VreshLittrian 'tlanntr.
PITTSBURGH,' 'WEDNESDAY, JULY .8, ISM
$12,00, received from Cambridge, Ohio,
is sent in Panners to hospitals in Memphis,
Tenn.
Dente' C o for re . — At the recent Com-
Mencement of Mt. Union College, Ohio, the
degree of D. D. was conferred upon Rev. T.
C. HAKXBrtourv, Agent of the American
Bible Society for Eastern Ohio.
'OMlnutioll.—On.the evening of Thurs
day, July 2d, the Presbytery of Allegheny
City ordained Mr. THOMAS X. Oltß, and
installed him ilastor of the Central Church
in thakeity. , The sermon was;preached by
ROT. Pa..SwirT, Rev. J. ALLISON de
livered the charge to the pastor, and Rev.
Di. WILLIAMS gave the charge to the pee- ,
ple„ The church is 'homogeneous., and has
a fine field of labor,
MUM, Hearty Thanks are due to Cur
Heavinly`Father, for the great deliverance
~
wrought for. ow *ate, and f,or the, bright
tokens he now affords of returning favor.
We may well rejoice in the success of the
army of qen. 'MEADE, and in that of en.
GHANT. it is both duty and,a privilege
to rejoice. , 'gut let the praise due to the.
Lord, be hambly.rendered. His providence
has brought victories. And we need still
more victories, and wisdom also to use
them aright. Pride, on our Part, boasting,
self-glorying, becomes us not. .LORD, TO.
THY NAME, GIVE GLOSS.
The Theological - quarterly Review.—The
July number of this journal, Appeared
promptly, and preSents its readers with
much valuable matter. The contents are
L The' Heidelberg Catechism'; 11. The
Aristotelian and the Modern Place of Man
in Zoology; 111. Donner on the SittleSs
Perfection of Jesus; IV. The. Crown of
Life iri r JAmEs 1:12; V. Prayer and Med
teflon ; VI. Coleus"' on the Pentateuch ;
VII. Examination of the Latest Defences
of Dr. Hickoek's Rational 'Psychology;
VIII. The General Assembly at Philadel
phia; IX. Theological and Literary Intel
ligence; X. Criticisms on Books.
The article, Heidelberg Catechism, is by
Professor SCHAFF, and will be read with
much interest by those who wish to be in
formed respecting; the doctrines of the Ger
man Reformed Church. The 'Stagrite
(AnisinTLE) is tiMde to appear far more
correct in his view of man, than is Cup.
vans, DARWIN, A GASSIZ, HUSSEY, and
other Physiologists and Naturalists of mod
ern times. Our Quarterlies do a good
work in the defence of truth; and should
have aliberal patronage.
College of liew4trsey.—Tho Annual Com
mencement took place June 24th. The
graduating class numbered fifty-one. This
College' bas Buffeted much from the war,
many of its.students having been from the
South.' An effort is,now in progress to in
crease its endowment. Dr. ATWATER re
ported the securing of $85;000, as part of
the $lOO,OOO desired The Alumni Ad
dress was delivered by Prof J. S. HART,
of Trenton. Among other things; Prof
HART mentioned as a noted fact that up
to the year 1880 the Alumni of this Col
lege had furnished about one-third part of
of these who had `formed the chief law
officers of the General,Goverument. One
of the Alumni and one President of the
College were-signers of the Declaration :of
Independence: One had been President
and two Tien - Presidinbi - Of the United
States; forty ? seven have been Senators of
the United Stites; seventeen, Voreign
Ambassadors; eight, Judges of the Su
promo Court.of the United States; twenty
six, Governors of States•;. thirty Presi
dents of Colleges, and eighty-eight"-Profes
sors in Colleges, Theological. Seminaries,
and Law Schools. - Rev - . IT. :*EST, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., Rev., DANIEL IRVING, of
Morristown, N. J.,. -Rev: ',CHARLES J.
inOwN, of Scotland, - received - the degree
of D.D.
AMERICAN NETRODIRIL
Methodism is ':110W ninety-seven years
'old. Its progress' as been wonderful. It
is adinirably . adapted to the wants of a large
portion of society; and its operation upon
other branches of the Lord's Zion, is great
ly beneficial.
The N. Y Methodist, in speaking of the
approaching Centenary of American Meth
odism, says :
In- , three more years; American- Meth
odism will have completed the first century
of its existence. The names of its earliest
preachers----Wass, EMBURY, BOARDMAN,
PILLMOOR, ASBURY, and Cox E—have be
come historic, and will be held in grateful
remembrance for generations to tome. The
completion of the hundredth year of the
existence of the Church which, under the
blessing of- God, they founded, will doubt
less be an occasion for the grateful recogni
tion of Divine favor, and of thanksgiving
for the spiritual blessings enjoyed, by the
thousands of sus and daughters of Meth
odism in the New World.
" The times are auspicious for the rais
ing, in 1866, of snob a monument of liber
antra Methodist laymen as will be a per
petual witness of their devotion to and- love
for their Church .. Bishop SIMPSON closes
his well-considered address to the Laymen's
Convention in these words We are ap
proatbing the hundtedth year of Method
unitin Amanita. Oh ! I wish, it could be,
that jtustas the _hundredth ;year was clos
ing, and we were winding up the first cen
tury
,of American—Methodism; I do wish
it were so that the, doors of the General
Conference would .be ;thrown open to you,
and_you could come in, and sit down beside
your brethren. I , would hail you most
cordially. .1 would say to you, Now lay
men;,build.a monument worthy of the cen
tenary, of:Methodism ; bring your, money,
and endow your theological schools and uni
versities, and-let-there.he one.grand-trium
phtuOi jubilee over,. the, completion of the
first century, of American Xe.thodisili.'",
011URCII lIIEMBERSIIIP AND BAPTISM
The status of our baptised children is a
question of much interest, and that of our
duties toward them is immensely more so.
Such subjects claim Our attention unremit
tingly. We find the following quoted in
the Christion Instructor:
"INFANTS AND THE CHURCH.
The question which we have to deter
mine here is • Into what Church is_a child
introduced when it is baptized in infancy ?
Reference is made to the. Shorter Cate
chism, and because it is said in ques. 95,
But the infants of such as are members
of the visible Church are to be baptized,'
an attempt is made to persuade us that it
is into some particular vi.sible church chil
dren by baptism are introduced. But . the
Shorter Catechism teaches no Such doctrine.
