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The Pennsylvania Freedmen’s Asso
ciation held a meeting on Tuesday eve
ning of this week. The Academy of Music
was crowded in every part, showing the
very general interest felt in the condition
of the emancipated slaves by our citizens.
Bishop Simpson, of the Methodist
■ Church, presided. Prayer was offered by
Rev. Dr. Brainerd. Addresses were made
by J. M. McKim, Rev. P. Brooks and
Dr. Furness. Resolutions were of
fered by Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, recog
nizing the remarkable providence which is
bringing about the emancipation of four
million of slaves, commending the cause of
the freedmen to our Christian people, and
requestfng ministers to present the object
;.at an early day to their people.
The resole'ions were unanimously
adopted and the meeting adjourned.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
My good people, though far surpassed
in numbers by other congregations, were
not to be outdone in their kindness to their
minister. I had been laboring with them
but a few weeks—and then only as a tem
porary supply, when upon the shortest
notice, the two societies (Bock Stream
and Eddy TownN. Y.,) came together and
passed the afternoon and evening in a
most agreeable manner, as a kind of social
gathering with tlieir minister and his
wife; leaving substantial testimonials to
the amount of a hundred dollars and oyer,
of their liberal and kind feeling toward us;
-and our hearts more embarrassed with a
-sense of our obligation to th*em, than we
■have yet found time or words to express.
The magnitude of such favors, like the
widow’s mite, i 3 to be determined by con
siderations that cannot always be named:
they can be known only to God and a
small circle of his people. J. M. H.
SOUTHWARK CHURCH.
Rev. A. Re Witt, of Hoosick Falls,
New York, has accepted the unanimous
•call to this church, and will take charge on
-or before the Ist of April next.
INSTALLATION OP REV. J. S. WILLIS.
This service will take place next Sab
bath afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. J. G.
Butler will preside and preach the sermon.
Rev. Daniel March will deliver the charge
to the pastor, "and Rev. Th. S. Johnston
the charge to the people.
AN APPEAL FOR THE EDUCATION
CAUSE.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church having recommended each congrega
tion connected with it to make an annual con
tribution for the cause of Education for the
Ministry, the following statements are submit
ted to* ministers and churches, in the hope of
exciting an enlarged interest and liberality in
its behalf.
The General Assembly, as the representa
tives of the whole Presbyterian Church, has
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instituted a set of arrangements for spreading
the gospel, in which it invites the hearty co
operation of all its Presbyteries, Sessions, con
gregations, ministers, and individual mem
bers; and a deep and becoming impression of
the intrinsic importance and the wise adapta
tion and efficiency of these arrangements; and
a true spirit of loyalty to the church, should
secure that co-operation.
Among these arrangements, the first in na
tural order and necessity is the plan for in
creasing the numbers and improving the char
acter of the Christian ministry; for without a
sufficient and suitable ministry there cannot
be pastors, supplies, home and foreign mission
aries, and other necessary agents for spread
ing the gospel.
Our Church will need to give due attention
to increasing the ministry till she has fulfilled
her full share of responsibility under the Great
Commission. No year passes which does not
open to her new fields which she should enter,
andcultivate diligently. The call from the une
vangelized world comes as urgently as ever;
and in the opening states and territories of the,
Northwest there is an increasing and not a
diminishing want of good and faithful minis
ters. The correspondence of our Committee
on Home Missions constantly Confirms this
statement.
From what the war has already done in
opening new fields for our church to occupy,
fhe assurance is certain that it cannot close
without affording her still wider opportuni
ties for usefulness, and devolving on her still
weightier responsibilities in the work of home
missions. And whence shall the home mis
sionaries come for this new call?
Our country is so extended, its settlements
so rapid, the strides of civilization so great,
and such vast regions yet remain to be filled
up, that the spiritual destitution of our land
cannot be supplied by the old methods of mis
sionary operations. Special efforts to increase
the ministry are a pressing necessity at present,
and will be more so in the future.
Experience has demonstrated that a perma
nent ministry sufficient for our new settlements
cannot be transferred from the older sections
of the country, and that a main dependence
for the needed supply must be the enlisting of
our newer churches in the work of training up
their own ministers. They can furnish the
men and part of the means, but need assistance
in educating them.
