rtsiagterian Naint.tr,
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1863
The Presbytery of Toledo will meet on the
third Friday of April, and not on the third
Tuesday, as was at first stated in the notice.
The ADM General Assembly. Stated
Clerks of Presbyteries, and of other bodies
sending delegates to the Assembly, are re
quested to send in the names of delegates
immediately on their appointment, with
the Post Office address of each one. By
so doing you .will assist and oblige us.
Address J. BOYD HEA.DLEY,
GEO. H. MCILVAINE,
for Committee of Arrangements.
'Peoria, April 4th, 1868.
The Chaplaincy in the Army.—The letter
ot„ Dr. MsLAREN will be read with inter
est by the Christian public. The testi
mony of one so' devoted to his Master's
ettuSe and'tethe soldier's' benefit,.so dis
ereet!And having experience in the field of
sand, laPor, is" worthy . _ of deep considera
tion. True wisdom, as, it seems to us, re
quites the Chriitian Commission and all
other friends of the cause, to operate with
snitt4raugir. the chaplainey established by
law. -Aid' in getting, sustaining, and mak
ing in the highest degree effective, the best
men who can be obtained for the service,
in the way legally established.
KANKAKEE ANA ST. ANNE.
On our lite visit at Chicago, we met with
Rev. MOSES W. STAPLES, who took so
deep an interest in Mr. CmNitztry and his
Colony of Canadian French, and who has
lately had so
, much trouble with that pro
fesSed eonvert from Romanism. Many of
our churehes - will loug remember the earn
est appeals made by, and in behalf of, Mr.
CHINIQUY and his people; atd the -blight
ed prospects as to his and their -testimony
for the truth, and labor for the conversion
of other Romanists. Our people were al
together too sanguine. They' expected
greater results, in !esti time, than God is
wont to 'give. And possibly there was
soniething , of self, and something of 'de
nominational pride inspiriting evangelical
benevolence, which needed to be repressed.
Mr. CHINIQUY, as our readers are aware,
no longer is connected with the Presbyte
rian Church ; and blit a few of his colon
ists4iotton to the faith.
The. pruers, however, which were ; offered
for that‘people, were not all unanswered;
neither' were the benefactions all lost.
Five . evangelleal churches have been formed
and still live. Of these, three are at St.
Anne and two at Kankakee.. At St. Anne,
the Presbyterians have 63 communicating
members, the Episcopalians 50,
,and the
Baptists 40. At Kankakee, the Presbyte
rians have 25, and the ,Episcopalians a
few. Here is fruit which calls for :reat
•
. nne Is serve, by
Rev'.•'Mt MONOD, son of Rev. Dr. Morron,
of Paris. Many of our readers will re
member. Dr. Mot op's visit to our country,
a few years ago; and some of our Pitts
burghers will remember his son, who stud
ied theology at our Seminary, and who has
since labored faithfully at St. Anne.
It seems, however, that Mr. Morro]) is
not to be permitted Jong to continue his
labors among _these converts. His father
has been painfully afflicted in the loss of
his voice, and sends for his son to return
to Paris; and aid him in his pastoral charge;
and the departure of the young man is de
layed for a little time, while efforts are
made to obtain a minister to occupy his
place. This will be no easy task. French
speaking Presbyterian ministers are but
few in number; and no one would be like
ly, for years, even though he had Mr. Mo-
NOD'S ability, to gain what he now p . os
Bosses, of , the affections of the people..
SERIIIOIIB.
Rev. F. A. SUEARER preached a ser
mon, in Crawfordsville, -lowa, on Wash
ington's Birth Day, from the text : "if a
kingdom be divided against itself, that
kingdom cannet stand." The subject . is
appropriate, and the presentation of the
truth was pointed and impressive. We
quote a brief paragraph
"The remark is universal, that if the
Northern States were united, this terrible
rebellion must soon be Crushed out The
rebels themseltes adniit it Their only
hope, at the present, to succeed in their
hellish purposes, is in the division of the
people of the North. Now, with your
party measures or 'political opinions, I have
nothing to do. With me they do not weigh
an iota in the balance as 'long as I see the
stars and stripes trailed in the dust' by
rebel hands, and the very existence of my
native and 'beloved country in jeopardy:
I am. perfectly. willing you should call -me
a Democrat; 'Whig, Republican, Abolition.:
ist, or any'other party name not the oppo
site of loyalty, until I see my country safe.
And I believe sirreerely,.that-such a union
as existed in the entire Northcwhen our
flag was dishonored at Ft. Sumpter, and a
few starved soldiers compelled to capitu
late to save their lives, would, under God,
terminate:this wicked rebellion ikless than
three, months."
PIOUS MENI' THE NATION'S' HOPE, is
the title of an'texcellent •Sermen; by Rev.
GEORGE of Springfield, Maas
The sentiment is truthful. God has made
this manifest in Scripture, history, and be.
continually, shows it in his providence.
And• Specially are pioni Rulers, Legisla
tors, tuidb*Sudges, a nation's hope. Let
the Anierican voters note the fact.
Teo CHARACTER ~ AND INFLUENCE OF
WASHlNOTONi*eki'presented , to the 4 / 'Un
ion cOntineniile,"' Beffalo,
, N. Y, on
Feb. 22d, `by iter. „JOIIN ,C. Lotp,
in a qiecourse from thetpulpit °Dr. LORD
is ono of our sound , and fearless men,
ashamed of neither•his* patriotism nor his
religion, not atreldto proclaiin that, in the
trulymed man,liieoe are united.r ,yVoisa-
INGTON was a fine spnchnen of this )union:
NATIONAL PRAYER AND HUMILIATION.
Public humiliation under national ca
lamities is designated as a duty, both by
the promptings of natural conscience and
the dictates of revelation. Hence to in
cite to fasting and prayer, a people who
really and deeply suffer, or who are truly
convinced of the nearness of an awful im
pending calamity, needs neither great elo
quence nor profound reasoning. When
..ToisArt entered a day's journey into Nine
veh, " and cried, and said : Yet forty days,
and Nineveh shall be overthrown ;" the
people " believed God, and proclaimed a
fast, and put on sackcloth, from the great
est of them even. to the least of them."
