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THE PRESBYTERY OE MAISHALL.
MEETING OF MINISTERS AND ELDERS.
Marshall, Mich., Feb. 24, 1860.
The convention of ministers and elders of the
churches connected with the Presbytery of Mar
shall, called to meet in this plaee on Tuesday, the
21st inst., closed yesterday, after a very harmoni
ous and interesting session of two days. The
object of this gathering was to promote the ac
quaintance and fellowship of the ehurehes, to
discusg the duties of the secure a
greater efficiency in discharging them, and to stir
each other up to more earnest zeal in spiritual
things.
The opening sermon was preached by Rev. 0.
S. Armstrong, of Lansing, in the Presbyterian
Church, from Acts, xx., 28—“ Take heed, there
fore, unto yourselves, and tp all the flock over
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers,
to feed the churoh of God, which he hath pur
chased with his own hlood.” ,
After which, Chester Armstrong, an elder of
the church in Parma, was elected Moderator of
the convention, and a business committee of six
was appointed to report topics for the deliberation
of the convention.
On making out the roll, it was found that there
were near thirty elders present and twelve minis
ters. Three churches were not represented.
A prayer meeting was held between six and
seven o’clock the next morning, and another of
an hour’s length, commencing at half-past eight
o’clock.
The business committee, on the opening of the
morning session, reported several topics for dis-
cussion
The remarks upon the topic, “How may the
eldership promote a spirit of revival, and become
skilful in advancing the work?” were listened
to with deep interest. The prevailing thought
,s, that a better knowledge of the truth, at
mdod with a cordial reliance upon God, and a
'erfill performance of every duty, were essential
this work.
Another topic of interest was, “ What is duty
regard to church visitation?” After a lengthy
interesting discussion, participated in by al
it every member of the convention, the follow
• resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That it is the duty of ruling elders,
icially in connection with pastors, to engage
the work of systematic church visitation.
Evolved, That, in view of the importance of
work, we will use our influence to originate
prosecute some such scheme forthwith in our
ieetive churches.
n connection with this topic it was urged that
good could he accomplished by subdividing
ingregation, and securing a continued prudent
ritual oversight of these divisions by an elder
other competent person.
Another topic taken up was, “What is the
of the eldership in receiving members into
church?” The injury done by receiving
.mbers without due care was ejearly discussed.
The views of the convention were set forth in
following expression:
Resolved, That the session of the church should
ve an intimate acquaintance with the religious
icrience of candidates for church-membership
tore the day of public examination.
Another topic, which enlisted much earnest
scussion, was, “ The duty of the session to the
mger members of the chureh, ” and especially
the young men.. The following expression on
subject was given':
Resolved, That it is the duty of the, session
».fully to watch over our young men professing
•istianity, to cultivate their piety, to develop
ir capacity for usefulness, and set the question
the ministry before the minds of such as pro
jg success in the sacred office.'
Another interesting discussion arose on tin;
oie, “What is the duty of the session in rela
n to Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly? ”,
was urged that a proper attendance upon these
arch councils, and attention to their delibera
is and recommendations through the
organs of communication, would give unity
efficiency to the church.
TERMS.
CLUBS.
PREMIUMS.
The importance of Sabbath-school and Bible
class instruction, as well as systematic beneficence,
and a proper regard to church ordinances, as well
as many other topics of interest, were referred to,
but time would not allow of an extended conside
ration of them.
On Wednesday evening a sermon was preached
by Rev. B. L. Davis, of Battle Creek, from Gal.,
vi., 7 —“ Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for
wbatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.”
The prayer meetings on Thursday had special
reference to colleges, it being the day observed by
prayer for them throughout the land.
This convention of elders was something new,
and it was feared that it might not prove very
successful.' ■
A large proportion of them were farmers scat
tered over Jackson, Calhoun, Eaton and Ingham
counties, and some of them had a long ride through
the mud to reach this plaoe. When assembled
they formed a convention of intelligent, substantial
men, wise in deliberation and earnest in pursuing
plans adapted to build up. the Redeemer’s kingdom.
A unanimous wish was expressed for a similar
convention at some suitable time, and the im
pression was general that much good had been
already accomplished by this one,
Intolerance in Paris. —On the 7th of January
last, all the English residents in the city of Paris
were thrown into a state of violent excitement by the
announcement that the Chapel of the Rev.' Archer
Gurney had been closed by order of the Prefect of
Police. No reason could at first be assigned for such
a proceeding on the part of the authorities. The
manner, too, in which this unusual step was taken,
was, if possible, more objectionable than the step it
self. At the very end of the week —that is to say,
on Saturday, about twelve o’clock, —two individuals
presented themselves to Mr. Gurney, at his church
in the Rue de la Madeleine, and then and there
served upon him a peremptory notice to cease to ex
ercise his ministry (son eulte) until the Minister of
Public Worship should have farther decided whether
an authorization to that effect should be granted to
him or not. !
