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* From the Southern Christain Herald. 44 On ihrtvrrect interpretation of the. Scriptures" j Mr. Editor: Permit me to offer through , your valuable periodical a few remarks on an \ important passage in 1st Epistle o: Peter, cfi. 18th 19th and 20th verses. "For Christ also hath once suffered for sin,' the for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death m the flesh, but; quickened by the Spirit: by which, also he' went and preached unto the spirits in prison; ( which sometime were disobedient when once . thelcig suffering of God waited in the days : of Noah, while the ark was preparing, where in few, that is, eight souls, were saved by wa- ! ter." " ! Dr. Doddridge remarks of this passage in his Family Expositor that, * Ilardly any passage has been more differently interpreted than this, especially the phrase. 44 by which a]so lie (that is Christ) went and preached unto the s; irits in prison, which sometime 1 were disobedient when once the long suffering of God, waited in the days of Noah while the ark was preparing." Some understand it of souls, who were in some lower place in Paradise, or in a watch tower, waiting the Redeemers coining: Others, of those in Ilell, whom he delivered, to grace his triumph. See Dr. Moore's Theological work, p. IS., Bishop Pearson on the Creed, p. 22S., Dr. Doddridge himself in his Paraphrase thinks it means, Christ spiritually preaching by Noah, to sinners in his day, who rejecting the truth and being disobedient were lost and are voir spirits in the prison of woe and despair?and this appears to be the more common interpretation, and such is the new given of it, by a late writer in the Charleston Observer. The Romish doctrine of Purgatory, looks mainly to this portion of Fcripture for its support, if I mistake not. llenry and Scott, in their commentaries coincide with the opinion expressed by Dr. Doddridge. To differ from such men of God, may seem presumptuous at this day, yet I would, with great humility suggest an interpretation which to ine seems at I ast a r>laus\l*lz one and new, if more incorrect than the former. My great objection to its meaning, "The spirits of antedeluvian rebels, now in prison" is the want of a word in the original for the term now. Christ "being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the spirit; by which, (Spirit) also he went and preached to the spirits in prison"?"in the days of Noah"?Doth it m^an that the Saviour jrrsorwlly went and preached to the spirits in prison ? No: But by Noah a preacher of riglioousness, he went and preached to sinners, whose state and character is figuratively represented by the expression, " Spirits in Prison." This same Apostle in his 2nd Epistle, 1st i ch. last verse, says: "For the prophecy came i not in old time by the will of man : but Holy inen of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost," and again in his 1st Epistle, 1st j ch. 10th and 11th verses he says, "Of which salvation the Prophets have inquired and j ? ' 'v .1- ? 1 :,.j I THE SEVEN SLEEPING CHRISTIANS. In a volume of sermons by Bishop Jleber, ! he introduces one of the discourses with this story, for the purpose of calling atten-; tion to the great concerns of eternity and of practical religion. His text is, 2 Cor. iv. IS. " We look not at things which are seen, but ' at the things which are not seen.*' " There is an ancient fable, told by the Greek and Roman churches?which, fable as it is, ma.y, for its be&uty and singularity, well deserve to be remembered?that in one of the earliest persecutions to which the 1 Christian world was exposed, seven Christian youths sought concealment in a lonely j cave; and there, by God's appointment, foil j into a deep and death-like slumber. They slept, the legend runs, two hundred years, till j the greater part of mankind had received 1 the faith of the gospel, and that church, j which they hud left a poor and afflicted or-1 phan, had 'kings for her fatfers.. and queens \ for her nursing mothers." They then at length searcneu umgenuy, who prppueneu ui uiv i grace that should come unto you; searching ' what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of! Christ vhich icas in them, did signify, when it ' testified before hand the sufferings of Christ and ; the Glory that should follow." It is evident; from these two passages that" the Holy Ghost: and the Spirit of Christ," are regarded by the Apostle Peter, as the self same Spirit; one