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PITTSBURG'', WEDNESDAY, APRIL IJ, 1863.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the Gaited States of America will bold
its next meeting 'its the First Presbyterian
Church in the ✓site of Peoria, Illinois, at eleven
o'bldek A.' M: etn Thursday, the 21st of May,
and ✓tilt he *coed with a sermon by the Rev.
Chailes -C. Beatty, D.D., Moderator of the last
Assembly.
itar'• The Committee of Commissions will meet.
in the Lecture-room of the church on the
Wednesday evening preceding, at eight o'clock,
to receive commissions, and on Thursday morn
ing, the day of the meeting, at nine o'clock, for
the,same purpose.
, Axxxxsrnan T. McGmt, Stated Clerk.
Wirmaat E. SCHENCK, Permanent Clerk.
The ,Directors of the Board of Colportage
of.the Synods of Pittsburgh and Alleghe
ny, will meet at the Book-Rows, on Tues
day, the sth of May, at 2 o'clock P. M.
: 4 .. J. CAnOTHEAS.
folleitioia on Yost Dily.—J•lthe .suggestiot
of the , Christian. Commission, ot epleotions
on rthe- Fast. Day, te aid itt tbcir ion eyq len t
work, .:came. , :too late for ,v)nr. last , iseee,
Setnithidgi itoil , eiety tday yet lie h0i1e: ,, ,, ,,
1 , ~.,;: t ••- :., ~,;,: 5. A.: a.• ••• , • , 1,-st
Be to tlitiiit!tiillilit.7oMtini#4lollte
•i
Bailr 41440tariiill ef)%f ehaii, ram-
Imp' o I.l' AfrniV, On tteir4hming a
certificate ftom the Stated Cle.ik 0
Pm Allegheny Tilley Railroad offers the
satee'terniS ng those-of the Connellsville
ro ti.
Wo.expeet, by next week, to make'sitni
Jar for other roads.
The' Reit General Assembly.— Stated
Clerks:of Presbyteries, and of other bodies
sending delegates to the Assembly, are re
!petted ,:to send in the names of delegates
immediately on their 'appointment, with
thi - Pest Office address of each one. =By
so •idling - yea will assist and oblige us.
Address' J. BOYD HEADLEY,
4 GEO. IL MOILVAINE,
for Committee of Arrangements.
Afield, Aril 4th, 1863.
Western. Theological Seminary.—The nn
• dersigned, a committee of the Board of
Truidees or the Western Theological Sem--
inary,' beg leave respectfully to present the'
.foltowing brief statementlO the delinquent
churches within the bounds of the four
Syilodtt which have engaged. to endow the
Fourth Professorship in that Institution,
viz: That whereas, by a recent very lib
eral, efiforron the part of a few friends Of
the Seminary, the Endowment referred to,
has been completed, (three gentlemen hay
ingleaCh.Contributed. $5,000,) it is' feared
that'll& impression has gone out, to some
extent, that the wants of the institution are
entirely:provided for. This is a misappre- .
hetisiati, as the Seminary is still in need of
funds . to' Meet other liabilities. It is there
fore hoped and earnestly requested by the
Board, that those churches which have not
met their apportionment,.. will do so as
promptly as_ practicable, and thereby fully
meet the wants of the
A. O. PATTERSON,
JAMES CABOTHERS,t
, • ankßiiitee.
State Sabbath Selma Convention.—Atten
tion is requested to the Special Notice which
announces the second annual meeting of the
State Sabbath School Convention of Penn
sylvania, to be held in the First. Presbyte
rian church, :Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, June
211; 1863.' The object is of vast import
anCe. Great influences go forth from these
nieptings, giving direction to the moral and
religions course of the rising generation.
The interests of all denominations are af
feeted.• The 'welfare of the country is con
carped. Time and eternity plead that
'things shall be done rightly. The atten
tion of Pastors and Elders, who are charged
with the education of the people, is par-
ticularly invited. Circular& have lately
been sent to pastors, embiacing a letter to
Sabbath, School Superintendents, which
letter they' are requested to dispose of as
designated.
rt. IP
Mule Medical College of Pennsylvania.
—The 'Eleventh annual Commencement of
this Institution occurred in Philadelphia,
March 14, 1863. Three young ladies grad
uated on the occasion. The Valedictory
Address was delivered by Mrs. EMELrNE
H. CLEVELAND, M. D. Professor, &0.c.,&c.
The Vourteenth Annual Session will
commence on Wednesday, Oct. 14,1503.
There are seven Professors in the Faculty,
male and female.
This College has met with some opposi
tion, and has also been vigorously support
ed. Wt, are hence surprised - that it should
semi ant but three M. D.'s in its eleventh
graduation class. We have several times
ndted itti announcements, but have never
entered into a. discussion of its merits.
We a re, too conservative. to advocate the in
, .
novatien, and are unwilling to oppose a
movement which some of our lady friends
think belottgi to their privileges .and to
.the'Avelfaie 'of society.
.Closittg theliquoi Houses on the Sabbath.
,114, Evening Chronicle think's we gave
our municipal authorities credit beyond
their deserts for the cessation of the liquor
traffic In - Pittsburgh, on the Sabbath. It
says did:Theynothing whatever to bring
about this desirable reform, and ought not
therefore te,reeeive credit which justly be
longs to,others. It is tol)istriet Attorney
KlRKPArlitnit and the Judges of the
Court that we are indebted for
the,stoppage of the traffic, and it is but
proper that the public should know the
fad."
The' worthy District Attorney and the
audß
haTO our thanks for the efficient
disclkige of their 'official. duties; and 'we
trust that the citizens will embrace the
first opportunity which shall occur, to in
stal a Mayor, and Aldermen, and city po
lice who will heartily cooperate in the en
forcing of the laws. When the people
eonfer official honors, and emoluments, up- ,
.
on a portion of their fellow-eitizens, and
bAnd dup. by, : usu oath, it is but right, that
they should insist on -the faithful discharge
of official duties.
