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Misolonariel lot the South.
What is to be done by our Church to
supply the religious destitntions existing in
that portion , of our national territory res
cued from the grasp of the rebellion ?
This is a question which at this time oan
not be said to be either untimely or unim
portant. Pueriotiam, as well as piety,4le
mands at our hands prompt and vigorous
action.
I. TUE OONOITION OP THE FIELD,
Is that of appallimOestitution. - The:ter
ritory in question is made up of what is
generally. °ailed the Border Slave States,
and of States and - parts of States still fur
ther South. - Theme' We' terrn Berder'Slave
States are'Maryland, West Virginia, `Ken
tucky, and Missouri,
none of which-. were
fully drawn into the vortex of rebellion.
To the South of theserthere are Tennessee,
Arkansas, and Louisiana, three whole
States which were dragged into : the gulf of
Secession, but which have been for the
most part reclaimed by theyalor of our na
tional arms. Then there are litrge,distriots
of Mississippi and Alabama, wit* portio ns e
greater or less of all the rest of the to
called Seceded States, which are occupied
by our troops. This, - batinethe excep
tions which we will no* specify, is the Do
xnestio Missionary - field, orhigh we would
urge upon the immediate consideration of
our Church atiarge.
In Maryland and Kentucky, according
to the information in the hands' of the
writer—and his knowledge of the 'latter is
ample—tfie large majority of the ministry,
say three.fourths or fourlftbs of the whcle,
has been loyal from the beginning; and
hence the disorganization and ruin in the
churches in those Stites have been only to
a limited extent; so that, with something
more than. the ordinary assistance usually
rendered by the Board, they can take care
of thernielves.
In the new State, of West Virginia, the
destitution, is alarming. The writer lis
tened to a, touching narrative from our
loyal brethren there, in the Synod of
Wheeling, at Its litte% meeting iff New-
Lisbon. It then AO - Sired that there were
but four loyal Preabyterian, ministers .to
labor in a territm of ten thousand square
miles, with not less than forty- churches
spread over its , sutiface. in addition to
these, there were two or three ministers—
fornaerly in our ognnection - -in< the neigh- -
borhood 'of Lewisburg, who have given
their adhesion to the bogus Southern As
sembly. The condition of other denomi
nations there, , was more disheartening than
of our own. Of them, loyal ministers had
fled North, and the disloyal had fled South,
so that the people, both loyal and disloyal,
were totally deprived*of the bread of life.
The condition of Missouri has been, if
anything, still morc.pitiable. Poor Mis
souri I The rebels .stationed Ahem were
the most malignant and' fiendish 'of all the
took , af.tristentitmtediturkitillietti 'i'i#'," ti4itl4o ß '.
the most reckless,.and . again the most
in
competent,; so that the unfortunate inhab
itants were peeled and tomb) , both friend
and foe. Many fled from their 'homes;;
churches were broken bp, add ministers;
both loyal and disloyfic - Were often left, as
well without hearers as without support.. It
will require the utmost emertion to rescue
our cause there from almost' utter destruc
,
tion.
The aspect of , the vase in the reclaimed
portions of the Seceded`States, beggars all
description. The people in. great
_part are
bitterly hostile. to us. Thetwill• probably
shut their churches in our face. Most of
the ministers have fled with the, armies of
treason, on the appioach of our forces.
They have disowned us, repu_diated, our
Church Courts, and formed a bastard As
sembly of their own. - We may
~as well
make up our minds to w'ork independent of
them, and gather congregations when the
way is open, as we do in China or India.
There is no other way ; and the sooner we
begin it the better. But little can be done
at the first, but let that little be aCOOIII
- without delay.
THE IMPORTANCE OP IMMEDIATE AND
mionNT ACTION,
Cannot be over estimated. Whatever we
would do, must be done quickly. Other
denominations are adopting measures, both
air and foul, in, order to secure the ground.
It becomes us, therefore, to be vigilant, as
well as active. We lave already said that
both piety Ind patriotism demands this at
our hands, Loyal people who have long
been ground down under the rebel despot
ism, are entitled to the tender sympathies
of all pious hearts, and their spiritual
wants should be supplied As. soon as prac
ticable. And as to those who are disloyal
—this, thetr"grievoua sin,only renders
their need of the Gospel of Christ the,
more urgent. Great u is. the wickedness
they have committed, they are still only
lost sinners,' and Christ came to seek
and to save that which is lost," Atworst,
they are but ; " the chief ' of sinners," and
in that case the Gospel is still sufficient for
them.
But not lees is it the tall of patriotism,
than of Riety. More can be done for our
country in this way, than . by the unsound
and multoken policy of drafting ministers
into armies, and causing them to fight upon
the field of battle. . It is a feet easily
proved, that in* the Border Slave States,
wherever a congregation was , blest with the
services of a loyal and prudent minister,
in that community a sound union feeling .
predominated, On the other hand, where
the minister was a' traitor, the seeds of
his treason thus sown among hie people,
grew rankly and matured early in favor of
secession. From the midstof tilesO latter
oongregations, many recruits were found
for the armies of the rebellion. It is clear,
then, that every loyal minister which is
settled in the territory reclaimed from the
rebellion by our armies, can serve his coun
try. by encouraging the long-oppressed
loyal people; by confirming the wavering;
and much can be don' e even in awakening
the consciences of those who are disloyal,
especially as they are becoming convinced
of the waning fortunes of the rebellion.