This was the more surprising, inasmuch as Mr.
Gurney, before commencing his public duties in Pa
ris, had applied for the usual authorization to do so
from the Minister and the police; after having been
twice visited by official persons from the Ministry—
a nd been-informed, after the second visit, “that he
need not delay any longer opening his church ; that
the written authorization might not, perhaps, be sent
to him just yet, but that it was a mere , matter of
form, —and that he might now consider himself at
liberty- to begin.” This was very properly consi
dered as a permit to open his church and begin his
labors.
The prohibition was signed by the Commissary of
Police for the district, acting under the orders of the
Prefect of Police, who, in his turn, professed to he
set in motion by the Minister of Public Worship.
At first it seemed impossible to obtain a reprieve
even for a day, so as to avoid the scandal and disap
pointment attendant on the coming of so many per
sons to the plaee where they had been accustomed to
worship, and finding it shut. However, after a strug
gle on the part of the Charge d’ Affaires, in the ab
sence of Lord Cowley, Mr.‘Gurney. qt ten o’clock at
night, was informed that he might open his church
on the morrow, but for that day only, and on the ex
press condition that ‘the afternoon service in French’
should he omitted. Here was at last given the clue
to the whole proceeding. It seems there are a large
number of English families in Paris, who have livlSf
im-Vr-g that.thairchildren., who.
have grown up end been eduootod there, speak and
understand nothing but . French. For their benefit,
Mr. Gurney had established, an afternoon service,—
consisting of the reading of the evening office of the
Prayer-book, rendered very closely and literally into
the French, without one word of comment; and this
it was that gave the offence —in other words, fright
ened the priests from their propriety.
Now, it is said there are between two and three
thousand Anglo-French British subjects, who .habitu
ally use the French language themselves, and their
children understand no other, who' either attend no
place of worship, or cannot possibly receive instruc
tion in the gospel in any other way, if they are de
barred from it in their own tongue—the French,
which they alone understand. But what is this to a
jealous hierarchy, who care more for the fleece than
the sheep, and, therefore, guard them from going
astray. It was possible that a few of their followers
might bo induced to attend this French service, and,
understanding it, become convinced of the errors
in which they had been trained ; and so the chapel
must be shot, and the preaching of the gospel, not to
the French people of Paris, but to the subjects of
Queen Victoria who resided there, be at once stopped.
The mere chance of a single convert from Catholicism
being made, is enough; it must not be allowed. The
proceedings are peremptory; it is put an end to at
once, in a high-handed and offensive way—and why
not, since they have the power? Now, what will the
English people say to this, especially since they have
so long allowed the Catholic Church in their realms
such unbounded liberty of action, not to preach the
gospel only to their converts, but to make proselytes
in all manner of ways, and by all possible means?
It is a sad exhibition of bigotry, sectarianism, and
narrow-mindedness, that has been made; and it will
in its effect reach beyond’the British realms. Men
will begin to inquire, Is this the "kind of thing that
we are fostering by our charity and indulgence? Is
this its spirit where it has power? It coos like a
■?: suoking dove,” in Protestant countries, preaching
charity, forbearance, and demanding liberty of con
science: but does it reciprocate the indulgence which
it receives? If by order of the police of London, its
churches in that city had been shut up on a Satur
day afternoon, without any warning or notice, what
a clamor would have been raised. Liberty, liberty,
would have been the ory. But liberty i».as necessary
and as proper in Paris as in London, in Italy as in
America; but it appears from this, as well as from
some other instances,' that it is expected to be all on
one side—all in favour of one party.
Action of Milford Church-— At a meeting of the
congregation, held in the Presbyterian Church of
Milford by appointment on Wednesday evening, the
15th of February, 1860, Mr-. Robert C. Hall was
called to the chair, and Mr. J. Y. Foulk appointed
Secretary. The chairman then stated that the ob
ject of the meeting was to consider and not on the
resignation of the Rev. John W. .Mears, as pastor of
the church, whieh he tendered with the view of as
suming the position of co-editor of the “American
Presbyterian," in which a new and greater field' of
usefulness was presented.
It was, therefore,
Resolved, That this congregation, in view of the
facts, and yielding to what seem to be indications of
Providence, accept, though reluctantly, the resigna
tion of Rev. John W. Mears as pastor, and that a
committee of the congregation, namely,—Messrs. H.
B. Fiddeman, J. Y. Foulk, and A, R. Hall, report re
solutions expressive of the sense of the. congregation
on the subject.
Whereupon the Committee presented the follow
ing—
Resolved, That in the acceptance of the resignation
of the Rev. John W. -Mears, as pastor of the Presby
terian church of Milford, it is a proper occasion on
the part of the congregation, and justly due to their
late pastor, to express their deep regret, and to bear
testimony to the very able, faithful, and satisfactory
manner in which, at all times, he has discharged the
duties of minister and pastor, and to tender him their
heart-felt thanks for the devotedness and untiring
3£ws&jitman and (Bi’angrlist.
zeal which have characterized his labours in their
midst solely for the best interests of the church and
people.