EEO
ALLEGHENY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY—
CLOSING EXERCISES.
The examinations of the respective
classes in this Institution of the Church
took place before a Committee of the
Board of Directors, and were reported upon
as fully equal to any examination they had
ever attended, Clergymen of eminence
from other quarters testified that they
never had listened to more successful per
formances of students than in this closing
ordeal. The Rev. Dr. PATTERSON deliv
ered a brief address, which terminated the
proceedings of the Committee.
On Tuesday evening the Rev. CHARLES
W. SHIELDS, D:D., pastor of the Second
Presbyterial• chinch of Philielelphlat,r-de
, livered the 'discourse before - the 'Society of
Inquiry. His theme was tlacDu4;:bilae‘
Church to give the, GoepeLte,Aillik4
'world. His diseourae.vivrieti,initrkii ,
thought, ftmeibly presented, and was'niiikdd
• ~ 1,4-4 e -
hyyelif p4i,eitx 3044ritualtlyhighly be
coming the ,audience and the occasion.
4 fir,:Sirmili,'spOt4he previous . Sabbath
in t4re eityd4trfd occupied the Pulpit of Dr.
.I',9olttigN4itiAiernions are highly spoken
of - 41clitilleteU judges, and altogether his
A 1 7444ntprvice were most satisfactory.
OnWe'dnesday evening, members (If the
f'Griaduating Class delivered brief addresses;
i•
which were in adieirable taste for compact-
- ness and force and' 'were received with a
high' degree of commendation by, a very
croisrded audience.
The speakers were : JOHN I. 13EACOM,
ANDREW A. DINSMORE, JAMES H. Dot.:
ALDSON, HENRY MARTIN HERVEY;
WALL. MOOREHEAD, '.JAMES WALLACE.
WIGHTMAN, W. SWIFT WEBIEIT.
The whole nimber, of Graduate's in • this
class is twenty-five, as- followe : MATTHEW
L. ANDERSON, JOHN BEACOM,. J. MC
CLITSKEY BLAYNEY, WIII. LOGAN BOYD,
FARIS BROWN, ALBERT DILWORTH, AN
DREW A. Duisiees, JAIUT.BII. DONALD
SON, WM.'S : EAGLESON, N.H. GILLETT'
FIFE, CALVIN C. 'GOULD, - SAM'O'NL M.
HENDERSON, HENRY MARTYN HERVEY,
ROBERT W. HILL, DAVID P;Low.S.RT, A.
S. MILHOLLAND, GEORGE M. MILLER, W.
WALL, MOOREHEAD, THOMAS X. ORR . ,
JOHN B. REED, .MARTIN L. TODD, JAMES
WALLACE WIONTMAN, JOHN WILSON,
THOMAS M. WILSON, W. SWIFT WRIGHT.
After these' addresses were pronounced, *
the Rev. • Dr. ELLIOTT delivered, With a
few touching words, the Diplom& of, the
. Institution to those to whom it had -been
granted by the Board of Director& Im
mediately following • this ceremMay, the
Rev. Dr. JAconus preSented to each of the
Class a neat copy. of the Scriptures, in the
name of the Faculty ; and in an - address of
ten or fifteen minutes, gave the Class an
earnest exhortation to revere, and study,
and teach the Word of God.
He irntrOdticieti'' his 'address by saying,
that this act of Preentation was symbolical
of what the Faculty had all along aimed to
do—to give . them the Scriptures—and if
they had not already done it in fact, as
they here did it in form, they, had failed of,
what they chiefly proposed in. the curriculum
of the Seminary, leading them through the
gateway of the original-language& and by
the courses, of History and Doctrine, to the
Tree of Life in the.,taidst. .
He then spoke of the Word of God, as
" the incorruptible seed which liveth and
abideth forever," as the treasure-hause. con
taining things new and old.; as "the sword
of the Spirit'/ which the Spirit himself
had bid - den 'them to take. And raerein
this ' ceremony`' might be regarded es a
sword preientcztion. And they shbuld vow
that it should never be sheathed while there
was - a foe "of Christ who .might Tbe cloven
by it, or while they had a muscle to wield
it And further, it is- asiorch-light which
they are to " hold forth as light-bearers in
the world, in the midst of a 'rooked and
perverse generation!' And so also it is
body of truth, which they -are' to dissect
with a Divine emrgery--skillful as reapeets
the joints and arteries and finer tissues, and
the vitals—.' rightly dividing the Word of
truth." And he closed by exhorting them
to "let the Word' , .of Christ dwell in them
richly."
He was followed by Mr. THOMAS - X:
Oita, who pronounced a very tender and,
able'Valedictory, with great power of lan-,
guage and of delivery.• •We have never
known more highly creditable pdrformances
on any similar occasion.
INSFRRECTION.
An ' insurrection` may become, to a coun
try, pne tft the greatest calamities. It is
civil war of the worst kind, where ifie in
surgents are numerous. Northerners o in
estimating the comparative strength of 'the
two sections of our countrY, calculated
largely on the rising of the slaves against
their masters, or at, least that the fear of
in Insurrection; would keep large niimbers
of the white men at home. It is found)
however, that the slave has no such desire
for freedom, as was supposed. He stays at
home and toils patiently for the support of
his master, controlled perfectly by the aged
and feeble of the whites. The knowledge
of there being immense armies marshalled
to sustain them, and the actual invasion of
the Sputh, and the proclamation of free
dom, have all failed to excite in the slaves
generally, any such delire of actual liberty
as they were supposed to possess.
Whether it would be morally right, under
the laws and usages of modern warfare, to .
adopt means to produce an insurrection in
the country of the enemy, has received,
some little attention. But the public mind
at the North, in so shocked with the bare
thought of the cruelties likely to be perpe
trated upon 'women, children, and aged,
persons, that such an event is contemplated
with horror, and the thing finds but few aa
vodales. Suelrbeing the case, it would be
strange if we should receive from Englimd
the first teachings leading to a change of
national sentiment. ;,But it may be so.
