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Nature and God,
•
BY THOMAS HASTINUS.
I t
The works of nature never appear so beautiful
s when illuminated by the rays of' Gospel truth.
is good while standing beneath these wide
eavens, and upon this broad earth, to meditate
pan the handiwork of Him who is the great
rehitect of all. The God of nature is the God
all grace and consolattigo. , Ile..is our Father,
r Redeemer, our Sanctifier . With his word in
r hands, we can think upoti all his wonderful
rks—his worksi of, nature and mf grace—and
m pleasing comparisons and associations.
Wondrous are the works of nature,
Springing from a band Divine ;
Every object, every feature,
Bids some bright perfection shine
Lofty mountains tell his glory,
Smiling valleys speak his prtiise,
Brilliant clouds so transitory,
Heavenly aspirations raise.
Silent dews and ,whispering breezes
Symbolize the Spirit's love:
Every blooming plant that pleases
Tells of blissful bowers above.
Vernal suns and fruitful showers,
Voeal woods and meadows gay,
Starry lights and-moon-lit hours,
Heaven's parental oars display.
Whirlwinds in their anger swelling,.
Dire volcanoekin their wrath,,.
Scenes of judgment are revealing ,
In the haughty sinner's path. •
Seasons in due ori,er ranging,
Destined courses to fulfill,
Show to us.a Mind unchanging, ,
Full of wisdom and good will.
Beauteous thus the revelation
By the hand of Nature given;
But a brighter inspiration
Marks the road that lead to heaven.
Nature with her genial pleasures r
Shows that man deserves to. die; !
Grace unfolds celestial treasures,
Pardoninglove, and endless joy. .
Nature is, indeed, no substitute for revels
tiou. The sinner- condemned for his numberless
delinquencies, needs something better than syni
bole to assure him of the, possibility of pardon
and acceptance, But , now that the way, of rec
onciliation is made known, we may find in the
physical universe pleaSant hints and suggestions
in the way of illustration.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
What ls the: Baty of Sessions of Vacant
Churches.?
This inquiry is asked merely with refer
to their duty in securing a pastor. Why
do so many of our churches, when vacant,
become so much divided, and in some eases
hopelessly so ? Five, ten, fifteen;or twen
ty candidates, and sometimes more, are in
vited to preach, a day or two successively.
Some of these have been wholly invited by
the Session;,but others only formally so,
because they were the friend-• or acquaint
-
twee of this one and that one in the eon
gregation, and to gratify them, the Seseion
yield end send a formal invitation; when , at
the same-time perhaps they have heard
enough candidates , from, whom to select a
good pastor and• minister, or they may know
that the one desired would not likely suit
them; Thus we think Sessions often un
intentionally ignore their own authority,
allow their congregations to become hope
lessly divided in consequence of having so
many candidates before them. Some pre
fer this one, some enabler, some another,
some still another, and so on through the
whole number of the ten or twenty candi
dates. And then the,result-is,• that when
they come to select o a pastor, they are un
able to agree on any one.; thus -ex:o6ll6a
men who are among the candidates are re
jected.
Why•do not Sessions use theirauthority,
and carefully watch against this' very diffi
culty. A prtident Session will of course
carefully consider suggestions 'made by ju
dicious members of the church, and even
in some cases consult them ; but when they
have done so, ,they carefully, weigh their
suggestions, and only follow that which
their maturer judgments, it; may be, dictate
to be for the very best interests of their
church and the glory of Gel
Let a Session: find out, from the best in
formation they can get, a fe so—and we
would say in no ease more than three or
five—and invite them imeandidates; and
having heard them a few Sabbaths, and be
mime as well acquainted with them as pos
sible, out of the pulpit as well as in it;
and the Session finding in their estimation
one or more amonithis number who would
suit them, let theta forthwith call the eon
gregation together, to• select one for their
pastor. Let candidating be stopped, no
matter how many good men, and favorites,
too, with some of the neople, have not been
heard. If the' congregation cannot select
from those already ,hearil, then let the Ses- : ` For the Presbyterian Banner.
slim invite three or, five more, laying asid,e .. no Presbytery of Carlisle
altogether the first three or five, or at least -
Met in Middletown Pa. on the 14th of
the -pest unlikelyof them, • If '
ern, a more . 7+} o'clock
i
. April, at 74 o'clo4 P. M. The opening
careful and even more rigid course .*E46
pursued, in some cases at least, by Sessione, ;sermon was preached . by Rev. N. G. White,
- from Jim xviii : 38 ; and John xvii i 17.
in respect to the selection of a pastor,
churches would be saved from division and. • There were twenty-seven ministers and
twenty-one elders present.
distraction, and, a Pastor, would much 4
sooner be secured. Let Sessions realize ',. Rev. James Kennedy was elected Mod
their responsibility in this matter, and ask •; erator, and Rev. John 0-Proctor, Teinpo
themselves if' they are not the regularly , l'arY Clerk. •
Thos. X. Orr, alicentiate, was dismissed,
constituted and ordained guardians of their •
individual church, and the means of grace Ito ,
by ut himself under the care of the c ry Pre's
of Allegheny City ; •
in it, and solemnly obligated to guard
against divisions and distractions in their Geo. T. Cain, licentiate, was' dismissed;
to put himself under the care of the Pres
church resulting frnin a loose, eangrega
• bytery of Newton. .
fiend mode of securing a pastor, when one
is needed. It is muoh easier for a Session John C. Bliss, a licentiate, was received
under thee
car • '
, et this'Presbytery, from
to prevent divisions, than to, heal •them`
the Central Presbytery of Philadelphia.
when once they have taken place. ' •
W. C. Stitt, a licentiate, was received
A Council •Mxtxura. •
. ` under the - care of Presbytery, from the
is 1 Presbytery of•Potomao•
Tor the Presbyterian Banner. .
Rev. Robert A. Brown was dismissed to
Confession. i the
_,Presbytery of .Donegal.
