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TKOM ODE EOCHESTER COBBEBPONDBNT
A CHAPEL AT GENEVA.
The new building, For Lecture Loom
tad Sunday School Loom, in connec
tion with the Presbyterian church at
Genova, is now nearly finished, and is
a gom of its lt is of brick, two
storios high, thirty-five feet by seventy,
with two neat towers on the front cor
ners, with stained glass windows and
other things to match in complete sym
metry and order.
The secondstory contains the Sunday
School Looms, with circular seats for
about three hundred and forty scholars,
so arranged that all may face the desk
of the superintendent. The infant clas
ses occupy raised seats at the rear end
of the hall, separated from the body of
the school during..the exercises by slid
ing glass doors. The platform at the
other end contains a desk for the super
intendent, and another for the secretary
of the school. Between the room of the
infant classes and the stairway there is
also a neat apartment for tho library.
We do not know of any Sunday school
rooms more tastefully or commodiously
irranged.
The first story is devoted to a Loeturo
Loom, capable of seating two hundred
wd fifty persons, beside two small
rooms sot off, and recently furnished, at
one ond, for the ladies, for sowing cir
cles, or female prayer-meetings.
Tho lower story is not yet quite fin
ished. The upper story was dono on
Saturday last, and was to bo occupied
by the Sunday school for the first time
last Sabbath. Tho whole has cost about
seven thousand dollars, of good money
well laid out.
BEV. DANIEL BLISS, d' D
We had a delightful Visit of' one day
this week, in our place, from the Presi
dent of the “ Syrian Protestant Col
lege," and his interesting and estimable
lady. It is well known that the Rev.
Mr. Bliss, who has boen some nine years
a Missionary of the American Board, in
aonneetion with the Syrian Mission, has
been in this country for nearly two
years past, engagod in raising funds to
start a college in Syria, for the benefit
of the Arabic-speaking people.
That he was eminently qualified for
such a work, is pretty well proved by
his admirable success. He undertook to
raise $lOO,OOO for this purpose, and has
done it. The funds are invested in this
country, Wm. A Booth, Wm. E. Dodge,
David Headly, S. B. Chittenden, of Now
York, with Abner Kingman and Joseph
S. Ropes, of Boston, as trustees, a
strong board, surely. There is also a
local .board of managers in tho Eaßt.
The President and one or more of tho
professors will be Americans; but from
tho first, tutors, and as far as possible
professors, will ho chosen from among
the pious and educated natives.
The eollege will be located at Beirut,
the seaport of Syria, a'city rapidly
growing in size and importance, and oc
cupying a central position in respect to
all the Arabic-speaking races, of whom
thoro are about ono hundred millions in
tho Bast. The language of the college
will be exclusively Arabic, tho common
tongue of Syria; and tho institution,
while open to any of the sects or nation
alities of that region, will bo conducted
on strict Protestant and Evangelical
principles. No effort will be made at
present, to purchase land, or erect ex
tensive and costly buildings. Rooms
will bo rented, and n beginning will at
nice be made.
In order tu give himself to this edu
cational work, after having raised the
money, wc understand that Mr. Bliss
has resigned his connection with, the
American Board, and ecascs to be a, mis
sionary in their employ. Ho is now
simply President of tho “Syrian Pro
testant College,” and as such, is.expect
ing to sail on the 10th of Scptomber to
return to bis Eastern home and engage
in his chosen work.
. Mr. Bliss is still a, young man • was
from, Ohio; was educated at Amherst
College, and Andover Theological Sem
inary ; is genial, agreeable, and every
way qualified, we suppose, for his high
position. This is evidently the estimato
put upon him by those who have had
the pleasure of making his acquaintance
in this city.; and every one wishes well
to his new enterprise.
ORDINATION.
Mr. C. A, Conant, a recent graduate
of Auburn Theological Seminary, was
ordained to the gospel ministiy at Mo
ravia, a beautiful village of Cayuga
county, on the 6th of July. Tho church
to which he is ministering is Congrega
tional in form, but recently put itself
under the oaro of Cayuga Presbytery
The ordination sermon was preached
ty Rev. Henry Fowler, of Auburn ;
tn able and interesting' discourse, fr< m
?om. xvi: 5,6, on the origin, ideal and
ud of tho Christian Church.
