A :',II:S ALLISON: ) , r f: ‘ --? 7' 'T l ATTER 'SON, i canTOutzk.., $ 1 AMiS ALLiiON & CO., Proprietor,. - i. TEENIS IN ADVANCE. (Fingly or in caut.9o s2.un riMsSES.pri stirlZa OS TUX ............... 2.50 Favors sending ad tiai wabscril,, ra upwftraX, thereby entitled to a paiwr •tritbcnt eberge, and Another stn. r aper fort be second ten ; &e. eurwola should be prOgirt, e RI C& before the yeacexpirai. Dlrk.,:t nit totters to JAMES ALLISON & CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. For the Freobj Leriatt Dancer. pporl from a CDommiss elegate of the Christian ion. MILLS, June 29th, 1864. Albree, Egg., Treasurer Chris- Itia Cot Pittgburgh. Sin:--I left Pittsburgh on the p l c:ling of the 27th of April, and arrived fa Wohiugton on Thursday evening, 5 o'- cloc k. As there was no transportation to spent the nest day.in visiting mr , c , of the hospitals . in 'Alexandria, Va., Ind the Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, .to. distribute reading matter. the evening tilled my haversack with books and , rpers and in connection with two other brethren, repaired to the "Soldiers' Relit?! Th i i , is a receptacle for soldiers passing. t h r ogli Washington, where they -are fed an dlodged. On entering the " 0 1' the brethren beganie call out, a conies b o p, vo arc going to have a good time you; come this way." Imrdediately ha b, f: nn to sing a familiar hymn. When ibe ,ioltliers saw us, and heard the singin g , : ey came flocking around, some eager to b at the word of eternal life; and others itrtri,: , ,h curiosity, at the , same time . Many' were lounging around, othera walkinglo iod fro. Under these peculiar. eircum ax;:,B I preached a short sermon, ip them, fom the text, "There retaaineth, therefore, a :2 :4 to the people of Geri . ,”:..Ho . b . . 9. ~c!nun s 1,•A) distributed the books and o r e had breOglit with us„ It was i lt re ths.: idrst heard-:the 'hearty thank soldier. :Cost d 5! I was temporarily assigned, to p ;;:q in au . At the time I was 'there, her to from eight to ten. thoustaud,men ',hi! , camp. Hero our daily work.iwa papers, books, tracts,. and' Testa- meats, and converse with the: men 'person ally cn the subject of their soul!e salvation,' F ;ty with and for. them,: A.ad:_in ectaing we had preaching in tWci,chapel• teats in different parts of the camp. * And cut without its good effeets. There set a night during'my Stay there / but thein gore plans who asked the prayere of roople on their'behalf. There:had, 'aeon Moro I went to camp_Stoneman;;. ilui , wh!!,. 1 was there, a continued:awakening'. Afd rhis E corned to me a little singular: f r ,a, ti fact that these men were coming ?oic, - ; all the time. Some regiments ! . .rdele,( l front and othersCooming in to take ;he!: placc, and yet the interest seemesiun.: e5l! Di; first Sabbath I waathere.being.cent, plc.. c .q'sheath, I wane appointed to:preach iz Ce; f0:..1-won, and brother Adams in the ed unitedly adminieter the epper. After the forenoon eentation was given to all who had • • the first time to commune; to xeei oto,:wr Adams and Myself for the up: 0' conversing with them on the ci' their experimental acquaintance' , Six persons were admitted D (ha three of whom were:' I.y brother Adams. he ids+ laboring among the soldiers, I. le,d an opportunity to preach to and die :7lEltc looks, papers, and Testaments . (to' :ash as amid read) among the contrabands roc vo•re employed in ‘taking care of the It was also my, rivilege to 'preach :o the workmen and teamsters of the °atop.' company with twenty other ilelegater ,:et out for Belle Plain, on the 10th of r, en a Government transport. As we down the river, after . . night, we bad ... , , , myer-meeting on decle , -one of' the most -.hem meetings I ever attended. Every :in:l.g conspired to add tolle'soleminitY r,cea , i , ion. Around us oh tugs tied to ' saw the ambulances and stretoh thit were to carry the dead and 1 ., erl the hold. In the - dietetic° we 'beard 1 tb, , , booming of the cannon: 0:1 oz. arrival at Belle Plain we found ep, delegates of the. Christian Commission, 74.) wet down the day'before,h,a pitched tents and were ready to receive 'us. Aft..r we had breakfast -we went out tp - nur -• ol It. Some wore engaged' in (sallying and bread to the wounded,- and oth ed the sUrgeons dressing Wound,s. 'AILI my privilege to assist in dreesing to ; the surgeons taking charge - oh:he w.rtv. eases, and turning the slightly , ecraralcd over to us. This was to me a harm :riding scene, though .the badly %%larded had not yet riaehed this point. Dar ~ ,, mpany remained but one _day Belle' There being more. need Tor us 'at F - e , mriet3burg, we started on foot for the , a • place, tut bad 'proe'eeded otili.eheut :) w 7. hen e were overtaken by an am tt::v_te trvin, and were kindly offered trap- On reporting to the field:agent tr 6 sere assigned to , our appropriati• work: Tee routine of duty was, firtitiii? the ti,:riing to go to the hospitalsntiefer-onr -'"c, and distribute supphes, at the same . , peaking to the wounded as 0- PPO - rt :l 2 - 4:q utiaded, of the great salvation. ,4a t'lerncou we distributed 'reading.re4l: ter, tad held religious exercises every; v'el BEE OLE: thing struck my mind in minister- 1 e; to the wants of the wounded, and that ai their cheerfulness. Though wounded illy of them serionglY , , yet their sitter. Were borne without a murmur or . a of regret at having. filtered the Ser. 7 iie of their country. As in initanee Of ON, as I was passing through one of the 71rtia, I came to the bunk of a bright,. in- 1 ieillgent youth, who bad loot a limb. I k,mid him writing a letter; the palierlYini.l IA the stump of his When:TlLT ;r.itiched him a smile was on his lam and tie remarked, " Chaplain, I am not making /nem ? specoh, but I am writing a st ump I %er. lam writing a letter to my thith er. lam her only son, and I ex pect soon to reface to her a cripple, but I k now that . 