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Pittsburgh Presbyterian Banner (Newspaper) - November 30, 1861, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaD. My Kinnib j. All�80�s. Little David my Kinney amp co. Editors and proprietors. T be r mis in adva n c e. Single subscriptions. ,.$1.50 in clp8m, i. L ii delivered to either 0� r1 cxsi88.r.v.v.v.v.?�?~2 00 two dollars wet will Send by malt seventy number fur one Dollar thirty three numbers. In Tyshira sending us two Buty subscribers and upwards will thereby entitled to a pipe without charge. be a Oft per a Little before Tho year expires Send payments Ity a be hand or by Midi. Direct Ait tetters to David my Kinney a co. A a 1 a . Mind i Teao tie Synod of Chicago at its sessions in Stirling Illinois oct. 17th, 1861. Synod met after recess. The report on the minutes of the Gen Oral Assembly was taken from the docket f after Ottil discussion the report was adopted mein. Con., and is As follows the committee appointed to examine the minutes of the last general Assembly to1 ascertain if they contain any matters requiring the action of this Synod report that they have performed that duty and further report a 1 1st. That whereas a Sabbath hrs aking Isa great evil to those within our Bounds Dis honouring to god and to the Best interests of Man for time and eternity therefore resolved that this Synod hereby enjoin a on All its ministers Rul Irig elders and Church members a cordial Observance of the general Assembly a to the churches to secure by All a Means available the proper keeping of that sacred a Day. A a 2d, resolved that this Synod earnestly. Request of the our Hes under its Espire the strict Observance of the plan of systematic Benevolence recommended by the general Assembly at its last meeting so As to Seoi ire simultaneous collections for our respective hoards and schemes of Benevolence a resolved that the address of this Synod in reference to the duty of Christian beef id tace adopted at its last meeting and sept to the churches be again required to by read by each pastor to his con. Or cation As soon As practicable after his return to his Field of labor. 4th, resolved. That this Synod in View of the lamentable civil War which is now devastating the fairest portion of our country and shedding the Best blood of our Citi. Zens do Humble ourselves before almighty god on account of our own and our National sins beseeching him to turn away a his anger from us and restore us to the blessings of an hodbtnble1 and lasting peace a and a that we do. Hereby acknowledge and declare our obligations to promote and per 1 Etuate so far As in us lies the integrity of a these United states and to strengthen uphold and encourage the Federal govern. 3 ment in the exe Reiso of All its functions under our Noble Constitution and to this Constitution in All its provisions require of Menta and principles we profess our unabated loyalty. And to avoid All Misc on i Cep trons the Synod declare that by the a terms Federal gov emment As Here used is not meant administration a or the Plouhar opinions of any particular party but that Central administration which being at any time appointed and inaugurated according to the forms prescribed in the Constitution of the unite do states s the visible representative of Dur a a a ional existence. 5th, resolved a a that the present deploy Able civil War has been forced upon the country by the Dis unionists of the South it Ern states a Nowin arms against the constitutional government and in arms around Fiche Capitol that a in this National Etter Geney Congress and the executive banishing All feelings of Mere passion or resentment should recollect Only duty to the whole country that this War is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression by for the purpose of Conquest As Subj go Tion or for the purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of these states but to defend ind maintain the supremacy of the Constitution arid to preserve the Umoff huh All a the dignity Equality and rights 6f the several state unimpaired and that As soon As these accomplished the War ought to cease Rev. Erskine a from the committee on i Udie Ial Case ko., 2. Reported a mite Uto on s a he subject which was adopted As follows it the committee appointed to bring in a minute expressive of the mind of the Synod in refer Noeth the complain against he presbytery of Chi Fago in the Case of lev. 0. Of Kimquy. Won lds report that sifter fill and patient hearing of All the records ind the testimony m the Case and the orinal parties�?Tto1 the complaints the Synod Hile recognising the indications of cer lain a discretion and exaggerations in the conduct and statements of or. Chiniquy a s is apparent int the records of the lower court. Calling for Eaf Riest and affectionate a motion upon the part of the Presby a Ery never thele s doer adjudge that the la plaint against the decision of the pres Tery is not sustained but fully approves f their acquittal of or. Chifai Quy of the barges preferred i against him and would earnestly recommend All parties to cultivate the spirit of Charity and to Folly the things hich make for peace. The go Nimit tee Ould further recommend that the Synod Dot As the reasons for its dds Ision on each of the charges and specifications the a reasons Given by the presbytery of Chicago for their decision in this Case. A a a the Synod then adjourned to meet in Mendota on the third thursday 16th Day Bof october 1862, at 2 of look p. M. To the to Lin a elders of the Synod top Chicago dear Brethren in the lord a the Synod of Chi ago desires to address a fraternal a and Christian word of exhortation to the Ltd elders within its Bounds reminding them that this body is a convention of ministers and elders and that it is a duty of the latter As Well As of the former to attend its Quot meetings. It is with pain we annually see 5�o Small a representation of the elder ship among us. The a object for which we come together is not merely to transact ecclesiastical business but also for the spiritual a i edification of ourselves rigid the Church. We dear Brethren All need1 the sacred influence produced on our hearts by the holy Quot spirit in our social worship and inter urse and to have our