REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS IN ADVANC-E. St:in LE SUBSCRIPTIONS $1.50 Cl,llllB 1.25 DILIVERLD atTliBR Or THE CITIES 9,00 Her Two DoLt.aple, we will send by mall seventy number and for OMS DOLLAR, thirty-three numbers. eaAtors sending ue TIMATY subscribers and upwards, will thereby entitled to a paper irithout charge. Renewalemhould be prompt, a little before the year expires Saint payments by late "hands, or by mail. Direct all lettere to REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dependence on God. in ,the mica-silenoe of the voiceless night. Whelk, abased by.airy dreams, the slumbers flee, Whom in the darkriess,doth my spirit seek, 0 God l :buto.thee? And if there , be a weight upon my breast,. Some irngue impression of the day foregone, Scarce knowing what it is, I fly to thee And lay it down. °urea be Vie beeriness that °owes abn of anticipated ill, bly bosom takes no heed of what it is Since 'tie thy For 01 Itt spite of put and ',resent oare, Or anythihrbesiders, htialoyfully Passes that silent, aoliiiity hour, My God 1 with'thee. More tranquil , thin the silence of the night, More peaceful than the silence of that hour, More bleet than..anything, my spirt lies "] Within thy power. Po* what is there on earth that I desire, Of all that it : oan give or take from me? Or whom in,heaven doth my spirit seek, 0 God , l. but thee ? For the'PresbytdrisnTattner The _Late President Young on Slavery, REv.Nwßv :—The existing' insurrection of a.portion of the Southern States, against the National. Government,in connexion with , its chief causes, renders very valuable and important the testimony of their leading, men, and especially of their ministers, upon the subjects of , the evils of slavery. Of this character,' and.• perhaps the very best of all these testimo nies, is " the Address of the Old-School Synod of Kentucky," presented by &Com mitte of ten, .five ministers and five Elders —but well-known to have been the produc tion of the vigorous pen.of the ilate emi nent Dr. Young, President of Centre Col lege, Danville, Ky: My attention has been .recently directed afresh to this. admirable " Address," owing to its republication, in . our city by the " United Presbyterian Board of , Publica tion." It forms , a neat , pamphlet of 24 pages- r and I think deserves a wide circula tion in our Church. Permit.meto lay before your readers a brief abstract of its contents. Dr. Young, it will be, seen, meddles with no abstractions—no nice, distinctions of what slavery might bel but proceeds 'at once to consider 66 the system as it 'exists among us , (itt Kentucky,) and is constitu ted by our laws," thus : 1. " A part of our system of ;slavery consists yin depriving human beings of the right to acquire and hold property." 2. ,44 The deprivation of personal.liberty. forms Another, part of nur system of sla , very." . , a. " The deprivation. of persona' 1 ; secu rity is a. third constituentfof our system of slavery." • "1813011, he adds, "is the essential,char actor of, our, slavery." F 4f t i These odious features are not the exoreeoences upon the system--TEuv ARE TEE SYSTEM-ITSELF." " In all its ,parts it is manifestly a; viola- , tion of the laws of God, as•rrevealect by the light of nature, as well Its the light cof revelation!' .4 , 01 an any' man believothat such,a thing as this is not-sinlid—that it is not hated by God, and ought not to be abhorred and(abolished by man ?" -Having ftbust , aseertained what, Southern slavery is, the Synod proceed to: state, #freer tain effects ",_Wlliela "" spring naturallY and necessarily out -of such a system ;" as• thus.: 1; "Its ni6St striking effect is, to de prave and degrade, its subjects, by remov ing from them the strongest-natural-checks to human, corruption." . 2. "It dooms. thousands (millions?) of human beings to hopeless ignorance." " Throughout our whole land,' say the Syndd, "there is but one school, so far as we can learn, in which during the week, slaves can be, taught." 3. (slavery) deprives its subjects, in a great measure, of the privileges of the Gospel." "Neither the privilege of free access to the Scriptures, nor the privilewe of a regular Gospel ministry, nor of L mestic means of grace, us enjoyed by the white pOpulation of this land, is enjoyed by `the slave." 4. "The system licenses and produces great cruelty.' • " There are now two mil lions of human beings in our land'e2r.posed, defenceless;" to, every insult and every in jury short Of-,midining or death, which their fellow-men may choose to inflict. They. suffer ALL' that, can be inflicted by wanton caprice, ~ by { grasping avarice, by brutal lust, by malignant spite,,and by in sane anger." More than this : " The law does not recognize the family relation of the slave, and.extends to him no prdtection in the en joyment,of domestic endearments." " And cupiditYloften induces masters to practice what the" law' allows." "There is not a neighborhbod,4Ser,e these heart-rending, scenes are Uot"disiilayed." " The shrieks and' agony often witnessed on snob: occa si "="ihe cry of thesis sufferers goeS . ,up to the ears of the Lord of'Sabbaoth. ' 5, "The system of slavery products general licetitiousness among the; slaves." oMarritigh - inz a civil ordinanCe they can not) enjoy. Our laws do not recognize this relation as existing among them. It is a mere 'contract voidable at the master . 's pleastre." Thu& the working of the B p:. tem diffuses morol pestilence." •‘i The slaves are .brolight up to. consider the matrimonial engageznont not binding; and theyact ac cordinglyt". 6. This.system 'demoralizes the whites as well p as the, blacks. Well did - Mr. Jeffer sou?.,in speaking of " the irresponsible powthi' ' held by the matter. " The man must be a prodigy, who can retain his man ners and'morals,,undepraved , by such cir cumstances." 