' fin
ished by Mr. Alvin Clark,. of Cambridge,
Mass. The acromatic object-glass is eighteen
and a half inches. in dianieter.. Those of
%Harvard. University and the, Pulkava: Ob-1
Servittory; St. Petersburg, hitherto consid.o
Bred as . the finest inexistence, li . .4ve'ObjeCt.,
glasses fifteen- itiChes in diameter. Trhat . of
the 'Greenwich Observatory is tvieive inches'
hi diameter,and -one has been made in
;
Munich of Seventeen inches. On i . ,being
placed in a temporary tube latelY, and
turned , upon" the. Star Mr..,Clarles
great; ; telescope .'revealed an extremely ;
ini
nute' Companion star distant, about ;10', fol
louing, which was probably never . before
seen;--by - mortal eye. The telescope was
made' for a Mississippi' College, at a cost:of
811,0..00;, but the war has, ,annulled the
-contract, and it . , is now for Sale.. Rifoits
are making in Boston !emirs it - fer 'that
eity,.but it will probably be sold to some
foreign purchaser.
DURING the' last week there has heelkan
unusual stir, in , the: Boston, Custom , House,
owing - to the recent large increase of busi
ness:
MESSRS. GOULP 86 LINCOLN will *lie
in a few days, Introduction to the Study
, of the - Gospels," by Brook Foss Westeott.
It will have an IntroductiOn by Prof H.
B. Hackett, " The Annual Seien
tific Discovery" for 1862, will be ,
-imme
diately issued from the same press.
GENERAL LANDER, a , short time before
he died;'' wrote' a poem, which; dulling his
last illness,: he desired his wife, in the
event of his death to send to the Atlantic
lifonthl,y. It will appear in the May num
ber of that periodical, with the title "Under
the Snow;" it is quite striking both in
thought, and diction. Gen., Lander's siker,
the sculptor, has taken a studio in, this city,
for a short time.
AT THE LATE MEETING of the lsreir-
England Historic Genealogieal Society a
paper was read entitled ."-The 'History, of
Roanoke Island,"L beginning in 1584 and
ending with the battle fought there 'the
present Year: It giVe the details 'of the
experiences ,qf the threei colonies seni,there
by 'Sir Walter Raleigh, and tracing it down
to its explorations from Virginia!inass3,.
and its grant to a Boston merchant in 1676,
where its title was , retained till subsequent
to the Revolution. From this spot the
English obtained tobacco, the potato, and
some other plants.
MR. GEORCfE PEABODY, the celebrated
London Bank.er, is a native of Danvers,
Massachusetts, and has given at different
times unmistakeable and munificent evi
dence of his regard for that town. This
gentleman has consummated Another of
his benevolent schemes, in a correspondence
now publishedi , in which he places $750,-
000 at the disposal of Mr. Adams, the
American Minister Lord Stanley Sir
Emerson Tennent, and. Messrs Lampson
and Morgan, as trustees, for the purpose of
ameliorating the condition of the poor of
London.
PIOSIDENT WooLsET has presented to
the , College Library of Yale nine •hundred
volumes from his Greek collection. • This
is a most important acquisition, comprising,
as it does, many very rare and, c valuable
volumes collected by the care of .:a .real
scholar through a lifetime. ,
.NEW YORK.
THE' SPRING TRADE has opened 'with the
dry-croods jobbers, moderately but the
purchases are, made for cash and short
credit, and ,by parties who are considered
Safe. The, ratio of bad debts is =much less
than usual, and all 'parties are shaping
their business with a prudent regard to the
unsettled state of the future &Cal laws, the
tariff, taxes,•and currency9nestions. This
conservative policy of limiting transactions
to casWand short credit, and only for the
actual wants of trade', will tend to, protect
,the business community against the evils
which may flow from speculations, indueed
by the excessive` issues of paper money.
The New:York banks are managing their
affairs in the same prudent 'manner, by
weekly increasing their specie, reserve, and
obtaining control of their capital by sales
of the Government loans they took. Rates
of interest still continue mederate, the
supply of money being greater than the
demand.
THE Preeman'i Journal has been again
admitted to the Use 'of the mails. It is
quite probable that hereafter Mr. McMaster
may be more discreet in his deliverances to
the public through that channel. . ,
The first volume of the LIFE AND LET'
TEES of WAsanveToN IRVING, by his
nephew Pierre M 'lrving, has• been rib
lished by Mr. Georgp P. Putnam. There
is every probability , that this work;;:will
have a large sale and be eagerly sought af
ter by the admirers 'of the most 'distin
guished piirely literary man , : this country
has produeed.
SOON AFTER THE RISE of the Southern
'rebellion, Bev. It McNeill, a native of
North CarOlina, and who had served for a
.few years with great acceptability as Coor
dinate Secretary of the American. Bible
Society,' resigned, and hastened to' Share
his labors and sympathies'with the insiir
gents, to the. great grief of many personal
friends. ; The vacancy thus created has
now been .filled .by the election of Bev. Dr.
Taylor; pastor of one of the Beformed,Pro-
Aestant Dutch Churches of -Philadelphia.
