1860. jtowan fhesbgtmau (ffiencAcc (SNdngtlisi. IHBRIDAI, Juil u, iB6O. HAMILTON COLLEGE The Literary anniversaries of Hamilton College; Clinton, N. Y.,,, will commence Sunday, July l&th,;withHie annual disctfui'Sb beforb .the Senior olass'i>y Pre»>t7en< if , ('sAen Sunday evening.— Rev. Jonathan Edwards,.of Rochester, will address tlie Society of Christian Beseefpli. Monday evening, July 16th, prize de claration, by members ojf the three lower classes. Tuosday, P. M .,,Rev. Charles D. Belmer, of Mflwaukie, will deliver an Oration, and AT. W. Howe, Esq., of New York, will reada Poem before the Phi chapter of the QHi Psi Shdiety. Tuesday evening.— before .the Literary. Societies, by Mr. Edwin P. Whipple, of Boston; Poem by Mr. Anson Q. Ckestir, "0 Syracuse. Wednesday, p. ji,’ July 18 th.—-An Oration be fore the Alutniai; 2%«0. W. Dtpight, LL. Jb., of Columbia College, and a Phem by Dr. Thos. B Elliott, oflndianapolis. '-*1 j Wednesday evening.—The annual Beunion.of .the Ajfum !, hi.' >* ‘ .A-? : s - . Thursday, July 19th, Commencement. EBENOH RELIGIONS SERVICES IN THE CITY.' Philadelphia, Juno sth, 1860. Ed. Ai«^iicAtrPaksßYTEß.iAN: —Permit me to jay, through the columns of your paper, to the religious part of the community, that, although Mr. Darey, who has conducted the French Prayer Meetings a de I’Eglise Franekise Emnge lique de Philadelphia" in the rooms of the Young Men’s Christian Association, has been led in God’s providence to remove from hero, to our great re gret, the religious'servtoes Will continue to be held in the same plaee,. every Sabbath, as heretofore, under the charge of a competent minister of ttye gospel, the Rev. Mr. Bonhomme. The public wbo take an interest in the planting of a church in thie city, where Freuch people notl- conversant with your language ean worship the' God of all grace,-are most, cordially invited to attend, ,to chfior us in this ardubus undertaking: of establish ing a Frepdb'eburehfn Philadelphia. . I be » to that we are making active efforts to got a minister, .either from Prance or Switzer land, and that our Heavenly Father,is showing us unmistakablomiarks of his favor. OlSilkSrjrN^RjOß, President of the CprttmiUee. t NORTH BROAD STREET PRESBYTERIAN , CHURCH. ' tMit. J3i)is6il:—The Divine favour is evidently atte&dltigthis hew entei’pHsei It Was ? otir privilege J to worship with the congregation on Sabbath eve ning'last, to'their spacious Hall, S. E. cOraer of Broad, and Spring Garden Streets. The house was filled with an attentive audience, whose ap pearance indicated a large amount of intelligence and refinement,, • ■ -i. ! The pastor (Bev. E. E. Adams,) preached from Philippians, ii. 12,18. The discourse was of a high order, and aocorded with the growing repu tation of the speaker, so remarkable for his gift ini pulpit, oratory,. plain and prahiSoafwntuireilt \&s defined, illus trated, and enibreed in a manner that rendered it attractive to all, even the most imaginative. The ■ speaker was in turns, lpgjoal, snbliige apd solemn,, while a vein of beauty ran through his sermon from the to’iti close. If all hearts present were impressed as was our own, the hearers must have retirei froih tfiat place of prayer with renewed resolutions to liVe and labor for Christ and his kingdom, ’ni ’ C. B. July Bd, 1860. gtettgimw fuMligrtta. Noon-Day Pyayer*meeting.— On the 4th of July the meeting wag well attended and spirited. It was ; gratifyingto see so many persons prepared to celebrate : rtkS national anniversary in tho quiet and simple exercises of a prayer meeting, Sorely the true patriot must have felt that the surety for the continued exist ence and wholesome working of our free institutions was to be found In a gathering for prayer, rather than in the noisy demonstrations of popular feeling with which most seem to feel that the day is properly cele brated. We giv,e a briefoutline qf the remarks which were made) (v 4. *' J Said one: Our conducted. *it is it should be permanent or whole some in Its unless based upon true religion. Our public men should be Christians. Bnt now they do not hesitate to go to Congress with the bowie knife and the revolver in their pockets, and even to use them there. The people are responsible for this state of things. Each one of us should consider how far he is responsible. Let us labor to diffuse right Christian sentiments thrdugh the community. Let ns diligently instill them into the minds of our children and these outrages will cease, and our government be purified. Said a layman i We are at times discouraged at the excited and divided state of our country. If we had a revival coming down oh every part of the land, upon our cities and villages, descending into every valley and hnmiet, we should hear no more of commotion. On this day there is special fitness in-prayer, and particularly in the object for which this fflestihgwas established —prayhr for a revival of religion. - Air years ago this day, I, who had op to that time been an impenitent sinner, sent up a petition for ft new hfeftrt, and after a conflict of some six weeks, it pleased God to reveal himself to me, and he gave me the white stone with the name written on it Since then, he has graciously sustained: | me, and I could not refrnin ftom rising upon this, the 41st anniversary of the t day, to encourage ail to begin the Christian life. God’s grace will uphold you to the end. . Prater Answered. —About 6‘ months ago a re quest for prayer was made to this meeting from a cold, pastorless congregation in this State. Since that time, I am happy to state that the Spirit has come in great power. The work of the Lord is re vived, and 54 have been added to that church, and 6 to another in A pastor too has besn secured, andiM tpphg faithfully araong|hem. Hes|,;JS>ethfett, is strbnfWoourngementto pr’Qrafidl never cease. He answers US while we are yetspeak ing. A few nights ago l.tOpk' the opportunity of urging upon a gentleman who happened to be my bed-fellow, the duty of becoming a Christian. After pressing him with the qulstion, at Idugtb’he answered that he did intend to be. a CbristJaiJ.: boginf I asked. This very night! was the surpri sing-response. And he has since give* evidence of a genuine change of heart. American RevitaM.