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The attendance was not las le spirit manifested was earnest. ,er being in session two days, the Resolutions and Memorial Jived, Tbat we deem it a matter Aount interest to the life, and prosy od permanency of our nation, that ;itution be so amended as fully to the Christian national character. ulved, That we are encouraged :by attending the labors of the trice .s movement to persevere in the' with the blessing of God, this ei speedily result in the oonsummation great object. 'soloed, That'in the late Proclamati Excellency, the President of :d States, recommending the obsi of days of national fasting, humi and rrayer, (as suggested by the ' ' the United States,) for the pur' dessing our national sins which ikucl the Divine displeasure, and' 'ring forgiveness through Jesus Chi ind nlso days of national thanksgiving the purpose of making grateful aoknowl cmcnt of God's mercies,--we :have . pleas ; evidence that God is graciously inclin the hearts of those who are in author over us to recognize his hand in the af s of the nation, and to cherish a sense OUT dependence on him. (;:o/eed, That the following Memorial petition to Congress be circulated oughout the United States for signs es : MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS. the honorable the Senate and HOuse of • rpregentatives in Congress assembled : ''c, citizens of the United States, re-- ctfully ask your honorable bodies to. pt measures for amending tha Constitu , of the United States, so as to read in ,tance as follOws ' c, the people of the United 84tes, bly :Acknowledging Almighty God as source of all authority and power in I government, the Lord Jesus Christ ap Ruler among the nations, his .revealed as the supreme law of the laud, in or to constitute a Christian Government, in order to form a more perfect union, bliA justice, insure domestic tranquil provide for the common defence, pro the general welfare, and secure the ienable rights and the blessings of life, rty, and the pursuit of happiness to elves, our posterity, and all the people, dain and establish this Constitution he United States of America. .d further: that such changes with re t to the oath of office, slavery, and all .r matters, should be introduced into body of the Constitution as may be na ry to give effect to these amendments e preamble.- And we ; 7ottr,humNe tioners, will ever pray. e following Committee was then tp , tecl to lay the Memorial before Con- . 11. Mollvaine, D.D., John T. Pressly, '., Rev. A. M. Milligan, John Douglas, t., Bev. Prof. J. M. Wilson, Rev. R. ley Browne, D. C. Page, D.D., Rev. H. George, Rev. (}forge P. Chaoe, W. A. t, D.D.,• Rev. N. R. Johnston, n Alexander, Esq., Zadok Street, Esq., . S. Collins. permanent organization was then ted, which was named the "National 'ciation for the Amendment of the titut ion." It is to meet annually upon wn adjournment, and at the call of its e following were appointed officers of Association :—John Alexander; Esq., a, 0., President; Zadok Street, Esq., ' 0., Vice President; John Douglas, Recording Secretary; J. T. Preesly, Corresponding Secretary; Daniel r, Allegheny City, .Treasurer::. e following were appointed members e Executive Committee :—Rev. G. S. Rev. Dr. Page, Rev. S. T. Stewart, S. J. Wilson, and Rev.. Dr. Elliott, of estern Theological Seminary. c Executive Committee is authorized ppoint sub committees to organize_ iary associations in all parts of the try. Nor the Preebytertan Banner. Archbishop Hughes in Purgatory. EssltS. EDITORS :—T propose next to fire, in the light of Rontish authori , what is the present locality of the edam Archbishop. The Pittsburgh holir, of January 28d, twenty-days after death, publishes a summons to " Oath -, one and all, rich and poor, liisll and , of every rank and condition"— , shops, priests, holy virgins, little ones, erless and motherless, to pray for the 'se of his soul "---" Oh, let us give 'all earnest faith of our hearts to prayer 1" d three or four days later, Bishop Wood, Philadelphia, " celebrating a solemn 'km mass for the repose of the 'Aril op's soul,"- informs us: ";Gould the Archbishop now rise from his coffin, ould have but one request to make: %. for me, pray for me.' Two -thins demonstrable from these excited ianti nt appeals to the sympathies-of the h fal--first, the Archbishop was still in able straits and greatly needed help ;. 'ldentity, that even after several weeks active operations of this sort, corn oing at the burial services, but. little gross had been made'in extricating the , hbishop's -from:the - fires of purge -he still " had but. one request to i. e: pray for me, pray forme. " Now, :ere. Editors, I find this hard to -be be ed. After .the greater part: oramonth's ping by " bishops, priests, holy virgiai,P. , &c., the Archbishop rising from -his o, would still shriek amid purgatorial s, " Pray f rwie, pray for me 1" Whet omfortable doctrine `1 And to make the tter far worse, the most that Bishop Closkey and the Pittsburgh Catholic promise in the Way of encouragement these immense labors, is sumtud up s : " It is our beautiful and cowling ief * * * that we may still love and _Kay, for him—aye, even pft*Alpi able to aid hint by our poor bit Minable . cii trian ; . . . , , 460. • VOL. XII. NO. 21. and earnest prayers " " Perhaps we may be able to aid him" 1 Well, that is a very I *iutiful and consoling belief" to the whole army of bishops, priests, and holy virgins! If the sufering Archbishop knows that this is the whole—that at beat it is suspended on a " perhaps "—I must be permitted to doubt whether such pray ing will afford him very strong consolation, though he may possibly think it very beautiful! I should find