Resolved, That his labours in this field, by the
blessing of God, have been of great utility, and their
fruits are manifest in the improved condition of the
church, both, spiritually and temporally. In re
moving to his new place of labor, he carries with
him the affections and confidence of this congrega
tion. We have found him, in hisdeportmentasa Chris
tian and a minister, exemplary and devout. As a
citizen, affable, bland, and courteous. May he be
appreciated in his new field of enterprise, and find
many friends to greet him on his mission of labor
and love.
Resolved, Thai a copy of the above proceedings be
furnished the Rev. J! W. Mears, and published in
the “American Presbyterian ” and “ Peninsular News
and Advertiser.”
A Letter from Marash, Turkey, communicated
to the ‘Observer,’ by Rev. Dr. Robinson; alludes to a
work of randh interest which has been prosecuted
among the Turkish women. The writer says:
“Before Protestantism came to Marash, not two
Christian women in the whole city could read. Now,
two hundred are receiving daily instruction, one-half
of whom began the Primer this past summer. The
teachers aTe little boys and girls, who go morning
and evening to the house, receiving for each lesson
the tenth of a cent. Under the good influence many
Armenian and Catholic women are also beginning to
learn. What a vast amount of good is the Gospel
doing for the women of the East!”
Rev F. C. Butler, of New York, has been en
gaged to supply the pulpit of the 2d Presbyterian
Church, Cleveland, during Mr. Eells’ absence. He
enters upon his engagement next Sabbath:
The Rev- Dr. King, Missionary to Greece, writes
to the American Board, under date at Athens, Dec.
29th, that believing the years of his pilgrimage on
the earth to be nearly numbered, he has been labor
ing to finish the work which has been given him to
do. In addition to his regular service in Greek, he
has been occupied in printing five volumes of his own
writings, one in French, and four.in modern Greek.
He has sold large numbers of the New Testament and
Ten Commandments in modern Greek, and has in
press a new edition of “ Baxter’s Saint's Rest,” in the
same language. His trial before the Greek autho
rities, on several charges, was to take place during
the present month.
The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon at the American
Chapel in Paris.—We clip the following interesting
extract from a Paris letter published in the New York
Express of Monday last:—
“The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, the famous English
preacher, was in Paris on Tuesday, and gave the
American and English residents an opportunity of
hearing him preaeh’the same evening, at the Ameri
can Chapel, in the Rue de Berri. The edifice is large,
particularly when the customary attendance is taken
into consideration; but, on this occasion, it was
crowded to overflowing, both aisles were filled with
people, wedged against each other most uncomforta
bly, and many doubtless went away unable to obtain
admission. Mr. Spurgeon appeared in the pulpit at
half-past seven o’clock, and the services were opened
with a prayer and hymn, the clergyman reading each
verse before it was sung. After a preliminary dis
course, followed an earnest and beautiful prayer, a
second hymn, and then the principal sermon, from
the text :
• “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, ar.d thou shalt
he saved, and thy house.” —Acts xvi. 31.
It.would be out of plaoe, perhaps, to make extend
ed comment, in a sketch column like mine in the
Express, upon so serious a subject as a solemn reli
gious exhortation, and I consequently content my
self with the remark that I never heard more im : |
passioned, or .eloquent pulpit oratory; though,.from!
a single hearing of this celebrated preacher, I feel
confident in the assertion that we have, in America,
divines, not less masters of simple rhetoric and bril
liant imagery than Mr. Spurgeon, His great forte
is in the former; and, after once having listened to
him, it is easy ; to v understand the. influence of his
preaching over the humbler ciasses of the English,
among whom the vast majority of his admirers and
disciples are to be found. Physically, Mr. Spurgeon
gives no evidence of inspiration. His person is, on'
the contrary, very ordinary. He is a short; heavily
built man, with a large fat face, smoothly shaved, J
and without perceptible expression. |
His voice, however, is and would fill |
any large American hall, as for instance, the New .
York Academy of Musio, with perfect ease. Its in
tonations are boisterous or gentle, as he pleases, and
never, as is often the case with public speakers, sing
song and monotonous. This fact proves that Mr.
Spurgeon utters his words without effort, and his
wonderful clearness of pronunciation is as remarka
ble as his voice. Both the sermons of Tuesday eve
ning were preached extemporaneously, or, at all
events, without notes, and the Becond occupied fifty
minutes’ rapid delivery, during which the orator
never faltered, nor stammered, nor sought a word,
but went on as readily, from first to last, as if he was
reading a book.