— The crowning gloiy of "burj oountry is its revivals. There is no country on which the Spirit has been poured out in such a variety of ways or in snob great abundance.. Giir, liberty is chiefly to be valued as the liberty of worship. We have an open Bible and a godly-Ministry. America has such a ministry as cannot bo found the world over. This meeting is for the purpose of praying for a revival, If its attention should be directed to any’ one thing, it is tb marlt the footsteps of ?the Son of God going forth conquering and to conquer. Genesee Valley semi-annual meeting of Genesee Valley Frelbytery -was held in Portville, June 19th, Rev. J, Whkemanwas chosen Moderator, add W. C. White, Clerk. The opening sermon was preachedby Rev. J. N. Hubbard, the .JagtModerator. the ordinary routipe of business, the report of RpV. Burr Baldwin, employed as Presbyterial Mis: sionary, and the dis'eussiqn which arose on the sub ject of Home Missions, occupied much of the time and attention of the session. It was voted to employ him another year, to labor among both Congregational and Presbyterian Churches in our bounds, which are without stated, preaching. Brother Baldwin has hed large experience in this kind of work; and his labors among us are already hearing fruit. A deputation of Presbytery went by request to the house of Mr. Henry, Dusenberry, an Elder of the Church at Portville, to administer to hiin the sacra ment on fais'sick bed,- The occasion was one of deep interest and solemnity, and willnot soon be forgotten by those present. Mr. Dusenberry hassinco then been released from earth, and has; we doubt not, sat dotrti at the Marriage Supper ofth'eLardb iPjjieayen.' Presbytery adjourned to meet at Cuba, Tuesday, July 24fch;f» (gdstm and install, if the way be opened, W. C. White, ‘a Licentiate under, our care, pastor of the phuroß in ffiait place. RCv.Dr.White, Pr'esident of Wabash Collie, is expected to preach the sermon op the ocoasjpp.- 1 • Laying the Rochester Brick Church Comer .S^htb,—Thd 'corner-stone' of the nc#^Brick-iSEurch edifice was laid on the 3d of July. "Under the corner stone, in a’ sealed box, Were placed sundry-documents and pf interest. . Among them were', the au tographs of the Sunday-School scholars in a bound volume, th| Autographs of the Superintendent, and. Officers, the Daily papers, and other matters., This ,is a gratifying instance cif progress on the part of ;our brethren in Rochester. We trust that the church edifice may rise without hinderanoe or untoward; .even|,tp t t|ip 3 tqßmost 5t0ne, ; ,....,,,, V.’.. A rA }~, lnstallation—ElisbaG.Cohb, a recent graduate of Union Seminary, was ordamed and .installed “dyer ihe Second' Presbyterian' Church at -ofNbrth’lUVer. ~ K-t . ,!-Vf ! : t tlt- . 1 * V.. -i;,t U, nur-simKi Rev.Gebrge Spauldinghasresigned-thephstoral' charge of, Church Y.,'aw fiikeli'ihkrge the Presbyteriah"Cliuri3ih''&t 1 Tyrone, Schuylef cokhty; N-.' Y. -His"post-office ad dress is Weston, Schuyler cOu'ntyf'lr. Y. j Rev. J/A. -Behtbii, of •BSSSfifentb, ; (faD, r urrived in this.cityl.by tho Adriatic on 'Saturday'last. -Mr. Benton has been absent from the Pacifie coast for a which jhphas touched .(Jhina and visited Egypt, the Holy Land, and most places of interest fovtift OhHetihrf traveildr'in lutepd. His letters have enriched ■thoiPacy'ic meantime. He will ••he welcomed,, by his friends. .in the, States;Whom.the|- an absence, often; years.; He expects to return to .California in.the.Eall.- —„ > Rev. Byron Sunderland. F7 The Batavia, N. Y„ Advocate says: “This talented andTeloquent Divine: bas been- in tqwn several days, visiting; his brother. ,in-law, D. W. Tomlinson, Esq. . On JSupday evening a large number of his friends and admirers attended at the Presbyterian Church, and listened to a most ; ab|e Wd'elbghenidisddurie from him. •f/ t f f The Brethren and Churches in Rochester.—A> q{ (0. §.,)', in „a munication describing the late General Assembly-in ret ther.ei/'TheNewSehool churches are strong. T)iV Shaw’S- (thA ‘Old Uridk/J- atta"Mr.- Ellinwood's are the'most important.. The former ' are,rebuilding their edifioe: Mr. E.'s house of worship is new, and :dfißiiiedly th»' r< i^^*' t ~~ ti: ~'' " ~T~ Jn. -6 is packed, morning and .evening,stood .their .yoiing andefficiept'pastor ia a ‘brother beloveds It ‘was my.happineseto be domiciliated- in his very agreeable’family. Let me here say; that the'hospi tality of Rochester was, the theme of universal com mendation. ■ AH denominations opened theirhouses cheerfully.’' •' y ’ \ The Degree of B.D. has been conferrfed upon Rev. Levi H. Christian, pastor of tiid Ndrtii PrelbyteHan Church, Philadelphia, by Nassau Hall (Princeton,) College. ■ Marietta College.—The degree of D. D. was con ferred upon .Rev. J. F. Tuttle, of Rockaway, N. J. Rev. Edward P. Walker has been elected Professor of Rhetoric and EnglishiLiteratare.'' < r Education at the West. —0 ur ministerial brethren at the west are in various ways engaged in advancing the interests of education in their section. A corre- spondent of the C, C. Herald says of the Terre Haute Fem.nle College: -Rev. John Covert has got up a prime school there, and; the examinations were very .'satisfac tory to a large number of intelligent visitors. The graduating class did honor to themselves, their and-tbeßchoolf Jfe. E/P. Pratt, of Portsmouth, 0., addressed one of the- Literary Societies of the Ohio •University at the recent commencement. Rev. E. D. Morris, of Columbus, 0., fflliveredhn address before the Granville Female Academy on the striking and suggestive topic of amusement under daw. . Farmers’. College. Cincinnati, under lh% care of Rev. Cf N, Mattoon, D. D., has just celebrated its commencement under favorable auspices. The Third Church, Chicago, and its Sabhhth Schools. —On Sabbath, June 17tb, the schools of the. Third Presbyterian church held their anniversary at- 3J o’clock; P. M. ! ■ The church was filled with lars, teachers, and friends. There were estimated to be not less than'7oo or 800 present. This church may emphatically be called a Sunday school missionary church. Having itself had but barely a nominal existence nn.til,abont five yearff'ago; it has now an edifice of an ejegant and noble Strii'ctare, built of stjne, and in very fine taste, with a large and intelligent audience, to which is appended a home and three mission schools, via. r the William Street, West Marßet, a'«(T Milwaukee Railroad Mission Schools.' . Thesoxerciaea in the church were as follows r singing, Scriptures, prayer, reading the annual Re port, singing by the schools severally and unitedly; addresses. - The Rev. Mr. Swazey, who has recently been called to the pastorate of the church, is believed to be the right kind of a pastor, caring for the lambs as well as for the older members of the flock.' His heart is right, and in the right place. . !■ Dedication in Columbus, O.—The new house of worship of the Second Presbyterian sChureh was dedi cated on last Sabbath. Dedication sermon in the morning- by the pastor, Rev. E. D. Morris. Text 1 Kings ix. 3, “I have ha!lowed, etc.” - . ' Rev. Dr. Kendall, of Pittsburgh, assisted in the ser vices, and preached in the evening. ..-illlders’ Meeting.—-A meeting of the Elders and Ministers connected With the Presbytery of Schnyler, 111,,'was held, at Mt. Sterling .on the first Tuesday in June, at 8 o’clock, P. M. : ; , A sermon was preached by Rev. George I. King, of Qnir.cy, on the Nature and Duties of the Eldership, from Ae& -xk, ’2S, aisd f’Peter v. 2. The Convention was then organized by the election of elders F. Col lins, of Quincy, as chairman, and James Arthur se cretary. Seventeen elders and seven ministers an swered to their names;. There were also about as many visitors, from abroad, and; the sessions of, the Convention were well attended by the people of Mt. Sterling. , ; . .. After animated and interesting discussions, the. following resolutions were passed: ; Aesqlned,: That our elders are bound equally with the pastors, to. sustain the .purity of the Church, by guarding the, door ofc admission, and purging it from unworthy members ftowatchover andinstruct(hp gemhks, and the baptized children of the Church ; { ;f jtti to see that the wants of the sick are supplied; to sustain the regular services of the Church, and to maintain that general supervision over its interests without which-no Church can flourish. Seaolved, That upon the. elders: in our vacant churches rests a peculiar responsibility in employing such.means of grace,as God. put within their reach, especially in visiting from house to house, and instructing the young. It was also resolved, that ‘‘elders should regard themselves as under obligations equally with the pastor, ,to Originate'Whatever plans may seem to them necessary to promote the interests of the Church, and not wait to be led to their duty.” *■' A committee, consisting of. Rev. S.E.Wishort,and elder Griffith, of Rußhville, and elder Crane of Mount Sterling, was appointed to select time and place, and make ail necessary arrangements for. a similar ing next year. Rev. W. E. Moore, of Westchester, haß received a call from the Ist Church, Kensington, which he has declineJ. As the call , was given with a great degree of unanimity, Mr. Moore's declination has been received by the congregation with very great and general regret. ' The American Missionary Association— One of the chnrcheß gathered:at the South, on anti-slavery principles, was presented in a charge by one of their judges to the Grand Jury, as being indictable for every meeting it held while their articles of faith were unrepealed^—■a.nd'that for tlje, first offence each, member attending such a meeting would be punisha ble by imprisonment for one year in the penitentiary —and for the second offence death! This “charge” ? was made for practical attention, blit the church has not been “hung by’theffaeck” as yet.' Need:we go to Naples to find instances of intolerance ? Action of the New Englandßodies onHomeMis „ OP MASSACHUSETTS.— 1. Resolved, That.the General Association remember i with satisfaotion the years in*.which the members of the Presbyterian and Congregational denominations have nniEed anii seal in planting the institutions of the Gospelin the new settlements of our country, and acknowledge with gratitude the large j measure of success withwhieh God has crowned their: *' Christian endeavors; and it would give them pleasure to see a united work of benevolenc.e continued, if it ceuld still he-prosecuted .with'mutual happiness and confidence according to'methpds mutually equitable and satisfactory. ■ '... ' 2. Resolved, That while thisAssoeiation fully ao- cords to the General Assembly the entire right of adopting any plana and methods ■which their wisdom and Christian judgment may select, whereby to fulfill their-/obligations: to oar Hedeemefc in promoting his, cause amongst those in .need of the Gospel, they cannot but regretihat the .plah'E'ppwn as the Church Ex tension fPihtt” has served to eicite suspicion and dis trust, and to cherish ■news evidently leading to a dis continuance of united action.: S. : J Mesolved, That this Association has hed, and still continues- to have; great confidence in the aims and. in the administration,of the American Home Mission ary .Society,, and. they. areunwilling to accede to a, conference, in, which only a part of the State Congre gational'/bodies are represented, believing that it might lciid to unprofitable debate arising ont of ques tions, the main issue of. which appears by the ex pressed opinions and acts of tho General Assembly to be so nearly a settled ?and unalterable conclusion. 