, 1859-04-29

-Ah~2 HA9 0uAAf3 - tAs Sfa+tA1A"
TIN Discourse by Rev T. u. Humphrey, Of
Milwaukee, 4 member Of the Ecclesiastical! Coun-
eli aud pastor elect Of the First Presbyterian
Church Of this city, was preached from the text
Z ,mans 1ir 5-"Uno man estecineth one day
abore another; another, every day ullke. LIE:
every man be persuaded in his own mind"
The theme Of tue discourse was tic iudepend-
enee Of thought upon religious topics, an aim
ing at originality, not Of truth, which is the eser
nal, but Of expression and conceptions Of trutl;
not the freedom Of the free thinker but tie III
dependent intelligent yiew of religion aud its
doctrines as worthy and of necessity the aita Of
the successful PASTOR
The 0rdainniy PRAYER was made By ReE. Dr.
kitchcll of Detroit, President Of tic Seminary
board, and the LAYING M Of hands WAS l'artiei-
ratcd in BY Kcr. Messrs. kitclcll of Detroit,
Savage If St. Charles and President Chaplin OF
Deloit.
Tie hymn 'Eo preach II: Gospel Was then
sung, after which RcE. President Chaplin deliv-
cred An able, eloquent. and t!inG charge to the
candidate. The duties Of til, ministry and their
Relations to the world were very strongly and
clearly touched upou- The speaker also re-
tcrred to the relations that had existed between
himself and pruf. Fisk, Us Of the Faculty Of
Belot College, soon to terminate By the transfer
Of the latter to this nrw field in this city.
The right haal Of fellowship WIS given by
Rer. Prof. Dar.lctt, followed BY PRAYER by Rev
Nr Patton The exercises were clvscd With
prayer by the Kcr. Prof Fisk.
INSTALLATION.
Last evening, with appropriate and interest
in. exercises, the Board of directors inauSur-
ated Rev. F. W. Fisk as Professor Of Sacred
Rhetoric in tile Seminary. After an appro-
PIRATE introduction hy the choir, Rev. Mr.. E. ,c-
ston Of Madison, Wis, invoked the Divine bless
ing and read portion of thc 18th chapter of
Coiossians.
The Professor elect, real and gave his assent
to the articles Of fuith adopted by the Seminary
Rey. Mr. D4scoEn, If Dnvcr, delivered very
tinlaly charge; after which, aprayer was offered
by Rev Mr.. Roy, of Chicago.
Pruf Fix then delivered his Inaugural AL
dress, tho subject of which was "Thc Relation
Of the Forces nf the Pulpit to its Power" Tie
forces nf tue Pulpit were characterized Us lein::
Material, Development and Action, and the ain
Of the address WIS to show that the Pulpit is :,
power just i'll proportion Us it makes list II
these forces.
t, their work, an'l places the Institution in 4
position where it call TO III important work fer
tn Churches in tlc West. The Inaugural :1d-
dress last evening fully warranted large cxpect%-
ii ms from this valuable addition To thu Faculty
o.tlc Seminary. The success Of this Institution
ti,rs far will largely repay the efforts of its
friends and supporters, and wurrant tllcir fur
til r endeavors for its full endowment
The catalogue of the year shows tho chairs Of
Proftssorship> titled rs fellows: Rev. Joseph
Masrn, Carpenter Professor of Systematic Thco-
loyy; Rrr. Sanucl G. Bartlett, Professor If
Biblical Ticolnsy; Key. +. W. Fisk, l'roar>a'r
Of Sacred Eetric a!nl lIu:nilrics.
The t:r.rlaatins Glass nlssIbev- fivr, three If
wllom llave already received and accepted calls
to fields of labor. The '1u'ii"r Class Of the p:.@t
ven:sth present Senors> numbers y-as!rce
stu1cntsss''!c in The special, 1iftacn in the r1
lar course. of lhe>: latter. nearly al are =rada-
:trs ha.in& received 4 full College course.
The Seminary will not sen1en until SspteEs-
Der, and its classes will not be male up until
| that time. The attendance upon the .tnniver-
sary exercises comprised numbers Of vler1ysa IL
| and l:ly1ncn from more distant points in the
Northwest. by their presence thns as!est;ny
| their own as well as representing the widc ars!
,iee;, interest If large share RI the religious
community in this ''School ofthe Prophets
The 0R4rnnn THIS EsExtSc.-TIc n.lic
nratorio Of the Messiah will be given This crri,-
ing ;s not before in chicago, and probably in Il
manner rarely cnalrd iu the country. TIC
| names Of distinguished yocalsts from abroad
;uncd 10 justly popular home talent constitute
miraculous that ure OF the most sterling class.
Let there be a full .ousc.
| pos7 Ofr.cE CLERK RuMnvEn.-Tlle Washiu.-
| ION correspondent nf thr New York 7r,t1n,
spralin. ii tue Chicago Postmaster. says:
| Zone VI his clerks las been removed by Post
Master General lIolt's'or,ter, tur thu "avnse ri
opening letters"
| This evidently rrfrrs t. krusrmart. nhp, il
| will be remembered. Was arrested M malicious
] charge by fellow clvrk Il week 1T twu since,
ll4c examination proving fiat tue accused w4-
not guilty Of any Intentional Iinlatiau at tho
Post Office laws krusemark. it seems. had
| charge ut the Foreign letter department., aud
withuut tt knowlci e OF tilr Pos. Muster Or lis
| Assistant, opened number Of letters that were
i!lcgibly directed to ascertain wllctrrthcv Wrr,
| foreign letters or not. thus 1erturiuinS his duty
Us he thought, but actually ,iulating 4 Law. W
doubt hot that lis uItcusc was more, the rt%,l o
ignorance than of criminal design: hui thu Ia"
is very properly rigorous in such nsatstr>.-
JoArhd|, ~ s<s'tftfay.