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'AEU OX THE DAT Or A NATIONAL r
day a Nation's fervent cries
ire the throne of God arise ;
ty he bend a listening ear,
at his footstool we appear 1
humbled hearts, 0 Lord, we own
Ding limit all to thee are known ;
own thy judgments on our land,
bow beneath thy mighty hand.
Nation mourns—our youth are slain,
they the cause of right maintain ;
human blood, in crimson stains,
laims that war and horror reigns.
wherefore doer thou still contend ?
.1w long wilt thou refuse to lend
listening ear, when at thy feet
humble prayer thy people meet.
t THOU WILT =KR Thy word is given,
\t fervent prayer will open heaven ;
shall not seek thy face in vain,
len low before thee we complain.
land, (though now beneath thy frown
is crushed in grief and sadness down,)
listened, corrected by thy hand,
11 yet in her full glory stand.
,e Nations of the earth shall see
.44t. God will still a Helper, be,
To such as make his name their tower
In trial's dark and stormy hour.
be thou still our Nation's aid!
ion, should insulting foes invade,
v'll look to thee for strength Divine,
trust no other arm but thine.
denton, Pa., 1868.
Union Meetings,—The Week of Prayer.
MESSRS. EDITORS.--The week of pray
3-10, 1804, is approaching. MI
for prayer, it is hoped, will then
everywhere. Some of these v
dess be union meetings.; and hence
words, not merely on union prayei
sings, but union meetings in genera
not be untimely. Perhaps, as a ger
thing, it may be best for each deem
in to work itself; but there may, b
and places wherein union efforts ma
(esirable. Yet some are afraid of nixie
fags of any kind. Instead of harmon:
fear they will produoe discord. Thi
not be; if the principle which lies a
basis of these meetings is well node]
and faithfully adhered to, it will nc
The principle is plain and simple.
Each denomination while togethet
aside whatever is peculiar to itself o
3ive to others, in doctrine, mode .o
hip or measures; or, this is done b,
odividuals present of the different &
cations; and each one seeks the al
Jod i and the good of all to edificatior
xv : 1-11. There is no effort t
art each other; and of course no eft)]
convert any to any one partioulii
rob or creed. Each one lays aside fo
time what is peculiar or offensive
all seek by prayer the outpouring
Spirit, and by exhortation and persour
I the conversion of sinners unto Goi
' - tis is the basis of union in such meal
,; each one lays aside what is peoulia
offensive in doctrines, mode of worshi
measures. The Baptist must,not tette
Talon ; the Bpisco . palian must no
Apostolioal summon as essential, t
existence or the well-being of th
:eh, or the validity of its ordinances
Presbyterian must not teach Predesti
)13; nor the Methodist, falling froc
So of other doctrines,, and so o
things, for the principle is of yer;
;naive application. Some may think i.
for women to pray and speak in pub
promiscuous assemblies; others may b
as firmly persuaded that this is us
.ptural and wrong, or, as Paul calls it,
otin-,-what exoites Jlisgust—and hens
to be allowed.-1 Cor. xiv : 80-40;
ii : 11, 12. The principle of unio;
ores that this.be laid aside; it is pecu
to some, it is offensive to others : ii
in meetings the women must learn ii
tee. Again : some may he in the habi
'lying out and shouting, or making
audible manifestations, This ina;
Hying to some ; but it is annoying t
.s, ',the principle of union requires i
laid aside. Let all things be done
'soy and order, for God is not the as
of confusion, but of peace and order
Bally order in worshipping assemblie
things unto edification.-1 Cor. xiv
Again : some think it proper. t
;hose who desire prayers to rise, or t.
forward and occupy certain seats, o
an audible response to some question
pre are as fully satisfied that this is us
and hurtful, and no . matter whethe
j are right or wrong in their views a
this and other things; the principle o
ion requires that nothing of the kind b
tempted. There must be a mutual yield
• of cherished plans and practices, a
II as silence on peelings and favorite doe
les. We must not try to convert•esel
er, either to doctrines, modes of woi
), or measures. We must just lay said
it is peculiar or offensive—lay aside al
rein we differ—unite wherein we agree
seek the one object, the revival c
.'s work by God's appointed means--th
, d and prayer; unite in seeking th
muting of God's Spirit, and the cot
icon of men unto 'him. Thus conduct
the true basis of union, understoodim
Id upon in good faith, union meeting
r be not only held without discord, bu
harmony and love, and result in gres
I lasting good. Such is the result i
iy places ; may it be so every where
peelally during the week of prayer, ma
istians every where unite in meeting
prayer and praise I Let all pastor
the proper steps to.attain this end.
pie principle of union—the only sin
, safe principle-=As sometimes thought
!sly violated : and-then if trouble or ut
%smut feelings result, the fault is nc
1 those who resist, but but= With those
innovations. And whenlyilipriso,
is not ,observed,• union meetings
her the 'occasion of discord, or of az
meant feelings, or some are necessaril,
;eluded from them. That union is worti
sae which it ma,de, at the sacrifice of pm . ;
iple ; but surely there is no such swifts
laying aside fora time our little differ
;es, that we may unite in acts of socie
'ship, prayer and praise. W.J.M.
Thunders may bring their poblimi
gh to Ingo their awful glory, earth may gi
I beauty ;. but all these,put eagothq,4
Ever.rivto Christ.
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VOL. XII. NO. 16
Per the Presbyterian Banner
Board of Foreign Missions.
