REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS IN ADVANCE. Saesomenose - VISO n CLUBS 1.25 DELIrEEED IN EITHER OE THE CITIES 2.00 For I'vo Dotieno, We Will mild by mail seventy auulber nd for ONE Donau, thirty-three numbers. restore ending us TWENTI Subscribers and upwards, will thereby entitled to a paper without charge. Renewals ebould be prompt, a little before the year expires Send paymentaby wife hands, or by mail. Direct all letters,to REYt DAVID Pittsburgh, Pa. •Por the Presbyterian Banner. The Men for the Times. Richard Cecil said in the introduction to his sermon on The True Patriot, " To meet everywhere peaceable citizens in arms ! to hear fields and .gardens daily echo with the din of martial exercises! Surely this be speaks a time critical—alariniug—new ! a time, which a minister cannot but feel, and might not to neglect." We live in such tie-) and not. only should every minister be Thily awake, but every Christian, should also be aroused' to the pressing. necessities of the hour. Action ! action I should be the watchword of the hour, but with ac tivity, zeal and courage, there must bedeep humility, earnest prayeroind an overcom ing faith. " The effectual fervent prayer , of a righteous man availeth much." And do'we not need something just at this mo ment, that will'avail much, for our brave soldiers, for our Government, and for the efficiency and success of our arms? When the Government calls for brave hearts and ready hands,'to come speedily to its help, do we not need something to give a new impulse to our patriotism? In the excite ment, and hurry, and anxiety, do we not need. a wonderful outpouring of the Holy Spirit? Well, " The effectual ferveut prayer of a righteous man availeth much." These are the kind of prayers that are now needed. . We want Christian patriots— men who, like Enoch of old, walk With God—men who love their closets, and the prayer-meeting, men whose hearts are temples of the Holy Spirit, and who inter- ' cede by day and by night, with the Lord,, in behalf of our struggling nation. Such men will prayy, that the sword now in the hand of the Government, be made " a ter ror to evil-doers," and if a terror' to evil doers, it will certainly be a praise to those who do well. These faithful intercessors, ' (would that there were more of them I ) are blessings to our country and the Church. Jehovah delights in contemplating them. " To this man will I look, even to him that is of a broken and contrite spirit." For toe sake of humble believers, God spares wicked nations, among whom they dwell, even as he would have spared Sode i nn had there been ten righteous persons found therein, and as he spared 'Jerusalem long for the sake of David, his servant. For the sake of pious men, he bestows mani fold blessings; as on Egypt, for the sake of Joseph; on the house of Obed-edom, for the sake of the Ark; on the widow of Za rephath, for the sake of El jah; and on Babylon, for the sake of Daniel. What a blessing it is to the Church and nation when there are many stirring, up themselves 'to take hold of God. These like Moses, stand in the breach to turn away the wrath of God. " Therefore, he said, that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should de stroy." God can do nothing contrary to his per fections. All his actings are the imme diate result of them. But it pleases him, that his saints in seasons of national dis tress should plead his perfections, and, as , it were, take held of them in holy, huinble, fervent importunity. Some of his greatest deeds and manifestations of his perfections upon earth have been performed in answer to the prayetleand according , to the pleWB - his praying people. Was he read}" to spare Sodom 7 It was in conformity to the pleadings 'of Abraham, wholook hold of his justice and righteousness. Why did he spare Israelin.thedesert, after their idol atry and rebellion,'upon the report of the spies? Becalms, as it is said, Moses would • not' suffer him to .destroy them; he took such hold of his perfections. Why did he restore Jerusalem after the seventy years' captivity? In answer to the prayers of Daniel and the angel of the' Lord, pleading the righteousness, faithfulness, and mercy of God. Those who have grace to take hold of Godin this manner, are the pillars . of a Church and the strength of a nation. Thus it is evident, that the great strength of a Church or nation does not consist in the outward forms, privileges and multi tudes of the one, nor in the wealth, popula tion, laws or armies of the other, but in those among them who constantly offer up the , effeetual fervent prayer of the right eous man. When Hezekiah and Isaiah cried to God, Sennacherib and his hosts could not even approach Jerusalem. 