514 rill be proud of her boy who lost in hie country's service." Another thing, was their gratitude to - els delegates personally, and their dram expressio n of thankfulness to the Christian: Commission, for theft.' labors on their be. half. Ia illustration of this as I went Ilya one of the wards one morning, a young elan called out, "Chaplain, would you be se kind as to write a letter for me this laming ?" I replied that I would do it ' l /?at, cheerfully; that the Christian Corn mission had sent me there for the purpose , t :clainistering to the wants of the soldiers. "ti n says he, " I lost , my knapsack, and la it all my paper." I told him the. 43 Cm - Ltdmi t'a Wculd furnish'him with paper and envelopes, and if need be with stamps, also. At this the big tears, rolled down his ` lh eaks' and he could not find words to ex-, Press his gratitude. NJ he dictated, I note, and when the letter was duly..direet ed and stamped ready to mail - I hoard an -041," Chaplain 1? I:repaired to the .- Pot where a son of Erin `was lying, and is "id," Sir, I. am in the same fix would You kie pleased to write , a letter for me." I Nplied is the affirmative. And as he die (4ted, I wrote. After the, letter was fin ahed and ready to mall, ho wad: " I di d . not think much of you Christian. Commis 51°1 13 /011 et first but I find there ie ,free religion in this thing; -for if it' had .not h "; for the good, lord and that stun`' Co lar d le on, we would-. • • ail We •ut Kn. twits enapect to ' , doe' itickfrciitiiltA oyal 0a d 4.lailliai-itifirra (I'Mql-111141- 4" &o. ~ s • r 6 , 4 , , ,..,.. ,e . .... 100 , 1 , .. .• :. 1 .. _, tot ~,. , . . 41 I - - '' ' ... ............/ VOL. XII. NO. 45. heard more swearing on the streets of our cities and at the Railroad Depots, by citi zens, than I did in the army. And as to card playing; when I remonstrated with them on' the subject, the universal reply was,.we are playing for past-time. Give us something good to read,' and we will throw away' our eards. And in all such cases, when I gave — them something to read, the cards were put away, and I never saw them again. Yourc, respectfully, J. W. MCCITRE. For tho.Fresby,todon pups?r. •• ' • Wayside tieditations.•• Wiz,—~sv~ =~v~~e~: This brief sentenee—the Shortsat in the Bible—ig Wet - rich - id its _springs ,of _eon solation: is like window suddonTy opened - in the vast blue heaven, permit ting us, to see the splendor and glory of the empyrean beyond. For through this brief utterance we obtain a glimpse of that mighty human heart, that is well-nigh shrouded in the awful mystery of godli ness. - As we gaze - upon his tears, we feel that - he is our kiasmau--:our elder brother .and our breaking: hearts weep -upon his bosom. ' There is something deeply moving in the tears of the strong man. The tears of childhood are like the, soft April ihowerit they arn"Wilhe Preeurn orkorthisuiiihine and wonian3,beart ts.lnade,otenderness— tears floWlaiSily, ,geiftlyi;.-biaistifqy t: tii her heart toncliediirith - .ayinltithk.or- moved by pity. •Itimethin'2,%::deeply mown' . the • strong maikood. The Aro - pg.:man seldom weeps,. although he rafq deeply feel. But here is tbetendieus speatacle - ef the Son 'of Godin tiara ! And herd, are the beautiful lessons • of thieciiie. When, in the providence of God, We'ire called to stand. bylhe side, of our dead— when a little child :has laid it - doWn in the midst `of its plays to sleep its last sleep when a brother, a slater, or a parent ripe with age,is laid, in the cold clay, ive need.' t o t . :fear to 'weep—we need not be ashamed 'of tears, for Jesus wept, at the grave s mot h. - 'But although weeping may endure for a night', yet-joy cometh in the morniug.;--a morning that will - dawn upon the tomb, without the mists, and clouds, aid' storms of time—the, morning of the eternal day. No wan Weepers there—n - 6. - 4:4a Mourner with broken— heaxt . :o4;eitishect affection, for. the hand - Of 3:11a - himisert shall wipe away all tea a from: their ire, .XIV.TH.ojcI of Tilll3.ll7Lli. One who has nevir - e4olt - the 66eit'n, nor heard the voice of its moaning waves, finds a miniature resemblance to its sad music-as •he applies to his ear the convolutions of a smooth-lipped sea-shell, and listens:to the murmuring cadences of its solemn rnotl9- tone. That, Solitary shell, with its 'lips of pearl and voice of nielody,'Seents- still to hold communion with its home on the roll ing deep. It seems to echo evermore the songs it learned in its normal estate, in co ral caves, amid scenes of beauty t and where all voices are sweet and harmonious. And as it echoes the sigh - of tlie sad, Sad Sea," it seems longing and .yearni,ncg -for its ocean home and. Ilia -of-- inelod - Y.. lA.:breath* its everY'aceenf - fh - CVaiee 'of-solitude and homesickness, and the remembrance of-do arted joys P. . lirtbere not;sonintlitieliin,thia, in the - deepi T earnest voidosAat.are.M - entelitnes ut tered Acta the human - heart T ',"lnthe deep rtittruinrsif .044 :,sometimes:,ariSe --front ,the soul's great "Itiugtlea; • thet l e seems to be a mySterious communion with a , former and better estate—a sweet; sad dream of Paradise'and its blessed music, from which it , has been separated. - The unutterable longings that will at times arise - in the heart, and that , embody themeelVes in Sighs and earnest aspirations, and intense deeires for the good and virtuonS,- apOar as a dream of the high and `holy estate., from which it has fallen, and a yearning prayer Am-restoration - to purity, and holiness,- and peace. ' And - .the:voices that murmur in the heart, wooing us to pttrity, : afa holiness, and heaven, are the - sweeteat - seieen , heard upon:earth. _Vie, dowri from the open gates of Paradise. Whey/tire "Voices of mercy and, love. They invite to holi peas and rest forever. ETA.. rdr the.Preeblrterlau.Banhei The Trailletigthilailettary. Extract of a Serino — n - *livered by. Rev. T. MceartnOy; at Um Ordination -of - Mr. )1. C. Nuke, at Forest Grove church. Hid teat Was, Ts. The Lind shall count, when he writoth uiWitinoPle, that this man was born there." - After the disc melon and enforcement-of the' proposition that the - Church_ is, by Way of , eminencey the spiritual hirthplade of souls, Mr. No- CertneY said "The.