It tells us what the status of the parent
must be---he mutt be a member of -the vis
ible Church—but it says -.nothing at all
about the church into which the child is
introduced. -This is the question which
meets .us DOW, and it must be• determined
ere we proceed farther. So far as we are
aware, almost all Protestant and evangeli
cal divines give the same answer- to this
question ; and that- is—it is the Church
universal. -Dr. DICK says (Lent. 89)`: .
' Baptism (hies not introduce us into the
particular societyOf Christians by whose
ministry it is dispenSed, but into the Cath
olic (or universal) Church! SiMiler
statements' are made by many others to
whom it is not necessary more particularly
to refer. What the Church universal is,
the Westminster Confession of Faith (Es:
tinetly explains. (See eh. 25,, see. 2.)
Says that Confession, it consists 'of; all
those throughout the world that profess
the true religion, together with their chil
dren.' It is placed in opposition to all
sects and parties. Partimilar churches are
members of this Church, but they are and
can be no more. This,-theri, is`the Chureh
into Which infants are baptized. It is not
into the Presbyterian, the Episcopal; the
Methothst, or the Congregational Church
that a child is baptized but into the aid
versa! or Catholic ChurCh—that Which ix
made up of them all-Lthat 'which consti
tutes the family of God upon earth. If any
one should ask for proof of this from
Scripture, we are prepared with snail proof,
It appears to us that the formula of - baptism
given by our Saviour is 'a
-substantial proof
of this: Baptism in the' name of the
Father, Son, and 'Holy Ghost' Is there
anything denominational. here ? Could'
there be anything so general, So universal,
and yet embracing BO much of the Gospel
as the Trinity does, and the 'doctrines
which naturally and • necessarily lbw/Troia
it ? Does it not secure to'the child all the
blessings belonging to me,mbership in the
Church of Jesus, as long as it is a child,
and . yet preserve, the power 'of attaching
himself to Whatever denomination he thinks
proper, when he arrives at the mature years
of manhood?, 0, blessed Gospel, thou hest
bestowed on us Many privileges and bless
ings, but thou, halt not 'forgot' to give a
portion to the Want and suckling I Thou
art on the one` hand a Conservator of his
Privileges while a miller end thou art en
the other a defender and protector Of his
liberties -when 'arrived at *manhood. Be
sides, if We . suppese that baptism is an in
troduction into' a denominational` church;
and not into the Church- universal, this
would involve the change of.a practice'
common to--Protestants. 'Baptism is ad--
ministered only once. Where a min passel
from one denomination to another, no gone
thinks of administering baptism anew to
him.' A'Preabyterian becoming are EPisto
palian would require to be' baptized again,
because he had only, received a Preabyte
rian sprinkling. So with other, denomina:
Monts. Hence it is that Roman Catholica,
and perhaps some Baptists, act chnsietently
in repeating tlierite to every one who joins
their communion. They -consider 'them
selves the only*true Church. We think,
then, it is plain, both from 'Scripture and
reason, that the Church into'which an, in
fant is introduced by baptism is the Church'
univers&j, and, not,, any- deneminational
church—Hal.
* There is much :truth in -this, but. the.re
is alsn'some error, or, it is truthiatProp:'
erly stated. ..By the Tingnage used, the
imPlication is very Stroig, if thething is
not. fully asserted, that, the, child horn of
believing parents, trbaptism -made
membei: of , theohurch, While,. by the Scrip
tures, 'and lithe Presbyterian Stkndards
of Faith the child 'of 'believing parents is
by his birth-right, a Member
,of the visible_
Church. ‘That.this is,so, by our Standards,
the sentenee gquoted= above affirms "The
visible Church consists of all thosethreugh=
out the world that profess the true religion,
together with
_their children!' And such.
Scriptures - as' this proveit : "Else were
ymir children unclean; but now are they
holy": " Tlip"prOmise is to you and yotir
childre;i." And the law of Circumcision
evinces the same blessed doctrine.' Bap r
tism, then, does not, introduce, believers'
children into the Church ;.it .bu t seals and
confirms their membership.. -
ft , Baptiam is, properly denoMinatad the'ini
tiatory, ordinance, in, reference to athilts
converted from the world. The Spirit.of
God , :.convinces, enlightene, :toad 'renews'
them. , - They' receive Christ as'offered in
,
the Gospel. Being thus introduced into
the invisible, the true and spiritual Chureh,
they have a right ,to •membership in, the
visible Church; which. right:-is acknowl
edged, and they are introduced to its print
leges by baptism: - And if they have infant
children, those Children are, nett Ming to
the covenant,, brought in with their parents,
and, have a right to the same sign and seal. :
As to the` question : -To what particular
Church does' the baptized child belong?
the answer ,is easy. He belongs to the
Church of his parents. The
,right of eiti- L
zenship, and the duty of allegiance; , in civil
affairs, are determined by lineage, birth
place and
residence.i The child who is
born in France of .French parents re.gis;
teredythere, and still resident there:Os-4
eitiien, without any - specifie act of his own.
So, is it in the Church where the parents
.
are members, - and have conseerated and
trained, theii chilkbe it in ,the Presbyte-,
rian Church-or elsewhere; there the child
has his rights and privileges, and there his
allegiance and service are due, as he ad
vannea to manhood. But neither the born
member, whose, right •was sealed in. his
fancy, he being .now.grown to manhood,
nor the converted-adult,- who has =been ins
traduced by hiptiam, is beund to abide'
perpetually in _the' lieitienlar church with
which he is toneqteA, :,X[ 4 4,'. l .P..absfor goqd
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1863.
cause, change his special relations; though
he is bound never to separate himself from
the visible Church of Jesus Christ. Hence
the remark above, that baptism "secures to
the child all the blessings belonging to
membership in the Church of Jesus, as
long as it is a child, and yet preserves the
power of attaching himself to whatever de
nomination he thinks proper, when he ar
rives at the mature years of manheod," is in
appropriate and may be, injurious. While
he was a child he belonged to the specific
denomination where his parents had their
rights and obligations ; and his arrival at
the years of responsible action finds him
there entitled to privileges and bound to
the performance of duties; and the "bless
ings" he has as belonging to a , particular
church or branch of Christ's family, and
the "power" of changing his visible. con-'
nexion, for cause, belong to him as a frant..
