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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
III Book Which Il Is Readable IS ioyeln
History Of European Morals,
From Augustus to Chazlemagne,
BY WE. III. .LECKX x, n. IL.
4vuls- era. sda pases zach. pkeSa

The Ettit.ssat 3thoai-.Onketlaus to tht Sch,,g-
Conseqpr1ce ct ac.sE On DtHtArtan rnoe+p4rs-Et.{.
tAfea 8enettcns-1r*rfrs Htfoos-Aursrd IHFrTslt|es
og aj Iat<.ueat-kseb Of ~ Two Relsools of Nas.
IL BAested to the GcseM Co9.1eon u soc!ety-Ths
Ort1ta which AotI Israiuss an DtTtsopcd.
THE PAGAN EMrtRH
Bsoe4ta.-{lrpwt Ii Of = trotlrr and More CosmopeH-
tan BpLtt Ia N1tne-NIsr II Rejects AoraI.ts
People st1u Very Corrups-0ssts of ia pt1ou-
Effects Of kstse3stu thr GtT.:rson n 5utk1J-Pas
don for Ortcpssl' l'HsHaons-Stes4 s4Aiunisn.
THE N125yEK51OTOE ROME
K5a,ntn alton Of ths Theory With AaerIbss FArt u
tho TrseL nk et tls Ha!ri FAxa AasAas.s sb tatis-
ttAa 1n1urnee-Theo.J rhIrls Att'thutes lr ConveF-
SIM IT tho Kmrl1o 10 tn Ev klcses IT MtrArle4fhr
rrf,ecutloa the Churtf uthrrSrnt not 9! NatnFo 10
Csush IT, liLtnty Of tt4s grT.ecut!rru..
fROM COaYyANT1HK ~ CTARLEMAGNE.
F1sst Unnsclnsneo 1t Ha1f.tAnty, E.Ns~ Eet.G IT
thr AAne4lt5 VI Human Llf~-1bu frcru6 CuasutueneN
of Chstssiaaiiy. 10 Tr.e Cnlvs7sal nttshss.i-T~u
Q!A4eAtons to Dur Adsn1os3 Of thr e. nEtsy uf tho
Drsrrt-p p,!thr II iht C1.e Etetees -t;cn.-4 M.,a}
[enses nf tho Asrrs!c rcr.l- HIM Of
teIks ias Ascet&ael. ot LsAfIns-kozal Coa9hion Of
Western Euyrpo--OFow,h Of . MtlltAry Au1 As,to
cratic 5rt1s-Eupstcra.!.,u Ut SteutaF kAAk.
T1lR rOstr1ON OF wnNKx,
The Courses.n.-Ianl.n tatl!s y; ;!as,,a a1uca re7r
-Chs!suAn lttscucc-1ctsil Ct Chr4Auanlsy 10 :he
fttnals Virtues.
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Railroad Project.

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Memphis Chamber Ut Commerce anil FreAiicuta
Ut The yAs!uua rnfl1oada herc for mfeking, M
brtn,cr Il, tn consider tho rrnpnsr ltEc Of rail-,
to1l henGR 70 kAHanl GIT Ell EpEilgneltt
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EDUCATIONAL,