One justification has already reached our
NEIN
MEEMIE
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1863.
shores. The London Army arid Navy
Gazette, edited by WILLIAAI H. RUSSELL,
in noticing the outcry made by some of our
Northern journals against the "inhumani- .
ty" of employing negroes as soldiers, says :
" There is a journal in this mettibpolis
which is the'reputed organ of the Confed
erate States. At all events the paper has
decided Southern proclivities. In the last
number it is asserted that civilized nations
will think death by powder and ball is too
respectable for men guilty of an attempt to
incite an inferior race to insurrection.'
The allusit r. arises from a report that Fed
eral officers of a certain negro regiment,
which is said to have been talsen in Florida,
had been sentenced to be shot. This pas
sage is one of many proofs that the Ameri
cans cannot comprehend the feelings of this
country—it may be . of. any '.other—regard
ica, the war. The uprising of a portion of
o;7:enemy's subjects, inferior or superior
toei.is a desirable object to elfeet—k is
eb:lste. a legitimate operation of war. If
"Great Britain were engaged' in a war with
France, nothing would be .more natural
than ,for our enemy to excite Ilindoo, kus
sulman or Arab to revolt. No rule:of war-
fare= would permit us to treat, °teen:en
gaged in that service otherwise than
condi/Ain.. a legitimate operation. It' is V.
necessary evil of a war, in which servile in
suirection 'may be 'invoked by an invader
to increase the ordinary horroraturcalami
ties of hostile oeCupation..,`Whed'some
' :* years ago, Southern statesmen, insolent and
aggressive, '" threatened this; 'Country' 'Wall
war,. it was remarked over:and - over again,
in British journals, that the dispatch of Some
of our West India regiments to Louisiana or
the Carolinas might be one of the most for
foidable 'agencies to . which even our vast
belligerent : power: could resort. Our South
,ern friends must carry the whole weight of
slavery on their shOlders,, in peaen'er, in
war. Servile insurreetiOn would he a dread
ful evil. It, would be a repetition of the
Indian' revolt, of 1857. An inferior race
would rise against theii'masters: But; it"
is an accident and a eentingent of any, war
in which a State slaveholders engages.
The officers who develOp it are=as` freefroui
any act of vengeance or retaliation as those'
who fight on the (leas of theirshipsi or in
the lines of their regiments'
This matter is here well Pilt,add deservei
attention. No one, can tor to What straits'
the country may be,driven.,Theleeling is
almost universal, that the xerellion, must
be suppressed, Whatever ' maihe the cost.
There have been sad divisions hitherto as
to the Manner of carrying on the War, and
especially as to who should have the efftees
`and emoluthents. But these divisions are
dying out; and thq must vanish before
stern necessity. Any manner, any meanss,.
and. by any hands, is likely yet to hecome
the earnest cry of the,people.
The. real friends of 'Thumanity" will
hence endeavor, by a speedy and wise put.
* thug forth of the nation's power, to conquer
a peace, before the masses are .driven to
desperation. Insurrection- is a legitimate
war measure, especially against insurgents,
but it is a thing , so awful that: we•trust our
country may be spared the calamity.,
English Sentintent on . tine'American con
test is presented hy. pur, European cor
respondent, in, a. manner truly cheering.
We , have•all along,maintiained that the peo
ple of Great Britain 'upheld the eause 'of
the North and of freedem: The, building'
of ships, at private yclrds,;'" fed' thaEM- ,
peior_of China," ,and then selling them to .
Confederate - a, :not to. be , charged. _against
the nation. It is an individual enterprise:
And it is hard to see on what principle we
. coudemb the selling of, ships: to the South,
by one class of, • merchants, while we buy, ,
from another class, firearmssaltpetre, and:
gunpowder. If the British> Gdvernmett;t
on . the principle of National comity,` twill
stop the ship-bnilding • for our rebels, we
,shall, be ready-to reciprocate thepourtesy
in a time of need; otherwise, 'we mnstbear
this as we'bear other- '
Continental .4ellthly.--lhe contents
of No. XVII invite the inquiring- mind to
its perusal. The Great Prairie Statel The
Union ; The Value: of the Union Tb
Causes and; Results of . the War; and,.The
DeAiny of the Afriein Race in the United"
States, are among' the' valualile pipers.
The, pne last named discusses asubject of
vast importance, but which has '.been ex-'
ceedingly neglCeted. - We all wish well to
African,-and we aim 'at advancing
happiness. But do ,'We' duly cOnsider his
nature, habits, wants, capabilities ?
he be really, benefited by the freedom
which we offer him'?- Do we provide for
him, as in ditty boUnd ?
, Tilt Eclectic Nagazine--Ale May 3:lum
ber of the 'Eclectic is ornamented with
portrait ..of the Prince and Princess of
Wales. The : recent marriage, the high
station, and thuatniable character of these
personages, render their likenesser an oh-
feet of interest. Tfieletter press presents"
several articles 'of ' . great value, historical,
literary, and scientific. We always feel
to be a great deprivation when anything
prevents us from per u sing
* this -excellent
monthly.
Theloll:owing , contributions to:the .Board of
Colportage have boenyeceived during the monthe F
of March and April
Cherrytree con., Saltsb'g Pby, for soldiers, $12.50
A Friend to the soldiers, d 0.., 5.00
Rev. JohnA. Brown, Of Fredericksburg,
Ohio, for soldiers, ``' ' - 3;00
Congruity tong:; for soldiers, " 10:34
Fairfield cong.,Brie , Pby ,
Bridgewater German cong,
First Presbyterian eong., Kittanning, 111.00
Temperanceville cong., Ohio pby,..........: 10.45
Rev. A. 0. Pattcrson, D.D '10:00"
Boiling Springs, 4,00
First Presbyterian cong, Airy., additional, ~ 4 .50,
Contribution for soldiers from Mt. Wash- ,' ,
ington gong ., Otu,OPby, 18.20
Betkel and Jacksonville cong., Saltsburg
Presbytery, 10.50 1
Gilgal cong., Saltsburg Pby; - 8.00
Mount Pleasant cong, Baltsburg 4.00
Marion cong., " " 2.00
.
