„ ’-ATT . f.
Presbyterian.
Banner says of the T. ue
Presbyterian; . ' '
give ioi our Louisville contemporary its
own chosen name, though wc regardit’ks nti’
» BWOTOfltBJ!;' Wd speak, of it now, to
stowi trnat Rev. Robert Morrison ,has retired,
Stuart Robinson' sole’editorr- 'Dr.
RobirisoS : remains still in Canada,' whither he
fled onfaccbunt of his --sympathy; withstherek:
bellion. He has abundant leisure to o»pite,
.forwards his editorials by .mail!, ‘ the
paper is published ohcP hPtWywgeksV ’ We
regret that the prdpoeed' l
Kentucky has not come into being; i The'de
lay in the enterprise is owing to the. fewness
and feebleness of the churches,ip^the,State..
One Synod, and that so aw’fefiy'districted 'by
the,wgr, can ihar^l^Je a
■weekly XS.I m H lhi
Ministerial; Ti 7 . €. -An r
derson, D. D., of;San Francispe,vCal,,-.who ;
came .to J ther|jlast,jWy j accwtirt^f-Mrs.>Ais.. > .ill
health, , has been" telegrapnea re return, ’' be
cause ' bf ; th'e' failtiife 1 in ’health'' of bis 1 supply,
and sails immediately for the Pacific coast.
— -ARM- \ ;;the
Presbytery, qf Redstone,, etgbarked for ,the
Corisco. mission, on. the 28th;of, November, via
England. . Through the liberality, of. Mr. John
Laughlaud, of Glasgow, a free passage on* .one
of hiß-ships from. England to Corisco will;be
given to Mr. Pauli.-— —Rev. Robert Taylor,
of the Second, Presbyterian ..Church, Gexpan
town'i af a'recent meeting of the congregation
of the North Presbyterian Church 1 of Philadel
phia,- received a unanimous called “its ‘ pastor
ate. Rev. Hugh Brown was installed by
the Presbytery of .YeAi&it, JanfJfilh, pastor
of the, United Presbyterian congregation: *of,
Greensboro*-- t -
The Cumberland Bresbyteriaiis celebra- :
ted the fifty-fourth anniversary of- their ex
istence as a church, on the 4th inftt:,' taki;i]£
collectiontf-for the missions' undfe»ifffii® rcare;
of which . The Cumberland JPresbytepan, a
paper of excellent tone, published- at Alton,
111., makes the following statement“At the
beginning of the war, our Board of Missions
was in the South, and inaccessible by our
missions in North-west, But IhOy have
struggled on—have not'beeir abandoned, save
one or two, and they, -we hope, only for a
time. 'We have now a Missionary Board,
or committee, entirely in the West; right in
the midat;o£,our great missionary field.’’ Our
cotemporary in its late issue inquires“ Why
is it that our New York, Philadelphia, . and
other eastern exchanges, who' profess'to give
a weekly synopsis of the important incidents
connected with the religions denominations of
the country, scarcely, ever mention Cumberland
Bo 'tirey not' recognize fet &s
the pSoJild-Of God?” 'To'the first questiotPwe
answer,- any omission in- the intelligence
from our esteemed brethren, has been'purely
inadvertent, arising partly from the fact, that
. their church is nt>i rapracontod I urgoly I», lta
field of .our. circulation, . cap, reply,f,o,,tke
last interrogation v.epy mortally ,iji, the affirma
tive Pfece in iilustrpjfcion/of the fraternal
recognition, some cheeking, itpmp, ;of revival,in
terest, under the proper heading., ,
Rev. A, It. Van Wes<i,-Jr.{ s is tempo
rarily qfficittting fi %h»t'^ e ':iA>nerioan chapel in
Paris, from, *such jlr. Mc.Cfiatpck, has with
drawn with the yiety: of. resuming, his residence
in N. Y. city. Dr. Van Nest has many.especial
a posj^sf, th)9„ his
numerous friend's wifi rejoice to khbwThaii his
talents, while 1 he'is ahroadMtjn ’cbnsldsratio'ns of
health, arc to be put to servicb' in tWe Master’s
nwn& UJBb '“'Tif: W YMJJiHU k ,
Lutheran —The lowa Lutheran College, at
Albion, is .np,w more prosperous than
' ever known, tQ be before. It numbers over a
hundred students in attendance.—-The Luth- ?