spiritual strength renewed so that we May return to our peo the with increased love to our master and a al for his glory. We deem it a great Viege to assemble annually to hear what he lord is doing in our might to stir each ther up to greater Zeal and to cultivate a a Reater degree of brotherly love and we i 41 i eve the elder ship of so Many churches to absent themselves from the e meetings Synod deny themselves a High Privi a and do an injury to the churches if High they represent. We therefore earnestly exhort you dear Brethren to meet is in these holy convocations hereafter i Cpd thus encourage our hearts in the a lord. 1 pastoral letter. Nod of Chicago to the churches i Ndem it care. Dear Bra Thren a we Greet Youa Breth fun beloved composing those membets1 of r lord s visible body Over whom we Are led to exercise the office of Bishop. S ministers and,.ruling elders we Are Ith of you and Over you in the lord omitted m our annual meeting to Assem a for prayerful consideration of All the Teress of thib Section of our Zion we Dale to address you this our pastoral on a Jeet of vital import amp nce to our Well be if not our very existence a this Sec of our beloved counts. We need riot ind you that evil times have failed i our latin nor that As of consequence our interest Quot civil Anda a a pious be s his a a a a arts vol. A. No. 41. Pittsburgh. Saturday november 30, 18b1. Whole no. 479, threatened with serious injury. Our. Common country is assailed by misguided and erring Brethren who have appealed to the arbitrage it of the sword As the Means of settling the question of sectional strife a be tween the North Rand the. South. This we deeply deplore for As office bearers in the kingdom of the Prince of peace we feel that peace and not War especially civil and fratricidal War will a most directly pro Mote the vital interests of his kingdom whom we serve. Arising out of this trouble of the country you As Well As we Are aware that All the commercial interests of the same arc in difficulty and confusion. The revenues by which the increased expenses of the gov Ern ment Are do be sustained cannot longer be derived from the usual sources hence funds must be secured from the cheerful and Liberal contributions of Loyal hearts the necessities of the crisis have be Emitil to thus far it by the spontaneous and uns tinted Confidence of the sons of Liberty. In this we rejoice but Brethren the same causes which have deranged the e Means of govern i fatal support a have acted upon a the Church and Are very seriously affecting ill her interests. Not Only Are our Board of benevolent Effort greatly crippled in their operations but our feeble missionary churches Are either involved in difficulty in maintaining their organization or. Threatened with extinction. The Board of missions has Felt the pressure to such extent As to prevent her. Prompt payment of their appropriations to sustain the labourers of the gospel among these churches. You yourselves Are the witnesses of this state of things so that we need but refer to them. But in View of such facts we desire to Cali your serious and prayerful attention to the duties devolved a upon Yon if you would not willingly suffer the things concerning your spiritual welfare to fall and perish i among these let us briefly particularized 1. In View of the country s troubles we exhort you faithfully to remember her in your daily prayers in the closet and at the family altar lift up your hearts for the Blessing of our fathers god to rest upon the country and Lead her safely and triumphantly through her present conflict give your country Best prayers then give her your treasure influence and cordial support. 2. But Brethren let Sotir Devotion to1 the Church of the lord Jesus Christ he Ati least equal to that which you show to your country. What would your country be. Without the Church and her ordinances what would you and your children do if deprived of these privileges ? she needs your prayers and she needs est specially with them your Liberal and increased contributions both for the preservation of the gospel among yourselves and the Extension of her work in the conversion of the world. A few suggestions Brethren will enable you we Hope clearly to appreciate this necessity. 1. Your pastors or stated supplies Are. Ordinarily men of. I whited Means and even with the appropriations of the Board of missions have Little or. No surplus after sustaining their families. Indeed in Iri Ariy bases All that they get both from you and the Board of missions is insufficient a to cover All their expenses when therefore the Board of missions not Only reduced the amount of appropriations Twenty five a per cent., Brit defer its quarterly payments from two to three or four months after they fall Doe the difficulty is greatly increased now. If a ministers mind is harassed about the Means of obtaining bread for his family and to liquidate his debts How can he devote Quot himself with grateful and Joyful Zeal to his arduous work in your behalf nothing indeed so units a minister for his spiritual work As to have his mind distracted by pecuniary difficulty. Now As 5thffbboard of Mission has found it necessary not Only to reduce their appropriations but to defer or delay their payments it is Clear that you must either do More than you have done or Yon pastors and stated supplies must leave their work with you or toil on a in want and Quot poverty. If they leave then you Andi Yout children suffer. If they remain they labor with burdened and distracted minds and you enjoy their labors without rendering to them thata Mounton worldly support needful for them. In either Case you Are sufferers. We urge you then Bra Thren to make an immediate and enlarged Effort to meet this crisis and supplement the reduced salaries of those who labor among you in word and doctrine. You have the my ans in abundance and we Hope you will use them with a Liberal and uns tinted hand. It is a necessity Brethren and must be met. 2. The treasuries of All our boards and especially of our Board of missions need to be replenished. You hate hitherto been greatly helped by this latter Board and now in the Day of its trial it is both reasonable and necessary that you should communicate to its necessities. In