RELIGIOUS WORLD ABROAD.
GREAT BRITAIN
Tile Declaration of the Clergy of the
~ 6 1 ,1iiiished Church to the effect that the
bunch holds to the Orthodox views of
n siriration and eternalpunishment, not
-ithstanding be late decision of the
rivy Council to the contrary, has been
igned, we are happy to say, by a con
iderable majority of the clergy. Hence,
hatcver may be thought of tho Privy
'ouncil, the Church itself must be re
anted as unfortunate in its connection
vith the State, rather than guilty of
postacy from the truth. Yet if these
oinisters consent to remain under the
ontrol of the State authorities and to
urronder their dioceses and pulpits to
.uch pernicious and soul-destroying in
-
acmes as under the decision of this
'ouncil must be expected to prevail,
heir protestations will be regarded by
he rest of Christendom as empty forms,
nd their declaration-of orthodoxy will
e judged insincere. Either the Angle
an Church must obtain from the gov-
Inment, the power of discipline, or; to
laintain her claims to a place among
.vangelical churches, her clergy must
bandon the protection of the State and
,o into the ranks ef,P,issent. In ,Amer
a. we arc deePly - bilk:Tested in this
rnggle bet ben the strong aristocratic
•anings of the cultivated Englishman
rid the love of truth in the breast of
IC true Christian. We earnestly hope
at the latter, in some way, will
ecdily triumph.
Tee opinion given by sundry low
er,. that the signing of the declaratiOn
as virtually.rehellion against the goy
nment, has been met by an opposite
)inion given by the Attorney-General
.id Sir Hugh Cairns, on the ground of
e distinction to he drawn between the
dgment pronounced and the reason
. g of members of the Privy. Council on
basis of such judgment.
Open Air Services in London.—The re
oil of the London Diocesan Church
ission on this subject says, that the
•stimonies which they continue to ro
:ive from incumbents of parishes of
e good effects produced by these ser
cos are satisfactory; it is indeed a
ork of highly missionary character,
squiring both physical strength and
oat moral courage, and which nothing
mull. long sustain but a truly apostolic
al ; it is to emulate the preachers of
e Reformation at Pani's Cross, and to
',Rate the example of the Great
eacher who taught the multitudes on
e sea-shore, on the mountain slope, or
.
the streets of Capernaum, and whom
is common people heard gladly. More
tan fifty clergymen. invited by letters
the nenie of the Bispop of London,.
eve been induced to offer themselves
illingly to preach to the people in the
emotest parts of the metropolis.
mongst them Several of the incumbents
, f large parishes aro willing to add to
heir overwhelming labors at home the
chlitional exertion of aiding the great
hji.Pth of the 17ioeesar4 Church Mission.
Wesleyan Jubilee Fund.—The total of
ontributions promised to this fund,
, a ore than a month ago, was £160,000,
r ROO,OOO. The I . Vesleyans ofK,
og
nd have over half' :a mitlien :Fictial;ars
nd over 90,000 teachers in their Sab
ath schools.
British and Foreign Bible Society
ilw annum meeting of this Society was
hell May 4.1,11,,..,in, Exeter Hall,- Lord
'hurl:col:Mil , 'presiding. The Rev. Mr.
lekson, the Secretary, read the report,
tom which it appeared that the total
.tceiptst from the 'ordinary source of in
ttne had amounted to £168,905 45., be- .
g £1,221 2s. 3d. more than in any for- .
er year. To the above must be added
le sum of 7701. 114 s. 11d. for the Chinese
- 3w Testament' Fund, and 271. 13s. Bd.
