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REV. DAVID M'KINNEY,
Pittsburgh, Pa,
Fpring, Autumn, and Eternity.
" He bath made everything beautiful in his
time."—Ecca. iii : 11.
There are two things I dearly love
In nature'e circling year,
Which lift my spirit far above
The weight of earthly care;
They bring before my eager view
The brightness of a home
Where all their loveliness is true,
Nor changes ever come.
The early times of Spring's find hours
Bring freshness to the heart;
They rouse the wearied spirit's powers,
And sweeter life impart;
Her dancing breezes gently woo
The blossoms of the rose,
All wet with sparkling morning dew,
Their petals to enclose.
The weary sufferer of pain,
The bowed with care or grief,
Hail her returning once again,
With hopes of sweet relief.
Spring hours they cannot fail to bring
Calm and consoling thoUght,
Her many voices ever sing
Of joy to mortals brought.
But how, 0 Autumn! shall I dare
'To paint thy gorgeous hues :
The softness of tby morning air;
Thine evening's pearly , dews;
The solemn grandeur of thy night,
Whose starry crown is set
With gems more radiantly bright
Than earthly coronet?
The glory of thy sunset.hour
When all is calm and still,
Brings full conviction of the Power
That heaven and earth- cloth fill.
Ohl who clan gaze upon thy skies,
As twilight shades them o'er,
And not from earthly dreamings rise,
Their Maker to adore?
The wreath of fading Summer flowers
Is yet upon thy brow, .
But all the mirth of Summer hours
Is changed to sadness now.
And yet, upon thy .dying bead.
A solemn beauty lies,
More glorious than the riohes spread
'Neath Summer's glowing skies.
Ever, 0 Autumn! shalt thou be
To us an emblem meet,
Of spirits sinking!peacefully •
To slumber calm• and sweet;
Though thy delights not long may last.,
Yet ours shall still increase,
Thy reign be soon forever past,
But ours shall never cease.
Ahl not like thee shall pass away
The Christian's hope and joy;
k for an eternal ilay,•
And bliss without alloy—
Por glories hid from mortal sight,
Revealed in realms above--
For fadeless crowns of heavenly light,
And perfectness of love. ,
SBA. EDITORS :—Some weeks ago;
appeared in your columns an article,
" Jane," on the- fastidiousness of
negations, shown in their disposition to
none but" first•class ministers." There
truths suggested which it were well
le Church to consider. Congregations
greatly injured by this fastidiousness.
to the " first-class ministers," there
ins to be no uniform standard of judg
,nd classifying ministers. Often they
igarded as " first-class," who succeed
Bring prominent positions—frequeut
,se who will accept no other position.
it and retiring men of real worth and
ability, are passed by and overlooked.
writer aided to organize a church some
'is ago, of a few members of very lim
)ilities, both pecuniary and otherwise,
obscure village. To this little church
the first-class ministers really, settled
•y useful in an important neighbor
-1, had preached once; and a lead
among them remarked, "he could
,od here; we understand Mr. is
minister, and we could possibly
$lOO to support him." However, by
way, Mr. was soon reported by
ody not to be sound on a political
in, and be would not answer the pur-
That little church, of which brother
has some knowledge, has almost
out. No man need feel greatly trou
because some churches do not place
among the " first-class." Place, more
talents or real worth, make men mu
ms. Let vacant churches accept
illy the services of any good, sensi
inister whom they may be able to
4—treat him well, sustain him well,
;rate with him and strengthen his in
)e, and they will find him the " first
minister for them. At the same
there is propriety in the advice
I in the beginning of "Jane's" epis
lot to send to the new fields of the
~ inferior ministers who cannot sue
elsewhere.
churches, however, despise 0-od's min
because not highly gifted as orators,
offend the Author of the ministry,
are liable to be left to spiritual death.
often the case that all the advice of
'boring pastors and Of Presbytery,
is nothing to continue a worthy but un
)table man with such a ptiople. Min
i, on the other hand, are sometimes
to learn that their labors are nano
ible. There may be a want of frank
ing through tenderness of the man's
'rigs; he may be much attached to his
ie, or may find it very inconvenient to
ie, and hold on to his position after
prospect of usefulness ceases. No . ad-
to the people•from other ministers wi g.
le the people's dislike, for which
may be no cause, and the minister
would act as a friend and intimate the
of things to his unapreciated brother,
Imetimes treated as a meddler, and
At to be creating the difficulty which
Ls labored in vain to remove.
case in point occurs here. Mr. --
preaching to the churches of K—
B—, th of which were feeble and
ing missionary aid. Though the
h of K had received considerable'
;ions under his ministry, for some
they were not inclined to continue his
;, but without assigning any reason,
led renewing their engagement with
Ls stated supply. Neighboring minis
assured them that they were not treat
- well, nor the church ,of E—,
'ere likely to deprive =themselves =of
ing. But it availed nfithingT
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time the Presbytery took the matter in
hand, to unite the field if possible, and
save missionary funds. Other fields were
treated in the same way, and a member of
Presbytery in each case appointed to carry
tint its wishes and confer with the churches.
Elie first effort was to induce the people of
K— to receive Mr. ---, but it was found
impossible. it was then proposed to Mr.
and the representative of the E—
church, to solicit the church at K— to
unite for a definite time in supporting Mr.
—, after which.the charge was to be va
cant., This, too, was found impracticable.
The representative of the E— church_
had given the assurance that the people of
E— wereunwilling to continue Mr.---'s
labors, but feeling under special obligation
to :him for his agency in securing their in
terests' they had retrained from expressing
their dissatisfaction. Ike promised 104p
prise Mr. -- of the state of things,.