First ch. '
Pittsburgh, " " 1.06
Richland conk., Clarion Pby, 2.50
Clintonville cong., Allegheny ... 2.70
Ebenezer " " 8.00
Salem C 4 2.00
Butler . s• " . 18.00
John Culbertson, Librarian.
MIMI
Poi the Preebytetien Balmier
Acknowledgment.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
NEW-ENGLAND.
A CORRESPONDENT of the N. Y. Exam
iner, writing from Boston, communicates
the following :
" To one who knew Boston well, the
change that ten years Itas made is marked.
One of the Boston notions is to abandon
the old land, and build palaces on the soil
redeemed from the marshes. The Maine
Railroad Depot stands on the spot where
the old millpond once stood, in which
many a time I have been in swimming.
The staid and sober part of ,old Boston
have abandoned to trade, to pleasure, or for
eigners, the soil and streets - in which they
have lived; and gone South for residences.
The Back Bay hotels, the aristocracy and
elegant houses are streaming on to the city
line south..
" A Struggle is goings on for, the social
bentreall are adrift just now- 7 -as many
parties claim to be the Hub as there
.were cities . t.a 'claim !Homer dead.' The,
old unitarian eleipeAt still remains in
power. Bot, „it„. is and waning
power. The' Transcendental' Section- claim
the -life and intellect of the Liberal party,
while the old` line, tinder the lead'7 , of Gan
nett, 'do not yield to . the new 'demand.
"The BpiacoPel'ans arerowing pow
'er..t. They .are recruited from the old-line
Unilarians; ; , -and ,the :so-called Orthodox.
Many men of eintilince; Who, in the days,
of Lyman "Biedier, and later -still, wore' the
Wheel-horses ofOrafigelical. Qongregation
alism in , ,the have gone, over to, the
Bpiscopalians , ,, and 'aid ,to swell that grow-,
ing party:,,Bilt the Bishop of Massachu
setts does not have all to himself. The
:Puieyites, er',,Ad•tient, 'pakty;eleint to, be
party of Might ) in. the city, ,And se 'nll,
sects spear to be .lionse divided against
itself." -, ,
UNDER. THE EIBA7!ODon t Fire too iligh,
the Congregatibitizlise offers some, excellent
remarkson 60 subject of "adapting special
- sernioha iOrthe eiretiMiabees of the wee.
'alba for lOW they are ,Sppointe#, , Our
contemporary- seems 4o; have. specially
view the opening sermons , to be 'preached
at the approaching anniversaries of certain-
benevelent organizations, the ,sUgges
• < :
tions,made have an applicability far inure
widely extended. %Incite the conclUding
paragraph : -a,.•
" We'rentizie,to Pr f Oriiiiind a rule Of here
e los as at least•worthy of consideration ,
,
that aes general rule `the eiqlzitigdisaqurse
before a deliberative:Christian aiseinbly
shouldainiat immecliitte impresgion;'shOuld
be designed, not for leisurely perusal after
an interval of months,,but, for direct effeet
upon those who have' come 'together ;• that
it should be, a fit Prelude for What is to fol
low, generating thought, enkindling feel
ing, provoking, to - utterance and activity's.
and we pronounce the'serthon all the hetter,
if it is, ao;phresed that it cannot be repeated
elsewhere, and under other circumstances,
withont many a,p, erasure and alteration.
Let.it, be Binh that no one in the audience
can donbt, that it was prepared - for that as
sembly or fandy for a Moment in any part
of it that he, is likening' to beautiful-ex
tracts frOM thanksgiving a, patriotic ser
mons of previous „ years `;: Let it be born for
that occairon and.let, the occasion give in
spiration to the: ddress.'
Tiiß,Disten Watchnuin i in .an .article on
' 4 Divorce, remark's • ' • • •
" For two'oethr, e, yeas our Legislature
,has' been invited to considerinepositions
for'relaxing the 'obligations of the mei-
L riage 'bond; by, diminishing the disabil-
W
es of those who are convicted of violating
it. Our law of divorce already goeite the
extreme'limit :of Christian- morality; if it
does'
_net trimacend it. * .* • *- We are
glatblenetide that the present, legislature,
like its predecessors, has lent no courite-
Jaime to such' schemes. The annual in
,quirt' has - been 'proposed, referred to the'
appropriate committee, 'and responded - tos
with the afprepriate:report, that it•iS 4 in
exPedient tb'legislate.' Wetrustothat the
representatives of the people may long con
tinue Of the game .
IT APPEARS that,:nntil within a fei years,
no-minister living out of the State of Con
necticut Was•allowed to perforrn a marriage
ceremony within the State. ' Acoording to
the decisions of the Superior Churt, all
such marriages were iltegal. In 1857
latir was' passed, -, nullifying the previous
stainteS •on the subject,' so that; as the
Relxgidus Herald observes : "If any min
ister settled in another State has an invite:.
Cop !to return to a former field„ of labor. in
the laud of steady habits,' and- solemnize
the' 'marriage rite for old friends- and` par
ishieners, and has a dispositimi to accept
the invitation and do the work of et,i
tarkgling,:fo. for life, he has a legal right
to do
AN EASTENN'EXCHANdE says : '
g 4 We learn from the' LowelLpapers ;that
the Andover.As'sociati 3 Oi-of - CWiregational
ministers, after, their: customary bUsiness
- Ineet4Ogi3noitt7rlve ix* t9-'the
oirMe.-of •Gerr.i Butler sandand tetiderid
through:ona - efithAr number : the 'eipres
sion of ilt6ir high appreciation of his pub
lic,services,,and their unfeigned, thanks, for
the. energy .and devotion to the right which
be l -bad shown, and pledged - to . him, in What
ever position he ~might be allowed to serve
the country,the continuance of._ their good,
wishes and theirprayers, aEsuringhim that:
they, came not q as, politicians, but as Chris
tian.ministeis and,Christian patriots._ The
General, replied ,with deep • emotion. He
had not expected any such reward ,as this.