-sanctuary, then, is preEminently 'a place- of power, , of saving pewee. It is hero that God has recorded - his name; and it is liere'he has:pledged himself, in a spe cial manner to visit his people; nor has: he ever_ disappointed the expectation of any devout worehiper. And, -My iriends,:What llood of glory jdoes such a.. ' tre shed - Over thenatiettiary I ' 3 The uat, wit' °Oink when he writeth up the people, that ;this man was born there. In tbo estimation. of heaven, this it is that renders the', sanctu ary Illustrious. No other distinction is worthy of mention, when eempired yith this. Among men indeed,- it= .is often. judged otherwise. Some will look at a church's rasjeetictowere and stately:col umns, and -finished arches, and 'gorgeous adernmente, and . will laud its stateliness, and costliness, and material aplen:dor. These are what they dead - its highest glory. It is with them,Amt such a-manwas born there, but such a sum of money, was expended there; such exquisite taste was displayed there I Then, with others, the glory ef-a church. -consists the number of its , .Membership: It has, perchance; a popular preacher, and crowded pews and great applause. And this is heralded as something worthy 'of -many plaudits end hosannas I And though there may be, little Christianity there, and., spiritual ity, what matters it? Is there not a crowd there ? Do.not,great numbers flock there . I_, In the epee of some, this is the glory - of a church. " And then, with others, the glory is, that the vtealthy worship there; -the aris tocracy all meet and mingle there.-- The latest fashions. are sure to be seen there, and shown Miff. It is indeadt'a pine* of pomp and parader and as the Wiiiiihipers march majestically along the 'aisles; it :May be most truthfully said of , ..tkeiar - .4017 man walketh in vain show. r 43etter;; finitely better, to be :out of the_ world, if prepared, than ant of the, feshion, in such a church. And yet, with many, this'is pat what ,renders the church ;illustrious, and churchloing F,reepeetable" I Their , great commendation of the pit* is,not that such and such - a poof:soutwis born there, but :that thla and that rielt,suinei, forsooth, at. ;tends there, and was bapti4ed there! Rut has IlttetrAlatilaPt . ft. 0.1 4 -0 40sP.`PtPfr i m -dlitinetioni r lieten Gell; verdict, whose jnsiginent,iiraceording tokutti ; Thia man 116t1140044''i lk **-t 6 rrflOtieg till ...1 sPet.. - PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1864. by the Spirit'ef Gad, made a new creature in Christ Jesus—' born, not of blood,' that is, new-born, not on account of eminent parentage—' not of blood'; 'nor of the will of the flesh '—not; by any power of the fleshly will ; nor of the will of man'—not by the aids and eloquence of man; but of God'—of his sovereign and. omnipotent Spirit. This man was BORN there.' And so great is such an event in the estimation of God, that fie points to thesiery spot, and says, ' Thin - man was .burnt' there.' It is very common and appropriate, on entering a church few the first time, to dedicate it; that is, to set it apart as a ,building sacred Co God. But what is such a- dedication, when Compared with the dedication it re ceives when an immortal soul is, within its -doors, made a king lind priest unto God ! A good writer says : There, are doubtless spots in the world that would be barren forever, if we recollected what had happen ed there.' Says he, '1 was ofice'ln.St. Paul's Cathedral, just under the - dotne;ana a friend touched me gently, and :said; -"-do you see thdiPlittle chiael mark 2! and T said 'Yes: Said, he, 'that is whert.- a- ,man threw himself down, and there he - fell- and was dashed to atoms.' 'We-started aside,' continues the writer, :Afton?' that little spat, where a fellow-ereatutOiblobd had. been shed. It seenied.en mer it!. playa, when we remembered that.'- - And stc , ,, it we knee' the spoelliele a siene,t - stands et sits. when he--makes' the :fatal deciSion to dam:sills own soul, how terrible would be that place 1. "hut we are here presented with quite a different picture. It is a place ,made mem orable, but memorable as the birth-place of an undyingipirits It 'maybe proper and praiseworthy to rear a monument on ground made famOns by battles, or victories; but how much more worthy of remembrance the place of the great spiritual victory over the poivers of hell! This I am-sure, in God's regard, is ,much the more snored place." "And here may be seenwhat heaven ac counts as truly note-worthy. 'This' man was born there not this man was crowned there,' or thislman conqueied the,re! Aid places noted-apon earth may be altogether unstated in heaven. Though marble mon uments in stately magnificence tower heav enward to render conspicuous some spot of earth, yet God regards them not. But wherever ghoul is born into the kingdom, however humble that soul may be, there. God turns his eye; and pointing to "it says : " This man was - born there.' And need there be any other monument than this, to render the raw eternally memorable? "And you=-will , notice that it is not said, 'This nation " was born there,' but '4 this man.' One conversion =is enough to im mortalize any place. If within these walls, consecrated" to God, but a single soul shoUld be born again, therisall the trouble and ex pense in= the ereothni of this building, and in thinsaitaining of worship here, will be imply compensated`; and those who have most liberally contributed may rejoice that their contributions have aided in a 'result so unspeakably important. "There is frequently among men an am bition to contribute a stone or block of mar ble„.*Ale iigt.rfoa e grave-`` the illinitrious. dead, and"the ambition-may be commendable ; but give me rather an interest- 4 a nail,' if nothing more—in the humblest sanctuary, made sacred by, the new-birth of a never-dying soul, Capital thus invested will yield the highest per tentage. 'Think you not that the amount expended in the erection of the most costly edifice is hat a paltry pittance when compared with the preciousness of a single soul ? there .not " joy in the presence of the angels of God Over one sin ner that repertteth '? ' Over °NE.' Yes; all the choirs of the blessed, resound with higher hosannas, with more jubilant ie 'mains." For the Presb . ,iierla4 "tanner. 84 Ntelii ~.tii;lhi PotolOac . 4tinly ; OR, 'ROW TUE EICIE 47.A.N 0:310T To- Parole. 