7. " This system draws (loft' upon us the vent of Heaven!' " Gthl", can blast our prosperity. He can drown usin blood. He can'blot out our existence aadiour name from undertheaven:j The Synotrof:lientucky, throtigh their gifted representative, Dr. Young, rie3tt pro oeeds to answer scrap objections. t(living laid bare to the,puhlio eye this hideous:com plication , of robbery, cruelty and brutal trine, they arrive at the " conclusion," that it, is " the unquestionable duty of evdry Christian to use vigorous and immecliate measures for the destruction of the. whole system, and, for the removal of all its 13.11 happy effects." A plan of gradual emanci pation is proposed, and the day of careful training,especialry Christian education,,ja urged upon the consciences of all, -thusi, V0.L . ....:X..i_Na'45: " setting in operation. a machinery which in a given „and limited- period, will not only unbind the body of the slave, but will link by link, and in the only way in which it can be effected, twist , off the fetters that now cramp.,his souL" . , it is,. of coursei-impossible in this brief abstract,; to convey to your • readers• any ad equate idea,of the force of •facts, logic . and eloquence with which President Young: de monstrates the several ,points• we have stated. If such is ntrue, picture of slavery even iu !Kentucky— l -what must it be in ,the cotton or gulf States.? Truly; "the , sum of all villainies!" Permit me again.to rec,ommend this no ble "address" to atk. It can, be had for a few cents. W. A. ...For.the Presbyterian Banner, " Tell My Mother and Sisters -that 1 Pie Among:the many noble young men.who have given their lives fin; the cause of 'hu man 'independence, we May class Jasper Stone' Laughlin, who died in the 23d „year of his age, at the West End Military Hos. ,Oincinnati 0., May 16, J 862.. tiVitas an only son, born in McConuell4 7 Ville,' Ohio, of pions *parents, where he spent nearly all his life, pith his mother and sisters, his father,...vho' was a Ruling Elder in the Presbyttnu'aUehurch, having died when Jasper Was 'yet a child. It may be truly said of him, " " none knew him but to love him," The ,great beauty, of hie` .short life. shone out .more brilliantly, when, in the Summer of 1853, he stood up, for Jesus and united With the Presbyterian church. Such was his Christian:deportment thati in 1861, he was elected.and ordaincd,a,Ruling Erder, in the same church in which his .father lived and died. ...His place , was l,i,ever vaca% when at home, in the Sabbath ..School-,-- the .prayei-meeting—the.publio, gatherings of. God?s people. In, the Fall of 1861,, , under,u deep sense of duty to, his country, snd. r his,God, after prayerfully ,considering the,whole matter,. and obtaining the „,consent of. his ,widowed mother, he volunteered under CaptainiT. M. 'Stevenson, 78th Regiment, O. Col. Leggett. His , regiment ,was at,.the surrender of Fort Donelson, and.,in thobat l ., tle,of Shiloh during the second day. After having, passed through thg.fearful strug gle, and enduring many hardships,thec , vms found to be failing.in health; so- much so, that Capt.r.Steventon • , -dettfrnitted Ito send him home. He carried bis ,religion with him. ,His Bible and hymn-book were .his daily, com panions. Ms captain, in' writing about him, since his' death, sayli "He was be loved by every one of his regiment.. His conduct was so lofty and noble , his life so spiritual and heavenlyAkinded, that the 4reatest despisers of religion were cowed, before his very appearance. He eften, maim to my tent, and we had"many 'talks on, our experience in the • army. Once he said, 'I never before felt the power and importance - of religion as Ido here, Cut off from home • and the public means of grace, I feel the necessity of leaning exchi sively upon the Saviour, and committing myself entirely to a kind.:and good Provi dence.' " ME When disease was wearing.away his fife, he was urged to think Of 'home, and the hope was held up before - hini that he ;would soon be conveyed to his-'m ither and sisters. He replied. : " am going , to afar;better home than any on earth. Tell ,my mother and sisters that I die haPpy. lam enter ing "the upper kingdom only ,e few days be fere them. Tell them not to mourn for me. I would not have*- them do so. They rejoiced when I came into, the lower kingdom, how much more - should they re joice to have me enter the upper kingdom. Tell them to sing 'JOYFULLY,' when. they hear of, my high, promotion from the army, and •the high service':of my country„ to the bright; bright clitties : Of 'bliss 1" After he was placed on_the boat at Pitts burg Landing, May 7th, he seemed to rally and expressed himself as being.quite com fortable. On the evening: of the 9th, how ever, he felt that he was drawing near, his " time to 'die "—and being-asked by his at tending ,physician, if he ; hid any message to send to his friends, he 4ictated the tal lowina. letter " DEAR` MOTHER AND SISTERS am just entering the glorious.. portals of eter nity" Jesus has not yet'made his appear ance, but ; I know that he, will. Do not,re gret that yon permitted me, to volunteer. The happinesss of the present moment makes up for all the suffering I ever en dured. I soon expect to see dear father, grand-parents, and above ; all Jaysi One of the greatest objects of;,iny gratitude is, that God has granted me, the privilege , of sending you this message from the chambers of glory. I never' enjoyed my-, self so much as while in the Army, You. , ought to be preud that you hive n sou to`; fall in so glorious a cause as that of human independence. Tell our chutch to be faith ful ,unto the end, and, get- the_,glorions orown of life. Tell my dear pastor to con-, tinue in his faithful labors, that .I know the blessing of God will follow them.. Thank Mr. Ghatiihers, the 13,aptist , minister, for the ,interest he took in me at the good ofd 'Union Prayer-Meetings: \ Joyfully, joyfully, onward, we move' will ~be sung brine in , nobler.atraina, in a short itiroe,and . Still he livedv,lte was .conveyed,to the 'West End Military /Hospital, 'in' Cincinnati, where: the providence .of Covenant keeping God brought him under the,kind care ofrelatives and , friends. Dr. Dodge, who, withhis kind family; spent much time withhimi in a letter, says , : 14 He was perfectly rational lusiong,as he had;.: strength to articulate. ,Realizing fullypthat his work on earth limdone, he departed: with, 'a. rconfident, assurance: of meeting the Saviour.. 