Spirit, by the whieb, when Jesus was put to death in the flesh, lie was quickened?made | alive; And by which Or/ore he became incarnate, he went and praeched through Noah, to j rebel sinners. As to the correctness of the interpretation I j would give to the phrase?" Spirits in Prison," I wiill quote but a single passage?Isaiah 01 cli. 1st verse?" The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Ixml hath annointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek: he j hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, ! to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the ! opening of the prison to them that are bound." i Now when many hundred years had passed j away from the time this was uttered bv the Dw\t?hot Tcoio k aftr>r tknt tkp Snn nf fJnrl he. ! JL 4VJ/UVV vM??* v. came incarnate, he read this passage of Scripture in a Synagogue and closing the book and j looking around on his attentive audience "he ! began to say unto them this day is this Scrifu ture fulfilled in your ears"?Luke, 4th ch. 21st j verse. So then Christ did in person proclaim to the j Jew's, " liberty to the captives and the open, ing of the prison to them that were bound." i "Captives sold under sin," imprisoned in igno- f ranee, and unbelief. The foregoing interpretation seerns to me j natural and relieves the passage of scripture from the many difficulties attending the othor , modes of explanation. If there be objection to this exposition on the part of any of your : Christian readers the writer of tliis article, j would be glad to see them offered in your pa- ' per. - Kxox. - awoke, and entering into their native Ephe. ! scl sus, so altered now that its streets were alto-1 til gether unknown to them, they cautiously in- j art quired if there were any Christians in sic that city! 'Christians!' was the answer,' rol we are all Christians here?' and they heard co with thankful joy the change which, since they left the world, had taken place in the 33 opinions of its inhabitants. On one side, they du were shown a stately fabiric, adorned with a wl gilded cross,and dedicated, as they were told, ye to the worship of their crucified Master; on another, schools for the public exposition of those gospels, of which, so short a time be- 1 fore, the bare profession was proscribed and deadly. But no fear was now to be en- ^ tcrtuined of those miseries which had encir- , cled thecmdic of Christianity; no danger .ia now of the rack, the lions, or the sword; the emperor and his prefec:s held the same fai h ^ with themselves, and all the wealth of the *!? east, and all the valor and authority of the tl western world, were exerted to pro ect and endow the professors and the teachers of ,. their religion. 1 ? - ' ?4 ! co "ifut joyiui as uicsu iiuuigs musi ui ium . have been, their further inquiries arc said to have met with answers which vcrv deeplv : l 1<XI | surprised and pained them. They learned } . [ that the greater part of those who called I themselves by the name of Christ were strangely regardless of the blessings which Christ had bestowed, and of the obligations which he had laid on his followers. They Stl found that, as the world had become Chnst| ian, Christianity itself had become worldly; and, weared and sorrowful, they besought j of Cod to lay them down asleep again, cry- j I ing out to those who followed them, *You have shown us many heathens, who have u i given up their old idolatry, without gaining anvthing better in its room: many who are j * { cc of no religion at a!i; and many with whom I j the religion of Christ is no more than a cloak , j'j of licentiousness, but where, whore are the i jj Christians V .And thus they returned to ! their cave; and there Cod had compassion i on then), releasing them, once for all, from j that world lor whose reproof their clays had beon lengthened, and removing their sof.ls to _ the society of their ancient friends and pas- : ? tors, the martyrs and saints of tin earlier and ? a better generation." j y t::k ciibistjan spirit. > I It was the noble determination of Sr. \ p^ Pan! to spend and be spent for Christ. This j ve was not the passionate resolve of one j pL wrought up to a high degree of excitement, j (jj but his ordinary temper and disposition? j ^ the natural and spontaneous production of j (fr grace in his heart. Such is the disposition j y:] of every one, who feels that his heart had | pC been dilated by the Spirit of (Jo J, and a holy ; L,n impulse given to bis actions. The spirit i mj of