Some months afterward, ihen another
minister was proposed to enter the field
virtually , vacant, in accordance with, his
appointment, the member of Presbytery
wrote to the Session at E—, inquiring
whether the way was open to hear the can
didat'e,Lsind proposing that Mr.' '"might
seethe letter. After all he 'thinks he `ob-
tained, in the discharge of plain duty,• Mr.
—'s ill will. So did the elder of the
church of E—. But the candidate was
. •
heard, was' happily'settled 'over the' whOle
charge, and is doing good. Notwithstand
ing a conaiderable debt on their church,
and some other discouragements, the con
gregations at H— are represented as
very much increased and encouraged, while
Mr.— has engaged in another field with
fair prospects of usefulness. •
The initials used in " Jane's " commil=
nication, and some of the facts stated, have
made the impression that certain locations
and individuals were intended, and great
injustice' done them by a perversion and
misstatement of facts.
The main points of "Jane's" communi
cation, irrespective of illustrations, are wor
thy oiconsideration. Let churches beware
how they treat worthy ministers. But no
minister need ask for the reasons why the
people are dissatisfied with him. A minis
ter of Christ must hold himself ready to go
or stay, to labor in this or that sphere,
however humble, just as providential indica
tions may direct: If people are unreason
able, ungrateful and unkind;' his reward is
hereafter, while they may be scourged.
• ,To what extent Presbyterial authority
shoUld interpose in such cases, is a very
important practical question. Often it
would be found on inquiry; that some un
reasonable disturber of the church's peace,
moved, by private pique, has been for
months secretly and sedulously sowing the
seeds of discontent and undermining the
minister's influence. When he discovers a
dissatisfaction, discouraged and sad,' and
iudisposed to controversy and turmoil, he
is disposed at once to retire. it may be
for his peaee to do so; but does not the
good of the Chuvm.-A-----' , -
the' wrOnts
the, hands of ,the Preshyteryt
aa i ittronlifr for a pastor to express a wish
to resign' his, charge, and the people con
sent'? Should not satisfactory reasons be
demanded 7
TheSS suggestions are submitted by one
who claims to be only
A SEQo'w CLASS DriNISTER.
REMARKB.—In giving place tothe article
alluded toy< we supposed it to be bona fide
the production of a Christian lady, and in . -
tended to present good thoughts on an im
portant question. We had no idea of the
letters B, M, H, W, Sze., expressing pirson.s
or churches individually. .We regarded
them merely as used for illustration. WO
did so because such things are not peculiar
to the West, nor confined to localities. We
have had a knowledge of just such things
in the East. If, however, some gentleman,
as hinted above, assumed a female name,
and took advantage of our columns to deal
in personalities, =he did a great wrong. , If
any one has personal difficulties, let him
settle them, face to face. Such things
should never go to the Church journals.
If we had known, or even suspected that
" Jane's " article was intended to , expose a
particular minister or congregation, it would
certainly have been declined.--Ens.
For the Presbyterian ' Banner
" What Can I Do
No. 5.
You may do much good. All can -do
something. Intelligent and pious Chris
tians (for whose benefit these articles are
especially written,) can do a great
''Unto whomsoever much is given, of them
shall be much required." You have tal
ents, education, experience, courage, tact.
Better still, you have a spotless reputation,
large acquaintance and influence, an ar
dent temperament, and a spirit chastened
and energized by the religion of Jesus.
You can therefore command almost any po
sition to which you may aspire, and, with
the blessing of God, may become exten
sively useful. All that is wanted is a more
entire consecration of yourselves to the
Master's work; increased zeal for hiS glory,
and greater courage and activity in your
efforts to advance kingdom. "Be ye
steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in
the work of the Lord, inasmuch as ye
know that your labor shaWnot be in vain
in the Lord." Think what you could un
dertake, endure, accomplish, for a beloved
father, husband, or brother, did his cry for
assistance reach you from some dreary hos
pital or blood-stained battle field ! Would
midnight darkness or howling storms deter
you from flying to his relief? Would the
thought of crowded wards with their ghast
ly apectaeles and poisoned atmosphere, or
battle-fields gory with the blood and foul
with the stench of slaushtered thousands,
keep you back ? . Could even the gleaming
bayonets of serried hosts, the tramp of cav
alry, and roar of artillery, deter • you from
your purpose ? And should you not be
equally selftsacrificing, energetic, coura
geous, and persevering, when Jesus, your
Elder Brother,•hath need of you and mills
for your aervices? " For me to live is'
Christ, and to die is•gain."
Christ has great conquests to win in this
fallen world, which to a fearful extent is
yet under the' derninion of ignorance, er
ror, sin and Satan. The abundance of the
sea, the fulness of the Gentiles, must be
brought in. " Behold these shall come
from far; and 10, them from the North and:
from the West; and these from the land
of Sham." Who' wilt- heck khei irorkere to
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JA NUARY 21, 1863.
gether with Christ, in securing the hea
then for his inheritance and the uttermost
parts of the earth for his possession, if not
such a you whom he has so liberally en
dowed with suitable ,gifts and graces ?
Prepare then to endure hardness as good
soldiers of Jesus. Wherever God points
the way, fearlessly go forward. Give your
bodies as living sacrifices. Devote your
whole energies to him who loved you and
gave himself for you. And should impor
tunate friends attempt to dissuade you from
your purpose, say with Paul, that noble
example of Christian heroism, " What
mean ye to weep and to break" imine heart,
for I am ready not to be bound only, but
also to die for the name of the Lord Jesui."
