P. M'KINNEI 8. LITTLEI DAVID M'KINNEY & CO. Editors and Propricton. TERMS IN ADVANCE. NINUEE SiIDSPRIPTIONS $1.50 IN aims 1.25 DELIVERED IN EITHER ON THE CITIES 2.00 Two Dot Lass, we wilt send by mailserrenty number for Oxs DOLLAR, thirty-three numbers. Pastors sending us TWENTY' sttbsoribers and npwsrds, will thereby entitled to a paper without charge. Renewals shoultibe prompt, it little before the year expires Send payment' by safe hands, or ,y mail. Direct all letters to DIVED IPKINNEY & CO. I • Pittsburgh, Pa. I ilia Dying. Raise my pillow, husband dearest Faint. and fainter comes my breath, And these shadotils.stenling slowly Must, l'know;'be those of death. Sit down (dose beside me, darling, Let me clasp. your warm, strong hand; Yours, that ever has sustained me To' the borders of, ti*lansk,,,, „ Pox. Act. God and mine-0;r Father— Thence shall ever lead, me on, Where, upon a throne 'eternal, Sits Ms loved and only Son, I've had visions, and 'been dreaming O'er the past of joy pain; Year by year I've wandered baelfward, Till I was a ehild.again. Dreamed,of girlhood, and the Moment WhenTatood your wife and :bride— Sow mrheart thrilled with love's triumph la that hour of woman's pride :Pteamed or thee—and all the, earth-cords Firmly twined aboUt my heart— Ohl the bitter, burning anguish, When I knew that we must part. It has passed--wand God has promised All thy footsteps to attend; He, that's more than friend or brother, He'll be with thee to the end. There's no shadows o'er the portals Leading to nay heavenly home; Christ has promised life-immortal, AncPtis he that bids me come. When life's, trials wait around thee, And its chilling billows swell, Thou'lt thank }leaven that I am spared them, Thougt then fed that " all is well Bring our boys unto my bedside; My last blessing let thetedgeop— But they're sleeping; do not wake them— . They'll learn soon enough to weep. Tell them often of their mother, Kiss them for me when they wake, Lead them gently in the pathway, Love them doubly for my sake. Clasp my hand still closer, darling, This, the last night of my life; For to-morrow I shall never Answer when you call me " wife." Fare thee well, my noblelusband; Faint not 'neath thie chastening rod; Throw your strong arm round our children ; Keep them close to thee—and God. ror• the .PresbyterianZanner Earnest Preaching. MY DEAR J—:--,lt is quite proper for you, a young minister, to ask counsel .of one who is older, and proper for him, to give you his views; I, therefore, comply with your request. But lest your per; • sonal respect and affection for me ,should lead you to attach undue importance to my thoughts on preaching, I must remind you' that I have been in the ministry over thirty years, and that our profes'sion hes,.4,n 'the judgment of, the times,- this dietin guishing peculiarity—viz., that ministers , are estimated in• the, inverse rationf their' age and experience. I. believe this is the only employment, in which :=practice is sup posed to diminish skill. Now, you may make what use, you choose .of thit fact, but I will give you,my views. , There is Trebably no canon.concerning preachers, more generally admitted,..than that they shouldle earnest in their work. Rhetoricians, -the popular judgment, and' their Diviner Master concur in demanding this. Earnestness, in the man who under takes to influence! and persuade his,fellow men is indispensable to-success. The, sym pathy of his ownetrong and ,warm emotion is, thus transfused .intolis hearers' minds, and the. mighty power of truth enthroned in his soul, thus sways: its sceptre over them, moving, controlling, and guiding their thoughts and actions. , But whils , there is great unanimity in the demand for earnestness, in the preacher Of the Gospel, there is great diversity of judgment us to what iit is and what, are its appropriate indications; some deem it to be. a mere energy of emotion; some identify it withi:fervid and vociferous.. utterances and, copious Oratorical action.; , tears and tremu lous tories.are, its indications'to some; and not a few: fail to discover Win anything short of , what -Shakespeare calls, tearing a passion to tatters. The Scotch :7mb:deter who put down at 'suitable distances in his manuscript, the reminder " great:A:ere!' must lave been a very: earnest :as -well as considerate preacher. But the truth is, dear J—, there are no uniform signs of earnestness; ,f They vary, with the temperaments, education, .and habits:of men; they vary with the subjects under their consideration and, with their surrounding.circumstances. ,Anget flushes one face with crimson, and turns, another pale; grief, in one, utters its woe in pite ous tones, and makes another dumb. mother's scream of dismay, at seeing her child balancing on the window-sill, ready to • fall upon'the pavement, might indicate her intense alarm and love; but not less earnest was hers feeling, who opened her bosom to the laughing_baby, and, with_ a.smile, beck oned it away.frotn its danger. In persuad ing sinners .to ; turn • to. God, one uses the passionate style of eihortation, another ut ters the langudge of solemn warning;. another'points mit' the way of return. Each mania a law unto-himself. Prolific nature endotts each with his own peculiarity; and Vie true to it, he cannot lack' earnestness ki his momentous work: There 'are diver sities of gifts, but the `same spirit. 