4. Resolved, < That if the. churches; in the Presbyte rian connection; or any'part of them, feel it t 6 be tlieir duty to withdraw from the American Home'Mission ary SociCtyj'in'«Per that with niore freedom and heartiness they may ephibine their strength and means in promotin| r the evangelization of oiir common coun try, we desire’for them all'suceess and help from the doinghis will, and thatjffiff&en ■ napas mem bersGf;ttre7sne Church oi the.redeemed, there’may,be'cherished a spirit of charity and Chris tian fellowship, praying one for another, and emu lating one another, in good works, living in peace and looking to the God of peace to sanctify us wholly* service and glory; . and’at "the same, time as 'in du.ty bound; we commend . the American Home Mis sionary Society, to the continued confidence, prayers and.contributions of the churches. ; GENiftA£CoifyENTioNorMaiNEi---l. ThatthcGen eral Corference of Maine haß: been ever ready to. maintain 'the correspondence which has so long iub-. sisted bet Ween tbe Geoeral Assembly of the Presby terian church and ourselves. We sbonld truly regret th'eiiiterruption of this correspondence for the briefest season ; we desire its perpetual continuance, and we cordially reciprocate the, fraternal assurances which were addressed to ns by the respected Chairman of the Committee.s - 2. ThattheGeneral Conference has never seen reason to disapprove; and must still approve, of the princi ples which have so long guided the American Home Missionary Society in the aid wjbich it has afforded to missionary churches; and particularly of the principle that where such churches- are included within bodies auxiliary to the Society, whether Presbyteries or otherwise, they should assist, according to their ability, in raising funds for the Society. Such, a principle, we are constrained to say, appears to us to be as just and necessary as'it is expedient. "We cannot, accord ingly, recommend the adoption of any principles which are to control the future course of the Society, that shall interfere with those whose' operation has been so desirablo. 3. The General Assembly at its last session has decided, that “ it is no longer an open'questionwhether it shall continue to jprosqhnte itSichuroh extension work, so as to supply any lack of service that may exist on its field according to its own judgment and ability.” 'This decisionthe'Assembly had 1 the entire right to adopt, and it has the right to abide by it as its plan of future action. Such a decision, however, appears to this Conference to be inconsistent , with the principles'which'have so long and so usefully guided the American Home Missionary Society. With so wide a diversity of views thus existing between the General . Assembly ..and the General .Association of Maine, we cannot perceive the expediency of appoint ing delegates to meet-in a proposed conference with the committee of ten appointed ,by the Assembly.;", Truly lamentable. —The sympathies of the public are requested for the N. Y. Churchman in view of the state of things in the lowa Episcopal churches. It says: lii another column will be found a sad record of the unwarrantable and uncanonical proceedings of a clergy man of, the Church, in the Diocese of lowa, in per mitting Congrcgationalists to officiate in St. John’s ■Church, Keokuk. We learn frCm a privateletter tbat this.is the fourth parish in that diocese, which has been opened voluntarily to Dissenters :.theotber cases being Trinity, Muscatine (Rev. Mr. Ufford’s,) St. Paul’s, Bellevue, and St. Paul’s, Durant; the latter, within a few months after its consecration, was used alternately by Chui’ijhmen. and the seet of submersionists” some times mis-ealled“ Baptists." The .General Theological Seminary, (P. E.) of New York, with largeproperty in Real Estate, estimated to he worth over half a million, isgreatly embarrassed for of available funds, insomuch that-at the recent of the Board of Trustees its position was described as approaching to bankruptcy. Resolutions' were passed, authorizing the alienation of property in order to raise funds to meet the current expenses. The Bishop of Western New York offered 10 acres of land and $lO,OOO if the Seminary were removed to the: location in West Chester; Co., 20 miles from New York. Mr. Ge6.,H. Stuart. —Our foreign papers give us accounts of .numerous religious and benevolent meet ings in which Mr. Stuart has been taking a part. We find* him addressing a meeting on behalf of the Rag ged School in Field Lane, London ; speaking before the Free Church Assembly ifi Edinburgh; laying the corner-stone of a nhw Presbyterian church in. Belfast, and on' several other occasions doing good service in the cause of the Saviour whom he loves. : Bangor Theological Seminal] condition of this Seminary was a i terest in the late General Conventm wea from three different persons, a® $15,000, hare been bequeathed dui sum of $35,000 is needed to comph of the Professorships; $lB,OOO to e i another sum also whoßeproceedf to meet the various other expense! making a total, above the legacies ( of about $75,000. Pledges for, si‘ on the spot, which, added to assur render it quite certain that its wai met. .. The nqw chapel has just beej edifice, including its fitting tip ahi about $12,000, —of which sum have been raised directly by the 1 Sunday Reform Movement meeting of citizens was held. ot when the following was adopted, stitution: ' ' Oar object is to secure a respe the Christian Sabbath, and, in ordij around which all the advocates ''; may rally.' " " Wei whose names are herefq ourselves sacredly to each other, city and State, that hereafter * elect only such men to office, can, be relied on to promote the Association has been entered jt A committee of three from e; ship was appointed to .circulate procure signatures theretoT ( aard'and Town teGonstitution and •:»« +«*V; Rev. T- R. Ralston, who for a number of yearsa prominent minister in :th| lethodist Church, and who afterwards joined the EMcopalians, has sent ■ini Ms resignation to the Bishop j the Diocese oif Ken tucky, trad has gone West for th purpose of connect ing himself with one of the Oou: wnfces of the Metho dist Church. ; "" : , In the colleges of oar land, about five thousand -students, ti dred are members of the church thousand were added the previo FOREIGN Election of Moderators i semblies. —There is ho suc'h'ih these offices by the usual proces election. The retiring Hoderafi pronounces a .eulogy upon hirae seconded with perhaps another sp mation which follows, is taken, asjl The Moderator elect who hash; ;| time in gown: and bands, is no»4 process which has been concocte quiesced'in by the mass, is compje Rev. Bryan King, the Puseyi torious St. George's-ia-the-East/ W ! ,an “address of sympathy ” from men in this country, that his : America*; “and received the urn} tismal grace in Trinity church, Von Bethmann Hollwej German Reformed Church. German Reformed Messenger] letter from the distinguishec pressing his readiness to, pa two thousand thalers to tl Tutorship of their Seminary required. The German Evangelic! after all, .this year, in Septe the Wupperthal.