ctrizan Victobritrizit AND-- , GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1863 .70IEN W. MEARS, DAY OF PRAYER FOR COLLEGES &o.—Will be observed by our churches IBIS DAY; by Union meetings in CLINTON ST. CHURCH at 1O A.M., and at GREEN HILL Crum= at 4 P.M. THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN BOARD, for January amount to $31,683,68; Le gaciesp6,B32,o2. Total $37,515,70. Since Sept. Ist. $127,867, 28 . The largest contribution re ported from any church during the month is .at from the First Church in this city, reach - very nearly $l9OO. ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.—That import- Nit portion of our church and of the field of this newspaper, Central and Western New York, will, by leave of Providence, be hereafter regularly represented in our columns, by a competent and experienced writer, familiar with our church, and admirably situated to obtain information of value and interest, in that region. Our readers will not fail to notice his fresh and entertaining letter in another column, and will, doubtless agree with us in the opinion that he has struck the right key note in his " Introductory." PRAYER FOR THE NATION. WHILE the troubles of the nation multiply; while faction threatens to extend the civil war, in which we are engaged, to the loyal States; while Northern secessionists are plying every secret device to consummate the dismemberment of the Union, on a scale even more disastrous than that menaced by the South; and - while foreign nations eagerly anticipate the utter ruin of the nation, American Christians, should give themselves to prayer. There ought to be an in crease of specific, united prayer for the nation, in proportion to the increase of our 'perils. It is undoubtedly one of God's purposes, in alloiring these tronbie.s to be prolonged, "te" bring us to a deeper, fuller sense of dependence upon Him for deliverance. He would have us wait upon Him for the salvation of our country from dismember. ment and ruin. He would have us expect from Him the success of every military movement and every expedition for the suppression of the re bellion. He would have us recognize in Him the Author, Friend and Supporter of every good Government, and the just Judge of every trans gressor against his Ordinance. He it is, who stilled' the noise of the seas and the tumult of the people, who delivered David from the strivings of his rebellious subjects and subdued them un der him. If we are truly God's people, the dan gers which are thickening around us, must drive us to his throne of grace, and must incline Christian hearts to manifestations of sympathy and to united prayer. There ought to be a union prayer-meeting of loyal Christians—which would embrace pretty much all Christians in our community—held at regular specified times, for the express purpose of praying for the nation, for the Government, for the army and navy, and for the final triumph of the national authority over the rebellion. Or some specified portion, say the last half-hour, of the prayer-meetings of a public character now held, should be formally given to this object. Night not such an understanding prevail in the conduct of the union prayer-meeting of our churches in this city ? We are persuaded it would add greatly to the interest and value of the meeting, and would secure a fuller attendance, if it was known that a certain portion of every meeting would be devoted to the interests of the nation. We observe by a late number of the Buffalo Advocate, that a movement has been made to re- alize this laudable design in that city. A letter to Rev. Dr. Haaeook, from Rev. Claudius B. Lord and others of Seneca Mission, is published in the columns of the Advocate, strongly urging Dr. Heacock and the Buffalo pastors to take the initiative in stirring np the Christian people of the country to the observance of a stated season of prayer in its behalf. We earnestly hope the plan will be put into operation. Once begun, it will we believe, be extensively and profitably carried out. May God cause it to go through every city, town, and hamlet in the North. THE IRON FURNAOE ; OR, SLAVERY AND SEQESSION. FOR the past few months, a plain, unpretend ing person of small stature has been going in and out among us, named John H. Aughey. Mr. Aughey is a minister of the gospel, of respecta ble standing in the other branch of the Presby terian Church. Until the outbreak of the re bellion, be had been discharging the duties of his sacred calling in various parts of the South west, latterly in Central Mississippi. Judging from mere appearances, and from his ecclesias tical connections, one would have thought this modest Old School clergyman would, in spite of his Northern birth, have at least silently acquie isoed in the rebellion, whose leading spirit came from the State of his abode at that time. It was not surprising that a man of the vehement temper of Parson Brownlow should make himself conspi cuous by his patriotism; but here is an indivi dual whom we feel satisfied nothing but con scientious convictions, and the pressure of a tre mendous necessity, could have forced into the remarkable and prominent position which he holds. It is possible to doubt what a noisy and boisterous, though true, patriot reports of the re bellinn. Only the most bitterly prejudiced Southern sympathizer can doubt the unvarnished, straight-forward, yet thrilling, story of this fugi tive from a felon's death, for the sole crime of adhering to the Union. Mr. Aughey's book, with the above title, has just been issued from the press of the Martiens. We will not attempt