erilntff’iif ' SCiuoc : 6v4i > V determined to
erect a new church-edifice and bet!ween-sBiooo
' Lutheran Philadelphia. —The
Luthei;sp Observer has.,the (following in rela
tian Philadelphia :. To Lu
therans!! a place of interest on'
account of the prominence of that city, in the
early hiqtoiy.pf in, the country,
and of ttie’Lutherttfi ! Cnurhhes''and institutions
located there at the present time. St. John’s,
the oldest Lutheran 'Church in Pennsylvania,
is one of the largest and most flourshing con
gregations of our church. In the number of
its members, their social position, wealth, and
intelligence, the‘ congregation raiiks with the
most infiential and important churehes of PE
1 - of other’denominations; It attained*
this position'arid'strength in Dr. Mayer’s day,
when the doctor'was in his prime;-and'the
church has never declined. The preserit'phs
' tor is eminently adapted tq : thait people l and
the people equally d ell adapted to him. St.
Matthew’s, in New' Street, the second English
! Lutheran Church of Philadelphia, undeir jEhe
pastoral care of Eev. E. W. Hotter, is in a
' highly flourishing condition. ‘ Nbftyithstahding
the unfavorable location of the church, near
the business portion of the‘city, it continues to
be mast highly' prosperous. St. Mark’s, on
Spring Garden S’trefit, uiider .the’eare of. Rev,
G, F. Krotel,‘ib moßt fortmiate in its location.
It is fortunate hlso in its pastor, who is a
preacher of esbefishf ability and a minister of
sterling mertt&JTTipja the if&tjAffiag of the
Spring Garden, Street .Lutheran <3hurch, by
. .one of our colleagues;,some; fifteen or sixteen
years ago, it has;grown steadily-. ■ .It was a* re
markably successful enterprise. «■ i; , .... '
The Moravian, the organ. :of the. Unit as
Fratrt&bs? -United States,hipublished in
gethleh@Wdslfc#'* a i9 u '’ na l of elevatedlreligi--
. one tonec»nd<vriqhiin!.matter. ; We;learn< from
C i i £itiatiqS}rthah.ii>et®»*fedißretArem.havß about
25 churches, exclusive of {missions, in the-Uni-
-QoeLdftdiheseJwo'rships in a model
p,qpf ( @ c t'3%tylh of siaste and: finish,
‘ on Franklin Street, this city. 'Alitahy is
used in the morning service. Pews are free,
and the current expenses are paid by voluntary
subscription, as -‘God bath prospered them.”
Congregational.- —The JTewburyport Her
aid says that ite ( y., Charles B.eecher has, had a
f ehll to hfetfle''at ; f itebhufg/ £ proposition that
"i 8 societ y at Georgetown will not hear to,
iijotwithstanding tW action Association.'
His salary fir the coming year was raishd
tyith,. unexampled: promptness, four, persons
subscribing tfourhundred and fifty dollars.— -
Rey. HordqitHall.of the Edwards Church,
Northampton, j&fsiss.,:wiii, spend? a portion of
the winter in ttapfibiy
Rational Churchand Society in Middlebury,Vt.',
.have recently provided for their pastor, Rev.
James T. Hyde,, a spacious And delightful par-
of the most convenient and attrac
tive houserm rife
lng.fus .peopfe. paid: him a pprish visn
■was one of special interest—the ladies having;
.prepared, PjSiunptuaus, entertainment, ian,d .the
young'men chinmg* a Weral of
some one hundred dollars. The next day the
children ofthC' parish i/dme/ anil - highly did
they enjoy - themselves-’ in their p'astor’snew
home. The GenhaW Reform ed Messenger
has the following; significant , paragraph in re
gard to Congregational Churches:
A. Destitute,' Denominatioji. .Gongrega
tionalists claim a superior efficiency for their
form of church government.' They hold that
it is not Only more scriptural, but more practi- ‘
oal than others. The annual statistics of ;this
denomination report ,2,729 , churches in this
country, of which only 830 have settled pas
tors ; 768 have ‘ stated fsuppliesi; .16hOAaf§ not
specified, which means, we suppose, that they
are not reported—certainly; not very flattering
to the system. Among the number are 495
vacant churches./ 1 More th'a’n.onb Sixths Of the
Congregational churches in the United States
are without the stated imeanS 'of grace!: /Preach
ing with them is the chief means of grace.
And yet here are almost 500 churches without
the regularprpaclungpf the Word! "Counting
one huhdre'a tnembhrs ! to a congregation; they
would have 50,00Q;souls who. are perishing for
lack of knowledge, . ■ ;, t 1
'Congregatibfl'aliSrn ‘ numbers a membership
of 254,000 souls, of whom-.164,037-are females.
