Standard, Volume 4, Number 25, Madison, Jefferson County, 10 April 1835 — Page 3

THE STANDARD.

posed, much would be done to guard against the Juture ingress and progress of error and disorder amongst i:s. In my next, I shall notice another inlet of evil, and suggest some hints as to the best method of closing it. W. C.

For the Standard. MIAMI rilESBYTERV. Tins large and respectable church judicatory, was opened on Tuesday, 3rd ult., by a sermon from the Eev. John Hudson, on the nature of the covanent between God and his people. Rev. Mr. Gal'.owav was unanimously chosen moderator, and Rev. J. Hudson clerk. Among the subjects of general interest, -which occupied the attention of Presbytery, was that

story of the greatness and the fall of their first pa- cence in the glowing colors of a Cooper imagina

tion would tail t the horrid truth

From the Christian Mirror.

rents. But the Third Chapter of Genesis supplies 1 tion wout.l lau to conceive and language to depict influence of the cosncl trill JW.A ,mr.

j.eeu i tioiu up oeiore vou the ,. ' , , j

1 . . , , . , I gibbet, the rack, the stake? generations whiehslumberin the bosom ot the earth, j infamous Inquisition,

How great, how august the commission, to seize

upon man in his infancy, to describe his joys and , at

sorrows, to trace htm in his posterity, aevolomnsr uemo

himself, under the eye God, like an immense tree which covers the whole earth! This was the work Of L'GSSUET.

There

-Need l present the

"Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined,

fne world.

Mr. CYmmi.v-?: I ;m net certain, that any intentional convention, or eommrt -,ti tT...,i,,.-"n,.

1 tiiti (ui,iiuti!) l.:e-

From the Presbyterian. BOARD OF EDUCATION. To Clerks of Presbyteries, and other persons immediately interested.

C:irt't!ian Brethren, A, tli

next Ocneial Assembly

time for the stated mfctii

at whose savage barbarity and inhuman cruelties, J"' rtturreut i especially when ,1,0 con- IZT ,7'' " 77 7' demons themselves, confounded, would hide their ,ract,n? Parff are influenced altogether by worldly j Education',!, Peris chi, llv' ,,., , lJ Zu ic', ' heads? Is it necessary to ask you to witness for a mom,s nd po.icv ; when sectional or St ilish mo- j '"'"-"y to make a f-.li an i acctiiato ,e,-,i ofthe number an

5 more st.

moment an .hi to da ft to enter into the inquisi- 'ves I-Tcdorninat.', wc even lind division and con-' I'.r;'S'cs of the candidates u,t the saaed office in the Pibvte-

torial cells and behold the sufferings, the torments, 'entions among the professed people of (lod. and' " c'n'v'' n r of the innocent victims of bigoted rage and malice! often 'Teat discord anion ir brethren. VYi, ,t 1 p.,.,,! '.!' 1" '"' ofthe Gene,:jI As-r,nb:y, the

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chapter. It explains1 See, immured in yonder dark dungeon of despair, t! tencies of our hearts; i 1,10 innocent female, compelled, in this living ft ! death, to en, lure nil t'ip tnisprip?; nt' irnnr n.-i.-.i-c- .

icn, nave we to expect a general cessa

which re

-d to

v. ,

reception of Rev. Mr. Mc-

Farlane, who came with regular letters of dismisrion and recommendation Lorn another Presbyte-

of Mr. lUcFarlane were

to us the perpetual inconsistencies

tiiose contused regrets respecting a departed great- ' . ' ' , ., . : ..' t y " 1 1 " ! sion, and t.ie most excruciating torture. See her ness, of which we have a secret sentiment with- ' pale and meagre visage her haggard eye! Behold out the remembrance; that wretchedness of dispos- I her tears, and her groans: But we turn from the

sessed and degraded dbmitv. which, at all times i brack catalogue oi their enormities. Humanity

""""ip umak! out an.- iin-r..! c,,,.'.

KU1 of wars. I ." from year to year; and br a corresnoncir,-. m!e .i

mm i:nv natmua ass m b v or mtf rnntioi.-.l r 5t'. teries aro oirected to remm in due time em ti.-i

pact ; and deliberate

o ti:i!i, m times gone l,v. tii.i d solemn compacts n::d tre:

often licrn i.-latcd, whenever the iuteias!

com-

U;e most i

(if either of the contracting parties, so

irritates and

Hibdues us; those instincts, which

draws a veil over tne picture: At tne sight

rv. As tlie sentime

known to be orthodox, a motion was made to receive him without examination, and t- dispense with the standing rule, rcptiiring the examination of persons applying for admission into Presbytery. A motion was then made to po-'p'ine the above

motion, ix- t.ie pu.-pc-eoi taking up a resolution, . 0,-,-;enes in favour of ac ;uie-c",ng in the decision ofthe last ! pt1;;0;;0v

iieneri-rai A-einiay, ag.v nst the ex munation o ministers, coming from ti.-ter Bre?'. vieries. This resolution elicited considvrabk- di.-cusion

An 1 c Are not

or th Tiirt'iiT" At tli ci

Ilcr oiy eyes weep blood m'iv groan ;-he heaves is big ith honor those conclusive proofs of the

or caps ice iippeared

tn constrained to s;v, tiom

potic

Riid so inilueneed. J

tlie loregoiiig (acts, as wed as Irom several years' experience and observation, it. is my deliberate opinion that wars can reasonably be expecctcd to cease.