'Art and traditionary custom are often usurpers, imposing or: speakers east=irop rules; rob bers of the Procrustes stamp;-stretching and Cutting away nature's vanity, to suit their prescriptions. But do not suppose that, when I speak of artificial indications of earnestness; 'I mean that they are always, and everywhere the same. Tittids and-lo calities vary in' their demands: a -"Tn-caoh ing tone," 'impossible to be described but readily known; has had its era, and- still has its local' prevalence. The same tnay , be said of tears and of drawling speed:4os, and of ah's 1 and 'oh's I studiouslrpro longed beyond all the' rules of Piolody. Edward Everett's earnest oratory appears tameness in some parts of our country ; I have read of a preacher who abounded in tears, but upon changing his parish ,was reckoned ~a n. earnest preacher Avitbontlthe " greeting!' If an artificial style of earnestness be adopt-. ed by the preacher, or an arbitrary crite rion by the people, there is great probabilityi • C - X) • • • • , • 14 . ".. " • ..• . t t. .•. . • . •. ' . „.•-... , . . , . . • VOL. X.,''NO.'32. that they will not coincide; and so the cur rent of sympathy that a real, earnestness, is calculated to pour forth on a congregation 'Vs chilled to icy coldness. If they have an ideal' of earnestness, to which he does not conform, whether the discrepancy arise from - his delinquency or their prejudice, or from both, the unhappy effects are the same:.' .These results spring from error in judgment, concerning the 'indications of earnestness. How deplorable theie results often are, may readily be imagined, from the frequent use of the expression, " I cannot 'feel the importance of religion, because tlie preacher does not seem to be in earnest." It is conceded that the preacher should be in earnest; but hisi real earnestness' may not square with the hearers' • erroneous no tions and prejudices about it;_ and so they fail to profit 'by the precious truths of the Gospel, and aggravate their less, moreover, and render it perpetual, by the very excuse with which they justify it. You shotild be aware,' dear that profit or benefit, as 'connected with the ministry of the Word; is often, both', by preachers and hearers, restricted to its emotional effects. There is scarcely amore. delusive expression, than • that which is of uttered, "I want a Minister that malres his hearers feel." Now; feeling is not;so high an attainment as thought, to say noth ing of its being more easy to simulate. thought is what feeling springs from---es-. pecially religious feeling, He who pre seats to a congregation good thoughts, does a better service, than he who oily ex hibits 'to them his feelings; or even than he who thrills them with emotion , vibrat ing along the series of sympathy iron). is own heart, If I have emotion, only joy sympathetic transmission, it is dependent, parasitical, and liable to all fluctuations and, to the suspension of emotion , in another's But if I have the religious thoughts, the linowledge of God's truth, I have the ineXhaustible sustenance of religious emo tion garnered up in iny‘own mind, and by, the ad ,of God's Spirit draw thence,. in :solitude and in the night-viratehe,s, fuel for a spiritual and cheerful flame in T my own` heart. Ten 'should also be aware, dear J—, that earnestness is a quality of mind, As well as of heart; and that it has as becoming an exercise in instruction, as in exhorta tion. Paul's letters indicate earnestness, as much as his speeches. Sed.finally; you should be aware, that the appearances. of earnestness, , in this artificial and arbitrary form, often become, habitual, and so,, are more regular in their manifestations than emotions can be, supposed to be. I once, in addressing a .small amen*, observed an • old gentleman opposite and ,near me, very Much affected—weeping .almost from the outset of my effort. I was delighted, and :somewhat surprised, by the effect's of , my , speech. When it was concluded Holt; as in duty bound, to converse with the t old , gentleman, who was an entire, stranger to Indeed'l was a stringer in the place I spoke te , him, the} assembly was pass ing out of the house. One of his neigh hors,said, -4 , there : is ~ no use in, El peaking to him, ,sir; he can't hear .a sword you say," do not 04 inquestion 'the old gentle= mania' tarriegtmesiCl