A Statement of the .Executive • Committee,
for use on the First Sabbath of Janu
ary, 1864.
The General Assembly has requested all
the churches under its care, which have no
other time appointed for the purpose, to
make collections in aid of the cause of For
eign,Missions on the first Sabbath in Jan
nuary. If it should be inexpedient to take
a, collection on that day in any church,
then it is hoped that on the second or third
Sabbath this subject will be attended to.
The state of the missionary treasury, at
the end of seven months of the current
financial year--from,May Ist to December
Ist—will appear from the following re
turns. Receipts from all sources, $61,013`;
of which, :from -the churches, that is, omit
ting legacies and miscellaneous, $30,272.
Last year in the same months the corres
ponding receipts were $55,610 and $27,-
302, Showing an encouraging 'increase this
year of $5,403 in'the aggregate, of which
$2,970 is from. the churches. : It is with
real thankfulness 'this increase is thus re
ported. The financial condition of the
Board, nevertheless, is one of serious con
cern. This increase of receipts is by no
means adequate to the increased expendi
tures. These for the general purposes of.
the. Board, are nearly the same this year as
in each of several preceding years, but the
high rate of foreign exchange will add very
largely to the sum that mutt be provided
this year. For this exchange alone, the
treasurer ;has. paid $18,772 more in the
seven months to December-Ist, than would
have been required in- the same period in
former years, not including the last; and
if the present high rate shculd continue, a
farther sum of about $22,000 will be need
ed on this account before the first of next
May, on the estimated amount to be remit
ted for the support of the missions. The
Committee would add here that the expen
ses of the Board this year could hardly be
less, as the missionary work was everywhere
placed two years ago on closely restricted
estimates, and, these have not yet been ma
terially enlareed. Nor will they be much
more, though some new missionaries have
been sent'out this year, under. the express
direction of the last General Assembly, for
these will little more than replace the breth
ren who were removed last year by death.
It is evident, therefore, that a very consid
erable increase must be made in the re.
ceipts of the mission treasury during the
next five months to provide for the demands
upon it with the 'heavy cost of exchange,
or else the year 'unit close under the em
barrassment of debt. No reduction of ex
penses that could now be made, in a work
so far diiitant, could sake effectwithin these
five months; no reduction could be inade,
without striking at the life of the work at
some point; no reduction could be made,
as it is believed,. without incurring the dis
approval of our blessed 'Lord.
From whence, then, may an increase of
contributions be expected? .(1) From
churches which did not make. any collets
tions..last. year,. for this cause. These
churches; were over 1,200 in number. (2)
From churches that have already' made:
theiu collections, but have made no effort to
inoreaselthe amount over what was .given
in former years. There are yet five months
in which. :many of these'•churches might
add largely to their gifts. • (3) From
churches whose .collections are yet to be
made.. (4) Front .the numerous members
of our body, who it is to be feared have
.not yet laid to heart the•deeply solemn in
teresta involved in this cause, and who
therefore give either nothing, or 'else but
little, to save them that: are perishing for,
lack of vision. Many of these might have
their attention called to this subject by
their pastor, or by some Christian friend,
and even if no church collection offered a
channel fbr their gifts, they might send•
them direct to the treasurer of the Board.
(5) The gifts of Sabbath Schools, in many
cases, might be- increased. The last Gen
eral Assembly recommended an effort to se
cure an average gift of at least one cent. a.
week from each scholar;this would make
a noble offering. (6) .Prayer for the grace-
of giving can be made. In answer to
prayer, all needed funds may be provided.
Without:prayer, no amount offunds would
do any good.
With this statement of the ease, the Ex
ecutive Committee might leave the subject
in the hands of the Church Sessions, to
whom this paper is addressed. On you it
rests, dear brethren, to have this _cause,
brought before the people of God under
your charge, and an opportunity afforded to
every member of the church to make his
gift, for the spread of the Gospel in the
countries- where our missions are plant
ed. This duty will not be fulfilled, unless
you give your earnest attention to it. You
will, however, consider this to be no unwel
come duty that is laid upon you, but a pre
cious opportunity of promoting the useful
ness and comfort of the churches under
your care, and of making known the Goa
pel of the grace of God in the world. But
the Committee must not close this state
ment without- calling the attention of the
churches to the need of enlarged efforts
for the extension of our foreign missionary
work. It is indeed true that we are living
in times of unexampled perplexity and dis-
trees, 'but thus far in the great goodness of
God, the calamity of our country has not
prevented our misaionary brethren from, re-
ceiving their support and continuing their
varied labers as in former years, Nvhile'they
have enjoyed the most clear tokens of the
presenew,of God, the Holy Ghost, in - the
success of their work. Many. eases of, hope
ful conversion have been reported within
the last few months. Moreover; new breth
ren •have been sent out, and others are un
.der . appointment 28 missionaries. These
things show , that God has not forsaken his
church in her missionary lark, even in
these days of affliction. And when we lift
up our *yes and look on the field abroad
with reference to its wants, we see the mis
sionary door still open, the, harvest•plente
ous,.the laborers fearotud, the duty-mani
fest of praying for more -missionaries,,es
yecially for missionaries from, the ranks of
the .native .churches. In •several of the
.mieeions---Corisco most of, all,
Brazil—there.is a call for moremen
1.1114;ehonld meet with a speedy , response.
