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THE STANDARD.

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man can understanding!y, and in good faith, adopt our Confession of Faith, and at the same time hold

and preach a general atonement.

But many

mediatoral work of the Redeemer had respect to ' sequently his own Bufferings would never be a the one covenant, and what to the other! Until satisfaction to law they never would meet the this inauirv be answered, we shall believe there : claims of divine justice. As it regards hin-iclf or

c r .1. . 1 . e . i .i i t .

nre: iium me cuiiueiiiiiauou oi t:ie law, me i eniiiiea, I p.rsr.vTF.p.t.wrsM the Truly Primitive and A-

nitent, believing sinner

ra!

and

. . , . . i i i . i , . c - i i : l : .. . l , :.. . i . .i .

nement men have come into our conned t j was out one covenant; ana tne tianuaiuB ui uui ; ms own wimj, cue w a ick JVp introduced ?nonr us methods of ex- church speak of but one covenant of grace, made ; L therefore proceed to examine the evi-

planation, forms of expression, and a phraseology j with Christ as the Head and rtepresentativ e oi me dence ofthe fact that what the sinner is unable foreiirn from the spirit and letter of our standards. elect, the object of which was the redemption of tQ Jo for hin;5df Chnst as a surc,y has done for If bv his obedience and death did fully j his people. And those who maintain that there ' himthat by ,he obedience and death ofthe Savi-

discharge the debt of all those that are justified, a covenant oi reuempuoii Uih,u u... our the clahlis 0f divine justice are met, satisfied

il. POSTOI.lrAL l CNSriTLTION OF THE C'lIfRCH OfCURIIT; by

.uili.i.k, i.r. j ot rnncetfm; and the second is entitled, The Qc.M.irie ation-s and Duties of Ktuxs Eltl 'tether a man may marry (he litter of hit deceased i ieks; by the Rev. William .V. Envies. Ibid, wife? The commencement of an answer to this! Death by Fieczing. Mr. John Miller, aired fifty-five, wat question by the former Editor of the Standard, has bX:? "'" " h,""e " been received, and will be inserted next week. j jre y,oat. The Baltimore ire host it i, found, can mnks ; her w ay through 7 inch-s thick. Dy means 0f this inven-

Uri'ER Wabash College This is a Manual La- !,",rtKW of 11,8 c,t ,s 'P' J buUnes. i, Mill ch n i cd on

and chef make a proper, real, and full satisfaction j should not profess to adhere to the standards ofthe canceed and that by the applicatioa of his j bor Institution, located in Crawfordsville, in this fW quc,:slrer.-Tltm ha5 llc,,r, to nr knowle,, to his Father', justice in their behalf;" and if, "By j Presbyterian church. In our next, we design to ! satisfoction t0 the bclievin'e penitent sinner, such I State, near the head waters ot the W abash. The j b" his perfect obedience and sacrif.ee of himself, j give some turther extracts from Mr. W.M confes- phced in the y relation t0 his j Her. W Baldwin, oi Now ork City, has 1; "'irS-; which ho. through the Eternal Spirit, once offer- j sioa of faith, on the articles of original sin and im- I o(rended Sovereign as if he had never trans- I recen,ly bcen e,ec,ed Pres,dent- 11,8 acc?Ptance I :'w d'8 an i . cong(aled and imm-

ed u- unto CoJ, hath fully satisfied the justice of: putation.

hi Father, and purchased r.otonlv reconciliation, i but a:i cverlasttr.s inheritance in the kingdom of; Heaven, for a'.l those whom his Father hath given i to him,"" see Con. Faith, chap. xi. sec. 5. no in- j "onuttv of man can make the atonement gerieral, in cons'.-toncv with this language ot our Conies-'; fion on this sulject. There is, therefore, an essential diiler.-noo between those ministers ofthe Pres1 vtvrian Church who hold these two systems of d'tinHc ani! i'ldtutite atonement. We say the dif- . tVrencf is essential, because it changes the very na

tatorial work, for it the atone

A Member of the Presbytery of Ixdiaxatolis.

grossed. On the truth of this proposhion depends the salvation of men.

is considered almost certain.

Society of Inquiry, Miami University.--

For the Standard. THE ATONEMENT. Xo. II.

re ot

s m

The first evidence of this truth, to which I ' would invite the careful attention ofthe reader, is found, Gal. 3-13, "Christ hath redeemed us from

We are now perhaps prepared to enter moreim- the curse of the law, being made a curse for us;"'

mediately on the leading object had in view in this for it is written, cursed is every one that hangeth ! a cony of our paper

investigation, viz: That the sutTerings f Christ were on a tree. in the preceding context, the apostle a covering of sin in the sense of a l(gal tntisfaclion for contemplates all men as under the law; and havit, by ichirh the guilt of sin, or the sinners liability to ing transgressed, as under the curse of the law;

penal justice it removed or taken away. and then declares that Christ has redeemed leliev- j who purpose doing it, will please transmit their