coming up to the help of this boar a you but repay a debt of gratitude and while repaying this a you help others who May be less Able Chati you and in addition you make the discovery that you can do much More to sustain yourselves alone than you May have supposed. At this discovery we think you a should constantly aim. Depending Pori others for Aid tends to1 paralyse Effort and keep a you in a Bort of. Pupillage or bondage we would have you to be under god self dependent and self sustaining. Cultivate this spirit labor to help Lotf selves and a then Yori will enjoy the consciousness of a Noble Independence and at the same time have the Joy of helping others. Let not your ministering Brethren suffer and withhold not your hand from the work of an enlarged Christian Benefit ence. A we solemnly exhort and urge Yon Brethren to attempt this enlarged Effort for yourselves As Well As for others. In doing so Christ will be honoured your own usefulness and Comfort will be promoted and Many hearts will bless you. In failing Todo so you neglect a solemn duty and subject both yourselves and others to Many evils. Let your ruling elders and other prominent men make it a Point immediately to inaugurate a a method by which first your own salary shall be materially increased and secondly your contributions May be More enlarged to All the schemes of our benevolent Effort. Let each and every one give but a Little More and the great work will be done. The ministry of the gospel will be made permanent among you and your sister churches will rejoice Over your Noble Christian liberality. 3. In order that you maybe Able intelligently to appreciate both the state of orig churches and your ditties in View of. Their Pys or sorrows their reverses or their triumphs we suggest and urge upon Yog the importance of patronizing and carefully Redding some of the excellent religious periodicals of our denomination. Such a paper should be taken in every Christian family it will exert a most important and beneficial influence upon the. Children and of the family Circle it will keep you constantly informed of the character affy extent of out Christian efforts Ini behalf of the gospel and afford you constant and Active cooperation. A these things Brethren we earnestly fit Fri Fariad to 1 your Fri Telli ent piety afr d Pray you at once so to act upon them As to secure the Best and happiest results. A yours in the lord. A a a a a a a i. A Candee Moderator. A. Original i. It a hear yes the Hod and who hath appointed it.�?mi�. I 9. Brother sister All whose hearts. Bleed with sorrow sink with fear As a country a woes be mourn listen for it is god says a a hear a a a hear and learn Reauie of strife with r it hear and learn the cure of strife. Whence May Spring the Boullit for a a a upward turn those Earth bound a eyes know there is a god above dust Ward Oast your humbled souls penitence will bring my love. A a Over land and Church and state cast the glance of lioness shame see How mammon holds its Sway. Riches ply a sure a earthly Fane a a Birthright which my favor gave. Blessings scattered by my hand All on terms of ceaseless watch spurned or squandered by this land. A a whence the Yogi was poured As rain thence the Ebil too is sent turn 0 people then wiil piece restore and heat this rent a Quot Quot a d. S. L. European correspondence. Tab kist of of a Watt a at the Middle. Temple the it a rather the seen table Ani it pr0vi8r0�ib�?ospk0clati0tf and gambling in Cotton at Southern and his Pych to Sale Quot Kino co Jjon bound my. Dunlop m. P., on american affairs or. Fay a letter to the Quot time a thenard and it Issy Ksn Ayala Sis of a baking Art Jozies a and american correspondence the three cubes if the to Hiedl states deficiency. In exports and its Cawes Quot periodical uneasiness a in a Man mischief a a. New Paris pamphlet i gli30vs efenc��?�/�s�yer8a�ion8 with or Grandpierre and a French naval Gap ainu the italian press Italy a future pabs Aolia and tub Pope Quot another v Luther. A a a London nov. 2, 1861. The Prince of Wales has been this week received by the barristers of the Middle Temple toe most ancient and historic names of British Law and British jurists a arid made by them Quot an honorary member of their body. Great was thet interest awakened and multiplied the crowd at the presentation of a address in a Beautiful improvised Pavilion As Well As at the i opt Ning by the Prince of the new Law Library in the. Temple grounds a magnificent building As also at the banquets afterwards held in the Prince being present in the Fine Oldi carved Hall decked with the spoils of the Spanish Armada and1 Rich in its portraits and carved roof and Nelling. A in a the evening also there was a Large number of ladies and gentlemen at the Conversa Zione in the Library. A the Young Prince is gradually becoming a Public character. He is a considerably Fuller and taller in figure than when he visited the a United states. He reads Well a like his Mother As he proved on thurs Day in his reply to the address. He has been a diligent student of Law As Well As of military tactics besides keeping terms at both universities. We Trust that he will be All that the nation could desire and a All that his excellent parents especially that True Mother Victoria a who has educated her a children with extraordinary pains Pray for As to her eldest born. The weath or continues favourable and Beautiful thus shortening our Winter keeping Down the Price of coals and alleviating the hardships of the poor As Well As affording the finest possible seed time to the English Farmer the Price of provisions is lower than it was twelve months in the article of potatoes the reduction is �2 per ton. This valuable esculent1 has in England Well nigh escaped the blight that through wet weather fell on it in Ireland. Speculation in Cotton convulse a the Market and is the subject of a letter to the times of a Manchester citizen who is a a credibly informed that the present speculators Are Many of them ladies clergymen lawyers and others not a a regularly engaged in business who have fallen into the mania As others did in the railway mania of 1845.