Froigttrian Namur.
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, HIES 22, 1864.
THE RIGHT OF RETICENCE.
No other nation probably is so watchful
over its rights as the American, and in no
other country is the subject so much dis
cussed as in our own, where , our ears are at
all times filled with dissertations upon
National rights and State rights, ecclesias;
tical rights and political rights, rights so
da' and rights individual. We talk of
them, we write about them, we vote for
them, we legislate for them, we fight for
them, we die for them. We entrench
them behind constitutional provisions, we
fortify them by legislative enaotments, we
invest them with the sacredness of ecclesi
astical sane - dons. As a nation, as individ
uals, as States, as churches, we are jealous
in regard to our rights. It is well that we
should be so. And - yet after all our die
potations and all our struggles, an amazing
diversity of opinion exists, both as to our
rights themselves and as to the best meth.
ods of securing them. One man will ut
terly repudiate what another regards as one
of his dearest rights.
A singular phase of this diversity of sen
timent was diseloied in one of - the discus
sions which took place in the late General
Assembly at Newark. Where a large ma
jority had no hesitation -in avowing their
Convictions, and in acknowledging the duty
of making such avowal, it was nevertheless
affirmed that in former times, if not in
these degenerate days, a race of Presbyte
rians existed who understood, and valudd,
and could defend the right which—for
want of a better term—we have denomina-.
ted the right of reticence.
As an illustration of this re-discovered
right, we take a single example. A minis
ter of the Gospel has been led by the
providence of God to a position of no small
importance. He is the influential pastor of
a flourishing ohuroh in one of our largest
cities. His people are warmly attached to
him ; the aged regard him with affection,
the young with reverence. As a guide in
the way of duty, they have learned to look
to him with confidence, and his voice and
' his example are , potent to direct and to
control. As an' overseer of the flock com
mitted to his charge, he was under solemn
obligations to his Divine Master to keep
that flock, so far as In him lay, in the path
of right, and to prevent them from wander
ing in ways of sin.
Under this state of circumstances a revo
lution bursts forth, which rises far above
the ordinary level of polities, which in
volves—not matters of expediency merely
—but. questions of right and wrong. An
attempt -is boldly made to overthrow the
government of the country, and the red
line of strife is drawn throughout the
length and breadth of the land. On one
side or the other man after man arrays
himself, the opposing hosts prepare for the
deadly conflict, and presently a once
smiling land is bathed in blood, shed by
fraternal hands.
Now in the first place it is evident that
Either the attempted revolution is a right
eous one, and should be maintained, even
at the cost of life; or it is a wicked one,
and should be subverted by all the power
/of. a Government entitled to the support of
every law-abiding citizen. That excesses
may have been committed on both sides, in
the progress of the conflict, does not de
stroy this alternative. =The great element
of a righteous cause- must be on the one
side, and on that side only, even though
mistakes may have been committed in its
support.
And now, what is the position of the
pastor, in the ease supposed, when this
great crisis has fallen upon him and upon
his people ? Upon him just as much as
upon - any other citizen in all the land, his
government, if -its cause be right, has an
indisputable claim. It has the right, if
need be, to place him in the ranks of her
defenders, and to require him,.as it has re-
quired so many, to lay dowh his life in the
cause of his country. His clerical profes
sion has not unclothed him of his alle
giance, nor divested the Government. of its
just right to his individual support--not
in his clerical capaeity—but as a citizen.
It cannot require him to preach, but it can
call upon him to fight and die in the na
tion's cause.
• Besides, are there no other claims upon
him ? .The families of his • flock are array
ing themselves against each other; those
who have met at the same . table of their
common Saviour, and who have mingled as
Christian friends, are about to take. :the
field in deadly strife, and to aim the fatal
weapon, each at a brother's heart. if trea
son be indeed a sin, is it not the pastor's
duty to warn his people against the com
mission of so dreadful a crime ?
But, to make the case stronger still, the
people of his,tiock come to their spiritual
shepherd, their appointed guide, and solicit"
his opinion. They are about to imbrue
their hands in fraternal blood, or to pour
out their own. The question cannot • be
destitute of a moral - character--the"action
must be either right or wrong : if right,
then clearly and heroically right : if wrong,
then absolutely and fearfully wrong. Will
not this pastor answer the inquiry of his
expectant people ?
And now, just here comes in the invalu
able right of which we have spoken, and
wbioh is said to have been so highly prized
by. the Presbyterians of the past--the right
of silence. The gauntry is torn with a
fearful convulsion—all loyal arms are raised
to suppress the dreadful strife . ; this pastor's
hands, are still. All over the land eloquent'
lips, are pleading the cause of truth, and
justice, and righteousness : his.. voice is
bushed. Widows are weeping in ten thou
sand desolated homes; orphans are mourn
ing for the fond arms, that will chug) . theta
to a father's heart no more; the sighing,of
the prisoner from the bastiles of an inhn-_
man'foe arises into the ear of a God of pity ;
but this ambassador of that God of love has
no word of condemnation for .the crime
which has yielded so, dreadful a harvest of
sorrow, no word of comfort for the hearts
that are bleeding around
Yet for whom is all this suffering en
dured? For whose - benefit ea
and advantg
do these brave men die, and their families
mourn ? Evidently for the protection of
this silent spectator, as much as for. the
protection of any one. Nor does he hesi
tate to claim the protection of that very
Government, supported at so dreadful a
cost, and for whose cause he refuses even
the cheap support of his sympathy. Such
is the high sense of honor which dwells
with this acute sense of right.
sut let us be just.' If a marriage ore
mony is to be performed,,the requisite oath
of allegiance may without inconsistency be
taken, by the offieiating minister who re
fuses to express his disapproval of treason.