41 vie:Mani 'on their Wiaaiag way." The two.. sides of. a triangle are; longer than:the base; but as we_cannot travel the iktter, wo must be content to wind =round the formerolusi. from Washington, by way An.napolia alunntiort, reach Camp Parole. Alto, we So have no,", sight:seeing!' before we leave_Wasbingtonl and:especiallras it is our first visit. - Well, the. U. S. C.'o.—as such,doesn't know anything,ajeut sight-seeing. It pro poses other work for its _dele.gates. He - every with that Any , On which`-weLproposed to rest,_ and a few,other odd hours, we did, on, ‘‘ doable qv i ick," manage to 44 do" the Capitol, the , - Departments, the East and Greenleems, and the.. Smithsonian Insti tute: Bat everybody does, and writes about them, tOo, until_ everybody else is tired or their seribbling,..: We will only say, that that far-famed door in the Capitol, so often described in _terms of high praise, wsti, ItS,"-e4)a:veby.;,",, difficult piece:,of unigne_l3.;_to.. as ear not highly.cultivited, beyond: our, pourer-of appreetation:---at least, in co brief - a think:as we had to , look at it, At any rate,-we. were disappointed. If we bad had time to study it;Terhaps we would have been better pleased; for, we aravain enough:to think that we have at least_some, little taste forAthe ct fineartd.". But as it is, we will not praise the thing, simply to j do what others do. - We, well remember, , however, tiefit Niagara Falls disappointed ' us sadly, when,years ago, _with quickened step and breathless satpeotatiou, we gained our.: first sight of Aka, a Horse Shoe Bend," Biat -the /anger we' viewed it, the more grand was the impression--if we did mis chievously say to a lady of the company, in answer to her expressions - of enthusias tic admiration," that we : thought- the thing wotild -run - a :first rate' saw -mill,-and turn out lotti-itHinxtber 1 This, -- hoWever, It digression, sad we come ha* to say, that :there is one place-in-Washington - of which we have never known the 44 excursion" writers to say..a word,. in Which, neverthe less, ice were ,much interested. It is the - U. S. Army Medical Musa= ; and though we can ,stay but anwozent, letai drop in. The very gentlerariEly apeAiteu describer, Mt:A. j..Selintrirwhose - golden. hair and blue eyesareall inhis appearande that in diorite= his 'atirrnarr extractionnvill atter fully show - us - rouua. - ' - iy L Well, this isiworth seeing I - A lens room fitted rep witlitinalieti' on ettitif hand. 'the one side filled from - end' to endi and - from form to ceiling, with specimens - of human bond; the _other' `Of. ,fiesli—some. loyal, some rebel—and 1;11 of them collected dur-. ing the preifent - war Here Fare bones OA; meat prepared, exhibit almost every conceivable form of fracture , by retitle, bomb, or sOlietitiot. Here is a skull ,w,ith a black minis protruding nzward, through its bode: Here is 8 - "'rosecttortP. (a short piece' of the - entire bone taken out,) the bony matter piled out irroggtyrly from eiffitir "r sit "a liiii . atteMpt , te:Meet over the intervening ` space. And hire " (Yen. Sickles' Ar4 ' 'Bit here eorojeJn,,a soldier with ,au empty (kit oleafgAilsktili " Mr. Schaffirt, I came in to see my other arm." " Here it is, my brave fellow." "Well, you have taken a..good deal more pains to preserve it than 1. - ditn" Among the flesh specimens on the other side. are a large number!! of 'patches of viscera, each taken from the tuttue Man, and each bearing the track of an,_. : l2lcer, yet so neatly, prepared and well pre . swed as to bb in no wise offensive. The . 'pbeidliarily we understand to be, that the exiiiieo - n - uf each ulcer is in the opposite direetibil`from that which is uznal in this diseftse. 'And,here is a human heart with a. hole d irecqy through it, while the sold;iii r .,hl lihora it once kat, lived-=—if we rbm i eitiber oor rectly—some' four days after the fatal -ball had thus pierced .him I Mit -,we e ttn i f ot tarry . longer, and will not talEctAntpziovrto look ,at,tbose :Indian relics at ,the:Sarther, end* the As we go Atit,,hogro 4 vgii just - look at this motley lot ithliiiilf4fOrt, the corner here: War speoixnens, tor; - ? ..Yes ; _the Tessela used , byeders,- ; -or by_ others forlhem, in smuggling' bad whisky across the- Potomao; some of-them not 'a littlecuriounor lacking.evidimoe of con siderable ingenuity—especially 4iis device that traveled " the long bridge". for a twelve-month, .But -we-musk be -off for " 500: TriSticeti'l I flail for our ourney• • .. Tfvo pairs of blankets each h extra straps ! haversacks with g‘ lunch inithom What does all this mean " You may need the lunch, to-Might; and the extras, before your ',expedition' ends, may be found very deSitable." And so we are leaving Wadhington. ' Yes. But, really, I would' like to have remained until after to-morrow evening, that we might attend the Pre ident's levee —" the last of the season:" Abraham Lincoln is. the only a sight: : unseen"'-in Washington, for the missing of which I care at leaving. But, as wditave said, the U. S. C. C. knows nothing. of "/ sightsee ing," and.having enlisted under Atxbanner, we must " obey orders." And this is Camp Parole j a.. , • Yes. And in this city of white tents and white pine, lying aboue, L it, are th 4 brave soldiers—white and black--of the Ninth Army Corps; and just,eyond is the little old city of Annapolis. Yes, this is Camp Parole; to this place We promised, last week, you might come with' 119. We have kept our word, and, soon - as &retro nient, will try and take you round. C. For the Presbyterian Banner. Presbyterian Loyalty. Perhaps the publication of a few sou tends from the Confession of Faith of the' Presbyterian Church, at this juncture in our national history, may not be wholly improper. Certain it is,:that charity is often put to the blush, and serious re proach heaped upon our holy religion, by the language frequently held . by members, and sometimes by officers .of4he Church, touching those who in the course of Divine Providence are in authority over us. It is a crying sin of these`: tiittes„ then„ too ...