The ordaining prayer’ was by tho
Moderator. Rev. G. W. Warner; charge
to the pastor by Lev. Chas. Anderson,
of Scnnctt; and address to the people,
by Rev. S. W. Boardman, of Auburn—
both excellent. And so another watch
man is set upon the walls.
OUR MINISTERS RETURNING,
Dr. Daggett, of Canandaigua, and
Dr. Hawley, of Auburn, arc both ex
pected in their places next Sunday. Dr.
Wisncr, of Lockporb is slowly improv
ing in health, but not yet able to re
sume his parish duties. Dr. Shaw, of
this city, is expected back next week.
His church is now closed for a thorough
cleaning. Mr. Ellinwood has returned
this week, and is already hard at work
again. He looks well, and has evidently
been bonofitted by his vacation. Mr.
Knox, of Rome, supplied his pulpit,
with great acceptance, last Sabbath.
MR. HAMMOND CAMPING OUT.
Wo also have heard from this .dear,
brother, as the Presbyterian did last
week. He was at Excelsior, a charm
ing spot on Lake Minnetonka, in Min
nesota, living in the woods, with a party
of friends, camping out. He had not
slept in a house since coming there.
“ We pitch tents,” he says, “ where night
overtakes us. We try also to.; catch’
some fish, and shoot game enough to
kocp us in good condition; but some
times wc arc glad to stop at a country
Inn, or farm house, and get a dinner.”
But oven there ho found something
to do for Christ. He thought he was
out of the reach of the children; but
there were some on the neighboring
prairies, and they had heard of him.
A Homo Missionary found him, and in
vited him to his little church,- crowded
with a waiting assembly. He spent
.the Sabbath with them, and. says, “ I
have not enjoyed a meeting more for a
long time. The whole audience wore
in tears. Numbers seemed to give good
evidence that they had found peace in
believing.”
At half-past ten o’clock, after 60
spending the Sabbath, he returned to
his camping ground, saying, “I will
both lay me down in peace and sleep;
for thou Lord makest me dwellin safety.”
. Genesee.
Rochester, August 27, 1864.
THE LATE BEY. DB. WINSLOW,
Mention has been made in these col
umns of the recent death of the Rev.
Hubbard WihslowyD. D., of the .Pres
byterian Church, and we now give pome
account of his life and writings; |
He was a native of Yermont, and a
descendant of the Winslows of ; Ely-;,
mouth, his parents possessing all the
vigor and piety of tho old New England
settlers. His brothers have distinguish
ed themselves in their callings; one of
them being the Rev. Myron Winslow,
D. D., LL. D,, of the American Board,
and the other, Inspector of the Sanitary
Commission, Rev. Dr.. Gordon Winslow,
who was drowned- this summer in the
Potomac. Dr, Hubbard Winslow pre
pared for oollego at Philips Academy,
and graduated at Yale College, class of
1825, in company with Slidell, of Loui.
siana, Gov. Ford, of Ohio, Simeon North,
D. D., LL. D., and other eminent men.
His collegiate career was marked by
scholarship and ability in the rhetorical
department. He finished his theologi.
cal course under Nath, W- Taylor, D. 3>.-,
and was first settled in Dover, N. H.,
whence in 1832 ho was called to Boston,
as successor of Lyman Beecher, whore
ho continued twelve years. Both of
these fields of his ministry wero re
markably blessed. In the latter, over
ono thousand members were added to
the communion. In 1844, Dr. Winslow
turned his attention to education and
assumed the charge of the Mt. Vernon
Institute, Boston. In 1853-4, he visited
Europe for the second time, and return
ed after an absence of ten months. In
1857 ho entered tho Presbyterian Church,
by accepting tho care of tho First Pres
byterian Church, Geneva, N. Y. Du
ring his pastorate nearly two hundred
additions wero made to the church. In
1859 his health failed and he removed
to New York, where he resided at the
time of his death.
