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PITTSAMOLITVIDNESDAYTIN. - E -1-86 :.
CHANGE DV TERMS, &e.
We find it necessary to modify our terms,
end, after mil& thought, and some consul
tation With our brethren, ministers and
others, We propose the following :
1. 'the price of the Banner, on , and After
January Ist, 1864, will be two dollars a
year,. in advance.
2. A:minister, or other person, sending us
TEN names (new or old) and twoity dol
tars, will be entitled to an additional
paper. And also one additional for the
next ten ;
N. B.—Ministers of small means, and
having no charge, can have their paper
still for $1.50.
* *—Theological Students can have
the Banneestill at the dollar.
Stir Ministers who have sheen subscri
bin, but have become unable to pay,
will have their paper .continued gratuit-
only.
3. Commendations of Schools, Books, &c.,
Notices of "Surprises," " Cards,"
and all - other matters which are mainly
. of personal interest, will
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at 10 cents a lime.
Though we'have put the: Banner , by the
above, more on a business footing than
formerly,4S still adhere to the CO:OPtICA-
Tliru principle. Our desire is, in conjunc
tion with Pastors and Elders, to train the
young for honor and usefiAness, and to help
all onward in the way to a glorious immor
tality. We hence labor assiduously, and
use money freely, to give the Amer the
very best practicable adaptations. Our
Foreign Correspondence, our Summary of
Eastern News, and our War Articles are
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eral News is comprehensive. Our Book
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We hence ask Ministers and Elders,
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JUST AND RIOT.
" The Mover is worthy of his hire." This
is a general principle. The Apostle PATJT,
quotes it to sustain the claims 'of the min
istry -to a competent living, from those
whom they serve. Religious journals may
habit 'of' doing much for nothing.. The
stringency,of the times, pressing especially
on their business, impels them now to en•
deavor to reform their ways. - The Presby
terian thus speaks :
"A' general agreement has been arrived
at, that much that was formerly published
without chare, must hereafter be paid for.
This is undoubtedly just and right. If a
church 'wishes the resciltiticras of respect,
which it passes when a pastor is dismissed
or dies; to be published, let the expense be
borne bythe church, and not by the pro
prietors of the' newspapers. 6 Surprises
• and t donation visits,' are of interest dhiefly
to the patties concerned in then; if they
wish the world to know what good they
have done or received, let them pay their
way to the ear of the public. There' are
other matters which we think ought, in
fairness, to be included in this' list; such
as the appeals of the great benevolent so
cieties for funds; commendations ()nooks,
when a special notice is asked for," &e.
The principle is, that whatever is of
general interest to the churches should be
published gratuitously; and that matters
merely, br principally personal; matters
intended' for f,he gratifying of individuals,
or for bringing gain to individuals or to in
stitutions, should be paid for. These pay
ments help to sustain the paper, and pre
vent too high a price for subsolibers.
- THE NEW YEAR.
The commencement of a new year is,
ordinarily; a joyous occasion. CnstOm has
made it a Season for festivities, a time for
the umpression of good wishes, and for
giving gifts, and sending portions to the
poor.
Another New Year's custom is, benedic
tions,, or the utterance of good wishes.
Snob have a happy influence on individual
conduct " The compliments of the -sea
son" are productive of benefits, even when
there is but the utterance of words. The
exchange of good wishes promotes amiabil
ity, and leads, when occasion may offer, to
deeds of kindness.
We bid all our readers A. IrApPy Ninv
YZAR—an entire year of peace, plenty,
and social joy-:-of Gospel ordinances,
purifying hope, and progress heatenward,
through the abounding grace of our Lard
Jesus Christ.
We hope to visit you weekly, heralding
good tidings, and uttering wise counsels.
We purpOse to labor diligently for the tem
poral Lind spiritual benefit of you and yours.
In a perAuf over eleven years we have
never failed once in preparing our message,
and never- but twice—the two weeks con
nected with our 'removal to PittsbUrgh—
.
have we been a ' „ day behind our appointed
time, in ,setting - out on our journey. We
trust, under a- good :Provi4encer that we
shalt still be prompt and faithfiil.
To tell you of God's great favors to his
Zion wultld.berour fiat joy: To writeiluit
he had "grahted - to suricountry a return of
peace, unity, and 'love in all its hardes t ,
would be, .a second privilege.
Let us pray, and labor', and hope for both.
=I
HOME AND FOREIGN RECORD.
The Record is published now only in one
form—the octavo. The number for Janu
ary is gotten up very neatly; and, taken all
togetLer, we prefer it much to its predeces
sor' . We see in it more interest, more ac
tiVity, more zeal, on the pat% of•the Seereta
'ries. Congregations will both pray and
give, very much, in accordance with the
spirit of their pastors; and pastors will im
bibe very much, the mind of the Secreta
ries. The Secretaries are not only the .
Heads of the Boards. 'They are also, ver
deeply, the moving spirit of the 'churches,
in the line of beneficence.