Of .these 31,178 are reported,-/‘labgepV-’ a term
intended,, we supppse, in
the/arihy.iand the
year, T,-999;; deafhs; J A,'2BB';‘!'baptissi^K ; &dults
3,362, infants, /4,405 ; meinbefs hfCSabbath
schools, 260,493. t - " ‘-i;;
/2%e
with advertisements'.
BaplistT-2Vfe Netg'jFwt'k Exainincr says
“We are marching on’'with a" tread that is
shaking the very foundation of things. The
Secretary of our Home Mission Board has just
received, from the Secretary of War, full '.and
formal authority - for the American--Baptist
Home Mission Society to take possessioii of
every abandoned Baptist meeting house, Withiti
the limits of what ‘have been known as 'the
rebel ‘ States; and Of every other Bapfctj inOeb
ing house now im the -haiids, .of/the -rebels !
obtained through
the agency of the Home Mission Secretary and
Senator apd ;,thes Home Mission Board
will need preeminent wisdom and energy, be
sides many men and much means, adequately
to meet H ’fn<o B.p
tist popalKtion dfJtKe seceding States is proba
biy larger- than/that-of any other denomination
and hundreds of*-abandoned Baptist pulpit's
will/be Open to loyal,’ mplisir miriisfters; of ,tli ! e'
North. ; The Government will; give them.every:
practicable protection- in -their new -’fields'ijf
laboty and correeponding' facilities for rehthiHg!
them—things that it can well affordi to do, for
.every minister - sent South -by the -Home Mis
sion Board will be; ;in fact, an agent for the
suppression of slavery ,and treason, and the
promotion of freedom and loyalty. They have!
■appointed -Bev; J/ Wi%arfe, D.D., of Boston,'
to superintend the- great business .of -putjing
'loyal Baptist. ministers into the abandoned
-rebel pulpits -of the South.; Hr. Parker has so
many first-rate qualifications for the work,
that we hope 'speedily to hear of his entering
upon it. Rev. Matthew Hale Smith, and
'those who s foilow-him, are'proposing to form
ah’qpeU-commnnion BaptiCt Church in Brook-;
•Lyifj'N.Yi. j
Methodist'- —Bishop -Ameß and Dr. Harris
.have returned .from the .South. W e learn that
A si S 3. O r.: A v’- v tt, . . • ,
the prospeot is very favorable. The Method
■diets who.favor the Union are leaving the M.
E. Church,. South, which they regard as a hot
bed of secession, and are desirous of finding
other -church connections. Bishop Ames has
appropriated, under , the order of the War De
partment, and temporarily supplied the follow
ing churcheß,-formerly belonging to tlie M. E-
Church, ‘ 'South,” namely: one in Memphis,
Tenn.; one in Little-Rock, Ark.; one in Pine
Bluff,- Ark. ; one in Vicksburg, Miss.; one in
Natchez, Miss.; one in Baton Rouge, La. J ;
three-in'New Orleans, namely: Garondelet St.,
Feliciiy.St., Moreau Miller, the
new Governor of Minnesota, is an ex-Metho
dist preacher!——Rev. Dr.. McClintock, for
merly of the American Chapel, Paris, and Rev.
Dr. Butler, "preaching to A the Americans at
Rome,- hayeirqc.eiygd the highest l -praise; both
•as'preachers- and Christian! gentlemen, from
travellers on the Continent. ;
Broad Street M. E. Church of this city in a
quiet bhi effective way, Have colleeted $1,300-
towards paying off the debt of their beautiful
edifice, and the prospect'of entire success is,
bright. A! son of Rev. Dr. Coggeshall, of
Providence, has received from the President
the commission of 2d‘Lieutenant in the 14th
R. I. Artillery, (colored.);
Episcopal.—The ‘ ne-w Divinity School in
West Philadelphia, has resumed its work, after'
the vacation, , Tjhe new term has.
added several more students to the list, and the
,this (seminary are already?
outgrown., Its,,snccpss .ffuimpst encouraging
to those interested in i£ “it isffn contempla
tion to erect new buildings for class rooms and
dormitories at an;early-da,tej)and.vtHe effort to
procure SIOO,OOO .is meeting with success.——
The; New York .correspondent .of,.the Ledger
says: Trinity school, a ! welE known'/ educa-'
tional * institiition of' this ! tffy,'lias3hrbngh ; "the
luts'sSijjs: .; , ?£<i
ifoitunate, termination ,;qf,,a Y iawsiut, pome, into
the 'possession of property, real estate and
funded, to the value of $3,000,000. The suit
has been a long contested one, extending
through a period Pf some thirty years. A
■ PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1864.