Only say, it was not communioated , ry the speaker. So I have known preachers who would allirm;:thougli parenthetically, that Job was the ,man m of Us, with as, much earnestness and solemnity, as that Jesus was the' enly"Saiiour of sinners. = A Christian of strorig,faith, and high as pirations, seated in the house Cf God, would rather hear a discourse,on the , way ofOile, than to witness any amount of drainatio • and a sinner,' &miens for parden, would prefer. the doctrine Of Christ cruel led, to the eloquence ,ofiApollos on any other theme. A merely sympathetic ,ereo tion, caught from the preacher, will be tradaient : the emotion"that the truth of God enkindles s will gloivz.with perennial warmth. [ National airs affeetr us ; hat ,nw. tional songs, sung to them, affect us more. Garrick did not display hia usual good sense and candor, in the remark, "we on'the stage present fiction, as were rdility; you, in the pulpit, presentlthe-most solemn truths, as if they were_ fiction." there are few . , preachers, I trust, who are not more' in earnest than the best players. That.their manner is different, is no more opposed , to this idea, than , it• is to- the truth ofJOhristianity thatoits evidences raie not-mathematieal demonstrations. .. Earnestness, you Perceive then, is athig,h quality in the •preacher. It belongs to his thoughts as well as his'-manner, and more to the former than to thee latte.r. Elocu tion: is , an auxiliary and a goo& one; but' it , is a miserable-substitute. 'Preachers whose reputation :stands upon their fervid elocu tion, unsustained =by thought, Are, notori 'ously, a short-lived -raze. .ifhe .earnest la-, 'borer plants and cultivates- his; field, with - patient assiduity. The - ambassador of Christ,. like the skillful diplomatist, lays plans and labors and• waits, for their-sea sonable •accomplishment. —The world 'de pends on Fthe sun for illumination, not.on flashing meteors. Earnestness =- cannot 'be* judged - of by rules; it is ; an' element of mind.andtmanner. It cannot be learned by art; it religion, .a product .of: nature 'and grace. you, my young friend; prepare your sermons with due care, both as tottheir sub steno° their design ; if yoir go to the pulpit= With a feeling of 'dependence on and with aidesire to lead *sinners to Christ; Lan& if. you, with "these views, , cut yourself looSe from the , bondage of-pride itindlear.yonowill be an earnest preacher and a usefulfone.'That you may be so is, I trust, your aim. Yours, J. F. M. For the^ Presbyterian Banner Huntingdon•Presbytery The Presbytery of ;Huntinadon met at Alexandria, on the Bth was hospita bly entertained, and" notwithstanding, the unfavorable weather enjoyed a pleasant meeting. Rev. J. M. Gallaway was chosen Modera tor. . n East 'liishacoquillas was appointed as the place for the next stated meeting of PresbYtery.''- •Mesers. ,-W. Zahnizer and --;G: W. Shafer, ministers, and Judges:Samuel _Linn and James L . Crwinn, elders, were elected delegates to the General Asserably. The fallowing `sapplies were appointed: Martin,sbukg=-:Fouitth Sabbath in April, -M. C. Wilson.:: -Second, Sabbath in may, D. Sterrett. ..Kqurth.,Sabbath in May,'G-. W. Shafer; to administer the Sacrament. Fourth Sabbath in June, T. Stevenson. First Sabbath in 'July; First Sabbath ittAngust, S. F. Thompitostr. PITTSBURGH,_ PBSATURDAY PRIL '26 1862 Fourth Sabbath in August, J. Williamson. Second ! Sabbath in :September, S. Mc- Donald. - Prospect—First Sabbath inMay, T. Stevenson. First Sabbath in Jnne, D. Sterrett; to adininiStOr the Saarament. First Sabbath in July, 'S. MCDanald. First Sabbath iniAugust, M. (J. Wilson. ,First Sabbath itoSeptember,l J..A4Ratter-, son. First Sabbath, in October, j. liatuson. The 'Rev. D. Stewat:t" Banks was, ap pointed :illissionitry to the -Broad Top 're-, gion for six months.' - 2 Presbytery ! adjourned .tn- meet • at ~ t he Logan's Valley church , on the. Second Tuesday of June. R. 13:: , %M00.u, Tetnpofafy Clerk. For AM Pxesbyterisp Danner. I Striking Passages Illustrative of 'Various SCriPt4res. God=set4hen2' (the sun,,moon4md stars,) in the firmament of the, heaven, tcy, light upon the earth.—Gen. 17. " We; burn our Master's eandles,,,but do :not mind„our,Master's business," Man dieth and wasteth: away.—Job :iv 10. " Life. is a wasting thing; .it ,is. a _curt.- die diet, will,: burn out, if it, be, not first; Behold the fowls of- the ,air, • for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor. gather into barne ;, yet .your ,heavenly Father feedeth them. "Are. ; ye . not .rnueh better than they ?-41att. vi : 26. He _that feeds his birds ,r will not starve his babes." We are not ignoraat of his devices.--2. Cor. ii: 11. " The devil ithough he has lost the sanetity,.retains the.sagaeity, of an angel, and is wise to do evil." Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the, way of, evil. men,.