less difficulty,' confess, in swallowing such a large dose , of ineredi bles, if the quondam Arehbishop were rep- , resented to have been some such a profli• gate as history records several of the. Popes to have been—murderers. drunkards, tidal- , terers, and such- like. ,ilut this is so far• 'from being the fact,-that the , whole vocab ulary searce , furnishes.a.sufficiency of laud atory epithets ;when his character is por trayed. Illustrious prelate; :great and, good. Archbishop; our pride, our joy, our pillar :Awl safety ; modesty, devotedmiss , and , singlekheartedness of hitt zeal; calmness;* courager composure, simplicity and hu-- mility 'of a child; the rare endowments of his, mind and heart ybe was pledged to the service of God, and to him devoted his en tire being; the kindest of fathers and most faithful of friends; a heart full of tender; nese fa - the poor and the oppressed; can. did, honest and straightforward, in all his dealings,; unselfish and disinterested in everything; chosen as an instrument of God, strengthened by. his grace, supported. by his arm; a life of faithful toil and sin- , owe and unestentationi piety." Such are specimens „of the laudation uttered by Bishop M'Closkey at his funeral obsequies, and repeated by, the Pittsburgh, Catholic of January ma. Bishop Wood, of Philadel phia, takes up the same eulogistic strain„ " Illustrious Archbishop ; his rare virtues his orthodox faith; his disinterestedness"' hie life - ; his' noble ,use of the high order of, talents, God had give!) him ; his untiring zeal. This virtue [per.. severance] was eminently displayed in the, principal'work of his life, the salvation his own soul, - for which he labored unceaS; ingly. bet us" adds Bishop-Wood, "imi , tate his example, * * his wonderful faith, which was the ruling principle of his -lite; with the unwavering hope,' &o. Such was the exalted character of the dead Archbishop. Where will we find any par- , allel among the twelve Apostles,. as they, are portrayed by the pen of .inspiration 7 " To me," says Paul," the least of all saints, is this krace &e. "Christ came to save sinners, of whom I am the chief." " I am the least .of the Apostles, who am not worthy to be called an, Apostle." Very. different,this from the fulsome laudation John Hughes. Yet this same person - Jr 'unparalleled excellence is - pia,ured to our imagination as rising from his flaming bed of purgatorial torture, and exclaiming in' the depths of his anguish, "Pray for me; pray for me !" And. this, too; aithougbwe are told be had " made his confession and was ratified 'l4 the 'last sacrament of his Church:" In closing this article, allow me to add that I am not now calling in qttestion the troth oh: the strange statenients quoted_ from these Romish dignitaries. Assuming thenrsektal*lnieritelitt. -of--whirdi-ther form a Tart may -be - `very- ‘!..beantiful2' the eyes .of f bishops and Ilriests ; but that it is Very " oonsolingr--theke, I have my doubts 1 Dtinius. For the. Presbyterian Banger. Letters% to Bible-Ben Aand ,Patriots.---No. 3. GENTLEMEN :—ln looking for the causes which have brought on a bloody strife, we must include those that Vieie offensive to God; as well as thoSe that violated the rights of mart. • In the " Declaration of Independence," the fact that all men were, born free and equal, and had an inalienibli' tight to life, libertji and propeity, had been declared, but where , the- Convention `of= Delegate's in 1787 Met at Philadelphia, to revise the 'ar- gales .of Confederation 'and form a Consti tution, this declaration began to be treated as a nullity* let. The three fifth rule . of representation for slave States treated the colored population partly as citizens - and partly as property—it permitted slaveit 2d. The slave trade, afterwards made piracy, was allowed until 1808. 3d. The Coned tntion formed declared that a person held to service in a State " should be "deliVered up," on claim of the party to Whom- Such' service or labor may be 'due." In these three concessions to the States, inclined: to continue slavery, the term was avoided; but the language has, been interpreted, and acted upon, just as though it had been used. These, compromistrs at this . period of the history of our'nation, laid-the founda tion for future. trouble.; They. were .in op position to views. of many of the ,members of the Convention,; -they were contrary to the sentiments expressed by many good men, and the general sentiments of 'liberty thit had begun, to prevail; they were sins against ,light, to please alaveholders, and contrary to natural jastioeand the revealed will of God. Ilnt they weKepqmpromises to obtain a present peace and ,union. , They deferred, the-evil day of war and sorrow, . In accordance somewhat with the, provi sions of the. Constitution, an POSPat 1793, for the restoration of fggitives from Cervice,7„hythe .