REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. REV. I. N, M'KINNEY, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. TERMS IN ADVANCE. . trf Sian $1.50 ORLI , aaeO tx RIPRIR OP PRZ Cams 2.00 For wo Dotiaas, we will wind by mail seventy numbers, ad for lass DOLLAR, thirty-three numbers. P Wore Pending us TW KNIT subscribers and upwards, will t , ,eroby entitled to a paper without charge. liotnewalsitiould be prompt, a little before the year expires Send payments by safe hands, or by mail. Direct all letters to REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Pittsburgh, Pa. [Selected.] A Parent's Prayer. At this bushed hour, when all my ehildren sleep, Here in thy presence, gracious God, I kneel ; And while the tea* ,of gratitude I weep, Would, pour, the prayer which gratitude must feel, Parental love t 0 set thy holy seal On these' soft hearts which, thou to me hest sent ; Repel temptation, guard their .better weal ; Be 4hy .pu're Spirit to theirtrailty lent, And lead them in' the petit their infant Saviour I ask Det - notlerthem eminenoe or wealth—, ,For theee,,in,Wisdota's view, are trifling toys; But occupation, competence; and health, Thy love, , thy.presence, and thellasting,joys That now therefrom; the passion , which eutilloyst, The breaits of holy men ; and thtis to be • From all that taints; dr'dirkens, or destroys The strength cot pritiniple, forever free r.• • This is lie bettsrAmon, 0 Clocliitatik-of thee. • Bow soft they, sleep, what innocent repose . Rests on thekeyes, from older, sorrows,freer Dear ,oßee, theAur4io would,not nnoloae,;..• ; Which wraps the future from your minds and, " An; But, heavenly Father, Teaving.them with :Whether or' high or low.may be their. Or early death, or life awaits them, be • Their iiisidie,l4,Baviont,‘guidei 'and= blen,lthe spot Where they ; tiff death, forsike them not. When ASA ogrOlLtlimliPment eh an ...pcsosaverayo When the cold grave shall offer up its - trust, , When-seas shallburn, and the last dreacleal day I t estoidethillarit to its deattered dust; - ": . Then, thotßiodt-niereiful as well as just, 4 Let not 'nay eye, when elements are tossed ' 4 In wild 5341fifkulionv bpe that_darkeet,..worok ii painful, sights, tthat ever .parent pressed—, Hear my dad, earnest' prayer, and let not mine be lost. , Tor the Preibyterlan , Banner. : MESSRS I .DrORS beg of you a shaft space in. your coluthus, for the purpose of sdlibg a tear atbidifto the Sabbath' School sehalsiriivrtb'reid the Banner. While I was a delegate of the',l3. 'S. Christian Commission in the army; f Oen. Roseerawi, we received ileieral . boxes Uf little reticules, or bags, froth the Sabbath Sehool solvildrs'iif various churcheein the Northern States. These little retioules contained a variety of little articles, such 'is. needles, pins, light and dark-colored thread; buttons for'llhirts and Tanta, a tractor little book, 4 and 'a letter, with sometimes 'a . Pin=,' cushion, a. little tea or candy, or any. little article the fancy df the sender might dic tate. , In the letters Were a few words of comfort and,sympathyfor the soldier, tell ing him that the people of the North had not forgotten the ifildiers; that they often tbqught of them and prayed for them, and were thankful to them for what they were doing for_ our . country—telling theni to shun the evils camp life, to seek - to he , prepared* life er death, also giving . the' writer's name and address and repeating