Now I come to a fact, which '"would
to God" I oeula impress upon the minds
of your readers, that they would folly
realize the demands of God, upon them for
this cause. it is this; There is a herd of
hungry a 86008 h " preachers, who, for 'the
last three years, have been feeding upon
the whirlwind, and who are now watching
with eager eyes after the fortunes of the
churches in question. Just as soon as the
churches are found secure in the rear of
our ermine, and the people show symptoms
of returning.prosperity, these , needy wan
derers will be eager candidates for the va-
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VOL. XII
omit pulpits, although the support prom
ised should be barely suffioientto keep soul
and body together. Two churches • minis
tered to 'by the writer 'before the war, are
now supplied by one of these apostles of
treason. ne result ,in suoh cases_will be
one mnohto be deplored. The consciences
of the people will be perverted. The
drooping spirits of . the: Sdeessionists will
be upheld; and such congregations will be
dens where guerrillas will be harbored and
encouraged to interrupt-our communia
tions and .destroy-our military stores. To
the certain knOvtledge - of the ViitCr there
are Many communitiei .within our lines
which fully nuawer , to _the. picture: here
drawn. This% enables -rebel soldiers •on
furlough to comefarwithin our lines, and
to spend weeks 'on the pert' banks of the
Mississippi, alui mien' upon its ,_ islands,
there, to be fnasted.and toasted until they
tee fit to go back again unmolested' through
our lines;- and join their regiments. Cer
tainly no more need be said to show the
importance of prompt and efficient action.
311. AS TO Tull SNOOTIRAgEBTENTS FOR
UNDERTAKINp THE Wofta,
'These are not altogether wanting. The
,Second church, Nashville, in which the
Hpirit of loyalty was saved. from entire ex
tinction by the faithful ministrations of
Rev. 3. S. Hays, has already Secured
_the
servicewof Rev. R. H. Allen, a loyal thin
ister who passed throUgh the fiery ordeal - of
the rebdl rule in New,ooeans. 'The .loyal
,people-of Memphis are also crying aloud!
for the bread of life. And these; we trust,
are but the diopir Nihidh are'the precursors'
of this abitndint Shower.
IVs ONE AFAIOLIEHQU4STION
Presents itself here : In what attitude is
this' oUr work to stand in reference to the
military, power of the United States
' Not to say.anything of the intrinsic merits
of this question, it is alLthe more impor
tant that we should decide it right, because
others have already decided it 'wrong, and,
are..ilso already acting out ,their wrong, de
cision. Butas to the merits - of 'the-- . (11101E1-
'Om itself: perhaps it is not , siirpassed in
importance by any other which has ever,
engaged the attention of the Old School
Prethyterian Clinrch;:anif we 11OPe it Will
receive the attention it merits frem , ,the
,General .Assembly to inset in -May at New-i
ark, New-Jersey. To tomela a safe ana
true conolitsion upon thiiitishihat, vie need!
only to be true to our' distinctive princi
ples, and mindfuk, of ,our past history.
Presbyterians certainly ought to- 'be at no
loss in determining questions pertaining to
the relation of Church and., State. We
haie always appealed to the 'courts of the,
country ,Jor. Ahrpleeision ; .of all questions
relating to property,, and-for the- security.
of our pc:lions as - Christian-citizen's. We
will do the same now,,and no more, ex
cept that where martial law ie in Pres, our!
appeal : may be to a military commanilani,
instead of the ordinary law courts. In our.
.miasionary operational in -districts or . cities
occupied by our artaies; if we 64 illy, Rob
pia vilfing to receiii our ministratipns, we
try to supply their wants. If these
people. own -church property which they
are, , ivilling to-put at our service, 'we will
ocaupy it.; and if net, we will try-in a
lawful way to secure such church:property
as will be suitable , for the prosecution of
our. work. If we should be disturbed in.
Our legitimate work, or in -,the peaceable
possession of our own' property. by disloyal
or evil-Minded persons, then if poet com-
mandants ,or provost marshals be 14 the
powers that be for that time and place, we
will appeal to them as we do to the courts
of law, in such oases, in times ,of peace.
This is all we can do.
Let it be our unvarying:principle to be
always true to our.. Government in the
highest and widest sense; but to'never ac
cept dubious faVors in'return for our loyalty
and cordial support. We must not ask the
Government to issue,military orders in' our
favor, turning over to us churches which
are not ours, and authOrizing us to , intrude
ministers upon a people who do not wish.
either 'to support or to hear them. We
must not permit our- ministers to be sup
ported by forced contributions, levied by
military commanders- upon an unwilling
people whether such 'people be loyal - or
disloyal Whatever such proceedings as
these may be called, they are not Presby
terianism,.end Presbyterial's We cannot,
approve them, much less avail ,ourselves of
them. The . Presbyterian Church, while
she must always be true to the Govern
ment, must never be transformed into a pi).
lin cal Machine in the hands, of the civil
pewer.„ For us, to seek such a patronage
from the military power as has already
been,secured by some other deneminatioim,
would be at once to deny our ilistieetive
principles to 'foreavrear our past testimo
nies, and to trample upon the blood.ot a
host of Presbyterian martyrs.
We hope.that this.whole - sabjeCt will re
ceive, at the hands of the Lord's people,
the consideration which it merits,. Some
will no' doubt. object to the disettasion, of
this subject at present, but certainly with
out. reason. The question forces itself
upon us. It Unlit not only be disouaied,
but deoidlid, flow. We must either enter
upon the work without• ;this-.objectionable
Government patronage which. others have
sought_ and . obtained, or we must, like
them, Reek it. It is too much to imagine
that our Church would. be unanimous on -
the one side or the other. If then the
question must be decided, it ii'all:important
that at the "very start it should be. decided.
right. One wrong step would.be dangerOue.
We must not even• tacitly acquiesce in a
false principle now in relation tea' subject
of sueh•vital importance. 1V em.PAcukiie .
the No*. For' we thinly - hope that the.
valor of our armies will soon make .a ."full;
.
end of the infamous rebellion. Then the
nation is saved., What a glorious consuria
matiOn I How all loyal hearts will leap.for
joy! The, names of our battle-fields and
our heroes both living and dead, will ever
be as the savor of precious ointment. The
means of our delivery will be hallowed in'
the idatory of our glorious triumph. Bak
alas ! it may be long before the right shall
be fully discriminated from the wrong.,
There is great danger that, for a time, bad`
and unsound measures will, in the minds of
many, be sanctified by the all gloridis end - ;
or at least that, they may be overlooked, and
left to produce their bitter fruits. We hope,
'however ) that in our beloved Church, " to
be forewarned—upon this subject-4s to be
forearmed ;" and - that our caution against
error will not hinder us from prompt rand
efficient action. F.