The rigid Presbyterianism which is proof
against the calls • of -a struggling govern
ment, and the appeals of an inquiring` peo
ple, niay yet yield to the attractions of a
marriage fee. •
Truly, if such were the loyalty of our
citizens, where now would our Government
be ? Had every man exercised this stern
Presbyterian right to close his lips, treason
had been long since triumphant. And yet
silence is an, ineffectual disguise; for in a
crisis snob as this, even silence speaks. •
AN ENIAROI3O LIBERALITL
The sessions of our General Assembly
and of the . General Assemblies of other
branches of the Presb . yterian Church, and
the =annual and quadrennial assemblages
of other Churches, have now clOsed.
These meetings have been unusually inter
esting. A spirit of harmony and devotion
to the grcat Master preVailed to an extent
seldom surpassed. Deep feelings and com
prehensive views were . expressed, while
resolutions of wide and. lasting import
were adopted. With the exception . of the
Episcopal Convention for Pennsylvania,
held in this city, ail the different bodies
came fully up to the requirements of the
hour. The future will show how well the
plans laid hive been filled up.
One noticeable feature in all the pro
ceedings was the acknowledged need of
enlarged contributions, that the Church
may be able to do her work properly in
this momentous crisis of the world's his.
tory. The demand for this'oame from all
departments of Christian and humane effort.
The 'cry was patiently heard and calmly
and lovingly considered; and a strong de
termination was expressed, by means of
pages of resolutions, that more money
should be given and more work done, and
also that both these desirable results would
certainly be:brought about.
All this is is proper. Resolutions are a
good thing in their place; but mere reso
lutions are not enough. They can neither
secure the money nor do the work. It
,will not do to stop at this point, and then
assemble next year to express surprise at
the failure of the promising projects of
the previous year. It is our duty now to
go to. work and do what we have resolved
should be done, and what the have resolved
to do. This pan' be apcomplished more
easily now than hereafter. The interest
awakened by discussion is still fresh, and
. the people are in a state of expectancy.
But let months pass away and other claims
be presented, or warm sympathy be chilled
the eduLe
• • Efa i bilriffilVir l iffe - b a kere peop e
and pressed ,upon their attention, and the
undertaking will be found much more diffi
cult, and may fail altogether.
This work must devolve mainly upon
pastors and Sessions. Ecclesiastical bod
ies may devise schemes and pass resolu
tions, but these things must be brought be
fin e the people, and their attention be
awakened, before any practical results can
be attained. And pastors and Sessions
must address themsePres to this matter,
and have their hearts and heads filled and
occupied with it. The facts and the truths
from which are derived 'the power of ap
peals for the cause of Christ, should be
first brought vividly home to the heart, and
then made to live again in the power of
their influence over other hearts. The
whole Church will he awakened, and the
gifts of the Church attracted to our Boards
of .Foreign and. Domestic Missions, Ednea
tion, Publication, and Church EXtension,
to the 'Disabled Ministers' Fund, to the
Freedmen's Enterprise, and to all proper
objects of the Church's benevolence. But
in doing this it must not be expected that
those whoulready contribute liberally can
increase their gifts indefinitely. Those
who,have s
j done nothing mnstbe enlisted to
take part in the grace of giving. And
those who have only given with a stinted
hand, must be taught to give to' the cause
of Christ . from - high Christian principle.
In "this way aliundanee they be brought in--
to the treasury of ,the Lord.
And now is an auspicibus time
to give -a right impulse to the churches.
It may be many years before another such
favorable opportunity occurs. Money is
plenty; The people have learned from so=
teal experiment, something of what they
can do:, In all 'parts of r the- country they
hi& been making large oolitrihutions for
the increase of our armies, for the'relief of
sick land -wounded soldiers, for refigeei;
for .freedmea f .and for =other objectkedn.
fleeted with the war. It haw:been easy t , o
collect money for these objebts;heeause the.
necessity was felt to be 'real ( and
_greet.
Let the wants of our Boardsead' the'claimS
of all the objects of Ohristian , benevolence
be, in like manner, presented to men's
Minds and donsidenees, in an their reality
and importance, and the same substantial
regard.will be shown them....
PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY,
If there ever was a time in s the history
of nations when every heart, seemed com
pelled to call upon Goa, surely such a time;
. .
is the present for the people, of ibis.,peun
try: 'Great issues are at stake, for the ne
e* the, Church, and humanity. It is the
duty of eyeryone to do all he i can to cheer
the spirits and strengthen the arms of our
brave soldiery, to provide for the sick and
Aheyounded, and 'to ineiskie our arithes.