§enate and Rouse of itOp reeentetimes,lwiihout much dehate. Anithis effort, to please the South Congress exceed ed her, owers : for afterwards the Suprema Pederal Court decided- ihat gt,a4e officers Wild not be compelled to,„perfprm certain Cervices in connexion; ivithlthe arrest of slaves. Some States afterwards'passed:- acts forbidding magistrates + under: penalty, , to interfere. Though the act of Congress, 'for the most part, became_it _dead letter ) it was intended to favor the South, laid helped to prepare; the way fox- future trouble: There Were 7Also r in consequence of the ten dency to favor slavery(contrarytethe spirit _of liberty that prevailed during the Revolt:l-r tionary war}, -attempts were -made in 1803 and 1806 to makeithe territory of Indiana subjeet to slavery ; but they failed. Oa the other hand, efforts-to:eholish slavery in, the District of Columbia wore.rewordoessful- In 1820 the effort, for the benefit of slavea holders, to.make Missouri a: lave Stetsons sumiessfut, with the compromise that' the systetn:of oppression should not go, farther North than 8&° 80'.. It was destined to be overtand, and make a part of the ele ments of calamity, tb.entlit'he word "for ever" was in the rifithotiOn. Mr. J. Q. Adams, then' Secretary of State, 'thought the proviso-Ina constitutional, and that ' 4 forayer" meant, forelet.:, But Are discus ,piugs.Pade imPrimikoW and II Id wrote at.the lime the following, and PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, FEB RTJAR 10, 1864. lother words, in his " Diary" : "The bar- I gain between freedom and slavery con tained in •the Constitution of the United States is morally and politically vicious; in consistent with the principlek upon which alone . our revolution can be justified; cruel I and oppressive, by riveting the chains of slavery in pledging the faith of freedom, I to Maintain and perpetuate the tyranny of the master; and grossly unequal and im politic, by admitting' that slaves are at once enemies, to be kept in subjection, property, to be secured and restored to their earners, and persons not to be repre sented themselves,but - for ithotti their mas ters are F privileged with.' nearly.SAloubier share of representation." Jefferson;had spoken thus before, in his " Name . on Virginia,"'second edition, pub lished in '.F'hiladelphia in 1792, and - ex preseed the apprehended danger that has come on our country : "The whole cotn tneree between • master and slave is n per qietual exercise of the most boisterous pas slogs:. The most unremitting despetiim on the one part; and degrading submissfon the ,other." -Our children see this; and learn to. imitate—for man is an imitative animal." And farther on, he asks "can the Iperties of a nation be thought Secure,,_ when we have removed their only firm, basis, a conviction in the minds of the peo ple that these li6erties dre the gift of God 1: that.they_nro not to be =violated but <with his wrath. Indeekltremble_for my coun try, When I reflect that God is just—that =his justice cannot sleep forever."--Tp. 231, - 238. In previous discussions, statesmen had said that the country bad -nothing to do with. the morality of slavery,a, nation mnet look to its pecuniary interest. This feeling prevailed. Foreign cotton seedwas intro duce& into the Southern Stated-=a Prohib itory duty •ink the introduction of cotton was imposed by Congress.• Eli 'Whitney invented Abe gin for its speedy mannfae- Wring; and principle gave way to supposed interest-=:the price of _nai g roes rose. Anti ,. slavery societies Protested :against the 'Change of; sentiment and policy—the Church fora time tried to correct. the .evil- tendencies to foster slavery; but in ,some branehes of it, effort...was relaxed. Rev. Mr. Smylie,,,of, the. South, wrote a book : in, favor of slavery, and other writers began to hecome coadjutorS So thathy I.B3o;Wben Mr. eminent citizen 'of Vir ginia, .proposed a`", gradual -emancipation= Scheme, it did _not meet with general :favor. The Southampton massacre stirred up the Virginians to think of gradual abolition, and they Called - a:Convention, hit the love of slaVerypievailed:• Congress still, by a majority, aided.-the cause of slavery witho - occasional-ehecks. =O4-of the inost .nefarions Taiits;, for which we May now z be, suffering, was ,yielding to tlie'Georgians, who coveted the 10,006,000 of sera of the Cherokee. lands, whigh lay 'Miley-wain.' the boundaries of their State. Fq`liongh the United States Government had conceded'the right of soil to the: ndians, and of self-gevermne.nt, and had, done some thing to sustain, the missionry _stations among them; still it Could not resist the slave-holding power. - - The - Secretary of 4 War,,,Johtt Terfeeffed4 l -philitfoV , forded. treaty was= made with_ part of the Cherokees, and. Mr. Schermerborn, of Mi.. ea, was appointed immediate agent, who must hipie been an unworthy man - for such a wicked agency, and a-large number'of the poor Indians perished in au inclement sear son; by theixforeed removal.- -They were loth to give, up, their missionary seheols and churches, and cultivated tames; and continued - as leng as lioisible, till Georgia, with an iron-graim, punished some of the& in the pcnitentiary‘ The, Rev. Samuel L. Worcester and Dr. _Elizur Butler were bur, prisoned two years, for no other crime than staying_, to teach :the Cherokeeti, who had now been greatly elevated . in' their civil' and religious condition. Missionary Ridge is between "Brainerd," the former mis sionary station, and. Chattanooga, and only four or five miles from - either, and a few miles from Chickamauga. Over all - this ground of the Indiaiiraold - otit by a Get:n.- gia lottery, battles have been folght: First, the Northern army' was" defeated, then, the Southern; - and the inhabitants have had their lands, obtained byrfrattcl, overrun and devastated God visits the iniquities of the fathers upon the children; add though theselriellY'slatea, were con sunima dbetween the.Y7clititt 1829 1833, punishmeotisdollowing. The nationarGiAintneiikteneits aid to make room for more Aave,f,,erriAory in that, which led to the Seliiinole Mirste.r: fA. treaty was made with a younger, drunken , Semilr;. note Chief, to acate territory. , The .older and higher chiefs refused to ratify :the treaty • Compulsory measures iverejakew; a desolating war with, bloodhounds, was waged against, the obstinate -Seminoles, which terminated in the.destruction of two-. thirds of the tfibe, and at a uost of, millions to the United States, to favor ,Southern Slaveholders. COUNTRXMAN. For the