Continued health is , 'at least as great '.a
mercy, as recovery from tsickness, but .how
few are thankful for it!
For the Proliyterian Banner.
united Rates Christian Commission.
VirAsEßKirroN, PA, March 22, 1864.
Mit. JOSEPH A.T.811,p, Treasurer of the
Christian Commi:ision, .Pittsburgh :
I have deferred writing to you till Ole
time, that 'I might be able' to give you a
full aeobtuit of my labors in 'the employ of
the'Chrisiian Commission.
I arrived Washington City on Tuesday
evening; Febrhary lfith. It had now grown
very told; and a strong wind ' wae blowing.
It **as not without diffitinity &at r found
the rooths-of the CominisSion. The, next
morning :I =sent to Camp Stoneman,
.five 'nines( below Warthingfonison the Poto
mac. I took a small tievernnient boat 'to
.Grisboro" Point. 'lt - was" still intensely
cold. Ice bad formed on the ,river i ~ a nd
the boat had to out its way through-it, a
part of the distance: •
I arrived at the Cornmission quarters' in
this Camp'about noon. It was so very
windy, - -that T was tearful'that our tent
would blow over; but its eorde'were strong,
its stakes . were firitlffixed . ii',`the 'frozen
ground; and it weathered the storm.
I. here irtade.ithe aoquaindince of Broth
er`-'Morgan, of. Rural - Valley ) Pa l ' who
preached in eireningkto -clout 1 t*etitY
five,--soldiers. About the same number
were present themext,uvening,.and Father
Allen, a Methodist Jnip4ter r from Maine,
preached. .c.fre 'is 'vb;jt . 'earnest in his
preaching; and- energetic. in! his' work.
`lt, is said that he has exerted <great
infidenee_ for good among the ~'soldiers.
He is now in the ,service the,,Commis
sion, a second time. OC •is ~familiarly
known among the„sotdierSand delegates, as
qi u np-meetin g John."
"V, preached on Friday evening in the
- angel tent. On Saturday evening I
preaelindte a large ntitiher .of freedmen,
who have.iheir:quarters within the, bounds
of this "eamp. 'They gave good attention,
and, seemed to -receive, the imeisage. I ideliv
eredi with joy. On Sabbath .I preached
t_7000—...01:1003 in 'the barracks,-within.iFoit
Qroble;,.a, secondtime in the open=airt to'
detachment of the EtkPetinsylvania Cav,-
.nlry. At 2P. M. I conducted: ',a prayer
,in the ~..chapel. ...In the evening
,there .was a -.Communion. service- in. the
chapel; about. fifty persons conimutogd,
.soweefAhem for ;the first? time. -The tent
was filled with' soldiers. Aj Meowed seri
ous, and I trust God's spirit was -in our
midst. Many felt. 'that it was gookto be
there.
Mr. Finney, who has charge at this Sta
tion of the Commission, Says •that,frOm one
hundred and fifty to one hundred and sev
enny-five Soldiers have expressed a hope
that they were converted; throtigh ihe la
bors of the delegates in this • camp. This
station was first established about' the 15th
of October. What a work has. thus been.at
noinplished through the agency the Com
mission, if the4eloldiers haie all been truly
converted - goo w e 'net hero for this
During the folloWing week there were
meetings in the ''filatTer - eirery evening.
The delegates opmapiedutileir time during
the day.in going about smong,the,soldiers,
distrihuting papers, tracts and small books.
On Thinnday I received an : order from Mr.
Bowler, the agent at Washington, to report
to 'him, early on Friciay . morning, that I
might be sent to the froni, ,OwiDg to a
storm Of wind on Friday morning, I was
prevented frontarriving• in' Washington in
time to take tfit ears for Brandy Station.
By direttion of Mr. Bowler, I spent the
day in visiting different companies of the
Invalid Corps, and distributed reading
matter. I preached to two'different com
panies of this corps.
On Saturday,: at 9:45 •A. M., ,we , ,ntarted
for Brandy Station, where wc.arrived at
about 2:30 P. M. The agent of the
_Com
mission not being- at home, and it being
Saturday ev,ening, I was not, assigned to .'a
station. On Sabbath morning I found the.
183 d Pennsylvania Infantry encamped in
front of our tent. As they had:.not. all
been supplied with copies of the. Scriptures,
I distributed fifty Testaments
,imeng :them
while they were making preparations •to,
start for their quarters. This is a new
regiment, and has joined the 2d Corps, I
attended three meetings on the Sabbath,
and preached - once.
On Monday I was assigned to the station
,
in the camp of, the Light-Horse Artillery,•
three miles north:weit of Brandy Station.
Here I spent a very pleasant season ,of
about two weeks. There was sonie , degree
Of interest on the subject of religion, man
ifested by. the soldiers in this brigade of
Artillery, especially by the privates of- the
6th New-York Independent Battery. The
`soldiers here were not so demonetrative as
at Camp , 'Stoneman. There have been
some fifteen 'hopeful conversions and- re
clatnations in this canip'Since•-thl'lst of
February, at which > time the station was
established. Some of the young men of the
'6th New : York% Battery- had -40 a
prayer-meetingihe most of the',•tinie since,
they have been bees in the service: pearly three
years---LbUt. never had the pleasiure of ,lis
tening to the , preached Word, &Oil the ,
delegates of the Christian Cemintssioneame
amongst;them at the, time above mentioned.
I had the pleastire• of giving instruction
to.a Bible Class of about a dozen, members, ,
while at this Station., Ithink4 never met
a more interesting class of young men.-
This class - recited daily, and the young
men took a *el, interest, in the study of
the GosPels, and made
_great progress in
their •liiiesdadge , of 'the' `Scriptures.'
