REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS IN ADVANCE. 31N,ILE BROIRRIPTIONS 8140 N CLUBS 1.25 DEILIVERF,D f.l MILLER OF TELII OITIEO 2.00 For Two DOLLARS, we will send by mail seventy number ud iur Owe DOLLAR, thirty-three numbers, Astore sending us TWIDITY subscribers and upwards ; will thereby entitled to a paper without charge. li enewsla should be prompt, a little before the year expires Send payments by safe hands, or by mail. pi rest 411 letters to REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Pittsburgh, Pa, To a Daughter Just Entering Womanhood Thou art going up liTd's warps' I am going down: The arose thou haat not lifted yet; I am near my crown. Bootee host thou tasted earthly joys; I have drank, yet thirst: Nor grief nor sorrow stirs thy heart; Mine is nigh to burst. Friends are thronging round thy path ; Mine mostly are in heaven: Love yet is in the bud for thee; Its fruit to me is given, There's light and beauty on thy brow; • Mine is dull and sear: Health, hope, and courage gird thee now; I am weary, weary here. Life opens fair and bright to thee, Like the sunny spring; Heaven seems brighter far to me, And earth is vanishing, Soon I shall stand where angels sing, Glad on yonder shore, And fold my spirit's tired wing, Resting evermore. There I will wait for thee, my child, Storing my heart's full love ; God guard and guide thee safely on, Joining our lives above. —The Mother and Her Work For the Preabyterian Bonner: Fallacies and Falsities about Religion. IVY J. N. MILAILES The refutation of calumnious statements, although a work of justice and benevolence, is not always a pleasant work. Like a surgical operation, however, it is sometimes absolutely necessary. Though the libelous allegations may do more harm to their au thors than they do to religion nay, because they do, the impulse of Christian benevo lence prompts to their exposure. Besides, their unohecked currency may give them credit, and the power to annoy and injure unwary souls. They commonly assume some taking and convenient form, for more ready lodgment in the popular mind; anu they acquire by long use, a snakish lubrici ty, for "slipping through the hands of those who seize them; and thus they go about, startling the timid with their hiss and rat tle, andinserting the venom of their bite into the veins of the weak and unwary. I propose to notice several of these pop ular fallacies and falsitids, that haVe, from time immemorial, haunted men's minds, prejudicing them against religion; and which, probably, were never more on - the lips and in the ears of people than at the , present time, 1. The number' and rivalry of sects is alleged as a proof of the uncertainty and insufficiency of the evidences of Christian ity. "Agree among yourselves what is the true doctrine, and then I will consider the claims of your-religion." This looks very formidable, and has undoubtedly done much mischief among those who think lit tle, or who think under the leading of a hostile- prejudice. But the diversity of religious belief is not proportionate to the number of ecclesiastical denominations. National and other accidental circumstances have given Tim, to -difference of -organization and name while there was no real diversity of belief or order. For example, there are several branches of the Presbyterian Church, holding the same faith. Some have sprung .from Holland, some from Ger many, some from Scotland, whence they have brought some peculiarities of mode and order, but their faith is the same. It is as unreasonable' to call these different re ligions as it would be to assign to different species or genera the plants that have, though confessedly of the same kind, been slightly affected by variety of climate, soil, or culture. Moreover, it must be observed, that under the name - of Christian denom inations, are commonly included some that have no just title to that name. This, of course, swells the number and increases the variety, and gives a more incongruous aspect to nominal Christendom. But it is unfair to include un-Christian and anti-Chriatian organizations under the nude of Christian. All subjects of human thought and interest, as well ai religion, would have their character en dangered, if they were treated in this style, and held responsible for the vagarimi of visionary,' fanatical and foolish claimants of their name. But who brands Mechan ical Philosophy 'or Chemistry with dis grace because oftheichemerical speeulations concerning perpetual motion and the phil osopher's stone P Truthisnot responsible for the aberrations of folly, and• she should not suffer for faults against which she earn estly and honestly protests. ut, again, the nature of the human mind is.besb.represented by some variety of opinion, on-this as on other subjects of moral evidence.' know