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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1868
ENLARGEMENT Dr THE EDITORIAL
coitrs,
Among the measures designed" to increase the effi
ciency and attractiveness of our. paper at this time,
our readers will welcome the new arrangement by
which a large and distinguished corps of writers is added
to the Editorial Department. As the designation of these
brethren has met the cordial approval of
,the Pastors!
Association pf this ,city, they will be known as
THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Their contributions will be generally accompanied
with the initials of the writers. Their name's are as
follows :--
Rev. Z. R. Humphrey, D.D., Pastor of Calvary
Church.
Rev. Herrick Johnsen, D.D., Paster'of the First
Church. .
Rev. 1)nnl. March. D.D., Pinitor of Clinton St.
Church.
Bev. Peter Stryker, D.D., Pastor of N. Broad
St. Church.
Rev. George F. Wiewell; Pastor or Green
Hill Church.
Dew. E. E. Adams, D. D., Prot. in Lincoln Uni
versity.
Rev. Samuel W. Duffield, Special Cor
respondent.
Mr. Robert E. Thompson will continue to
act as Editor of the News Department.
Correspondents in every Presbytery and Sy
nod will promptly furnish us with fresh items of
news from their respective fields.
THE CHITRCH AT WORK.
Much is said and written now.a-days of .the
work of the Church. A number of good books
and tracts have been sent out to tell the Church
what to do and how to do it. Everybody admits
that the field is very broad and' ought to be 'cul
tivated. It forms a leading topic for the pulpit.
Earnest Christian men talk about it, and pray
about it. Stirring exhortations are heard about
the necessity of doing more for Christ and. his
cause. National, State.and County Conventions
assemble to confer about it and resolve that there
is a great work to be done, and that it must be
done and suggest methods for doing it. Ne
live in an age of " Conventions" and "Associa
tions," and Union Efforts." Now all this may
he very well. But still we hear the'constantcry
that the work is not done. Much of the terri
tory belonging to the Church is unexplored and
running to waste. "Dry bones" cover the'valley
and they do not live. May it not be that the
local churches are not engaged, each in its mon
work at home y In the multitude of calls for
the attention of the Church abroad is, it not true
that the work at home has been, is being neg
lected?
The writer of this article, on a recent *abbath
morning, received ten different notices printed
and written, to be read from his almost
all of them calling his people . away from their
own home•field, and proposing to use them else
where. Now we must remember that the Church
is a divine institution. It is•here , for the salvation
of the world. It is divided into various families,
and these occupy, each, its own particular field
and is held responsible for the work needed there.
The local church cannot do its work by proxy.
It must address itself to the business, laboring
with its own hands, even as God has commanded.
The Church may not scatter itself over the
range of half the continent, and still fulfil its
mission at home. The, local work of . the Church
cannot be done in " . Conventions," maps•meetings
and great union prayer-meetings, and just, so far
as these tend to avert: the. attention of 'Chris
tians from the home field, they deplete the Church
of spiritual power: Every Christian has just
about so much zeal, entkusiasm and: energy,:and
if his capital , stock is used up in various' efforts
away from his field of- labor, he is 'quite 'worth
tess when he returns. The home field seems
very tame and hopeless in contrast with what he
has seen elsewhere, and he has little heart to do
anything. yh6 Chunk at work on its evill field,
each member applying himself with zest and
perseverance, never fails to see the cause of god
liness move 'forward. There is co-Operation and
harmony of effort—each takes his, place and per
forms his' part according to plan and system.
Each pastor' and eiteh' private Christian knows
his own appointed field of labor best ; and can ex
pend all his strength withimy waste.' And the
Church thus orgabized,aud , atowerk on the home
field is best equipped and will a most effective
in its infinenee abroad throughout the world.
We cannot depend upon books nor resolutions,
upon Christian Convention's. nor tysspoiations, up
on great prayer-meetings nor stirring .appeals
and hortations, but each one'•i'n'thf , iocal church
must gird himself about with, tbe,strength of
faith and go forth to work as 'if tall' depended up
on his individual efforts, and 14 hillil4 l oflufPd
that God will honor and reward bins and his
work. *ern
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John..kWeir 15ju1y69
MR. BARNES AT THREE SCORE AND TEN.
The First church of this city was crowded on
Sabbath morning last, in token of the deep and
cordial interest felt by the people in the com
memorative discourse to be preached. by Mr.