At the close of the exercises, before dismissing the
congregation, the clergyman stated that it had been
his intention to preach for the benefit of the Ameri
can Chapel in Paris, in whose pulpit he stood, but
that the vestry of the church insisted that the pro
ceeds of the collection about to be, taken should be
applied to the edifice in progress of construction in
London, for the use of his own congregation, com-
posed mostly of poor people. He added, that twenty
thousand pounds sterling had already been raised for
the purpose, and ten thousand more were still to be
obtained. He accepted the offer of the American
vestry, but would consider himself bound to return
the favour in kind. The collection was then taken
up, and the audience dispersed."
The London Morning Chronicle contains the fol
lowing paragraph;—“We state, on what we regard
as good authority, that the late Lord Macaulay ex
perienced a great and salutary change in his religious
views a few months before his death. ! We-are assured
that be embraced thoroughly and joyfully what are
called evangelical principles, and that his only hope
of happiness hereafter rested on the atonement.”
James’- Anxious Inquirer. —The following was
brought a recent noon-day prayer-meeting.
“While a "young man, J. Angell James was appren
ticed to a draper, and it appears was at times-ashamed
to acknowledge Jesus as his Master. He lodged in
a room with several other young men, but as he re
tired to rest, if they were in the room he had not the
courage to go to his knees and pray in their presence.
After a time a pious young man. joined their number,
and his very first night with them, he kneeled down
by his bed-side and prayed before retiring to rest.
James was in the room at the time, and this act of
his unknown Christian friend troubled him very
much. Indeed, it had such an effect upon his mind
that he resolved at once never again to emit the im
portant duty of falling on his knees to pray before
retiring, no matter who might be present. He ad
hered to the resolution ever after that. How,great
an influence this incident had upon his subsequent
Christian character we can all judge. How great
has been its influence upon the world! No fewer
than 600,000 copies of his “Anxious Inquirer" have
been already circulated oyer all .parts of the world,
besides over 2,000,000 of his tracts and other works.
A missionary lady who has made use of James’book
freely, and has had much success in bringing souls
to Christ, has said, when speaking of those converts,
“ they shall shine in other crowns thin mine,” alluding
to the crowns of those authors whose pious works
she has used in her labors, and to those whose iri
-1 fluences, often unknown to vis, are brought to bear
upon sinners, who- are anxiously inquiring the way
of salvation. How truly does the sentiment apply
in regard to this youDg man. How many shall
shine in his crown, who have been aided in their way
heavenward by reading James’ excellent work. That
young man has never since been known. His name
even, has been lost, but that quiet.prayer at his bed
side, that standing up for Jesus, has already told
upon the etesnai destiny doubtless of thousands.
Religious Awakening Among the Nestorians.
—Letters forwarded by of the Turkish
MjssionS Aid Society give an account of an awaken
ing amoDg the Nestorians in , city of Oroomiah.
The work of the Lord appears to tpake great progress
in the whole district of the-Nestorian Mountains.
Missionary Appointments. —Dr. Silas Scudder
has been appointed medical missionary to Arcot.
His opportunities for acquiring his profession have
been ample, and he has already been in charge of
duties in a special department of medical practice,
which will make him a specially valuable auxiliary
in the mission field. But he is to have the benefit of
a large observation of European institutions and prac
tice, as a number of friends have united in furnishing
i the means for him to spend several months in Europe
visiting the hospitals. - ;
Mr. John Scudder has been accepted by the Exe
cutive Committee as a missionary candidate, and his
destination is to he Arcot. He will probably leave
Learly after his ordination, perhaps in June next.
Religious Interest in the Seamen’s Retreat,
Staten Island. —We are permitted to make the fol
lowing extracts from a recent letter‘to a ministerial
brother in this city:—“For abnutovo months past a
daily prayer meetinghas 6 M.,’
in one of the wards of our Seam&iV Retreat Hodflß
tal at this place.- The opened
young Swiss sailor who became japatient in the in-*
stitution early in December last.. His heart was warm,
and at first he could only gatheriabout half a dozen
to pray with him, and gradually the meeting in
creased in numbers and in interest, and now there
are usually from forty to fifty present. There hare
been several very marked and spiking conversions,
perhaps as many as 20 in'all. Some of those who,
have become subjects of. grace'were in the last de
gree'profligate and abandoned ip vice. They boldly
proclaim their love for the Master,' and work accord
ing to the talents which He has given them to bring
; other poor souls to the same precious Saviour. The
attendance is rather on the increase, and at every
meeting several ask an interest'id the prayers of the
praying ones. The presence of the Spirit throughout
the building was never so; manifest as now. The
Songs of Zion upon the lips of new born souls are
heard at all hours of the day. The Bible is read as
I have never seen it before, and many, are struggling
under deep convictions 6f'Bin, read with anxiety
whatever books of a religious character are put into
their hands. The glorious workHs steadily progress
ing. The stately steppings of the Master are heard
and joyfully recognised by tho children of God.
A colporteur of the Bible Society, now a patient
in the Institution, generally conducts the meetings.
His own history is one of extraordinary interest. He
was brought in early life, while at sea, a wicked sailor,
to taste and see that the Lord is good, but subse
quently fell away and became an abandoned drunkard.