&Quot he adds a a the professional Cotton speculators have i am told retired from action. They know that the Bubble must burst they know that the speculation is not warranted and supported by the1 requirements of the world nor Are they Blind to the fact that the sword of Damocles hangs Over the head of the Speculator in the form of the american crop of Cotton which must sooner or later come Here. An armistice a recognition of Southern Independence by our gallic friends a few cargoes successfully run through the blockade will any of them cause an immediate collapse and Cotton which was sold last year at 5dv, a and which is now Selling at lid.,.will.As surely fall to its old value As the railway stocks did when they collapsed from their fictitious Price in 1847.�?� a a a that the emperor of the French will recognize the Independence of the South at present or Ever is i think exceedingly doubtful. Not that he. Has not Strong inducements in the terrible financial crisis that has come upon France greatly aggravated by the want of Cotton. But in this matter at least i expect he win act in entire Accord with the British government refusing to endorse any proposal to break the. Blockade and waiting the Issue of affairs. A a writer writing in the Southern interest denies that the South has met the blockade by an embargo which he says would but keep up ,.by taking away foreign ships any motive to enter the ports in spite of a Northern Fleet. The South hut preserves a a a passive resistance a by1 keeping a away from a accessible Points a Large amount of property. It is denied also that at the breaking out of this War the South Wasp prepared for a Long Campaign and that corruption a had been Practised by or. Floyd Secretary of War under president Buchanan. A a nothing like organization existed nothing could have been More unexpected than the a act of a secession to the army Aud Navy. J not single officer was addressed on the subject . Act was. Passed in the Confederate Congress securing the same rank to any officers who came Over. Powder Mills also were unknown with an insignificant the Erasmo Stock of shoes or clothing of Medicine no paper Mills to furnish a Cartridge paper. Then the writer holds out the following bait to speculators a a the South has Cotton to sell As she has had for Many years the Only difference so for As she is concerned is that one Holder has 1,200,000 Bales in his hands. I mean the government so fir a As the rest of the world is concerned there is a difficulty in obtaining that Cotton namely the prohibition of the United find to amp to any number of a a the a Patja eight Ala Anace can be dispatched to the United states. For a cd. Each copy and thatt Firaci numbers for several Quot years can be obtained on the same terms from the author1 a it a a it it states Goveri Orient Quot a any person that chooses to. Set Ati Defiance a that prohibition or to evade it can a procure Cotton to an unlimited amount lot any Cotton buyer in England offer to the conf Der to gov Era ment or to any Holder of Cotton Quot in the confederacy 6d. Per Pound it is now is. Per Pound in Liverpool i believe and he can have As much will for. If he would prefer to make his. Pay mints in blankets shoes cloths or. Medi Cibos or in almost anything in effect that it Tho South does not produce and which the Northr has heretofore had the. Monopoly a of by reason of the protective system there can be no question that sell his goods at a a As to the port of de a a Ivy Ery the South never have been carriers on the Ocean and begin now a they have no ships. They will receive the. Goods at any. Point a Ted. On. The coast or in the Interior and they will agree to deliver a he Cotton at the a same Point. The United states government forbid the proceeding the South a invites Trade a a from every nation of the Earth a who f 11 buy my Cotton v a. A1� this sufficiently indicates two things. First that the South i terribly distressed for want of War mate rim and vstill&6r a a for Money arid the sordid we pm offs of life and secondly it1 shows the skill of the Northern policy in reference to naval expedite on and the Here metical Healing up if possible of the South in there wih always brei adventurers to run or try to. A Ruri a blockade but few will a be tempted by the writer in the Southern interest to risk their specie or their a shoes a clothes &c.,�?� with such an indefinite a a Point of de �?~"3 a a pm Shch of this week has an illustration a a King Cotton bound or the modern a prometheus a the a american Eagle a preys on the liver of the giant prometheus and he chained fast exclaims a a i must writhe Quot a a giant fettered while those millions Peak and a a a a a a a -. Mills have this week been closed at rec Dale employing three thousand or. Dunlop m. A but for Greenock has been reviewing the last session of a parliament and Public affairs generally in the presence of his constituents. He was a the Legal and Lay leaders of the evangelical party in the scottish establishment before the disruption was of strength to them in that crisis and foyer since has been distinguished As a counsellor in difficulties he has been in parliament for a series of year a whig and a a a something he has preserved a very Independent position. He Speaks Seldom hut when he does speak he is listened to. It was of him a that do israeli once said a a that is the Cleverest Man sent up to the House from Scot perhaps this was said after Dun. Lopes unexpected and most annoying attack on lord Palmerston s policy and conduct in reference to t the afghan War and the injustice Dona the memory of sir Alexander Burnes. Or. Dunlop in tic course of his recent address spoke on the american crisis. The following Are his we ords a. The amx Icah looking at the e calamitous warfare now being waged among our Brethren in America ones prevailing pc eng is in the first place intense sorrow at the pro pectin of the breaking up of a great and Noble state sprung from ourselves and so reflecting Back on us some of its own glory and calculated by its almost indefinitely increasing influence and Power so largely to extend Oor language Dur re Ligion our tree institutions in do the disuse m civilization Over the. Globe Anan thei second a place it is that of in mingled sorrow and sur a prise Quot at the perverse and hostile obstinacy with which the people of. The North in