Preliminary to the scriptural proof of this posi- trs 110,11 tlie curse under which they were, being names to the ollice of the Presbyterian without de

i Coll Weather. The vmeiable Mosn Rmwn, of Provij deuce, l. I. now in m '.Wt!i veru, Hairs in a note to the edc ,1.. 1 : i. i .....

on

my yrar.

t l r c rl; j e havinT e.-uil rr f-rence to a'l non, tne carenu reauer is i equesxeu 10 oo.-er e i ,j "- .v.v, u..va vi.i.uiuiv hi, as 1115 imnmcu iu inuirai mc .ui snu lean- ' "p. ,a iu;ce'- not 0 cati-fied taat sin is called a debt in scripture, because by it, word katara, here rendered curse, says it signifies j tnony with all the signatures in a pamphlet form, J ..... . . . . tt,. sinner rnTiips im.tor s.n nhl itrntinn t.t ne.in I ln,n E)U n islimeil t . The t'dain reading then is this- n!i,,nl Ihr mitl.t'f nf the iirr.tr nt mmi.'l .

?. ,?.-.'.t nt sinners so fu 'v disc, hanred. bv the ... ' i J '

, , . n. . , , . . , De'it in scripture is a term which signifies obliza- "iimi uam reueeineu u 110m iucMnitmcnr ot tin ; t till i; ';':) ot t.ir:t, 1 ut t i n .uiict . . . 1,,,- -Kti,.-.r ; law: hemnr mai e tlie niiimimr nl hir nc Pnms 1

tV 01 t!ie ItLW UI IVtllU, ft 111U111 i. I- T. II If J I , fL L (t 1 . . iil'.il n-i ,i . , .,,,1 , ,.-1, t .1 . n 1 - .1 , : l. if

!,n. man or penal. 1 111s win appear irom a caretui ex- n.it im, mv "-'"j u-.uu-i uiu

ner th

.i.arut exact

i'

cheerfully COliiply With the request of the young : 5th inst. v;i prater than iv.ui been fell for the last th

hrr-thvon rnmnnsinrr tin". a!.r.ri:.tinn . an,f in tmntf 1 which period he has been a rnhir olWfn.f the

1 D 1 1 Waliier. On tnat ilav h.i theriMiwiiei..,. .u,n.l ... 1 1 .'

behm zero. The lowest ;'ni.,t io hi, h the inen u.y ha I s!n.k (inii'i; any winter since I 0.", was 11 iigiee below z to. ' A reio:'i n has pa-s.-d the G '(..gia I.e-isbifre, ivi, g 5.. 0K) lor the e.lueatioti ' I the iieiil'an l domb i.f that .-tat.-, T111.I appmpriaimg ;I0,IJ 0 lor the . rectioa of a So nhem Avylun, as toon as am h s, than l 01:1. r Stalt s hiiU unite in th'.- project. Gallantry the Vermont Isji.daturr. Among th laws pas-edatihe law M-io oi the I.t gislalnre of riom .t, w ak one exentj tm f unk-s f,o 11 Inhiiity to ioipii-onn.eot for debt. Dr. lirownke's Lclt:rs. )r.l),imuWeU Letters 111 the Roman Catholic Co..ti.iv,-iv, are now puh.is'.ied. 1 hey form a wjluine ot ;,7.) pai-s, large octa .o, wuh a portrait. A countryman, rea.iin- a newspaper in Uanio!j,-h, (Te.in.)

' "io ii.-i mi.im tor it, as tt was a giajtl pa CARLISLE CllURCH, PkCSBYTERT OF EbF.NKZER. l"'r-? . , ys' I .e run. tiyman, ll like it, r; ,;.

hut-, D.it 1 niink li's a lllti.E too cos.l.i." 'Vim U a ,,e

of rendering them tome assistance in the good

cause in which they have engaged, send them a

Act cV Testimony. Upwards of 350 Ministers and 1,500 Elders have signed this document. All

roai ' mise

f ir whom Chr;t

atiu whos

1

! n

hu

own ho-.iv on the tree

fchciie is as repugnant to the strict pnnci

Mi-;ec

stan

vieh a ami nation oi the original words, opheilo, ophedttes, der; it is this that it requires as a satisfaction for ,!. of ophcikma, rendered to owe, a debtor, debts. Ophii- in; to it the sinner is obligated , and it is from this

j . i,. . . r-i, .j., ; ..- i. i .

:s . ,i ,,t,,.r and mc-aniii'T of our '"c 'gnmes aaeiior, in a pecuniary sense. .Matt. "i ciiii-ucuitiiis iiini,w'-(miut iiiti-sfra,

:s. This is rertainlv a nw th(nl"su in the

ind with it. new modes of eul-- in icom. i-n, it signiiies a moral otMigation imi", ju-uiiini ruiii5iiiiii-ni ;i suumi- ij3 Mav 27 18.34.

