Vreslaittrin WI annex PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1863 The Western University of Pennsylvania has issued its Catalogue for the year ending June 26, 1863 The year now closed was one of the most successful which the In stitutiOn has enjoyed. The total number of students was 166. Regular collegiate classes are now formed, and Pittsburghers have the opportunity of giving their sons a classical education while retaining them as boarders and lodgers at home. The at tention paid to the French and. German Languages, and to Military Tactics, are important features in the instruction. • Fellowship Illeetings.—On our first page we give, as furnished by a correspondent, an interesting account, from JOHN BROWN of"Harldington, .of the Fellowship Meet- ings of olden times. It may be read, with profit. And there are places where such meetings might still be held, greatly to the edification of both the aged and the young. In mar day the Church does not make 'sift: ficient account of social religion. We are not altogether in favor_ of the. Class Meet ings 'of, our Methodist brethren. They excellences; but evils 'also attend them. Could not somethin,:: be devised to preserve, and even to excel, their benefits, and,yet avoid their objectionable features ? Christians might find out some way in Which social influences .would contribute greatly to their comfort and advancement in knowledge, •and growth in grace. VICKSBUIIG The falfof Vicksburglitiy be considered thus far, the' evPnt. of the war. It gives us substantially. the command of the Missis sippi river. Port Hudson must soon fall. Having that river, that inland sea, as Mr. (lAratoubt called it, the Confederate terri tory is divided. To. keep 'it open will re qtiire'a strong military police, but we have . the gunboats all ready for the service,.and more in building if more are needed. New Orleans being possessed and the navigation of the Mississippi being maintained free nod-safe, an immense amount of trade must return to its old channels. • Gen. GRANT deserves well of his coun try. Our Western heroes have shown their bravery, and their capability of en durance: The rebel hope of buying Wes tern sympathy at the price of the free nav igation of the river, must now perish. The Mississippi is a bond of union. Let that bond be held by us most tenaciously, RETALIATION. There is very great 'danger of war de scending to savageism. And the danger is greater in a civil war than in any other, unless it be a servile war.' There have been already several instances on bath sides in our present war, of executions of al ledged 'traitors and spies.. Retaliation has been threatened on each side; and now there is danger of its actual commencement. We see it stated that at the Libby pris on, Richmond, on July 7th-, two of our captains out of seventy-four who were there as prisoners, were selected by let to be shot in retaliation for the shooting of Captains WM. F. CORBIN and T. J. Mc- GnAw, by Gen. BunnslDE, at Sandusky, Ohio, on the 15th of May last. The lot fell upon Capt. 11. W. SAWYER, of the N. J. Cavalry, and Capt. JOEIN FLINN of the Indiana Infantry.. They are to be kept in close confinement till a day shall be fixed for their execution. Unflinching firmness and great wisdom are needed in the authorities at W.;shing ton, to maintain the right and avoid cru elty. Government has notified the rebel authorities, that if these men are shot, the retaliation will be severe. PATRIOTISM OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC. At the celebratien of the Fourth, at Brooklyn, by the Young, Men's Catholic Association, the orator of the day, EDWIN JAMES, after having 'condemned some of the measures of the Government, is rep rt ed as having proceeded thus Do you believe that this great republic, • this national consolidation of States, can ever be restored ?" is the question now *upon everylip.. A considerable party in this country, anemany of deserved influ ence, from their, talents and their position, advocate "peace." He ventured to differ from, them. At this juncture the demand for peace should not come from the North, nor be canvassed, while one single rebel holds. a sword within • his grasp. " Lay down your arms," he would say to them, and he will be the very first to put an end to this internecine struggle. We were at peace—why are we not at peace now ? The North' has not waged the war for any :purpose of aggression or conquest, but it has heen forced upon us in self-defense. You,_ the South, had the Constitution and the lams, the Ese`cutive, the Congress; and the .courts were