regarding us. As sympathizing with the slave holding South. Now although,1 dds Holt ,1 this strange. Perversity May of later have. Affected our feelings toward them 1 believe that the peo a pie of this country when the so Uther rebellion first broke out were All but unanimous in favor a of the North. If they deemed it necessary for their interest to enforce their own Constitution a we could not but acknowledge Quot As we did heartily a acknowledge that they Hartright and Justice on1 their Side while we cordially sympathized with them on the question which Hadgi Venorise tothe discontent of the South them Enof the North however have determinedly and universally refused to believe this. I have by Etiz Gre a Tolj a puzzled to account for this l possibly they. Cannot imagine that the sympathies of a people could be so at variance with Quot Tkv in material interests and that it was i out of the Quot question that Iyre a a bold a for the love of Justice and Liberty deny our selves even for a time the advantages of Arad equate Supply of cheap Cotton or they May be a conscious that their conduct toward us in the a matter of free Trade and the a Ria tent of their hostile Morrill Tariff deserved no. Good will on our part or they May even feel that their Hesi Tating and doubtful policy on the question a of a slavery itself was Quot calculated to win our Confidence but what i own i dread still More is that their determination to deem us hostile o them Springs from a consciousness on their part a that they Are prepared in order to save the1 Union to make concessions to the South on the subject of slavery which they must know would a be denounced with Universal condemnation in Britain. Applause should this be so it Wal to deeply to be deplored and inde cd would he the Only Issue out of this sad contest which a would leave to alleviating or consoling consideration behind. I will Hope better things however for the Honor of our american Kinsmen and the cause of Liberty and whatever they May believe or disbelieve i am very confident that the great body of the people of will unfeigned by rejoice in any result which aha i a maintain unbroken the great Republic Fri the to any sacrifice of the proc Isles which triumphed at the election of president Lincoln. Or. Dunlop next adverted to a the caring of the contest on British Commeree and manufactures and concluded1 by deprecate i ing the a breaking of the blo1ckf�de,�?~�9 Vrell As a a the Dishonour of hastily a be cog firing a state whose Constitution is avowedly based on. The principle of slavery. Andy on the i righteousness Justice and duty of maintaining it As to a a sympathy with the South a the charge1 is repeated in a Long letter a which appeared yesterday in1 the times from the pen of the Hon. Theodore Fay late United states minister to confederation a who also maintains that the object of the North is the ultimate abolition of slavery. This is not the opinion of the English people otherwise the feeling of sympathy from the great religious Public a would be stronger than it is. But for my part i fondly Hope that the War will be overruled to such an Issue even though its first outburst was naturally and necessarily that of enthusiastic attachment to the Union and of resentment. Against the fort a tempter outrage on its Flag. The tory sir John a Kington has been telling a p political dinner party that the reason Why the North is keeping up the contest is a from Puri shame lest they should be obliged pro to Cally to own that jete publican institutions have failed and then other tories Rie off with a flourish of trumpets and a demand that there be no Reform Bills. Th1e a saturday ret View that panegyric upon Prince Napoleon at Bosto opis quite , with a a the recent me ires of the, his ministers which be Fry How completely the Kapo Leonui amp a of go by govera Merit Liefl sunk into if�1 minds of american statesmen a and tto it a e cd it do mat of Louis no poled and Iho coup do eat of Abraham Lincoln in to Hgt forcible Laturo Are precisely1-on similar list i heed Abd improved ground a that they4aeditated> using their Regis Latke Powers. For to re Rieher Alia on/4a a a it r Tion of sustaining the government by a rigorous prosecution of the War the North very nearly a unit a adds that a a from a his Point opinion diverges in three is the Garrison an abolition is school which would throw the go Istir tuition to. The winds and would have the government to proclaim Universal Liberty and some of them also Are ready a a to put arms into the hands of the slaves that a they might enforce their rights at the Point of a the result of Quot this says the dash news would be a a an entire upheaval of society and a revolution of the most Radical he then proceeds to notice the other two parties those who while they a love Liberty Are also attached to existing Republican institutions who would bring about a change through the legitimate action of fhe Constitution. And think that All this a generation can do is to Check the expansion �?~of1 sly very and that to attempt More would be to plunge them into All the horrors of political and social revolution and peril a the existence of society. This is sit Ion of the Republican party. Upon this ground or. Lincoln was elected and such is his present the writer then proceeds As follows a the third class Are those who Dove the Union Wajih a lid a tenacity of traditional instinct or the passion of a deep patriotic National sentiment. A these Are stronger than the Mere Lovo of Universal Liberty. Among these will a found the most conservative and wealthy. This class has been inclined a to �?Tyield1 to the South to a save the Union and has grown up with a certain traditional respect for the institution of. Slavery. Not having a deep loathing of it they would tolerate its a Xis Tenee and live with it on terms of Compromise. In the late arrangement of parties a this a class almost to v Man was opposed to the a republicans. A. Now As the South in its organized rebellion is fighting Fot slavery it enlists the Active opposition of the abolitionists is it has. Struck at the Constitution and Republican institutions it has awakened the determined antagonism of the second Ahdas it threatens the Union it arrays against to the third