, Presbyterian. was dedicated at the A, 6S ’ Sabbath, January 17th. The N. Y. er speaks of the house as a model of arcmtectural neatness, beauty, convenience, uiaess and economy. The cost is under $4000; dimensions and material not given. The church has been recently organized by the Piesbyterv ° ew York. Rev. j, Greenleaf, -pastor. W. B. Lee, pastor of the Green Ave nue Presbyterian Church,. Brooklyn, has had a furlough given him to make a tour-on,the; Eastern Continent of three or four, months. He- expects to. visit Spain, ' Africa, Sicily and Rome, and to return, via Geneva and Paris, in time for the delation of his,new church, now building on Gates Avenue. -The congregationi has generously decided to ( Continue his salary; pay his expenses, -and supplyhis pulpit while; he is away, They twill continue to worship'ifi the old ohttroh, corner of Gfeene and Clermont' Avenues, Until'the nhw, church'is completed. ; J Tenth. United Presbyterian. Clmrch has been organized, in Weßt Philadelphia, which has extended ir call to Mr. H. P.-Mc- Adam of the Presbytery of, Wheeling. Rutgers College-Endowment Fund has reached $82,000 out of. the $l-00,000 proposed. Union of Colleges. —Washington and Jef ferson Colleges, in Western-Pennsylvania, are within a few miles of each other.. A proposi tion has lately been madq.by.a.benevolent gentleman to furnish fifty,thousand dollars to the if they will unite and establish a first-class institution in either place. The Synod of Wheeling has taken action in favor of the project.— Presbyterian. Not too fast. —The N. Y. Christian Times (Episcopalian) of last week is responsible for the following: ; The public wore startled, Saturday last, by the announcement in the papers that three white slave; children, also a colored man Whose forehead is branded.with the. initials vof hislate owner’s name,' would be exhibited in the Brick Presbyterian Church, of which Rev. Dr. Spring is- pastor, on Sunday evening. Everybody was amazed, and spoke of it only in exclamations. That the Lord’s day evening should be select ed, and the church whore rules Daniel Lord, the celebrated champion of the Old American Tract Society, be secured, was astounding, and, as it " proved, too- strange to be true. Crowds flocked to the church, but lo’!-it was closed, and the sexton tried vainly to turn the people back by announcing that there would do no meeting-.. -The solution, is this; The church was secured, for a public meeting in be half of the “National Freedmen’s Association,” hutnpta word was said about exhibiting the inside of the "peculiar institution;” and so, when the announcement was made, it was too much for the Doctor to bear, even in his pro gressive stage of conversion to abolitionism according’ to Lewis Tappan, and the meeting was “squelched." Baptist. —The Baptists of New York num ber 92,280, with 45 Associations, 834 churches, 771 ministers, -and 101 licentiates. The bap tisms in 1863 were 8;&40: The Minutes of the’ Massachusetts Convention show the Baptists of that State to be 34,589, with'l4 Associa tions, 266' churehes jaud 322’ niiiriisters. The baptisms of 1803 were 1,014. ——A third Bap tist church (colored) trim organized at Alexan/ dria, Va., on 5 the J TOth 4 inst. The exercises were of an exceedingly’ interesting character, ; The Rev. D/W: G. Bridgeman, pastor of the Pearl' street 1 church, Albany,"’received $l,OOO as a New Year’s gift from his people, and : the chnreh subsequently added $5OO to. his salary. -- Most of the older Baptist churches in England n6w practise free com munion. This change is. attributed by a cor respondent' Of the Watchman and Reflector mainlyid the'influence of the lqie Bey. Robert Hall. The whole number practicing open communion at first was 60, now it is 136. JB(e sayß' that John Bunyah’s chapel at Bedford, where free communion .was practised, “was not registered as a Baptist but os a Congrega tional chapel.!’ The whole number of Baptist churches in England at the close of the last century was 500, and that it was now increased to 2,150. Of the later churches the proportion which exclude from communion all but those who have been immersed is much less, we be lieve, than those of earlier origin The Baptist Home Mission Society having abandoned the Grand Irigne Protestant Mission, which it had been assisting ior. twelve; years,, strong efForts are bSihg mtwle' to retain "the support of the denomination by-the Baptist, friends of the Mission in this country. The following rea sons are urged in an appeal published in the Watchman and Reflector: “(1.) the question of communion, all connected with the churches of the mission are thorough Baptists. (2.) None other will be received to future membership. (3.) Some.s-pf the missionaries and churches now adopt