The king and his nobles issued a procla
mation, sayirg, " Let neither man nor beast,
herd nor fleck, taste anything; let them
not feed nor drink water; but let man and
beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry
mightily unto God; yea, let them turn ev
ery cup from his evil way, and from the
violence that is in their hands. Who can
tell if God will turn and repent, and turn
away from his fierce anger, that we perish
not." Here was real earnestness. The
people and their rulers saw danger •impend:
ing; an overthrow; ruin. They felt; they
feared; they fasted; they prayed;
„they.
cried mightily to God; they repented
they turned from their evil. Their hu
miliation was no pretense, no mere form,
not even the out-going of a sense of duty.
It, was a real deprecation of the =Divine
wrath, under the full, apprehension of a
near and awful calamity.
Now, are we, the role:rs and people of
these United States, prepared to observe a
day of fasting and prayer?, Are we it;'eally
humbled, under the providences of God ?
Do we see danger ? Do we feel: our.help
lessness ? Do we dread God's wrath'? Do
we acknowledge the justness of the dis
plays of his anger ?
Alas, it is to be feared that we are not
yet brought low enough. We need to be
stricken yet more. The preaching of thou
sands of God's prophets does not bring
conviction of sin. Military reverses do
not humble us. A powerful rebellion does
not fill us with alarm. We divide into
parties, and fill our mouths with reproach
es of each other. We are proud, boastful,
and injurious. We proclaim the goodness
of our cause, and our confidence that, God
will make it prosper; even in our haiids.
Is, then, the nation duly humbled,
_So as
really to fast and pray; or are we in danger.
4:kf pretense, and• mockery, and an aggraVa
tion of sin ? The Senate of the United
States thought the duty to beineumbent;
and the Piesident so regards it; and many
of the people heartily. respond. Happy
will it be for us, if we really - are humbled,
and'confess, and pray, and turn fit= our
evil way, and have faith in God.
The following is the action of our Chief,
Magistrate, designating the last Thursday:
(30th) of April, as a day of natiOnal hu
ace - sur
America,.
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the Senate of the United
States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme
Authority and just government ofAlmigh
ty God, in all the affairs of men and of na
tions, has, by a resolution, requested, the
President to designate and set apart a day.
for National prayer and humiliation :
And whereas it is the duty of nations, as
well as of men, to own their dependence
upon the overruling power of God, to con
fess their sins and transgressions, in hum
ble sorrow, yet with assured hope that gen
uine repentance will lead to Mere) , and
pardon, and to recognize the sublime truth
announced in. the Holy Scriptures and
proven by all history, that those nations
only are blessed whose God is. the Lord.
And, inasmuch as we, know that, by his
divine law, nations, like individuals,. are
subject to punishments and chastisements
in this world, may we not justly fear that.
the awful calamity of civil war, which now
desolates our land, may be but a punishment
inflicted uport.us for our presumptuous sins,
to the needful end of our national reforma
tion as a whole People ? We have been
the recipients of the choicest, bounties . of,
`Heaven. We have been preserved, these:
many years, in peace-and prosperity. We
have grown in numbers, wealth, and power,
as no other nation has ever . grown. But,
we have forgotten' God. We have forgot
ten the 'gracious hand w,hich preserved us
in peace, and multiplied; and enriched,
and ,strengthened us; and we have vainly
imagined, i n the deceitfulness of our hearts,
that all these blessinos were produced by
some superior wisdom and virtue of
,our
own. Intoxicated with unbroken success,
we have become too self-sufficient to feel
the necessity of redeeming and preserving
:grace, too proud to pray to the. God that
made us!
It behooves us, then, to humble our
selves before the,Offended Power: L to.eonfess
our national sins, and to pray for,nigureney.
and forgivene,ss.
Now therefore in z. , ompliance with the
request, and fully, concurring ,in the views•
of the Senate,l. do,
,by this. my proclama
tion, designate and set apart Thursday, the,
30th day of April, 1863, as a day of na
tional humiliation, fasting and prayer.
And 1 - " do hereby,request all the people ; . to
abstain .on that. day from their ordinary sec
ular pursuits, and to unite in their several,
places of public W,orship and their respep
tive homes, in keeping,thP day holY to the
Lord, and, devoted to the humble dischargp
of their religious duties-proper to that .sol
e
, •
mn occasion. ,
All this being done, in sincerityrand f
truth,, let us then rest humbly, in the hope,
authorized by the Divine teachings, , that
the united cry of the nation' Will be heasti,
On high, and answered with- blessings,
less than the pardon Kof our national sins,
and restoration of ou now divided and suf.
fering country to its former happy condition
of unity and peace.
In witness *hereof, I have hereunto set
my hand, and' caused the Seal of the Unit
ed States to be affixed:
Done .at the city of Washington this
thirtieth day of March ; in, ; the. year
of'our'Lord one thonsand eight hun
a.] died and sixty free, and or-thein
dependence of the United States the
eighty-seventh. , •
ABRAHAM LINCOLN t ;
By the President
WILLIAM H. SziVA - Rii', Secretary of
State.. • r. r•-• 1
4-4 We trust that God will make the people
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1863.
really humble, so that he may be approach
ed acceptably. And we pray that, in the
greatness of his grace, be may bring us to
this condition, not by permiting military
reverses, and civil dissentions, and tri
umphs over us by the enemy, but by open
ing our eyes to see our sins, and by quick
ening our conscience, and producing in us a
due sense of our dependence upon his bless
ing. And to this end we trust that his
ntinisters will be truthful and faithful, and
cry aloud and spare not. Let them not de
scend.to partyism, nor to sectionalism, nor
to mere political vituperation. Neither let
them devote the day to denunciations of the
wickedness of the enemy; nor to , the por
traying of the h,einonsnest of treason ; nor
yet to the awaking of national patriotism.
Let them rather teach the pe ple the awful
Vileness 'of their sins - , and the depth of
God's displeasure, and that he is less toler
ant of evil ,his , own people than in, his
enemies i .Let. them be truly a mouth for
God: -And:: let them, themselves; while
they reprove, and rebuke,. and teach,''and
en treat '; " get doWn'in to the dUst loWer thaii
the lowest, and confess and' pray VerilY
the'ininistera, as well , as the rulers and the
people, are involved in. guilt, and need,
mercy. . • . • . : •
.....,_
`ROMEooi:l',tto#,El.os ,itßoiiii.,
This monthly, not being sustained by the
income from subscriptions, has idlers('
ja
diminution in #ize. It is:now one-fourth
less thau formerly ; thongh still adequate
to give the statistics and leading hots of
Ourbenoiorene operations. - •
The. receipts by the Boards, during th e
month of February, were as follows :_,.