.TAgss v: 16—A Confess your faults ; The pastoral relation existing between
! Bev. Chalfant and the chanimburg
one to another."' Me •
.
Confession is a humbling` duty. It' re- Ohara, was dissolved, and Mr. Chalfant,
quires no small degree of humility to con- lit-his own request, was permitted to labor,
fess our faults when sensible , of them, and i 6i - chaplain, in the 84th Regiment oft the
often a still greater degree of .;humility 0..4: Pennsylvania Volunteers.
perceive our ereors,•• Human nature does .., The pastoral relation existing between
not like to see its failings ; and:when it • l, Rei:itr: - T. Beatty "and the -Green Castle
sees them, it does, not like to;ecknowledge, : and Waynesboro' churches, was dissolved;
them, It is humiliating to feel that wel ~ and 31i. Beatty was dismissed to join-the
have done wrong; it is still more humilia- l' Presbytery of gew'Brunswick.
. .
tin gto confess that we have done :wrong;; The following wm.adopted as'a standing
when we feel it; it is most humiliating of:, , rule of the Presbytery of Carlisle, viz.:
all to confess our faults, when, by so doing, , " Resolved , That hereafter this Presby-
We Mint justify others and condemn,our- ' tery will not' ,entertain any request for the
selves. Whatever view we take of the dispolution• of the pastoral relation, except
duty
duty. of
-
mutual confession, it is a'hitmilia; ing in Ruch eases where all the provisions
fing
It abases one in his own 'esti, and requirements of our Book .have been
d oration; it causes him to lie Jow in the :fully and properly observed." '
ust before Gla d,
crying, • l: l it' ' ' The next stated meeting of Presbytery
n ean, unclean., , . ,
Yet confession is a Ckirjqian AtitY; ) , -- a ,is,tek be" hold in
,MtircersburuPa.i on the
beneficial duty, and an enhogiiiiirdiity ;let rAiesday of •Oct,ober,'lit` 7,a-`6'clook'P:lts
. , ,
C'ti
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VOL. XL, NO. 33
What more ennobling than a magnanimous
acknowledgment of our faults? What
more ennobling than the possession of that
charity which suffereth long and is kind,
which envieth not, which vaunted) not .
itself, is not puffed up, doth not . behaye
itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is
not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, re
joiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiced). in the
truth, beareth, all things, believed),. all
things, hopeth all things,
endureth all
things, which never faileth? It is a duty
which, while it abases it exalts, while it
humbles it ennobles, as it is written,- He
that exalteth himself shall be abased, and
he that humbleth•himself 'shall be 'exalted.
It, is a mutual -duty. , There is usually
wrong on both sides. Bence the direction-
Conferas your faults one to another. Let us
bring themiatter. home. Let us confess our
faulti, and let us livel in peace and love.
Then shall our souls prbsper, and, then shall
Zion rejoice and they. Gospel have free
course and be glorified: W. ,T.;M.
Nor the Preabiterlan.Banner
The Presbytery or 'Chicago,
At its meeting at ; Rockford, pi:, April 14th,
adopted the foll Owing minute in relation
to the day of humiliation, fasting, and
prayer, appointed by the President of the
United , States": ' -
WEIhREAS, The Tiesident of' the .United'
States has issued his proclamation;&Sig
tinting Thursday,- the- 30th- day of April
next, as a. clay of, humiliation, fasting, and
prayer; and has ,requested , all the people
to abstain on that, day : from their ordinary,
secular pursuitsi, and, to 'unite, at, their sev.
eral places of public. worship, and their rer
spective homes, in keeping the ..day holy,
note .the Lord, and devoted to the humble
discharge, of the religious . ±luties proper for
.that solemn occasion :
And whereas it is clearly the duty of na-.
tions, as well as of , individuals, especially,
when suffering, under severe arid desolating
judgments, to humbly acknowledge .their
responsibility to, tmd_their dependence up.
on God; to confess .with , . humble sorrow
their sins And transgressions, and with geri
nine repentance to seek for - inercy and par
don :
And,whereas .it. iseiljoined in our Pi
rectorl fbr Worship, 6111, 4 4 at any time
the civil Fewer'should .think ,it proper to
appoint a fast, it Is the duty of the muThis,,
ters and people of our communion, as we
live under a Christian, Government, to pay
all due respect to the satue; therefore,
Resptued„,That it be enjoined upon all
our pastors and stata,supplies,.to..read the
aforesaid proclamation of the President
from their, respective ; pulpits...on the Sab
bath immediately preceding the, said 30th
day of 'April, or at Such other 'time as :may
,better accomplish the { object hereby intee
ded;• and that they invite the people of
the several congregations to lay aside their
ordinary avocations; .to observe the day ac
cording to the trite intent of its appoint
ment; to assemble in their respective
•
places of public worship; and there to
hureble themselves before God; to confess
onr"national sins ; and to pray for- mercy'
and pardon, if peradventure God, whom
we have so deeply Offended, may be pro
pitiated, and grant to us as a nation for--
, givaness, end 44 a restoration of our uow
divided country' to its former , condition. of
unity and peace."
For the Presbyterian Banner.
Action of threPreebyterY . of Brie in the Case,
of W.'T. ilarnilton
WHEREAS, W. T. Hamilton D.D., who
was in the, year 1854' deposed from the
the Gospef ministry, and suspended from'
the.comn:funien of the phurch by the Pres
bytery of §outh Alabanka, but subsequently
restored, to the communion of the church
by the same Presbytery, has appeare
d be
fore the Presbytery of Erie, in the,hounds
of which he' now resides, asking that
.0e
remaining censure should be remove, ~and
he restored to the 'Gospel rtiiniatry • and
whereas. Presbytery feels satisfied as to,its
competency,to take ,up and issue, the Aase;,
and whereas we . have had ahnndatit evi
dence of the reality and sincerity of, his
penitence, and of his Chri.stian life and
conduct for many years, and,tlae,very strong
demonstration of feeling in his behalf
among the people where he has dwelt;
therefore,
Resolved, Thsi Presbytery does ,hereby
remove the remaining censure, and restore
the said W. T. Hamiltoa, D.D. to' the GOs
pel,Mihist;ry, and to the exercise of all its
functiens.