_
It is wonderful what -effort men will
make to get elear of their:obligations to
their Lord and Master. Much as he bless=
es them, and easy as is his yoke, and e3f
tensive as is the :freedom ~he; grants, still,
they-will , not have.him to reign over them,
And 'sorry are we that many .Protestant ,
elfuteheN are so reidy,to release;theii born
members frail) their;: bcinda:: They, treat
them as " outsideis,'":yetlo be.,introdneed,
or yet to: attach theinselyes. They treat
them 'as aliens. . They' deal , withi• them
thiy do With the children of 'strange:is::
And doubly sorry are we to ibe, even in
the Presbyterian ,'Chureh, such
Does she wish to banish the feeling of .re, 7
sponsibility? Would she sue:herself the:
trouble: of> traininec.her . ehildren:-=-4f watchL"
. ing; care, instruetion, discipline' ' 9, why
is it that — She - would ealt"abff i lhe children
whom= died .has given .her- 7 -the members
Who are :her: strength, and her., hope; and
:Joy?' `'" •
.*
=I
Among - the moat remote of, our xeminis
ceases,.. yelative to national ,affairs„are our
sins against the Indians - and 'the Negroes.
,
Of` the follow-of these, we propose' 'to utter
'no* a -fewswordS.
• We can trace• back, to
,lboyhoed, when we
reed first the history of .our'COunt6, 'an'd
when our mind was filled with horror •at
the recital of Indian barbarities, the 'occur
renee of the thought,- that, bad ei the In
dians' Were,they were wronged, and and that
God would yet judge. this nation. And.
never since have:wet-at:en elearrof -the im-;
presszon., OUr fathers drove' the Indian
from his 'valued home; 'and- When he 'at
tenipted to defend it, they took his
Much has, been said in palliation, of, the, ,
conduct, and much even in- justification,
but yet, the iniPreasiorrof au •invasion and
a wrong; remains Conscience is' ink otitis:.
fled. The 'kW . of foie Wea:not - kept' The
'Golden • Rule was not observed: -T - Andt to,
this day, treaties ,withtlieslndians,arenot
equal; and when made, are not' faithfully
executed: The people are defrauded,• and
are, by wrongs done them,provoked to evil.
deeds.
" The most horrible outbreak of the 'ln
dians, in'recent times,'was that in
,sota,' about a year age. Several hundred
of our, citizens, men, wemen and children,
Were cruelly_massacred. The. Indians;,ew
ever, were soon conquered,: and many' of
them were captured. The:pristnere Were
tried, by. a military commission, and Con : ,
demned to death. Titlityridne, werehung, - ,
and,a large number are still
retained under
„
sentence. Some time ago, we spoke.l)fia'
revival -of 5 religion- among' prisoners'.
i Tbere are still indications "of ben
efit=,
• • • .c.
BiBl l OP- WEIPTILA):-:of - 41-ina,aaota, 'in:- a
letter dated may fith,-which-weisen quoted , :
'in the N. 1' -Observer, says V`
"During the Winter'
ers who were dendeninerte die have'been
_regularly visited at Mankato Mi. j - thi:
man, and alsO - bY the t'resbyterian'inieSion.i
rates. '`Many et: theheprisoners, I believe,
are - innocent. There 'were. °ricers win'
were present at the trial, Whe'ao Doe hesi
tate to eipresi their belief that'there`weie
ienoeent men 'ainong'those l who were 'king.
WEIS not present_ at the trial, end only=
speak of' what olliCere ,
.These
prisonere.have learned : themselves In.,read,
and,writewitheut any, teacher, except , ; a
'fellear T irisener. They, talie;,great delight,
le prayer. They :are,eonAtantlY, singing
songs of. Prai.#ee:;l-believe many of their
are o hriatiaaa-4: *1 K 1 .4. aia Y°M4g,
'men, and in, that state of ; mindwhere ,they
'would; be docile and teaehable. Go - v. 7
eminent, proposes to,incareeraterthem — in,
some prison at the South. It will onlyhe
a slow death., No..lndian.,eansliye under it.,
;.1 hive written to the Department urge,
them ,to r create a -reform selicoh i for,„these
men, to learn thetnthe arts Ot civilization,
so that:, when..; dispharged..stbeY PaY
blessing to . pepple.'hetiher„ my_
prayers.
prayers will be heard or not,' T irt9t:,±oll:,,
The people.here think, rae,mad to plead dia,
; r
I do for theed inc ri. ter-the guiltyMily- i
derers who .massacred those I love, r I,could
not plead., They, deserve only depth.:. Rtit
surely, we must, speak outplainly of our
own guilt. I dare net he silent, I *now,
this Indian systelmi., jielie7n that, God,
will hold this, nation accountable ,lor;its
robbery, and, blood.. ; The day - will comae.,
when history will write such as plain stery
these= things which are.now glossed. oVer
by lies, as will appal those who read it. :
Pray for me, and, ir, yon can :say one word
awaken tne,peeple Anieri4; to the_
enormity of this' guilty Indian sy4t9*,
pray you help die. ' It is now,thre.e years
since,l first asked for its reform.'„
never be reached until the people demand
it. They will ,never deinand it until they
'fear God. If I sbonitt.tell yeu an, I 'knew
Of it's iniquity, you would hardly betieve
me. I shall work, and if 46d spares my
:life - this' system slialtbe refoimed. In •the
mein time, God helper, I "ahaif
oontinue to work and 'Toy for ills salVatien'
of one of the meat' hapless heathen races on
the earth." • '"'
Our sins against, Ake vami
regarded as in reality, national sina: They:
•tiave : 7,eitieted long.; .All 4, lopaiderAg
circumstances, are more aggravated inflattec4
years: Wt , have beett , fdlingmxily)-difi'ofi
our We,pr:af
knorP Aolit sibriimiqistf,Aait iVe4P:Orf ,
con tr ig% -t°,o4/9n.Ffilkne'
A NATIONAL =SIN.
We trust that Bishop WHIPPLE'S efforts
to have our Indian system reformed, will
be successful. Let it not be said that we
are now too much engaged in other things.
Now, when God's heavy band is upon us,
is the time for us to turn to righteousness.
PROGRESS OF ROMANIC%
Roman Catholics are wont to boast great
ly of their increasing numbers. We think
their boast is unfounded and vain. Still,
it may be worthy of notice. It may incite
Protestants to greater activity. If Roman
ism shall get ahead of Protestantism 'in
this country, it will deserve the triumph.