Presbyterian-Banner .Church 144ication. , ar.ocokulavoN, ILL., Jan. 80, 18.64. Through' the bleesing of a - kind Provi-' denier anclthezenercus assistaneenf Chris-. tian friends, we were,permitted on last Sab.. bath (Jan. 24th) to dedicate our new church edifice, to .the_ Worship of Almigh# Godi being favored in the, : aervices with the as,_ sistance pf brethren Birch, of Springfield,. and Newell, of Waynesville. By a Providential coincidence, (withiint design 'on. tare part) the dedication took place on the exact anniversary of the day on which the congregation first resolved to try to build,. The Toweida church was organized on Nov. 19th, 1856,-in a country schoolhouse, with eleven , nivarribers and , one Ruling Et-. - der. It now.numbers sixty-nine-members,- with five Ruling Elders. They have had no change of ;ministers since their organization. For .over seven years,they have been without a sanctuary of their own. • . The building jnt eomplete4,"fnrnished, and aijiicutedos i - 13eautiful substiiritialetone - foundatioe„ - 37 feet 4,60, feet, with 'Vestibule, library, and gallery 35. feet by 18i feet, clear, Made to open to the audience room, or close-up, for prayer- , meeting. and, ,sabbath school. --.- For a village: church it is a model of neatness, durability, and comfort, and with the galle'r'y opened, will seat an audience of ,abotit three hundred. The lots, build ing, awl' furnishing have: cost about four, thouluud.dollars„KanlWere Wicattl not ifr - el from any Webi, butWith's small balance left for enclosing and ornamenting the grounds; besides making at the dedi caCon a thank-offering of.thirty-three dol lars to the Board of Foreign Missions. For this complete suceese.,e praise . God, and , thankfully acknowledge the geserous aid of the Board 'of Ciattich Extension, and our neighboring PreAWriait churches of Bloomington, Lexingis*, and Union ' Grove, With some tokens also from personal friends in other p1ace5,.....: . - For Presbyterian; family nuryirig West, there is no more inviting Md than that of Towanda, in McLean Ooti4y; Ill.; located within'oig, , ht miles of Blooniingten, the site of the State: ormal Univ ity.,tand<sever al other ,educational insti ions ,; ; havisig, also excellent Railroad .faci eS, an afford-;,. lug one ,of the finest fa iggrtgicus 4i . t i the West. The Illinois ' otror Railioad z still has for sale several attire' leaking- l ot' their best unimproved lona .in , this , viattra ity, surrounded, by impre#l. farms. j .Thq,; price of improved farms, - *gas from sp: to $35 per acre, and inimployedlaids'fiem $8 to $l5 per acre. TgiCeoinzniinity!iit 2newly•Settled, moral, and e < litriiibt;itifd" fast supplying:themselves . , good lanai , schools,• and churches; ,in , ' will extend, gt : . cordial welcome to all ; lik:- ,, iinded Chris s - W - tianhe may choose to`ii '' among' tlient - ' "IlAtNith-vxn- GETIZRAI Hosr ~ „No. 2, VICKSPURG, Miss ., PEPE, ber 28,1868. ,f, MESSRS. EDITORS:----1419 a good while . sinee - l' wrote anythini Air* `Ban., 1 One reason is, that L. thi-,oA''see it-BO:err The copy- sent -to my , h*ne, :Whin -..redis-: patched, seldom # reaches.' . Lwish - I had._ , about twenty-five cornea - r , regularly- ; lu t 'lt would prove'most useful our hospital. - If any one ciiuld'send third' to me, rilicnild E ' most grateffilly receive .tl4i. , ' Thethris- - tian GommisSion supplies --With n.greittA many newspapers; but fo_awo, reasons they are net i tlip useful as wed rtn, first, tk m , are ninally fir from free ff wren they get - here Othd,_ secondly, thelFelirl Of 11 - tis6 ' many -of - title liind-perh*lhthitliedrof 'a- ' -Single issue. We cannot, week after week,- and montiro:fter month j - the ua:tinneto put American .Messenger fort April, into the same 'hospital rooms: '.' .? ' . ' '''.` -' . . Since I wrote last, we lii ii gone steadily .' forward 'here. I . preach6lielPiif the:time I i . . n- thw Presbyterian church in. city, d- Brother Porter, of the r if . S., , the other, halftwO services on ,tffe, Sabbath- and on Wednesday evening 1n :gOod - Weather ",. our Sabbath' congregations quite : fill the'" brQding. Sometimes .vra4ive, for iprectire, ' a lecture on other subjectiothawreligion for , Wednesday .evenings ,becanse We l wish. tn„ profit and amuse "the boze l inevery,o„:d' way. - We encourage the :Union Aiitiraly- Society as much as ive A& Its,' meetings lately filled the church fitl fir i3Otit soldierti" , l , , show much talent. ~; The - Olereiseez of this,' Society are often a high order. These ~ex.- "cruises are 'no contemptible rival of the theatre. The,:sehliTefi..*rPlititilll4llng-it library for the Post, to tierifts in the - Vatie- ment Of the -church. - : IA Very: Air begin= ping has already beeti‘-made, :.Boot sent as`a donation -to tAiIIAITRY! WoOKl)efrerT. thankfully received, altifP ~9 poP4tcur• The United - Presp . y , trans . an A xe t,A rm i . t'' ' iiiiiitiolifl; colored -- people in this legion, and have many,laborememployed, both male fend fe- male. They have , established several schools, which are well attended ; and, eon-. duct religious cervices. it is too soon to predict-whit success` they will have ; bit appearances= re very promising. The col ,ered people are ?very eagerly seeking to learn. The United Presbyterian mission , has recently suffered,great, affliction. The guerrillas fired upon a steamer in 'Which, some of them were proceedingto Nate.hez, wounded severely Rev. Air. Vanitta, who now lies here in a• critical :condition ; ,--and I killed his wife outright, Suchlosses i how- ever, seem necessary. Every good cause is baptized with blood, and - usually with 1 that of the bravesCaud best. The officers of the army-here, who have' Episcopal leanings, invited