The Spirit of God followed him, and after thirty
years of waywardness him in brokenness
of heart to confess his wanderirfgs, and to return to
the service of the Master. v -His-4bal in the work is in
some degree commensurate with his sense of tho
amazing love of Jesus, and the mo'st signal blessings
have attended his efforts to bring the wandering and
astray into the fold of the Good Shepherd. Blest
with the meek and humble spirit of his Master his
walk and conversation bear a cl|ar and powerful tes
timony which no one can or withstand.
The praying ones have bandedfthemselves together,
and lift their hearts as one the ringing of the
morning and evening bell, for tfie outpouring of the
Spirit upon,;'the whole bouBef*ij||lii addition -to this
each has pledged himself to -mice one person, and
make him a subject of special effort and prayer.
The most signal results have followed the adoption
of this plan. The meetings are free for all who
ehoose to speak or pray, and the two hours seem all
too short. The utmost spontaneity prevails, and a
freshness and power are manifest, to all which can
only be attributed to.the mighty working of the Spirit
of God.
Who can fail to see that seamen asa class occupy
a most thrillingly interesting position in relationHo
the spread of the Gospel? What Christian heart
must not warm with the thought that they, if brought
to Christ, will be missionaries carrying the seed of
the kingdom to every shore'and to every people un
der the whole heaven? . May God haste the inga
thering of the men of the sea, then shall the earth soon
he covered with the glory of the Lord as the waters
cover the mighty deep. %
Death of Prof. C. A. Goodrich , —-The venerable
Professor Goodrich, of Yale College, died suddenly
on Saturday, Feb. 25ih, at'his residence in New Ha
ven. He had been laboring for the previous ten days
under an attack of pwfenohitf, from which,
however, he was believed to be gradually recovering
when a sudden stroke of paralysis, followed by a se
cond shock, at the interval of only a few hours, put
an end to his life. He died at the age of 70 years.
Prof. Chauncey Allan Goodrich was born in New
Haven, Oct. 23, 1790; graduated at Yale in 1810;
was Tutor in Yale College from 1812 to 1814; and
in 1816, having completed a course of theological
study, was installed as Pastor of the First Church in
Middletown, Conn. On the accession of Mr. Day to
the Presidency of Yale College in 1847, Mr. Goodrich
was elected Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory in that
Institution, but relinquished the office in 1839, to ac
cept the chair of the Pastoral Charge in the Theolo
gical Seminary, a position which he occupied until
his death —a period pf twenty years. In 1820, he
was elected President of Williams College, but de
clined to accept that honor, jin 1835, he received
the degree of Doctor of Divinity from. Brown Uni
versity. The New Haven Journal, in noticing the
death of Professor Goodrich, sums up his literary la
bors as follows: ■
“In 1814, he prepared a Greek Grammar, which
was generally used,-and was panted in several edi
tions. In 1827, he superintended the abridgment of
Webster’s Quarto American Dictionary, which was
so widely circulated throughout the country. In
1829, he established the Quarterly Christian Specta
tor, which he edited for nearly ten years, with great
labor, zeal and enterprise, under circumstances oc
casioning much anxiety to himself and his friends.
In 1832, he prepared a series of Latin Lessons, and
soon after a like series of Greek Lessons for begin
ners, both of which works have been often reprinted.
In 1846 and'47 he prepared with great labor and
care, Revised Editions of the Unabridged and Abridg
ed Dictionaries of Webster, and in 1856 the Univer
sity edition of the same work. In 1859, he prepared
an Appendix for the Pictorial Edition of ten thou
sand new words and new definitions, with a very full
and complete dictionary of ■ synonyms, 'which is
esteemed the best in the language. In 1852 he pub
lished his admirable work on British Eloquence; which
is superior to anything of the kind. It received the
warm commendation of Hon. Rufus Choate and Lord
Campbell, of England, and has been extensively cirr
cnlated and always highly commended. .
Besides performing the literary labor involved in
preparing and editing these various works, Professor
Goodrich has been prominently connected with many
of the most important benevolent societies of the
country, and has been always very highly esteemed
for the thoroughness, sagacity, and energy’ with
which he has discharged the many public duties
which have in this way been imposed upon him.
As an instructor, Prof. Goodrich was enthusiastic,
untiring, afid effective, always impressing himself
upon his pupils, inspiring them to the highest effort.
He guided them to imitate models of clear and elo
quent thinking, and taught-Hiem to express their
own thoughts in a chaste and manly style. . As an
officer of the College, he was singularly active and
energetic, never shrinking from any duty or respon
sibility, and always making the interests of. the insti
tution the object of his own personal care and anx
ious solicitude,"
There 1 are over seven thousand native Christians
among the fifty thousand inhabitants of the Islands
of Polynesia, whose free-will offerings for missions
in the other islands for the last year amounted to
$5,595. Their schools for training teachers and
evangelists contained about 100 students. All the
native pastors are supported by the people. The
wife of a missionary in the Fiji Islands recently
translated the Pilgrim's Progress into the dialect of
the quondam cannibals. '
Power of the Holy Spirit.—A circle of some
twenty young ladies engaged together in industrial
pursuits in our city, many of whom are pious, have
been accustomed ever since the Lawrence Calamity
to dose their daily labors with devotional exercises.