an answer. These little tokens of sympathy anirre, - gard were gladly received by 'the soldiers, and 1 believe very few, if any; of the, recip- Janie failed to answer the letters. Spine:of them avowed the determination to keep the letter, br pin.cushion, or tract, as long as they lived. Our supply. was not by any means'adequate to the, demand, and great numbers of soldiers came: to the Comma' sion Rooms only to he disappointed in not getting theni: Twenty times the TianOtt we received might easily have been distrib- These little intik - though they may per- ' Piim the Preebyierian' Banner. , haps seem. trifling to some, are not wit h out The Fig. Tree Threatened. • their good influences. In -addition t o re.. .. tuxx xiii: 4,, 7 , 4 p, t , it dOwn... lieving for a time the .monotony of -Oai4P .0.4 has, made_ nothingin vain. All his and .hosplial ' life, and, furnishing the Bei. w iri o et te an a d re..digne tou accomplish ' some diet% 'with - little articles useful for their , benevolent 'purpose. - Each 'has - a comfort, and , often impossible for . them sphere appropriateg i o nky. -' The Omit in; otherwise to obtain; they, serve ,to cheer . sigpificant of ;GAO .Wrke.:ll4 - Iti.,use, our they soldiers with the 'thought thit though We, in our bliednese.may not, he,, are - not forgotten, but that their ser. : able to discover or.comprehend its utility;, vices, ,are being held, in grateful - remeni. Everything-has. its use. brat:4l:l4p people at, home. There is, ' Man is•formed for oactivity . and. has se perheps, - no greater cause .of discourage. conatituted*biin that he must be active, : or, meat to. the- soldiers hi -our armies, than' the ' ' lee' tbo effects Of lttotlii,t,yoffeetfr , .i.hiali i fact theta large iportion . 1 oil the people or , in the enamay,prove.latal.. God has 2 noC the North no longer, sympathize with thehl Flo made mania-vain ; he has soniadehim in their efforts to eitislitfout. the rebellion, - bediuse he-designed himlp - he ; active„ and nor care for their .comfort tor .iwelfart.* for the same reason he has'flaentlitith in Hence every thing from home which- tells -, ;suchnirctimetaneee:thethentustozert him him of.sympatby and ,regard, is- helclimery , self to maintaip , h i s.owo ez i otok i oe. ,s o i n dear by, the, soldier. ' " . -regard to • the- lie*: man in' Christ Jesus. Again, many .of: our soldiers were once ' `is made - for - apiritual activity.. He !Lai Sabbath - School: -scholars-1.-some •• of 1 them -14: . so:epristititted, ' arid :planed in such a peat:. even leaving.the 80110013 0 ,serve their eettn- ' tion,,thet . lVigereni _effort ise_neceeeitry i fn., try in-her hour of peril. Tothese it letter his,apiritual.health..and,forf-,hik.l growth in frein a ; SabbativSelrool scholar hae inerens- ..I.abe. And-it io-not- in-vain that Plod has. ed attractions .Old Old. isseeciationsrprthe fa- t , lit se us thtta If . then, - in the formation miller faces ,ot teacher="and il'iass' 2oeB l of'', - is werkii,...G64l - his' seine. endin:yiesii, the - school room, and the lessons, of -truth , and if theClirratiatils, designedfor .activ there learned---are,ull. , called np. , These, ity, thenfor Aim - to be iniotive or nnfruit made doubly dear to the 4pidier ~by Van° t . n ; ' flit lii to fail of accomplishing the purpose' ditic9.,' far away, fromi home, perhaps ' sad of god- , 4s to prove, so fiii as his ; e?sample, and Joneiy,l,,y!,eau.,, to _sick,, often