not the time or place, where all pe4le, if they thought at all, thought exactly alike on the subject, of politics. There are always two parties, and usually a - number more,sfor the accom modation of mental oddities. and eccen tridities: This occurs on a subject less complex and comprehensive than religion. What speeches in legislative balls,“ what stump orations, what veteran columns in newspapers ate perpetually discussin g the political theme 1 And yet men are not brought to uniformity of views. The na- ture of the human mind does not admit or it. Now, what judgment should' the in fidel caviler form, on this state of affairs 7 Why, he should pronounce all political ' , ience a humbug; he shotilf• maintain 'at 'all tiolitioians-and- statesman are .the subject! of delusion or the 'agents of de- ception ; he should deny the patriotism of every party and of 'every man; he should say to the jeffersons, the Adamses, the Jaoksons, and the Clays : 1 . Gentlemen, agree' among yourselves, heeding harmoni ous in'your 'opinions, and united in your organisation, and then I will consider the claims of lourpolitioal creed." , And un til they did: , mo, he should abjure' all alle giance to the country, disown ifk (ibbstitu tion and despise its loyal citizens. But he is guiltier no swill injustice and stupidi ty, on any subject but religion. And let it , further' be observed, that"the central and essential vrinciples on which evangelical Christians are agreed, are ape cially offensive to him, even while he is railing and ranting abont'their diversitim It is, really, not the difference but. the agreement'among them, that disturbs Win. The depravity of man, the atonement, jus-, tification by grace, the retributive justice VOL. M, NO. 51. of God, the obligation to holiness, are pre cisely the articles of their common creed, which he regards with the greatest repug nance. And he attributes their concur rence in these;to ecillusion, or to blind; unthinking submission to educational in fluence or clerical authority. This bneer ing enemy of religion, indulging his hos tility at one time on the differences, and again on the agreement of its friends, de monstrates nothing, after all, so clearly as this, that his opposition to it arises not from conviction, but from blind - prejudice. At the same time, the facts of the ease are in perfect accordance with the wholesome and free working of the human mind; while the diversity of opinion on some points, and the earnest concurrence on others, afford proof of the honesty of the con victions resulting from personal investiga tion. The Real Unity of the Church. There is scarcely anything that illus trates with greater beauty and power the real unity of the Church, than the fact that the same songs are to a great extent sung by every denomination of Christians. Many hymns are the property of all be lievers of every name. You hear them wherever you go to worship, and see them, no matter what book of Psalmody you open. Cowper and Newton were both members of the Church .of England, and Dr. Watts was a Nonconformist Divine;. but how often is the great heart of the uni versa.l Church borne up to heaven on the Wings of their verse I That beautiful hymn of Cowper, There is a, fourdaid fillgt with blood," how arrogant wouldit be for any one de nomination to claim it as their song, when truthfully expressing the emotions of every pious heart; men of every possible.shade of theological belief sing it ! When even fierce theological combatants seek to express their pious emotions in peo try, the fact is quite'noteworthy, that they oftentimes utter substantially the same views of truth. Toplady and Wesley be longed to this class: Indeed, our heart sickens as we read even the titles' of the polemic pamphlets that through the press these good men hurled at each other. As the hyper-Calvinist, "Toplady could see nothing' good in Wegrey ;' nor, as a thor ough Arminian, could Wesley tolerate the creed of Toplady. And great reproach did the Church in their day suffer from their mutual acrimony. But both of these men were poets; and have made to the songs of Zion valuable contributions. And in these, how perfectly alike do we see they were at heart ! It was,Toplady who , wrote that beautiful hymn, " Rook of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee." And John Wesley that one so like it in sentiment, "Jesus, thy blood: and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress." Examining, some time since, the excel lent su-pplernent-of—the- ((Church Psalm ist," and observing two hymns so similar in, sentiment as for that reason to be espe cially marked, and , to be' placed ,in imme diate connexion, what: was our surprise, upon, turning to the index, to find that John Wesley wrote one, and Augustus Toplady another ! ,The first sang, "Fixed on this Rock will I remain When heart shall fail and flesh decay ; A Rook which shall my soul sustain, When earth's foundations melt away." The last , ".My name from the palms of his hands, Eternity will not erase; Impressed on his heart it °remains, In marks of indelible grace." Behold, how "we being many are one bread (loaf) and one body." Toplady and Wesley, quarreling all their lives upon the question whether a Christian can fall from grace, singing the praises of God as har moniously upon this very point as if they were twin angels !