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Distractions in Prayer.
;anent pray ; yet, Lord, thou kuowest
The pain it is to me
~ ..)-1"' I ro have my vainly struggling thoughts
::- Thus torn away from thee.
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446trayer was not meant, for luxury,
r: , k; c'Or sottish pastime sweet ;
L .l '
lis t he prostrate creature's place
- At his Creator's feet. '
: gad I, dear Lord, no pleasure found
r But in the thoughts of thee,
1) . Prayer would have come unsought, and been
: A truer liberty.
1- Ye l t it il v, lo ,e u ak a , rt d present, prayer; Lord,
oftistramoot most
•.•,,''' ,
A sinner out of heart with self,-
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i 4i t t Most, often finds thee there.
And prayer that humbles, sets the soul
Front all illusions free,
7 1 .!: And leaches it how utterly,
4 Dear Lord, it hangs on thee.
' The soul that on self-sacrifice
451 p: Is dutifully bent,
4.00 Will bless the chastening hand that makes
r.e ( 11116. its prayer its punishment.
t 4illi" Ah, Jesus, why should I complain ?
.34 And why fear ought but sin ?
AN Distractions are but outward things;
t ifttl). Thy peace dwells far within I
These surface troubles come and go
Like ruffiings of the sea;
The deeper depth is out of reach
To all, my God, but thee I
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4i, For the Presbyterian Banner.
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Letter from the North-Vint.
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i', _ C—, WISOONSIN.
. MESSRS. EDITORS :—I havejust re
', • ied from the annual meeting of the
".nod of Wisconsin, and with your per
'.on will give your readers some account
le trip.
matter about the starting place :
it to say' that, after several hours
ling over the St. Paul and Milwaukie
ray, I found myaelf at the hour of
ight snugly ensconced in a pleasant
in a fine hotel in the city of Mil
.c. After a refreshing sleep and a
breakfast, I began to look about the
/nd a splendid city it is. It is built
ly of what is called Milwaukie brick,
is of a light day color, almost white,.
which makes very handsome houses.
of the streets will compare favorably
thq beat to be found in most Eastern
I have never seen finer business
~, or more magnificent store-rooms
may be seen in Milwatikie. This city
very important shipping-port. It is
'Amid to be the largest wheat market on this
ontincnt.
ifC I was told that the sales often
' exceeded one million bushels per week.
. !There is a splendid rivalry between Mil
.,
i t,waukie and Chicago; and though the latter
ki . t
as far outstripped the former in most
~
. espects, yet in the item of wheat it is
,1 ehiud.
' The city is also well supplied with
.1 hurdles of almost all denominations. As
~..Pitsual in our Western cities, the Old School
' `lPresbyterian is far behind. We have but
~ a single church, and that not a large one,
. in all that population of forty-five thousand
souls. Our church, though small, is how
ever a very active, efficient one. The Rev.
J. M. Buchanan is the able and faithful
... pastor. The population of Milwaukie is
repidly increasing, and affords one of the
best fields for missionary effort that can be
found in the West. An enterprising and
able man would find here a field„that would
amply repay the most diligent cultivation.
There is not the least doubt but that such
a man, if he could be supported for a short
time, would succeed in building up a large
Presbyterian church, In all that popula
r tion there are certainly more than one hun
.dred and fifty Presbyterians, yet that is all
Ithat belong to our communion there. Here
is abundant material to form a strong
, church. All that is needed is faithful,
well-directed labor, and the blessing of
God.
Leaving Milwaukie for Beloit, the next
place of importance we reach is Racine.
This city is located twenty miles South of
Milwaukie, on the shore of Lake Michigan.
/t is a flourishing and most beautiful city
of twelve thousand inhabitants.. I mention
it chiefly for the purpose of calling atten
tion to it as a field for missionary labor.
As a field of this kind, it presents induce
ments fully equal, if not greater than does .
Milwaukie. Here is a population that al
ready reaches twelve thousand, and is rap
idly increasing, and there is not a single
Old School Presbyterian church, Ido not
know that an Old School minister ever
preached there; certainly no effort has ever
been made to establish a church.
This is a point that ought by all means
to be occupied. It is on the great Railway
from Chicago to Milwaukie and St. Paul,
and also the terminus of the Racine and
Nlississippi Railroad, which connects it
with Northern Illinois, lowa, and the
Father of Waters. Besides, it is a very
important shipping-port. The boats from
Milwaukie to Chicago, and from Buffalo
and Cleveland, touch at Rapine. Moreover
it has a large population of Welsh Calvin
ists, who prefer the Old School Presbyte
rian to all other churches. They have
churches of their own, where their 'native
language is used, but this cannot last long.
In doctrine they are thoroughly Presbyte
rian, and in government substantially so.
The only barrier between the Old School
Presbyterian and the Welsh Calvinist is
language, and that must speedily fall away.
Here then is a large population which
must be absorbed eventually in one or other
branch of the great Presbyterian family)
and as they areE more nearly in sympathy
with us than any ,other denomination, we
ought to open our. arms to receive them.
