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Death of a Soldier.*
BY MAGPIE SHIELDS.
Will you listen to ,a tale of grief
Which. I Intend to tell,
All of s youthful soldier
Whom vs once knew so well ?
He enlisted for,his country,
And with Sitwell marched, away,
To the shores of "Old Kentucky,"
There to languish and.to die.
Ere long he'd been in service,
Ere a battle he had Aiught,
On him death did IN , his linger,
And he must tarry not?
In his hour of 'pain and anguish;
He thought of horn% so far away . ;
0 how he longed to reabh it,
But, alas I 'he there must stay. •
There, without a mother nearlim,
Ora sister .by his side,
Far away from home and kindred,
In loneliness he died.
Far awarfrom home he wandered,
Far away his body Iles,
For his oomrades they've buried him,
Beneath the Southern skies.
*Ebenezer }Teary, of 78th 'Legit P.
died in the llospitel'at Louisville, Ky.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
Narrative
Of the State of Religion in, the churches
under the . care of the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church in the. United
States of America, for the , year. endirny
May 15, 1862:
Tf the Eternal Son of God takes such
interest in his Church, as to suffer no two
or three of its members to meet in his
name without his special presence, it wel/
becomes us, in these annual Assemblies, to
employ a portion of our time in inquiry
after the general health and progress of this
great Presbyterian branch of that Church
during• the by-gone year. And if, on col
lating the various Presbyterial narratives
of a Church so numerous in its member
ship, and so wide in territorial extent, we
should see the great field flecked with light
and shade; the drops in one section more
abundant, in another less, and here and
there blighted by untimely froits, this
would be no more sad no less than what has
been true of the Church during every year
of her history, from the time when the
Apostle wrote to the Phillippians, on one
page commending their ' , fellowship in' the
Gospel, from the first day Until no 4;" 'and
on another, lamenting that "many walk, of
whom I have told you often, and now tell
you even weeping, that they are the ene
mies of the cross of Christ.' And in the
one case there is as little ground for de
spondency, as there is in the other for Vain
glory. The good is all of sovereign grace,
and the ill but an evanescent chfud, that if
it oast a chill shadow here and there on the
field, can offer no permanent resistance to
the beams of the Sun of Righteousnees,
whose light and warmth will sooner or later
cheer the whole earth.
Striae,' in our conntry, ministers and Ped-,
pie are at once men and citizens; resideniff
in the landi and shareholders And consult r--`'
ent powers, in the Government, it is impos,
Bible that 'the state of the ' . nation should
not tell with 'peculiar power upon both the'
external prosperity, and thenpiritual con
dition, of the Church. Accordingly, of all
the reports' from- the Presbyteries for the
past year, scarcely one fails to make men
tion of the' aripiny that has been upon the.
nationininee' the Assembly last met; of
churches called to send forth members, and
ouseholds, sons and fathers; to fill the.
ranks 'of war; of the mustering and march
ing of soldiers, and of the eager, all-en
grossing interest of church and congrega-'
tion, in the Government, navy, and army.
Some-of these reports loudly deplore the
distracting and seculariling influence of
these worldly affairs upon the mind and.heart of the 'Church; the crippling of her ,
'
i'ecuniary energies, in the general commer
cial prostration, and an increase of intein
prance, profanity, ' and Babbatii-breaking
iv the world around, consequent ipon the
exigencies of military movements, and the'
precipitation of such' masses of men into
the trying scenes of the soldier's life. , One
Presbyterrapeaks of nothing else but lack
,f conversions , lack of advande in the di
inc life, broken redueed or, divided
, hurches and" , disPhieed ministers.
On the other hantl, not a few express,
'th equal emphasis,; he conviction that
(.1 e who maketh the wrath of man to praise
m, and:-constrains from-evil itself a .reve
. tte of good, has kindled . many a brigastar
the dark :sky, and painted many a' bright
intim on the bosom of the cloud. In our
armies,. five' hundred thousan.d mien, mus
, ered , tinder the Church's eye ) have pre
ented touching, and not unhethied claims
Or special' oddity of Christian Sympathy,
prayer, and labor. And on ma lt y a r .march
he songs of Zion have, been sung, , and in
any a camp, even revivals of religion
have been enjoyed. Mid from those carnit'S
and hospitals where the sick and wounded'.'
lay, aPpeals have reached the kind-hearted,
and haveleenßresponded to in such a break
ing up of theofountains of true anitalmost
boundless charities, as the world has rarely,
if ever witnessed. And besides all that his
beim. done for our own soldiers and sailors,
thousands of prisoners of war have been con
strained sby an undiscriminating liberality
to say:`"l was in- prison, and ye came
unto me:" And the recognized
multitude and magnitude, of the interests
at stake in the present , . national conflict,;
overshadowing the public Mind with an un
wonted solemnity, driving `the devout, in
the midst of contending hoks and fears, to
the Throne of Grace, and constraining even
secular men, in military and civil office, re
eatedly to entreat of' the =Church her in
terceding interposition at the niercy-seat,
have, powerfully tended to deepen,the gen
eral impression that Christian prayer is a
power on the -earth, and the. Christian's
God the, actual Sovereign Disposer of
events.'
During the leak we have reason,,fo,be-
Hove that, with few exceptions, ourocihole
ministry, of more , than twenty-frevenpitun
dred.,men, have been employed in lyres-Ch
ing, atatedly or oecasiOnolly, the unsearilliar
ble riches of Christ. For another yeiir,
from so many earnestr,hearts, and faithful,
prayerful llps, •have the *momentous truths
of man's mortality and . immortality, his
guilt, accountability, and, helplessness, awl
the precious truths of a proffered salvation
through a vicarious atonement, been itera
ted and reiterated, in the ears of hundred's'
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VOL. X., NO. 40.
of thousands, if not millions ' inthe splen
did temple, in the log hut, in the school
house and Court-House; in the open field,
in tent, 'hospital, and prison. And "as
the rain cometh down, and the snow from
heaven and returneth dot thither, but
watereth the earth; and maketh it bring
forth, and bud, that it may give seed to the
sower, and bread to the eater, so shall this
Word be that goeth forth out of his mouth.'