Domestic Missions, - - $-7,035.40
- Vacation,. - - - - 5,967.32
Foreign.Missiens, - - - , 21,983:81
Publication, (Donations, 3,797.-
88; sales, 5„1.28.29,) - 8,926.17
Chinch Bxteosion, - - 4,028.35
The Board,of`Foreign Missions give§ the ,
following statement: - •
,
4L MISSIONARIES UNDER APPOINTMENT.
—The Executive -Committee have lately
appointed'three young brethren a 6 mission
aries ; nix' were previously under appeint
meat ; others, it is 'understood, will apply.
for similar service. TwoOf those appointed
will not be ready to ge out until next year.
One or two others may be prevented froM
.going by special causes. A young lady is
also under appointmen t as. a teacher for the
Corisco.mission, wheie her serviceiaie much
needed, and where another minister should
be sent without delay.' Of the brethren 21-
ready*sppoirited,,.five certainly, perliaPs six,
could be ready to embark at an.early day.
The Committee have earnestly considered
the state of our public affairs as affecting.
our missionary prospects, and they never
tlu3less feel that they would' he wanting in
faith it' they 'did not, resolve.' on sending
another man to Corisco,'and two more to
China, 'unless,' before they actually
the way should become evidently closed.
They wish also to send out all the others.
The - places left - Vacant by death in thethree'
great fields, Afrita, China, and Judie, are
not yet supplied.' The . missionary work is
steadily going 'forward.*. "Arc not the peO
,4-.-..urissiotraiieb-to—ttiew'Ratfois among
the heathen ? Is not the fact that the la
borers are ready to go forth, itself an
answer to prayer, a reason of thankfulness,
and a motive for Vigorous effort ?"
A Valuable Work. 7- Messrs,
MARTIEN . ,
Philadelphia, have issued a pamphlet of
.fifty pages,hy•OßAßLEs J. STILLE, Esq.,
entitled, Narth,ern Intekests and. Southern
independinse : A Pleafor ~United Action.
The sentiments are excellent. , The book
should be read by every citizen. We can
dot tell to which political party the author
belongs. But, clearly, he 'is - a patriot and
a wise and good man. There is in the,'
book, no vituperation. The -reasoning is
respectful, earnest, and sound. •We cannot
see how any man . who possesses a patriot's
heart, can read it without feeling deeply
the importanee, , even for Peabe's sake, of
.
preserving-the Union ; and of the people
of the NOrth ,uniting under the Govern--
'tient with , arlL earnestness.
Mr. STILLE'S Tamer treatise, "How's
free people conduct 'a long War," has; in
its pa•mphiet Torrn and in" 'periodicals, been
circulated" to the,.extent of 170,000 copies;
and it is still ; in demand; We wish for the
present procluetion a deMand equally great.
[See advertisement.]
Presbyterial - Notiees;--A Stated. Clerk
- - •
writeg: "I think "ion 'onght to charge 'for
such' 'notices. M o ake a, rule to, this effect
and all will agree .to it."
jtE,S.PpN sm! , - 1 016 gas:ill - brethren who play
think - a dolla?To b r e - due us fOr inserting
their uotio, can forward, 4.
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A correspondent writes :
A-work of grace of miusal itowbiliaa; for
some'weeks i been ptogressing in the Pres
byte'rian. church. ; at Monongahela City,, of
which the Rev.' S.-11. perftXP is ;the pas.
„ , . 6a , ”. D f
the meetings Commeti e on e o_•
„Prayer" for 'Colleges::"` On the' following
:Sabbath 'the SaCrainent" of the Lord's''Sup-'
per Waalidnairlistered'; aliened deep ititet
„est seetnedito pervade' the church, it was
'thought best oto 'continue' the nieetingsl
Since`then the work has gone •on within: Areasitiitetest, , and 'still Contisnnes The -
.preseliefrof God% baslieen'graoietili: .
manifestttd in the quickening of hibpeo:
ple, and the bonvietion ,1 and L'eohverkibri
, sinne'rs. AboUt hitridred 'pefiOns hive
been brought' o see - their ite'ed 'Of 'a Savior '
, and to itiquire . the' waS ., to .life;' and it is
.hoped that sotne forty 'or fifty 'of this punt=
.leer; have=ixperienced. a change of heart;
,and have started upon thp'way hea.4-en.
One :`remarkable feature , , of this Season of
,refreshing le, 'that quite a rub:Ober of- these
who have been awakened, are men who'' -are'
the heads! of -fardilits, and Who
have been men of ‘iiiteatilierate -habits.
Several who have been grossly immoral'
have .:Been,.. brought- humbly - to pleadofoi
morey through the bloodAfJesus. : •
Let:it be ,the` earnest Tetition oft'God's
,people „that: this work ~niay go lore with
greater' efficiency, that litany more souls in
that community, whocaire nowstrangers tot
God shall be led tot seek. , an: in te'resti.n. the
great salvation. 'Yxrtr:::ut./ f j./ R,**4
THE SUBJECT of temperance seems to be
receiving increased attention in the East
ern States. A convention of the friends
of the cause in Massachusetts was lately
held in Tremont Temple, Boston, in which,
it is said, every temperance organization in
the 'State was represented. Much interest
was manifested, especially with regard to
the remedying of the terrible evil of in
temperance, in the army.
In connection with the general subject
of temperance, we quote the following from
the Boston Record :
"We learn from the Rev. Asa Mann,
that the 'temperance men . at Wellfleet got
together in january'and. resolved to stop
the sale .of spirituous liquors: They visit
the dealera and told them that they
would pay for'all on hand and' pour it into
the street,' if the dealers Would' agree to
purehase no 'more. -1 The 'proptisition•wag
assented to by all. Very-Soon after;' the.
Spirit of God was specially manifested in`
all' the- cl;arcties,:ti s nd many of all classes
flocked to'the'houae "of God. Many merfof
theS4 are among th i nconverts. The werk
still' goes en,s:having spread to neighbor
ing ehurches - an`d to*fis, until the converts
number'several hun'clia." ' -
ITIS STATED , that a venerable clergyman
of Vernon, 0,0nn.; Rev. Mark Tucker, D.