I know of no service that wealthy disciples
at the East can render that would be more
acceptable to God and beneficial to his
Church, than to select two of the beat men
that can be secured, and send them, the
one to Milwaukie and the other to Racine,
to preach the Gospel and establish church
es. I say the best men, for it would be
idle to send inferior men. They must be
men able to interest and instruct cultivated
minds; for with such they . would have to
deal.
This need not interfere with other de
nominations of Evangelical Christians.
They , are doing a noble work, and God
speed .them; but they cannot do all the
Lord's work, and we ought to help them ;
and it is a shame and a sin that the Old
VOL. XII. NO. 6.
School Presbyterian church, comprising so
much talent, wealth, and influence, should
manifest so little energy and zeal in preach
ing the Gospel in these Western States.
But I must go on to Synod, or I shall be
too late—as I certainly was. Synod met
in the pleasant little city of Beloit. It is a
place of five or six thousand inhabitants,
situated on the line between Illinois and
Wisconsin. We have a growing church
there, which enjoys the pastoral labors of
our talented and faithful brother, Rev.
Robert Beer, an alumnus of the estern
Theological .Seminary, class of '6l. Bro.
Beer is very pleasantly located, has the sat
isfaction of laboring among a people who
prize and love him, and that other satisfac
tion almost as great, of living and working ,
harmoniously with Christians of other de
nominations, by whom ho is highly es
teemed. Beloit is the seat of a flourishing
College, under the auspices of our Congre
gational brethren. I visited the handsome
grounds and buildings, and had the good
fortune to fall in with Prof. Nason, who
occupies the chair of Chemistry, and who
courteously conducted me through the li
braries, cabinet, lecture-rooms,
&a., and was
glad to find afterwards that the Professor
is distinguished not only as a refined gen
tleman, but also as a profound and finished
scholar and a successful feacher. Subse
quently, by invitation, the Synod visited
'the College as a .body. This Institution
stands in the first rank among the Colleges
and Universities of the West.
But little business of general interest
was transacted by Synod. Most of the
time was occupied with the embarrassed
affairs of Carrol College. This enterprise
was undertaken by the Synod of Wiscon
sin, a number of years ago'. It was organ
ized and put in operation without a suffi
cient pecuniary basis. The consequence
was, that after dragging out a feeble exist
istence for a few years, it suspended. Ali
effort to revive it was recently made by the
Trustees, a new Faculty obtained, a differ
ent policy inaugurated, and the Colle,ge
reopened. The action of the Board eras
pretty thoroughly overhauled by Synod, a
long discussion ensued, which amounted to
nothing except the discharge of much en
perilous gas, and the stirring up of much
bitter feeling. The• affairs of the institu
tion were found to be hopelessly embar
rassed. After a good deal of orimination
and recrimination, a new Board was chosen,
which of course meant another change of
policy. The result is, Carrol College is
practically defunct. It may exist as an
Academy, but its College days are ended.
This is well. It is absurd far the Synod
of Wisconsin alone to talk about establish
ing and carrying on a first-class College,
(and none other ought to be attempted,) at
present. There is not enough of Presby
terianism in the. State to do it; and such
institutions are so uncertain, that people
from abroad are lath to touch them. There
are but about two thousand Old School Pres
byterians in the whole State of Wisconsin,
and the vast majority of them have but
limited means; hence, it is the height of
folly to expect such a body of people to sus
tain a first-class College.
A scheme is now on foot to concentrate
the energies of our whole Church in Min
nesota, Wisconsin, lowa, and Northern
Illinois, on one grey Presbyterian College,
to supply the North-west Seminary with.
students. If this plan can be consum
mated, it will amount to something sub
stantial. Such an institution is a great de
sideratum. The Seminary at Chicago can
not flourish without it. The wants of this
field cannot be supplied without it. Most
young men who go Bast to College, take their
theological course there,' and, if possible,
settle there.' A great College of this kind
will meet a crying want in the North-west.
The scheme is a noble one, but it will re
quire time for its accomplishment.
This letter is far too long already, or I
might, tell you how I got home from Synod,
and what I saw on the way. But enough
OBBERVATOR.
For the Presbyterian Banner
Dependence End Freedom.
HOSEA I%: 12—Woe also to them when
I depart from them.
Men are dependent upon God. God is
ready to afford men the assistance and grace
they need, and yet be may depart from them
and leave them to themselves. The time
of his departure is uncertain and unknown.
The condition of those from whom .God de
parts is dreadful ; for he says, Woe also to
them when I depart from them.
Man's dependence upon God does not
infringe upon his moral freedom. God
has made man a free moral agent, account
able for all his doings ; and man must for
ever continue a free moral agent—the ever
lasting slave of freedom I Men are free as
well .as dependent, and dependent as well
as free. Dependence is not inconsistent
with freedom, nor freedom with depend
ence. God can let down the chains of his
influence upon you, and'bind you fast, and
lead you just where he pleases, and let you
do just as you please all the time. He
can make you love what you hate, and hate
what you love, and yet let you do just as
you please all the while. He will always
deal with you in this way. He will never,
in a solitary instance, destroy your moral
freedom. For every act you do, you must
give account to God; and according to
these acts you must be judged in the great
day, because these acts are your own, and
they are, and ever will be, in every in
stance, free, voluntary acts in the sight of
God.