{Porrpartioulara as to these.things, therCom
mittee.must-refer to the missionatyyeriod
halo ; but as they look. at the differentmis
sions they: ,see chiefly encouraging provi
deuces:And tokens :of' the Holy Spirit's gra
cious presence; and then, as they turn and
look at the churches - at home, they see sur
prising proofs of God's goodness and leer
* to big rreople, iv putting it in 9so power
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1863. WHOLE NO. 587.
of so many of them to render liberal aid
in carrying forward this.work of the Lord.
They would therefore respectfully lay be
fore their brethren the inquiry, whether
God is not calling our beloved Church to
make still further and much larger.efforts
to spread his Gospel among the nations.
This inquiry will suggest itself to our
Christian brethren in their times of prayer,
and it will influence - their purposes, when
devising liberal things for the cause of
Christ. The .Committee• will only express
further their hope of being still remem
bered, in the sympathies...and prayers of
their brethren at home and the missionary
stations, while endeavoring rightly to ful
fil the responsible duties entrusted to theta
in the superintendence of this cause.
WILLIAM W:'PEtILLIPs, Ch'n.
:WALTER , LOWILLE,
JOHN C. Louvain, See
Mission House, N. Y., Dec. 7,1863.
EUROPEAN COERBSPONDENCH.
Visit . id ILincolnShire--Bostoir and' New Boston—
The Old and the Haa—The "Pilgrim" Suffer
ers—Bev. Tohn Cotton—The Church. .of St. Bo
tOiph and. Cotton's Ministry—Cotton and Calvin
ism--Besignation and Departure—High .Principle
and SacrOce—The Persecuted a Persecutor, and
Why--His Lectrning 2 —His' Portrait-:—The Pa
- grim Fathers. Traced—The' !'Mayflower"—John
Fox His Birth-Place— His Career His
Learning-1--Pasiscript.
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FROM 'BOSTON, -(not in ` New-England, or
on, my way to viSit , .you at Pittsburgh !)
but from Boston, in Lincolnshire, in ".the
old country," I write. It gave the name
to your own Boston, - and thus it has a
double interest to rile, -ow this my first visit
to it. Very ancient is the place, with its
Corporation, -lands Court House, (under
neath which some Of the early. intended fu
gitives toward New-England, who had been
seized in their departure and cruelly
treated, once were confined, and from whose
dungeons up a stair- which I saw last night,
they were brought to stand before the Mag
istrates.) These Magistrate's, however,
' were Puritan in their sympathies, and with
a show only of severity, they soon set free
the captives—to return, however, stripped
of their clothing and emigrant-furnishings
by a rude mob, who did the work of Tory
Churchmen with an .excessive violence, of
which even some of them must have been
ashamed. This County of Lincoln was:full
of Puritanism; this town was_ its central
focus and fire. - The noble old church—a
Cathedral -in grandeur, in architecture and
completeness—was blessed fora "long time,
nearly thirty years, with the ministry of
one of the most illustrious sons of Cam
bridge University, *ho afterwaids became
a Legislator, a Divine, a guide to the "Pil
grim -band in New-England. I refer to the
Rev. John Cotton. Before me, as I write,
lies an engraving from the original por
trait. What a mingling of majesty and
mildness,-of
firmness and love in that noble
faoe and form 1- And how pleasant to see a
Jac simile of his autograph. underneath—:
" Yours heartily in the Lord,
• "e . ' 6m-rt."
Very blessed was' his ministry in this
town. Early did his parishioners testify
their love to him •by an increase of his
modest stipend, and. by testifying in, the
deed of conveyance, thereof, that he was a
man " of very great deserts—a worthy man,
'and well-deserving forhis learning and his
life—his pains in preaching and catechis
ing. very great."
Great was the championship waged. by
Cotton against the low Arminianism of his
time, which, .from- Archbishop Laud, and
downwards, infected the National. Clergy.
His greatest delight and recreation was the
the reading of Calvin's Institutes. Of Cal
vin he used to say, " I have read the Fath
ers 'and= the Sehoolmen, and Calvin too;
but I find that he that hath Calvin, hath
them all." Being asked, in his latter
years, why he indulged in nocturnal stu
dies more than formerly, he replied':_;" Be
cause 'I love to sweeten my mouth with a
piece of Calvin before I sleep!' He was
very hospitable. In that, says Hutchinson
" He did exceed all that I ever heard of:
His heart and his door were ever open to
all that feared God; 'especially godly min
isters driven into England by the persecu
tions then raging in Germany; these he
most courteously sustained!'
Great numbers came to live at Boatel; to
enjoy Cotton's ministry. But at length he
was accused of Nonconformist practices.
Intercession was sought with the Govern
ment through the Earl of Dorset, but he
informed Cotton that "ifhe had been guilty
of di•Unkenness, uncleanness, or any such
lesser faults, he could 'haie obtained his
pardon; but, as he was guilty of Puritanism
and Nonconformity, the crime was unpar
donable, and therefore he advised him to
flee for his safety." He resigned his vicar
age into the hands of -the 'Bishopion the
7th of May, 1633.
When speaking of the peremonies of the
Church of England; Mr. Cottbi says : "I
forebore alike at once, many years before I
left England.. The grounds for 'were :
let. The significaney and efficacy put - upon
them in the preface to the Book of Com
mon Prayer. 2d' The limitation.of Church
Powers (even 'of the highest Apostolical
Commission) to theUbservance of the:com
mandments of Christ, which made it appear
to me unlawful for any Church power to
enjoin the observance of indifferent ceremo
nies-.,which Christ hid not commanded
What favor I mus offered, notunly for con
menience; but:preferiaent, if I would have
conformed to any one of the ceiMikoniPl, I
forbear to Mention. Yea, when I was sus
pended upon special complaint made against
me to the King s Andull hope of restitution
denied to me without yielding, somel con
formity,• at leest in one eeremony,a,4 least
once; yet the good,hand of God so.kept
me, that I thirst not buy my ministry so
dear. And yet my ministry was 'dearer to
me than any preferment.