Our good brethren, the'Seeretariea, must
not think that we are, 'herein, trying to
read them a lecture. Rather let them re
gard us as making an honest, however fee
ble, effort to- aid them in " magnifying"
their office. As they are chosen and set
apart for this very thing, the churches look
to them for stimulants and guidance, and
are not likely to become perverse under
their importunity. The Secretaries, in the
Record before us, give some excellent, as
well, as appropiate, editorial matter. We
shall look for more, of the same kind, with
every occurring month. And, let the peo
ple read. It is for them.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS
:.If the Foreign Board ean•say, a The field
is the world"; the Doinestio Board can re
spond : " Our field is a •Continent.. And
then, on the principle that every .one is
charged especially with his own, the claims
upon this department of our Zion's work
are urgent as well - as immense. If we take
a scrutinizing look from the centre to all
the borders, we see wants so general that
we can hardly name the locality whence
a call for aid does not arise. Our greatest
cities are mission fields. Our most dense
ly populated and oldest counties, furnish
destitutions. Then see the Allegheny
Mountains, and the vallies beyond, and the.
broad States as you travel West, and the
Territories of the Rocky range, and all the
way to the Pacific Ocean; and4hat teem
ing populations; and what a want of the
means of grace ; and bow incalculable the
importance of supplying the whole extent
with the Gospel ! Then move Southward,
and what are the present and prospective
wants ! But we may not now dwell upon
the theme.
RECEIPTS, in November, $11,745.27.
EDUCATION
The field cannot be occupied without la
borers. The harvest will neither grow nor
be gathered, without the presence• of the
sons of toils. And how shall they preach
except 'they be sent And how will you
send what does not exist? We must have
the men. And sometimes, we are almost
constrained to say, that the Church needs a
new race of men. She certainly needs a
large increase of 'a specific kind of men—
men who can endure hardness; men of
such a cast, that they cannot but labor;
men. who from inward necessity must
- . - z.ar
for
.congregations, find the ,people, teach
and persuade them, organize, churches, then
feed the flocks, or, may be, entrust the or
ganizations
, to good men of less energy,
while they go hence to repeat the formative
operation.
Some such men we get from the sons of
enterprising wealth; others from the in
dustrious poor.: It is the Birard's business
to aid the latter, and qualify them for the
needed service.
RECEIPTS, in. November, $7,465.21,
FOREIGN MISSIONS
We lately published the appeal of the
officers of this. Board, in behalf of their
great work. This Board urges the last in
junction of Jesus, and is consecrated to •its
execution.: " Go ye into all the world, and
preach the Gospel to every creature." No
true Christian cab be deaf, or uninterested,
or inactive. '
AT Rio,- South America, four persons
have recently.been received to communion,
on a profession of faith.
IN JAPAN, the war interferes with both
the labor and the acceptability of-the
missionaries. Personally they Teel safe.
IN INDIA, at Ambala, there were, during
the last year,' six admissions to the church
by baptism.
IN - CHINA, Dr. MARTIN was•about taking
up his residence at Pekin, the imperial
city. He felt encouraged with his pros
pects of usefulness.
AT other foreign stations the mission
work was-proseputed as usual::.
RECEIPTS, in November, $7,918.31
PUBLICATION.
This Board finds its;needy and promising
fields of labor, still in the army. And to
secure to it liberal aid, nothing• should
be needed beyond the declaration that it
works diligently. Six new publications
were issued the past month, most of which
are, or have ,been noticed in our Literary
columns.
R amma, in November: Donations, $1,044.08
Sales, $4,814.61.
CHURCH"EXTENSION
An open sanctuary, resonant with in
.
structiou and vocal with praise, is a perpet
ual invitation to sinners, to come and be
saved. In God's house men are born to
spiritual life. There they grow to the
stature of manhood in Christ Jesus. In it
they are fitted for the mansions above. Let
every people have a temple duly dedicated.
Where there is a comfortable church, there
will be,.alinost certainly, a preacher of the
Gospel, a worshippingassembly, nouls con
verted saints trained for glory. Buildi
churches. •
BBOZIPM in November, $2,157:51.
APPOINTING tIiBINTIANS TO OFFICE
The . people, in the selection of, their
rulers, where choice is free, show not only
_their political principles. They shoW also
their moral taste, and their regard for re
ligion. We do not think that mere demur:-
inationaliem should enter into , politics ;-but
PRESBYTERIAN- BANNER-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1864.
we belieVe it to be a duty, and - a, public
benefit, to. 'make the posser.sieo of moral
prinCiple—of a conscience , enlightened,
quickened, and controlled by revealed re
ligion—an indispensable, or a controlling
element of choice, in every candidate for
office who shall receive a Christian's vote.
So also in appointees to offices in the gift of
any appointing power.