• the special fund for India; Making
;rand total of 169.7031. 17s. 7: The
isles of the Society for the year were
follows : From the depot at home,
'9,767; from depots abroad, 645,351
4al, 2,495,118 copies. The total is
of the Seciety now amount to 45,-
•,452 copies.
ish Anniversaries.—The " Irish So
'," an Educational enterprise under
,gelioal auspices, reports an income
.51878, an increase of £7OO on last
,• Over 13,000 children have passed
,• ,-t ion at the schools. It was stated
o only part of the Bible over put
, and in Irish, by the Church of Rome,
the Pentateuch, and that at 10s., a
• that put it far beyond the reach of
1 peasants.—The Irish Church 311s
reports an income of X 26,073, an in
se of 41300.—The Church, Education
f y reports £43,702, a diminution.
ls; 69,608.—The Sunday School So
pursues-its good work in peace and
The total number of' schools in
ition with,the Society on the Ist
'nary, 1864,' was 2555, which were
led by 203,056 scholars, and 19,053
itous,teachers. Of the total num
" the - Scholars 136,307 were report
be reading in the Bible or Testa
and 57,360 to be adults above the
fifteen years.—The Hibernian Bi
:ety reported its issues . at 75,297
of the Scriptures, showing an in
of
325 copies over the issue of the
ing year, and making the, total is
ice the commencement of the 50•,164,882
•,164,882 copies. The income of
)eiety continues to be steadily
pined.—The Protestant Orphan So
li:weed an income of £4633, be
increase : of £ll6 over last year.
umber of orphans at present sup
f, by ~tbe, .Society is 432 on the
,Lion; and thirty supernumeraries.
stated,jmOustration of the ac
of,the Church of Rome, that pre
to 1855 there were twenty or
'es of that,,Murch in Dublin.
then four haVe ' been established;
i a -. 1 30 i a q , cifhtbesevfciunded in -1856,.1
1 Aron* 4.4bey.s. and girls;,in the
;y-four there are 3500.—The con- i
ions to the 4.s'ocioty fpx he. Pr.vgga
the 90,spe_V iv eit 4-9•8 1 .4; - ' sligisLiPg
2eaS4 (If AlOl3 - ;—Tite -- ;130le Oblppe-'.
_. . _
Society_ ,of
,Irelmd has just, been .
' with "branches;'Ahree-! one-in
Derry, one in Dublin ancLone in Belfast.
Each branch has a committee, an office,
and agents of its own. The three have
divided the whole island among them,
and proclaim their purpose to convert
it with the Word of God and a healthful
religious literature. Daring the past
year the Derry branch circulated 4,239
Bibles and Testaments, 65 Psalm books,
17 commentaries on the Bible, and 3,352
religious books. One colporteur sold
Bibles and other books to the amount of
£129 17s. 2.4:d. The Weekly Review re
gards this as " one of the most impor
tant agencies for the spread of truth in
that land."
IRANCE.
The Reformed Church and.M. Cocquerel.
is gratifying to see the Reformed
Church of France vindicating, in so
decided a manner, her fidelity to the
principles of •the Gospel. rt is not a
little remarkable to find a protestant
church under a Papal government,
upon which it is to some degree de
pendent, giving clearer and more au
thoritb,tive proofs of soundness than a
Protestant State church under - a Pro
testant government is permitted to give..
After the Consistory of Paris bad sus
tained the decision of the Presbyterial
Council in. excluding M. Coquerel from
the pulpit, not only did the secular press
espouse the cause of the infidel preacher,
but the Consistory of Nismes. protested
against the action of the Council of
Paris, as subversive of the great princi
ples of Protestantism The agitation
now spread through the Protestant
Church of France. Consistory took
rank against consistory. Address fol
lowed address. The cry of the infidel
or semi-infidel mob, washed or un washed,
was with M. Coquerel and his followers ;
but it remained to be seen on whieh
side the French Protestant church, as a
whole, would declare itself. An oppor:
tunity for so doing, in an emphatic and_
unmistakeable manner, was presented'
by the meeting of the. Annual Confer
ences of the Reformed French Church,
which took place in Paris in April.
The muster was strong, about 200 voting
members being, present at the General
Conferences. The discussion was pro
tracted, and nineteen of the sceptical
party left the place before the vote was
taken. The question in debate was
this : " Are not the existence of any
church, and the rights of the faithful,
endangered by unlimited freedom of
religious teaching?" It was decided by
a vote of 1130 to 6 that " the authority
given to the palitors by their sacred
ministry resides entirely in the con.:
fbrrnity of their teaching with the
declarations of the Holy Scriptures, and
particularly in the fundamental doc
trines of the divinity of Jesus Christ
and Redemption, which the universal
Christian Church has always considered
as evidently contained in the Bible, and'
which are expressed in all Protestant
liturgies; and that, consequently, it is
an abuse,of powerand 1. 4 . 11 ' ; ` . t'STr^
60 take advamtagt
illiillstei' of JR.'su
Christian Church, in order to prop igatc,
directly or indirectly, doctrines contrary
thereto." In the Special li!eforined Con
ferences, composed exclusively ofpastors
and elders of the Teforrned.'llational
Church, a similar view was adopted- by
141 against 23.