class. Hence the first1 gun against the National Flag United the North against the common foe. But As the War progresses new questions arise. As the South is much More formidable than was at first sup pm seed and the feels use their slaves for the purposes of War the inquiry arises shall we riot strike the foe in his vulnerable Point again what shall a he done with the slaves of rebel Mas term to the stars and stripes for Protection ? Gan men who Are in open warfare against Tho Constitution claim the authority arid Aid of this very Constitution does not the feet of men being in open rebellion place them on the same footing As Quot an enemy arid therefore make their. Slaves Centra bad furthermore do not the exigencies of. Military necessity demand that we1 should carry out the plan indicated by the or defamation of gun. Fremont ? a 1. Al these questions involve the relation a Between the War and slavery and upon this opinion a has Rio t yet re ached a definite form. For this reason the Federal government and Pohtio cans Lirou ghost the North Are inclined to suspend a decision. This is. The position of the Cabinet and the action of the convention at Worcester. They Are not prepared to coincide with the speech of or Sumner or the acts of Gen Fremont but regard them As premature because Public sentiment is Mot yet prepared for such a bold . When a if Ever the people will be ready a for this depends on the course of events. A a a such very valuable in reference to the enlightenment of Public opinion in this country. The a a course of events is under the control of the provi Den be of a a god Only Wise a the just and Beneficent one. The Issue we. Trust will be to his glory and to the enlarged purity peace and Prosperity of United millions meanwhile a a a shall there be evil in the City and Quot the lord hath not done it a and if gods True people on both sides of the Atlantic continue fervent in prayer and Humble add. Contrite in spirit May he riot do marvellous things and that speedily which we know not and of. A deficiency is. Declared in our exports of nearly eight millions Sterling during the last nine1 months. The falling off in the last month had increased from 7fto nearly 18 per cent., a As compared with the september of 1860. Thus to. Speak More definitely there is a decrease of a million and a half in out exports of Cotton our woolens and i hens each declines to the extent of a Quarter of a million and metals have sunk rather More than the same amount. A succession of years Prosperity is thus suddenly broken. The american crisis accounts for it All in other matters than Cotton yarn and cottons�?in1 woolens and Silks in hardware and metals we have not gone backward but rather have advanced in the september returns More in 1860 than in 1861. To us the War has been a a Quot startling Cheek a a but alas As a Public writer expresses it a the consequences of War have been it to the ports of America almost the annihilation of Well on the Back of comes a the Vej Rodical Xenia amp iness which begins with the a gloomy frontal of november and culminates pm the Kif st Day of the new year in France. And so it is now apprehended that the emperor Means mischief that while he Isi conciliating the Pope and rejecting the proposals of the italian Cabinet he is doing his Best to detach Prussia from England and excite French popular jealousy against this country. A a new pamphlet has just appeared at Paris entitled a a England Austria and the interviews at co Peigne a marked by great bitterness. India Egypt and Turkey sup a ply a portion of the text and the isthmus of Suez Aden a a the Gibraltar of the redi sea a Perim and Lagos in Africa Are it seems. Further items in the terrible accounts which we have to Settle. The writer assumes that1 the King of Prussia has a a to a Grompe intae a been a a Givi Tigi the preference to the French Alliance which will be profitable to him Over the English Alliance which will never be profitable but to when at the�?~house1 of1 Madame de Stael near Geneva i met at her table her Nephew who is the Captain of a French frigate and who resides on Board his ship and on Shore at the famous slip Bui Dirig depot. He is a Man full of Christian Light and love and Quot when about to1 depart he seized my i hand affectionately and said in refer hence to the probabilities of War a i May be obliged to fight against you some Day but it will not be with my heart this issues , Ere Long. The emperor has recently so organized his Fleet add marines As Ito have ships ready very quickly. Never ithe Lebs i / firmly believe that in the end British tars will win the Day. Monsies err Guizot who some months a ago advocated the temporal Power of the Pope As necessary to order and civilization to the great scandal of Earnest French protestants and who is tainted with All his a moral excellence and mental Power a with a morbid tor ism which endorses Power and authority however exercise from a horror arid of a or a of revolution v this eminent person has published a recent work Quot in defence j of the. Position which he so prominently i a sum a at a French protestant meeting and against which ast know from personal conversation with the Rev or. A grand pie re of Paris Strong although courteous protests Vamp re made both in speech arid in Gas f a a the rims off this country did a not know whether to laugh or so angry at pm. A Guizot a advocacy of the Tein poral Power of the Pope. The fish Pumari they say is atm or in the Gife at do Otris in a ire than either the philosopher or the protestant Christian and yet there seems a most stubborn determination in this country to keep the religious principle scrupulously apart from the political question. The Church they say must be As fully emancipated As the country itself stripped of its a Temporali ties unable to rely on any Aid from a the secular Arm a the papacy will have to stand on its own legs to ground its1 Ascendancy on Mere Power of persuasion. This the italians flatter themselves May per Force Lead to vital reforms but need not give Rise to schisms and heresies against any danger of the latter evils the nation is guarded by the utter indifference to the a spiritual death a Ofha very vast number of the thinking classes what a Melati