" When the Bishop of Lincoln Diopeee
offered me liberty upon once, ; kneeling with
him. at the Sacrament next Lord's day
after, orAse OM some reasons *iv in
;conscience I could snot; I durst not' accept
his offer of liberty .by once,:kneding.; but
-I gave reason for my excuse and
defence
et Ciatit nom instieutus, non est
,adeeptus:
" Onuilexio in receptioneEneharistine
est online mon.institutue " -
" Eogo, non est aceeptns."
Plum, in syllogistic, form be said
" A form of worship not Diiinely insti
tuted is . not acceptable to God.
" But kneeling at the Lord's table is not
Divinely. appointed. . •
" Therefore, . kneeling ,at: the,saeratunukis
not acceptable, to Ca"
Noble was the spirit' andheroic the tour- •
age of this great and good' man. He was
one of the true heroes who for 'eonseience
sake are ready .to. sacrifice all. It: is
of notice that in King Edward
Sitth's Prayer Book, 1649; , there was much'
liberty allowed as to eetemoniesir , "
touching crossing, kneeling-, holding ,up .ef
hands, knocking upon the breast, and other
gestures,- they may be used or left, as every.
man's 'desire serveth, without '..blarne.'•
Thus we see how different , the spirit "of
King Charles and -Laud , from that of Ed
ward VI. and his bishops: The -former.
were bigoted Churchmen .'the others were
true Evangelicals and Protestants—lovers
of Christand all that -bore.hi's• image.
It was-Congregationalist views that Cot;
tone adopted. He 'declined-the "jurisdic
tion of " eathedral , *urehes and
classital assemblies. , '"; It 'is melanebely
to find that the sufferers for liberty-'of-con-'
science,: in England, beenbae ,thexuselved:—
from"a -false-theocratic thl‘ry . '-; , ;-persetititors
in New-England.- "ptitrietip me -not a
little," wrote Sir Riehtrd Saltenshill;
1652, one of the' original fottliders of BO
ton, to Wilson and Cotton, the :ministers'
there "-to hear what. sad thingS are repotted'
daily of your tyranny anti , perseeutions
that -yon.fine, whip, and-imprison -men!for
their consciences. , * ' * These rigid
ways have laid you very low in' the-hearts ,
of the 'Saints.' I' do lasinfie •you I' haire'
heard them pray in- the public assemblies,
that the Lord-would - gi*e. , you'meet g and
humble-spirita, to -strive, 4108:80 much -for
uniformity, as the unity of the spirit-in
the bond of peace. I.hope you do- not 'as
sume to-yourselves- infallibility of judg
ment, when' the most -learined, of the Apos
tles confesseth that he knew but -in part.
* * Oh. that all those that, are, brethren,
though yet they cannot speak and think
the same thing, might be of ,one accord in
the Lord." -
December 4, 1863,
It has been truly. said,by Mr. Thomp
son, author of a most-interesting History
of -Boston—who spent some time -previous
to his writing, in New-England—that Mr.
Cotton - was certainly not- , the' advance of
his age as respects religious liberty; •but
that subject was not understood , in his.day,
either in the old world or .the new. It is,
nevertheless very strange' that people who
had 'fled from persecution in the rine,'
should .have taken- to- the' other anything
which approaches to a 'bigoted and intol
erant spirit. ,
It is worthy of remembrance that in
141, some of the prine*ipal men in both:
Houses of Parlieineet wished to send
ship to oonvey - Mr. Cotton; and a feitl'otheY '
leadingiColonists, to England, to aid-in
public affairs ; but the delay of, Oliver
Cromwell and others, in writing, letterd'of
entreaty, and the rapid development` of
revolutionary events, prevented
plishment of this design. : 1642, ttMic--
Cotton and other Now-England ministerS
had letters signed by several of the
. nobi k
nobil
ity, members of the House :of Com mons; '
&c:,, " to call some of them, if :all `could'not ebine - tr: assist in thepAstietlitilY orl i 2.
vinein&Westulinsterr Cattber-weiild'hive.
undertakenuthe ;voyage; had, others been!.
willing ;to ; accompany, him.
In, concluding, this notice of Cotton's ca,
rear', I need make no apoloo for it
American readers. Well Might' Dr:
creasav Mather' say, "Both "Bostons have'
reason to honor Ads . mentory, and .Newl.
England most of all, which oweth its name,
and being to him, more than to any other
Person in the world."' One of 'his 'biog.:
repheis thus -draiis his portrait, ''airid` also ,
indicates his literary eminence :
"He was a good Hebraist ;: critically,
versed in Oreek,_ and wrote and:, spoke,
Latin' with greatfacility, in a pure and OS :
gent Ciceroniati style;dnd was - a good his-2 .
tOrian. His libfaryivas great; his readiiik
ami learning answerable' (correspcinding&
" himself -a living and better library: • : 7 -
" His voice was not_dond i but clear and ,
distinct, and was easily heard' in the - most
capacious -auditory." This was just the
kind' of yoke suited to St. Botolph, at Boa:
ton, with g‘ its fretted roof-and long= maid
dral.aisles." •To-preach distinotly „in this
class of buildings is very difficult..
