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YON OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT
SYNOD OF 'UTICA
The annual meeting of this body was
held in New Hartford, commencing on
Tuesday evening, 11th inst., and was
opened with a sermon by Rev. William
H. Lockwood, of Lovirville; after which
Rev. S. N. MeGiffert, of Sauquoit, was
elected Moderator, and Revs. S. L. Mer
rill, of Theresa, and A. Erdman, of
Clinton, temporary clerks.
This Synod does its work systemati
cally and efficiently. By previous ar
rangement portions of each day were
devoted to the great interests of the
church, as represented in its various
causes of benevolence. Dr. Mills was
heard 'for education, Mr. Stowe and Mr.
Bush for Home and Foreign Missions ;
an hour being devoted to each theme.
Drs. Fisher and Goertner, of Hamilton
College, also made excellent speeches in
behalf of Christian education, represent
ing particularly the present condition
and prosperity of our own college at
Clinton. Although that Institution has
sent eighty to one hundred of its stu
dents into the loyal army since the war
commenced, yet it was never more full
or prosperous than now.
Dr. Fisher was also able to add the
gratifying fact that those students who
have gone into the army, as they have
reason to believe, so far from deteriora
ting in character, have all, or nearly all,
been improved, while many who were
not Christians before have been con
verted.
Of the last class which graduated at
Hamilton, half a dozen are now pursu
ing a theological course in Auburn, and
others are known to be intending to
enter upon the same studies ere long.
Hamilton is helping to supply the world's
want, in respect to ministers of the
Gospel.
In connection with the subject of
Foreign Missions, a very interesting
address was made by. Rev. E. F. Doane,
a returned Missionary of the American
Board, from the Micronesian Island.
Mr. Doane is manifestly a man of great
simplicity and purity of character, and
a devoted, true Missionary. He has
also drunk deep of the cup of sorrow ,
having buried wife and child in his ab
sence from the country. Still he speaks
in a most cheerful strain of his work.* He
has seen those poor degraded islanders
coming up out of heathenism and putting
on Christ, and has reason to be encour
aged. He exhibited to the audience
specimens of books and, translations of
portions of the Scriptures, made by the
Missionaries ; and read extracts of let:
tors received by him from native con
verts, now taught to read and write,
who six years ago were roaming wild
savage, and almost naked in their
heathenism. Those letters were full of
thankfulness for the gospel, and express
ed the strongest Christian love for their
teachers. Truly the isles shall wait
for his law.
In respect to the causes of benevolence
thus considered, the Synod appointed a
Committee for each one, to bring in a
minute to express the mind of the body
in regard to it. That for Education
urged that every church should, take a
collection for this important cause ; that
for Home Missions endorsed the action
of the General Assembly, called upon
the churches of the Synod to do their
part toward raising the $150,000; that
for Foreign Missions, in like man
ner, expressed a cordial approbation of
the vote of the American Board, at
Worcester, to raise $600,000 for the cur
rent Year's work. The Synod of Utica
evidently expects every church to do its
duty.
The Lord's Supper was administered
on Wednesday afternoon ; sermon by
Prof. McHarg, of Hamilton . College,
breaking of the bread by Dr. Mills, dis
tributing the cup by Rev. W. B. Parm_
lee,, of Westernvllle.
Thursday forenoon the subject 'of
Temperance was to come up ; and in
the afternoon the State of the Country,
and the ., Christian Commision, at which
latter time addresses were expected froin
Rev. Mr. Moss, Secretary of the Christ
ian Commission, Rev, J. W. Alford,
Secretary of the American Tract Society
of Boston, and Rev. Yates Hickey, of
thp„American Tract Society of New
Cork; and in the evening R ev . s. J.
Porter, recently of St. Louis, now pastor
of the First Church in Watertown, was to
- preach. The Synod of Utica is a work
ing Synod, and this late meeting must
accomplish something. The meeting
'next year is to be in Watertown, in con
nection with the First Church.
THE CHIIRCH IN NEW HARTFORD
It has been greatly blessed in the
Mast year, under the faithful ministra
tions of Rev. C. C. Kimball, now of Le
Bey. The chnrchias enjoyed almost a
soutinual out-pouring of the Holy Spirit,
and near a hundred conversions have
CoquiTed, greatly strengthening and
cheering its membership. In other
respects, the prospects of this church are
also encouraging. The Street railway
from Utica, three miles distant, is giving
new life to business, and bringing in an
increase of population. Several build
ings are going up, others are projected,
and the convenient distance:from Utica
must attract many business men of that
city to make this the place of their
residence.