At a regular meeting of the .Session, the Act and Testimony being under consideration, it was, on motion,

Resolves. That this Session do cordially approve

18-24, -The debtor opheiletes, often thousand tal- or which certainly is the plain and obvious mean- i ACt ana iof iin.onj , cuaw,, u,, ami s.srn- ' ' 1 nv enrprn Minister: sin I- .iiria in ' h -n .1 L

r;an cimrcn. a;

fi-:.ion t -.1

resuhins from self consecration. "I am a debtor tute lor him. In this way the sinner is freed from

1 1

1, to show

mercy to the

of the sinner is lif; he owes this to offended justice. Under such obligation he is held fast he is the prisoner of divine justice; but he is here represented as freed from that state, by his substitute having given the legal consideration required,

secure. 1 t;on to a

cut-, red as surety A weal n to deel

illustration have beoonv extreme

Niuv. fr are we from believing opheihUs, both to the Greeks and Larbarians, to the

wise and to the unwise." The word epheilema according to Robinson, signifies something justlv due in a legal sense, and he refers us to Rom. 14. the reward is not reckoned of grace but of debt."' lie tells us again that it signifies "delinquency or fault" and refers us to 3Iat. C-l-2, "and forgive us our debts, ophhitmata. Ophiilttts signit;e th--. d-dinmient; ophielcma, the deli nil uenc v.

or rather the k-jral obiisdtion enacted lv delinuuen- 111111 110111 tt:0 obligation, so t nnst as a sulstituie,

cy. It is needles to produce evidence to prove '. 1S lltre represented as freeing the sinner from the that the verb opheilo signifies to owe in a pecunia- ' ronaI claims of law, , by suffering the penally

iose for whom the tl-.ssed Redeemer ry sense. It signifies also, to be bound in a moral : 'tie pumsnmnt lor him, or in Ins stead. Ihe claim

sense to the performance of any duty as where it 15 cancelled, rendered null or covered, in the same is rendered ought. Luke 17-10. These thino-s way that a pecuniary claim is cancelled, renilercd

,v-..,,,-.ru V" '. . as a jti-t 'i

: it we li- iieve me.cv witnaohien trom

a be;;. . r would ! inconristent with ju.-tice. For the Icstowmer.: of mr-rcv, pardon, ?.nd eternal life upon th- ! ''.' ver. is as ready an act of justice to t:,.? Loii Jfstis Ciirist, who has fu'.iv d:sc!iarsred the J... !; vet's do'- t, as it is an act of srraee to the I r-livver h::;.s-lf. The aont-nic-nt has not in rely

of me-rcv to the believer, but it has

the obligation, it having been met, covered, or sat- and Testimony as our own, and pledge our firm isfied bv the sufferings of Christ. The forfeiture j adherence to th- principles therein contained.

Mgned, fA-ii.. waliiU, i

Llders.

name lor a newspaper. 'Ihe tinaecial situation nf Ii mois is de-crii)e 1 as Sabririn" under a cm.Mimi.ig paraixsi. The ex, enesef tue exe uti-. s department nf (he n lent ha-, e heen 7(l,l)l)i); of t '.e hi(hcial j.1 Is ,0,1); ml ofthe legislature .tl,0 i), large extia sums lor various purposes. In the year there were 71.000 boshels of Sail manu-f-iet..r..fl .... - 1- C';.... I' I" f

ZA.ltcM, That we do hereby adopt that Act i ,9 wi I -.J:,

. 7 - - -, - ,

wnmn ttie last tour years, ol 1 IhJ h;.sheis in the 8nniil niannfacn re of the ar licit-. Cumin inu calth. D'lau nrc. The Hon. .Toh.i M. I layton hss been re-elccf-ei I nited Stases Senator, f..-r th co-i-tiioiional term of six years, from the 4th of .Maich next. Tlie xota was at ful!ovs: Cliiyton, -JO ; liayard, 10 .'(). JuJgc D nnll. The National Inn i'.iencrr of Fiirlay sar Ti.e venerahle J u 'ge Duvall lias lesined his seat on to hem-h of ths Sot-remc Cot.it of the I ni;ed Sla:e ! R,...er

viz. life tor Itle. As tue surety s meeting the chum II seems to he a lime ot scarcity through Inn : ll. '1 aney, of .Maiyian.i, is u'n!-rsu;o-l to hae oeen nommiiheld against the o: initial debtor would discharge ! country, not only of fruit, hut of many ot!i-r things : ,e 1 10 s-,''' iy tae rresidjut of tl-.e dated States ye-ter-

i o-itli tvlio-li finr I1111I ll.'B iirnicl v taen'e: vofriti- ll" - ' l" ' tw i,ll'i-

stAir. ni'rr?

