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REV. 'DAVID M'IUNNEY,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
d for tho Ptexbyterlan Bonner from A. 11. Cam Alley's
Poems,
The Parting Soul.
upon the utmost verge of earth,
,sze with prying, craving eye to pierce
•ead, obscure, and yet half-opening mist
tretches like a veil of unknown height
10 and depth along the bourne of time.
glimpse beyond that hindering veil !
see the wonders there, the strange,
onthought of, awful things, that fill
Jessurahle realm of Him whose name
Lte—his sway Omnipotence.
I seem to shrink; and while I long,
Jst dread to meet the bursting glories..
Earth! and must I leave thee ? leave thee
non
?—leave my home ? my dear loved
friends ?
I be torn away from all that vrln'de
and tender tie around my heart—
,iling, throbbing heart ? 0 draw me back,
eiends ! How can I venture all alone
the deep "rapt mystery" that bounds
darkens all yon vast eternity
cannot ! No, you need not. Earth,
farewell
;h beautiful, and loved, and fair—farewell!
,re will day and night to me retnrn.
tore you gorgeous sun, that rides so high
7ightness, will around me flood his beams.
now his light seems darkness on my sight,
all the beauteous colors that he wakes
fading ; and my straining eyes ache with
unmet stare. But see the mist cloud lifts.
strange and beauteous, breaks upon my
MI
thronging shapes of matchless nobleness
de my spirit's vision ! Vast and grand
glorious, a universe of light
life and beauty stretches boundless on.
!well, farewell ! I willing go to meet
me beckoning spirits, .and foreter live
very presence of the Lord of Life.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
A Surprise.
Wait, a moment: do not imagine it to
one of those agreeable irruptions of a
-cgation into their minister's house,
;ing with them, for his comfort and
ring, the extra.offerings of their fiber
. It was a surprise of very different
Lcter. It was a short but stirring little
connected with the affair at Bristow's
ion. 1 think it has not been noticed in
papers. lam sure it will not soon be
• dim or bleared upon the tablets of my
,u
le*
'9.
ing the late retrograde movement,
Ivision composed of the Pennsylvania
.ves were resting, after a smart fore
's march, on the north bank of Broad
The regiments lay, as is usual, in
columns, in a field. They had taken
refreshments as their haversacks af
i, and were lying on the grass, chat-
And laughing, in momentary expects
of the bugle-call, to resume the march.
battery, which usually preceded, had
ly started. Suddenly four or five men
seen at a point of the road which we
passed, an hour before; and immedi
after, horses were seen to gallop out
woods and wheel to the rear. " Why,
is a battery getting, into position ;"
must be one of the 2d Corps batteries ;"
, they are rebels, sure; don't you see
clothes ?" Such were the hurried ex
lions of the moment. But all uncer
was dispelled, in an instant more, by
Ji teful and rapid discharge of the pieces,
he explosion of canisters and shells,
Indy intended for us. The marls was
Idingly fair; the field inclined gently
:d the enemy; there was not a tree
a bush to interrupt the view, a slight
session of ground lying between them
us; and the range was extremely short,
much, if any, exceeding half a mile.
chance for inflicting severe loss on , us
too good ; the enemy were flustered by
excellence of the opportunity. They
wild. Short as the distance was, they
srrated it, and their first missiles burst
re they reached us. Instead of being
.es or hundreds, as it might have been,
loss was but three fatally, and a number
N 3 slightly injured.
t was a complete surprise. Our men,
lug no means of replying, withdrew to
'ver," quickly and in good order. Had
-e been artillery at hand to return- the
wrteous and abrupt salutation, they
Id undoubtedly have stood their ground
supported it. As soon as one of our
:eries4could be unlimbered and open its
i ionse, the march proceeded as quietly as
nothing had happened. Even I, myself,
it, as soon as I heard one of its reports,
'ell, its all right now. I was never be
.e among our soldiers when they were
der direct fire. I could not but admire
dr coolness and the order of their move
its under such a sudden danger. I
&not say as much for my first experience.
happened to be at the end of the regi
it whieh was_ nearest, and most- exposed
the fire—a relative position which I
no time in reversing—and betook my
!, with more regard to expedition than
order, to the " clover " of the first tree,
id, I found, alas, had a diameter less
to my own, after all possible shrinkage.
As a non-combatant, I may express the ,
tvietion— an honest and experimental
J—that it is not an agreeable thing to be
it at. A chaplain is exposed in every
ale, while assisting the wounded, in the
it or at the held-hospital, which is Im
es near the field as is consistent with a
lerate degree of safety. At Fredericks.
stray shots fell frequently, through
day,y near us, and one in the' midst of
killing instantly one of the attendants;
at Gettysburg, little less than a hun
aimed at a lbattery, passed over and
near to and around' our hospital. But
is a soverer trial of the nerves, to have
screaming messengers of death aimed
•eetly at one.
