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'PITTSBURGH, 'WEDNESDAY, JAI 37, 1864..
6,The Executive Committee of the Board of
Colportago will meet in the usual place on
the First Tuesday of February, at 2 O'clock
P. Di. ,JAMES CAROTHERS, 'WEL
The Ladies' Aid Society of Philadelphia
have published their FM Semi-Annual
Report. ID shows a very large amount of
beneficence, both in - gifts and personal ser
vices. Our brave -soldiers bless the ladies.
A 'Worthy Exampla,—A gentleman writes
to a religious journal, inclosing a check for
$lOO. lie requests receipts for payment
of two papers, and adds : " Use the balance
in paying for The _lndependent and the
postage to such home missionaries sent out
by the American Home Missionary Society
as you may ,judge best after • consulting
with one of the• secretaries." We should
rejoice to have some such remittances to
enable us to furnish our Presbyterian mis
sionaries with the Banner."
The Presbyterian and Theological Review
for January, presents, in the January num
ber, a list of excellent subjects, which seem
to be treated with much ability. We have
I. The Latin Patriarchate; 11. The Epis
tle of Barnabas ; The Regula Fidei,
or the Gospel by John ; IV. Educalion in
the Presbyterian Church ; V. The Theory
of preparation for Preaching ; VI. The
Bohemian Reformation ;. VII. Renan's
Life of Jesus; VIII. Criticisms on Books;
IX. Theological and Literary Intelligence;
X. Ecclesiastical Record.
A Manual of Presbytery.—We have before
us a Manual of the Central Presbytery of
Philadelphia; and we take occasion, hence,
to suggest to all our Presbyteries the
thought that something of •the kind might
be, to each of them,. both a convenience
and.a benefit. It is a 24m0. pamphlet, and
contains, I. A brief historical statement of
the Palesbytery's organization ; 11. Standing
Rules; embracing stated times of meeting;
Order of Business; Standing Committees;
Permanent Committees ; Reports to be made
by Ministers, Licentiates, Churches, &c.;
111. List of Ministers, with date of their
ordination ; and names of churches and
when organized, and names of all the elders
now officiating in each.
Rev. henry Steele Clarke, RD.—This val
ued minister of JEsus CHRIST was called
home to his, rest above, on Sabbath morn
ing, 17th inst.
Dr. CLARKE was pastor of the Central
Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, where
he officiated most acceptably for sonic
twelve years. lie was one of the most stu
dious of men, and devoted to his charge.
His sermons were carefully written and
well delivered. The thought, the reason
ing, styleppathos, were always admirable.
The congregation flourished greatly under
his ministry. He had one of the best Sab
bath Schools we have ever known. He
was at about the meridian of life,`as men
usually' reckon. But his work was done.
A wife and child survive, who will share
the sympathies of .a most attached people.
"Morgan Surrendered,"
In these days of / 4 raids," who feels se
cure ? January 14th a company took pos
session of our house, but we surrendered
without any loss of life. Instead of an
armed foe, we were greeted with the smil
ing faces of familiar friends. They were
the people of Elderton congregation. Soon
a table was spread, covered with " good
things.". After prayer and social inter
course, the company dispersed, leaving
many such articles as a family needs; also,
a purse containing that which 44 answereth
all things." For the valuable donation, to
gether with the spirit which incited it;
also for prompt payment at salary, the
writer returns his sincere thanks.
W. F. MORGAN,
Pastor of Elderton church.
For tbc Preabyterittii Banner.
fl Donation Visit,
MESSRS. EDITORS :—.9.110w me, through
the medium of the Banner, to return my
sincere thanks to the dear old friends of
Currie's Run, and other Christian brethren
and neighbors, who so kindly remembered
their former pastor and family on New
Year's. Their visit was one of kindness.
Their social Christian intercourse was
truly pleasant, reminding us of the lan
guage of the Psalmist, Behold how good
and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity. Nor did they come
empty-handed. - A bountiful repast was
gotten up by the ladies of the party, in a
style not to be surpassed in richness and
variety. But that was not all : the party
left behind them many tokens of kindness,
to the amount of one hundred dollars • for
all which they have our thanks. That may
God enrich them for it out of the glorious
treasures of his providence and grace, sup
plying their need according to his riches
and glory, through Jesus Christ, is our
earnest prayer. M. M. SHIRLEY.
Shelocta, Jan. 21st, 1864.
cknowledgment.
" To everything there is a season," Solo
mon says, " and a time to every purpose
under the heaven." So there is a time for
donation parties to visit the parsonage ;
and a time for pastors to express their
grateful appreciation of such visits. And
truly this is the time for the pastor of
Salem church to acknowledge with warmest
gratitude the delightful visit recently made
by the people of his congregation. It is
unnecessary to speak of the sumptuous en
tertainment prepared by the ladies, and
the pleasant intercourse enjoyed; or to
mention the numerous, excellent and ap
propriate gifts, of money, flour, grain, bay,
dke., received by the pastor, furnishing such
seasonable and abundant supplies of food
and fuel, and provisions for both man and
beast. The remembrance of such kindness
and love does much to cheer and encourage
the heart; era that the benevolent donors
may be richly rewarded both temporally
and spiritually, is the = earnest prayer of
their grateful paetor. J. P. FuvroN.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
For the Presbyterian Banner..