--Prov. iv : 14. " Those that would be kept from harm,,must keep out of harm's way." . Depart from me, ye, cursed, into ever lasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.-T-Matt. xxv : ,41. "She devil's' instruments must sharein the devil's pun ishments." Whosoever exalteth himself, shall be abased.—Luko xiv i i 11. ".god. will hum ble those that will not humble themselvas." , Tar ; !„ lie Breebyterlawßanner. The.llnattemptOluty. Reeder, there is a work which sonr con— science suggests and approves, which would. be an, honorable one for yourself--of bene-' fit to your felloW creatures and would tell in eternity. You could accomplish it .with the blessing of God, but by some Magic spell 'or-usual paralysis . youThave neglected it to , his ;day. This , evaded , ,duty, in: `some is the conquest, of besetting,sin— , as avarice, pride,scifishness, undue levity, asperity, or some other of the black lief 'of sins,'which greatly hinder •our usefulness and mar our enjoyment. Some . persons ifrom timidity conceal their talents s and, thu.s,„waste the Master's : goods. Many. men might, exert an influence for temperance even to the"re form of — the dratiseller and the rescue of his: victim, (who is,the heir apparent of an earlyiand dishonored graVe and eternal per dition) but for a lack of godly couracre and holy, boldness. Such timorous souls behold the "field white to the harvest, but forbear to thrust in'thn sickle,' lest"their activity should be eommentedinpon.' There, is: many woman free from-care excepting for b bar canaries and plants, who is" Well 'aware thatit her duty to bestow a mother's love and protection on some friend leSs orphan or ahildoff poverty. , Nota few:; .goaded -by their consciences to •distribute tracts,.--to visit the poor, or sick, or.prison ers—to speak a word for religion or on the value of the soul to the impenitent; defer the duty andt.rob thernielves at. least of a rich reward. The Christian minister or, `watchman unto the honse'of . who is ambitions to ,prelicli eloquent: sermons': ands prefer courtesy. to earnestness—who esteems more than all , else a crowded , house and popular applause-..knows that he has &fearful account to render ;and yet Vanity i holg him" as`in a'Vice. Oh'! "what' youtlknow•to biryour.duty =at tempt td fulfil it in :G-od's name---work 'cheerfully tor the best of masters, .until ;y ou r su n doolines and you enter the rest which remains for the people of God. L. Foi the Presbyterian Banner , , ' . Season dittfreshing. CHURCH AILL, OHIO, April 15, 1862. 1 - , Mi. Eorrou :—As you are 'set upon the ',tower 'of Zion,go watch her pregresi'aiid ~ I velfaie, undoubtedly , you - are rejoiced to [publish the glad tidings of her prosperity. ' , , The LOrd „has graciously granted a‘f sqa,- ' son, of refreshing" ,to , the Presbyterian [ chnich of Niles, Ohio, by whiclibe had'done 'for lis great things . , ivhereorive are grad ; by :addingtuthe , nuiriber of such as ilimild - be I saved, eleven by examination ,and ; two !by certificate, at our last Comtnunion, March Oat, 1862; ou ivhieh oecaSien Bev. 'A. S. I MacMai M ter; D., lof - Pciland, . Ohio, ren dered very valuable and acceptable assisir Death and emigration had reduced the `Membership to twenty' or twenty- i two, and 'the' few faithful members Were ahribst 'des -I.Pairing Of:upholding the organization_;but this shower ; has revived, ;their ,dropping fa and i shed theAil,,of.gladneas in, their hearts ; and " 4 : 4 taking,oeurage amew,'.' they gO on their way rejoicing in the'hope` of 'Waiter thinks 'to -fain* this , first,' fruit of the Spirit. .1 As .;woilcs'follow,t as :fruits; of the, spirit, of,graceiin the ,heart, so in ; this instance; they remembered him. w . ho _la bored in word and doctrine among them, liklieving that he who " sews spiritual thaiigs unto -them," , should reap of their "'carnal things:" Theymisembled together ima.social manner; and after partaking ~,of tlountiful supper,and.enjoying the, sweet society of each other, they returned homer, leaving free:will 'eferiOs behind, antotiiit ineto 'eighty' dbllars , oetatirelas• a tolcoP4 their: love of the; Gospel ministry. -Afflic tion prevented.,; us to attend, but we .feel truly our, obligations, both to God. and to his dear fleck, "to abound more and more 'in -*Ord and doctrine," &C. ' ' , For the Eresbyterianer. An ..inguitg, MRsIFFDINOR , :7=W,hat bite Congrose done with ,that part of the President's ,Message that recomfost4S the reeo,snition of thibTk tionglity d' s lifberia 7 It is. a 'subject' of more , thatcordiiiiiiy'interentl,,and its ienorn mendittiOri is;Filtthink, one , of the Ito-blest parts of the message; but I confess, that I . am „not posted as to what, Congress has done with it, or in, what Committee's hands it is safely, stowed away., Tt is 'believed—and I think on good' and, sufficient gro