We may be unable to tell, or even to see,
bow dependence and freedom can harmonize,
but there is a way in which they do har
monize, perfectly and gloriously. Our
business is to feel our dependence, and yet
to act as free and accountable beings, with
reference to God's glory and the day of
judgment, whether we can see how they
harmonize or not. It is no matter to us
how they harmonize. We are to believe
that man is both free and dependent, and
that his dependence does not, in the least, in
fringe upon his freedom; and then we are
to act as though perfectly free, and yet feel
that we are entirely dependent. We should
never make our dependence an excuse for
inactivity or neglect. It is an excuse
which can never justify us. As God has
made us free, we must act; as we are de
pendent, we must pray, and we should
dread the departure of God for from us;
for if he depart, woe unto us ! If he de
part, we are lost 1 0 seek the Lord while
he may be found ! Call upon him while he
is near I Behold, now is the accepted
time; behold, now is the day of salvation !
Look to Christ and live ! W. J. M.
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EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
Mr. Forster, M. P.—Remarkable Speech at Leeds—
Analysis—Underrating of the War—" A Wicked
War "—Pleas and Considerations on Behalf of
England—What the Times Says—The Steel-clad
Ships—Mexico and French Pressure—An Eman
cipation Meeting in London—Mi. Mason's Retire
ment—Confederate and Tory Anger—Conduct of
Earl Russel—Confederate Appeal for " Recog
nition"—Death of Hr. Ellice, Al. P.—His Amer
ican and Canadian Antecedents—llls Opinions
and Character—Brigandage Dying Out—Papal
Encouragement and Revenge—Evangelical Alli
ance at Dublin.
LONDON, Sept. 26th, 1863
A NOBLE SPEECH has been delivered to
a crowded meeting at Leeds, in support of
the cause of emancipation in America and
the neutral policy of the British Govern
ment by Mr. Forster, Member of Parlia
ment for Bradford. This gentleman is an
orator of mark in the House of Commons,
and is highly educated and accomplished.
He has done great service, in and out of the
House, to the cause of Italian liberty. In
the debate which followed Mr. Roebuck's
visit to the French Emperor, near the close
of the session, Mr. Forster eminently dis
tinguished himself as the friend of the
North and of 'liberty. Let us see what he
says on different points, now agitating the
American mind and that of Britain also,
and mark how honest, candid, and worthy
are his sentiments. Be it remembered also
that he speaks the sentiments of the vast
mass of the Nonconformists, and of an ec
lectic class of wise and good men of all
sections. He commenced by referring to
misunderstandings, and the causes of them.
There exists, he said, in America, a con
sciousness, and a right-founded conscious
ness that we misconceive this great strug
gle in its very principle and its foundation,
and that we have, so to speak, underrated.
it. i.,.,Jortance.
4. hree years ago," continued Mr. For
ster, looked forward to the fature of the
Union with fear and trembling. I did not
know what punishment God 'would inflict
upon America for having connived at this
great sin of slavery." He then gave the
history of the first stealthy and then open
efforts on the part of the slaveocracy " to
master the Union." Then the freemen of
the North, alarmed, said : "We will not
allow this slave power to go on increasing ;
we will take care that it does not rule us."
The slaveholders finding they could no lon
ger wield the commonwealth to support
their system, said : " We will set up a con
federacy of our own." What followed
" Men of the North, the patriots of the
Union, said, We will not submit to that,"
and we, many of us in England, who were
utterly reckless of money or life. when we
thought that Russia merely threatened to
stop the communication with our Eastern
possessions—who were still more reckless
of money and life to preserve our empire
in India—when we know that there is
scarcely one of us in, this country, of any
party, who . would not, if it_ came_ to the dire
alternative, use every power he possessed to
keep Ireland as a sister country in union
with England—yet we who know that we
have this patriotic feeling and would un
dergo the .greatest: sacrifices before we would
allow. 'our country to be cut to pieces or
diminished,,or .ter become a weak Power,
rather than a strong power—we complained
of the North Americans and said to them,
YOu havn entered Upon a .wielted war,"
because. hey .would not allow the- slaveholci
ers of the South, in order to perpetuate and
extend slavery, to break up their country,
and make it a divided, a weak, and" almost
powerless country, instead .of a great and
powerful one. I say this, that I will give
many of those who argue' thus the credit
that if - the same result, or anything like it,
was upon the issue in England they would
be as foreinost in, desiring to prevent their
country from being destroyed, as the most
ardent and fierce Northerner at this mo
ment."