an analysis of its contents. It is brief, and we hope every reader will pro cure a copy and judge for himself. But we say freely that, considering the locality from which the writer escaped—Central Mississippi, the very heart of the rebellion—considering his eccle siastical antecedents; considering the testimony the book furnishes of the state of opinion among large classes of the people in that section of coun try, and of the savage intolerance and murder ous spite actuating all proceedings in the South against those who would peacably cherish their attachment to the National Union ; considering its emphatic testimony to the character and workings of the system of slavery among masters, slaves, and poor whites; to say nothing of the incidents of his hairbreadth escape from a rebel prison when under sentence of speedy death ; it is the most remarkable volume of a personal character which the rebellion has occasioned in the North. The appearance of the book is timely. It i calculated to open the eyes of persons, inclined either to palliate the atrocious character of tilt. rebellion, or to regard the entire population ever of some of the worst districts of the South a: irreconcileably hostile to the Union. It is calcu' lated to steady wavering minds disposed t' compromise, by exhibiting the necessity"we arc under, of thoroughly subjugating the elements of anarchy and barbarism now rampant in tilt South. Editor, Mr. Aughey's opinions of slavery are moat des, tided. His chapter (Vn) on " Southern Classeiz and Cruelty to Slaves" is as effective an attacl; upon the system as has ever appeared in so brie a compass. He says, ".If slavery is not sinful, in itself, I must have , always seen it out of itself." A whole chapter of argument is contained in, this terse sentence. The book is embellished with a good, likeness , and with two engravings. THE SCOTTISH INTRUSION CASE AaAIN. Rum the Weekly Review of the 24th ult., we learn that this case, described in our last, ha.. presented no new development except to brie, the crown and the parish into more open antag , °nista, and to introduce some new elements c,r bitterness into the strife. It is charged the F. Dr. Robert Lee of Edinburg, has the disposals the patronage of the crown, and that Mr. Edgar, the presentee to the parish of Dunbog is a fa vorite of his, having been at one time his assis. taut. Dr. Lee is out in a letter to the Scotsman, in which he says : "I never was spoken to o.t the subject till after the Secretary of State ha made up his mind not to comply with the petitios of the parishioners; and any opinion 1 then eal• pressed was in favor of that petition being` grant,. ed." He says be has been striving for years to ob ; tarn for the people in the church of Scotlanci,, some well-lieffned Tegal power iirthialipoi tin en t of their ministers.' The general policy of th Crown, according to Dr. Lee, and which h thinks " just, expedient, and even necessary is ; ; when there is not a substantial agreeemeta among the parties interested in the appOintmen of a clergyman—to take the matter into the' own hands, and to appoint a presentee whom ni party in the parish either favors or opposes." The Presbytery of Cnpar held an adjortrne*: meeting at Dunbog, January 17th, when O. parish church was again crowded, and a solicitci appeared in behalf of the presentee, as well a; one in behalf of the people. No new names ha! been appended, (" adhibited " is the technicti term - employed,) to the call, and no one cam 4 forward in response to the invitation of Presby, tery addressed to the Congregation present, The solicitor for the people said, that a respect , ful petition had been addressed to the Govern. ment, setting forth the facts in the case, and hat. been presented to Sir George Grey by the mem : ber of parliament from the county ; but nu answer had as yet been-received. • ) 1:7 ' The solicitor for - the'Preientee then addiiised the Presbytery. He denied that any letter had been written by the officers of the Crown to the people, except in the usual form; "that, if the people were unanimous, the Crown would pay great attention to their choice. But this was not deferring the right of patronage ; and the consequence was that—a difference of opinion existing among the people—the Crown presented a gentleman who had no connection with either of the parties in the parish." In reply to the suggestion that Mr. Edgar should relieve the Congregation of the .difficulty by withdrawing, he made the remarkable state. meat " if he were to withdraw, another gentle man, not Mr. Webster, might be presentee, and another, and another, till the patience of the people was worn out, and the parish would find that the last presentee was a great deal worse than the first." He admitted that " the pros- M , „ pect would be a very unenviable one to r. Ed. gar, inasmuch as he was happy where he is, and his prospects in the Church of a kind that was by no means common,—but what was thuinse of Mr. Edgar sacrificing ,his presentation and sac rificing his prospects ? It would do him a great 'deal of harm. The Crown could not be expected . to offer him another presentation if he was to give up this without reason, but simply froin fear, and probably cowardice." The Crown then, according to this solicitor,` considers it a merit in a clergyman to force him self upon a people to whom he is obnoxioria, in obedience to its appointment. Such determina tion will form a ground for future favor from the Government! That must have grated upon the ears of Christ's freemen, not only in that humble parish, but all over Scotland. Froin