And just in good time, the church
have extended a call to Rev. Mr. Fur
bish, of Portland, to be their pastor;
and he has accepted the call, and is to
enter upon his duties the first of Decem
ber. The prospects of this church were
never more encouraging than /Ow.
INSTALLATION AT WATERTOWN
Rev. J. Jermain Porter, late of St.
Louls, was installed pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Watertown, on
the 6th inst. Rev. Calvin Yale, Moder
ator cif the Presbytery of Watertown,
presided and put the constitutional
questions. The other parts of service
were as follows :—lnvocation and read
ing the Scriptures by Rev. Geo. Baker,
the young pastor of the Second Presby
terian Church of Watertown ; installing
prayer by George_ S. Boardman, D. D.,
of Cazenovia; sermon by A. A. Wood,
D. D., of Geneva ; charge to the pastor
by S. H. Gridley, D. D., of Waterloo;
and address to the people by Rev. S. L.
Merrill, of Theresa.
The services were of a high order,
deeply impressive throughout, and list
ened to by a large and most attentive
audience. At the close all came foriard
to shake hands with the new pastor.
This 'was apparently done with a will-
Great cordiality and affection were
plainly manifest, and thus the ministry
of this esteemed brother in Watertown
's commencing under the most favorable
auspices. The church has had but three
pastors during , a history of nearly fifty
years. Rev. Dr. Boardman, who offered
the installing prayer, was one of them,
and was settled here forty-three years
ago. Rev. Isaac Brayton, D. D., who
retired from the place last winter, on
account of ill-health, had served them
twenty-seven years. It is a stable,
strong church, and offers a great field
for permanent :usefulness. Long years
may pastor and people reap together.
INSTALLATION AT AUGELICA
. Rev. E. L. Boing, late of Durham,
in the eastern part of the State, was
installed pastor of the Presbyterian
Church in Augeliea, on Wednesday)
12th. inst. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Shaw,
of Rochester; charge to the pastor by
Rev. H. E. Niles, of Albion ; address to
the people by Rev. E. W. Stoddard, of
Parsippany, N. J. The two latter had
been pastors of this church, and were
kindly welcomed back to grace the new
nuptials. Rev. Dr. Stillman, of Dan - kirk,
took the introductory service, and Rev.
J. B. Beaumont, of lean, presided on
the occasion. •
The day was rainy, but the congrega
tion was large notwithstanding, and all
seemed deeply interested in the excel
lent and well-sustained services. Mr.
Boing has a fine congregation, a good
house of worship, and enters upon his
new pastorate with every thing favor
able to permanence and usefulness. He
comes with a good reputation as a
preacher, scholar and pastor, and has
already secured for himself a warm
place in the affections of his people.
He will also find a most excellent set of
men for his companions and fellow
laborers in the Presbytery of Genesee
Valley, to which his church belongs .
We trust he will find that valley full of
green pastures and fruitful ffelds.
CALLS
Rev. Elias R. Beadle, formerly of
Hartford, Ct., has received and accept
ed the unanimous call of, the First Pres
byterian Church of Rochester to become
its pastor, and will enter at once upon
the duties of the office. This is a very
important field, and Mr. Beadle will re
ceive a cordial welCome.
Rev. John 0. Wells, of Greenville, N.
Y., has received and accepted a call to
the Presbyterian Church of Romulus, in
this State. The gool - people of Roma_
lus have shown their appreciation of
the necessities of the times by offering
their newly called minister, not six hun
dred dollars and a parsonage, for salary,.
as in the former times, but one thou
sand dollars and a parsonage. This is
well done, and we hope that other
churches will take notice of it, and be
stimulated in like manner to Look after'
the wants of their pastors. Some have
not yet raised the saliries of their minis
ters. Will they tell its how such minis
ters can live in these times?
SECOND CHURCH, WATERTOWN.
The new church edifice for this socie
ty is so nearly done, that it is proposed
to hold the service of dedication on the
26th instant. Rev. Dr. Hutton, of New
York, to whose church the new pastor
at WatertOwn recently belonged, is en
gaged to preach the dedication sermon.