Most cordially he, thanked them for their
good opinions, declariog that he prized (be
approval and the,preiers of, no living clasa
of men., more, sincerely than thrift of the
elergy , of NeW-Hngland. In course of his,
remarks .he : . expressed:' the most lively coa l '
viction that the result, of the war would be
the freedoin of the country froni, the, cause.'
and, existence pf d the rebellion.". ,
,
ltrE W-YOP,K;
• e • ;
181!** L IEILALLY ILNOITN that- a Coa
vention:of the Laymen of .the Methodist
Church in the loyal States, is ,to be held
soon 'NeW-York city, having in view
mairqy the suhject of Lay Representation.,
The organs of the denomination - are, wank
&sting considerable interest in the ap
proaching Meeting. We think the move
ment is rather diaapproved of than `other
wise by ,the majority of them. " The le
compatibility of Lay Representation with
the itinerancy, constitutes seemingly the
chief -ground of difficulty. *any of the
arguments advaneea by. the opposition ap 7
pear weighty and tiOrthy, of Careful , cog
sideration. The, ,New l York Yelltp i difk
probably-the most zealous supporter of the
•r • •
$184:05
measure, speaks as follows on the sub
ject:
" To say that no' plan of Lay Represen
tation can be devised, which will work har
moniously with the itinerancy, is sheer
nonsense. We have seen no evidence that
Methodist laymen are enemies of the itin
erancy, or that they have any wish to break
it down. Supposing lay delegates in the
General Conference, they will be found as
earnestly desirous' of maintaining Method
ism in all its vigor, as the travelling minis
ters possibly can be. The laymen of our
Church love Methodism, and they can be
brought into closer cooperation with the
ministry without, sacrificing anything es
sential to our systein of government."
Tun FOLLOWING NOTION of what is
• called the " Mission at St. Francis Xavier's
Church," may be interesting to Protestant
readers. The Catholic Register, of
York, says:
" The exercises' f a Missionnommenced
last Sunday at St: Francis. Xavier's church,
in Sixteenth street ; and.wilL be continued
for two weeks, orperhaps for a longertime.
The-Mission was opened by Father SWins, ,
S. J. i .at, the Mass. at, half past . The
order-of exercisesnis„ Muffs ands instruction
at a-quarter before 'five every morning.
Mass -and '?.sermon ; at .nine A. M: At
R. Al. the.Beals,and a-sermon, foliewekby •
the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
The exercises in, the dwelt nre for men
-women, The.goodd Fathers have. re : .
served- file -magnificent:-new; Hall -Of, St.
Xavier's- College, ([1(4'04011g ;the church, and.
capable of: accommedating two thousand
persons, fnr, men exclusively, at the hour of
evening exercises: - If it prove necessary,
as we doubt not it will ; evening exercises
will , be bold for 1. -third congregation, in
the; basement. , of the ,ehurch, and, Father
S. J., , will. .there preach, the
.;Mission.
:When the, Mission? closes, uTridtum, in
honor of ..the' lately canonized ; Japanese
-Martyrs, will be celebrated, :when, we,sup-,
pose, the Papal Benediction, ~ s pecially
granted , by the Pope, will - be bestowed."- 1".
Ar';ilX 'Fuxin* 'STREET Piayer Meet:.
'Leg last_week, a speaker in 'illiistration = of
the influence for good which even children
are capable of exerting,.related the follow-
Of:the. recent powerful work
. -of grace ;in - Fall Riier; Masi :
" A little boy, bright and intelligent, was
converted, who ~.was only ten years old.
His parents Were,. entirely : careless on the'
subject' of religion;and had not probably
been inside a chuPch for years.. The child
at epee became .very anxious on their ac
cofint, and ':when '
,`his- his father came in tie
would ran to him, and 'putting his aims
about him, say, I want you to dome to
church, and be a Christian, and go to heav
-en with Me: , want you to love 'Jesus
right Off."' The boy, would not be diverted,
- and at length the father and Mother, yield
ing te.his iMpOrtunities, found themselves
in the prayer-meeting. Never 'liad they
been there before. But the , meeting had
only well begun when the fattier, on his
own . motien, went forward and turned
around and addressed his friends and neigh
bore, saying, Fiiends, if you think tree&
`can hive mercy on such a sinner as r alh;
I want you to,pray for me.' His 'face
trayed deep einotion. Instantly the little
"boy was on his feet, running around look
ing for his mother ; and when he had
"found : her he begged . herlo come and kneel
beside , his 'father. begged.
Seine reldetance
she went, and the son knelt between his
parent's. .Thaminister called on some one
to pray. - He attempted it and broke down.
The minister tried,, and 'he failed. Then
' the whole' congregation were melted into.
Jeers before thetord."
THE Journal of Commerce says of Rev.
Dr. Mitten's church, Reformed Dutch
" A few years ago it Was a Ion& way up
town,' now it seems to be too far grown -town
.for many 'of its menibeie, and the=congra-.
gation are constantly removing' to the tip
..per part of the city. ' To meet the wishes
of the families residing. in that vicinity,
services will be held in ',Rutgers chapel
the present. Dr.---Huttow will continue
pastor of both. congregations, with his son,
Rev..M. Htitton, as assistant."