Lord PALMERSTON, the Prime Minister
in England, seems, beyond most men in
political life, to appreciate the principle of
which we speak; and we are pleased, in
reference to a late appointment of his, to
adopt the language of the Christian, Intel
ligencer. It says:
"Lord PALMERSTON has made another
appointment which will gladden the hearts
bf all , Christians everywhere. This is the
choice, as successor of the late Lord ELGIN
in the Viceroyalty of. India, of Sir "TORN•
LAWRENCE, who so ably governed the Pun
jaub at the:time of the Indian mutiny. So
thoroughly had he gained the confidence of
the natives, whom he ruled (and these the
very Sikhs who had been the bitterest foes
of British rule in -India), that he was able
to bring-them just at the proper time,
against "the Hindus at Delhi, an by takizig
that city, to decide the eampaigri. What,
however ' it chiefly interests us to , know, is,
that Sir JOHN LAWRENCE has always taken
a decided line in religious principles-; has
always advocated the introduction of the
Bible into the Government schools; and ,a
distinct avowal, on the yart of rulers, of
the national Christianity. We hope vreat
things, for India from his rule; we know
he will give all .proper encouragement to
Christian missions; while, without doubt,
his good common-sense -will prevent him
from damaging the cause he has so much
at heart. The prayers of Christians - in
England and in all other lands will follow
him to India, that to him may be fulfilled
the promise, 'them that honor me, I:will
honor.'"
HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.*
Rev. Dr. SHERD, formerly. Professor in.
Andover Theological Seminary, then ASSO
elate pastor of the Brick' church, New-York,
and now a Professor in Columbia Theolog
ical Seminary, New-York, has just laid his
ministerial brethren, and the churches, un
der a great obligation, by_ giving them his
" History of Christian Doctrine." The
dress in which the work appears—the pa-.
per, the type, the binding :is attractive.
One is invited to read, by the very ease
with which the thing can obviously be
done. But when you come to note the
theme, and the plan, and the developMent,
curiosity is awakened, desire springs up,
investigation must be entered upon. And
when examination shall once . have fairli
commenced, we think there are but, few-re
ligiously cultivated minds, that will find a
stopping place short of the last Page of the
second volume.
The History before us is an original, as
to method. The author takes up the prin
cipal subjects to be investigated, each by
itself, starting from the beginnings of sci-•
el:di - fie reflection upon it, and tracing it OD
,
ward to the most complete' and seemingly
r The Trerid-e
.thus traces a stream from its rise, noting
all .windings and accessions, till it 'has at
tained its fulness' and deliottehed into the
great sea of knowledge.
Dr. SHEDD statesthe influences of Plat
onism and. Aristotelianism upon the
Ancient Church, in the construction of her
systems of doctrine; then the effect pro
duced by Mysticism and Scholasticism up
on doctrinal statement, in .the, Mediaeval
Church ; and = then the effects of other
Philosophical theories. upon the Church, in
times more modern; coming deil to the
Reformation, and to the present Gannon,
English, and Anglo-American Schools and
systems, as late as 1850.
The DEFENCES of Christianity are traced
and exemplified, -in the •Apologetic Period,
A.D. 70-254 ; in the =Polemic Period, 254
—730 ; in Medimval . Times, 7301517 ;
in Reformation and Modern Times, 1517
The Trinitarian doctrine, or CalusToLo
or, is minutely exainined, and the progress
and variations, as regards Arianism, Socin.
ianism, and Orthodoxy, are stated up to the
- -
present time..
The history of AriTsitOPOLOGY . is Made
peculiarly interesting. We have thS theo
ries of the Origin of the Soul, of Original
Sin, of the Will, &c, &a., as -held in the
Greek and, Lakin Churches; as stated,' ex
pounded, and .defended, by ORIGEN, TER
TULLIAN, OYPRIAN, AMBROSE,. HILARy,
AUGUSTINE, Y PELAGIUS, and ANSELM
'Semi-Pelagianism; the Tridentine doctrine
of Original Sin,; the Lutheran-,Calvinistic
theory; the theories of MELANOTHON,
ZWINGLE v and Anliptrus.
The history of , SOTERIOLOGY is' given,
beginning with Apostolic times.
The rise and progress of opinion on-Es
oßATciLoGY—Millenirianism, the' Resur
.,
motion, and the Final State--is narrated.
The SYMBOLS of the Church, from the
date of the Apostles' creed dowii to the
Saybrook Platform, are given historically.
To; present a - valuable thonght,,and also
a specimen ©f the author's style, we give
an extract from his Chapter on - METHOD
°roux. Having stated his plan, he says :
" This plan for a :written volume is also
a plan for a life long course of private study
and investigation, 'Upon examination, it
will-be perceived that -it allows of indefi
nite expansion as a whole,- and in each of
its parts. - The entire history in its genera
al aspects may be investigated' wider and
wider, and deeper - and deeper, or a tingle
section may-be made the subject of study
for years. 'The-history of a Single doctrine
may be selected, and the student 'find mat
ter enough in it to'oeocupY him" a lifetime.
" What an interest would be thrown'
around the clerical life of one, Who, iiethe
providence of God is separated from elti?
cited men and large libraries,'hy collecting
about 'hie" the principal 'works upon `the
doctrine of - the atoneinerit, e. g., from the
patristic, scholastic, reformed, and present
periods, and making theta ,his study for
a few hoirs everY . week: What' varied
*A HISTORY Or CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. By
Liam- G. P. Shedd, D.D. In two *olB., Bvo.
Pp . . 408, 608. New-York: Charles Scribxer.
For sate by R. , Davis, Pitteburgb.
and yet substantially indentieal soteriology
would pass slowly, but impressively before
his continually expanding and strengthen
ing mind. Carrying.him back continually,
as such iiitestigation naturally and sponta
neously would, to an examination of the
Scripture matter olt.of which this body of
dogmatic literature has been expanded,
what a determined strength, and broad
comprehensiveness of theological charitter
would be gradually, and solidly . _ built up,
like 'a coral isle, in the man's mind."