'From •tha , ' time he: left Pittsburg.landing, , until his death, he gave to all around him the brightest • dences.:of the power: of Christianity. .F.Law-i yers, physicians and. nurses knelt, and-wept,. like , childrenparound this dying bed. The memory of his example and faith in the, Saviour, will 'never be effaced, from the , minds f scores..of sympathizing friends." His .remains werehrciught home, and in terred.by the-side:of :his , father.. Reader, leant wiesium. from ithityoung ilan4sleathv • c„,..,.,. ..,.,,,,,.. . , .„, . . . „............/ . .. . . . ~ , sc Nearer, my God t •to thee Nearer :to thee ; 4Yen though it, be a arose - That raise& me, " my song ahalfte, Nearer my sod, to thee Nearertto thee '- 4 llveroubt be, Still riparer•to•thee.! ' , *.' • - - -T , ITTsBuRGIL :SATURDAY, : ,_Ej, , uLy-,•:0 . .- 150,2'. He died a Christian. The•'living facts of his 'life and death are , his highest eulogy; and "he being dead, yet speaketh." To say that he had not great &lilts, were to say that he was not mortal. To say , that the blessed Bible was the most &wilier book of his scholarship—that the breath'of prayer was his daily sacrifice—that he trusted in the crucified Redeemer—te say this, if we :would say no more, were to fling a mortal glory around his death, and over his grave, in the light of which the, gilded and fading glories - of generals and kings, and - conquerors - o'nd presidents, fade, as fadeth the dying taper, in'the full blaze of the sun in his' meridian splendor, lighting up the world. " Soldier of Christ, well done; Praise bq thy.new emplUy: And, while.eternal'ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy." W. NE. G Connellthrilte, 0., (My 15, 4862. For the, Preebyeerian.Banner The Prevailing Power of ' Faith. The ordinary.life of the Christian is a life of faith. As the constant respiration of air vitalizes-the blood' and Sustains' the natural life, so constant inwought faith gives vitality to all the motives,; purposes and acts of Christian life. But it is, in the more trying vicissitudes of life that the prevailing ypower of faith appears in, its sublimity and might.; The life of ; ;the Christian in_this world.is a state of 'grace ; and:for the ~ a cquirement of strengthvand the promotion :le—growth, it islnecessary that he meet and overcome the natural; ob stacles that occur .in,such a progresi. rThe lone tree that stands upon the. exposed to the sterms and winds from every quarter, acquires a kind of instinct', by which it roots deeper and deeper, and clings to earth firmer. and firmer, until in its Strength it can bravely defy. the 'raging storms in their utmost fury. So in a tem pestuous life,' the soul that 'clings closer and closer to- Christ,' that by faith :roots deeper. and deePer into , that living Vine, shall add strengthrunto strength, until -life's ' storms shall sweepiharmlessly by, only an , . swering to add might , to,its. power. ' Armed with the sword of the Spirit which 'faith alone can wield, we marfear lessly-meet. every:advance of the adversary. If assailed by Apollyon, its deadly thrusts shall speedilyvanquish:;the 'hideous mon ster. Yea,: though .he Eseem for tt , time ;to overcome us, faith shall exclaim, "'Rejoice not against me, 0. mine, enemy: when I fall,' I. 'shall.; arise ;". :and again, "'in` all these things we are more. thaniWnquerers,. through hinuthat loved: us. 'Me whom , we trust will , not allow us to ,be tempted-be-' yondiwhat mann able Wheat.; hitt the , temptation, also furnish a„ way' -of escape. If we resist the ;tempter with , the weapons whielofaith eau Commantivire will hastily ..spreach this dragon wings and t , flee from our presence, Andle , who has ranee escaped .fromvhis terrible. , grasp, tike IBun yan's Pilgrim, will advance with drawtr sword.; .and Viestrefttl , vigilatice'andoskill, by experience, acquired, - . will' be'''mire mighty‘ for any subsequent .attack. Again, faith shields• the soul front world , . littessy, and ifortiftes the-minctagainst undue. anxieties =in tteMpOral , affairs. `The Divine command is "Seek first 'the driligdotunf God and his righteousness ? these thingsolshall be added unto yon." •Our heavenly. Father .:knoweth , ;that we have need ofisuch , things,.tand faith trusts , :him to dispense .tliem, accordance—with infinite9iwisdom. andl boundless, love. 'A man of faith,yett;,, air 'Asp ira man; teaches, us that :the- righteous .shall ,, never' be-for saken,nor his.seed beSound begging bread. Christian- parent ; . if you believe this you will notispend - your energies, and- add dis— comfort to your life in loarding.up riches, in anxious fearsdesttyour , ehildren come , tcv want. You find. more comfort,- and more satisfaction to your affectionateisolici tuck, in committing.' your chi hiren'sliros pacts to r , the providence of t God, than trustingto; that material Wealthwhich may be consumed .in..an hour. Faith sings, " The Lordil is -amp shephercl4.l shall not want." . Again, , faitivis ourntrength and comfort in times ti of . - afflietion. is rest to -the racked and weariect mind ; 't is 'balm to the broken, bleeding 'heart. Disappointment may dash a long and fondly cherished pro- - ject ; disastenmay - wreck all' earthly for tunes; disease, , deformity or decrepitude may iturden our 'life; or death may-snatch' from our embrace affection/6 dearest treas ure ; but in- any or all of these, faith says,- " Thy mill, 0 Lard, be 'done' As the nother in heart-breaking grief closes :the eyes of hepideparting faith .whispern-to,her.hearte the- comforting w'ords, ?L'Of such is the kingdom ltkeiven . 