TUE YOUNG MINISTEL,
The feelings and principles which get the
ascendancy in the mind of a young minis
.ter, have a vast, influence upon both his
:personal comfort and his public usefulness.
And there is often a strife, and sometimes
a long-continued strife, in his mind, not
only between the evil and the good, but
also between emotions, purposes and desires,
all of which are good, but which look dif
ferent ways. The minister, like other men,
has duties and interests which belong to
earth and time; and he has other duties
and interests which belong to heaven and
eternity. If the earthly get the lead, he
ranks with one class of disciples ; and if
the heavenly take the reins, he is found
in another grade of Christ's servants.
The minister is entitled to a supply of
his temporal wants. " Who goeth a war
fare any time at his own charges ?"
" Who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of
the milk of the flock ?" The young min
ister becoming possessed of . this truthful
idea, is liable to cherish it, and dwell upon
it, making it a primary matter or thought,
and a guiding principle in his movements.
He will labor only where he is paid. He
will settle only where he shall be comfort
ably supported. If he cannot get a" good"
congregation, he will not accept of any.
Hence it is, in part, that there are so many
unemployed ministers, and so many vacant
congregations. Hence it is, that, when a
wealthy congregation becomes vacant, there
.are so many anxious eyes turned thither,
and that such floods of nominations and
recommendations inundate the Session.
For, when the idea under notice has ob
tained its lodgment in the young mind it
mostly abides and grows; and hence the
numbers just intimated,, embracing the
young and the advanced in age.
The idea of a- right to sustentation is,
as we have intimated, correct. It -is both
reasonable and Scriptural. And still, in
relation to its Scripthralness, there is a
practical mistake. The Apostle in his
ninth chapter to the Corinthians, is teach
ing and enforcing a principle which shall
be practical with the people. He is urging
upon them their duty, and it is utterly a .
mistake for the minister hence to infer the
rule of his conduct. He may, thence, le
gitimately urge his claims, but may not in
fer exemptions. His rule of conduct he
must look for in another class of precepts.
What says the law ? How does the Lord
enjoin ? What are the Apostolic teach
ings ? How did J.Esus ? And how did
the Heaven-directed PAUL ? JESUS said,
"Go, preach!' This is the injunction.
Here is the duty. " Preach." This is
your IDasiaess. PAUL says c " A dispensa
tion of. the Gospel is committed unto me."
"Necessity is laid upon me." " Woe is
unto me, if I preach not the Gospel."
PAUL must preach. Neither hunger, nor
thirst, nor bonds, nor stripes, nor stonings,
&c., could prevent him from preaching. And
if men would not bear him in one place,
he would go to another. And none were
so rude nor so poverty-stricken that he
would refuse to their hungry souls the
bread of life and the messages of grace.
He must preach; and, like his. Master, he
despised not, and neglected not the poor.
The matter of a good support, or even of
any support, was no rule of duty with
him. •
The number of unemployed ministers in
our Church, is a very great evil. Many of
them are unable to do pastoral work, and
wncomplain not ,of these. But others, in
large numbers, are able; and we have con- ‘
gregations still more in number, which cry
" Come and help us." "Come," "preach."
And we think they should go; our younger
brethren especially—not go, and starve—
but, go, and preach. If the people of one
congregation, from, poverty, or from igno
rance of the Gospel's valtie, will not sup
port you, take two, or three, or, four con
gregations. Or, like PAUL, let your own
hands supply your wants. Teach a school,
farm, or . work. in a shop. Do something.
Do enough to get your bread. But still,
preach the Gospel: An evidence of the
Messiahship of JESUS was : "_To the poor
the Gospel is preached." And the same is
still an evidence of true discipleship, and a
'true Church.
One of the greatest hindrances to our
Board -of Education, in their great and
good aim, is the number of our ministers
unemployed in an appropriate work. An
ardent, friend of the Board, in -comment
ing on some of our late remarks, asks:
" What is, the reason why so many of our
" , ministers are an apparent failure; as to
"their personal growth in the appreciating
" of their commission, and as to their de
"velopment of the Church to the =gni
" tude awl grandeur of its , mission among
"men ? Is the difficulty in our present
"plan of training; or should it be sought
" in the men themselves?"
It is in the men themselves; as is evi- -
dent from the foregoing remarks. But that
the men are, what they are, is owing, very
much, to their training. We use the word
"training," here, in a very comprehensive
sense. If men were taught, in the nursery,
Sabbath School, church, Academy, College,
and Theological Seminary, that the minis
ter of JESUS is a man devoted to preach
ing, who must labor in his calling whatev
er betide—if the pastor would inform the
young aspirint, that this would be his duty
imperatively—and if the Presbytery would
reiterate the instruction, that this was the
tenor of the vow, and this the only condi
tion on which he could be ordained, our
ministers, so far as they are able, 'would all
be preachers—in the pulpit, in the school,
or with the pen, or in all these ways..
However their bread might come, they'
would preach the Gospel.
Our young brethren will, we trust, ex
cuse our plainness of speech. We seek
the honor of religion and the enlargement
of 'Zion. We aim also at the Advancement
of their respectability and usefulness—at
their present real comfort, and at their fu-
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDA VT, JANUARY 27, 1864•
ture glory, when " they who turn many to
righteousness shall, shine as the stars."