Here there is a free course; no Stateyelig
ion, an open Bible, free schools, no restric
tion• upon church building,, access to the
ministry for whoever will.. -
We see the Boston 'Pilot quoted as try
ing:to,,proye .euporior progress e
,by iTz
England statistics , v of births, It claims
that ,the. 4 ' native stock. of New-England is
fapidly- diminishing."' According to: the
" Birth RePoit," - Whibli it:quotei, there' ere
born in Massachusetts, in 1861, of irneri;•
can parents, 16,07 ,children, And of .for,
eign parents 16;125,• leaving' a- balancei of
28. on the foreign side: r" •
It then , Comm Opts fashion
CL Thus Tun thye enrrents ; Abe-' rish-stream .
flowing with great health, , •
-strength, and purity , and tho old Puritan
race slipping rapid ly under the
four Yie96. /11" starrtlin g
fad: It . is impossible to deny it. Our
peepl, 'Came:4l4re' with nothing; look ' at,
the grip The
settled Puritan and fiis vices . ,
and'
away before the emigientirishinin and' his
• This is notinventiono ours;' , l
'is a fact ,_attested by the: stii,tistiewor
State; and,by.the t ,statigieti .of .the-:Medical.
't faculty 'the Statelt- Wei: have then2 . -the
ifmajority. By, the ;report of -1861, we have
it in the clearest: reanneri Il none , 'but
. purely ,- Puritan,births-were ' , given,. in • Oat:
tepturtiiit :would appear, that we :bait a ear—,
'prising majnrity. Thank Odd we have , .. not
decreased '; in . the. „land of our .adoption
There was; mid- there jstpt i detaitable nee
,tional and" religiousAigotrybeforeus.- But.
'whatiihavolheys-effected, , against ,thi3•4ionr,
emigrant ;Catholic ;of Ireland ? .We..have
`spread our faith;, we have spread..ourselvds.
and, nothing can:-restrain fus. , - 4Y:e, are -new,
greatly ;::predominant, in. births. --How
long will-it take us to be equally -predomi
'Dant, in every : thing else-?- Not long . • The
,Catholicising And Hibernicising of the land,
and 4 -Ahe disappearance of the Puritan, are
proceeding with swiftness!! - .
Wnare rither surprised at the - excess'of
ihs - - 'from t'foiein-he " • "
.4asSathilietts ;
but this fact is ,proof brosiants'
not
T '•
: are pe rishing. befge - Tapists..., Many 'nf
these: foreigners., Protestints. Many.
`also nf fife , immigtant Papists, especially of
iradaigrints:'froii the` - confident, 'abandon
their religiok when they come Wtere,
freedom gives them. the choice of a . better..
Maaiy also of the children of ; even Trish
Cathelics„.4ndou ,praCticaily the Eomishi
Church. f. • r
TkrV'whole subject is 'worthy of h
netieni t eepdefillY in view of Uhristinii'dn-..
ty. prev dense by b.L n w r tt g .; • .t c.
•
shores, myriads TeCPievk A ' 3 Ped con
;version; :and le has
gbica me the , fall , use of
all prnper instrnmentsiitles to operate - up
on them and their 'DutYis
MOORES& OF FREEDOM.
'll be‘ae r ethat.
• It wi in our news columns,
the Missouri Constitutienar Conventien has
passoa , an oidluanao of ;FREEDOM.
Ordinance lasitofbeneeeptedhy a:tnifority
•:.of ibteB; at -a State eldetion, before''' be- .
)soniera.Y)arl Of the : COnsiitation. ,Of this;.
?approval there is
.. hut little
doubt. 4 Then, all persons born' in Missouri.
after July 1870,J will be ' abiehitely
free'•' MI ehildreny'of slaves*Who - may die
- • "
at thatd
'date, under twelve years.age;
Will
be servants till they reach the ago Of twenty
three years.;-: all *laves between the` agestof
"i,Nrelve=and forty,"Will be servantri till <the'
.PinirthOV3l4, 1876 i; - and all SlaVes'.' over= r -
forty will be se r vants life. No servant''
/may be ., sold' out of the 'State after '113701'
1 -and liOnlave not' now belonging to a
-ien 'Of the State, may hereafter ;he intro:?
i duee4. ) She, tire sieve population in
Missouri:was," in. 'IBW nearly font' hundred
and :fifteen tithusatia:'
responsibility isus? iaid f
upon Christians In Missouri. They. are
bound, : at i onno,teiinstitute,wise-naans; and
r to use theur‘diligentirto'preparesthe slaves,
Yr,
I for fr. - Same 3 , alid•Ilto prepare' Titbit° sen .
meat' s(Tto•-iooli' and't"rest` the }'that free
:door ma"y,be o them a: aen fiti both; ter(
'Para.l l Y a4 13 1).44) 1 4 1 .17;,,J , -
' - 1 , 13 j;11 1' . 41 r4 • ;;:, t '
'Church, of ...Fairview.77-This recent organ
izationi,rilit;,Ohi44greibtery,-; now ;L three
"" ""il 4T 4' . Wee - •
:3 , ,empe - . ems ten , iyea en yig
' .=
crone • • 'lifer -L
ihado;ont,for f the , ply3tp* services of
Wtql been- preaching
there for , soreetimei - .-TheYlai , e ereciied a
fine 'ehitrah'-e'diftOe; are free from left; and
hava upwards ,or one Initidied
Gating „luetoers,..,with- a, Sine proappot,,for
growth , ' and comfort. . t
latto Collfgepint.--At theAate C9m
nenbelpetiti. the degree <of D.D.- was eon
;f,eired Rev VititraA.m 'BRtritimr; ''and
Rev/ Roraii.r C:AtiinstEwe.' , '
IL BAlark'diia at Alioona, ,Pa.; on
the sth inst
111 r.• CLAzi had long been
,by, aiokn;R s He yeas'a, 09431,i1w,
gowl.,pgaaoher f iand a good --pastei-.3' He ,
resta..fronildalab t ors, and leairea many eon-
Farts to hilVßilater,' . ivho : will revere' his
memory.
e. P .
Foreignkord, h ree ,ts
aein v o l irledged,"(faingtie month of May
Domestic Missions, - - -*- $ 2,901.54
Education • ' - - - •I 2,187.14
Foreign Waiting, - 1- 11,094.85
Fublicationr—Sales, - - -- - - 4,680.93
' - 4,280.21
Church Extension, - .1,076.71
w4ECCLESIASTICAL.