1 • As mourning -Ifriends consign'to -its last` resting place the remains of onn dearly loved, while choking emotions 'swell the breast-a.nd -the heart is near fainting with its burden, faith exclaims, "The Lord gave awl the Lord • hath takenAway,' blessed , be Ile 'name Of the Lord." The dearest , objeets, may hel.suudered from-us;..the tenderest bola severed.- -From one family is taken away a child" , that-hitd . just entered upon life s' threshold, - and: there is left for us but -the' echo ofitsiinnol‘ eent.prattlings, and , the.impi l ess:upon- our hearts-.of fits confiding 4ove.; from' anothee the free-hearted and joyous-iyouth, f upon whom hid centered the hopes and cares of fond-parenti, is -aorelrmissed .and long la mented; from another the kindiand tender sister and+ devoted-daughter,. or-the utanlY ; and ebedien t son iin d proudly loved , brother, whOse years= were ripening 'into ,Maturity,ri . and owho, with floble ; and graceful' treadr, were' *:enteringi thedieitEof life's arena, are' , in their -prime eat down y- from “another is taken - .the father-:venerated' abd loved, the strength and pride, the counsellor :and guide of the family eirele ; .'or the mother— at- that saered4 word: let- every heart revert to.the,tender care; the earnesti-nntiringf,so-` lieitude; the ardent,devotion, the anxious watching, the affectionate-partiality tot a motheris, love—she .too must, go,. These. and stiehi as-these are,afilietionscommon.,ta this • life, yet faith raises the bowed soulth thelassuranee that .‘ 4 this ,, corruptible; shall put.• on• ineorruptionvand this mortal ,shall put on immortality." life's joys may take-their flightc, life's hives may berblightedi,but . the longings ;(if faith but reach forth; the more• ardently for those mansions of rest that await the wearyp for that ~ ..erown, t of .glory that, shall honor the faithful. Faith ' , triumphs- over-. death,- receiving its peremptory; summons with composure,: in the ' full ; asiiirance that, though , worms • de- Amy thimbadyppetrituthedialiawefshallasee. • God; sod as earth, recedes, faith looks for ward, and through the 'open gates of the , eelestiat.eity, views in ; the midst thereof, the Lamb of God, who is its Te.mple,,its Light,,its Life. R.D.S. Por• the Pentiytentiorßintier. Honor to the Brave Dien who Die in Donate of their .Country. • On this list, Mr., Editor, please place the followin g .names : William-B. Boon, -Co. il),•2aa liegirnent 0. V., who : died. 186'34. aged-g 2 years. Mr. ,Boon was one of tlie first of his company to change his three months for the three-years' service. -114-. took the 'fever at Camp , Chaset , from.whiCh recover: ing,‘ he followed iiis.regiment.into.Virginia. , At , Westoru .severe cold-settled on , his lungs ; the 'fever returned, ~a nd thuk died. ' Alonzo -Rayl, Co. C. 41st Regiment .0. V., who died of billions diarrhoea ) . at Lou isville,. Ky March 3d 1862 in the 22d. year of his age: ' ' • ' Harrison-Strine, 'CO. IC I , ' 41sfl.Regiment: O. V.,, diedlApril• 3d, 4802, at , his,father's • house,, of dung fever, in in Ken tucky. Mr. S. was in his 10th year; and he and RaYi were both , frdm'Salt Creek Township, 'Wayne - Co., Ohio. • . John .13i-'loKean, Co.lG,.l6tltßegiment O. , V., ,diecL at,Cumberlano.oo, .4., , of pneumoni , terminating in , hemorhage of the lungs April 2d, 1862 in the 20th year of hisge. John was it,dth roti:ea iv his home in, FieclerickbareOhio, and' to '•• his &there Clipt. Richardsoul t writes : " , H&. was , aiwayrkan ezemplary . yopgrman, . and t,4 never devia d from the right,path, though surrounded many temptattons. died. , , He „ not as thosewho have no, hope." David Ell Dobbins, sth 'Ohio Battery, who died April 30th, on.theaiteamer ~—'---,,- M{r of chronic ~ diarrhoea, in the 27th year ,of his se.e. '- . Dobbins - paged, - unhurt, through the loody'battles of April 6th 7th,' at Pittsb ugh Lanclinel But dre ethe ~ month , was pine., he fell beg:re' the,.enemy - who - always strikes to kill It is years, hoirever, sinee - .M.r. D. enlisied as a ,eoldier of the cross, i 'Unity church, -, Fredericka burg; _Ohio. - n this warfare, his eye ?. was fixed on= the ,Captain, and ,he-was true to his colors; and now, we believe, to him, death is a vanquished foe,ind he wears ihe . victor's. crown. ' • [We , ehould thuwito , hotter all the breme, bet burspace iwuttetly ittideiinate. EBROPEIINCORIWOMIENCE-; A Town - in Scotland--Oharigm and the Unchan,q ing —The, City.of Glasgo,w—lts ,Peopde.and..afan- Sions=:-Chnrch'es and' Odergy—Dr: •Jfd - Buft nd his Sermon—Postures Torski 4 •Oid School ' Peopl,e :in London—Stirling and its - Mentories- - Wallaee in Battle=---Hislioniernent- - -:-" Bannoekhnini •andr the', bid' = and= "-the .Englishers" —Guthrie the Martyr—Knox. and. Buchanan—Ehenezer Erskine and the Halditnes —Revival Eras , --AWish—Postioript. BLAIR-GO WRIE,--.Perthshire, June 27. FROM' 'BO O7 LAND - witch this , letier- the fatherland of some, ,the cherished., InOtheipf others,,Whose eyes fall on your pages . aid trace .these roes. I hadnot" trodirenSeottish 4irforkotiy_six 'yewts. ' Since , then .many- changes have passed ever , the land. True; the old Castle of Edin burgh, with Colton Hill and Arthur's= Craig, are the same ; so too is it with "'the hankanndibineslof botinpDoon ' t'-iwith. the Caise Gowrie, tite r polies of Perth '.and;, an d the Fay that,rolls Along their ,grassy mar gin ; the same too is Dunkeld and the " Birnamwocid" which . Macbe.th'S witches foretold , should id 001318. to DutismanqLwith Stirling Castle, and; the field, of ,Bannock burn-, where Wallace,fought and conquered,;, and Lock Lomond, Lock .liatrine, (the scene or Walter 'Scott's 'Lally