,Re- ,
cently, since this beautiful church 'has had'
its interior " restored;" by takinuaway
from columns , and arches the , •mortar and i
whitewash which- had covered -and , out -2
raged their, beauty, under the barbarous,
lack of taste in the last century. There
have been repeated 'experiments made as .to
best,' position Of•the pulpit. --And so
the'clergymairhad- a moveable' pulpit, and
preached from-different parts:of the church,
Now thdpulpitis placed under the shadow f
of the right hand pillars, near the entrance
to the choir
,Buf - to return to Cotton
portrait....,." His complexiodwas fair, san
guine;-and-clear-; his hair was once brown,
butan. his later years, white--as the driven
5 - 0 05...: In his countenance-,,wad
pressibh3sortof majesty, which, command ;
ed respect from ail that approached Ill.".
Tl2li PILGRIM. FATIIERS were not as
ready intiinated; with one or two caner.
lions; from the. town of)Bostom The most
laborious .researchl -hie- not , succeeded= in
tracing more than two of this illustrious
band (Bradford and Brewster) to an Eng
lish birthplace. It has always been - sep.-
posed that - the founders of New-England
came from the North of England ; more
definiteinformation states .that they were
religious people who lived near the adjoin
ing borders of Nottinghamshire, Lincoln
shire, and. Yorkshire. Another' authority
tells us, " There" Were 'about the' year 1602,
two. congregations. of Puritan- Beparatiets,
one of Which was at Ganesborough, the
other at Scrooby, in Nottinghamshire:
This village is-Undoubtedly the seat and
centre of that religious community., which
afterwards planted itself on, the shores:of
New-England, and was the foundation. of
the colony, there." Before the end of 1608
the whole body of the. Baseet-tand flic4-
tives were assembled at Amsterdam. They
resided.there for a year, and then removed
to Leyden. They., remained_ therc*Ota
1609 t0`1620, when a portion of:them left fet:
Plynsonth'enetlieremainder embarked th 6
following years: The path 'thus' Operfed;
Winthrop : and company of 'Puri
mostlY persons of poiition .and for r
tune, fitted out a fleet.and salledlor Massa
chusetts Bay; where' , they laid - the fipind
Lion of a city, to which they gave the name
of Boston out 'Ortega - id - to some of their
most'seruinent ttundbers;'whn liall 6 4iitod in
Bostoni•Lineelnehire. Noble thendl;“ •
What'isought they thus afar?
Bright jewels ,of • the mine ?
They sought beneath the forest fillies
Freedom to worship God."' ' ' •
And here Are we called adore Rim who
overrules
,jr . ,len'A passions, Wrathi j and. bid
"citry isaitmg ,tixeta him 'ho
,
issues of that ' - eOforCed emigraoO shall
live for ever..
Thopflgritn spirit - is not dead,
It walks in,noon's broad light ;
And it watches the bed of the glorious dead
By the holy stars at night ; -
It watches the bed of the•glorious dead, •
And shalt guard that kip:bound' shore,
Till the waves' of the bin where the Mayflower
Shall freeze and foam no more
An old house fronting the market place
of Boston, and now called The Bell, but
originally a -private house, was the birth
place in 1515, of John Fox, the , Martyrol
ogist. In- the same year. Martin Luther
published his Theses against the Church
of' Borne. Fox was educated'' at Oxford
University, rind became a Fello*. He was
afterwards , tried for heresy in: 1545, when
he, was either expelled. or resigned .his fel
lowship: He was thustreduced to poverty,
but Altiinately became Tutor of the'Earl of
Sdicrift 'Children. ordained 'by
Bisheraidley in 1656. - When -the
hrtipersecationbbrokeniu4 the Earl of Bar
,rey,, his date, : pupilod nse all possible. ineans
of ptotecting Fox ) and-offered, if he vrould
stay with hirn;q6 - " partake of the danger,
and to 'narike -the -destruction oommon,"
adding , that ,remembered -with
'What instructions zhe had 'fortified his
younger, years." Bishop Gardiner " laid
many traps for the young tutor." He fled
first 'to 'Antiverp, and then to Strasburgh
early in 1554. Afterwards he was con
cerned thetroubles and discussions rel
ative to, the, discipline and worship of the
Church, It was at Basil that-he collected
the materials for his "Acts and Moria
ments;" and here he began to write and
:print the , records} of the -stifferinga of the
faithful. It ie worthy of notice -that Fox's
work was,compilederiginally in Latin, and
afterwards published in Enlish. After his
return to this country, in 1568, he was'
made a Prebend, but declined higher pre
ferment; as hewas always unwilling to ,sub
scribe, to- the , - Canons, and disliked the
"habits," and some of the ceremonies en
joined by the authorities. ,He died in Lon
don, where he lies in the setae ohurch where
repose the ashes 'of john . Milton. There
his surviving-son non sine loaryrniis-dedi=
cater' a-monument to his-memory : " Mar
&roue
.Atielissinto ;.-Antiguitatis Ristariew
Indagotpri Sagacissinto Thaumaturgo
A Evangeliete Veriga Propu.
gndteri . Acirrinto." Fox was lioth an ad
eomplished and a learned man, He " affect;
ed poetry, and wrote some Latin Comments
of. Bible history in a copious and grace
ful style." Afterwards.he " engaged seri
&Op in the study`of. Divinity and 'Church
History,:and 'acquired great proficiency in
the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages!'