A true extraat . frem the nilifutes.
S. J: M. RATorr, .
1 ptated Olerk, Preii.. Erie.
'4 Franklin, Pa., April 16 , 1863.
CSI
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1863.
Rev. Wm. C. Cattell was appointed to
preach the opening sermon, and Rev. Gor
don his alternate. Rev. Coehren was ap
pointed to preach the second day, and Rev.
Sample his alternate.
An interesting Narrative of the State of
Religion was read, which will no, doubt be
forwarded to you for publication.
The church at Hagerstown presented a
call for the services of Mr. Wm. C. Stitt.
The call was found in order ; but as Mr. S.
wctS not. at Presbytery, the call was.retained
in the hands of Presbytery.for the present.
The church at Carlisle presented a call
for the ,;.services or*Mr: John C. Blhis.
The call was• found in order, and it being
presented to Mr. Nisi, 'he signified his:ao
ceptauce of the same. Presbytery then
proceeded to examine Mr. Bliss on Expeii
mental Religion; the . Arts and Science 4
Hebrew and Greek languages, Ecclesiasti
cal History, Theology, Church Govern
ment, and the Sacraments. He • also
preached a trial sermon , frorn : 9,
as 'part of trial for 'Ordination-. All , of
Which , were sustained. , .
Presbytery resolved, when' it adjourned,
to adjourn Wmeet in the Second , Presby
terian church of Carlisle, on. Tuesday even
ing, the 12th of May;- ' at-7#' o'clock, to at
tend to the 'ordination and installation of
Mr. John , 'o. Bliss, , S:t7. Niceollstwas ap- -
'pointed
~ , t o !Trench' silief sermon, 'and Mr.
Beatty to be "hiii alternate=;;tri!
preside, propose' >the constitutional ques-•
dens, and ,Hake the ordaining Prayer, and
Dr. harper his alternate; Mr. Hays to•de
liver the'. charge •to 'the pester, , and
Warner his alternate; Kr. Bells' to deliver
the charge to the 'people, and Mr: CattelL
his alternate. ‘• •
Mr. Thos. EL 'Hench wee taken under
the care of Presbytery, as a candidate for
the Gospertninistry.
Rey. Wm. C. Cater and Rev. 'Robert
-McOachren t were elected clerical Corriiniv
. sionere to the 'General Asee,mbly and,Rev.
J. S. Gordon ,alternate.to Mr:.Cattell, and.
Rev. R. J. Warner. alternate to- Mr. ge-
Cachren.
Mr."o-,eo. Ranch, ,of Centre church, and
Mr.Jarnes Clark, were - elected lay Coin=
tniasionera ; and Mr. J. M. Mains alternate
of Mr. Ranch, and Mr., R. G. McCredrY
alternate of Mr. Clark " '
• - - - - -
• The chorales of Williamsport Big
Spring, Green Castle, Mechanicsburg, Lan: ,
disburg„ and Centre and tinier, obtained
leave to supply themselves for the next six
months . and W. P. Cochien was appointed
supply
,Mille,retown and Ickisburg
churches for the next six Months.
' Rev. Coehren, and W. J. Jenes elder,
were,appoiiited a committee to organize a
Presbyterian church in Newport, Perry
County, in, accordance with the wishes of
certain persons there.
.
Rev : DaVid Grier requested Presbytery
to dis Solve the pastoral relation existing
Iletween and the Dickinson church;
,whereupon presbytery resolved to cite the
Congregation to appear at the adjourned
meeting, to be held ,in Carlisle on the 12th
of- May, to,show cause why the request
should -not he granted.
A committee was appointed :to' return
thanks to the officers of the Cumberland
Valley Railroad for their kindness' in re
turning the members of PresbYiery:Over
their road free of expense.
Dr. Creigh was, appointed committee to
visit the Burnt' Cabins church, in, accord
ance with the report of the Missionary
Committee. • .
Presbytery resolved to approve of the.
Revised, Book of Discipline..:
Preamble and, rceohAtious,-expressivU
the, views of Presbytery ; on, the ,State Of
the - country,. &c., were adopted. But I
shall not send you a copy of themyas I un
derstood the Stated Clerk, to say that he,
would send, you a copy.for publication.
The Presbytery of Allegheny
Met.in Efarrisville on thel4th inst.. Rev.
NV. W. McKinney was elected• Moderator,
and Rev. S. Williams, _Clerk. Dr. L.
Young and. Mr. John Boyd were appoint
ed Oomnaissioners to 'the General Assem-_
bly, and Rev: E. Ogden and cMr,, John W.
Stewart, alternate Comniissioliers.
The following•minute was adopted in re
gard to the. deith of Mr. H. H. H a ys.:
Presbytery would here record the death of
one of - their • candidates, Mr. Hugh Hen
derson Hays, since their last meeting.
Mr. Hays.yras a yonng man of great
promise,, but the will of the master is best,
and,,Presb,y4ry bow hurnhlY, to that will,
A text r was assigned to Mr. James S.
Boyd, on which is to _preach 'a trial ser
mon' for ordination at ;the ; Fall meeting.
Mr. George, W. Ja4son having
,'passed
thrOugh.the usual trials lor Crdina.tion,,ar
rangements were made to ordain., him, and
instal him over thechurch of Bull Creelc,
froin 'which he has received a call.
Calls , from the churches of Mt." Nebo
and Poreeieville,' each tor one . hitlf of the
ministerial labors 'of Rev. Wm. P. Harvi
son, were read,..anil retained- hy Presbytery
till the next meeting, at Which time Mi.
H. expects to be prepared to connect him
self with this Presbytery.
A report was received in - regard to the
Witherspoon Institute, which is located in
Ruder, midis under the care • of aim Jas.
S. Boyd and lady, showing that this Insti
tution has been in 'amore _prosperous con
dition during the last year. than at any
other time since 1854.