Inquiry is often made for facts showing the
importance of this Cause, hrid they are not
wanting in either numbers or weight.
The first is, that the history of the church
proves that she cannot expect Christ’s bless
ing while disobeying his command to preach
his gospel; and she cannot obey it without
training up ministers. She cannot have mis
sions without missionaries.
Many highly honored and useful ministers,
laboring in the most responsible positions, in
ordinary pastorates, on the missionary field,
and in other spheres of evangelical labor, re
ceived assistance while pursuing their studies.
One half of the missionaries of the American .
Board and bhe~fhircP6f Hie' iMfiistiy' of’the e
Congregational and New School Presbyterian
Churches; two thirds of the missionaries of
the Old School Foreign Board,And one half
of the home ministry of that Church, were
assisted in obtaining their education; and what
these ministers have been enabled to do in
carrying the gospel abroad, in civilizing the
heathen, in reforming corrupt systems of
Christianity, in planting churches and estab
lishing the institutions of the gospel,%rid in
converting souls at- home -and abroad, forms
the basis on which the Education cause makes
its appeal for support.
The General Assembly’s Permanent Com
mittee have now under their care nearly one
hundred students in Auburn, Lane, and Union
Theological Seminaries) and in Union, Yale,
Hamilton, Western Reserve, Marietta, Wa
bash, and Knox Colleges, Michigan'Univer
sity, and in several academies. This number
is much smaller than it would have been had
not the war drawn heavily on our colleges for
soldiers. These young men are well recom
mended by their Presbyteries and teachers for
Christian character, capacity, industry, pro
ficiency in study, _ prudence, economy, and
' general good promise. Their trials are many
and great, and they need and deserve assist
ance. They are struggling to help themselves.
We cannot encourage them to create debts;
if they continue to study as they should, they
cannot labor much for their own support; if
the church requires tlieir services she must
aid them; and what she does should be done
without unnecessary delay, and in that cheer
ful and liberal spirit which so important a work
demands. 2 he strongest reason for aiding these
students grows not out of sympathy for their
trials and wants, bid out of the fact that church
has need of their services. Bounties and outfits
have been liberally given to soldiers, not to
benefit them, but to enable them to serve their
country; and for a similar reason the Church
should liberally aid her candidates for the
ministry. They have devoted themselves to
her welfare, and it is but just that she should
aid them in qualifying themselves for their
work. The great advance in the cost of living
adds force and urgency to this plea. Their lim
ited and diminished receipts barely availed
with the most stringent economy to cany
them forward when everything was cheaper
than at present, and such receipts are wholly
inadequate in the existing posture of affairs.
If the Church cannot enlarge the rate of ap
propriation, she at any rate should exert her
self to pay the present rate infdll, as her Per
manent Committee is endeavoring to v do.
On the ground of these and other’ facts, a
strong appeal is now made for the Education
cause. We ask for it the interest of ministers,
of Christian parents, of Sabbath school teach
ers, and of Christian young men, the sons of
the rich as well, as the poor. And as our
Church requires its.ministers to be educated,
we ask liberal contributions that such young
men as need assistance and show, themselves
worthy of it, may beAssisted.
We ask that contributions maybe promptly
made and forwarded without delay to the
Treasurer, J. W. Benedict, 128 Broadway,
New York-
Presbyterian Rooms 150 Nassau St. ',
February 8,1864.
More Donations, &c. Rev. T. Ralston
Smith received from his people of the
Seventh Church, N. Y., recently, $520.
The Central Church Auburn, but two
years old, have liberally increased the
pastor’s salaiy, and besides made a gene
rous present to Ms family.— Rev. Wm. N.
Sayre received from the church of Pine
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1864.
Plains, N. Y., $240. This was the
thirtieth annual donation visit. The
Olean Church furnished a substitute for
their pastor, Rev. J. B. Beaumont, who
was drafted, at a cost of $3lO. — Rev. J. B.
McCreary, of Groat Pend, Pa., received
about $2OO, from his people.—Rev. G. L.