Christianity is utterly opposed to that nar- j fe( rowncss of sou', which immures itself with- i W( in itself, and measures the claims of others j mJ by the personal inconvenience or benefit j which will accrue to the individual whose cj( aid is invoked. This is not the spirit of j)a Christ?it has a selfishness and sordidness fC( about it, which can find 110 congenial cle- w( merit in the victim of the cross, nor in that j fie benevolence which impregnates the very j air uc breathe, and prepares our daily pp comforts and enjoyments. hjs lie who has felt the love of God shed pa abroad in his heart, feels that there are cords ra, many fold, and strong binding him to his jCi Redeemer, and motives irrestible, urging no him to live for Christ. His cause is the cr, Christian's cause. Ilis soul feels the thrill j Clf of delight at its triumphs, and mourns when i ^'n the adversary prevails. For this he plans, j and labors, and pleads, bestows his treasure J v}( and offers up his prayers. The field of his j ap vision is the kingdom of Christ?his in- ! quiries and efforts are circumscribed by no I is other limits than the wants of man, and the an promise of usefulness. Has he bv assum- an ing the vows of the sacraments entered fuliy 0f within the pale of the church? It was not tj1( to enjoy inglorious sloth, but that he might ce] be a laborer in the Lord's vineyard, lias jnf tic consecrated all that he has lo his Saviour? |eg It was not that they should he wasted in a(T self-indulgence, or hoarded np to rust in uselessness, but that they might be employ-1 ed in promoting the glory of Cod and good | y0 of men. lie and they are 'to spend and be j spent for Christ.' This determination will tj0 lead him to advanceevery scheme by which Jc, God may be honored?to watch with so- tjie licitude the openings of Providence, and ea- (jC( gerly to embrace every opportunity of doing ni( something in the great cause. Slh There arc secular employments and tern-; ]es poral duties not to be neglected, which re-! 0f ligion enjoins us to discharge with fidelity j 0f and punctuality. Rut the great business of j hir the Christian in this world is to live tor eter- jJU] nity?the main objects of this life have re. jej ference to the kingdom of God. If our urt tirst concern be to amass wealth, or take co, care of it, to secure all the comforts which jjy we desire lor ourselves and our families, or bu; to gratify some other passion whose influ- < ence may control us, and we give to religion vo, and the soul only fragments of time, and q|k fractions of money, which can be spared jur without imposing any degree of constraint am upon ourselves, are wc living for ourselves js t or God. Are we not exhausting life in the ( pursuit of that which Is unworthy such dcvotion? Do we not sacrifice our greater in. yC1 terests tor the less? IIow little satisfaction. ne< will be felt by us when at the close of life we shall be compelled to review our course, and discover that although bound by sol- tj0] enm engagements to 'spend and be spent for Christ,' we have devoted our affections, mc our powers, and all our efforts to secular thj, concerns. We may have amassed those tjV( perishing riches which God may make a pc curse instead of a blessing to our offspring; aa3 and feel that for this sordid portion we have jiv been traitors to our Benefactor, and sold as our souls to death.?Southern Churchman, i agj fici The Virginia Conference Sentinel in 110- ' ticing the Seventeenth annual report of the mil Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis- bot copal church, says: her " There are, under the carc of the Socie. ^atl ty, twel\c foreign and aboriginal Missionary cas Stations, on which there art 48 missionaries,! 3.752 church members, 30 teachers,and 921' Pv' lolars. There are Domestic Missions in so of the annual Conferences in which there j pi > 17,174 church members, and 118 mis- j lie naries. Among the slaves in South Ca- i bli ina there are 1,710 children under a | th urse of catechetical instruction. m "The treasurer's report presents $61,- bi 7 81 as the aggregate amount received sc ring the year, being $22,802 19 above w mt was collected during the preceding fil ar; expended $50,087) 87)." m ? : cc rIrcwt from a work by l)r. Burgess, oj Eng- | cj fam/, entitled Greece and the Levant, in 1854. j j The most interesting object now in Ath- j j s is doubtless the American Missionary j, hool, which, for the last four or five years, i sbeen conducted bv Mrs. Hill. Theschool ! 