a minister living near this ~eity to , conduct service in, the Episcopal church on Christmas. day. It is undesstood that he has been a 'secession ist but - he read the prayer for the Pred dent and Congress. The rumor - is, that he was determined, to omit that part of the service ; and was only_indueed to read it by the threatrof our Coinmanding General to send' him' &nth. I do not know' that this is true ; I give it as I got it. Several' ladies left the church. when the-prayer was , There have been,rnany tokens of relig ions interest here 'duringthe . last few 3veeis. We have -redeived' into' our army church several' on profession ; and -rnimbers of..ehurelkolk.at lonic are JeontinuallyjOill ing us. We have., much to encourage us„ Yours, as ever ? _ " r Italortinta of In various ways. has God shown that he attaches to 'his creature, man a grent,2lM portance. In giving his only begotten and dearly beloved Son--"Ilte - brightuess-of his glory and the express image hie,-ppx!so . n e.. to becon:ie incarnate', Ind iniffer, i bleed; and die for manV salve the actual vent of thin Divine' Onc, whe agonizedin:. Gethsemane.-and. on Qatvary and ,thereby--- made expiation- fer.man'suilt com missioning the 44, ..g 50.4, to descend . from skies to the earth x ,to enlightin andre, new man and4ndify, him.-for heaven ,causing angelic heinate rejoice Wheit-man is thus illunii,ned'end,nanotified., and:to!Min ister te his wants - 77 sustain 4d'noitifoit him in his pirgrieingei: by thqsis and Ober w a ys has God manifested hil,iegard for man, has shown'that he cheriihei a deep interest in him, and .attaches to him a vast importance. And "Why? ', - What,is.there in, n„cieeture so weak as man an d so ~d epraved ,as Man and so rehillious as mei; and apparently so insignificant among the' mighty ,works of ; God, that he should ~lave" .such,ittation t paid him by the..141,4er and. Ruler : of o wonder that the devont Nabnist" claimed " When 1 1 consider the heavens, i the work ; of thy fingers, the :goon and stirs, which thou has , ordained-- what is man o th g a m t t a ho , n i a a r a t t rit t i h n o d i f ul y l ts . ite hire st 7 1t ail ini_ fi z 't o te isT na ci wonder that it was amazing to the Psalmist that feeble men:-.7-a, creature of yesterday' and who is crushed bebre the moth rapt men—,," who, drinks iniq u ity ; like wa ter "-man in positive revolt and'rehellion, should be held in 'itch estimation by that august One who. made the starry heavens, and is Oie . gniicalgn of the UniTarse : Such *PgrtanT is attached to man by the Most Highlrmo Man hears At0e,..1 stamp of Im arta ty, and Immortality makes kiln - great. 'Heis to life .when the frame , work; of nature is dissolved—when the heavens are rolled: together as a scroll —when the 'light of the sun is put out— there is no period in a long, long eternity when ho is not to live=he is to, live forev er'. - How Much, then, will-sueh,a creature . dewing. hiw protracted existence necessarily enjoyor-sutier .The soul of man is im xnortal I , -Therefore is its redemption ,pre. cioneheyond all. eipression or computation; therifbee is r it'Oat Gad parts with his only Son 'to die for-mait, and the ineariatc . Jesus dieivthejustlfor the unjust," and " angels rejttiel over pie sinnertlet repeuteth.' Pelectpda Eitillik Prayer. How and bpantifui this h our, s.et , "I.''.4;:s'ealrrilY in the West • The day declines ; and Nature sinks' Serenely. to ha le r rest! , - Nuirtidejsofindi fall upon thorear, , Only an waning , pcalm • " t Cliaritia'by Attiiii's r :ciehestka,- ° , • - - lititattrialmjadrott - the ea ! IR" . ' t • ..Sic-.-LV a •rif•V,•;• • l** v , ipp.. mil* of AN' With ail sirt fie pest, - l o' shlutoya r ofite Close,/ oast,L- Nay my night come with peace and:song:l ' The herald of' a day More Votetteiftil thin-earth can give, Never to fade away. . . . -- -, t-INISOITEICtiIItiRES.PONDEiIet. - •:' Vie , Arinch'SepatePrOtest agitinet„ WO?. .. and` Er , . iramorg.nce--lif. Thiera the qAqinp(on of Liberty :7 - t . rhe 'AParitike ' ind - litexic6—Dr. Wordat'artlei at iume,,,Deariery, of "'Cfreitpnivier 74 -Hflt v ErcoM,----Hia. ',O'er/nun— Dr. itordittvith on iniiiruitio;a4Nii Ante edenta-. lAig*in'a4a4=-04;G=ureton'a 3a= Schidarahip—Dr. Duff's Departure r 'loot India. MI 3 .1. ON.P..o2V4ttdanuary 16,1864. t11: 11 " 4 "-t , 4 4 'rli Ell -1 3 1 1 - 8 - MeATC, 7.. a. its - unwonted 'fislelitrto i fietiCeitathith.;*4 , vPallei...l4 the ,fearful waste of the national - ;resources. on Wars for au ',' idea - ,!' and , the sesuseita thin'in MeFicetUra‘ The ratiroqtees;" - has addifred-stp,the: -14mperor - a - most . poi* .req pet' that the WO iiiege - xin6,, with :its ; Fp. Ai_Xpenees, may be hrotight,verY : speed: t L irt -ma.- - '"Vhe.'"delignii..in-the..._Frenelt.Ohamtere= haVe brought out theloalehrafo;:stateginan gafi l llOat'fitiA9l.- M. 1rii1g1,i.4.',40.1:1 with ering power, ihni:Elieiilovisnment is seri ottirly idamsged ;. , ..an d . tb.e....Eiiiperor - is re ported to be; so .'eniaged`-asidlie likely to use' iinfebee. Vire-do'rkt; 'net Trance; ' liill,b - e - fire 1-11 thee,te, RefrgeT , . ' \W e have had;;contradictorycieports as to „What the ArehdnkuMaxamilliati intends to ' iiMrhetler to set out . for • liihiiec,' or await OWL - The i,qoe:pfit - ,Plebies&4ites or Vatitlar t 103, seems impracticable, Collflid; 'erhistisiw.many. - ,of.theilkhabitants of Mex- Ape are half-castes, - apd - how, still; 'the Rotniblk influences 'prevail;' It must be a nusersible and distracted Cone:try,..X.anutit_ ,suppose that even if a monarchy were set Aup, it CAI& abt- in. Inetifity :to the'United Statesz,inif law and order; kith'. civil - and Te ll ol l * liberty,. .