We trust that our ministers, tlie . younger
of them especially, and our students of the
ology, many of our elders, and of our no•
ble minded youth, male and female, will
take up the study of the *history of Chris
_
tiara doctrine. and will avail themselves of
the help now tendered:. Their Bible will
thereby become more appreciated, and their
capacity for enjoyment enlarged.
And if any persdh has not yet made his
pastor the .New Year's Present, he may, by
giving a copy of" this work, secure to him
self a blessing, to be oft - repeated before
the year shall terminate.,
CIIIIIOIEB,:iILT . TENPIIO,:Ibc.;.I.N...,eI,NCINNATI:.
The Presbyter publishes a report made to
the Evangelical Ministerial Association of
Cincinnati, from which we deduce the,
folloWing statistics : ' •
White population, - - - 182,000
Old enough to be communicants, 140,090
Actual communicants in EVangel
ical Churches,
Evangelical churches, - - - 81
Sittings in do., - - 80,151
Old enough to attend church. - 160,000
Actual attendance - - 20,100
Sabbath Schools, - - 82
Children from 4 years to 18, - 70462
Average attendance,, ; ,..- - 12,477
It thus appears that; of the people old
enough to be communicants=twelve years
and upwards—only one in ten thus confess
JESUS CHRIST; that there are church ac
conamodations for but one in four-andla
half of those who ought to. be present at
worship ; and that theaetual , attendance is
but one in seven; and that of the children
who might be at Sabbath School, but a little
over one in five is the average attendance.
This is in the Evangelical churches,-and it
is sorrowful.
Of the non-Evangelical Ai:arches
. there
are, Protestant, seventeen; with 7,200 sit
tings; and ROmanist, 15, with 15,000 sit
ting,s—a poor su = pply, in every aspect.
Ladies ofl3o4ton, a year more ago; pro
posed to the Christian ladies-,of the Union,
a Conoert of prayer for the country on Mon
days, at 10, and - at 3 o'clock. In"answer'
to an inquiry, we state that we, have no
knowledge of its being generally observed.
EASTERN SUMMARY,
NEW-ENGLAND.
A WRITER in the "Hertford ReUgious
ller aid, in an article on “Minniter's Wives," ;
offers some suggestions which a few at least
in all, our congregations:;might do well to'
orksaadrf'-'
We read :and heir much about the pe
culiar duties of a Minister's wife,' For
oil I poSitively.deny that as a minister's
; wife she has any' peculiar duties.' As a
`Christian woman, the Wife - of a Christian
man, her duties are many, but pot one more,
at least out of her own home, because she
is a minister's wife. She is no more obliged
!,to be' President of the Ladies' Sriwinc , Cir
ele,. thin her ;husband is to' be superinten
-dent Of the Poor House. Both offiees 'are
worthy; there is' no objection - to their fill
ing them ifthey can doso without neglecting
cinties that are nearer; " It - is the duty of a
minister's wife to assist in the Sabbath
School; the - Benevolent Society, the Mis
sionary or any . other enterprise, if she can
do so without 'neglecting her own family;
but it is as - a Christian woman and not as
a minister's 'wife, that these duties devolve
upon her. As a wife, it is her duty to visit
her husband'sTriends, if he and they wish
it, and receive them hospitably at ber,
dwelling ; butis a minister's wife, it is no
more her duty to Make pastoral calls than
it is to prepare sermons, or deliver them
from the pulpit. 'The society have settled
a pastor, not a pastoress. His duty is to' I
attend to the spirituel wants ofhis people;
her's to attend to all the 'wants of her own
household. " .
We, are not prepared to . go quite so far as
the writer in mainfaining that the minis
ter's wife has no duties which grow espe
cially out of her marriage relation. We
believe there are such duties, but we feel
that in too many instances the pastors's
wife ; s Tegarded: as underspeculiar obliga
tons to please and serve her husband's
people, even at the sacrifice of her perscnal
comfort and:tit the risk of neglecting her
family duties.
AT ONE of the late praYer:recetings
Old South Chi Per, 'Bosion;dapt. Bartlett
spoke of a ship ilich fhad just arrived at
that port, on which five sailors had been
hopefully converted through the instruMen 7
tality of the captain of the vessel, who is a
devoted !Christian. -At a previons meeting
four .sailors spoke fromtheir experience of
the love of• Christ; and thirty, at the close,
manifested - their desire for prayer: - It is
pltiasiiig to note indinations of religious id
terest' among a class who too generally seem
lamentably indifferent to : their spiritual
condition:. - .
HEAVY INDEBTEDNESS, in the - ease_ of
any church, „is a serious drawback to,. its
- prosperity. ;Church:, debts should never be
contracted unless with reasonable prospect
of a speedY liquidation. It is highly desi
,
retie thet;Previonsly to thesettlement of a
pastor, a church should lie free from all
:pecuniary incumbrances. The- following
items..from the Bangor 'Times are worthy
of attention in this connexion. It Says
" Within a feW month* tl e First Pinsk
church relieved "'itself of raising ,ten
thousand,-Aollars indebtedness incurred in
the re,construction of the' , house, and is noiv
Waiting for the cernipg ‘ mari a s p as t or .