Among his published writings are
the following: Intellectual Philosophy;
Christian Doctrines; Moral Philosophy;
Social and Civil Duties; Doctrine of the
Trinity; Mode of Baptism; Aids to
Self-examination ; Appropriate Sphere
of Woman; Eolation of Natural Science
to Kovelation; The Hidden Life. Ho
was a frequent writer for the reviews
and press. Several of his works have
been published in Europe, and received
a largo sale,— Communicated.
Presbyterian Union. —Among the
articles on this topic in our present
number, readers will not overlook one
on tho Progress of the Union Move
ment in Great Britain, which they will
find on page 275.
Tbrribub KiotB raged at Belfast, Ireland,
■which were suppressed by the military, Aug.l7.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1864.
THE PLEASUBE OF WORKING EOE OUB
HEBOES.
It is pleasure, says the last monthly
pamphlet of the U. S. Christian Com
mission, to work for such men as have
enlisted to serve and save our beloved
country. Their heroic sclf-sacrifico for
the national cause excites our admira
tion. Their generous and noble im
pulses for liberty and humanity touch
our hearts, and their patient endurance
through long marches and hard battlos,
their bravery of the spado and the
trench, as well as of the bayonet and
the battle-field, their uncomplaining
cheerfulness under loss of health, limb,
liberty, or life,' make it a preeiohs privi
lege to do what wo can to relieve their
suffering, cheer them for endurance and
duty, and improve their condition for
time and eternity. ;
Rev. J. Belvillo, of Holmesblirg, Pa.,
in his report just made, says :
How many noble self-sacrificing men
I met! Said one whoso appearance and
bearing interested me doeply, in answer
to my request for some particulars of
his history: “I enlisted at the begin
ning of the war with two brothers.
They are dead. I left a father, mother,
four brothers and a sister at home- My
father and three of those brothers are
dead. I have enlisted for throe years
more.” “ How came you to enlist
again?” I asked. He answered, “The
country needed men, and I would rather
have a soldier's grave than the catue should
fail.” ■
He was not a professor of religion
when he entered the service, but nad
been hopefully converted in the army.
Rev. Z. Hurd, of Cambria, N. Y.,
gives in the Christian Advooato of Au
gust 11th, many interesting, incidents
of delegate work. One of which is tho
following just in point:
A young man was brought in from
the bloody field before Poterifcurgh, to
the Hospital at City Point, and was laid
down with hundreds of otheskwounded
on the same field. He had' been severe
ly wounded by a ball passing through
his face from side to side, taking out his
tongue and several of his teeth. An
other ball had taken off his ear. Being
askod by a delegate (Rev. J. Knowles)
if he was a soldier of Christ, he beck
oned for a pencil and wrote, “ Yob, thank
God!" adding, “ Rally round the flag,
boys,” and requested that this be read
aloud to his wounded comrades. When
it was read, they broke out and sang it
with shouts and cheers, the poor tongue
less man joining by waiving his hand.
Such is tho spirit of the brave men who
are giving their lives' to save pur coun
try.
Yes, these are the men, this is thoir
spirit. They deliberately, cheerfully,
sacrifice home, church, father, mother,
brother, sister, yes, life itself for our
Union. Is rfhy thing too good or too
groat, to give or to do for them ?
The work of tho U. 8. Christian Com
mission has grown far beyond the most
Sangnijlo ekpMtataons of itsffoundors,
and is daily increasing.
To camry it on and extend it still fur
ther, until, if-possible, it shall become
commensurate with the wants of the
army and navy, and willingness of the
people, the Commission has beep increas
ed from twelve members, the original
number, to forty-seven. The Executive
‘Committee has ailsP. been.enlarged from
five, to fourteen. ..... T . . . ... ,
j liAjnd jtwdj Secretaries, ontoj^fpr' home’
and ohe for field organization,^ liavo been
. associated with the "general , seorotary,
heretofore alone in the work.
In this enlargement, the aim has been:
1. To bring into the counsels, activi
ties, and responsibilities of the work a
largo number, of distinguished Christian
fentlemen of: well known wisdom, pru
enco, patriotism, piety, and energy.
