partly to defective discipline,, inefficient
training, and carelessness in discharging.
As to Industrial Schools,
at the dose of
1862, they contained 641 boys and 208
girls. Of the children admitted in the ,
(bursa of the year, 194 had. lost father or
mother; 2tt both parents ; 57 were de
serted - and the .pirents of 25 others were
in jail. These Igitres show the value of
the law which authorizes magistrates to in
terfere for the rescue of the children of
oriuritial parents.
THE IMPORTS of foreign and colonial
goods into the United Kingdom, are of
four classes. The first comprises articles
of food. The value of these is computed
at upwards of ninety-three millions ster
ling—a sum equal to three-fourths of the
value of the entire export of British and
Irish - produce and manufactures. By far
the largest item is for corn and flour,
the
imports of which in 1862 reached the
enormous amount of nearly thirty-eight
millions sterling. Besides cereals, and not
to speak of strong drink, nor of tea, coffee,
and sugar, we imported in 1862, cattle,
sheep, and swine, and salted meat and lard,
to the amount of more than six millions;
butter, nearly five .millions ; cheese, one
million, five hundred thousand pounds ;
rice, two millions, four hundred thousand
pounds; eggs, £600,000 ; poultry, X85,-
000.
A second class of imports consists of
raw materials of manufacture; and the
value of these arrivals in 1862 was £96,-
513,430, The import of' -wool in that year
was the largest ever received. The falling
off in the import of cotton was from 12,-
419,096 cwt. in 1860, to 4,678,333 cwt. in
1862 ; the computed value from nearly
£36,000,000 to little more than £31,-
000,009. En this last, the immense in
crease of the price of cotton must be borne
in mind. In 1860 American cotton was
at 625. 4d. per cwt.; in 1861, at 725. sd.
A third class of imports consists of arti
cles used in manufactures and in agricul
ture, not being raw material of manufac
ture ; and these articles reached £16,643,-
572 in 1862. The chief items in this class
are wood, sawed and split, planed or dressed;
oils, guano, copper partly wrought, and iron
in bars.
The fourth class comprises manufactured
articles, and the import of these last year
amounted to upwards of £17,000,000
sterling; a few unenumerated articles
bringinc , the whole amount of the imports
of 1862 upto X 225,716,974.
The chief manufactured articles import
ed were silks of the value of more than six
millions; woolens, one million, five hun
dred and seventy-four thousand, two hun
dred and eighty-one pounds; cottons, eight
hundred and ninety-nine thousand, seven
hundred and thirty-eight pounds; leather
goods, (chiefly gloves,) eight hundred and
fifty-one thousand, two hundred and fifty-six
pounds; stocks and watches, £464,009;
manufactures of hair and goats wool; near
ly four hundred thousand pounds ; and
glass, £408,388.
THE COUNTY RATES of England were
last year assessed on property valued at
nearly .eighty-four millions sterling, and
the amount increases yearly. Last year
the expenditures on rural police was £573,-
174 ; on gaols, £341,052 ; on prosecutions,
£130,709; on conveyance of prisoners and
transports, ,E 21,594; on shire halls, &0.,
£20,805; clerks of the peace, £20,805 ;
on lunatic asylums, (including buildings,)
£107,663 ; on the maintenance of pauper
lunatics, £35,567; on county bridges,
£54,641; clerks of the peace, £45,654;
coroners, £55,643; inspectors of weights,
&a, £9,839.
Brsuor. COLENSO has been summoned
by his metropolitan, the Bishop of Cape
town, South Africa, to appear before him
in November, to answer the charge of
ic heretical pravity," incurred by his work
on the Pentateuch. It is apparently the
opinion of the ecclesiastical lawyers here,
that Colenso may with impunity refuse to
comply with the summons, inasmuch as
there is not any provision in those Acts of
Parliament which have dealt with a Colo
nial Episcopate, authorizing such jurisdic
tion as the Bishop of Capetown claims.
Meanwhile the clergy of the diocese of Na
tal—or at least a portion of them—have
sent home toColenso '
their deprecation
and protest. They tell him of , c the deep
est pain" with which they have heard of a
book published by him, in which he states
in effect that he no longer believes, holds,
or is able to teach some at least, of the most
vital doctrines of the Church of England.
They also refer to the request presented to
him by a large majority of the Episcopal
Bench, suggesting the propriety of the re
signation of his office, and to his answer
that it is not his intention to do so.
" There are, we are aware, legal ques
tions which it belongs to others to- decide ;
but we feel that we have a duty indepen
dently of any mere legal proceedings. Un
feignedly believing all the Canonical Scrip
tures of the Old and New Testament, and
bound to banish and drive away all errone
ous and strange doctrine, contrary to God'a
Word, we feel compelled in the sight of
God and of his Church, and especially before
the people committed to our care and
charge, to protest most solemnly against
the position taken by you in the publication
of this book, and your determination to re
tain the office of Bishop, and we think it
right to lay this our protest before the ec
clesiastical authority, to whom, next to you,
we must look—the Metropolitan of Cape
town."