Choly a safeguard a we May Well exclaim against a schisms and heresies a i. E., is with those a lib use the words is meant protestantism but let us hear the writer and interpreter of italian politicians still further a a Italy they say May never become the Field for theological controversy to the end of time. It never was in the worst of Ages. Italian dissenters even in the Days of Ehino Eicr Martyr and the Socini had to Cross the a los if they wanted to find disciples and of course they had to do so that is if they had escaped those inquisitorial fires and dungeons by which the rising reformation was put Down in Italy. Did these people never hear of Savan Orala or of those eminent a a schismatics a of whose names doctor Mccrie the elder has told us in one of his famous books of reformation history. The writer from turin1 further adds a a Passaglia and liver one Are greeted in Italy As political agitators ,to raise the Banner , they would be hissed As quacks and very Likely but is not the Pope himself afraid of something heretical coming a of Quot the Abby a saws attack a on the temporal Power ? in the. Presence of the jesuits to whose a a company Passaglia had belonged Cardinal by no Aby said a a if you renounce the Honor of belonging to the company you Wil fall into misfortune and be a most disinterested Cardinal he Points out. To Passaglia that the loss will be All and altogether and Only his own but let us follow the Abby into the presence of the holy father and listen a a Carle Passaglia do you believe the vicar of Jesus Christ and his word a a a , holy father a quoth the Monk a a How can you doubt my respect and submission a but the Pope insisted and repeated the question and then added , if you do i Tell you that you Are swayed by the Demon of Pride and. If you do not a promptly seek a remedy in humility a Blind submission to authority such As was demanded by Leo Xvi. Of the Monk of Erfurt a Yow will live and die another a a we must not be too sanguine about Italy nor expect a that among a people Over whom1 i Nide hey and superstition have held so enduring a Sway that there will be a National movement toward the gospel for a Long time. But meanwhile first fruits are1 being gathered breaches Are being made in what appeared an impregnable fortress religious Liberty is established widely in spite of and to the terror of the Pope and1 his intr melons. M. Meille the Waldensian pastor in his excellent address at the Geneya conference gave these views prominently while yet speaking most Cheerin Gly both As to the. Present and the future.1 a a a w. T for Tho Presb Tenan Danner. Parnassus congregation. We were not Long since As we thought opposed to burdening newspapers and troubling their editors with accounts of1 donation visits and the like a but for three years we have experienced so much kindness from our kind people that we have1 been filled to the brim with thankfulness and now contrary to our former views of propriety we seek our feeble expression of it through your paper which we All love to read. With a faithfully paid salary we have always had reason to be Content but this is not the cause of a our gratitude for the salary is a due by reason of a fair bargain. Some congregations do not what they Promise but Parnassus congregation does a every cent of it and much More besides. We have never received a donation visit from the congregation a but what is far better we have been receivers of daily favors from the. People. To mention All the items which they have at different times Given to the pastor and his family would fill1 your paper but if Vou have Auy room you May mention. Oats Bay Corn pasture and All sorts of table luxuries together with a variety of wearable including bedclothes1 at one time an entire Fine suit for the pastor at another an excellent overcoat at another a. Valuable dress for Bis wife not forgetting the Little ones &c., amp. And finally even in Tho midst of these hard times a Grover amp Baker sewing machine and comprehensively a what not Quot a we do not forget the author of every Good and perfect. His hand is in it All. We will Ever bless his name and forget his people Here the sanctified medium through which these Good things have come Down to us. A the lord bless them All in their persons their families their relations their a a Basket and store a and in their souls and make the unworthy receivers of his and their favors faithful in All things. D. W. Town Send and lady. A Tes presbyterian Banner publication a ujilding9, is fifth sr., i Lisboa Qixia. A South Wiur Pool i a do few unset Tell its a a. A. A a a us i a a do in Ohan after t4,0oqah line additional 88 cd not Abi Milinov Nigado ii there Tref a a a a a is so so of tis linear David my Kinney pc a a proprietors asst for tic Tinor Synod of of the state a although not favored during the past year with any special Awakening or revival of gods work among us there has been and is an encouraging state of things m nearly All the �?Tchurches1 belonging to our body. Nearly All Are favored with the regular a preaching of the word. The ordinances of the gospel have been administered. And most of the churches have re be Ivy d acres inns to their numbers. The congregations Are reported As being Tes pee table in numbers regular and respectful in attendance. Weekly.1 prayer meetings Are maintained except in places where the congregation is so scattered As to Render it impracticable. Seasons of thanksgiving humiliation and prayer have been Oli serve de in accordance with the recommendation of the general Assembly and the proclamation of the civil authorities. R Sabbath schools Are sustained a by All the churches that a have reported. In some the use of the Shorter catechism has a been attended jew the marked results numbers haying committed it to memory. A Quot few of the Sabbath so oops have contrib died to the Drisin a Ghi Irolia it st. Anne Somri have been a in putting into practice pleasures of systematic Bege Vience and it is hoped that the. Practice i 11,be More generally al Optea. It is to be. Deplored that the Cottri Futina of our be Ufa fies for benevolent putpd9es,&Quot ar�1 so Irreg Ilar an d insufficient. This evil is a Felt hand acknowledged with such regret that Zeal Ris in Kindred