Pity leis, but true, that few MOO in either
hemisphere , could write- a work in pure
Latin as did John Fox, and that the "
brew," in which he excelled, is so littfe
cultivated. There is a return to that de . -
partment of lingual studies at Edinburgh.
Tillotson says : "It is a true observation,
that catechising • and History of the
tyre, have been the two great pillars of the ,
lefoirriattOri!"4robablY Fox was a' little'
eredelons, butilie ii'knowri to have accept
ed-cerrections mietakes; and as a his
torieal and biographical work, his " Acts
and Martyrs." will always remain among
our standard works. Boston may well;
'cherish - his memory." - J. W. ,
P. B.—=Some•years ago, Mr. Dallas; theri
the American Ambassador, attended -a. fes
tival In Lincolnshire in - honor of the mem
ory of. the Pilgrim Fathers.
The reply of Earl Russell, to 'the EM
peror's invitation to a - Congress; is . deScribed.
as-being 44 so masterly, as to be unanswera-
Ve." ' The Holstein questionia still prom
inent.
Money has gone up to seven per cent.
This' ariSes from demands for cotton 'abroad
and the supplies corning from India and
Egypt. Trade, commerce, and agriculture
are flourishing all.over England, except in
Lancashire in part.
For the Presbytertaa Benner
The Presbytery of Clarion
1 At, recent meetings, this Presbytery
transacted several- matters of business,
which may be of - general importance to`the
- churches: -' ,
• Rev. T. S. Leeson and elder James.Pat
toni-principals, and- Rey. S. -P. Kinkaid
and _elder ! Samuel Craig, alternates were
chosen Commissioners-to the next General
AsseMbly.
The pastoral relation between Rev. J. S.
Elderiand the church of New-Bethlehem
was .dissolved. On the 15th,, , ,inst., at, a
meeting c held at Pisgah, call, from Pis
gah 'Church, for the one-half of the pastoral
labors ,of Mr. Elder, was placed in his
hands and accepted, and he was according
ly installed pastoruf said church. At the
same time and place, Alr.• Robert Sutton
was. ordained as an Evangelist. In these
services, 'Mr. Holliday preached the ser-
Mon; 'Mr. Mont,gorriery presided, proposed
the cenatitutiorial questions, made the- or
,daining,prayer, and delivered the charge to
: the people; Mr. Wray, to the pastor, and
to, the. newly-ordained Evange,list.
Mr._Kinkaid was appointed to adminis
ter the Lerd's"SuPper at Richland,' on the
first Sabbath; of. February:
The following paper, touching ministerial
support,- was unanimously adopted, and it
was' directed J-hat it be published in the
.P'resbyterian ..13nr :
i'MaturAsi, 1 The Lord , hath ordained
'thatAhey Who-preach- the , Gospcl, shall live
of the Gospel and whereas, the expenses
of living—including the support of a fam
ilyhave jtriatly - increaied`Sinde the-estab
lishment of the present rates of ministerial
'support within 'our bounds; averagipgfrom
one-third 'to one-half -more, and in• some
particulars' over one hundred per eentum
more° than they' did at; that time; and
mihereas, our owe Synod And several others
have Called the '<special 'attention of the
churches under their care to the question
Of ministerial support, in view; of this State
of fade; therefore;: this Presbytery 'deem
it
, proper to call the- - ,nttention - of the
ihurehiir oire, to the foiloviing
: r`esolutufris viz :'
' 1 1;0 'any of our churches 'whit%
knoci'that" Wei atiliort- they now give to
attar pigtors, at the present high prices. - of
living, is not siiffteibiit for their obrnforfa
blelstipliert, tViiieetto g efEe r ,
and; i Nihere ‘-they - s,reable; diSvise'some
inane - Of increasing it' to the necessary
amount.
i'g 1 That if lAA' people do . lot .feel 6 0 1;
to inorease'.the support whim , they n
' ri rmanent addition to 'thEsir
give, by ?). ,permanent Presbytery will rejoice
preseqt salary, ,
to' hear that tlierii , ro, - stipple , ,int y ing ra it: by.
, el. tethwavy i!liFiPtibli 64 the
4 jb
able to give, from such things as they have.
"3. That, where the churches are un
able to de anything efficient in, either of
these ways, the ministers be exhorted to
bear their share of the burdens with their
people,ln ii,tenefons,- Christian, and un.
complaining spirit. .
"4. That churches which may be in
arrears to their pastors, be. urged to, take
immediate steps to pay off all such indebt
edness.
" 5. That churches, if there be any such ;
which have•been in the 'habit of paying
only at the close of the year, or only half
yearly, be requested to change their prac
tice in this respect, and make regular pay.
meats every quarter':• •
" 6. That in view of the adoption of the
cash system, in the transaction of business,
and also from a due regard to the best
tercets of all our ohurcbes--including both
*tors and people—this Preshytery feels
constrained•tosay, affectionately bat•earn
estly,. that the- stipulate& 'ealtirpshouldl die
actually mad Jpromptly paid *sit falls
JouN.H. SHEILIELARD Stated Clerk.
For the Presbyterian Benner
- Thanksgiving Day at itlingo.