On , Sabbath ) =March 13th,. my_lahors tit
this 'station , closed. I. preached three times;
twice in the open air, to different 'Bette
rieti-:Lthe 11th Ne'w-York and ',the .6th•
Maine. ; .In the evening. I preached. in; the
chapel ; It was well filled with an attentive .
attdience. The , religious interest- here, at'
this time, was evidently • On' the inqatise.'
It`would have 'afforded me great pleaSnre
to. have remained...longer in this place, hut
my time had expired, and it was •necessary
that I should return.
- On Mbnday I took my- leavo, of these
dear soldiers, and started. for honee..
Veri truly yours, W. 13. ,Penis.
I ortie Pnlebyterian Banner..
"The College question."
The unanimity of feeling and •sentiment
that prevailed' last Fall aktile'Synods of
Wheeling ? " Pittsburgh, and Alleglieny, on
the subject of concentrating the Collegiate
interests of the three. Synods on one institu
tion, seemed- to foreshadow an immediate
result, Nix:, the union of Washington 'and
Jaferson Colleges in one institution of 'the
highest order, that would rank with Yale,
Harvard, and Princetom this"re•
sped, the friends of education generally,
I=
and the Alumni of t
of those immediitel
terests; haie been.
If these Colleges oan
'aeeept the large and
these three large
'other alternativ; r
Synods to unite on
ward which they wii
age, tendering posh
the old Institutions
to call to the new Ina
The experience of
dnmonstrated that.
the Synods are righ
ftrit-class College ja
tanned iti'their'boun
perative to carry o
conclusion: That - t
is evident from the fr
periment of balf a o
Colleges of Wester'
taken thathigh rank
cumstances of the agr
Under our preset
interebts, this most ul
continue; ,and, it
Synods, in good earnest, and resolutely,
take theutitter-in hand,
the vernal* . lind' petty le" . interests', that
have'interfered with thii deterkine
that their patronage MAP' `!. -Simi 411'64
given exclusively to:Oneclii fiipion:or tha
fifst-ohiss; • endouied,
and located at a central, cithfvenient, 'dna
healthy point: s s
This ample endowment;VilelieVb; had
be secured for . one fnatiOott, but. never I
for more than one.,, IThis o •irksrvident from
the fact that the eadowttrOt ..schemes:of
both Colleges...have not meCwith .the..)de, I
served success, and from- fact that-4404,
000 was pledged by
,ase ivklual for a I
Inatitntioh`;. antfit
that one:or twO4l2s,o6o'Efeir iptions would
be given Jet the ' 4 e _ the:unit
ted College . inters .th .rtroni
three, POividuall • ea4ow
nient Of 4100,00( •e'ipect..
cdi tof calfforth fri ; .of Old
an(New School, qteriana ,
and triends7 of el ?Al,. who
are deeply i interez ~.lie. start
dard of edniiitimi mnsylve
ria 4'B: s
Welber only am am ply"
endow thelnetita
,-T9 tkeze
let:apart of 'the
&mutt zflif "Task
viz.: , all th at end(
scribed outside in any ; the ,
eastern part of A. •and :the
western, part of G • - Of the
remaining part of if Wash
ington College, if ling,. has
. -
Th.
the control, we retnam
der .of the endow , Bollege,
.the Trustees , an( odd , have.
the control. T' 140, less
than qI.ICF NO mitt4sse,thvo ,11 : - /
l atittitibas. - Sttilluil , if 041E14) .
'witlidrit*rt for , the new Institution; ' there'
would be left for the old ones' $70,000,
which , wo o ldsustain_three teacbers in each,
and make litetn first-class Academies, whose,
stildents should become AlUnini of the
cential Instifetion, or aiiversky.
.The 450,000 from the , endowment'-fried,"
and the $lOO,OOO donation and 850,000
additional that might be, reasonably-expect-,
ed, in a short time, if the, Institotion was
properly located and manned , would make'
$200,000 of an endowment And.
~To this might be-added the, donation of.
the , grogod amply . sufficient,,for all,„the, pur.
poss of buildings. And' An additional
fund especially for the • building, might be'
,
raised by appeal to the wealthy and the lib.'
eral friends of education.: , - -
We have,
,no. objection to the views tof
your correspondent; "John," in the:B,anuer,
of March 16th, on the eubject , of the control
oftlia new Inititntion. •
Where shall this new institution' be lo
catedl: This_ s question Of the greatest
in, erest and, importance. Your correepon- : '
dent "Jain ",suggests Beaver, .Pa., Being
somewhat familiar with that. locality, the
idea strikes me most favorably; and my
mind is the nTrf t. infpKets4 with the idea
it
as Beaver shows is. a central educational
point, frini the faot flint it .is said, to sap
port two most ftoutishing,' Female Semina
ries (PresbytCrian and Nethodiat), with
two large corps of teachero; while, other
points find it difficult to sustain one such. : :
institution:,
The map punts out Beaver as. a central
place, Withrailtokl.,. •or . canal ` corn-:
munioation.in every direc*A.:. It is one of
the most laetiltlay spots 00 he found,
intlie•bainds of the .three Synods:'.
The
TlicE must, be moderate,
for it is - in the midat of a rich ' a ricsnitural
region, where the `Means of living atnabiu-,
daot".
• 'The Metal, religious snd social influences,
of the place have teen Of 'the - most' "
desirable kind. ,7
It is one utthonost, ' t heatitifulApots for
a town,, ! , 11vt 3, tvV, lo 4 l ad
scenery is varied antd fine..•
Its 'neirness to 'the , great. commercial..;
centre, Pittsburgh, diffuses. through. it. an
influence that. would , tend. greatly „ to m en
large the Sphere. of thought, uf ettuleuts,
without bringing them in contact with the
vices 'that 4oulfl tempt; if too near S.,greit,.
city. 'FRIEND OV'EIitiOATION. •
For the Freetyterian Banker.