0 how many, like Isaiah and. Hezekiah, should be at the throne of grace, pleading importu nately for the success of our arms and the restoration of peace, when brothers; hus bands, tethers and sons are sacrificing their lives on the altar of. their country I The humblest believer in -the land has a power at the throne of grace, which not even ar mies and navies possess, But we are not to expeekthe end, \ while we tiegleist the means, "Abraham be lieved God ; but, on a properoccasion, he armed his trained servants born in his 'own house, three hundred and eighteen, and, after recovering his brother, was met lie his return and blessed by Melehizede. 1\ Jacob wrestled with God for deliveranc from a cruel avenger ; but still planned, with, as, much policy as if he had never prayed. -..David was wise in not trusting to his bow; but did he throw it a w a y ? H e resolved not to trust in chariots or in horses. ' but did he destroy them ?" And 110 W, marnot all good men confi dently hope and pray that the results 'of this great struggle, which at present con vulses 'and crushes the country, may be the , establishment of our nationality on a basis more enduring. As the pelting storms and driving winds cause the oak of the for est to sink its routs deeper and to clasp Avg pre firmly the solid ;ook, so may this /Cr, Arm of rebellion, which is now shaking'. Wireibly . the Tree of 'our liberties, cause „to sink' its•roota deeper and to clasp more - vigorously the bean of the ;nation. D. A. C. . Rochester, Pa., July 28,1862. The follitwing 'from the Agotit of the American and Foreign Christian`Union, in _ Italy, will be read with much interest: On the 22d of Ma.y, the Rev. Mr Hall, our Wkasionary Agont at Florence, , wrote as follows: ‘.`. For some months there has been an earnest call for another Evangelist on the Island of Elba. Early in April, I applied to Dr. Revel to aid me in securing the-ser vices of a good man, to open a place of, re ligions worship there, in the town of Rio Marina. I am, happy to say that a most excellent person has been-lound—Mx. E. Marohand—a native, I believe, of 'Pied- MEI - • • 1 op t k, .• L . vA, VOL. X. NO. 46. moot, who has finished his theological course at Geneva, and who lately arrived in this city, intending to seek a field of labor in Italy. E. have secured his services for a few months, till the time of his ordination by the Waldensian Synod. Whether he will return to Elba after that event, de pedds on the decision of Synod, which de termines the field of labor for each of its members. Unless a more important work is found for him, he will don4less be re turned there. " Mr. Marchand passed his first Sunday on the Island at Portoferraio, with the Evangelist Peccenini and Del Bono, of whom he speaks, as excellent, evangelical, and faithful laborers. The Lord's Supper was celebrated that day at Portoferraio for the first time, in which impressive service about twenty persons United. Mr. M. says he was deeply moved by the simplicity and seriousness with which these newly con verted persons presented themselves, and expresses the hope that this service will confirm their faith, and contribute to in crease -the light which begins to shine so brightly in that pleasant country. " At Rio Marina, he found the friends of the Gospel as sheep among wolves; with no encouragement from without, and no centre of union among themselves ; exposed to the oppositoon of an ignorant and perse outing population. He says :' I leave you to imagine with what joy they greeted my arrival to establish myself among them. They, thanked God and took courage ; and gave me all possible assistance to open a place of worship, which; if it please God, shall x be permanently established there.' " The number of evangelical persons who openly declare themselves at Rio, is about forty. A room for meetings was at once rented and furnished. The services have been well attended, -by a quiet, earnest, and attentive congregation. "To show the ignorance of some of the population, Mr. Marchand' related the fol lowing•incident A very old and poor woman came to me one-day in great dis tress, and.asked with much perplexityi: if the good Jesus would be willing to save even her. " And why not ?" said Ito her. "Ah ! because I cannot read or write." pressed warmly the land of the dear old woman, and explained to her how she could partake of the grace of Christ without reading or writing. She left me, her face beaming with joy.' It is my desire to open, as soon as- possi ble, 'a school in Portoferraio,-and in Rio Marina. The children of , those ' who turn away from the Roman Church, should be gathered into schools at the earliest practi cable moment. E. E. 11ALL. WORK OF THE WALDENSES IN ITALY In the July number of The Christian World, Mr. Hall gave a brief but interest ing account of 'the missionary efforts of the Italian Church in Italy. In a recent letter he has sent us the '"following notice of the work of the Waldenses in Italy, which we are sure will be read with deep interest : Since Is4B the Waldensiau Church of the