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iAnka1fe N Llt'tanfr dratrrts f arufnk ca se~
In this attvf rsHehss- And wu.ht NErxT rttef into
isutunlly hrnr*rt1 af1aE senr4fs wth tEs rtnftn.s
ct ewo os shrse t,.eau .As establishments sftnat.{ Ia
llfrfrnt PattH VI th$ town. "
NAnt q. TIA Efnlrnt&Sy oouFtt. Which u Ii fraltr
Sc n1csk tnr,1t-t lpfis trosu " ~ u mr~lA iii.
atessnstt t.n ho7rs1 = week Al ,h- ru't Il tsl.i
tine essr{ dlF-nt pupil would r. pTs.A-+<i 10 t,1e
n-s.er With .dva,T1xs c~sr,s 81 Frv.tn eo-rr+prat
aes IL tusbe hIn ef tha Fsraeh language
p be n..s sis awu. The flra. J. L ick MI NuE-rn
trnrht Il kehs.la fss kindly prfnIttr Aens u r. 10
|Aks NC :! The fnatsins traat1uaa!.l "fhirr rrsa
PEoctAnr ttnenlA hts atcrrsa Ia
4shnt F nEh " Ine*rHtAane Of lraTtns h xsfort
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sonr*son tlet b. lc.rrrpe scholar aud Il, a2ti,
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fanl l.; Krusi, = CAtsetl nd sArzK 3is West Mad.
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Tur1ArELruIl, Sept. 6-Joscph SnJdey, uur-
derrr OF Carter ut FniEuount Park Eulctued in
bis cell Tits morning ~ holding nis hcad IN a
bucket Of Hnter.
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fFF" EFITFHH1 VEWENFEs
hkw BhtKAkA Hert A-{lHttnh tn DER 1Hd; ssks AH
l*lrs+ hAElE& IH IN hrb$ t.t14ts; tnl.Auhts
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pkf4.
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ntheE article. hfr and unchanged.
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na.y Atit3 tsw York stfht drAt. a.. dsc8aut
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Crops
The Shcoosean {Tis-) lieraLi septr:s that the
harre*t NscFy lac along tac lskc 6h 9rc- Ths
quality Of The grain Il e1gelca't aad saa crop II
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PORTLAND, Sept S-Thc ScE EpElsnt AKrcul-
tural Far opened here yesterday with large con-
tr1o1tious tlpm Sew England sad Caaada.
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PERFECT HEALTH 70 ALL

PERFECT HEALTH TO All
hJeh <raeIe.t-s D.r}<p.s. lsdiscssio Coukh. A1th
NJ. Con,umr.s.n, BehtEt'. steerts.snn~s Ccutu
AeiditJ, D!Ahettt, SsEse,H and voeaitint " sst.aS
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FatheE e1etlns sines he b.. tAken Du B.rrys Food
aud Hts Hrrc~ e.rnnt trl. :his esr~ilent food too
Yatk snd y III Gsooef1. BOLD ii tint Il el.3 pr h
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Ncxv England Agricultural EnIr.

WILMINGTON, Sept An election for city Oil.
Gers ttllar. resulted In the re~e.eccon OF FAlcn-
tluc Republican. for Mayor. The Republicans
also cleo; ! majority in the cts! Council
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CITY Election In Wilmington, Dell

IKtCctFHF AFFuIH1cus
P1pr1l, Ill, Sent. H. II Dodge. Of tt!s city,
was yesterday appointed Receiver OF tho reetia
Narl,c md ftrc Insurance COMPANY.
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AEXETDLEyCE,. MLTHERLf LOTS 4yD
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CH1cAoo, Sept & tsEa !
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ras,td by e p:i:. Grad 1oase sxd sa.aed hJ The
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Eulf1,ia1 Aanectsh you Al 70 tLexac you1 Efforts IN
rsarre!res .d I'D u s3nes.l tc b aio1a
Ct the onee aEd :aeur ubjtss Q: belaYed o-ssz.
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u bentdi:.no. 1sp4~ehteha hlanai " .Ant.ee.at
trn:esa.0v. HESNY YGAaESEBAEM. G. n. 4
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MEDICAL.

rrsnrtnae teeats th-~.Ftort the A,..h.e... .azJ
1tas1 EcT 10 materially increase their incpr-, Nts ii
interference with their nsher dt-s> HI a,tlrrs.inx
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Vol. 5.---No. IS.
Responsibilities of Ministers.