D; has presented to the 'elniroh' in 'Still
water, N. Y, (which was his first pastorate,)
the greater portion 'of his .large and vala
able library,;Which he.iS no longer able' to
use hitnaelf,. and which would be of hal - ,
little serifee, to his sobs, none of them be- .
' ing in the ministry The books presented
are to be the nucleus °fa Minister's library
'to be owned - by the churclaffor the use : Of
'each succeeding pastorf The Onlyeondi
.tion of, the gift_is, that an annual collection
be taken up by the church for the ,enlarge
'meat :of the library. •
,
Might'net-the above exaMPlebe imitated
. , .
by other aged .clergymen, and, might not
arrangements be,: made by ,many,,,of
churches, by .which,ulong with domfiirt
able parsonage, each 'newly-ifistalled pester
would fin'd'hiMself in at least thetemPorariv
posssession of - a judiciously, selected .thee
logical librqrSr ?
THE FOLLOWING, ,says the -Watchman
and 'Reflector, are the'statisties of the Free
Will Baptist Sin the United States :
There are 31 yearly, meetings, 142 quar
terly meetings, 2,285 ,ehurches, 1,033, or
preachers and 58 955 communi
cants:, Maine .contains the largest number
of the denomination Of any State - in- the
Union—namely, 14,336 ;„and New-l-lamp
shire the next largest namely, 9,934.'.,1n
Vermont there are 2,842, and in Massa
chusetts and Rhode Island there, are 4,560.-
There are none in Connecticut. Whole
number in New-Englanii, 0,704, -which
leaves only 26;01.. for all the-rest of North
America.' , ,
GOV.' ANDREW, of 'Massachusetts, - has
appointed 'the - Se:cond day 'of Afiril to be'
observe(' as a `di Y of 'public humiliation;
fasting and prayer.", Gov,' Bickingham of
Connecticut 'has appointed 'the same 'day
•1-
THE VALUE of exports film, Boston. one
week recently wai5415,266; against $178,-
821.11 for the cure - sperm:ling week of .1862.
The -amount of imports was , 8223,940,
against $375,861 for the ,corresponcling
week of 1862.
TRUMAN HENRY SAFFORD, heretofore
known while a boy by the exhibition , of
!bat may be ternied , intuitive computing
powers of a- very 'extraordinary c,hara.cter, -
has been, appointed ,assistant professor of
astronomy at Harvaid University.
THE :METHODIST has = the following in
regard to the neighborhood prayer-meet: ,
.ings 'which, - it :saYs; are coming Firito ruse
among some ,of the New, York pastors
"" . They ithe pas'fors] are assisted by the
City Tract Missionaries, who, pith their
visitors, secure praying helpers, a room in
which' to meet, and invite the people 'in
the vicinity to attend. , The pastor of'a
contiguous church, no matter of what
Evangelical Church., is, invited to come and
Preside. The' ileual Singing, prayersland
exhortations, with the'reading of the Scrip
tures are obierved; and at tke',"4.9se, an in
iitati6um given„ to any pho,,tuay desire to,
converse with the minister, to 'tarry after
the benediction pronounced:. Prior to
this, however, the preacher or missionary
announces the place of meeting for the
next week "
Tni VERY desirablei debt:paying
demic to which we havebefore this alluded'
as prevailing among the ejinellea of,New
York and vicinity, has. not,yekeeafledl We,
learn thatort', Sabbath morning (29th.u1t. , ,),
$lO,OOO was. raised, after tthe's'ermon, by
the Wayette'Avenne church of Brobklyn
(Rev.' Mr.' gluier's) for the liquidation ,of
their floating debt.
THE friends ofllatailton •College in, New -
York end Philadelphia, are making,- says
the New- ork Observer, , an effete to raise
fun d for eAdowment , Of professersl4Pa,,
.one fox,eapti oity, in: commemoration , of two :
distinguished+ graduates:- ot thelaeoliege,.
'l3&v. - Albert Barnes` of Philadelphia," and
thnl 4 te, Rev : Ed;?ardßdbins:eii, Of,
linion 1:; POeg local Serninary ui,this 4 l3ity.
The work has already ,been begun in.{New
-Tork, and a subscriptiotrof $6,000 obtained
to*ard'tlie eiljeoe) '
It o c rgree
sollege, abcy,e,uoticed,
Sotne,fifty. of:the:students are jrutalgibg a
hope in , Christt, and the interest is 'extend
ing. The IC:Flying , . work appears to 'have
beguOhortlY'nfterOe day' of prayer
collegeti.... a dAristianaare "encouraged ; With.
these,tokenmf answers 4.43 prayer.
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Tifilibiativertrtiti`N' 41..0*te6f . '
can SeeidtSe-haVe= inttde `freigiion':foi
prin 'the . 'Belyiloilt tianislati of the
A
rabe Seri pt:nred, Which hia.bdeti - flif yearfr
in progress by the la`te Rev. 1)r. kilt with,
'and Rev. Eir:'o.q . . Van' ..r.)yOk. The 'whole``
,„ .
of the New Testament is' finished, and the
Old T4stamont-ak far as the Reek - bf Prth
e - rhs. Editions `,'eflhe 'finished
,jsnrtions
iha've 1.111.'61u:1y been are:in giaiv,"
ing eiretilatiolic.hd There' wilVbe
Ggv
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EASTERN SUMMARY.
NEW-ENGLAND.
OdU
NE VV7YORK.
scholars to be the beat extant. It will
give the Word of God to one hundred
millions of people who speak the Arabic
language. It is found that vast, numbers
of people in Central Africa are able to
read in Arabic.
AT A LATE sale of pictures, at the Dus
seldorf Gallery, N. Y., the amount realized
was over $44,000. One of the paintings
brought $2,000 ; three others considerably
over $l,OOO each ; and 'quite a. number up
wards of $5OO apiece.
A lidEETltidof foreign-born citizens was
held at . the Cooper Institute, on .the
night of the Slat ultimo, at which• the
following: among ..other seiolations were
nitanimOusly adopted :
" First.. That' we consider it . the duty of
• the VrOverninefit;' le well aa the, i lefeet; 'of
the to. make . last '
and . eupreme
effort to crisis •de'finjtely the . teheißon; and
bring back qbedietiniluid Nth
mission to thb . law' • .