Barnes, on the occasion of reaching his three
score years and ten. His discourse on "Life at
Three Score," preached ten years ago, had made
so deep and happy.an impression, that not a few
were drawn to this last service-by their revived
interest in the. former, ,and by a respectful
curiosity to witness' the effect of the ten years;
just past, upon the experience and ,vie , ivs of ',the
speaker. ,
We think all who' heard, the " Life at Three
Score" will testify that ten years !have not a
whit' abated the fire and.force of.the speaker, but
rather increased it; while for, fulness, ripeness,
and vigor of thought, the performance , of last
Sunday will not suffer in the 'comparison. 'The
former discourse, we; believe, had the ' advantage
in leisurely written •;preparation over the latter,
which was preached, like a very,large.proportion
of Mr. Barnes' later sermons,. from scant,rnotes,
and not from manuscript. In literary' finish,
therefore, it was inferior to the former disetfurse,
but it gave ample proof, that the same, or, even,a,
greater man was 'engaged in its preparation.
The sermon itself, based, on Psalm 90, 10:
"The days of our years are threescore, years and
ten," was rather a declaration of principles,,,
.drawn from experience, than a review, of the
facts of that period. Yet the, .few, references
made to facts, were among the most graphic and
powerful, parts of • the discourse. The.occurrences
of the last ten years seemed to the, speaker, in,
review, almost„like a 'strange' vision.
personally seen," said Mr., Barnes ,in tones .0f
quiet wonder, " t4is country ! become .a, land of
liberty. I had not expected to Ilya to see, the,
consummation of my wishes.',', And, his brief al
lusions to, the stand hwhad long ago taken and,
uniformly maintained, his defence of, law iirsneh
times as when P,ennsylyania Hall was b,urned, by
a mob, while Mayor, police, and firemen looked
on in silence; his fidelity to, principle, often at
the peril of his place; were doubly interesting
when joined with the declaration, shalT r elose
my eyes on a land of freedom,' where there are,
no more shackles and where the air,is too ,pure to'
permit a slave." It, had cost this country much,
but it was worth all it had coat.
As to the significanee,of his , own life, and the
marks of, an overruling, Providence which.it pre
sented, Mr. Barnes seemed to, have, at this ad ,
vanced stage, a most:vivid idea, of a divine inter
position, giving it a very different direction from
that indicated by others and originally, preferred
by himself. Tnrn,ed aside by this Providence
from the law as aoprofessign, he had expected in
the ministry t,o,be a pastor; but, while his , pas
toral life had been very.unsatisfictoryta himself,
he had been led, step by step, without intending
any such thing, to the career.of a commentator;
and in , the million and, more of copies ,of his
commentaries, scattered, over the world, he saw
proof of a providential overruling of his own
plans; "a divinity that shapes our ends, rough
hew them how we, will."
It was a great thing, said Ma.. Barnes, to have
lived on the earth these three score year's and
ten. Born before the death of Washington, his
life had been parallel with
• almos t the entire de
velopment of the American nation. Life now is
practically longer than, that, of the patriarchs;
longer ,than when it took from twp to ten• years
to transcribe a copy. of, the sacred Scriptures,
which to-day eau be 'printed in a few minutes and
bound is a few minutes "more. As an author,
Mr. Barnes could say with pepuliarinterest, that;
in former times, the, writer might be well;pleased
if a thousand copies of any, of his works was
distributed in his life, lime; now, they, may gO
abroad by millions.
But, impressive as was Mr. Barnes' review
• of
the seventy years just passed, while with ,uncom
mon ardor and enthusiasm he recounted the •im
perishable gains for civil and religious liberty
Made ali over the world; far more interesting were
his closing words, in which, from his van
tage ground of age, • experience, wisdom, and
piety, he cheered the Christian and the philan
thropist with hopes of even, greater things to
come, Rising from struggles with a skepticism
natural to his cast of tiiind, and triumphing over
tendencies believed to be universal with the aged,
Mr. Barnes not only 'recognizes the present as
the best of all thikiages, but confidently and. joy
fully predicts that the next will be better. still.