It was some satisfaction to find that the
Imy were, from another quarter, greeted .
di a greater surprise than they had given
They evidently. thonght _that they
Ns attacking the rear - of. Op,: 2,41 Corps,
th which they had had an unsuccessful
nab, in the morning, a few Miles batik,
it it was the rear of the 6th-Corps; while
ie head of the 2d Corps, marching on a
trallel line, happened, just then, to be'
ming a little to- their right, whence it
iened on them with. Such vigor and, effect,'
tat they lost their impudent battery and a
igade of infantry, in a brief span of time.
was a matter of thankfulness to me, lei I
led leisurely on the railroad, alone, at a
tie distance from our column, that so
iall a loss had been sustained by our men;
id, as I saw the blaze and smoke of our
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not but embrace, with my gratitude, a - fur
ther thankfulness, that the rebels were re
ceiving a severe chastisement at the hands
of brave and loyal men.
After advancing to Manassas Junction,
the sth Corps returned to Broad Run. I
never saw men in higher glee : perhaps it
was on account of the news, heard at Ma
nassas, of the election results in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. By the time they reached
the Run, it had become quite dark. A
part of our Division had forded the stream
and re-crossed it. The lines were drawn
up and halted along the nun and the rail
road. The 2d Corps were or ming with
their artillery. The enemy were in the
woods that 'stretched back from the oppo
site side of the week.. Orders were passed
along our line, forbidding loud talking. It
was very still. Suppressed whispers could
be beard occasionally; the horses seemed to
utter their notes of impatience and recogni
tion with moderation and reserve ; the cool
night-wind's breath could be heard in the
trees; and the splashing of men and ani
mals crossing the stream at, a distance; and
at last, the whispering of the men gave
place, to snoring as they fell away, weary
and wet, into sleep. . It was dark : lights
could be seen far to the left, where, under
cover of deep woods,_ the crossing was les
tablished ; the signals, both our own and
the enemy's, were busily bowing and waving;
and one could see a dark mass of men near
him, and occasionally the flash of light re
fleeted from the burnished guns of the.sol
diers. One might almost imagine himself
alone, there; and yet, within a small space
—standing, sitting, lying, in reaular lines
along the creek an the railroad—were not
less than ten thousand men.
When this strange, romantic scene of
war had continued for an hour and a half,
the columns of the sth Corps, followed by
the 2d, moved on again, passed Manassas,
forded Bull Run, and halted, to sleep on the
damp ground, in the chilly air, at 4 o'clock
in the morning.
• J. F. MaLanErr,
Chaplain 10th Pa. Reserves.
For the Presbyterian Banner
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Nov. 14, 1863.
Bno. AIaMP. :—On leaving Pittsburgh,
I promised to write you. i would have
written sooner, but was waiting until I
reached this place. When here we found
our communications so out off from the
rest of the world that it was next to-iiiipos
sible either to 'bend or receive a letter.
The mails being somewhat regular, I now
will fulfil my promise.
I arrived safely at Nashville, and re
ceived a hearty welcome from the brethren.
After remaining four days in Nashville, la
boring among the sick and wounded, it was
decided to send me to the front. Accord
ing to orders, I started in company with
brother Bidwell,
.of Troy, N. Y., for Ste
venson, Ala., the place from which the
wagon trains start across the mountains
for Chattanooga. We were twenty-two
hours in making the trip, though the dist
ance is but one hundred and thirteen miles,
from Nashville to Stevenson. We soon ob
tained a pass, and the promise of transpor
tation across the mountains in an ambu
lance. We soon learned, however, that it
was more easy to get a promise than to ob
tain the thing promised. After waiting
two or three days, word was sent to us on
Sabbath morning, that owing to the state
of the roads and the scarcity of forage, it
would be impossible for the ambulance train
to go. Things began to look a little - blUe.
There was no way left but to walk. The
sharp-shooters were along the river, and
to,avoid them we would be compelled to
walk about fifty'iniles, carrying with us our
rations and blankets. However, as we had
been ordered to the front, we determined !
net to fail without making an honest effort
to reach our destination. Not wishing to
start upon the Sabbath, brother Wm. M.
Taylor, of Pa., and I concluded to remain
and assist the brethren at Stevenson. We
preached three times during the day, be
sides laboring in the hospitals. During
the night we went to Bridgeport in a
freight ear. In this way we made our walk
six or seven miles 'shorter. We got our
breakfast at the Christian Commission tent
at Bridgeport, and started on foot across
the mountains.
The roads were in such a terrible eondi
don that it required the wagon trains six
or eight days to make a trip. We, by a
forced march, made the trip in three days.
On the morning of' the third day we left
the wagon road and took the courier path.
This led us for miles through an unbroken
wilderness; over the most rugged moun
tains,; across deep. ravines; and amid the
most wild and majestic scenery. About
three o'clock in the afterifoon we reached
the, summit of Waldon's Ridge. Here
the most splendid view of the surrounding
country can be obtained. Missionary Ridge,
upon, which the rebels are encamped, can, be
distinctly seen. The rebels were shelling
our forces, and we could see the smoke of
their guns every time they sent forth theft
missels of death. We gazed but a few mo
ments on the scenery around us, and then
began our descent of the mountain. We
arrived in Chattanooga about dark, having
walked twenty-two miles during the day.
Thanking God for his preserving care, and
committing ourselves to him for the future,'
we lay down to rest. We were soon roused'
from our slumbers 'by the roar of cannon
find.' the sharp crack of musketry. We
soon learned that a fierce conflict was rag
ing, between some of Gen. Hooker's forces
and the rebels, in Lookout Valley. Morn
ing brought the cheering tidings that our
troops were victorious Since then there
has been no fighting, except occasional
shelling, which has done but little harm.