"
• Becondly.' • :That'wiiiriyAeat
intervention, by _w hateive o .
beeeith
wbitiii3rliiietqf it of the
peas ~}o ' v'eromeiit in the I eternal affairs ot
• "Pou'rthly. That the'aud,a_city
ern - COD Sr; iratm . requiies,ti;at' t hit GiivuTn;
merit coetgetiosilly„ silence it :
' . _, 6- Fiftlilt That we appkoie completely`
and *itbout 'restriction, the pOlicy
inaug
milted by the 'Government in its proelSie l
thine, of SOtelber 224' and .Tanuary ist . ,
airif : that hope 441 the road
dent may puiliun f itithorip returning on his
steps, the tobtelre luurtaken. .
".Sixthly. That :we promise solemnly to
- the GoVern men't of -the , United S t ates our ;
, • ,
au,pp'ort, assistance add *Aeration, witholit
oriedtrietVons; that for the de
*fence df this Republic,' . of its Damouritic
•.institiffionis . and of its exterior greatness,
we :ire: re'cij , , as
-to iacriftee oftr:4li4ii, our fortunes,
'thicred honor." • • • •
ENTERTATIBIENT yi giv at the
Soldiers' Readingream, in Twin tiettistkeet,;
above 'Cfiesinut, on the
opening remark's were niade . byex:.(tAnitor .
1)ollock, Who spoke` the "good'; which
.
as-a tatter of neeesiity r result . from .
the reading 61'welf seleCted matte?,'such as
is found in . Ail( reading-room. ". j .ethiw
dresses Were' inidn during the evening.
.The entertainment posed off ill' a pleasant
and, it is helieir:oa,.Orethable inanner,
was brought to a crone by tbe band • ler
fiiriiiing,soinci'eloioii neleptions of miuiiis.•
,
, ,
4E ,P,kilvieleia Arorrhaimerican says :
,Henry„ the newly-appointed.
.CommissAmer,ancl.Consul-Gleneral from, the
United States,to :An republic of Liberia,
Is; a conveyance; apd„farmer,..residing near ,
'Delaware City, De)aware,,,lie is repre
seateil.as a popula,r..and intelligent matt, of
about, forty years of : age, justly alive to the
promotion of :American interests in .West-:
ern Africa, and to the beneficent enterprise
which has
. founded and. built an,English-,
speaking .nation on that :continent, to be
the chosen and , happy ; : home, .first, of re-.
Stored exiles, and then, of,,Obristia,Wized
'sitivep., :Though
_very •tarily to 'ockpowl.
edge tts. independence, our, GoSernmett is
the first to commission a diiilomatio repre
,' ''sentative to Liberia."
•
For tho,Pre,byterz:on Fanner.
• • -a --.-
• • Chaplains..
The name of the United --StateaOhris
tian Commission :Tinge sweetly on the ear
of the country y , tinti its pt . ottuit" deedk of
benevolence reechoes to its'honak; from the'
camps and' hospitals , -of the army.. It haa
brought relief' and comfort 'to thonsands of
our brave 'defenders, amid' the hardships
and 'sufferinge inseparable front soldier-fife.
.It is extending its operationa, and seeking
new'channels' for the - frow;of its benign in-',
fluence.- As 'a, new - ~ `enterprise.
.? some of
whoia . measures:mnat necessarily e, exper
imental,
is - not exempt4reni the common'
liability to error.
With great defercp,.ee 19. ; the", wise and
good men of the Gommissiop„J.am ,con
strained to , that they- haver erred, in
their plan- for. volunteer army cliaplain . s:‘
Feeling,deeply the importanee of - the sub- .
ject, and award of the delicacy `of - under
taking to ;canvass, With. advcrae , _tieWe,:e.,
plan so evidently* intended. for good,. I yet
deem it - ,aatity to chaplains and the army,
to .Christians ned the country, and not lees
to the Corarniasien; to raise a'Veine of earn=
eat deprecation, when a measure is propesed,
which endangers the interests of all these
:parties. This is
,my: apology, for, address
ing this article to 'the Ohriatiau
.coinimani r
ey, and requesting for its thought s a fair
consideratiOn byclerica .. l,;b4es, past.'47s,
and ChereheS2' Although I presUme.
',no.special fitness for this wprk, unless it d be
the experience of half-la year in' the Chi p:
fainCy;and a016.4 . ..0fA century' in the
tninistra; yef may venture' - to' Speak ~to
wise .men; andask thein'te consider - what ",11
say.
The plan of' the ernmission., as it has,
been Wideli'Prortiniga led, Itake:tn i be,,gen-
Cially ja brief, itis this: to lend,
Say, three hiiiidred;lninisters antfas many
laymen to the array; 'for a term. of -two, or
three months eaeh; to set .as Veldt' teer
chaplains and colpotteura, their:services, to
be Wholly''grattutens, their expenses,enly
being; aefrnyed :14
?is
;,expected'illat the ministers es ieeiali' shall
lie trier- °i Or talent, position,anct.i)pioireti
adaptatien'to this special service," and •thitt .
their pulpits shall be supplied their ab
s neighboring brethren. The cities,
:and large towns 'are'.desirea.fo 'otei,th e ir
'`best."• '
This plan "appears wise "atid beneficent.
I'VaVe'n9 dotibt-thafSo,.cioniniendotr
itself'
TO ) th'e benevolent-pep who
adopted while:l roilid • hap. with
great pleasure any accession to tile' rys
itian infhienco in the army, I cannot enter,
Rain `t `i r ndiilge either j of ; he cheering hopes which the.,(knitrilS,
?foitthe, :praotieihility.
