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PITTSBURGH, PA
Om for the Amendment of the
tititutiou of the United States.
c time ago, after various prelimil
ogs, a call was issued for a Natli
Convention, to take measures to
an amendment of the Constitution
ited States. This Convention a&
n the First United irresbyteri
► of Allegheny city, on the 27th
7y. 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 ;
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,
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,
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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