Beside his many genial qualities as,a:Chris.:
tiara gentleman, Dr. Taylor, g.t ou td ac-,
ep t the appointment which: has • been9ten
dered him, will. bring it al his'office a repu
tation for catholicity of . feeling, and fer
great singlenesS of pnrpose in prosecuting
whatever : worthy work, may. have, beenien
trusted to his hands♦
Rev. DrAlidoltatn, the Senior SeCketary,
has deveted nearly'fortY ,years'of Untiring
efforts to promote the prosperity of the .§o
cicty, and with a measure of success rarely
attained by a single individual in any one'
department '-of Christian 'Tabor. Having'
begun his iinblic life ;infitS' service,' he Vas':
continued steagfast in the,pame even until
now, witnessing in each 'successive year its
augmented usefulness and-beneficence.
" THE OAsE or Dn'.ll.a.wits, one of the
most, popular preach'ers'ire - 4he Epii6Opal
Church, has: been at length :disposea of.
The Everiifig Post contains .the folloiving
account . 1.
We have'Already stated that the vestry
• men of . .Calyary,charch have,requested Dr.
fllawki to Withdraw his ,letter of resigna
tion. 'the vestry-npeting last, night a,
communication was recrived,from the Dec- :
tor, in ,volich lie says that his linty, and.hii
conscience require ,that: . lip,shoilld adhere
to his:letter, of resignation, It is tij,,he
hoped that the' vestry will, no longereppoie
the Doctor's conscience and conyintionanf
duty, and that his' resignation', will nevi :be
accepted., • •
The' eXaMple of Bishop Polk has.,led se
many:6ler s imen to the rariks,6fthe rebel
army;that there roust be many ope.nin,gs at,
the South for good preaChers of a seces
sionist', turn of mind. 4 iesidenCe of a
few Months among the4l;4ls: with whom
Dr. Hawks' is suppccK:to. • sYnTatkize
roiglit;afford. him, if not a - pariah, at least a
cure.
bin Nnw-SonooL RuaArrnsmars have
organized a new church let 'the' corner of
Fifth Avenue: and Tiventi-ftrit" Street,
which promises to be one of, the most pro
minent churches in flae city. The ,Rev.
Dr. Prentiss, formerly of the Mercer Street
church; and brdther Of the late Sargent S.
Prentiss the' eloquent Mississippi lawyer
and politician, will be the pastor.
THE ! , !LATIE HonAoz HoLDEN,
his'' Will, his wife and children to
continue the benevolent contributionsgiVen
by ,l 4mF for ThlnY years, and, totingea:Se if
t6irs means shonhl justify, it.- "
I?I::tg,A_PELPILIA
THE BITSINESS OF THIS CITY
ly improved Enyersare,ahundait, and
large sales . are , made : for , cash or on short
time. And Governnient, :Vrork.is:; em
ploying a large number 'Of. persons, 'in: all
its various departments.
THE Buz grKting a charter to an Epis
copal Theological Senfinary in this' city,
has been' . *Sell by the Legislature
:Penisylva4ia. This Seminary is expected
to be uidr the 'control, of Low , Chirch
EPiseoPaliaae, - and' to take the place;of the
late Thecilirgiml Seminary:at Alexandria, in.
Virginia. The contest between the Hi g h
Church and Low-Church Episcopalians has
in no degree been lessened. This Church,
which claims to be the only Church, is re
ally more divided in itself, more widely sep.
arated in its own communion than any
other two Protestant denominations.
THE PRESBYTERY OF PHILADELPHIA,
of the 'United Presbyterian Church, lately
Met, ana:vias opened with a sermon, accord
ing to appointment, by Dr.` Cooper, on the
'" Millennium," from Rev. xx :4 : " They
Ried and'reigned with Christ a thousand
years." The Doctor advocated the doh'-
trine of a personal reign of Christ.
A call from the Sixth church, addressed
to Mr. Thomas Lawrence,< a licentiate of
the Presbytery of Allegheny, was received',
sustained as regular, and presented.
IT Is, sArn that Mr. George W. Childs,.
(of the Isle firm' of Childs & Peterson,) hao
offered $lO,OOO for Parson Brownlo4
forthcoming . Autobiography. Mr. Childs
met with quite a success in the works of
Dr. Kane.
THE ,ARCH STREE'r PRESBYTER:IAS
PHIJRCIE, firmly but kindly resisted the ap,
plication of the Rev. Dr. Wadsworth for
dissolution._ of the pastoral relation. S o
'argent were the people that the Presbytery
sent back the application to the congrega:
tion. But 'When it, was foand that the Dr.
had made up his mind that it was his duty;
to go to California, the congregation yield
ed, and he was dismissed. Ile has accept
ed the pasterate . bf Calvary church, San
Francisco, of 'Which the Rev. William 4._
Scott, D.D., was formerly pastor.