another part of this solicitor's speech, we learn that the people of Dunbog utterly refused to come out and hear Mr. Edgar when he preached in their church. Mr. Jamison, solicitor for the people, claimed that a reasonable, not absolute unanimity, was all the Government could have intended in its communication promising to listen to the voice of the Congregation. Tlin single dissentient in this matter is an heritor—one of the three herittirs of the parish—who, as far as I am aware, has never worshipped in this church at all. Certainly, he is not upon the communion roll, and he has no spiritual interest in the matter." The Moderator having , called for objections against the settlement of the presentee, Mr. Jam ison, in behalf of 161 communicants and 36 ad herents, 116 of whom were present, read a paper embodying ten reasons for objecting to Mr. Ed gar. These reasons (I)denounce the settlement of Mr. Edgar, when the choice of the people had fallen upon another, as tyrannical and unjust.(2) Mr. Edgar would become a party to the inj us , tice. (3)He cannot promote the spiritual welfare of the people by thus intruding himself upon them, and his persistency, under the circum stances, should be regarded by Presbytery as a disqualification for the pastoral office. (4) Hence, ho is unsuitable, under the ferms of Lord Aber deen'snot. (5 ) Any induction of a minister, with out due evidence of the consent of the congregation is not recognised by the principles of the Church courts. No due evidence of the consent of the I congregation exists in this case. (6) On the con trary, the " call" is utterly inadequate. Only one heritor (non-resident), twelve members of the . congregation, and six other persons, have signed it. While, if the dependent position of. Aturrirait 'l'rtfilvtterian Alta Coritegitt 617,angtliot. these individuals, and the undue influence which has been brought to bear on them, are taken into view, the single subscribing heritor will be, found to be the only voluntary agent in the matter. On the other hand, the other two heritors, and nine-tenths of the whole congregation, have sub mitted to the Presbytery the strongest reasons, on conscientinus grounds, for their refusal to sign it; and the only elder of the congregation has also de clined to sign it. (9) The interests of the Church at large are opposed to this settlement; and the af fections and respect, not only of the congregation of Dunbog, but a large portion of the attached an herents of the Church of Scotland, in neighbor ing parishes, and throughout the country, will be weakened and repelled if the lairs of the Church are held to sanction a case of so violent intrusion on the rights and feelings of the people. It was remarked by a member of Pres bytery that the objections were not personal to the presentee, and he suggested that,Presbytery should adjourn the consideration of them to a future day. Whereupon, Presbytery adjourned to February 10th. (For the American Presbyterian.) THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN FOR SOL- DIES. As a considerable number of copies of your valuable paper have doubtless been sent to the soldiers, in accordance with your proposition, it may be satisfactory to hear some of the good ao complished thereby. Several weeks since, Rev. Mr. Adams, of the North Broad Street Church, kindly donated six copies for young men in the army from my congregation., I, have.received' letters of acknowledgement from some of them. One in the 114th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteers, says : " I receive the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN every week, and a welcome visitor it is, as it af fords us (that is, our tent and my comrades); a great deal of good religious instruction; and I am very much obliged to you for sending it." Another in the 68th Regt. says " Reading is scarce here. We have no chaplain. Our chap lain left us about two months ago, and we have had no one since, nor since have we had word of any. I receive the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN every week. I am very much indebted to you for it, for I could not get better reading." Re cently, an intelligent soldier, a member of my church, and a Sabbath school teacher, who served during most of the war, but who is now at home, sick, expressed a strong desire for your paper, and his intention of subscribing for it at a favorable future period. A seventh copy has been added for him. I would here also express my thanks to Mr. Adams and his congregation for the benefit conferred upon my friends in the army. A. C. MANATUNK, Feb. 16, 1863 HON. CHESTER HAYDEN, Tars gentleman, eminent as a jurist and a Christian, died recently in Ohio. For some years he officiated as first Judge of Oswego County, N. Y., and for a long period held the sable office in the county of Oneida. After this he became Professor in the Law Schools of Ralston and Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and more recently ie. Poland, Ohio. His nature 'was-too gentle for the rough ionfliett - of the Bar, but he was quite at, home on the Bench or in the professional chair. But that which chiefly distinguished him was. the Christiandelicacy of his moral sentiments and the spotless purity of his life. lie was a well read Theologian, a 'zealous defender of the faith of the Church, a true Presbyterian, and always ready for every good work. Unable to adopt doubtful modes of acquiring wealth, and gener ous to a fault, he never 'amassed property. In the judgement of many of his brethren he was too scrupulous for eminent success in the world. With