Foster, of Cold Water, Mich., received
$240. —Rev. M. N. Preston, of Skanea
teles, N. Y., received $l9O. — Rev. Andrew
Parsons, of Richfield Spings, N. Y., re
ceived $lOO.
Revivals. —Twenty persons have re
cently united with the church in Peoria,
as the fruits of a work of grace, which
commenced there in November last. The
awakening was principally among chil
dren and youth, from ten to twenty years
of age.—The Evangelist learns that the
church in Olean, N. Y., under the pasto
ral care of Rev. J. B. Beaumont, has beeh
enjoying a precious season of revival. A
considerable number have been converted,
chiefly from the Sabbath school: And a
healthful interest still continues.—Rev.,
Geo. C. Noyes, of La Porte, Ind., writes
“We are having a very interesting revi
val, something over twenty conversions in'
my own church—and the work is daily
increasing in interest and in power.”—
The Presbyterian Church and congrega
tion in Pine Plains, N. Y., are enjoying
at the present time a season of precious
religious interest. Six persons were
added to the church the last Sabbath in
November, and twenty-six more the fourth
Sabbath in January, on profession. Seve
ral others are under the care of the Ses
sion of the Church, who are expected to
make a public profession of their faith the
next communion. Several of those who
were added to the church were heads of
families, from forty to seventy years of
age. f
First Crurch St. Louis Mo.—Dr. Nel
son, pastor of this church, made an ap
peal to his congregation a few Sabbaths
since in behalf of Home Missions, espe- 1
“dally in tlfee
and Synod of Missouri. Donations and
subscriptions were made to the amount of
$2,000. This was truly a handsome con
tribution from a church in a community
so much distracted, as St. Louis has been
for the last three years. The Evangelist
says: "The Home Missionary Committee
are prepared to send more Missionaries
into Missouri as soon as the right men can
be found.”
Ministerial Movements. — Rev. Henry
A. Riley, of Montrose, Pa., after an ac
ceptable pastorate of a quarter of a cen
tury, has resigned the charge of the
church in that place, on account of failing
health.— Rev. Fred. K. Judd, has been
compelled, from ill health, to resign , the
charge of the Brick Church, of Parsippany,
N. J. He is temporarily supplying the
pulpit ofjlev. G. A. Howard, of Catskill,
who is engaged in presenting the claims
of the Publication Cause to the Churches.—.
Rev. Wm. Ellery, has removed from Burr
Oak, Mich., to Troy, 111.—Rev. Darwija,
Chichester was installed pastor of the
church at Burdett, N. Y., January 27th.
Commissioners to General-Assembly.—
The Presbytery of Utica has appointed
Rev. T. B. Jervis, and Rev. Chester
Fitch principals, and Rev. T. D. Hunt
and M. E. Dunham alternates. Lay dele
gates : M. Brayton and L. T. Miner; alte
nates: D. Holton and C. Bishop. Che
mung has appointed Rev. George C. Cur
tis commissioner, and Rev. George Spal
ding his alternate. S. Benjamin, Esq.,
of the First Presbyterian Church, Elmira,
was chosen lay commissioner, and Dr. E.
BrowD, of Burdett, his alternate.
The people of Buttonwood St. Church,
recently evinced their' cordial regard for
their pastor, Rev. T. J. Shepherd, by the
very handsome gift of one thousand dollars.
The presentation took place just before the
close of the services on Monday, Feb
ruary Ist, when very unexpectedly to
Mr. Shepherd, a member of the congrega-*
tion arose, and apologizing for the inter
ruption, after a few suitable remarks
placed an envelope containing the above
amount, in the pastor’s hands. A silver
cup was also presented to the pastor’s
wife, in behalf of the congregation, by Rev.
Dr. Cox, who was present. Dr. C., per
formed his part in Ms most happy and
humorous manner. Mr. Shepherd warm
ly and affectionately responded from the
pulpit on the following Sabbath, to this
expression of the regard of his people.
One of the objects contemplated by the
ODR CITY CHURCHES.
contributors was to furnish the pastor
with means for a trip to Palestine, which
%hey hope he may be to accomplish during
his next vacation.