controlled by yourselves. You were dissatisfied with legal proceed ings and constitutional remedies. You heve grasped the sword, and brought the horrors and the guilt of this civil war upon the country. You have aimed at the. destruction of a. Government by which your interests have been protected and fa vored. You have severed the bonds Of the Union, an d canceled thi compact which se cured peace. Youltred upon the flag, the sacred shield of our nationality. You seized the national forts, and plundered the national arsenals: You' cried, " Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war" on the loyal citizens of Western Virginia. Yon poured your armies into the peaceful valleys of Tennessee and Missouri. Yon have dis aolved the dream of peace and happiness which slumbered over half the Western hemisphere. You have caused the widows' tears, and the orphans' suppliant cry. The cry for peace is to•come from you, and you only. This is .the language which, he thought, should be addressed to .armed re bellion. Mr. JAMB rejected the idea of 44 subju gation." lie thought the thing waviin praoticablel and that , those *bp used the word bad forgotten all the lessons of his tory. But be said "an ignoble peace would be a national degradation." A VISIT TO GREENSBURG, PA. Au occasional notice of a country church, or•a village church, may possess something or general -interest; and as editors occa sionally ramble a little, they may be per mitted to talk, (if they can do so wisely,) about their visits. • Greensburg is the seat or justice of Westmoreland County, Pa. It is about thirty miles from Pittsburgh, on the Penn sylvania Railroad, and we, on the 4th of July, took a very pleasant ride thither. We tarried with our valued friend, Rev. JOSEPH SMITH, D.D.,. till Monday, occu pying his pulpit on the Sabbath, and aid ing him in a sacramental service. The day was fine, and a large and attentive congre gation were present. About one hundred and fifty persons participated in the com munion. The congregation retains ' the good old custom of presenting themselves, literally, at the "table." They rise and come, as invited and willing guests, at the call of the Master. The custom, tows , has charms. There re in it an appropriateness, and . expressiveness_; and to many it-bas somesweet reminiscences. It carries, in these -Western regions, the advanced-Chris tian back to his first , love, and recalls his early vows, and makes him think of all the way in which, the Lord has led him. The Presbyterian church at Greensburg Was organised about the year 1.800 ; the, first record 'of a stated preacher for the place being the appointment, by, the Pres:, bytery of Redstone, of. Rev. JOHN BLACK.. A sketch of the life of Mr. BLAOK. May, be found in. Dr. Er.moTT's Life of Macurdy. The next preacher, and he was pastor of the congregation, was Rev. Wikr. SPEER. Mr. SPEER became' a member of the Pres bytery of Redstone in April, 1803, and ac cepted.calls from the congregations of Unity and greensburgh, which churches composed his charge during the residue of his life. He died April 26th, 1829. Mr. SPEER was succeeded by Rev. ROB ERT HENRY, the next April, he accepting the same charge and continuing in it dur-, ing his life. , After Mr. HENRY'S death the. congregation of Greensburg became much agitatedby the,Old and New Sand controversy.; so much .so that: it dixided. The Old School portion then united with Mt. Pleasant congregation, and:called Rev. JAMES BROWESON , who was their pas tor from Nov., 1841, to Jan., 1.849. 'Rev. Wm. D. MOORE became the, next pastor in the United charge, but in 1851 he resigned at Mt, Pleasant, and, soon after wards left Greensburg, removing" to the South. The. New School, brethren in Greensburg had now pretty generally re-, turned to their old connexion, and the con= . gregation thus strengthened, settled Rev. DAVID KES NE.DY. This relation was dis solved in 1855; and in the year following, that is, in 1856, the present happy, connex ion with Dr. 8141ITII was formed. Under Di. SMITH'S ministry the church has, en joyed it precious revival and become greatly. strengthened. The, present number of communicants 'on the list is about two hun dred. Greensburg-is beautifully situated. The streets, buildings, fixtures, &c., indicate taste, ease, and comfort. - There are about twelve hundred inhabitants. The court bailie is a fine building. There are ten or ganized congregations, having nine chtirch edifices. Several of the churches are brick structures, sufficiently tasteful, and capable each of accommodating four hundred or five hundred worshippers: At this rate, you will say, two or three churches would contain the whole population, So they would if there were no - worshippers but towns people. Greensburg, however, is in the midst ,of a •well settled country, and the denizens, from miles around, flock in on the Sabbath; to attend at "the Lord's sanctuary. • It. is, on some accounts, to bp regretted, that people do not unite 'more numerously, in forming religious societies. They could much better erect comfortable churches, and sustain their pastors, and Contribute to works of benevolence. But these divis ions into small societies, are not an Unmit igated evil. People are thus more happy in their freedom of choice, and the popu lation of a country or town is more.eotn pletely interested in sustaining religion's ordinances, acid even rivalships have some beneficial influences. .We love freedom in religion, as well as in other things. It is a favor bestowed upon. Zion, and when used "wisely, in a spirit of love, it results in ben vfits. HOW .GOVERNMENT REWEE'THE NEWS OF VICTORIES. Every wise man will, in the light of Christianity as well as of patriotism, be desirous to know bow "the powers" who represent him and rule over him, re ceive tidings of God's providential dispen sations toward the country. According as the rulers of a people conduct themselves, so may that people es.pect to be dealt with by the Ruler of nations. Hence the first qualification' in a ruler is a righteous spirit. He should be a good man, in• the. Christian sense of the word. " A good man obtain,- eth favor of the Lord." On the arrival of the tidings of the re cent successes of our arms, under General GRANT, a large number of the people of. Washington sailed upon the President and his counsellors, and receive gratulation& We give the President's speech in full, as we find it reported, and some extracts from othei speeches : THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH "Fellow Citizens: I am very glad indeed to see you to-night, and yet I will not say I thank you for this call; but I do most sin cerely thank Almighty God for the occa sion on which you have called. [Cheers.] How long ago is it—eighty-odd years-- since; on: the Fourth of July, for the first time in the history of the world, a nation, •by its representatives, assembled, and de clared as a sellevidenettruth that' alimen are created equal.' [Cheers.] That' was thetirth-day of the United States of Amer PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.--WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1863. ica. Since then the Fourth of July has had several peculiar recognitions. The two most distinguished men in the framing and support - of the Declaration, THOMAS JEFFERSON and JOHN ADAMS the one having penned it and the other sus tained it most forcibly in debate—the only two of the fifty-five who sustained it being elected President of the United States. Precisely fifty years after they ,put their hands to this paper, it pleased Almighty God to take both from the stage of action. , This was indeed an extraordinary and re markable event in our history. Another President, five years after, was called from the, stage of existence on the same. day and month of the year; . and now, in this last Fourth of July just p&ased," when we have a gigantic Rebellion, at the bottom of which is an effort, to overthrow the princi ple that all men 'w ere created equal, lye have the surrender of a most powerful pa , sition and army on. that very day, [cheers] and , not .only so, but in a succession of bat tles in. Pennsylvania, near to us, throigh three days, so rapidly 'fought that they might be called one great battle on the lst 2d and 3d of the month, of ,july,; and on the 4th the cohorts of those who OppOsed the, declaration that, all men .are Created equal, turned ' and run. [Long and continued' cheers.] GentleMbi, this is a glorious theme, and the occasion for a speech; butl OM not prepared'ed make one worthy of the'.oceasion.: I would like to speak in terms of praiSe due to the many brave officers and soldiers_ who have.fought in tho cause" of the Union•and liberties of the country from the beginning-ofthe war. There are trying, occasions,, not daily in success; but: for the want of success. • 'dis like to mention the name,of one single offi cer lest i. Might" do Wrong. to those I might, forget. :Recent events bring up glorious names, and. particularly ,promiitent: ones, but these I will ,not „mention. • Haying, said, this much,.." will now:take the ixtusie.'