What are earth's treasures—wealth, fine
raiment, and a rich table, in comparison
with the saving of a soul, and a crown in
heaven?
The love of. JESUS CHRIST passeth
knowledge. None can comprehend its
greatness. It is well for us that we have
such a Saviour—able, willing, anxious to
save. It is his office to save sinners, and
he will execute his trust.
A young lady, drawn and cheered by
the Saviour's' love, and wishing all to know
and enjoy its excellence, transcribes for:our
columns the following presentation of the
willingness of JEstis to save the sinner.
44 I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT."
"Why did Christ, a King in the midst
of heaven's glory become a babe in the
midst of earth's misery ? You say : To
save sinners Why did he toil, and weep,
and preach, and pray, and sorrow for months
and years, among the worst and most hard
hearted, with hardly any reward but that of
contempt, hatred, and perseCution ? You
say: To• save sinners !' Why, did he bow
his head in wondrous submission when torn
with the pains of deadly agony in. Gethse
mane ? Why was he silent when led by
blasphemous murderers to the.place of in
sult, and crowned as the king of sorrows
with shame, and thorns, and misery? You
say It was to save sinners Why _did
he yield his body to be smitten with the
hand and rod, and torn with the lacerating
scourge, and pierced with the nails and
spear; oh ! why? You say: was to
Save sinners Oh ! then, if the exalted
JESUS has passed through valleys of deep
est humiliation—through flames of hottest
tribulation, and the black waters of death
itself—oh ! if he hath sighed, and wept,
and prayed, and preached, and lived, and
labored, and suffered, and died to save_sin
nere—to save sinners oh ! tell me, will he
cast them out when they come to him ?
when they come and say,
• Thy blood can make the vilest clean;
Oh! let that blood avail for me
will he say, Depart thou guilty sinner'?
will he say, 6 1 will have nothing to do
with thee'? Nay, God forbid;.he will
rather say, Welcome, 0. thou poor peni
tent !. 'welcome to the cross, 0 thou return
ing sinner ! welcome to <thy Saviour, and
to life eternal.' Can you doubt any. longer ?
If you do, your doubt makes out CHRIST to
be worse than you yourself are. Would
not you receive a poor, benighted wanderer,
in danger of dying from cold and starva
tion ? And do you think JESUS will re
fuse to admit you, if you seek him in
wretchedness and penitence? But the case
is stronger still. You would not turn your
weeping child away from your• door to die
of hunger; and will he turn you away from
his door to perish in your sins, when you
repent and cry for mercy ?"'Yea, the case
is still stronger. If you commanded your
prodigal child to return, 'and promised that
all should be forgiven, and forgotten ; and
by means of those commands and invita
tions and promises, prevaild with the
child, and if you, when he came home, re
fused to admit him, would you net' be both
false and cruel? And has not JEsUS, 0
sinner ! commanded you to come, and 'en
treated you to come; and promised, in no
wise,' to reject you; and do you believe he
will prove so false and cruel as to break his
word, and cast you out? Are all your doubts
now cleared away I If there is a single dark
doubt still hanging' over your head, and
casting its shadow into your heart, take
this thought and be enlightened and re
lieved. Now, mark well : CHRIST 'never
yet cast out a single sinner truly seeking
him. The young, and the old; the poor,
and the rich; the.ignorant, and the educa
ted ; the outwardly good, and the confes
sedly bad ; scarlet sinners, and black sin
ners; all persons, of all ages, degrees, and
nations, who have ever applied to him' dur
ing the past nigh two thousand years, have
been alike received with compassion, and
treated wi th 'mercy.
" Behold him seated yonder by the way
side ; some women with their children try
to press through the crowd, and come to
him. ' What do you want with him 7' say
the diseibles ; to bring your children
to him ? How foolish of you; take them
away' Christ overhears it, and straight
way, with look and voice, rebukes them,'
.and. says aloud, Suffer little children to
come unto me and forbid them not ;' and
taking them in his arms, blesses them, keep
ing his promise, will in nowise cast out.'
" Again, as he is walking along the road
between Jericho and Jerusalem, with a
crowd of people; a blind beggar having
found out who it is that passes, cries aloud,
JESUS, thou Son of DAVID, have mercy
on me I' Hush,' say the people 'hold
your peace;' but he only crieth the louder,
JESUS, thou Son of DAVID, have mercy
on me!' Then CHaisT hears; stops, and
commands him to be brought; asks him
what he wants, and when he answers;
Lord, that I may receive my sight l' he
touches only once his sightless eyeballs-, and
pours into them light and healing; keeping
his promise, ' I will in no wise coat out'
"Again, he is sitting at the table of St
moic, the Pharisee. A poor woman, who
had been- a dreadful sinner, Comes behind
him weeping, and stooping down, with the
large, heavy tears that are falling faster than
you can count, from her eyes, washes'his
sacred feet; and then wipes them with her
long locks of hair. &mores eye is on him,
to see how he will act. Does he spurn - 'the
guilty woman, and crush with despair the
heart already broken with sorrow ? Ab !
no, 'his soul melts with pity. Woman l'
saith JESUS, thy sins are forgiven thee!'
go in peace I' keeping his promise, Twill
in no wise east out.'
Again, he is nailed to the cross of shame,
and glory. A wretched thief, hanging
over- the mouth of hell, turns to him his
dying eyes, his white, furrowed face be
comes stiffened with :a look of intenseness
of desire • his dry lips part, and quiver.