This document is signed by an Archdea
con, and a number of diocesan clergymen.
"It will have no effect whatever on Bishop.
Colonso. He seems to have persuaded him
self that he is alike the chosen champion of
truth and freedom; and that having re
ceived new light since he signed the Ar
ticle, which defies the Canonical Scriptures,
he is bound to hold his post in order to dif
fuse it!" I do not think that he is a base
or dishonorable man, but common sense in
terprets this letterinlight
the of common
honesty, and pronounces his conduct as
" too bad." It will not surprise me to find
some of our skeptical writers at the press
sneer at the poor ignorant Natal clergy, and
our nascent lawyers and law-students, to
gether with the Unitarian School, and like
wise Dr. Davidson, late of Lancashire Col
lege, will rejoice in his perseverance. As
for Dr. Davidson, in a new work lately pub
lished by him, he questions, also, the Mo
saic authorship of the Pentateuch. As I
was lately reading it in the study of a friend
in Chester, the latter showed me a German
work, from which, almost verbatim, and at
all events substantially, Davidson derives
his Rationalistic statements and arguments,
without acknowledgment.
Returning to Coleus° : when I was at
Ramsgate—a watering-place in Kent—l
found that he had spent a portion of this
year there, studying Hebrew; -and that he
attended one of the churches on the Lords
day, the clergy taking no notice of him
whatever. Certainly they well may resent
his performances, not only because they
outrage what Englishmen are said to love—
an op,en, manly course of conduct—but be
cause his ends are as embarrassing and hu—
miliating to the Church as they are mis
chievous. He is a fanatic in his way—he
is a great arithmetician, and measures mat
ters by the Table-Book and Proportion; so
that I suppose even of his childhood's
" ready reckoning" it might be said of
him—as was said of Isaac Watts in a differ
ent sense
He lisp'd in numbers, and the numbers came.'.'
Certainly it shocks one to read, for example
at family worship, or to hear read among
the Lessons of the Church of England, such
Psalms as the 78th, in which the " people"
are commanded to "give ear," and the
writer says that he will utter matters
" which 'we have heard and known, and
which our fathers have told us" and which
" we will not hide from our children," that
" so they might not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;" and then
after the rehearsal of " the marvellous
things in the land of' Egypt, in the field of
Zoan," with a description of the Exodus, of
the passage of the Red Sea, and also of the
Plagues of Egypt—and yet, after reading
and hearing such a Psalm, or the 105th
Psalm, to be told that it is a mythical story,
unworthy of credence ! surely that were
blasphemy of the Word and Spirit of God.
And yet there is an ever-deepening current.
of infidelity under a Christian mask, and
under the Shibboleth of the Party, "Truth
is contained in the Scripture," while the
facts of Creation, of Genesis and Exodus,
are largely rejected. There is too much
reason to fear that this is the spirit of
many of the leading Philosophers who met
two weeks ago at Newcastle-on-Tyne, dur-•
ing what the people there called " the wise
week." The materialistic tendencies of
Science are sufficiently patent, and few
comparatively, I fear, have at once the hap
py union of true scientific knowledge and
research, coupled with, reverence, which New
ton displayed in his day, and which in their
union have identified themselves with the
names of Hugh Miller and. Sir David
Brewster. A refined skepticism is making
way among our eclectic classes; some are
half unconscious of its influence; others
are the "snobs" of Infidelity. The spirit
of the Athen scum, for example, is, and has
for years been Socinian, and something
more in all matters affecting Inspiration
and EVangelical Orthodoxy. The National
Review manifests the same temper, while
the Westminster has fiercely and openly
blasphemed.
The Pantheism of M. Renan and others
in France, who find God in everything,
and everything to be Divine, is lamentably
prevalent on the Continent. As to Renau's
new book, it is a specimen of real dishon
esty. What can he or others know about
Jesus of Nazareth, save from the Four
Evangelists, and the New Testament gen
erally? And yet here is a man who calmly
and cunningly leaves out what are the es
sential features of the Divine Portrait, and
the grand doctrines as well as facts identi
fied with his Advent which reveal him to
us as truly the Son of God, and yet the
SUFFERING VICTIM; and instead of this,
presents us with a picture—such as was
that foppish:ideal drawn by the late Count
D'Orsay, of the Christ, which I never look
at (in the published engraving) without
disgust. Jesus is a ruddy-haired Gallilean ;
he attracts men and women around him,
and is honest so far as he knows, &c.; but
the issue is, that the Divine Man of the
Gospels is caricatured, and Christianity is
left bleeding, stabbed (but not to the heart)
by the stiletto of a smiling "friend."
As to answers to Ronan, the Popish
clergy of France have tried their hands,
but their horror is, that Renan endangers the
" Church " and its " priesthood "—politely
making no mention of them, and so leaving
them out in the cold I Yet this Infidel
Spawn in France is the direct progeny of
Rome and her " lying wonders." In this,
as well as in other senses—including her
political crimes, and her awful mariolatry—
she has " sown the wind," and will in due
time " reap the whirlwind!' J.W.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
Another Patriarch Gone.