.' SECRETARY STANTON " Paid many flattering; compliments says the reporter, " to .Gen: GRANT, also to Gen. MADE ": He eoncludeci thus "The ,saine strategy, the same'`- bravery, the same indomitable zeal, whieit'have driven the. enemy. from: the Wok's of the Mississippi, and the,_banks of the Bisque henna, will, in a very Short period, drive every armed rebel from the - field,apd every Copperhead to, his den.':' " Alluded to the time when he first . took command of the Western army, two years ago, Since' then GRANT, had been :under his Commend. He had fought fifteen' hat, ties and won fifteen victories: Er was in. Vicksburg on "{the Fourth; ..he will u in Port Hudson td4riew or next SEbittfliit SEWARD:S:, Remarks are reported at great length. A: portion of theni were as follo*: " When I saw commotion uprising into civil life, I thought, it consistent with,'the duty of a patriot and a Christian Co. ayert the civil war if it was possible, and I tried' to du so. If this was weakness, I found what seemed.-an instruction ezcusing_it in theprayer ofnur-.Sa.viour,,that the cup, the lull bitterness of which was understood by, himself alone, might :pass.. .But. I found,' also, instruction ,to duty in-his resigna-, tion : Nevertheless not my will but thine be done.' , When it was clear that without fault on. your part or, mine the, civil war was inevitable, I then thought it consistent' with the duty of a patriot and a Christian, to take, care that the vier should be beggn not, by the friends of the Union, but, by its, enemies—so that in maintaining the: Union we should not only maintain the cause of our country, but should be 'maintaining it in righteous-selfdefence. Aggression, un-' just aggression, is in every case ieeknese: Self-defense in a righteous cause is :the' strongest attitude that an,:individual or a nation can have. The weakest nation may, resist a povverful adversary,- while it, men; pies, an attitude of self: defence. -Powerful nations have been ruined in inakinc , an nu - provoked attack upon one infinitely weaker than themselves. Ithought, further, that it was consistent with my duty as a patriot and a Christian to do.what was in my pow er to render the war as:light ip its -calami 7 ties and es short in its duration as possible. Therefore, I proposed to retain on the side of the-loyal- States es many of the States which were disturbed by the elements of sedition, as could. be .retained by a course of calm-and'judicious Conduct. I would have had,if possible, the insurreetion. eon fined to the seven original so-called. seceded States. When all these conditions had been secured, so far, as was possible ,to se cure them, I thought still farther that it was consistent with my duty, as a patriot and a Christian, to combine.the loyal States and consolidate them into. one party .for the Union, because I knew that - disunion had effectually combined the people of the dis loyal States to overthrow the Union. I thought that this could be done only through the sacrifice- of individual, and State, and sectional opinions, intere.sts, prejudices and ambitions. "A.nation cannot be saved from., death whose individual citizens lack the virtue to make these sacrifices. cg I said the country shall -be saved by the Republican party if it will, by the Dem (wrath) party if it choose, 'Without Slavery it is possible, with slavery if it must. Once, engaged in the contest, I was 'prepared to demand as I have demanded ever since, that no treasure, no amount of human life necessary to save the • nation's life, should be withheld. I thought that the , war might be ended in three months—in Mit months--iira year--and I labored to that " But, as you will all recollect that it was the people,'and not only one' man, or any combination of men, that could bring it'to an end,•then or ever, and the people could only do it by showing so much zeal, deter.: mination and consistency as would not only keep envious, or interested, or ambitions foreign` nations aloof from the battle, but should make it- their obvious interest to frown upon and discourage the insurrection: We failed to make that exhibition, and so the war has been protracted into •its third year, through the encouragement and aid the insurrection has receivedirom the fears or.