Lord,' he cries, remember.me when thou
earnest into thy kingdon.' Did CHRIST
answer, '-I cannot hear you now—l am
in pain-; besides, it is too late—too late'?
Oh I no ; but he turned upon him a. look, in
which love and sorrow shone together, and
said, Verily, I say unto thee, to-day shalt
thou be with me in Paradise!' keeping the
promise,' I will in no , wise cast out.' . '
" Come then, 0 child of -sin:! in all- thy
weakness come to Jasus ; he will take
thee in his -arms and bless thee, as he re
ceived such of Ad! Come then, 0 sight
less sinner !-'in all thy blindness, come to
Jzsus ; he will bid thee pray, and on thine
eyeballs pour that light celestial which is
marvelous' in. power, and glory- everlast
inul Come then, 0 outcast sinners ! in all
thy misery, come to JESUS ; he will suffer
thee to kneel beside him, and wash his.teet
with tears; and will pardon all thy guilt,
and bid thee go in peace ! And come,theP )
0 dying sinner! in ail - thy he'll-diseivirigs,
IVODERFEL LOVE;
come to Jesus j and he will hear thy groan
of anguish, and answer thy prayer of pen
itence, and wash thy sins away, and carry
thee to heaven For, oh !he hath spoken
of old, and bath kept in the past, and will
keep till time shall be no more, this pre
cious ever -precious promise : Him that
comeht to me, 1 will in no wise cast out:—
(JOHN vi : 37.) "
EASTERN SUMMARY.
NEW-ENGLAND.
MEN or wiz wour.o, in their ignorance
and folly, often" presume to be wiser and
more equitable than God. Even good men
are sometimes disposed to think that the
death penalty, though Divinely announced
immediately after the Deluge and solemnly
reenacted amid the terrors of Sinai, is not
however to be rigidly enforced under the
Gospel dispensation. So excessive has been
the sensibility on this subject of'late, that
in many pits of the country imprisonment
his been established as the penaly for mur
der ; and, in other parts, where the old law
has not been formally abolished, sympathy
in behalf of the criminal has usually pre
vailed to such a degree, not only- in the
court-room, but outside in -the community,
also, that the'extreme penalty of death has
seldom been inflicted, even in clearly proved
cases of murder. The Governor of Maine,
in his recent inaugural address, calls the
attention of the Legislature to the increase
of murders under the influence of the slaw
of 1837. He says : -
"During this period [since 1837] the
number of felons convicted of capital of
fences .has most disproportionately- in
creased over the two previous decades,
there being at this time in the State Prison,
under sentence of death, no less than twelve
convicted murderers. One of these has
been imprisoned about twenty years, and
others for shorter terms.
The argument most relied on by the ad
vocates of the abolition • of capital punish
ment, that the safety of Society would be
as well assured by the imprisonment as by
the death a the criminal, in consequence
of the increased certainty of conviction and
punishment, resulting from its abolition,
has been signally negatived by the
.statis
tics-of crime in this State!'
A similar increase of murders under the
imprisonment system of legislation has
been officially reported in other States ;
and it were well for the , greater security
of society if every where the spirit and let
ter of the Divine law were carried out—
" Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man
shall his blood be shed."
WE IC oneED a short time since the pur
posed consolidation of the Christian Re
view (a Baptist Quarterly) and the Well
known Bibliotheca Sacra.. The Boston
Recorder states that President Sears, of
Brown University, is expected, in the new
arrangement, to represent, editorially the
Christian Review. In commenting on, this
arrangement„ our contemporary adds
" Ought the Christian public to suffer
their denominational organs to languish for
lack of a sufficient patronage ? The theo
logical and literary interests which they
uphold are too valuable to be sacrificed
even to the exigencies of a war of freedom.
We do not now recollect of any work of
this kind, devoted wholly to Theological
and Christian literature, among , the. Evan
gelical Churches of the Congregational
order of polity ) except the Boston Reviex."
_
Tux FORTY-EIGHTH Anniversary of the
Hartford Branch of the American Tract
SoCiety, New-York, was held latelyin the
city of. Hartford. The following, among
other interesting, facts, were stated : Since
the war commenced, the Society has issued
for the Soldiers, 1,217,000 - volumes; 2,735,-
,
096 tracts, and 649,000 cards and handbills,
nearly all of which have been placed in the
hands of the soldiers. They have fur
nished a million copies of the American
.tlfesssenger in "English and German, equal
to 50,000,00 . 0 pages of tracts. This distri
bution -and the army work has been attend
ed ,
with an expense of $90,000. The re
ceipts of the first nine months or the cur
rent year exceed those of the preceding "The Plymouth Church Society held
year. by $67,909. their annual meeting on- Friday evening in
. ' New=
the lecture-room of the church. A propo-
En -
gland stated the interesting_
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, came, up for
since the formation of the Traet Society in consideration. Mr. Bell moved -that the
Hartford, forty years ago, therehads ,
' been i - salary of Mr. Beecher be increased from
sued from that depository 5;650,618 u 1i
57,500 to $lO,OOO perannum. Mr. Fuller
cations. . moved as an amendment that it be increased
to $15,000 per year. Mr. Fuller spoke at
. THE Congregational
. Quarterly/ for Jan- some length in, favor of his amendriient,
nary gives the annual statistics of the Con- urging that, owing to the,charitable dispo
gregational body as follows
sitiou of the reverend gentleman, a greater
:
portion of his resources was absorbed for
"The number of churches reported is benevolence
,-,and benevelen, and in vie .W of the depreciated
2,729, - of which 830 have settled pastors; i condition of the currency the amount he
768 stated supplies ; 610 not specified, arid
495 vacant. There are 2,954 ministers, of proposed was not too high, or as much as
Mr. Beecher was entitled to. . Considerable
whom 632 are not in, the service. The to-1 discussion , ensued on these' propositions.