'lt is a matter of some interest to know
that in the latter_ body, the statement
of the majority was:presented and el&
quo n tly s ded by the t'elebrated
Guizot. The posititar of -•this,Aistin
cr
b uished man -has been rendered some
what doubtfUl by his conduct in refer:.
ence to the ration alie.t (Geneva) version
of. the ScriptureS. He still retains the
Presidency of the Bible Society which
adopted that version, and from which
the evangelical ministry has withdrawn.
At the late anniversary of that society,
M. Guizot, according to the correspond
ent of the Christian Work, sat sur
rounded .by rationalists, and. was the
only orthodox speaker. In the COn
, ference above mentioned, he brotight in
tbereport which was adepted, and which
contains the following important and
ably stated position :
" We also hold as firmly as any, both
for'those who think differently from us,
as well as for ourselves, the tutelar;
principle of religious liberty. In virtue
of this principle every ono is free to pro
fess openly what he believes, and to
unite with those who are like-minded;
but we cannot understand what a Church
would be in which there were no points
of common faith, and -in which the
most divergent creeds, or even the most
contradictory, might be indifferently
professed. Such a state of things would
not be the exercise of religious liberty,
but the destruction of all religions society,
which needs, more than any other soci
ety, close and serious sympathy."
In the course of hiS eloquent, speech,
Guizot said :—" I call your attention_ to
the capital and supremo fact of the.
present situation. Look around; the
attackon the foundations of the Christian
faith is everywhere appatient, in Germa
ny, Switzerland;, Holland, : England;
France. Some say they have no fear,
nor have I; so that those who defend
the citadel reply to those who atts.ek.it;
so long as the-faithful are not indolent
and inert in presence of the active and
zealous infidels."
The position of the Reformed Church
of France 'and its ablest`leaders, taken
amid a storm of opposition and obloquy,
is fixed, clear, decisive, for the great
principles of the' Reformation. It is a
fact worthy of devout gratitude to God,
in these days of defection, equivocation
and apostasy.
A single other phase of M. Coquerel's
case is reported in the Christian Work,
and is of interest as showing the unscru
pulous means used by his friends. Da
ring the trial of the appeal taken by
pastor Martin-Pashaud from the decision
of the Council to the Consistory, the
5,000 signatures to a protestation in
favor of Pastor A. Coquerel, junior,
were brought in a folio register by_a
-pastor; he was asked if he, intended, to
deposit it officially in the hands ortlie
nonsistory,; hn replied negatively. lie
11•4,u . JUNE 2, 1864
was then requested to - declare if it had
not come to his knowledge that signa
tures had bee obtained surreptitiously
from Roman Catholics, Lutherans, wo
men and children, who, when better
informed, had expressed their regret at
having signed without understanding
what they did. He gave no direct
answer, and severe blame was pro
nounced on the whole matter by a
venerable member.
The Evangelical Alliance Of France has
recently hold its annual meeting. Its
receipts have been 5600 francs; and ex
penses 3900. Its chief work during the
year has been its effort, so happily
crowned with success, for the release of
Matamoras and his fellow Christians
from the Spanish prisons ; and the
signature by 800 French pastors of an
address to American Christians, expres
sing sympathy with those who are
against slavery. It also produced 4000
signatures from clergymen in England.
In Ulster, Canton of Zurich, a preacher
openly accused,of the rankest infidelity'
and making 'no attempt to refute the
accusation, was elected ,Pastor- of the
"Evangelical Reformed Church," by 865
votes against 145 • and in the very:church
in which the result was' preClaim - e'd there
resounded, acclamations -which 'shook.
the windows,' as some eye -Witnesses
have observed. In the evening they had
a serenade, rockets and blue-lights in
honor of the new nominee.