OF tha-usefultiess"of That 'it: is
erroneous in thebasic ou
"'which it rests,.
wil i ii )eitir ':.ierfia.lkio!.til r c.l l ogre4,o6f this
3 i SO, I. '411,#!",i . abt,, : be judged,it presumptuous'regarding the r'plaii",itself.
as. vim onaty J• sha2l, first notice - sof
the errors 'itank4a reaSone,fOrS.Ahe
''proppeed measure • ,
` The -.' Ottitereont; of a
.gallant, sad de
Dibioi, General, made la a,pliblic.m.pet-.
that th sys tem e.eliaplaine inovect
biinsiop.6l fifteen A
but - two :ehnpiains
peech
4etitYdreiii.liho.his'Seeit.the speech
Gek, in print, ii?forfo's Ra o, !lit
words were ;" surely
"the' credit of the cause shoyid, not„lie' de-
Vriv6d* or this very moderate limitation.,
If the :General'S-'deelaration" were..taken
c onliaa`theexpreasion of an opinion, as it.
eiidefiqY wad li - o4I L I Vitt its' tii6e. i 'hood acid htlnoied ntended
the opinions'of:
en
n The - cOtathlsie n
#4. -
.7
VO . O Li it as thefAxhibitioa.lfia"
tke
MEE
PHILADELPHIA: , :`
deplorable fact,, which demands the inter
position of their proposed plan. No man
can know that the c haplaincy has proved a
failure. God has charge of the seed sown,
and it will riot return to him, void. That
all the good has not been done, that a
Christian heart might desire, is readily ad
mitted ; but this is true of the ministry at
large as well as in the army. The work
has been going on here, for abont twenty
months; does the church judge its mis
sions, or its home ordinances to, be a fail
ure by the experiment of twenty months ?
God has borne with his unprofitable ser
vants for three times twenty centuries, and
not pronounced their InifilitratiODS a fail
ure. Failure is a convenient and popular
word, the meaning of which may be varied
by individual fancy. Worthy Generals,
and our brave army itself; have been called
a failure.
-Of the fifteen Regiments -with only two
chaplains re,maining, I have only, to, say,
howthat we are not told many they origi
nally had, nor what has become of all but
the two. And, therefore, besides the Gen:'
era_ I's opinion, me have nothing,to-convince
us that the ehailaincy has proved a failure:
Even with the- most indulgent allowances
of application, it proves netting beYond
the limits -
2. The Cilcular of the Commission sets
forth, ; that ; " many Reoinients entered and
have .continued. the.se7ic,e, witheut
chaplain; and many others are, now desti
tufo account of the resigeetion, aiek
fleas; or incompetency of those' appointed;"
and that.: they cannot supply, themselves,
"if so dispesed..,',',„ane remark_on each of
these statements. First„ ,there could have
been no failure where' the trial"Jvas never
made. • Second :the in cnmbents eander' any
system ,are liable to sickness and other
evils which-may require them to , ehorten
the period of their chaplaincy; there are
`few; =however, good or bad, who do not con
tinue more ;him "-two or three - mondial”'
'Third, if-Regiments are "so .disposed;"
the SBUIBFITOCOSS which has supplied "ex-
and
cellent self-denying "chaplains t 0
•
others, is available by " ;them. The diffi
culty that'makei this impracticable, if any
suet' Oxists,- it were kind in the ICianimis
sion to have specified. After all, I-freely
- admit, and with .serrow„ that c , ; there -are
Regiments, probably many, whjcii, hav,e no
ehaplaing; And my impresSiOn is, thit
they'always show the' unhappy effects of
'the destitution. Commandingofficers may,
perhapa,, keep some::: Regiments without
chaplains,,but it is net through .dislike of.
the present system, so" much;as dislike of
religion. Any other system with the same
Gospel; would be equally' offensiVe. Nay',
an ~outward reapect is sometimes fpaid to
chaplains, on amount of the law and their,
commissions nnder the Government, which
would not be under other circumstances.
, 3. This leads me to notice another re:
',workable statement of the Cireular,
"'The law under which chaplains are 'iip-'
pointed, defines no - position ; gives s,no pro
tection, and prescribes no dotf,es ;.,sp that
the best men are liable to discouragements,"
Ste. It may be' so; I have not'seen' the`
law; that is, the law of I'B6l. *slime,
too, that the law of Congress for increasing
the number of Generals, does not-prescribe:
their duties, er define their position. The,
position of chaplains, both ecclesiastical and,,
militarY, is defined by law, whiCh - retwires f i
them to-te , ordained ministers of some
Christiaw,denomination, and! commissions ,
them with the rank of captain. They have
ample' protection, by law. The second:.of,
Artie e f trge 0 crier fi"ont a '''l2l ll ir:
ho o f fto a rti r secures r
reverence or linpropriety of conduit; by
`imposing, for such offence, on officers Se=
vere .reprimand by court-martial ; ;:and! on:
soldiers, fine and imprisonment: Their ' du=
ties are' presuinedto be prescribed by their
Lord and Master, and to be understeed
themselves as his ordained ministers: But
the law has spoken i :too. They are to hold
religions services, and even the-time of day,
:for holding them, is specified. They -
at all times , permitted to visit camps;,
quarters and 'hosPitalsL-to 'hold free and',
uninterrupted - intercourse , with - the offi-'
eerh- and soldiers r ofr duty." :And- "it is•
enjoined on all persons connected with the
army, to presewrvaTaa!;,atiptiiam4ss:
a a n r d es t P o eP g t i fil ve l
deportment to
them a hearty cooperation- k in . . their efforts
to promote and'improVethe ineral
tion ;of . tlwarmy." TheSe orders have the'
vp f ti
j o iao4 : i , n c ia
ta
n e sg
gru il oa f n,
fip T vi l hrt a bh :
aeemr : i
,:metcaolyiWnrecie:ouanal
chaplains,
eita O nt
i r t,sir e ,aeti
w e : n :o l fha : ; : ia : tBde,
h e 6:eip a iole s ,;:: k ohega
7 this
r
3 gl a a y tit i u t d e e on an ti d nu j e oT i b l y;
t t h h e e
nat 1 Chr i sti an
n: sh a
war no .more.,
•
• . : ,
ny .. f ! ! ... : : 2- - r:i ar
"
~.Eft/y.lot ocpd . ered 4 ri!ascins iiisitsup ri
Posed . ocemdkon'for the plan propailialCtbe;
ChriStia* Com Mission, I iespeOtfogy.oolioit,
the reider'iciatittitiowto-theiplitn ikeig.,, '.,;
''',, 1. Ther Conimission '_iii-olty.--initet!vri
Chaplaine;• 'I do not eflpfic#6 Apy th 14,4
.iidisiiii. is imPlied in, tins :blit, reilly,ps.
the ithoeition 'Of 614140(11;*kiin .4i:
sarriOrilliktheir,sire volante,cia.