Valleys of Piedmont has been enlarging its borders. From 1848 to 1859, this an cient Churoh,A•ejoieing in the freedom se cured to it by Charles Albert, sent out missionaries' and established missions in several towns and villages in Piedmont. And when the late revolution opened the greater part of Italy to the—eolporteur and evangelist, the Vaudois Christians, with others, were ready to enter this new field of evangelical labor. Some statements frond the last RepOrt [May 20,1862,] of the Ccininiittee ef gelisation, may be acceptable to your readers. The Report speaks first bf those steam which have been occupied al longer or shorter period before the last yea; then 'of new enterprises. At Cornaayeur a small .church has-been established, composed of those who have separated thernSelves from the old traditions of Romanian:l. Though there has been no increase the last year, yet the members have been confirmed in the faith. A school for girls has been opened, and now numbers sixteen pupils. The evangelist also gives instruction' to some boys. At Aosta the curious 'multitude which first came to hear the evangelist has disap peared, leaving about , thirty Who are con stant attendants on religious services. Many causes, says the Evangelist, have bronght about this decline; and first- of all, the enmity and opposition of thelfty priests and 'thirty sisters of charity living in the city;'they have sworn - the ruin' of the evangelicals, and have left no means untried to destroy their inftnene,eund their work. Many hearers have withdrawn from the evangelical worship, because they found the Gospel too severe, and inconsistent with their natural' passions. So long as contro versy was the subject of discourse, they were pleased ; but when the way of salva tion has been plainly and pointedly an nounced, many have said=" This is a hard saying, who can hear it?" The colporteurs in this region have been very successful the last year; their sales have -been in creased probably by the violence' of their nemies, who have committeduiany :Testa ''eats and religious tracts 'to the flames. In, the neighborhood of Aosta,' at Bris nis, so es, a small and faithful congregation has' (len formed : being confposerof multi veto' of the soil, they are more independ ent a d conscientious. The Miesion. at Aosta may be regarded as firmly estab lished, Miming secured'a house sufficiently large for‘i church, a residence for the min ister,and Thorns for the schools. \ t r There i s ' ii congregation of about forty persons at o,isale. The Evangelist who has occupied that post, has been accus tomed to visit "float the stations at Voghera, Castelluovo and Guazzora—in each place the nunther of the brethren is small, but firm in \he faith. The Evan gelist who has minhtered in all these places, has been recekly called to Flor ence as master of the schbol fer boys in that city. -, As the present capital of•the, Kingdom, Turin,lias become one.of the iaost important places of evangelical labor. Among the citizens called there from all parts of Italy, many desire to attend occasionally tarot estant religious service. The number - of hearers has by this means greatly increased.' In the last year twenty new members have been admitted to the communion. In spite of many difficulties and trials, a great re ligious work has 'been done in Turin, and a blessed spiritual influence has invaded all accessible places. Four well-conducted schonls are: in operation, partly sustained by contributions in thecity ; - there is else lib Institute for young Vaudois artizans, and a Society for giving aid to poor children. Such are the labors and resources which assure for the work of evangelization a blessed future, and cannot but have the ap probation of God and men. in Genoa and Leghorn interesting and successful labors are in progress. The church in Genoa numbers about one hun dred communicants, and two flourishing schools give promise of future prosperity to this station. In Leghorn, after many oppositions of priests and even public offi cers, the church has passed into a flourish ing and. prosperous state. One hundred and twenty communicants have been added on examination... A school has been estab lished; also a Society to attend poor sick people in the night, and to bear the dead to the cemetery; all elements of a living church. In Florence, the Waldenses have their Theological Seminary. Professor Geymonat, in addition to :his lectures, preaches twice every Sunday and twice during the week. His congregation includes about one bun cirod.and twenty communicants. A Sunday School, and a day school for boys and one for girls, are in-operation under the direc tion of the Vaudois Committee. The Report speaks of the work in Pa lermo, Milan, Brescia, Bergamo, Modena, Reggio, Bologna,-and other places—in sev eral of which religious services are held only occasionally, solely from a deficiency of laborers. Allusion