The Evangelical Alliance, which met
in Berlin, - March 10, was honored by the
presence of the Queen of Prussia. Drs.
lirummacher, Nitzseh, Reuss, and many
others were present. There was also
present an ex-bishop of the Catholic
Church, Count von Sedlitztag, formerly
Prince-Bishop of Silesia, who, not long
ago came over to Protestantism, and is
now one of the most zealouslurtherers
of all our religions undertakingS: He
has recently, at considerable cost, found
ed in Berlin an institution for the educa
tion of young theologians, which is
called the 6: Paulinian," and is now in
operation.
The meeting concluded with an ad
dress from Dr. Hoffmann respecting the
Protestant Armenians, which conveyed
much valuable information respecting
:the Mission among this remarkable peo
ple, in which the present King takes
especial interest, having made a donation
of 2000 thalers to its funds.
Aid to suffering Soldiers.—A meeting
took place in Berlin, March ifith, which
was attended by several members of the
royal family.
at whioh the _Celebrated
father, of the German Home Mission, Dr.
Wiehern, gave a most graphic account
of the great efforts noW being made to
furnish the soldiers of the. allied armies
with Bibles and good books, and to give
both to the wouuded and healthy among
`them, the spiritual an.d physical help
they require. The enthuSiastic interest
'taken throughout Gerthany in this war,
and large contributions daily:in:A to
provide for the comforts of the army in
the field.
PRESBYTERIAN PUBLIOATION COM-
. •
ATTRACT OF TILE 12TH ANNUAL REPORT
MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
1564, AT DAYTON, OHIO.
The Annual Report of the Presbyte•
rian Publication Committee, made to
the General Assembly at'Dayton, Ohio,
ally 20th, 1864, is of , a very - cheering
charaCter. The advance in, the Corn.
mit'tee's work dufing the past year, and'
the hopefulness of its future, are subjects
of congratulation to the denomination.
•
The Committee, sirtoe.their last Re
port, have added to their list the follow
ing Tracts and Books:
TRACTS OF TUE FIRST SERIES, 12 mo.‘--
Ho 12. The Sovereignty of God. By
the Rev. Jacob Helffenstein, D. D:
No. 13. Presbyterianism—lts Affinities.
By the Rev. Albert Barnes.
'The American Presbyterian Almanac for
1861.
' TRACTS OF THE SECOND SERIES, 181310.
_LVO. 20. Growing Old. By Rev. George
F. Wiswell. A tract for those growing
old and out of Christ.
No. 31. Our Laymen, their Responsi
bilities and Duties. By a Layman. An
earnest appeal to the laymen - of our
churches to fulfill their high duties in
the church.
No. 22. Child illembership. By Rev.
J. Garland Hamner. In which the re
lation of the Children of the church to
the church, is developed.
No. 23 Profane. &miring a Crime. By
Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D.D.
No. 21. The Work- of the Christian
Church. 20 pages. By the Re• O -. Not
man McLeod, D.D.
A Church, Catechism, for children and
youth in . the Presbyterian Church.
24 pages, 18nu.l. By Reiv. B. B. Hot:ch
kin.
The Soldier's Scrap Book. 6i pages,
32m0. By the Rev. B. B. llotchk.in.
A little volume written for our soldiers.
The Christian Commission show their
appreciation of it by 'ordering 80,000
copies for distribution.
Life at Three Score. 80 pages, l2mo
By the Rev. Albert Barnes.
BOUND YOLIThLES--Thq Law of Bap
tism, as it regards the Mode and the Sub
jects. Br the Rev. Edwin Hall, D.D.
The Closet Companion; a Manual of
Prayer. By a Layman. With an In
trod4ction by the Rev. Albert Barnes.
Heroes for the Truth. By the late Rev.
W. K. Tweedie, D.D., of Edinburgh.
Eight sketches of men eminent for ener
gy, decision, and heroism in the cause
of truth.
God's Way of Peace. By the Rev.
Horatius Bonar, of Scotland. Pointing
inquirers to Christ, and leading troubled
Christians to rest solely, fully, unwaver
ingly on Him.
BOOKS., FOR THE FAMILY AND SABBATH
.