-f9 l -lOw7ratt4 - ,90 Nexico, P,rotozMantisfp, to Op great E tlisgust -of the pristritt, ',has,' been recognised - reiogriiiiiit—gcett nei--iiveypitiveuldireihiee.„...—.„- - .. - .. Di. Wou.iiswoittu, the Canon o'f Wnlit , minstef Abbey ,. who so vigorously and ar. gumentatively protested against - the intro ductiou and , installment of Dr.-Stanley--,on - account or doubtful and dangerous opinions ,---intio the Deanery of that Cathedral ,chureh has protested in vain. 'No doubt this was his expectation. But 'Certainly he eleared,his own conscience, and' spoke.out .in a way_ calculatedito :rally true lovers -7 of .the _plenary inspiration of the . Scriptures. Canon Stanley was inducted on Saturday last by the Chapter; but Dr. Wordsworth was not preSent.' - - It is'inuch to be feared' that a man who has made such perilous statements ; can sign thaArtieles, unless in that immoral sense ,of ” articles of peace , " for, which Di. Paley pleaded in the list Century. In his lectures on the " Jewish Church') there are many'passages ealcula led to weaken the-belief of their-readers in the truth and-kinspiration l of the Bible, _es , , . of the old Testament. These lec tures were Chiefly addresied to candidates for the ministry. He asserts that "the history of . Israel is, not the'history of an in, spired hook, but of an Anspired people." On which Dr. Wordsworth remarks , : "Sure- ly such an allegation is injurious to the that it' legainsiareit than •a nation: which' - God punished as , re bellique, ,and excluded from Canaan for its is.also irreconcilable witti the dee- iron'speaking apeeially . the Teatfient t of it literally eignifiei' ? as iara of• Paul,s laspita-: tioirof4oPi and with the language o our own Olinraf aaoribes -all Scripture to Go 4: 9Reased Lorsk, who haat given all 'Holy:Seripi.gres for our learning." • It theidliji Di. Stanley, that tliElOseipt :ante' - •f evSfy-part of the Old Testanstiti 'ai - oftequahacoUracy f isirendered impossible, BY - every advance made in _Biblical soienee r and S .....every increase of our acquaintanek ,with Eastern onstoms or primeval - 15f.satifiluitthrui niagdetaini pioi on-arises ;When soietioet makes • fcir ther progress; and Ideitorieal :investigation' is ,pursued Anore i nneeeeefrdly,.. gtst must recede, from ifs . ; present Iseeittion ; -whereason the tithei'lithd; froth "is cousiiitentWitivitmeif; - and' antiquarian re 4arcli into' thi . Mannerfa - ind . customs of EgyPt,, , and , itm.l9lM . .Of 'Babylon •and! ,Ninevah,"-have brought-to life new - pronp , of . , the ' accuracy -and credibility of- -the ''; In another lOW Pr. Stanley apologises for,` . Deborah as ,Y,inlightened. only .ivith a .; , eiy small proporrtoit , of the Divine light. whit:W.:iv:as to go-en- more brightening • to the perfeet d' p" I .:And' teshade*':of .ikabt...kihrown ' *lot in.stance those of Jacob and Noah; and lon the earliest.pmusisecor Soriptnrc Apt' Widerni nr the Promised Seed: ' t3tEinleY alcOlikilheiiii - lbe - the 'Old Tee: askathe.eame'obirilable indul rleesitt it a0:491. At,t4lter AMNON , :ape kifilt,o4ee,r. timit, voiF7 erro rs . and, defects " of th e "are 044 le r iliC the 'apprehension "of " its meaniq." - 'llB asserts that th r eidifelliAiiie .inStephen's . -speech, in Alts: vi,ll; -;5.F4k. statetnent,"- says. , „ _Wordsworth, ehillnge .him to proyc.:' . Heloya..thafr: tlkp Solis of Moses are _prObAly.so .h.eonude' ite 'is "the 'chief subject Ot'tliem ? " not because he is their author. But more surmise diet Bidet tuba pt edAbraham tasofferiap-his sou-letau -This• erwsi ligesjligute,gmag l iof titte Otditentament, and to the words vt 116. WHOLE NO. 593 xi, "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac." Add to this, that the Messianic Prophecies and Psalms, so called, are by the school to ,which Stanley belongs, a lmost entirely ignored, and that, . the new Dean of Westminster and has been, the ficins Achates of Prefessor Jewett at Oxford, who denies that the 53d chap ter of Isaiah has any-intentional reference to the sufferings of Christ; and that a true propitiatory sacrifice on the cross _is not. taught by these men—and you will ice what the Peril of the Church' of - .England and of true.religion in the land now -is. If Stanley, coula,be brought up before Presbyterian Synod, or,Councii. of Presby ters, with a Moderato r at their need, iriemius inter iiettfei, we know what his -sentence would be. He has pleaded, in a letter to the Bishop :of London-,,for the abolition - of all ‘ ' ‘este " .and all "subscription ;' every, man willing to use the Liturgy is to be tr re- Ceiveas" " a clergyman without further question r . = It is surely very startling to find lthat on Saturday - het this. Court- Tairorite;i:tmil a; fascinating leader of - ff Young tExford," pledged .himself by his, own hand: to "all and, every one of the Thirty-bline'Artiefitrof' Religion; to - be lineable Word of God," and that he professed "willingly', and=with , "hid heart to ...subscribe ,"all. • things eon, tabled in them." This he - did in the Je rusalem Chamber, and afterwards ; being ,conducted'into'the - Chiral; he took a iol -emn oatlPtlittf 3 he Would - regard' thenauthoik it,y of tlie:Holy:Seripturtyati paramount to human -opinions; t - , Dean Stanley on the afternoon of last Lord's daY, , preached from : the „words, . 1 / 1, beseech Von; 'thdrefcti-e; brethrthi,,,hy the' Mereles'of Sm.