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LEWIS II. ARNOLD, ) l'roin the Pittsburgh C.nii-tian Herald. v.HE.Nti: ro'ir. ir.vm timj-.s?

uoo

.:cition 01 the

-ssinss ot sal a-

b!t s and even water, thai were once so cheap .end abundant. Is there a cmse for all this? Tell ihe people, Mr. Editor, what we should do in such

that "There is not a single

m the whole book of Confession, where r ed that the atonement in its original ap-

to any number

the

.-: : i t v i- - Ot' !l

.essarilv contin e d

ought ye to have done;" and Jin 13-14. "ve nu!1 or covered, by the payment ofthe sum reought to wash one another? feet." In these cases ' 1'l'ed. The sinner in point of law, by the acit is used to sisnifv what isreouired bv law or rlu- 1 counting of the satisfaction, is placed in the same

is iiiiEi bmsuase on t

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n-i.t-n .1

it is ova of pi -- on. yet

e ry - i v e .

tin warrant ah. For though

SU!i In

ty in ge neral. It expresses too, the state of an individual, who is delinquent as to his moral obligation and denotes his consequent guilt or liability to

sition is not contained in penal suffering, because it is the root from which thing inte nd--d to be do- the preceding words are derived. The trancressVii that the atonement is or is under a penal obligation to law this obliea-

situation as if the obligation had never heed crea

ted. We find another passage to the same effect, 2 Cor. 5-21, "For he hath made Him to be sin for us who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of Cod in him." Christ who knew no sin, that is, who was not personally a sinner,

I: is confined to those who;: t o Christ to those to whom

WCt' t: lie

ua'.iv communicate the same" to those who justice. r. "to be his seed end to be bv him in ( ) Tl.s re.nlur is also requested to observe, that

;,e re.;- ', rued, called, justified, and sanctified, the obligation created by transgression, is to death, d cl-v!?..- ." To such, indeed, it is not necessa- ' The wages of sin is death. In the dav thou y tor.-iiiel. Cod does not act from necessity in eatest thereof, thou shah surely die. Cursed iseve.isrensrttir.ns- of his grace, lint to such it is ery one that continueth not in all things which are

nh r!a.tf;i if ft no ui .vr.-f t.

dly confined. To speak ' written in the book ofthe law to do the

m.

m tav

2!;t

truth

ticu'arnuf.ber an.I C'1;;CS of men. "on is the nature of his delinquency or default. I M'ho was not personally under obligation to penal

h" Fa"Vr--rhath "iven All irai vidims are- auuiagou 10 eacn otner, nav- 1 ""J "- "-"u"-"' he doth certain lv and ing their foundation in ths same grand principle. ! we Ulight be made the righteousness f God in him."'

righteousness is that which comes up to will; legal righttiMt.-uiess is that which comes up to the claims of divine will; but how couid Christ be a divine righteousness for us, only as his death and sufferings met the penal claims ofthe divine law? only as they were a strict satisfaction to penal justice! The man who meets the moral claims of law-

is righteous. Adam was righteous in this sense until he took of the forbidden fruit. The moral

I claims of law were all the claims that had an exis

tence, and while he rendered the strict obedience required, he was righteous. But the moment he transgressed, anew claim obtained existence, and the man was under obligation to penal obedience; an obedience, which we have seen, he was utterly unable to render, and of course he could not be righteous bv Ins own obedience. This obedience

Christ rendered, for all who believe in his name it constitutes a righteousness, and being accounted to them, they are made righteous in or through him, and thus redeemed from the penal claims of justice. The natural import of the foregoing and parallel passages of Sacred Scripture, is so obvious that we see no necessity for mistake. Error is inexcusable, and we cannot account for opposite opinions on the real nature of atonement, only on the principle of a natural aversion in the human heart to the truth on this subject. (2.) The same doctrine is proved from all those passages of Scripture already cited, where Christ is called the propitiation for our sins. We have seen that in the New Testament, to propitiate, expiate, or appease, correspond with the word in the Old Testament, which signifies to cover, purge, expiate, atone, fcc. The typical atonements were

intended, according to lleb. to purge away

The

of t'.;- original opplicalihty of the atonement, where . transgressor owes his forfeited life to offended jus- ; ..i...-:.3...-.l..- :- . . 1 -ii- 1 1

.t w as never :. ssgnea to 1 e appnet., i to u-e ian- nee. txo.i is anery witn mm every day, and ne-ir-.Ktg-' wh.ch is sophistical and deceptive, and in- ' cessarilv continues so while the course of his dis-

-.rious to the cans? ot truth. pleasure remains unremovo l, uncancelled. Noth- j

Afxain "i he atonement is capable ot hr nig ' mg nut tne removal 01 tins cause can cnange the reeontemplated apart from any purpose to apply it.' ( huion ofthe offending sinner to his offended sovWe are here told how the atonement is capable of . ereign. Hence observe, hews co-J.emplaUd. Hut a doctrinal proposition or ! Again. That the sinners obligation to the penjiassag f Scripture, does not mean anv thing j a'' ot law, is indispensable. The moral obligaan.l . verv thing which the invention of man niav i tl"n of law is indispensible; that is, it does not adin ike :t m -an. Testimonv, elicited bv torture, is , niit of delinquency or default; and why shouid the

no; to be relied on. The exposition ofthe Ihble is j obligation arising from default be otherwise not to inouire how anv particular doctrine is rapa- I declaration is positive 'Vtou shall surely die