It shall not return unto him void, but it shall
accomplish that which he may please, and
it shall prosper in the thing whereto he
sends it.'
Besides this steady, seed -sowing, there
has heen a regular , administration of the
Sacramenti in the great majority of our
thirty-six hundred churches.
The little ones,' we believe; have with in
creasing interest and faithfulness, been
brought to the house of God, and ,present
, ed with their birthright claim to the beim,
,fits of that sprinkling with water, which so
,beautiftillytypifies the .application of "the
blood of sprinkling,
which speaketh better
things than that of Abel."
•And as 'the seasons have 'rolled round;
the' Communion tableuhave been spread,.
and around them have been gatherekthe
more than three hundred thousand members
of our Christian family, to commemorate
Satiour'slying love.
And, without daring to affirm that all in
our•churches, has been atit should be; that,
our minikers,have all preached and labored
with that self-forgetting scat that becomes,
their office and their vows, ; that our peo
ple have. been as careful,. prayerful, labori
ous, benevolent, and holy atthey ought;;
yet,,es we 'believe in ,God, wermay be well
assured that the moral. power Of all this
Christian life and activity within the
Olturch,/: has been of incalculable magni
tude,and of incalculable value.
There is another sphere of' Christian ac
tivity.that merits special attention. The
mass of a population is composed of chit:
dren; and-in them each generation has the
power: moulding its 'successor. Audit
wont(' seem, from all indications, that more
and more the " hearts of the fathers : are
turning to the children, and the hearts Of
the - children to the fathers." ' Besides what
is denytiti families, in instructing, and in
prayingiwith and for the lambs of the flock,
new and increasing interest and, success,ate
reported in the sphere of Sabbath School
instruction. Presbytery after_ Presbytery
reports encouraging advancein this depart
ment of labor. `Nearly two'hundred thou
sand children, Lhave, during the year, been
statedlygrouped in. Sabbath Schools,• around
nearly, twenty thousand „Sabbath School
teachers. And while thtr Church iejoiees
in 'all that is 'done among the pupils, she
has no little reason for-"gratitude in s the
possession of an army of laborers like that
band of Sabbath School teachers. And if
the service they render is Self-denying, it is
also remunerative. For there can be little
doubt' that they who spend so much time
on the Sabbath in simplifying Gospel truth,
and seekinga lodgment for it in the mind
of the young, reap in, their own souls larger
spiritual benefit, and lay up larger stores of
scriptural knowledge than those who are
able to spend their Wabbath hours in..more
qiiiet , reading and.; meditation. They who
water others, , themselves are watered.
In , our, largericitietthera is a branch of
Sabbath , Schoolfilanopwhichspresents special
claims for, Christian. sympathy, .contribu
dens, and: cooperation. This is called the
"missiciu.sehool" system.' It is upurely
aggressive movement. Bands of self-deny
ing Christians penetrate , those city recesses
given over to the' wretchedcand abandoned,
and gathering in some schools several hun
dred of these children of:penury and vice
—candidates for a life of 'crime, for the
prison and the gallows—teach them the
truths: of heaven, and the =songs of Zion.
Thus many a firebrand isoctuenched,..many
a toot ofsonie.future Cataline is transferred
to the vineyard ••of virtue, atidananyun un
couth character transmutedlinto jewels for
the diadem of our Lord. _
t were wellAhat our witir'statesmen and
our city magistrates were;`.' aware of the
magnitude '.' and value of 'the- service' thus
rendered to the Commonwealth, and-of-the
iinportant. bearing of the `," iniesio'n school"
System upon the solutionof 'that in'ereas
ingly, difficult` problem—the' adjustment 4 of
a republican form of government to the ex
igencieutif vast-and rapidly-growing citieh.
To our brethren in these' cities we would
say—" Give all diligence to secure the taut
tiplication and efficiency of`mission schools."
Among the facts reportedby our Presby
teries,`none are more gratifying than these
emboying the results of labors among
children. In one ease, some forty souls
were added to the Communion of the
Church in one revival, and nearly all of them
among the children and youth. ln some
instances, children as early atiis. the ninth
and tenth year of their age; are reported
as gifing hopeful evidence of 'conversion.
Two' or three other Presbyteries report ad
ditions to the Church from the, Sabbath
School, of as many as twenty and twenty. ;
five each. A. very large number of Presby
teries report the flourishing condition of
their. Sabbath Schools, and an increasing
attention to this kind of labor within their
hounds.
i bne Presbytery alone, reports,nazon la
bets among the colored race This is a
subjAet worthy of much consideration, and
it i$ feared that, especially in bur large
cities; there are multitudes of these people
almost; as much in need of. Christian effort
as the children of heathenism in, foreign
It is peonliarly. gratifying to record the
manifest advance made during the year, in
the grace •of giving. Liberality is not only
classed among .thelraces, but it. le evidently
a grace which lies , in peculiarly clase
rela
tionship with the conversion of 'the world.
Unless the world is•to:he con i xerted•by mira
cle, a profuse and abounding liberalitymust
accompany and crown all other' Christian
graces.
Now, it is a fact as gratifyinwas to many
it will be surprising, that-during' this year
of pecuniary depression- andAistress, the
contributions to our standing: , objects of
Ohriigian ben volence, from the portions of
the land accessible to appeal, lave actually
reached a higher aggregate than that of
former years. The amount given to' the
Disabled Ministers' Fund has been doubled.
V,ery,many Mristians r* and. churches have
begun to ,contribute to, causes heretofore ne
glected, and there cannot be a shadow of
doubt that in propoition to their income
the: gifts of our
* Christian brethren have
been very much larger than ever before.