PASTOR.
For, the Preebyterian Banner.
Colorado.
NEVADA ClTY,'Deeember'9 1862:
MESSRS. EDiro'RE`:- , -Fof the past few
weeks I have been on the wino. cone=
, and coe
quently have ' not enjoying till reading of
your interesting Banner' regularly. I find=
that travelling about, especialliin this new,
Rocky Mountain ,country, *here the " one
thing needful " is generally so little,ipolten
of, is not favorable to growth' in' green
And especially is this SO While we are 'ex. ,
posed to all the horrors and demoralizing
influences of civil war. —When duty calls
me to ge from place to place, the sentiment
contained in the following lines often comes
to my mind:
I love to steal elhile away,
From every cumbering care."
Anti, while traversing. these wide prairies,
snowy ranges, lofty
,peaks, and flowery
vales is Very deliglitfid, yet 'we 'often find
it very desirable and pleasant to bnalone.
Under these circumstances, to be alonnis
not to -be lonely. Because it, affords a bet
ter opportunity to
“Saiste thyself and see what thy soul doth
And tumble up and down what' thon:find'st
there."
After a very pleasant sojourn ,of about
six months among the kind people of
Buckskin 'tide Rcgi?n, amidst, the rugged
spurs of the towering 'heights of the great
snowy range; and `beautiful parks, of • a
truth we.must, say,we hays been highlyAle
lighted and much interested. .-•, Life-in the
mountains, - thOugh hard and laborious to
the preacher, is -not • witliOut. its' charms.
Although , the r monntains'llo 'set ~afford all
thwgood thitigs.of 'this life, yetihe healthy
climate, the dry, bracing, and 'invigorating
together with the pure, cold, refreshing
*Etter. and sublime scenery, seem mike
up for all that. There' iesomethieg`grand'
and glorious about life 'in 'the itockyAMoun
tai os: , The wild, romantic, 'stiblime, -and
indescribably grand scenes of. nature,. to
gether with the far-off, isolated situation,
all tend, at least for a While, to make it at
tractive and deeply interesting. Yet it is
a hard-field for the missionary, Generally,
thepreacher has to both "blow and strike,
regp tfus year,_ nearly alb <» iF
penple have been hard up,""and hence : it
has been difficult, or out of the question
fur them to do much toward supporting
the Gospel. Generally they will „give
much more to support a theatre than the
Gospel: `Yet, through that region, we
find iverywhere a.feW scattered shei3p, bear
ing- the image of Christ, hungering and
thirsting for the bread' , -of life. Consider
ing, we usually had very: good congrega
tions, and often 'Very interesting meetings.
The suffused eye and the earnest 'prayer
often betokened God's gracious presence.
In a word, we have not yet got fairly
-through " the cap rock"• of religions
growth and prosperity in that region.
Many of the mining districts in that sec
tion—among others,Buckskin Joe—are
eomparatively forsaen, , for the • present.
Discouraged-by the past, long, cold, severe,
snowy . Winter, and poor success in mining,
many have left the country.' Many
doubt will return next Spring, and resume
mining; for, without doubt, there are very
rich mines there-yet undeveloped.
SABBATH IN THE MOUNTAINS
Sabbath is the miner's day of business.
He titines, digs, blasts ,quartz, and washes
and retorts gold,. six days , of the week, and
then on the Sabbath he does his trading,
laying in supplies, Provisions, &c. The
stores are all kept open, Sandaytt, and you
will see more men in the streets that day
than on any other. The Quartz Mills
usually run as' well on Sabbath as any
other day. There are; however, many
exceptions, and the time •is' not far distant
when we think this great sin , and draw-
back upon the religious enterprises will
comparatively cease. At Central City, the
chief city of the Mountains; the National
Theatre is in- full blast every Sabbath
evening. About , the time religious services'
begin there, the theatricals play and beat
up their enchanting music, to the great,
disturbance of the preacher and eongrega
tion. And what is still more lamentable
and surprising, we often
,see professors of
religion; and apparently very : good men
otherwise, engaged and deliberately going
on in this great thus absenting them
selves and keeping others from- church.
It is wonderful to see what great influence
surroundings and custom have upon man.
Yet T. do n't believe a change of location
will change our principles. And yet it
seems as though it did in some instances in
this conntry. We hope and. 'pray for ti
better day to come speedily. •
WAR MEETING
On the evening of the 3d inst, a very
large, patriotic, enthusiastic war..meeting
came off in Central City. Gov. Evans and
the Colonels •of the three regiments of
Colorado Volunteers came' up from. Denver, -
and, upon a very short notice, the People's
Theatre was at an early hour, in the evening
crowded to overflowing. The Governor,
the Colonels, and a few others, made short,
patriotic speeches; after which a subserip- .
tion of over $l,lOO was raised as a' bonus
to induce men to enlist and fill up the
Colorado 3d. Two firms give each $3OO.
PRAYER MEETINGS.
Generally,.wherever there is a congrega..l
tion or church organized in this Territory,
there we find the weekly prayer meeting.
En these happy circles , we often. en j o y,
it times of refreshing?' " Ho* good is-it"
to " draw nigh" to Goa in these Rocky
M9untains,
" And spend the hours of setting day'
In humble, grateful prayer."
,Last night, December 18th, we met in this
•place, in the dining room of Mr. Booth,
and bad a most precious time. One
brother remarked that he had felt-peon= larlY'tioleniii 'all' that . 414 ; end' said that
six years ago to-day be gave his heart to
God, and had enjoyed his favor ever since.