MEM
•S, , • *: -,
11407:1/Tn)(0.400Tgir. 'lra@ .; i n stall ed 'at
N, OH:
_Presbytery ,! - .4
plizab - pttki.it*Adp, l .:', • , ,
Mr. CHARLES D..KELLOGIO, a licentiate of
the Second New-York Presbytery, has
accepted a call to the First church, Wil
mington, Delaware.
Mr. JAMES M. MAXWELL has received a
call to the church of Kirkwood, Missouri.
Rev. WILLIAM MoELwrit was installed
pastor of the Fifteenth Presbyterian
church, in the city of Philadelphia, by
the Presbytery of Philadelphia, on Sab
bath evening, June 21.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
NEW-ENGLAND.
AT THE recent session of the Conference
of the Congregational Churches of Maine,
an interesting essay Was read on the sub
ject of preaching to We make
the following quotation
•
"When .will the. church as; a body : un
•derstand that ,words are, not. necessmily:
tbouglits,, that elaborate. senteneeli„are i , not,
- always the equivalent of good:, .sense,; and
3 that plain, artless, easy :•,:to;
stood language is not, only compatible *Qv ;
. but, essential to. clearness; perettasivenesso
and force. I; ,Can it, be doubted abot.,if: tbe.
oratory - of i the; pulpit. were-in this respect-,
, broughtliiiterjoai'er l likeness. to:.tbat of"the.
platform;:the Mar, and-the;hails.of. ,legisl
tiol3, L the,peoplewenld Was yell - instructed.
—perbaps ,more deeply J and, durabjy
.'pressed—arid the children of,' our congre-.
-, gatioPs wonld-not bemo no -pit.* * xonnowto
rSmplain - ;f4tt4rAtirik•iir!
• any - ;shatt„lin'il..tlcle :,PrAvs.tlioee 'of, the :sane-.
tnary, Brethren, in; regard to ithis:matter;
; „.huge Fxkosy .. ,mtah . eitr•4*.W.loteeds.l .
Let. ; us, tiA- preparatiou o our : ,dis-, -
courses, reject .unsparingly:thesik elaborate;
forms of• phraa9ology,, , that havO,Wotbing to
recommend ; , ahem • -hqt, ytheir giudiptieg-, or
glitter, . and ,•prefer- to them, -.that. 'sound
speech • that cannot.. be.con,dengiall,!.benanae
not, only as; to: ma t ter :•.9c1 1 48,tookWith
leNrilibleePeet 9t,MlMeer'
'to, the„,domprebension e of, 01.1nbo seek • to
know and to walk.in the WAY •
. . -
On the supposition that snolitivityle of
preaching lOW' ihtuirdistill,aittihriletiesble,
;the'esSayist Igoe' neeeamty opecial
lessiOns and 8R813 . 181. 41831‘10es-77 1 ,‘„81rpne8., in
iwbieh -All the-Tarts. shall be.-level.o,4,he
oppioitian4 comprehension of the alibi of
-,eirlielive or sir jieers eif , age." ' -••• •
minisiera,wh9 eat? . `preach wq*
Skiitlts find difficult Pielch aceoptobly
a•
nd : effectively to children-; still there.le
no• , -one. who is so' far i'disqualifieltis4o!
.be justifiable 'in ' keeping • out. of "view; lit'
:the 'ministration? 'of . ,l ille`iro'rd; sph.- -;
IN A AECENT...oM 3 2l.l43oB:thc!..Ainerr
ioan Congregational H W. ,
.Beecher is said to,ha ? e nttetied tie follow='
inejiiimage • -
,
• to be heartil, afraid .: of -them
Itbe:olergYlwith their veneribleli4i4ith
•4,heir . .imm!zyise., gold-headed , easels ; with
their .:,p _
corpAiosily (for they. had
Jibe' frilfilment e. promise, of , the e ifs
?'•thiit.npvr is, ,in } those, and mith . : that
intOlirehics they7bigi,
,bent the Catechism saki me these vile
questions which f never con d answer."
• The verin'4 , lo?)'igti,l(Odt`O t .ii'liiirg on
Attie .above-eztiact; . ttun arkir •
We 5,74 tO ktioiy:ifCtingregationaliem
hue Talteli•SO iiiaraitci'felloishi as v
:applaud a man who this , vilifies and ridi
-coke her once - fevered standar4 of doctrine?
Eliciliiie•no,vioie s elof'pretest to raise against
P,the ;itefOribetton :Catechism by the
merry mak .nduieker ‘s• Of Plymouth pill-,
Y..• Plymouth-end:Beecher ! What an
meongrnoits -.association of names'l•-• Ply
`Mouth pointnni t 6 . our forefathers; Whose
',TearlieredescendantStrevered:the Catechism.
v ileeeller) to.tha,i ee:ielm:Stigmatises, it as a
'',1 144 , - ,VZ...` vile geteseioglei%-- -.
: •,;,,..
• - 1 4:Nengveg1,419 3 4 1 44 1 8.. 3 i",5tme: pr.ostitti
tect,herself, to thclog.riink,of ygifying the
j deePied4 l 44l4 -; 4 lt dleg fekiers; -we do
not. woniler, ibe, *IONA odor. out - of, New
"Englana: ~.,11110,4paervento ibe.so, among 4_411
true.4efeMiere ef e .the , .feith4mice. delivered.