aa'er'''.. can' proil2l . ;thel he - "iiiii, made ,iti-7:VAR, 0r.... upen him an influence for good. i '> ' that -he ..waa...brought into; tbe. kingdom or The letters t and,_traoh 3 bage‘obeV i iki k r l / 7 heaven for•no -wise and benevolent - purpose'. mental. in ,leading some of our soldiers. to, Mir will it not' he said ofliich:an one, Curio. . wilLmentien one instance. I. i cut m a ,. (jowl:1i . why; 010erettt he, . the, gave one of the' ittle'reticules to William., ground r TT--m, in Hospital No..lB,,Nashvilie,Tenn. - So of the Church. God has .n.ot,estab- It ,roved to be the gift'of Emma 0. H-0 fished, her. invaini'or- for. no. end. He de of.Naslitia: N. H. ~The tender • sympathy., ;signed her to be-the light of the world; manifested in her letter touched the heart • , and let her fail to accomplish-that end-or of the sick soldier, while her earnest hope let any of 'her branehea tail.;-,-and; it may that "you may be spared return to, your - he, said, Oniit. &inn! -, _ ' - 1 home, -but may you be prepared , to live or , Then . how •.is - -it- with- us? . Are .- we I die," made a . deep impression upon .his . ! _ ; answermg -the- 'design of our o, creation Z mind. Ile . felt that he was not prepared to . Are we answering' the end of our, new , die, and with her words ringing .111 Fits ears,- „ Are .we . t creation ? ~ Are we bringtng.. °rat fruit? and an 'lroise& conscience; he Rona •n° . Let , us rereetaborAbe. barren , fig tree—he w peace until he gave himself tolereens. He it was threatened—let us beware lest it , has since beendiecharged, , and hoe returned s a id of us; Cut them down,;; W hy , cumbers: to'his homeinlidianal but while he lias .• left the "service of his loved country(he has .. they, the ground? . W. M. ,T, * entisted,in the higher service of his,Maker. My vobjeot in writing this article, ill to ; induce other Sabbath Schools to send sunlit or similar . gifts to 'the soldiers. They 'lie-, serve our warmest sympathies, and all the' . assistance we can render them. Will riot' the Superintendents and teachers of the Sabbath'Soliciols take the matter in hand'," and givittlin scholars an opportunity to de soninthing fOr the soldiers? Put up in boxes,, and ship to Wm. P. 'Weyman, No.' 7,9 Smithfield Street, Pitts _ ~-% .r._ 1 . P. burp, ra• • *We regret to see such statements as this. They are utterly pnauthorized, as we believe. We have never IS found the• man, woman, or child, to say a word e xpressing a want, of sym pathy with the soldier; , 'nor in all our newspaper reading do ws.find• inything !of the kind. We find such things;-elutrged; but grounder for the charges we4nd noti Those papers which are most seypr4lA the conditot of the war, still synt. patilataditUMAdiee—am :11.krtsly/p:ttiti.ta4........ - : : ( .....,.-....4-Ti . ittr+. VOL. XL NO. 48. For the .Preabytertan Banner Letter from R Chaplain. CORINTH, Miss., July 24,1.863 Ilizsgahr. Ebirons have the pleasure of saying .to the friends of the- soldiers in this place, that the health of - otg troops here is generally improVipg. The health cOhir'4.il regiment here - hes .110 t p i raved,- perhaps, as much as the Others. Inthis regiment the Chiplein, in addition to his other dutiek teaches .school;'in which he is assisted by his wife, and anoth er lady froiti tile 'North. `Thin the colored soldiers, when they are not on duty, are improving in-that-knowledge calculated to fit.them for-usefulness in life. - q tyeaterditY, the -troops , Were. called ..to witness.: one of We unpleasant scenes of 4nilitary life Aa meMber: or the First !Ala 'barna Cavalry, ,having been , . convicted. of deserting andjoitiing the enemy, was sea tenced to be shot. Most of .the Chaplains . visited .aatt.piayecLwith-him his cell, a few hours before his . execution.