But let us .not ;the fierce excite
meet, and anxious expectation, forget: the
God of battles. To him let us go: let us
seek his aid with unwearying importunity.,
We commend the following paragraph, taken
from the Methodist, to the earnest °mid.
eration of all onr readers :
".The Ohristian, who carries to lus'heay.
only Father even his minor troubles, *ill
be me to 'bear this inosieulably great„ one
=EI
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1864.
to him. The Church of the living God,
the salt and light of the world, has concern
ment with every war, as with every revolu
tion and reformation. She moulds the na
tions in her closets and at hex altars. She
has gathered her sacred lessons respectlng
the power of prayer out of the treasures
of her experience, and - out of the promises
and examples of Holy Scripture. She re-.
members that ELIAS, though a man of like
passions with others, shut and opened heavi
en with his prayers; that Daniel stopped
the mouths• of lions, that others quenched
the violence of fire, waxed valiant in fight,
put to flight the armies of the aliens, and
out of weakness were made strong—all by
the power of. prayer. This is the faith and
the experience of-the Church in respect to
prayer, and this is the natural resort of the
whole body of true Christians in such a
fearful crisis. This power, -which cannot
be overestimated, should be organized for
the present great and trying need. In ev
ery city, and town, and village throughout
the loyal States there should be appointed,
daily meetings for prayer on behalf of the
country. These meetings should assemble
in view of the struggle now progressiug.be
fore Richntond. The gathered people Should
have with them, pictured in the mind, in
the place Of prayer, the fearful scene that is
now waiting its 'final shaping in Virginia.
Surely if there ever was a cause given to
the arbitrament of war that might be prayed
for, it is the cause for which GRANT and his
heroes are now fighting; and if'ever there
was a cause that ought to be prayed against,
it is that of the rebellion, which is a revolt
against liberty and in' behalf= of eternal
bondage. Let us pray I Let the whele
nation assemble in daily prayer-meetings,
taking GRANT and his army to the Throne
of Grace." ,
EXCERPTS FROM RUTHERFORD.
" You have a soul that oannot die; seek
for a lodging for yoir poor soul :.for- that
house of °lay will fall!,"
"Use prayer in your honse, and set your
thoughts, often upon death and judgment:
It is dangerous to he Ipele in the matter of
your salvation."
"Few are saved; men .go , to heaven in
ones and twos, and the whole world lieth
in sin.
_
Fear not men, :but let God be your
fear: , '
" Your time will not - belong; make the
seeking of Christ your daily task; ye may,
when ye are in the fields; speak to Cod." ,
"Seek a broken heart for sin; for with
out that there is-no meeting with Christ"
" I wish for no other heaven on this side
of the last sea that I must cross, thanthis
service of Christ, to make my blackues
beauty, my deadnesi life, my" guiltines_
sanctification." ."
" Surely I have no more for Christ than I
emptiness and want; take or 'leavo me, he
will get me no otherwise. I must sell my
self and my wants to him; but I have bo
price to give for him"
" Alas, that men should.think that ever
they met with Chrlst, who had never a
sick night, through'the terrors of the Lord ,
in their souls, or a sorelleart for sin."
, A. SECOND AIISSIONELY`MDRDERED. -
It in but two or three weeks since we
recorded the death of the
,lamented Rev.
LEVI JAN VIER , MD., by cruel hands. He
was one of our . ablest and most devoted
missionaries ; and we are highly gratified
at the information that Sir JOHN LAW
RENCE, Governor : :General of India, has,
placed his-name at the head of a subscrip
tion list for the benefit of Mrs. JAwvina,
widow of; the murdered missionary. He
has also taken most effective measures for
the punishment of the . murderer and the
prevention of similar crimes: But we
deeply regret to learn of the murder of
another of otir beloved missionary broth.
'Ten. The latest foreign news contains the
following "A. telegram from Bombay, of
Marl*, says,--' The
,Rev. INEDORE LEW
.
ENTRA.E, missionary to the Affghans, has
been murdered• at Peshawur.'He was :a
man of great ability, and.the Church will
mourn him as one Of her noblest sons. He
Was stationed at Peshawur, under the dare
of our Board of Foreign_Missions.
Is the Church praying for her mission
aries
as she ought?
NEWS OF Tgr,agußoßEs
Old Sehool.--On the 6th inst., Rev. W.
L. BOyd was installed pastor, for ode-third
of his time, of Tyrnne church, Redstone . ,
Presbytery. Rev. J. Stpneroad preachid;
Rev. W. F. Hamilton presiddd and give
the charge to tlfe pastor,,, and , Rev. N. H.
G. Fife the charge to the congregation—
, On 'the 13th inst.,, Rev., H. 0. Rosbor-,
`ottgh, was installed pastor, for one-third of
his time, of Springhill church, Reds4ej
Presbytery. Rev. W.F. Hamilton preachy-,
ed and presided, and Rev J. Vallintook:
, -
gave the , charges to pastor and congrega
,
A gratifying featuie connected witlkbeth
these. inetallations, is, that , in each instance;
a Atwell conipritiVely feeble and'isola
te'sl, is brought into connection. with Anoz.
ther and stronger church, so as to form an
effioient pastoral ?charge. There is hence
fair promise of comfOrt to the' respective
pastors, of permanent good to the several
chirchis Concerned,*and of general advan
tage to the cause .of Christ.
"The - Post Office address of Rev. S. B.
Taggart has been - changed 'from Sullivan,
Ind., to
,Kausas, Illinois; .also that of:Rev.`
T.(31..) Scott, from_ Mechaniestown, Carroll
Oonnty, , Ohio ) , to Elmwood, Peoria C0u1,4,
- • ,
The Washiniton (Pa:) Examiiltr sayi:
"We learn that Rev. R. V.:Dodge, of
Wheeling, , has signified his willingoeis to
accept the ball tendered him by the' Second
PfesbYetiAn congregation of this place.
He will 'in a short time assume the 'entire
charge of , his pastoral duties. The 'salary
is $1,200 per year."
The Rev. 7i,. W. Henry, D.D., of New-
York has received a uninimOus call to the
paitorate of the North Presbyterian church,
Rhiladelphia.