* listlessness of portions of our own peo; ple, and the influences of the enemies of the republicund of human freedom throughout the world It was doubtless ordained that it should be so, and therefore it may be be lieved that it-was best that it should be so, although we may be allowea to indulge our sorrows over the augmented sum of mise ries which the war has• inflicted upon the land." A recognition of the Divine hand in-ev ery occurrence, is a duty, whether it be in favors, or in chastisement. la a hot Bummer when there, is most . thirst, there are fewest - brooks. So ot: many, people's eliarities—they are rarest when most wanted. , GENERAL 'ffALLECR THE ME. The Jordan, the Euphrates, and the Nile, are the three famous rivers noted in the Jewish records. And the latter, that is, the' Nile, stands among the most dis tinguished in the Greek and Latin classics. In many respects it was a wonder, and in one aspect it was singular. Its source was unknown. To trace it to its origin was one of the. grand efforts of the ancients; but all efforts failed, from long before the days of Jumus CAsAn, down to the present generation. Now the mystery is solved. Two British travellers, SPERE and GRANT, report the discovery. Africa has been the subject of special exploration;- during the present ,century; and . the hardships' which have been en dured by travellers, are , wonderful. Many have lost ,their: life, but others have still renewed the toil. , -• We' take ,the - , *following from the 'New- York Independent Explorers within the last decade have moved. up to its (Afcica's) centre from the East West North and South. They have. gathered aroUnd a common region,, Whence flow to their several points of the compass the Zambesi Eastward- .Nyissi Southward- Niger, West Ward ; and Nile, - Northward. It is like the 9arden_of Eden in itself and y in the four great rivers , that goout froin it. So complete had beep these surveys that these gentlemen found the:problem Om- , inated of roost ,of, its unknewn quantities. •In fact Captain SPEKE , oh a Previdite,fonr ney hither with 13411trom, the : famous vis itor to Mecca, had seen thelae which be, now -re-visits. But he had itimek its Southern could .not follow its shores to. the 'Northern outlet, because el the hostility, of the, Marais, who dwelt ,along its ..Southwestern ;horder. then about four_ hundred and eighty Miles South ,of Gondokoro, the uppermost trading, ,pest 013 the Nile, though. travellers, had ex: plored .a hundred milcs 'further . South. This left less thin four hundred miles . to be accounted for. And it is this kriot Which he_hasnow unti - ed. , T To.do required,abatidaot patience, no. less...than ,other ,qualities. They. ieft the FA* African„ coast-L 7 near the opening of the Red Sea—October, with a , J.', - 1860 .large, body porters, interpreters, and, -guides. They .year, ie reaching; Kaseh, the capital ~of the kingdonicalled Karagwe that Mints by, one 'of' its corners against the West :shore. of Lliel4ke.Nyanzi at its Southern end. This kingdom occu pies , a shoulder of the Eastern watershed, two hundred miles broad and six thousand feet.above the sea. It, is studded With de tached conical hill*, one, . of , whiA :attains .the height of ten -thousand feet. These • • • a _ are the modern and *real Mountains of . tho Moon. Two sources of :the, Nile rise this- territory,:-the_ chief, feeder . of Lake Nyanzi, and another lake Called litita Nzigi. Here • are also the - head-Waters of ',the that flows Southward; and was ,ez ,plered. 13i.1, : iyiNGSTONE, and, those :of * the lake that feeds the Zimbeii. On the7l.st-' of January; 1802; ;Ple:43v-. oilers moved Northwest, , going through, the kingdom of'Raragwe' to that,o.f . Ngandi, This. - cotintry' lies along the Nyansi !, and occupies: full half of its Northern 'and Western shorai. , „They had thus, avoided the.warlike Masai. f on, its Spnthern:Shor.es o and Were in thq long , snught territory, He was. detained in this kingdom over fiv(% mouths, find,`"was- over a year •in °reaching the - lake. He found the. North shore on the equatorial line. Kis- a ,hundred and fifty miles long •; and more than that wide. It , ts .a shallow bed, fed •-by what SPxxu calls rush-drains—small ; - half-stagnant ; water-courses. At the middle., of the Northern boundary the parent stream issues in a current four hundred and, fifty feet wideileaping over elan twelve, feet high. It- is thus .born—full-borm÷worthy . of its' mysterious ..fame. What must ,have been the fe.elings of the.explorers as they =stood by- that lake I , The secret hidden from a hundred generations of, curious inquirers . was theirs. • • _ 6. They were the first that ever 'burst • • Into that silent sea." They have felt the oppression of the hqur as they saw,the Mighty; flashing river poiring in majestic breadth' and volume down 'that precipice. That which , Hzuo- Donna. had looked at and mused uyion— beside Whichi•JOßEN; • and Homiu, and PLATO'haa ittiked—in which Mosus was ciadled--Lwhieli t scholar,- conqueror, and