Since our arrival we have been constant
ly engaged in the work of the Commission.
I can truly say, after the experience I have
had, that I am glad I entered upon the
work. As far as I know, this is the expe
rience of all the delegates. Beside the sat
isfaction of knowing that the Lord has
blessed our , labors, and made us the instru
ments of good Mato others, we feel that the
experience gained in the performance of
pastoral duties, will more than compensate
for all the toils and privations we have en
dured. I believe that ministers and
°hutches at home would be greatly benefit
edpiiii many more engage in this work.
It is ,also a great satisfaction to know
that our labors are appreciated by those to
whom we, minister. The men in the hos
pitals not only receive us kindly, but joy
fully. They 'seem to feel that in us they
find true friends, and pxpress themselves,
to us with a confidence that 'is surprising.
It is a rare thing to 'find a seldier who is
not Willing to eonverfai ort ,the' outinot;ef
PITTSBURGH, WMINESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1863. WHOLE NO. 685
religiOn, and anxious to be pointed to the I
Saviour. One young man sent for me as I
was leaving the hospital. On reaching his
cot he said : " Will you not sit down and
read to me some of the promises of the
Bible ?" Another said : " Sir I wish you
would stay, and talk with me until mid
night." Such occurrences are by no means
uncommon.
In the regiments we find the same feel
ing. They seem glad to see us, converse
with us freely, and are anxious to have us
preach to them. God is blessing our la
bors, and, many, a Spldier.„.thanks him for
the Christian 4.lonathissien..
Beside our work In the; -hospitals •and
regiments, we have prayer-meetings every
afternoon, and preaching every night in
the Baptist church r which was granted for
that purpose. The house is crowded every
night, and many present themselves as'sub
jects for prayer. In this work the Chap
lains and DelegOes cooperate. The Chap
lains as a class are laboring faithfully and
zealously, in the cause of their Master; but
they have more than they can possibly do.
They greatly desire, and need assistance in
the good work they have undertaken. Let
our prayer be, that the Church may be en
abled to see the responsibility resting up
on her. What we do r must be done quick.
ly. These men are rapidly , passing away.
To-day we meet with them; to-morrow
they are in eternity. „. We hear . the cry,
Come over end help .us . 1 . Who Will re
spond? May each one prayerfully ask
Lord, what wilt thou. have me to do P'
Having seen our duty, may God give us
grace promptly to perform it.
Truly, yours, D. J. IRWIN.
For the 'Presbyterian'Banner.
What we are Doing.
To Joseph Affirm, E,-q., Treasurer U. S.
Christian, •Commission, Pittsburgh :
DEAR Buovuxu :—Many and radical
moves have been made by the army of the
Potomac since " Zed" last wrote you from
Brandy Station, Va. The 'forces and effi
ciency of the Christian Commission had
continued to increase at this place up to
Monday, Nov. 23d. From certain indica
tions manifest on that day, we were inclined
to believe that a general forviard movement
of the whole army across the Rapidan was
near. On said day your correspondent de
termined to ascertain, if possible, the cer
tainty of this matter. He, therefore, made
his way to Gen. Meade's headquarters,
where he found the numerous tents con
nected therewith being struck and packed
on transportation trains, and every thing in
apparent confusion. Generals -and order
lies were dashing in and out of,the dense
pine grove in which the General-in-Chiefs
tent was pitched; numerous shoulder-strap
ped gentry were running to and fro, seem
ingly on business of immense importance;
a general stir was everywhere to be seen,
clearly pointing to a near approaching on-.
ward movement. ,As ••fer—Gen—Meade,--he
was dressed in fun uniform, and was' slow
ly and calmly pacing the path in front of
his ;tent. Gen. French was with him.
They received me courteously—my badge
being a passport to immediate favor; for
these men greatly respect the members of
the Christian and Sanitary Commissions.
They told me that the army would move
next morning (Tuesday,) and for us to have
all our stores in readiness—that there was
soon to be a battle, and that the Third
Corps (French's) would be in the front—
all of which has since come to: pass, and is,
therefore, not now contraband. After Gen.
French left, your correspondent sauntered
round among the Staff, learning all he could
of military matters and of, military men,
which he will not here chronicle., After
paying his respects to some English officers
who 'are now on a visit to this army, he
made his way homeward'; but took occa
sion to call at Gen. French's headquarters
as he returned; found the General very
communicative—even more than when at
Meade's tent—and, therefore, he was doubly
assured of the move and coming conflict ;
for here he met Gen. Prince, who com
manded the Division of French's Corps
that is said to have suffered most in last
Friday and Saturday's skirmishing.
Well—home " Zed" came--reported--
and soon all hands were at work packing
and preparing for a remove. Tuesday
morning came. Up rose the army at the
reveille march taps, and started for the
Rapidan, leaving the railroad as a basis.
It was raining. Soon orders came to re
turn to former quarters. Back came the
46 boys," singing, shouting, cheering, laugh
ing, swearing, and making every imagined
kind of fnss. We rigged our_ two four
horse viagens, and left, with them eight men,
and the rest of us returned to Alexandria,
and some of us from thence to Washing
ton. Here we are, laboring in the camps,
hospitals, prisons, guard-houses, forts, sta
tions, Ste., of whichoplaces the number and
extent arealike remarkable. •
The amount of stores and, reading mat
ter
,weekly distributed:is great, but net
equal by any means to the 'demand. We
preach, lecture, exhort, read, pray, and talk
constantly. Let me- introduce you. into
Forest Hall Prison, in Georgetown. It is
a large, well-built, brick structure,- three
stories high. Come in. " Guard, please,
take this bayonetie'd - musket from across
this hall door--we'are members of the'U.