An -Maiy Method . - of d Doiag,, good.. ,
DIESS,F ,
AS. DPIPRO = of: Nazareth
went abOut doing. ,good, (Abts•x-; 38 rand •
bythie mouth 14
~his apostlellasisaid, To'
do_ good
_and , to ~communicate, :forget not ;
for with's,u eh sacrifices. God is4elLpleased."
pefinission;'
I wonid §PggAst yout , :readers - , a
plan by-which they, :may; - :at , small 'eost tn,
themselyes,confer a grCat and dacting hew.
efit on others.:Some, of yrreaders have
I. .
long been pursuing t 4. nun it is:
Each whek r afterj7 -have read'itiur Bait-
or.other> relig,ions•' newspapOr,
to some missionary inthe.Weit,lor. to settle
one of the'itiinerous hosPitalsito found
throughout, oar country. Many -'of , 'bur
Domestic Missionailicrare:Tneteriy 7 it4le'•
to afford the luxury of a me*dpaper,-iiid
none more keenly, relish' M.' mem:highly
prize it than they.- :What a gratifieattion
it would he to ',many- of them to' receive
regularly' the Banner, or the NA?! Observ- •
er, or the Presbyterian. At a ocist of about -
one dot/ar. per - annum -your subscribers
could furnish it to them, as in four eases
out of five, I yresunici papers are ; destroyed
after , being read : " *Should thei' 'riot know
any such missionary,!their pastorimight as
sist lhint in -finding 'fine ;tot.
Secretary of the Board of Domestic Mis-
-= - „
ollPpToi6erijr apt! .4 .t.b ?. wpot Os y
hs e Akingrialiry ‘
neediplalsiie WO ofti;O,
kovalejdoiie ' ike4
tin& 1 1110 ) 1*Coigi'FOOdi, , Ie wkorb;i
,Ao* 'for' "the
p l
lo t, i «SS any:
to sBI4I - 6 4 4i ii'et
,A` is'eeltly
of aliiitHlii'ileiiiiisOrt And how
the-reward-I.—Try-itr- Any-zrumber
if-homittibtaits# AiorfoStialihroitgli7 the,or'o
) 04.! / 19. " -.P.P,P 3 1 3 g. ,= H.
101.4,:f0r .11164Eqiutrigt.
EIREID:f '
i>-.7, , a41 . 44yakd tb)his /pupas.
Gottoniterei,,gelp3inwnoii;'
Whilewiy solppn - vow; ,
Hake Wirlitatt 111'841'0W
'fir the Isidgri whieloJestuofelt. 7 '
o*i
tit
.4!,4401Pk t
Kit yallwr , ,gmutel- •
me'6.1 4 110 feast above.
r; - % .
Etiveape waiving th
In the,power Jesus' 4eath ; -
Yee& 'tie thiii 'food ,
Make 7 me now andqmerthine.
Steubenville, March 29, 1864.
•
LPRZIPAILEDIVifiIIit
•
qui/4'a length - started- 'on
his jetritey to thetthroite ,- 6f Meiriecy most,
.pr24l4y elated; with ; hopes never to be,,
It. is said that when hn and. Na-.
,polOon ivifi - ,phrting,,the latter, said to him,
wirair M to kingdom: from a WA:
fofsitterYP When'theTmperiartlansbitrgh ,
lands Xera :Croix ' and , zlooks abroad over
sonntry:ha tolgoverv, all such vis-
Jona opeedily;van,ish., , That, r an
IrratiPrinee wilt hake a Wise'and success-'
, felPitilie on firetWeitern'COntinent, is hard
ly to be expected, unless ; te - iginites'it'once'
the hereditary_tentlencies,and prejudices of;
hiss fami iin jure - :Divino
ri fits o in - quall 'd
THE Ni 72 l4 i i; T e4 l7 o l- eln enaik & and Ger
many, makes ht . clittle,Aegress. The en-
Danea thus far is v i little
overlirh thhasaitli. Ilittheteelites4;flfol
teite4fld)thhtedwig thave been' 140..
is.itJtkel.y that. they Wilk ever revert to 'the
Hanish orown,vimply because a-4majorit,f'of
the inoile of, theDnehies ,:wish to, have an
i n dependent governitientin Ger-
Iti - the "metuitime, Austria - and
Prubsia deelare-they- have no wish to'sever
them:front, Denniark. Hitt the 'only result
of conference will be to leave, the, decision
to the people of the two pnehiea, which
-Snstrimand know will be un
favorable to Donmark, and on the whole,
faN:orable to them. ,Hence their willing
nesi in this matter, to;sabiiikto the-result
of "a polintar - Vote.. - This:Den - Mark trouble
has brought about' goitre 'strange cOMpliei
tions iniDiploinathrcircles Fier inotance,
at thi baptism of':thnson.,Of the. Primie)of
Wake, German and Danish Princes were
criiwding and-potting one another
the font. And the other. day the Emperor
Maximilian and ; wife dined with the-Prince
and 'Princess of Wales, in emipany with
King Leopold of BelgiUm. There the
Princes:Pa Wales was - entertaining and
drinking-wine with-the hrother - of the'Env
peror of Austria, _with: whom her father
was at war. .And King Leopold is always
willing to be the, friend of every body who
Will give him wine,"titidsbe
THE AuutvAL' of Dr. Duff, who sailed
from= Calcutta on the -19th of 'Deceinber,
Will be hailed with every demonstration of
delight by the Free 'Church of .Scottand.