Rev. James S. Willis, pastor elect of the
Western Presbyterian Church, was re
ceived from the Philadelphia Conference
of the M. E. Church into the Third Pres
bytery, at a meeting held February 10th,
and arrangements for his installation to
take place next Sabbath afternoon, were
made.
At a meeting of the Presbytery of Lon
don, held January 12th, Dr. Hamilton re
ported that the committe appointed to
meet with Dr. Jenkins, late minister of
Calvary Church, Philadelphia, had met
with him, examined his certificate, found
that he was prepared to sign the West
minister Confession of Faith, and the
Ministers’ Formula of thp English Pres
byterian Church, and recommended that
■his application to be received as a minis
ter of this Church should be sent on to
the Synod in the usual way. To this re
commendation the Presbytery unanimous
ly agreed, and appointed Dr. Hamilton and
Mr. Ballantyne to appear before the
Synod in support of the application.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,
Very early in the week, a most respecta
ble delegation of clergymen and laymen
made their appearance in- the Capitol.
They were the representatives of a conven
tion recently held in Allegheny City, the
purpose of which was to petition Congress
to take measures to amend the Constitu
tion so as. to recognize the existence of God,
his government of men and the truth of
Christianity. The delegation was headed
by the Rey. Dr. Mcllvalue of Princeton,
and consisted of Rev. Dr. Pressly of-
Pittsburgh, Rev. Dr. Page of Allegheny
City, Rev. Mr. Sloan of New York and
others.
After the preparation of their memorial
and address, it was resolved to wait upon
„the President of the United States, and
!KtjdeStrffiia , 'tb" J eail'the attention'tMMdon- ■
gress in a special message to this subject.
It was arranged that the delegation
should wait upon the President at the
Executive Mansion, at Si P. M., on Wed
nesday.
At the appointed hour, the delegation,
a- long , line, of venerable, black-coated,
white-cravated gentlemen, were seen
walking, with the most solemn step to the
house of our chief magistrate. They were
soon ushered into the ante-room, and
studied for some fifteen minutes, the map of
Europe hanging, like a huge black-board
on., the wall. This is, I suppose, to
remind each visitor of the hole of the pit
from whence we were- digged —and to
increase our gratitude for the “best
government the world ever saw.” (By
the ? way, cannot some man of genius
invent, or suggest some new order of
words; some fresh sentence expressing
the sentiment that Time’s best gift was the
fast? It would be a great relief to men
of taste, and a precious boon to the
.of Congress.)
i. At length the door was thrown open,
and we were invited to enter the Presi
dent’s room. The apartment is plainly
furnished, with library, desks, tables and
sofas. The President was alone.' We
advanced and in order were introduced by
name. The President shook each one by
the hand, and turned back to his chair
and waited for the commencement of the
address. With eyes fixed on the floor,
never raising them—surrounded by forty
spectators, with the humility of a boy
before his teacher, he listened.
The paper was read by Dr. Mcllvaine.
It is a forcible and earnest protest against
the reckless and thoughtless infidelity of
the past. An address followed, by the
same gentleman,, which was touching,
loyal, eloquent, but too long. During
the entire reading and speech, the Presi
dent looked only on the carpet. When it
was ended, he looked around and in a very
'few words replied. He assured the
committee that “he would give the subject
the-most serious attention. He could not
now say what he would do, for it was one of
the gravest matters that could be brought
before him. But this much he would
promise; to study the paper, and act as
he thought duty required.” He then
turned back to his table, and with an
emphatic, if not an impatient gesture,
placed the paper under a marble weight,
looked around at us, rubbed his hands—his
face and manner saying: “Gentlemen,
time is precious, make short work and go.”
We again advanced, took his hand, blessed
Genesee £j^ ran S e Ust, No. 926.
him, more than one venerable mau u *' tere<^
» OqV
a prayer over it, and departed. The ».
of the President is of one exhausted, whose
nervous energy has been drawn up to its
utmost tension, and as if a little more
will snap the cords of life.
His manner is of one reared in Western
scenes and schools, —honest, open-hearted
and frank. The world and years have
not hardened his moral nature—but he
retains all the fresh affection, the ardent
sympathies and unselfish likes of a boy.