DIR. Thurston, in addressing the ministers
on the subject of raising means for the sup
port of the missionary cause, said:
+" In regard to the subject of liberal CIV
ing, great responsibility rests upon us who
are ministers. We are to develop the grace
of benevolence in our Churches, as well as
the grace of humility, faith, hope, or any
other grace. Indeed, without developing
this, we cannot, to any great extent, develop
the others. They all have their root in this.
What is mans faith or hope, or profession
of religion good for, who, seeing the heather
destitute of the bread of life, and hearing
their cry for help as it comes sweeping across
the ocean, turns away, coldly saying, BE
ye filed, be, ye saved; Notwithstanding he
give them not those things which he knows
are needful to their salvation ? What doth
it profit? And you and l, brethren, are to
sit in Christ's name, and Christ's stead, over
against the treasury, and see how the people
cast money into the treasury, and see that
they do cast it in. By the same authority,
and in the same breath, that we tell them
their hearts are Christ's and must be given
to him, we are to tell them that their silver
and gold are Christ's and must be given to
him. There need be no more hesitation or
delicacy in urging one duty than the other.
When you have told man to give himself
soul, body, and spirit-it is very little
thing to tell him to put his purse in too. If
done in the spirit of wisdom and meekness,
there need be no reserve in plain and per-
sistent urging of both duties"
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of character, and genius, the American pull
pit has no superior. Were he settled in
London or Edinburg, his congregations
would be equal to those of the most cele-
brated men.
The writer was in company with DIR. Rob
inson recently when the shadow Of great
sorrow lay fresh on his hearthstone. Law
renee Robinson had just gone down to the
grave in the golden light of life's early
morning. He was the last surviving son of
doting mother and confding, affectionate
father. God only knows how many hopes
were crushed when the form of this dear boy
descended to the grave. Far away from his
beautiful, cherished home he died, and at
the very moment of all others when the tu-
ture of this present world was fullest OF
promise. Well might parental tears be
poured over one of whom it could be so truly
said, eff any are noble, so was ne, II any
brave-hearted and generous, ne was their
brothev.r 4 week or TIVE only had passed
since this affective dispensation, when the
writer spent several days in the society of
DR.. Robinson, occupying the same room with
him. 1t is good for the soul to come into
contact with such courage and faith. There
was no repining, no sickly word of complaint,
but the ambassador of God entered upon
the work before him with his accustomed
energy, and strove to hide from every one
around him consciousness of his own great
bereavement. Now and then, burning men,
cries within forced out tear for relief, and
once or twice, with quivering lip, the name
of the loved one was called, but in moment
the countenance resumed its wonted calm,
and the laborer returned cheerfully to his
allotted work in the vineyard of the Master.
None but great head, combined with a
large heart, can hide the presence of mighty
sorrow from the world, while the soul that
is burdened within, sheds joy and gladness
upon all that are without.
Constitutional Presbyterianism in Ken
lucky owes lasting debt of gratitude to
Stuart Robinson. God raised up one man
with nerve, enough to write and publish a
Declaration and Testimony" while anoth-
er was prepared, and ready to hand, to en-
dorse and defend all the great principles
which the instrument contains. These two
men have been fit co.laborers Abuse, in
endless quantities, for season, was poured
upon their heads, but it fell as harmless as
the dust from the wing of an insect These
Titan brothers moved evenly forward amid
the barking of "Tray, Blanch, and Sweet
heart" only as kick, now and then from
either, sent the little animals whining back
to their kennel
We shall attempt in future paper to give
your readers sketch of Rev. s, r. Wilson,
D. D., author of the Declaration and Tes-
timony." N. l.. Y.
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Christ our Refuge.

A man standing near the north pole, and
feeling few warm rays of the sun strug-
Cling in upon him, would naturally think
that it would be good to go near their source.
He might in fact conclude, as he feels the
power of the unrelenting frost, by which ne
was surrounded, that he could not get too
near body emitting such genial and reviv-
ing beams. But if he should proceed south
ward, he would find that body lifting itself
from the earth; and as it rose in height
above his head, pouring down rays whose
concentrated fire he could in no wise endure,
the uncovered and vertical sun would reveal
itself to him as very different thing from
the luminary he saw parallel with his horizon,
and whose rays only came to him through a
long journey of earthly mist and frost.
The sinner, as he feels the rays Of Gods
benevolence falling upon him in world
where his eyes are dimmed with earthly mists,
and all his sensations are blunted by the
chilly fogs of his own and others selfshness,
thinks it no difficult matter for him to love
God; and in his Shortsig ghtedness imagines
he should love to be near him. But if by
any means he gets closer and more un-
mixed perception of God as he is, he finds
that his character burns upon him with a
consuming intensity which he would hide
himself in the centre of the earth to escape.
The moment God comes near him with the
blazing beams of his infinite justice and holi,
ness, he is in hell. Immediate contact or
near approach to such being are of all
things what he cannot endure.
There is one mode by which the sinner
can come near to God, so as to be partaker
of his light and life, and yet not be consum-
ed. God of his infinite mercy has provided
that way. Sheltered in Jesus Christ, the
infinite Saviour, he may draw near with
"confdence," yes, with boldness, and be
warmed into life and comfort.
With propriety, then may Christ be called
the "Ark of Safety" "our Refuge" and
our Crock" sheltering us at the same
time from the power of this world and the
great adversary, and from the consuming
justice of the Infinite One. And yet sinners
slight that Saviour, and yet protesting Chris
tians bury themselves in worldly schemes
till they are saturated with worldly spirit,
and become half torpid to the power of the
SaYiour's love-
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to have reference to paragraph l7th, and
requires that the sentence pronounced for an
important offence, which is suspension, shall
be published, and the sentence for an offence
of small Importance, may pass only in the
judicatory. And the expression "only in the
judicatory" shows that the passage just be-
fore requires another step to be taken besides
passing the sentence in the judicatory, VIZ:
publishing the sentence to the congregation.
My paraphrase of the paragraph then is
this: The sentence for am important offence
which requires suspension, shall be published
in the church or churches which have been
offended, and in them only; or, if the offence
be of small importance requiring admonition
or rebuke only, and is such as it appears
most for edifcation not to publish the SEN
tence, it may pass only in the judicatory.
And 1 maintain that the.law thus inter-
preted is just and froper-for if member
of the Church /, een guilty of an impor-
taut offence whisy Fsquires suspension, the
church or churches which have been offend
ed have a right to know that he has been
dealt with, and how he has been dealt with.
The proper authorities ought to inform them
in some public manner, and not to allow the
sentence, by. vague rumors, to publish itself
as some seem to think. The language of
the pew Book is, "the censure of indefinite
suspension shall always be intimated to the
congregation" See chapter 10, paragraph
1st.
Reference was had in the discussion of the
Synod to chapter 10th, paragraph 3rd, Of
the Directory-but this prescribes the mode
Of intlicting church censures, and has moth
ing to do with the publication of the SEN
tence. 1t prescribes the mode of prOnOu,ac
ing the censure upon the offending member,
being present. The sentence is one thing,
inhicting it is another, and the publication
is third-all separate and distinct from
each other. A. Ii.
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The Follies of American Women.