~ ,
' 2. *en ' 4' l k talent,
~position and:" ap
:Proved itddifation;" t are 'anted.. / I. I:tearti- ,
ry eay,','ihe ,inpi.,,,-efuleii,,.tlio
,b4t.er.. 13nt,'
the C r dmniiision• Silitqt. o..sii-sonsderiible
proportion . 'Of ' tho se '; . gtirioin4d ,T if'n(g 9 l 't7+'
law,: are of tbilaitiiii . ,; and Ihei :offe,i 40,.
mid; tli thrariiii,fr'oto these f' u' ditrerent '
' afitirliteiivolli 1 4,tilitsik." 1 I,aii is , op , So :Rol,
O tit if t h il 'Viti : italKO' . 4 i.'”,t, I tiFes
,114)
0, in,o *k ss §* 9 liiWeit-iv.dg Nic . :i ,:
.;13ut - *di 4,:i,4 1 34 0 .01 1 , YIP Eie.oe aci_44(n.
si.V • I's• Ihis semi & to- be. the, arowning
*P ell 4O . , ....#O, (t..new P la .i 2 mi-w4i91 1 !44 t.itez
~rguliO ntim . 4 - I.o* C "PliPriAllA tgqxPe.o ta:ltie•
imblidtpiptitleiiint,4:titar eonsideratiorke
;The .I.i2lli.:Pk.swk#Yln - ‘ o9lll .4ininlie Pl*
i:Olit . nt,..ie ilh,!„f9 1 1:11": It: wsuddf,gigq -the (
bras ?t,ittnin,nactfen. )4'l ntr:the .4.lnevafin..ne.
~of the ;eflleeh allfl i ) T - i t Bl, Ann..hans l 43o;?f r
I f' the,presenee of, vespe.e4ol6,on,d
camp, ,I .
.erice4.,prilachei,.,up,chr,iat pl,.l,hei, camp, 1: ill .
•gt efrand ,o(salssi(l9",wf,tle.,m eqr,thl.y re
'.to'arq'',', 44 • 141,441 , 3 t0pt.w 110 *, 4 4n0.ti N i5 5. , to ef Ts
Art ' . 4quig.::r.ftf obsitstio.n.ed,!' i&o.;- ‘, oft,
904 FY. Dwlt,Ae‘ I:examite,,PfOAtiltis4!
ipotretiSta aildlevotop.):43.; f,,,ghyistizva-.4
'•DY needs su Akit ,4 ouPstr(ol9ll ikt tiPsOesk
YiPruf 141.;I: ha°,, pit in itakkohhelvorlig•
which e39,so7i49, t isti9 ctive....idmko.f oe.,
im?w, , P„lfiP, 1 1 1.4 ..4 1 4c(t034 : It apiThcqutrast
7,!tn' l 'AlPF,eseqt,9lAe.- 4. .9.1W1Y.,:-.enungkii
kanliffea,,-,, that ale', grauskdqet..ettileaprger
-91 t. 170,(elik is,st..4l4l:942.inlutittarP 4)(li4ifor
hiAleit•lltnnl'f;,T4VicAlulli4.4llolt lAnYeribeen,
n.,4 14.f1P(1:114.1,11e., instil(' 30, 1 4.‘ and ,
•eacsino9l4li,4lv* isq!iurcoh grkpm,444o4n-1
oiern, °POI ,Iplin,Ye..9An.llitk...en2l,44a44lftwi
, th , ril .l.'-culP,t_ qiillgi:A pAist , l 4- &ogo.Fsls i- if' The
ia p°rPr-if I ,M„ 3'1+9,0;110.0W% 484ii01181Y,
4011#1-70P9/440;041411]1*49 whjoh l it iv
OeN.,4l,Mll4,...r.‘kf'?,Li3lAillltPl3.llatiCitiigi th.ex
'euuntr* ,-A .P' 4 11 4 7:.9. Agt No - Biaer, i th •
.offieersmi 4:444iveajogrvpases 110446,,e,,
lii3g4h.*a,p9e...A.fi,c7 r_recont„PV Arid B 4 ...
;arumt:Pont 'lite tt9kernNefit :the AV:
nf'ainlig4 .4y244, they, 44i,,rt*Igt
'this -01 400ti..0p to *Or eI)P *VI qr, it 4 . 0.448
As? better reynn -for,expludlog,,o.r ignfzri,ne
9icirl,a, l {o,o3, o ' t . n thlt.l463cohipn
.orj
closing the churches and silencing t hem
isters, at home. 'Many faithful and labori
ous chaplains arc pained, at heart, that the
Christian Com Mission, composed of tueu
whose names are synonymous with beam).
lence, should, in the most public way,seenk
to give their sanction to an imputation 0h
the chaplains of the army, which th e y
would indignantly repudiate ita.. it
e ft e d
against their mitisters at home. And their
sorrow is mingled with amazement, wh en
the new plan is urgently pressed as, in this
particular, a contrast and relief to the pres
ent system. If this, pecuniary item mu s s
enter into the question of the army chap.
laincy, (and the Commission have given it
both introduction and prominence,) let it
be handled tairly. On the plan of the
Commission; their chaplains do not labor
gratuitously,. any, more than those do who
are appoiut4l4,ider the law. Both receive
.salaries-7-onejkom their coniregations, the
- other Worit the Government; neither, from
.the army. Nay, the proposed volunteer
'fares better than the supposed mercenary,
'for Pe, gets his salary, and his expenses be
the.. chaplain gets his, and
Tays . ..:bia,
' ,expenses. Besides, th e
i " best" ministers in , c cities and large
,towns;:;Then , otiti v l e cn i t a , rg p e o r sit s io a n la c ie a s n t d h::
'forth, generally;
arnry. , Abaplaios: , : , bave; to bay nothing of
ettela beingvuccompanii3d, in his proposed
mission, by a layman to assist in doing the
• work which the good chaplain does alone.