One day recently the Holy Spirit seemed, to descend
upon them with sudden and remarkable influence.
Every heart was touched, and' tears choked tbeir ut
terance, so that they, could with difficulty get through
with their song of praise; Every unconverted one
among them was convicted, and it is said, has since
been hopefully converted. I have conversed with
two of tbeir number, says Rev. Dr. Kennard, and
they give most satisfactory evidence of piety.
A Powerful Work of Grace says a correspondent
of the Evangelist, is in progress at the present time
in the village of Plesis, Jefferson county, New York,
and throughout the surrounding region.. The session
sand pastor of the Presbyterian church of that .place,
.united some; time since in requesting the; Rev. I.
rßnrchard to labor here, and his efforts have been
crowned with success. The church edifice has been
crowded to excess, and the whole region round about
is moved by*the breath of the. Spirit. Numbers give
credible evidence of conversions among whom are an
unusual number of heads of families, and some youth'
of the church. Family altars have been erected, and:
the church revived. All classes share alike in the
work which seems daily extending in interest'and
power. To God be all the glory.
The Irish Revival.—The London correspondent
of the Presbyterian says:
“The question of physical agitations connected
with the Irish revival still excite a good deal of dis
cussion. There would be little difficulty if the
striking down only occurred to those whose minds are
under the influence of a severe conflict of feeling, or
terrible dread of wrath. But this is not so. An of
ficer in. the army is down " in the act of
playing at racket, and becomes from that moment
convinced of sin, and, in due time, an earnest con
vert. A careless, worldly, if not profligate squire,
who despises all religious enthusiasm, is “ stricken
down,” and conveyed from, his drawing-room to bed,
when he is visited by'tlie clergyman, and found to
have lost the faculty of articulate speech, which is
not restored to him for several days, during which
the agonies of remorse are racking his conscience;
but at the close of which he enters at once into peace
and the enjoyment of all his faculties. Such facts
and incidents were related in my hearing last night
by a well known clergyman, who was cognizant of
them on the spot. No wonder that men should look
on the Irish revival as a very strange and wonderful
thing, and that Christians should recognise in it the
hand which smote Zocharias in the temple, and Saul
of Tarsus at the gate of Damascus.”
At a Meeting of the 1 Presbyterian congregation
of Lawreneeville, Tioga Co., Pa., the following Pre
amble and Resolutions were adopted, antf requested
to be published in the “American Presbyterian.”
Whereas, our pastor, Rev, A. H. Barnes, lias in
formed us that after much reflection he .has come to
the conclusion to ask for a dismission from us, there
fore, . . ... ~
Resolved, Thatitris-witb-regret we consent to con
cur with him in requesting the presbytery to dissolve
the pastoral relation.
Resolved, That in parting with him we desire to
hear our cordial testimony to his noble qualities,—
both of intellect and heart. His active and earnest
efforts to promote the cause of Christ among us, and
his benevolence and kindness to those in affliction
will long ho remembered.
'Resolved, That we also cordially hear testimony to
the effects of his catholic and charitable spirit as
seen in the existing among the different
denominations of professing Christians in this coun
try..
Resolved, That we tender to our beloved pastor our
gratitude and thanks for his faithfulness to us, and
pray God that in the last great day he may meet
many who were won to Christ by his efforts here.
We earnestly desire his success in future life, hope
ever to sympathize with him in trials he may have
to endure, and heartily assure him of our continued
esteem and affection.
California. —Rev. E. S. Lacy, and wife, reached
their home in San Francisco during the second week
in January, and received a warm: welcome from his
people, from whom he has been absent about nine
months. The Pacific says, however, that it is well
worth the time and the journey to obtain such a
blessing from the Lord as our good brother has found.
Mr. Lacy finds his church as he left it—at work; the
prayer-meeting as largely attended as ever, and a
very decided religious interest among the members
of his congregation. On the following Sabbath eve
ning, he preached his reunion sermon to a very large
congregation—its subject being in keeping with the
services of the week of prayer jnst ended. At the
close of the sermon, a collection of $350 was taken
up for missionary purposes. The “Week of Prayer ”
was observed by a union of Presbyterians, Metho
dists, Baptists and Congregationalism. The opening
service commenced on the 9th and continued until
the 16th. A sermon was preached by the Rev, Geo.
Peck, D. D., of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Prayer meetings were held in the several churches,
each evening of the week, under the several pastors.