is also made to the work in Ver res, Chatisson, and Ceram, a mission sus tained since last October by the American and Foreign Christian Union. Also to the missions established and supported by the same Society in the Island of Elba. The Report as a whole gives evidence of progress and prosperity'in the various Mis sionary Stations -of the Vaudois Church. This and other Societies for evangelization in Italy are doing a great work,'which is to have the most important and salutary influ ence on the character and destiny of .this new and growing :kingdom. The thousands of Bibles and Testaments and religious books given to Italy by the hand of Chris tian love, have already accomplished a work which time can never efface. Let not those who pray .for the coming of Christ's king dom be weary in well doing. E. E. HALL. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE English Matters, Political and Agricultural—The Nowa from' America—Mai-rive of the Princesi Royal Her Character and .IVortli—Her. Hus band and his Mother—The Queen's Grief—Per sonal Renuniscences of a Visit to Dee Sido—The Queen at Balmoral—Death, of Gen. Bruce-=His Buria/,,and the Services—Visit to Aberdeen—A New Incumbent—The "Forty Thieves"—The Church Establishment tind•.-Pree Church—The Slate Collar—Dr. Newinan's Denial—A Real Dupe—The Other Extrenie—Dr. Williams and .Essayism—Dr. Lushington's Judgment—lts Na ture and Extent. Erramsu POLITICS are in a calm condi tion. The Government has suspended the erection of forts to defend the entrance (at Spithead) of Portsmouth harbor, but will proceed with 'other works of detente there and - elsewhere. Our harvest is. likely •to be late; the weather is still unsettled and showery, causing,some uneasiness and rais ing Me price o grain. There is a ple thora of gold and silver, notwithstanding recent large loans to foreign countries, and the rate of interest is likely to be 3i per cent ere long. American securities have been sold by English holders, and bought by Americans themselves. There has been some depression in them, on account of the protraction of the war. The latest news which has reached us, when I write, is in regard to the apparently indecisive, but bloody ,battle at or near. Charleston. The Times still holds that the South will be beaten, but the nation, or the best part, mourns ever the slaughter, and the appa rent unlikelihood of the South submitting except as 'a conquered people, to the Un ion sway. THE MARRIAGE OF THE'-`PRINCESS AL ICE has been celebrated with.great privacy, at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the maine residence of Royalty. Not that there was not a large-attendance'of Officers of State and of Foreign Princes and their attendants—about 70 in All. But'the ser vice took place not in a church, but in'the drawing room; the Archbishop of York officiating, and those residing close at hand were not aware of this programme. The Queen wa4 present in deep mourning, and all the company were in 'half mourning. The bride (this , ' write for your lady-read ers,) .wore a dress of white silk, of a,new description, called c' Crystalline," with a single flounce of Honiton lace, and a bor der of orange flowers at the bottom of the skirt. Magnificent presents were made to the young lady, by the Duchess of Athole, Countess of Fife, Dnleep Singh, an Indian, Prince, as well as by the Queen. But the father's (intended and prepared) presents were also there. He vvarmly approved of the marriage, and some time before his death, had set apart- special gifts for his daughter, who, alas 1 was fated to see him lie struggling with death, until she was borne away from the chamber helpless and paralyzed. And to thiviscene one of the morning papers refers as follows : Throughout the country, last-night, how 'many a family circle drank a hearty health to the young bride=how many lips when bending the kneain nightly prayer, forgot not to ask for.long years, and happy:days for that Alice whose sweet face is so familiar in every' village of England-- whose.fair youth . hasbeen so tried by a sudden. and cruel bereavement, and whose name is to synonymous with a father's farewell and'a unith'-: er's consolation! It is no secret how, - in :the dark hours of last December, the young Princess was found, by heaven's inspiration, strong be yond' her years.; and how, in the most trying visitation of our beloved. Queen, she was 'vouch safed as a stay and a comfort. These are - things never to be forgotten', and make her name a'dar ling household word throughout theland. This wedding is one of pure.affection on both sides, and not of State dipldmacy. When I was returning, last year, through Switzerland, from the Geneva Conference, I met a lady .who lived , at Hesse Darms tadt, the residence of the Princess'sfhus band, and of his parents, I 4 heard •the , best character of him, as well -as: of his devoted and. excellent