The Rev. James Hoge, D.D., of Colum
bus, Ohio, departed this life on Tuesday,
the 22d ult., after a few days' illness. He'
would have completed his four-score years
on the neat anniversary of American Inde
pendence. He had been ailing during the
Summer, but a fortnight before his death
he bad preached near Hamilton, Ohio ; and
he retained his vigor of mind and power of
pulpit address, till so near his death.
He died at the residence of his son-in
law, and among his people and friends, full
of years and full of honors—the Patriarch
of this Western border.
He was once asked why be came to Co
lumbus, and he replied : "I did not come
to Columbus ; Columbus came to me."
The Fathers, where are they? Colum
bus is sorely bereft in the loss of two such
ministers as Dr. Sege and Dr. Smith, with
in these few months !
Just before the outbreak of the war, he
visited an aged brother in Southern Vir
ginia, who was not a member of the Church;
and as he preached on the conversion of
Paul, that brother became savingly en
lightened, and is since that time a follower
of Christ.
At the time of his death Dr. Hein was a
Director in the Western Theological Semi
nary, to which he was strongly attached,
and in whose prosperity he greatly delight
ed. .
For the Presbyterian Banner.
Presbytery of Toledo.
At the recent meeting Of the Presbytery
of Toledo, Sept. 7th ult., Mr. J. S. Dun
leg presented a dismission, as a licentiate,
from the Presbytery of Chicago, to our
care,•and was received. A call from the
united churches of Vinton and Big Grove,
was put into his hands, of which he signi
fied his acceptance. Presbytery proceeded
to the trials, for ordination prescribed in
the Book. Mr. Dunning having satisfac
torily passed all the required trials, was, by
laying on of the hands of the Presbytery,
and prayer, solemnly set apart to the full
work of the ministry. A committee was
appointed to install him pastor of the
churches of Vinton and Big Grove.
A Call from the church of Rock Creek,
for the pastoral labors of Rev. Braxton
Benn one half of his time, was presented
to Presbytery,, which being put into the
hands of Mr. Been, and he having signified
his acceptance of it, a committee was ap
pointed to install him. •
LUTHER DODD, C.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Mr. W. S. EAGLESON, of the Western The
ological Seminary, has received a call
from the Presbyterian church of Freder
iektown, Ohio.
Rev. W. A. &ARMY has been called to
the Union Church, Lawrence, Kansas.
Rev. D. S. GREGORY has received and ac
eepted a call to the Second Presbyterian
church, Troy, New-York.
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1863.
Vrtshgtaian Namur.
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7,1863.
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Dices .Accouniaua and Dispatch Patent, all, or nearly all,
of our subscribers now have their papers addressed to them
regularly by a singularly unique machine, which fastens
on the white margin a small colored " address stamp," or
/abet, whereon appears their name plainlyprinted,foilowed
by the date up to which they havepaid for their papers—this
being authorised by an Act of Congress. The date w il l
always be advanced on the receipt of subscription money,
in exact accordance with the amount so received, and thus
be an ever-ready and valid receipt; securing to every one,
and at all times, aperfect knowledge of his newspaper ao•
count, so that if any error is made he can immediately de
tect it and have it corrected—a boon alike valuable to the
publisher and subscriber, as it must terminate all painful
misunderstandings between them respecting accounts, and
hue tend to perpetuate their important relationship.
*** Those in arrears willpbease rm. it.
Love One linother.—lt is told of *the
Apostle JortN, who lived to be very aged,
and became so feeble that when he could
say nothing else, he reiterated the injunc
tion, U Love one another;" and that on
hearing persons complain of the brevity
and sameness of his discourse, he said to
them : " This is the substance of the Gos
pel. If you do this, I have nothing fur
ther to teach you."
CHRISTIAN COURTESY AND CONBIONIOI
The editors of the New-York Observer
and of the New-York Examiner (Baptist),
have been passing some compliments. The
former invites his brother to the freest so
cial intercourse, and also to a seat with him
at the table of the Lord. The Baptist
brother would gladly give the Observer's
editor his hospitalities at his beautiful villa
on the Hudson, but he adds :
" It would be in our heart to go farther,
and reciprocate the more sacred courtesy,
which prompts him to welcome us to bis
side at the table of our Lord. But that
table is net ours."
The Observer's editor responds :
"Just so, dear brother; and because it is
not ' yours,' but the Lord's, you ought not
to hedge it about so that the children of
Christ may not all come freely and par
take."