we have in common with the brute, side by side with those desires which elevate us to a kindred-

snip with angels; those lusts which debase us, and principle. of Popery! Do thev not show that this no faster and no farther, than the Gospel exerts it

those aspirations after the lofty perfection of un- ' syst-!n claims and exercises absolute authority over heavenly and peaceful iniluence on the hearts and ; 1

ine mine.:, ami consciences tne lives ana proper- lives ot mankind; nothing but ihe tnttli can effec

Its

them m

rknds contended that it was the duly of infeeoiii ts to he in ub;ection to those placed over

Lord. If Presbyteries inav disregard

tilt" decisions ot

may al-o d:-:a gard

the General Assembly, sessions

tae Uecisions ot 1 soytcries,

churcli meniDers; the decision- e: sessions.

and so discipline and subjection will be at an end. n the other hand it wa said, that uncondition

al submission to a fallible

: SlWlltf.l lin'i !!. . U'lnl n!.aAJ-,,a,,. J... , t , ,,.,

. 1 1 : tv ot men; Si;ed gut ot reason, has been a hie to discover j ' If then, Roman Catholicism is immoral in its t,-n-i the answer oi this wonderful enigma? How much ! dency and despotic in its spirit, our liberties must . wiser he, who lias sought it in the Third Cbinter i be endangerud liv its increase. That tlie increase

nits was the work ot ad the L hristian j s the work of Pascal.

I i nere remains sti.i a much more importan ' son to be drawn from this chapter. Whosha

; uerstanii the second Adam, it lie he ignorant ot the

: first? if lie

. 1 he Garden o! Eden, and the Garden of Gethse- ! P"ide that it guaranties to ail men the right ot

1 Contact are COrrel- I 1 J - ' oie uee e.veieise ui men " . ' ! religion. its highest honoris, that itacknowlI he Inird Chapter of i i.t. .1,., ,...m t. .i ......

t iiu i w t i t i . 11 inu nil. j ' t j j n. it tan. nut Genesis is the prtlac.' ofthe Gospel, the key ofthe ' low in abject submission at the feet of emperors.

It stands a glorious exhibi-

tually put down spiritual wickedness in higm p le, H of power and aut'iority, and bring down tint himghty, doiniiieering disposition of the natural i.eait, ahaso its pride and rectify all unhallowed and ambitious motives, and invest the heart and character with the meekness, tlecddv, and sincei itv of a hltle

' of immorality is dangerous to the well-being ot an v

government, is universally admitted for morality

is one of the pillars on which the grand su nerst nic

ies- ture of civil government stands. Remove that, ' child ; and in line, so inliiienee the whole soul and! un- ! and the building falls. The Constitution of the ailed ions, as to raise them above ail selfish and;

i C nited ."Slates is in direct and determined opposi- woildiv el ietts and era', iticat ions, ami induce men 11,0 'nVr fhr.i.ef

; t t n Invuinr nn, i nnniKm t rtni-n it , 1 . 1 l . I . i -1 . i lil ifMI H'Ceivel an. iTh., 1 ... .. ;.. ntV.i

, i , , . . , ... .. .v, ................... vj ... ....... i "- .1. v.iv,.. . .- u i.iu ne u t id no "noii miner t nan ev n : to sec k 1 . i.u-n u.u. iiu i. .i m mo W ho shall explain the sacr.hce ot C alvary, I boast and fflorv, tiiat it advocates the noble princi- ,ile tcnpor ai and c . ern i " , of If ! 1 ' V' has not been informed of the fall of man? ! cnle that -all men ar free and eoual." it is its ' L 1 7! r " ' 7 ' J'.'Cir ,cl' c,t7 I '-snuu h as the General A,e,nb.v meet bi year.nt

. . mie. ii n ei ere1 ion o ip r t in n ir ntwi ;t t ; n .Mnc, ;t,ct:1,.,.o f.... i! .. i . .1 .... r ... t 1

i-.r it nnnnii, - n tl. .- .. .t nf . . ' . " - , ....... ,..v v te ui me iwu...

it is nuiispen.suLie ih;u ail leaoits be returned t a3 rarlv

dav a nos-iUe af it tne receirt ot this nae.ee. in on

to the Hoard. There are three rhts nf rar,..;.'aisu l,n

ould Le hiphly ern er to report. I. 'IWu-i,,..,,.,..,....

lies, h -.vc j ring for the sacred older without the aid of the chinch '

I hose who are under the cate of tics Board, and recei.eni I trom i! or its auxiliuru-s; and '. Tao-e who are aided bv the Pie-bylrrian Uraneh ofthe An-eriran i'.diieaiinn oeiete". In order to meet the wishes of the Assembly, it is nei-s.ey tiru weshatild have from the Piesbyteri's an accural n ttisti- ' il! lport ef each class named bo e. Tlie sceon.i c:aa, tii.it ' ose under our care, or connecte I with us throin;h our aox-n:-.!i-:-s. will be inctirporated into the teiautot out cperatmns a.

is ai of tne rhur. h.