As to the statements made about the
wickedness of this war, he said :
"I. also think it a wicked war; but I
charge .the. wickedness upon those who be
gan the war in the worst of all possible
causes. lam •willing to allow that even
with them—for a strange , thing is human
nature—some of them may have forced
themselveLinto the belief that they were
in a good -cause. I don't pretend to deny
the valor of the men of the South; I will
not deny that they have shown many fine
qualities in this war. I will go _even far
ther, and say .that it is ..very difficult for
men, even in a bad cause, to :,have submit
ted to the sacrifices and self- - denial which
many men in the. South have undergone,
without coming out of it purified and bet
ter than when they went in. But whilst
that is the case, I cannot forget upon which
side the right is,
though I lament more
than I can speak the suffering which is the
retult of this war, and the crimes which
havebeen committed on both sides; for in
the, presence of *an influential American I
cannot but say it would be well if the pub
lie - ()Pinion of America were raised more
strongly against the atrocities ,committed
in the Northern' States as, well as in the
Southern. lam well aware 'that in a tre
mendous crisis like thii there are strong
temptations, and that even Christian and
patriotic people find it difficult to prevent
war being carried on other than with that
ferocity which, more or less, always accom
panies war. Still, great as are the tempta
tionsz_Christians must not forget their du
ty. Nevertheless, I say, much as-we lament
this war, - its sufferings and erinies, , l do
from the very bottom of my heart rejoice
at what we may now hope will be the re
sult of it."
Mr. .Forster then addressed the _Rev.
Rev. Mr.. Charming, who was present, and
afterwards Jude a telling epeech in the
following words,,which present : pleas and
reasons which, in a feebler way, but with
candor. and fulness, I have repeatedly, in
the spirit of a. peace-maker,_placed :before
your. readers :
it There is a feeling in America, if we
may judge by the papers and: the state
ments of the leading men, that- England
has done them a vrrong—an-actual and pos
itive wrong—which it is their business, al
most their duty, to revenge•when they have
the opportunity. I say -that is not the
case. I don't mean that there have not
been men in •England who have taken the
side of the South. There have been many,
especially in what are called the Upper. clas
ses ; but, atter all, it is not for the speech
es of men, even if they have honorable or
noble stuck before their names, that the
country must be responsible, nor is it for
writing in newspapers that we roust beheld
responsible. Mr. Channing would not like
me to make him. or his country responsible
for the writing of the' New.' York •Herald.
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1863 WHOLE NO. 578
I don't compare the New-Ark Herald I the animus of an editor who re-publishes a
to the Times or the _Morning ;Herald, but document thirteen years old, to blacken
I say the Americans should net make us her, and this in revenge for supposed
responsible for anything written in the wrong.
Times or Morning Herald. All we ought THE DEATH of the Right Honorable Ed
to be judged by is the action of the coon- ward Ellice, M. P. for Coventry, in his
try, and as far as the action of the country 80th year, is e deeply regretted by a host of
is concerned, so far as we have acted in a friends, liotr f in the upper and middle
national capacity, the Americans have lit- classes of society, as well as among the
tie or no reason to find fault, and that is humblest of his .constituents at Coventry,
what they ought to bear• in mind. They and'his own, servants and dependents. He
also ought to remember, when their hearts was of an Aberdeenshire stock. His grand
rankle at any expression made by any of father emigrated to America, and after the
the upper classes of the country, how their war, as a 44 loyalist,'f settled in Canada.
cause has been viewed by the Tat masses There he founded a great commercial
of the people. For every u°
.man , for House, and also a House in London, where,
every man who has a title before his name in Golden Square, Edward, the son was
who has taken the side, of the Shuth, there born. He was educated first at Winches
have been ten, twenty, and .:even hundred ter College- and after at St. Andrews, in
b
hard-workine men who have taken the side Scotland. 'He became a merchant, and in
of the Northand freedoin. And they have the city of London, as an officeecierk,
done so • with every teniptationi e nd every
i" formed his business habit's, his unweary
inducement brought to • bear uptin• them to leg power'of application, and his respect
take the other side. Illy hav4een told for punctuality." He was early sent to
by ingenious men---(I will not sellout for
h
t e purpose)—that their sufferges—and Canada the House being among the larg
est 'ship-owners of the world. His .first
many of them have been eufferifiglieeplye-- visit to the United: States was in 1803,
have been caused by this war, andethat the; when New-York scarcely contained
_BO,OOO
war has; been caused by the action of the :inhabitants. He' visited Chicago *hen
Federals ; and yet such has been their in- scarcely a house existed—the emporium at
stinetive feeling—they know **liberty this hour without a rival• of the trade and
is, and ill will it be for England when. the commerce of the West. At that period Mr.
working men forget what liberteeis—such Ellice formed the acquaintance of many of
was their instinctive feeling that they have the families of the signers of the Deolara
refused to be misled; and I .do I.l' it w ill
.tioa of Independence. In 1859, in his old
be ungenerous of America to member age, he visited the States to see with his
anything against England wheu,we can own eyes the social progress since his pre
point to that large meeting of !am. half- ceding visit and "if he had not been re
starving working men of ManchestAr in , the strained by his friends he would have re-
Free Trade Hall, when they took.lthe lead crossed the Atlantic from interest in the
in saying, 'No matter what the suffering causes and consequences of the civil war.
we may endure, no matter what the sacri
fices we may have to undergo, we -will not As to his views about American polities,
they will of course be differently estimated
allow our Government to depart from the -- e .
by different persons, according to their own
strict principle of neutrality on behalf of
the slave-holding Confederacy!" ~
political views. He was wont to say that
he had outlived the race of great American.