tat number of church members is 254,200,
Finally Mr• Graves moved as a substitute
of whom 164,037 are females. Thirty-one ; for the proposition, that the trustees of the
thousand one hundred and seventy-eight
church be requested to present Mr. Beech
are reported "absent" There have been
er with the sum of $5,000 in , addition to
his present salary of $7,500; the salary to
7,999 additions by profession, and 6,487 by
Letter, 4,288 have died; 5 , 57 7 lave been I remain as at present until next year. This
dismissed, and 780 excommunicated; 3,362 i,
motion was adapted, Wand the meeting-ad
adults and 4,405 infants have been, bap- 1 journed."
tined. The number of members of Sabbath ' t
Schoels reported is 260,492. The amount „_
~
Tar Intellsgencer, under .the heading,
*,,, 111
of benevolent contributions from ten States 1 " The Lord's Day and City Railroads,"re.
((not including Massachusetts) is $24,938,- 1 , marks ; _ •
02. The Sabbath Schools in New-England, )
" Christian stockholders in city railroads
reporting over 500 members, are as follows : s
us with the-assertion that the necessi
ties of the people of a large city demand
Augusta, Me•,' South Parish, 760; First ,i meet
Park street, I the running of their earii on God's day.
church,' Manchester N. H., 52'2 , First i.
. We desire them to consider whether news
church, Nashua, N. H., 529;
/,
, sity demands-that flags shall be placed - on
Boston, Mass., 575 ; Berkeley Street church,
I the ears on the Sabbath informing the pub
-611 (average attendance); ShaWnitit church,
741., Phillips church, South. Boston, 94 ;
6 • ? lie that 4 the ball is up,' or that there is
First church, - Cambridgeport, 768; Win
thropPark' church, Charlestown, 943;• Winis- :'
fairly laid before their - conscience and the
public, whether•they work their men and
simmet church, Chelsea, 588; Broadway !
beasts yielding to necessity, or seek to ere
church, Chelsea, 677 • Lawrence Street !
ate necessity for the making of money"
church, Lawrence, 1,245; Eliot church , .1
Roxbury, 691; Union church , Worcester, I
626, Salem Street church;Worcester, 565. ! • , THE independent, referring to a ehureh
organization projected by certain
_Baptists,
The Lawrence Street school is the largest !
school in the country, the one next to it `:. sa ys t -'
being
-
being that - or the First lid c , h , 'arab in
Chicago, I ' o The most inexplicable circumstance in
- . •
Which is reported, 5.
- -
' A dORRESPONDENT of the - Boston Re- this whole affair is that, after the experi
t
' ence of so many other denominations--re
corder, in sending, on behalf of the hills 1 ligious or otherwise—the Baptists should
of New-Hampshire, a New-Year's greeting I have thought it worth while to try whether
to the plains below, speaks thus enthusias_ I they could construct a reliable edifice on
tically of the " Switzerland " of New- i ,
that fickle foundation.
England : 1
.
""We form an independent commonwealth f. .observes
and dwell among the mountains,, free I "It ought to be remembered that the
,
breezes play over us, and we have but little f Baptists are a large body, and that they are
of the luxuries of the commercial Baby- decidedly Congregational, only mote so.
Milli. Our ballads are - ever on the 'side of Certaitt.Baptistir Bei° and tlere,""do niany
freedom, and these have been in a large
degree trained into , principle. The ever
lasting granite forming the basis of our
hills, with their covering of vegetable
mould, field and forest, symbolizes our re
ligious faith and characteristic traits. 'We
have Mount Washington, Dartmouth Col
lege, Daniel Webster, a population -mould
ed largely by the Puritan principles; and,
like every Switterland on earth, with
some traitors intermixed, we are staunch in
the support of Democratic-Republican lib
erty for mankind. Because of all this, we
may see some things in lights different from
your own. You wish to have the echoes of
our hills. In all great conflicts for free
dom and truth we are your supports." .
REV. E. P. MARVIN, •of the Recorder,
announces the unexpected reception of a
"roll of bills," from the good people of
the Congregational church of Medford,
over which he is settled as. pastor. We
send our editorial brother a congratulatory
greeting, and trust we are not mistaken in
attributing the indefiniteness of his linen-
Uial report to a commendable feeling of
modesty. A "roll of bills" conjures up
bright visions before the fancy of such
especially as sit like, ourselves on the edito
rial, tripod week after week without the
remotest prospect of "an agreeable sur
prise " from any "kind and generous"
pastoral charge. ,We.may say, however, to
our many kind readers—pastors, elders, and
others—that we will endeavor to keep in
the best possible humor if they will but
zealously aid us in promoting the extensive
circulation of the Banner.