A papef was adopted in regard to the
State of the Country, in which it was rec
ommended toy all the people under the care'
of Presbytery, to lay aside all party predi
lections, and, rally, for, the, support of the
" powers that be," till tie 'rebellion be
crushed,Und also-Ito, observe the day ap
pointed. by the President as a day of fast
ing„ humiliation, and, prayer.
J. R. CoeimßE S. C.
*aver Pies bytery.
The, Presbytery of Beaver held a very,
interesting meeting at 'Olarksville,,con the
14th and 15th of April.
Mr. Cyrus.H. Dunlap mtas licensed to
preach the Gospel.
The state of religion in our bounds, not- ,
withstanding the distracted cOndition of our
country, seemed-to be as encouraging,as in
former years. Some of 'our churches 'have
been visited with precious seasons of re
frishing and ingathering, rejoicing the/
hearts cif God's 'people with 'the tokens of
the Spirit's presence.
Dr. Riggs was dismissed, at his , own -re
quest, from -the church of Sharon. The
people:of Sharon expressed great regret
'fghting With th‘ir pastor, and bearing ',dew
For the Rreobiterbut panner.
For the Treoliyterian Rannor
tided testimony to his zeal and faithful
ness as a minister, and only yielding to
the earnest solicitation of Dr. Riggs, who
thought that the providence , of God and
the interest of the church indicated that
he ought to devote the whole of his pas--
tore! labors to the church• of Clarksville,
which was formerly but part of his charge.
Dr. Riggs now devotes his whole time to
the church of Clarksville.
- . .
Presbytery passed a resolution approving
of the President's Proclamation in app.)int
ing the 30th day of April u a day of last--
ing, humiliating and prayer, and recom-,
mending its observance by our tehurches.
- D. C. RiED, Statedi Clerk.
EIIIIOIMIN CORRBSPOREPE. •
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Stoddares Lecture at Faisley4Analr:l73.7—Quo
. lions Proposed.and Acinnerot--a:AviheMand,
Anti-Slavevy- 7 ,-,The,ffnion an d Ent,, , tmciPati*? l, So
cietxat Glasgow, and the Working - Nen—Piakei'
amePiace:--In'w7nitiZnal Collitioniß'-: 2 The 147, - O0h"
of Scbtland Visited—AberdeeKand ite'Univeririty
—Thee Dais of Argyle en /6 * Afactztion;Par-it
niched, the Sons of the Struggling rr ikbeilleerc and .
Free Ohtani:ism—Disruption rigr — , --,Sabbath
'Services and a Sabbath Th.'''. 'A" Contratit=
Dialict of Aberdeeniani 'and i datepawaiiiiil
and Ofonueity-Thigh , Millar' einVkis Tootsteps
An Early Spring Showers #4liritual Blessings; ,
: ' ' ' t Argi iso •
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"giaytitY Olt FREEDOM IX: AiiiitiOA,
'or the Issue of the-War " l iAlie'title - o f . it - '
lecture recently delliered ink fiaililif, by At-
F. Stoddard*, Esq:, a gentlenitin resident in
the neighborhood of that town. To a lee:
tare on this theme, he wait invited by • ti;
magistrates and citizens:'` Mr., aStoddart ,
proposes .to answer the three, questions,
" What are the causes ? what thtjastifica-,
tion ? and: what are likely te be the results,
this terrible war ?" 'He 'thinks' it "ix
trembliderilitfuli if 'ever there were-a , sub''
ject se imperfectly , understood .by the peo
ple ,of• this ~ceuntry, as - the,,merits , or , de
merits of the American war. So`,Much
mist has been thrown around it bi'pliblie'
Speakers, 'writers, and journalists, 'whose'
sympathies or imaginary 'interests- arev9n
the side of secession, that there is scarcely,
one man.in a thousand, who has any idea 01
what the Ataericans are fighting or any {
just notions of the ' great principles- - iii
volved in thit contest." One asserti that'
" slaver'y has nothingto do with the war •"'
another, that " it is only a quarrel for free
trade on the ' one - side, and tariff, on the
other ;" a third insists that ` "the South are
: fighting for freedom frem'gortheribppres
mon." " Bet," he adds, "of all the won
,ders Which have been discovered, none are
so mariellous as that which Mr. Aside:eta
has stumbled on. ' All the trimiblei,' - he
told his constituents, ' dame frerehilving
no established religion." '' ' '
As, o the tariff questiOn„ he quotes pid.
fessor Cairnea : " The Moat', liliefal ,tariff
the Union ever enjoyed, witii that made fa'
1857, and it was while, this tariff, Was in
force 'that the plot of secession
w as ma
tured. an consummated." : ' He also ' re
minded the audience that for` the last fifty
years the pro:slavery parts t tiliii the reins
of power, and that 'in RI TO'' a intrils'-l'
pissed, " with ataview to enediarage Smeri
can manufacturers," which was mairkly
stippOrted by-Calhoun and Lowndes, and`
voted for by two- n fifths.of all Abe 'Southern
. representatives in Congress. The oelehra-,
ted Henry Clay was ,for more than , a quar
ter of a century the recognized leader of
protection. _
~
As to " the real, causeof.the war," he
quotes the Declaration of Independence by
South Carolina, December 24,11860, stating
the .'" increasing hostility of the.Nerthern ,
States to the institutions of slavery," and
"'how they . have : denounced as , sinful,
41 t e institution ,of slavery. .* * * ,A
:geographical line' has been . , drawn across
'the Union;•.and all ' the States North
of that , line has . % .• united in the efec
;tori of a man as President,, . whose prin
ciples and, opinions are hostile to sla
very."' . Mr. Stadart also quotes •sebti
meats of the 'saine'color`from the;ordinance ,
of secession, of Louisiana, January 1861,
and also ,the. avowal, of Mr. Sprat who
said ; " The veal contest, is between two ,
forms
. of,socieQ : th; one embodying'the
principle that equality is the right of man,
expanding u p on the.horizontal plane of
, . .., t ile ,
ppre Democracy ; the other that at is
right;ef equals only, and , takine , ,to itself
the ro unded form of a social ari stocracy ;",.
and "'each being_ the nature of this con
test, thetUnion his .been 'disrupted' in -the
eloritof Slave society to emancipate itself.??l ,
Mr:, Stephens, ,the ; ,Southern, Vice T Presi r , ,
dent, and ,the , Richmond Examiner, are,
quoted to the same . effect.