—Anz. Presbyterian. LWEsrsT's stanza declares the writer's purpose. It 'affirms what he will do, and is hence Arminian. • "Fixed on this Rook wit/ I remain." TOPLADY'S stanza declares a.confidence • in the Divine purpose : !‘ In marks of indclible grace." t is hence Oalvinistie But there is truth and piety in both. The Christian can sino. Ito '•the - one 'When hum bly and reverently expressing his devoted ness to God ; and the other when declaring the assurance of his hope, as fixed on the Saviour's unchanging love.—ED.] Nothing to Spare. " I have found nothing to spare," is the plea of sordid reluctance. But a far different sentiment will be formed a:mid the scenes'of the last day. Men now 'persuader them selves that they have nothing:to- spare till they can support a certain style- of luxury, and have provided for the establishment of children. But in the awful hour, when you and I, and all pagan nodal:is,' shall be called from our graves to stand before the bar of Christ, what comparison will these „objects bear -to the salvation of a single .soul,? Eternal Mercy I let, not the blood of heathen millions be found in our skirts ! Standing, as I now do, in the sight of a dissolving universe, beholding 'the = dead arise, the world ia flames, the heavens flee ing,away, all nations.convulsed with terror, oewrapt in the vision of the Lamb, I pro nuancethe-conversion of a single 'pagan of more value than all the wealth Omnipo tence ever produced.. 011 such all aWful subject it beetnnes me to speak with cau tion ; but I solemnly avow, that were there ; but one heathen- in the world, and he -in the remotest corner of Asia, if no greater duty confined us athome, it would be worth the pains of all the people of America to embark together to cattythOgospel to him. Place your soul in his soul's stead; or rather, consent for a moment to change condition with the savages on our borders. Were you posting on to the 'judgment of the great day in the darkness and'pollution of pagan , idolatry, and were they living , in wealth in this Terry district of the Church, how hardwould it seem-for your neighbors to neglect your misery ! When you should open your eyes in the eternal world,. and discover 'the ruin =in , which they had suf fered your to remain, how would you re preach them, that they did not even sell .their possessions;if no other means were sufficient, to send =the Gospel to yott! My flesh trembles at the prospect ! But they shall not reproach us.' It shall be known in -heaven that we could pity our 'brethren. .:lll,Ohlittrjait, 7.-,a.:.tT.-: PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, SE PTEMBER 6, 1862. WHOLE. NO. 519 We will send them all the relief in our power, and will enjoy the luxury of reflect ing what happiness we , may entail on gen erations yet unborn.—E. D. Griffin. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE Garibaldi and his Attitude—Anxiety at Turin—ls the French Emperor in the Plot What Mean eth it P—British Aferchants, " Contraband of War," and Federal Seizures—Lord Russel Un sympathizing—llis Counsel, Calmness, and Fair ness—lliaory, Adams and Russel—A Painful Story, of true—The Waldenses and Colonel Beck with—. A Friend in Need" Departed—Demon strations at the Crystal Palace—The Odd Fellows and the Temperance Men—Parliament Prorogued —The Dispatch Box—The Closing Scene = " S. C. O." and the Canterbury " Scandal "—Canons and Cathedrals versus "the Gospel to the Poor" —Agrarian Murder—Railiffs and Agents—Mur derers Sheltered—Postscript. LONDON, August 9, 18(32. GARIBALDI has been, and is still, in Sicily, delivering also very violent har angues against the Emperor .of the French, as the grand obstruction in the path of full freedom for Italy. ITe summons the youth to arms everywhere; and amongst the ranks of " Young Italy" there has been a great stir, and secret enlistments even at Turin have been going forward.. The Italian Government is alarmed rand anx ious; for if Garibaldi makes an attempt on the Roman territory with a handful of brave but undisciplined youth, it is hardly to be expected that - he will be able to say— as he virtually could say when almost alone he; entered Naples and put to flight the Bourbons—" I came, I saw, I con quered." But the special danger