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It is the hungry man that longs for food; . the thirsty who is anxious for water; the sick person who longs for health; the wounded man who groans to have his wounds bound up. 2. An eye to -the Saviour. ( 4 looking unto Jesus, is the next thing tdo.l6'e noticed in prayer. A consciousness of our guilt, danger, and helplessness, may lead us into despair. God's justice may appear so ter rible to an awakened conscience, that he - must look to God through the tonement of Christ to prevent despair. We have nothing to satisfy the demands of the holy law of God, but what Christ has done; nothing to silence our guilty conscience but the sprinkling of his blood. God, •the Father, for his sake, opens his hand to give you all you want; pardon for your sins, cleansing for your pollutions, peace for your conscience, strength for your obedience, comfort in your sorrow, grace and holiness fo; life, joy for the present, and hope for the future. 2. The spirit of prayer. This is a spirit of genuine humility and profound se.f-abasement. If you ask the children of God, they will tell you that every day of their life convinces them that a spirit of prayer is eminently a gift from God. " wi 1. pour out upon the. house of .Davidond upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplitation."—Zech. sli : 10. " Likewise the spirit .also help eth our infirmities .* * * with groan jugs that cannot be uttered." You see that those unutterable groanings of .the soul, use desires too bi?. to be , put into words, which sometimes swell the heart of the .be- liever, are all produced by the Spirit of Cod : he is the author of prayer; he teaches to pray; he helps to pray. None can convince of sin but the Spirit of God. Again, hie peculiar office is to "testify of Christ," to " glorify Christ," for said the Sa,. viour, " He shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you."—John xv : 26; xvi: 14, 15. This is the -reason why the Apostle Paul speaks of " .praying always with all•prayer and supplication in the spirit," and Jude, in like manner, of " praying in the " Holy Ghost."—Jude 20. IL The encouragements to, .and .advan tages of, prayer are great indeed. Prayer is the key of the Kingdom of heaven. It unlocks the storehouses of Divine grace. Prayer is the keeper of the human -heart. Prayer, like rest or music, brings an even ness and serenity over the mind of the Christian. It calms._ the soul of the be- liever, till it becomes , radiant, tranquil and happy. • Prayer elevates and purifies us. But when the 'saint of God prays for oth ers, the generous emotion of , unbounded love, makes him resemble his dear .Redeem- er and Advocate with the Father. 411 m good man thus goes abroad in his earnest desire for the salvation of others, like .an angel of mercy in his ministrations here below. What bas not prayer ,done? What .mountain of :difficulty has it not, removed? Has not Jehovah often spared a whole city or apeople at the prayer , of one holy man'? Are not God's :dear children the salt of the earth which preserves it from corruption ? Do not the:prayers of the children of God prevent him:from leaving it to dissolve by its own discord ? The prayers of holymen have delayed God's judgment and hasten eth them. Prayer has turned aside his anger, and inflamed it. It has repelled most powerful tempatiohs. It has procured the ministry of angels. For •'sickness it, has brought •health ; for drought, rain ; -for famine, plenty ; for death, life. Prayer has given nerve to the timid and - weak. It has made torments, appear easy; dangers unheeded, and_it has• engendered a courage which qualified.,God's children to kiss the stake to which they were bound by the cords of the.executioner ! And in the exercise of prayer we need no eloquence but that of the unfortu .nate and needy beggar. ,A sigh may con .;tain a prayer, ‘a :groan, a tear, a cast of the 'nye, may each• , iwrap up a petition. The ~current of the thought is like the limes , sant flowing of gi mighty river. :Oh! how niggardly the .soul, that cannot 'afford few , drops. , But some prayers are like the sluggish nd creeping mists that hang over the 'stag nant marsh. They are not-aufficiently rani fled , by holy fire. They proceed from for mal professors. They are as unpleasant breath in , the nostrils of God. , :.He smells na sweet savor of faith, and love, !and eon rition and hope,in them. They turn back ,upon the unbelieving -suppliant without ever reaching the skies. What can an indifferent , prayer do ?. Can it save a soul from death? Can it even vampish. a sinful passion, or obtain -a . ,piece of bread ? If men must•be in earnest to bespeak effectually benefits from men, 'bow much more from God? If the non -earns of life be worth fervency and impor tunity, how much more •the one thing needful. . . God hates a cold prayer worse than none at all. For it is pouring contempt upo n tf use things on *hi& he himself has put ift..ifr value by the death of his' Son,.than hath p . utupori the 'crowns; and sceptres of imperial kings—upon 'the hidden trees ' urea of golden mountains;:or the pomp and • fame of 'conquest; • • 'Do the statements we- hive made over rate the 'power of prayer No. Elijah carried, for years, the key of the Visible and 'cloudy heaven, but prayer pitices heaven l'far higher and more refulgent: Reader, , see 'yourself encompassed with 'cloud of witnesses to its singular exploits. Jacob, '.who by wrestling in prayer, had. power with God 'and prevalled—the man'Of God at the Red Sea—David, in regard to Abitiophel's teaohing—Nehemiah, • while ministering in hid office at a critical •mo - ment before •an earthly prince—the' 'con science-smitten Publican—the dying thief —all "Abraham's spiritual ,seed." And is not his ear as quick as ever to listen, and his hand as strong to save 7 But, there is a pattern, nobler still, which has all the force of a motive and a law. Think of the Xing of saints—of his midnight wreetlings on the mountains—of the incense of grate r ful adorations that rose from his lips—of .01.50 . 