Courtesy adorns Christianity, and it is
peculiarly appropriate for religious journals
to be examples. If we love one another
we will cooperate in the Master's service ;
and if we become accustomed to speak
well of each other, and to work together
earnestly and harmoniously, we may yet
agree to sup together, when our Lord so
kindly and pressingly invites us to his
table. •
President LINCOLN has issued his Procla
mation, appointing the Last Thursday of
November next, (26th day,) as a day of
THANKSGIVING to God for National benefits
by him bestowed. This is the time which
has usually been appointed by the Govern
ors of the States, for this duty. The Gov
ernors will doubtless unite in the recom
mendation. It is truly encouraging to our
hope of enjoying the Divine favor, and
that the war will be made a blessing by
happy fruits, when we find our Chief Mag
istrate thus sensible of the Source of good,'
and thus disposed to lead the people in
rendering the due tribute of praise. Let
Christians and Christian ministers see that
the day shall be religiously observe&
The following is the document
A PROCLAMATION,
By the President of the united States of
The year that is drawing toward - its close
has been filled with the blessings of fruitful
fields and healthful skies. To these boun
ties which are so constantly enjoyed that we
are prone to forget the Source from which
they come, others have been added which
are of so extraordinary a.nature that they
cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the
heart which is habitually insensible to the
ever-watchful Providence of Almighty God.
In the midst of a civil war of unequalled
magnitude and sdverity, which has some
times seemed to invite and provoke the ag
gressions of foreign States, peace has been
preserved with all nations, order has been
maintained, the laws have been respected
and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed ev
erywhere, except in the'theatre of military
conflict. While that theatre has been great
ly contracted by the advancinc , armies and
navies of the Union, the needful diversions
of wealth and strength from the fields, of
peaceful industry to the national defence,
have not arrested the plow, the shuttle, or
the ship. The axe has enlarged the borders
of onr settlements, and the mines as well of
iron and coal as of the precious metals, have
yielded even more abundantly than hereto
fore. The population has steadily in
creased, notwithstanding the waste that has
been made in the camp, the siege, and the
battle-field ; and the country, rejoicing in
the 'consciousness dt augmented strength
and vigor, is permitted to expect a continu
ance of years, with a large increase of free
dom. .
No human counsel hath devised, not
withstanding the mortal hand has worked
out, these great things They are gracious
things of the Most High God, who, while
dealing with us in anger for our sins, bath,
nevertheless, remembered mercy. It has
seemed to me fit and proper that they
should be solemnly, reverently and grate
fully acknowledged, as with one heart and
voice, by the whole American people.
I do, therefore, invite my fellow-citizens
in all parts of the United States, and-also
those who are at sea, and those who are so
journers in foreign lands, to set apart and
observe THE LAST THURSDAY OE NOVEI4I
- NEXT as a day of TUANKSOIYINct and
PRAYER to our beneficent Father, who cloth
reside in the heavens; and I recommend to
them that, while offering up the ascriptions
of praise justly due to him for such singu-,
lar deliverances and blessings, they do also,
with humble penitence for our national
perverseness and disobedience, commend to
his tender care all those who have become
widows, orphans, or are otherwise suffering
in the amentable civil strive in which we
are unavoidably engaged; and that they
fervently implore the interposition of the
Almighty hand to preserve the health of
the nation, and restore it, as soon as may
be consistent with the Divine pirposes, to
the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tran
quility and union.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my band, and caused the seal of the Uni
ted States to be affixed. Done at the city,
of Washington, this third day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three r and of the
Independence of the United States, the
eighty-eighth. A. LrucoLu.
Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State.
THANRSGMAG
America
IS YOUR PASTOR ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED ?
This is a question which may at any
time, and especially at present, be put to a
Christian congregation. We propose it
now, and we trust that no people will turn
it off slightly. Let there be a prompt and
reasonable investigation of the subject, in
regard to yOur own pastor. The answer
we do not wish to have for publication; we
but desire that you shall put yourselves in
a situation in which, as good stewards of
God's bounties to you, he may smile upon
you as being faithful.
We have been for some time meditating
an article on MINISTnRIAL SUPPORT; and
we take the publishing of the noble and
truly Christian action of the. Synod of Alle
gheny, as a fit occasion to present our
thoughts to our readers. The theme can
not but be most interesting; and we trust
that the Elders who have been appointed
to bring it before their fellow-elders of the
Synod will be heaven-directed in their ef
forts, and will meet with prompt and most
favorable responses. We hope also that not
only the churches in Allegheny Synod, but
that all churches will take up the subject,
and exhibit their wisdom and liberality.
Let those who serve in the . Gospel have
from their labors, for themselves and theirs,
a comfortable sustenance. I.
When our Saviour sent out the twelve
(Matt. x :1-15.) to labor in his cause, it
was on the principle that " the workman is
worthy of his meat." And when he after
wards commissioned the seventy (Luke x :
1-11.), he presented to their consideration
the same thought. They need make no
provision, and feel no anxiety, "for the la:
barer is worthy of his hire." This is a
first principle. Its application is, of right,
universal; and it should be universal in
fact. The laborer may be high or low,
rich or poor, white or black, bond or free,
clerical or sooial, still, an adequate com
pensation for his services is his due. PAUL
says (Col. iv : 1.), "that which is just and
equal
Such is the general principle. We now
apply it to the ministers of religion;.and
for them God has specially ordained their
sustenance at the hands of his people.