The - Presbytery of Nashville, at 'a meet
ing held in August, 1861, .waii formally
transferred to the ,General Akiembli of the
:~:~.
AND BURSTERS.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Confederate. States. It has remained in
that connection until within a short time
past, when a meeting of the Presbytery
was summoned in the manner prescribed
in the Form of Government. A majority
of the ministers and representatives of the
churches were absent, but a constitutional
quorum was present, and the former action
of. Presbytery was duly considered, , and
formally rescinded. This leaves thd Pres
bytery where it formerly was, in connec
tion With the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the 'United States.
At a: meeting of the Presbytery of Bea
ver, June 16th, 1864,14 r. Albert Dilworth
was ordained to the Gospel ministry, and
installed pastor of the church of New Salem.
New Stliool.—The American Presbyte
rian (N. S.) speaks . thus of the late actions
of 'our own. General Assembly concerning
slavery and union with the New School:
" The action of the Assembly at Newark
on slavery, which- we publish, will be
received - as establiehing, in a most satis
.faetorrmanner, the pesition of that branch
of the Church on the subject. We can
nc,w, grasp, with increased cordiality, the
friendly hand reached out to us by that
body, since a wide difference in sentiment
on 4.0 serious a matter has been thus com
pletely swept away. The resolutions on
union correspond pretty much .with our ex
ex.pectatiozis : kindly, though not decisive
as to praetioal measures."
TM Presbytery of Illinois held its April
meeting in one of the Portuguese churches
P i
---the second, of Springfield ; and at that
meeting received into the body, the. Por
tuguese church of Jacksonville. These
churches were organized by the exiles who
`Were expatriated from the island of Madeira
on account of that' conversion to Protest
autism some twenty years since...
- Ufiited.—The American Presbyterian
says : , • •
• " The 'United Presbyterian Church of
Scotland is probably in the best condition,
take it altogether, of any Churhh in the
world. A high degree of denominational
sympathy animates the different portions of
the body, and a wholesome sense of the re
sponsibility of the individual congrega
tit;ins to the Synod prevails. As both a
tOof and a reason for the prosperity of
the body, we may, call attention to the fact
elsewhere noted in our oolifmns, that onls
seven out of five hundred and seventyeiyht
congregations tailed to make their annual
report last year`! What a . commentary and
a reproof on the loose ways which many
respectable-congregations in our Presbite
;Tian bodies think it no harm to pursue for
years in arzeoession ; whose pastors evi
dently regard it as no part of their busi
ness to urge; an improvement in this matter.
We may also:teen aiterrtion to ariother sig
nal evidence of, prosperity in, the fact that
by computation, one out of four of their
ehltreh members regularly attends the
•
prayer meetings.
Cumberland,—At the late meetin g ; of the
General Assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Chuck, a special committee,
to wito,m was referred. a memorial from the
Synod of Indiana, asking for action on,
the slavery question, reported the follow
ing resolutions for adoption by the Assem
bly`. •
‘‘. Resolved, L That we regard the hold
ing,,,of human beings in involuntary sla
very, as practiced in some of - the States of
the =American Union, as 'contrary to the
our arLas_b_eing
the fruitful source of many evils and vices
"in the social system. `
`A'esotfied 2 , Therefore that it be
poommended . to - the, Cumberland Presby
tams, both North and South,. to give
countenance and 'support to all ,constitu
tional efforts . of our government to rid the
country of that enormous evil."
The resolutions were adopted by a nearly
unanimous vote._
Reformed Buteh.—The Particular Synod
or Chicago of this denomination, is emi
‘,
neritly missionary in its spirit and elms.
Scime time, ago a proposition was made in
this Synod to found and endow a 'Theologi
cal Professorship far Missionary Training,
in connection with Holland Theological Col.
lege of the Paitieular Synods of Chicago and
-Wisconsin. In their memorial to the late
General Synod, the originators of this novel
undertaking say "`The'great want of the
Church at all times is its missionary work,
and lite desire to lee a missionary character
give to onr institutions, 'and-by founding
the first profeisorship in the new Theologi
calSaininary as that of Missionary Train
ing • afterwardk according to need and
opportunity, the usual departments to be
added, Biblical Literature, and Didac
tic and 'Polemic Theology, and Pastoral
heology with Church Government. It
would be the duty of the Theological Pro
fessor ef Missionary .Training .to open and
maintain a correspondence with the leading
evangelical Missioniry Societies of the
world; to give suitable training to mission
ary colOnists, to impttrt instruction to each.
Senior Class of the future Seminary in ,
such facts,and principles.as would afford an
intelligent view of the Christian work in
general, and as,mightserve to-prepare for
some :particular locality and to maintain a
direct correspondence, with the missiona
ies from our Western And the
`action was taken. with recipe&
to this mattef, and alio the projeet or a
• •ms~xoi►ary • r
ship :
:,84444,11iat .the, plan recomthended
hy s the Articular Synod of Chicago, -oil
.tablia,hing. a •: ) iofe,ssorate Misaimm,
Training in the- projected Theological Sem:
inaryof-Holland, be approyed-as an agency
that would coptribute.greatly- to the diffu
siong mis§ionary-spirit in the Western
portion of our bhurch, aid to the upbaild
or our Redeemees kingdom. ;
Resottwi, That we, regard, with pleasure
and devout thanksgiving to Almighty God,
,tke.sieterminatiog . of the Missionary COrk-,
mitteetror the Olassis, ofHolland a n d wi a .