1.23 2.00 VOL. X., NO. 41. his strong crying and,tears in the prospect of his dying anguish ; and of his prayers for his murderers while he hung upon the Cross. Meek and immaculate sufferer! may we drink into thy Spirit, and tread in thy steps I But, reader, do not think that we are about to rest Christian peace and hope to ward God, on any of the instruments or fruits of holy living—or anywhere else than where Divine justice found, rest—the death and righteousness of the Son of God. " Other foundation can no man lay, than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.' Our motto, our only motto, must be—" Looking unto Jesus." To' hear his, voice and obey him, " abide in me." This is •religion , — this is happiness. He is invusted with the• whole dispensation of the Spiit, who alone can touch the springs and move the wheels. of prayer. His blood of, atonement has a voice whose omnipotent Amen, "Father, will," mingling with the voice of your : --pe.- titions cannot but prevail. Thep, believer, obedient believer, " Be notfaithleas but be lieving." And never forget, that, prayer and praise are the lungs, of a Christian. GAMMA. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 16, 1862. For the Presbyterian Banner Half-flour's .Chat.; on. Election. Dropping into elder• Goodman's shop one morning, I found hinrengaged with one of the students, in an interesting conversation; the substance of. which is here given. "You Presbyterians -are the most enig matical people I ever saw," said the young man. " Ever since I attended school -in Silvertown, I have been trying to under.. stand you, but can't." "In what respect, Charles ?" said the elder. " Oh !'those awful doetrines.! you send to perdition poor infants not a span long; you drag the elect to heaven whether they will or not, and the poor reprobate, in spite of his struggles, is refused an interest in Christ! "But, why do you call us enigmatical?" " Because, first, the more I learn about you, the more I am convinced you are the most intelligent denomination in this whole region; why should you believe such un scriptUral doctrines? Secondly, as regards Christian deportment and deep-toned piety, you seem also to excel; but men are sanc tified through truth, not such errors as these. Lastly, why should you be so loth to defend your doctrines if they admit of defence, or discard them if 'they do not ? Mr. Parsons never advanCes one of them." "This` problem is easily solved. We never held =eh, doetrinei. • Our ministers never preached them, and our books never contained them." "Why, then, do others, preachers too, charge you with holding them? I sup posed there was no doubt - about it" "Some have done it through a misunder standing of oar views and others, be cause they wished to build up their own party at our expense. So far are we from holding 'infant damnation,' that here is a tract—(No.. 132,) published by the Board of Publication, of our Church, against it. As to the other doctrines you mentioned, do we not give the most cordial invitation to everytinner to come .to Christ, with the assurance that he will'be received ? The Saviour puts our views on the whole sub 'eat of Election in a single sentence, as fol- owe, 'All that the Father giveth me, shall come unto me, and him'that cometh to me I will in nowise cast ont."—John vi :.37. " I suppose you refer to certain persons being given to Christ, but has not every person been given to him ?" " Then, according to the text, every person would come to him and all would be saved." " I see. That is not, -only unseriptural, but contrary to what we observe; most men never - come to Christ But may this passage not mean, that that come' to' Christ are given to him, and those that do not come, are not?" " That interpretation —turns the whole passage wrong-end foremost, and destroys the meaning; , itdoes not.rean diall that come shall be given, but .all thaV.are given shall come." " Yes, that is true. But why does the Saviour use that expression ?" "He ,epoke at a time ,when the Jews were rejecting him, and _When many, of his disciples were returning to the world. In that tad hour his, only, consoling thought was this, I shall see of the travail of .my soul and be satisfied; if the world forsakes me, still this guarantee remains, all that my' Father gave me as an inducement to under take the work of Redeutption, shall come, unto me." "It certainly were a blessed thing if, God could thus insure him a seed, else all his sufferings might have been in vain. All might have rejected him." "Rather say, all would ,have rejected. him. Men are dead in sin,' to them,. Jesus has no form nor comeliness; they' hate his holiness, and will not come unto him for life until they-are begotten anew, - born again." "It mere sad, indeed, for Jesus to Shed his precious blood, and yet not ,a single Soul come to that fountain to.be cleansed; ',but how could God bring , them.without de stroying their free-agency?" ',;',He tellsus, Eck. xi :.19, that he changes their dispositions, gives them sweet .views of qhrist; fills them with love, to ,Christ r enables them to see their own sinfulness and loathsomeness, and then his people are willing in the day of his power.'" " I can Only, say "Tuns the saute love that ,spread the feast, That sweetly drew ms in, Else I had still refused to taste, And perished in my sin.' • " But is it not the opinion of your Church, that while God thus' gives some to - Christ, he hinders others from coming ?" "Not at all, sir. The merits of Christ are sufficient for the whole world. 