Service for Deaf Mutes is held On the afternoon
of the fourth Sabbath of each 'month, in St.
Stephen’s Church} of this city} thf ough > the
kindn@ss.;of ibe!Se3toi, the
The Rev. Dr. Gallandet, of-IQew York, or his
assistant, officiates; These services are designed
to benefit the adult, educated deaf muteß resi
ding in and about garning
their support in ' •’ •• * iu
; ,view f ofjhe sad and
terrible accident, at . the (Chilian eapital it •ntay f
be well to put the ohurches
and public halls safe ? Whpn filled and packed
means of egress sufficient to clear the
That - no church k oe /we _ lhig'fft <J iߧi-
! school house s in .the city .wilt heivisited-by m 7
person ontil'peffe6t''saf^^.ik ; ’^tfarhntiea: J A
little .prudence in this respgct. r iniay sayg, an
dntold: amount of grief and sad ■
The Catholic Herald contains' ah' editorial', ■
'calling upon Roman, Catholics ( fo'forsake the
‘‘ comm on schools,”: and -patronize -exclusively
the “ parochiahschools -of the chUrch.- Of the
Common schools it says’: “The Tioly father
fears them. The church,"has lost, irretrievably
lost, tens of thousands of-children by them.”
•i The names of BiShop’Jßailey of New Jer
sey, Timon of, Buffalo, and McCloskey .of
Albany, have been sent to Rome as candidates
to the Archbishopric of New York. The lat
ter, it‘is'BeheVod*'wilf‘b.e* i chpsefc^-i- : -6afdinal
Wiseman has become .such an,invalid that he
has applied to the Pope "for permission to re
linquislrihis Afbfliepis'copaTSee of Westinih};
ster. Jt is rumored .that. the cardinal will be
succeeded : ! as Catholic primate 'of England fcjr 1
Archdeacon' Manning,'..whose “perversion’"’
excited so-much angry and bitter comment- a
few year of-',the Theologb,
cal Seminary, is to deliver a coarse of lectures?
on the Beautiful, af Mile. Roseau's; Yp'ung Ra--
dies’ school, 30 >V.. 25th St., New York.——
The will of Elias Boudinot, late of New Jer
sey, lias the following clause: “ I give to the
President and Managers of the New .Jersey
Bible Society, $2OO to be laid out in the pur-:
chase of spectacles, to be given by them to the
poor old* people, it,being in vaTri to give a Bi-‘
bid to those who cannot obtain' the means of
reading it.”
The Boston Jotvryuil states that N.- A.
Thompson & Co. sold ajt auction pew No. 80,
in the broad . aisle in' Eng’s Chapel, • Bos
ton, belonging to the estate of the late John
Heard,- for $5,400 to Igriatiiis Sargent, Esq:;
who purchased it for another paTty.- This-is
probably the largest sum ever paid for a single
pewin any church in New England.': !
The, first, white person b.orjiiin' Qhio is still
living—Johanna Maria'Hebltewelder: "Hhe is
thb 1 daughter -of' a
years 'Old, and"resides" in BetMlje
hem; Pa
. We find tiieifollowiag notice in„ the! Rich
mond Sentind". 6l ,\aX& date: . Lecture'. T-The ;
terr will deliver a 1 TOrifise'uf4efctared~tHr s ri&
«*;: ’• i •'Ht<l 1-jc■ ■ - rt:% ‘ J ' 4*r- '
“Holy l Land” 'before the'iyoung'Mente'Chris
1-rr ' .•? ' «*<fi jr* rt- J’-i'- i ••■'•? V-Ji •••
rtian s-The.-firsti lecture will, take
nighti ; „at the 'Second. Baptist
Tagirs. Bhquld; attend, It.they
■ The' Committeejwill
give notice, in due time, when and where the
other fiaftoThSQleißS'd&S
'•’■ We'are not 'infqrmed :'whether v the'tlieme of
thedearned divine- is ■BalcstineioWthe f‘ Sacred
; . ... .. l ... . s ,. »■ ... v
soil of Virginia,” but probably the, former; i'
\ ‘ “ i V nvvA u- '
;The VArmy Chaplains.— We''quote theffol
"lowing paragraphs-from an excellent'artibieln
The Watehrrian and Reflector-; »i
ivi ; - • nr ’ii'/t.- -' a.K aJjTofi :’nO 5-sU
•It-iafalsej thatJtlhe*cha|jld.iiißtare
vfoHiEl&s. ?3^re;3B.hd’i4 , ich&s.-g^!.Th^| ! )
armyiwho'can command the respecknndepend
ent Vank,, which /the cHapiaibs-JCap.