--u v _ an d a j ar _ the religto - eekand owlfsJesu are addicted - to "speaking evil of dig nities." But whatever of evil speaking, pr of flagrant and unprovoked Vituperatiet .of this description-. may -be indulged lit by others, let• Presbyterians be warned against the practice - of these sins. Let all man, too, know that the contempt shown, both by word and deed, by some members, some elders, and—we blush to say it—by some ' ministers of the Presbyterian Church - , toward the Chief Magistrate, of the Uni ted States, and others in authority,is con-, demned by our Standards an pronounced sin. in chap: xxiii, see. 1, Confession' of Faith, it is written : " God, the supreme Lord and - King_• - „of all the world, hatli ordained civil magistrates to. - be under .„ him over the people.", -Furthermore, in same chapter, see. 4 it , is written :- "It is the duty Of the people to' PriiY for' inagis trates, to honor their persons, to pay thdni tribute-and - other dares, to obey their:lawful commands, and to be _suhject; to : their au thority, for eonseience' sake. infidelity or indifference. in religion dothirot make void the anagistrate'i just and legal authority) nor free the people from their due obedience to : him ; from which ecclesiastical peraons are not exempted." The Fifth Cominandment is held by the framers of the Larger Catechism, Ques. 125, to mean, by " father and mother," " not:only our natural parents, but all su periors ;in -age; 40 - gifts; and especially such. as by God's ordinance are over us in place_ of authority, whether in family, church, or . domnionwealth." ' "rho honor required. from inferiors to these superiors is declared, Qaes. 127, to be " all due ,reverence in heart, word and behaviour.; prayer and thanksgiving_ for them, imitation of their, virtues and,graecs, willing obedience'to their lawful commands and counsels; 'due submission to their nor- • rections; fidelity to, deference-and mainte nance of their persons and, authority, ac cording to their several ranks, and the ..na ture of their places.; hearing with-their in firmities and Covering 'them in love, that aothe3t may be an-honor to their govern ment." ' By plain inference, then, the-failure to do these things toward those in rightful authority, is sin; and if sin, it onglit to be rebuked by those who are set to rebuke sin. Moreover, if-sin, it is proper matter for, church discipline. -Bat our Standards give positive utter. anee en this matter as follows---ase Qum 130, Larger Catechism—" The sins .of in feriors against their superiors are, all neg led of the duties required toward them; envying 'at, contempt of, and rebellion against their persops and places, in their lawful - counsels, commands and corrections; cursing, Woking; and all such rofractory nd scandalous carriage as proves a shame -them-: and db3honor to them and .their gctvernme x tti" - • These quotations suggest grave, - practical questions.. If we are bearing any reproach, as' a _people we assuredly are in some quarters—vie herein'see wherefore; and we May seer ihe-true remodY. :If -all- our people cannot see their way (dear .to become ardent supporters of the men now in power, they should at least temper their"opposition, to them with meld:: oration. They should - not, whilst profes sediriaboringfor the public good, in:their yew , ignore- all the comMon:preceptte:of that eliarity, ; ,which vanntetli not itself' and, ihich:thi . nketh no evil: Treason is evidently, from these quota tions, a sin. • Its twin sister; the refusal to sustain the only authorized agents in de fending our nationallifer, is-,searcelyless_a sin, lese at all. ' The history of our -Church in all the past, utters its ye*, oiling us to,0:141.40 th . e.mestjoyal of our chime in, this fear- . ful Struggle for our nation's Rath is hed of opioes to aII beiievere . ever amore be lay in it, who ie—tho Rose of firkiprolgi - and the. 141.7 of the Valley. . • The. Presbytery of lbw Lisbon ' Met in Glasgow, Pa.; on the 21st of June. At the former - meeting, Presbytery had placed calls in. the hands of Rev—Mr. Gas ton, from the churches of Glasgow and Clarkson, each one for one:half of his min isterial labors: - On the - firatieVerting'of 'the meeting, Mr. Gaston -'signified his accept ance of the .call. from. the former i and re pressed A:desire t0..h01d.-,that- of-the,--Jatter, for future . consideration. His - request was granted; and, Were made for his installatiOn over the aongregation of Glasgow' on the next day.: At the time 43- pointed; the installition. , serviam.Weri.enn. ducted in s tl?.e folloWing tzianner. Dr. Dun-: dass,preached,the sermon .Mr.' Swan pre iided,-;prepOsed the constitutional and the, eharge'to the pea-; 14ej -Mr. Stratton' deliVered.',the- elk*: tO: the pastor; . and fathel. :Reed; - under -whose ministry the church was,:organixed; :offorell the concluding_pranr_,,,,, Dr. .IclieVaster, - our delegate to the late. General eitisseinblir, reported by letter.: - Teport , was, accepted„` : and his condi:mt. approved. . 7 11 .4 e 'oo*Mitt,ee ' - appointed the, Met tieetin , ; . Visit` reported' that they had organized a.eliureh in that.pace, tfonaisting of twentyiseven:Memberi. This. village, : situated. in Polumbiana County, on the Pittsburgh and .Cleveland Railroad, twilve miles froth Wellsville, is a flourish hig and enterprising t*.b.;•aFid it ishdped tharthe - ehtiroh - orontiied -lia it, with the Divine blessing, will, be in a short time,_ an efficient. congregation.. . Presbytery adjourned to meet in . the church of Bethel on the Tuesday `preceding the 'meeting of the Synod of Wheelingi - at four o'clock-P. M. - . . ,• - ( meow.] ' To My Closet *- • I al3l weary of this turMoil, din and strife; Am -weary of, earth's jostlitiv Selfish WAY; I api weary of my finning, of my groaning, .of my life; ' ' . - Open, closet, still and holy,. . • Open, closet, bending lowly , Let me enter; I*o.ald pray. . 0,.t0 enter.but with. Jesus where 't is still, -There to pour out unreproved:my pencup In that hush to list his praying•.-" Righteous Father keep from ill ;" Open, closet, still and. holy, Open, eloset•, bending lowly Take me where the Father hears. 