1 t ie teturu nf t; em, tve earnestly soli, it all tiracticable

It'inptit;:.i,. and li ieluy. It wi.l be hii'.y tranfyii to as a iso to rec h-e full n po,ts of both the other ciis; we'des'ne at .cast thin tne responsibility of ihiv!aii!g tlie report req ii;e 1 by t:ie Asseiif-ly may not rest on t: e Boaid. In tne rt tu:n- math', especia'dv of tn lents under our rare, it i, p miema.Iy requested ti.at iiie f.iKotuns tti.ei tions be .hseive., viz. st-ne f:e number, iiante-, nj-'S, ai.d ehur- h memb' rs. iji oft::e 1 , .pj. place ..a' stu ly, stae of c in "rt'ian, i'n what lr(bt tery connected, the pu;ertl piomiM' of the inar. i !!, how many are tl.ii.king nf dt-votiiig themselves to 1 i.rei '11 Mi-sions win iher liiere is a nr.oeet 1,! an iurrease 111

1 r -

anuaiaie?, and v. hai Hnn.e.iut of nionev

mane arf contie;uiuj are ative as cause and elfect.

tion ofthe principles; of liberty, and a triumphant

power;?, car.not be a du

ty, wi.ne submission to superior judicatories is

111

rdmarv cases, a duty. There mav 1 e circum-

1 woulit rer.aer the iir.v ot resisand as imj.erious. It is the inhc-

e sbvtei it s, to iudce

ith them.

can nnt

New Testament, the portico of the Christian ! ,r ,,l' tooa of pope

( "hlil'i'b. f s-.-Mil inl tIi.ti it is U sliiflr tli!-:

. , ... , , . ' ! tleience ot tlie rights ol man. 1 ait i operv has beet timpa?eoiciin,t,anity, anu to snew its intimate proveJ t0 be directly opposed to ali th.'se princi connection with the necessity of a Redeemer, and pies. It has been shown that it bends m sc rvib

rk ' submission to the will of a trinle-crowin

sacrifice td their own ease, interest and comfort

then, I am weii persuaded, pear, univeisil peace will prevail; yes, triumph loo. over till the horrid scenes and accompaniments of war, which has so lour; held in bloody bun da re so many millions of men

..at

and for-

stances, w:.:c tance as pi un rent riht of T

tion of tho-e ;i--ocia:ed wi of which the Assembly

Were this a

oi tlie quahtieaTiiis is a riirht deprive ithem.

1 :ie lei in? o : on 1 eternal saiety . 1 ins w as 1 ne work ; f nuiintnuii iu mo w in ui a 11 11

ot tiie Apostles the work of Vavi. the work of: l."lU " 5-t ls al llau?iu pimcipies.u civil ana te-

! ujiious iiuerty, ana tramples uiuicr loot t.ie sacred j riixht of all mankind to liberty of conscience. Can

fi nee wo

the

:ter o; trivnti importance, ac p.ues-

d stiil !e a duty. I'u: in the present

u" the Presbyterian cliurcli. love for the truth.

most sublime ot all the poets, the creat- , fc-u to each other, exist together! As soon could iriui:tive v in isiiaiis tlul: and 1 hope, some have 111 ians thf most i'-n'iiMi'il loin! i- -lee'i ' we believe that litrht can dwell with darkness, every acre since; wars wdi snrtlv ce ise. Or should

01 ri ace w

reider it our indis ;,ensa

tin.ents of those to whom we commit t

under our care. We cannot aeeuiesce in the de- ! cision ofthe Assembly, without doinsi vi.ilenee to era consciences. l!e.-i;es, tht- Asse-ml !y have laid no injunction upon Presbyteries, Lut merely ex- 1 re sed an opinion. !

The 'Uicstion was taken, and decided i:i the n.:

ative: r.::erw?.r.;s tne to..ow 'inr re

ive been rce nested to

-1,:

1S-J

n our border, the dearest our ordination vows, all

luty, to know the sen-

cliurcb.es

.Ih'g-u.stuu the work of Calvin the work of Ed-iC'iras.

Thus the est of histoi

Fran

loians. have eerived their inspiration and their

light, tin ir philosophical arguments and the foundation of tinir religious system, in the Third

L ha'Uer o

and usod tliem as inslriinieiils of murder, cruelly and devastalion ; and destroyed the lives aiul lianniness

i oi so great rnultiuides; when a majurity of men. j will r'r'ae Pi til.i idi".smf in 1 1 n ri i ! it tJ. n i 1 1. s in I

m.d despot selfish pursuits and ''ratifications: and on the con-

traiy, take pleasure in doing justice, in loving mer- j

rem it to '.i.e

and all

two systems, from their nature diametrical!

V o

l't

cv, and m acts of rigiiteousiiess, that

(iospel motive?, as our .Saviour and some of the

is, act from

i 1, .!.. .,!, I l:i'. I -....1 .1... .i.i i .i .i .... l ." i i

ance has produced, and the most eminent then- i .. . "u , " , i - ' , uc,lt T lua' ,UV i-o.u, m tne neinimae oi ms mercy mm grace,

:t ii s i t n oi tie i mien iM.a es ai. t te system .a.,,.i

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oi ropery can occupy me same jj.roumt. To all this it may be answered, that Popery is not now as it has bet n it is not now as it was before the Reformation. Put Popery lias not deviated one iota from its former dogmas. Its adhere nts boast that it is inj',i!li,',!e, and conseipient'y unchangeable. Hear the words of a distinguished

Roman Catholic: ''If any preten that the modern Roman Catholics

from their ancestors, lie either deceives

tteilesis. I

I Extracts from an .Iddrcss d'lh-rrcd at the Exhibition ! '. the Plii'osophronian Society of llttvmr ( '- 1 ,.-, . .Ul',-,'l -:! 1 P.'?-, . 1 . vit-s" l':..,'v ..f v. I

, ..... a...... , .un-

: Are our liberties endangered I v the increa ; Topery!