'Hence all are invited to come, and if they would come, he would 4 in nowise cast them out.' God's giving some to Jesus, in.ne manner keeps others away : if they perish; it is, be cause they chose death of themselves." "But, then, does not God do mere for some than others ?" "Hovr does daily experience answer' that question ? He has given you eyes, while Nellie Saunders was born blind. Bro. Sciib, there, has a rational mind while Tom Lit tle was born an idiot. We all are children of pions parents, surrounded with Gospel privileges, while others are taught to wor ship •idols and are shut 'out from the light of the Gospel. God ,gave the world a violin. he never offered the devils one. Af- it . . ciL? - .. , . • , t . tI n ' a .' cu b r , ~,,,, .0 •, , . ~, ~ ~ „.„..... ~,,,,i;„.i it' '-‘ ' '' - ~. ter he gives us oar due, we can demand no more.—Matt. xi: 15. If all are disposed to reject him, he has a right to bring some to Christ. Jesus cannot die in vain." " Is there any truth in the saying, if a man be given to Christ, he will be saved, do what he will ?" "In one sense there is; but then the text tells us what he will do; he will come to Christ; that is, he will forsake his sins, believe on Jesus, and lead a godly life." "'But, will not God's purpose to save him render the use of means unnecessary?" " No, sir. This is the only reason why we should use means. Prof. Kingsley has determined the Ae.ademy shall prosper; so he uses every means to this end. Fernier Janes has determined to raise a crop; so I see him through the window planting his . corn. A year ago Dr. Sharp determined to cure you of your sickness; so he gave you medicine. Now, this is the reason Christ <died for sinners; this is the reason why the Holy Spirit lea.dsthern to Christ, be cause he.has determined to save them. This is the reason why we are to preach the Gospel, to believe the Gospel, and use the means of grace, because God has deter mined through these means< to =save us. Christ •cloes not say, all that the Father giveth me shall be saved whether they come or not, but all that the Father giveth me, shall come unto me, and be saved in that way; as I •heard a- negro preacher once re , mark, no come, no save. .) "But, how .may we know •that we have been given to Christ Secret things be. long unto the Lord." "Jesus anticipated this difficulty in the latter part of the verse'; 'him that cometh unto me I will in nowise cast out,' as much as to say, you cannot now tell whether you have been given to me or not, but if you come I will receive you certain, and by this you shall know that you are the gift of my Father.' Why =should a‘ sinner quibble with this question when the door of mercy is open and Jesus is inviting him to, enter in ? If any come they will in nowise be cast out." " That puts the whole affair in a new light. It explains many Scriptures that before seemed so dark, particularly the eighth and ninth of. Romans, and first of Ephesians. It gives all the glory of man's salvation to God. 'He gives is Son to die for sinners, gives -the sinners .to the Son, gives the Holy Spirit to regenerate the sin ner, and all that the sinner does that is good, is ,God working in him to will and to do of his good . pleasure." Just then the hell' rung for recitation and the conversation - was ended. SORIB. To if y Sister. My sister dear, I think Otlyou, Though far from friends,and home ; Sweet memory brings you to my views Though distant now I roam. Your merry laugh,..l think,i hear Ring out irr wildest glee ; Your loving words sound in my: ear, Although so far from me. I;see you, when the day is past, Bow downin sacred ; prayer; In.humble tones for mercy. ask, And for God's constant care Wei him,who's gone to meet the:foe, ELbattle's deadly, strife; To shield him from the deadly blow, And from the assassin's knife. But if it, be his holtwill , That he should fall in death, With holy thoughts his mind to-fill, When gasping his last breath. And:o, if we do nevermeet irpon.the.earth again; Maywe be found at Jesus' feet, Eternally to reign! Camp Jamison, Va. EUROPEAB COIRESPONDERCE The Act of Uniformity—Discussion in the House of Lords—Sketches of the Speakers—Analysit of Speeches—The Perils of the Church of. England Growing _Power of Dissimt—The Scottish As semblies—A Halting _Establishment and its Con trast--lree Church Revenues—The New Principal and Professor—Dr. Begg 8' Report on popery in Scotland and Elsewhere—Army Chaplaincies and Prisons—The Ragged School _Anniversary —I-acts and Figures—D'Aubigne and Geneva—John Newton and his former Church—Newton's Orig inal Letters—Eztract—Postseript. LONDON, Nay 31; 1862. TIM ACT OF UNIFORMITY haßibeen; this we,ek, , in one •of tits phases and bearings, under discussion in the House of Peers. It was quite a treat to be present—as I was able to be—because it called out a number of representative men to give their views, :as well as threw light on the seething and agitated, state ofEnglish Church life. The occasion of this -diseusion was the pro posal of Lord Bbury (brother of the Mar quis of Westminster, a most amiable, gen tle, and excellent man,) to give relief to " tender ,consciences " so far as to repeal that second :declaration taken by and re quired„ from clergymen when taking pos session of a benefice T-namely, affirming 'their "consent and assent” to everything contained in the Book of Common Prayer, and to substitute , instead of it, a ,deolara-' tion ,of conformity ,to the .usa of the Prayer Book in the public worship, and service .of the 