What other class havb.at home, as . thay jta'ye,
a body of men to call them to account ? Not
any. PutrELC-chaplaiu'injljisiprMMiiiplace, and
he would 1 stahtr at : whble ’hfead' an<P shoulders
Higher thaigEq has dogqf (p? hisprace,
and there never would, be a collision
military on the one-hand- and the.,medical and
pay on the other. “ “/.-- ;
' Ourmilitaryre views and'medicarinspectibbs,
the paying of troops on the Sabbath, for -which
.there/is no neeessity. , .and. nb. excuse,pCeupy
the best hours that should be sacred, ah’d-en
gross the entire time of' subalterns during the
rest bf the day. As a,generai.thibg, military
and T medical .meq do not. appear ,tq feeLthat
they'hkve acebnipliShed’ any thing 6n'Siind&y
unless they have interfered with; or entirely
broken up all religious services. , It.is useless
for 'auy one to reply, “It is ; npt, so, in my regi
ment,‘‘lt is not so in iny hospital.” If it is
not so, your case is an exception (to the rule,
and of exceptions we are not speaking, and
with them we have nothing to do. Of all the
sad mistakes' of 'this' war; ‘the 'legisltiti'en with
regard fofchhplainsris'cnc. off/thet'greatest.
t-r s ";r H —— P. ft-r, -
Revivals.—A remarkable revival
is going on at Corning, N. Y. At one meet
ing,' recently, one hundred and ten persons
presented themselves as
brother who has visited tha-town of Easthamp
ton, says that the inierestfbommencedivith the
installation oE , three months
ago,-and,has gradually increased until it has
reached all classes of society. . ' No extra
means have been; used,:; The; pastor's house is
often crowded by anxious .souls, and now
about* three hundred are. hoping that they have
passed from death unto life. Many aged are
amongrtbe new bprn visit
ed Ellington, apd says the, pasfc>r had" been so
discouraged that he thought of leaving, but he
suggested the idea of' holding meetings the
week of prayer and gave out the appointment ,
with but little hope it would meet with favor;'
but to his surprise the pbople' Catab 'both after--’
nbqn.iand- evening until,the vestry was.i.too
straitr-for them.-. The - Church was : opened ‘and
soon that was filled, and the lust meeting he
(attended, when; the giyep, about
one hundred stood up.fop,prayer. The people
flock from. a)l quarters .to ffeap-the word,’ and
rffP® Lhm great sal
ffdAmtencales 3KC £ *dSte of'
Jaih; '26 i ;£ti“A ? s ! fgbod i ''nbwS”fi i 6 > m a far‘ebuntryf
isbaWays-’readiwftht avidity, I; suppose. itjwill
be gratifying to many of yonr patrons to know
that in Leavenworth City, Kansas, our Metho
dist Church, under the pastoral care Of Rev.
D. P. Mitchell, is enjoying a gracious revival
of religion, .All are: conversant- with' the
troublous timss of Kans^Li^.and those
of us who live and preacfcin Kansas know how
difficult a task it has been :to get public atten
tion turned to the subject of-.religion*, My
recent the glad thkfjhbn
dra|S are jjqte'i and inq.uji;iiig the to
Christ iisd . saVatlpu. The good em*
braees~aH clisles: Lawyers, merchants
others are • id.Jpneljr
casion foKjfor/
prayers, Kne • W ;i'C
. . i. mfenp their
cries to i&< -1 •;
, / if im. We
much need t: , ~,
ff 'Y? jatSprids
he, P us? \ .olio.
Writes a‘ v fymmrCtyn'W'
We
precious-.revivals;. None of 1
s ofi |v@r P (published..l.
I<®A 9P e » t
leting\tc^mmencedft||^ , f? ; t ! J , ‘^
Have had man;
them/as -I line
now send you' a
hoping,‘tjial'yo
unins. "Our m
and;; was ; continued; i ten :or
jiiig&ts. ’ • .ThellidrS'camerdown
|jei;,V“ piahj : i p'ii&ijilsiimerft '.were
ih9«tib? r cnty were soundly and
;|§3Afi> ■fSoif'J Many were left
tiiclsfoSe' meeting. May
pue obtain the
i * miy ou? nfeirts lsb tliahkr.