un ds—that 'if the. m ationality , of Liberia' was recognized by this country,, and a treaty of reciprocity in trade ,estab iished between the two' •countriek there. would -r Soon -grow up such "a trade between: them; and such a voluntary emigration , of the colored race to the land -'of their, fore-' fathers, that we should be rid. of thein,ini half a century. Don't . you 'think so? There are perpdf i hte;T: . `ti@l - , cleft, and in-! ' disputable ::They:are:Lihese; , Wz r : thilt-ige t two races cannot live commingled together; nor can live peaceably intlie r neighhor-, hood of, each, other, The Afrinan qace 4 , destined to be a great and mighty peoPle be-I fore the end of 'time. They must haVe ter- ' ritory on which' to work that. destiliy oht. That it - cannat,.be. on this. C . citilleht, I - think,,nee4& no ~argument to show, .Put,' ,GocLhas, 'sent them here to get, their Eteliool-1 I ing; and now 'that they have got itc,-and are getting it, we 'must send the, lick., He Will , eompel us to do it, just .as , alit- - T it ly as , he compelled Pharaoh to send Ahel Israelites, out :.of. r Egypt., • The• Lord, .make' us a willing people, in the day of his, pow- , er, to do his .will. ' INQUiii.E.n. -, . 'Cahn the," MY'ood, and keep ~'sSoftrresting on thy breast s ` Sootheane sad . ptailni; And IA& my spirit rest. ' Calm me, my God, and keep meckm:: ' • Letithihe ;outstretched Laing 4 r“. ; . I',lle like thirshade of ,ElinVtapalmi ....BesiFle.her desert spring, . - *es; keep , me `calm; thonglr letid 4 d'rd se The sounds fitly ear:that 'greet4.4pf. Calm in:the eloset's , solitude,- . • A.;•,t v %, • ,Calm inthe bustling street.. , .iti -v Odin in the , hour of bitOYantlie4 -1 ;"' ''' t ' . i•Calm.ln my : hont of, pain,- :'• •—i..,, - ''. 1 Calmin.my;poverty or,,wealth,. ~ . ... . Calmininy,losth or; gain ~ ": i . , • . t ; Calm in the sufferance, of wrongS , i , Li‘eltim i vr . 'llO bore MY alumni , • - , , . , . _ Calmmid.the threatening tauntlng ihron Who, hate c titY holy name. - .'" :" • - Cahn ihirt the great worici4nelits;iril power, ...z- f.- , 41 .1 7 , • my listening spirit am i ". ' - Let.not.thelidings of the kits& . ' E'er' find too fond an bar: ' ,• , EUROPEAN CORRESPOND UE. .ffunfficent ,Gift- r hir. Teabodgc . .o,lo; t--Thevlratz Ship.Q the:! ,rate anfl the ate:Ara - AC, "abreraeht. 7. - The London Congregationalicts—A Bicentenary '..l.lCeting'-:-Mr.. - Stoughton's - A ruse— r. zn ney's Conlinintoration—Tolin 'Howe ilia the*Ba byin• Ileaven--Candor and Love—Consecration of Monly. .by Congregationalists—The Socinian Pretended Succession front the Men of T2--- , Eng. licit Presbyterians, and the College—Vieil-to Don cacter—liorceracing and'ite Issisee-41 Tory Cor- , poration—Dr.: Vaughan and the •Belbrikqers. . LatYDWlliarch 28, 1862.„ -' I' ri UNPRECEDA*TED •111IINIFICE140E ?.-' -- such is, the „heading in, the Times.;of: the 26th instant, .of ,the co3rrospondence- : be tween our illustrious A"merican,,Mr. 'Pea body, and Lord Stanley; - Sir J. E; Tenneni, and other getttlemen.--Altr: PeabodY, as your r.eaders,• ;know? has , becn taw leminent banker and man of business here during the' last twenty-fivEi` Years, 'and `=has = became I a - milliOnaire.•:. NotAtoritent With , founding. in :1852. aiLibrarrand In stitute,iin his , rip tiye town of Danvers, .Massachusett,scand aoain in 1857% founding in the State of Maryland, an Institute on a much Mare extended'schlePhe'newfniblishes ifis-inten tion,, with the , view ., of " amelioratingl `the condition of -the :poor And. needy rof= this great metropolis, his determination to trans fer to Trustees the sum, of Ll5O 00C1 lim itiit: its applicatiOn to titose Who either:by birth: or residence; are recognised liortion of. ;the. , peoplef of London!' He ;alio 're= quires that ,neither !religious, •nor '2,poli,tieal differoncea of, opinion ,shall be a bar toithe hostowment of reliAf—the: sole .qUalifica.- tibia:being "moral character' atid goOd.' con.: duct.'' He suggests. that'a pertioniof , the sum should, bey applied to "ithe; construe tion of such., approved dwellings; , for ~the poor, as IcoaYPoro,boo in Ol - e 14tp 3 90P 0 §3 1 -7 tile degree, the essentials of .healthfulness, comfort, social enjoyment, - arid'' eboniniti."- He alsoqdesiresAhatsthe.Amerinau ihtnbas- Pdor for }the triPao I?ei#gr shail -„nlYia,Ye, h 0.4 member of the trust. , " We are sure;" says tAe,Tenys, " tkat there is no one who hears lift this noble,.det who will' not join iti'' in bffering..toqii. Peabody the tribute of t'll glish gratitude and good will." I haveinh doubt • that .this splendid ,gift ~will. .bear much frult, , especially in deeening . and inaking broader , that rising tide of bend cence, "which' now - ai hit is 'seeking; the true elevatiola of -the-inasseS. , - :-,,' , THE IROI4 SHIP - 'Quts'isrol . is being ea.