MESSRS. EDITORS ....—Knowing that wo
man has a most cheering effect in allevia
ting the weariness of the soldiers' life, not
only by her well tv'islies,- but also by pro
viding for them the more substantial.things
of life ' haie thought to make known
through your paper what kind and patriotic
emotions the ladies of
. M.ing,o evinced on
Thanksgiving. The Services usual on such
days were appointed, but the ladies Wishing
to show a more open effect of. their patriot=
ism, it was proposed by, two of the ladies,
yet not entered into with less ardor by the
other ladies of the congregation, as was abun
ifantly manifest on that day, that they, as
a churctrget up a Festival, the proceeds to
go toward relieving the wants of our brave
and noble soldiers, who are battling for, our
country's rights.
The morning of . the 26th, after' several
days of cloudiness, dawned with glittering
splendor, causing joy in the heart of every
one;; and, inspiring them with new zeal in
the good cause which they had undertaken.
The, people , assembled at their place of
worship, and after listening 'to a very op
propriate and loyal sermon from their pas
tor, Rev. J. J.: Beacom, they were dismissed
to retire to an unoccupied dwelling house a
short distance from., the church,. where. a
bounteous dinner had. been prepared by the
ladies.
Alt having partaken of the repast, it was
mutually agreed to meet again in the-even - -
ing to sing, and after that, have the privi
lege of participating in supper:; which,
having been done, they found that they had
been rewarded for their day's efforts with
116;;thee remeinbering, in the midst of
thanksgiving, the wants of our suffering
soldiers. F.
For :the Presbytmitm
A Donation Visit.
We think it very proper to acknowledge
kindness at any tune, ; in an, eppro_priate
way; and we esteem it therefore right and
reasonable that great kindness; Manifested
in a most -kind manner, should be publicly
and respectfully acknowledged.
As ;I (the pastor of Ebenezer congrega
tion, in the Presbytery of Allegheny,) re
turned home from the other part of my
paitoral charge, on Monday, the 16th day
of November, and came in sight of my own
.house, I saw a large assembly of people,
Apparently all intently busy, moving about
as though engaged in something in which
"all were interested; and I should have
'been Somewhat astonished, if not alarmed,
at the Sight; but that some of my people
living. by the side of the road along which
I came, told me that the people were gone
before me, and that I might expect to find
a good dinner, prepared by the ladies,
ready for me when I wouldtet home, and a
goodly number of people there to enjoy a
love-feast with their pastor, of the good
things of
_life, well prepared by skilful
hands—all of which I fully realized. My
-self and family, and the people, enjoyed
'the rich repast; but whet was richer still,
and more highly appreciated• by myself, we
.enjoyed a few hours of that sweet commu
nion and, fellowship which none
,but those
of kindred spirit can enjoy, and which
bone but Christians fully esteem : as it is
adepted-to, and deSigned for, Ttnitting heart
to heart and soul to soul in all that, islen
(leering, and lovely, and blissful on ,earth,
and inspiring, to a joyful , living hope of
everlasting union and high enjoyment and
blissful' 'employment heaven,where
'congregation v'e'er break Up," an - that:kb . -
:giNii9g never end.
I feel , that although I cannot say. (as I
am thankful that others can,) that was
presented with a well.fdled purse, yet I
- can 'say-Le:at, although of -the poorest of
spoor .pastors, I was presented - with :that
which to me was more precious, and conse
quently more_ valuable" than the purtie
twenty tens& for it 'was, as it appeared 'Co
me, a gift df the heart's affections, '(which
I have no doubrat - all;lbily accompanied
the larger: 'donation). But 'mine was no
mean gift, nor one of small value in a
money point of vieW; and it has added
greatly to inY eamfort, and that of my fam
ily, ever-'since, and will for months to
come. And now "my heart's desire and
prayer to God on behalf of the„generous
donors is, that they may abundantly realize,
in their own happy experience, that:it is
more'blessed to give than receive:
After these enjoyments, we all united in
singing a hymn of grateful , praise, and in
prayer to God for mutual and Divine bless
ing to abide with us; when the people de
parted 'leaving good evidence to . believe that
they all loved one another better than-when
they came together.
JAMES bOULTpIi,
Pastor of Ebenezer conrrregation.
The Highland Laird.
The men of "the 45:" were, as a" class,
halfheathen, with
,strong sympathies ~for
Rominism or Episcopacy, as. the snpposed
symhOl 'of loyalty'. I mentioned, in a - fiy
mei' sketch;' how the parish minister-of that
time had prayed With his eyes:Open and his
pistols.cocked. - But I have since boort •re
mindcd;of:, a fact which I had forgotten 7—
that one of the lairdi' who had " follbwed:
Prince Charlie," and Who sat in the'gallery
OPposite the pateoti;hiathrentenedUthriot`
him if:he dared to pray for -King'George,
and, on the .00casioa referred to, had' oaten
tatiouslj laid a pistol on the hookaboao.
It ,was ,then only illp.t the minister pro
-dVgd lkie r d' n to,/ilg.OP Mirka in Doan
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PROPRIETOR AND PUMMEL
tenance I This same half-savage laird was,
in later years, made more tifilized by the
successor of the belligerent parson. Our
parish minister, on one oddasion • whoa •
traveling with the laird, was .obliged to
sleep at night in the same room.with him
in a Highland inn. After retiring to bed,
the laird said, " 0, minister, I wish you
would tell some tale."