"Ty 9 Central ehuTchy 'Previous to its-en,
gaga:Cana, with Rev-. Mr. Field, cancelled its
debt-of seven thousand dollars incurred in
the erection of, the hOnse., •
" Last year the gamMond Street church
cancelled its floating debt of about eighteen
hundred dollars, and the work of cancelling
the permanent debt of ten; theusand dollars-
incurred in re-constructing the house was
begun. Eight ladies of the society have
assumed a thousand dollars, and are mak
ing good progress in meeting the obli
gation. The remaining, thousand dollars
will undoubtedly be secured previous to
May next."
THE Boston Journal strongly advocates
the amendment or repeal of the prohibitory
liquor law of Massachusetts. It says :
" When we assert that the Maine
Liquor Law,' as it is sometimes called, is
a complete failure in this State, that it has
not been andeannot be practically enforced,
except in the country towns, where a dis
cretionary license law would be equally
stringent, we simply affirm what every ob
serving man has
_seen and can realize for
himself. There never was so much liquor
sold as at the present time. And it never
has been more generally used, even in
olden times, when - it was kept on the side
board of almost every family:"
Whether a "discretionary license law"
would be , an improvement on the present
prohibitory law is, we think, very question
able. What we mainly need in order to
stop the abounding_ of intemperance is, a
•
higher tone of moral and religious senti
ment diffused among the people, to both
make and e;nforce
THE famous trotting mare,. "California
damsel," recently purchased by. Senator
Sprague, of Rhode Island, for $ll,OOO, as
a present for his bride, has died from the
bursting of a blood vessel. She was led
out of the stable in the morning, in ap
parent good health, and commenced frisk
ing about, when the blood suddenly flowed
from her mouth, and she soon died.
We cannot say that we sympathize with
either the Rhode Island Senator or his
bride. The former, at lead, deserv‘S So
pity because' of his. unreasonable extrava
gance and the lack ✓of good taste he has
shown in the" selection of his present. We
once thought very highly of both Senator
Sprague and -Sec. dhase, Mrs. Sprague's .
father; but since the show and extrava
gance of the nuptials, our esteem has some
what subsided.
14,000
ALBERT H. GALLATIN, M.D., a grand
son of Albert Gallatin, has been appointed
to the professorship,of natural science in
Norwich University, at-Norwich, Vermont.
THOSE WHO are addicted to intemper
ance, and those also who from interested
motives give it encouragement, are•ever
ready to declaim against everything that
tends to interfere with their imagined priv
ileges. The following from the Intelligen
cer shows that the 'recent agitation. on the
subject of the commutation of grog-rations
is unworthy of serious consideration. It
says
" Some outcry has been attempted against
the recent order commuting the grog-ration
in the navy, and we have seen what pur
ported to be a resolution of a meeting of
sailors, determining, and advising others
to determine, not to enlist in the naval ser
vice until the grog was restored. Some
have attributed ' the difficulty in getting
sailers to thii fact An officer in the ser
_ yice denies this wholly. He Says no good
,seaman is kept from reUntering the service
by the abolition of the grog-tub: Indeed,
if he were, What would he do? he went
into a merchant ship, he, would not get his
whiskey ; for the custom was abolished
there, long befoie it was done in the nation
al vessels.; and lie' would have to work a
good deal harder for less money. The real
reason why sailors are so slowly obtained,
is the sudden and enormous , increase of,the
'navy, which has put the demand far ahead
of the supply. Added to which..is the a}-.
sorption in ethe" volunteer army of much
material which formerly went to swell-the
numbers of our gallant .tars. ,Before a
great while, however, this evil will disap
pear, and there is no need of taking any
backward steps in the great work' of hin
dering our national vessels from becoming
schools ter drunkards."
THE SERIES. of discourses. on Christian
Life, by ministers of ysriOus- evangelical
denominations, to'which. we _lately called
.
attention, was opened on Sabbath evening
last, in the Sonth Baptist church, New-
York city, with a sermon by Rev. A. C:
Cox, D. D., of the Episcopal. Chnrch.
Among those announced to take.part iii the
series, we notice, Rev. Drs.
Potts and Ale Elroy of the_ Old School. Pre
sbyterian Church, and - Rev. Dr. Bacon, one
of the leading ministers of the Congrega
tional body. We trust the present; series
may, be equally successfukwith that of last
IVinterun Christian Doctrine.
Swim mut since we published a pole.'
munication_ from NeW7York in regard to
the News Boys of the city. The following
item relating to this interesting •class we
take from the Evangelist:
•
" The Sunday evening services have
been resumed at the News, Bojs'.Lodging
House; With a 'larger attendatice than in
,former times. dinner is given each Sab
bath to such as refrain from labor on that
day: teacher is employed four evenings
each week, and a lecture delivered every
Sunday evening upon some interesting
topic. The Institution accommodates over
100 every night, and when the proposed
improvementa are completed, many more
will be provided, for."