Said he had been led to the Saviour by two
verses he saw in a Sabbath School Hymn"
Book. Thank God for the Sabbath Scheel !
At our meeting of last week, the inter
est, if any difference, 'was still greater.
One young brother was SO deePly wrought
upon that,'while engaged in, prayer, he
'so much overcome that be could not
proceed, and called upon nether brother
to close the prayer.
There are two weekly prayer meetings
in Central City. And' although the Sab
bath is not well obsetied; Yet the religious
interests ihrougheut the More thickly set
tled parts ofthe'TerriOfy,'Seem to`be in
creasing, ` and society" - iraprOvir)g.
The Public School system js just going,
into • operation. A ei l ninkry enterprise
has just startecrin
The mines'in this regitm arepayirig very
well, generally, and I l lig'hugy tnw'n .
Blank .11awk Point idrxiipli/IY,lntilr-Wing:;'
.
Nor 4,b0 Prestrrterom - BeniOrfe'
, DOnatiOntrartTe.: `l.l. 1 , 1
The'family of the pkitor of the Pieaby-H''
terian ehiurch of Neiv",Blritiirigthartl,' Ohio,
ivas - visited on the morbing:Of the; Oftitday
of December, 1862, b 7 one Of 'those' rieh
beams of comfort whicli"notistititie the'
minister's home 'a " S)innY-1 - 3141." came
in 'the' forth of a comigrate eittfit
rich' and' snbstantial alit:roles that. niakea•the
minister's home pleasant through a Jong
and tedious Whiter. 4 v-'• •
To the' Oetiera' adebeleved'inetebere `Of
the Weve - BirtninghtiiiV charch, I 'hereby
confes4 in:* ;inability' 'to eipress -the grafi=
tudetf my heart for ;this 'token of`their
love aiid deep '"interest ;the welfare, of
their pastor -and , b lloitseheld.; ;My most'
earnest desire) and thayer { ito - Ged foe all
these kind and noble,' hearted- friends ii;
that they may Oe•VerliaOCany earthly good,
.and at last be inadellfiitakers of that heav=
.
enly inheritance thatladeth - riot aWay.'
May' their good ,deede- be' the Meathi of
prompting otherscte go and!dd likewise 'foe
many'pastorti, and thus'-e:neoilidge they Min-'
istere - of Christ in Fall their important and
blessed work. A. L. Kivek.
Aneiim, OMo
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Preabyter4FL -,Banner.
Donald-it U' Tigt.
f, lissus. EDIT ftliinet . M more than
rf:t., year sinee I> asked''the:privilege-Of ad.L
:inowledging, through; Tour 'columns, , ,the
liberality .of the people ofParnassus, con 7
gcregAten 'toward their paitOr - , and - hie lath ;
fly ; 'and as your PaPer' is devoted to well=
doing,- I take the liberty-of 'rnaking'-anoth
er request of a similar kitid at.this
NewiYear's dayy 1860, will , never be for
gotten by us. Abont .noon *; were sum
moned to the door; wbere to our'utter' be
wildernient, we saw U - iast
f v .Elar folk standiat once: It was
no mob. ' They entered. the house with,
ceremony-,, and behaved .to perfection.
Soon we were invited'te'dine ' and we fared
sumptuously, assure yen:: After dinner'
we engaged' in fbrief , religious exercises.; ,
It was , a rich social : feast:'There -was, a
happy blending nf .hearts,-illustrating "how
good and how pleasant it is-for brethren, to
dwell together in unity." Ton''soen it'was
ended .by • the apProach of night. Bit
there mast: store ortgood • and substantial
"New Years gifts ) !_ left behind. Kitchen,
pantry, cellar, eoal,house,stable,.wardrobe,
purse, will be reporting how much for many
long weeks to come. . 'The recollection of
pleasant greetings, of 'kind' words, and
charitable deeds, will never be , effaced.
May the donors experimentally ! know the
'full blessedness of, the cheerful giver.
D. W. 'Towasnwn.
For the Presbyterian. Banner.
Rejoicing in Christ.
One of the marks by which the Apostle
Paul distinguishes Christians (Philiii: 2)
is, they " rejoice' in Christ' Jesus:" The
Christian, like other men, is known. by this
joy. The epicure delights 'in his meats and .
wines. The child ; of ambition has his'
goal. Victory is the idol• of the soldier.
The miser's soul gloats ; over the .prodpeet
of more gold. The weary grow. cheerful
under their burdens, in view of rest, to,
come. The sick smile >at the hope of re
turning health. The luxuries of wealth in
imagination,. for a ,:time, drive .away the
anxieties of Poverty. The scion of nobil
ity looks with pride on the trunk. and
branches of his ancestral tree.:.._.
But if the Christian possessed all infer/.
or means of happiness,,no. one,,nor , eall to
gether, could constitute, his chief joy.
While the epicure; l with his lianries, sati
ates and , debilitates his powers. of enjoy
ment, the Christian eats the bread and
drinks the water of with an.. ever in
creasing relish. While 'the child of ambi
tion strider; toward the acme of his desires,
he " pressentoviard the mark for the prize
of the' high calling of God in Christ Jesus."