As to the Alabama, Mr. Forste4 acquit- statesmen—Calhoun, Webster: and Clay_
ted Lord Russel of any intentionakneglect because that while the Anglo-Saxon mate
or evil, but he believed "he waickeaught rial was still left in full supply, the intelli
napping." " That was not the f i e f a the .. gent, instructed, and wealthy classes had
Government, and Lord Russel hae,thene his thrown away the staff from their hands by
utmost to prevent any other vesset follow- the concession of universal suffrage, and an
ing her." He went on to argue the ques- equal vote to every, foreigner who had
tion of steel-clads being built and sent out landed twelve months upon the shores of
from the ports of a neutral. America. This fatal political. mistake, he
I have thus given a full analysis of this said, was aggravated by:, the weakness of
important speech, believing it a duty to do the . Executive in a Federal Union with.
so, in the cause of justice, truth, and in- separate State rights. Other opinions as
ternational good feeling. i to the issue of the civil war, (which he had
The Times attacks Mr. Forster• and Mr. predicted,) would probably meet with little
Charming, a's might have been expected. - favor,, coupled with. his declaration that
"-The colored freeman of our 'English Alio- : some of the most able men of the States
litionists," it says, 44 is an imaginary being had expressed to him their conviction that
that unhappily the' free soil' of America ' the growing and, boundless extension of
will not allow to become a reality. • There the States d altogether revolutionized the
the liberated black is the most despised of representative system, and would render it
pariahs--kicked, cuffed, spit upon, .by, law unmanageable. The author of a memoir in
expelled from some States, massacred in one of the morning papers says of Mr. El
an), popular tumult in others, detested in lice: .
all as a nuisance." The "kicking, cuffing " His private correspondence with the
and massacre " of the black, the Times States we know has been received with great
conveniently forgets, are the work of the , interest and respect. He never kept exclu
pro-slavery mob of New-York, hounded on., sive American society. Last year he received'
by Southern sympathizers, and perpetrated ‘ Mie Mason at his seat at Glencoigh ;" (in
by Irish Papists. " President ;Lincoln,":.l the.'Highlandi of Scotland,) " the past
adds the Times, "is peefectlf indiffelent is - month he was the host of the Federal Am
to abolition. He is .for Union, with ale- ibassador, Mr. Adams. Mr. Ellice's mind
very or without it. We think now as Lin
coin and Seward, Scott and Everett thought .of all and he used the telescope
opinions,
before the actual outbreak.";
- ' and not the microscope, in g o wing.liii fel
,.
A LARGENG MEETI was held in Craven :.low men and their respecti
v vernments."
Chapel, London, on Monday evening last, , This venerable. man was a,leading politi
at
which stronaeresolutions were passed in , cian, with immense influence. He was
favor. of President Lincoln's emancipation 1 first a Radical, and the early friend of Sir
policy. One of the speakers, the Rev. .F. Burdett, Lords King and Althorp, and
John Kennedy, MA., of. Stepney, London, .: other Liberals. When Earl Grey, in 1830,
severely commented upon the recent "Ad- ; brought in the celebrated Reform Bill, Mr.
dress of the Clergy of the Confederate : Ellice was Secretary to the Treasury, and
States." The Rev. Sella Martin, and ' was afterwards Secretary at War. He was
another man of color, spoke, amid warm ' member for Coventry for the greater part
approbation, and the Rev. William Brook, iof his public career, and when I was there
the eminent Baptist minister, endorsed the 1 two years' ago, I found that he was univer
sentiments and views which had been pre- I sally beloved and respected.
viously expressed. ' BRIGANDAGE in the name of the Pope,
THE RETIREMENT of Mr. Mason, the i and supported by the money of the Ex-
Confederate Commissioner, who was ordered ! King of Naples, is being at length extin
by his Government, or rather by Jefferson i guished by the efforts of the Italian Gov-
Davis, to withdraw from all intercourse 1 ern men G. It has dismissed the Pope's
with the British Government, is a signifi- I Consul at Naples from a post which he
cant fact. It proves that Lord Russel has abused by signing the passports of these
deeply' offended the Confederates, and vir- !atrocious cutthroats,. who perpetrated on
tually and practically snubbed their Corn- ; women, as.well se men, the most horrible
miSSOner• The Morning Herald (Tory) 1 outrages. In :revenge for the dismissal of
takes 'occasion of this fact, furiously to .; its Consul, Count Zecchis has been sent
abuse Earl Russel. That also is signifi- 1 : away by the Papal Government. More and
cant. The Money Editor of the Times i more irritated are the Italian people with
did his best to -help the Confederate loan ..-the French occupation at Rome. Napoleon
dupes, and this week was bitter agaiiist the ' is the really responsible party for all the
Government action in stopping the steam .‘. excesses of the Papal Government, and for
rams at Liverpool. I have said before, and i.etll the sufferings of Seuthern Italy. " Let
repeatit, that. Lord Russel has - scarcely re- * . them 'withdraw," says a correspondent at
eeived justice for his firmness; and his re- aienne, " and, St. Peter will be paralyzed—
sistance of pressure not only rem France, ; Francisco" (the ex-Ring of Naples) "will
but other quarters, is worthy of him. Let plot in yei e e--the Italian, Government will
any American place himself, in thought, in -; know how `to defend its rights, and how to
oureForeign Secretary's position, And .he ; continue the work of redemption which it
will see what a difficult course, he .has had :- has already commenced in a land so long
to steer. Mr. , Mason .finds himself in, a = under the curse of wicked and incompetent
more congenial atmosphere in France - but ; rulers." e .