mother. The, Times thus presents the contrast of the presentwith the past as'tnßoyal marriages : A royal marriage has happily. ceased to helm ,cessarily a ,political event. Aut. that is nottlie whole cif• the degradation whiCh it escapes in these days. For near two centuries it has been ; assumed that not only Sovereigns, but most royal personages, were without the • , higher qualities which both , religion and philosophy tell . us are necessary to the perfection of our nature. They were:, t,o, be ; married,. not4Lthe, oh,t9c4, of,their 1 choice; but bq acmearrangenienVor somilihtit% PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1862. tion of circumstances which precluded choice in the matter. The parents or the ministers found the wife, whoin it was thought very uncivil and unchristian for the husband not to care about. The courtship was by letter or by the attorney; ship of stiff old courtiers; themselves long past the sentiment of love, if ever they had felt it. A prince compounded his debts by matrimony, and presented himself at the altar as subjects under similar circumstances did at the Insolvent Debt or's Court. A whole batch of Prindes was pitch forked into marriage for the chance of an heir to the throne from at least one of their wives. Oc casionally, indeed, nature has pushed in and re-. deemed marriage from absolute deiecration by ,a moderate scandal. The Princess Charlotte was the first who broke a custom so degrading to royalty and the nation: She married the man of her choice, to the astonishment of all wise and good old gentlemen who entertained the views of Mrs. Malaprop on this question. Her majesty followed the example. Feeling thoroughly coin cided with interest in the marriage of the Princess Royal. The marriage we this day re cord is simply one of __pose in which England takes most pride and believes herself to excel other nations. It is a marriage of affection. The princess Alice does not acquire by it, one of those prizes 'which usually dazzle the eyes of princesses and their parents, and to which-the House' of Coburg has not hitherto been insensi- ble. A. dream of splendid alliances, of German. ascendancy, of Peninsular dynast*, and of new thrones has now passed away, an'el,thii Young and attractive daughter of a British' Sovereign joy fully accepts ` the' hand -of a Prince of Sovereign,- Darmstadt. His position is not such as to com pel his residence in his paternal dorainions, and the happy couple will probably take up their abode in England. The queen will not lose her daughter; anti the British people will gain what they thoroughly appreciate—a younger' branch of the Royal Family. - There will not be that utter separation which struck all so painfully when the Princess Royal left her home for the society of strangers and foreigners.' In this 'ease, for the present, the stronger attractions draws the husbandfrom his home to dwell among ourselves. The Times exhorts the Queen in a re spectful way to struggle against the grief, and thinks that this marriage will tend to draw her out of herself, and break what may be called the habit of sorrow. "It is," adds the writer, " the .universal• expe rience that nothing lightens grief so much .as having something to do tw hick must be done, and which-diverts the;raind, distracts the thoughts, and gives '°a new turn to ideas." I have, in the course of my peregrina tions in Scotland, stayed at 'the mansions of an eminent- Christian, Col. Ramsay, of Banehony, near Aberdeen., He and his house serve the Lord. He is (as are many other , military men,) the trophy of Divine - grace in connexion with recent re vivals. I believe -Reginald Radcliffe, Esq., the same who=hae-been so much blessed in London, Parisi ands Geneva, was the means of bringing him to decision, .Assisting,'at a public meeting •pr4sided ~over by him; I had opportunities afterwards of hearing much about the Queen and• her children. Banchony is on the margin. of the beauti ful river Dee; along which passes - the rail way up and 4iown which the Queen' travels as she repairs to . and.returns (Londonward) from her Highland Home, Balmoral. The selection by Prince Albert, of such a place for the health of his'ehildre,n,was specially dwelt upon. What a difference in the aspect of Queen e and childreit-going and returning !" was one remark.' From the relaxing• climate of the -Isle of Wight. they pass up to the mountain breezes, the ro mantic glen, the springy heather, and rud dy health tinges the cheek, and the languid eye lights-up and sparkles. In her late visit to the Highlands, the Queen preserved great privacy. There;-as well as at Osborne, I was told, she'scrupu lously followed out a remarkable morning custom and • observance. I was assured of the fact by my host,' who had it from the best authority. In • Germany, it is the custom (among the upper classes at least,) to prepare and - make -ready each day