1 it" i 0( use entirely built by the Americans, is an | ifice of stone, and stands in the very J ora or market-place where Pauli disputed j . a., until flint mot him ' ^ PQtnrdaV ! t |j> 1X111 iiivou mill IIIV/I, ? ,?J . ^rning, being Sunday, I was invited by j1 r. Hill to go and see the juvenile asscm- ; j r in its best order. The infant school is i nducied i:i the same manner as our own ^ England. I have no time now to offer ^ u any reflection upon tiiis eflort of Christi zeui. I can only say it filled n?y mind til great delight, and appeared to me to ' . ien a cheering prospect for the future des- j. 4 iy of Athens. I ^ "After this interesting visit, I proceeded ; ^ the house of the Missionary, and had the i ^ tisfaction of performing divine service and j eaching to a congregation of about twenty j rsons. The audience consisted of a few j itish travellers like ourselves, a few Piiil. j llenites, who iiave established themselves > ^ Athens, tlic household of Mr. and Mrs. j ill, and two or three of his assistant teach- : S? s, who understand English. Can you j mceivc any thing more joyful than such j J i occupation as this, within view of Mars* i iil 1 Resides, I am one of those who bevc that the Gospel is seldom preached j ^ vain."' ci ministerial fidelity. Remarkable and important is that saying -Let us have grace whereby ice may serve j ? on accept ably y with reverence and godly 1 ar: for our God is a consuming fire. i. | cry observable also is the language of j j avid : 1 will go to the altar of God,to God j 0 ) exceeding joy. May the import of these J1 issages united, exert its force on your xy soul, whenever you take the lead in 41 iblic worship! Then your graces as a iristian, and your gifis as a minister, will i exercised at the same time. Your aces being excited, you have communi- j i with God ; your gifts being exerted, the i ~ ople are edified. Whereas, were you to j. ter the pulpit merely to exercise your j,n inistcrial talents, though others might be 111 * 1 .1 by the truths delivered, your own soul j f !ir? fvicp of i ^1 7U1U Olcil X 11 AO* A ivuij *4.7 luw W4V~ v? j . my who preach the gos|>cl. j But what a figure in the eye of Omnis-! P1 ?nce must that preacher make, who is not I aI bitually desirous of exercising devout af- j :tions in the performance of his public | VJ )rk! Like an index on the high road, j w directs others in the way to heaven, but ! walks not in it himself. lie may pro- c| esy with Balaam, or preach with Judas; 5 learning and knowledge, his natural j rts and spiritual gifts, may excite ad mi- | rc tion and l>e useful to others; hut, being ( ar stitute of internal devotion, his heart is j!? t right with God, and he is a wretched j,n mature. Sounding hrass or a tinkling !t0 mbol, is the character by which he is i ^ own in sacred Scripture. |t,( When, however, commencing public ser- 8* :e, it is needful to remember that you pear not only as a worshipper of God, m t as a minister of Christ. Being such, it j Cf your indispensable duty to preach Christ ! u d not yourself: that is, with sincerity j ?J d ardor, to aim at displaying the glories i ~ his person and the riches of his grace, i-. x?i.- i-!?i 1 .i... _ hi i spirnuaiuy 01 111s Kingdom unu me e.\- i Hence of his government, not your own ! jenuity or eloquence?your parts or | J" irning. Guard, then, my brother, as I ainst the most pcrnicous evil?guard, as vour very against converting the j at m 9 t 4/1 spel ministry into a vehicle to exhib.t j ur own excellence : or prostituting the ! *. ctrine of Christ crucified to the grutifica- j J1 n of your pride or thut it may be a pan- j *. rto your praise. For who can estimate j'll \ magnitude of that guilt which is inclu-1. J in sucli conduct ? Yet, with this enor- \ >us and horrible evil, I cannot forbear jtei specting, many ministers arc more or j nc s chargeable. Nay, to the commission ! ?.r this outrage on the honor of Christ and | sa grace, every minister should consider I ^11: nself liable. For so polluted arc our jt0 ids, that without grace preventing, we j Pr ile ever}' thing we touch. So depraved Sc s our hearts, that we are in danger of j t"1 uinifting a robberv on the jjlorv of our I 9 ? 9 ine Lord, even when it is our professed i ?r sincss to exalt it. | to * As, when entering on public devotion, \ w' i should endeavor to act becoming your th" iracter, under the notion of a guilty crea- s0 e in audience with the King Eternal, and ^ 1 as a minister of Christ, whose business n flicnlnv liic (flnrv sn vnn nrn further 1 I)r, v, u.