By
•. medical advice he has taken the, long
sea route, and on this account,the trip will
be' a protracted' one. The •marks of attach,
merit were so many; and so strong upon his
leaving India, -that he well nigh -broke
down under them An immense - von
Lien of native converts assembled front. dis
&lrma Of from 150 to 200 miles, to listen
to his taiewell Wort)
words on The 'Sabbath vven
ing before he left. Alia such a scene as
was ,there , witnessed has hardly. ever on
-
mama since Paul• went up to receive his
crown.
atwye
of ef
added
eon sib
FOR Somn TIME conferences have been
held betiveen Cominitteei of the Free
,Church and of the United Preibyterian
Church,:With respect to:the. terms of union
between these The ; principle differ
enceletWeen them results from, their die
tigreeinent'as to the relations between the,
iChurch'and the State. The United Pres
byterian Church is volaantary from choice
it,4ispards,all, idea of . help.- from the, State,
; except: simply in tbe way. of ,protect.lem,
Ffee only voluntary,
fro necessity, it`. belie've's it. to lie tli'e'
duty of- the :State employ the - 'National'
ju.. t aid. Jim, Church,- and would
Mate;;
accept pecuniary assistance from the'
44ite • I:ut, insists, the same time
that the StateinuSt "abstain ,frod'all ati
thoritative —interference -in ' the' internal
gotrernicerit -of the ChUrch.P , And:here
Atkr 411,f,the, only .A4 4 3ol'.edeal • point• of
disputer between the and. Established
Churches of`Scotland B o oth conterul, that.
the 'State iboilirstiPport the Clet l ireh „bd.'
the!Free Church' Contends - that the'
State' should not interfere in the goiern
mgote of .the
~Qhgrob, ; white:J.lMT other ," party
admits the right„of the State ,to have :
sliarar.iii.,the government .of the , Church.;
49*,e,ver,,, the. Committees of_ the Free and
United Fresbyterian Churehes,.have made.
some, progress , since the latter tms se far
!Warn of the former as : to.
recogoiae,tbe• right-of 'the civil magistrate
to legisletein raw4:lj° the Obseryanee of
0 1 .9 days
of.so9n 4:h4 1 . 3 .: 11 44 . 194.4tid thanksgiving.
TEO. DEMISE .of The Witness, in whiCh
the: lateL'Hugh Miller `so Often made :Ais
great strength to be felt, and which hes
done shmuult,to,ripheld:thedause r of- truth
and „righteousness .former days, greatly :
rev/340.
„"ilt - is
,not- to the ..creiit. of:the
Free. Uhirch. that L ite great, organitshould
htge 49 11 , Prpliktea 'to; perlah. ; The, Wit,
ncqhas been, ; merged into -the Dagyiße, ,
; Under late.management, tas Jis
true oil,pcarly. q.1114e: religious and; secular
papers of Great Britain, The Witiy,ess failed
to conipielikaidthe struggle in - which, the
United States are 'engaged, and also to do
~,nstiee to tills"suliVereeis of the Govern.
went. in this it simply did'as the leading
irkfitiences througliout the United Ki'ngdthn
did toward 'America, with here -and 'there a
noble-exception..
014. AccouNT'ot Dr Grathrienjpipaired
titail of hearth, his 'church:has determined
to provide him with an assistant The
Dr. has for many years taken a deep inter
ifflaNtE
EUROPEAN --SIMMARYi
- ,
the Itweivnitdgies, - ; fineilitiriff Tor;
their inifirtivinkiehtstaVia %nett; MiWnti"
His aliagged:SolkookO.WillilKi-,his Bost
Al4uTingenno,4lo;4.! -.44:a, 7 prp*ober...ha,i's
,earnest, and, highl,y, ) irjrnOnati ; v9,,,A4t
manner isieriibly' r awkwarit and his Volpe
-harsh'. As" eipesitionilirS&iitizte, Was
4foreible laitcCoonyinoing-iipkiiincid# his-
Isms are hut worth., Etisi=catyle
Aliffuse and destitute,of,Atrn,n.i,, golt
volumes et sermons have ha dn immense
And'
sale both Todrojae , and Araerrea.' And'
lottlielsrdialtels 'ltho "indirlgielarktlY;As -
Many:now:l'db ; iwthe , Mieieforliet6rttal: fik:
i n.reh borrowed,' from . Dr. :., , Glithrief
know that in r..,,q.ste9pgTegationsAgre,are.
some, at least with whom, . : the :noted' ,
il l reileh i er's"fiiiirtiot odfamilini its ; Minix
inild-*-twda.
4- 4•
7 1ThAta , irailtr le has lieen causing a seno
r men in 2 the House of bbinniima kid 'tate&
ene'Lmik;Ptitmakatan Vint ar t iinfit i ootsta i rss
..P4lXo4astßimle• aiitir.»-.ltoetnielgatdaiits
cial friend - Of :tlie - Soiith, and - he would hayo
England take a stand in . kavor of the Con-
Tederaiy in 'Atherton, and'" of the Poleit in
;Etiropo. BV-ittributis the' dentrali
icy of Palmerston altogether Jto i.the over.
shtdowing influence of Earl,Russell.- The
immediate cause of this outliuryit *ps . ,,tike
report that ,Ruhaell" had sent a remonstranee
Richniand isainet
of English' neutrality in 'fitting•Out , ofiiiiierk.
in. ;British ports.' ILord -Palmerston
repented theAsharge„that he wai
.. overryleo.
by Earl Russell,saidthat the ,Goyern
ment; was nedtral li iiiid intended' to * be" so,
and - that-if liiirease Vas made' out againgt
the Federal Governinent; as.i.hadi been
: against the Vonfederate,' he ;;would ream.
strata.
The .tOndon' seems to be in a
quandary: it does not'knew which in
:the Smericaniconteit its in
,teresktoAakevnow., ,All along it .has been
es t nntrien:lly..tp. the North-.as mras , possible
Witlinten open declaration , of hostilities.
But 'as the `fort ieS of the gOtith are be
ginning to wane eariiilly; Sheik' anxious 'to
desert it, but is afriiid!or ashamed to 'do so
openly, .af t er; so;;Iong complicity with it.