What, then, asks Mr. Stoddart; becomes' .
of the plea that the South are fighting for
liberty ? " They are fighting for liberty,
brit it is liberty to enslaye.,,their fellow
beings, to buy and sell `them in the-slut:ra
bies like cattle, teeart husband- 'and Wife,
mother said child, brother and sisterthe,'
liberty to reheat the slave trade, to makes;
moral and physical' *Maness. 'of one half
of the American Continent, and*, extend
the .blighting effects' of slatery to : ' the end ..
of time." ,
" What the framers of the Constitution
thought," is alaci brought forward, and in'
impresinve array, 'Madison, Jefferson,' and''
Monroe, are', Made "to pass before the' -
audience. He contrasts with' their Eidtiti- '
merits the words` (abominable words, 'I take
leave ; . to say they are,) of Dr. Palmer,
preachitig at New-Orleans : "'The provi
dential trust of the . Smith is to perpetuate
the institution of dthoestie slavery as now
existing, with free abope for its natural de
velopnient. * * It is a duty we owe to
Ourselves, to, war Slaves, to the world, to
Almighty God, to preserve and transmit ,
our existing system of,domestic seriitede,
with the right,unchallenged by man, to go
and root itself wherever Providence and
nature may carry it."
Mr. Stoddart speaks to England as well
as to America, wherk.he 'forcibly remarks :
" There is a Retributive Justice, which
deals with' nition, SW with individuals, and
if - we depart from'the laws of God,>rsooner
or later we, must.pay the penalty. . Thu:3 ; #
is that both England and Anieriee are new
suffering for their connivance at , and com
plicity with,a huge system of wring Y and
oppression."
The aggressive character of slavery,: the
Dred Scott decision,- the attack on Fort
Sumpter, Southern chivalry,,(so 'palled, and
eonspicuous for insisting on its own way in
everything, and enforcing its opinions b
f the' bowie-knife and pistol,)-are' all ably ,
handled by Mr. Stoddart in his lecture, 4.;
As to the .Northerns , he• says: " !They:
nozfer can, and , they never . mill,.ennsent to
be deprived of two-thirds of their seaboard,
and'. 'practieally to insulatetheinselirei,''
and 4 rthe hardye'sent of the' wilderness are
fighting for liberty, progress, and civilise
tion, for themselves and their posterity."
" Such," he says," are some of the con
siderations that necessitates the continuance
of this war until, one party or the' other
gain the political ascendancy, and is able
hereafter to vindicate its right to control
the destinies of the whole country, either
for oraoninst liberty."
One 45 . the most pleasing portiens of this
Leeture is, " What the war has mom-
plished "—slavery abolished in the District
of Polinnbia; prohibitiOn of slavery in the
territories of the: Union; a treaty with
Great Britain to put, down, the slave trade,.
-with mUtnal' right of 'search ; the public =
execution of a slave trade , captain ; the .
the,negto republies of tiHay.:
tt and; Liberia ;, the protection - of all Slaves.
escaping tn:the Federal lines,
~and the Fir-
Anal repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law;'the
offer" ,of t compensation to loyal .StateS abol
ishing slavery; the, reierieflif" the . Dred
Scot decision ;, the securing., Cfpermanent,
freedgui to more than Two, hdrulted . thon
=sand.slivesi the establishment, achpolS,
and I=l,oiotii 9.f 49,iniiilingq+IIib91' crown :g rapd,,
-ing r uct, e in the ,note YrUclamation'of
ided on-the Idt`of'SaCUarY.; 18'64Y' ,
When I w a s j,l4oNcippk ixi G-lailg(77;l Oh
, sery4f,en the;walla large ',Placardsheaded,,
"Vni i on and' Ematir t ipation":`Society,!t in.
which aPpenrs`nre l made't6 Ilcke`Uforlcm-,
, :men of Gr,eil liiitaii'dhewing the issfies,
above indicated,and elai ming, their syMljaz t
thy fer the: Northern ,States. The
Baptist Noel, has published 'a volume In
,el 4
position_ of' the, Same toPicii: S
noted withsatistactioru'thefaverableahknge
in : i pnblic sentim - eet, although
slot* it(- I ,developini, will 1114m461Y briV
aboutaMore cordial UndeistancliegletWeen,
thetWo countries.
THE, RpOED , F i
rqDiSOUSSION n-Parliament.
about the Atalanta, and. in reference ito
ships being built for the Confederate States;
`nee] . " pot be commented on by me. The
4feet - a it; will be to make the Gov
arid‘iefiiirreliCfany
"v'easels provia' on oath to be fittingiont , for
the, South and ,war f ; purposes { is,• certain..
Tlip difficulty is to. appert i ain definitely snd,
certainly what the destinations of ships are.
The tie 4rtiOo . le argument Oethe 'Solicitor
General ik` toslie weighed only= 144 4 a13. it
applies to ascertained fees, but the'nation
does not wish,to compromise mood feeling,,
and no Ministry nor party ever dare to in
velve us in war for the sake of ;the e South
and slavery. Mr.' Stoddart asks •in the
`conclusion of his Ileettire,if;slavery,'" the
- nclitery"bone of eontention, is removed,
What ,is hinder.the re-:Upton- of, the two
goeltioils 7. 7 But the slave Rower,
,should Old the ',ascendency, LibertY mug,
*ultilniteltwin` the day by the renewal '6f
'the 'contest again and' again. , ! She has-for
- her motto-: •
• lOnward, while a wrong remains
To be eonsuered hy the right,
Whilestn - irior clouds the reason,
Or a 0614 ow gnamothe heart,
- - - ,7 4 : 1r ‘•94f 4 MA1 1E144 4 11. -b-4 41:1, =*- 4,
Action - is the good man's pert.'"