And wild' as has been the national ex
citement, and. oppressive the solicitudes,
and all7engrossing,the marionktopica of the
times during the year, God has not left
himself without precious , witnesses of his
,
power to save. Here and there on our
Zion the. Spirit of God has come down.like
rain upon the mown grass. Revivals of
religion, of greater or less power, have been
enjoyed in the Presbyteries of Bbenezeri'
St. Lou* Missouri, Highland, Chippewa,
Kaskaskia, Muncie, IWhitewater, Oxford,
Cincinnati, Marion, New Lisbon, Stenben,
vine, Allegheny .City, Beaver ' Raritan;
Newton.. Nassau, Elizabethtown, New-York,
North River, and- New Brunswick. Rol
specting the lasto.we make the following,
quotation from ,the interesting Narrative
submitted by that , Presbytery:
"In several churches of the Presbytery
there has appeared, during the 'Winter, a
very unlisual .and 'gratifying awakening to
religious duty. The.:•most impdrtant case
of this kind which we have• the privilege of
recording, is that of the College of New
Jersey at Princeton. The entire 'Current
session of the College, thus far, has 'been
marked by a personal attention alio stu
dents to relicion—not only new and 00.2,
eral,-but singularly deep and healthful, and
manifest in its, effects upon, the conduct of
the whole .body of students. -The move
ment hag been eharaeterized by the' PPrz
sonaliabors of, many of the students them
• •
selves in behalf of-their fellows, and . has
thus far resulted in bringing some forty to
the profession of ,their hope in Christ.
The same revival of, the spirit of prayer
has visited, all the three Presbyterian
churches of Princeton, touching a.l classes
of people in, the town, and has yielded
some sixty affditions to the full Communion
of the Church. The church of „Hamilton
Square has enjoyed' a similar unanimity of
special attentions to
,religion, and has reap
ed 'immanent fruit from it, in a large acces
sion, to the communion."
From the distant shores of the Pacific,
where so lately rolled, the Oregon and Sac
ramento, hearing "no sound, save r their
own lashings ," OW our brethren send ,:us
words'of encouragement. All the, various
machinery of the Church is coming rapidly
into active and efficient service; ,and we
are assured, by the Presbytery of Califor
nia, that the Church is constantly gaining
power there , though its advance is, disputed
at every step, not only by a bold, defiant
infidelity, but by actual organized
hea
thenism.
Our beloved brethren of the Presbytery
of. Ningpo, in China, assure us that the
past ~year has been, with them, one of
"general prosperity!' They speak of the
"increased efficiency of, native,assistants "
—of the "progress of , the Christians in
knowledge and spirituality "—of ".the, ad
dition of ten new converts, to die visible
Ch,urch"--of the organization of a new
church, comprising thirty:two adult Chris
tians—and of six native ,candidates for the
ministry under their care, Amidst revolu r
tionary overturnings there, they have fhund
distinguished favor and protection, and
their hearti.are full of encouragement and
hope.
In the ,Presbytery of Siam, the.,good
work. is going forward. Our brethren
there are bearing the burden and heat of
the day. "Regular services," they write,
"have been maintained .at each,of the sta
tions. The attendance, has. been, good, and
in many instances marked attention has
been ; given to the truth." Some:few.oon :
vents have been added, and the brethren
there are crying to the Lord of the har
veit to send forth more laborers into, the
harverit.
Across the wide Atlantic also,.ourbretli=
ren at Corisco assure ;us that thereis abun
dant cause for gratitude for the success
vouchsafed in their labors. Nineteen per
sons have, during the year„,been gathered
into the Church from among theheathen
—six of these iipon themain land; in con
nexion, with the "labors of our- Scripture
readers. The, missionary work," they say,
"is quite outstripping, the ability of "the
present number of laborers." The heathen
themselves are loudly calling for the
Gospel.
Thus, _beloved brethren, our , Church .is
spreading-its arms, around the world. It
is a golden candlestick, whose light even
'now; readhes the deepest,' recesses of the
heathen :World while in our own lands
millions of souls, and all the great,:inter
eats of humanity, see the light, and reel
the warmth, of its rays. -
- .In closing this Narrative we would
attention to one vast anclidesolating,vice-r
-more destructive of human lif,e than varor
pestilence, • filling homes with sorrow, slips,
houses with paupers; and prisons with
criminals—we mean the vice of drunken
ness. , With scarcely a solitary exception,
the Narratives ofthe Presbyteries announce
and deplore an increase, vf this sin- 7 -tiot
within, but around our , churches • -not
among our members, butainong, those who
elite might become members with' MS' of the
Church of Christ. It ,seems theef
forts of , thevirtuous, in:past years, to stay
the onward sweep of intemperancehad re r
Suited only-as,a temporary darn across_the
stream, to heave hack and pile up the accu
mulating waters for a surge' upon us, that
now bids defiance to allfhindranees,
inflict
ing.present, and threatet&g,lnture,illa-cf
Unparalleled ,magtude. We are parsuad
.,
ed that exaggeration upon this subject, is
alinost impossible. Nene who mingle with
theirlellow-men, andcertainlyno minister
of..the Gospel, ileedlbe.:told whatnerowda of
pen.are thus imbr l uted-v-rwhat numbore,of
women, but a few yeax.!3 atm so hapriy,allll
hopeful, are doomed to the slew, - awful
martyrdom of the drunkard's wife- , -''-what
hordes of children are beggared, in their
lives, and ruined in their morals. And
who shall tell the story of our young men?
As-Augustus' to Tarns, the bereaved Re
public cries, " Oh, give back my le-,
glens!" and like Rachel; the Church weeps'
for her sons, and irefuees , totbe comfotted
because they , are , not. Every interest of
patriotisim, humanity, and:religion, pleads
for every effort that eari be hopefullyput
forth for the hindrance, and, if Wmay be,
for:/the extinction :of this *AdVancing .and
threatening evil.
Finally, belovedrejoicing in past tattaiii
meats and past conquestsAet us reach forth
after the hill fruit of the Spirit , inour own
experienee—wLove joY, peace,- long-suffer
ing,' gentleness, - goo ' dness; -faith, meekness,
temperance." And ,whatsoever our, hands
find to de, let us- doi it Vith-our. might.
• OHARLEB 0: 9 Eta..1717; 'Moderator.
litOT GLOOM.; BUT JoYous.—Letit not
be imagined that the life, ea ,good
must necessarily be.a life of melan
choly and gloominess ; for. he only resigns
some pleasures to enjoy, others infinitely
%greater.