2. To-preserve the nation&likrof the
Commission by the election!, of one or
more members from each loyal State
. and Territory of the Union.
3. To preserve its catholicity by hav
ing it embrace in its membership the
different branches of the church of
Christ.
4. To increaeo its central executive
force by having a larger number of mem
bers residing in Philadelphia and Now
York, within convenient distanco of tho
central office.
Tho following aro the Officers and
Executive Committee of the Cominis,
sion : - ... .
OFFICERS.
George H. Stuart, Esq., Chairman.
Joseph Patterson, Esq., Treasurer.
Rev. W. E. Boardman, Secretary.'
Rev. Lemuel Moss, Sec. Some wganization.
Rev. Bernice D. Auks, Sec. Meld Organization:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
George H. Stuart, Esq., Philadelphia.
Bev. Bishop E. S. Janes, D. D., New York.
•C. Demond, Eeq„ Boston, Mass.
John P. Crozer, Esq., Philadelphia.
Jay Cook, Esq., “
Joseph Patterson, Esq., “
Bev. Bishop M. Simpson, D.D, “ ■'
Stephen Colwell, Esq., “
William E. Dodge, Esq., New York.
Bev. Herman Dyer, D. D., “
Walter S. Griffiths, Esq.; Brooklyn,.N. Y.
G. S. Griffith, Esq., Baltimore, J£d.
H. G. Jones, Esq., Philadelphia.
W. E. Board man, Ex. Off., “
By order of the Executive Committee,
Geo. H. Stuart, Chairman.
Advices prom Turkey, by a last
week's arrival from Liverpool, at New
York, state that the American and En
glish Ambassadors have united in a pro
test against tho sudden outbreak of re
ligious persecution at Constantinople,
mentioned in our last. As the rosults
the Porte has authorized the continu
ance of religions controversy in the
Protestant books, provided the Koran is
not insulted. The Turkish chiefs who
are Christian converts are, however, to
be confined, at Karpouth.
U. S. CHRISTIAN 00MMI88I0X,
ENLARGEMENT. ' i
Presbyterian.
The General Assembly and Reviewers.
—The Princeton Repertory and the Presbyte
rian condemn the action of the Assembly in
the case of the disloyal Rev. Mr. McPheet
ers ; in regard to which, the Presbyterian
Standard says:
It is, moreover, unfortunate that two of
the leading journals of our church should
undertake to show that an Assembly, com
posed as the last was, of many of our oldest,
ablest, most experienced and safest men,
has done injustice to a minister suspected of
want of sympathy with our Government.
The impression on the South must neces
sarily be unfavorable. At all events, as our
General Assembly is the highest Judicatory
of our Church, and it is of the first impor
tance that its decisions should be respected,
we think it would be well if the opinion
could come to prevail that the General As
sembly is, at least, as likely to be right in
the_ conclusions it reaches, as are individual
reviewers and editors.
Another Disloyal Pastor.— Rev. &’■ J. P.
Anderson, pastor of one of the chief Presby
terian churches in St. Louis, has been sen
tenced to be sent South by a Military Com
mission, charged with refusing to pray for
the success of the Government. The Com
manding General, however, has disapproved
the proceedings, on account of a defect in
the order convening the Commission.
Presbyterian Churches in New Orleans,
—A correspondent of the Presbyterian writes
from New Orleans:
1 am sorry that I can seed you nothing to
gladden the heart concerning the Presbyte
rian churches here. Whether it will be re
garded as a reflection on the administration
of this department, or as an evidence of the
obduracy and perjury of Presbyterians here,
truth compels me to say, that after more
than two years of Federal occupation, loyal
Presbyterians cannot sit down here under
their own vine and fig-tree, arid publicly
ask God’s blessing on the President of the
United States! Of eight Presbyterian
churcheß in this city, all are closed against
Union ministers. Two clergymen asked to
be admitted into the vacant churches, sim
ply to preach, without salary. They were
Southern born and raised, and against
whom no objections havebeen urged, either
personally or ministerially. They were re
fused. Why ? Because they are Union men.
Rebel preachers found no difficulty iu en
tering these churches during the war.