and light up at night the bedroom of 'the de parted friend, as if he or she were alive. The Queen has thus acted, feeding her grief and possibly 'relieving -it too,. and from her 'intense love to Pie departed,-thus adopting the strange eustom"of his " Fad erland:" July 4, 1862 I found also that the 'Queen had found great relief from-the-perusal of the Scrip tures. Indeed 'a letter to this effect was addressed to Lord Palmerstowby the-Prince of Wales himself: She also visited, during her late , sojourn in the _Highlands, the'cot tages of some of the peasantry on the estate,- and renewed her kindly intercourse with them. To Balmoral, she • and kliter children will return at the close of the present -month, and remain there -for-the Autumn. INSTABILITY of position and success have been remarkably, illustrated by the sudden death of Gen. Bruce, brother of Lord Elgin, the Governor General of India, and governor of the Prince of Wales. The Prince pursued '"llia studies under his oversight, a,,d' in-hiwthe-late 'Prince Con sort 'had entire confidence. Ile accompa nied the Prince of Wales on his recent visit to. Palestine and the East, and caught a tnalarew , fever there, whieh he seemed to have thrown off; bnt which,- returning after his arrival in , London, has , carried him from ,the smile of -Royalty into' the dark domains of another monarch—Death. The remaiiii, of the deceased were taken for interment to Dumfermline, (in' Sciit., land,) in:the iibbey burial groun& Canon Stanley, in the library -of Brownhill man sion, and 'amid the mourners gathered around /the' Teadgthe .beantiftill funeral service - of the English Church; and 'then there were devotionali services by Scottish 'Presbyterian ministers. 44 in 'this second service,yall. the memberts' , of- the Episcopal communion cordially joined==-Canon' Bt a nL. ley being conspicuous for his reverent attention. ' A wreath was borneon the coffin, <,as -it was conveyed t 3 the tomb on the shoulders - of six workmen -of the Elgin estates. It was a votine offering, from a son and daugh iter of our widowed Queen. 'These 'simple butusignifteant words told its story : " last-token of love and respect from , Albert, Edward and Alice " Almost to the last, General Bruce was well-nigh unconscious, but, let us hope from_ whatis stated that he was not nnprepare for the summons. Taking leave -of his physician on the last-night ofohislife, with that cheerful air which betokened4expecta tion of, speedy recovery, and of soon meet ing again, the dream was broken by these words : " I arc afraid, General, that it must be a sfaeAiell." '" Li it so ?" was the reply; " thenstgood-night. - I:die imkpeace; I:die happy." I thinkitzrery .unlikely _that the Prince Consort would have selected for the governor of his son, any 'other than , fearing man, like himself AT ABERDEEN,' where I have - been - so journing for several days, there is much .tirt., interest a stranger. In the first place it is a "granite city" throughout. That gives it •an aspect of solidity, which is quite wanting in the • brick-built towns of the South of England, (in contrast with York shire, Lancashire, and also Somerset, in cluding also Bristol and Bath,) and wanting also in London itself. True, in London we have our Cathedral churches, our Club Houses, our Houses of Parliament, and bridges, built of stone, as well as Bucking ham Palace, Apsley louse, Baron Roths child's new house, and many other man sions of the nobility and gentry. But London is often it congeries of brick—a series of brick towns, as it were, placed one after another along a vast area. And therefore whenever I leave London for the North, and come back, I feel disagreeably arrested by the brick everywhere. The contrasts presented by Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen, are very marked. Aber deen granite is, among the • finest in the world. But it is not se' beautiful in its pale, cold gray, even . when highly polished, as is the red, inai:bled, variegated Peter= head granite, which, both for ornamental pillars at our, London Club Houses, and sepiilehral monuments, :.is - marvellously fine. The whole of the then Established clergy " went- out" at the Disruption of the Church of Scotland in 1843. The Free Church comprises the great maskof the merchants, bankers, and traders. A.few landedlaroprietors, who also do business in the town, and live at its West-cod sub urbs, cling to the Establishment, am:la con siderable number of the humbler orders. On the Sabbath that I was in Aberdeen, there was introduced by Principal Tulloch, of St. Andrew's, a new parochial clergy man, in the East church. This gentleman was one of the men who were strong Non- Intrusionists, and even attended the final Convocation at Edinburgh, when extremi ties were weighed and welcomed, (if need be,) supposing (as was the case,) that the (rovernment'would not grant the demands for *freedom