A Frank Acknowledgement

Tü the shame of ths Church il must be spoken, the foremost men in some of our philanthropic mnvennnts, in the interpretntion of the spirit of the fige, in tlie practical apptications of Christianity, in the refürmation of abuses, in the vindieatiori of the righis of man, are men who make no profession, and wbofu we have no reason to believe to be experimento ily acquainted with Christianity. The Church hns pusillanimously lefi not only the wurking oar, but the vei-y reins of certain necessary reforms of the day in tne hands of men who, ifnotbefore nimical to Christia&ity, will be made so by Christianity's neg'ect of what it is its proper mission to look ofter. They nre doing practically with I1 their might,for Immanity's sake. what the Church ought to be doing as heartily, through minUtry and representative men, fjr Christ's sake. Ar.difthev succeed, ns succeed they will, in abolishins slavery, in banishing ntf mperance, in trilling war, in restrnining licentiousness, in reforming social sbuses, then the recoil upon Ohri.-tianity, the antagonist reaction from these Christianized sensihilities upon the cau.se of religión itself, will be disnstrous in the extrema. Woe be to religión, when irreligious men, by force of nature or the tfindency of the age, get ahead oflhe Church in moráis and in the practical work of Christianity. In some instances, they are a long way ahead. And we might Specifiy individuáis and journals in this country that ae far before llie rec'igmzed organs of the Church, iu the advocacy of trulh and righteousness and liberty. It would be diflicuk lo say wbether there is the more difgrace or dangerin a fact like thts. Wefindthe preceding in our exchnnges, creditod to that well known religious paper, the New York Evangeliet. Coming írom the source t does, we trust the truths it asserts will be duly weighel- Had the same article apr-eired .is original in the Signa], it would have been regarded by many as proof positivo that tce were deadly hostile to the Church. - But this is from a'source unquestionably othordox. The doctrines of Christianity and those of "the Church," however, are not by-any means alws.ys the same. On the contrary, they may be ofien directly opposed to each other, as every one of any refleclion knows. Where "the Church" takes the side of power, ot cruehy and oppression, the Infiiiclity tlia' earneslly contends for rigliteousness, liberty, justice and mercy, for the time being. becomes the advocate and embodimentof real Christianity. C7=The New Orleans Picayune of the 20th gives an account of the death of a race rider who was killed on Sund.iy in the nir.thheatby bis horse throwing him and falling uDon him. The Picayune says his name was "Jim" and he belonged to Mr. Kirkland Harrison, who wiihin the past fortnight had purchascd him expressly as a ridex, for the sum of $2500. 05=" We learn that C. M. Hawley, one of the Liberty Committee of the State of New York, and. Levvis Washington-, a fugitiva slave, and public lecturer will be in Michigan in a few days. Let our friends look out and give them a recepiion and hearing. They had an appcintment at Erie, Pennsylvania on the 7th inst. 05= The Phrönological Journal for May has arrived. It contains a likeness and character of Bentoïi, and a variety of article. Thn Journal is valuable for its articles on Physiology and the laws of fit a'th. In disseminating information on these points, on which great ignorance nrevails, it is doing a good work in the community.