I To everyone who loves his country, who re-

t veres and h olow

down m tie nations the tranilormiiiiT and

sanctifying mlhicnccs of the Holy ypirit, in as overpowering manner, as he did on the day of Pentecost, on the multitude assembled at Jerusalem, at that happy juncture, when they were nil of one heart, and had all things common; when selfish feelings were so far taken away, or overpowered bv

to insinuate : better, that they accounted what each possessed, to erin one iota 'be common property. What a peaceable, happy

tliu Annual Report may in due sia.-on be co

war led to the Assembly. Presbyteries, auxiliaries, or iudlx Wual. wiii pie h never sums of money they niny have fir the I'j.tr

(.tli1 e in time ta be included ia the anneal report. Jont l!r.i:ci.r.;i'.r, i'orr. Sir'y. UiucaiiO'X Holhis PhiliadJphia, .Vu'cA 1-ilh, 1;3.".

To Mxiiininipj; Committees, Facaltiei of Co'.i

otneiswaom it may concern. The folionin; re'-eluiion ,va? ado-aed by the Board, at a meeliiu held the '2 p.h of -November, 1 iz: Jics-ilnd, Tlia.t here ilier, can ii iates be receive;! only at stated peiio-.s, say quarterly, on the first Tuesdays of February, May, August, and November, of each yen; and that their appropriations commence from t'.ie time of their receptions by die Hoard, i he testimonial ef candidates for aid. should be sent as ibiul ty the ( hiice ofthe Ilaard, No. ;., Sansaui street, Philadelphia, by llxaminini; ( 'oininie.ci s, that iu

One tune tney may oe acte I on, una piearea lor leseutaueu:, at the stated Quatteily .Mee'ins. John Pro c sim;ii:i:, C'-jrr. Sie'y.

wisnes to deceive others.

' .S'C;i

t.ie a. tar o; hoerty, this is an

important euesiion. ureiy it should elicit, some,

at least, 01 mat vearm-aearted patriotism which, ; power, durins 'the time that tried men's souls,' ani r.ated forth to

P.TWIl ' 1 !; ion.

: res j.ut.oti was pass-

The Prcsl, ton, Ohio, on

prean.l W; ;...

I'.Vi-irnt bein in

1 'UI is., 1 ... o j , e.-t-

ana rt-.--o,uiion.s: the General Ase

send you for C. .-!o:i at I l.t -he follow in-:

phatieailv descriptive of our religion." Is it then

asked why we do not see heretics chain

siaKe, expiring mine miusi oi me names

merlv: 'J'b.e answer is easy. 1

himsciloiphcj would this world become, should the "reat

( niuim, isem- ( ;Ui gs.c ;j to pour down such gracious inlluenccs

on the woild lit large, as he did then? What, thin

A late fire in liridgepoit, on Long island Sound, in Connecticut, burned up property worth fifty thousand dollars, "iliches take to themselves wings and fiv away."

J to tin

as for-

OUT LOTS I-"OIl public sale on .Satuia ises, ;i part ofthe Ian

of 1 1 auover Code

vou, wetih! become of milita.rv honor and martial

;o'iei'y'has'lost the' dis! iuclions ? Not a iritrdog writ Id move bis tongue ! i,(!s. Terms, on- hail'i.i

(Jive it but the power, and it will come except to i,,nvi n,r me cnu ot siuugtiter anu 0.000. paid in live months, at

e work of destruction, like a tisier forci-;"" wh'Cii he had glulted so lor.r.i.nd so 0nicioUS1V.

every bosom in the land, whenever there wis the i blv withheld for a while from its prev, with teeth! And in consideration of the sentiments express-

whetted, and virulence tenfold increased. ed in the foregoing remarks, can anv thing be It may be urged that Popery in America is not Jono py wcr.k and wicked mortals, to bring to pass a

European l onerv. 1 ue v.iiautic ocean, liiaeeu

iv. auritiL

s on of last spring, did say that a d ti

the order ofthe clmreh and the bonds ot t.roth-

ti.eir sesrejrari to

t rhoou re

s'aii'iaij CeiVed bv tais-eJ to

tinni T-s:;iiiOnia;S. umess tney

teited ttieir 200.1 st-inuinir sunseo

d ismi-s.i! ;--,ind whereas our ; oiis'.ru.. .1 into an approval of t

1 );-, lles-drrd. That this Pre.-l vterv do entirely dissent

uire thai ministers, dismissed in -ood .v sist-r Pre.-bvteries, should be re-

;e Pre-bvn

ill. u'lO.'i the credit oi tie ir constitu-

ries wiucn thev are

.1 have for-

uentiv to their

ence may be ; same there-

smanest pround to suspect an enemy. We suspect an enemy in Popery, and our suspicioas are grounded 011 tacts. Are our liberties not ia dansrer, where a system which is demoralizin-r in its