is, that the Austrians may either find their own territory invaded, or discover a sufficient excuse in any tresspass on the Papal terri tories for a rush across the frontiers with an overwhelming force, and then, as the natural consequence, an attempt to recover lost ground in Lombardy, and so to inaugur ate a crisis, the• issue of which might be most disastrous to the nascent liberties of the Italian kingdom. The English Press, without an exception—including the Morn in9 Star, whiCh is Ultra Radical—remon strates with Garibaldi. The Times, with . its accustomed power, draws a' parallel be-• tween him and the Earl of Warwick, the " King-maker" of England's history.: " With a facility almost miraculous, he plucked down from his seat the feeble heir, of the house of Lancaster, and placed in his stead the valiant and youthful Boyer- , eign, ' his companion-in-arms, and his trusted friend and ally. Growing discon tented with the very state of things he had created, he Sung down, with'the same won derful ease, the King whom he had made. But he was unable to maintain his victory. The nation.reversed the policy of, Warwick, and he perished ingloriously, leaving be hind him the name of a great military. chief, but of a fickle and unsound politi cian." When Garibaldi has appeared in his place in the Italian Parliament, be has been like Samson shorn of the locks which were the source of lie Strength. The ardent spirit was still there, but the administra tive and legislative faculties were utterly wanting. A vehement outburst of pent-up emotions in what could not be called a speech, but which was damaging to him, was the issue, and wise men sadly looked on, as after that whirlivind of passion, , he left the Chamber. Not to any one man does God impart a universal genius. Our own great warrior-Duke was a poor orator, and rather a bigoted and purblind politi cia,n—although O'Connel, by his agitation, opened both his eyes and those of Peel to the urgent danger of civil war, unless Roman Catholic emancipation were granted. There are first,class Generals both in Amer ica and England, at this moment, as well' as in • every country in Europe, who are emphatically men of action, and great as such, but to whom it . would be most unsafe to commit, as to proper legislators, a coun try's• destinies, or to expect them to name the-time for an uprising against a common foe. Such cis it with Garibaldi. "'No one,v says the' Times, 4i whatever the ben eftts-he may have conferred, has acquired a rightto ruin the people:upon whom he has. conferred them. We therefore are glad to see that the King of Italy, though we do not doubt with the most sincere reluctance, has issued a proclamation warning the young not to be carried awarbrillusion, not' to forget the duty of..gratitude to those who have been the best allies of Italy, and not to make the name of. Rome, the desire of all, the signal for war. The King will speak when the hour arrives. Every other summons, says the'Prodamation, is that of rebellion and civil war. The , responsibility, and the rigor of the 'law, will fall upon those who will not listen to this appeal." It is a mistake to suppose that the French Emperor is in collusion with Garibaldi. This movement gives him the greatest un ,easiness at the baths of Vichy, where he is being treated' for the restoration of his health. It is possible it may be overruled for hastening the withdrawment of the French : troops from Rome, and that this: is ,Garibaldi's design. It „is surmised. some that it is not Italy, init Rangel and Servia, that are likely to'be the scene of insurrection, and it is affirmed that the nungarian leaders are "on the , wing," passing to and fro. A short time will show what is meant. Certainly the Pope and Antonelli are as obatinate as ever, and the Jesuit Doctors at Rome-are disgusting Eu rope afresh by lectures; the , thesis of whiah is in.sibstance that. Romani:am and , resist-. ance to modern, progress so-called, are the true conservators of real eiberty. A French Liberal paper advises GaribaltiVtia extricate himself• from the antagonism created be . - tween him and ;Victor •Emmanuel, by an expedition to the Turkish Provinces on thel Adriatic. CERTAIN British merchants have written to Lord Russel, the Foreign Secretary, complaining that while the Queen's Proc lamation has announced our neutrality, and forbidden the supply of arms •to either South or North, that -practically the 'Fed; erals get aßthey want, and •that theirves sels take out -supplies' to New-York, while other Federal vessels intercept all supplies on - the way in Charleston. One shipp-stops contraband of war; the other carries, it. A United States' clipper loads in our ports with rifles and gunpolider, while a . Fede,r-• al frigate hoveranhout the' offing, ready to pounce upon any - snob