Uc ,-fbfi contemplated, but how the sacred Scrip- suppose that such a declaration might fail, is to l -ire co;r.e:nn:ue it. Thev do not reveal to us ! suppose that God w.,v gave it as the sanction of

an a'o: ner-.or

ner-. as the obiect designed to be secured by it. hhout a satisfaction being made to this declaraThose who cio not teacli the doctrines of religion I tion; and such a supposition would be blasphemy.

times. 1 hiiik von has I roxulence any design in

cutting oil all our trust, and curtailing our other et great interest, hlessinos? Are we to loam the meatiint: of that j

emphatic, word "daily'1 in tlie Lord's priver, belter ihan formerly, or than we now know it ? Are we to expect rain hereafter in this Christian l uul onlv as we ask it, and render thanks when it is sent? Ouhi we to pray that (iod would not cut oil" 1 lie fruit and veo babies of the coming season ? Oughi we to ask whether we h ive abused any of those temporal mercies? I once heard a man say, 1 h it he believed it w::s for the pervorlod use of that luscious fruit, the

.Mr- lh.abe lias been re-ev'e, presi.!, nt of the l S. Dank, lie is at present cot.liue.l to Ins Led by ncknris. Colonization. A meeting of the Virginia. CoiOiiz;atinti So ciclv was l.e:.l in the Ca.xt-H on Vc.l.lidav tveuine, ihe ven-

t raoic . neii j osuce .nariiaii, preMilmg. 1 he scene was one

1 he attendance of mem! ers was numerous. Jiichmond Cr,r"l(T.

The Christian. Register, Umtari .v piper published in Boston joins in the outer) H4itst !e t and Testimony. Piiui:noi.o(:y. Tom Mood in I. is new not e - ;f Tihiey I la!!, says that I'hienoliwjvis have never satisfactorily' iniued fur the fact that when a man '.azzie.', he scratches his if'To ratio - . with ncv-nniN-tcrits." Dialogue tic hi Mr. Rand Jonathan. Jona. 1 iion't 1 ! 1 i 1 1 ran: I do Ti c -r-' nothing about it.

tench (ih it once ahotind. tl in wcsSern Pa.) we were now de)i iveil almost of the very trees. He had re

ference to the universal practice of eveiy fanner,

I lio1 1 ri rather work with them that drink r,nn. than u ith n.ld

wiiter men. v JIf' -ft. h' do'yon petfer to wo:k with tS.-.se that think spirit Jo'i'i. B -raiise they can't ;1 ) half r much work men tie:t don't ihink anv. c ttt-hh.iii n.l I in vn It'

converting hiS peaches UliO JKilson. 1 ins mail Was ; hard pubin;; to keep up with these 'ere cold wat -r men. not a cold-water dt inker neither. Do vou th'nk, Mr. I f. . .. , ., , . T , ,. . . . . . ' j l.rten.iuc I 'anting rst'j flis'uncnf. In Me estaobshmen t Ldltor, that there IS any justice, or propriety in this j of M.sse.s. Harpers' of Ne-Yrk, there ate 17 presses and plain linn's lecn irk? if he is correct, what may the ; one working by horse power, which eq -aais the work of 7 comdlStlller and the firmer who sell the precious grain ; mo" Pr""Ss: and the persons employed in stereotyping, printto him, expect at the hand of Cod, iu tins ago of in?!a.,,,Vk "T""? 'l?2'Unenl J'10 ,lu,,1 -'rhB , ,,, v 1 ..11 .1 1 1 i cost is 5, 101) a day for labor and iOd for paper. I :r" ,r, , hglil ? oti may s .y, "and why not ask wl. d will ; .,,,,v a rmWiMw .n.,:.e, of woik-,,,-,, out of o-"- "r ,..,'"" become of llim who perverts or abuses the Gospel i ters; turn out on an -oera3e, every day '-vi , n',,, t the bread of lift:?"' This qtiesiion is asked and an- ! ',e F-i!y I-ihinry size; the .;otaj- firm about swered every d iv, ly every preacher and every re- 1 '-,,0pef annum. It is but a few yats since the iiaiprt

The

To

Mi-nt ;' i the abstract, but alwavs m con- I his own Iaw niiSht cage or forfeit his word. But with ihe redemption and salvation of sin-I this ond be the case, provided sin were forgiven

I gioiis jviper. 1 only wanted to know whether examinations respecting temporals ought to be left out of view; or whether godliness or ungodliness have any influence 00 our temporal affairs. January 10, 1S33. Enuciku. ITEMS. Coliegs Re!el'mns are beroming the order of ine day. From Ihe Methodist Corre-poadcnt we learn that there have

b -en difficulties at the Granville (O'lo) Institution. "Re-

part says that tin: students rebeled against the authority ofthe

c acuity, because iliey were put on too penurious a diet."'