'Church. As a matter,,of history; it is well known that-the clause thus sought to be repealed, was intended by,the wicked and cruel rulers who were the ,4 authors of the Act of ;uni formity, to drive - out .of the Church of England the Puritan and Presbyterian clergy—represented by such men as Bax ter, Philip Henry, Bates Howe, and Al liene---and that they would-suffer naaltera don or modification of, the Baptismal service, that for the Burial of the Dead, and the Visitation of the Sick. And it is equally well-known that thus two thousand godly ‘men were driVen out of the National Ohurehin one day.: , ;No womieritherefore, that while men likkDr:l.NoNeile, of Liver pool, Marsden, author of the History, of the Puritans, and some bishops also, have stig matized the Act of Uniformity as tg cruel," and while now many young men who would otherwise serve in the "National Church, cannot with safe consciences do so, that Lord Ebury and many . more should wish Liturgical. Revision. The, peril to the Church of ,England is not immediate, but it is, .netwithstanding, as Lords Shafts buryand Russel hinted out in'the course of the discrission, very serious: liarl Rus sel truly said that men used to, act in con cert and in bands, but that of this age the characteristic, was, that of individual and PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1862. ;For too grepbyterian,Barirter J. A. independent thinkine on every subjeot ; and on this account he affirmed his conviction that there were thousands " of Christian young men whose talents, if devoted to the Church, might produce works of learning on the one hand, and powers 9f cultivation on the otherovhich would strengthen her in the affections of the people at large, but who, from certain scruples which they en tertained, were unable to join the Church in which they might otherwise be lealous clergymen. it ,wculd be .a greet misfor tune, which would affect both Church-.and State together, if they were to be .deprived of the assistance of such men." Lord Russel tlaerefore declared that while he de- precated any premature division of the House on `tre subject; that -the question was " one of pressing importaece. He spoke, indeed, in a most genial and kindly spirit, and his colleagues in the ministry on the front bench evidently and audibly sympathized with his views. Lord. Shaftsbury took the same views generally,,and said that . " it Was irupoSable to mix with the clerical, or what iskealled the religious world, without' .seeing that ) there mere principles at work whie 4 iii§lar. sooner or , later issue in somethi' !Amt. serious. to the Church of England. ,One of the greatest dangers was that whiph was. known under the name of Litufyidat 12e- Unless they did something to meet the feelings of tender consciences, he was afraid that the welfare of ,the , Church would be very much compromised. At present many excellent young men did .not offer themselves for ordination; ;but if their scruples could be xmet, hundredi and thousands of them would present ',them selves to, the bishop, who now • joined, the various bodies of Nonconformists." The Bishop of London spoke very much in his usual tone, kindly conciliatory, but very cautious, and in the true spirit . , of a "'Compromise," prelate as he r ds. ,He thought, it was a very serious thing to tam per in the slightest degree, with an Act of Parliament which had been in existence for nearly 20,0 years, which 'was - attempted to be altered in this manner "tWenty-five years after it. was passed,.a„nd in the, great Revolution, and which bad not suffered even in that shock. All this indicates not only the man, but the Church dignitary, view, and a very celdhearted one. These men have such a horror of change; and fear ef results, that while not in their hearts en dorsing.(l. except here the Bishops of , Ex eter and Oxford,) the animus of Archbish op Selden, of 1662, or of those Bishops who,' in .1677, and •again in 1688;-refused to sanction any scheme of " comprehen yet the3rdo build the •.sepulehres'of those!,ecelesiestical:: tyrants. The Bishop of London, indeed ,apprOves the principle that " declarations on such solemn:subjects should be made as plain and simple as pos sible," and he dreams of the coming of the day when that great mistake which sent, 'the whole of the Wesleyan body adrift, from the Church of England might ,he remedied, and those persons whose great leader was a minister of the.Chureh, might return to strengthen their handel..; but he proposes nothing ; he and others ilostpene to some other, day, when it wilL cc too •and when the; rising tide of Evangelical Nonconformity, backed by pepular disgust at seeing High Churchmen, Tractarians, Calvinists, Arminians,'Rationalists, all de claring their "-assent -and consent" to a Book of Creeds which,they -.cannot all be- • lieve ,in,.shall come like a mighty 'fined around the foundations of the Establish ment, threatening to sweep it utterly.away. Dr. Tait said truly enough, that -the un ion of Church and State was the objection of the majority of the Dieseetere ,of the present day. It certainly ,is so, and will be so increasingly. His idea of the future absorptien of the Wesleyans is likewise a dream never to:be realized ; for their min isters regard their ordination as valid,,and would not submit'to re-ordination by bish ops; they also have taken their position, which is a-moet important one, rich in fa cilities of usefulness at home, and of in definite extension all over the world. So that, while the Methodists do not call them selves Dissenters, use in some places the Liturgy in public worship, (in a` modified form,) and are not on principle opposed to the'Establishment„ they are not at..all like