THE ANNUAL _CA TALLOW:TB, -of Union
Theological Seminary presents the follow
ing -summary : Resident;::'Graduates, 3;
Senior class, 2.0; Middle class, 27; Junior
class, 32:
IMMIGRATIOD:7 e k 'to, Nw-Yor has flonr
greatli...during the sear just closed
nurnbers,are,: from, Ireland; 92,681;
Germany, 38,236°, England; 18,262; Scot
land; 1,944; The,, total froth ' all countries
is'' 155,223'; While: the tail of the Air ,
previous was bat 76,306., .
POLITICAD PUFFING, in- an Eastern City;
and probably in the West also, is expensive
to a candidate,but profitable to the news
paper. The Itlayor, .of Brooklyn, •.when a
candidate; paid, asippears, to the Mercury,
,•
$65, ash ; for thra puffs. For 'a fourth,
published just before-the' election, he ten
dered-$6O. The Afereary demanded $l5O.
This was refuied,_and a snit is now panel
ing in court for the amount. - -
THE Central Presbyterian ehnreh (N. S.) in Broome Street, New-York city has given
a unanimons call the Rev. James B.
NEW.-YOMi.
Dunn, who has been the Stated Supply for
more than a year past.
REV., DR. ANDERSON, of Rochester, N.
Y., has returned from Europe with greatly
improved health, and has resumed his
labors as President of. the University.
ARCHBISHOP Huorißs was so low , on
Saturday night, that his recovery was re
garded impossible. _ [Since dead ]
Dn. VINTON has presented to the
Long Island Historical Society several doc
uments tending to establish the - identity of
the Rev. Eleazer Williams as the lost
Dauphin, Louis the Seventeenth.
REV. J. R Prxxxv, Secretary of the
New -York State Colonization Society, an
nounces that preparations are in progress
for the Fall expedition to Liberia. - It is
proposed to send out a company of thirty
five or forty in the bark Thomas Pope, to
sail from New-York, JPnuary 15 Amopg
those who go are families and single men,
mechanics, farmers and teachers. Pro
fessor Freeman, for many years at the bead
of the Avery Seminary, in Allegheny City,.
Pa, takes his family out to Liberia,
where
he will form one of the faculty of the Li
beria College, and devote his life to efforts
to educate Africa.
PHILADELPHIA..
Tam American Presbyterian announces
that Mr. Barnes has reconsidered his refu
sal of a seat in the Prudential Committee_
of the. American Board, to which he was
elected at the annual meeting in October ?
and has concluded to accept the position.
The change in his views results from a faller
acquaintance with the duties which, will be
required of him, and which he finds to be
much less than he had supposed. •
We understand that this experienced
Divine remarked recently in the. Presbyte
,
rian Ministerial Association of -Philadel
phia, that had he his life again
, to live, he
would preach half the time - in • the exposi
tory style, as the most Scriptural and effec
. - -
tive for the people.
REV. E. E. ADAMS, of Philadelphia,
was recently the recipient of $5OO in caih,
an elegant sewing machine, and fifteen
tons of coal, all from his good peoPle.
TnE. Evangelist, in noting- the -installa
tion of Rev. John Moore, a New England'
Congregationalist, as pastor of the 0. S.
South Presbyterian church, Philadelphia,
states that another Congregational minister
from the Bay. State is talked of for another
of the Presbyterian - pastorates, and adds
"This is certainly an informal ' plan` of
union' between the Old School and Con
gregatioual brethren.".
Per the Preehyterian Banner
Refiat of T. D. Williams,
RECEIVING AGENT OF THE BOARDS OF
DOMESTIC:MISSIONS, EDUCATION, PUB
LICATION, CHURCH EXTENSION, AND
FUND FOR SUPERANNUATED MINISTERS,
FOR DECEMBER, 1863.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
Ohio Preabytery.—Pittsbnigh tat cli. Sab. Sch.,
'13.00; Pittsburgh 2d ch., ad.,1.00; (Misi Laura
Geddey) ; Pittsburgh Sixth eh., 50.00 ; Long
:Island ch., 6.00. Redstone Presbytery.—Round
Rill eh., 22.55 ; .Sewickley, 6.10. Clarion Prs
byters—Licifing ch., .6.60.; Academia, in part,
8.00. Erie Presbytery.—Fairfteld , 16.20.
Saltaburg Prasbytery.---Spitsbnrg 0h.:44.85. 'Sten
6envi//eTiesbytery—Ridge oh., 12.00. Allegheny
City. Prabytery—Fairmount ch., 14.00. Wash
ington Presbytery.—Cross Roads' ch., 18.00. New
Lisbon .'resbyte.ry.—Newton oh.,(James.Russell,
5.00,y 11:25. St. Clairaville - Presbytery.—St.
Clairsville eh. Sab. Sch., 6.00.
Estate of Matthew Glass, Residuary Legacy, per
Wm. Sniith, Exec'r,'9s.oo; Estate of •Mrs. Cath
erine Grubbs,,Mercer, Pa., per Rev. J: R. Find
ley,
.50.00 ; Estate of Robert Patterson;- addi
tional, per J. L. Patterson, Exec'r ' 50.00 ; John
Oliphant, Esq., 10.00; Rev. Wm. Jeffery, D.D.,-
, EDUCATION. •
,
St. Clairaville .Presbytery.—St. Clairwrille eh.