While some are shouting the victory of.
battle, 'others groan, wpltcring in their
blood; but every Christian shall wear the
conquerer's crown. Often".' faint yet pur
suing," -his rest is secured by the word of
never failing promise. Always growing
sicker of sin, he only, proves more and
more the virtunof the Balm of Gilead for
the healing of the soul. Christians . are
often poor in this world, yet each one has
a title to a mansion in the skies and a share
in the pearl of great price. As sons and
daughters of the , Lord ..Almighty, ; they„ are
heirs to all the riches pf God's grace in
Jesus Christ, and desirol!Ot to glory in the
titles of men's Preferring. They glary
and rejoice not, " save ' in the cross of the
Lord- , Jesus 'Christ." Tinder it,,above.all
places else, they love to sit viewing and
I admiring the, wonders of redemption.
While they see him dying to raise them to
partnership in his throne, the things es
teemed by this world, fade into nothing
ness and`vanity. There is their peace of
conscience which makes them strong in all
their warfare. The light of that Cross
pierces the darkest, densest . cloud that ever
darkens' the saint's horiznn. Across' the`
valley of the shadow' of and through
the gloom of the , gravvelhe . OEM , disoenr the
rays of the Sun of .the. celeatial city play-,
ing around it. At the foot of it conscience
lays down her ',burden of guilt and sin;
and the soul there buries itsnorrows, grief,
doubts, and shame, in the same grave.
Jesus' agonips procured, the, Christian's ;
joys. His sighs are hushed by the groans,
of •the Saviour. His !Rounds are Neale'
lay
of Jesus. His help all hangs on the nails
which fastened him to the cross. Where
Jesus bowed his head and gave up the
ghost, the pardoned sinner may raise his
with , gratitude and praise. From his death
the believer derives eternal life.
The saint, whether living or dying, re
joices in Jesus' dying and living , again, and
Jesus both dying-and living again, rejoices
in - his saints: G. W. M. •
EVROPBAA CORRESPONDENCE.
Dr. Colens!, and his Orities—The Jews Defending
Moses-l'.Whai 'Ws Indicatei ' and FOrishadower—
Jewish ;Bible Societies—The:London iCliief Rabbi
vs. Oidenso., ~Professor; .Porter, and Daniei 41c 7
AfeeL-" Our Debt" 'and Free Church &Wawa
tion' Funek-aTi:ibitie -to:. the Memory of Lord
Breadalbane—New Missionaries.for India- 7 -111-
mess of D. Hetherington-Miss Whately and
Rica'gedi "Life int tEhptti:The " Sky Paribr"-i
The .Nile ; Boat and ehe'-"Mook,"—The' Old-Nan
iced " How am I to Know 17—The Answer—
' EgYjd , eindPilag
•-rt.
o ffaNDO:AT, DeeenOir2ll4llBo2:l - .:7
• PcnONB4: B already! received
series at most damaging assaults; .and.thls
independent of, the full, elaborate, learned,
sed,'TdOiil4 nt, satisfactory repli e s whieh;
willfepehdili be pubbibed: A zremarkable'
series: of very able articles ,have iippearecl.
The Webrezo Ckeoniek - and :Jewish, ,
Observer," the organ of the Jews of Lou,,
don, and of Great Britaia.generally It is .
well tn - see - the jeWish Rabbis and 'editira
put' , upon , their , mettle .by the L Ito"
Mosiii the character .ofa veritable and
veracious historian.- Their national pride
is wounded and, shocked. ,an aa-.
intuit; for if Moses is thus clemolished, ,
theY,theriiselves will be ground to PoYder.
.They haveu thus a •-nemesis coining, Upon
,then;: which i in theiend , May prove a bless-:
lug, in disguise.,, For,: between t4e, over
laying of the law and the prophets by
,Rabbineal glosses an the 'one hand, and by
Rationalistic, Sad and Seeinian
views as toatoilbitientiand Substitution on
the other, the mass„ the.jews have, per
verted and . tnined'the truth:into, fables;
and worse;lnfo poiani. It - iii remarkable
that the Essayists of the Church of England,
and. Dr Davidson ,late, of the Lancashire
Independent College, adopt and endorse the
very vievrs,of. the B,abbinist Jews ; as, for,
examPle; to - the 53d` chapter of Isaiah.' It'
- h
is • Isaiah, or t he nation o f Israel , •t at, is
the'vietim-and , the sufferer—not the Chriat
at: all : ;nor :.tiny allusion whatever to Jesus
of Nazarcth,whp was,orncified I
*01;1 will it not, tell on the Jewish
male 4heri:theifficl - their"leaders 'nbliged
to fillsliack`AM the literality of the Bible
both as to- facts and to doctrine Does not
:that:logically lead to• a-real and ;true mead='
ing,iq the , typew and sacrifices of : heir own.
LaW„ pointing to something,. better than
"'the blood of bulls and`goats, " even ” the
offering of the tiody 'of 'Jesus Chiiet once
for all " ? I have used the word ",Socin
ian," as applied:to modern Jews do so
-trtatitriv-an-ettiffeirlifltie-Trititty, of tie
Supreme'Deity and'distinct personality, as'
God,' 'a' the expected and' promised Mew
siah, together' with • the very idea of real
substitution :.,or ; atonement, are all denied
sipenly, and turned into ridicule in the Len
doe organ of the Jews They,aeknowledge_
neither guilt nor iiollution, and therefore'
'there 'is need of an Atonetnont, or a
:Divine- Puiifier; and so: Rationalism or So
,einianism, is engrafted•onJudaism. Like
the Socinians, too, they have no wish to
propogate their religion, which, if it is the
ofilftrue one, it is a sin and a shame, as
`weir as a' cruelty, 'not -to spread abroad
among:heathen—among all nations and all
nationalities. They place all the ", vir 7
tuous''- among the nations on the road , to
heiVen, just, like the Socitiians and the
whole Channiog school; as if "virtue "
the"sight - of the Holy One was ever found
independent; of a Revelation:: of Divine
Mercy as we lave it in the Word of God.