^/..v ^ rconsider yourself as the servant of his nn urch. When standing up to address ed ;ir people, it should ever be with an ear- | tin ?t desire to promote their happiness, i In iey having chosen you to the pastoral yc ice,?you having accepted their invita- lai l, and being now solemnly ordained to I thi 7 O y imporiant service?that mutual agree- w< nt, and the interesting transactions of ag s clay, should operate as a threefold mo- " I 2 to the faithful performance of your pub-, in work. Yes, you are bound affection- va iy to aim at doing them good, by laying G< ine truth before them in such a manner wi is adapted to enlighten their minds, to br< set their hearts, and to promote their edi- re? ition. ori fhough the occasional exercise of your nisterial talents in other places may be nw h lawful and commendable, yet, as it is foi e only that you stand in the pastoral re- tec on you ought, except in extraordinary he ;es, to fill this pulpit yourself, and not the vc the deacons to procure supplies, in a j soi carious manner, while you are s* rvfng ' to: me other commuity. It is here, as a 1 iblic teacher, that your proper business i is ; and here, at the usual times of asseming, your voice must be heard. When e pastor of a church discovers any incliition to avail himself of any pretext for :ing absent from his people, in order to rve others, he gives reason for suspicion, hatover his pretences may be, that either thy lucre, or a lust of popularity, has too uch place in his heart; and that lie acipted the pastoral cilice rather as an artie of convenience, than as .matter of duty, is indeed, much to be lamented, that, ough Dissenting ministers in general justexclaim against the non-residence and e holding of pluralities, which are so imnion among the clergy, yet the conduct 'some pastors among the Nonconforists, makes near approaches to that of uralities in our national establishment, id is a violation of pastoral dutv. You should seek, with peculiar care, to itain the approbation of conscience in ich of your hearers; as appears by the llowing words. "By manifestation of e truth, commending ourselves to every rnnarirtirn in thp. xifht nf (imi." Ll ll> O VVI?UV?W ? IV *<?v ?^ . his illustrious passage presents us with a j e\v of Paul in the pulpit, and a very soma appearance he makes. He has just ien adoring in secret, at the feet of the lost High; and from converse with the lost Holy he is now going to address his How-sinners. Penetrated with the impornee of his office, and the solemnity of his resent situation he manifestly feels? 2 seems to tremble. Nor need we won. ir : for the subject on which he is to >eak, the object he has in view, and the itness of his conduct, are all interesting id solemn to the last, degree. Truth, onscience, and Ciod?the most impornt and impressive thoughts that can enter iciiuman mind?pervade his very soul. Evangelical truth is the object of his dis-1 t r i rv ? jssion; and tbe omniscient noiy unc is ic witness of his conduct. An example, lis, which you, arid I, and every minister f the word are bound to imitate. Make it our diligent endeavor, then, to obtain the ^probation of conscience from all tha.t oar you : for without deserving that, none f your public labors can be to your honor, r turn to your own account, in the great ly of the Lord.?Booth's Pastoral Cations.? mother's and a sister's prayer answered. Within a twelve month, there came from, ?, one of the West India Islands, to the nited States, a man of business. He was truth, a man of the world ; deeply imicrsed in its cares, and prosperous in iaping a golden harvest; with wliich he linly hoped, ere long, to be satisfied and ippy. ilis inissson led him to all the "incipal cities on our Atlantic borders; id in them to associate with a most re1 1 * % tt n >ectaDie class oi our mercnauts. lie nrsi sited a soutliern city; and while there, as led, in the providencn of God, to listen the preaching of a zealous and devoted ergyinan of the Prostestant Epispocal lurch. His attention was arrested and s mind deeply solemnized with eternal alities. lie visited intervening cities, ul at length reached Boston. There he ok lodgings in the Mouse. The lpressions made by divine truth were not be effaced from his heart, although ho as much occupied with mercantile opera)ns. He stiff thought of his soul, and bein to set upon it a higher value than upon e world. He went to hear a faithful inisterofthe Methodist