He believes that.riociety in its' progress loses no
thing valuable; , that the evils which have:tyran
nized . over man are losing orrhave lost their
power; .thak there is an accurnmulatiOu of,forces
on 'tlied.ae' of right, in the form of , great truths,
struck out IT ssienoe and religion; ankthat all
the great onward 'movements of the.earthLare
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1868.
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connection with Christianity and in the line of
prophecy. " I shall cherish these ViewS to the
end of life." Thanks ! brave old - man, thanks
from a younger generation, yet in the.thick,sof the
struggle. Thanks to that Spirit of the . +Master
that puts it into your 'heart to utter; What may be
your last words to us, in such cheering' l aceents.
But may you yet live to tell us of Life at ;Four
Score, and to share with us in those more glorious
triumphd•which you encourage us to , expect, and
in the` attainment of which you'r woi and ex
ample will be no small:element of sidcesg
,
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRESENT PHASE'
OF THE - REUNION QUESTION` `-
•, • •
The phase which' the movement for Reunion
has taken in the other branch deservesq& be,
kept before. our 'pbolife r .- Or, if it ckiirnbt liede
scribed-' in any definite ' terms, thaVact i itself
should be kept in,yiew. Somethings : ar%clear.
Not only is :the Joint Committee's I.l3afes.!de
feated, but a large majority of the 0.; S. irtiesbr
teries are against' it. " TheiStandarda
pure and sVnple, are not offered to us as t an ai
ternative
,for the Joint Committee's
those who, in any sufficient number have ex
pressed a willingness to take that .plan.neces
sary. Perhaps one-fourth of the O..S j . Presby
teries are in this latter position; while, tbo Targe
majority first reject the Committee's Bas and
then offer what they call " The Standardapiire
and simple," as the only ground on which they
will unite.
Had but a relifectable - majority--not three- 1
1116: O. SI Presbyteries. aplitevga the'
Joint Committeels . Basis, while yeferring.“ The
Standards pure and simPle,"' it would have as
-mired the supporters' of th . e..BaSis of!
the substantial agreement andlympatifyofa•• ma
jority, in the other ,branchwith. their ..ciirn:views.
'And, though thel . .Committee's :.pleb:_mould. not
,have' been' icarlied, three-fourths vote, being
- •nee'essary,--it tw'ould 'have been.relinknished.,by
- Our brethren,with , far fess. relnotanceithitaimoir. - .
But,when we Pais from:the. regioir of facts,
`and ask the; meaning of the rejection o4tlie-Com
mittee's, Basis,. we are. left ,in, uncertaitt3r,. •;i Qur,
bretivottirriwitt Tinton = 011,4 ,-1 1 , W Staiitiiii4Stee:
iind''simple."! (this .proPosal they.igndre 'the
fact that the , Standard's , like; every:other docu- .
mient,`• inspired or quniuspiredi • are - oiubjeot.. .to
.diverse interpretations.' They ilsewlignorer.the
fact thatparta'aflthe Standards theinselveEl4lavp,
been :regarded. by the highest authorities'in. the
Church as rintessentialland•necesiary.Tl They
alsoignore the fact that allotir great difficulties;
and especially. those 'welare trying to heal, arosel
from • differences of ,interprettoidnyand front,ani
unviillingnessit& admit theta reasonable amount
Of such difference is allowable: ;They.havejnst
defeated a bails :which ,frankly admitted .these
differences; , they, defeated a. basis containing, a
similarfrank avowal a year ago; 'evidentlynthey
leitheriegard•it.expedient to be blind .to the dif
ferences, or they wish for,a rigorous construction.
•4if ..the- Standards, 'such as. the t defeated plans
would not. have allowed, and were intended to
prevent.
Somerof, .our O. S.,brethre:n would scorn the
idea' of such: a rigorous interpretation of the
Standards. They well i know that it is •not 'in
sisted on among themselves. . alhese, brethren be
lieve 'our differences to be, unimportant; • unlikely
ever again to create difficulty among us, and
'therefore, needing to: be, consigned to.oblivion as
,fast as possible: . -
These brethren say, in a cireplar,Jetely, issued,
and, sent with Apostolic : formulas to. the Presbyr
,teriOS : • .
sth., That :it is
- our .conviction that the various
Presbyteries, in voting for the foiegoing aniendme4
to the DoCtimal Basis, [ending the Smith and- Cu.;
ley clauses,]` are to be regarded as glvingan assurancb
to our brethren of .the New ScliOol Presbyterian ,
Church, their' to unite With thein, in'
good:Taith, on terms of , perfect *equalityr,•feeling that
their confidence in,. and loveloi the ministers, ruling
elders and .people of, that, branch of the Church is .