ly ever to be absorbed into it, unless, in deed, Evangelism in. it becomes dominant and triumphant. Meanwhile listen, as I did, to that big cited and Boeotian Lord Dungannon, who has a large Presbyterian tenantry in Ul ster, whose ministers he 'regards as desti tute of the true , apostolical succession—his very aspect that of -proud , and yet stupid and thick-headed obstinacy—and nextmark the,uprising.ef that, :square-headed, harsh voiced .nobleman, Lord Lyttelton, who is a kind, of Coryphasus among High-Church men, and whose future, , in -connexion with .the project of a pure and unmixed Episco pal emigrationi settlement at• Canterbury in New-Zealand; has proved a ridiculous Uto pia (non -Episcopalians, , and " completely dominant there;) look say, and listen to him as.he deprecates , allin terference with such matters as ;the Act of -Uniformity , by Parliament, and ,pleading that reference should be.imadeto "•Convo ,eation," that shadow which; occasionally is now allowed to appear and flit about inlthe Jerusalem Chamber at. Westminster. Last of all, see how Samuel- of OxfOrd rushes into the arena, ridicules the statements of Lords' Russel and Shaftsbury as " then sande " of young men who have scrnples, ;saying, amid " laughter and ,cheers" from Lord Derby and his backers,, that they are but men of " buckram.;" and mark how he almost insults Lord Ebury, and then say, after all this, what 'likelihood is there,fer, any change ,comitg from the Church dig nitaries, or sanctioned by Parliament i for alteration in terms of subscriptions. Un fortunately relaxation in the "Broad Church " and Essayists sense, would be the admission of perilous departure from the -old faith of the common salvation. 'Mere -than this, Lord 'Ebury's "relief" would be no relief at all, save to clergymen who, as .curates, and on taking orders, did give-their " assent and consent," but who; from secret scruples now, in mak ing that declaration or taking benefices. A gigantic evil exists, and 'from within must come , the exodus .and•dieliverti,nce, , no doubt hastened on by the ever inereaeing and powerful action of public, opinion, and of Nonconformist, ability; learning, and • pulpit power'over-the masses of the people, and also•over many.eclectic young men. , ' THE FR TIEEE uRCH 0 a 430fiLAND now in session at Edinburgh, as is also the Established Church. The latter, as %vial, lugs and lingers far behind its disenthralled and vigorous rival. So poor and imperfect is the support given by the Established clergy and their parishioners to the Schemes or the Church, that Dr. Muir, of Saint Stephens, Edinburgh. proposed that for the failing funds of the Assembly's Jewish Mission (a really useful one,) a subscription paper should be sent through the Church, and a zealous minister • from Glasgow went so far as to suggest that any clergyman who did not make collections .for the : schemes in ills church, should be brought to the, bar of the .Assembly. Dr. ' Norman McLeod rated the parish ministers well last year, and declared that he was " ashamed'? of them. But they. and their rich heritOrs:are, as,a body, comparatively inactive. Only nine Presbyteries replied to circulars seeking to .elicit suggestions, and;to stimulate zeal, and the committee is obliged to admit "that a considerable amount of apathy is prevalent in regard to the schemes," and "that a considerable amount of this apathy is.beyond the reach of legislative action." 'Very significant of somnolence, as' well as of the worldly ele ment; still %largely leavening the Scottish _Establisi„,liment, are admissions like , these. The 'Assembly is, suffering still from the influence, of patronage, and even the sup posed mild yoke of Lord. Aberdeen's Act —a miserable legislator'was he—is becom ing so intolerable, that the people begin to ask for ir libertywhieh will be scarcely ac .corded to:them. The parish clergy are, ,as usual, .conservative of exclusive rights. - Renee their futile opposition, two years ago, to the abolition of tests in the Uni tereity; hence their horrer of the Lord Advocates Education Bill, 'which -would make ',eligible to schoolmasterships, men well quailed, not of the _Established Church. The contrast presented in the Free Church,- is striking. A whole diet of the Assembly has been 'devoted' to "the con sideration, in more special connexion with the ministry, how best to improve And re tain the spiritual - blessing with which the Lord has of late visited so many parts of this country, as well as the likeliest way toward a further. and more extended , ble,sping." Revivals are thus cherished joyfully and thankfully,by the Free Olinrch. In like manner the Assembly takes up the ;subject of the ejection of Presbyterian ministers in 1 , 663,10 which diseussion,'D. V:, I shall , refer fully in ,my 3neat.. The Established Assembly will•keep cle,a,r of any such .eon siderations. As to the'Finances of the Free Church, their elastibity and 'prosperity in spite of ";hard times" and bad trade, are indeed ;marvellous. The,lfollowing statisticaindi cate this in a mery striking,manner : TR! 371.1ANC!iS coy ME ciIIRCH., Mr. Meldrum gave in, the report of ,the Belent 'Finance COrtniittee.' The = whole Commitees of. .the pma,- except .one,_ close this year with a balance in hand, and, with regard to, the College Building Fund, vrhichis the only exception, the debt is redueerkfrom' £3; 453 1.95. 10d, at 31st March, 1861, to £3,081,148. 