Aonsin, to build u Missionary Ship, whose
port of departure and, return shall, always
"PR Black and. Chitin cam
,moid, this bonaVolent _enterprise to. ,our,
pongyegations toi their free-will oftrings--
as another potent auiciliaryfor,the publica
tion of-the Gospel in foreign lands. , , •
LUTHERAN.'
The ILutherin Synod of Pennsylvania
oonsi of 117 ministers, about 800congre
gationli and-not less than 50,000 Members.
There 'were 90 clerical and 50 lay.delegates
. .
present at the late session, at Pottstown.
The Lutheran ObSeit?er _
"The disAnssions were characterized by
mutual courtesy and commendable dignity.
Tir theologieal.animus of ,the: Synod - was
constantly manifest, and may, be charaoter,
bed as consisting in unswerving adherence
to tho eonfessions,nttd a hurning zeal for
the distinguisl ing. charaeteristica of. the
AutherawOhurch., And a optusiderable de t
grew of, unity. and apparent' harmony. pre
railed throughout."
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
The Right Rev. Bishop McCloskey, of
Albany, has received the official announce
ment from Rome of his appointment to the
Archiepiscopate of New-York. He will
soon, it is understood, enter upon the dis
charge of his new duties.
The Most Rev. John McCloskey, D.D.,
was born in Brooklyn, in 1807, and is con
sequently in the fifty-seventh year of his
age. In early life he was sent to Mount
St. Mary's College, near Emmettsburg,
Md. Having finished his collegiate edu
cation, Dr. McCloskey entered the Theo
logical Seminary, and was raised to the
priesthood at about the age of twenty-seven
years. In 1846 the Papal See decided to
subdivide the dioceses of New-York, crea
ting as suffragan sees the diocese - of Al
bany, Buffalo, Brooklyn, and. Newark. Dr.
McCloskey was transferred to the former
see, and has been until the present time
engaged in the performance of its duties.
The Most Rev- M. J. Spalding, VD., so
long Bishop of Louisville, has been ap
pointed Archbishop of Baltimore.
Infant Baptism an Aid to Parents.
The proper significance and use of In
fant Baptism should be known by those
who receive it, and this knowledge may re
move the, prejudices of some of. those who
reject it. We do not regard our views of
it as inconsistent with the Standards of the
Church; and we feel that there is an in
definiteness in the sentiments of many, in
regard to it, that ought to be removed, to
prepare the way for an intelligent improve
ment of this precious ordinance.
Amidst the many admissible applications
and references contained in this Sacrament,
and which have been suggested by their
authors' and copyists, there are some things
peculiar to it, and thteie are likely to be lost
sight of And neglected, And the whole sub
ject, eonfaied in consequ.ence of these am
plifications, some of which rioint to topics of
great, intrinsic-importanee.
I. The proOr significance of the water
used ill this' ordinance; is . the influences of.
- the Holy, Spirit. The idea of washing.sug
gests the blood of Christ, by which we are
cleansed from sin, and through which we
enjoy all the blessings of grace and glory.
And it. is,certainly proper to speak :of be
ing "washed in the blood of Christ.''z But
is this the proper , meaning of the water of
baptise`.?.`.. We think It is .
not.
Amolig the Jews, water was used to rep
' resent the sanctification of the person,
which is, one of the peculiar influences of
the Holy Spirit. Atonement for sin was
expressed by'the blood of the sacrifices.
Isa. xliv : 3—" I will pour water upon
'`him that is thirsty; and floods upon the dry
ground; I willpour my Spirit upon thy
seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.'
And the result of ' the fulfilment of this
promise wilt be a general revival; the prop
er Agent in whiCh is the Holy Spirit.
Bzek. xxxvi 25--28---". Then will I
sprinkle orean water upon you ; and ye than
be clean from all-your filthiness, anctfrom all
your idols will I cleanse you;• a new heart
also will I give you;- and a new spirit will I
put within pou f and• I will take away the
stony heart tout of your flesh, and will give
you- a heart of flesh; and twill put my
Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in
my statutes, and ye shall keep nay judg
ments and do them."
John 37-49-- 44 haus stood , and
cried, If any rush thirst, let him come unto
me and drink. = He that believe h on me,
as the Seripture hath said, out of, his belly
shall , flow rivers of living ,water. , Bat this
Brake he of the Spirit, whiehthey that be
lieve,,on him, should reoeive, for the Holy.
Ghost Yeas not yet given."
The, Pentecostal, effusion of the Holy
regarded as an _illustrscr
tion of Ohrilitietaaptism, at least in regard
to its mode. : , ..Tesus was anointed with the
Holy 'Spirit, when he was baptized. Those
who are born again, are 44 born of water
and of the Spirit." There is a greater ap
propriateness in applying to our little chil
dren the symbol of the Holy Spirit, so ne-.
cessary to their union with_ Christ,, their
, conversion and moral and religious training,
the beginning of the,Spiritual life in their
souls, rather than the blood of Jesus, repre
sented by the broken bread and wine of the
Lord's Supper, the crowning blessing of
God's grace. This is appropriately defer
red, until the evidences of conversion and
faith are presented, the results of God's
blessing on the first ordinance. Their bap
tism is a sign of their admission to the
School of Christ; their admission to the
Lords Supper the token of their having
made so much progress in the School of
Christ, that they are no longer only schol
ars in name, but because they have made
such acquisitions in heavenly knowledge,
they have so "learned Christ", as to be
recognized as scholars in the full sense 'of
the term. Baptism is the sign, of their in
itiation, the Lord's Supper is the sign of
their graduation. They have still much
to learn in their post-graduate course. But
this illustration shows the relation between
these ordinances. By baptism we are made
scholars and disciples, which is the mean
ing of the word " teach " in the Gospel
commission—" Go and teach all nations,
baptizing - them in the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Ghost;" and then
when they are taught, when they have
completed the introductery , course of in
struction, and evince a personal appreciation
of it, manifesting its happyeffects, adopt
it as their own through the blessing Of. the
Holy Spirit, ..they:-are prepared for, the
Lord's Supper, the.highest grade of privi
lege granted to the disciple on earth.