and spiritual independence made by the Evangelical minority. But at the last moment, forty of this majority, who thereby earned and received the soubriquet of " the Arty' thieves," resolved to stay in, and keep their livings. , Some saiddt was the ministers' wives that.were in fault; but as a class, the ministers' wives and daugh ters too, at the era of the Disruption, proved 'themselves true heroines—as I could illustrate, :if space permitted, by an example which was related in my hear ing the other day, to listen , to which with out tears, was almost impossible. The new incumbent at Aberdeen has been at Mon trose hitherto. He tried to defend himself and his position at the Disruption, by a pamphlet entitled " Disclosures ;" but out came, by another hand, " More Disclo sures," which covered his plea with confu sion. This class of men have not pros pered, and the Scottish Establishment at Aberdeen'and in most other towns is in a low condition' as to religious life and popu lar confidence. The leaders are struggling to get free of the meshes 'of Lord Aber deen's famous Act; in fact they want to obtain' such a; position as the Free Church demanded—but that -they cannot do. Whatever theory may be dreamt about, a modern Church Establishment must con sent;if endovied by the State, to wear the State-collar. NEwmArt=Tonce the leader of Tree- j tarianism—having been said to be ready to . return to Protestantism, has written to the Globe to deny the' rumor. . It is melan choly to read the language" employed by him; . amore melancholy specimen of a dupe eould . not be . .fou,nd. " not no had one moment's wavering of trust in the Catholic Church, ever since I was.received into .her fold.. I hold,:ariffever have held, that her Sovereign Pontiff is the centre of unity, and, the Vicar. of Christ; arid I ever have had,. and have atilt, an ;unclouded faith in her creed in all its. articles ; a su preme satisfaction in all her worship and teachings; and.. an eager longing and a hope against. : hope,. that the: many dear frie . nds , whom.l.have left in Protestantism : may be partakers of happiness." [He then waxes abusive " This.being, my state of mind, I do hereby.profess anima, with an absolute internal assent and ,consent, that Protestantism is the.dreariest :of possi ble religions; that the thought of the An ,glican. service • makes me Shiver, and the thought, of the Thirty-Nine Articles makes me shudder. Return ,to the Churcb, of Englanill ND; 'the net is broken, and we are delivered!: I should be a consummate; :fool,:.(to,use a,mild term,) if.in old.age, I left. a. 'land flow . ingwith milk and honey' for the city of confusion and; the house of bondage." ROWLAND - WILLIAIVIS - writes ano, ''thee ":abusive letter. , He, as you know, is the:greatest blasphemer (save-Kr. Wilson,) of all the Essayists. He-is much enraged at Dr. Lushington's recent Judgment, al though it gives him and others a latitude for speculation and denial far greater than was expected. He employs the terms falselpod" and " mendacity " against these ..who do not ; join, him in protests against," formaltheology."• =He claims for his own writing -" an .ingenuous freedom from disguise,"-and asserts that " no scholar has crossed pens..witb. him in pure argu ment?' • Dr- Lushington finds Williams guilty of teaching-,contrary- to the Articles, in ex plaining " Propitiation" :to find its proper subject in the heart of man ; to resolve Justification into a change of our own feel ings; to deny the efficacy or reality of the Christian Covenant, and to gainsay the eternity.of futurepunishment. But , Dr. Lushington , will have Church men I•tried not by Scripture, not by the opinions - of great Church Divines, not even by the :Liturgy, but by , the Thirty-Nine Ar ticles. These, , and these alone, constitute the crucial test of opinion, heretical or ortho dox ; • swerve 'from these ; and you come into the meshes of the Ecclesiastical Court. It is now ,44 perfectly competent," as the Times ,says, "to dispute the authorship of any book .of Scripture, so long as he Aioes not 'dispute ~ -canonicity- Any clergyman may impugn .the veracity,of a historical statement of the Bible—of Imo even -so sol emn andosignificant as that of Abrahams sacrifice of his son—and assign to _it a meaning, 'the , very reverse , of that recorded in the sacred: narrative, with perfect impu nity; while on some metaphysical" (?) " question like that of Justification, he must' not transgress' hair-breadth. No one,.however, is at liberty to characterize the • Bible, =with-'Dr. -Williams:-as an cx proffiiiin 644116;1i raiiiion,".iotwthez4writ' WHOLE NO. 514 word of the congregation,' or to doubt, with Mr. Wilson, whether it is miracu lously inspired—that it is God's written Word,'—that it is written by the inter poSition of the Almighty, supernaturally brought to operate.' "At first sight," adds the Times, this interpretation