'l` is s , the Holiest of Holies" shuts me in, The Sheehins.h of God's .preeenoe drawing near; And like incense clouds to wrap me is the Com forter within. Open, closet, still and holy, Open, oloiet, bending lowly Take ree—peaoe doth wait,me here. 0 the nearness, 0 the sweetness of - the plum ! Here with Tesus only lingering I stay ; He is so" near I grasp his loving hand, e'en almost see his face. Open, closet, still and holy, Open, closet, bending lowly - Let me enter; I must pray. ,/ here offered hand - I st ;a n not. ehOese 1 20 ot gregp it stays ra,,..r4t.„1.7,u),.!itwa11t.7411:11171.;.. Blessed closet, still and holy, Open quickly, bending lowly Let me enter; I must pray. FOR THE MONTHLY CONCERT. ,Illissions in China.—A. letter in the American, Presbyterian, of last week, gives some interesting information 'concerning Missions in China The writer says; " The estimated number of converts is given in round numbers. - of miss an se of Port. cries. Na.Narjr". No: of caut6n.i. axo ns. (Estimated.) 9 6 150' watow 6 . 2 100 Amoy 12 700 Fuh Chau 11 3 150 Ningpo ..... 13. • 4 soct Shnnghal 12 5 350 Hankou 2 2. 30 .... 8•80 .Chefoo 3 - 2 - 4 0 Tangohan • n 6 Piling • .410 6 • 10 Hong Kong and ad- . jaaeiit, oouniriei.:lo MI In the mainland opposite Hong Kong, which is an English colony, it is estimated that there are some 300 Converts connected with three German - missions, whose . head quarters are at Hong Kong. These are in eluded in thelast - item alieve. - Of these 11l missionaries, five or six are absent on visits to their native lands. The Wives of the missionaries are not enumera ted, nor are several - Winn arried ladies, en gaged principally in teaching. There are about 20 different Arnerinan, English. and- Continental Soeieties,engaged in the work of propagating the Gospelin China. Of the missionaries, about 5,7 are limn America, 9 are from Ger Many, and: 45 from England; Ireland and Scotland.- - There are boarding schools for the - training of youth, male or female, in the ffoctrines of ,the Christian religion, at Canton, Swatow, Fuh Chau, Ningpo and Shanghai, !Md.' day schools at most- if not all - of ports occupied missionaries. There are several flourishing out-stations and country ' churches already formed, connected with ' the missions "at Amoy, `Fuh . Cliatx, Ningpo and Shanghai, and - perhaps at one or two other ports. It would - be safe to estimate - that there are over one hundred native Christians em ployed-at the- different - •ports 'as . school tcaehisri,. or preachers,: exhorters; wiper. tenrs, so., -and about one "hundred chapels, more or less, where the Gospel is regularly preached-by the foreign missionary or his native helper. ' • ' The calefidarsays '• There are 50,000 heathen on our shores. Idol gods are worshipped in'-two heathen _temples in 'San Francisco. The Baptists, are - trying to _do. somethingfor Christ in California, and pure the.Pres byteriens. The Avast§ hails,. Created chapels for the Chinese in San - Framoisco and Sacramento, and- -have made 'converts, Some of whom haVe been licensed to preach. The :Presbyterians have ag r Ameriean mis, stonary and two Ahinese helpers!! _ , Asia Kinet—Tho itev. Dr, Weed writes ( 6 Aintab is, indeed a wonder in-ritission au :history. Last - Sabbath (April 10th) we deli - 1,10i: Periziens-- - Old woken - and grepyiarded ken, and maidens and`wives, Its well as children—in theSabbith School, i on a rainy day. ' There multi have been More thau . .l . ,p9 the . forenoort pongtega tiiM,,iirid nearly s as many in the ,afternoon 'goed I saw. Theilenier pastor, C.iikore', and' his associate,' Polat Avedia; are certainly - MU': who would be deemed remarkable anywhere. There are. thirteen young gen in the theo. logiical Sohool, of whom eight new complete their cofirse,:and "aro ".to. be preieheri."' lin Importance of Domestic Rissions.,"-The in creasing population of our country— onb ling in ..twenty-five; years; and-, spreading itself over areas only lately mentioned.= .11e most re 9 , 00, at./ 14912 / 4 .4 USIWAISAOI" For the Presbyterian Banner 440 2,500 El IA7HOLE NO. 614: emn, industrious, and earnest in our prayers to God that we, may not fail of our high privilege. The amazing emigration from Europe—in the face of civil war, and in spite ,of the warnings of the hierarchy and the Aeons appeals of hostile journals, rushing' piteous_ _to 'these shores too fast for an over crowded marine—excites :our liveliest * yrehensions and enlarges the field of Chria flan effort.' God has a purpose..in all tkis, and we can no inore,denbthis goodleis in this than aff the nem of-his, glorious admin istration—and - then the., BOA with, its dedolitione„ extinet - churches, and ruined "motile/is lieferets. • To reconstruct church= -to win` bank:with - the hind-perstrasieni of the Gospelthe•deceiYed and. the erring.; to oast,e,in thantle of Christian charity !Ivor the .. fa4t, and :bid' thegodpe43xert, bless 7, ed and infineninr lifer 'White - and lark; iher 'the foitier nMiter and his Ter: mer slave, will make demands :upon ihe ha: pmelence.of the Church unknown befere. ',or. years the Bouthrwilliie,a-mission field, i.e he diPillied-bythe'liindneenif the Roth., fteig - Ain founiftliii roes ; t o o`do vinikiti-TVirlAre is thelnifiiiitry-anointed of God for this -ervice Repdrt ejViesi 230 a-rd - :_ • Rev,D: Thomp: son, in a letter: aged, At -Yokohama; March 17 thus speaks of some lags which, haye recentlycimidto his ,knowledp„.d:.: " The facts to which I have referred 'at worthy-Of the attention of Christians kkho May-be:watching the' tokens of piogress in Japan, are the - following -First, as we learned from an article which appeare Commercial Nexus ; recently in the Japan Nexus ; and from other sources of reliable information as well;.Echizen Kann ) ; it poiverfulrnaimio whase principality ;lies near Minn°, elk the north, has taken a :de, aided Stand in' favor of unrestricted inter- course with foreign nations, and in faior Of 'progrees - giinerallY::' He- seta' fOrth and defends his views in a Paper Which mud: feats considerable ability and much liberal ity -of sentiment. This paper has been widely circulated 'among the Japanese. Eatinen no katni, it appears, expresses himself in favor of thee toleration of Chris:. tianity ; at least, he -thinks . the -danger to be apprehended from its introduction' is imaginary. He argues that if the Chris tian religion . should be eXeluded, for ihe same reason the doctrines and teacheric of Ruddliimil should have 'keen banished, as they. are equally of foreign origin." It Religions Reform.