- , ' , rliearning that he bad reqqested me to.pray With him at his execution;-and stay , with him inbis , cell till , the time, I. hecordin'glp did• so. ;Never before in my life h&j's I Seen.aperSon ,so anxiebraboublioaWittion.--. Hit. said he ,had livetUa Wicked, prefatieilifei'und bad tiqtithenAhhe to )Pregre,fer,death..f. Lmin -4911.0 419 9 9 : 9 91 0 0t 1 9.P9 9 . 4e0Itthiefokadit seemed to me that he had never - heard. dual story befqrc. cave made,s,,pTo fession of religion. and jained.a,eliirel, but he could not tell what churCh it r wss.„ 4is mother and pe f said,, were, pi:ens.,spd lelonged 'a chinch, 14t,,peither did :he know what church they kiejeegefi po, ; fie could qokrfaii nor wrote a jetter :tollifewife i - 11 s fig dietated - it. This laps not far . from a fair epecimen ; of intel. Jiaenee r aittong the malia'es . in this part of IL 4 South. I belie , out of 760 rebel prisoners paroled . at Corinth,anly 63 could write their ;intim 'and ;637 mace- their ,mark. When the hour for execetioe arrived,' a banetif thusie'wee •4:)lalted'Vefore, next' the guard that; to, shoot, him; then the! cob.- veyance: in.. which aveorode•., , ! •He ,and down: together.on, his coffin... He. remarked that it was hard to sit down.-•otr. the .coffie he knew he mould be`buried in, 'in , a shOtt time, :Ai escort with theirprofesses- to be anti-Proies— root: in:..hOlding-Itor the efacieney: of both [ l Fajth Worlcs_lzt Justification, ,the Real I Prtalextce,::tfPlirist.',a, body i in the g l phati o t, t,,hiit:i}iiitiOritfor Stored ` T raditional aid `the' Chirelililie rendering ofthe ' W orship of Timeration to t Crosskand - IBOies . ,„tha Oblig4iott Fitting, !'s&d...Plutp l ace,lthOßelren Smunmerittkancjithe tly;:beed. — Tile Milton) dhareh t Oars the pr esta marsh' •11 ~ It forbids see [bud' That idle* no instiliiictit. Aid the: ohniehei.) ;,They 049iritei Coltitratiktielk: and Abe ifti2llba'n yist to _infante Ansediately,after Their ritual fo pribip igalndes one fir* every. S riday; • Within ' the prisant 'can' inry , 'there his been 'great increase cif preaching by the clergy. The catechizing of the young inA.,other mga,klkof religiona„instraoti2n, arc, 'ienr..itpperfeltti t hat tire s stead m prov The . whole: peculation one neot ed with'the Otiiirdh itt 'stated at seventy millions, of which fifty 'are in the dominions of 'Rus thoie of Turkey, four in Ans ina,.ontimAreece, so: The whole body is ..divide . sl.lnte,tealiranehes,,. of which, three 11).4 plitiiiiehe at.their hisd--Conitan tin o ple AreiandAti and Ata6oil,ihe Patriarch of ... Constantinople httiritig . :ii certain pre6mi-: .ilirtikiwhichislaitPeryzwilll-AleAued. WHOLE NO. 568. The'love, of Christ a PM! 10 ei4ou „it AS luck,. 0 pr qh. TEE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER Publication Office t • GAZWITB BM:MINGO, 84 Firm 84 4 Orr:B3mm Pathazurma, Borm-IP4Br Con.