In ancient Israel they had dieted lands,
and they had tythes and offerings.
In the New Testament, provision is made
with equal positiveness, but not with the
same definiteness. It is not specified as in
glebes and tythes. It is on principle; the
amount to be regulated by the wants of the
laborer, and the ability of those whom he
serves.
We have already noticed the recognition
of this principle, in the commission given
to " the twelve," and " the seventy." The
rule is argued and stated in 1. Car. ix : 6-
14. " Have not we power to forbear work
ing Who goeth a warfare at any time at
his own charges ? who planteth a vineyard,
and eateth not of the fruit thereof ? who
feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk
of the flock ?" Thou slialt not muzzle
the mouth of the ox that treUdeth out the
corn." "If we have sown unto you spirit
ual things, is it a great thing if we shall
reap your carnal things ?" " They which
wait at the altar, are partakers with the
altar. Even so hath God ordained that
they who preach the Gospel, shall live of
the Gospel." To the Galatians. PAur, says :
"Let him that is taught in the Word com
municate unto him that teacheth, in all
good things." To Tammy - he says : " The
laborer is worthy of his reward." Every con
gregation then who will keep the law of JE
SUS CHRIST, will adequately sustain the am
bassador whom JESUS CHRIST sends them.
In accordance with this Scriptural teach
ing, people, in calling a pastor, bind them
selves in a specific sum for his support.
This he agrees to accept, and it thus be
comes a contract and covenant. Then, at
the pastor's installation, the people again
engage to " continue to him the competent
worldly maintenance" promised in the call,
and to add, thereto " whatever else they
may see needful for his comfort among
them." Accepting such instructions from
on High, as we have noted, and lifting
your right hands to God in solemn attesta
tion of your promise, can you afford to be
ignorant of your minister's wants, or to leave
them unsatisfied ?
You ask : What is an adequate support,
or, What is " just and equal ?" The an
swer must depend on circumstances. Some
ministers are worth, more than others; be
cause God has given them more talents,
and they are more industrious. Some have
greater wants; on account of habits, tastes,
and family. And some people should give
more than others; because Providence has
made them to abound more "in all good
things."
Ministers' salaries have been, for many
years, quite too low. Of course ministers
are had at the market price of such labor
as they perform; but that has been toa
low, both for the public benefit and for the
prosperity of religion. The fact that they
are plenty should not bring down the price
of their labor. A man whose talents, ac
quisitions, and energy, qualify him to take
charge of even a moderately sized congre
gation, as their mental, moral and religious
instructor, is worth far more than the
amount of a common salary. The same
degree of mind, learning, honesty, and
consecration to his work, would bring him
a far superior remuneration, as a physician,
lawyer, merchant, manufacturer, or farmer.
And the fact that there are many men
in the ministry, unemployed and seeking
places, does not prove that salaries are too
high, or high .enough. There are men—
all ministers should be such—who seek the
holy office from motives far' higher than a
desire of a ' money compensation. But
still, a sustenance is a neceis4tY. And it
may also be said, with trukh, :that if sal
aries were but half of .whatothey are, there
would still be applicitits*wrgh for vacan
cies; but they would ''he'foirkillower grade
of intellect and education - 2:Aliidif sala
ries were doUble of what r :Ae l ifare men of
more native ability,' men more highly en
dowed of God, men more eminent in ac-.
quisitions, would be found in our pulpits.
The mutual influence of demand and sup
ply, holds between the ministry and the
pulpit as really as in other relations—as
really, but not as entirely; for it is affect
ed by our ample arrangements for educa
tional aid ; and affected also by the agency
of Divine grace in the heart. But still,
as we jest said, it is both really and deep
ly influenced by the labor principle of de
mand and supply. Hence, very much in
accordance with the standard of sustenance,
will be the standard of ministerial elevation,
in the scale of intellect and energy.
But, without a minute discussion of
that subject, permit us to ask whether,
according to the standard of years
past, your minister is adequately sup
ported. The price of nearly every thing
he wants for himself and family, is greatly
increased within three years. Groceries
have raised from 50 to 100 per cent. above
old prices. The materials of clothing have
raised nearly 100 per cent. The product
of the farm has raised considerably,-as has
also the wages of mechanics and laborers.
If a minister was barely comfortable on his
salary, three years ago, he must now be
suffering on the same salary ; or he must
be depriving himself of books, or his chil
dren of education ; or he must be turning
part of his time and attention to some oth
er business as a means of supplementing
his living.
How is it, brethren of the eldership ?
It is your duty to see to this, as you are
the chosen leaders of the people, to guide
them into all good works. How is it ye
people—ye who lifted up your hands to
God, at your pastor's installation—ye who
are reaping his spiritual things—ye who,
by the influence of the Gospel of which he
is a minister, lie down and rise up, and go
out and come in, and dwell with your fam
ilies, and enjoy the fruits of your toil, in
peace—ye whose children are by him being
trained for respectability in society, and be
ing guided with yourselves in the pathway
to heaven? How is it? Is your pastor
adequately supported ? Do you perform
your individual duty toward this ? Do
you press your neighbors to do their duty ?