" I shall do so willingly," replied the
minister; and he told the story of Joseph
and his brethren. When it was finished,
the laird expressed his great - delight at the
narrative, and begged to know where the
minister had picked it up, as it ,was
deafly not Highland. ,
"I got' it,' quoth the minister;' "in a
book you have often heard Of, and where
yottimay find many other most delightful
and most instructive stories, which., - unlike
our Highland ones, are all true-4n the
Biblei—Good 'Words. •
•
Christ 'Jesus All in All.
A very old German author discourbes
this teUderly of Christ :
My soul is like a hungry and a thirsty
child, and I need his love and consolation
for' my refreshment; I am a wandering and
a lost sheep, and I need him as a good and
faithful shepherd; my soul is like a fright
ened• dove, pursued by a hawk, and I need
his wounds for a refuge ; I am a feeble
vine, and I need his cross to lay hold of
and wind Myself about it ; I am a sinner,
and I need his righteousness ; I am naked
and bare, and need his holiness and inno
cence for a covering; I am in trouble and
alarm, and I need his solace; I am igno
rant, and I need his teaching ; simple and
foolish, and I need the guidance of his
Holy Spirit.
In no situation and at no time can I do
without him. Do I pray ? He must
prompt and intercede for me. Am I ar
raigned by Satan at the Divine tribunal,?
He must be my helper Am I persecuted
by the world He must defend me.
When I am forsaken, he must b 3 my sup.
port; when dying, my life; when moulder
ing in the grave, my resurrection. Well,
then, I will rather part with the whole
world, and all it contains, than with thee,
my Saviour ; and God be thanked, I know
that thou too art not willing to do without
me. Thou art rich, and I am poor; thou
bast righteousness, and I sin; thou hest oil
and wine, and I wounds; thou hast cor
dials and refreshments, and I hunger and
thirst. Use. me, then, my Saviour, for
whatever purpose and in whatever way
thou mayest require. Here is my sinful
and troubled soul; quicken and refresh it
with thy love. Take my heart for thine
abode; my mouth to spread the glory of
thy name; my love and all my powers for
the advancement of thy honor and the ser
vice of thy believing people. And never
suffer the 'steadfastness and confidence of
my faith to abate, that so at all times I may
be enabled from the heart to say, " tresus
needs me; and I him, and so we snit eaoh
other."-C/iiirch.-Advoccete.
Every Rouse has its gross.
A widow. lady was almost in despair from
the variety, of, hindrances, vexations, and
diapporntments she had to, endure. She
was quite overwhelmed with her domestic
crosses, and had scarcely the heart to go on
with her-daily conflicts. "No other roof',"
she complained, "is so constantly beset
with misery as mine." She had no idea
that any neighbor of hers was• half so
crossed as herself; judging,
as she did,
from outward appearances. But it pleased
God to teach her a lesson, through the in
strumentality of a dream, which was the
wholesomest medicine of which she could
have partaken.
One night .she dreamed that -a whole
town stood before her, and every. house in
it bore a cross against its door; on one it
was a very large one, on-the next it was of
less size, and on others, though they were
very few, it was but a small one. Among
all the erosses, , lnwever, none appeared, to
her so ineonsiderable and light to carry as
that at her •own idoor. She awoke a new
creature. What she had seen she under
stood; and she recollected Christ's saying,
" If any man will come after me, let him
deny himself; and • take up hie 'cross, and
follow me." She: fell down upon. her
knees at-once, and prayed God to pardon
her`-for her complaining, murmuring, and
repining spirit, and besought him to. re
lease her from it, and fill-her with a spirit
of patience,. submissiveness, atui . content
-with his orderings: And she implored him
also to-endow her with his strengthening
grace to bear her cross, which from that
*hour - forward she fonad to he light, as com
pared with the cross her own weakness had
given her to bear. Yes," 'she 'exclaimed,
44..4 I.can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me,' for his 4 yoke is easy,
and his burden is light 1' "
Serious Thoughtslor Ministers of the Gospel.
" The grand scope of the Christian min
istry is to bring men home to Christ."--
Robert Hall.-
"I see that spirituality of mind is the
main qualification for the work of, the
ministry."—Urgnitart.,
" Your work is. to save souls.".
for Christian Ministers.
" Wherever. you are, remember you area
minister."—Gems for C. .M.
If The readiest way of finding access te.a
M attjq &tart is to go into his house:.."—
Chalmers.
In.,preaching, study. not to draw ap
plausear but groans, from : -: ; the bearers.--
Jerome.
" A minister, who is a man-pleaser is a
soul-destroyer. Gems for C. M.
Let every miiiister, t While he is preach.
ing, reinenibeilltit Uilkes one of his
hearers."-- World.
", Let- Jestuasehritittbeagtit in nil; "study
Christ, preach Christ, . live Christ."--M.
"Preach - no sermon without up
yoUr'heart - to befOre and afterAs
that; it inaybe - blessedto the -pe6.
plat"— Gentsgor. 0. :11. •
"One soul 'converted to God is better
than thousands merely mora.iized k and still
sleeping in their sins? —ffit . :o4„C o s .
44 Mels.oethon,..eoss LhaVe
f oun d him in .teers ..rkraving for the
Cburob! "--Fititeritt u sgiccitYklol‘
.1. , .
Tike man' in . hielotit'elements,.pt 'earth,
air, ere, and 'water. .Iwthe eartihe is its
fieetinkAnstti in, thnsair be,is as a.diaappaltr
inct.T4P9ri.in-tbq ;IYAt'er 129 is AtilaalfßalitPg•
- br t tl)l:tia,. and 1
,Aralta, is ae praillttint,
—.Gems