- gerly (studiechand.diseussed; or orather leon elusively:; settled and pronoupced u npon, since the news.of the, naval .engagement between tli&Meirinuic' and the Xfoizigoi., and the'destruction of the 'CiiimPeriand.',"" It is now a'gieedithati" , a wooden :vessel matched against an , itonft one; is, as :helpless 1 ea. pre dieted." , It, also deduced from the ien gagernent,ithat the, alleged : efficiency of gunboatstigainit" heavier vesSell, ,is; di:3 7 proved," and . finally that, ' “did"not coca= , recnstruction .. • of out:Navy an hanr too soon. • ', • THE CoNcinEHAiTIOIiALiSTS , tif louden have been_holdingjoSt.,tlamee. Hall, Pie eadi4y, the first meeting ~in,,ednunemorat ieri 'of the ) * ejeele i d - Mitiigteiti ' Of '1662.... I km glad-to say' that .-they have , struele. the key 'mete the , ipirit arid ;with ,the>hanthof love, let!firmly.,elinging,to3their,eon seientions nonconformity ar Ottepainiut re- • suit of the state. of religious , parties _when they Write - dr speak"against'.' one another in a'apiritArf''bitterness i lii -s'earoif 'the' alien= atiou which is ibeginning to show. itself. .tween ache-Evangelical olgate? ll 4 the..4);i B 7 see tprs., Very:ilit! v se i is. it fia,r the kvan ; gelieila and very false their own epirit,- Wil instincts` as well astheir ` - traditithis eilikaPhrty, to-send- hired d'eteridatiaketita round the eourilry,qb leetuce " &Terme' JoHN RIME. Theinner Calm Cahn me, my God, and keep me calm' ; jWhile'these liot breezes . - , Be likelhemiglit-dew!s coolink balm, rilyion.eartVe fevered brow. ,s; Cabo as , th'e ray of sun or star Which storing assail in vain Moving AinratelrihroughreOrtigs.war ; The'eterlial oalm' to 'Dr:l3onir. of the Chorch,;.ef England, in nttacks in the 'form of eedeavors to show, that they are not the S ucc ess ors of the Ejected, and alinkie all, justifying what was so wickedly .done when `-the , cruel Act ofr-Uniformity :was enacted. Mr. Miall,- of the Noncoh- Amid newspaper, ,who,is about, to receive a splendid testimonial in money from his adnairers, and who is a man of 'great integ rity And ability - as a:journalist, is the real leader '.`of UltfaiDissenters, and also the i father and founder, of ":The; Society •fer the Liberatiou,of Religion from S,tate, Control." He never descended ; to abuseorviolence; but other§ are in'danger of doing so. The old ministers—many of them -:-of Ton- conformity,•holdiAloof from the Liberation Societ,yl yetdf it slimed in causing the.. downfall then Church„Rate impost, they will rejoice. sumbers, of the minis ters are More 'Presbyterian in their quie tude and moderation' 'of feeling, than .avowed gAiti.State Churchmen. , ,truei of ; Mr. -Blaney; of Pr. f_V,aughan, ‘of Mr: l Stongliton,,of Kensington,. and many ;others. . These . men, had they, two hundred' years ago, would haVe been Will sUbnait to- eorriething.like ithe , ,.%cfredlieednapisecipacy,''. proposed by ,that :fine old peacemaker. ; and _Puritan in heart, Archbishopllsher. = At the meeting in St. James' Hall there `Was” a vest' audienCe, 'and as ThaVe said, a ikeizifete-of loving `tones was Struck', eaPe4 , ICially byla.rising and able.ininister - of ;fine literary talen tw,fgrent- industry, historic,,r,O scajchl ,excellent ,taste, John Stough ton. "He is the editor of the .Faanizelical " k I ,Vagazir?,e,, also. • , e use , as wee , , the great ineeting;lhe adnairable language:: i `,`,How,,rnueli depends outhis 13icento,n,:, ary Celebration, in reference, to the, inter eats of truth and Charity, the cause of re ligion;' arid the fintior' and glory of that -blessed Name, Whichiwe, - with millions of ourTelloW-men)togetherloearr We may do largOlgood,•hy-this ,commemoratien, or, we rnay.l.lo,not a little mischief. And we,are told that` brethrenin the Country are lOok 'big' to 'this' meeting to` strike a keY-note. Gbd , :help - us to be wise 2 . ' It is in ot:as ,DisSentersl we are here A,o-,night,, , ,nor,to read,.history through colored speciaples. We are not here to ex hibiithe'ejeCted,aS the 'drily 'conscientious arid' devoice - Eriglielimen 'ofithat era, 'that Tall the , Watere 'of 'lifeywere drained off t'wh en , thssy cameout, and" that.; only filth was left behind: We :are -not. ( here to revile ,pur brethren Of. the Ipiseopal Church. We are not `unmindful'qthe great,religious 'reviv"al;:iithinl her , pale,L Sinee , Kobe of .us' were boys. We are not here to .say, we .would ; , rather •the Chureh-.should become worse, tha n better, because e .deeper , the corruption the sbßner the downfall. God forbid f'We' are net' here to make light 6f Chriatian union—to count as such': fellowship as ;May be possible with cnisr. .brethren,--to.,thrOw Mi. the winds the hopes of closer,union :7 -, to.show ourselves unmind! ful of the fact that Spiritual and, religious devoted: syrresympathieswit 'h ose w o 'Ate servants of the:same qVlahter, Whatever 'be their, denomination,;are.stionger than any; other , ties." , ' . 