SOHOOL.—The Cannibal 'lslands; or Fiji
and the, _Fijians. With fourteen illustra
tions.
- rank Note. ,
._Two, L.i'ngiish narratives,
GERMANY
MITTEE,
PUBLICATIONS
the-o elnotticating•faith- and-tht 'other
works.
. The Two Watches. 93 pages, 18mo.
Three naratives, by the author of" Bank
Notes."
Far Away; or Life at Tanna, and
Samoa. By the author of "3foneyri"
" The Barclays , " &c., & c .
Martyrs of rance : or, The Witness
of the Reformed Church of France, from
the reign of Francis I. to the revocation
of the edict of Nantes. By Rev. John
W. Mears.
To BE PunrasktEn.---A history of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States, by the Rev. E. 11. Gillett, will
soon be issued. It will form two vol
umes, of duodecimo size, of 550 pages
each, and will prove a most valuable
gift to the Presbyterian Churches of
both Assemblies. One volume is stereo
typed, and the work will bo carried for
ward to completion rapidly.
MANUSCRIPTS INVITED.—The Commit
tee are now in a position to do justice to
manuscripts designed for publication.
They, will be glad to, receive works
suited to the character and purposes of
their organization, and to make com
pensation when such works are adopted
and published.
SOCIAL HYMN BOOK.—The hymns for
a Social Hymn and Tune Book had been
selected and arranged under the direc
tion of a Special Committee, though not
finally approved. There was found,
however, to be a serious difficulty as to
the size and contents of the book to be
issued. This difficulty lay in, the widely
differing wishes, of those who asked for
such a volume. Some desired a book of
about 700 Hymns with Tunes; others,
especially those who are laboring in
Horne Missionary and small country
churches, desired a- book whose price
should be low, and of Whinh a dozen
could be taken in the preacher's pockets
to a school-house' meeting or to a funeral.
To suit both parties; as well a's those
with intermediate views, with one book,
was out of the question. It was there
fore detertnined that the wants of our
Missionaries; and of the churches. desir
ing a small portable book for prayer
meetings, should first be met. A selec
tion of 400 Psalms and Hymns has ac
cordingly been made for this purpose,
which will be issued under the title of
" THE SOCIAL PSALMIST." To secure
portability and cheapness, this book - will
be without Tunes.
The publication of the larg r book with
Tunes, involving a much heavier expen
diture and more difficult questions, was
postponed for farther light as to tbe
wishes of the Church, or apec,ific instruc
tions from the Assembly.
DONATION'S FOIL STEREOTYPiN4.—The
plates of "Presbyterianism; its Aftini
-ties," were stereotyped by friends in
Bergen, N. J. Those of 'Life at Three
Score," and. of " Our Laymen," were
presented by their authors. The plates
of the "Closet Companion" also were
put at the service of the Committee Jxv
tam-. -- --IfYny=ol" — Peace " is
stereotyped, by a donation from 31-1-s. E.
K. Smith, oft. Lonis,recently deceased,
as a memorial of affection to a Mother,
whose desire it was thus to be perpetu
atinoa holy influence through the press
of her Church after she had:gone to :the
Church above.
TRE...k.SURER'S 'REPORT AND BUSINESS
STATEMENT.
The Annual ,Report -of; the Treasurer
shows'• . • • • f
Balance on hand, April 1, 1863, 8754 62
Donal ons recd for Gael Purposes, 4-,79442
Donations rec'd for Special Fund, '14,911 38
Cash reed on account of sales, 17,946 83
Total,
Orders paid by Treasurer,
Balance on hand April 1, 1834, 5,126 14
The cash received does not show the
fall amount of sales,rasi- in some cases,.
the balances 'ontyln favor of the Corn=
mittee appear on. the Treasurer's books,
The ()TOM Sales for the rear amount,
to $22,353.66, as compared' - with $15,-
722 33 the preceding : year, showing an
increase of 40 per cent. in the business
of the Committee. If to this we add
$1,660.23, the value of grants of books
and tracts made during the year, it, ii 4 .111
give a total of $24,013.89.
Their last Annual Report showed. the.
Assets of the Committee April 1,
1863, to be $25,353 16
Liabilities, 5,756 88.