S. Christian Commission." It 'is done.
And now let me tell you, before we - "go. up
stairs where ,the prtsoners, are, that these,
culprits have been put in here for all man
ner of offences—some of a -serious, and
others of minor import. Come up now.
We enter this large Hall, where more than
four hundred shabby looking chaps are con
fined. They rush around you. The noise
is as intolerable to the ear as the odor is
to the nose, the dirt to the - eye, or the at
mosphere to the lungs. , Command them to
sit
_down, on:-the' floor. Down „they ,go—
that is, many of them. A number stand
round the outside ring. Now preach I
Yon• need not read your sermon, nor need
you be very methodical. But tell them of
Jesus. They listen—that is, most of them.'
do. Some talk, some swear, some play
cards, a few mock. No mattergo on.
Cast your bread upon the Waters. You
conelude ; and' by a few are congratulated.
Here is one, and another, and another, -who
comes to you with a doleful tale, that they
have been unjustly dealt with by certain
officials; who sent them here as deserters, so
as to claim the thirty dollars bounty offered
by Government fdr the reclamation , of all
real delinquents. "Poor fellows," you may
say; 'but you can do nothing, an whether
justly or unjustly, that is not for you to in
quire. Now, distribute your reading mat
ter I Oh, what :a sight!.How they, crowd
"g u Alt-YS3 41W90 .• .Fgw49l44.kgr
and saying, " Give me a paper, give me a
paper, sir." Your Ameba you cannot dis-
tribute, the crowd is so< dense and excited.
Throw them up. Seehow.they are caught !
Truly the scene is unique. But let.,us go,
out. Take the ears and repair A) the Oen
tral Guard House, and there pass through
a scene of , a similar type. Per, contraom.
ter and rest in the lovely . ehurch,of. Dr.
on Avenue. It is Sabbath
—there is service—thesermon,is reAesh
ipg. Bless God for dis ,da.y and place of
rest.
Rotjltet X.r,esbyteritut Branum
Action of the Synod of Waage relating to the
Theological Seminary of the
,
Synod then took up Ale order of the 'day,
being conversation toncbing the affairs of
the Theological Sera*" of the korth.
west. After hearing fr. n the l!rofessore
and other members of it was
.
Resolved, lst, That' the Synod has, ,with*
great pleasure, hearethe statements made
touching the preseni condition and future
prospects of the Theological Seminary of
the North-west, showing' clearly, as they do,
the good hand of our And upon that Intiti
tntion; and we do heartily commend it to
the earnest prayers, thkwarm sympathies
and the liberal contributions of God'i peo
ple.
2d. That a committee of.'two ministers
and one elder from eaclOresbytery, be ap-,
pointed to inquire what:" may be necessary
to furnish the rooms in a new Seminary
building, and to make an appeal to the
churches to furnish the'rnelas to do - so, by
the first day of January hest'
Bd, That the stated clerk be requestedto
publish this action as 'sobn as possible, in a
religions paper eirculatifig in our churches.
The Moderator appoitited the Rev. Drs.
Candee and Matthews, 'with Elder. S. C.
Jackson, of the Presbytery of
_Schuyler;
R6v. Messrs. Milligan 'and Erskine,' with
Elder Charles Chrosby, of the Presbytery`
of Rock River •
.Rev: Meisrs. Thomp- -
son and W. V. Harsha,ith Elder Samuel
Howe, of the Presbytery of Chicago, the
Committee contemplated n the second of
the above resolutions.
The churches and paitors are earnestly
requested to act promptly in this matter,
and forward their donations to the Chair
man of the Committee,in their respective
Presbyteries, Viz.:
Rev. L N. Candee, Gatiesburg, 111. ; R v
J.' Milligan, Princeton, Ill.; Rea. R. 0.
.
Thompsob, Beloit, Wis.), or to Rev. W.
Lord, D.D, Chicago,
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCI
The . New Archbishop—Calm After TempestL-The
Late Prince Consort and .Sympathicir..
Trench and his Anieceeten—The New Dean of
..•
Westminater—The Time and ids Idol—Doctor
Duff and Grateful indies—Quein's - Collegea—:
Belfast and l ite Prosperily-4inen Trade and• the
Ltnen - Nerckoaa—The Irish Spinning Wheel--
Contrasts—Queen's Colleges alutdidents-40m- . ,
id Opposition and .ErTucl , tioiikill jrylf .
tors—Emigration—Tiie.Xonrig Trish En4rant--
.Romish Churches—The Aling
BELFAST, Nov. 18, 1883
DOCTOR TRENCH is to be the new Ara
bishop of Dublin. The 'storm raised is
Ireland,• as well as by the Evangelicals of
Englnnd, as to the alleged offer of the post
to Canon Stanley, seems to have caused the
Government to retire from a false position.
It has been affirmed—l know not with
what amount of truth—that the late Prince
Consort had, in his last will, expressed a
desire, that,- should Stanley survive. Dr.