1-'llle ; Rev. iThemas' Dinney,not long•aince preached ,a sermon to. his _peoplc, i traMng back the ministry at, ihe Weigh-House Chapel, to the'clay'Of 1662. A fine spirit of 'genuine simplicity of 'purpose and lov nngness;.of heart pervaded the i:discourse And the,marrative—to both of.-which . !'l_ had' the iprivilege of listening —.His text was Heb xiii :7. He first analysed the text —as is'his Custom—then translating Was -literally as posSible; thus : Ramemher youriguidea (c'qoUmendi ;) attentively •sidering-, the .end. of their.. ,conversation ,(course, of life;) imitate them. 'Jesus: Christ yesterday, and to-day; and forever!' The`folleWing 'lessons were then dedliced, and are botk , striking- and 'just': "I. The .worda;viggest , that, •tlib- guidance .;of the, .mer44 1 `, 8 1 . 9.f--P4044 1, 01 1 .rch.,,5) verac."l - ; consists in- teaching plitOyipei Word. 4 . 14 - alever there 'maybe connected; andigov i ernifient, 'yet it is . ..mainly: found ; bringing at- the:truth of , God to hear ; ,on the religions ,naturef, Ministers, are stewards .of the mysteries ,of Goa but, these mYsteries consist not in thing's to ?;e e thi gal lan individu l at-offiniallyt does - 'by,lword' orj ,touth i but.thy,speakingthe Word, of God.; And, then it,must be the ; Wordiof Councils, and Creeds, may be ,quite right; 'and'Very geed: *t . if anenelesiasticil, Ldietnia •is right,' its -power 'civet' soli 'is, taotitbacanse iot its ecclesiastical authority, , but because of Us -agreement with, f ,the ,Divine. Word. It is ,God .who ru'lee,in his Church, not Man or , entineil.o. ~1",t10 n't say diet creeds 'and councils", are` to 'he dis-, lirenied with. 'xßut 'elrerything'is to' be tested by the Word. !There ~tire ~ great many- - pepular.. and ~,, t raditional.? in r terpretations of c,ripture_ texts, quite as; :effoneous any dogmas , of, antiquity,. "Pheie interpretations are not 'the'Artie -tieanin , hut ;ithat the Meaning which, after all painstaking,:is foundtto. ,be the original;, and literahinterpretation. ' f And theref l ore,.l think.thatfr,he o grand want Of the - Pliutleh, and the special business 'of - her ministers' and guide:3'o, the eifiiWtion I and hiinging .out" of the true Word , of' God. - - ": ll:"Thek text ire pli estliatitlie Christian ministry ;Will:ihave 4to ,bedischargethin such circumstances : ; .. that its termination will be regarded ,as l ,ark escape, an e X odias = ii th,e Christian ministry be' rightly discharged, it iiiVoTv6s Inah evveighi;*d'iiurden, such anxiety, toil, andfittirmoil—sometimes, too, (Of :perilmnd.)persecutionthat .Close ."fend",,inust he regarded as escape 7 a passing, away to.lis4 and rest. ; , " 111. It is meet and right that the Church of Christ should especially` cheriSh theremembrance oftidepartell teacbersrhnd "IV. The text teaches us to is: from "tine stars to the Sun-4mM all f the servants "to ate Master, Jesus' hr or. Jesus altheughzirniniste'rs= n ThdefOte, , there: ia.liope • for, in.. every coning.,generation.",' ; Mr. giqn9Y-'ha,Y4lg" , addeFl. fOrqicrordq, closed _the and spoke nearly seen.' fol lows. (I have see no report cif thia ser mon or its sequel; I give you air outline -from , Any own , !:notes,,alr I' once-did before,. „whem the.,s'ame Reacher delivered ",(17 ; he Merchant's lice,turc,'! in the Poultry Chapel.), Welt.thakis a - thief expesition -Of the text.-` now; if. -- there be any strangers here, I shall be sorry, for them if , anythink , ark- goingtorgo .6bn 1 d-ki. ap -.0 it) i t*iP, we* even strangersal yye sy,m pathr.with -what :JP-say. -Youssee ", (in a WHOLE NO. '5OO. colloquial, tone,),=" we hare to.make collec tions to-day , for i f.iongregational Board ' Fund for aged ministers, and also for Non I conformist Colleges, and' I want to say some things in this 1862 J about the ejection "of 1662, and its- bearings= on the history of .this, particular, church in , London, of _which am pastor!' .11:e'thenliresented a series of portraita--- of life and-ititerest-`--of 'the successive pastors, .beginning, With' .f .‘at , young 10;62- bridge who in the 'reign of ,King James came teiLondon, and was, appointed to St. CatherAie s, in the Tower. Tim 'Slater continued minis try' with success for kitty years—and what wonderful , forty years , they were ! This minister,, although rEpiscopally,Ordained, lived ,to be a _Presbyterian in an Episcopal' Establishment. But then came the Res toration- , then the 'Act . 'Uniformity,: -Lb and- then-ecause 'he could not' give 'lds unfeigned., assent mid 'Consent': to -, every -thing.inthe Book of, Common Prayer- , ---his ..