A memoir of Jeremiah Evans, Es. is soon to be published. A petition is circulating i i Cincinnati, fur the abolition of

slavery in the Drstnct of Columbia.

wne journeymen piinte

Dy tin

the order and connection in which ihev are i-id. the declaration is either just or it is unjust.

in th. Mib;e, do not "riihtlv divide the i -ut -s just5 because it is the declaration of un

erring justice; and surely then it would be an act

i.

iarrreanie with teaclnn?

worn o

for doc-rines tlie fancies and speculations of men. I of injustice to dispense with it, which can not be. On,-., more "The application ofthe atonement j And this corresponds with wl. t is said in Ex. 34 1 the result of a covenant engagement between when the name of God is declared by himself

the Father find the Son." Our new school men

s.-eei to t--fl the riiilicnltv with which their general an-i iioii -finite scheme encumbered, when it i- fh-:i.rc-!, how an atonement which has no specific r- ia'ion to individuals, etlVcts til" salvation ot' an! And here we have the answer. It is apj i."l foi..--- c- --ii.e H.-uii ot a covenant rt lation between the Father and the Son." This is thoucht su ihc.cn! to solve the difficulty. Our obiect;on to it is, that it t e-1 ' Imt half the truth. It

v-'iarate? wnat jo,i has io'nel tor'-t hor. It divide?

at 'tod

nt trom tne application.

Vak

es one a

tee ?1t on

covenant b'.-sr-inc, and the other i r. Now tlie doctrine ofthe Presb tei ian church is, that the

ntonititi nt iti if is tin- re.-un 01 a rove

m

"nant c ngaae-

nt ! twr en tlie l aibi --r and the Son. The whole

to Moses "And that will by no means clear the guilty.''' And again Numbers 14-13, "And by no means clearing the guilty.'''' In both cases God represents himself as forgiving iniquity, transgress

ion and sin, but not without a removal of guilt; for1 ceremonial pollutions, an-' to point the faith ofthe

he cannot clear the guilty. I he obligation or claim must he covered or cancelled; it must be disannulled by i satisfaction; pursuant to which alone, the remission of the culprit can take place. Life or blood

offenders to tlie great atonement of Christ which takes away the guilt of sin. "And almost all things are by the law purged with, blood; "and without shedding of Mood there is no remission." Reniis-

is the thing demanded, for the wages of sin is j sion is the relaxation of the penalty; the blood of death; and there is no remission ofthe penalty as ; Christ shed for sin is the cause of this relaxation,

fll he

iato:

lit of b

woik of !.i i-t was pei Tomied in fill- '

it regards the offender without blood; for "without shedding of Mood, there is no remission." We have therefore the clearest evidence that the penalty ofthe divine law is indispensible, because its claims are ju.-t, and its non-execution would

because it purges away the guilt of sin and thus nullifies the penalty. The cause being removed, the claim is remitted, and the person held under

it is set at liberty. The sacrifice of Christ being a satisfaction for sin, has, according to lleb. 9--2G,

art of th'

e unjust. The declaration is unerring truth and j the edVct to put it away. To purge, to put away

then-lore cannot rail ol execution. It is the na- any thing, is to remove it from its subject, and

tore ofthe God o! truth and justice to punish sin, ! this is the meaning of expiation in the New Tes

and thereloreto suppose it to pass with impunity, ; tament. It is to appease the wrath of an offended

woui.t r.e to implicate me ai me lmmuiaiunt) . ;in j (l0d against the sinner, by removing its cause it

thcrelore cannot be pardoned, or the sinner be re- j is to meet the . ";hteous claim of law by a comleasetV from its condemnation, without a covering j mensurate sai. f.tion. Hence, Christ is said to commensurate with the claims of justice without j "be a propitiation, ilastcrion, through faith in his a satisfaction o0jual to the offence. There must be j Mood, to declare his (that is God's) righteousness, something done by or for the offender to change for the remission of sins that are past," through

bis relation to his offended God. Theoii which the forbearance of God; to declare, I sav, at this

time, his righteousness, that he might be just, and

yet the iustif ; of him that believeth in Jesus,

ai toe latter has. reference, more particularly, to ; too, which is honorable to the tiuth and justice of God exhibit ' 'S.before the world as a lciral satis-