PITTSEURGH, .SATUR;DAL JUNE -, , 21,. ',1862
'The. Slave Trade and International Treaty—Satis
faction,in Parlianient-----Dtstress in Lancashire
Patience and Generosity- 7 The News 7 -lerit..2 l nts7 ,
—War. and its Horrors—The Nonconformist—
The United States, the War, and : the
of Liberty—The Churph- - Evangelicals—Angr_V
and Rash. Words—Lord Shaflsbnry and Canon
Stowel—The Church's Portrait by a Irietiel— l
—Robert. Hall and, an, ffitablisheur ,Uhurch—ls
there no _Oppression of Dissenters 7-,-The Can-,
gregational Union—Tile Opening Addresi
Martin—Salutations—The Union ~of 0070Cientd
and. Oharity—Netebury,Battle
land's Death; There Theri—Dr. Twist the Westsinsier
Prokicutor, and the • Vicar of Neusbtiry—Yailisre'
of a-Puritan a Successioh"Peestscript..
ZON:DON, May 24, 1862.
,
. LOUD APPLAUSE'fOIIOirpa the announce
ment made by'Mr. Layard, the Under Sec
retary for the Foreign Department,,thiee-,
treaty had been signed' by -President Liii:P
coin; and LordiLyone, for the suppression'
of the African Slave trade. Those Who
Wont see any good and' noble things',con-'
neeted with the Federalist efforts to restore:
the Unioni may continue to look 'ate 'it
throng% the spectaelea of Toryism anti 1110 ;
judiee; but in the efßdition of slavery in
the' District of 'Columbia, lin' the. initiatory
movements' made' toward the deliverance
from slavery .of the negro population . of
the Border States; and `'finally in ' this 'con
cession by the:United States Legislature,
of the mutual-right of ' `search so that' the'•
glorious banner of the stars And stripes
can 'no longer cover and prciteet the private'
robber; very many, like 'myself, cannot
but see ,alike the overruling hand of, the'
Great Governor of Nations, and a national
recognition by America; of sacred oblige,
tiona, the falfillment of 'which wilt assur
edly bring down the blessing of Heaven-
The contrast'of • Mr.•Lincoln's' feelings - and.
actions, and those of Mr. Buchanan; is
striking and-gratifying. The Times las S'
long and able article , on the subject." It'
says of the Treaty : "It is a victory of hit
manitY, inasmuch as the last remnant if
theslave trade is likely to be brought to
an end by it. * * If Mr. Seward' hid
desired to avert the danger of British
on' the part of the Smith, he
could not hate- hit upon a better expedi-.,
ent, than to give the Liberal 'Statesmen of
this country; who-have 'strong `'a ti-slavery
feelings, a treaty,-the the workin g of which
c
will require noponly peace, 'but cordiality
between the` - Governments: - -- Wi h the re
spective ships of 'war, bearding' he respee- '
Live -merchantmen of the, two , &dons and
with, three fixed courts of justi e sitting, , at
Sierra Leone, the Cape, and iNeW-York,
each power must, use muchforearanCe and
t.,
urbanity toWard'the other. et, us hope
that the, concessione whieh. t 6. , American
Secretary has , glop
~to us ) Fill not he view
ed with distrust by his countrymen: The
honor of the American : . flag is as safe in
the hands of - mil. navel Officers an in these
of Anlerieanatheinselves, and we' feel'sure •
that Mr.:Lincoln.'3 Governnientlwill .never
have cause , to regret the .course, i into which
humanity or policy has now directed it.".
,DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE 'is :;very seri--
ous, and in other districts also. In eleven
POor Law Unions there is a large increase
of pauperism. Worse than this, respecta
ble citizens -have been obliged to ~ seliwtheir
furniture afid4, little - libraries. ~ B ut tbe
spirit in which, the trouble is born is Phatof
marvellous patience. No reproaches
„are
heard, and while the civil war in *erica
is the occasion-of all thia, no bitter -feeling
is expressed toward the United States, nor -
indeed against, any party. The 'adiniration -
and pity Of the country are aroused; )relief
is lowing in; the " labor test," reqring
meirto " break-stones," '&6., is suspe filed`;
fd.
Pbor Law Guardians are' virtually t iby
i
the Government that they may rel x the
letter of the law without fear, and stale of '
the noblest emotions, and acts ofunman
sympathy are now flowing forth. ,
A RUMOR (or a fact,) in the 'form of a
, , ,
telegram to , an eminent firm in L ;Ann, ,
professedly by a ,steamer, to Breing from
New-York, with.these words," Cord' ,derate
army in Virginia defeated a.nd,surro rided,"
.was yesterday received. The Tim s, in its
mbney article, says :." We give i as we
receive it, not vouching ! absolute] for its.
authenticity, but` with entire coal, epee:in
the good. faith of the eminent firm i k *hem i
it was. received. No such in Illigenee
reached us from our OwncorreSpi Adepts,
but it may haie been received by t:legraph
ih New-York, so •closelyupon the - d parture '
Of the steamer that there was no iine left
fOr the intelligence to be made i pii tile."
' If this rumor proves a,great i reality, the,
effect of it here , will herb:ameba.. The de
tails of' the battle, as recorded{ by a Cleri-:
cal and humane visitor to Shiloh battle
field; are truly heart-rendingand l in; te-:
t
day's papers we have a full d criPtion of
the fearful carnage at 'Willie sbUrg, and
the miseries of' the Wounded qa 1 VOth sides.
Ohthat Goil'mayseti l ipeace speedily, and,
that after it 'Hiay co 6 - reconciliation, for
giveness., liberty; anti prosperity! - Ailion
or.to the wise. and brate - McClellan; Whci„:
as the:Fabius bunetator 'cif AmeriCaii'Geni
orals, has- at once spied- life and Secured
victory. , . .
The IYoneonfort4t- . editor, -Mr Miall,.
who is a warm. friend - of the North, refer a •
ring to the ruiners o a cessation of -hostili
ties and of-mediation -and., coinprothiSe,
writes-thim : ~ ' , - .