and. Measures Are already put in operation for its removal. That borne of orig Quot a lurches Quot Fravel adopted in Plab the Marcic contributions with entire Success and that others Are moving in the right direction Are facts that encourage the Hope of better things. These facts also indicate that the time has fully coins wherein severe chastisement from the hand of god May be dreaded by those churches a Jho in a time like this persevere Rigby withhold their contributions. We fear that such Chris a Hes May be smitten with or Rechess and be useful Only in showing that a a there is Fiat a withhold eth More than is meet and it ten Deth to a a. In those of our Eure he Ihori piously affected by the War excitement q of things has now succeeded. The labors of our Brethren among the soldiers have been received respectfully Rind favourable results have followed by which we should be encouraged to preach Quot the word in s Eason and out of season sowing beside All Waters the seeds of eternal life. Notwithstanding the opposition encountered and the a dark Ness that had gathered around us we have great reason to express on thanks of be great head of the Church for his watchful care Over the churches and their officers during the Jear now ended for the my mire of tie spirit vouchsafed for the peace find Fellowship we have enjoyed among Erich other and for the divers blessings that have attended our Humble efforts in his cause. I i a a ,. For the presbyterian Banner. A Church dedicated. _ the new presbyterian Henreh edifice at Canton Pennsylvania was dedicated on wednesday morning,-6th inst., with appropriate services to the Triune god. There. Julius Foster of Towanda pa., preached the dedication Sermon a from Haggai ii 9 and the Rev. Camp offered 1 the dedicatory prayer. A a an Appeal was then made a by Bro. Foster and the members. Of the Church arid congregation came Forward and contributed some $145 on the spot enough As was then Quot supposed to Clear the Church of debt. The timely1 appropriation from the Board of Church Extension will cover the bal Lance and enable us to Complete the House according to our a purpose but not to furnish it with suitable lamps Boll cushions and Melodeon. But As god has prospered us so greatly beyond our expectations As to enable us to build this1 Beautiful and commodious House of worship a even in troublous times we Hope _ to succeed in some Quot Way in furnishing our House of Wor ship with1-these necessary fixtures. 1 the Rev. W. Simonton of Williamsport a. Who had been providentially detained arrived in time to preach in the evening. All the services of the Day were truly solemn appropriate and edifying. Notwithstanding the i clemency of the weather we bad Good and attentive congregations and Frast that a a the Good had of our god was upon we would take this Opportunity to express our grateful acknowledgement to the friends in Troy and new a Ork who have contributed toward the in Terpse and also to the american Bible. Society for the donation of a Beautiful copy of the Bible for the pulpit and fifty testaments to the presbyterian Board of publication for a donation of fifty hymn books for the pews. . A for the presbyterian Banner. Inward proof. A a How do you know that the Bible is try be a said a cautious septic to a Plain Farmers who was an exemplary Christian. A a i know that it is True in the same Way that i know that water quenches thirst a said the Farmer. A a you know that water quenches thirst because you have tried in you can to try the Bible in that Way you can neither eat it nor. Drink it.�?�. A a you Are a Little too fast. I have tried the Bible and find that it is meat and a drink to my soul a a no one can understand what you mean when you talk i that the septic was not inclined to continue the conversation. A a a 1 a. A the Farmer mentioned above has no acquaintance with evidences of christianity As they Are treated in books. His firm conviction of the truth of the Bible rested upon �inward1 proof. What is a the nature of that proof is it a conviction for which no reason can he Given certainly not. The conviction rests upon an experience of the effects of the Bible upon the soul. Suppose it is affirmed that a a certain Medicine will cure a particular disease. There Are two ways in. Which we May Bei convinced of the truth of that operation. We May examine the testimony that is furnished in support of it and that to a Timony May be so Clear and abundant As to produce Complete conviction in our minds. We May have the disease ourselves and May take Medicine. If we recover from the disease and if it is Clear that our recovery was owing to the Medicine then we know from experience that the assertion is like manner men know from experience that the Bible is True. They have Felt its effects upon their souls. The Plain unread Christian has therefore a right to say he knows that the Bible is True Christian knowledge. A. Some know Only to know. 1 some know to be known. A some know to practice what they know. A a now to know Only to know�?thats4s curiosity. To Khaow to be known that is vain -gloryi1 a but to know to practice a what we know in that is gospel duty. This shows a Man a Complete Christian j the other without this shows a Man to be Only almost a Christian. A question for every one. Al Reader whoever Thorn Art or where yer a throughout the Wincie world these a one shall meet thine Eye one thing is certain that thou Art either among the saved of the. Lost a among a the Tares or of . To which do you belong if the Jast Trump were to night to sound if a a the Harvest a which is a a the end of the world a were indeed to arrive now if the great Husbandman said to the Angel reapers a a gather up the Tares and by Ted them a Imp Vadles to Burn them a but gather my wheat into my barn a a would among or among ? think question Reader Bonder it. If Jap Haye at talents Industry win improve thei 3�%if moderate abilities m-�?odu8trywiliib off Ipuy their do Fiche to Dies not in a is Denlow ill do Rte Ted Law Bor Rio if ing is Ever to bib Attar is do it. I it shows the Power of Ghrist Sbin of when it Iris an flour of trouble wife i it Cap make Happy ii sickness a poverty persecution audd _ j j Noa a

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