Yonmay rely upon, it,. if reverses and dis- , THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE-has been:
asters eontinue to fall on the Confederates,
their agent and representative will thel
Majesty, tby
holding, this week, its Sixteenth Annual'
"vet Conference, in Dublin. It was inaugurated
cold shoulder from his Imperial
a soiree in the Rotondo, W. Brooke,
just as Poor Poland is doings after all the e Master in E eq., .
hopes excited among her sanguine chit- Chancery,- presiding
'lThere was a very large attendance of Depu
dren. Not that this matter of Russia and i tations from,.-Conferences in France, Ger-
Poland may not yet lead to war, but Im- man Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, America
perialism will have an eye to it§ own ad- .'fand India.; Addresses were delivered by
vantageevert then._ ,
1 the _Eon.. and itev: Leland Noel, of Eng-
AN APPEAL to " gallant old England," , land; the Rev. Mr. Summerville, of Glas
wasplacarded on Wednesday last, all over gow; Professor Messner, of Berlin; Cap
the metropolis. Its aim and object (all in 1 tain Berger, of Sweden; the Rev. Mr.
Vain) is to arouse the public to the claims eWalsh, missionary, from Allahabad; .the
of the Confederacy to immediate " recog- e nter. 0. Bidwell, from New-York; and
nition," and to press this upon the Govern- Pellet Bernatoff, from Berlin. The meet
ment. It is, `professedly issued by the ling was attended by a very large number
.." London Confederate States Commercial of resident clergy, and of the most respect-
League," (" we "; and ,"us " being con- . able citizens, 'who manifested the liveliest
stantly used,) as if composed by English- -', interest in . the proceedings. •
men and sympathizers with the ' South I ' l l The Irish Christians—Established and
I have -no doubt it is of Southern menu- i non-EstabliShed—are distinguished as much
facture, and that the Confederate :Index by their catholicity of spirit, and their gen
could name its 'peneocters. I don't believe f nine hospitality, as by their basic of the
that such a a London Commercial League" 1 -cardinal truths of the - . Gospel J.W.
exists. One thing is certain, that English
"neutrality," which has been `treated' as a
piece of hypocrisy by so many good ,
Northd . = friends, is a terrible reality.; to
Southerners-, on, their own confession. Not
only has Mr. Mason gone away furious, by
order of President Davis, to France, but,
here is a placard before me which says—
and in this it speaks out the feelings of the
South—" The so called Neutrality prac r
tieed against the South, has been their
greatest hardship, and inflicted a deeper
wound than if England had- sent
_an army
Of one hundred thousand men to aid the
Northern Sigted to subjugate and starve
out their Southern brethren." All honor
to the Banner for the noble article speak
ing:saArindly of Old;Englgadi awl exposing
The Patriot Hiother's Thenk-Offering.
The following letter breathes- a tender
ness of maternal affection, purity. of. patriot
ism. and depth ,of love to the Gospel of
..erns which make it a gem worthy of the
grand-daughter of , the sainted. Isabella Gra
ham, and - sister of the lamented Dr. Beth
une ;
DETROIT, aept. 30,1863.
GEORGE H. STUART, ESQ.:—Dear Sir—
'Having, with great thankfulness to God,
heard by.telegraph that my youngest son,
Adjutant 11.. M. Duffield, is not wounded,
and, quite well at Chattanooga, I send .you
- twenty dollars, as a thank-offering from .:a
.uither .for ithe , preseriration' of her son at
the battle of Chickamauga. I should like
the money appropriated where most of the
Michigan regiments are, but still I do not
diotate. All souls are preCious, and you
can use it as you think best. May the
blessing of our Father in heaven go with it 1
I think of the Christian Commission and
the Sanitary Commission as twin brothers
going forward to their glorious work. Oh !
my friend, what a field is open to Chris
tians now, and how ought they to improve
it in trying to rescue those who are " led
captive by the devil at his will." God
bless you, and the dear, precious Christian
Commission ! Surely the blessing of those
who are ready to perish will rest upon you.
Ah ! little do you know how much comfort
you give to anxious mothers when they
hear of your locations. "My boy is there,"
is her . thought, and then she bows the knee
and prays, that your labors may be blessed
to him and others.
Surely it is like going out into the high-
Vays and hedges, when you look after the
spiritual wants of soldiers. You encourage
Christian soldiers, while you awaken the
impeuitent Oh I how noble to be near
the sick bed and cheer him with your bless
ed words,
" When the groan his faint heart giveth
Seems the last sigh of despair."
Oh I how I have wept and prayed for our
beloved country. Two sons (one a Colonel,
and the youngest, the Adjutant,) I gave.