of the Lake ")—all these, ' with Highland glens, * and gigantic granite rocks repelling , the - German. ocean r ,,and the lovely vales, of Leven and Strathmore, with flowery banks and tangled gorse, and the magnificent pan orama, Which meets'iny - eye on this‘Sumtabr' morning, when from the windows of a- Scottish manse I look, out.and can trace ,a magnificent panorama with :its enclosing hills, its' -pastoral plains, its silver Keks,,, its-populous 'villages, and Mills and'firato-- riesy with-wheat and other-Cereals, 'and'fair meado*s; stretching- away-from-Pi:fear on the , Best to Perth itself= ;ott they West: What peace is here ! How do the horror's of War,. especially of civil war ;'of rebellion and sterwrqinession ; of • " Many a child loft fa.therlesa,- And many awidoar mourning ;" '• of the ambuscade , thmsurprise theilangh ter, the wounded and, maimed,. the deatllY fever ,and sickness . that track the : steps of war--all , rise up . before _me, inspiring at, once thankfulness to God that Me, ,at• spared; and passionate longings that you should hav ,"- and - that speetlili. • Glasgow, I have ,knowrilong, and pften,, have I visited it. Its people are not so polished as those of EtlinbUrgh, they say, and perhaps that . is .so. But Whit' they want in refinement, they more than Make up by the heartiness and ,kindness by son of which the stranger and thelraveller feels himself 'at honie. Not that Glasgow is not.;richer far' than 'ever it was in .rthe fruiti _Of education and:learning among its 'rising sons and daughters„ as well as in the refinements of modern chili maim. The r housesl of the Gla'agoW Bier chants .are superior in, acCommodation;i(to say: nothing of the fine ; freestone, ;which gives them , at once a. rich and,substantial , air 'in contrast with London briek,), s and eqUal in thee elegance - of their interior decorations,:in their.paintinga i engravings, and .libraries, to ,those otour metropolitan millionaires. . Fspcially,is this .the easehin the Western suburb , of Glasgow,, where. ): • the're is - netw`a . b.eautiful 'Park, and around it, ad' well 'aibin precincts, 'crescents, villas,: and -palaces of stone) :occupied-by perso a El imlependen t and.prosperous,Oontid.- • Hither many, of the ministers of the standing and ability r have followed, as.,. it Were, their flocks. Here, fOr examine, within a: gunihot, are two elegant Obitgre gational - churches ;•' the *Free: Church 00l lege, with• its 'lofty-Byzantine:towers; Dr. R. Buchanan's ; Free ;church,, resting; ; its"shaaow ; opposite to it the church of the famous and Queen-honored preacher, Dr . Caird, and---also -that of-Dr: -- McDuff, the well known author of - "'The Night Watches," and other':_devotional works, and, like !MeDuff; &minister of the Stottish Establishnient. I was• , .in Glasgow. over &Sabbath.day. In -the, afternoon .I•wentto thcchurchtof Dr.t 'McDuff.. *He is , - thet.seionk °flan old Highland family, and hasithAelytbeens,..be. reaved. of an only son, who, had he sur vived,. would Shave been possessed ere -long of a ,splendid estate in the North. .But trust that he has obtained a- better heri tage;' and. doubtless . his excellent father, who las written: soma& to cheer drooping pilgrimsovill now be all the better quali fied as a Son. of Consolation, both .by lip and pen, and be able to comfort others with the same comfort where With he himself is comforted of God. • Dr; McDuff's church 'is plain in the ex terior but , within , it is comparatively gent. Its roof and style are medimval. There are no galleries; thepews are , low backed pulpit is low and beautifully Carved, and 'stands beneath a fine stained glass window. The congregation is nu m.erous and " respectable.' Their de meanor during .the ,whole ,service is rev-. erent and becoming . There is : both quietude and soieinnitY from first to last. The choir that leads the "•singing-'is just under and around , the pulpit,; but almost 'entirely eon mated; - Ibut a , rich • harinony peals forth ; 'though, in tones , and tunes which, to an English-trained ear, at least, y seem rather , elegiac . than jubilant. Al the close the Service', however,' just Wore 'the benedic tion, there was almetrical psalm (or para phrase,), _sung, as,,a,nhant, is new in Scotland but in the Established Church in towns, as well as in some U. P. churches, - will-probably , ,becoine as gain-' eral[ as it is now dommon among the 'Coal' gregationalistsi and Methodists ofEngland.: To. this I may add—referring to the • late address of Dr. tisset,„ Moderator of. the, Established Assembly, about attitudes and other'changes in •the - forms of public wor ship—that Dr. MeDiiff, in 'his first prayer;' incorporated Alm greater part of , the , 'con-' fession of sin, which is found in.the Liturgy: of the 'Church of England, at the begin ping of the Morning and Evening Service. Itut there '- vas `nothing oste.iitations or demonstrativeLin thir; the ministerliter- . ally." inedrporated "- the confessionfalluded: too, : glidingiuto and adding ,t 0 ! the same tope 91 : vaiee, as naturally,as 'possi ble Dr. - Cumming, in London, has thus need withoixt boa many of the petitions of the , Liturgy,;s6•beautifalltii; sim plicity.and..Saxon, plainness Land 71 believe. , with the, highest :l acceptance -and . greatest, usefulness. .. . • In Dr. McDuff's church, the people rose int singing, and haired halfhitting , on ' the psyriboards—indicating,,,asit , were,ithe de- , sire - to kneel before God theieiMakeriiif that ,were, practicable., ,All4hisis now our custom in - England—except lathe Northern counties, where Presbyterians are a little stereetYped;lead b keep to sitting' in singing; and; he standinglattitude in prayer. •,, In London there is one Presbyterian church-, ; whither, after the reoperivig a and beautifYing ,of Dr. James Hamilton's, church—when - On the first service in the renovated building; the