\ These same ministers, who have been re
jected, were acceptable before the war—one
was a pastor of one of these churohes. But,
alas! their love of country is a crime, and
they are excommunioated! I write these
things in sorrow, not in bitterness. What
the end will be, I know not. The military
authorities are becoming restive, atthis state
of things. Many, loyal Presbyterians have
advocated Beizing the churches- by military
order; and it is owing to the efforts of the
writer rind another mother, that sequestra
tion has riot taken place ere this. A com
mute has been appointed by the Provost
Marshal to investigate the condition of the
Presbyterian churches; and that committee
have informed that they will report in a few
days, and will recommend that we churches
be seized on the ground that they are hin
dering the Union oause. *
Death of a Promising Young Pastor.—
The Rev. Leans C. Bayles, pastor of the
Eighty-fourth Street Presbyterian Church,
in New York oity, recently supplying the
pulpit of the: First Presbyterian Cfauroh in
San Francisco, died in San Francisco, on
Monday, the lS.th of August, in the twenty
sixth year of his age. Mr. Bayles had: been
but .a few years in the ministry, and was a
man of more than ordinary promise.
A Deserted Parsonage.— Writes a corres
pondent of the United Presbyterian ; himself
a delegate of the Christian Commission: .
Our house is a neat, ‘pretty cottage, as
signedbythedepartment as long as we de
sire to have it. It formerly belonged to
Rev. John'F. Laurieau, a-Presbyterian cler
gyman, educated at Princeton. He is now
in Atlanta. Heruri'off and left all -his. pro
perty, and so it seems proper that the Chris
tian Commission should'occupy it.
Congregational.
; Endounnent of lowa. College.— Rev.- Dr. Hol
brook has succeeded in securing daring his
agency, now about to close,, a little over
$40,000 in donations to this institution,
including the pledge of $lO,OOO from Samuel
Willißton, Esq., of East Hampton, Mass.,
which is payable when, with that, the whole
endowment fund of fifty thousand dol
lars shall he made up. Of the sum
already raised, i? w e*er. two flnjusaaij dol
lars goes to meet an appropriation made &¥
the college society, in 1863, and before the
effort for the endowment fund was com
menced, toward the current expenses of the
institution.- Something over $lO,OOO remains
yet to be secured to complete the work ; but
it is probable the effort will be suspended for
a while, owing to the Btate of the country,
to be resumed again when times shall be
more favorable. Rev. E. Adams, of lowa,
will labor, however, a few weeks in New
England after Dr. H. closes his agency. At
the recent meeting of the college trustees,
Kev. C. W. Clapp, of Rockville, Conn., was
elected professor of Rhetoric and English
literature, and Rev. H. W. Parker, lately of
Newßedford, professor of the natural sci
ences., It was also voted, to designate one
chair in the institution as the “ Holbrook
Professorship;’' as a memorial of his labors
in behalf of the' college. Another will be
known as the “ Willistou Professorship.”—
’lndependent.
Ordination of an Army Chaplain.— A council
was . called by the Calvinist church in Wor
cester, Dr. Sweetser's, July 27, and ordained
to the work of the ministry Red. D. A.
Miles, a private in the Bth Maine regiment.
Mr. Miles is a graduate of Yale College, and
pursued his theological studies at New
Haven and Andover* and, while located as
a preacher temporarily in the State of
Maine, was drafted into the military service
of the country. He performed duty in the
ranks with marked fidelity and bravery,
participating in several engagements, until
about toe first of June last, when he was
severely wounded.in his right arm and hand.
He was ordained with reference to acting
as chaplain as soon as his health will admit.
The council was called by the church with
whioh he was originally a member.
A Call. —The Congregational church and.
society in Stonington, late Rev. Mr. Clifts,
have extended a call to JEteis. Edward Oilman,
of New Haven to become their pastor.
It will be recollected by many in this
city, that Mr. Gilman supplied for a time
last winter, Calva<y Church.
Congregational Growth in Yorkshire —The
Congregntionalista of the West Riding have
built or building 12 new chapels, at a < ostof
£25,050, accomodating 6,830 worsh ■ pers.