The Lecture which I have - thus analyzed
is being sold on Railway Bdolc-stalls,
and , extensively read:' There istlio doubt
it will produde its , resnita _on popular feel
ing as funas the South and slavery are con-
Oerned. The masses do not, see with .the
same 'clearness, the question of",The.Un 7
ion',"•':as.: that ofiAiiti.:Slavery; but, by
Gtlisidessing„ both may ere long be made
'Cleatilin-the way that:Northern patriots d&
Prayer is, specially needed ,from all good
'min on both, sides of the AtUntie, for a
spirit of .wisdinn and forbearance, from the
'perils with , Which.-the- cause of 'peace is
once more. threatened. The Alabama, and
its ravages„met by Admiral Wilkes!s
nye of the Peteilsoi, and other ,facts fa
niftier to us all; call loudly for supplication
to,ther Father 'of Mercies and God-of Peace.
Peacemakers thernare , at the press, as well
as in the pulpit here, and.if a .prisis were
'imminent, unless war was forced on the na
tion by a deolaratiOnaAt .t effeet on the
other side (Whieh i -r : trast ' •'not : beg:he
ease) the redress of wrongi if-real, and the
explanation of what was _doubtful, monld.be
demanded by a majority.,of the .nation., :
TuE -NORTH OF •SCOTLAND is the> local
ity from whence forward this letter.
Last Lord's day I, was at Aberdeen, "the
granite city" Here Learning long has
had one-of'its chosen seats. It iii remark . -
able that three oat'of :four recent ,S - enior
Wranglers'atone of,the,English Univerei
tica- had .beer students 1,4 Aberdeen, ,an
very many its alumni are men econpy 7
very distinguished positions in 'the'
Ministry of the in.
the :Medical
profession and in. the nivel, and mili
tary services, both = at home ,ankabroad,
The Duke of Argyle,,,nt, theirec,ent.ban
quet given at Glasgow to Viscount Pal
inerstoo, in contiaion his public
inauguration and address' as ,Lord :Rector
or the University of Glasgow, brogght,Out
with great ability and clearness the invalu r
able benefits aeoruing Sccitlaniffriim" her
Universities; especially, frbin the low cost of
of 6 . 4in:cation therein, coupled with the fact
that many persons -in S humble life : made.
marvellous,seerifices to personal comfort in.
order to fiend their sons, thither., , Instances
were` adduced by, the' bake of a very im
prestiVe and touching ofiericter,illistrative
of this.
'Aberdeen is distinguished- as being'a,
stronghold of the Free Church of Sootland,,
and from the memorable,,fact that all the
Establishe4,,elergy " went out," to a man,
at the 'Disruption of, - 180. There are
three Free ch'u'rches, included in one
fine'edifibe—yet each, the South; the East,
and 'the West `Church, soseparated from
one another that there is no interference as
to voices or, the rushiiDworshipers entering
or leaving,. with one another. I preached
in two Of these Chnrches ,day.
It is; a „mostjinpressive, spectacle look
down Union Street, Aberdeen,. when the
belle - are ringing. out in the'Sabbath° mem
tlic,snmmone public worship,' and etilt,
more, se; when . the
are
forenoon or ef- 1
ternoon, services are over. The, multitudes
commingle iii , their homeward way-in vast
streams as` far as the eye . can - !fee.
Everting, ,aervice in - Scottish - rural dis•-•
triets and in, towns, is the , exception, lind
not the rule. ‘:‘ The gondtold family habit"
of catechising 'around the,hearth is thus in
measure preserved, and the contrast of the
44erted streets, with London crowds and,
English
. public heAsee , line anttiepaired.te
after six _o'clock in the evening, is- very
pleating. -
The -Aberdeenians have a dialect and an
ntrieeTtitation different from any other part of
Scekland. It, if I must gay far from pleas-
WHOLE NO. 553.
ing. The mouth must be opened very
wide, to utter the words as they, pronounce
them, and the union of this with elegant .
houses, good education, refined manners,
&c., is a strange thing to one who habitu
ally lives among the same class in the soft
and sweetly-speaking South of Britain, and
especially the Londoners. 'There is, on
the other hand, a remarkable - difference is
to elegance and refinement_ of speech and
the use Of the English topple, among the•
Richland, gentry, and even, in. ,the middle
classes in and around Invernees, Elgin,
and other Northern town's bordermg on the
Xoray Frith and the 'Gerinan Ocean. I
:observed this, years,ago, at. Inverness; but
it has been, foreiblypresented to, me in my
present place of writipg,the hcantifully
situated and thriving town of rkair4; ;here
am 'sit ti n 'in a miniater'ag'inaitse-stUdy,
after-"having been sup. ierffthe•imorning
early,". and got quite -familiar with . -the bar
hor, the fishin&boats, and.the herrtng-fish,
cry-smacks and the silver strand on which
in music soft' and sweet which l never fUils
to gladden any heart,' th'e 'rippling' tide
flows in. - I , have:beeri full- of thouglifti this
gpirigi:topt , abotz - txpgh; Miller anti n the
1011 Red' Sandstone for .do • I not see
yondcr, the cntraiace . to the,q3axof,'Crotnar
,ty; and the.' hill' of Crecafarty, too; tight'
prat 'Which is 'Croniarty• itself, *here , tile'
illustrious -stone-mason begani•liis:' , eiperi-
Siage ( of/cily Schools and School-masters 2 7 !
And all !don.' ,the s. coa,st arid bays
.do: T I not
the cliffs among riltieh, iliantiter
anti—theTiellgodra
skid ialtriown;lauf.
..tine'd' to' ;rink 'with- IMurchieobni , Lyall, .and`
, itcheock- wai*on t .to .‘9711.
der, enthusiasm burning.,. and throbbing
under 6g:broad chest?'