people; Kby'previ-' ous9understandingi.with. the -elders;) rose up—two, excellent maiden ladies, long , at tached to the plape, and a Worthy ,physi ; cian who had been hcrn in a 80,ottisli'm.anse, and` who hates all chaege, retired' to a Be fugium, and there, to theitheart's content, they have a minister (mOst) Worthy, who preaches to theruit thehroadest- Northern Dori% and who, like themselves, is.,",seuti nered ", at,anichanges as to attitudes; and as far "organs " iifchurclies, why both he andt - they, honest: folk, agree in . regarding them as a semi-Popish abomination. The sermen-by-Ds,-MeDufg -was-not very remarkable, andickitowas I # l. .:fr e nvbein g either common plide,;or pointless. ' The parses-et of the man is very= similar4o that of Dr. jimes Hamilton, of London_ He is like him,. tall and.somewhat gaunt, with dark hair and...sombre countenance; but he is ' considerably younger. His Voico is al most a -monotone, andle uses notes (Closely, although with-great facility of -reference, and with perfect self-pessession. , His mind is saturated with Scripture truth, , and at the same time is"rich in imaginative and illustratiVe power, although this is not put .forth in a , -way which in England would be tregarded as -essential to oratorical suc cess. The „text, was, " Yea I have loved thee with ,an eVerlasting loye," • . Divine love was; 'exhibited in a series of parallel , texts, to each or lirhith was given - at oncsan analysis-and application; with imagery, too, which was+very - l apt and ,impressive. - He gave runnifig commentaries on Isaiah lvii 1.;" Hos. it ....19 ; Zeph. iii :17,; and as each passage -was 'referred to; that " rustlingof the leaves of , the Bible" .which' so im-, , pressed Whitfield when he first preached in Septland, and which is, still, _suck a con trast, to English congregations, whoseprain istei do mot,as aclass, t expeundihe Word, and : io perhaps-don't, (from ,that cause); like expositiOn,..as compared ; with sermons —was heayd all over the church. , The dis course was most. carefully prepared. It was also enriched with some quotations,..as, for example that ef.the.-saying,iof, Cyprian ahout.John iii :16, ," an ocean,of thought, in a drop of language." -: ,.., , At the time I visited Glasgew t most of the leading ministers,4ncluding,Dr.baird,, were ,out of.tewn, "down, at theeoast," by whichis,meant at -Heletteburgh, at. Itoth-e say, atothe -.lsland of Arian, or some other.r watering place on the.,beentifel ,Olyde,4and, this year,,the.,o,coitigh,ministers, as well as laity, repair in large numbers,. to thateyn osure of the world's eye, the International Exhibition in London. i ,Stirling/ was my seivnd• scene of:ipit , grignage r - T although .besides seeing.and obr .aerAng-.1 : had ,some :.priblie, work .40 ,, .andArcolaing, it,: had s iwatm‘, welcome,and support: Oota Christian f _ worthies ,Tesident there' ! hail been., designated by , a 1 earned rl and Lelegan t 'ntriter,...%theitglory•of , Sootland?! Mout' the, oxajoi.tioitoenseryi of the Highlands. ainks, , into the ;embrace,ef . the .most,.pietnresq ue7portion of:Ose.•‘Low-, on' the ;,slopes, ; of> three ro mantic Amp ; ,which have: .bait fond', iu; the Imidst„of iski , fertile .plain, hennaed by ; aa4.l stupendous rtionntains,-4. ,river, silvery ; andlerpentine r glidesnmeoW. lyvby•its base .-- 7 -while•the,summit, reaching Westward, commands. the • ,prospect -of a , gorgeous 'panorama. Viewed -from. differ eat:. points.: of the , eurrottuding :from- the , ,caurse. of the river. f .:l3tirling Rook; ,surmounted by its- Castle, Affords a variety of prospeots, each beautiful 6r ro mataic." , , Stirling was anciently styled " The Key of, the. Highlands." Here the invader and• the invaded ilave.met in desperate antagok. nism. It !is mall entitled to the .name,4he strife. , The Romans fortified it-and long maintained,itias an important station.; Before the.sor.ties that issued .from itLeas, tle, the marioUsrllritish,tribes.which sought' ioypenetrateVortiyeardy oretrisatedmiw talbc WHOLE NO. 513: fusion and terror. Here, in a severe con, filet, Kenneth McAlpine, put an end to Pictish Dominion. Here, in 975, Ken neth lIL made-the rendezvous of his army, before proceeding to the overthrow. of, the Danes at Luneasty. Alex. I. and. William the. Lion died in, the Castle; and the sys tem of trial by jury was there constituted by Alexander-11. • Stirling was the favorite residence of the' Royal House of Stewart. , James VI. sof England, was here- baptized ; and while his father Darnley sullenly shut himself, up in the. Castle, the rite was administered' in the old Church, which 'I visited a - "few days ago, and' which is all unchanged;' But long before- , that ,event Jameac L (the -" "- Fitzjames - of, the "Lady, -of the Lake,") had made Stirling the scene of tournaments and "sports, of State conii eila and of Parliatnents. '`E"very Seot tish nobleman had here his .lodgings or , court residence ; the -Prevost-:became -the , chief of his order in the kingdom ; the civic functionaries were robed like officers of State. In the castle, both- jaines ,V. :and his daughter; Maxy, Queen off Scots, were crowned: The , name of Sir - William.