? m I . . I o n f i- ! !'. . 1 saIiuc.Iv .L.nne I., it. ...-;..;..! . ." '

... 1 . 1 1 , , .. . v.-. .. , 1 . u . 'i-i n. . 11 1 1 jii 1 11c 1 p It 1 protrressintr with ac eel, -rated movement, -and spreading its baleful influence over our free ami pt ace- ; fill land Are our liberties l!0t jn dan-er win n an I enemy, whose manifest design is the total suhver-

..,1, ,1

1 is

roils its stormy lanows net ween us

if tiirorp

11-

'hcan constitution

rushin

at once our pride

upon us like a flood of

sion o; ou r r and riory,

death!

Whether we exaggerate the evils of ropery, when v. e say that it is demoralizing in its tendency and absolutely despotic in its spirit, let history and past ex p-nence determine. The history of

Roman Catholicism,

consummation so devout iy to be desired by tlie pli

lanthio' ist and the Christian? Or. are we to 1'o'd

of His Holiness but not a billow rolls, not a brook murmurp, between the sentiments of Catholics in America anil those in Europe. A continual co-op-eratimi obtains between its minions here and

there. Their interests are common, and all their abolish war, and every oth'-r iniquity among us. 1

measures are the result of American and European consultation. Popery is the same here that it is

lO:

I our arms and sit still, and let tlie heathen rage? and

: t.ie peopie imagine a vam thing? It is evidently 1 our duty to use s!l scriptural and lawful means to

say then, in the language, of the inspired writer, let . him east tiwav ali his abominations of which lie is

1 Europe. Jly crossing the Atlantic, it has not guilt v, and fmsike his evil ways ; let. the earth be pust one stain of its malignity nor the smallest tine- vitieti ; l-t the nations be cleansed from their crimes

ture ot' its despotism

Again, it mav be said that although these are tin

princi j

lies and this the tendency of Roman'

iro:

said decision.

1 .-.!

ehevin

vita the con.-titutionai right ot ireshyteri-s 10 iu.hre of the :uaiiiicatton of their own members.

If is.

it to be in conflict j replete with crimes the most enormous barbari-

troui its rise, is a hi-tory j Catholicism, yet we need apprehend no dang-.

ties the most shocking. In her numerous retinue of despotic sovereigns, from him of the triple

indeed, in conflict with the acknowledged ! crown to the weed-clad mendicant, welled an

r;ght inherent in th- members of every society , ci- j assemblage of the most abandoned and most dissovii as well as eccb-siasficd. to judge of the qualiti- j lute of men. ILs Holiness himself, whose dictacations o; those with whom they shall be associa- j tious art; the signal for action and the subject of

mat every Pres-

liiamtain

li'om its increase.

ted. W.- do and mils

1 ytery has an inherent and indefeasible right to li-teriaine whether it wiii receive into its bosom, and c-Tinh the churches und. r its care to any and every member who appli-s for such privileges.

it to each and everv Pri-sbvterv,

w- reyard as a denial ofthe fundamental principle 0. Preshvtennnism. Jloreover, lifsidrtd. Ti.at this Presbytery will examine anv

Jniiw-te-r applying tor mtm.oersuip. or tor pormis-

imp'icit i'aith and passive obedience, we discover to he, not tlie vicar-general of Him who is purity itself, but vicegerent of the Prince of darkness,

immorality and crime.

and pollutions; let everv individual turn from the

e ;l id' lus doings, and embrace the Gospel of Peace: seek that new heart and contrite spiril, that

ie.i..:.... .ii 11 .1 1

Its votaries are but few, and'0"' 1,1 i':'HX anu u.vc ana benevolence; anu

their iniluence can be but weak and confined to above a. I, let tuose who have lasted the good word narrow bounds. It is granted there is a compara-1 of God, the peace of God that passetli knowledge, tively small number, at present, iii the United be fervent at the throne of grace, thai God would States; but their increase, for a length of time, has ;pen the windows of heaven and pour out bis llo-

been unprecedented. W here hut a snort time age they were totally unknown, they are now numer-

.E. Will be offered at o 1 lth inst. on the irernhii.ngto the Corjioration

le size lor out :e money to l.u r half iu ten

n;-s x,onl wit a approved scennty win i.e re.ired.. Pv order ofthe Poard. J. P. CROWE, Sect'ry. P. T. If. C, South Hanover, Ami! J, lb.ij.