Sab Soh., .5.00. Ohio Presbytery:-LMingo eh.;
14.70. Clarion Presbytery.—laatherwood eh.,
4.10. Steubenville Presbytery.—lslanctereek ch.,
10:00; Centre Unity oh. (' Hanna Fund;")
30.00. New , idisbon , Preabytery.—Newton oh.,
(Jas. `Russell, &00,) 1110. Washington ,Presby
tery.—Nevr 'Cumberland eh., 17.00. Marion
Presbytery—.Riehland eh., 1.00. " Miscellaneous.—
Estate of . Robert Patterson,- additianal; per J.
Patterson, Exee'r, 50.00; John Oliphant, Esq.,
PUBLICATION_
Allegheny PTesbytery.--Rich Hill eh.,4.00.
--
Ohio Preebylery.Mingo ott., 18.75. Stabenvale
Presbytery. - -Centre Unity, 4. , Hanna. Fund,")
`25.00.
per Win.
Glass, Residuary
Legacy, per Win. Smith, Exec'r, 95.00; Rohert
Patterson; additional, per J. L Patterson, 50.00.
SUPERANNUATED - MINISTERS' FUND.
AllegAeny • Presbytery.—Rich Hill oh, 2.0,0.
'Steubenville Presbytery —Centre Unity,: ("llantia
Fund,) 30.00. Afiscellaneout.—John Oliphant,
Esq., 6.00.
, .
CHURCH EXTENSION.
Ohio Presbitery.--13ethany oh., 40.00. 1 4.116-
;:qheny.Presbytery.—Rich Hill:oh., 2.00: .Blairs
ville Preskytery.—Ebensburg ch., 14.50. Red
stone Presbytery.—Round Hill ch., 18.00. Sten
benville Presbytery:--aidge eh., ..(for Pres; eh:,
Boston, Mass.,) 10.00; Centre Unity," (~ Hanna
Fund," for Pres. oh., Boston, Miss 4. 1000;).
80.00. • .
Tortims.— Domestic. Missions, - $477.05; Edu
Cation, - $148.90", Pnblioation, $192.75; Church
Ex.teision, $109:50; Superannuated Ministers'
Fund, $37.00:
D. WILLIAMS,
114 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh..
Pittabirgh, December 81 1863..;
. .
RECEIVED BY c!BAIOTER," 'FOR BOARD OF
'DOMESTIC MISSIONS " •
.ripri/.=-Long Island church, Ohio Presbytery,
$2.75. Ane.—J: Lyons, Paris,- Pa.,
September,—Church of Rarmonsburg; Presbytery.
of Brie, by Rev. N. S. Lowrie, 4.00. ` Obtober.—
A Frieiid in New Athens, 8.00. Rev. J. F. Boyd,
church of 'Harrisville; Pa., 8.50. Bell, of
Morris Island, 8.. C., 3.50. Total.=—s2sllo.
Donation Visit.
Massas. En - yrons :—Other brethren
have been speaking-of what their emigre
-gations have been doing'for them. • I take
-it,from this, that . there will be-no wrong - in
telling what God has put into the heart's of
my
people to do for me. Tuesday, Decem
ber 29th, .they - came—our house fall of
them-4o visit us. • Nor did they come
with,empty. hands._ They brought . previs
ions for aZ bountiful and rich-dinner for all.
They-also-brought flour,-meat wheat, bit
ter, potatoes, apples, Sugar, tea, coffee, and:
horse-feed:to leave with us ; -and- enough of
most of these necessaries to last for mbntlis
to, come.- And in addition to-ill-this they
left bank:bills sufficient to buy something
nice and comfortable.:
Two things •lead us to ‘appreciate these.
free-will offerings very highly. This is my
first charge. AI. hive only been pastor hero
two and. a half years, and yet this is the
second time, we :have been thus kindly vis-
ited and favored. Again, I have not
preached one sermon to my *Osier the
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For the Presbyterian Banner
past eleven weeks. I was absent lat orin,
in the army, under the direction of
Christian Commission, six weeks an c z
my return was sick with camp fever:'
five weeks. The brethren of the
tery kindly filled my pulpit, durin g , J ;
of the time both of my sojourn in 0. 4 ,
ar
my and my sickness, but for almost. tla;.„
months I have done nothing for thee
neficent donors.
It is due to my congregation to say far-
ther, that Ihese periodical visits do
sum up all of their gifts: Scarce] a 4 , ; `,
passes through the whole year, in
we are not the unworthy recipient s 01
stantial favors from some of them,
God bless them all with rich spiritual 4r1:1
soul-saving blessings in our Lord Rug
viour Jesus Christ.
WM. M. TAYLOR,
Pastor of Westfield coogregatiun
Donation Viait.
Let the name of Ebensburg Presbyt e d,,,,
church be honorably enrolled in the 1 ,,
creasing list of those now kindly m i n i,,,: r‘
ing to the comfort of their pastors. lb
ladies here, as everywhere first c,„
works, made preparations to surpri, c
pastor's family on Christmas evening,
Congregational Donation Visit. T),„ ,r
well-laid plans were secretly carried f„..