- ' Wallace, .the hero of Scottish,' liberty, .is forever associated with, Stirling and its !neighborhood. First of all, he led the as sault-oh an English' army of 50,000 meh, and4ooo'horse; backed'hy only 10,000'in fantry,,the, , greoer number, of 'whom were untrained, to:arms:. By: a, stratagem he tempted them across the Torthi.to wank :Abbey'. Craig behind, and beneath ~which, his troops were concealed. The Enlish, partially at least; crossed-the river,•overa few planks, and then: at .an , appointed sig nal,-.the :bridge had a-wedge withdrayn, and fell into -the stream. The English rush , • big on, were met by unexpected numbers, rushing from the steep, and' repulsed in front-and in-both,flanks; numberS periShed in"-attempting to , crossitheriver, while, soy- oral thensand were slain. The remainder of ,the English fell into an ambuscade be hind them, close to the'very ground NO:l6ie afterwards` Brhar fought the great battle' Of' 13annochburre- , and ~seattered "kproud-'‘Ed yard's chivalry" to the winds. The,result Wallaee.isoiieteryyas,the, dri vin g .of, the invlders ,Seetland. This battle was fought 'on the 11th' SePtember, 1297. "But'for'that battle,' Scotland would have lost herinationality, her:; history. The 'pa triot fwas-not always, so triumphant;;.. lost, at, Talkirk, and ultimately fell, a marr,l tyr to -his heroic devotedness. But the spirit-he had awakened never, died; it led - to-vietory at Bannoohburn-L'Llburat fbith the Reformation against,tpriestly'domina tion--glowed.,brightly.in ,the 'seventeenth , century, 'during the fiftyyears strugglefor covenanted rights—and after the :lapse of five hundred year`,` iekindled'Scottish couragaork the plains or.Waterlod, arid oti the heights of.-the`Ahrial Thed`victoryat Stirling cheekedthe cOnquering career of ' the Norman race, and ,preserved, intact , { the : Saxon family; while ,hoth subsequently Uniting on equal'and honorable terms, have beeotner-one great, -powerful, and enlighten. ed.nation." The, Wallace - . Monument, a magnificent ereetionon A.bbeyOraigßock, from whence, Wallace looked dOwn on 'the advancing English before the battle described; is now rising fast. By all means let every Amer ican tourist ascend the Craig, - and thence behold one of the finest panoramas in Ea rope—not forgetting the field of Bannock burn; to the South-west. - I shall make no further alluaiOn to the field where Ed,ward 11. was'ioverthrown cb* King Robert the Bruce, than to=.-relate a humorous-anecdote, told meat, Stirling. ,Someye,ars ago a party of English tourists visited,the field under the leading of a " guide"—a thorough I r Scotehman, and proud of 'his victory. In 'the course of-their-peregrinations over the' battle-ground, the strangers seemed to the, old ,man to indulge in .remarks rather de rogatory to his countrymen. When ,ahout to depart, one of thein 'Presented to him a piece Of silver. ‘‘ . 'N'a,, l" 'said the Fin toted tgnide, hae•naire=of your Biller; you-Englishers lost enough .at Banneck hurn—Pll ; hag, nano of it—keep your Bil ler!" Guthrie, the martyr, was a minister at Stirling, and the church still stands in -which:he Ididi• . the • .preacher 4 i`andpastorli work : with rare fidelity andfs , po,wer. Be' ,was a man..of such unbending character • .• that he got the popular soubrequet of "sicker foot, or Sure-foot.' Eli tract,' " The ,Caulks-of God's•Wiath," as'Well as his zeal for the Covenant, helped•to bring on perse: . I cation-and imprisonment, and finally death' on. the. scaffold *the. GrasOlarket, of Ed ;inburgh. He .foreseen this twenty- Ohree'years before, when.he had'subscribed ,the'eateimint in the Grey :Friars' 'Church yard,,saying, "I kilow that' I shall die for what•l ; ha"e,done this day; but I could not a better • cause."Guthris,'o name is ,dear to Seotland,',aixt 'pleasapt was it I ; to' See . now, in the • 'fieW cemetery of "the' ,town, sit well as in front of the mansion:4r ; Peter :Drummond, Esq.,: my liost,iside , W. , side*li . figures of Knox, Andrew,,,Kel r .ville, the..statue of Guthrie. Thst.thct ; ceinete4lo called " The Mouu ,ment,"'wh4oh was inaugurated - Cm' the -, 9 611i .otiNovember, .1857. The •entire expense ,wasidefrayed by William Drummond,•Eiq. 9.ther illustrious names .aFe associated with ; Stirling—those of Knox and 13ucha ; the one the great preacher, ,the otter the erudite and accomplished teacher of the dteformed doctrines.. &whams reisidetr 'here for .years, as Preeeptorts tiltmes..VL• The church still staods.is preached at the Coronation of James Vi., an infant thirteen' royal Mother being deprived of the throne. In . the • same church, or , its sister under ,the ;same roof, ,ministercd s tlicieslebrated ben .ezer Erskine, .till the , time'of his depriira ition, in consequeileelit his - bold 'Ts : listens:se* to and denunciation fof 'the . abornitiation of ,patronage, in his•famonseermon as . Mode. ,rater of the Synod , of Perth and.,Stirling, -Erskine, after his .ejectment, ministered tp, a numerous flock at Stirling , ' for twenty - -ones :years, subsequent to thi'seoinmencemerit the , Secession' Church: Thewremains.itire - • interredin front of ErskibesUxiited;Pires byterian, .c s hurch, in John ptreet,,that structure having been .resep4ly ; .rsited.ot the site, Of the place etwOrshiP i 'm which he latterly ministered: • . Thee Brothers Haldane . 'were born ; in: castellated mansion—to the South-east; of ißtirliug,, andipossessorsrof.an estate which •was, aftealrards,sold to raise funds , to spread, the Gospel. in Scntland: These men adopt •ed Congregational prinCiiiles; but as'in the _era of this .-Erskines; s 6 in the liaitier of the' ;Haldines,,we recognise REvrwarotbratrus---;-: iwithcknt , :whope.,,celao,wers • of.,bl4soing i enct TOE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER Publication Office GAZBTTB BUILDINGS, Si PISTE 6r, hrressmen, PHILADELPHIA, ROUTH:WM Cm OP 7TH AND ONANDED2 • ADVERTISEMENTS. TERMS IN ADVANCE. A. Square, (8 lines or less,) one insertion, 60 centsi - asoll subsequent insertien;4o cants; eschlinolasyond. eight, 6 ota A Square per miarthr; s4:oo'' each line'additional, 83 cants • A.