;s 01 sui! a ihe pUifli: I til- OH;

he minions ot tne ib

IiOt

rion to labor st r-.-; ii - of any 1 with a rule on

i v

in an v of our chure

ies. at me

we see adhering as tenaciously to the dictations of his example as to those of his precept? following 111 his train giving themselves up to the perpetration of the most aggravated crimes actuated by no other motive than the gratification of their passions.

re we called on for proof? We could instance

ous. iiiey are making the c-trongest ehorts lor gaining proselytes to their religion. -No means are left untried, no iesuilical art uupractieed, to

disseminate meir princip

s and their success is

but too evident. JSenelic

es and

lests are

anv

IV .Spirit 011 our suilui, warring world; and let an men every where pray ithout ceasing, for rulers and all men in authority, lifting up holy hands; and let ii!l men combine in heart and soul in peace societies, and use all moral e;ule nours to iniluence

others, to love one another, to love peace better

ui'-'T ! 1 reshvterv, in accordance j the daring presumption and bbisnh-mv ofthe Pun

.s subjf-ct as her.-ofo-e adopted. 1 tiff we could refer you to the debaucheries and

jiix. ilUliML, Ckrk. I revelling of his Cabinet we could recite a nta.

logue of crimes, which would but. tire your patience. Such are the leaders of the system. Can

sent over from Europe priests, too, who are in- than war; and to love and practice Holiness, and fectcd with all that rancor to our government, then surely the God of peace will smile upon the which their tenets are calculated to instil. It may world and stop the rage of war. liEiuir.Kr. be said that they become citizens of our goverment ' by taking the oath of allegiance. Rut what avail OX Till! FA MI I.I Ali I'S", OP SCIUPTf.'ilF. their oaths! ".o faith is to be kept with heretics," PlIRASI'.s.

;nent doctrine, of t ieir creed. And no 1 o Tin; 1 .on or ok n 111-. c must ian Ksi.iiv in.

tioni the Aicu'iM s (iu ChrbtianiMne. THE THIRD CHAPTER OF GENESIS. (Transit), d fr the Standard.) Tins chapter is, at once, a source of sublime po;rv. a his'oricHl document ofthe highest value.

.e starting point of philosophy, and the first de- ! alqect ignorance ignorance, as well of the pnn1 1 ' - i :. 1 c ;... .,-::i 1:1 ... i - . .

ofthe fvtrm of redtmption. All that 1'" u. cm. i,i,e,,v ami me iignts

j 01 man. it gives instruction, lnneeti; nut what j sort of instruction ! Ah! such, and such only, as ! is calculated to insure its temporal and spiritual

its tendency be otherwise than immoral, when its infallible teachers hold forth such an example to those over whom their iniluence extends? That Popery has an immoral tendency, is again

exiuem, 11u.11 me i.iei 111,11 ;i uoiu.s us votaries in bv the blighting influence ot their enslaving prin

ciples to subject 'the land ofthe free and the home

is a pro mi

matter what their professions may be, their intentions are evident. Why are priests and benefices daily sent into our country! What means the rearing up of chapels the building of colleges the erecting of dioceses, throughout our land! What mean the indefatigable efforts of popish priests to induce the youth of our country to attend their institutions! They wish to blast our free institutions

Moment

can all-ct, en man is comb; 1 We coat' u, .'.!:: r the hl.er. mg. pure and delightful sc-tv

ighten. In ed here. -late Ada; ss of Cod tranouil: iments of

h mption.

warn and s.mctify

1. formed in mo 1 nageand 1 Around bin., all is smil-j he is animated with the j

itu

ami love; he is

bar

:i know

e;ng, in all -. . 1 .-. .1.

ig, na

V i:l the bl he se-j p.

pv m iovin:

'1 i

; of his companion , hap-

i- mi trans

1."--. V. , foil .eb st has f;.-d

ies s..ul finds wi.iei. shares I. ere tor th- n it". Wii a a -

US V

Rut he reh-es j.

no law, to wl fills fro u t:

jod had phir-ej u dh of guiit and wo 1 his ini.oci i;re, an

a -ad re-ponse in the sighs of a world in hi- luedit ition. Wiiat a treasure

t workings ot the poetic

ell that he hears, in all

ry ',e;ng, necause tie

J against h:s Creator; he .eh lie had asented;and

m:iie;;ce ,," bit sseii-

1, into the jiro- j

1 1 is happiness iele

. . .

the anguish of

domination. " I Iold the people in ignorance," is

its motto, and where did ignorance ever exist, without its inseparable companion, immorality! This system is immoral in its tendency, because it grants absolution from the most benious crimes, for money. What must be the legitimate and necessary consequences of such a practice? Will not the commission of crime be in proportion to the degree of wealth? An individual who has

ofthe brave' to the temporal and spiritual domin

ation of their Iransatlantic despot.

Yourself ami yenr correspon.hmH hae ofu n advrrte 1 to

the sin ami evil of a prolan?, trilling, sarcastic, or facetious use of Scriptural expiesHons such, fur example, as may be ioinii in Sir Walter Sceu's novels, or l.or.f llunigham's

sp.'eclies but 1 would remind your readers, that even religious persons may tie guilty, and perhaps unconsciously, st tin' same offence; for Scriptural expressions often recur to the mind in mere secular discourse, upon occasions when they aee not meant to be expressly ipioted, and to which they wcie not designed to apply. Thus, introduced, they often add 10 the beauty, dignity, or pathos of a remark; but if they are wienched from their context, and employed for the mere purposes of

embellishment, thev an? df-seerated by the adaptation. A wh

eel. 1 m V itiinv cmoiimBs liein a strait as to whether a Scriptural allu-

wiih an envious and jealous eye oil the strength sj)(1 -M a" purticular case is justifiable ; but in ail such instances of a system SO directly opposed to them, and pre- ne bntter keep in the narrow way, mid on the sale side, exspntiiiT such a barrier to the dissemination oftheir ' ....-i,.'uin die allusion wle.ie lie is nut sure lhat it is for the usu