On the Saturday, four special union meetings weriy
held. Sunday, the closing day, was one of much in
terest; it was spent as a. day of thanksgiving and
praise in all the churches. ’ ?
Installation at York, Pa.—Rev. Thomas Street,
recently of the Green Hill Church, Philadelphia, was
installed, on the Bth ult., by the Presbytery of Har
risburgb, as the regular-' pastor of the English Pres
byterian Church and congregation of York, which
has been vacant'since last April, by the removal of
Rev. Charles J. Hutchins to a church in,Kenosha,
Wisconsin. In consequence of an accident to the
ancient building belonging to the congregation, on
the same day, the services were held in the Third
Lutheran Church, which was kindly offered on the
occasion. Rev. Thos. H. Robinson, of HarrjstSurgh,
presided, and proposed* the/ usual questions. The
Rev. Dr. Wing, of Carlisle, preached the sermon.
Rev. John W. Davis, of Dauphin, gave the charge to
the pastor, and Rev. William R. Dewitt, D. D., of
Harrisborgb, gave the charge to the congregation.
A new house of worship is immediately to be erected
by this congregation, after a beautiful design, and in
the meantime its meetings on the Sabbath are to be
held in the Court House,
Milwaukee.— The First Presbyterian church jb
just now, as we learn, in the midst of a blessed re
freshing from on high. Daily morning prayer-meet
ings have been held for some weeks, with increasing
numbers and interest; and the pastor (Rev. J. Leonard
Corning) has preached two evenings during the week,
for some length of time; to large congregations.
Thirty or more have already begun a Christian life,
and new cases of conversion are occurring from time
to time. The work is entirely free from any inordi
nate excitement, and the evidences are very clear
that it is God’s work, and not man’s. The congre
gations are large from Sabbath to Sabbath, requiring
the full capacity of the spacious edifice.
A Great Sabbath-School. —At Aintab, in Tur
key, there is a Sabbath-school which numbers nine
hundred members, and on some Sabbaths has had an
attendance of over a thousand. There are three de
partments; children and youth able to read,the Bible,
numbering about 450; adults who cannot read, hboufc
150; little children who cannot read, and are taught
as in infant classes in this country, 418, and would
haTe been more if there had been room for them.
■ Their singing attracts hundreds of people who never
.before heard a Protestant sermon, some of them' M°-
liammedans and their children. The Armenians
have started a. school by way of counteraction, but
have hot succeeded in retaining their followers.
Christian hymns are song everywhere, in common
schools, in the streets, and iu families where they
were never before heard. “Out of the mouths of
babes,” See. - .
The Gospel among Mohammedans.—A Turkish
correspondent of the Independent states that more
than 9,000 Bibles have been sold to the Turks, of
Constantinople during the last four years. The Bible
is now sold in the streets, and in mosques, side by
ride with the Koran. The Turks, themselves, say
that not less than 10,000 of their nation in that city
alone, are seriously reading the Christian Scriptures.
Many in other parts of the Empire, are thus engaged.
At Jerusalem, eight soldiers and seven Officers of the
Turkish army meet regularly with one of Bishop Gp
bat’s assistants for the purpose of reading thO Bible.
A Turkish soldier was seen in Constantinople read
ing it in the public street, and as he read, the tears
streamed down his cheeks. - .
This Bible-readingis not without fruit. Twenty
or-moro converts have professed ,their Christian fai th
recently in Constantinople, most of them within a
year past. New eases'of inquiry arise every week.
Thirty or forty regularly attend the Turkish service
of Rev. Mr. Williams, a converted Mussulman.
The Government would be glad to persecute these
converts, .but is restrained by the fear of the Western
powers. There, will doubtless be private outrages,
perhaps, assassinations, but there is legal 'toleration.
Who can tell whereunto this will grow? Is, this a
time for the churches to which the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions has looked
for the support of its operations, to take a backward
step? •
A Great Concession, —Th eßimte des Deux Mondes
is the leading review of France. In a late number,
it makes thje following extraordinary concession to
Protestantism:—
' Much may be said of Protestant diversities and
sects, but one 'fact remains certain; it is, that nations
where the Bible circulates and is read, have pre
served a strong, deep, and enduring religious faith;,
while in countries where it is not known, one is
obliged to deplore a moral superficiality and want of
principles, for which a splendid uniformity of rites
cannot com pensate. Let the learned theologians dis
cuss on certain passages, on the authenticity of such
and such texts, what are such mysteries compared to
the,healthful and pure atmosphere which the Bible
spreads wherever it is read, whether in low or eleva
ted classes! • ,’
§plWs if til If til.
Dates from Liberia to Jan. 4, state that Pres. Benson
was inaugurated on the 2d of January, and signalized
the commencement of his third consecutive term of
office by issuing proclamation of the treaty which has
just been concluded between the Republic of Liberia
and the kingdom of Belgium. The news of the agri
cultural successes of the colonists is very encouraging.