such' that they can live with thent harmoniously 'in i
the •same , ecclesiaocal connection,' withOutilhe-exac- •
tion of mutual guarantels.; -rind Nve .:do ,moreover as
this is the spirit in which the ire'sent
action' is • • ,
theie are agreeable- eipressionsr•trnly.
what IS their ipradtical re l presentsitive' value
it - the spirit of the , governing forcesi of the avail-.
able majority, of , their , Ohurch,,phitt here . „findsi
utterance ? A p i ropositinn inynlvinw the explibit_
declaration of the principles of doctrinal --libeity, t
most characteristicof and• most dear tg l euribrench, ,
has ,just ,been voted: dowri ,by a ,lieci.4ectlnainitY
Of their - resbyteries. • &Pie ,4 41 the verY, V,r9§.l3Y
teries joining in; this, circular are frpOl
siding in this ilefeak.
aim - way tfheY,an4 the 410P.. 1 :4PP):5 1 d,
best, most, frankly,-,and, most, emphatically Bhp*
their confidence, in mi,; 4 fact,the, onjy,.unques
tio_nable s they i refnge• • to, t*ei . And they
come to 40.*Pk:FROB 4190 41 ,949e1:i4r04 0 9d
:with apostolic. greetins,
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Wuconfess we are puzzled. Amid many Bur=
misings, we, are fain• to ask whether the meaning
of it all is not, to conciliate and retain the de
fcated Minority. a l t . Albany, 'while promoting
union withourselaes ?..Is not that minority prac
tically gdvetnitig lib Church atthist day; and
are not these, brethren With their apostolic synodical
greetings nonsciouslY or unconsciously their' in
struments'? Thal' MinoiitY is tilSci'prepared for
re!-union,,on, The Standards pure and' simple.'!
What theyrtnean by that tiprebsion is not in the
least dOnlitchl. sear 'one wit-spoken
organs on the,subject We:quote fro - m the .AT:
Fresh:Veit:an . of "Nov:' 26th! which' after gracious
assenting to o.9,peNy scheme of, reunion, thus
discourses.- -
WOJ „
c)R.:tliqi4;l4tPtll9 , ll'43,4oW <.V.9 seril
ous and am 9 o insuilnountable,in;the war of the
Speedriconsiimmation , oh ;what all regard as 'Most
desirable ' l when .practicable 100 N6*. School
brethren ;-1431 1 ' all ' theSe ildeotintioji,s; have 'neVel•
yet gotten "beyond' the , to/dratibn przhco.
We will aoree to tqlerate,you-as you are if ;you
will : agree, to tolerate , ns,a,S wej are., • The., Old
School in twice rejecting the,ibasis. agreed. upon
by ,thd.J,oint-Committee., , have , saidi.with .an em
phitsis that is unmistakable; we will not thlerate
the doctrines 'heretofore condeinhect-. The lan
guage-of the action of the .0H Seliciot Presbyte
riei is;that piivll)6lYarnt4ed, in, the • re4O . -
Mack. The. question ; now is,; wilt „our New
School brethren agree, intelligently-and - pei'ma,-
nently4h4ive up those docerines , which the Old
Solio*liave 'persistently Condemned, and which
Inattlifili - ern declare, in thestateinents of them
as' &alga against; them, theihaVe never held.
Are, 4197 tn• come into 'a 'imion 2 ,in',Which
.expresslY, understoOd that no, yeurig Man
holding, and„ avowing, the , 'Views, in the, ierei
Which , they.have been .condemned, shall receive
license or ordination ? Are they:trilling to
cone' 'Under ' the' rule "Or "examination, the
rig'litto exercise it '-iihenever - and . 'to the
fixt,e)-#.;cleerried rieecssary; by the: xiiriOlis`,prei,-
14t9peo, ,c,once,ded, as 1C.149 xiever been
;donied, L by either ,Assembly? Are.• they wil
ling toljoinl hands with' Old , School men, it being
soleninlrunderstoodl that disc.` ine is to be ad
agninsti any'one, be his standing 'what
may,,,who epenly promulgates' Any off those
doctrines ta'Old School me'n.inive alWays!