''to thesaints. rßgt r iwe Alo t oet u believe she,
has yet suillp;so,' l ltri ; : we .believe diet a
„vast ninjolZlO- of,her clergy•and; . her mem, :
" .- bership i .:repc)
,mriplk. indignation ~...(eilenth i
Xx. 1.4 1 .41, Antt
'`.snah, ,vile assault ,:unon., her standards, of
'faitkiiii..thot i made: by the • reverend gentle-.
l!idan fi'ala-Jkookly l 4.l; tßis..o.olo(lQ*s has;
Etigarso.t,of- E it •Ain
no )(mot Ate;dentote4.". .• f it; -
A" Ilbrovesrorrnkry Orthci qUoniqq&
*bin
* -
i - • • ,
ahire,
gives the • following : instance
.• ;‘, s • " Milt •
4Having for several years noticed•lheute-
Anowledgment of large donationafroiri
thia•States to otitharimis benevo-:
leikt.sooieties a note, was 'recently addressed'
liatipaetorr nialtinviorite >inquiries ,don
i,ellriiing to' whiali anlainswar:lhas; been
!reefraid. 'emumunicati Iftillowingc• in-'
Airestiagdiietir: ;lie is * , bachelor-, lives into
. .,cemxtionrfamily; fan d mil a price for,
kibia - , board' i taki n g. ostr3, : rof.,,hinteelfrl pri o el- ,
.;pally;:evem to mendingehisf, OWn stockings:
i'Aillhile•habitssare. of isim;ilartkindrt IBesis
~nat'..a.intember of 'any tioh&elr,.. and' mikes
tr 33 o 'pretension. to religion;ilet he. its a
sonMi, niorala. l an d, of, -religions
;property; bo:otie - Jiows ;bid , hum-3
qtaelfkhow, much hevpo'Sseases, hut the is not
7.4llppOs* . to te,moalthy: ,eincl,h&nnataer,cif
:.',gtwitift...•ke is oneEot. getilthotiftend: , There.
:severaL,benexpleottsoeletiee.to
ilbe ;eriegnlarly 'I giVesi ; I one; hundred ,dol-
Nisisitoniee every 7sio- , ..ationtha ,:or: , there
Ablokits. Jalways ready
Ao_ give ; to every good: eanie: .1:11is charities
..ofteuitemount totsl,2ootann:tially,•and some-
Alines moredctuhan.ithisd*He-,isii says 'his
potion 4. very . , mall ) ~and this is I
1 4 0 1 140414. 1,
can saybilhinionr,clept, that =he i
,is lanai's man as it is gonventent: to, have in
‘ ll 4% , ,rmallnitYr- *
,0 40 ) ~o , ,, ' soistikifgt•AtO•
. .ProxY l ,l4.,Vailm.o3llmlB.o - 13047pyipg
=
A Icratiaim , inetliem4ratc7smoii‘and)Rel.
/plea&
tho
rem :;5.'., Y1 rn
"'hie w,ere ..a.:ponsummationvierAajrly
most devontlyito wishedi; Rad jt 38 88011,
*newt; that a,large
ential - :breibrepi'Pedobaptista and*Baptiets,
have their. hearts set on . its accomplish- .
,men t. "'May ; kheieybe,no„toonice stickling for
terms,,syd,eianding out fer„first slyeTl4oB,
on eiter In suche"iideayerstehott ohm::
ati °' 3B !t.PAPPA btfOrgbilk9ii! 7 09,ve ikst
land farthest,Aowar4 Winton ,gri n
ciple is not, sacrificed, : are swat : . praise-.
Worthy." •. ; ":" .
Tax RSV'. Cg. Rzza Oray.xLAND, who
~has been foriforty,'years : * city missionary,
in Beaten,and ! gene rally. known ::as "
" Father_ ;Cliveland,".6Oreaohed,-last week,
in the , ..qpringfiel4,otreek-elfurih, :a-,sermo n
.in commemoration .of hie annetytfirst birth;
.day. He...infused into his die:go:arse* flit ,
anthviger, rfkrely_fotind in one•so' ld
•
..Tun NEW ORGAN for the Music Hall,
Boston, is 47 feet wide, 18 deep, and 70
high; contains 6,500 pipes, 86 through
stops, and hat four manuals, it weighs be
tween 65 and 70 tone; and will cost com
plete about $50,000.
IT IS SAID that Hon. Thomas H. Sey
mour, of Hartfoird, is the recipient, from
the Emperor of Russia, of one of the thirty
copies of the history of his coronation,
lately published in Paris, at a cost of
$250,000.
NEW-YORK.
A 001t111U3PONDSNT of the Evangelist"
writing of the late meeting of the Reformed
Dutch Synod , says: • •
. .
" A rambling debate sprung np in the
Spica on a report which alluded rather de-,
preciatiugly to a pastor who had left his
eharge..and joined the army as, a soldier.
The Whole subject was finally dropped, but
enough leaked out 4u the .debate, to show
that4hi„leading 'men of the Synod were
. oppoled featpre of. the Conscription
mite pastors of chprphes sub
jeut to 4raft.. S'ome Fere in favor of meet
ing the. question squarely and boldly, and
it looks as if ,it might come up -before the,
Synod, closes." • .„,_.
The Christian intelligencer observes, in
regard to this statement': -
"The writer .was misinformed. The re
pork,referred to was the annuV, report of
tlii-ltoard•Vf Domestic Misiti r cini.. it !nide
no ,stich deprecating allusion as charged.
It simply stated that' one' of the missiona
ries of the Board, while underits pay and
without its knowledge, had left his post
and enlisted in the army as'a, private. The
debate that ensued was on a motion to
strike out of the report all reference to the'
cave. -Nothing was- 'Said 'about the eon
sciiptitin of minigteis:";''
-Tan OnsMivsit in ail, obituary notice
of Admiral Foote, who died recently in
New-York City, sags'
• " During and shortly befOre
his 'death,' he manifested his" characteristic
nobleness character 'by Urgently:request
ing that Oniiiinidnie Dupont Should . * as- :
siitea that;hili appointiiienti
was" made-entiicely without his soliiitaticip,
'mid that obeying orders
accepting it. He' was 'sustained lij a .calm
and . peaceful hope of heaven,titit illustrated
in-his death the triumphs of Drina giace;
obtaining in his last hour his greatest
•
Tip(leii:itgaGrmozz takes the fOlo,wing
iatvepiiton:• toclie i rtaing,viewa 'elepresied by
.DriO , Witylitueln ;hi% Areotnitly
Nrokle'ihe — aiipiel. It
• 1. •
AT I "
r •
fi,Dr.,.Waylandis.boOk is based upon the
) sAate of,thiegs in Congregational and
,Beitist Ohurches of New-England.. He
.thiiluKthat An the
*and g,geeral taste,, elegance,
, llityPry,tiqp, a regard:fox
. the pro
-Pl7oeB, Pf ; lifer Alive eepplanted She faithful
prwhing .of. the ticepel,.aniA 4he preacher
has .heiieree, or aimed, to, hecersok a, polished
esehiii . krigher than an ~e arnest
. herald of
,the,orose. • How this may b4s„in..the East.