—(r. Tfe/’. & I WesfTiidia Christians, tales, in the proslavery pape) secular,- of the condition of thf v ><«.- -- J 8 h'aneipated slaves in the British West Indies; and, alttt|h these tales have be,eh a thousand times refuted 1 the letters of in telligent and unprejudiced touristUnd b; the govern ment statistics, j-et they are repefi and re-repeated with’undiminished confidence. \ In a late issue of the New Yori the following facts, in relation to tl portion of the emancipated slaves Five thousand church the London society’s missions in 14 Jamaica, being emancipated slaves a gave last year $35,000, an averagl benevolent contributions.” Here is an example which the ‘ wealthy American Christian might ei Ireland. —The Banner of Ulster giA cheering proofs of the. good effects bf \ of its continued operation in the conml The following is a list of new er; for- and of extensions at present ir pleted within the last six tnontbst ■ nan Chnrfih in Ballymena; a new-P ( in Broughshane; a new Episcopal jCjjt a hew Baptist Church in Bailsmen] meeting room in Lisnamurrican; aß| in' Ahoghillj re-built and ehlargld Church at Killymurris, re-built am byterian .Church at Clough water Jr terian Church at Grange, enlarJf Wesleyan Church in. Ballymeiy, tended.; I ,These localities;are al[ withi/i lymena Union; and societies fo gularly in school-rooms, bare, might be reckoned by the huini •These facts require no commfni .present unquestionable evi|< movement has been in the m soul-stirring impression—a f g< remains on the community, been resumed in Ballymena. Lebanon Classis of the Church.— The Report on. the this body.is a paper Of moretbaj contains suggestions of ..graptjjd largely characterized by tho c creasing vigor and onward devel have already noticed as prevailio, r , ligious organizations. It says-p/'f I’ ‘‘ The German Reformei Qhupl| gradually developing and extending aj of her people the consciousness it pos: a power, a distinctive character, and; perform, which makes sacred (to her. interests, her institutions, her/confessm and aspirations, and gives bar a ; vitality tion which reveals itself iJibe increase* tions .which are indicating the rapid pro. Church;". '/ 5 ' V England— The Bisl/< conferred upon the Hoy. non of Salisbury and A in that diocese. /prio of Carlisle ias teen. /and Rer. S,;t|Wdj»|ave, Ca feetor of Barford St^lartin, r an excellent scholar, apopu eund churchman, without lean i party. \V • ' «e East. —The .High 6hurch pa the most, violeutvcomplpints of le in this-ehttrcb?wlto Rre'Yrpposed of polish 9erepopJies"rii«he ser fences charged .aft no worte than re correspondentiof the Nefli York must be unworthy of the no&ce of lack directly4n front of us, I toW pets of the Low Church party,W md you know what pains he took iponses in a, spirit of obstinate pp .-ch’s.ancient.mode of saying them, te.Psalms and Canticles instead of ; how lustily he jifpijounced eJi-men ■to Ah-men, as .the word has ever ihe Catholic Church.” Hs is reported to lar preacher, and a> ihg to the Tractaria; St. George's m / (Sms** r,— I The financial natter of deep in |of Maine. Lega* r muting to neatly g the year. The > the endowment Aguish the debt; fhall be sufficient f.tho Institution, the present year, 0.00 were secured ices froia abroad, I Will be speedily dedicated. This isturCs, has cost are than $6,009 lies of Bangor. ' i St. Louis.—A she 19 th of June, part: of the Con- fal observance of jto form a nucleus [Sunday Reform Ascribed, pledge d to our common will-endeavor to In our judgment, iign for -which this mtaining.last year, ijthbusand six hun * whom nearly one ajyear. me Scottish As ia® a real choice of sjbfnomination and lames'a successor, e-proposition is b, and the aecla s vote of approval, in waiting all the traduced, and the by a few, and ac- rector of the no- sS, in response to ■l 3-miuded ehurch i her was born in ) kable gift of ibap "i' York.’’ : tile American Schaff informs the (he lias received a Isian Minister, ex- ove| a subscription of proposed' Theological Boib as the money is Church Diet mil meet, jerwexfc at Barmen in #&sgex, •■"* ■ * • -• 6 often read doleful '%oth religious and Observer we find benevolence of a ihe West Indies: inder the care of lish Guiana and 1 (heir children, |of $7 each, in ist thrifty and [late. . the following revival and. :cti(A f>roA -A.n] Isbyti lurch subscribed iss, or com w Presbyte ®an Ghnreh 4 Ahoghill; W prayer- sbytpAn Church | a Prkbyterian * Pres ;ula,Tged j aPresby id.ahd improved; a /> accommodatwii ex ues 6f Bal- fthe[Bounda\ >r pkyer— mb », oa private hi ired h the same dib it appfa Our part. Th /encd |hat' the religion fghtidirffi|ion, and that a ’ood aiaßabiding infloenoe >OM4& services have ' itiog re muses-— 111 Reformed if Beligion in al' ability, and ~value. Itis liouaness of in %ientj which we jiynost of the re- is silently and jong all classes |ssing a unity, ;re'at duty to pple all her j, her hopes id inapira (manifesta- ;S8 of the An Important Meeting was held in London last week for the purpose of a fraternal interchange of opinions “On the best means of remedying the pre sent state of the Church of England, arising from attempted innovations affecting its Protestant princi ples and character," General Alexander spoke as true soldiers always speak. He said the great work of the Church of England, in the present day, was to complete that which the Reformation had left incomplete. The principle that inoved the Reformation was not the mere abandonment of the fripperies and ceremonies of the Papal Church, but the inculcation of the great doctrine of justification by faith. If may he questioned if anything very decisive can be done,until there shall have been an overpowering revival of true religion in the Church, thoroughly imbuing the bulk, both of the bishops and the clergy, with the right spirit. Prof. Baden Powell, one of the most unsound of the‘Broad Church'school, is dead. Madagascar.