In addition, they have expended £l4 Looin
school-houses, organs, manses, and pay
ment of chapel debts; making a total of
nearly $200,000 for material works.
Fire. —The Congregational church with all
its contents, including a large organ nearly
new, was totally destroyed by fire at an
early hour July 17, at Bennington. Boss
$12,000. The fire is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
The West.—The First Congregational Church
in Chicago has raised the salary of its pastor,
Rev. Dr. Patton, from $2,500 to $3,000.
Rev. W. W. Woodworth of Plymouth, has been
unanimously invited to the pastorate ot the
church in Lyons, la.— Rev. Lyman Whiting
will soon commence his labors as pastor of
the Congregational Church in Dubuque, la.
Rev. J. F. Dudley, pastor of the Ply
mouth church, St. Paul, Min., has lately re
ceived as a present the policy of $2,000, life
insurance. We hope his people will also
look after the annual payments, unless their
pastor has a salary sufficiently large to allow
him to attend to that duty.— —Rev. S. F.
Porter, formerly of Malta, 111., who has la
bored.the past year among the Freedmen
at Vicksburgh, has been appointed an agent
of the American Missionary Association.—
Cong.
Baptist.
Degree Conferred. —Union College has con
ferred the title of D. D. upon Rev. Wm. Chan
ning Child, of Boston, secretary of the Ame
rican Tract Society.
Methodist.
Old Homestead of American Methodism —At
the meeting of the official boards of the old
John-street M. E. church in New York city,
held on the 18th of July, 1864, it was. re
solved to make an appeal to the public to
relieve the church from its debt of $13,000,
which occasions constant embarrassment.
The congregation, though not wealthy, have
raised $5,000, which is all they can do.
This being the oldest Methodist Church in
America—the mother of a numerous and
thriving family—and there being a necessity
for its preservation as a house of worship, as
the lower part of the city is crowded with
inhabitants and strangers who have scarcely
any church accomodtt on?, aB most of the
churcheß have been removed up town, we
think not only Methodists but others, par
ticularly those who do business down town,
would gladly lend a helping hand.
A writer in the Methodist ably argues in
favor of concentrating Methodist patronage
and liberality upon one great educational
institution, to be nursed up into a first class
College or University, He advocates the
policy of combining the various endowments
of existing Methodist colleges, and without
necessarily dissolving them, yet removing
them to one eligable location.
Episcopal.
A Liberal Salary. —Dr. Mahan, professor of
church history in the General Theologioal
Seminary of the Episcopal Church, has ac
cepted a call to St. Paul’s Church, Balti
more, the late Dr. Wyatt’s, at a salary of
$6,000.
Moravian.
A New, Church ai Bedford. —On the 20th of
June last the Corner-stone for a new Mora
vian church was laid at Bedford, in England,
by Bishop La Trobe and Rev. W. Mallalieu,
of the British Provincial Board. A large
concourse of person’s was present. After
ward a Tea Meeting was held in the Assem
bly Rooms, which were thronged by guests
of various religious denominations.
The Charitable Esquimaux, —At Nain, a Mo
ravian Mission Station on the coast of Lab
rador, was a poor widow named Sarah, who
had several small children; Having, no
relations to help her, she was often in‘ great
want. One day,a Christian Esquimaux came
to the store to barter some skins and other
things for various articles of which he was
in want. Allatonce he said, “ I understand
that the widow Sarah is greatly in debt for
medicine.'' “She is,” was the reply, "and
she has no.means to pay it.” “Very well,”
said he, "strike two shillings off her ac
count and put it to mine.”
Revivals.
Religious Regnal at Union, Qmn. —The work
commenced,in May last; and, on the first
Sabbath in July, the. Congregational church.
Rev. S. T. Curtiss pastor, received 21 new
members, increasing that church from 36
"tii =57. 'Those added were all adiilts, 15 of
them being heads- of families, 4 unmarried
young men, and 2 young ladies. Consider
ing the fewness, and sparseness of the popu
lation, and the shortness of the evenings
when the special effort was made, and the
fact that Mr. Curtiss and his coadjutor were
gray-headed men of more than three-score
years, this revival was fc, ma £ a ‘o*le 0 * le a ha
should call forth adoring praise to the Giver
of every good and perfect gift.