The Colonel is. wounded so that he cannot
go back, and the dear young Adjutant has
been in this battle. But I put him under
the shadow of God's wing,
and be has kept
him safe. lam anxious, but still I say,
" If new sorrow should befall,
If my noble boy should fall,
If the bright head I have blest,
On the cold earth ends its rest,
Still with all the mother's heart,
Torn and quivering with the smart,
I yield him 'neath thy cbast'ning rod,
To my country , and. my God."
You will never know the good you have
done till "God shall wipe away all tears
from your eyes," and you see how many
gems shall sparkle in your crown which
have been gathered from our army.
How much good your Commission has
done ! God bless you all! In haste,
Your sister in Christ,
ISABELLA G. DUFFIELD.
The Scottish Church and Shivery.
. The address sent to Europe acme time
ago, from• the "Clergy of the Confederate
States," asking for the sympathy of the
Christian world for slaveay and the slave
holders, has excited much indignant com
ment. The last mail brought a response
from the ministers of the Church of Scot
land, which shows what is thought of slav
ery by that venerable and truly religious
body of Presbyterians When the mail
closed, the document had just been drafted,
and there had been no time to obtain 'many
signatures. But the•names already signed
are those of some of the most distinguished
of the Scottish divines. The address is as
follows
" We, the undersigned, ministers of the
churches in Scotland, in reply to the ap
peal made to us in the Address to the
Christians thrqughout the World,' recently
put forth by the Clety of the Confede
rate States-6114241erica,' feel bound to give
public expression to our views, lest our
continued silence should be misconstrued,
as implying either acquiescence in the prin
ciples of the document, or indifference to
the crime which it seeks to defend.
" We refer, of course,
to a single topic,
that of slavery, as it is handled in the ad
dress. We desire to say nothing incon
sistent with our country's attitude of strict
neutrality as regards the war raging across
the Atlantic. We do not discuss any of
the political questions connected with its
origin, progress, and probable issues. We
offer no opinion on the measures adopted .
on either tide. Nor are we to be regarded
as shutting our eyes to the past and present
sins and shortcomings of the North in rela
tion to the - African race. The one object
we have in view is to express the deep
grief, alarm,, and indignation with which
we have perused the pleading on - behalf of
slavery in general, and American slavery
in_particular, to which so many servants of
the Lord Jesus Christ have not scrupled
to append their names. With the feeblest
possible incidental admission of abuses'
which they 'may deplore in this, as in
other relations of mankind,' we find these
men broadly maintaining, in the most un
qualified manner, that the relation of
master and slave'—' among us,' they , add,
to make their meaning more explicit—' is
not incompatible with our holy Christian
ity' They thank God for it,,as for a. mis
sionary, institution; the best, as it would
seem, and the most successful in the world.
They held it to be their peculiar function
to defend and perpetuate it. And they ul
timately contemplate the formation of the
Southern Confederacy upon the basis of
slavery as one_nf its fundamental and per
manent principles or elements, not only
without regret, but with entire satisfaction
and approval.
Against all this—in the name of that
holy faith and that thrice holy name,,which
they venture to invoke on the side of a sys
tem which treats immortal and redeemed
men as goods and chattels, denies them the
right of marriage and of home, consign - II
them to ignorance of the first rudiments of
education, and exposes them to the out
rages of lust and passion—we most earnestly
and emphatically protest. We do not think
it needful to argue. The time for argu
ment-has for many a year been regarded by
the whole of enlightened Christendom as
passed and gone. Apologists for slavery,
attempting to Shelter themselves and it
under the authority of God's Word and the
Gospel of Jesus Christ, are to be denounced
as really—whatever may be their intention
—the worst enemies of both.
" All reasonable allowance, no doubt,
should be made for the circumstances of
Christian ministers called in Providence to
-labor Ivhere slavery exists. Some soreness,
even, on their part, under what they regard
as unjustifiable and dangerous movements
on the other side, might be excused as not
unnatural. And if we saw them manfully
lifting their voice on behalf of universal
liberty, and setting themselves to aim at
the instant redress of the more flagrant of
the wrongs incident to a state of bondage,
we would be prepared calmly to listen to
their representations as to the best and
likeliest practical methods of promoting the
present amelioration of the condition of
the slaves, and securing within the shortest
period consistent with safety their com
plete and final' entanoipaticin.
"'We are reluetaut to abandon the= hope
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that, upon reconsideration, and in view of
the sentiments now unanimously held and
expressed on this subject everywhere else,
all over Christendom, our American breth
ren may yet be induced to take up a posi
tion more worthy of our common faith than
that which they at present occupy. But,
at all events, the obligation lying upon us,
as things now stand, toward them, toward
ourselves,. toward the Church and the
world, toward the Bible and the Gospel, is
to record, in the strongest possible terms,
our abhorrence of the doctrine on the sub
ject of slavery which the Southern clergy
teach, and upon which they act; and to
testify before all nations that any. State,
Empire, or Republic constituted or recon
struct* in these days of Christian light
and liberty, upon the basis of that doctrine
practically applied, must, in the sight of
God, be regarded as founded on wrong and
crime, and as deserving, not his blessing,
but his righteous wrath.