" It may.b.e.accepred.new.as_a_certainty, -
that however disappo inted the; Free States
t
may be in reference t o .the Object on which .
they: their ,Il earta,the recentitind-7.
tion of: the Union eit itslormerbasis r ---the
moraldssue of this 'deplorable . contest liarill
be with, the. Government'. that has , its seat
at :Washington. -Humanity, wethinkiitill
have Abundant -cause to ~-rejoice Tin ,this.
Little ass,vre can claim ,{for.thee North}'on.
account either of :its ultimate object .or,,pu
rity, and anneh as .knglishmen have : been,
exposed to its irritability and, rudeness,"'
`(two sides, you will think liere 7 --vaistato
nomine de te fainda l narratur,) - " We must
-I
not forget that some of the largest inter
ests affecting• the progress of Man,. are
.in
dissoluhly .bound. up with its- fortnues.
The great Republic could not lowa-suc
cumbed to-a- political combination- of over
bearing politicians and`greedy elaveholders,
without putting, iriperil Much 'more than
its. own ~.,future.. Europe would. have. ifelt,
the shock, oft itelfinaL discomfiture, , ,,ie i the,
distrust that would have been amnia .on
all L• of Government, and
for an indefiniteillit ,probably ainAngthened
period, the.. progress of.,every—pelitical re
form , , would lave been stayed.
" Espeeially would:Aliia r havo been the
case, had the turn ,of „eventa,fpred, upon
the North , any essential „.modifkiation .of
their popnlar form of GovernMent, any
substitution for it , of military, centralized,
and -despotic rule. , The,great.;€lNVAPpnt ,
EUROfEI3 CURAWONDENCL
being tried in the once United States, may
not, it is admitted; baile resulted in all re
spects, as the friends of freedom could
have -desired.; but. it behoves us to bear
weds. = in mindthatmany of the evils which
we,are apt to set ,dovrn to political causes,
ire social both in their origin and action ;
nor that' crowds of ;indifferent Liberals on
this *side the wate-r would hail the final
faikre of. self-government in the. States as
an .o c casion _ woo4_jestify
_them in
smiting with the Conservatives to.resist all
dm* foithe better, for several years to
4 ' Let abut the Republic passfthrough,the
fiery ordeal of war • and taxation, without
serioes detriment to the liberties, or per
marmit destrdetion of 'the interests of its
eh ifdren}find it will be passible, notate say
, Ortefi t -for those who.desire,and'aim at polit
ical progress ~to, maintain all, the ground
they
,have hitherto won, and, after a while
to early and establish fresh adVances. But,
skou]il't Constitution 'of America , -break
dowri , truder the pressure brought to bear
apow: ; it.,ary those ,wbor, prefer ,rebellion-to
eu.nitOsion, and. wrath, to morality, the
lel,4ef thelvorld will be put back for half
, let?..ntary:: There is not a country in Eu
rope' that Would net 'have to lenient the
failure. Thered&not:a•despot in esse or in
posse, ,in. _feet or intention, that would
na l f,eel . his _prospects, brightened. ~.One
iguiy*seelit - already.in the intense eagerness
Sitirwity the leaders Of'Oonservatife opiv
iou-te-disparage the North, and to cry up
the lights and resources.cf , the.. South. It.
is, .i;olo*ctively fele ,by our ,olig.arcbs. and
their t f3oordinate representatives,
,that any
real huisiliatiou of the Free by the Slave
States of America; would lai , :qery promote
tioiihioqtl reaction at home. For this, among
other ;.reasons, we, hail the .Northern .suc
ceases with cordial satisfaction, firmly con
virmed,as we are, that they ,involve to a
large.extent the future of Lib'eral opinions
andt government in: Euiepe."
The.: foregoing ,is .a fine :specimen of
mode of .thonght and.:reahaning,, as
well as .of his keep discernment ,and : .his
thorough 'sympathy with the progress' of
liberty. He is a'Clifiatian Philosopher, a
profound, thinker,. and therefore a politician
worthy,of the times and of the,eatee..
THE; EVANGELICAL -PARTY have been
giving ;vent .to, their feelipgs,in conto2cion
with the utterances of , Nonconformity tr.ti
‘ i
the. Bicentenary 'Commemoralion, of 1662.
.Lord Shaftsbury spoke Somewhat 'angrily
au & 'ruiadVisedly with his lips. at the, , aiil
wag meeting lot: the Church, Pastoral " Aid
Soeiety, and said,that.'f! if the elerg.Y4ere
oharge4,witli dis hen esty r in adhering:
Prayer Bodk, equally'i was it so, with bin].
self as a laymaii. ' it was'atlaitY as'well ai
aclergy.question." ' Now-this. is not `oor
rect. The , laity do not.signify rand s swear
their. adhereoco ' their ".assent .and ton
sent," to thc B Aook of Cotntrion - Prayer.
'The clergy - do, this. And as. a rale the
laity* this; and are 'much iti"advatice of
the elergyj , • ,1 °. . ' ' ,• .
At , the; same I.. Meeting Canon= Stowell
talted in' grandiloquent , strains, of the
Church of England being the bulwark of'
the Beforthaticin; arid Mr.:•Ryle insisted
that , thoSe r.whd Subscribed . the articles
0 ,7 4.41, 7 1 aildnwere lEvaagejicals,.were.,the
trueChurchrnen, _and were neither to I),e
i
drivei2 out or Coax d out of' the Church by
Tractaiians' 'on
. th one' hand,
n/2i 13or by Non
cantotS - ore. ho other. ~ B ut. Mark I, at
tke.verse sante 'meet: ng was given, a descrip ;
Lion .of .the .Churc of England by Dean
dose, ; t9llovfs :-; ,
It it thing patent,and not to be del
flied,' that it' the present motiient we haie
amoog the , elerg3rd - the Churoh of Eng
land the •representatives of, alinoit every
epistle", underleayen.,This at least is my
opinion_ The, varieties
,are so great and
notorious, as to ridge p from,the very verge
of the preeipice*-i)f- infidelity on the One
hand," (Essayrsm `
,' to Ivit,):" to - tie .very
verge of Romish superstition on tile.other,
and of course_ine t todes alLthe_colors, and
cornple*ione„and ,shades of opinion,between
4. I r ,
one'estreme and the' other.