`p whole gOrthern. region (to
t 'ona'S .sirpfise)'-irs irem' arkahlelor its early
and; fine_ Stain.- and for a .beautiffil Winter
clinaate also. •• The -pear-tree this, morn
ing, is piitthig..forth its,blossonap ; other
trees and shrubs' stejl retain fast , year's'
leaVei,Sith l ough Seard,anaf faadl , egetatioi
as fgr itdiftinCed . a mty awn hoilablin Kent"
roore. than six hundred miles, south, and
,within sight, of the ; Crystal Palace, ; - ; at Syd
euham
I rejoins to odd that over this region
clouds of blessing' have gai,Veind aid burst
during theithefe* years=thei,.Fo t rulalism
has giveliWaytti'SpiritualitY,.and Death to
Life,. GingPetpligions awakenings aniong.,
the marinfficand.fishinepopulation, among
the iding,:and . ai 1 classeS, have here re
vealed themselves, and men Of God-•are
-made glad= by [What God has wroughtt,; The
minister, who4eaguest I ami, has lairtoble,
andlOost, numerous ,band -of 4m-bearers and,oomntuninants,
and ,otimmuninanis, and wide and' far the
Highland's of Seotland are clothed with `a
moral grandeur and beauty'iia . ftt tkeeping
-with the. scenes of sublimity and "beauty,
:which here . airest the traveller and the
stranger: . ,el, ; W.
For qte,Pr9spyteri!tn. pariner.
ectatiLinnual Statement, of the, Upeeations
BO :Receipts fif,„the limpilcat• Bible So
ciety in - Eastern Oltiofor the rear Eliding
March 'SI, 1865;
ga m i n ., completed another fiscal' year in'
labors of this - SoCiety, I take Pleasure in
sulanittin,g , as is dfy usual-custom; w`state
ment of the-operations•andreceipts of the
year. And first of all; :I am constrained
to record the goodnus of, that overrnling
Providence which has given to the people
of"God.a spirit' of Willing and liberal
response to the claimi 'of his Word, not
withstanding all.the calamitous influences
. to which the long-continued, and distracted
- state of the public _mind has given rise.
The Claims of other charities have been
urgent and numerous, but it affords a cheer
ing evidence of the grOwing interest mani
fested in the blessings.of common. Go
spel, and in its free and wide diffasion,that
Ciod's people have been Willing "to put to
their" hands in this' day ((their national
calituity and trial; for the' tiCeomplishment
of even greater. and nobler: ends than' ever
liefore. ,
In no, year since, the formation of the
American :Bible Society has, that institu
tion sent , forth so, large a number of vol
umeauelhe Word - of Life—its issues
ceetlingthirteen hundred thousand voluinea,
while .-its receipts have:increased:. in a •cor-
responding ratio and amount , totour, hun
dred and, twenty-two thopsand five ,hundred
,
and eighty-eight dollars, being an excess of
forty-ftmr thbusand'ibur hundred and fifty
'six dollars 'over those 'of the preceding
year:A , The reoeipts.freiusOhioi during' the
; year, exceed those of any State in ,the
Union, except 'New-York, and were fifty
one thonsand Seven hundred and ,eixty-,
' three dollars; „being an excess of 'twenty-:
three thousand three hundred ead:fort,Yrfive .
dollars over those , of the.preeedint.year, or
or a,gain, of .about, seventy per, cent. In
the twenty-tvio counties of Eastern Ohio
which comprise my own field of liher, `the
net receipts of thelrealihrforkeen thou
sand four hundred ;and Ifourteen
,dollars;
being an increase of four thousand eight
, hundred and forty-eight - dollars over those
of the preeeding year, or' a gain of about
fifty per cent, This amount,' it will also
be borne in mind, is. the :actual cash re
mitted to the parent Society, and is exeln
sive; of all, moneys ,disbursed in the em 7
ployment.of county agents and diatributors
of thii Word of God among the'destaute.
The plan by which these gerke'rafresult&
have been secured, hasheen the same , as de:
lineated in. previous annual.statements, viz.,
through ,the-medium of t branchor township
Societies, and local . (school.district) or ,un
paid ' together with a few enter
prtsince and active ciimity agents to super...
intedand 'give 'effielency te"the machinery
employed. Of these branch Societies in
Eastern Ohio,.there., are now about three
hundred in successful operatien, and con- .
'fleeted with, them ere about twenty-five
hundred voluntary or`iiniiiid'agents: While
seine, as is always th&•ease; have been less
efficient than we ,could -desire, they. still
constitue, as.a blidy, a noble hand of fellow,.
laborers, tit! them the_: cense, is -greatly
indebted tor itisuccess. In no year during
the exh3terice'Of the Society, have the re
from-thi& field been so large—a fact
which in itself will, I think, abundantly
commend the system to . the confidence of
the friends of, the.,use. From - the•period
ofthe introduction of it in 1856 ip to' the
present time, the' yearly receipts have ex
hibited a steady 'and healthful growth,
whereas, prior too the period referred to,
they AIeWITI, if ,eyer,. exceeded four thousand.
dollars from the entire field,4md,more ire
qientlyfell short of half of this amount.
We 'haviMideaiered, during th,e year, to
pay' special attention' toithe.l3i6tical
of •theipqoplo,.,and.l.especially the soldiers
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eubsequent insertion, 40 cents ; each lints beyond eight, 5 ef•
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who have gone from among us. Several"'
camps—in tact, all that have comeunder
my knowledge—have been thoroughly sup..„
plied with Testaments, either through our
auxiliary Societies, or by direct appropria
tion from the parent Society for this pur : ,
pose. It has been our aim that not ones.
should go from among us without:carrying
with him the written Word of God.