church, and his invictions of sin were heightened. He ent again and again; till, by the blessing 'God, and the operations of the Holy host, he found a Savior, and embraced m in faith, and became a joyful witness of c triitli Snrrr\i m/lrwl nc In* WHQ hv the ' s? li UMI? KJ 141 I VU1IUVV4 UU MV I. , | orid, on all sides, hearing constantly the n of its business, and the noise of its folly niscnlled pleasure,) indeed engaged for a irt of the day in the former, and associated the meals, with many devoted to the latr, he did abstract his mind from worldly oughts, so as to spend hours daily with s God, on his bended knees, seeking . ivine illumination in prayer and reading s word. lie was now a changed man. lie felt within. He showed it in his very counnance and manners. Yes! and he was >t made a witness for Jesns to be dumb! to testify only on certain great, occa3ns! Out of the abundance of his heart s mouth spake. He has now returned his home, to carry a pearl of matchless ice ; and, in the benevolence which the ispel inspires, to use his utmost endeavors at those endeared to hint by the ties ot" fcction and blood may not receive the ace of God in vain. Nor will he be soon rgotten in your city, among the brethren to rejoiced over his repentence, or by use impenitent individuals whom he be- : tight in the ardor of his first love, to seek 2 Savior he had found. But what has all this to do with the ayers of a mother and a sister ? Let 2 tell you, the ntan thus hopefully convenes the son of a mother in Israel! and 3 brother of the wife of a missionary in dia! The former lias been for many ars, an ornament in the church in Engid, and now stands waiting but to hear s blessed intelligence, that her son who is lost is found?who was dead is alive ain; and like Simeon of old, she will say, jord now lettest thou thy servant depart peace, for mine eyes have seen thy saltion." The latter was so in love with j id's word, that to enjov and be benefitted th its glorious truths, she made the lie2W language her study, that so she might id it in the characters in which it was _ iginally penned. i Who can doubt that the prayers of that j >thcr and tkat sister, going up continually 1 the son and the brother, widely separa 1 from them as he was, were heard, and 1 was blessed in his soul on account of jm? Mothers! who have impenitent 3S and daughters, pray tQr them. Sis- *s! i\ .10 have brothers : i !; ve v .tb th'.s world, go to God in faithful prayer for them; lor the lervent, effectual prayer of the righteous uvailcth much.?Pastor. From the Southern Churchman. How far Christian Denominations may safe-! hj co-operate in Conducting Religious Insti-, tut ions.?There is so much good sense in the ! following remarks on this subject which we copy from a London Missionary paper, that we take pleasure in recommending it to our readers. We think it correctly lays down the rule which should determine the question proposed in the caption: "The limit of combined religious action c* only include, with safety and peace, those cases where, as in the Bible Society, religious opinions are not at all called into qites-1 tion; or where, as in the Religious Tract So. ciety, essential principles, common to all I who act together, are alone brought forward . i and subordinate principles, which the parties do not agree, are pretermitted, as not necessary to salvation, though important toj the full edification of the Church. "Wisdom and charity, we conceive, re-! rjuire that all plans which cannot be placed,' completely and practically, under one or! other of these two heads, should be conduct- j cd exclusively by those who agree in all the great points of doctrine, and worship, and ! discipline, which are essential to the full purposes of their union. If the time should arrive, when the terms of communion in the Churches of Christ shall be so enlarged as to embrace those who are at present separated, there will then naturally follow a wide co-operation in religious labors; but it will \ still remain as we concicve, immovably true that members of different communions can act efficiently, harmoniously, and consistently together, only under one or other of the two cases which we have stated. The experience of our different societies fully hears us nut iu this view. "In cases such as that of our Home Missionary Societies, where living agents must he employed in acting personally forreligious ends on a living population, not only 1 must topics he brought forward on which Churchmen