, ere. tiker . we Ao.. pot haply,: tout, it is cer
tai,i4.eot-, the lase Arr, ihe".Prktoh. Church.
kuvffi.o l 4 cArKainiste , r B )
whateyey, have, are,
as a ber4 t faltful.to, the ,cotemiesion they
bear.. I,,The Gospel is proclaituptwith fidel
ity and simplicity, ,and if sinners perish,
they perish without excuse. Of course,
among hundrida of preachers there, must
be ,seirielybo protest ,about the things.4mn
nee*, with religion, rather than, Issieb,
warn * exhoxt,, and entreat, according to„.the
New. 1 14 . 4preept,ides r of f apibassadwror...
Chrisf , ; , but
,Aerm . ere - eAceytions. The
general rule.ip..the other way."
Tax Christian intaligencer. has the fol.
leviinem regard to the recitation of the
creed in the Reformed 'Dutch ghtireh :
1‘ The. Gene* . Synod,.' during, recent
;ilefflA9.! l l !gave on tar! €I II §X.I99PROka of
it: 8 :90/490/YeSPePtiPg tal....ProPnet.Tl9t_rel
`attn.* creed alnud i by the ; body of NMI..
t intinicis4a at they Lord ' s tat 4 As the.
Bev. br Gokytoni v4Lo read the form of ad
firlinistiatien,,began .-th e , Apostles'. : -Creed,
its members 4, §ploil ; began 'with ,him its
landilAtkrecite_tion, according to former cus,
'tom, and in conipkianee wi th the language
'hf the established form. We suppose that
14w be disposed to question
,the high
ituthority of tliiii'-liefrtting Pieereent, and
'Vepat that ere. long: it-w-illl. mire to:be the
ufage.in every church withinvor boneiday
i . • : • .
' talfoTll theyfollowitigthel.Baia
it•iit't in regard
1134 lately madeOitY
ig The clergy of Philadplphip,..of all, tic
nominations,,; iftinherl.cfniKpr,ope
thund j . 44l h P id, t l OLl o _ o l#44,in. flit% church
- 6 f Ahe .i*PhaPYnsoP..,•liond.fLyt
AeTTR,F72.,NPvin 11119.eau0,1P01(?-034ry and
aditraffraAhreathimAhe,vyarmeiApatriotipm
an4dS9WagNwPfe Tii1 43 . 1 )9A liPnber
:iiuep. j feel pg. ael t gatintred from the,
speeches' was that, in view - of the pricinini,
4 rmliN fr4 l ,tk.'flPfgY, otith9.:( 4 litY 4E40; not
Qff men, to tender.
tb
'worydn. ches,.shoilder „the ninsket,_
or .4, any way whi9.4 hiP•illddm,c!RP
'dictate, rends Ail meet AGA: Ad
. f l igNIPS.4l€",-imPi&."Fa_ 1 . 1 qn4tA and malignant
fOe,, kid
.preventing tia,a, longer pesepratiol
of the . soil ;of th State, by the tr ead. pf
invadpie. ,Thpy feel. that ihoy .could ,not
ask members .ofr :their, congregaiione- and
other citizens; to rally ,to thp i dpfpnce
their homes, _rinless they shoul d fl pt 1411
the way. They dlalared .they.,:arara , . sat
moved , primarily
~ to demi:RA*4,4)i
the moral inflneneeit might exert hi arena.
ing . ottiirtija . patriotio and manly exeitne,
butt .the; deep conviction ~tlno-, it „A.m.
their, 4.14 as it was their desiie, not only
to premitk, : amt Arab :fill; :to_ pledge t ,thenr, ,
m uoe, fhivmrvicm of. their,conntiy".;;,. ]
AT TlENtrelfdoicoolpiniviion of the Seeend''
Itifoligedithalgh . .ebureh' 'of Philadelphiv
bf ithieVll44o9: - De• Witt Talniageiii pint=
nineteenopirebne were admitted. to. the
#riiileges rot f the eh u re h 82
!date and foie on eonfesiiiotr:'lTitetzniiet
*leBei 7 -iierris leads of.-Sudill*itindelniry
,tirourinent penile - if
IMMMI
• " • For me Presbyterian Banner.
gu PPi ieg Presbytery of
* i
the
Stdcalirg:`
At the June meeting%of the Presbytery .
of, Saltsburg, the-, following supplies were:
appointed : _
Warren—Kr. , GrAves, , Fourth Sabbath
of. July. .Mr. -, P , . ,, Orr i ,lSeeond Sabbath , of
August. Mr, J. -E. • 'Caruthers Fourth
Sabbath of. August.; Dr: Donald;lon,. Pint:
Sabbath,.: of 11. September .: Mr. Kennedy;
Third apbbattoet September.
Zyuarß
ball!. in July. 14.r..J. E. Carutheric,First.
Eiathath 4rlSpargtn,yearbir...
Satliath ja -A;ngnet : Mr. Irwin', 11`ifth,
Sabbath in August. Mr. Bollman, Second
Sabbath in September.
Ventre—Mr. McElwain, one day at dis
cretion.
Saltsburg (during the absence of the
pastor in the Army of the Cumberland,)—
Mr. F. Orr, Second Sabbath of July. Dr.
Donaldson, Third Sabbath of July. Mr.
John Orr, Fourth Sabbath of July. Mr.
Irwin, Second Sabbath of August. Mr.
Mechlin, Third Sabbath of August. Mr.
J. E. Caruthers, Fourth Sabbath in August.
Mr. Kuhns, (Er. Lutheran,) Fifth Sabbath
of August: Mr. Morgan, First Sabbath of
September; to administer the Lord's Sup
per. Mr. Townsend, Second Sabbath of
September.
At the same meeting, Messrs. John Orr,
T. D. Ewing, and B. Sloan, were licensed
to preach the Gospel.
W. W. WOODEND, Stated Clerk.
Per the Presbyterian Banner.
,MENPIip3 ) 'Tenn., June 24, 1863.
MESSRS.' EDITORS :—For more than
twelve months past, this city has been oc
cupied by the Union forces, and as it is a
point of much importance, the news re
ported from here,
especially if' pertaining
to military affairs have by your readers no
doubt as well. 'as others, been looked after
and read with deep interest. Illjty I not
hope to awaken the interest of some of
them while I make an appeal; not in be
half of the "Army of the Tennessee," but
in behalf of ismall company of the great
Sunday School - ariny stationed at this post.