Tionbeopmes older and : tore ?Ern
reliable it is ipereaT.eg . in income. Its re
`n6oEl'46lEl' advertising alone now ainonnt
to- the enormous sum' $1,260,00 . 0 per
an' nnm't:-
Limn PALMERST67, immediately 'after
the:Aleatb, of IThackerity, wrote to his two
daughters, in very-kind:•ternis„offering to
reeommend,thep `for : pensions on the liter
ary fund. But theymost
_respectfully de l
alined the offer: Their father had 'always
exh6rted literary hietliren - to deiced en
themselves, ..and to_ discard - <any notion of
State recognition or assistance. Ilia,,pri
yate friends . have, u applied to , j the Dean
and : of Westminster to erect, a mon
tiineh to him, by? public subseri . ptiori, in
Westminster Abbey. If pernussinn
granted, an, appeal will—be Made to the
country- at •
MR. SPITROEOS continues; his Career. of
prosperity and ,usefulness, as, in former
years. Most of the, extravagances y charged,
on at the ft*, were greundlessi and
as-he beeanies older he manifeetaL more of
teederness, while his - zeal' and power are
unabated,' He has.done:a good Work among
the middle
„claw:of soOety, the effects of
which will long be felt. • - N.-
• For the Prentiterian Buller
Form-of. • •
REV.II7.:E. mtAntai
Religion is es's'entially spiritual in its na
ture: This is evidentliom °the feet that its
acts are all of a moral character„-,' The es ,
sential idea of worship is ,a
-mental appre
hensieti of the presence of an immaterial,
and invisible Being, Whom' we cannot cog
nize by otfr senses. Posture in prayer and
sound in praise are-a part of Worship - only
as they are,expressive of the internal atti
tude and voice,of the soul.-Justification,'
regeneration, and sanctification, are, purely
moral acta or processes. Faith, hope, and
charity, are graces'of the soul;nid win ex.
ist independently of form aid 'matter.
God's messages of salvation are to - the - spin.
itual nature,- and all the words and, works:
of otleadorable Redeemer, up, to the eroWn-
Mornent of sacrificial death, 'were de
signed for purposes purely moral, involving
the soul• of Maw. These material' bodies of
ours, obtain,an intorest in- the .blessings- of
religion, not because they are in,themselves
exalted above any other organism or collec
tion of perishable- hecause the- ,
J
are-associated with the'spiiittiar part; bear
ing the same relation• to' it that the house
does to the ;inhabitant. -The, mouldering
dust of the believer is, precious dust, only
because it the ruin in which a, precious
soul dwelt, and shill again inhabit when
it shah have been- raised'and spiritutiliz'eit
" willhavemercy and-notisacrifice," - said
Christ. External form,visible.act;or sym
bol, not, the essenee of religion. The
root of th iiiiatter is in' he mode' of th§ught,
the throb of affection, the impulse' of the
will. Our Saviour quotes the text, just
cited; from the - Old TeiitaineritiOg4W-in.
the, syrfibolic era, then„:When;religion was
laY4taA, With sou:tuck:that was-visible and
ceremonial, it was :nevertheless .a spiritual
thing. " The knOwledie„'"God,' says
Hosea, "IS more denirable thaw burnt offer:
• -
Whenwc loek., forward- to .the heavenly
consuminatien., when religiowkalusll have.
accomplished her Divine mission, and ~ have:
men shall have been brought by' if into the,
ultiniate -state of-glary and 'peifeCtion, we
see a world of ..spirits engaged yin spiritual
acts, in the, presence and,,fori.the glory of
the One, Great Spirit. „Religion..perfected
is the perfection of spirituality,
'But as things Wow exist in this Material
world, inatter - and.spirit are- conjoined and
associated. 'Mill theffiumen - Organistn; so
inreligien,therels,whedy.and a soul; and
this, ; p . urely,,eut `Cif, deferenee to.our neeessi
ties as a ftoiteAnd'imperfeptly, developed
race. Religion, therefore, -employs, forms,
as a-ineans of 'eriforeiii,g - its 'claithS the'
spirittial part of am, and as conveniences to
us so .that, we pay the .more
up
A te the, eSsenCe. At, takes the4w_asthe
carpenter takes the rough sack and fae,h.
ioce-it 'hit° a graceful . bitt thellext
,day the edge of the chisel or the, tooth of
the saw may robit , ofits-beautyand reduce
it -to its former_ state.,.-,Religion, is above
outward forins and independent of diem,
Because man as 'he is thin Side 'of, beaVen
cannot attain - unto a"pare' spirtitnality, it
adopts them and seeks to accomplish Moral
results, by, thep•; .but wheuyeligioti r drops
them,-what are they?. No mere,,thair try
other withont - true
beauty, without any efficiency to do good.
EMEME
4/.)
HEW
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OBITUARY- NOERNIIWROIRIAZim..---._
lle_ . P A W/ ' Ptifig U
e • '' . / ' , v
' .It 6017m1r
, manned. wit , s i li ; tse • : 02k Vara i wY
' Willa ° their dAte' to _ gft 'fitieNtoo
'- oilir lien: ' 1 'IV AMP ilifiiiifteiklintiigifie
easit+ ,, , withLtlarir thatiolobrithu , ituistittite
their sole Frfiligiati• , ri...,2;) tat) ii ,1 if :: : d
NAAAPC4sl l *Witillf il/0101 - to. *Tit
:944P ,He II; ) PPteilAit t kfAVß:iiil i t 'f•
railites making a go). eu t etn tri ~. Ow-
EnViiiliiiiiigillthifibifili Milijnltg drO'd,
Will; iid rime *tit 3 ati'd cfoi lone i deilliiii of %b
-other, ariatnrallrgraviit' afitillin thhpdhvotirtn.
XX SeaingAtiorelfgitglaquoig'lo, lo o4.: l ( be
Ifil t l i j r#,P.Opi t 'lll4lPlitritTiltt r ainFic4Pf
saving is son e pounes t at rIAY fast as
" iiieiPfiliillif efaiti ta'i t iWn'et ' no tolim,
'tfreisinlbol3.thelixtettlii ilia*, iiiiitt - itlThi
convenience , not-the—edisenco,liegthso f
religion thatArst mock hiiidd4itip 0010 4
ti gartrii
with p his, tnateritg 4 eye_theAlittlin i elphrt of
religion. 'He beholds the ettiblein - of the
'Gibiiill - ifikiiiiiiifisili *llia 111 1
- - tinf , i4weire , dfeelwoOioss: ,- 040ittroilives
- -the htianty.,Of an: outward life of , ,morality,
beferehuseet k ,the bean or ,holinoo r the
beauty of - en inner spiritual lifet„
,Ho eu
joys the co`iniliCeney of the - 11iiiial wor
shipper beforwhe hillies' his tent 'in' 'the
rich and holy joy,soot the trusting believer.