NEW-YORK.
A FEW WEEKS SINCE we noticed the pro
posed course of sermons to be preached in
N. Y. City by prominent ministers of the
various Evangelical denominations. We
believe it, was the distinct' understanding
diet the respective preachere shoulil, as far
as possible, avoid the utterance of senti
ments in anywise .calculated to offend the
convictions of the Christians represented.
The Ch,ristian, Intelligencer, in a notice of
Rev. Dr. Bacon's sermon on Sabbath eve
ning of last week, takes exception to the
discourse as not strictly in keeping with
the arrangements agreed upon: It 'repre
sents the sole inference of the New, Haven
divine at the close of his able sermon on
the, unity and visibility' of the universal
Church as amounting to this, "that the pol
ity of the Ccngregational churches is most
consistent with the 'Scripture pattern of it
church, and the true idea of the Church as
set forth lathe New Testament."
Alluding to the " promotion of good feel
ing among brethren of various denomina
tions " as being the main object of •the
course, our contemporary remarks with
some spirit and 'Mach complacency :
good feeling'' in the writer which was
promoted arose from the fact that a reputa
ble, scholarly, influential divine could not
by an elaborate discourse disturb his belief
that the polity of our Dutch and Presbyte:
rian churches is most in accordance with
Scripture, and conducive to the welfare of
the Church!'
We trust that, whatever ground for dis
satisfaction there may exist in this seeming
violation of denominational courtesy in Our
esteemed Congregational brother,• the har
mony of the course may experience no far
ther interruption.
IT HAS AT LAST been decided by the
General Term of the Court of Common
Pleas that " the keeping of liquers in so
_ public e_paanner as to invite the public to
purchase, or keeping a store, or har-room
containing open : and , easily accessible to the
'public," is a violation of that section in thd
Metropolitan Police Act which forbids the
"publicly keeping' ) of intoxicating liquors
on Sunday and eleetion days.
THE •FOLLOWING from -the Observer, in
regard to_ the Plymouth church Brooklyn,
is interesting, and in some respects amus
ing
:
In answer to this eritioirn the Extrrainer
things which can claim no denominational
sanction."
PHILADELPHIA.
TEE Episcopal Recorder, of this city,
has invariably evinced an ardent attach
ment to the distinguishing tenets of Epis
copacy; but at the same time it has both
deserved and won the favorable regard of
all those in every denomination who love
the doctrines of gram and who regard sin
cere, deep and ardent piety as of prime im
portance. In a late issue, under the head
ing f‘ The Two Schools in the Episcopal
Church," we have a lengthy communica
tion from an eminent High Churchman on
the views of his particular sebool of theol
ogy, and the accompanying reply of the
Recorder, which represents the Low Church
side of the question. It will
. appear from
the following quotation, that; our contem
porary not only regards the doctrinal dif
ferences between the two parties as impor
taut, but important to such a degree as to
necessitate their acting entirely apart in
their measures for the extension of the
Gospel. It says
"We submit to our correspondent the
following question_: If we thus differ from
him in the essential requisites Of gospel
preaching, is it not more just, both to
those with whom he agrees and to.-our
selves, that in the adoption of missionary
and doctrinal agencies, we should separate,
rather than attempt to keep up a false peace
by alliances which, if the parties be sin
cere, involve either endless conflict, or the
suppression by one or the other of the
views they each cherish as vital ? We agree
as to otherlerms of-union in the Episcopal
Church, and in this let us abide together.
But as to the way in which the Gospel is
preached within this. Church, we.are diame
trically opposed. Is it not more honest,
therefore, as well as more conducive to the
peace of our Church, that measures based
on unity of doctrine should be abandoned ?
For ourselves, the views we:hold we cannot
surrender, for we believe them- to rest on
God's revealed word. With our corres
pondent, and those who agree with him,
we would have no strife; conceding to them
the liberty we claim for ourselves. But
while we ask them not to join with us, un
less their views change, in our own distinc
tive methods of Gospel extension, we ask
them to tender the same justice to ourselves.
To attempt, either by legislative action, or
by announcements of unreal unity to draw
together, in the same educational and mis
sionary agencies, schools so .distinct, must
result either in the sacrifice of individual
convictions, or in an abandonment of all
missionary energy, or in protracted.theolo
gical war."
THE GERMAN STREET CHURCH (N. S.)
of Philadelphia, whose edifice was lately
sold at Sheriff's sale was bought in and fin
ished by some members, of the old Pine
street church (Rev. Dr. Brainard's) and by
them deeded to the Presbyterian-House in
trust for - the German street church. Every
farthing of the indebtedness has been paid
off. An exchange in commenting on the
liberality of the Pine street ehureh ob
serves : "It strikes us that for one old
Church to 'set up' and invigorate another.
old but afflicted Church, in its immediate
neighborhood, is an excellent but rare ex
ample of 4 bearing one auother's burdens,
and-so fulfilling the law of Christ.' May
this example be imitated "
( The
'United States Christian Conimission.
The Army Committee of Western Penn,
sylvania presents the report of its opera
tions during the month of December, 1863
Rev. Wm. Gaston, EastilEiverpool, Ohio;
Rev. Wm. Dickson .and James Whitehall,
Calcutta, Ohio; Joseph Elliott, Canallou
isville, Ohio; and Henry K. Porter, Pitts
burgh,-have gone as delegates to the Army
of the Cumberland.