„ fare Well sermon. . "Thus," said 'Kinney, tenderly, "'the, good` old . man opena'his bpi no more in• Sal ritriCatheritteis 'Blit=he gathered: ,a.few 'friends and ,Ministere& torthem pri-' ,vately, was the, beginning of this ch2trch-rthe seed, the bulb,,out of which, it 'originated." After mentioning briefly' ('twoother Pastors, one of whom, John , Knowles, went- to' NeW-Eng,land, reniained ,there eleven. years,. on ;his• return -,was.rap pointed Lecturer in Bristol- Cathedral in 1662, and in 1665 ministered to the plague-` stricken, whin hirelings 'fled away, the speaker dWelt for Some' time' on the chaiic-, ter and career of another pastor, filionias; ..Beynolde r thus : • ".-•Ris father•was a member" of, the church .of which .john. Howe was pastor. Young Reynolds heard a sermon at Crippleg,ate church, which was the means of his conversion.' That.' shower," -saidahe.eandid Binney, "that `some amen remained, in the„Establishment; who were earnest and -true.", - He then went on .to tell how' the young man went to (Tbrecht and`Geneva; ' as'a student, and hoi,' diming , back; 'he. Wa§'asSistant at' Silver Street; in the;,city,- to 'John, Howe. 'Ancl..here-was a burst pt, p,assionate,adrairation .for,, t the il lustrious Puritan,' made still, more ..touching, a onke allusion. got fOui ions—three on earth and one in heaven. 'He who is gone was" a baby, •(alwaye, when„yott -lose an infant child you think of him in heaven as an 'infant' still-L - 13p never grows -older !) and his Name was JOHN Howz T Ah I l'have •often thought with)lnyself, who can tell but'that•he - ,has,, long, erarthiai, came in con tact with the grand and glorified spirit of John .Howe." I -ant sure that :f if the Nonconformist commemoration'is' directed` by the' kirAly and''catholic epirit *filch' pervaded' 'Mr. "Bitiney?s narrative :and , Mr. ""Stoughton 's address, the, results will he,most gratifying. Undoubtedly, the, Ev,anuelical, clergy .are not mark of their ancestors, and I fear they" will to the ",compromise"' Establishment, through all circumstances. But NOndonfOrmity is a great reality. it has rescued tens of thousands from :,igno ranee and sin, ,and,,it has carried the Gps pel lamp, and kept it burning there, into many a parish, where, alas_! as, , to the 'der& and' the 'people, " the. dead buried their death" VaSt. sums will be raised till's year by - the [:different,sectiensof Nonoonfortnity- r -prob. .ably at least £loo,ooo—to-be devoted to the spread of truth both by new places of worship, ethicational "'agencies, and proba -blytby the' establishment of Lectureships. • There area Presbyterians in England who are true to. Puritan truths But this is not the case with the Socinians,,who, while robbing the 'eternal Limos of his glory, mistaking and denting his 'work :as the Righteousness , and Substitute of the 'guilty, and 'hie yet; to have their. • iiieetingii •tdo,'; to celebte,„the martyr t s ,of and, one- of their . "number, the other_ de,y, ' proposed to ' build "ill' london a. Unitarian Cathedral. I tiVe l PreSbYterfans Wrlin their .Preabyteries (Which ' , Unitarians do not;) 'and • hold .the very, principles, both: in , gov ernment and doctrine,. of,,the men, of N. 4, are unitince.their, forces in an ,attempt, which I trust will prove successful, for thig -year Pa` . .tlO,OOO,- for the enlargement ands' endowMent of the aheologi ty Under the former Vicar, who sometimes preached a-sermon.-against gambling 'afeer the. tams ' but -never; .before, the bells of the pariah church were , rung every morning durinc , ,ttie .race-week ! This profanation, 'it was deliCately said, was "to welcome the strangers !" But Dr. Vaughan, the present 'Vicar, (one of the most Evangelical of the Broad-Church ,party, late Head-Master at Harrcw, and doing, much good at Doneas ter,) put p., stop to the bell-ringing. He found thatlie had a legal right to do so, and the calmly enforced it. Whereupon the bell-ringers--a recognized body—wait ed.,on hire, and resigned in a body. " How much were the fed paid you for this bell ringing in the race-week ?" "Two pounds." "'Very well, I shall pay you that sum, that you may not suffer any loss " " Sir, that won't do; for we used to get money, too, from strangers." . —Whereupon, the ringers persisted , in their resignation, and next morning, appeared in the local newspaper, an advertisement for a new band of bell ringers. Such is the resolute character of the man, coupled with, great tact and ur banity. He stood firm and true to a right eous cause, and as far as he can the seeks to stein that torrent of evil which annually flows over his parish, and which undoes much of the efforts of both himself and his Nonconforth list fellow-laborers. Dr. Vaugh an refuSed a Bishopric once; it is likely that he will have a second offer at no distant day, and thatle will acceptr A Clinging Faith. A Nestorian Christian lady wishing to commune with the American missionaries, appeared'hsfore them for examination con cerning 'her. knowledge of Christ. Her heart was .overflowing with love and joy. To .test her profession a missionary asked her: RE ME IT