He is eminently pure and temperate in
life.
May he long be spared !
The doings in Congress have been of more
than usual interest, and the debates spicy.
The enemies of the government become less
and less defiant. No important conclu
sion has yet been reached, but this is a
working, earnest Congress; little time is
,spent in buncombe speaking. J. J, M.
Washington Feb. 13th, 1864.
PEOM OUR ROCHESTER OOEBESPON
DIUT.
TEMPERANCE REVIVAL.
This is one of the themes upon which
we have been desiring to write for several
weeks. And our terms are chosen with
special reference to the state of things in
Central and NorthemNew York. Thereis
there a real and extensive revival of interest
and action in the temperance cause. Good
people have seen with pain a great in
crease of intemperance in the past few
years. They have seen more especially
what sad havoc the war was making with
our young men in this respect, and they
have been studying and praying to know
whfit might be done to arrest the growing
evil. They have seen no way but to re
turn to the "old paths”.—to hold tempe
rance meetings, get temperance speakers,
and begin again to portray the evils of in
temperance, and get such as may be
reached, to come again under the power
of the old pledge, to touch not, taste not,
handle not, the accursed thing which is doing
so much mischief. ■ . ,
The New York State Temperance'So
ciety has recently held a spirited • and in
teresting anniversary meeting in Utica.
The officers elected for the ensuing year
are as follows: - , . •
President.—Charles Hathaway, ■ Esq.,
of Delhi.
Vice Presidents.—Hon. W. J. Bacon,
Utica; Lyman Burnett, Troy; J. Rider,
Jamaica, L. I.; Orin Sage, Esq., Ro
chester; Harvey Edwards, Esq., Onon
daga. *
Executive Committee.—Hon. J. Foote,
Hamilton; C. C. Leigh, New York; C.
W. Cushing, Troy; Rev. W. E. Knox,
Rome; Rev: W. H. Goodwin, D. D., Ge
neva.
We givef also the substance of the reso
lutions passed on the occasion:—
Resolved, That the fact that our nation
is involved in a warfare for preserving the
life of the Government, is so far from fur
nishing any good excuse for a decrease of
zeal in promoting the cause of temperance,
that it furnishes additional inducements
for increasing our efforts for suppressing
intemperance—for when our soldiers re
turn we may expect the tide of intempe
rance will deluge the land, unless met by
counteracting influences; and the loyal
and philanthropic are loudly called upon
to awake from their apathy, and come to
the rescue of our children and youth from
the greatest scourge that a Holy God
ever suffered to visit our siu-stricken world.
Resolved, That the efforts of the sober
portion of community should be perse
veringly employed for the overthrow of
the system of licensing the sale of intoxi
cating beverages.
Resolved, That there would be as 'much
consistency in licensing gamblers, counter
feiting and houses of ill-fame, with a view
of suppressing those vices, as in licensing
persons to sell intoxicating drinks with the
view of suppressing intemperance.
Resolved, That clergymen and all moral
citizens are earnestly requested to organize
temperance societies on the old basis in
all our cities, towns and villages.
Resolved, That our State Secretary be
requested to issue a circular, to be mailed
to clergymen and friends of the cause,
urging them to immediate action in this
regard.
The meeting lasted through a good part
of two days; was attended by leading-and
influential men,, as tbe names of Judge
Bacon, Dr. Fowles and Rev. Mr. Camp
bell, of Utica, alone will testify; and elo
quent words moved all hearts to the firm
resolve to return once more to the old way
of hard work to stay the evils of intempe
rance. While appetite and avarice remain,
nothing but hard work will accomplish the
needed reform.
We have before spoken of a similar
quickening on this subject in St. Lawrence
County; and we have more recently no
ticed that meetings o'f great interest have
TERMS.
By mail $2.00 per annum in advance.
“ “ . 2.50 “ “ after 3 months.
By carrier 50 cents additional for delivery.
CLUBS.
Ten or more papers sent by mail to one
church or locality, or in the city to one address,
By mail $1.50 per annum.