And -while all'this is true,' What 'are 'the
grankharriers tosedress andimprOvement,?
ivf,.aet: 43 ,,f faith, .ParlY4rePeesW
sioes, o} the t Tear. et losing positions of in : •
iluenee, and let me add of - usefulness also,
on the 'fart of good men, and the terrible
evil of 'State bondage' and a• Chuirch-Estlib
'bailment. The.-..wri ter ;is more of, a Free
Chure,kman than a qlroluntary,' ; ' while yet
never expecting to see-his ideal realized, of
" a 'Free Church in a - Free State," with
eardiriate jnifsdietion. But note 'looking
at! the; aspect -of things in. England,. he feels
very, deeply the :truth and weight of, the
words of the illustrious 11:obert :
Turn a Christian ,r 4 ociety into an Estab
lished-Church, and it is no longer a'Vellin
tary.asiem bly: forlthe;worship' and 'I it iii
a • powerfud 'corporatiOn; full et' snail -see
meets and 'Plebeians as usually distinguish
iltese hodies—a - dread 'of' innovation; an it
taehmeiii to abuses, 'a PrciPerisitYte tyranny
and;oppression. .* this alliamee
of Chrietianity ivith civil poweruftis owing
that Foclesiaatical History presents a chaos
Oteriutes, and that the fl'rogresi of religiOUS
whieh;liift; to itself, bail beetoiliS
kid silent, May, be traced in It"is
trlie; as Lord , ShaftiluirY said:' at i'''Feter
'ffall,Ahat " the' Oharele of 'Eriglaii no
longer the power' to oppress snt tis
was wrung from the ',State' by I Puritan
angering! arid ' straggles. It '! scarcely
eerreet. when - he `added' her if she
had. the 'Povier,'ffie,' hag no' lOnger,lbe
Sidon' "to' oppresti;"'-fOr 'mabY; parishes
inean'opPinSiiion in the forte - of:eielusiVe
refusing'dealing, 1ea.41 houses
to Dis
seaters, &a., are practiced. It xs only lately
that the Earl Of Malinebriii has ceased to
taboo and oPP.esii 'Diaienters - on his Own
- estate' Dorsetillira ? ' and - nearly all the
High- °birch 'and Tractarian Clergy -
would
" keep down the Dissenters."' Stoke of the
Mvangelioals, fear, indicate a kindred
epirit v 4nd , iby, their 'narrowness and, pride
keep, np,secial dislocation. In many, a par-
Ish, good. people would •be loving and kind,
but the' clergy IvenV let - them. One mini
likel,:this; gets up • and.keepa isloyaing,, as" it
.were, constant, irritating ':Elast nsindl, or
JO 9 1 4 Y he, n9nWared ta , what suppose eat
feels livihen'she,,finsls .her, back, stroked,,not
but against the hair. Is it any wonder
that angry electiie' sparks ''fly 'out 'ocei fsienally ? ' • -
CONitavGATIONAL Of
Lindland: 'Wales :was mat* inetuorableAye:a
WPM4a*# 4f.,e.,?• 4 0 , 1 4,
___its t cdrman, ,che
ilny y . i intn4lM , inp, of .W estminster. He
gin of giniti - ntalleCtual and'a
'tiettilti*—Paiitat and somewhat iseeth
in its aspectj- , ald' whit he says in or Out
of the pulpit is weighty and fall,of solemni-
AY -And unction.. c9FfuniPapo 01 0 644-,
, .I;llnling,a recent debate ton - Irish :Educa
tion, and Mi'Qtlo.etes; Colleges in .Ixeleod,
:when an:attempt,!wasnnade,in,m'ain. by the
111 tramontanistalte ß seenre a,,Abagter.for II
Romish jrnisrgyelAy,Pr.,,Panli Callen.,. (on
bis,:‘;:ay to' RomeoArPtlbish.oP'; ef t
ands an other . shop, ' sit Jindert.tbe.-gillery ;
and between . them and the Irish members,
tieciiient anieninnicatidiii'pani3ed:
Visreeli!is: trying: tlad •:"dodge"•of pre
tending twbe an economist, iti,order to con=
jtadical members, and!,te,got,himaelf
,and party into power. Pahneysten resists
by argument an d, ridicule combined, aricl. is
'too many for his adversary.
- A , Reform Conference has lideb• ]iel"d yin
,London. •
=I
WHOLE NO. 508.
dress by hailing the .audience thus
" Fathers and brethren—pastors of the
churches of this Union--fithers and breth
ren—delegates deputed by these churches
—fathers and brethren—personal members
of this
.Union, both, ministers and laymen."
Then - be saluted the church in
* hose
sanctuary they were assembled, (Rey. T.
Binners chapel.) Here "we 'salute the
inost'ao'eient church of the United Brethi
rid; With - their pastors and• bishops; we
Salute all` who love our Lord Jesui Chriet
in the United Choral of England and Ire
land; and all in that Church "who teach and
preach 'the Gospel of the Grace of God;
salute all those , Churelies of the'Presby
terian form and order, Which hdve not de
nied our •faith; we salute the Society of
Friends,' and thank them for their constant
testimbny, to 'the 'sole mithority of 'Jesus
Christ in the Church, and to the presence;
in every Chriitian; of the _Holy Spirit; we
salute'the churches of the Baptist Union,
bidding them God-speed ; all the Melo&
ist Churchesgrand old. root and trunk—
and the several modern branches; We Salute
every Church- of Christ in . Our own land;
we salute the Holy patholie:Church in all
the, world. Peace be "tb the brethren,
•• Mr. Martin "then went into-the marrow
of his Subject, and dealt specially with the
rpiestion of "'Conformity or Nonconform
ity," in a spirit most honorable to himielt—
the body ;Whotie'expenent he really was.