" ROB. S. CANDLISH, D.D., Edinburgh.
THOMAS GUTHRIE, D.D., Edinburgh.
W. H. GOOLD, D.D., Edinburgh.
Ron. BUCHANAN, D.D., Glasgow.
JOHN CAIRNS, D.D., Berwick-on-Tweed.
CHARLES J. BROWN, D.D., Edinburgh.
ANDREW Tnomsow L D.D., Edinburgh.
• WILLIAM ARNDT, Glasgow.
W. LINDSAY ALEXANDER, D.D., Edin
burgh.
JAMES BEGG, D.D.,'Edinburgh.
" Edinburgh, Sept. 22, 1.863."
The paper is being signed by all the
leading ministers of Scotland.
The Name That is Abave Every Name.
Have you experimentally found that
!here is virtue in the name of Jesus ?
,tiave you ever suffered from deep depres
sion of spirit, when all around you was
lark and lowering, and no single ray of
:tope from earthly objects came struggling
'through the gloom, when you have felt as
f all had forsaken you, and " no man cared
ror your soul ?" At such an hour have
ion ever experienced the matchless power
:tnd efficacy of that name of love ? Oh !
there is in those short syllables a sound
more soothing than the fanning of a ser
aph's wings, more' musical than the melo
dy of an angel's harp. For that name alone
is able to sustain the sinking spirit, to bind
up the broken heart, and' to bring peace
and comfort to the despairing soul. Nay
'tore, that name can bring what no other
name which the lips of man have ever ut
tered can aspire to bring—pardon and ac
ceptance to the most hardened, most rebel
lious, most God forgetting spirit among us
dl. He was " called Jesus, beCause he
came to save his people from the guilt, the
power, the consequences of their sin."
Has, then, the name no charms for you ?
ave you heard it often, and does it con
vey no pleasurable feelings to your heart?
We do not usually hear the name unmoved
of one we love '
• the. quickened ear catches
;,he sound amid a thousand voices; and of
thousand names hears that and that
Alone; the throbbing heart beats faster and
.iigher when that name is mentioned, for it
comes laden with the recollection of past
i ioys and hopes of future happiness. So it
is to the true children of God with the
same of Jesus their Saviour, Redeemer,
Friend; it reminds them of all that God
has done for their souls, of all the assur
ances of pardon and peace which that bles
sed name has sealed , to them ; of those
short and transient moments of close and
intimate communion with him who bears
that name, which they have already real
ized;' of those ages, those eternal ages of
happiness and joy which they yet hope to
spend in the Redeemer's presence, and
amid the endearments of the Redeemer's
love. Blessed, thrice blessed are you, who
can in that holy name recognize one who
has saved you from your sins, who is the
best beloved of your soul now, and who,
"when your heart and flesh fail you, shall
be the strength of your heart and portion
forever."--B/unt.
Short Sermon.
Jesus of Nazareth passel by."—.(Aike xviii: 87
. A beggar, and hopelessly blind at that !
How sad .a \ case ! He cannot go to any
celebrated physician, and it were useless if
he could. He has heard of one (invalids
are quick to learn such facts,) who cures
the blind. - But he has never been to Jer
icho. Will he ever come ? Shall I know
it if he come, and, knowing it can I gain
an audience ? Painful and oft reptated
-questions, suspending:his hopes on the frail
thread of remote contingencies.
But, one day, there is a crowd rushing
along, trampling over and by the poor
blind man. "Hearing the multitude he
asked what it meant." The answer thrills
him by the double fact so briefly told. It
is Jesus, 'and he is " passing by." It is
the,moment of.-the man's life. Jesus alone
can help him, was then at Jericho for the
first and last time, and was even then leav
ing. What a thread for a blind man to
find and follow ! He calls, is opposed, calls
louder, is heard, Jesus stops ; speaks to
him; .does for him all he asks; he sees the
Lord of glory, and follows him in the way
with gazing, feasting, adoring eyes.
Oh ! many blind sinners sit by the way
side of the world. Once in their life Jesus
mines near, nearer, nearest, but is " passing
by." How much for them hangs on that
fact at that precise time 1 You were in a
crowd, or in some deep sorrow, or with his
disciples, or alone with- the Holy Spirit,
when he •was " passing." And you knew
he was going by. Did you call, and did he
stop and answer you?
There is a critical point for every sinful
beggar when Jesus goes out once at Jqr
icho's gate. The Christian looks back to
it, and so will the lost sinner. It may
seem a trivial thing at the time to let him
pass by. But opposition should not pre
vent our calling after him. For they who
call are answered. And oh ! the wonder
of mercy, Jesus of Nazareth will stop, and
help, when Poor blind sinners call after him !
—Boston. Review.
The Time to Fret.
There were two gardeners whose crop of
peas had been killed by the frost. One
of them fretted and grumbled, and said
nobody was set unfortunate as he was.
Visiting his neighbor some time after, he
'cried in aStonishment, " What are these ?
A fine crop of peas ! - Where did they
come from ?" "'These are what sowed
while you were fretting," said the neigh
bor. " Why, don't you ever fret ?" "Yes;
but I generally put it off till I have repaired