Brethren, lay aside theoretical and abstract
disquisitions for a little while, till yon have
satisfactorily answered, to God and your
conscience, this practical, this feeling ques
tion : Is your Pastor adequately supported?
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF WAR.
We have before us an excellent sermon,
preached by Rev. D. HARBISON, Ebens
burgh, Pa., on the late Thanksgiving. Day,
in which the preacher feelingly directs at
tention to the general fact, that lights and
shadows mark the progress of human life r
and then notices some of the sorrows which
flowed from our three recent victories in
fields of battle. The theme is taken from
the unnatural rebellion of ABSALOM ) who
endeavored to supplant his father, in the
Kingdom of Israel. A parallel is run be
tween that rebellion and the rebellion of
our Southern people. And the sorrow of
the king at the loss of his son, though a
rebel, calls forth a mention. of the sorrow
which, in many families, must be a conse
quent of our dearly bought victories. He
says
" There is a cost in victory beyond the
power of an angel's arithmetic to reckon, in
the wounds and, bruises and pains inflicted
upon the actual combatants. None but
those who have gone over the battle-field
during or immediately after a hot encoun
ter, can form any proper conception of the
agony felt by hundreds and thousands re
cently whole and hale, now maimed and
bleedine , and helpless. How would we
stand aghast e at witnessing the instant de
struction of a single individual by a deed
of violence—how would our tenderest sym
pathies be aroused did we see a neighbor
or friend mutilated and doomed to drag out
life while unfitted for its burdens ! Then
who can tell, or what heart can imagine, the
immense sufferings endured by many thou
sands of brave men helplessly carried from
the field, leaving parts of themselves be
hind and bearing the scars of war on their
mangled and dismembered bodies ! These
are the necessary accompaniments of vic
tory, and the sad thought that the battle is
won at such a price, leads us to mourn
while we rejoice.
On the means of final success, Mr. HAR
BISON says :
"Let us not forget that in Union there
is strength, and if divided we must fall.
Every good citizen, every sincere Christian
is morally bound to sustain the powers that
be, which are ordained of God, by denounc
ing the rebellion and its abettors, and
cheering on to victory the self-denying he
roes that battle for our national existence."
A GOOD EVE.
We are, always pleased to notice good
movements in our Presbyteries. Every
thing there ought to be good; but, good as
a Presbytery's ways may be, there is still
room for something better. The " good
move" of which we speak is a resolve in
the Presbytery of Luzerne. It is this
They have arranged their Presbyterial meet
ings so as to remain in session over the Sab
bath. There is a. great deficiency in the
social and official intercourse of Christian
ministers. They are quite too much iso
lated—so intent on their studies and their
pastoral labors—so devoted to their home
work, that they cannot spare a day or two,
often, for a social, brotherly visit; and es
pecially are they so desirous to have their
pulpits filled,' that they cannot abide
together.over a Sabbath - and enjoy the ben
efit of instruction and" of devotional exer
cises which might heii4ciAiarly adapted to
their own case. So impressed are we with
the importance of what is involvejtin these
remarks, that we would be willing• to make
it a part of constitutional church-law, that
twice every year, that is, at the Spring
meeting of Presbytery, and at the meeting
of Synod, in the. Autumn, the ministers,
and the elders with them, should hold a
protracted devotional meeting, embracing
a Sabbath day, and a communion in the
Supper of the . Lord,
Such a service, as it seems to us, would
be, and certainly might be made, highly
advantageous. Ministers as well as other
folks need to be refreshed, both in soul and
body. They need physical rest, and men
tal rest. They need an occasional change
of scenes and employment. They need
the inspiriting influence of professional in
tercourse. They need instruction and in
citement. To country pastors who but
seldom are allowed any relaxation of toil,
these two days of leisure would be a bless
ing. City pastors who generally have a
month or two allowed them to recreate,
could do with two Sabbaths less of time to
be absent for Summer holidays. In many
aspects the ministers would be gainers;
and again to the minister, in knowl
edge, faith, grace, vigor, and incitement, is
a gain to the people.whom he serves.
In Northern Presbyteries, the arrange
ment of our brethren of Luzerne is rather
a novelty. Several Synods, however, have
tried the experiment; and not always suc
cessfully. There is such a desire to get
home, that many members break away;
and some, who live near the place of meet
ing, prevail on more distant brethren to
accompany them; and thus the interests
and the benefits of the Synod's Sabbath
services are greatly impaired. These
things being so, and the ease seeming to
be' incurable, some Synods, after years of
experience, have abandoned what we are
here trying to speak of as a means of
ministerial enjoyment and edification.