Rev. D. H. A. M'Clean, D. D., Beaver,
Pa., to the Army of the Potomac.
The Treasurer acknowledges the follow
ing donations, received between 15th and
31st of. December
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHIIHICILES.
De v er dreek, Pa., $ 5 . .15
New Castle, " 15.05
Tarentum, . 40.00
Choir of California church, ... . . 80.65
Freeport, " 8.00
Worthington, " 16.00
Centreville, " 26.80
West Alexander, " ... ....... 60.00
Fayette Circuit, as 5.00
Erie Conference, " .... 2.85
Wellsville, Ohio, • .... 8.05
Bealsville, 25.50
Fowler, ....... . .. ........ 13.75
Cadiz, " 15.00
Cambridge, " 18.00
Coshocton' • • 5.00
Franklin Church, Brook eo.l Va., 20.30
UNITED 'PRESBYTHRIAN 0/11TROIMS
McCleary, Pa., 53.00
Frankfort, " - • 36.00
Florence, " . • 15.00
Hanover, " . 15.35
West Unity, - ' 5.00
Turtle Creek ,• `.! 88.40
Erie, 37.00
Wirtemburg• • 12.00
Plain .. Grove, " 33.00
Fourth church, Pittsburgh, Pa., 33.00
Sandy, French Creek, , " 3.00
Adarnsville " - 12.50
Robinson, " 16.05
Steer Creek, - " 16.12
Clinton, " 16.00
Shenango, New Wilmington, ." 13.50
New Lisbon, Ohio, 11.00
Cass 7 ville, " 15.00
Bleamington, EL, 8.00
East Palestine; Ohio, - '14.40
Harmersv - ille; Butler co„ Pa., 106.00
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES.
Clarion, Pa. t - • ' 7.78
New Rehobath, Pa., ,
5.27
Portersville, tt - 48.40
Mount Nebo, " , . 16.45
Laurel Hill, " 13.00
'Plains," Butler — co., Pa., - 5.50
Free church, New Castle, Pa., ' 13.00
Mill Creek, - " ' 6.50
Sugar Creek,. " 5.00
.Centreville, it, 14.70
Muddy Creek, " 9.20
Brosworth, " - 7.60
Hilands, " 13.20
Washington, Crawford co., " - 5.50
Grea Rl2ll,
.. _ - " 8.00
.Firat Gernian, Manchester, " 10.00
First Cumberland, Pittsburgh, Pa., 35.20
Neshannock, Lawrence, Pa., 20.00
Johustown, 40.00
Glasgow-Festival, " • 60.00
Lebanon,. • 20.00
Plain Grove," 28.00
New Higersovrn, 10.00
Waynisburg," 1000
Mount Zion, • .
,‘ ll.OO
Bristol, " 14,00
Beech Spring, " - 25.00
Yellow Creek, " 59.00
Still Fork, " 6.50
Hanover; " • - 8.60
Round Hill, Pa., - 24.20
Westfield, " 16.00
Mount Pleasant, Lawrence 00. Pa - - 26.00
zarni - ERAN of/Intorno.
Loyeville, Perry co,. Pa,,.... .. . .. 13.10
North Zion, " 14.52
Emanuel, New Cumberland, Ohio,
litrilteretowni
/A I M t Zion;
Matsfield,
Clay eougregetiod',
aNmlcr zrzEtINGS,
Pa.,: '
Mountvi , de, Pa. .-.-.. ...... . ...... ..., ......
61 . .
Carmichael, farl ional).Pa., ....... '•'?....
Lawrenceburg, *, .. .....
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Grandview, Ohio,• . 1;
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Brownsville ..... . .., .. .. .... .... ...... .... ..." ''
5;...... .. .. .. . . ....
Tippacanoe, .... "
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Richmond, . :: .... ...................... i
• . 2:
sulphur Springs (M. E. and Lutheran) .:.
Salem, Ohio, , 0 .
....... -
German chnroh, Dayton, Ohio,.
Zion church, New Bedford, Ohio
Kingwood, West Va.,
Citizens of Morristown, 0hi0,.....
.......
let cong. Disciples, Pittsburgh,. ...........
Carmel Lodge, I. 0. O. F., Salem Cros';
Roads Pa.,. . .. .. • • ...............
7th Ward Mission Sabbath School, pi t * t . ; ..
S 4
Bth " i;
Soldier's Aid Society, Circleville, Pa
" Clinton, ::" '
Calcutta, Ohio,. . : .... •••-
.Proceeds of Lecture, Rev. S. J. Wilson,
Mrs. Wm. Pickeregill, Pittsburgh, pft .
Rev. Wm. Jeffrey, Herriottsville, Pa., ...
Unknown Friend, Uniontown, 41 .
David Aiken, Allegheny,:: .....
• .....
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A. Speer, Pilmersvills,
.....
Mrs. Smith johaston, N. Wilmington, p a . ,
Sam., Hartstown, Pa.,
....
Masters Walter M. and Loyal F. Hall, But.
ler co., Pa ... .
H. K. G. V., Columbiana, 0hi0..........,„
Collection at concert of W. IL Slack, Tur
tle Creek church
.......