The water of baptism represents quicken
ing as well tea washing—the sustaining as
well as she:production of life—and the in
fluence of the Holy Spirit produces these
effects, through 'the believing and diligent
:use of the-means of grace..
Baptism =is thus' a sign. and, Zeal of the
promise ,ofc the! Holy Spirit, to blesa our
efforts in training our 'children for
_God, and,
in working foi their donversion. Hence
the obligationswhich.are. usually imposed
and assumed inCadministering this sacred
"rite... The parent consecrates _his,,Child to
the service of ,Gbd.4 ',he engages to, train,
his child in the, ways of religion ; and this
ordinance conveys to.him the sign, and is ,
surance of ,004'3 blessing., The- child of
the believer interested, in,all the bles
sings of the, covenant of grace,,ilOkirtue of
the promise,-" I will in, a Getil jen and
to your -seed," independently of, its sub
mission _to the rite. of baptism. nmparent
is ;henna by,all natural and. Chriltian mo
tives to labor and, pray for its cenVoraion
independently- of the reception; , of this or
dinance. ,Baptipm brings the recipient un--
,der the Obsidian care of the Ohurcb—its
pastor, its elders, its deacons, its members;
another immortal soul isiaammittedVe'their
well
Christian oversight, as as to its par
ants ; and we , feel almost if they - ought `I
to engage to do teir, thity, is well as the
parents. This we submit is a• view of in
fant baptism that is greatly overlooked.
The overseers of they Chum]) must attend
to its lambs as Well as to its sheen. Their
: baptism exprekees their admission to the
Church, as its, catechumens, about whose
instruction And ,training and conversion,
they should feel as deep a concern as its•
parents. They are young diselples- - z- - -the
name of a Triune God is named-on them;
their names arc :entered on the church-re
cords;, they ought, as they grow - in years,
to esteem, this an a great, privilege and re
eßonOlagity ; and -the, Church ought to
feol, with ; the, parpnt, an increasing inter
est in,their spiritual welfare..
If the faith of the parents is genuine
• - •
lIIMI
ror the Preebytirian Banner
MEI
and takes hold of the promise for the child
as well as for themselves, it is already uni
ted to Christ in virtue of this promise.
The outward rite of baptism unites to the
visible Church, and entitles its recipient
to its privileges, as its circumstances re
quire ; but the Church is the body of
Christ, and the baptism of the child is the
outward sign of this union, valid according
as the faith of the parent -lays hold on, as
an additional promise and assurance of
spiritual blessing—the influences of the
Holy Spirit, so necessary to the conversion,
sanctification and salvation of the child.
And when this conversion takes place, the
evidence that these efforts have been bles
sed by the Holy Spirit, it is entitled to a
place at the Lord's Supper, and not till
then.
This view of infant baptism shows the
parent to what his attention should be di
rected in the improvement-of this holy or
dinance—it is an" encouragement to him in
the use of. the means necessary to the con
version of his child ; it conveys an assur
ance to his faith that these means will be
blessed =an' assurance that we regard of
inestimable Value, of greater worth than
the inheritance of wealth. It removes an
objection advanced by Baptists—that the
water of baptism represents properly the
blood of Christ, and consequently includes
the actual enjoyment of all the blessings
of redemption. R.N.
St."Clairsyille Presbytery.
The Presbytery of St. Clairaville held
its redent sessions at Bellair . City, on the
14th of june. The session was_ short but
pleasant.
Rev. G.:W. Chalfant,' on, Monday, 13th,
was installed by Commissions over the
churches of Kirkwood mid Martinsville.
This pastoral charge, as now constituted,
promises well.
Rev. J. D. Fitzgerald was installed pas
tor of the church of Bellair. T. R. Craw
ford preathedgie sermon r from. Ps. lxxxiv :
10—' For a , day in thy,, courts is better
than a thousant,' &e.; D. R. Campbell pre
sided ; R. Armstrong gave _the charge to
the pastor, and-Dr. Mitchell, to the people.
Cyrus j. Hunter, one_of our 'licentiates,
at present laboring at New Philadelphia,
Ohio, was dismissed to .the Presbytery of
S ttubenville.
Rev: R. Armstrong and elder John S.
Critty,, of Bellair, 'were 'recommended to
spend six weeks= in the army, under the
direction of the U. B. Christian Commis
sion;Mr. Armstong ' s pulpit to, be supplied
by regbytAry in his absence. .
The following paper was read by . elder
John W. Milligan, of Bellair, and adopted :
"Inasmuch as the Presbyterian Church
is a representative'body, and as, it is right
and proper that all ,persons being repre
sented should pay theirrepresentatives;
therefore,
" Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Presbytery, each "congregation should pay
the expenses of their minister and elder to
each meeting of Synod and Presbytery.
SUPPLIES.
Slit/water—First Sabbath in July, Dr.