* In-the eVening, 'Wordsworth preached, a sermon- to, , abont three , : thousand persons under : :the great' do - me of St. Paul'spatiedral l „The iJishop of ikondini had, on ' the previ ous Stinday evening; inaugurated a series of seittiona to theimasses by a very able disetiorse del fence of- the,„supemaluraLand miracukus• in religion I referred to, David,1419403 well and "exploded”" fallacy that' MirSeles. *ere 'IMPOSsi tile h,eCeime 'contitiry huniati `experience,-and warned his hear . - ers against.unbslief.:lle.pointed Out with great eleapiess, that l.n..augh a system as is Christianity, miracles might- expected,.; that it began with in tie' doixeip:-, tion and- 'birth of 'Christ, the Divine and the human thus -meeting 'and united,: and that its .erowning and convincing miriele was his resurreetion,,by,whieh he ,was d e : . dared to be the - Son of Opal - with power. Dr.- Wordsworth' followed' uP that exeel lent diecoursd by` a %defen erehe 'plena'ry- inspiration of the 41(4 - Scripturet3;.Which, ,coming from him at this time, was both natural and seasonable, Efemeat hack pic torially to the r martyrdom of Poly Ty,- who. had.lactually dee" 'Weitier'sed with 114' Apostle elebbil He.referred; to' the le . ws as having: beep the zealous ands vigilant guar dians_q every letter and l workof the ,0.14 Testament Scriptures hand in a;discefirse of thiee` q:utiitere 'of as houi., 'delivered, both a poftufaFind UlahOtatre ldefitinte of Ihe- Chrlitian' , faiilf,:and 'of the. fottidaticin 'of 101Y1'Snripture: on which , ,- Dr;WordsurpOliais a nephew ntNilliam. "Wortigift4th;tlrd illust4ioutEnglish Peet. waT:rateVilervice in'Westuanster Abbey, and Saw him for the first time. He r. is a man of lofty stature, with masses of black hair covering a ,finely-formed head; hie forehead nobly developed, with refine ment and dignity marking his whole bear ing. At the same service .I saw for the first time L.-and .heard from him, also, a good , serreon-z--.the Rev.-William Cureton, whose, name• will be familiar to some of your readers,as an eminent,Syriap scholar. He is an elderly man, stout and short, of about sixty ,years of age: His sermon wad direct ed against overweening selfesteem among the members. of Christ's Church, and on the texi, This I say to every man that is among you " &e. Fitom INDIA comes intelligence not only of Dr. MS'S final departure from 'Calcutta and a universatoutburst of respect and af fection, with' a memorial Hall to be built of marbl ves con tributing largelyy his honor,,but in addition to this, fresh ev idences of the -rapid decadence of Hind.it istii as a system. The Tinies correspond -ent compares - it to the state of things as recorded in -Chureh:history, when before COnstantines final overthrow of , Pagan po ! litical power, the,,temples of the gods, of the Pantheon were deserted. The native mind'itself deeplyconviricedstliat tianitY to 'be the - religion of India; The Gracious Direction. " Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he al&11 Sartain thee:. he will.never suffer the •righteimus to be moved."—PSALM 22. We cannot always prevent liurdens being , laid;upon . ' Us, but we mayrefitse. to carry them :—lndeed, we ought not to carry bur. dens,tfor it is not becoming in the King's. •children,,te- sot like . pOrters. We harp a great burden-hearer, one who has borne our grieft carried our sorrows, one who bore our 'sins in his own body on the 'tree. Npw,'lte bore our 'sin's, the guilt and • the pnnishment of :them; :that we may never blur them,, sighed ; . lhat .we , may sing. :He sank under the weight of our sorrows, that we may _rise 110 taste hie 'sweetest joys. JibiKwherk he sees birdined with careygrief,"liiimiety, or worldly-trouble, he , sweetlystys 4,g, Let me take thy-burden. and cam ,itt, for thee. ,N.y strength,, is greater thuk thAn f e. Bring it tome,. Cast it on me. .106,ve with o, Cliris tiant 'What Savionr''thou= hest! He ski cares for yon that he desires you not to 'care:;--and- hs , :so loves to see thee happy, that; its proposes yea -asks to , be,allowed to. uArry_Ahyll)niden Tor thee., - ,111 lore than _this; Will' not only'carry thy' burden, but he will's:sit:lr'; thee. 'He will place his ever lasting arms beneath thee; lift thee up out lit'every.difficulty; end set thee before his., face'forever., Take thy present burden,te, I .Jesui, and let' him bear it for thee. If yo u do not; yOn will And it too much , for Srotir patience, and you will soon begin to thin :thit. the. Lord ideals hardly Aiith' you.. But. .if you • take. : it to Jesus, , he not only. ~bepr it.for you, byt endear himself to you by tiling so—BirOntTower. • 10 'l . " • 6- - • maw' eng.o. • Bishop=Colepao, Wko:.p . ossesses the an om alons"notorietrof itfidennkthe Episcopacy or• the: English -Olittrildi't bailee divided: against itself;t•has .juit land the ,‘,foukth part" ofthe,dissertgions utheeats i t i vgh,,, Oich, car exaMinattlarns of the 4rat, eleven chapters THE PRESI3TTERIAN BANNER • Publication Office : GAZETTE BUILDING'S, 84 Furs BR, PiTTORIMOII, PA. YHtEADELPHIA, BOUTit-WEEIT COIL OF 7711 Aviv CHZITHUT. ADVERTISEMENTS 78R178 IN AIYVANCS A kiettliare, (8 lines or Ina) one Insertion, 81.00; each sub. becitimi tnerertiorg 60 cents; each line beyond eight, 6 cents. A Sgerore per quarter, 111.00; each line liddltional, 50 eta A Itsnuorloto made to advertise!. by the year: BI3BIITESIB NotECBS of Tn. lined or lege, $1.50 each' additional line, 10 contr. of Ganesis, with his -views err the fall of ,man, the deluge, the.origin of the various languages of man, &cf The nrain feature of the volume is said to be his attempt to show that these chapters,- and the entire book of Genesis, are the work of two differ ent writers; thus reproducing the theory started' many -years ago, by same of the German rationalists, - founded upon what their call the Jebovistic and Elohistie- ele ts in the composition of this book; and which has already been met, and satisfacto rily disposed of, by the eminent Dr. 