a warm heart, retiring modesty, gentle manners, ripe legal learning, perfect sincerity, and unbending integrity, he attached a circle of devoted friends, while his resolute and active piety made him a pillar in the Church of God. The writer was one year in his Law Office as a Student, and for a time a pupil in his Bible class, and has alWays regarded him with profound reverence and affection. The , Rev. William James of Albany said of him : "Chester Hayden 1 why he is like crystal, —like transment glass with an light inside." We distinctly remember sitting with him in the office one morning, when a:client came in to employ Judge Hayden to defend a suit. The Judge, pen in hand, took down'his client's state ments. At the close, the Judge after pondering the matter said, "why I dont see but this man has an equitable claim on you for this money." "But" says the client "the law wont give it to him." " What do you wish me to. do 7" said the Judge. Help me keep him out of it " responded the client. The Judge's eye flashed. " Our busi ness " said he, " is to make men pay their debts, not help them to evade payment." The client made for the door in haste. Judge Hayden wail a conscientious lawyer. " si sic amnes." He has now reached a world where he had gar nered up his best treasures. May his example find imitators. T. B. MISREPRESENTATION CIONTINUED. One enemies in England still persist in circu lating the most monstrous falsehoods upon Ameri can affairs. The leading article in Blackwood for January, written some time in December, if not earlier, says the debt of the rebel government amounts to four hundred millions, " little ifany thing more than one fifth of the sum now owed by the Northeners." Those in England who credit the statements of so respectable a journal as Blackwood, believe, therefore, that at some time before the close of last year, the National Debt was two billions of dollars. The simple truth of the matter as told by Secretary Chase, is that our debt, at the time referred to, was, little more than one third of the sum stated by the veracious correspondent of Blackwood—seven hundred millions; and accumulating at a rate, which if not accelerated, would bring it to but seventeen hundred millions (V 1,744,685,586) in one year from the Ist of next July'! Thafis, ac cording to Mr. Chase, it would not reach the amount coolly suggested in Blackwood as already realized, 'until' after nearly two years' more of* equally expensive warfare. By such enormous falsehoods is public opinion among the better classes of England kept up to its present pitch of hostility towards our government. Surely they are given over to believe a lie. Since writing thee above, we notice that the rebel Treasurer, Mr. Memminger, placed the debt a i t n o p v over enminbeimatndsrsesd6m, l'ilt0n0s01: and y the ext. Our own war expenses up to o e l s e f t t t i m h o e f a t j S e y i t t h n that time are estimated at but two hundred mil lions above this sum. So that with but one half of our population; theilebt is within a fraction of ours. PREACHING—No.B BY REV. E 4 B. ADAJS. aOYOUSNESS IN,THE PREACHER A SINGLE column, to which in each paper we endeavor, for the comfort of our readers, to limit our pen, is far too littlejor the worthy notice of this—as indeed of almost every theme: It can not be denied that the life of the gospel minister is in some of :it features trying and severe. There is in every honest mind 'a feeling of re sponsibility which ca be sustained only by earnest, sincere, complete devotion to duty. The life of the preacher is a, conflict, sometimes with his own natural indoltince, with temptation to intellectual devotion ;, yith suggestions of expe diency; with low andlklse prejudice in his con gregation ; with the itof tyranny:in the self constituted, eensorsr ' the pulpit; with the proud and ignorant mien - of money—the sheep with the golden fleece ":"with the political dema gogue and devotee ; with his high and unattained ideal; with questions of duty beyond the speci fic' sphere of ministerial and pastoral life; with misconceptions of his sentiments on the part of those who listen to him; and with the imperfec tion of his own Christi.* character. And he is a wretched man who enters the sacred office with a conseienCe, but without religion--with merely ro-' mantic views of its peacefulness, its respectability, its opportunities for ,t,udy, and of its social standing. We have reqd to guard against such instincts, in, the work of/the ministry. It has its cares, its distresses, hours of misgiving, as every calling must have in an imperfect world, among men of only partial goodness at the best. But the preacher haahis joys—tindeed, aside from the social status, :the literary fellowship and privilege; the quietude and refining culture which he shares, and thelrtiluence he may exert' ya over men in a seculAiew, his w o rk and its great end 'are enough to preserve . in his soul a lively, deep perpetual flaw of happy emotions. The pleasure derived from the accidents of min isterial life is legitimate, and may be conscien tiously enjoyed, but above that, are delights which arise from the substantial elements of the preacher's calling and condition. There is often among the hearers an impression that the preacher assumes an unusual serious ness when standing in the sacred place; that he seems as if under oath to utter only those truths which strike. sadly at the youthful imagination and natural buoyancy, as if he must deal mostly with the awful and denunciatory, clothing his brow with terror and his neck with thunder. He may be' so