*Oared to be inconsistent with .4,proper .olib
seription to the, Westminster" Confessinn,,of Faith
`mud cr r
areohinin; Al:§Cginfaining - the systein of 'doc- -
I,',line Wight in the Holy Spriptairea ? - If so,
iby fin*ii only Op'eilly and} frankly to avow such
-valtirigness,;and Old`Schopl amen; with the utmost
alaerii,ty suchayowal as , the harbinger of
rd,,blessßd . rreunion. Will they do
this 't This is the way in whiett'Old School men
lindeistarid in aCcepting the Standards
pure and simple,
after all that has 'passed be
itweeri thertWo bodies. With such a surrender
lef y the toleration principle, abandonment, of flee
,trines so long by us condemned, acceptance of
;thefight ef examination and enforcement of
''Oitdine, - on'their part; we would bv willing to
-tinzitender.. r onr imperative rule of examination,
.altlioughebylus tiedmed less invidious .;and , .:more
just .and' equal, and to ,r,isk. our Seminaries, list
_or publications, and to, grant certain indulgences,
as to benevolent contributions, although' in them
iii:ayt be contained seine' of the seeds 'of all our
'past . difficulties. ,
,CHRISTMAS AND THE JEWS.
• '.'-You know Christmas is •nothing th us," a
young JaWess said- to me, as we were talking
icier- arrangements' for the coining Holidays.
We 'give the children presents, because - all
their little:friend's , get them; and we cannot ex
plain ,it all to them, but of course the day 'is
nothing it, us." - - •
:_' , 4 l he-words Struck me strangely and painfully.
It bad never come to me just so before.. It was
sorfoviful , enOnglx td•iklnovi•that? there•were any
Atic•Whinn , Christnia,S , Was ''nothing--4 , ny , to whom
threie.`wiaida•be`'noi tender thoughts of 'the Won
?derfttkriast; uo, sweet, glad thoughti , of tha?gldr
ibittsiftittre,',connected with that day. 1 But:that
thtiSeltb)'Wlienn't i hrist Himself declared •fle;•was
specially - sentithose - withs - whom had been the
P ill ol2Hisp coniing; , Sof tivh"oseaiaoe
sid natio!' He Eves that these could Say ";o.hris
twig is' Aothinf,:i ,toliusl&iseemed inuto sor
irowful. •
• It-,was not ..that 'they db pot I keep; theLdaypior.
.theriftwertainty.of , its, identity Make& e#enomany:
Cliristiatislegardiitlightlyso and , some' ,even look,
ipola i itsorobaer.v.arice)aS,a ,- Xelid: , of 'l?opery. t,ißut,
itpkasxfot aiLthat !the :Woxds Meant, and 'for . all
thakAthe dap Ghristmas ,, is nothing to
rr m.eant that.: Ckiist :was -nothing to !them ;_
it.meant that the,holy sufferer, tin that middle
cross; ;was to' them. ian impbstor,- ending ; his .life
in I aleseiled meant 'Oat, ,Idtixen
from the city and temple, outcastyiwaadering
and„dgepised,ther,enapants, of pcattered Israel still
lifted itheiceyes lin the dailkness,looking, foiWard
to fa'rcomarl~jr~Vle>~shali, 'dveri tliti Abraham and
IfbVi'ijild'lsl4fdll i eked;4ill • wept, 'by" Ate
•,„-• ;
i mrs; I or i F l ab,3l?n, senam y„ ,
`f *by yet 03171?? meant
Ahat tiler who came for healing and. for, say-,
wa.C•lestiSA;'rejetbd,
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,And then, as I puraued these painful thoughts,
the .question came to me, " What are we doing—
we to whom. Christmas in its„glad significance is
everything—to -make it what it 'should be to the
Jew? Who
. prays for the. Jew ? Who labors
to show the Jew, his long looied for ,Messiah in
Jesus of. Nazareth? Who ,cares for, the, race
and nation of whom the 'Redeetney ~.was born ?