10d, in March, 1862. There is an increase in the general charges, caused by the necessity of setting apart a sum of £5OO, tti meet the expense of taking, posses sion of and furnishing the new offices. The ex penses. of committees - aro-also, - £BB.o' advance oftast year, whi64 ,partly exp'leined th fact that'the' l .Educittion Committee' and Foreign Missions Committee had seal employed an extra agent _last year. lite eight colleetiens for the schemes amounted to £21,803, including a par tial &Altmann for foreign missions. The follow ing is„art. abstract of the funds General Church and Manse Build ing andnebtExtinction Fund £3,820 3 1.1. Local - 88,618 4 1 Suatentation Fund (Elo9,oBB,)in cludingAged and Infirm Fund 115,815 17 2. Congregational Fund 105,841 18 10, Education • 15,480 18 1 College (including Dr. Webster's Donation for Cunningham Scholarships and Lectureship) 18;685 8 7 Missions-- 1 1 0 Tue,,I4h 1 Pnd,-0 010- nieS,Continent,Forewn,,Tews... 40,867 6:11 &mural' Trustees and' Miscalls,- neous 3,:3O0811 !rota ..e,886,589 6 6 Saildrieo 614 19.54 Grand total .This is the largest amount for any one year since` the Disruption,. with the exneption of 1858- , 59, thatjear haying been raised , above tbe ay erage by a large amount of ,legacies toAhe &ged and Infirm .Ministers' Fund. The Disruption year, produced £363,871, but that included, Z 228,000 for general and local building purposes. With reference to Congregational ;Funds, • Mr. ,Meldrtun said it. was. interesting to notiee.their gradual increase for,several ,years,past. In 1868, they amounted in round numbers to. X 92,000; in 1859, to £9 - 4,060; in 1860, to £97,„000 ; in 1861, , to £100,000; and in 1862, as above, t0,£105,000. The • Rev. Sobert , S. Candlish, D.D., has - been olected Principal of the'lree-Church College ; while yet (a colleague assisting,) he .retains his= pastoial charge at Free •St. George's, Edinburgh. The Rev. Robert Rainey has been elected-as successor to the lamented Dr. Cunningham, as-Professor of , Church History. The. Earl of -Dalhousie, (formerly Lord Pantoure,) now restored to health, takes an active ; part, as an Elder, in the business of the Tree .Church Assembly. Dr. Begg leads'-the van in , resisting Popish aggres 'sion.in -Boger:id ; dwells on the alarming substitution -in.Sootland• of Irish for Scot tish laborers- ? on the suppression by the Glasgowmagistrates of open-air preaching at tlie• Bridgegdte, at the instance of Ro manists ; on the.addition of -three , Romish hhapels in Edinburgh, .the recent Popish processionin Dundee; the increase of nun neries,. and -the enormous increase of pan -perism,-from Romish emigration. He also pointed out that-the Society of Vincent de Paul is taking means tO watch eases before the Scottish police courts, to sew that all Romish boys. be- sent. to Romish Reforma tories; how-there are-now one hundred and fortyrfive.:4ll 0 0sh -,chaplains in the British army, exclusive of India, where there :are pwenty-One more, who receive £18;000 a -year ; how chaplains are now introduced,7or the priesthood reeognizedin convict ; priions; and that they were likely soon to be recognized in general prisons. TWO last is a step which Lord Palmerston hitherto-has-resisted; but- I fear much that in,thecriticaLstate of political parties ; this Also It• is pleasing to hear from Dr. Wylie, that Dr. ---.—, who has been identified with the new Protestant Institute in Edinburgh,' has had about one hundred and fifty young' men under train ing in the Romiah and Protestant contro versies, during the Winter. These young men will form a well-equipped band for the defence of the truth. THE RAGED SCHOOL MON Is carry ing on a noble work, the nature and extent of which receive fresh illustration from the anniversary,mcctiug lately held in xeter Hall. F,Tem ithe report ~read, 'it }appears WHOLE NO. 509. that there are in connexion with the Lon- don Ragged School Union 171 school-buitd lugs, 201 Sunday Schools, with 25,000 scholars; 172 day schools s with about 18,- 000 scholars; and 211 evening schools, with above 9,000 scholars. The Industrial Schools, in whichthe children receive ~ins truction in making their own clothes and various handicrafts, are 3,600. The volun- tary teachers number 2,800. What a noble band of disinterested, and devoted laborers these are I And, in truth not , less so, are the paid teachers for they are the true laborers, who are worthy of their hire—a scanty income in truth allowed them to pursue an object snored in their eyes, dear to their, hearts, and ,the love of ,Christ and pity for.souls ever constrainina '' them. The entire income of the Unionfor the year was £8,600. This sum is made up of " donations," nearly X 3,000 from the Lord Mayor, the city merchants, &c., in answer to a recent appeal. " Subscriptions," tributions to schools named by donors," " legacies," amounting to £760, with sums from sale of the magazines 'of the Union, balance of find for those Refuges whioh lodge, board and train younvpeople of. the lowest class with such marvellous success. The blessing of God,. and the quickeninc , energy of the Divine Spirit, have been largely manifested in connexion with this, great enterprise, which finds imitation all over the Kingdom. Some :of the most trust-worthy servants to business in the city of London- have been Ragged School boys • many of them have entered the Royal Navy, and it does one good to see them coming, , after -their first veyage abroad, to the office of the Union with,thembright, happy and grateful faces —their -brawny strength and proportions „brought out, by their flowing blue jackets. The 'stimulus and start in life given 'to.' young people of both sexes, who otherwise would, have been engalphed in the terrible maeistroom of, vice and. crime, is such as -to stamp the ,movement as prekninently one of patriet ism, and philanthropy. Seven hundred emigrants have ,gone forth from 'the London Ragged Schools. 