impressed with the solemnity of his office, so restrained by its sanctions and its memories, that a look of cheer,of comfort, of self poised naturalness and' ease dares not steal . over his elongated and-ascetic countenance. We would not have the preacher divest him self, if he could, of te sense of sacredness which belongs to his, office.. nris work. We would. li 4 not have him indulg 4h *it inenient iioa spirit not consistent with lie' deepest reverence for truth, and the - severest 'view of responsibility ; yet we would - have him avail himself of those rich and abundant sources of joy which his call ing, his theme and his relations afford, and then let that joy shine on his face and utter itself in his tones and action, when he speaks of the " great salvation." It is no stinted source of happiness in the preacher that he has such opportunity to fami liarize his mind with the:most exalted, purifying and exciting truths; that he can specially and habithally hold communion with the best thoughts in the universe. He is brought into frequent fellowship with prophets and apostles, with the . best biographies, and the purest, noblest senti ments, of the Wisest and most holy men. He may liVe with departed saints and moral heroes, may have in his library the living brains and hearts of . dead men, trAich are nerally better than the dead brain's and "teary' b' , living Men. He may . 7 inform himielf in hi for . philosophy, poetry, and the arts. He may , riSe'ivith David. on the wings of praise; soar with the prophets in sub lime, impassioned thought; and enter with John into the depths - and heights of the Apocalypse. He may run through the ages past and go doWn the line of predictive utterance into the near and distant 'future. He may see all nature, all history, all life, revolving about the cross, and following the lines . of light which center there, go out to an unbounded divergency into all na tions and all time. . ' . A. joy oftimes attends the utterance of truth. It is pleasant to talk—to tell what we feel, hope, believe, and know.; and often in the hour of worship, in the presence of a rapt congregation, does the' preacher experience true joy in the birth of thought, and in its free out-flow to the minds and hearts of men; Sometimes in such moments he reaches a height of emotion, a breadth of view, and a clearness of perception which are not granted in the ordinary hour and level of his ,contemplations. No doubt, such men as Paul, Augustirae, slid Luther, Calvin and Knox, Robert Chaltners and Wesley en joyed unspeakable happiness in the glow and scope and fulness of their minds when uttering their earnest thoughts to " the great congrega tion." We of humbler mould may, have our Measure of such blessed eXperience. The con viction that . we speak the words of God, that they have a purpose, and will fly to the accom plishment of their Divine'mission; that we are pleasing, winning, convincing and reforming men, that we are throwingjout lines of influence which shall rim round the earth, through the ages, into eternity ; that we shall see the results of,such labor, such utterance; that we build up the church ; comfort sorrowing hearts ; vindicate justice, holiness and law; ' proclaim the divine benevolence and mercy.; that we are speaking for our God, our Saviour, our best friend; that we shall meet in eternity those whom we per suade to repentance, and sing with them, and live with them, and talk :Stith' themforever— a all these considerations , n many beside, which we have not ~ room to record, may well clothe our faces with light, and smiles, while they fill our hearts with glad emotion when we stand to speak in the house of God. .And how can the godly man fail to exult; how shall not " his heart dance in his bosom "'in in the prospect of that blessing Which God shall'pronounce on the faith ful servant who havint , dime his work, shall enter into the joy of his Lord. In the day of coronation he shall share his Redeemers beati tude. When, in the hour of solemn jubilee The massive gates of Paradise are thrown Wide open ; and forth come in fragments wild, Sweet echoes of immortal melodies, And odors snatched from beds of Amaranth, And such as from the crystal river of life Spring up on freshened wings—celestial gales." ROME MISSIONS. Presbyterian Rooms, 150 Nassau St. ON applications received from the churches, they serve, the following ministers were commis sioned by the Presbyterian Committee of Home Missions at their last meeting. Ten of them were in Commission last year.— Rev. I. I. St. John, Portland, N. Y. " T. Sherrard, Centralia, 111. " W. F. Millikin, Farmington, 0. " John V. Downs, Thornton Station, 111. Charles S. Adams, Quincy, Mich. " Elisha B. Sherwood, Cassapolis, Mich. " Levi R. Booth, Seymour. Lid. " D. C. Tyler, Hermon, N. Y. " F. L. Nash, Council Grove, Kansas. " George F. Davis, Newtown, 111. $ L. R. Janes, Shortsville, N. Y. " H. Johnston, Pontiac, 111. " Henry Van Houten, Hawley, Pa. " Victor M. King, Cherry Fork, 0. " Alvah Day, Morris, " Aaron Thompson, New Waverly, Ind. " A. T. Wood, Winslow, 111. Chauncey Osborn, Dearbornville Ind. " Calvin Waterbury, Cedar Falls, lowa. G. D. Miller. Tuscola, 111. Blair Shaw, Roland, Mich. FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. INTICODTJCTORY ROCHESTER, N. Y., February 20th, 1863. Dear'El. Am. P24sbyterian & Genesee Evangelist. So you put me down as your" Rochester Cor respondent ;" by which, I suppose, the wide world is to understand, that I am to keep you in formed of all matters of interest in this region, such as are ordinarily reported in a religious