Mitchell. Fourth Sabbath: in. July, Mr.
Mahaffey. Third Sabbath in August, Mr.
Campbell. Third Sabbath in September,
Mr. Crawford. First Sabbath in October,
Ms. Tannehill.
Barnesville.—First Sabbath
in.
July,
Mr. Wallace. First Sabbath in August,
Mr. Graham; to administer the. Lord's
Supper. First Sabbath in September, Mr.
Grove. First Sabbath in October, Mr.
°haiku&
J. B. G&ARAM, Stated Clerk
Persix;cal.
George a Peabody, - the great London banker,
ie •
es/rous to return and spend the greater
part of the rest of his life in the United
States, when the Union is restored. ,
„
agliaiol' Miller promises to survive all
persons connected with the assault on him
in the Senate. Keitt, of South Carolina,
the guide and counsellor of Brooks, was
says the Richmond Examiner, killed in bat
tle last week.
EL Van Nostrand is no* living near farm
ingdale, L. 1., who is in his Io7th year
His sigkt and hearing are very good, and
he is still sprightly and cheerful. Long
Island can boast of an unusually large num
ber of centennarians.
The Emperor Theodosius wrote out the
New Testament with his own hands; Zuin
ems wrote out the Epistles of St. Paul,
and got them by heart; Cromwell, Earl of
Essex, could repeat all the New Testament.
Charles A. Blaney, a New-York commis
sion merchant, doing business at No. 128
Pearl Street, was- arrested on Tuesday, by
order of Gen. Dix„ and -committed to Fort
Lafayette. He is accused of participation
with the blockade runners. That city is
losing some of its sympathizers with the
rebels.
. ,
John Rogers, the tortyr,—The 13ibliothe
ca, Sacra, in a notice of the memoir of
John Rogers, says on the authority of that
work, that lev.en children attended, the
martyr at the stake, the yodngest of which
he bad never seen before. This puts to
rest the long unsettled question as to the
number ofd his children.
• Rev 'Samuel Crowther an African; is: soon
te'be made bishop in thoee parts , of West
ern Africa, which are outside the Queen's
dominions:— The , bishop- untainted Was
once'a slave-boy, and being' rescued by a
British 'cruiser; becatnd a missionary teach
er in Sierra Leone. He will not have
jurisdiction over white missionaries.
neg. I. B. Pinney, who has for some time
past resided in the city of New-York, in
the character of Consul• General of the
Republic of tiberia, has presented his cre
dentials and been.received. by the Secrete
ry of State as • Charge d' Affairespf that Re
public, near thiir Government. kr. Pin
ney was formerki - a resideie of Pittsburgh,
and at one time pastor. of the _Presbyterian
.
church at Washington Pa -e-
Grattan G . 111.1gles!;; wife, of the
well, known preacher, Tecently delivered ."a
sernion in the_ Friend's Meeting House, in
Cecil - gstreeti Limerick, 1 . 1.4:11and, to a dense
and highly respectable congragation,,con
slating exclusively. ; of:ladies. The. house
was 'crowded. The preacher took her text
from St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans: viii%
4 ; and, is
,repoited to, have
_,spekert " with
great volubility and animation" for nearly
. .
an hour, -
Le(Midas Polk ) General in the rebel army,
and the Hipiscopal Church, whose
death ' has ;been announced in rrecent di&
patohes,. was killed in a late engagemenkin
Georgia. Hajwas a graduate of West
PointYand through 'the influence of,Bishop
Molivaine,- then chaplain at the military
adademyp abandoned the profession of arms,
and'devoted himself to thalninistry. Be
*as ord'aine'd &minister 111 , 1881, and:seven
years 'after was raisedita the Episcopate.
'Upon •the breaking otitcof-' the .rebellion, 'he
entered: with apparent Cordiality, into the,
rebel service, and was made a General, but
has alkayti held' a subordinate command.
Prior tatthe:rebellion he was distinAuished
ss an advocateSor the. Christian instruction
~o f the Mares; Himself .regarded as
onetof the- beat Masters in Louisiana, where
he had- a large sugar- plantation and many,
slaves.
, .._
Chit)Nastice Rah* amr,,ot NenAtrn,
li f t
died on Salq:do ,
~ I , 4=y4flkis Late
yam.
denoicisCile:S . j.gratiB64 l rw
of his, age: is_ 4 erflrcellon, Jog ai
ISIM
For the Presbyterian Banner
Hornbiower, of Beliezifio, was E.. 47, „ ;,.,
man, and a talented engincer,
country in 1750, and ulurnately mad'atlt
hi s home. Joseph C., the late cLi, f. ::t
tice, was the youngest of his chilch.ta
entering the bar, in 1808, be at
rank among the first lawyers of th, r . t
and his practice became Very l uer
I n November, 1832, he was aii?,.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Cotr'''4,
New-Jersey, a position which he
'1
fourteen years, retiring in 1846 at70,. , 1
of age. Social honors were awa r i4':
him with no Sparing had. The r],, l ;
of New-Jersey conferred upon bin
gree of LL.D.; he was President o f
New-Jersey
*Colonization Society, of
Society for Promoting Collegiate slid f , a ,'
ological Education at the West, and o r,i:
New Jersey Historical Society, beside,
ing officially connected with many e f i :,
great religions and other organi?atio:
He was a member of the First P res t„'
rian churoh of Newark, and a truly .
and consistent Christian.
Varietie)i.
Five thousand one hundred
European emigrants arrived at Ncri...y cz i
on last Friday week.