—RemaTKablenewshas been received from Madagascar. It appears that the Queen (noto rious as a ,pOrsecntor of the native Christians, add her banishment of the Society’s missionaries,) bad recently become anxious about the peaceful transmis sion of the crown to her son. But before the son’s birth she had promised to leave the crown to the eldest son .ofher Bister, and this man, being very mi litary in his habits, was well disposed to accept it. Mr. Ellis’ recent book, “A visit to Madagascar," also indicated liim as a bitter persecutor. But the Queen, as. if under supernatural influence, resolved to' decide the matter in what would be regarded by herself and subjects as the most sacred way. I She had two j&rs filled; the one with earth gathered from her hus band’s grave, the other with jewels. She decreed that the two candidates should come into a chamber where .the jars were, (covered,) and that he who should ley his hand on the jar containing the ashes of the departed king, should he the future Sove reign. • The result was, that the Queen’s own son, the de voted Christian confessor, and zealous friend of the missionaries, having chosen that jar, all unconscious of its contents, was immediately recognised as the future Sovereign of Madagascar. His life, ere now, has been conspired against, and it may be so again, but let us hope and pray that the truly Apostolic Church of Madagascar, which has been cradled in adversity, has furnished so many martyrs, and in spite of an edict of extirpation as de termined and diabolical in its fell purposes, as that of Diocletian himself, may find in this Prince, as a future Sovereign of the island,, a nursing father and protector,— Cor. Baris : - Hungary.—Court-Councillor Zsedennyi and Pas tor Maday, condemned for resisting the patent of Sep tember, to a long incarceration (and which, if report may be credited, was enforced with On unprecedent ed and most unbecoming rigour) have been, by the direct interference of General Benedek, first relieved from these extra, severities, and will shortly, in con sequence of his representation at head-quarters, be entirely set at liberty. Denmark.— Reljgious Toleration.—-The King has given his assent to the act of Parliament annul ling the “Parish Bond,”—a law by which each in dividual was bound to apply to his own parish clergy man alone for the Lord’s supper and baptism. Preaching,in Jeddo. —On the 11th of last March, Rev. S. R. Brown, missionary of the'Reformed Dutch Church in Japan, preached the first Protestant ser mon ever delivered in that city, using on the occa sion the first English Bible ever brought there (broughtby Mr. Harris, Nov. 30, 1857.) Mr. Brown says the edictagainst introducing new religions,-is still in force in Japan, but he is laboring to.ateqOire*the4an|guagej in-bbpe-tbat»by -tb«:tiTOe lie‘ is ready to preacb, the way will be opened. Already the subject has been brought to the attention of the Council of State; by the American Minister. Testimony to American Missibnaiies in South Africa.-'-The Natal Courier says:’ “It may not he generally known out of Natal, that the American Board of Missions has a chain of stations along the coast of the colony. Mr. Grout is one of the first missionaries to the Zulus, and, besides his energetic and -wcli-directed ministerial labors, be has rendered good service in the literary department of the great enterprise in which he is engaged,” The article: enumerates schools, industrial institutions, and churches, all cared for by the missionaries, and makes a fine testimony in their favor, all the more valuable ,for appearing in- a commercial paper. The Hew translatioa of the New Testament into Arabic, which so long and laboriously engaged the attention of the late excellent Dr. Smith,'of Beirut, has recently been completed by Dr. Vyck. It is a much better translation than the old, and it is far mbre acceptable to. the people. It is sold at ten pi astres (about forty-five cents) per copy, at all the sta tions of the American. Board in Syria* India.—Newspapers are valuable adjuncts in the work of converting souls to Christ in India. The Bombay Guardian mentions the admission of a re spectable Hindoo to the Free Church Mission Church in Bombay, on the 11th of March. Ilis convictions were brought about by reading, blessed by the Spirit. For many years he has been a subscriber to the Dny anodaya, and has been very much influenced by it in the adoption of his present views. Heathenism not Dead Yet.— A southern mission ary in India writes: - ■ There are, however,’occasional evidences of hea thenism lifting up its head with renewed boldness; one of which is.the erection of a new temple to the goddess Ammavaru. ®f. tM Wti 1* Law and Obxier' in otui Cities.—Phiiadelphia, at the present time, and for a.considerable period, has heen'iimbstorderlycity.Riotsßavebteenfiqppreslfed so promptly at various times, that disturbers are cowed. Our city government is understood to have an eye commcndably.single to the peace, and true welfare of their vast charge. They are not in the in terest either of the violent or of the corrupt among us. We need but one additional reform in. order to bring our&rrangementa to as great a degree of per fection; almost, as could be expected among fallible men; a Paid Fire Department.