journal. Ido not understand you to restrict your correspondent to this one city, or to any narrow limits; for facts pd incidents ; but all that may be gathered from Central and Western New York, we shall regard as within our pro vince; a field, rich in every national production; rich in its noble men, and "honorable women ;" peculiarly rich in its educational and religious institutions; rich in manly enterprise, and al- ways fruitful of stirring events. TILE TASK And you expect me to watch the ebb and flow of all this religious and social life ; and to make to you, as you sit in your easy, editorial chair, down there in the city of Brotherly Love," a prompt, stated, honest report of all 'ray ob servations ; to set down naught in malice, and nothing extenuate; to malign nobody, to white wash nobody; but to tell you an unvarnished tale every time—of ministers and churches, schools and academies, colleges and seminaries; 'not omitting "frightful accidents," "hair-breadth napes," and the like. THE FIELD I think' you mutt ncrnfelS - , --- disdrEdircir,lhicrie is no trifling task Whict you thus impose upon your correspondent. And yet you could not have given him a better field to cultivate; and that is no unmeaning part of the flag which you still fling to the breeze, " The Genesee Evangelist." These words are rich in association, in memories of a glorious past. This field, of Western New York, is what it is to day, partly because that paper was once a " power" in this part of the land. The very mention of it recalls a troop of noble laborers in the Master's vineyard; such as Bissell, and Chipman, and Ely and Champion ; some still among the living, and some gathered with the honored dead. How they planned and toiled long ago to convert this wilderness into a very garden, as it is this day, it would be easy and pleasant to tell, if that were our theme; but you will expect me to dwell more particularly up. on the events of the passing hours. I will not promise, however, but that some time I may crave your indulgence for some reminiscences of the past. OUR CHURCHES Central and Western New York are the natu ral home, perhaps we may say, of (N. S.) Pres byterianism. Taking Utica for an eastern boundary, and we have in this region 5 Synods, 22 Presbyteries, 363 .Churches; 434 Ministers, 39.969 Church Members. And'we do not believe that there is to be found in any other part of the land an equal number of chnrches, in a more healthy condition, with anfabler ministry, a larger number of self-sup porting congregations, or settled pastors; or with more of the elements, in any respect, of a healthy growth and a true:prosperity. We know that it was once alleged that fanaticism had crept into these churches; and we do not deny that, with a great deal of good, there was some admixture of evil"; or that, as in all great excite ments, there were some irregularities, the full import and tendency of which are not seen at once, even by some good and wise men ; but that -the cry of fanaticism raised against the churches of Western New York was in the main a prodigious slander, is-•now so generally con ceded, that they need, no vindication of ours. They have nobly outliVed the.defamation; and they stand to-day in some qualified sense, " fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners." it is these churches, these pastors, these tran scendent interests of Christ's kingdom,which we would gladly represent, in all fairness and faith fulness, in your worthy columns. After all, we enter upon the task with great pleasure; glad of an opportunity to say a word now and then foi our brethren; the faithful watchmen on these walls, and glad to send out from our watch tower. Uword of cheer, when we can, to all the rest of our beloved Zion. A OAUTION We trust no reader will suppose that we intend to write with the animus of a zealot or bigot, as though we supposed there were no other church y on the face of the earth but our own best be loved; or as though we would gladly see all the rest scattered in ruins, that ours might rise in greater grandeur on the wreck. We recognize the fact that there are other communions, just as dear to others as ours is to us, noble brother loodi of the same general faith with' us, toiling hoping for the same grand results, " peace on earth, good will to men." It shall be our aim to do injustice to none of these; but fairly4o represent, as we have occasion, their growth and prosperity, while we rejoice in all their true welfare.' "Ile baptist Church in this region'' IS particularly strong. Its flourishing University, its large corps of able professors and teachers, give it a prominence and character in this region, which its members must. - contemplate with real pleasure. This may be said, not in disparage ment of others, but only as an incident of the times. T DI El A. Daily Union Prayer-meeting has been held with much interest in this place ever since the week., of prayer commenced. The Brick and Central (Presbyterian) Churches, together with the Plymouth (Congregational) Church, are united in the service. The meeting is held at four o'clock in the afternoon, for one hour pre cisely, one week in one church, and the next week in the next, and so passing around. It has thus far been well attended, two hundred in many afternoons being assembled together. The prayers are importunate and fervent, to allap pearance, and Chri t stianhearts, we cannot doubt, are feeling some quickening influences from above ; but we cannot, as yet, report any very promising indications of a revival in connection with this meeting, except a manifest