>{ i| 'V »V V v- i * I
g 1 the glory to^ Grod.”- 1 —-New
1 ivh ri b?ilf*??h'oVds s #eVfTai'4h
s ing 'Several; (churches Hn the
joth.iof Ifew''Yorh land fehiia-’
■, churches*, in .Norristown and
NOvemberlaSl
ill gracioiistpa
cut to the hear
and w&belieije I
savingly corivt
at the altar qt
they, still eoh
great'salvatiai
lul and give It
fluences, '
neighborhood
delphia. ~v Thi
' ifey: -W heat ; , and Wines
pastors, seen: 'bspeci'qUy 'thus* favored.- .■ [
Carver Washington. D.:C.~—Rey.l
35. Buell wrifes-bfi'’Jhii i 2s;:' i dFofc many weeks
Wj iufey&t has, liianifested itself in the
meetings bel', in. the. .chapel. regularly by the
chaplaih, Be V3> H. Parks! •'-Ih ! addition to
the regular ixejciSeSjhprayer-meetings have'J
been opeiied .ndiccihdulcted byithe brethren in-,
the reading-r om. God has graciously mani-1
fes.ted 'gc.to swe by filing some,pf.the.J
mbsihdSs'jiera e: ifed%TOnd(fnl!3'f(^oi , sa;kii theird
errors, and w ilk in the ‘paths of peace.’ Many
who had los the image of Jesus from their I
hearts by yie ding to.'the temptations that so
strongly bese ,'us in the army'haVe.anewigiven
themselves t( God. On : the first; Monday of
the month wejorganized the ‘ Carver Hospital
Christian Association,’ appointed our officers, |
of whom Chaplain J. H. Parks is our presi
dent, Lieufe M. B.'Holtonj and
C. W. BroWfij-; secretary v < Our’ re
cognize the claitnSi of all thetdptominktions of
which we pe nope it.ixnay.fbe
an instrument in the hand of Providence in
keeping many who may join ns from the wiles
of sin A
letter from Gen. Meade’s head-quarters says
there has been a degree of religious interest
to be the absorbing sensation. Many of the]
regiments and brigade protracted
meetings in their camps, which are said to be
largely
large number have already been hopefully]
converted.. Says a correspondent of the
regard to the]
good.work at Manchester the half lias not been.;
Earle is preaching there day and evening; but]
the meetings.haye long sincfe lost. their deno
minational aspect. All evangelical pastors;
; nd
largest liall m the city, with h.ll tne available
room-: fiHed,.witk».p£tr{i seats, r is found inade]
quate to accommodate the thousands who*
flock to the place of prayer. A fortnight after
these meetings begad there were at least 250 H
in the'anxious seats.-There rareijharked mil!
vals in progress in Thoisnt'omahd Salem, which
(have not been in youy
The Christian Era says of Fall River:—"We
are pleased to 1 l§arii''thaV t k)fJ-ihe very large
churcheb
in that city as the fruits of the revival one year
ago, nearly every oife 1 has' cbntinued steadfast;
thus illustrating-the
brought into churchesnunder strong religious
■excitement, 1 soonTeHi'lwayv Lambs of. the
flock'perish. hot slh'rnhehlr'oili thi ; hircumstani
ces of birth, as from subsequent want of
watchful 'shepherds,” '/ a:-- /, ' ' .a.;'?; :
ONE DAT IN A PASTOB’S LIFE.
Dr. Todd, of Pittsfield, Mass., gives the
readers of the Congregationqlist the fol
lowing account of one day in a: pastor’s
life:- . „ "• ■
It is Friday. Having-been hindered all
the week by; extra.' calls, 'I- set apart this
day to writing a semi on h oping to finish
it before Saturday, night comes.; ..v / ' ,
I rise at five o’clock. Let us see: four ,
letters , to write before breakfast; and none
But post
age is cheap; if pftper is dear. One. is to
inclose $2O from good Mrs. T. to the Tract
Society—-halfforsoldiers and half for sail
ors in the navy; : A'real pleasure to write
such a letter! A second to a young mat
jwfao iwrites me:,tfoat:jl shpultsendluin.'lS, 1
he being destitute,; home in Maine, his
father, a deacon, his mother very pious, and:
his minister’s name so-and-so, and he, too
modest to call an , person, and too consci
entious to work' whero people are wicked-!