In pastoral letter Bishop Coke, of New
York, says:
"When 1 see the tawdry fashions, the
costly vulgarity and the wicked extrava-
gance of the times, feel sure that thousands
of American women are strangers to the
first laws Of einement-simplicity in man.
ners and attire
"When see-that thousands of American
women read the most shameful romances
and the most degrading newspapers; fre.
quent the vilest dramatic entertainments
and join in dances too shocking to be named
among Christians; l feel that Christian ma
irons are becoming too few, and that civil
lied heathenism is returning to the fields we
have wrested from the Indians.
"When 1 read daily, of the most ungodly
divorces and of crime against social purity
and against human life itself, which are too
gross to be mentioned more particularly, l
feel that too many of our countrywomen are
without God in the world, and that radical
reforms are necessary in the system of edu-
cation on which the young women of Amer
lea are dependent for their training.
"When l see thousands of households in
which young girls are reared for life of
pleasure without reference to duty, | cannot
wonder at these results, nor at the misery in
which they involve families and communi.
ties. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
GAS Christian bishop, therefore, make
my appeal to you, Christian women, and l
ask you to begin the reformation, by faith
fully bearing your testimony against all that
tends to the degradation of your sex, and
the more so, when such crime is not only
winked at, but receives countenance in cir
cles which ought to be exemplary"
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
IS ANY DISCRETION ALLOWED BY THE
CONSTITUTION as to the PUBLICATION
of the SENTENCE of SUSPENSION?

Mr.. Editor,--This overture was sent
to the Synod at its last meeting, by mem
Der of Montgomery Presbytery. 1t has
reference to the Interpretation of chapter
4th, paragraph 10Th, of the Book of Disci-
pline, which reads thus: "The sentence
shall be published only in the church or
churches which have been offended; or, if
the offence be of small Importance, and such
as it shall appear most for edifcation not to
publish, the sentence may pass only in the
judicatory." The Synod decided that dis
cretion is allowed as to the publication of a
sentence of suspension. But [ maintain
that there is no discretion allowed as to the
publication of a sentence of suspension.
1 wish it to be particularly noticed that
the whole stress is to be laid on the word
IS tspension." No one doubts that the above
paragraph allows discretion as to the publ,
cation of some judicial sentences. But the
overture has sole reference to the publica-
ton of a sentence Of suspension.
The first part of the paragraph is imper-
ative, ''shall be-" 1t orders that sentence
of some kind 'shal be published. No dis
cretion is given. That sentence must be the
sentence of suspension; so think,
The second part, beginning with cor, is
discretionary; "may." And the discretion
is characterized by two things, viz: the of
fence must not only be such as it shall ap
pear most for edifcaton not to publish the
sentence, but it must also be of small i'm
portance-for these two things are coupled
by the word sand"
The first part of the paragraph, which is
imperative, must have reference to an i'm
portant offence which required suspension
for the second part, which is discretionary,
speaks of an offence which is of small impor-
tance. l draw this conclusion then, that
when the offence is so important as to re-
quire suspension, the sentence must be pub,
lished-no discretion is allowed But if the
offence is of small Importance, not requiring
suspension but admOnition or rebuke, and
also it appears most for edifcation not tc
publish the sentence, it may pass only in the
judicatory. Discretion is allowed in such q
case, and in that only.
That this is a correct Interpretation of the
law will be evident, I think, from examining
the 17th paragraph of the same chapter
which tt IeatS of the different degrees of guilt
and different kinds of punishment CORES
ponding thereto-admonition, rebuke, exclu
sion from church privileges. Exclusion
from church privileges is the greatest pun
ishment mentioned, and of course is to b.
inflicted for an important offence. Admoni
ton or rebuke is less punishment, and o
course to be inflicted for an offence of small
Importance. Paragraph 10Th seems to M
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The Greatest of Questions.