---There is much : talk a Constantinople about st• religions reforin , emended by a large number - ot •the Mus ,ulman - .population. The number varies • ally, and from fifteen hundred has, by re tort, reached as high as, forty thousand. his reform, for the present, has no con , ection with Christianity; and indeed it is ether difficult to define its real object. It is connected, with the, history QI the oran, and the interpretations of its four great commentators have had an • absolute ad arbitrary sway over all the followers '9f he great and wonderful. Prophet of Arabia'. The Koran itself has never- been printed here, but.is always sold in manuscript,•nor has it been translated, except- by the Per shins. It is in very simple language, easily it • . ; . • : • • 110.:-.1 f 4 internal" or "spiritual" meaning whiCk can only, be obtained through a teacher,- ..,;• The, present reformers now claim that the • Koran,should be printed, and so madi accessible" to every one; and . that it,should be translated and printed in Tarklah.- They are against polygamy,-in favor. of drinking wine, abolishing the fast of Ea mazan, and claim, that no man is an infidel or Gleam who believes in the Old and Nevi Teitaments, both of-which books they ita 2 cept and consider as holy. 'They have-pet titioned ler, a mosque, for, themselves, an a l to be recognised as a seet„ -The g e vernb meat has denied this request for the, preit eat, but it is supposed that the-Very high . = est dignitaries of the capital gfeatlljavor the Gifted Hearir ;My oars had been'ringing with commen: dations of this gifted preacher- and thit gifted preacher.. And :I was glad that there were such; but I could not but , think, that a, gifted ,hearer was an cadent worthy off some notice. I had not: heaid any -corn-, mendation sent in this diteetion, and could' n6t but think this Was a - -gap that ought to • be, filled:. Being acquainted:with an inter esting specimen, :I world ; say, ; • , Ist, Thathe bathe. gift : of promptness in attending : on public Worship. .He was scrupulonsly : punctual in reaching his seat at_the appointed ;time. -You might. get a oatalogue of loiterers a fathom long in that congregation; but you could not:pso this, man's name on this list Without ,breaking the ninth commandment. 'I wiab that hie : neighbors had coveted earnestly that:ex:: 'eellcnt gift. 2. But 1 4) _ had - another,: :that .of.. a. deep and earnest- attention to ' the—preacher. Some send their. eyes on errands All - - over the horse:, .They have ,•a pulpit direction now and Shen, to be sure, but ,there is not fixedness `about them. The' new ribbons and feathers, - ttud new comers, and late. ,comers, mkt' 'and:take' up their attention': and the preacher_ gets only- what is -neil :taken up by the feathers,•&c.-seems tole no more, himself or his message .either, Shan a feather to: such a hearer. Bint our, gifted friend did not belong to - this elan. He seemed to think that the preacher had something of importance to sa.y.to-him, and the _preacher was anxious. Shat_he•should; hear t 7 - 7 -very anxious -; and this made him anxious himself to hear Aud thia made him a- most - serious = aid earnest- listener ; and I should like to see the man that would deny that tiffii tittaa_an exeellentgift. •• - But he had another still more excellent:' he loved ,and practised what he,. heard. Many do not think that it la eipeeted of them that they shall carry- anything - away of: what Ailey hear. But -that -is , a groat nligtake. ___Tb4sy, _are, expected by, the', preacher:, and hy:thatauthority4naderwhieh be acts, to hide the Word of Gad•so in their hearts, that th'ey cannot. help car': tying it away,-and- cannot heli becoming wiser and betterfor-what they-hear-; sme ar° so, much =gaged in. worldly ,dreams,; *Mk at Ohara:, or,. so drowsy-,= that „the: truth can get. only to their Neats, and not, ,l ways so fat as, that _They, go home binfitras they °nixie. But 'But the hearit`noir inciny-eye,"always'brOught away:soniething, from the house of God. He. had thl3 gift. oir giving the ..truth .!30. 0904 i a wetefw, Ont . like a good angel, - W.acIoPPIPA4 , hirii home, and kindlbli . ;lll3' fire lope in his soul, and wrapped hint in'hisli*beiitS }lfni robe. ' . • everal things followirom all this': That gifted preaohersAre not the only, gifted beings in the w0r1d.... Their. endow-. mods msy bq very - valuable, - and ige *ell admire them 4 but aci - are gified i laisiei,:? endoitments, and thipare worthyit honor. And for• that.p3,usn remarlo—,l A gifts& hearer. great ; gift...oo it. preacher. :..Ho helpti*Opreashas.to r lorna of his `His' deep; Mil'4 .#l l l2 - tioni de*mit'deportmentr atittesiMcfall the holy and happy infittintii ishishAbe' THE - PRESEITERILN BAisurtEß, Publication Obi' , n7 GAZETTE BUILDING_ j 8 84 Pawl BT I VI - 83411 1 0, - ENGLIBIII-00; ADVERTISEMENT:4 tirmzN2 , IN ADPAROX. TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS, 10 CENTS A Lan for eaoh insertion. A liberal redaction to those who adTor tlee . SPECIAL NOTICES, 13 Clorti A laza, EDITORIAL NOTICES, or CARDS, on ;c and pap. 25 OBITXS • Lira. OBITILKIA'NCTICES;II . OENA a Taim. preacher's message exerts upon his heart and life / greatly 'anima.to comfort the preacher. This mates h.. a better preacher: - • .8d:: 'A gifted heareris a great gift. to .a congregatiork. He is of great use in lead ing others to be. attentive, devoul . ,. and doersof:the Word as well' s hearers. He is a living rebuke•to all the irregular, •tat'. dy, the drowsy_and the un'proftted hearers; •9 th.r. The desire to have gifted preachers Shoild have for its yoke-fellow the desire for gifted" hearers.: We 'should aim to mul tiply both Classes - as fast as we sin. Nidern NM No candid observer ` "will deny that what tood: there'll:lV be in our American. oivilizatioWis:the Voduot of Christianity Still van- he :deny that the grand mo. tives which r re working for: the elevation ankpunqoadon, of, our society; are strictly Christian. T h e' iiiiinert4ci 'energies of the Clirintian" - Chuirdf stimulated by a love that .shrinks from noLobstaele, are..all bent towar&thingteat aiweof univer s al purifioa. tion. ,These millions of sermons and exhor. tations, which area constant power for good ; these countless prayers and songs of praise on" which the-heavy laden lift their hearts above,the , temptations and the sorrows of the world, are all the product of faith in Jesus. Christ.