it, which was accepted, and all ́voted for it. Is this a rock of offense? It is true they are resolutely opposed to separation from the General Assembly, and determined to resist it at all hazards, and to the last extremity. In a word, they are loyal to the nation and loyal to the Church. So are the overwhelming majority of the Presbyterian inhabitants of the town and its vicinity. Why, under these circumstances should Danville be denounced as that "Abolition Hole?" Why should the Professors in these Institutions be stigmatized by some as abolitionists? Why should others whine out their pious sorrow, saying, "We are sorry indeed, but the Seminary is gone-Danville is dead?" And this too by men, some of whom have been fed and clothed by the hand of charity, most generously and cordially extended to them by the good citizens of Danville, and educated on foundations belonging to the institutions here! Unspeakable baseness! To bite the hand that fed them, and sting the bosom that nursled them and warmed them into life! Oh shame "thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason!" Can mortal man conceive of any reason for these denunciations, and this vile conduct, other than the loyal sentiments entertained here toward both Church and State? Can any man wish to crush these institutions of the Church, who is not either a secessionist at heart, or an advocate of schism, or both? When Wicklif was supposed by his enemies to be dying, he was raised a little on his couch, and said to his persecutors, "I shall not die, but live and declare the evil deeds of the friars." Thank God, Danville is not quite dead yet. By His help she hopes to live yet many days, always holding "full high advanced" a banner in defense of truth and godly living. She will be found standing hard by the ancient land-marks, immovably fixed on the old foundations, her face set as a flint against sectional fanaticisms and newfangled notions in both theology and morals. If we perish, we perish; but will not die with a lie in our right hand, nor recreant to the Church that gave us being, and the benignant Government under whose shade we have rested as under the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. We are willing to sacrifice every earthly interest on the Altar of God and our Country. These are all the reasons we have either time or space at command to give for believing a purpose was formed, and initiatory measures instituted, to revolutionize the Synod of Kentucky; and they are sufficient. If that purpose has been abandoned or adjourned, it is because found impracticable at present. The pear is not yet ripe. If any Christian man denies that he ever entertained such a purpose, we credit his words. We should be glad to believe ourselves mistaken altogether, but can not. The force of the evidence given herein, is necessarily and greatly weakened by the suppression of names and facts which prudence and justice for the present require to be withheld. The time may come, (we hope not,) when the interests of truth and righteousness may demand an exposure of the whole. It only remains to add, that the larger part of this article was written from the beginning to the middle of March, before the Presbyterian Herald was sold. POSTAGE, Paid in Advance, 4 Cts. per No. or 16 Cts. per Year. DANVILLE REVIEW. CONDUCTED BY An Association of Ministers. JUNE, 1862. Φωτίσαντος δὲ ζωὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου. DANVILLE, KY. PRINTED FOR THE ASSOCIATION AND SOLD BY MOORE, WILSTACH, KEYS & CO., 25 WEST FOURTH STREET, SOLD ALSO BY WM. S. & A. MARTIEN, PHILADELPHIA; ROBERT CARTER & TRACT HOUSE, BALTIMORE. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by JACOB COOPER, for the Association, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. CONTENTS. 197 I. STUDIES ON THE BIBLE, No. I.-The Sins of the Patriachs. By Rev. E. P. Humphrey, D.D., II. THE SECESSION CONSPIRACY IN KENTUCKY, AND ITS By Dr. Ro. J. Breckinridge, III.-IMPUTATION AND ORIGINAL SIN. Part III.—(Con tinued.) By Rev. R. W. Landis, D.D., IV. THE IMMORTALITY OF MAN. By Rev. E. S. Wilson, V. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1862, OF THE PRESBY- 221 248 - 282 - 301 THE Association having purchased the entire interest in Vol. 1, including extra Numbers, and the stereotype plates, are prepared to furnish any number of copies that may be desired. Applications for these must be made either to the Publishers, or to Rev. JACOB COOPER, Danville, Ky. |