Salvation by works; " do as well as you
can," snppleinented by almsgiving - on the
Day of Atonement and the Jewish New
Year's day; and finally, by-a purgatory of
their own Rabbis' invention—ill these
, form a Socinian-Romanist jumble as to the
.
way of justificatlon and life, most lament
able: 1 repeat, therefore; that it la' a good
sign of a hitter day 'for the'Jewish race,
and as the .streaks of dawn in the dappled
East, 'to find them.driven tithe defence, of
Moses,„ as a ,real historian. Add to this.
that the Jews have'Bible Societies of their
own, and' that, for the first time, the Old
Testament "is being diffused by Jewishhlinds
among Jews.. Still more, when the Scrip
-tures of the Old Testament alone are giyen,
• the readers in many cases buy and compare
them with , the New , and thus Jesus is re
vealed.
MEIN
liffdi
EM
Dr Adler, the Chietßabbi in London
has written" a' le.tte,r to the editor of the
Athenaeum, in regard to Colenso'sbook.
Belfast has also distinguished; itself , by
the champions : which ; it:: has furnished.
Besides Dr. Murphy, ',Hebrew- Professor,
- Professor Porter—won known as author: of
"Travels in.; Palestine,
", missionary at
Datnaseus, and:author of Murray's " Hand
book- to Palestine! for travellers—rhas
come out in a , series of letters, very. lu
minous and important.
The,: Rev. Daniel McAfee, a -venerable:
Wesleyan,minister, well .known in Ulster,
and who his a first-rate aptness -both as to
logic and satire, for, putting an _adversary:
into a cerner, also - writes ,admiranly. He
cnncludes by saying "No man should
fault the- Church of England because such
a man•has arisen within her precincts ; but
,the pious and judicies of all Churches
will Justly - complain,,unless he is unfrocked
and east out of her, pale." •
"OUR DEBT " is the title of an article
and appeal in the December number of the
Free Church. Missionary'Reconi. It is a
fitting supplement` to what I communicated
as to ,the Moderator's address, last' week.
It is, not necessary to make any apology for
such topics being discussed. ' No American
pastor has complained. I know little per
sonally of the ii:lternAlarrangements of the
churches in the. United States ; but this I
do feel assured of,- that the best churches
in the world need to have their; pure minds
stirred up by way of remembrance. The
article commences thus :
"Ever since the Disruption, the Church
.less aimed at £1541 (17-50) as , the minimum
stipend which; ought to be, paid to her
ministers. In these times, when the scale
of expense has'run up so high, this sum is
no more than subsistence-money, when it is
a minister's 'house ~that - has to be kept.
The Church has again and, again endeay.::
ored,to, increase the , pay,of those who , serve
her in the Gospel of Chriat. Two special
effoits pate n..'made-=the one in-'1847
WHOLE NO. 539
the other in 12554—t0 raise the equal divi
dend to £l5O. The result of the first of
these efforts was to raise the fund from
£79,529 to ,E 88,134, being an increase of
'about eleven per cent. The result of the lat
ter movement. (1854) was to raise the fund
from £90,842 to £104,481, or an increase
of fifteen per cent. The two efforts added,
between them, fully one-fourth to the gross.
amount of the fund. It might have' been
expected that thesesgreat',efforts would be .
followed to some exteekhy ejelistion t but
it was not so.. The higher, level reached
;was, in each eiee, most ffrtnli'maintained
The stone did not Froll dewn' tbeltill, but
`remained at the , point *biehiiVhadlbeen:
'rolled up. No faetvperhaps, in the history.
of this great ; fund ,is more encouraging.
than the firmness and , tenacity with which
it hearnaintaineethe ground Won' by each
successive effort pat forth in its behalf."
' The article proceeds as follois:r " Last
!Year the dividend' was. XIG7. MI :that is
4.equired : to raise, it.,,to 41.5p ) ,,isjust 5 shil
lings Per Week!. each congregatien„ , ad-,
Ilitional to the of
Inr.Bentlaiid lb`ina ag equiiiatiL d
c ble uutriber of congrega
tier's, from ; poverty_ and,cther, opuses. Full.
success in' paying thpf!Thsht,A was thus
'a still largeviumber
.or nothing, - While Many' Ctini:r,egtitions did
fait " faithfully , and ` lifoteisiori , is
nevi. taken`- against- the repetition of Such
neglect. " Accordingly, is, presided. in"
;the proposal whieh,the l pommittee now
make, that unless . there; he a reasonable se
' cuiity thae . every congregation 'participat
ing in the equal , dividend shall contribute
its full share- toward a result; by which alt
'are te.benefit, the *movement is not- to be
.further prosecuted. The Commiitee have
applied to the aid receiving congregations
first.' • If these' congregations liaqiiiesce in
scheme; and heartily set' about doing
their part ; the Committee, will !be armed
with : the strongest of all arguments to in
duce'the aid : giving congregations to lend
such liberal 'aid as will ,easUre 'coinplete
success to 'the' seheme!"' " •
A Tribute` also is paid:to'the memory of
;the late Marquis of Breadalbsne. He pro
,vided after the Disruption of 1843, cburch
es and manses for all-the conoregations on
his extensive estates; the manses 'alone be:
ing•valued at 4000, b - esides -a subset-lc,-
ti,in to the General Manse.Funct , of ,E 1,030.