and practice strict communion views. (4.) Others are sought after by them as missionaries, although known to be Strict Communion Baptists . . . , . Let ns withhold now our sympathy and; aid, and there istone thing wp. may count on—the grim thanks of hundreds of interested papist priests.” ——The church at Northampton, Mass., has recently been .destroyed by fire, occasioning a loss of $4,000. Notwithstanding this misfor tune the pastor received $2OO from his people during the holidays. The many friends of. the late editor of the Christian Chronicle will be glad to learn that the Second Church, at- Wilmington, of which Bro. Dickerson is pas tor,|ia enjoying a high-degree of prosperity. . One hundred have been added to the. chnrch daring his brief ministry there, and of these 40 had beengathered from the Sunday-school. The N. Y. Chronicle of last week-has an. arti cle ohthe foiv’ cCfidiUon of the jfeble cause .in that ’denbfaflnatioiiJ How to improve it’is the question. "iAitjer staling various rejected pians it says,: .-.• "J . , Others Mve urged' a return to the American Bible SecieWr hut of this there is not at present S Sbcietyjwdl not re. tie vote denying appropnafaqps to opr ever. .cplLouttfed/Bjsptest, strength ‘ ,aT .TSJsad-) b'-» - 1 L from its foundation, been managed in the in oncl 8 P e( l°baptism, and it will be so to the What shadow of truth is there in this charge beyoud the fact that the Bible Society will not translate “baptize” by “immerse”? Methodist.— The Old Eutaw Street Church, Baltimore, has been remodelled at a cost of $5OOO. It was opened January 10th, and in teresting services were held on that and two following days.——The N. Y. Christian Advo cate says “ The Presbyterian Church (New School) in Westtown, Orange co., N. Y., hav ing been purchased by the Methodists on this charge, was formally reopened after sundry repairs on Wednesday, January 6th. The edi fice measures forty feet by fifty-five, is well lo cated, and will doubtless command a large congregation. The surrounding country is attractive and the'prospects of Methodism im proving. The indebtedness and the surplus for other repairs was obtained. Altogether, it’ has been a decided succes. To crown the -.matter, the. Lord has,,poured out His ' spirit in. .•-the ..yioitiity,' b-n'd . about forty have professed, conversion.” -We cannot find the name of the “hpxe. church in. the ..General Assembly’s Min utes for Chapel, Washington, D. C.,, was the scene of interesting exercises of a, missionary character, on Sabbath, January .10. In the morning Rev. Dr. Durbin preach ed, in the afternoon, Hon. M, P. Odell ad dressed, the Sabbath-School, and in the evening Hon. S. P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, presided, and in. a brief address expressed his high appreciation of the great! cause, and of our duty in reference thereto,- He was fol lowed by the Hon. iff. Price, Member of Con gress from lowa, and a Methodist local preacher. His speech throughout was full of effective Western oratory, showing his famili arity with the great subject, and bis aptitude at reaching the hearts and feelings of a 1 arge and varied audience. The, ,Hon. Secretary Chase, and the pastoi, Rev. B. P. Brown, were constituted life directors of the Parent Society, and the speakers each made life members. At the close of these delightful exercises an nouncement Was made that the collections and subscriptions of the day would amount to $1,300.- A correspondent of the Advocate and Journal, Jan. ,21st; discusses the causes of the “ Decline of Methodism” in New York and the cities generally. He says“ But we will venture-.to give it ,as ;our . opinion , that the great and general cause bf ! this lhcK of pros perity and strength in our cities and older communities is ov/r two years' -.rule ofchange in the ministry.” V- ■ " \ Congregationalist. TheOongregational Quarterly for January gives the annual statis tics of the. denomination. as; follows“ The numbers of churches reported is 2,729, ,o£ which 830 have settled pastors; 768 stated’ supplies; 610 not specified, and 495 vacant. There are 2>954 ministers, .0f.wh0m.632 are notin service. The total number of’dhurch members is 254,200, of whom 164,037 are fe males. Thirty-one -thousand one hundred and seventy-eight are. reported ‘Absent.’ There have been 7,999 .additions;, by profession, and 6,487 by letter ’ 4,288 have died’; 5 i 577 1 -hav§ been dismissed, and 780, excommuhicated.” The Bi-centenary Fund now being raised by the English Congregationalism, to build chapels, in commemoration of-the Act of Uni formity reached. at last accounts a .totaLof; 4251,568. Lancashire t@fese the;lead most de cidedly; the amount raised or to be raised there being estimated at 4i|o,b<)o- The. Union which met, iq LiyerpooliptOctober, .correspon ded by delegates with the United .Synod meet ing at the same place. The Weekly Review says fifttßelmeCting: .sbteO £«i}ft or V)W |d^^ -means. PHILABELPHIA, THURSBA On the contrary, the Spirit seems to have de scended simultaneously and silently into many hearts at once, and to have anticipated the e f forts of Christian men. The importance of this work will be better appreciated if we re collect that most of the these young men are soon to enter college, and that their influence both upon their college classmates and upon the community in after life will be an incalcu lably great power for good or for evil. -The Baptist Church in Milestown, Pa., of which Rev. J, N.Danforth is the pastor, are enjoying a precious revival of religion. Twenty have been already baptized, most of whom are adults, and five heads of faimilies. One lady, a and"decided convert, was waiting for baptism. when.Gpd called.her to her.home above; The. CongregaMonaMst has learned, of a very interesting. wprk.oLgrade in Eev. T K. Fessenden’s congregation at Ellington, Ct. The church has been crowded, and the atten tion deep and solemn ; .and On Friday of last week about thirty.; attended inquiry-meet ing. The pastor has been assisted by Rev. J. C. Holbrook, D. D., of lowa.—— Rey,', W._E. ; Walkinson, Baptist, of Hamilton. Square, N. J., admitted 26 to his church 'the second Sab batbtef this month/and others are awaiting baptism. A blessed work of grace has been in progress inthis place for some weeks past. |The good influence is manifested, not only in the spiritual advancement of the Church, but in their liberality to their pastor, to whom they have lately donated an extra two hundred dol lars. Churches to whose'spiritual edification the pastors faithfully minister, are generally forward in ministering to them in carnal things. Rev. J. G: Penney, Baptist, writes that he*Seld'a meeting'bf ! eightrhightsj closing the'last night of the old year, at an out-Station one mile from Freeport,. N. J. Eight were hopefully.converted and baptized. This.makes eighty that have been added to this church Since April, sixty by baptism. Bro. Penney is now holding a meeting in his own- church, tlie Union Baptist church, and twelve have asked for prayers. ; Army.— Chaplains; in the Sixth Corps, [Sedgwick's.)- —A-correspondent of the Exami ner says: In’the Corps are twenty-seveu chap lains, as follows: Chaplains, Adams, sthMamie; Kelly, 6th do.; Purington, 7th do.; Dayton, 2nd Vt.; Mack, 3rd do.; Roberts, 4th do.; Hale, sth do.; 6th do.; Perkins,,loth Mass.; I Morse, 37th do,; Bugless, 2nd R. I,; Osborn/ 43d N. Y.; Benson, 49th do., Henry, 62nd del; Fox, 77th -doi Nickerson, 122nd do; Burk hardtjjistChasseurs; Yard, Ist N. fly Proudfit, 2nd do.; Haynes, 3rd do.; 15th do.;.Shinn, 23d Ba-; Stevenson.;,49th do.; Lame, 93d do.; Stewart, 102nd do.; Millet, ll'9th do.; and Pierce, 139th do. ‘ There are nine re ’giments without chaplains. Hmgives theif de [nominational peculiarities as follows: Twelve Methodist, five Baptist, .five Presbyterian, three Congregationalism one Dutch, (not 11th Corps, but Reformed,) and one Episcopalian. It would .be difficult, hg says, to produce, any conference, association, or Presbytery, at hoine of an equal number of rnembers/which would excel Or rival,!jh devotion to the cause of Christ or in ministerial ability, the chaplaincy of the Sixth Corps.- '.This is'tvritten, not in vain'boast or empty compliment, but as an encourage ment to the prayers of friends at home; who, from ; the failure of -'sorhe- and - false reports about others, have, at times, contracted unfa vorable opinions of thelwhble body of the chap lain B-of the.army. And the Corps is not want-, ing in respect for its spiritual guides.!^—-ifev. l IJ. Balkan), of .Lewiston,.- has; been appointed chaplain of the 16th'Maiiie, Regiment——Rey, Eli,Fay, pastor ;Of 'the .Unitarian;- Church'- in. Leominster, at a recent meeting for recruiting; closed an eloquent address.hy. affixing his name’ to the E. N. Andrews, a graduate of Union Theological Seminary, was or ~; I LEWIS '•& IVINS, ; -... / •- marl'9 ly 43 Strawberry street, 'Philadelphia. Bill-Heads at $7:00 per Ream, at LOAG’S, 4th und Chestnut.- /; : 7 . ■ LAI) i ES ’ furs. jjjiHL JOHN FABEIBA, Ao. 118ArchSt:, hdow Eighth. mHBSm Importer and Manufacturer LADIES’ FANCY FURS. My.assortment.of/FANOY FURS. for. Ladies and Children is now complete, apd- embracing every variety that will he fashionable during; the present season. All sold at the manufac turers’ prices, for cash. Ladies,' please give' me a call. Octl4 Business Cards, $1.50 per 1,000 at LOAG’S. J. A .F; CADMUS, No. 730 Market St.', S. E. cof. of Bth., , .. PHILADELPHIA. 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