. SIXTY New-York gentlemen of-the high
est respectability, and having All'aggregate ,
-wealth of probably not less than two-hun
dred millions of dollars, united,' says the'
Examiner, - in the . Hon. S. - R . -Chase
an invitatiop zto a:dinner r on his next, visit
to this city. . Mr. Chase declined the invi
tation- on account of the pressure, of.official
dutiesi. But 'such - an endorsement dif his
financial` ability, and assure - new:of cerium'
al . reepect, must be - a lasting :source of
pleasure to - him. • : ;
Tux LATE Mrs. Blandinw - Dudley, of`A - 1-
banj, bequeathed $30,000 to the
,Dudiey`
Observatery (of which she was the: fount:
der,) for the establishment orkpioreasor
ship.-Among her other bequests - was
$5OOO to the Albany Orphan Asylum ;-
$4OOO to, the North Dutch;Church ;' $lOOO
to the Childrees Friend Society' of Allni;•
ny ; *ssoo; to the Secend Street Mission'
chureti ; and $5OO to the 'African Baptist'
church.
NatrilAw ~ ./AowsoN, ~of N ' evr-IrPr.k' who.
his. at , various. Alines made 'donations -to
Williams„ College, amounting in all to
abeiat $80,000; has recently died at tlie age
of.s3, years.
THERE is an excess- of money pressing,
on theiniarketifor employmentiwfirst class
loans, -, for which there is no adequate' outlet
excepting in Government. securities:
The receipts: by •Government during the ,
last•monthhave averaged ab0ut42,000,000
per day, arising from converitions; call-loans,
and customs and taxation. •
Gold has fluetuated during the week,
from 152 to 146, and brokers' .60zday, star
! ling:bills were sold on 'Tuesday atag to
165:•
THE EPISCOPAL RECORDER, of this city,
deserVedly esteemed for its zealous de:
fence, of evangelical truth; has an excellent
article on `
the subject of substituting the
chanting of the Palter in place of
:the singing of, the metrical version con
tained in the Episcopal Prayer Book.
Among other things it remarks - with com
. mendable candor': = = • .
• = There are -two•serious objections to the
use of our present version. In- the , first,
place, we lire singing, unconsciously ;to tur
selves,- the Essays and; Reviews!, For,
in truth, the very neological tonstruction
which. Williams was .tondenined •for•
heresy for defending, is sung, by tuiCas if i t
were the meaning of the Bible, itself.. We,
have drawn •from the most solemn Messian
ic Psalms their Messianic meaning, and
.
sing them as if man were to ;be. savipur, for
hiniself. -It was natural that -Tate ,and,
Brady - should have thought so, for they
were pen of the, world, imbued on l y that theology which, passed current
time when the Church had fallen is! If and dedicated to God in baptism, * *
fatal torpor. But at all times the Ch • when they come to yearn of discreVo n , if
tiara heart felt that the version fell dm"; •,t they be free from scandal," &e. Th us,
the original; and now, when present.c ,, , , while the phrase "all baptized persons" i;
troversies have brought this question 0' ir general, and embraees all who are baptized,
piaeular atonement so closely home to u-- adults as well . as infants, the latter claus e
there are few who env turn to verse I,r refers exclunively to infants- The two
.
which suppress this - element, wrthout .5.4 - - sorts, adult and infant baptism, are jumbled
row and pain. And where earn, the con. together indiscriminately, so that no power
vents to modern neology find a itroam; of intellect can dovetail them into each
Rut this
point, than that the Church has inter p. , - other, or produce haimony where there is
rated translations going on this false pu it- inextricable confusion.
eiple into•her Standards of faith 7". . But perhaps it will be said that by ti a n
pi , s. baptized . persons," the Revised .Discipli ne
Tim DAILY N:E7li, in noticing the
_ means only baptized infants.
entannual meetinga the Orthodoi Friet,cs d
. oes not remedy the ineoberenbe, as I will
in Philadelphia, says : ‘.. This year, the, so- show 'in Another brief article.
.:
bernessnf the colors they wear has re. -, . . A SE-P a
- BYTERIAL
dered their appearanceexceptional. 9 . 1 e
,
color' they most affect chances' tir be the
. ,
eery acme of the present fashion..ll
PHILADELPHIA' Leger. states that
tbe•anthorities of the Polytechnic Coll , '•
Philadelphia; haie decided to open their
labdratory for instruction in practical cht ni
istrYin. the , aftern'oons, 'Mere are minyl
persons, not, regular students of the college',
whose' engagenients donut permit ;them to ,
devote the'whole tlaY to study r and , who yet
need to be familiar with the best Methods
of Performing chemical - experiments in , . or-
der 'to improve , themselves; in the line of
their dallY. bigness. Not foray the l young
physician, the- apothecaryAnd-theAnechan
*Leal dentis4 , =but the , ,photographer, the
dyer, the elactrotyper-7a.udlethersOlepend
upon chemistry for „many of the improve-,
meats in their several vocations
. 74E slnisenlPTlosis of the Philadelphia
; Corn , Exchange ,to ,the,:suffcring
Irish amount to $5,1811 Five : hindred
berm* of Amur, and - sl,4oa,in, !whims
almady,been• forwarded., .
'Yee the .liriiebyteriut•Benaei.
The Synod of Allegany; at its last meet-`
ing, appointed a 'comm]. tee to`take
consideration the propriety of changing the
nudes: Of the Synod and one of _the two'
Presbyteries' of Allegheny and - Allegheilf -
City, or the names of - the said tivollireaby
teriee report at tihe
of Synod. The, reasons for this action` of
t
Synod are 'tw o, 'the confitsidit and
mistakes apt' to result frOm the repetition ;
of thiy'name Allegheny, and the unseemly'appearinde pOverty reiourcei"3if
garde to appropriate names, as 'alibi* in
the use of the same nimeii*aPplied to two
of the fOur Pleabyteries'Aia conipeie the:
Syned,' and: to the Byribd tittielf-- - Lor 'three
times in five.