'V--'-, ",c o .in- ei-ri. i.ut ,ne great Jehovah. faction for,' ;J thus declares himself righteous,

r,! fX?':inAUon ,s aNo ei-umhere,. j It is peniaps unnecessary to urge very particu- that is,.-"' -J- nsistency with the claims of his n ntnrr r-ltr. ,l;il',..lt,. I', ; .!........ .- 1 ...I- .1 . ... W V- '

l"-'" "...u,,,. .... ti,ef.t , ,ari, me sinners inability to meet the claims o own law ,,. ipsinn f sins: sr that lift m inst.

covenants, there must be separate conditions at- justice in lnscwn person. The penalty suffered- the claims of his-ist; being sustained by the ucned ,0 eacn. W e k, then, what part ot ! rd in hi, own Prrn will be eternal death. Con- ' vicarious death of Chri while h juMihe,, that

venant d race- and

tuouiise of hi- Father, that he should

"see in e.i," that lie "should sec of the travail of Ins soul, and be Sat;-f,ed.'' Ami what security wa there that ih.-Fe promisrs would be realized, uniess the application of the atonement was secured m the same covenant in which the meritorious conditions of that transaction were stipulated! Wp know that in order to obviate the difficulty, and to bolster up the get,, ml atonemcht scheme,

fo i,e have suppo.-ed two covenants, the covenant ' stands charged to his account must be taken away O' erare. and the rmoinnt r.f rr.lrmnimn- o.,,l ! ji... . i. . . n 1

' ' ' '"j,. inn rn-in iimsi, ue canceuea, ana that in away

FROM CHINA.

ie s-liip CoviiiStrn arrive.! at Rthimorc fr.im Vj.;!'.

i a hices from Canton to tlie l.Vh August have bteu r-xeived! I A uer of that '--te iay t "The only new j I have to Kive you j that LorJ Xan-'t, the Fritidi Snpert.-niient of tia.lc, nas not j been acknowledged by tlie C,inee aumirities. Dv oine it ii j snppaseil a stoppage of tride i.-l take pia, e, bt.t I think otherj wise. Lmd Napier has been nepiive.l of his Comprndir J and Chinese servants, but l.e has stated 10 his comma men ; that he will not alluw persnnaliim.lt to weigh wuh him;

a.inongi 1 think he will t e quick enough to take notice of the first insult offered to the trade. Two Uiiti.sh frigate-, have juit arrived. Canton July I The immense injury which this province has suff.-re ', far exet-e !$ the inundation of last year. The na

tives are hoirnr struck, ami tun .li hlmrhvl bv Paau suiiersti-

tinn. acknrvt ledr th K...l I : .A Ti,. :

... r, 1 n- t. t ei . t 1 i... ' r ' s.. -ii. 1 urr v.ii iiiiuuv nut yet Ihe Romish Inshop,nf Ohm, contemp.ate, the ftab.Mi- brin-know,, to iw f.,11 ex.em. as eve,, .,, , ..,mn..L.

the water has not ent.r.-lv subsided, it it O10u.au foar-fifilit of the most promising crop in the low croun I is dt strove I. We

ment of a nunery at ( 'Incajo. I low long before we awake to so

the true character of such insnm; ions.

Princeton Theological Seminary. On the last Catalogue

we find l.'u names enrolled.

There are ltj-1 .su lents at Andnver Theological Seminary. There are 217 gro-shnps in Cini iunati, all ceriifieil to he

for the prrhlrc fcua I, and, in tne estimation of tiie council ne

cessary. Do ihe latheis of the ciiy need refreshment from

whiskey at every alternate house as they pass from .Main to

Waiout, on r ilth street ? 'I he days of the "good creature'' are numbered, hut he will ihe hard. Ci.t. Juiir. The Steamboat Haul. Webster, was h-.irut up at BatTalo,

on the Uth hist. It was the finest boat on Lake Erie.

are not informed that Ii.es hate been lost, ti..t have torecnl wuh deep feelin.s of cmnpas-ion tiial several thuu-and house 111 ;u el i;.'ar the ci iv of i 'an ton, ha. e fallen u.im 11. Thus houseless an I starving, the wretched inhabitants are It ft without any resource. Canton July t The late inimeiuions mn-t have caused fp-at destruction to property, in Iioum-s, iu f iruitine, and crops, and there can be no rluuht thtj many lives liaie been lost The tnttrmnrnt o! Ciiina "hjes net lote 10 dwed up -ll tl'.et , ilri ii lful t isiation, an I the official statements n.-t rr on nirji