• ow lug amp ADVERTISEMENTS. R~RRISB IN ADVANC2. , A &loam (8 lines or iese,). ape insertion, 00-contill kali* aubsequent insertion, 40 cents; each Hue bepoterefigAleatt Square per quarter, $4.00; each tine additional, 38 cents A Itinvartow made to advertisers by the-year- - BIIFITNEBB NOTIONS &Nona/ Utley /0 cents. of Tin lines or lees, $l.OO each as . • • 'lit REV. DAVID " PROPRlNTolll.l6ilkillitthin.f • - Russian and Hellenic branches are govern ed by synods,thir remainder by councihr:of bishops., They-all4•rieognize --the supreme authority of, a•General,Conncjli t 4 tit as no such couned'hati been 'held' for a thousand years, the actual unity is; very linierritte. All tho branches are ,affected by,therlogrege. of . knowledge in 7the:.world and 4notiktfit them are putting forth efforts atAelfAcfpm and elevation. The marriage of'the clergy. has kept' be' Eastern Clidich from'sinitite to the depths of immorality-which4ft~ isted in parts of the Latin: Church,-. 0 14. Russia the circulation of the feriptures. u the vernacular tongue was earkic twork a siderable eaten t'.fci.r.ty:Or . fifty yearli4g4iir a . acterwarida:j . krohibited; oty l s;y t tily been resuMed:.- A Good Bitratt.'f-m• 7trzEsl . The folloWing datr,qct from a iii.rpsosk, .4, , -/4,67 preached fit' . drcl'einPati• Re,VN Charles Ha wles - Worthy .. ..of 'Special Coi l . l: siderat)lon,: . pastor #4lBl‘pl i i#g 9 R i t l himself from the varAedtrean a ria,2e fi ,a'ch4/4iiter cF e *llt ' Pf e itl l d i- f t to helP thVAinistry,as uniyrpre T n4i overthrow it . ; `thqPiiTY , haa , a4ißP ,ll #6 rival, it , is Ala ,-mays and and. 01jight tr.i.i?siinikyo, - a4 great a ,poivelttri; the ChtifCh' ii 3 the 60iiiidel,ikiirki r It' is' ih'S very£best'form in' ... i ,k *hichlp : fuirhisli - " i. '" 3 yea, and s neede d l9oli 'f'pßpuar Te l ltgtous raidlag? i rt!, 0404 is bstter` economy sjlteiatif„ tient:diettibnp b n;Oeyeti - ,e454311114g 2 ;1t.i brings into a. family each week more Per trAth . thirilk any tradt,:edativis, a nff,tl;',„typ i . ) aildtV t 'gr onain df edelisis'ettnakrtilittOnk, and general intelligence from'every part OF thetwoild:;' -Why, wlreligieus newspaper` in furl sytnpathy with the Church,, (and -*e kayo., sueh,) , „ . entning into every : would be an' immense relief to the ministry.,, It would inform, educate; and liberaligOnr" people on- many -subjecte ' as can be - done by ng.,qthpy agppcy: ci? snifer : fyomAgnoxauttya and AdarfiPlVainig49 ll , on. the agitated questionsorreforra,,,and espec,i t ally,kn . .the direction of 'all 'our "diitiret erkt,etprisSO,',‘ simply from the limited„circulationqnCour, , own, religious, press. Is, itt not time.thisile4 , feet_ ikrere• supplied ? must beiSiOliei' Church . is -. a . - unit . in • 'the inovenrOririgii Which we have been drafirlibiithePfnininV 'Y the OrßY.tertl. - % 0f,:064: ' '' Tairfeetl, „the ..wltolo..wori:(4;egivful ng .to.th et .people a.literature-imikind that' •Goepel- - preachy edelhanderitieitieac ) and . eliefrgjr.:'it'rnikat be" urgedinto'ci pd_. la e 13j.141e preaching opens the;! g~-, a literature .of, thef.aame tone andispxot4i outt: •The-indwdlingilpitiV MEI .Bew...lcnowoweithateme have thisispititl , ilo• you -know -that-you h voreadul'aii' l, a Heart F.