: While the Free Church was engaged in the
great work of building about seven hun
dred churches and manses, the Marquis al
lowed an almost ifidefiiti te draught of slates
frona - •hiS quarries. He was a subscriber 'of
- .41,000.•to the :New College. at Edinburgh,
in which he took a• great interest. And
these are but samples of the 'uniform,and
munificent liberality which he exercised in
suppor
t 'of the body to which' he Was con
acientionsly attached. • • '
The Marquis was a true hearted-Presby,
teriau, and , constantly Attended the Pres-.
byterian church at Marylebone, when in,
elscau bas., 1 a..
criers{A.., is the able and - aCCO - 4.,-
pastor, -When a member of this gentle
man's family. _was seripusly unwell last
Spring and Sututaer, he, at once placed at
the minister's disposal` his Lodge - near
Hampton'Court Paltioe. ;One Who knew
him 'well,',reniembers , 'with what emphasis
he said some years ago, after alluding, to :_a
pertain appointineut in the Church-ofEug
land : "Well, the longer I live, the more
satisfied am 'I of the 'superior' efficacy :of
the Presbyterian form - of 1 hurch govern
ment ; and the more I see of the Church
of England, I consider it to be a system of
earthly traffic fro n its highest to its low
est." While he said this of the "sys
, .12
tem, of course he would have cheerfully'
admitted'the personal excellence of many
-of the ministers of the Anglican Church.
,His,personal Christianity
,was sincere.; not
obtruded upon others, but deep and eon
_ . .
sistent. He: was a close student' of the
`Word of God.' It: Was his constant COM
-panion. There he found- a lig,ht::foi:his
feet, and- thence -he derived his. peace of
mind . in, a
,dying hour. His tenantry,
mourn him greatly. The day before the
Mournful news 'Of his 'death - arrived' from
Snritierland, a person was- 'expressing to
some of the people concern about their
,crops, still out and rotting in the .
rain,,
",-We are not caring, at present about the
weather,"_ they said • "we_ are anxious
about the`Mariquis." It was his happiness
to have-been united' for almost forty years,
to an amiable - arid excellent lady, who' per
sympathized with her, noble husband
in the great principles of which he was a .
consistent supporter. The Marchioness of
Breadalbane loved the' cause of religious
freedom,-as became one who , had the:blood
of the': heroic martyr, _ ; Robert. Baillie' of
Lewiswood, and of John Knox, also, in
her veins. Her life tothe Marquis Was a
long joy, and',her death only a short sor
fow.Jor 'he - has survived' her little more
,han a-year.
MrsarolvAniEsi; four 'in number, have
been''-recently . ordained for Free Church
mission. stations in India. One of them,
Dr. Robson, goes as a medical missionary
to Calcutta. I regret to state that Dr.
Hetherington, a well known Historian of
the Church of Scotland, and a Frnfessor at
Glasgow, is totally unable to conduct his
classes this session, from the prostration of
'health and strength. The Rev. Dr. Mack
ay, an eminent Gaelic minister, who went
, out te Australia some seven years 'ago and
accomplished great things there, specially
in church building, has returned from Syd
ney to Scotland,, and has been inducted by
the Presbytery of Sky and Wilt, to the
pastoral charge of the'eungregAiod of Tar
bert, `Hares,
FEMALE EDUOATION in the East will be
stimulated by a recent visit of W hate
ly (datighter of t e venerable Archbishop
of Dahlia), to Egypt.- She went .thither
for health, but true to,her antecedcuts.in
mingling amongst the poor and ignorant
in Dublin, and being the life and sour of
a famous Ragged School there, composed
of men, women, youths and maidens, all
Rotnanists yet all- reading . and areuing
over the gcriptures—she sought"in Egypt
to do good, and has jUst published a
charinirig little book, entitled, "Rugged
Life in Egypt" "Buy this book, reader,"
'says It. N.,R. in the ‘,‘-Book - and Missions."
"IL.will,take to Cairo. you shall live
for a while, not in a hotel kept by a Euro
pean, with English and French furniture in
every room. nor in' a Nile boat fitted up with
every htime-like luxury, but in a native
house, in a: quarter where all the poorer
residents, are. Moslema, and where from
your housetop or sky, terrace,, you shall ob
serve not little of the ways and custonis,
the joys - and sorrows'ilf the lower - orders ; of
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the people, and the more as the climate en-
ables them to live chiefly ont of' doors, and
carry on all domestic occupations on tte
housetops, or the streets.
As to the " sky parlor,"„ Miss Whateley
says it " commanded on one side the grace
ful spires of the citadel showed against tin
clear blue sky, and the Mokattem
changing according to the atmosphere or
time of day, from purple to pink, or pur
ple to gold. In another direction we looked
upon:, the, gardens which surrounded the ,
city like a dark green , mat, varied by tall`""
palmsshooting up their feathery branches
arnid,orange and acacia trees, skirting theTT
white villas of palaces of richrashas an,d,
Franks; a atreak—of .pale,-„yellow on the
horizon marked the desert, beyond. Down
in the street, below us, we looked on .the
humble sellers of "onions, bread, or. sugar ~
canes, Seated all day upon their mats; ~
sometimes the -Clatter of tOngiths 'arnong
them was quite astonishing; a ;iniittfixa'oej
laughing and scolding, &c.' •
Greatly was she struck with the my
yriktp-- 1 9prier, With, the-water-skin .op.,
'sliffoidder ( t YkAiii,ei;' Allah, ',' (the gift of
Getl): B '" ( Onirdinnet hear this crywithottt
„thinking of the Lord's wordsiotthe wdmin)
of Samaria, IF thou kne,west, the gift kif
God "!.&c.