Whateley, the former might be appointed
to the See of Dublin. There is no doubt
at• all, that Prince Albert abhorred the
priestisrn of Oxford, was "broad" and lib
eral in his views, and, while evangelical at
heart, and clinging to Christ as the cruci
fied One in his dying hour, yet favored
the rising school which at •xford has bc
come more and more Neological in its
views and tendencies. The Arnold school
of .Divines, including Dr. Tait, Bishop of
London, and Dr. Vaughn, Vicar of Don
caster, and formerly Head Master at. Hat
row--lhave been outrun in the race toward
the antagonistic extreme .of "Broad
Church" views by such men as Jowett, and
the authors of " - Essays and Reviews."
Doctor Trench has. been Dean of West
minster for a number of..years. He is of
Irish birth, and cousin of Lord Aehtown.
The Trenches of the South of Ireland
are an. ancient family, - several of whose
members are clergymen of the Irish Estab
lishment, very, earnest and devoted. It was
the Rev. Mr. Trench, of ClOnghlordan,
who instituted that " Rome Missien " move
merit some twenty-five years ago, which was
put a stop to by the 'decree of an Ecclesi
astical Court, •as " irregular," but which
sent forth all over the country ; ministers
of parishes, themselves intensely evangeli-,
cal, and spiritual, who went forth- not to
preach to the Roman Catholics, but in every
town and , district to proclaim in the-ears of
the population-generally,. the pure Gospel.
In 'many a school. house, without forms of:
prayer, and with Diviiiely-attendankpower, -
theta men iri an humble' pirit did their
errand. Christians were revived, •souls
were saved, while the cold, dead clergy
-were rebuked,- and raised, as usual -
..:with
formalists, a loud outcry, which led to the
suppression of a most hopeful movement.
One of the Trenches, a clergyman ; took a
special interest in the 'Revival scenes of
1859 in Ulster, and going back to „his own
parish, kindredblessinga,were experienced
there.
Dean Trench's writings_ must be well ,
•
known to many of your readers—including
his worts on" Miracles," "The Parables,"
" The seven" Chnrolies of Asia," "On
Words," &c. He is learned in German
lore, scholarship, and criticism, and, has mn
doubtedly, in his work on Miraelse,"
brought out views derived from that Auer
ter. He was educated, not at Trinity Col
lege, Dublin, but at the University of Cam
bridge, and has spent. his whole public life.
in E ng f a pd. Hs z is , kindly, amiable, and
gentle. He is of till commanding stet:
ure, prominent features, dark oomplexio,n,
and eyes. He 4.9 associated with the first•
thinkers and literary men. of his day. 1n
1859, - ibett was pregent at the funeral of
Macaulay, ''the historian, in Westminster
Abbey, Dr. Trench read the Burial Service
overlis coffin when it was let down into
,the deep grave in the Western , trandept,
near ,the- Poet's. Corner. .He can scarcely
be called a preacher, or even a reader of
merit.He shows more in his published
,
works. Of his piety there is no doubt; of
his virtual orthodoxy, even with some
"Broad" leanings, there are svffiCient.evi
dences. Hence his nomination and ap
pointment are generally gratifying, and the '
Church of Ireland--.freed, frOin Stanlefs
htirentene*mpolitiogyitsbiettlies,eiredly.x
. Dr. Dr. Trench is one of those who can find a
Diocesan Bishop in the " Angel" of the
'Seven Churches of Asia, and even wonders
how any one could hesitate as to this ! For
.one,not adfigh Churchman to write thus,
is. sufficiently strange, and suggestive also
of the fact_ that' the " Liberal " school of
Ohtirchisen are in love with their motley
- system, and have no idea of abating any of
the pretensions of their boasted "Apostol
ic, order??, of " bishops, priests, and dea-
QOM", .IsTevertheless, both the Churches of
England and Ireland have in connexion with
d* •thed
their internalcondition, increase al* lona
.
tion-of the Masses, and other Causes, seeds
of, future dislocation, if not of dissolution.
As long, however, as we are to. have Estab
lishments, those who observe the signs of
the times and the state and prospects,oi
ligion in this conntry, naturally take a
strong-interests, in their Varying fortunes.
e,The-: new bean of - Wastininiter
much admired and much. Aimed Doctor
Stanley, to whom I have se often had occa
sion in refer. His brother-id-law, Doctor
Vaughan, of Doncaster, formerly Head
Master at Harrow School,.who . has ere now
been.qffered , a bishopric, has just declined
the poste& bean at Westminster. He has
certain Scruples, r believe, about "assent
and Awnsent" to the Book of Common
Prayer in all its sertices, and is' shy of
honors and elevation. This is tells cred
it. episcoparg ,h 403 generally, come
from the, bps, and, not, from the heart of
men, before Whom the mitre, the crozier,
and the. lawn sleeves 'were' held up.
Stanley, as your readers may know, was the
favorite pupil of Dr. Arnold of Rugby, and
also his, biographer._ His career at Oxford
was very brilliant he has been an _inde
fatigable 'student, and is prematurely gray
from wasting the midnight oil over matters
deep And varied:. The Times passes the
highest compliments on his attainments,
coupled with his bonhommie and goodness.