He wants me to send! it at once to the post
office! 1 find that the man whom he names
Is not-the' -minister of that place. Does he,
think ine afool,, or. ministers in general,,
all fools ?. Well, ‘have answered the/letter
but about the $5, that is a secret of my.
own 1 ..The four..letters, aye answered, and ‘
now;'hrMkfaht" ahd''whrShfo!’ i 'if''^h'eii'‘gp"
out to seejmy horse “ , BilIy,” and examine
if he is all, right.. -ffordly out of-the barn,
beforeTain ealledin.'' "JL young man wanfo ’
,-tions. J-r.un; around, my,,.friends, without
success. , I then send him were I amsiifo
he* will find employment; ■ How for my
study and sermon. No, a gentleman from
another town wants to see me and “ talk
over” about a supply for their pulpit. I
mention the best man I can, and he is off
10 O'clock.
! di for J }ie / St , udy - fa man from a
that his chibi” f the towu sonds .foe word
to come at onS Ve s' sick > flmi wants me
So °Tmiv» b and see-it and Ihe.femilyJ
bl Blliy \ hasi »? help him on witTthe
harness, and we go and comp 'o
twelve“o»clocrt *-SrS-
L Write ! f llardly ' tardl 7"!
fc e , at swarm> of beed eohie oufaLd
'they are hangmg on the tree, and wonTI
please come and hive them, for he don’t
now how tS ma!iS%ettfeih- ji ißebHSnhet
and gioves! : I goovenand mounttbe lad-
P®? r Htobf ahd bringdown the
|>ees m- a'scibntific wav: ar.d bU ?h“®l
old-bex, hive, since JLangstrothfe,tis:!Bou in- ■
comparably better ? Well they Will do
niefebj'-lid# .
" 'rt ! 'p; r npw. : '^e. aMcT ,‘th'e' ilinne)'
*beli’ripgs!_ ! . ‘ Cau’t l eat very moderately
land write ties afternoon on my sermon,?,
Ah, no ! my family rtell. me-. that a young
ilady several miles off is to be buried at
»2 p’clocki:;; ; : l^e''bpl&nfed:^b,i , i |S^®t,,'ft? i ..
I'they, want
funeral.”' ■ Come, dpwn.tO/'dmnoV— hurry,
hurry, .or I shall be too’late. “Billy,'
why did-Itake the harnesss off? We must
goagaih' : -Billy.”. ' j
What a.fuheral! A.-young girl; beautiful,
and white ' asv a liliy,. lies in .that,/cofflny
, But what a respect paid to her 1 She had
beenia teacher the last .tfve years;—a. natural
teacher,; who. could.-subdueand draw all to
Tmany: young, :■ eyes , who '. were
tHere“to weep. l' How'mahy
have Teceived'impressions' -from .-her that
mil ’go floWn'into, the soul, and; help; form
' character IH'ow much seed hath her gen
tle hand sowed I' - What ,a; multitude to
attend fher funeral—at leSsjt'fifty,.carri
ages of one sort and another.; v Aind all the
regibn mbved. Shakers and all, to come to
h§£ bunall.How.mnch of charaqter/and re
spect can be earned 'in a few years, by’a
gentle': uhs£lfi3hy-laborious .Spirit'!', if any
rise up and' call'her blessed •! 1 A beautiful
flower, with dust of earth shaken from it
and now transplated to the, garden of the
Lord to:bloom forever, i ’--V-’
; Well j: T girt through: the services, 1 come
back and then; go up a mile north to the
cemetery,to be with thefamily as they de
posit: the dust there... It is how nearly
dark, as I reach my home.- Howjaded
and exhausted I feel! I wonder if other,
ministers get so tired.and weary?' We‘
have tea ahd ' and before I have
time to go mto. the garden, or to meditate
over! a single thought, the bell rings for
qur, evening meeting,;! I must'go to that.
There will be just about fifty presjnh—the •
same tried ones who ’hre always,; at' epr
prayer-meeting. —Every one of that fifty’
willyexpectinSe. toymeet.them
singmg>at>thegates'oMay.—They.alhsnp
pose that ie'
have had.to day! . How .canTbe otherwise
.tcTflgting, whenJhev come QtttniCTHMfefo
Tgcelve LiieiijrpreSßof suchaepufit omthei rs?
I hSed ‘ : a,! ( toWri ‘punip 'evei e:i t6- , 'Suek T
Howcan a* man -, wh’6 '''has i '!i6thihg’
but jbedherpasteji. fif, ft-gjejyt,, flock,sns be
at'everybody’s. call,;everfeel,weary ? Tell
ihg'jpl’jiy*?:; J"';; 1 , !1 r ' *
«■ :*ifiiie; in; the evening !