Miss Whately was accompanied, in a ~
Nile boat, by a:lady tiom Syria, the Arabia
her' native tongue The 'boatmen were
asked if they: would: like. the lady to read is
5t0ry....." What,, in Arabic could that
Sitt. (lady).. read. Arabic? So the Arabie
'Bible was brought out, and the boatmen
and servants were grouped around. One""`
lady held a native" Limp, which .threw its
bright light" on 'the sacred` pages, while - all
around was darkness, except when the
moon here and there shone on the swarthy -
faces of the Nubian boatmen; not a sound
interrupted the reader's .voice but the low
ripple of the current,
" It was a scene one could never forget—
that first opening of Goiis book in the'
presence of these ignorant, benighted fol
lowers -of the false prophet. < Our friend
read, of the sheep lost in the wilderness, :
and, the piece xof silver lost in the house—
those simple illustrations of God's wondrous
dealings'With man, which are understood
and- felt in every awe and every land."
Next was read the Prodigal Son ; the in
terest of the hearers, increased, and, there
were frequent exclamations " Good I"
Pkaise Ciod I" "'That is wonderful
Other "instructi•ons were imparted, and
one old man •sai'd, "What will: be required
of me? You will soon go; I. eannot:read.;
I shall hear no more of this . ; -how am I to
know What Gad would have me to do 7"
" You 'must pray,", was the reply; and so
that old man (aud others afterward) was
taught! to . repeat this petition: " 0 God,. a
lead me, into the truth, and give' me the
holy Spirit, for. Messiah's sake!" : ,Who
can tell, but it is the beginning of blessing?
Egypt 'has' a future - of mercy before it.
cOncludes this chapter of
- .ayati ve"n'Ql -
-&--'
thrown iiitifthi r
yet it was made in faith and with fervent
prayer; and who - can venture to say that it
has faildd, though the results may never be
•
known on earth?"
There is a future for Egypt, glorious, I
doubt not. Let ull' the children of God
include'• it =in their prayers. Not only is
theie a gerie..al warrant to do so, but a spe
cial one, (isa. xviii :25) and -what has
been till lately the " basest. of Kitieloms,"
is fast rising to wealth and greatness, while
its ruler is European and Liberal - in his
sympathies, tolerant to Christianity, and
even the protector of Christian missionaries
within his dominions.
CHRISTMAS has come, and is gone. It
was 'a season of general gladness. Even the
Lancashire operatives, their wives and their
children ' were not left without a dinner of
genuine English roast beef and plum pud
ding. I saw this week, in the city, a mon
ster-pinta pudding, prepared, and about to
be forwarded. T. ingredients were as fol
lows: 130 lbs. plums, 130 lbs. Ourrants,
lbs. suet, 220 lbs. flour, 8J lbs. sugar, 80 lbs:
candied peel; 1,018 ego's, 4 lbs.. spice, 6
lons`'ale 1 .- In the work-houses all the pan , •
pers had a feast; at Greenwich Asylum, for .
the fine old Jack-tars of the British Navy;
2.,000 in number, there was ample supply.
Even in the hospitals of London, there was
good cheer. Having occasiOn to visit a pa—
tient in, one, of them on Christmas eve, I.
found the matron, nurses and convalescents,
of the ward busy in putting laurel leaves
round the lamp, and preparing transpar
encies, with the inscription, " A. Merry
Christmas, and. a Happy New Year."
On Christmas day, I beard a capital ser- -
mon, and quite .out of the common rate of,
such sermons, from a true Evangelical and
Puritan clergyman. He •was frank enough
to say, that for fourteen centuries .(only)
had the Birth of Christ been celebrated as
a Church. Festival, and he quietly indis
eated his belief that the real period of the:
'birth of Jesus was in Apra..
All this week holiday is kept. Consids
erate tradesmen close their shops to allow
their young.men to visit their friends. ..I
think there is little of Saturnalia, license,
as compared with the olden time. The
weather is fine and favorable. The Crystal
Palace draws crowds to Sydenham. In the
leafless trees of Sydenliam groves,- I.heard
a fine blackbird whistle in jubilant glad
ness. , The sunshine and warmth made, him,
merry, and ,perhaps he thought that the
Spring time was at bands I saw also a
snail making a journey under the heat
across.a. by-road. Perhaps it was to pay a
Christmas visit to an old croney.
J. W.
S --The. question of the Greek throne
is unsettled:. Prince Albert will not ac- •
cept the crown. A conference of the Poi , -
ers will soon be held. [See our News col—
umn.--Ens ] • ... •
The publication of Mr. Seward's letters
to Aurbas.sadors in Europe, and of their re
plies, inelud i ng Cassius M Clay's: advice to
send troops "to Ireland, to to Can
adaP has elicited some comment as to the
judiciousness of the publication, and the
extraordinary hopefulness - and (*later de
rose anticipations of Mr. Seward.
News has reached us of the fight and
slaughter before Fredericksburg. •1f40 . 4
bap befall the Uniei troops, Beecher,
Cheever, and thelbelitionists wilt lie the
guilty parties. I much admired
,your cam»:
tionory . counsel
,as‘ to approaching •Rich
, mond by another way.
Dr. Begg,, ot the Scotch ,Free Church; has
given notice that he FAIL move the Presby
-4 adopt to put an end among
.ery .o a me- .4 ns
the students to the roe/ ling of sermons. "