Well, the matter depends something
upon taste, and somewhat also on resolu
tion; and in these things men greatly
differ. The Synod of Allegheny finds ben
efit in the Sabbath day's union in worship,
and maintains the order. The Synod of
Pittsburgh found it very difficult to retain
its members, and resolved, for this year,.to
meet early in the week so as to get through
business in time for all its members to
reach their own churches for Sabbath ser
vice.
EASTERN SUMMARY.
NEW-ENGLAND.
NEW-ENGLAND has its peculiarities of
character. One is, cool self-possession in
times of trial. An incident illustrative of
this is given. A soldier at home on fur
lough and just recovered from a severe
wound, is parting from a wife and nine
children. The wife did not expect to see
him again, but she suppressed her fears.
A witness of their parting says
4 ' There was no weeping, no lingering, not
even a kiss; a silent shake of the hand, and
he was gone—she looking after him, pale
and quiet, only her shining eyes showing
how deep was the pain she would not ex
press. And so, doubtless, when she felt a
little stronger, she-went home to her nine
children, put away her bonnet and shawl
as quie tly as if she had come from church,
prepared the supper, and only when the
house was quiet and the little ones in bed,
she might have let a quiet tear or two fall
on the stocking she was knitting for her
soldier. It is the way of the New-England
women."
Doubtless there was deep feeling, but the
parting was rather cool.
ON FASHIONS, one writing from Bangor,
Maine, says :
(c Talk of the rigor of Fashion's rule in
large cities ! One don't begin to feel that
tyrant's real grip until one enters minor
towns and villages. In New-York you
rarely see two persons, even ladies, dressed
precisely in the same style; but in the towns
of New-England they are as alike in attire
as peas in one . pod. Every bonnet must
have exactly the same bend and the same
number and sort of bows, arranged in the
same way. If one girl wears a scarf, every
girl must have one ; every jaunty hat must
be like every other one in shape and general
appearance, and you see one sort of outside
garment."
THE Portland _Mirror makes some excel
lent remarks on church music. It says :
"The subject of church music is attracting
the attention of our school committees. We
hope ere long to see this science a part of
the educational system of our country, as
it already is of other lands. While music
is an exponent of the sentiments and pas
sions of the human breast, it cannot cease
to command our admiration and attention.
When this study shall become general with
our youth, we shall witness a permanent
improvement in the singing of our church
es. In too many of th congregations of
the country, faults of expression and enun
ciation are apparent to the dullest ear and
least cultivated taste. We incur great
pains and. expense in fitting up our
churches. We study the best angle for the
backs of the slips; their proper height is
duly considered; rich and tasteful cover
ings are ordered—and everything is re
ferred to the taste and comfort of the wor
shippers. Equal care for. the singing is
not yet so general. Few properly estimate
the value of good church music. By it,
ordinary sermons are made acceptable ; ;
without it, the best pulpit efforts lose much
of their effect."
TILE FOLLOWING extracts have interest,
as showing the zeal of the early settlers of
Old Connecticut on behalf of education :
" At a General Court held in New Haven
the 11th of November, 1644, the propo
sition for the relief of poor scholars at the
College at Cambridge was fully approved
of, and thereupon it was ordained that
Joshua Atwater and William Davis shall
receive of every one in this plantation,
whose heart is willing to contribute there..
unto, a peck of wheat or the value of it.'
" At a General Court held 16th March,
1645, Mr. Atwater informed the Court
that he had sent from Conn. forty bushels
of wheat, for the College, by Goodman
Rodman, for the last year's gift of New
Haven; although he had not received so
much'
At a General Court held in New Haven
sth July, 1647, it was desired that as men
had formerly engaged themselves to con
tribute a portion of corn to the- College,
they would not now be slack in carrying it
to the collectors, but that some seven or
eight days at farthest those that are behind
woul6. pay, for it's a service to Christ, and
may yield glorious fruit to the colonies
hereafter!
- •
"At a General Court held at Guilford,
Conn.,
.February 16, 1647, the Court
minded the planters with the College corn,
desiring every man to be free in it as a
service to Christ."'
SOME ITEMS OP NEWS are as follows
The. One Hundredth Centennial' Anni
versary of the Old South church o r
Woreester was celebrated on Tuesday o r
last week. Rev. Dr. Bacon, of New Haven,
gave the address. A dinner at the B ay
State House in the afternoon, and a social
reunion at Mechanics' Hall in the evening,
furnished opportunities for intereating
speeches.
The Junior ClasS, which has just entered
Andover Theological Seminary, numbers
fifteen, and several more are expected.
Several new members have also joined the
Middle Class, which, during the coming
year, is united with the Senior Class, oa
account of the absence of Prof. Park.
The Maine Wesleyan Seminary has sent
four hundred of its students to the war.
One hundred and fifteen went during o ne ,
term.
- Professor Edward Hitchcock, D.D., the
well-known geologist, for ten years Presi
dent of Amherst College, has been engaged
in preparing a volume of reminiscences
connected with that institution, which is
in press, and nearly ready for publication.