This is the kind of man who is likely, in
over
to noisy EvangeliCals to "bridge
over the chasm between reason and faith;',''
and to prevent eclectic men open infi
delity. That may be true, but Stanley, I
fear, is quite a man, of " negatives," and
approaches to 'the vagueries of Maurice and
Kingsley, about Christ's Atonement. He
has; in his - Lectures on the Corrinthians,
brought out this with painful clearness.
The Times claims for the Westminster
Deanery, the honors_ of a
_quasi bishopric,
and points out (doubtless with• an occult,
and norgenerally perceived~ reference, to
what Stanley ought to:become, in due time)
how, out of along roll of 'Archbishops of
Canterbury, a large, majority had first been
Deans of Westminster.
TRAITS of the late Doctor Wbateley are
t •
coming out , and the following is worthy
of notice:
". As "a- Churchman, Archbishop Whately
was, in the• technical senge; neither high
nor low. He has in the course of his life,
gixen,sreat offence, bY,bringing into the
sanctum of -that profane
coinmoti sense. 'On one occasion he
was expected to consecrate a church, and
the officials belonging to the same were as
sembled to await him, - as We may assume,
in all the solemnity of elaborate vestments
and long faces. Suddenly, to their horror
and astonishment, there stepped o in a busi
ness-like old man, in great coat and dam
aged umbrella, wko, in conspicuous disre
gard of all the grandiosities befitting the
occasion, went through the strictly legal
and necessary parts of the ceremony, and
departed. _lt was Dr. Whately. His way
of dealing with the figment of Apostolic
suceession,,was characteristic. If this dog
ma, he said, essential- 7 1f an apostolical
ly-descended episcopate is necessary to the
existence of a true Christian Church—are
yon prepared to say that a company of
Christians, with no bishop among' them,
cast on an island in the ocean, and shut out
from human intercourse, could not, with
their Bibles, constitute a Church of Christ ?
'That is' n argument which all can under
'stand and none can' answer.. The wonder is,
that men eau be found in England who be
lieve that one of the essentials, of the
Christian Church is of such a nature that
the; existenee of the Church may be.de
stroyed' by an accident.
" There Vas much roughness in Whate
ley's demeanor toward his clergy, especially
in his earlier career at Dublin. He was of
a cold temperament; and one with more
head than heart. I believe that he did pot
become a truly converted man till late in
life, and the,n in answer to the prayers of
his .devoted and' pious wife and daughters,
and, of private friends who , " agreed to-
,gether" to ask for this thing. ,Bereave
ment helped also to mellow, purify, and
ennoble, natil.af . the, last, humbly hearing
'himself to all ground,' his very servants
thanked , for the smallest attentions, his suf
ferings borne without a murmur, and his
spirit sustained by the faith which ex
claims
My one sole Refnge is that Lovi Divine,
Which from the Cross, stretched forth its hand
.to save;" '
Tie gently passed away. .
' Deuron, DUFF is coming home to become.
Convener.of the Foreign Missions of the
Free Chuich'of Scotland. But not unob
servedr unblessed, unappreciated does he
leave the, shores of. India, where he. has
toiled so long,, .and . so successfully. His
work, has been largely"`-that of a pioneer,
especially as to the School System 'estab
lished by him, and', now being carried out
to a greateror lesser extent, by both the Es
tablished -and Free Churches of Scotland.
Teaching SOitlrO, and instructing in the
English language and' literature, with the
Scripttres read and studied also by Hindu
youth; 'great has been the shock to caste;
and to idolatry also, thereby. The cosmog
ony of the Skaters has been seen to be a
fabulous absurdity, and the foundations of
a vast and hoary superstition have trem
bled.- True itia, that the state of things
is transitional, thatveky many having' aban ,
doned•Hindiiisni and idolatry, are skeptical
and, unconverted. But God works slowly
but surely byvaried appeiutedinstrumental
ities, and when the hour for the crisis comes,
all men see thiVin 'wiadom and truth he
carried out into f l ail executidri, his' giand
'design's. It would not do that'-all mission ,
aries going,to India should become school
masters, ordireetors of educational move
merits. But.this was the post assigned to
Dr Duff at Calcutta,. Anderson at Madras,
and Wilson at Bonibay. It is also largely
the same with Dr. Glasgow and the other
excellent missionaries of the Irish Presby
terian Church, in the Presidency of Bom
bay,at Surat. The following is the • state
nientati to the tokens of parting affection and
of public honot ieservedDuffs;
11 A tutivintetifiii gect-ailidt all
over India, to raise a memorial to Dr. Duff,
the great missionary, who, after a career of
a third of a century, has been ordered to
Scotland by his doctors. Sir C. Travelyan,
his coadjutor thirty years ago in the work
of. Hindu enlightenment, and the Bishop
of Calcutta, are at its head. As the present
intellectual movement among the Hindiis
was begun by Dr. Duff, and it has ever
been the great feature of his work that he
has Shown how Christian faith may be har
moniously united with and assist in intel
lectual progress, it is proposed to build a
Memorial hall bearing his name, in the
place 'of educational buildings about to be
erected by Government in tilt native city
of Calcutta. •The hall is to be a reproduc
tion, in marble from Carrara, of the famous
Maison Carrec ofitNismes, and will be de
voted to purposes and meetings of-a Cbrigy. :
tian and cognate character,'"Tbetengale4
110 e -gt en ttivistic maw
the presidency :of-the native judge, ilPs'
Hon. Semlonath Pundit; and though it is
not their habit to give for anything—not
even Lord Canning's statue has yet been
subscribed for—the cotton millionaires of
Bombay will doubtless exceed the Europe
ans in. liberality; while Dr. Duff's admirers
in Scotland, England, and. America are to
be asked to help. A sum of £15,000
will meet the expense. The well-known
Schwartz had a tomb erected' over his re
mains'-by the Rajah of Tanjore; but this
will probably be :the first.monument ever
erected by the piiblie to a Chriatian mission
ary." _ -
Tax TRADE of the areal town of Bel'ist
-the '.capital of Ulster, from. which I
write--s-.is in a condition of prosperity, al
most unparalleled.. The linen trade—
which at the beginning of the American
war, and long afterwards, languished sadly
—is now brisk and thriving. Linens, (es
pecially the brown linens,) are in eager de
mand at even advancing prices, and the
linen merchants of Ulster are more and
more concentrating their, houses ef business
in Belfast. The amount of money turned
over every month is something enormous.