- • . You-see . not thet - jeedit'Ar YEAtI . haai r ti "eliiely'hidd en that if it werft.L. to be-seen, youlivould die. t Itoiintrue, thereL is a man •who. •is-• still- •alive• at• -the • preee ii time, , whose heart was seen thr o ugh 'she" stagn" singular ;' anti-if-1e were the air without covering it 'Air' a •ibiA . " . time, he woulthileireatipto faint. Se nide with the Spirit of. God: he is concealediml the heart, as thikhentt, is concealed , in. Wet body: No' ; liiiiniAnoweth him, but-hem/Rol. receives "him. _But: he who reneivet cannot ,but-In.o_w it-; for he has Ali .e.yeiv. hearing, his Jute. mid ,. all hissientreapitlad functions of which, arc_certain :masks iolihis life. ' He.. ‘ hes‘lkin,Aketiens andiactians4-amV , I. as ourleart beats continuallyiniontlitisonip.f. and who. 4, Gess& b.eat we catise3todiv4il L so the Spirit. of: : ao.d.;acts incessantly iaad L. through all whose, he is; and ifihe,aet at all, but t ba whollylinoperAtiveri7you , ,areit dead, and dead..whilelrou lite4l_OuelLora3 had good reason.,,-toseompare the wind; forsjAherhthe windt,c6lesdrolitl, agitation, and ,si4loll4o ,, repose, it ii,nrotlionlipl, when there,is a ealmv there ill con Visit bug i` no more wind.--"igicliirriter. ;I P., I:, lEMMEI 11144110,6,Pecullar. All who are,. employed in thefirlinietesVi. should be of harmless, and ,blaineleill feowf. venation ; sounds:in faith;. r full l' of i god& works; and of exemplary temper:4o444oi: briety, and graiity walking hnmbly befoie. God, and; 'biltritmlipeotly. in :lam sight of men .;::tiot•arrointing power...to. thithaelvia, or leading the pegule,inia,A_lnperatitions veneration yet,acties . honorably, and maintainingititioberlieciilianiy in their w hole nebwittetr :Phey ahonld perfornr,thi mo4•: 001 4,P 1 9P! a9.09 118 :of pio n , saneafiecMnanper ; tbeir . , apparel and. the whole ; livid should be •- simple; Vigil, 'an d inch as mai:Haiti . , their •indifferefiee slime worldly thitikelp ) they..ishQuld... be, careful: in :forming zonnes4 011 8.;IP44- in , thg.-c4fliPS‘l , o FiNes,B o 4 , Prk dentin t h e managtßept,of, .th s ei; families,; and abbirilisit'ibey are goVeroed oenseienoe and the -tetiViir/GoZI Al `BA sion andlhumor.,,..in., alb mel4eren eileedpitr or c* gt,e i4hhAPlan .9UP I 2 w &t ry wasters; , and enlarge, e l p g . pfm, i the igiiiit,hiniiitatlod, over e , whglo . I c , ' • , " A:Reding "WOG •• . -all II sTFIMtt'l w " "'Ant trrie e E Rgpla map; p °-ad ,thriete altitiranan,,hti cat' and' legal lenitileage Jorair'T master at L manylanguages ' and • ',landau. odif twofkili which _harm Ailed Enrctpthcssish i Shiasmera and eferwPf *l.4ri• thonsana voYntpes.When. he 101..„41np x , 'saikl Wrolibishoil Usher, •"Thare sur veyed Mold of 'ffie leafning Alit is' inatr i ttl 4 the., sobs of , men; Ind my , Study faredva withrbggke al s mng}hc4Ptaon various tulitea pass Iraf. at present I can . not reeollsar c nn a y er . Aassage 1)4 I rot 'my - tpkti and a papers whiiiiioiz Pam" iestrief , snul, save thilVtioTru the Tire graoe?ofolloOlT that bringethositlvitiorkhitthf arkpessed t etttea t all cl4elll#o lll g , vWqt'lltyd. l *.Engingfidso- - .) Busse and yroildly Juan!, we siaould jiyp so- • N e ilyrstAtlotlijkla g 6,34 liilbili e petliie 4 worfdg r ue the glorious . ; tippearing4.ob gr'eet.4l4llo s and, oar, • Saviour ideaus 9 Christr.whputtses himself for ut t , tAkMleortight j redlipli d from all.iniqwty. and Aurify unto im aiestailiar'pedplinealonsSf good . • . - - Leila? n atili i.44 i4cilifitail4lo : iia ll work' 'rairadlai ".. 1 •'' 142 ei II d"- d ° l4 144 ... • Be •'•,'• • .. 4" l ii k Wit nrie'; * ' , II; • ! p e w • s; all MT heirt,beikuliny dayi6 ' -ff . ' Mi4rcit'ed -- 16 fad; aiiiiMstiaise i''' s 'itvng 41 a • ! Ana Ina mid liiebt,e`dience prove ~•7 ol.) a . % ', How • pitawszumakii:.alwir..4 ..-:'!!1: ,. .; !trit, EIM >'..}di>. ~.'9Fj i 3 F ~ ,~..~~: ENE MElllaifJ ,7:. , , MEE : ~! , „ Al