"ward to maturity; and when ail thir::
were ready, our people assembled t o fill 1 ,,
the programme. A sumptuous supp er r .
provided and: served up by the lathe,
beautiful pocket-book containin g
was presented to the pastor with ex, To
sions, of respect and attachment. (ni:,
gifts of great variety, and of nearly
value, were added. Kind friends prever.
ed by distance from being with us, s ea r in
valuable donations by Railroad and
press, with charges paid. The lar g
patty entered into the spirit of the
sion. Every countenance was bright ;
cry heart was happy. The generous deers ;
seemed to feel the truth of the wurd s
the Lord Jesus, how he said, "It is tr. ,, r,
blessed to give. than to receive." Beside,
the important pecuniary worth of their 11!.
eral and seasonable donations, the visit and
social intercourse were peculiarly gro ;, i .,
ing as a mark of esteem and good will t,
him who 'labors among them in word ar.d
doctrine. While - this is the first combined
and simultaneous effort of the kind by
small but grOwing and spirited church, vif.
take the opportunity to record our apprt,
elation of many acts, of kindness receiv e d
from individual members and families dur
ing a pleasant pastorate of over eight years.
To all who favored us with their pre
ence or presents, we tender our, grateful
acknowledgments. We greet them in the.
Lord, and pray that , grace, mercy, and
peace may be multiplied to them and
theirs. D. HARBISON.
I Card
- Generous, kind and needful vists of peo
ple to their pastors are beComing too com
mon to he called " surprises." And yet I
was surpriseo at the very quiet, but cordial
way, in. which the Board- of Trustees ; all
together, came tomy house on Christina,
day,--and banded to me a package, which
they represented as "a`small, but entirely
free-will, offering" - from the congregation,
through them; 'The package contained
It is - esteemed a - hand Some, gencrow,
cpportune gift, and
,is - most gratefully re
ceived. Then there Was no parade or di,
play;, no exultation in 'the liberality of the
gift; and no assumption of the obligations
it would impose.
I know not which most to admire the
kindly affection and confidence which fur
nished the gift, or the kind and perfectly
unostentatious manner of its presentation.
For both, I desire in this way to tender my
sincere thanks to the congregation and
Trusteei. O. V. McKAiu.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
Acknowledgment.
MESSRS. EDITORS::—Permit ME through
your paper to acknowledge the constant
flow of kindness from the people of my
charge, to -myself and family, and espe
cially to thank them for this day's dona
tion of provision, blothing, &c., amounting
to Eighty-Tive Dollars, together with FiAy
Dollars in Cash, That these liberal donors
may have that " 6lessing which maketh
rich - and addeth no sorrow," is the prayer
of their pastor.' J. A. BROWN,
Dec. '25 , 1863. Fredericksburg, O.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Rev. D. A. OIINAINGEUM of the Presbyte
rian church of Bridgewater, Pa., has ac
cepted a unanimous call to the " Scots
•_ Church," Philadelphia. CorrespOndents
will hereafter; address him at the latter
place. - • •
Rev. j. W. ..H4.NNA's Post . Office address
i v e i f i licn or d froin Way eland, Ind., to Hays..
Mr. FRANCIS
...L.OlLidE4 has accepted a
eall'to the Centre church, Ohio Presby
-- tery, and expects to be ordained in April
next.
Mr. SAMUEL MILLER., of the Western
Theological Seminary was licensed, last
week, by the Presbytery of Ohio.
PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
The PRESBYTERY OF BLAIRSVILLE will
nieet at New Alexandria ' on the Second Tuesday
of January, at 2 o'clock P.. M.
" ' "TAMES DAVIS, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF STEUBENVILLE will
meetr-acePrding to adjournment, in trricksville,
on the Second Tuesday of January, at 10 o'clock
A. M. ROBERT RE.RRON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF BEAVER will meet in
New Castle, on the Seem id Tuesday of January
next t at 21 o'clock P. M.-
D. c. REED, Stated Clerk
The' PRESBYTERY . 451 4 ST. CLAIRSVILLE
will meet in Martinsville,•on the Second Tuesday
of January; 1864, at'l.l - o'clock A. M.
. .3. - B. GRAHAM, Stated Clerk.
Tnal of Stafford's Projectiles.—At West Point,
on Dec. 24th, a great test with Stafford's projec
tiles produced wonderful results. An iron target.
six and eight inches thick, backed with tifteco
incheeltf*setik, was perforated and set on tire
by two shells containing one gallon of Greek tire
each. The - aperture made in the iron was 14
inches in, diameter,. and the wood and bolts terribly
- broken. The ignition was secured by being
im
packed, and it confirmed to burn until extin
guished by the officer in charge. The gun used
was &weight-inch Parrot rifle-
Silk Matuffacture.--Patterson, New Jersey, ig
the headquarters' of the bilk manufactures in the
united States. One thousand and fifty bands
are now employed—mostly females—whose an
nual pay-rolls, amount to $150,000. The silk
ceittes,from China and Japan, and is converted
into octitlining:s, - ribbonsi 2 neck-ties, flags, sew
ing -twist , , Ste. Two newflrst-class factories are
about to be started, When the silk mnnufac
tures of Patterson will exceed that of all the rest
of the United States.
Par the Presbyteries thee,
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