Who" remembers and pleads ;thoseiiiNtiderful
words of Paul, so full . of .fineanin,"Xow if. the
fail of them be the riches of the wort ;and the
diminishing -of them, the riches of, the Gentiles,
how.much more, their fulness,?" " if the
pasting,away
,qt them be the reconciling of the
the world„ what shall the receiving . of them be
bnt,life froliu the dead,”
Qh ,Christians, let, 'us remember these, who,
according to the . flesh, -are,Christ's brethren, and
Rlead,Nrith 4im that they may alsobe.llis breth
to. the .spir-t, so making, the glad
Christmas tide, to them as to us, a• time full of
,t,bie ;most precious memories and most joyful
hgl'es•!) J.
ft is, a xemarkable fact that dramatic represen
tationa from the beginning-have carfied, the seeds
of their own demdralization , with them, ad that
among - the earliest notices of the theatre are the
protests: of the moral and pod of those times
against the corrupt tendencies of the drama even
in claisic gas. , 4 our days, it has come to
pass that" the presentation of a play
,at all tolera
biej i:) , decentYpeople is'rathei the exception than
the. rule. , braniatic critics who,. as a class, have
been disposed to blame the moral .and religious
part of society for abandoning the drama and the
`opera to the less respectable , classes,, are now
foUnd criticizing, heratclinc , commending and
~. •
puffing the intolerably obscene. performances
which hold p,ossession of the stage for a month
_
_or even quarter at a time, treating them in fact
as quite legitimate , performances and , refraining
from ore wholesome manly and indignant word
in tha - name of the outraged and imperilled
morals
, of the r cammunits„,,Xe believe one of
our city cities did happen -to mention that, at the
opening performance of . . one of these vile plays,
the audience was composed almost exclusively of
men. And this is the most ,these critics, who
doubtless have respectable Mothers, wives , dau.h
ters, and sisters, and who .know somethinc , of
virtuous homes, have to -say against representa
tions thai exceed in vileness those of the lowest
theatres in . Paris, and that ~are sweeping us all
towards.an .era of debauchery and crimp.
We are glad to notice that the Chicago
Urtion has had this matter under con
sideration.• Tt,bas come up, as we learn from the
'N,elpTrork,Sun, in the form of the following
,preamble and resolutions. The first two resolu
tions were adopted, after a brief debate. The
third : was under consideration when the meeting
adjourned.
Whereas, The continued existence of a republican
form of government depends upon the prevalence of
a, high degree of morality among the people : and
Whemp, Theatrical, exhibitions have, in every age,
proved powerfully inimical to the virtue of both actors
and'spectators: and
Whereas,; The spectacles now become common in
theatres and. epAra houses have reached : a pitch of cle
iiiidation, both in their visible .indecencies and theo
retie immoralities', unprecedented iit'our 'owli country,
and , hardly equalled in any,,: other, : arid-are , making
fearful inroads on female delicacy, youthful purity
and public'tnorality iftherefore,
Bescilved; That this Miniaterial UniCar +respectfully
invi4 the'.4ten4on . ,..ef % the .pulpit generally to this
tearful and growing ,evil, and solicit the fortliputting
of intlutii6 to Stiield' religion and Morals from
48:114l 1 olAsalthence. • :..4,
Raplveil !that:we beg our Legislature to interpose
sonie:iffective check to thJgrowing indecencies and im
iatrianties of stage' exhibitions, which are making
constant and-fearful assault ; upon the very foundations
of our. political system..
'That we beg our Secn . lar Press; that wields
so vast an influence over the public mind, to-charac
terize these spectacles as, they deserve, and to, dis
courage attendanceupon them.
tar Rev R P. Hammond and wife landed, at
Boston, from the Cunard Steamer, Tripoli, on
Monday,. Nov., pcq, joyful :and grateful for the
divine protection they -hadLeic' perienced by sea
and land. But immediately on, landing, a tele
o•ram dated Nov. 28th from Tdal •*1 Pa • was
• • ;•, • owan
handed to them, stating that Mrs !Overton the
mother of Mrs. Hammond- was at the point of
death.
.On the afternoon of the, same Au . she
went to be, with. Jesus, and her children only.
reached Towanda tin time to take part in the fu
ueral s,eiviccs. •
aristian World of London contains
a very and, very favorable report of Mr.
.aammoad's closing labors among the , children
in Mr. , SPurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle in
London. ,liipfriends in London ,(we see by...the
; The lksvive/)presented him with a purse sof fifty
,guineas ; and- an illustrated, work on Syria:And
Palestine. MI address •will be Veru.n. Cor.
iwten. • 'k
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