- If we turn to other cities, we shall find that good men, everywhere) are combining hopefully and energetically to secure a due respect to the Sabbath) and an enforcement of those legal restraints upon the vicious propensities of men, without which life and property would be come valueless, and civilization itself broken up. In Baltimore, the proprietors of Barnum’s Hotel have been fined five hundred and forty dollars, for opening their bar and selling liquors to their numerous guests on,the Sabbath before the recent Democratic Con vention. The Commissioners of the police: are de scribed by the secular press as men of distinguished piety, who have ,not only made war on plug-uglyism, but are now engaged in a crusade designed to sub vert and crush quit gambling bouses. ;..., The ‘Pittsburg Chronicle,’ of the second instant, says; , “At Manchester the street cars were not allowed to run on Sunday last. Mayor-Morrison gave notice that he would not permit th.e law to be violated. It is said that the Board of Directors is divided as to the propriety of running, in'wbieh event we presume no attempt to dispute the legality of the restriction will be made.” In New York city,-although the wicked seem to bear rule, and startling acts of violence are frequently committed, yet a powerful movement in behalf of the proper observance of the Sabbath has been ‘car ried on, which, in view of the obstacles to be ehequri-i tered, has met with an amazing degree of suceess. Men not to be daunted are engaged in it. A lawyer is understood to have vowed that be would bring the proprietors of the German theatres to justice for their violations of the Sunday Law, if it took him his life to do it. They have been brought to justice, and now a strong remonstrance has been addressed to the Central Park Commissioners against the proposed devotion of that place of resort to the extensive and open desecration of Sabbath, for which the great cities of Europe are infamous. They ard'likely in this, as in their other attempts, to prove successful; An exchange informs us that the people of Indian apolis are holding meetings to calmly and earnestly consider the importance of doing something to re form and stop the downward moral tendency of the youth. These are hopeful symptoms. If our great centres of population and influence take a bold and conspi cuous: stand for public morals, the whole country will feel the wholesome influence. Sunday Laws.— Every State in the Union, with the exception of Louisiana and California, have laws for the protection of the civil Sabbath. French and Spanish influence prevent their enactment in Loui siana, and a judge declared them unconstitutional in California, just before he killed his fellow man in a duel. High School.— l4s boys passed the necessary ex amination, and were admitted l to the High School, July 6. Public Buildings.- —Penn Square, corner of Broad and Market, has been definitely selected as the site of the new Public Buildings, Court Houses,,&q., in this city. ' . •' • : 4f : ' ' The Great Eastern. —-The papers are'full of de scriptions of this mammoth' ship. She has been thrown open to visitors at $1 apiece. Twelve hun dred visited her on the first day. We have room only for the following comparison between her dimensions and those of Noah’s Ark: Noah’s Ark. Noah’s Ark. according to according to Great Sir I. Newton, Bp. Watkins. Eastern. Length between perpendiculars, 515.02 547 680 Breadth, 85.94 91.16 $ 83 Depth, 51.56 54.70 58 Keel, or length for tonnage, 464.08 492.31 630.02 Tonnage accord ing to old law, 18,232 21,762 23,092 Archbishop Hughes.— This prelate has brought himself to notice once’ more by a spirited and ener getic remonstrance against the recent New York .marriage registry which he refuses, torebey* choosing to rot ip a dungeon rather than betray se crets; also by preaching a sermon in behalf of the Pope on Sunday before, last. He insisted on the necessity of temporal sovereignty to his Holiness; made a lame attempt at explaining the dissatisfaction of his subjects, and asked a con tribution from the faithful. The Eclipse op IB6o.—The Coast Survey steamer Bibb has sailed for Labrador, having on board the astronomers who are to observe the eclipse on the 18th of July, 1860. Prof. S. Alexander, of Princeton, is in charge of the astronomical party. . Mr. Duchochois, of New York, accompanies the expedition as • Dr. Hayes has left Boston on his Arctic Expedi tion. At New York he was presented with a flag by Henry Grinnell, Esq. Mr. G. said, The American Boat Ensign which I hold in my hand has, already, much interest attached to it. Lieutenant Wilkes’ expedition carried it to a higher southern latitude than any other flag ever floated; it was rescued from the United States sloop of war Peacock, when she wv-wd** J "O’ thq Columbta-Bjger.-. Lieukfe Be Haveni took it'to.a higher northern latitude than lmd ever before been reached by the stars and stripes. Dr. Kane took it to a still higher ppint, and now, sir, I intrust it to you. - Unfurl it to the breezes of the North Pole, and having done so you will take special care of it and return it to roe; May God in his wise providencc.protect you and it;” , Fowler’s Defalcation.— ln the District Court of New York last week an anjunction was granted to restrain tbo United States Marshal from levying on certain goods, chattels, lands, and hereditaments o.f the defendants as sureties in the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars for Isaac V. Fowler, late Postmaster and defaulter to the government. The application was based on the ground that Fowler was a defaulter to the government at the time the bond was executed, and. that such fact was known to the Post Office Department, and the defendants were ignorant of it. - The Court ordered two issues to be tried; one to be an issue of fact before a jury, and the other an issue of law as to any concealment by the Post Office Department. ' The wife of Governor Hicks, of Maryland, died on the 4th, of The Governor himself is quite indisposed.. , Mail Robberies. —We have intelligence of a series of extensive robberies of the'mails between Montreal, Boston, and New .York. It is believed that the rob beries were committed at Rutland, Vermont, where the mails lie over, by a man named Whitcomb, who appears to have been possessed of skeleton keys adapted for the purpose. Whitcomb was arrested, but not until he had plun dered the mails about a dozen times. Not Ready. —When the tornado struck Camanche, lowa, four men were engaged in , playing cards, in one of the buildings totally,destfoyed. All four were killed with the cards in tHeir hands. Chestnut Street Bridge.