Excess of assets over liabilities, $19,601 28
This excess of assets, however, being
in the form of stereotype plates, stock,
fixtures, &c., was not available for the
increase of the Committee's operations,
there being actually a cash deficiency of
$242.70.
On April Ist, 1861, the Committee
report
Assets of the Committee, $36,383 41
Liabilities, 2,073 41
Excess of assets over liabilities, $34,310 00
To meet these liabilities, amount
ing to $2,073 41
There are assets immediately
available amounting , to,. 12,756 62
Showing a surplus of' available as
sets of $10,083 21
Against a deficiency of $242.70 on April
Ist, 1863.
The Business Committee express their
satisfaction at the present healthful
state of the Cornmittee l B-financial posti•
tion. In view, of the-re . ults of the past
year's operations, the anticipated ad
vance of the CommitteeW business, and
the progress made in securing the En
dowment Fund, the Cainmittee look
forward to the privilege of largely
increasing their donations of Books and
Tracts during the years to come, and of
thus strengthening the hands of the
members and ministers of our churches
by the helps which a sound Evangelical
and Denominational Literature will
furnish.
THE PRESBYTERIAN 110IISE.—The Is
bore of the Committee will be increased
during the coming year by the transfer
to them of the - management of the
Fresh:o6llin Muse.
It may be well 'to state that the $lO,-
-0( 0 - tcr - be - appyop_riated—Wastiimittution
of the incumbrance of $20,000 upon the
Presbyterian House will be an invest
ment to that extent for the direct benefit
the Committee. The House having
been transferred to the Committee, the
relief from the payment of interest
upon $lO,OOO is equivalent to a diminu
tion of rent to that amount.
After a full discussion in the last As
sembly, it was unanimously .Reso.ved,
"That the Permanent Committee are
directed, if in their judgment it is expe
' dient, to inaugurate and vigorously to
prosecute an effort to raise a fund of
$50,000 ' • $40,000 of which shall be ap
plied as their capital in trade, and 610,-
,
000 toward the removal of the incurn
branee on the Presbyterian House."
Balry in the 'Autumn, the services of
the Rev. George A. Howard, pastor of
the Presbyterian church of Catskill, N.
Y., were obtained for the difficult and
delicate post of special agent for secur
ing the fund. In this appointment the
Committee deem themselves to have
been happy. Mr. Howard entered upon
the work September 15th, 1863, and' has
prosecuted it with g reat earnestness,
mainly in the city of New York and its
vicinity. In this report, Mr. Howard
expresses regret that he had found it
necessary to give so much time to so
limited a space. But, notwithstanding'
the. generous co-operation of some of
the churches, it proved needful. He
expresses the hope that, as a partial
compensation for the time and unex
pected labor which was required to bb
,_
tain the amount reported, more has
been done to awaken interest in the ob
jects of the Committee, and to quicken
a right denominational feeling; than
would have been accomplished had the
amount been obtained from a smaller,
number and 'with less urgency.
He reports subscriptions thus far ob
tained. amounting to $11,545.
In addition to the labors of Mr. How
ard, the Committee have secured sub
scriptions and donations in Philadelphia
and vicinity; and in more. distant
churches have had the aid of pastors
and elders, so -as to be able to report
$29,000 as subscribed or paid March 31,
1864.
This sum has since been increased,
and the Committee do not doubt that,
with the co-operation of the pastors of
our churches upon which they may
fairly' count, tae full amount of ,550,000.
can and will be secured by the close - of the .
present year.
`The completion of this effort will be
an era in the history of the Assembly's
publication work, from which, 'With
God's blessing, will date an enlarged'
usefulness, with every prospect of per
petuity and constant increase . .
It must be borne in mind, that for the
full success of this undertaking, it will
be needful that every church should do its
part. It is not desirable that a few in
-divialollg, -or oil a/gni - 6A, - -- elsotird do the
whole. An investment in this fund will
secure that interest in its results which
ought to be felt by all of our churches.