At the breaking out of the rebellion we
bad four Old School Presbyterian church
es in idemPhi s s. " Two large and flourishing
ones, and two smaller and of later orgapi
aation—all of which hid regular pastors.
One of these, at a very early period of the
war, went out' as a Captain in the rebel
army, and was not long afterwards, forbad
and unchristian 'conduct, not only snspen
ded from the ministry,, but also dismissed
from, or coniPella . to, - resign - his position
in the army, anorit now, I' believe, at the
head of a company of roaming guerrillas.
Another has, within ,the past few days
taken a trip, northward; whether for the
improvement of his health or the benefit
of his politiasl iipitern lam n ot ' able to
say.
All personalinrisilemiliting in our lines,
are, in aceoidance 'with Gen: Iltilbert's
•Order, No. 65, supposed' o have taken the
.oath of allegiance , • te, t ; he United States •
but in several instances, by some means,
passes have been obtained to go North with
out copplying with this order.
A third one ta Northern man, too, by the
• way,) who from,the outset has been an un
aompromising secessionist, still remains
here, and• appears to have a flourishing con
gregation. Whether he"has taken the
I
oath, or whether - Gen. nilburt has ex
•empted him, Ido not know. As a general
gale the niost, bitter secessionists here are
Ithe ones who receive Federal official favors.
Of the history of the other, the Second
Presbyterian Church, and its pastor, Dr.
Grundy, your readers are perhaps all more
or less familiar. Suffice it here to say, that
owing-to political and other differences, the
ehurch bicarne divided, and •by the action
of a committee of the Presbytery, Di:. G.
ceased to be its pastor;.,and iince s the wan-.
Teflon of the city 4,•thelln:ton r. 131, it is
.as a Presbyterian `church, entirely .broken
up, and is now 'olibied by no particular.
denoinination • lit ivies r by the name of
" Union Chapel" Services are conducted
in it regularly, principally by the Chaplains
in "the - ,hospitals: The, church is' usually
pretty, well filled. 'Many officers and sol
diers, attend; . ,also, a few old ,resident Un
ionists, and , more , that haie lately settled
here. There is iliac) a Sabbath School eon
;fleeted with it; and though I have di
graiied, it was for the iiirpose of 'speak
ing of it that I undertook to write this
communication. ,
Tfic - Behoo, I fiad zlitilltbßPrganised;
of-
I fivers 0114tred:..Ate; a number of chil
i dreh gatlierisd'beiej and, also, a goodly
soldiers ettend4-siUe* regularly,
and some oceasionally = and we already
have two Soldiers? Bihle Classes. We have
'a, sufficient number of 'ewer and earnest
men and womenie In fact we think,
;we bitieall:the'nekiresary braterial for doing
a gokidcAirotiyeicept We have no
betTeiw bOokes-Of any kind, and
no &Udall; bufthein"viith. All our •mon
hisullowed" up in the
Maeliiffone•oteecessiini.- Will not some
one+esibe rmsy -had this; and who has of
tbietwbild's goose'" erkiuglr, and 'to spare,"
bit) , r`and:send no a steal- library ? We
lxiclFe for very small children,
`and siirdelflir thdee farther adiariced. The
'soldiers would also welcome some saitable
, readiyigniitter: A - riapir which could be
disaibiated Icr , the children.' every Sabbath;'
Would' be a great heiV.
Thiti-iit i - thitan Ilibbath We
ds not-cl i nini i ae ( Pregbyterilin`f tint 'its far
as the writeenu 1314 that par
ticular Xidtlittiliall' fiat ignored:' Ind we
hopiY yet`. at' "fOttre dat i qo' SO the
Second'Presb~ft an churth '. o~ id his,
againb ciiniqatte at, nista heiL ortlniFireist.
fainilk, of , Presbytelitins• of"the ilERII! A:
We' want the' hcio4 slid $4(10; tiot
y. -? - 39% c riot i llArj . tlieik:itereP Pr" wet
hadimsiiay•Aiylititfflcir' or kothleircittiole
vidiessedtWP Ibid *ilerstgneeetare - ' of= A.
P. Bttrditt-aint'oo:. : l will 'lie
ceived• and Nthfcdirlipiiiiiiriitedl.44...":"*-
, t . 1 ' Akapf:Oimtnizrii;
J.!!:'' ;.: rPr-P 0 ItiriV/MWri siamor'. •
-,AThilralkylory of 411egiony •
Kett atoßwll. iCriekion. the 23aLof • JuseLL - .
thicanelting, 'AK ilVvjtrOottOW
was; ordain eilv and • initialled! zoo"- faster- of
:Bull - '
,
,s Rev. LW/IPAiiiiridson•was • nmietiieduf#om
:the Presbytery of Washington. -grillsfroan
the elittrehesuf.Portersvillwend/iit. Nebo
were, placed in his hands, fright Committee
lwag' ,ll, PPointed , to install '.ldist Wet these
.ehurches. • hin' t ; • .
Mr. liospaiduto
Ipreaoh :the Gospel. , ..e.i•Juttni „,
Mr.!: John . W. Petterkiikilieentlite, was
iieceisred from this RailabyferrotAllegheny
.. A call fismilthei:tltiteh .of Plains
•wasTlaeed and , Whenr he bad
.passed throngle %We liana& trials 'with ap
probation irreshytery • appointed ;hie ordi
untionrand4ritallation as pagstor of Plains
obnrch i t tostake place' on the SendedVnes
'day of rSeptertiber. Si •
The. ,- .paatoraVielation between Rini; J.
V. Miller .and _Westminster ,shuifaii, Was
dissolved.
t The following 11,4131!Art.ttall 2aupplies was
.*dopted qv; pti3 f!, c.: ;
3 .Leesburg -- -Learr. to `obtain supplies. till
:next meeting. -;•;!) •
Westmitister-Firitt *(Sabbath
tl i tr. , MoPholwriwav•Third Sabbath ef4nly,
Thiid Sabbath in August,
MT. jacksonv , Piltic Sabbath in August,
.Mr. Ogden. Thialteabbath in September,
LMr. Pherrin:‘
This:kneating.- of Presbytery-was a fall
one, atutit'ewharrnoniow3 and pleasant, and
- in- these nkipeettii lust such a'ineeting as we
:are accustomed- to' have iti - this-Presbytery.
'4' J. R: , CouvrEß,43tated Clerk.