The last written words of Washington
Choate, brother of the late Rufus Choate,
forcibly express that conviction of the i'm
portance of religion, to which, at least in
his late days, the conscience of the great
lawyer and statesman promptly responded.
On the morning of his death, Washington
began to dictate letter, in these words =
"There is one subject, Rufus, on which We
must not be dumb, so that we speak not; or
deaf, so that we hear not; or blind, so that
we may not see. 1t is not subject upon
which" there he paused, and the sentence
was left incomplete. But surely we shall
not do violence to the spirit in which it was
conceived, if we add enough to say, cit is
not a subject upon which it is permitted any
man to remain Indifferent" Itclaims of every
man his mosScareful and profound thought.
The final destiny of the soul is connected
with it. All our hopes or fears for that in
finite and unknown future upon which the
living generation is so soon to be launched,
are entwined about it. All schemes of
earthly ambition, all the plans of worldly
enterprise, all the rewards of earthly toll,
are dwarfed to insignifcance in presence of
it, The mind, in its broadest range of spec
ulation, finds no other subject of such per
sonal Importance. No theme of thought or
meditation is entitled to take precedence of
the claims of religious duty. Everything g
else appears triaing, when man like Charles
James Fox asks, "My lord, what do you
think of the state of the soul after death p
Over the lodge of a college at Oxford,
England, there is sun dial, on which are
engraven the words, "Pereunt ct imputae-
tm"-the hours perish and are imputed
One who hears the words, cannot shake of
the conviction of their truth. We are re.
sponsible for the use we make Of these feet.
ing moments. They are fashioning the soul
and imprinting upon it the lines of its fnal
destiny. If they are given up to irreligion
if they are surrendered to trifing pleasures
if they are withheld from that high and holy
service to which they should be consecrated
and by which they are consecrated them
selves-then are they worse than lost. They
become a curse to the soul. Every moment
of them dragS it downward. Every moment
loads it with new weight of guilt. Anc
who can think of answering for their abuse
and misapplication, without being appalled,
But will any man say that, with such capac
tiles and opportunities as he possesses here
he can use them aright-use them as hii
Maker designed he should use them, while
he neglects almost utterly the great ends fol
which time, as the preparation season fol
eternity, has any value?
And shall any worldly acquisition or emf
nence warrant the sacrifice of what will a
last be regarded as the only thing of rea
account? Will riches, slipping like sane
from your cheated fingers, compensate 70.
the loss of the soul? Will it quiet the fore
bodings of conscious guilt, to be told tina
your name will find place on the page o
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RICHMOND, VA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1869.

history? Will the future be made lighter
when the shadows of guilty pleasure from
the past have been thrown over it? Will a
Dives count his final lot more tolerable that
he once sat down to sumptuous feasts, orw was
clothed in purple and fine linen? Who does
not feel the force of the words which Bacon,
an eminent sculptor of the last century, Or
dered to be engraved on his monument
"What l was as an artist was of some i'm
portance to me while l lived, but what L am
in Christ Jesus, is all that concerns me now?
The great question that will at length alb
sorb the interest of every other is-what
hope is the soul warranted to cherish Tor
eternity, or what preparation has it made for
that world where, without holiness, it is bank
rupt and ruined forever?