4,500 servants, during nine years, trained thus, have been rewarded .for fidelity in their situations, by prizes publicly present ed. Well conducted shoeblaoks, 862 in number, last year earned: £4,665. Eighty six penny banks collected £8,520, and fifty-four clothing, clubs. above £9,000, in the year. Lord Stratford De B.edelifie was ,one of the, speakers _at the Ragged Scheel Anni versary, as also Dr. D'Aubigne, of,Geneva. Lord Oiaftsbury made special, reference , ; to. ,Geneva,..as formerlY 4 the home of oppressed Protestants in Queen Mary's .and breathed an ardent prayer for the continu ance of its prosperities. "No Englishman who is worth; a straw : cap ever be indifferent to the welfare.and honor of Geneva When ' I recollect that, in troublous times.she gen . eronsly ,and fearlessly offered .a__-refuge to English. Confessors, ,I will this night and forever put up,an earnest prayer, that in that noble city, liberty of conscience, lib erty of prophesying,' freedom of speech, freedom of - action, aud ; the Grospel of Itiareverfienriihvandi•abound.! -- THE CITY BAItTIVERS have been offering a,fabulous sum for, the site.on which, at the foot .of Lombard Street, the Church of St. Mary, Wo . olnoth, stands. This, would, in-, volve its entire removal, and it, is not likely that it will take place. 'lt is a church dear 'to Christians as associated with the quick ,ening and •profitableministry:Of John New ,ton, previously of Olney, andthe friend of Thomas ,Scott, and . ,Cowper, the poet. ,I recently conversed with an aged lady, the daughter of the second' successor of John Bunyan, as pastor at Bradford, who showed me a packet of originalletters by:Newton, addressed to her, ; grandfather, never .yet published. I was favored with the permis ' sum to make some extracts, of which nne is as follows cc A journey looks something important in the, prospect; when we leave home, who knows what unexpected -.events-may take place before we : return 7 Many go frem their habitations in good spirits, whe never return alive. Many leave their homes in peace, and find them houses of mourn ing when they come back. When :•the ,Lord is pleased to preserve U 8 ,and ours, when ,abroad and at home, it is peculiar favour. I hope it -is your mercy atpresent, and that he will enable you to rejoice in it as a fruit of his Covenant love." Cowper, the poet, is referred to thus': "I was that day at -Bedford. I accompanied Mr. Cowper ' who went to. meet, a gentle man at Cambridge." And again: "My dear Mr. Cowper, is still in the dark valley, but the Lord helps, and we wait for deliv erance." Other extracts I shall reserve for a future letter. J.W. P. S.—The Evangelical Alliance last might, as well as yesterday forenoon, had special, united .prayer for peace and-con cord—now endangered by the .Bicentenary Controversy. Yesterday afternoon I was one 'of a large deputation to' Sir George Gray, the Heine Secretary, in reference to the mischiefs wrought by the permission of Public Houses and Refreshment Rooms to be open all night---pnodtieing disorder, and greatly increasing licentiousness and crime. £42,847 8 0 ' l %. L 387,204 4.11, The followingllinute,in,refertance to the death of Rev. David M'Gay, was, adopted by - the 'Presbytery of Clarion, at its late meeting in Rockland : Our Presbytery, during:the past season, has been greatly afflicted in some. of its members, and. still is,. by sickness ;, but now a heavier stroke has fallen upon us. Death has claimed one of, our, number. The Rey. David 111. ) Cay, whom we all highly .es teemed as a man, as a minister, ,and presbyter, is _now no longer present with us. He has gone to his,reward. In.: this we recognize the hand of God„w4e.does,all things right ,and well • who.: acts as. a sov ereign, and, takes away those to, whom, he .gave.existertee, just when: and how, he . pl eases . Hewes, a native of Nifflin County, Pa. , graduated at Jefferson College in - the year* 1838, took a regular, theological ,course at 'Princeton, and was licensed-to preach the Gospel by the , Presbytery of Huntingdon in .the Spring of 1841. In the Spring of 1842 he. came within,..the bounds .ot. this Presbytery, and preached to,the churches of Callensburg ? Concerd, and Bethesda. So 'acceptable were his labors to these churches; that a.call Was. made out for hiin with.great, unanimity, to-become their pas ,ter,RAhloh:ll,e, laiwpted,o apd*Nas ondstiieed F°r the F.IYO-114/I,Pannor, Rev. David M'Cay. PRESBYTERIAN BANNiat Publication Office : GAZDTTB EIMiDINGS,B4IPumn 82.,.PIPPPitraally ParLawspra r boatui-WisT Om. OP Ta AND 011erizt ADVERTISEMENtS. TERMS IN ADVANCE. A Square, (8 lines or less,) one insertion, GO MIS; tech subsequent insertion, 40 cents ; each line beyond elglA 6 dle A Square perAusrter, $4.00; each line additional, =as A ENDLICTION milde to advertisere by the year. BUSINESS NOTICES of TRN lines or less, $l.OO each nit ft:tonal line, 10 mote. DAVVID OPKI ,I4 fX4Y .fir .1 Ps, remotes AND PUBLIFIMME and installed by the Presbytery over them in September of the same year. His faith ful labors were crowned with such succe&-, that in a few years the charge had so much increased that.ikwas thought advisable to divide it. Callensburg , and gope 9x cl. gave a call for all his 'time, and• Presbytery re leased him 'from Bethesda. He now de voted all his time and energies with untiring < fidelity, , to these churches. His labors in them, God was pleased to crown with most abundant success. Often large numbers were added to their membership, and on several occasions the Lord. blessed them with special refreshing& The Con cord church will doubtless remember with interest the impression made on one pen sion by a sermon he preached from the text : "Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord till ha come and rain