It is impossible, without a great expen
diture, of time and money, to send a
special messenger to all of our congre
gations. The larger towns and cities,
seated upon the main liEies of commu
nication, may be thus viSited, but many
churches: must be left uncanvassed -if a
special ageney,is relied upon
INSTRUCTIONS I- Or .THE LAST ASSEMELY
THE NEW YORK. DEPOSITORY, which
it is the wish of the Assembly should be
kept well supplied, will, it is believed,
be found properlY provided. Mr. Ban
dolph,' with whom is the Corninittee's
New York Agency, has removed his
store to No. 770 Broadway, (at the-cor
ner of Ninth Street,) where he will be
able to give more room to our stook.
$38,407 25
33,251 11
CITURCII ,PSALALIST.— . -The action of
the Assembly on the Church Psalmist
was reported to the Presbyteries by the
2tated Clerk. A number of churches,
during the past year, have adopted our.
Book.
PRESBYTERIAL COMMITTEES.—L.The
in
struction of the Assembly, that " each
Presbytery appoint a minister or elder
to see to it that the Publication Cause
is presented annually to the churches in
its connection, to secure contributions to
it, and that these agents report :their la
bors :to the Secretary of the Permanent
'Committeeas early as the Ist of April of
each year," was acted upon, by the ap
pointment of such committees in several
Presbyteries.. In some cases the duties
imposed have received an attention high
lyencouraging. When this system shall
be carried out in every Presbytery, and
for each of the benevolent schemes of
the Assembly, our agencies for the
spread of the Gospel and the upbuilding
of the Chnich will be furnished with all
the means they can: fairly &tactfl.
After the blessing of God in spiritual
gifts, our next great want is system based
on, principle.
CIRCULATION OF PUBLICATIONS.
The question, by what method, beyond
the ordinary - channels of trade our
books and tracts shall be distributed,
now calls for, practical consideration.
In some Presbyteries it is under discus
sion. The Committee invite suggestions
as to the most economical mode of se
curing the object proposed.
DONATIONS OF BOOKS AND TRACTS,
- In addition to the circulation of its
publications by sale, the 'Committee,
during the past year ' have made dona
tions to the value of . $1,660,23. The
Committee anticipate, with much satis
faction, the increase of this part of their
work. So far as the Committee have
been permitted to discharge this office'
of distribution, they have found it one
highly acceptable to the recipients as
is shown in their report by interesting,
extracts from the letters received at the,
Presbyterian House. These letters
plainly indicate a real call for just - that
work which the COMmittee has.n hand. ,
The Committee direct attention, in
connection - with - these quotations from
letters ; to the fact that this is simply a
branch of the great mission work which:
THE ENDOWMENT FUND
Goddaysulwon ns. It is ttei an ai ito ti le ,
pastor in his church, to the iiottle Mis
sionary in his needy fields, t
byterial itinerant ; to the lay m l n, to the
army ehaplain,or visitor, to the B.thhath
school teacher, that the committee
labor. In proportion to he means
furnished them, will be the measure of
help meted out to those who need and
desire assistance.
CONCLUSTON =The Committee, is eon_
eluding their Report, vongreinlate the
Assembly upon the cheering aspect of
the work which has been committed to
them. Recognizing in the enlarged
means entrusted to their care an increase
of respon s ibili ty to God lind the .Ch arch,
they hope, with his blessing, without
whose favor ad our liborii are vain, to
do some good thing for the cause of the
Redeemer in a sinful world.
TLIE CONIMITTEE
The Committee eonsi.its of the fol
lowing persona :
Tenn Expi,ring May, 1864.--Rev. N.
S. S. Boman, D: D., Rev. A!bert. Barnes,
Rev. Asa D. Smith ; D. D., Air, F.. L.
Bodine, Rev. George F. -
Term Expiring May. 1805 -.Wil
liam E. Moore; Rev. lien,;- D.
D., Rev. E. E. Adams. Rev T. J. Shep
herd, Mr. Willian2 E. Ten btoolt,
Term Expiring May,lB66.—Rev. Dan
iel March, Rev. J. Glen tworth Butler,
Charles S. Wurts, K. D., Samuel C.
Perkins, E. 1., Hou. William. Strong.
The. Officers of the Committee are :
Rev. ALBERT BARNES, Chairman.
Mr. WILLIAM L. HILDEBURN, Treas.
Rev. JOHN W. DULLE9, .Secretary, and
Editor of the Committee's Publications.
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