and Dissenters are not agreed; hut if it were possible and proper to merge these topics, yet that difficult task could not he entrusted to living agents of every habit of mind, speaking on the spur of the occasion, when it is lound to require the calm deliberation of a body of thinking and candid men to prepare publications of such a description. I "To all the praises which are given to the mutual love of true Christians we most cordially subscribe. We desire to love every man who loves our Lord. We count our differences lighter than the dust in the bal ?iMtk fiiitti. u-lnnh the auuc, as ^Ullipuivu mm Htut W.U., - Holy Spirit awakens in the souls which lie has renewed, and which works by Jove to all the commands and promises of God.? ! Where regeneration, and faith and love are ?there God is? And with such men may our souls be gathered forever. "It is not quite fair to draw captivating pic. turcs of harmony and love, with an implication that these senses are realized among those only who merge their different views of worship and discipline, which yet are allowedly indispensable to the full edification of the individual Christian and of the. whole spiritual body. While human nature is what it is, and the Christian Churches retain their present terms of communion, our brethren so circumstanced must be more j than human wholly to escape suspicions.; heart-burnings and jealousies, and to feel | themselves at once consistent and unimpe-, ded in their actions; and we urge more limited co-operation 011 our brethren, because charity can be most confidently exercised and most fullv maintained, when we act - 1 ?A kU Wit!) tliose Willi wnom >ve ugice, uuu uiu , God speed to all who, with the preservation ! of a'i essential truth, do yet piously differ i from us. "We arc well aware of the duty of laboring to be perfectly joined together in the same mind and the same judgment: for it is the want of this which imposes on Christians the necessity of these restraints on general co-operation. 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May, lTth 27 tf. 26,000 SUBSCRIBERS? Philadelphia Mirror. THE splendcd patronage awarded to the Philadelphia Saturday Courier, induces the edii tors to commence the publication, under tb? above title, of a quarto edition of their popular I journal, so long known as the largest Family | Newspaper in the United States with a list of near TWENTY.SIX THOUSAND SUB\ SCRIBERS. The new feature recently intro. j duced ot furnishing their readers with new books i of the best literature of the day, having proved ! so eminently successful, the plan will be contin ! ucd. Six volumes ot the celebrated writing of I Captain Marryatt, and sixty-five of Mr. Brook's \ aluable Letters from Europe, have already been published without interfering with it's news and miscellaneous reading. The Courier is the lar- ' ^ gest and cheapest family newspaper ever issued in this country, containing articles in literature Science, and Arts; Internal Improvement; Agriculture; in short every variety of topics utu'lly introduced into a public journal. Giving foil accounts of sales, markets, and news of the latest | dates. It is published at tho low price of ?2. Fori this small sum subscribers get valuable and entertaining matter each week enough to fill a common book of200 pages, and equal to 5.2 volumes a year, and which is estimated to be read, weekly by at least two hundred thousand people, scattered in all parts of the country, from Maine to ? Florida, and from the sea board to the lakes. The paper has been now so long established as to render it too well known to require an extended prospectus, the publishers, therefore, will do no more than refer to the two leading daily political papers of opposite politics The Pennsylvanian says?"The Saturday Courier is tho largest, and one of the best family newspapers in the Union;" the other, the Inquirer aua Daily Courier, says, "It is the largest journal published in Philadelphia, and one of the very best in the United States." The New York Star says?we know nothing more liberal on the part of the dormant talents of our country, than their unexam. pled liberality in offering literary prizes." The Albeny Mercury of March 16th, 1836 says, "the Saturday Courier, is decidedly the best Family Newspaper ever published in this or any other country, and its value is duly appreciated by the pnblic, if we may judge Its contents aro agreeably varied, and each number contains more really valuable 'reading