righteousness upon you." God seemed to give them grace so to do. The members of the church were greatly revived. Many sinners were deeply convicted; and many were 'added tor the communion of the These churches prospered greatly under his,ministry nail the very last ef his la bors among them. .Little did either he or they probably think, when he considered it his duty to go as chaplain to the 103 d regiment, to which his congregations ear - dially consented; and 'into which many of the young men from his neighborhood, in whom he felt the liveliest interest, had en tered, that the separation would prove a final one. In accepting the chaplaincy, he 'had no intention to break up the relation which had been so blessed of God for good, existing between himself and the people of his charge; hence be procured, at a liberal sal ary, a supply for seven or eht months. He intended to return about gm close of May, on a visit to his people, bit was taken down with typhoid fev,er before be accomplished his purpose, and was , only able to reach his friends at Lewistown . , where he died on the 4th of June, in the hope of a glorious resurrection. Mrs. M'Cay was summoned to his bedside, but how .sad the duty she found.it necessary to perform, in conveying his remains, at his own 'request, to lay them among the people he served so faithfully for a period of about• twenty years. His friends .remember his hospitality, and the cordial greeting he was wont to give them when they entered the door of his houie, which was ever open for their recep tion. He elso took great interest in the cause of education, as his efforts in estab lishing the Azadenay in the place of his residence, testify. Whilst. we bow, to the afflictive hand of God in this dispensation, we tender our most sincere sympathy to the interesting and beloved family of our deceased brother, .praying God to console and sustain them in their severe affliction. Resolved That these proceedings be published in the Presbyterian, of Philadel phia, the Presbyterian Banner, of Pitts burgh, and that a copy be sent, with the condolence of the Presbytery, to the family of the aftea.sed. Pulpit Esthetics, There are IWO ways of regarding a ser- MOll : either as, a human composition or a Divine , message. If we look upon it en tirely as the first, and require our clergy men to finish it with their utmost care and learning, fOr our better delight, whether of ear or intellect, we 'shall necessarily be led to expect:much formality and stateliness in its delivery,nnd to think that all is not well if the Filch has not, a golden fringe round it, and if the sermon be not fairly written' in a black book, to be smoothed upon a c.6bion. -in a majestic manner before be ginning, all thiswe shall duly come to ex peck; bilEt we shall, at the same time, con sider, the treatise thus . prepared as. some thing to which it is our duty to listen without restlessness for half an hour or three-quarters, but which, when that duty has been decorously performed, we may dismiss from our minds in happy confi dence of having another whenever it shall be necessary. But if' once we begin to regard the preacher, whatever his faults, as .a man,sent with a message to, uswhich is a matter 'of life and sleath, whether we hear or refuse; if we look upon him as set in charge over many spirits in danger of ruin, and having allowed him. but an hour,or-two in the.seven days to speak to them; if we make scnie endeavor to, conceive how precious these hours ought to be to him, a small vantage on the side of God after his flock have been exposed for six days together to the full weight of the world's temptations, and he has been forced to watch, the thorn and the thistle Springing in their hearts, and to see what wheat had been scattered there snatched- from the wayside by this• wild. bird and the other,' and at last when, breathless and weary. .witlithe week's labor, they give him this interval of imperfect and 'languid : hearing, he has but thirty minutes to get at the separate hearts of a thousand men, to convince them of all their weaknesses, to shame them from :all their sins to warn, them of all their .dangers to try by this ; way and that to: stir the, hard fastening of those doors where the Master hiniself has stood and knocked, : and yet none ,has opened,and to.cairat the openings of t t hose,..dark : streets where ,Wisdom her isPit: 80 1'Whed fc'rtk4l 3 r 1. 4 4.144 8 no man regarded; thirty minutesto rsiee the dead in ; let us but once understand Sand feel. all this r and we shall -look with changed ,eyes upon that frippery, of gay furniture about the plane : from, which diejmagige ,fif judgment must, be delivered, which ,either breathes upon the bones that they, may live, or; if ineffectual, remains recorded in condemnation, perhaps, against , the utterer ; and Moaner alike,- but assumdly, against one of them. We ..,shall, not sq,easily bear withc the silk and gold upon the ,seat ,of .g.irld'gment, nor with ornament' of oratory in' the Month of the messenger; we shall ,wish that: his words' may be simple, even w,hen they ,are ..eweet t est, and Ake .pinee whereAke,speaks,likea,,,marblegeek,Au, the deiert, "about which The, p,eop,lejme 400- ' ered in'their thirst.—Ruskin. , . 4411A0d0r,e, P 1 441,4414.w4e040 9RM4O-d -,ell our' squadron on the Mediterranean, -bevelfirea ti'selute on the Sahiit'a: ( entered kharbor =on that.ilay, or being in „port if a,salgte for any reasorriseas expect ed,he sent .word ;that ,hejtypuld •,fire Sip Monday. The silence. of,„our .Aner i imt 'flag=ship was a short and' striking sermon -on the-Sabbith. "Benieinber the Witted/ ~day to , keep it - holy. Ault' dO no work."
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