Cash
Rev. James Mills, , Pitts., Pa
Mrs. Gilbrook, Westmoreland, Pa
Mary .. •
The following articles have been teeth.
during the month of December, all of whi'
have been sent to our Western Armies.
5 boxes of , hospital stores and I barrel
les; • from ladies of Ist Presbyterian ellut-
New Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohi o
1 box of stores from Tarentuni Presl,z,
thin church. •
I box of Stores from ',adios' Aid socii
of Irish Ripple, Lawrence co. •
2 boxes of stores from Amity and
newt. Society, Centretown, ' , VierQ r l
1 box of friths from Mrs. John Y oz ,
Robinson tp., Allegheny co.
1 package of books from Robert S. Da
Pittsburgh.
1 box of hospital stores from Ladies'
Society of Bavington, per Union 1..)
Association of Western Pennsylvania a:
Virginia.
1 box of stores from Soldiers' Aid
ety of Slatelick, Armstrong co.
3 boxes of clothing and fruits from I,
dies' Soldiers' Aid Society of Cross Cre,,
Washington county.
1 box of hospital stores from Ladies' .1:.
Society of Blairsville, Pa.
1 box from Jersey Union Aid Society
Elisabeth, tp.
2 boxes from Beaver Borough Lao
Aid Society per Beaver Army Commit:
1. box of stores and 1 barrel of oni
from School District No. 2 Ohio tp.,
Beaver County ,. Army Committee.
1 box from Igra. W. WcOlincoek, Pins
burgh.
1 box, of stores from Bethel church,
win's. Station.
1 package of clothing from Mrs. Ea:,
Lawrenceville.
1 package from Little Ellen.
2 boxes of books from J. B. D. Mee'
Piktsburgh.
1 bOx of stores from Sabbath &hoc!, •
Ist and 2d U. P. churches, Mercer, Pa.
1 ;box ofclothing from Ladies' Aid
ety of New 'Castle, Pa.
3 boxes of clothing from ladies of kr.:
P. church, Dr. J. Pressly, Pittsburgh.
I box of dried apples and 1 box of oui :-
from Aid. Society, District No 2, Darli:..
ton, Beaver county.
1 box from Soldiers' Aid Society of WI.-
vile, Ohio.
I box from Ladies' Aid Society of N
.,
blestown and vicinity.
2 boxes from Mrs. T. McFadden, Nisi.
Morrison, Mrs, E. P. Jennings, 'Airs
Meek, of Moon tp., Allegheny co.
1 box of clothing from ladies of 3d LE
church of Pittsburgh, Rev. J. G. Browr.
2 boxes of hospital stores and 1 Barre:
appleS from Srnicksburg and West 31a1 •
ing Soldiers' Aid Society, Indiana co.
1 box of clothing from Ladies' Aid
ety of Johnstown ' Pa.
I box of fruit from Ladies' Aid Soei€
of Westfield.
1 package of clothing from Clinton Tot
ship Soldiers' Aid Society, Butler cc.
1 box of fruit from Mrs. J. and
Weir, Freeport, Pa.
2 loxes from Ladies' Aid Society of C,
onsburg, Washington co.
1 box of hospital stores from Sold:
Aid Society of Buffalo and vicinity, Ice.,
ington co.
1 box hospital stores from Ladies'
Society of U. P. church, Pigeon Cre.
Washington county.
. 2 boxes from Soldiers' Aid Society
Washington.,co.
1 box from Ladies' Aid Society dB,.
vernon, Fayette co.
2 boxes from Ladies' Soldiers' Aid
et,y of Erie, Pa.
1 Jam from ladies of Cowansville,
strong, co., Pa.
5 boxes of vegetables from Ladies'
Society of New Castle.
1 box of sundries from ladies of Ss;••
burg, Indiana no.
1 box from Ladies'Aid Society of Co:'
ea, Jefferson co., Pa.
3 boxes of hospital stores from North
wickley Soldiers' Aid Society, per Bev -
County Army Committee.
2 boxes of stores from ladies of •N' .6
Butler cong., Butler Co.
box from Ladies' Soldiers' Aid SN.c.
of Union church, Adams tp., Butter 0,
2 boxes from Ladies' Soldiers' Alki
ety, cd,Calcutta, Columbiana co., Ohio
_1 package from Mrs. Tilbrook,Sewb.
Westmoreland co.
1 package from Mrs. Randin,
Westmoreland co.
1 package of Testaments from Jas
gan, Bethany gong.
1 Pox of clothing.from Soldiers'
ciety of First Presbyterian church I
burgh.
.
I. box of stores from Ladies' Ard
of Cove Spring V., Mercer co., Pa. ,
3 boxes of hospital stores from :7;
Aid Society of Harriaville, Butler r'
I box from Elder's Ridge Ladi ,
society, Thdiana co., Pa.
1 box of clothing and 1 box of fruit ;- -
Belief Society of Shafer tp., AllegloY
Pa.
1 box of hospital stores from
Union Relief Society of School Roll , '
3, Butler co.
1-box from the Evang. Lutheran is
of blillerstown, Butler co.
2 boxes from Ladies' Relief .A.sso , '
of Indiana Borough, Indiana co,
1 box of clothing from Ladies'
ciety of Second Presbyterian church , - 1
gheny.
1 box from Miller's Run Presbyte:'
church, Washington county, Pa.
1 package from Presbyterian Sewi6j
ciety, Greensburg.