The supply of destitute- households hat
not bee n overlooked. It is true that Abe'
multiplication of depositories, through our
network of branch Spcieties
_has gradually
diminished the work to be done in ,this de
partment from year to, year,.;*
continuous work 'to
~perform--ell'ariges', 6 4lo
constantly occurring, books are 'wearingi:n
out, families are.'removing and others, are : r,
coming ; , in to, supply their places, and •
new families Aire _being, formed, and thus
new destitntions: are constantly rennin&
Much of this supply has "been effected
through tire' ordinary lainYis of dietie
Boeielies and their focal agenCies, asiristedo”
by the travelling agents, , Whileinrirome
stances ~the denseness_- of, tho,pcpnlation,p .
and other causeshev. cornip_ired to render
it , e4petext.t. , ,te :employ, MgloFihat.,ttt
ing,.agerit to insure pr<kni . ptness : ro t att I
.0.
" oughness in the Work, this
a one singles county, reeently, font. fh4rand
families were visited, and •seven hundred
&mid destitute of the Word of Life'. .14
another county, the,work of exploration.and,...,
supply has been commenced in the same
thoroi?gh manner,. and the ratio of destitu; ` 1
tion has been f;und in be notieseleige.'
We are thankfid to 'be permitted to make h'
record of the many 'examples of individu •
-
at benefi,cencethat rime& beet:. "lorded c(upc
ing,thelyear. rWe have. received nu..,not-#)
sual'number of individual.donations,
ing from thirty dollars to three hundred
dollars each, and with a view to constituk. f . t ,
ing life Directors and Life Members ot,„;"
the .Parent Society . . These contributions,
aside from their intrinsic, value, havebembL
of great, service .trt stimulating others to
liberal deeds, and 'they furnish ,an,,encour
aging record of the, growing attachment of
the people of God-to_the-oause-of his hies
seddWord.:—,•tl
We desire in conclusion, : to give an eisl e r,
pression of, our •thanks to the. 111111101V110
clergy who have cooperated, with us in, car-.
rying forward the interests of thin ectirt
mon cause. To them and to their active ,
labors and,ardent sympa.thiealextended not, ..,
only tethe subscriber, but to. the County - 1:
agents who have visited their congrega t „
ties, ranch of the success of the cause
under the:blessing of God, indebted. We .
trunt that, in watering others they have 111,
lik manner themselves been blest, andour, ; :
earnest endeavor -shall bey that, with iheir,7...
continued cooperatipn and the smiles of an,
approving-. Providence, the coming - year.,. :
shall be " as the past and much more Alum : .
dant." T. C. FlAwrstionrr,
Agent,
Ravenna, 0., Apri./.21, 1863.
=III
The Presbytery . Of Blairsville had quite
an interesting meeting at Unity. All the
members were present with the exception
of one who is absent as a Uhaphtinrin:the
army,.'a,nd one who is a Foreign Missionary,..;
A large amount, of business was transaeted..,
Dr. MeFarren, minister, and Mr John
Barnett, 'Elder, were appointed Commis;
sioneri to the - General Assembly. " •'
The following' paper was adopted:
"Presbytery recommend thakappropriatc
religious services be :held in our,
churches on the day appointed- by the
President for humiliation, fisting 'ILMP 2
prayer. We enjoin on all our people to en;
ter into the spirit,of the duties of that dayi
and urge that they, in their private and ,
family devotions as well as in the public
worship of the sanctuary, beseech our
Father, God, to visit us in MercYlildrii
store--to our = beloved' cOuntry= the blessings .a
of a righteo'usv righteousandbonorable.peace'
A Singular *Character. •
" We have,been waiting for you more
thin We
• hour," said Mrs. Hays to her big-
band, as he ca4pe in to breakfast, somewhat::
heated by exertion _"'"Where have you
begir;alf this limn?" ,
4 4 T. have. been down. the road a piece,"--
said Mr. Hays, with an indeftniteness.not,
unusual when replying to the somewhat ; ,.
fregnent questions of his wife.
WhY did you stay so long ?"
i''l couldn't come sooner."
"What were you doing ?" •
" Putting,q fence."
"You have no fence down there."
Mr: `Hays did not see fit to affirm that he _
had.
"What fence were you putting up?"
"Some-that was blown down last night."
".Whose fence was it?",
is Mi jones',s."
"11r. Jones's! You put up his fence
to pay him for helping Jackson cheat yon;.
I suppose."
" No, ',put it up to keep the cattle ,out
of his cornfield."
Mr. Jones had injured Mr. Haya.
Jdnes was by no' means a nice man. Id
fact .he was a very bad men. Bat 'Mr.'
Hiys saw his corn exposed; and spent an.:
hour or two in putting up the fence. Did ,
he do it with the hope of conciliating his;,
enemy? No. beeadie Mr.'
JonesiNgs his Anew. „lie read
't Do good to those that hate: YrOtt?'
He actually believed 'that the command -
was putinto the Bible to be obeyed--to be , '
obeyed by him. - •
One who saw him
. at work on the-feggp. •
There is no use in his doing jen„,es.,,
a kindness'.. He willascribe it to sinnir
selfish jiii'otive."
That; in Mr. Hays's view, had. nothings
to dolwith the matter.. His duty was aotii
affected, by, Mr- Jones's
Mr. Hays was, a peculiar man -n-Prrigtb
quarreled with any 4ine. He did 'good'
those who bated "him
- He forghig'thoiiil
who injured him. He dailyPrayell, •
give us our debts, as we forgive our dark,
ore." His pepuliaritieslyere tiNtjte
tact thal he imitated Christ , Whose fellg
er`he Was. Hedid what thousands of ire ? .
fesaing Christians proinise to de.---E*7iti l
iner.
ADVERTISEMENTS,
• yft.
NainviiiiNkrubytery.
God's Care.
We are bid to "commit our way unto.
ther.Lord.'! , - It is our -work -to cast away;
care, and it is God's wo*„ . ito take PaIR-.:
IMmoderate care is a spiritual canker that
sloth waste and diipirifi' We may sooner;
by our' care, add a furlSrig to our grief Thin
a.sjubit.to , ourtomfoßt.
MEI