strong de sire for one. There is some special interest, in the Baptist. Churches of this city; some seven or eight re cent converts having been received into the First, and great tenderness, with some, inquirers, already in the Second. We hope for more glo rious things ere long in all these churches. And why may we not hope It is a city that God has always seemed ready to bless. A DEDICATION A neat new church edifice has recently been completed and dedicated to the worship of Almighty God, by the Presbyterian Church, in the village of Pittsford, seven miles from Ro chester. Rev. Mr. Wilkins is preachiug for this people at the present time, a good brother, who has recently come into our church from the Methodist' connection. He has long been a Calvinist, and at the last meeting of the Pres bytery of Rochester made application, and was received as a member of this body. His exami-' nation was satisfactory, and he appeared like a sound, able man, qualified to teach and to preach the great doctrines of grace and salvation, in their purity and power. Long may he stand as a vigilant watchman on the walls of our beloved Zion. THY, CHRISTIAN COMMISSION. This community was deeply interested (in recent evening by a meeting in the Central Presbyterian. Church in behalf of, the Christian Commission. A special interest was expressed in the thrilling address. of Rev: Robert Patten son, of Chicago. Other meetings_ have been held, and a' Committee appointed to co-operate in the' blessed work of sending ministrations, for mind'and body, to our sick and wounded soldier& Rochester has not been behind in furnishing her quota of men to suffer, and die for our, country, and she will not now be backward in sending all possible relief for her brat" sufferins. : sons.- D.. drosvenor; Esq., is Treisiiret of the:Commit tee, to whom' funds and supplies may be sent, assured that all that can be sent is needed, and all will reach its proper destination'. ittisult :1 04 Bxv. HOWARD CROSBY, formerly Professor iR Itutger's College at New Brunswick, has ac cepted a call to the 4th Ave. Presbyterian' Church New York, and will early begin his professional duties there. He is a man of power and even of eloquence and as a Pastor, is genial and attrac tive. No doubt the Parish will expand and. grow under his guidance. Prof. Crosby has hitherto been connected, with the - Dutch Church, but the change is not distasteful,' as the Presbyterians and Dutch are daily becoming more closely allied in' doctrine, and practice. REV. DR. PRENTISS' congregation worshipping in Dodworth's Hall on Fifth Avenue, have just purchased 'ground for a new church, on Fourth Avenue, near the summit of Murray Hill. The expense will, be .large, .as: it is understood the ground costs over $50.000. .ItavivALs.—The church of Coshoaton,O., com menced daily services with the week. of, prayer... The correspondent of the Herald and Recorder writes: "The Lord was with us from the beginning, as was evident from the deep solemnity and ear nest prayerfulness characterizing our meetings. The Church was awakened, and the truth gained a ready access to the hearts of sinners. . A ,good number of persons were brought to a state of hopeful inquiry in regard to the concerns of of their soul's salvation. Fifteen were re-. ceived into the •Church on profession and. three by letter." The children of the: Sabbath Scheel, but 75 in number, have committedl4,ooo verses of Scripture during the year. The writer adds a not unexpected sentence Much of the inter est in our meetings was .manifestly the fruit of faithful Sabbath school instruction."--=-Itei. IL Carroll writes : to the Evangelist, ,Y For a week or two past I have been assisting Bro: Mills in carrying on some meetings at Clarence (Iowa), a few miles South of Wyoming, in Jones county. The spirit of the Lord was poured out, and a goodly number have been hopefully born again.' THE THIRD CHURCH CINCINNATI, having no pastor and finding its location unfavorable, and seeing the Eighth Church to bein a weak condi tion, with a good pastor (Rev. Geo. M. Maxwell)' and in a better location, xnade up their minds to go into the Eighth Church and form one strong and vigorous body in place of two feeble ones. The Reread and Recorder says : Thus far, as We learn, the results of the union have been all that was anticipated. The Eighth Church is'fdled with a congregation. larger . than those of both Churches together last year. The pews are rent ed for enough to pay all expenses. The Sabbath school has an attendance of over'4oo. ;The mar riage bids fair to he a most hsrmoniont and pros perous one. Many wise and good brethren say they are satisfied that our denominations stron ger in the city since this union than before." There remain, of ournonneetion, in this city, the. Second; Church, Dr. Thompson pastor ; Pop lar St., Rev.',Toseph Chester paster ; First Ger man and First Hollaiidnh churches, with stated supple& - ' - Rev. 3. P. E. KIIMLEIt of Oxford, 0., re ceived $l5O in donations from his people on a recent visit. Rev. Wm. Drummond of Portland, Wis., received $5O, in a similar manner. Rxv. J. F. BEAD, M.D., has been released troUiiiirciiiiie' of the First Church, Birming ham, Pa. BEY. L. P. ORA.W-FORD has been compelled by severe and protracted illness to resign the chap laincy of the 105th aegiment of Illinois Volun teers. He has returned to his home in Sand wich, Dl. COMMISSIONERS TO.GEN. ASSEMBLY. Presby tery of Pittsburg; Bev. Herrick Johnson and R. P. Bakewell. Caguga; Rev. Charles Anderson and Rev. Amos Croaker, with Elders Daniel Hew son and Daniel Bennett. Onondetifa 