By carriers 2.00 “ “
To save trouble, club subscriptions must
commence at the same date, be paid strictly in
advance, in a single remittance, for which one
receipt will be returned.
Ministers and ministers’ widows supplied at
club rates. Home missionaries at $l.OO per
annum.
Postage. Five cents quarterly in advance, to
be paid by subscribers at the office of delivery.
been held in Rome, in Little Falls, and
other places. Rev. W. E. Knox, of Rome,
Revs. D. W. Bristol, S. W. Campbell,
and W ' C - Steel > of TOca . ha^e all been
doing g^ d serv^ce in addressing such
meetings. Su7 ** time something
more were being m? 110 uiighty
tide of intemperance war is
rolling in upon us, to save OiZ r J oun S men
from utter demoralization and rnf n -
ELMIRA FEMALE COLLEGE.
A movement is on foot to endow this
excellent institution. If it shall prove
successful, it will be a grand work accom
plished for the interests of female educa
tion, and a splendid improvement secured
for Southern New York generally, and for
the beautiful village of Elmira in particu
lar.
This institution has a regular College
Charter from the Legislature of the State,
and is intended for a first class Female
Seminary. It is designed to stand as
high as the highest in the land, in respect
to all its appointments, conveniences, and
advantages. The location is beautiful.
It already has a fine property in build
ings, grounds, library, and apparatus. It
has an able and competent faculty; we
regard the President as eminently qua
lified for this post;—but it needs a more
liberal endowment.
To effect this, petitions have been exten
sively circulated and signed in all this part
of the State, asking the Legislature to ap
propriate $50,000 in aid of this institution,
on the same principal upon which moneys
have often been given by the State to onr
colleges for boys. And we believe that a
further private effort is intended by which
it is hoped that another $50,000 may be
raised so as to make the endowment more
complete. It will rejoice the true friends
of highest female education if this project
shall be entirely successful:-
This institution is not sectarian; and
yet it-is under the care, supervision, and
patronage of the Synod of Geneva, within,
whose bounds it is located. It is intend
ed as a Christian college; and the faculty
aim at nothing less than a genuine Chris
tian education for all its pupils—thorough
in literature and sound in morals; and
we do not see why the Legislature may
not as well aid this college as any other.
We sincerely hope they may.
ROCHESTER S. S. UNION.
The 31st Anniversary meeting of this
society, was recently held in this city.
The reports presented of the labors ac
complished in the last year, show that it
is a working institution, and has been
greatly favored of the Lord. We doubt if
there is any city in the land where the
Sunday School cause has a firmer hold of
the affections of the people, or where Sun
day School teachers work more earnestly
in its behalf.
There are, iu all, forty-two Protestant
schools in the city. Reports were receiv
ed from twenty-seven of these, embracing
841 teachers and 1,191 scholars, with an
average attendanoe of 518 teachers and
4,396 scholars. Of teachers and scholars,
belonging to these schools, nearly 800 are
reported as having been received into the
churches on profession of their faith in the
past year.
LIBERALITY.
The Presbyterian Church in Sherburne,
Chenango Co., embracing about 150 mem
bers, gave last year to Foreign Missions
the handsome sum of $6OO. We know
many churches well able to give twice as
much, who nevertheless fall far below this
standard. But they do the thing on prin
ciple, and by system in Sherburne, and
hence do so well.
Revivals. —We hear of quickening in
many directions, the beginning, at least,
of better things; as in Newark, Palmyra,
and Webster, in this vicinity; Coming
Olean, and other places farther away.
Some speeial interest is also reported in
Lafayette St. Church, Buffalo, and a de
cided quickening in Smyrna, Chenango
Co. We look for still larger mercies as
near at hand.
Call declined. —Rev. Dr. Hogarth, of
Detroit, declines the call of the Plymouth
Church in this city. It would have re
joiced many excellent hearts in this place,
if he had been able to come, while it would
have pained quite as many to lose him
from Detroit. We do not wonder that he.
could not leave his present charge; but
we sincerely hope that Plymouth Church
will soon get some man just as good as he.
They are worthy of one of the best.
Rochester, Feb. 12th, 1864.
Genesee.