The Congregationalist says, several of the
Churches in ' the Cheshire County Confer
ence,. New Hampshire, have recently en- r
-joyed seasons of revival of greater or less
power..
In New Alstcad, 20 or more hopeful con
versions are reported; 12 were received into
the church by profession the first S ibbath
in Julv. '
In Hinsdale, eight were received on the
same day. There are-others who hope they
have consecrated themselves to Christ, and
others, are,still inquiring.
In Marlboro’,'a very interesting work is
still in progress, reaching all classes from
childhood to those far advanced in life.
In Sullivan, thirteen united with the
church by profession on the first Sabbath in
July. The work here has been confined
principally to the yoang, and nearly all the
youth, and. many of the children, have been
apparently more or less affected by it. In
one prayer-meeting, 25 rose, requesting
prayers. About 36 have expressed hope in
Christ. •
In all these places the work commenced
without any special effort, and there has
been no extra preaching, and no excitement.
God has worked in his own way.
In a note dated Onslow Falls circuit;
North Ohio Conference, August 12th, Rev.
G. A. Reeder says: “We are now enjoying
a glorious refreshing of Divine grace, in this
unusual season of the year, and seeminly in
the least hopeful of all places on the West
ern Reserve; namely, near the Universalist
church on Butternut Ridge, which has been
badly infected with both Spiritualism and
Butternutism. To witness conversions in
suck & place is doubly rejoicing. On the
circuit over one hundred have professed re
ligion this year. The missionary subscrip
tion has come up 400 per cent,” —North
Western Christian Advocate.
Miscellaneous
The First Bell in Micronesia. —A letter to
the Christian World, under date of January
19th,says: 1
“ The long expected Morning Star dawn
ed upon us just one week ago, bringing us
more than the ordinary amount of ‘good
cbeer.’ Besides, .he.very large package of
letters, the bundle of newspapers, &o„ there
is Ihe mammoth bell, of eight hundred
pounds (the gift of afew friends in Illinois,)
the first to send out its sweet music over
these lovely isles. Oh how its tones thrill
our hearts with memories of the past and
bright hopes for the future! With such a
bill to pitch the tune, we are greatly helped
to sing, ‘ Wake, Isles of the South! your
redemption is near.' And what crowds
were awakened last Sabbath morning and
called together into the new church! Could
the donors have been with us, and witnessed
for themselves the multitudes gathering
from all these hills and vallies in answer to
the sacred call, I am sure they would have
felt more than repaid for their liberality.
The natives call the bell the voice of God
summoning the multitude® to his bosom;
and Buch a voice we trust it is, and hope it
will be heeded.” . .
“ Our congregations have greatly increas
ed, both in number and interest, since we
have been in our new church; and now that
we have a veritable church bell to call our
people together, we confidently expect in
creased attention to the truth.”
Progress in Madagascar. —Rev. Mr. Ellis,
the veteran missionary;of Madagascar, re
ports the encouraging fact, that amid the
unsettlement resulting from a change of
Government, there is _a gratifying and aston
ishing increase of Christians from the ranks
of those who have followed the idols. In
one village, the depository Of one of the
idols, where the inhabitants were its keep
ers, a number became Christians, and set
apart a house for the worship of the trne
God. When the queen heard of it; true to
her promise that the missionaries and Chris
tians should be protected and have full
liberty to worship, she would not interfere,
but said, “There is no impediment to fol
lowing the idols or to uniting with the
Christians.”
Mr. Ellis thinks that the attachment of
the queen to the idols, is not very deep or
strong, but is in a measure, used as a means
of preserving the prestige of her ancestry.
No impediment is offered or allowed to the
perfectly free action of the Christians in
the enjoyment of their privilegeaand their
efforts to extend the gospel. Another mis
sionary states that the five chapels at the
capital are crowded every Sabbath, and two
more are in process of erection. Both adults
and children are eager for knowledge, and a
very large population in the villages around
the capital are ready for the gospeL Many
high officers, including the prime minister,
now occasionally attend the house ofprayer,
who never did so in the time of the late
king.