The various benevolent societies in Gre s .
Britain whose anniversaries have recent!,
been celebrated, report an aggrega te i t ' ‘
come according to the Cluristiah Wor, of
£1,110,470, or over five and a half mil:j ot ,
dollars.
Caterpillar nests can be permanently
easily destroyed by - firing a gun, charged
with loose powder, and not wadded, into
them. The muzzle should be held two Jr
three feet from the worms' nest. No in.
jury is done the tree, and the effect is eet.
plete. •
In a recent discussion in England on
testing chain cables, Mr. Gladstone stated
that he had had much experience in he
matter, and had observed that when he
iron begins to stretch the temperate:,;
rises, becoming so hot before the link parts
that the hand when brought in contact
with it cannot bear the heat.
- That which has long been a desideratum
for Wales, as well as a subject of wonder
that it had not been formed—a University
—is abut being founded. It will be on
the same liberal principle as the Louder,.
University or the Irish Queen's Colleges;
and will be of vast importance for the
literary and theological advancement of
the Independents and Calvinistic Meth.
diets, while it will most probably ab3ort
the Episcopal College at Lampeter.
The success of the Mississippi Sanitati
Fair, held in St. Louis, has been nem.
pled. The treasurer has received nearly
8575,000, and returns from several depart.
merits of the Fair are yet to come in. The
managers are abundantly justified in claim.
ing that the -Fair will net the handsrea E
sum . of $600,000, which is one hundred
thOusand dollars more than was orignally
fired as the sum expected to be raised.
The deposits of gold at the U. S. Mini,
in Philadelphia, for the month of .)Isy,
amounted to $204,266, and of silver
—in all $213,20. The gold coinage fc
the same time was $220,506, wholly it
double eagles and fine bars, mostly the fur•
mer. The silver coinage consisted of
500 in dollars, $13,400 in half dollen, ral
$515 in fine bars—in all $22,515. VI!
copper coinage was 3,900,000 ccuti sad
25,000 two cent pieces—in all n 9,500
The total number of pieces coined dul-ag
.the month was 3,909,301.
There are about 6,600 locomotir
ployed on the British railroads. These
travel yearly about 120,000 000 milEi
Bash engine will run about 480,000
undergoing many repairs and renewal!:
which may be considered the useful. .4f
a locomotive. The annual waste
comotives may be set down at PO,
which 30 are destroyed by casualties, si
350 worn out by actual service: The aver•
age consumption of fuel is about 36&
coal per mile run, or two millions of toe
of coal per annum.
A. correspondent of the Tribune no;
the contrast between the traveling expense
of the General Conference of the N. E
Church, recently held in Philadelphia, sv:
the mileage allowed to members of C 4,
grass. The number of members in tbs
Conference was about twenty less than thr
of the two honks of Congress. The mein
hers of the Conference, like those of Con•
gress, came front all parts of the lop:
States; and they are paid their travel's;
expenses, not according to the distance
they come, but each is allowed what hh
travel actually cost him., The traveliv
expenses of the late Conference amonutil
to $14,428, or about the same as the mile•
age of the members of Congress from Ort•
gon • alone. " Think," says the writer,
what_a saving it would be to the govern
went if Congress were to pay the travel*
expenses of its members at the same rate
as those of the Methodist Conference."
Scientific.
One of the Most wonderful achieverem
of astronomers is the weighing of the bath:
comprising the solar system. The mass a:
the sun is 359,551 times greater than thr
of the earth and moon, and 700 times erect•
than the united masses of all the planets•
A flash of lightning on the earth roald
be visible on the moon in a second and
quarter on the sun, in 8 minutes; on dl
piter (When furthest from us), in 23 via'
rtes; on Uranus, in two hours; on Se'?
tune, in four hours and a quarter; on th 4
star Vega, of the first magnitude, in 4,0 1 N
years; yet such stars are visible throag
the telescope!
La Place, the great French otronotue;
says " 1 have ascertained that between tb
heavenly bodies' all attractions are use! .
witted with an velocity which, if it be as
infinite, surpastes several thousand times ft,
velocity of light." : His annotator e ntimist 4l
that speed as being eight millions of rinds
greatei-than that of light.
The. circumference of the earth Is 25,1 M
miles. A train traveling incessantly nigbr
and' day, at the rate or 25 miles an hoar
would require six weeks to go around it i
A. tunnel through the earth from Engi an
to New Zealand, would be nearly
,m4cs long. •
—.The barking 'of dogs is an acquired la
edithry instinct, supposed to have origios
ted in an attempt to imitate the hats;
voice. Wild dogs, and domestic bre d
which hays become wild, never bark, b'
only hewn. Cats, which so disturb the
is
habitant's of civilized countries by the!.
midnight 64 caterwaul," are, in their wit'
state in South America, quite silent.
The dark races of men have less nolo'
sensibility than the whites. They are co
subject to nervous disease; they sleep aO
when sick; nor does any mental distur.
acme keep them awake. They bear surge
cal operations much bettor than the whlr•
people.
A 80nttill species of fungus has e f,'
known to attain the size of a gourd in 14..
-night ; and it is ealoulated that the lla'.
of which it is composed must a mount
forty-seventhoussad millions. If it g row
ii:tweive hours, this would give four dig
: san d millions per hour, or more than silt
millions minute:"
,
..,417.few incoha n lis are aware how mu .
0 4-" 3 .4 1 01 Lhero - i4i . a constant action,.
Mid' 'OM only axe hero /44