Such 'were 'the ftillnesti and admirable
clearness' and power of thii address, and so
thoroughly;didit unite its stern, unbend
ing principle With` charity to -those Whit
" subscribe and " Conform," that it is to
be circulated wide an-a. Tar among the Ei
tablished Clergy, and
,cannot' but have ali
excellent effect. Violent and ultra-Church
men'andinitiated EVangelicals, have tried
to' fasten' on a, whole' body the rash words
and uncharitable imputations of a few.
Some also—such as- the author of a am
§o P
pldet, "How'did- they.get there.?"—furbish
up all those rusty weapons which once were
used by the Unscrupulous'Ohurchwriter of
Charles 11.'s days, in his " Sufferings of
the- Clergy"; endeavoring to prove that
the kljeetiOrt VMS a' righteous Nemesis on
the Puritan clergy, who, during the 'Long
Parliament, had bleu parties to the abidi
tiOn of Episcopacy, the refusal of "liberty
of prophesying,"-and 'so on. No dOubithe
Puritans; and all parties—save Cromviell
and some Of his' followers—had Mit the true
idea of religiOus liberty, 'any' wore' than
had the' fathers and founders of Nmi-Eng
land, who; Seeking '" beneath the &rest
pines;' freedom to worship 'God r when once
they got the power, "virtually and
cally,ignored the Westminster Asseniftlrs
dz - CtuinV that " God alone is Lord of the
consCience." But thig is not the- question
now at, stake: Conscientiounwsls nobly a s
serted by the men 0f1664, at i uffriskS, and
all sacrifices. This it is that Wallows and
ennobles ;their *memories, and 'Makes the
utterance ‘ef their natnes.as poterit to rouse
to 'mor.al r heroism and to the .holding fast
and holding e forth of truth, " misliks it who
as is to the army marching into the
fight the trunipet-breath, the patriot-music,
and the old flag-z--;whetheithe " Star 41111..
get' Banner" or lhe Red , Cross. of Eng
buid
*. • FEWI3I.IItY 13Armsofixix," where 'wan
fought a fierce battle betiveen the.,Earl Of
tr i se . x, and : the Karliamentarians anal { King
diacles 1., and,the .Royalists, has lately
bieeri'visited by rim. • It. Wati bbiody and
yet 'than:founds co . vet4.
the:detukstiltribeligh..itnid Notaireta
Spring verdure lindhbenty, :telling 9r the
havoc, wroight:
. ; , HeTn it , was that 1,4
Train-bands of Lou don—the eitiiiins tamed
intO`stildie*L-so WOW) , diatilignishildtbem
selves_, and; three tidels'in•autiensiiii*-stotid
:the-entorgefs df Piinee'Ttop4rt 'arid
al ierA,i ated . lyet 'atilPiretcifthed and - held fast
thair'• ' position: faii lan d
periabedo ROyalint Indeed, •but• yet' all
mentlove•iaidlionilit bbrinepory,. alinotit'aa
much as that of - HattiOdnii: 'Falkbied slat
men ted the sad col lisibini) of War,' ind.was
finuthea.rt-broken'by :the •rn iseri es b'f' his
genii try, that he seem ad' to•sigh qor -Ideitth.
Add At' the' bands:no:o'3)6We- TWisiti4 , Who
Walt Oteare
a'wa're; *as' Pioloontor of ibilVestminsti
juat- theinittile; "and anntiallating
death otiltl44ol-:-heipititOok Of the I:ord's
sa i sti er . . - p _ .-1 •
Tho , fineibldilqiurok'Velsl:44bury is just
the Oamanni-iiti4iis when' 'Twigs' was i ts
PresbyterianArbitit; Whatqi`ohitnge now—
as•,! tilasT zintobatlesi-/ iither parishes:,
Where, i5:14644f s Pniitin btinnelsion Wing
proactihadi.triitilkiii6~,Vbriat *dial
'
•
1.: •tf
71. wrinci
ji f e me l on . ovelvFai conotr,:. ay tap
burn of 4.yies and the llamado' Of the
. .
e rdh Rerdman, Asti; a merchant, o r 80,
t,,fias h been shot by a profligate cousin.
:.4knirist.L by : hired. Ribbon,
ipNisi9l; : have .oSeiFieajn the. South, of rrt
lana. The 'Papist Pessaztry sympathise
with the
,ipu . rshmre. „ .
..The,Japanese Ambassadors, are still - here,
and take special interest . ko .the,speepaele of
the oastin4 of Aiiiitriiing gaps; at Wool-
The International Exhibition isl , becom;
jog ,more ; .popular every:day, and -by ,Deßr
,arrangements, alterations,,:gloaring l? ;cpsn T
ings of fresh CoVrts, piitti444fiX . tattr
in . the 11104;'aicrby ttiVi!asti;osVrielin"
anddvarioitS , of' its 'dontents • Will - moms 448
`rnorb . .oommand. 'gaudy , and admiration. • *,
rsThe7iPrineemiAlico is to4be , littgrie# 7 —As
priv4ely as possible, on acoonpt of the
Queen's bereaTement—on the 9th of Jnite,
rat - Oltho'rifelHonses, - '
sale botok General Assem bliss :are oW
At. 'Amite , 1 11 .4.:
Plodexator Of..tbe Fetabliahed , Chnreh ; 0 45-
semblyi o:nil:life has
the
the`ChliirO i f the Free 7 dhiiiida
AsiinablY.-'' %S. Cmidlibh and' Buohmisib
were othb Free-i Church Deputies se 'the
mating of, itbenEnglish,,Synodowhich
=I
A`ussui'of wealth, living a stranger to re
,ligiott and its- Ordinances, was walking , and
this'soliliquy : " What's happy man
, have an ample fortune, an affeo
tiopate and everything to make me
loutfOritiblei . ind • whitt.i j s more, I am in
febeell'io. no one for it; I have made it
wiyielf) . .l.suritglependent of every one ; it
tis:Allanyrowm: I Many : persons are under
obligtione auctalbere, but. I ant not.
It is all my own." At that instant, a sud
den shower dreye him, to the nearest efitireh.
fHliiiktett Wand. kilt: at that; mokent, the
unitsisiew wow amid ;read' his text :.4gNe-are
911* YiickWirif.ye:are bought 304h i a.price."