king had alike and: vainly essayed to re duce, was before their- nyesr Through the future, - 'their names were secure. f; SPEKE" is 'no - bad, naive to. fill" the sounding trump of fame. It has long belonged to the so norons family. They doubtless thought of that and a thousand ether flying fancies as they stood there. They -now sought to make their way down ;the river to GOD tiokiani. The hospitable King of the Ugandis transferred them to his Northern neighbOrs, the Ungoros. They were akin to the two previous nations, though less 'cultivated'. The Ugandi, he declares, are, tithe French"' of the region, in their 'sprightliness and in their good taste, in manners, dress," and houses. The begin-' ping and end of•the great river seem to be honored with races superior to their brethren Yet their eiViliiation is like the old minia ter's religion, " nothing to brag of," 'since one of the kings rejoices in 3,000 or 4,000 wives, and kills 'a man every morning, and - another takes especial pleasure in fattening his wives . and children so that they cannot walk, while .the ,Ungoro - delight in the Adamite, if not Preadamite, style of ap imrel;--being naked, end, to their shame; 'not ashamed: The .Ungoros transferred them to the North Africa tribes; where the languages of South Africa cease. These dialects, it seems, are of one genus from Cape ToWn to this side of the head-waters of the Nile. The falls and bends in the bend.prevented treeing, t all, the way down, shough. he followed it for a hundred and twenty,five miles. Here, it' makes a great bend to the West and passes through Lake Nzigi. SPEKE took the chord of the,. river for seventy miles, leaving GRANT to 'follow, the river and explore the lake. .He struck it a few marches above Gondokoro;' which place he reached the 15th of last February. From these and previous: explorations, we learn,: according to. Sir -RODERICK -Isitmonrsort, in his 'discourse before the Royal Geograplitial - Society : 1. That the ,true center of Africa is not a mountainous, sandy desert, as was for merly supposed, but a great, elevated, watery basin, often abounding in rich lands, its large lakes being fed by numerous streams from adjacent rictges, and its waters eftcaping to theses by. fissure's and depressions in the higher surrounding lands.:... • 2d. That.,thexise or the Nile is due, not to the. inpltii%"af:l3Ji.Ow' these bighar` chains—for 'no snow•mountains but to the fall of equatorial rains on these spongy upper basins, the periodicity being determined by the pagsage of the sun ever the equator. 3d. That the reason of the unity of the Nile as 'distinct from all other African riv ers—it having no inlet for 1,700 miles—is due to the fact that the flanking higher grounds, ranging from South to North, do not afford, as elsewhere, lateral valleys which lead to the sea. 4th. That the inhabitants of the central region are much more .civilized and ad vanced than those who live to the North, on the banks of the Nile—the latter being naked barbarians, and probably the An thropepbagi of HERODOTUS, who have been in all ages the impediment to explorations up the fiver. sth. That the languages of the East, Centre, South, and West of Africa haS a' common basis—so that one who Is `versed' in any Of thein can traverse easily all the tribes and' that these Northern barbarians are ;he only exception to 'the< African, tongue'. The 'Sixth and last,- and to many" the worst, brit really,the Best' conclusion that he draws that there are , no gold, minei there., So the natives will - hive' a' chance to grOw"in'enitire and Ohristianiiy when. our missionaries Shane-have. immanently OCcupied What these officers transiently saw, without distitrbancefrom .the flood-tide' of 'the:vicee' of ' • Thus the river that wee . More connectel with the history of the- Bible frenr ABRA." fl AN to Christ than .any, other except the tiny unnavigableand' - jordan—thate Us' alinoit the only link :Which. connectal the Biblw with the moderi2"werld' of commerce* and inter communisation, and that y.etniore strongly' unites the Bible *with thegOldest 'continent 'and' the hitherto, ' basest: of king doins May'-yet be them_eans 'Of -'bringing the l iateat .fruits of the workings "Of.:the Divine - Word-and Spirittuthose with whom • it , ssias , se an eiently ,united. MEM EASTERN STJAMARYI • THE REGENT meeting of ibe Genval As. .Massachusetts is said to have been bigbly`i:btereSting. The minute 'pre zented by the Cointnitiee en the 4tate of the Country was patriotie:audaarnest, and was unanimonsly adopted: Wetotice that, the evenings were:generally set' apart for the.fdisellsaion of special' stibjeets, of rag= interest. One of these was ' TAP lndi- Respotisibilityof Christians gt This ' Time: =Rev. .Albert Barnes, the delegate froniqiie Net Schoolbody,'-participated this ,dtscuscion, remarking} amongother things.:- • • _ - " There is at the presenttime.a great in clination : to , -throw off responsibility, but, whatevev isr accomplished is an, individual • work.... When .God makes a flower, he makes it with , his own, band, as a personal work * . And so everywhere. _The coral islands are' the . of. the ;animalculm. The , plaiting of 4,101 , a.c0rn ual work , No'inan can &All : thingsicqual:- ly well, 'and; God . 