Rev. Dr. Smith, of New-York, has sig.
'lifted to the Board of Directors his accept.
ance of the Presidency of Dartmouth Col.
lege, to which he was unanimously elected,
and will probably enter on his duties there
about the middle of November.
The fruit crop of New-England will be
below the average, but Western New-York
will have a considerable surplus, from which
source this market can be supplied.
NEW-YORK.
THE TRADE-SALE of books, this year,
is progressing very prosperously. Buyers
are present from all the loyal States, and
from Canada.
44 The catalogue contains one hundred
thousand bound volumes, of which two
thirds have been sold. The figures of the
list, however, by no means represent the
books on sale or disposed of. The dnpli.
sates taken are large. The works cab..
logued have been quadrupled in the sales.
The prices at which the: books are sold are
twenty to twenty-five per cent. higher than
those of last year.
" The volumes most extensively and
regularly duplicated comprise the standard
works, with a fair proportion of the better
class of books which have not a wide repu
tation. Three thousand 'Bible Gems' sold
readily. Nearly one hundred duplicates of
a considerable offering of Bancroft's His
tory of the United States were sold. 4 The
British Poets,' in blue and gold, were well
received. ' The Life and Correspondence
of Daniel Webster,' Gibbons" Rome,' and
the Golden Treasury' series were exten
sively bought.
" An invoice of theological works was
taken in large numbers. Sets of ' Aim
well's Stories' called out two or three hun
dred duplicates; and The Still Hour'
nearly as many more. Titcomb's Letters'
were received with great favor. g The Life
of Stonewall Jackson' was duplicated, but
not extensively. Rawlinson's 'Herodotris,'
an expensive work ' • Liebig's I Husbandry
' A Field Book for Railroad Engineers,'
and James T. Brady's ' Christmas Dream,'
were largely taken.
" More than three thousand volumes of
Webster's Dictionary, the offerings of one
house, were sold. 4 Blackstone's Commen
taries' met with an unusual demand.
Downing's Fruit and Fruit Trees of
America' and all, good school books were
rapidly taken. A very large invoice of
Bibles was three times replaced. Several
thousand photographic albums were Umong
the offerings at this sale, and were readily
taken.
" The results of this sale furnish suffi
cient evidence, if any were needed, that in
the important department of. our industry
represented by the book-trade we do not
depend upon Southern custom."
ONE OE THE great matters of public in
terest at present is, the large squadron of
Russian war-vessels in the harbor. They
are from the Baltic, and probably they are
in our waters so as to have access to the
ocean in ease of European troubles, during
the Winter. In the Baltic they would
be frozen up, or blockaded. The New-
York City Councils have given the officers
a splendid entertainment. It is our nation
al policy, as *ell as .our pecuniary interest,
to cherish the friendship of Russia. She
is a terror to Napoleon, and in Tear of her
he keeps at peace.
A CASE very small, but of some iterest to
travellers, has been decided in court. The
plaintiff refused to pay the five cents ex
tra fair charged by the Company for pay
ment in the ears, and was ejected from the
train by the conductor. He brought an ac
tion for damages. The court held that the
defendants had a right under the statute to
collect the extra fare, and ordered judg
ment of non-suit.
SHORT DRESSES for ladies is likely to be
soon in fashion, and gentlemen begin to
amuse themselves in spcoulation about fe
male vanity. Rut let them note a remark
of a lady. Miss Augusta Moore says of
the new mode :
"It will be a good change, if vanity
does not cause a retreat to the little, thin,
good-for-nothing shoes of other days. When
the feet are exposed, the foolish men
(yes sirs, men; for if they did not make
such a fuss over Small feet, no woman would
kill herself with tight, thin shoes for the
sake of their praise,) will demand that they
discard thick shoes ; and right here it may
as well be said that there never would be
so many trying, good-for-nothing wives, if
men did not by their acts—their words are
often well enough—show how much more
highly they prize a pretty face, white hands,
too soft ever to have been useful, and an
air of high bred' indolence, than they
do an honest, - faithful heart, a head in
which sense dwells, and hands that are not
too proud or too lazy to work with all their
might. If through such folly men make
for themselves years of discomfort and mis
ery, what more. do _they receive than they
deserve ?"
THE FOLLOWING statement of the for
eign trade of New-York, indicates prosper
ity
Imports from Jan. 1 to Sept. 19,1963
Same time in 1862,....
Incmol
The exports of domestic produce, includ
ing foreign articles reexported, are :
..„
Exports from :tan. 1 to Sept. 16, 1863, $ 127 , 07. - I .'"'
Same time, 1662, 100,595,94
Themsed export,... 26,413,5= 1
The Specie feature of our foreign trade
is very satisfactory. It stands thus;
Exports from amt. 1 to Sept. 19, 1862
Same time, 1883,
Deemised - isexport,—
There is here no symptom of extras'
gance and,overtrading, and hence there, i 3
$133,641,02
. 13:,476,319
EMS
..... $42.8 , ''
-$ S" 91