matter* than is published in a week in any daily paper in the Union. Its mammoth dimensions enable its enterprising pro. prietors, Messrs. Woodward & Clarke, of Philadelphia, to re-publish in its eolumes in the course of a year, several of the most interesting new works that issue from the British uress: which cannot fail to give to it a permanent interest and render it worthy of preservation. To meet thewishes,therefore,of soch of their subscribers as desire to have their numbers bound, they have de tcrinined on issuing an edition of the Courier in the quarto form, whiqh will render it much more convenient for reading when it is bound in a vol. ume and thus greatly enhance its value." THE QUARTO EDITION. Under the title of the Philadelphia Mirror, will commence with the publication of the Prize Tale, to which was awarded the prize of $100, written by Miss Leslie, editor of the splended Annual the Token, and author of Pencil Sketch, es and other valuable contributions to American Literature, A large number of songs poems tales, &c. offered in competition for the $500 premiums, will add value and interest to the succeeding numbers, which will also be enriched by a story from Miss Sedgewick author of Hope Leslie. The Linwoods, &cM whose taleuts have been so justly and extensively appreciated, both at home anu abroad. This approved FAMILY NEWSPAPER is strictly neutral in religious and political makers and the uncompromising opponent of qtiaker of every kind. MAPS In addition to all of which the publishers intend furnishing their patrons with a series of engraved Maps, embraceing the twenty-five States of the Union, &c. exhibiting the situation, &c. of rivers, towns, mountains, lakes, the sea board internal improvements, as displayed in cannals, rail roads, &c., with other interesting and useful features, roads distances, &c. forming a complete Atlas for general use and information, hand, soineiy executed, each distinct map on a large quarto sheet, ut an expense which nothing rat the splendid patronage which for six years past has been so generously extended to them, could warren t. TERMS: m. TIL-K J.I.I.!. 0.< l__ i_ _?:11 1 no l nimucipmn oaiuiuajr vvuiwi v suit continued in its largo form at the same price as heretofore. The Philadelphia Mirror, being a quarto edition of the Saturday Courier, -with its increased attractions, and printed op the best fine while paper of the same size as the New York Albion, will be put at precisely one half the price of that vain able journal, vi2, Three Dollars per annum pavable in advance (including the Maps.) WOODWARD A CLARKE/ Philadelphia. ItrThc paper will be sent in exchange to such newspapers as may oblige us by publishing our advertisements. may 14. THE SATURDAY NEWS, AXD LITERARY GAZETTE: A Weekly Family Newspaper, devoted to Literature, Criticism and Fine Arts, General Intelligence, News. Price Two Do liars per annum?payable in ad vance. ON Saturday, July 9, 1836, the snbecribets will commence,"in Philadelphia, the pub. lication of a new weekly newspaper, under the, above title. The News will embrace every variety of light literature, including Tales, Poetry. Essays, Crit-. ici8in, Notices of the Fine Arts, the Drama, See The original matter will be supplied by writesrof the first eraminence. A regular correspondence will be maintained with Washington, and the principal Cities of the Union, and arrange. mon. a nr., in l*rOCTBS8 by Whieh ffOBI Ell. rope will be constantly famished. Attention wiII be pud to eefefing at tbe ear. liest possible date, the choicest productions of the English periodieal press. Popular novels. I will not be suffered to interfere with a general variety. The latest news and ?11 items winter, esting intelligence will invariably farm pest of the contents. The News will be printed on a folio sheet of the largest class, and wifl famish as large an amount of reading mutter as any weekly paper now published in this country. It will be con. ducted in a spirit of the most fearless indepen. dence. All allusion to party politics, or sectarian religion will be carefully avoided. LOUIS A. GODEY. JOSEPH G. HEAL. MORTON HcMICHAEL. Agents of this paper will be allowed the uaua commission. Six copies furnished far 10 dollars. All payments to be lhade in advance. Orders free of postage, must be addressed to L. A. GODEY. & Co, No. 100 Walnut street, Philadelphia. IT Our editorial friends, in the country will oblige us by inserting the above prospectus, end accepting a exchange. ^8