Vichas,!,, h ckaid, NI to Malec& 4 g.tbis is „a
doctrine. But jtdoes not apply to
ran' iny . OWn, and ; 011 have is my,
Asittiti/ TheLeouree 'of-the' berroon' exposeki
Jhrovohligations to 'GodowidAt.sued in , totialty
revolutionising his views and feelings. g
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PROPRIEtORB AND PIIBLIIIHAAS
last week in London. Dr..C., while he
sees difficulties in the way, is in favor of
the amalgamation of the English and U. P.
Presbyterians in. South Britain into one
Synod: •
For the Presbyterian Banner
Presbytery of Carlisle
The Presbytery . of Carlisle held its
Summer session at .obambersburg, Pa., on
the 3d inst.
The Rev. W. P. Cochran, having presented
a certificate, frOM theresbytery of pal
myra, Mo., was received as a member of
this'Presbytery, and enters upon his duties
as Stated Supply for the churches of Mil=
lerstown and Buffalo. ,J
The pastoral relation was.dissolxed be
tween the Rev. John. H. Clark And the
churches of Landisburg, Centre and Upper.
Mr: Thoreas` K. Orr, a student of the
Western Tl;eologieal Seminary; havirik
passed the usual examinations, was licensed
to preach--the-Gospel.
Presbytery.. adjourned to meet in Bed
ford, on the first Tuesday of October next,
at o'clock. - W. T. B.
For the Breebyterian Banner
No> Curse 'Upon Has:
MR. EDrrou:---Please' allow me a few
lines, on the subject of an article in your
issue of the 20th lilt, entitled, " The Curse
Pronounced upon Ham." With a very
high regard fOr the writer, your correspon
dent believes that'his eourge of argument
might confirm the foes of our Africans in
their erroneous belief that God did, through
Noah, pronounce tt-cume-upom-Ham and
his posterity. Why not Meet their pre
tence of .Scripture with • a direct denial?
Why should we•erect. fortifications to pro
tect us from sueb a Quaker-gun ? There
is no, such.passage in our Holy Book, as
"" Cursed be Ham, the lather of Canaan."
Any educated man reporting that there is,
brings himself under anathemas far more
terrible than that pronounced against Ca
naan.—Rev. xxii,
_ The glory of the golden empire founded
by then posterity of Ham, through Cush,
;the father of the. Ethiopians; the fame of
the Egyptians and of renowned Africans
who supported and adorned Christianity in
the early , ages of our Church ; may have
'tempted ,some wretched JeWf to interpolate
his manuscript with a. few words.against the
race to which his forefathers were so long
enslaved. And the vile principles which
raised our rebellion„ may, have induced
'some Jesuits to pretend to believe in that
one, intlfee than the other Jewish,
Samaritan, and Christian copies of the • sa
cred Scriptures. But such conduct has no
countenancefrom the, laws of Biblical crit
icism. , Like the denial of, the unity of
mankitid, and of the binding nbligation of
the Golderrßule, the notion of God cursing
all the sable raeesis , the fruit' of prejudice
,blinding our,minds, that we, cannot see the
claims of humanity, ,
Ancept my thanks for your own excellent
observation's' on -" Slavery and the Slave
trade," in' 'the same paper;'especially that
respecting-ministers having been ."too shy
,the subject. How few have duly vin
dicated the,utterances of. God.and of our
Church' respecting, the hrotherhond of xriri
*kind, arid of the evilS Of - chattel slavery.
Henceforth, if anfinan affirm that Noah
cursed Hem — and Ida posterity, let us ask
him to show it in' Our blessed Bible. When
he fails to do so let'us flash in his face the
lightnings .:of, flivine wrath shining from
all our. New Testaments, against: any man
that adds to the words of Seripture.--Rev.
xxii 18. "Tor I testify unto every man
that heareth 'the words of 'the - prophecy of
this book, Ifsony. man shall add unto these
things,,God4sholl add unto him the plagues
that arp vritten fa this book."
Should any,pastor know that some of his
people `err on this point, and not warn them,
'they nay perish in their iniqiiity . ; but
:Shall not God require A•of that watchman ?
Ezek:, xxxiii :'6:, STIMENT.
Ashmun College for Colorecl.Men, May
20 1862.
, Twenty' Tears' Sufferer.
' In 'a iittiet, humble dielling, in the an
cient town of P--, lies •,a remarkable in
valid, illustrating, with singular excellence,
!` ‘ tim3,faith and patience. of tio, saints."
When eleven ypars old,. she gave 'herself to
,Christ. feir'Years later' ' she was weak
ened . by disease;an'd soon' laid aside from
active life. During twenty years, she has
notift the house, Ind for fourteen of that
nuMb'er has not ben able to sit up. Four
)(eke she was blind, and a part of that
iieridd . dumb also. Every possible fbrm of
suffering, it would seem, distorting her
frailhody, has• been hers; and yet, with a
strange-tetiacitY of life, she has survived to
see the'father•die, and hear of the death of
foti' brothers in distant - lands,. who left her
bloom bloo of .perfect Health -the support
•Orherielf and the mOth'er nearly fourscore
'yeartoliage. '
• - The details of this story of 'Divine die
would surpass belief: Still is she
the happiest person in our acquaintance;
the' smiler wreathing her thin lips, and' a
celestial light filling the depths of her dark,
expressjve-eyes- 1 -01 vr,ould not have a;sin
gle, event . my.Aispory otherwise ..lf
cl Akf, ; it is all but for a moment, and then
iha - ineary are at rest."' We talkeaditid
- piayed, and parted, both feeling 'tliitt'the
little'room was " the gate off heaven."
.What a demon. of patience land joy: in
tribulation, putting,to 13,1ypne,00 , mournful
complaining soul of thl r rofessed disciple
of Jesus' because' ;lasses over his
path ! And what eau ' 'the 'skeptic say. of
such a victory of %that. woman's heart,
smiling.on the.mork of painful disease, and
calraly,,g/aO/„Taiing, amid the, wr,eolf : 9f
all earthly' hoyes,.''' till her change come ?"
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