The of thid.comMupicetiiiii is to
thafenggeations on tins subject be made to
Chaitinan (Rev. John V. Reynolds,
Meadville, Pa.,) 'of -the committee kaithig
`it in charge, by. such is take an:intereir nn
it, 'espeeially Membem 'or the ` Presbytk
ries more iminediately-eiMeernelt:
For 'the , Pres*terlait Baunei•
The *hod Book of Discipline
aitssus..Enrrousr—As this new and,re 7 ,
vise&Discipline must come hef,oret t he,Gen 7
eial Assembly;. and if approved. and sent
down-to the. Presbyteries' will have to .he
voted upon as'a whole, yea. or fury, without,
the pOssibility of Amendment ) It becomes,
'important to examine ; it closely in order, to
ascertain
th e validity , of-its,pretinsions to
supersede the old, and ,establis 3 hed : forin t ,
With your, strictures in,general, I poneuri,
but there is one point ,additional f to which .
I beg leave to, direct the -attention of the
delegates.to the next,Asserahly.
Section IV. of the„first, ckapter,
"baptized persons in ; . their-,Aelation to
discipline, reads as follows :
" All baptized, persons,are anernbers of
the Church, are under its care and subject
to. its ,government and .discipline { , and
when they have arrived, at the..years of ills::
cretion, they are hOund'in perform all., the
duties of 'church memberS. 'lt is' offiee
of the church, t ere ore nuse-the proper
means, in dependence on- Divine graee
bringing them to repentance and faith, that
they mayrightly perform their duty." 7
' bilciwl. , b - eg leave to say, with all due def
erence enthe venerable" Committee'otite2:
vision," ( that there is here a very; singular
confusion of ideas. Let us analyze theUe;
tion- - proMising 'that ..po tthe Committee
were appointed'for the very purpose of - in:
arranging, any Uppearanen . of conftsinn,
rectifying: mistakes, barn:Ll:tilling contra
didions and illuminating
„dirk pineei in'
Book' Of. Discipline," we are entitled
to 'expect; after so Protracted a term of la
berfous effort; that - all should 'be clear as
" All baptized persons aremembers of
the Church." Is this.:strictly snit's:No
lutely- true ? Suppose a member to he
—4 -
communiCated-4s he kill meraber
the Church," or does eirtoninitiniizi-Omi
destroy his baPtisni ' go that lie line longer:
" a baptized person?" Taken in . it ` plain,
literal sense,:the:stateifient leads
to this contraffietork result, ,
Again Bp ".'the Churek" is, meant
" the visible Church "-discipline, in the
very nature - of - thedaSe; hiving no relation
to " the Church invisible." But in what
sense is it true that-" aabitotized;-.pfirsons
are members , of the visible.Chirch"?
Who are "members? of -the Church'??,
-How are they filezeribed our Standards ?,
Take,thiskexample,:- " Baptism is not to be,
adminietred,to any that are out . of the vis
ible Church till they pfofess their faith in
Christ and obedience:to,. him ; bAt, the in
fants,4,of such as = are members of, the visible
bhurch are to be baptized."—Shorter
95.,, Now look into the I.argerpatechisro,
186, anitsee the meaning attached to the
phrase, " members of the visible :Church :"
thus, "but infants, descending from,;par= '
etas; either both or but one of them pro
fesszng faith in Ohrist ando6e*nce,tohim,
are, to be baptizeo2f, .Xlero are twofoinisi
of <phraseology meaning the ~same thing T7r ,
" members ,of , the Church ," l in the
Shorter ;Catechism, abd,•persons "pi•ojes
sing faith in . Chri,stAncipbedience.to him,"
in the Larger . An4,Aiew,we ask, how is-it:
true, that all -baptized persons , -14 profess
faith in Christ anli , obedience to
other words, " are members of the Church;"
as ; this new Discipline of T The'vei7
statement refutes itself -- forhundredsr who
have heen baptizeit in, infancy, and,iven
adolti : yeare„ renounce. their profession:of
faith in Chriit, and ,become scoffers ,
,outcasts.from society. Many of:,these are
excommunicatedstill they. are "members.
of the Chrireh."
Cg, remarksthus far,,have prOoeeded
the supposition that by the phrase "alt
baptized ; ersons," the
~.Reiise.4 Discipline
means adults who have beenbaptized.:. t
to this 'interpretation there is this further
insuperable ,objectien,, viz.: it. utterly de
stroys the,sense of the next clause--:,,f‘ and
when they have arrived at t4e years of du
cretiao, they, are - bound top
roe; all th
duties of Church members.
fele ozelusively to childree ' not,to udnlta.
It is the very, language used by our 2 eiljoi
rqgtpry,kor w*ship,
dreg born iA4 - Olaf::
ep e the Tech,
Preobytery of Huntingdon.
The Presbytery of Huntingdon held its
stated Spring meeting at Altoona, on the
- 14th day of April. The meeting was fall
and harmonionsi-- and =more than the usual
amount of brtsineis.was transacted.
- After the oftenievermon by the retiring
Moderator, Rev: err 111.1 Galloway, the fol.
lowing officers,were chosen for the ensuing
year : Moderator ' Rev. J. W. White;
Recording Clerk; Rev. Orr Lawson ; Read
ing Clerk; Rev'. O. A. 131115.
The church of - Pine Grove was ap
pointed as - e Thies' of their next stated
meeting. •
The pastoral existing between
Jtev. S. T...4owrie and the church of Alex
andria, B. Clark and the church
'ef-Altoona, and-;Rev. J. B.. Strain and the
church of Little Valley, were dissolved.