- That which gives us pro tection by day and by night—the dwellings we live in, the clothes we wear, the bad. trident; of social order—all three are the direct offspring of Christianity. r All that distinguishes us from Pagan world—all that ,makels us what we aro, and all that atiihribitei us in the, task' of making our. selves bettii than we - are—is Christian . ; A belief in Jesus Christ - is-the very foun tain-head. of everything ~that is desirable and, praiseworthy in our civilization and this civilization is the flower of time. ,Ho.- inanity - hitl reached its noblest thrift, its gran4tib attitidei of excellence, its high , eat through the 'hairline° =of tia faith. And, now we are told, in the most kind and complacent language, that Jesus Christ was an impostor, that Christianity is a myth, and that the-Old Testament; out of which the Na comes like - the ear out - of the blade, tir the flower out of the bud, by its own august profession, is a huge batch of absurditiii, with no valid claim to our. re spectful'faith I We are told, in effect, Uri+. out Of an ingenious lie, out of a cunning delusion out; of a baseless myth, out of a systematized falsehood, has • sprung all that there is in this life worth living for—the grandest Motives of human progress in pu rity and power We are, in effect; told that by-Means-of 'a stupendous cheat, mut are trained to goodness, purified of their passions ; fitted,for an immortal , life, filled with loire toone another; that prompts' to the highestberinSmi inspired to sacrifices of life and fortune- for the public good, bred torespeet for,law and order, assisted in self-mastery, and built up into a civili zation which is.immeasurably superior to all that human nature, assisted by philoso phy and ' 'false religion, has ever dreamed of.' We areiin effecti'told all [Lis, and now we ask..rationak men what they think of it. out of whose life haii flown into i uMani y thoia pure ~ 'principles and elevating and purifying- Motives, or those who believe that a Helier; wrought theaomarvels ? all the credulous idiots that the age has produced; we know of none SO pitiable is those whoiin the full - blaze of such a civil: 'salon -as ours,- and in 'full view of tilde great; movements whese sole inspiration is Christian' love, soberly 41k of Christianity . as a myth, and its author as cheat.—pe. Haven is ,Onti, Ileaven is ours-. eurs in title • purchased' for us,_ secured to us. ` And,riot only sa—; we have:fie& our agent to-tiiko possession for. us. We have-:entrusted to him , our claim— : we claim in hint. alone--,he has re moved .every, legal bbstruotion—it can no lenger,ba contested, it is undisputed in the Court above-=he hag effected a lodgment in Our name: He hue entered heaven as One Of us, a' man-like -tie,. :Me has received of the::good, ,things,_ of; the, land, and is from 'tium.tetiine sending medown gifts of the eivietnisa'anerichness of the toil—instal. malts of that abundance which can never ;be exhausted; specimens of our treasured wealth,: samples of the fruits of tbe - trees on the banks of the river:of life. We are slo* to believe in our happiness; regard, lag whathe Bends as gifts 'simply, and not as-earnests-and assurances of that which is too exhaustless to: be transported to us, over to which, therefore, we must pass to rade. We do not think enough of the immortal flavor of these clusters from heaven.- • "-As the Israelites were slow to enter the Frbmised Land, -so are we slow to enter upon the purchased one." Faith we lick t _nnt,,heavenr,-faith to know that heav en is ottriO'faithiatlier than meetness for the inheritance; for without faith, holiness isimpossible. _ _ The Deserted Dont. That God hath withdrawn himself, and left flail his temple desolate, we have many sad and plain 'Foci& before us. The state ly ruins are visible to every eye, that bear in their-front, yet extant, this doleful in scription, "Here God once dwelt." Enctigh appears, of the admirable frame and struc ture of the soul of man, to show that the Pivitie preshilee did sometimes reside in it ;'more than enough of vicious deformity to proclaim; He is now retired and gone ; the lamps, are extinct; the altar over turned; the light and love are new van ished, which did, the ono shine with each heavenly - brightnees, the other burn with such pious fervor. The golden eand!ebtitk is displaced,• and thrown away as a uselek-s thing, to make room for the throne of the prince, of,darkness. The sacred incense, which cent rolling up in clouds its rieh p — Orfunkes'i's exchanged for a poisonous, wills-hiast:ah. The Comely order of this house is turned all into' confusion; the beauties of holiness, into noisome impuri ties ; , the house of prayer, to a den of iihieirelf,lndllt4 of take - worst, and most her hind; foi'everrltiat is a thief, and every theft' a , Wifieliige: f' continual rapine and 'rob hery is edihniitted' on holy things.—Efours's 4cving' -AMA. prayer. TftralOr le , the key ,of heaveti, and faith is the,hand that turns - it. .:We •cry, Abbe, " We cry "--there is the fervency. Father"—there is the faith. ref.< valley in prayer is-as fire -to the incense; it makes. it ascend: ° heaven as a .steect per fume. r To-induce lielievers to,pray in faith, - let, them _remember , the. bountifuluesa of G'o'd:;, he "erten.exceeds the priyers of his.: people; Hannah asked a son ; God gavo her .not. only sou, but a prophet. - Bele- raOnAaked wisdom . ; God gave him not only wisdcen,..but .riches-and, honor beside. pelb. asked that; God would give. him food and raiment-.; belt :the' Lord increased 10641 31 0 *alniliatk - - • ,Va Va
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