1,7 Rev. E. H. Davis and Dr. A. Ford. OUR CHURCH IN WISCONSIN."" V' in the Euangdise, — gives an account of the ordination and installation at Baraboo, Sauk county, Wis consin, February,4th, of Mr. Edward B. Miner, a graduate of Hamilton. College and Auburn Se minary, as pastor of the church in that place. He continues as.follows : " At its last statedmeeting, January 20th, this Presbytery, containing - then but fieveihninisters, of whom but four are actively engaged in the duties of the ministry:within its bounds, received an accession of four—two ordained ministers and two licentiates--all of.whom are fully engaged in Gospel labors.. One of these licentiates has now been ordained and installed, and we have reason to expect the other will be soon. This installa tion is the first which has ever taken place in this Presbytery. " Notwithstanding the...immense- .draft which this war makes upon the men and means of our country congregations` in the Northwest, the cause of Christ, as indicated by increased means of grace, and their more efficient support, is on ward in our ecclesiastical connection. " There has never been a time within my ob servation, when _Christians exerted themselves to a like extent, to remove stumbling blocks, pay up past indebtedness, and prepare the way for fu ture unembarrassed labors. This . Church at Baraboo, before calling the Presbytery together to instal their chosen pastor, removed a debt which had been accumulating for years. And before the next meeting of"our General Assembly, I doubt not a like success will crown the efforts which I knew are now being made in several of our Churches." fat lublications, DR. CUMMING, of the Scottish National Church in London, needs no introduction to American readere. They are"ready to welcozne each new volume of his discourses, - as it issues from the press. The"last one, just published in this coun try by Carletpn New York, entitled the GREAT CONSUMMATION, willbe found equal in point of style and -Evengelicalspirit to the others, while its grand and bispiring theme :, " The Millenial Rest, or the world: as> it; will be" throws around it unusual attractions. A just measure of atten tion' we are in duty bound to give to those," last things" which occupy no inconsiderable portion of Holy Writ, and Dr. Cumming's treatment of iicein,7itiVirgi not cliireifirtzs:be - relcifitid - ,Ti ex ceedingly edifying, instructive, delightful and for,,the°most,,par,t entirely reasonable and safe. Dr. C's list, of authorities embraces Barnes, Bush, Hitchcock, and perhaps others iii America. Though the Volume comprises the "First Series " on the subject, it is complete in itself. 12mo. GENESEE have BARNES AND BURR, of New York, have sent DEIJAVIES 7 PRACTICAL ARITHMETIC, a newwork by the distinguished and indefatiga ble worker in , this branch of education. It is prepared on simple and. philosophical principles, and is eminently calculated to convey clear ideas of "the science of numbers to the pupil's mind and so to train him in the process of reasoning. Its practical feature consists in explaining and illustrating the •various applications of Arithme tic in the transactions of business. We cordially recommend, it to teachers and business men. Per sale by S. 8.. Lippincott & Co. "MESSRS. HARPERS & BROS. have sent us the "Chronicles ot. CARLINGFORD," Mrs. Oliphant's work'last of fiction: Mr. T. 0. H. P. 'Burnham, BOstan, 'has also '`sent its A TANGLED SKEIN" (which we 132 : Ve 3to 'COBS busy persons than editors to unravel) byAlbany,Fonblanque Jr. THE SUNDAY EVENING BOOK is a small vol ume containing, select papers for Family reading from such well known authors as Dr. James Hamilton, Dr Badie, W. M. Pnnshon, Rev. J. R. kacDafF. New York, R.. Carter & Bros. For Sale at the Presbyterian Book Store. DIVINE BREATHINGS, a small pocket volume from, the Press of the P. B. Book 5t0re,1224 Chesnut Street, composed of very brief medita tions en:various devotional topics. MAGAZINES, PA.MPITLETS, ETC. Mxssus.L SCOTT sr. Co. the enterprising pub lisheri„of the American Edition of the Four Quarterlies andßlackwood having lost, by fire, their entire stock .of the back numbers of the Reprints, request persons , who are not in the ha 'bit of preserving their. files, to return them, by 0 1=11,, as many numbers of "the last quarter of 1862, as possible. 'Addreii : "Blackwood's ,Magazine, New York." Tam SeraNrro Arniiexx. We are glad to replace upon 'our file of-exchanges, this most in teresting, valuable , and., ahly conducted Journal. Each number contains information important to almost every class o society, but especially to Inventors, Mechanics Manufacturers, Chemists A.reltitect.e; Mill Wrights and Farmers. Like all other journals 'of.'espectability in the North, itS tone is loyal without qualification. Terms $3• Per Tatum. Ten copies $23. Munn & Co., Park Row, N. Tai ATLANTIC MONTHLY for MAILCII, Con tains : Christhpher North ; " Choose you this Day whom ye, will serve," (Poetry for the Times ) The Horrors of San Domingo; A London Su burb; The Vagabond, (touching, life-like and , original poetry,;} Willie Wharton; Last Cruise of the Monitor; America and the Old World, ete The "True Church,", (Poetry,) with much that is`good'and true, 13 tainted with the miser able nm.creed heresy of the Boston sentimental- REV. G. L. FOSTZIi, Of. Coldwater, 3,4fichigall, truly said in his Thanksgiving sermon, last No vember, that if we failed in this struggle, " Our jiatiOn' al miblem would better be a whipped 5 P 3- hiel than a triumphing eagle." FEB. 26,
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