principles. Consequently, alltheir efforts will be ofeiiifyins- In the senteiee just wtitten I have pui.osr!v inconcentrated to consummate, its overthrow. . trodu ed three Scriptural phi;. -i s, as illustrative of my re

st nJ maihs. I no lust expiussiou, "in a stiait, is so onvuiiis an

we be alhohm to ttie solemn passage ol the Holy rit, to winch tne

sentence into which it is loisiea has no leieiani r, ni.ii us intro lucii.in there would be painful ami irreverent. The third il,tn.i "ihe use nf f lilvini'. '' is rm i iloved. I ihinU . leiil i mat e-

them back in inglorious disappointment! Ah! v; it strengthens tlm seniencc by a Scriptinal riuotaiimi iulrollabvlon. once the glory of kingdoms, trusted to ,i.,re-l in aniuude to ihe occasion. The middle, iiiuase, "tlie

TO 3Ii:CHAXiCS. The Trustees of Hanover College wish to engage the building of an additional wing - 'heir College cdilice,'i5 by 40 feet, three store s high. Tiiey propose letting out the work in three separate jobs, brickwork, carpenf-r work, and. plastering. The whole building yv;U be required to be finished by the Middle of October next. The brick work must consequently be done by the 1st. of August, and ihe Carpenter by the middle of September. Sulilcient Security will be required for ihe performance of the work according to contract ; and prompt payment may be expected. Proposals will be received until the -2 1st of this month.. T oi'.ier ofthe Toard. JOHN ih CLOWE, Sec. ofthe L. T. II. C. April .M, Ul.3.3.

LIS T OP LF.T'IT'.RS remaining in the Pest Office at South 1 1 .mover, I a. on the fust of April, I ?!!." ; whi. Is, if

not taken out in three months, will be sent to the deiieral I'ost O.'iicc, as dea f letters.

ai'huhe Thomas M" lleuey J nines M' V li lams Andrew .Moor .bi-.ejj;i Maiiiii Sus in I.. .Muni'' ;: t Joseph Ci. .'bus: l.aik I'rancis A I oi g tnsou Iienj . ISIoiion tireeubuiy Nonas Jo:eph rattissun .'eh 11 C. 2 Ske i'.r.c.ie liiiam iVi an .' . S. Snnlh Joshih D. Sullivan iliiam Seniple I lli Tronte. ine II. Taylor 1.. AI. Tnnmpsou I.. L Thoinpson Thomas J'othiil .1 nhn Thuni William N. Tiltord Piesmn A 'mil In 'ge John W. Jr. v ail 1 .pwii'ien A'erer Michael Otlll' IillUIll A. Si'cxii, V. M.

Adams Joseph A lams Jesse Itavless John S

blown Jesse lllvtlie Sainuel I). Ililllrr C. leiruham .Tosiiih I'uslioj J aines Hailey I lo'. aid Hi uner J ohn H lyerinc Ann Hum n Richaid J. ( 'hamheilaiii I Livid ( "oi i y James A .

( 'rossey William Crooks Joseph Do lc.e J. 11. !.ivis Sarah Uudiid Stephen I " in James II. Kldridge. Rielmrd II I oter I laniel I'ioley iliiam II. I'ishback C. 1 ray .Moses

11,

anna

nne-

ln vam, then, under these circumstances,

with these tacts staring us in the face, wil

told that there is no danger that our government is strong, and will resist all their attacks and drive

Johnson I fae.utih J. S. llannei, Aynl

oil - w -.1

, " i iv ei 1

ct for some va.-t, so.n" stupendu-

va? th

yvo!

(Ibut ofthe (.pie lyre! This

Te.

Ib..: this epic is, at th" sane- time, the mo.-t au-ih-n:ic and fHithfui of historical naratiVts. The first daf in the annals of ail nations goes back to the Third Char tc-r of Gnosis; h- re is j',tln,l the f.r.-t hud of the g' n' oiogical tree of the human

heaped together abundance of wealth, will count her mighty bulwarks, yet not a vestage of her ram- narrow way," is louhtl'ul. Itmij,ht be employed seiiously,

part remains. Imperial Lome once conhded in wiia a view t o point out in a st i iking Scnptuie piuase. ine narl,r t-....-...l ,. l.,.r l.-.c l,.-,o,-. l. in, ,1.1, .,1 ... n.l row natb of dulv. nhich it is always esv to miss and sometimes

her forme'r glory i in ruins. ' The danger is now 'l"'"; 'lt l" : " "iih a "1 leviy, as d m ,, i,,,-.. ;n. . i,,( foigetliihuss that we are uuotm-the 'oids ot tne Sou Bit. oil, apparently small, but is rapidly .. creasing. Lut m i(t Pit ,1c-plin full v wuh wi.,r with asliort time since, and me cloud was but like a ,,, most fn,,,,..,., .i,,.,,.,,! a.lap.iuion', bui only with -aviiy man's hand, scarcely perceptible m the distance; alI. ,r a scripiuml purpose. I'p.m the whole, thei. foie, I but it has gatliered and blackened until it HOW si,ould prefer ahenog tbe phrase, so ns to convey sense Wuhout rolls its thick and sable folds, threatening to burst aiiv ,,ossiiiie iijipeai ince of lightly iiuotiui; any ponion of the in a tei ritic jieal u pon our devoted heads, and in words of eternal life. 1 would not sav of die glorious l"n.u id its wo to prostrate forever the fabric of our liber- August tint it ruse upon the captive with healing on ilswmis; ties. Stiller not the Cry of "no danger" to lull VOU or that in Ihe Rri at measure which tlieu came intoopeiation,

i i- .i i -c.ii meicv anil truili met to"eiher. rijinieousness aim oeate kism h tivity and listlessness but rise tor the de- "'olJ "" 1 - ' ,i,

race . ,i , man, in t du.-f. an

the n.o; is pil.i, cov'-rc-

meiits raise .', be ve period, are with eternal s:

' the genius of buried in the ler.ee; e-nncia-

ti'tus, in their passage down the stream of ages, and in thrir remote migrations, have forgotten the

the coiiimission ot'erime a small matter, when, for

a speci tic sum, he supposes he can be absolved from all the evil conseipiences of sin. Lopery

i nuiaes man an unaccou ntatne oeiiig sonn ets mm

o no law. whether human or divine in its j.rin-

and i.ractice, it tends to increase immorali

ty, ami consequently to destroy civil ana rengious liberty. Teperv is despotic in its spirit, in that it arrogates to itself in fa hi hi lit v, and assumes sovereign authority over the lives, properties and consciences of men. AH men, whether rulers or ruled, are bound under pain of censure, excommunication, or punishment by de.-uh, in abject submission to all the Holy Mother's mandates. Is anv one disposed to de

ny these statements! Let the history of the past

establish the fact. Let the millions of innocent beings who have been the victims of its rage and malice proclaim. Let their sufferings announce the awful truth. It is written upon the portals of Popery, in characters of blood! It is enstamped so deeply it is written so strikingly, that he who runs may read. Need I point you to the massacre at llartholomews to the bloody butchery of the Wablensep Shall I depict their awful horrors! Alas! had I the discriptive imagination of a Scott could I paint the sufferings of injured inno-

1 XFOLM ATION WANTED. A Letter, written wiih a pencil, signed by Wills," (part of the name illegible) and dated "Cincinnati, March ?lh, lli.il," was sent to the Pest master at Ihitiville, Ivy. enclosing a. paper said by the writer (Mr. Wills) to have been "found in the pantaloons-pocket of a man. who was found dead in the eastern 'part of Indiana." The letter further states that "ir was supposed byhe person who found him, that lie had been thrown from a horse, as lus clothe were 'nuc;pa.ly torn o;f hi., i and the body much mangle. I. ims is, all ihe information the letter contains, ihe paper

and enclosed in me iniri.ruii-

u ith other corrohothe body to be that of late of Layettey hie,

ling more particular inioi-

Wills at Cincinnati,

to inactivity

fence of your liberties and the rights of man. "Strike for your altars and your tin s," not with the faggot, the rack, the gibbet, the inquisition; but strike with that ever powerful weapon "public opinion." ilanish from our country these enemies to our free institutions, and desecrators ot the "star-spangled banner' Tiik Si. wf Tit im;. We learn on unquestionable authority, that a slave essel lias left the pint of New-VoiK within the last ten days, for the coat of Africa. Whalevei may be the le;al evidence on the subject, no one whn has seen the i on-Mmi-iion of ihe vessel and her manner of htt'mn out. can have

ai h other; tiioueh no words of my own could be so expie

si e. 1 would not wish to make a man "an offender for word;"' but 1 see tlie rule above laid down so often transres-ed, even by religions persons, that I consider the camion not supeillu- .. ous.

A (bun Hit. The Mobile Keistei s ays that a gentleman lately armed in that c'ny from the North, and bemj a-ked bow 'it h annened he was three davs ahead ef the mail 6'' u L'!.v

replied, "l got out of the sta.;e, mid walWcd." A gentleman wasstnppe.1 in Now Oilcan", by a foulpad, with the cu-iumaiy salutations on su, h occasions our poise

the least doubt that she is a shiver. She has on board two oi yom lite -t in, replied I. le i;eul lem ..u, ...... s, i ,

you shall have ali I have got, anil uicw a imi... ....... te How down.

Captains one a Portuguese, the other an American. Journal of Commerce

found ill Ids j'ocket

tains a liieiiiorandum, v incli. rating circu msi auces, proves

the Lev. Joseph win,

'P.... ete-r reo

imtm.i xe:.s directed to .d r

bi'.t no answer has been received. Various mean

have been tried, but still no miormat ,on can U i schoiild this notice meet ihe eve ot

one acquainted with any circumstances connected with this melancholy .-vent , t hey yv ill center a particular favor on the relations of the deceased by living whatever information they may possess. Information mav be communicate! by mad to the "Lev. .lames 'W. leKeunati, Indianapolis,

or to the "Lev. W. D. Smith, Darlington, Leaver

cou utv. I a. Lditors thiougout tb," eastern j .... i ;.. .1... .,i" Cincinnati, wil

illlll 111 en . i'; ' ' -

the above one or IWU iiisviumii'

tieill V

rrt of 1 ndiana. confer a favor

by giving

tltrlington. a. t eo. i- '