The only — fear gratuity, and the only
special "deiftiinatration of the benevolence
of the *Good," that "I - can discover in the
. traniactibtii •of '• the brethren who
supply the absent pastor's pulpit. And
this, .
likemcchofAvuo charity, has no COl3-
811i1Mikir •
leihe C Yistian Commission wise in es
liibiting;'`e+it) an dramatic display,
: their " plan, eiradaying, preeminently,
,the se:denying benevolence of the Gospel?
. In conclusion, I *ill - briefly show why I
deem the pitlpoitieii-plan impracticable.
1. It throws:ireund the position an air
of superiority, "which will embarrass a mod
'est, mac in accepting it,. and which some
.may;ftud it difficuk,in,their intercourse
with:tither Chaplains and with • the intelli
gent-soldie.ry; to'maintain: ecce linnto is a
'phinse'which.tt man Mil not usually like
to weitr:. . ..•
2 ;;.SRPP9PlPC.ltilztoilretire from the ser
vice, at the end of theirterm—two or three
months—thei'obnielieit' will. have to lend
from 1,200 to 1,800 of theii fasters, and as
manysinirie of their beat- members, in the
year,t.and,,tbe. neighboring brethren would
: haveAck...supply,• ecutstuntly.3oo. pulpits, be
sides 'their own.
- ..ll.Arfeel assured, that nor esteemed and
lioniiredfriend, the President of the U. S.
1 0hriiitian Com Minion, has not directed his
;excellent • fanfold powers closely on the
tha
cost, 4 . t .mtist.attend .the success of the
:Omni, . Bz . apnie, experience and inquiry, I
..am altlato giye an; approximate statement,
Iliaewiii Make his matter plain. Travel
iingt}eiffiiiies . or'two poisons, averaging,
say, from Pittsburgh to the Potomac, $26.
:Returning, -the' sante .. and repeated every
.three. , ixkoptbs,, will be $2OB, Two horses
anda wagon will * *. indispensable for con
ii,eyingqinfllcprovisione, b00ki,..&c., as no
tramitiortatiOn or inppliei diti b 4 obtained
from' the -1.31-overnment officers. ' Two ser
,vante, also— T eArirer and a thick. . Subsist
i.pnce,for:Mro,persops, at the-Jowest rate, six
: dollars
~' per week, $312., .q . ubsistence for
two Eiervaikis; et' the.rate of ioldiers' rations
'-B.9"'Tier ''niontli:- . --$21.6. ' - Fiiriige at - com-
Le-„pigbt; dollars, eith, 'per
Mont .. -,, an extremely difficult to get for
tprivatelbrses At.,:any price-$192 .. Wages
for servantifen:dollars per
,month 77-$240.
The - a ggregate is' 41,168"; or, dispensing
'ith one servant, which would be impossi
ble, $940 for 'eaeli 'ehaplidifey. At this
- lowest-point of expense, it , treitld require,
t .na.
should the plan be successful and send. out
~the six_ hundred men, ($282,000) two bun
-1 dred b and eighty-two thousaUd dollars; be
:sides the outfit "of teame,'terita,'storeki, &c.
-', I -Close: with sincere sentiments' of ' love
and
_honor.. for , the - - C hrifitian Commission.
No otlier, , sen t iments have prompted the
writiiis:Ok Olio article Their . good deeds I
'have seen . had 'dfiltred'in ' the '414; in the
hospitalle sal irrthii ifiatrestii 14 iequences of
the• b attle:z%Glarlireserve-themf from mis
takes,.end ,extand I theia -. usefil In ess to the
wide tiotpdaries of, thekhenevolent aspira
tions.' ' '. """;.:
k Vl'. •MaartEri,
,:• A '.('' . " dikapliiiii liat Pa. R V. C.
VaniklinieiPslTill,.l7..;) .
^ 'ltitifigs . gt,lBo3 , :, c- 1
1.4:1. 1- , 1 i,r; .
lEM
it h t EgBirrERIALOTI i. CES.
1:44 11 • ‘'‘ .
'"NhIitPRZBB,YTRIMOI; NcIRSIIKBERLAND
ii ti 'add its next stated meeting at Milton, on the
third.Teetiday ( 21st tray ) sof at 11 o'clock
.A. 14,, ,and,Perimenedewith -a sermon by the Mod
'erater, Rev. L. Westeott.
Stot-banal Absettaineete for the Com
' tniesionerfif.and Contingent:Fonds, and Sessional
Reeords, will , be called for.
•.. '' Mites Stated Clerk.
The P , REPIXTEBT. OF ROOK RIFER will
meet in Llitte Fiat Frieliziiiiav t " 'Church at Rock
Ilandt. one thenhar — & 4l faiNidai r of April, at 7
cloct Id, 1104 • -
Sessional;Record! and Assessments for the
Conanneiszonersliill Nei:tolled for.:
3 -
S. T. WILSON Stated. Clerk.
The P"
•
.ne PRESBYTERY OF WASHINGTON will
.hold ktans t Vreptted i meeting in Wellsburg, Va.,
ieg ; ( the iP9arth Toesday,,(2f3th day) of April, at
•tbe.iitistevof religionin„the different
iititirek t s are to be - giyerk ; to; theAtey.„Lty_erty
Giier:laairm'an ertl4CCom'mittee On the .Nar
fatilvektolpie:GeneraLAasetAly,),Oik 'aitt firstlday ,
474 thepesolon.. . . AILLE.N.:;M'CARRELL,
Stated Met*.
''' The PRESBTTERI,..O,,,q444.Iv4EQ4BEIVIGLE
will convene in stated in Wien,land, In
,dilma,ori ;Tuegl rty; Alinl ..ttlet, fatr+ro!telbbk W.
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' The PRESBYTBRY' OFBLO,O4IBGTON will
meet irntelininig oli. I r tfeinbiAtapnlBth ; 1863,
a . wi t h gi.ht-: .v4i9PaLTßZ.o44,4lo)lleSettemn'
PasliorsW be ea Air %alo,. Commis
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irtille- A RE MMI,CrI'isOf . ORE)..irill meet in
the :Se s ond"cit nreti:Pitiabin-ih; on the Fourth
A'tjeadayq2Bdll) BflsAliciff, /022 O'clock P. M.
FF'.l.-4,,P0g %& . / 1 , - rtmuiied ;. fr_on..p as t ors and
'Sessione,Vtd 34, is 'very nteesisary. f •
that, they be
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V. B. MoILVAINE, Stated Clerk.