Trim CITY has been for many years drs ,
tin guisbed for its philanthropic and humane
institutions. Among, these• is a private in
stitution for theinsane, called Clifton Hall,
of which the Philadelphia North American
speaks as follows :
Dr. Robert A: Given, the medical super=`
intendent and.,proprietor .of this excellent
institution for the abode and, appropriate
treatment, of the insane; has, just sent in hi;
second. annual'report to the "Board of Su
pervision!' We have more than once bary
testimony to the .favorable situation of Cl
tonop the score of the beauty and
healthfulness of thesurrodn'ding country,
and. the variety of 'prospect enjoyed by in,
inmates. Nothing deterred by the hard
ness. the times, Dr,; Given has made
" many tmptovements, - useful, and mamma=
ttd. ; Thu and cUrriaga =houses have been
ereeted, roadi . laid put, fences set up,
a deer:park , enclosed 7 and a great variety
ShrUbS t and trees evergreen and deciduous.
planted: A large fish-pond has' been con
structed, from which he anticipates much
,plea Sire and , benefit to ; the.patients in boat.
ing j • fishing and Skating—amusements it.
; which they may indulae without ; fear of ac
cident, as the depth of water. has been. kep.,
within safe bounds. In the coming Sum.
mer he purposes, to erect a ter-pin alley
and it number „ofhandiome &Ulmer-houses,
the designs for ,are :in the hands
the builder:',
We are quite safe in . asserting that.
whether.* leok 'at <the internal arrange.
meats of the : house for conifort, and, health,
,or at the external adyantages of the scenery,
air,, and recreation, as a means
ministration to a mind diseased, Clifton.
Hall, under its able.and.Aonscientious svi
perintendent, - offers. every inducement fm•
the most Sensitivoly affectionate persons tt!
,plice - their afflicted relaiiVes or ;friends *—
at, as they would in a safe 'and pleasartri
home.
Clifton ,Hall is situated- on the Philadel•
phia, West Chester; andoMedia'
about eight niilas‘froin the..eity.
%. Nhualr"Agg."%j6r,rialLOW ;IrJ
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TO , 11:FE .1 . 502 t 1ta PEOPLE TECROUGECOTIT THE
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liCtitir OF PRAYER
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to SABBATH-a' Sabbath Schools (assumed there 1
ore at least,l)Cß,ollo of S. B. f)
Teachers in the' wend.)
) moTIRAT . --::- , Christian Missions., r ' 41 1
Ty:rssne,s 7 - Bible. Societies. , , . "
WrdzinspAr—Alio,litiort Of 'Slavery-- and In- '
:' 3, 1 : iniperinee. ' '' '
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TrronsnAx--.'- . - Tract Societies.' '' . ' ' ' ' ..
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RID AY- Outpouring ofthe Holy. Spirit i
on all mankind. ;
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SArtinDAT.- 7 . ,Ministers of the Gospel,
) _
, .
~ „wooed to , be about 50,000:)
~ .. . . • ..
. fPOPULVIION :OF .711 F, NORM it
'-' i Pract l tants ' -' ' ' . '89;000,000 i
• .It, er Za k ti ,
c C h a ur th e tle , s ,. .. - . , ' 1 1:7 1.6 0 :9 0 00 00 :00 ® 0 0 -
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Mohammedans 1e0,060,000
.. Riathen ' "- ''7BB, 000,000 •
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, 1;2-88,000,000
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Intended for'pasti 9 fl front of;Bible.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
SAMPEL g;HAI r imlt, JOHN J., I I3EACOM,
and W1L44.4' W. MOREIL , A.D, Of the
Western- Theological Seniinary, were li
censed.to preach the GosPel of Christ, as
probationers for the holy. 'ministry, by the
Pesbytery of Blairaville, at their late
meeting,
.9th inst.
Rev. J. G. CortrAT's Post, Office address
is changed-from New Vernon to Sandy
Lake, Mercer'County, Pa.
Rev. 35r, N.. Rims, of Carlisle, Rev. T. IC„,
Irtiddletown, and ,Rev. ,JOIIN
iS,YmmEs, of. Cumberlana, Md., were
dismissed from their respective charges,
at 16,,1ate meeting of Carlisle Presby
, tery. , .
' . Rev. WILLIAM PRIDEAUX accepted a call
to the:Schellsburg church, and arrange
ments'were made foe•his• installation by
the Presbytery of Carlisle, ati.its late
- meeting.. -
Messrs D. C. _MARQTris and 'ALBERT DlL
wowhi, st - ndOts of the Western Theo
, logieal•Serniuw, were licensed to'preach
the'.6ospel bythe Fresh tery of Beaver.
Messrs. JOSIAS H. YOUNG, FRANCIS .T.
COLLIER, JOHN L. SEMPLE, CHARLES
-,- T. MoMuusiv, and Mr. OsiEtt, students ;
Of, the Princeton Theological Seminary,
haynbeen licensed to preach, the Gospel
WILL IA3I CoisatAN and GEORGE(
T. CutsimiN haVe been -licensed by the'
Presbyteijil of Chillicothe.
,
MATTRsw 4.,,ANipiasoN was licensed
to preach. the Rospel by the, Presbytery
of. Allgibeny at its late meeting, on th4l
Bth inst.
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