American buyers, together with foreigners,
are constantly in the market. I saw in the
office of a friend this morning r a Philadel
phia merchant, (or his agent,) just arrived
and about to make extensive purchases.
The flax-crop has been a been to the
North of Ireland, of priceless value. It
has saved the farmers from ruin; it far
nishes the busy mills with yarn ; and in
stead of its being now valued as it was
some two months since,, at X 3,000,000,
the estimate approaches £4,000,000. The
•trade in flax is confined to Ulster. So also
is it'with the bleaching of linen. Per ,a se
ries of generations, since the Scotch and
English colonization of Ulster, the linen
trade has been the staple employment of a
.large portion of the population, including"
the weavers with their small looms, all over
the country districts. In former times ev
ery farmer's house, of the better class, had
a number of.thelrishspirining wheedsi the
farmer's daughters spun the yarn, and, of
greater or inferior fineness, the hanks wild
be seen hanging on the walls of the wain
scotted parlor. Thus the young women of
the family were able to provide themselves
With dress, and to add very' considerably to
the resources of the family. The old Irish
spinning-wheel has now disappeared, and
specimens of it can only be seen in Muse
ums, or in the room set apart for curiosities
and antique relics in the mansions of the
nobility or gentry. Steam-power looms
take their place, with all their amazing re
productiveness.
Many of the coarser linens here are dyed,
and afterwards exported to the United
States. Cambric, also, is a manufacture
peeular to the province. Nothing can be
more cleanly than the aspect of the interior
of a linen merchant's establishment, and
nothing more pieture.sque than the bleach
fields along the banks of the Bonn, or the
Lagar', with their whitening webba stretched
out over the meadows and green, fields, ex
pressly reserved as bleaching grounds.
The linen merchants, as a class, are men of
great energy and public spirit; they are
hospitable to' strangers, who. ? besides being
conducted through their works, will re
ceive a cordial welcome to their tables.
These gentlemen give their sons a superior
education, and more and more are sending
abroad those intended for business, in order
that they may be able to become corres
pondents with Continental customers, as
well Vas speak the various, languages, the
- knowledge of which international inter
course—always increasing—is becoming an
absolute necessity.
-
TEE QUEEN'S °DIMS'S, at Belfast, has
opened its Winter' Session, and, including
medical students, probably,the entire num,
ber in +attendance is nearly four hundred.
The staff of Professors include, men of the
"
highest'eminence in science, philosophy,
literature, jurisprudence, and medicine.
Valuable scholarships are bestowed on those
students who enter.the College with dis
tinction for the,first term, as well as those
who, in taking the degree of Bachelor of
Arts, are foremost in their attainments
Besides Government scholarships, there are
also " Peel scholarships "—the result of
the liberality and zeal of Sir Robert Peel,
the present Secretary of State for Ireland,
and the response given - by a number of
wealthy and patriotic persons to his propo
sal to endow a certain number of scholar
ships in connexion with the four Queen's
Colleges in Ireland. Ronutnists of the up
per 'class responded as well as others, to
the great disgust'and wrath 'of the Ultra
montain party. Dr. Cullen and other Bish
ops are doing their utmost to destroy the,
National Education system by setting up_the
schools of " The Christian Brothers" and
othei orders, who, as I found at Sligo last
week-, require from the Parents of the chil
dren (forced by priestly demand to 'leave
the. National. School) heavy quarterly fees,
as contrasted With the trifling 'sums paid
under a_ better system. They also cut off
the inp f ply of pupil teachers and . children
--as-fari as> they can from the Model
Schools now being established in Ireland;
Nevertheless the National system, as to
bath Colleges and Schools, is a grand fact,
and will continue a mightY and beneficent
poweilu ;the land. 'Many of the-Piesbyte
rum youth of Ulster won foremost places in
the ()Fyn Service :examinations, - and are
also sent ---as the,reward Of a testing, ex-,
amination s —to very lucrative and respon
sible posts in the different Presidencies in
India. -
Tax SUPkiY . of candidates for the inin
istry in Ulster has not fallen off... The
Revival of 1859 thus, bears centinuous fruit.