• Rev. W.. A. - Weeper preached the mis
sionary sernioirrbefore Presbytery, from
_John xii 32 ,- ; and Rev. 0. A. Hills was
appointed preach at the next stated
'meeting. -
=II
Mr. D. J. Beal; °=a candidate under the
Care of Presbytery, was licensed-to preach
the Gospel ; ' and Mr. R. M. Campbell, a
member of the,Senior Class of Jefferson
College, and i*. - B. R. Pore,sman, were
'taken under the care of Presbytery, as can
didates for the ministry.
smith was received from the
"presbytery.-of
The reports' from the - chtirehes were, in
most respects,= very encouraging. Several
"of the charges- in our =bounds have been
blessed with reviving influences of the
'Spit a,.while in, Othera,eir unusual interest
in the : truth is , manifested. :The cause of
'Systematic Benevolencels, we - are eneour
aged-,':fo'hope, gaining ground amongst, us.
:490§t 9 f. our Churches contributions
have been Made, during past year,to all
'the Boards, besidisAarge .donations to oth
er objects, which, though not reported, (as
not being., connected .directly with the
operitilms of tha-Cliurellasiill have their
memorial with God:
Revs. S. -M.. :Moore and D. H. Barron,
with 'elders j. , Pattersorrand J. A. Christy,
were elected:delegates to the next General
Assembly— '
The following 'action was taken in rela.
tiou to; the Revised Book of < Diseigline :
`That'.althongh the Book is not, in every
'respect ; what all -the members of Presby
tery would desire; yet,-upon; the whole, we
approve,. and recommend its adoption by the
Generfd Assembly. - •• . . •
The Ashninn Inetitnte was iximmended
to the .nonfideope- of- the' churches, and a
collection :fop benefit appointed to be
taken upurt•tlie•first r Sibliath of July. •
Mr. D. S. Banks •was reappctinted -Itin
erant ~ .Miisinuary Until the 'Julie 'meeting
of Presbytery, and Rev. S: Lawrence; Vol.-
'unteer Itinerant for one year.
After .vote;of thanks, most heartily
given ' to . the Christian : people of Altoona,
'for.tbeir kind hospitttfitylo the members,
Presbytery adjonrwilito meet in the church
of = Alifilintown on .the , -, - thirdl 'Tuesday of
IJune.-•: 13,40. L.
`r.
Comanagtonera to: the. General_ „ is eematy of
18 3
3 , - _
Puma:mamas. 'NIII/81WELB. Nampa.
,Huntingdon, D.H. Barron, Mr. Patterson;
5."11. - Moore, Clirietie”.
Pluladolphia 2 d, DF-.. 7 4n 0 X? = .
ibeeph'sekity - _ Mr. 'fountain.
Burlington, = Dr."Plumer, ' .• 41. M: NaWaelder•
: New Castle, JDr. J. M. Dickey,Brown, - O. Thonwpwin,' &
Baltimors George P.Mays, A. Stirling.
R. C. Galbraith, NOWA Brown.
- tW C. Ostia redo Monet,
Garb" 4 ', • • Cattail , rile chi
• APCtiehran, Jinxes Clark.
Zanesville, Wilbert , 'Matt Scott,
12, aunZah, W. Monroe.
Donegal, C. W. Stewar J. (I. Jordan.
Cincinnati, ' L. Potter • 11,11.1,eivitt,
T. E. Huger, O. Williams.
New Albany, - Dr:B. Maclititster; J. W. Sproule.
Miami, E. R.-Bower, _G. - A. Phelps,
Saltaburg,, ; G. W. Alechlin, James M'Kee.
Pt. Wayne " Dr. rovivie,- • -•6. S. Harm
',Dr. Blackwood, George Jsuikiti.
liar,. Sproul, - James Dunlap.
Philk. Matra, ri Mi.-U. Newkirk,
'BALorks Bobert Graham.
Sanaa , .• n, , T. "itt, ' "Malone.
' POlk, , O. A. Parker.
California,, Alexander Scott, John Wraps.
Alletheny,City; '• Untie L.Vonrad, ' # ';T: N. Nevin,
, ; ;Dr. S.-McFarrew e „John Barnett.
Allegheny, Dr. L. Yonne, John Bo d.
, Ror,tIT
Newt
Banner.
• -The Presbytery- of . Newt -Liston.
,on 'the 14th (it'Aliryl, - 1.12 the church
of Weito* v Witi'Dalzell was elected
llf?derator, Rei;Vcrm - '4. March, Tem
porary •Clerh.
Rev. 0: M. Todd, aild'Rebert Whitacre,
Esq., were eleeted - Comoiesioners to the
General AsSeinbij.
Nabytery +rented the ‘linrelies under
its care to observe thedayjfifasting,
i'Llia'praler'llefaparl luc the Pres
dent of the United'States, in his lite proc
lamation. ' "'
The` Revised BOA of Discipline `'was ap
prnied.iithout inialteration. -
Presbytery to meet in the
church of Yeltow the Second
Tiesdaipteititie neitt; - 2
O'clock P. M.
New' Lisbon--Peurth.4l,44h- of May,
Mr. Bursa.,'Fifth of. May , Mr.
Dickson:.
,Brookfisk, Voitsvitie,finsariberty—Mr•
Stratton,..one Sabbath at..encli Nchurch, at
discretion - administering.the Lord's Sup
per at theAatter.
Ariles-- - My, March,..one Sabbath at dis
cretion- Ron HAYS,
Stated Clerk.
• Pni the Pielbyterian Banner.
Supplies 4.ppoilitally j ek Prpskytery of
t .2 4anclartile.
iii;.firgt Sabbath of May.
Fergillirtititird' Ukiah of- June; to ad
'minister the Lord'il Supper. Platt, first
Saliba:h i cif July. Learitt,ffirst Sabbath of
first, Sabbath of
September.
• MciKetica., IL. Dniteani one Sabbath
at . : disdreti PIO , administer the Lord's
StlPet:'
SUPPLY COMMISSIONERS' PULPITS.
-Y 3 vifizio.--,shlOch, fourth Sabbath of
May. . Ferguson, fifth. Sabbath of May.
11 Yoni*A.—Leavitt, fouith Sabbath of
May. •
4easant lia—Milligaii fifth Sabbath
ontiy„ - '
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