'Kitt° and. others. In the preface to this book, Colenso is said to attempt proof that, if he is a heretic, he is in this respect not unlike Many, of the good and great men of- the Engliskand other Churches, in, support of which he quotes OM dead and - livingThe alogians, such al.' Arebblithap Whately, Dean Stanley, and , Professor Robert Lee, of the University of Edinburgh. We may state in, this connexion, that the trial of Colenso„at Oapetown, is ilgunotna that Dr. Bleek appearedfor lubti* pre test against the proceedings. • •Dr.-Bleeli. is said to be " Unitarian of advanced - liberal views:" The glood of Christ There is 'a 'story of how the devil ap peared-to aAying man, and showed him a parchment :roll; which -.NM' •very long, wherein was written on every-side the sins of the poor sick man, which were many in number: There *ere also written the idle words he bad spoken in' his life, together with the false words, the unchaste words, and angry words ; afterwards came his vain aid ungodly: ords, and lastly, his actions, digested according ,to the commandments. IV-hereupon . Satati Said See here, behold thy vittuesl 'see here -what thy examina tion must4ve.' 'Whereupon the poor sinner' duswereC:,)", It is true, but thou hest not `set down all y for thou,shouldst have added, and set down here below, " The blood of ~Tesuti °Mist cieinseth us from all our sins ;" and this also should riot have been - forgot ten,. that Whosoever believeth in him 'shall -not perish,,hut have everlasting life." Whereupon the devil vanished. Thus, if the devil shonld muster up our sins, and set them in order hSfore na, let but Christ 'he' pained fin faithful way, and 'he will give hack, and fly away:with all speed. Ily sins are grest, I de 'confess, And,of• a scarlet dye ; But qesus' blocid can wadi tie clean, • Aiatid does • testify." --4-Bogaiskis , Golden, Treasury. . EMI BREVITIES. It-ia - better to make ourselves loved than feared. Tho'Seiire the bOst Christian's who aro More , eaiefol to 'reform -themselves' than to eensure..othemr—Palier. Graceful manners are the outward form of refinement in the miod,,and. good. affeetions in Idle heart It is better to decide - adifferenee between euemies than friends, for one of our friends will 'probably" beeoine , - .. an enemy; on the 6ther bandilone of -our enemies becomes a • :11 ia,a great-taisfortuoe to,. live under a government that will suffer people to do agtitirbut it is a. much ,greater, to be ir , under one li r ahllVis'afr as they .please: Ili order to reach perfection - it is neces sary to :have either very faithful friends or implacable enemies; since we must be made sensible of our failings, either 'by the ad monitions of the - former or the invectives of the latter: God grant that we may contend with other Ohnrelles as the vine with the olive, which of us Shall bear the best fruit; but not as the brier with the thistle, which of us shall be the most unprofitable.—Lord Bacon. A jolly and .intelligent looking sailor, when asked - what was the best use of liquor, said : " They tell of the moderate use, the innocent use, the harmless use, the generous ; use, the genteel use or liquor; ;but, after, a long experience, both ou ship board and shore, I can testify that the very best use of liquor is no use at all." Some soiolists have discovered a 'short path to celebrity. Having heard-that it is a vastly silly thing to believe everything, they take it for granted that it must be a vastly wise thing to believe nothing. They therefore set nploi free thinkers; but their stock in trade lii, - 4hat they are free from thinking. No persons mike so large a de mand against the.reason of others as. those who have none of their own ; as a high wayman will take greater liberties with our purse thah our banker. • ',. TM Christian family with its Bible and 'thiteehisidis, arid the Sabbath School its nifitiliary, are the nurseries of the congre gation and, the eburch. The serious im iressionsthat issue in conversion can, as a -general fact, be traced back to early years and asiodiaticins, to the - source of a pious ifirentage, to the sanctuary of youth, or the Sabbath School 'of childhood. Do you seek the prosperity. of the Church.? Do. you value the honor and happiness of.your children ? Train these little ones up in the way they should go. ho Compromise with Sin.—Never, so long as you bear about these sinful bodies, count any corruption to be so dead in you that you are_ perfectly safe from it henceforth, that it can never stir or trouble you again. ,H.Ow much that seems dead, by a sad expe -iiimee - will be shown to have been only ilieping:; like snakes, which, frozen in ..Winter,,lose for a while their power to - barna, appear as though there were no life in-them, but brought to the warmth, can hiss and sting again. How many an old corruption is perhaps at this present mo "ukent thus torpid and inactive in us, which yet only waits the returning warmth of a suitable temptation,, to revive in all its ma • lignant strength anew; Skeptic Ah," said a skep * Heal collegian to an old Quaker, " I suppose you . are one (Othello fanacties who believe the Bible ?" Said the old min, "I do be -lieve the Bible. • toes . thee believe it?" z 41.N0; I.,,fm, l haye- no proof of its truth." sc th en. ," irkqn;re4.the old man, " does aim ; ? Uieviii . in Prance " Yes ; for arthoiikla I haveltorseeh it, I have seen Otheri have: - :Besides,:there is plenty of 'ooriob... orati ve ;proof 'that such. a country, does ex ist." ~•Then thee. FIALASIt belinve any thing thee or . utikirfi r „,,bave,, not seen t" No," " Did itoe ev er' see thy own :drains ?" "No:"''''' 4l . 4 Ever lee a man who - "Aid see them r cf,N.0.?.? Does thee'bo thee, hak c any_rf,.. This. last quecttitikat Itt4 P‘,4 tt.49flisiu.ol49l6=443erti u
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