Anything more to-day ? ", Yes."!" Ajoung
minister has,gust- .
■ (only ! wish he wasialittle more——!).who
%ahts‘ a parish I 1 '•! give - him the best as
sistancein my.,power. , '
Now'.here ks<!|fiC^tera^ecor3‘of ,J 6he
day. Not one of the people with whom,!
have labored, with the exception of Mrs.
T. flock !
SSS&f n
would ■not- d O j and -which I am-no t willing:
to do,cheerffily.®l^fit I ?rhhfeJ‘ &Tl ! 'thi&while,:
is my 1 sermon B[ow little
will my people unilersland;'day after to
m6rhoiv;:qyfl;y';I i do' n'ot brihg a
setmpn«'thatds/originai, clear, instructive
that c Jhey cai^io|f tehb’uld theymot be-j
lieve 'thatiiheiritniiaister'.;does • .allc that. he
canf ahdhbngsfjy,intends ,tp ?,, ,1 aig notno w
spealmgpf : trffypeopie,Hbht;hf every com
gregation man
• r tohiiaißter to thefr; i P-‘
> Ar 1 dHiiPEL.
Messrs. FlDirdßs recently read
a letter describing a chapel.fusttefected at
Folly Illand, South Carolina, by aChap
lain of the Army, for thp, ush-of his bregi l
ment, and as the building is, I'think, with l
out parallel in Ecclesiastical Architecture,
I have taken the liberty of making some
extracts from uiy correspondent’s'descrip
tion,. for the .readers -ofoth f'lphiijrch Jour
hat'” ' i fhe' chapel,' abo’ht' forty' 1 feet’‘long
and eighteen , wide,’, is, constructed of the
wood and leaves of the Palmetto tree,
which grows i'n r great abundanfcfe on the Is-i
land. The sides, are made of these leaves,
somewhat in shape like a palm leaf, fas
tened after the manner of thatching; and
hanging loosely in ; graceful lines, they,;
wave and rustle with every passing breeze.
The reof is', a large piece of canvass.-
Eight arched windows give “dim reli
gious flight to the interior, .through pink
and white cambric muslin.; .The western:
• front is-built of* .whites pine ; slahs, .split from
the logs’ by.the meu 'ofohifo ':fogiment,, al
ternated ! with green Palmetto stalks to -fill
up : ‘the”interBtieesr"“The*‘door«is**’arehed,;
and cross, six.
feet high, ikUriu<fohiiiig.itEe?ridge of the
roof. At the eastern end is the change],
and though made of slabs and leaves, it
; and elaborate materials and workmanship. •
The four pillars of the altar are rough Pal-,
metfo logs, wreathed with evergreens and
holly. On the front'is a red hanging,:
in its centre a mqnogram of the Trinity!
made of wild grape vine, with the letters
I- H. 8.. in (what looks like) silver. : Over;
!the; holy table- is the Apostles’ Creed, ah'
Old English text, framed,'in magnolia
.leaves;, and' above this,,-in the,, peak, is, a
silver star on a The.
chancel rail, semiteircularfmtform, is made
of the natural grape vine, ingeniously and"
beautifully trained and worked: and the
lectern, in front of the rail, is supported by
twisted vines.
When competed, this unique chapel
EverWnT* f ° r F l 6 ? east of -Christmas.
y pillar, post rail and window was
hung, uot-with wreaths of evergreen, bS
> “ iusters Qf re({ holly-berries and blue
; elder-bernes abd purple wiid-granes and
large, beautiful, and unfading leaves of the
magnolia Over the ebancelareh,in green
lettera, is <the sentence: "The Lord i« in
with a,.white ImeO cloth: bordered with
sprigs of holly, with the bright red bercies
standing out from,the white background
The S rea .t «oral beadSpn asurfaee ofsn^
•correct tlFe C f ° St , df ' chapel, which in
: „"“ycmess of design wnn Id nio<n7
Church of the Nativi%yas'this fairy-like :
structure is appropriatelynamed, was
hield on Christmas Eve;; and the effect, when
'all its beauty wgs enriched with?-the light
ojf an hundred candles. makihg'the interior
'das brightas dajr> wasmagical .'On Christmas
Bay thetewbSr oficburse,'full service; the
Communipnrwas administered to seventeen
recipients. • ; .1 ■ .
; And add that the
Architect, Builde-r, Oecoratof r and I might
■also add, the Chief Workman, of this origi
nal church; in the Re v.'. Edgar T. Chapman,
Chaplain of the -169 th 1 Mew York Tolun
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