The Installation, of Archbishop McClosky as
successor of the. late Archbishop Hughes, on
the 2lBtof August, in St. Patricks'Cathedral
New York, was an occasion of rare magnifi
cence. The ceremonial fascination of the
Romish Church was seen in decorations,
imposing display, and the finest music.
JSnglisli Presbyterians, —The Rev. F. G.
Clark in a letter to the Observer, thus de
scribes the three bodies of Presbyterians in
England; “I. ‘ The English Presbyterian
Church,’ of .which Rev. Dr. Hamilton is a
conspicuous divine. This body has no ec
clesiastical relation to Other Presbyterian
bodies in the kingdom, although its affini
ties are warm toward the Free Church of
Scotland, as also toward the Irish Presby
terian Church. It oonsists of one Synod,
which is its highest court, composed of one
hundred and four Churches. This body
maintains a college (or, as we would say, a
theological sohool) in London, with two
professors, namely, Dr. M’Crie and Dr.
Lormer. This college iayrell endowed, hav
ing recently received an endowment of fifty
thousand pounds sterling. This body has
also a flourishing mission in China,.where
there are nine European Laborers; also one
-in -India. Thiß verywepka valedictory ser
vice is to:be.held in Regent Square, on
the occasion of the departure of two new
missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. M’Gregor, for
the mission field in Chins. This Synod of
the English Presbyterian Church eon tains
seven Presbyteries—the Presbytery’of Lon
don including twenty-nine Churches. The
Synod exchangee friendly delegations with
the .Free Church Assembly; also with
the Irish Presbyterian Church, and latterly
with: the United Presbyterian Synod. It
fias doubled itself in the last twenty years,
and it is now making good progress in the
number of its churches and commnnicanjs.
It is in contemplation, one of these days, to
erect several Synods, and then institute a
General Assembly. 2. There are, next, the
‘ United Presbyterians, briefly styled some
times the *U. P.’s.’ This body is an integ
ral part of the ‘United Presbyterian Church
of Scotland and England,' whose Assembly
always, meets ;in Edinburg, and whose juris
diction extends throughout the body irre
spective of national lines. This U. P. Church
includes six hundred and forty ministers,
.of whom seventy, only are in England. 3.
The remaining family of English Presbyteri
ans is that represented by Rev. I>” unm"
mine, and generally styled ‘-The Church of
Swfand,’ are affiliation with the
Established Cburoh of Scotland, although
they have no vital connection wijn it tor
the reason that the Established Church is
by law limited to Scotland. This body is
embraced in one Synod, and has some forty
Churches in its connection.”
A Catholic’s Trust. —On the manuscript of
Rossini’s new “Mass” is written in his hand
writing the following prayer:— ‘‘ I hope this
mass will be reckoned above against all my
sins, and will open to me the gates of Para
dise.” Truly a Catholic prayer.
FRAUD DETECTED.
. Peter the Great, while in. Poland,
visited a statue of the Virgin, which
was said often to shed tears during the
mass. He saw that the fact was, appa
rently just as it bad been described;
but while his companions seemed struck
with he ruminated on the
means of .discovering the cause; which
hei well knew was not 'supernatural.
The statue being, placed high, and close
to the altar, so that no one r could-reach
it from the ground, be took up a ladder
which bapponed to be near, and mount
ing it, very closely examined it Irom
head to foot. ; ; His curiosity un
gratitled, and the attending 1 ipriesta
mentally congratulated themselves on
their escape, as well as the conversion
of the Czar, which they expeoted would
probably follow.i But perceiving small
apertures in the oyes, ho uncovered the
bead of tho Virgin, and to their great
mortification exposed the whole mys
tery. The head was hollow and filled
up to the eyes with water; this being
agitated by a few small fishes placed m
it, a few drops were occasionally forced
through the apertures, and thus the
miracle was produced. Peter took no
notice of the matter, further than to ob
serve that “ it wat quite a miracle in
deed ;” and then left, as if nothing par
ticular bad happened. . f *
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