11.as.'wouderfoIly consti: Anted meni-so that in all'necessary employ-, ments there is ,co lack, " We all have, duties for which-weare re -Sponsible 'to God, •:and which cannot be thrown oft ; There, area. great, many men ,who cannot be;iiersuaded'to become work ,ers in , the. Sabbath School, and in. tho' .prayer-meeting, though-they are personalty. responsible for what.hey might there accom plish.: , It is ,not, , ,possible ,for parents to throw` off upon Sabbath Sphool teachers their respnsibility to bring up their dren in• the fear , of =the I‘ord. _lt is to be remembered, also, thateach man is to give, au - account-.of himself - to Christ. It is a :personal thing- to, The pain„the, row,, the anguish,, the anticiptions, •is - tbe same to each person as if there were no.' body eke - lA.the world." AT TFiR LATE meeting, of the Vermont North.weetern Association of Congiega tionalists, the followmg queition was:die cussed, viz.: Is it.for the interest ofreligion that thepastoral. relation should exist in , our churches, or shall' we adopt the itine rant System ? The Vermont ark:wide says, in regard to, this " The. result' Of the whole:agitation was, very earnest protest on the part of th e Consociation against that continual shift ing of . the relation:between minister and people' which is becoming so fashionable, and which, Doke few ministers do much to encourage, by bolding iliemselve,s aloof from settlement, Unless - the call comes fro& lust about such a- °hunch as they think their abilities should cOmmand or , their peculierUharaeteristies best qualify them to serve it used to be Supposed that the Master of the• vineyard could and would ar range these things-better than any one else Could do 'it for him. But that, like many , °Wer ideas of the olden time,:seem now-a days to be getting decidedly'out of date."' AT A LARGE and intelligent council which recently assembled at- the request of the First Baptist chureh at Newport, R 1., to give advice in a personal business case mvolying_serions difficulties, the unanimous ; opinion was given that " aebnrnb has a right to investigate , the Mime of any one of Sits' members, BD far as it is npderstoed toaffect )il3 4 ,lllbisd'and Christian character." We' can see no good reason Whyany doubt at - all should be entertained on such a sub- THE Boston WatclAm,an, under the head of " Sum.mer Reljzion," remarks ' 44 'A kind of religiousness gists in many churches which is dissipated- by Summer heats, and becomes`.invisible 'and iiipalps = - ble', but crystallizes a,giiin:into ItS old, forms on the apprOaCh of Winter. Iti could hard= ly endure - the . fires of Martyrdom, for all vitality is lost before the coming-of the . dog days It forsakes the:social ineetings the Summer months, finds a .single• service 'on the .Sabbath burdensome, and throws off, all restraints in excursions:to the country. It disbands Sunday Schools,._ shuts up churches, and never looks for a revival in the Suiniesr solstice. It is an spinning fact that many professing. Christians , lay aside all religions activity at the incoming Summer, and seem to consider spiritual , `sloth an inevitabluresult of -bodily relaxa- The' above is suggested = by the usual . Summer departure of city residents for the conniry, the mountain,. and the iiea-side. The temptation to remissness in attention to personal piety and social : religious du ties, is strong in the cases' alluded to ; but still, ChtistianS should and can act con sistently, with ,their profes sion, eyen. , while seeking for health and innocent recreation. . El. '0! fliifuit,'='editor 'of the - Zion's Serail,, of Boston, has been elected MIXSI II IS KNOWN that the question of the removal of the Spring Street Presbyterian - church and the Market Street Reformed piktch,,chitreh, has been for several years, agitated, and that one of these churches' had actually secured lots for building up-: town: ' The' Observer -informs us