Ihe le il extent nl calamities hy flood, ft e, or earthquake ; when

111 se phenoinena Ireqrrenily bappen ihey aie roni ier.-d a

The resolution to submit to the people of Kentucky, the call ' caused by the b rd g iv. in n nt of officers of toe riisn ct, wbo-e

of a couveaiion 'o amend their constitution soas gradu illy to ( conduct is suppose.! to iidbn-nce the course of nature, tiieief .re,

ahoiisi. t.ateiy in that siaie, hat been lost in tlie Senate. ; I'J i tney Have personal interest in the Mippre-sioii of (a. is i-onn ctto 19. j el wiih such oicu.niiies. We h ni.-i vera I iuquirie- ai The Legislature of Vermont h ue passed a law exempting j '" ,lu" "-"'" 'f "".linage occasioned by the lar- ll .0 u, but females from imprisonment fur debt. ' i e ''' Mi.-reede.l in ,!. ,,; a.iy co..-rt infer.nair .a, . n ll.., W II II..V,s.... ; . .1 , if, !,i""- vr kuov mat si ,:en,ets ,s ly ,x,go-,ated

next Presidency. Mr. IJiddle has been re-elected Presi lent of

C. S. Hank.

Canonization. The t'niteri States Catholic Misrellanv, in uiio'iui! tis, styles r: a A Saint of ihe first water!' We

I Cm i t loan taeir ulai ui

trusted may lie ha 1.

n I iiS-e-, an a count somen hit 10 He

hope he rloi-s not mean that vile compound called lioly ualrr.

1 'resit 1, trriun.

CO" ITA'i.iL XCiTCi. One of our firm cpecis 10 start lor l'bilii lelpbia, for Coo. is, iu a h'W

The No 'tnons. We learn that this bo iy of people have 1 weeks, and we cannot go witiiout CASH. AH made applii aiiur; to the I,i gisatuie of .Missouri, by pi tilion , persons rmlebted to ll, are requested to call and setting forth their grievances, fur l.e passage of an act for their j pay u;, tHjr accoimts U-fo:e tilft 20th inst.

1 ..

1KOWN tV J.ti'.

relief.

S. Hanover, Feb. 6.

Tlie .Vorlh 1 mrrican Review opposed tit (lie principle of total a'islineiice.' iW were sorry to n nice iirtlie.lairuiiry n iinher of this able and witt-.-Iy ciiculated Journal, in

i iiiini.iuii ru ar tne iwsr or it ret rew in i.dir.s inniitai , , i ti i- . , , c i .i : and notiu ar work. Also -eoiiOinv. a i iii'i-t ntiiiinon tit r iw fundament il nrjiici- '

"THE WIFE FOR A MISSIONARY," a new

pie of ihe ten,, - an-e reformation. Let the Pr,cr,.',es ,h, r- ! , . ' U ' 1 ' 1 " ' Vy 1 1 Uh" 1U incuii aied prevail, and ail pioeress iu temperance is at an i aid. j structor,' by 1 . 1" . l.t.I.s.

lust it ceived and lor fale bv

Son row re i, Inti.i i ii;i n( k. Intelligence lias just rearlted this countiy that Dr. !rop.i:tso, of l antoii, has departed this

me. I he eminence ami iiseluine'S ol I 'r. .ilnniMin as a mis-

sionary of the cross, must he know n to most nf onr readers. We aie not iu pos-n.-iiiii of any particulars -if this inoiirnftrl event. AH vices from Batav ia a'so Iumih the melancholy intelligence that Mr. Layman and .Mr. Munsnn, the two American Missionaries w bo enrhaiked on Man h last from l?atavii for Suirratia, icere murdered and eaten by irairves of the llaita counlry, in the interior nl Sumatra, on the J8 h of July last.

Jan. C. I Ft OWN & WEKP. Having cximined with some attention, NT r . Fils' "Hialogue (Jrantrriar," we are ofopinion that, notwithstanding some inaccuracies nf mi nor importance, he has iiiipbfiel the science by his argunienv?, elucidated it by his illustration.-, ami oliviatoA iw,in difficulties by his innovations; ami that, con?cucntl) , the progress of the learner will be greatly facilitated by its adoption.

t sliouui tnereiore rejoice io fee eucn pnuuu-

Tneie h waved widows are still at Halavra, waitirg anxiously , given to this laudable attempt to improve our fur an opportunity io r,-.u,n to their nntrvc land. I j 0 as ,volJld rnaHc the author spee.lilv to 1 he victory ot er Ihe pott eis of dai knrss ,s not to he achrev I t- , . . , , j:,. i i ' n i . , .... . i.i favour the public with an improved edition, ed w aihout . millii t an I ihe loss of life. Let every such event i.t l . , . . T) as the piet-eding, iuspiiit Ihe hosts nf llie Lord lo eni.n;e in ltEV. JA.Mb.o I 1A lllh, I . 1 o

the conflict wuh g, rater determination and energy. W e know

who has promised, and are persuaded that He thai is fot us, is greater than all that can be aetiust us. Presbyterian. Pr.r.snvTFPiAN Tntrr Socistv. The two fust Tracts prepared by this winy are re,ly for dli-ery. 'I ho fire? it

President of Hanover College.

Rev. JOHN F. CROWE, Jrice Prcsideut of do. Rr.v. CEO. F. RISiIOF, Prof. Bib. Crit.ai.d (h i. Lit. in the Thcol. Srmiary of .I'wrtvr.