Very able young men, consecrating them
selves to the ministry of the - Word, are
donseantly.dOining itiiithefrem the - Thtkfibi
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sors. There will also be some to spare for
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siveness as to all that is erroneous and
evil..
Ulster Presbyterianism is wonderfully
consolidated, as well as extended, as con
trasted with the olden time. The standard
of ministerial support--as indicated in a
recent letter—has risen very much, and
will •continue to ,rise. Belfast it was, in
the person of two of its merchants—Messrs.
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ed the writing of the well-known most
useful Essays, "{fold arid the - Gospel."
It is ncit too much to say that their' Essays
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EMIGRATION from Ireland is progressing
with wonderful fullneas Of flow—especially
toward the United States. At Londonderry
and Strabane Railway Stations, as also at
Enniskillen, I have lately heard the wail of
parting between those who were going
away from their birth-place, and the rela
tives they left behind. It is with difficulty
that the railway porters can unlock the
hands of these people as the train begins to
move. Similar scenes are witnessed when
the ship bearing emigrants away is 'loosed
from her moorings. Last week, as I was
travelling through the midland counties, a
fine youth, with yellow hair, blue eyes and
ruddy cheek—simple, unsophisticated, and
all unused to travel—got into the train at a
particular station. His eyes were filled with
tears. He had just parted with some of his
near relatives. Ever and anon be sobbed
a little, and wiped away the tear. On
speaking to him I found that he was going
to Louisville, Kentucky ; that his mother
was there before hint; had purchased for a
sum a little over thirty dollars his right to
a passage from Cork to New-York, and
thence a journey with provisions to Louis
ville: He showed me his respective tick
ets---earefully stowed away in a little bag
in the inside pocket of his waistcoat. This
was a specimen at once of a multitudinous
band of you'ng emigrants, and of the loving
affection of the Irish in America toward
those they have left behind. I could not
but look, both with sympathy and pleasure,
on this 'youth, and encourage him to fear
God, and do right wherever he goes.
The peasantry travelling in the train to
Mullingar Fairy gave me much interesting
information with regard to the emigration
movement, and spoke of the attractions of a
new country, "where the pig had not to be
sold to pay the rint," Ste. One cannot
'_blame them for going awai. It will be
better for them, both body and soul. The
central and Western counties of Ireland are
becoming more and more vast pasture
r fields. Trade there is little or none, save
in cotinty,towns, or where there is a harbor.
Romrsa CHURCHES—I might call them
Cathedrals—are rising up rapidly all over
the South and West. One of these, 'at
Longford, has a dome something like that
of St. Paul's London, iu petto. Neverthe
less, as, the flood of emigration deepens, the
strength of Irish Popery declines and ebbs
away. The priests may follow the Roman
ists and retain many of them ; but in your
vast Territories and States, and with the
free air of. Republican independence and
Conscious manhood ; with increasing intelli
gence from intercourse with others, whom
they do not associate, although not Roman
ists, with an alien establishment, or with
Saxon occupation of-their ancient Sees and
lands ; as also from the education, without
the Popish element, which their children
will receive--we anticipate at once.a bless
ing to themselves and their posterity, and
glory to the cause of God in the world.
J. W.
P. S.—The French Emperor's proposal
of a European Congress, is being cautious
ly dealt with by the British Cabinet. The
King` of Prussia is still obstinate.
Ministers' Salaries:
Every church, to a greater or less ex
tent perhaps, has experienced embarrass
ment in the collectionof pew rents, or sub
scriptions of some in the congregation.
This has occurred, whatever be the manner
of receiving or collecting. Where church
es obligate themselves to pay quarterly to
the Treasurer at a fixed time and place,
and some fail to meet their promises, it
must be collected by some person, and
often this person must be paid for doing it.
Thus those who are prompt must pay often
for the collection of dues from those delin
quents; and thus too the minister is de
prived of a part .of his salary justly due
him i besides having a part of it often de
layed..
In view of the above difficulty, we
would suggest this arrangement as a
remedy against the diminution of the
amount of pew-rents or subscriptions;
and also we think against delay often in
their payment : Let the Trustees, or who
ever manage the -financial affairs of the
church, pass a regulation and have it made
knoWn to all concerned, that in case any do
not 'pay their quarter's pew-rent or sub
scription at the time fixed, five per cent.
will be added to it; and in- ease it is
not paid before or at the time for the pay
ment of another quarter, ten per cent.
will then be added, and the per cent. in
creased if the payment is, still delayed. Or
the per cent. added, maybe more or less
than this, as wisdom may direct. Then
let this per cent. addcd be. paid to some ef
ficient collector. Thus the delinquent ones
would have to pay for the collection of their
own promised.amounts. Or if a person will
still collect this free, then the per cent.
would only be paying the church or minis
ter for the use of its or. his money. Thus,
in secular matters, this rule works well ; in
collection of taxes • also in bills not paid
at the proper time. THETA,.
Example
The but inheritance ,a parent oan be
-queath to : a child, is a virtuous. example, a
legacy of hallowed remembrarice and ass°.
ciatiime. The beauty of holiness beaming
through the life of a loved relative or
friend, is more effectual to strengthen such
as stand in virtue's ways, and raise up those
that. are- bowed,down, than _precept, coat
mansl2 entreaty , or warning. C,hristianity
itself' owea' by far' the greater :part of its
moral power, -not to -the pjecepti ttr'para.
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