His, ear ; is charniedrwit4 the notes. of the
organ before he , appyymitee,,thp,ploasure of
makiiig melody in hie heartunto the Lord;
and' the aa r tighr Ili, thiewith iii4l:4Vt of his
, .
natter& strong i tetvardkinaterialiSOV'he will
stop short of the essence, ands , pirish!
Fool that ,he is, he „weuldixather,be guided
over life's ocean by the„light in the binnacle
thin by the Elating polestar which God has
set in the 'heavens to- Mark his path!
The of thiSbeilo'sy id in ilia heart.
Sin has - robbed it , of ite spirituality. -, The
true and the heavenly thave-beerr disposses
sed of their-rightftil-euthqt,ity in.the man.
Designed'te be the reeeptacil l and reservoir
of `the spiritual adliiglier 'traits, the heart
has become a glitteier scifishneas 'and ma
teriality. In this materialpage the leaden
cies are strong toward formalism. , Men are
easily satisfied,with religions that.lack the
vital principles or Love enthroned in the
heart. -- '6lliiiiihey' iOurebe - silsia I It is
a simple 4114 to'take :God 'athis word, add
ask him to'- E giVe his , Holy Spirit that our
disordered , hearts may beset right, and that
we may have strength, to search, to the root
of things, to pass beyond the form, beYOnd
the Cross, and take 'hold upon - 'Hiut who
was crucified=thereon! He ' is" our only
hope. ; All , things , =elseere but a Babel . on
which men shall experienceconfusion and
death. . .
Cod's Menu..
Here; are God's heroes,-the heroes of the
sick chamber and the, vigil, by the cradle
side ; the heroes of poverty, and the work
shop ; oflent, patient endurance, having
learned, -throngk ~t iiuCh' tribulation, that
waiting •and suffering= are- their"deethied
work;;.;her_oesiof long,suffering; forbear
-14/40, 4444stigfACtiiit. 4 9 1 7s 0 11WA.Pain , r4
the unostentations self-denials, of the
_house
hold ; thelOwYyWonAii climb
ing mounts of sacrifice nudbr heeiry dosses,
without a. human hand held' Out iu lympsA
thy; ; the •noble. army. of martyrs:who have
found and followed the,: s
ltlesturss„ footprinte
in the daily round of humble, dhties, tran.
fignring that' despisid;' eirournibribedi Care
encumbered life- of- . theirs into 'a liVin
testimony of Christ's evangel; the lonely
sufferers, priests. by heavenly, ,consecra
tion, offering' the sacrifices of praise in a
garret Or men and women far from
stimulating delights of'snee'eiguraiitivities,
co-workers-with Chiist, sowing in hope' the
seed whose increase they shall mover rear;
" the sacramental host. of Ged's elect," ever
ascending. with songs most, nbilaut from
the faithful perfertikanee of earth's lowest
ministries to the 'perfect Service of the
upper sanctuary, with its perennial , and un
hindered praise. They, are— passing up
through, the gates of. the.nunning into the
city witnout a temple, and it is for ; , , pther,
fingers than ours to weave it_
amaranth
around their lonely brow.--North British
Review. .
Garments Mourning.
The early Chilstians recognized the new
aspect which , the knowledge of immortality
gave to the death. of the :.body.; and they
soon ceased to use the ftigns of mourning
for the dead that till then had been univer
sal. 'They felt that it was wrong to mourn
for the'dead;' atilt` their epit'ap'hs in the Ro
man catacombs still testify to the peaceful
trust, and the hopefut assurance that anima
ted thepinds of these ,who.there
,deposited
the mortal ..remains often Sealed with the
blood of ,
of &se they held most
dear. Among the tho'uiandeof inscriptions
still: to be read: there, there, is no allusion to
be foundlothe griet-of those who were left
to perform the holt offices to their friends.
No inconsolable relatives immortalize their
tears On I those`walls: The - 'simplicity of a
ehildlikefaith'thatto die here was to live
in the mansions of the all-loving Father,
seems to .have, been, the,-abounding source
whence flowed the countless phrases that
speak of death as allays a good, rather
than evil. ' The bad Will many
of the inscriptions 'are couched proves that
a large proportion of the dead were- of- the
lower..aAd little
. etincated pluses; but all
ranks' seemto have -anikated by the
same "spirit: BelfiA grief findslio expres
sion theye; and - us that
all sighs` ' of motirnitien; &Ala Siefe deemed
unfitting ia, those 'who .believed in the
Christian, immortality.—Mrs. Ware's Life
and Death,
SOlllO StilgStiq,ef,Mte English 130°1c-fade
just" published, are interesting. Tha i ex
port-Of EnglishOok'd ti) the United States
fell from 4700;000 - Weith'in 1850 th less
that -half that in 1861; and the returns
show that- in. 1862 it, was little, over :$200,--
000. The export to Australia has ,
fallen 'in 185* it , ekeeeded $630,000,
ie 1861 it'waS '3566,000, n'1862 it *as •
$485,000. The export of booke i to'Fiimee
has increased; , :.n itt...amounted 'to
18 0.j.t1F 8 1-8t 6 4:715., To
ish North America, ` Englind sends books
to the values of 8114,00.0 per anprim;. to
' the West' $35;000, terefils
Egypt 4625;000: The total - Vilna of +took
exportation, was, in.‘lB4o, $2;474,225 k in
1881 - fell to §-`4, 22 %79Q;ti0t1'158P4 it fell
to 0, 4 076,016 ; but • fez :the first eleven
months of 1863 It reeliviied 'to $2,044,-
786—the last month 6filiekseit;boilag al
ways- an immense inonth , of exportation,
must have eamied it up)far beyoad,theialleir-3
, age of thecOPpe4,ing;Y:Fai- 4 Tho ,
tioii topti its 1862 amounted to* $605,;
265.
GE
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