The eane crops were more extensive than usual, and
promised a.richer yield, and breadstuffs were abun
dant and cheap. A treaty has been executed be
tween the Republic and the King of Abbeokuta —by
the terms of which the colonists have access to new
territory.'
Condfelius C. Felton, just elected President of Har
vard College, is the' twentieth gentleman who has
filled the office during the two hundred and twenty
years that have elapsed since the University was
founded. Four of the ex-Presidents survive, namely,
Josiah Quincy, Edward Everett, Jared Sparks, and
James "Walker.
A new copper mine has lately been discovered in
Bristol, Connecticut. It lies near the railroad, and
has already been opened for some distance. The ore
is the sulpliuret of copper, occurring in large masses,
and as usual improving as it runs deeper. The gan
gue is quartz, and the mine has the appearance of
being inexhaustible.
An American, a son of a gentleman in Boston, has
recently been appointed orgar.ist'of St. Paul’s, Covent
Garden, London. There were fifty applications for
the place, and it was awarded to the gentleman In
question, after a trial of the merits of all the compe
titors. This is probably the first instance in which
an American has received such an appointment.
Some years ago, the British Government offered a
reward of £20,000 to the discoverer of the North
west Passage. The prize "has been already awarded
by Government to Sib R. McClure. This officer
sailed from Behring’s - Straits, and reached the furthest
point eastward attained by any vessel. From this
point he abandoned his ship, after being two years
shut up in the ice, and still proceeding eastward,
joined the expeditions from Baffin’s Bay, thereby com
pleting the voyage and journey across the North
American continent from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
The friends of Sib John Franklin, however, claim
that the credit is due him, and that his widow is in
consequence entitled to the money, ’ .
The Dutch Government has swept away the last
vestige of Slavery from its Effst India possession. On
the 20th of September last, the institution ceased to
exist. The Government offered an assessed compen
sation in money to the owners, many of whom, however,
refused to take it, while others took it and made it over
to the emancipated slaves themselves.
Two young ladies recently, while crossing the Mis
sissippi at Dubuque, lowa, on the ice, broke through
and would have been drowned had not their crinoline
saved ■ them from^ sinking. They were •Rescued and
reached the shore' in Bafety, though not a little chilled,
by their February bath by moonlight.
The Artesian well which is now being bored at
Reading, Penn., has reached a depth of seventeen
hundred feet. The water is represented to be of a
decidedly mineral character, and to partake largely of
all the mineral qualities which distinguish the Springs
at Saratoga.
The laws of Pennsylvania require that a will con
taining bequests for charitable and religions purposes
be made twenty days before the death of the testator;
aad the will of ex-Mayor Henry D. Gilpin, of Phila
delphia, lately deceased, is likely to fail in its munificent
intentions because it was made only twelve days before
his death.
One of the venerable friends of German freedom
has passed away. Ernst Moritz Arndt, poet, scholar,
statesman and patriot, beloved and revered, by all his
countrymen and by noble-hearted men all over the
world, died at Bonn on the 29th of last month, at the
ripe old age of ninety.
A large fire took place on Monday evening in New
York—consuming property at No. 143 Maiden Lane,
amounting to between thirty and forty thousand
dollars.
The total number of deaths in New York city last
week was 481—a decrease of 61 compared with the
previous week. Men, 85; women, 69. Boys, 168;
girls, 150; adults, 154; children, 226. Males, 253;
females, 221. Colored persons, 9.
Havana dates to the Ist inst, are received. Two
steamers sailed for Vera Cruz on the 27th ultimo,
under the Mexican flag. They are reported to have
been purchased by Santa Anna, to-aid Miramon in
taking*Fera Cruz.
Jfiarringf.
*J^NRY —Married in Camden, N. J., on
the Ist mst., by kev. A. Culver, Mr. James L. Buckley,
of Lower Merion, Montgomery Co., Pa., to Miss Selina
Henry, of Camden.
JMji.
At Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday morning,
March 3, after a lingering illness, James Craig McComb,
(of H. 8. MeComb & 8r0.,) in the 30th year of his age.
NOTICE.
Notice.—The Presbytery of Erie will hold its next
meeting in the Presbyterian Church of Wattsburg,.on
the 10th of April next, at 7 o'clock P. M.
Statistical Reports from Church Sessions required.
March 4th, 1860. J. VANCE, Clerk.
Notice. —A Committee appointed by the Third
Presbytery of Philadelphia, will meet the Congregation
in Broadway Hall, corner of Broad and Spring Garden
Streets, next Friday evening, 7| o’clock, for the pur
pose of organizing a N. S, Presbyterian church.
Philadelphia Sabbath-school Asso
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the friends of Sabbath-schools, will take place on Mon
day evening next, the 12th inst, at half past 7 o’clock, in
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Race, above sth street.
It is earnestly hoped that our Sabbath-school Teachers
will assemble in large numbers, atthis important meet
ing, as the subject of Mission Sabbath-schools will he
resumed for consideration.
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