of the law seems to condemn, all 'loose views of inspiration,' but a close, perusal will suggest very important mcdifi cations. It is only 'so far as the salvatiOri• of man is concerned, that this authority is claimed by Scripture.',..' Dr. .Lushington says, cannot go the length of saying that all parts of what are called the Holy Scrip tures, were so written;, without 6xception, The' Times says that " this decision re minds the 'ehanipionS of clerical liberty, that subscription to the Articles, sod Liturgy is, a reality, and that,the courts_of law know nothing of a non-natural,sense.. It reminds the rulers of the Church that' dogmatic statements drawn up -is ignoranoe of the course which modern speculation would take, are no impregnable bulwark of the faith. More than this it cannot do.' Notwithstanding all the disturbances and agitations, ;coupled with lydra-headed heresy within her pale, the Church of England will not as yet fail as an Estab- lishrnent. There• is such an amount , of Conservatism, such slowness to act, and moreover, so much spiritual vitality in the Church, that the' Revolution will only come. after long agitation. Meanwhile, Scepticism is but " Scotei.ed, not killed." J'. W. Conviction of Sin The Spirit takes different methods with sinners in conviction of sin. Sometimes he opens the heart, and gives is a view of that fountain of corruption that lies there; at another time, he brings some actual sin, sets it before the soul in all its aggravations and deserts; and,at another time, draws up a whole catalogue of sins, with which a poor creature stands chargeable before God, and so convinces`bm of his miserable and wretched condition: 'There is a great dif ference likewise as to legal terrors both as to the degrees of:them, and as to ;heir con tinuance. Some know not what legal ter rors mean; they see thethselves guilty, but their souls are not discouraged with the view; their hearts are opened at once, and they receive the Redeemer, and rely upon him, sweetly pleading his righteousness for pardon and salvation. Others are pricked at the heart, and like the. Jews under Peter's preaching, are full of awful astonishment at a view of their wretched condition; or, like the jailor, come in deep acrony of soul, and under all the terrors of an awakened conscience, cry out, " Oh, what must we do to be saved ?" Acts ii: 37, and. xvi : 29, 30. Some lie for some considerable time under awful and distres sing views of sin, and filled with the deep est compunction and contrition for it, before they are cheered with a view of pardoning mercy others just feel the smart, and are led to Xesus. As soon as tyey'are wounded, they are healed. But irCall those cases where there is a saving iihrk of the Spirit, there is such convictioiVif as — to ble the soul. All see themselves lost and undone without a'Sayioar ; all'confess their guilt, fall down at the footstool of God's throne, and there acknowledge their sins With every aggravation; charge themselves with the greatest ingratitude, appear, in their own apprehensions, deserving of ever lasting burnings, confess how much 'they have dishonored God, and wonder and ad mire at infinite compassion, that they are prisoners of hope and have any encourage ment to expect an interest in pardoning mercy. All this is strongly represented in the parables of the publican and the prodi; gal. What a deep sense has the publican of his unworthiness! bow humble ! he is afraid to draw nigh, lest that should be esteemed presumption; he therefore stands afar off. He dare not lift up his eyes to ward- heaven, the place of God's habitation, sensible that he had not the least reason to expect an admittance there; with his eyes, therefore, fixed upon the earth, and with the deepest sense of guilt, he smites upon his breast in token of his wretchedness, and • though unworthy to be received, and fit only to be thrown into hell, yet he ven tures to speak to God; but all his plea is mercy, " God be merciful to me a sinner." Luke xviii : 13. Thus - beautifully and strongly is this humble frame represented in the parable of the prodigal son. Luke xv : 17, &c. He had wasted his substance in riotous living, had been guilty of the greatest ingratitude to a kind and indul gent father; when he, therefore comes to be sensible of it, how is his soul Mumbled`! See how he approaches the father whom he had abused! he falls down at his feet, makes a free and full confession of his sins, and only begs to be admitted as a servant. "_Father; I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy 'hired servants." I have forfeited the ami able title of a son; I can no more expect to be treated as a child; I have forfeited every endearment of a father; I ask it not, therefore; only let me be admitted as a servant; that is all I at present crave; I dare look no farther.— Cases of Conscience. David's Bible and Ours. In the days of