-RentarrioN made teadvortleereby.the year. BUSINESS NOTICES of Tim lines or less, $1,.00 each ad dittonal line, 10 cents. • ' - REV. .DA:VW.AIIRINIVEY, PROPRIETOR Ann Ptramsnal. • whose quickening influences, religion would almost have perished Viroughout the land. The Con,gregationalists Of 'Sealand have produced great men—Wardlaw, Alexan der, arid sothers—but their numbers are few. Nevertheless they have been, and are, as:'‘ a ; dew from the Lord,"• a "salt," a "Jeaven " of, blessing to the land. They now see spiritual life advancing, and they help on its progress ; and some of their laymen, 'as can testify from personal knowledge, are Most devoted , and earnest, consecrating their •wealth_ largely to the cause of. God and ,truth. reserye other_notiees,of Scotland,. specially as to its denominational aspects, ,and statistics, public morals, national char acteristics of a minor, yet not uninteresting character, such as " strike the stranger " together ;with an estimate of ,the extent of religions life, and the state of morals in towns and rural districts. Meanwhile, cannot but breathe the wish, that many of my clerical American brethren were here this day, inhaling-ths " caller air" of .the pure hills. and gathering vigor for intellectual or_spiritual—work .at home by the sojourn. of a,tmontb., in " Auld,;Scot land." P. S.—The, lweather• has caused great anxiety to agriculturists, but is improving. The - Viceroy of Egypt is now in London, which' is nroirded' With- strangers from all nations. . Last, week the , Queen and her children visited St. George's Chapel, at Windsor, and placed fresh wreaths of flowers over the grave of Prince Albert. The wedding. 'of the Princess' Alice, next week, will-be conducted so privately, that: there will not even.be.musio; . and the great officers of State _take their oepFture immediately after luncheon. „. the trials of agrarian murderers have re sulted in one or two convictions; in another ease thenecused'was acquitted, to -the en ihusiastic joy of the, Popish populace; who alwa.ys.,,shield, and. „ sympathize, with, this class of criminals. Cardinal Wiseman and Pala Cullen have been ,presetiting the ex-King of Naples. with .at sword. ia a shame-for these men to decay% thyoung,man by such displays, under the idea that: he has many sympa thizeys in this country. Several of Ultramontane Bishops, return ing home to the'French Dioceses, have been almobst mobbed by the people. fit .:Beads >an & I-Play." Alice M had received a fine edu cation. Her mind had been naturally and eve,nly developed.. She had, committed many select texts - of Scripture to, memory, and had enforced their lessons on her own heart: Thc Spirit of God took of the things 'of 'Christ and showed them unto her. She received the: truth in the love of it. Her Bible and her closet, were dear to her. Her happiest hours were her seasons of communion with .tier " Saviour. The Sabbath was to' her n!'heavenlelow. Alice - was 'but twenty-one ,years of age when she became the wife of a ship-master some four,or. five.years older than herself. He was:going to, America in a new ship, and bad a'state-room fitted and furnished for her accommodation, and she consented' to accompany him 'to sea. - -Their wedded life began upow the„deep. The :husband was a stranger to, the power, of grace. He admired and loved his wife for her earnest piety; - Oritei; return from - her first Voy agei she cenftded . to a friend-who had been her spiritual adviser, that they ,had lived .a life of,prayer„,even on shipboard. "Was he willing to pray with your asked tbe , friend. "No," replied Alice, "but` ire had prayers , together every day ; be seemed glad.,to..hrive it so. He readltddi prayed." et - Tange z phat wtthin,two years that ,husiiarid`'S soul was bionghi to the - foot of the'etioiriNna that the time came when she read and he prayed'? Are :there not many 'for whomthis vale ? will, fureieh an! exam ple, and who• will te ieneourf.m9l py.it,to do • likewise? iArliiiislioAtiii - at"iiiiy There Was in Mr. Gardner's garden a fruit tree . laden with delicious fruit. the season-was a-very unhealthy one, Mrs. 'Gardner prohibited,her.ohildren from visit 'ing without -her,permissiou, : the tree, for ,the purp,osp ef partaking of the,fruit. One. "day a "schoolmate. visited Arthur Gardner; and 'they played together in the garden. They asked and received permis sion to -visitthertree and. to eat moderately of the.fruit. „After-some time they asked. secendtime„:lrit from, sward to their ,health, G. 'told them it was not best `ibr'them-to -eat laxly more'fruit that after noon: I3efore sunset; Arthur was persuaded by his cehwanion ,to disobey his parent,and visit the tree.,,, He did so with great re luctance, but his - iiipetite, and the influence of his conipiiiion, , Overcarne 'his' sense of duty. tli AB,he 4Waffihasttly faigg-hiaTockets,,he looked up and,emf his another ,stauding, on the piazza, r obierging his proceedings. He immed emptied his pockets and' re-. tired=in-tonfusioii; to a f)art•of the garden out,of isighploais..mother. 4 1 11,49,4g0E044 1 - atm -yrildwhit) yaw," irke94 M • 1. ' "NO; U ( r itsl)Fe feptfflp would 'rater A. loped, thitif#relier fpel bad :said :3•11' ..,1 • WheuCliriatianseire.tempted.tosin,Lthey ehmild.rvmember that l T.anakia looking. down urn F fir ,froM• f hie JneHatorMl *pan. Will - fint that raTemlyanne bring, eyesy bloir'dbOught sinner to a sense of' dlity ? WM.anr.i one. go"on performing a sinful ant ' tipsier the.ininoediate.eye of-him.who.aweat grepi i fta,„of : WO at GAtbaemame, end was . s ikailedjg,the moss on.Qalvgy s , to put 'an end' to Y. Observer. r ial . 1 * %• t‘') '! Wan .Sabbath 140r6,11113a.'?1.--A lady of somewhat lax religious views was oonvers ing,:witb one of .disideclL evangelical senti ments, urging objecitions to some ds latter replied : If:Gbdlind , iintqsPdlien to 1113' so plainly, there , might .be? .room, . for - dismission.' " Bgt;1 1 1dd ti/o ftrgt, " 0042/3 with wie Rext BablnAn, and., bear how our miiister„dis pothrof atkiliquestions." Me Sub bathshoeii mine 1 io'outewiti-tini prom pt . respnise. • " • • . And was a noble respoomoituants4 cont ., teotul t ,pps4iTe,i.ettlriele t ot, :faithful' , to the coDlsnge to 0 1 04,„ . Christian ; reide, y ti iffinembet that the "Son of Nang WM silo Of 'the Sibbilth day,", and yottuithirold .twe it as • you- will' answer to. him?-- Watchman. CM