— Common Council has voted to raise the means necessary for building a bridge over the Schuylkill at Chestnut St. A resolution appointing a committee to invite the officers of the Great Eastern to bring that vessel to this port, was passed by Select Council. ■foreign;: - " ■ r - ■ • ‘ Italy.— Capture of an American FcsseZ.—The Pa ris correspondent of the Daily News writes as fol lows on the subject:—There is much contradictory news about the two vessels carrying arms for Gari baldi, which were captured by the Neapolitans. While it is re-asserted by some telegrams that the Sardinian ambassador hag protested on the ground of their having papers for. Malta, the Opinion Rationale pro fesses to know that they were sailing under the Ame rican flag with perfectly regular papers, and that they have already been released in pursuance of the de mand of the American Consul. At all events it is quite certain that Col. Medici, about whom, in con nection with this affair, there was much anxiety, has safely landed at Palermo, in spite of the Neapolitan cruisers, with a force of 3000 men. Sicily. —A decree is said to have been signed by Garibaldi confiscating all the property of the Jesuits. Two orphan asylums have been established at Pa lermo for the reception of sueh children as have lost their parents, either in any of the battles or by the bombardment. , Three new journals have been founded at Paler mo: The Vtilorio Emanuele, the Vessillo lialiano and Corner di Stcilia. The last accounts from Messina state that the royal authority, only existed in name in that place. The emigration m masse was continuing, and the government functionaries and the judges had been among the first to fly. The greater part of the soldiers returned from Pa lermo had lost or thrown away their arms, hut their knapsacks were full of booty —loaded with silver bracelets, rings, trinkets of gold, and jewelry, costly Madonnas and communion plate, Even the wives of officers were seen selling diamonds and pearls belong ing to the first families in Sicily. When the mail steamer Hermes left Naples on the, ■l6th, an insurrection in that capital was regarded as imminent and certain. The greatest excitement, eon* umon and alarm prevailed amongst all classes. he Corners Mercantile announces that the Sicilian government at Palermo has sent Count Amari to iunn, as special envoy to the court of Victor Emma nuel. All the communes in Sicily have presented ad dresses requesting annexation to Piedmont. The clergy and aristocracy are at the head of the move ment. The Times’ correspondent writes on the 14th inst, that the Neapolitan Government seemed to trust more to the knife then the bayonet. 'lnformation had arrived confirming the departure of a batch of brigands to assassinate Garibaldi. The confirmation comes from such sources that it is impossible to doubt the truth of it. The King of Naples is said to have accepted the proposition made by his Council for a constitution on a liberal basis—an alliance with Piedmont on certain conditions. England.— A Grand Royal Volunteer Review took place in London on the 23d of June. The total force was from twenty to .twenty-five thousand. This was considerably more than the muster on either of the two occasions in 1803, when George 111 reviewed his volunteers. The' Manchester Guardian, of the 22d, says that the Britannia Cotton Mill, belonging to Messrs. Ma yall, at Moseley, was destroyed by fire. The mill is said to have been the largest in the country, and to have contained 120,000 spindles, all the machinery being of the newest and best kinds. The damage, we are told, will probably amount to from £120,000 to £150,000. ; Burring^. In the following marriages, Philadelphia was subs ti led for Pike in our last issue. PALMER—WILSON—In Pike, NT Y., May 31, by Rev. D Russell, 6. M. Palmer, M. D., to Miss Hannah Wilson. M'KENZIE—CROWNBR—Also on the same day and by the same, Mr. fjohn M’Renzie, of Caledonia, to Miss Mary F. Crowner, of Hume. S AUNDERS—RENWICK—Also on the 27th inst., by the same, Charles W. Saunders, M. D., of Belfast, N. T., to Miss Nettie fienwick, of Pike, N. Y. KING—PRATT—In Buffalo, N. Y., on Wednesday eve ning, 27th ult, at the residence of the bride’s father, e R f v - E - Kempshall, of Batavia. Mr. William J. King, Jr., of Providence, R. 1., and Miss JeanaieP., eldest daughter of Samuel F. Pratt, Esq. NOTICES. The French Union Mission.— To the Ro man Catholics of this city. Preaching in French every Sabbath morning, at 10 o’clock, and lectures every Sab bath afternoon, at 3 o’clock, on the subject of Roman ism, in the English language, Assembly Rooms; S. W. corner of 10th and Chestnut Streets, by the mission ary colporteur, Rev. (J. Alord, a converted Romanist. The public are respectfully invited to attend. Americas Board.— Beceipts at Philadelphia, for May and June, 1860. Philada., Buttonwood St. Ch.,in part, $lB2 411 “ “ Sab.Sch. 72 65/ 2560 ° To const. Miss E. H. Patterson and Miss S. C. Patterson, hon. members. “ Clinton St. Church, Mrs. J, E. Wetlie rill, . ...$5O 00 Clinton St. Cb., Eebecca Hub bard, deceased, for heathen children,.;...... — 62 00 “ Western Church, $3O 00 “ Sab. School, 45 00 “ Coates Street Church, in part,.. 87 7-> “ North Broad St. Pres. Church.......... 150 (to “ Kensington Ch., Mr. W. D., ' 60 00 “ Calvary Church, 10 00 “ Olivet Church, 63 00 “ Manayunk Pres. Church Sob. School, 10 00 First Church, 278 00 “ Germantown, a Friend, 10 00 “ PJtilfc, Jf alnut St, Ch..._5148.19 r... “ ■ Germantown Market Square Pres. Ch., 276.47 Beverly, N.J., Presbyterian Church,.... 1 .. 27 41 Cedarville, N. 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