PERSONAL
Rev. Geo. S. Boardman, D. D., so long
PHILADELPHIA, 'THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1864.
the acceptable and useful pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Cazenovia, has
been compelled by protracted ill health
to resign his 'charge, and ask to be re
leased from its arduous duties. We
understand his people have not yet
acted upon the resignation, but we fear
that they will be compelled to accept it,
as his health seems very seriously im
paired.
Rev. W. E. Knox, of Rome, has been
spending a-fortnight amongour soldiers,
in the service of the Christian'Commis
sion. He will doubtless have a touching
tale to tell when he returns to his peo
ple, to awaken a deeper interest in be
half of the defenders of our liberties.
GENESES.
ROCHESTER, October 15, . 1864.
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HAstonville.—A good amount of prosper
ity attends the Presbyterian church in this
place, (a suburb of Philadelphia,) under the
pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Jelly. Eight per
sons were received to communion on• the 2d
inst., making more than sixty since the;
commencement of Mr. J's pastorate. A t
new church edifice is talked of.
Presbytery •at Cincinnati, 0. S.—T 8
body, at its recent session, memoraliz d
Congress in favor of the proposed amendm nt
to the National Constitution, recognizing
God and Christianity. Speaking of the . ct
that nowhere in our Constitution is then
of God or of Christ meat oned, nor even
providence recognized, the Presbytery a
"We believe that this was an ovens'
and not intentional; for our colonial,
lutionary and . civil history shows our
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be pre-eminently a Christian govern ,
and its whole administration has been i
cordance with this great fact. But all
goes to make -it the more prominentl ,
shame in the eyes of all Christendom.?
The Presbytery of Indianapolis,
says, through the report of its commit
the minutes of the General Assembly:
cordially welcome all the signs of incr
fellowship between the two branches
Presbyterian church, and rejoice at the
pect of early and decisive steps being
to unite the two orders."
Darkness and Dawn.—The narra,
the Synod of Allegheny (0. S.) adop
its recent meeting in.Meadville, says : .
have received accoun ts of the state of re
from two of the four Presbyteries comp
the Synod, and the impression prodtz
these is, that the special influence of I
Spirit has not been in all the churches
is evident that the Church is neither
nor wholly dead. She 'has faith, but in oo
many instances it is a dead faith'—' af: h
without works.' Surely it is not that fai , i
which wrestles, Jacob like, in prayer, an'
calls down a Pentecostal blessing.on a dyin
world; Neither is it that faith which works
by love, which purifies the heart, and over
comeththe world. The spark of life is still
seen, and felt, but, for want of faith and
prayer, it, has in no instance, that we can see,
been fanned into a flame." After some
specifications in keeping with the above gen
eral-statenaennt, the Narrative goes on to
say,=-' The' picture we have drawn is dark,
bat it is not all dark to the eye of faith.'
Sabbath schools are conducted with interest,
prayer-meetings ; are kept up and generally
well attended, churches are filling up with
Gospel hearers, and a few here and there are
inquiring, What must Ido to be,. saiied
We know that a better and brighter day will
ere long, dawn upon the Church and land.
This is the night of adversity ; but the morn
ing of joy is fast approaching, God
chide continually, neither will he keep t his
anger forever.' Ile has chastised us sore,
but hehas not given us over to death. 114
is now passing us through the furnace of of
fliction, and we shall yet shine in the worl ,
with a clearer light when we wear more pe -
fectly the Savior's image."
Revival.—Rev. Dr. Beatty, Principal
the Female Seminary in Steubenville, Ohl
writes to the Presbyterian `Banner:—"
have had the Spirit's presence this sessio
especially during the last part of the ter
in an unusual degree. Six of our pu 1/
made a profession of their faith last Sabb /
on examination. About as marry more h,v
found hope in Christ, some of whom wi_
unite with churches at home, and others at
a future communion, I suppose. Several at
the close of the term were deeply interested,
but had not yet made the decision." ' /
Dedication in San Francisco .—The Pci
cijic says that the Presbyterian church on
Larkin street—Rev. J. D. Strong, Pastor—
was dedicated on Sunday; September 4, the
Rev. Dr. Wadsworth preaching the sermon,
and the Rev. Messrs. Sawtelle; Beckwith and
Clark assisting in the services. The house
was filled with =appreciative audience.
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.Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D. Respecting the
effort to procure the removal of this Pastor
from Boston to San Francisco, which seems
just now to be an engrossing topic with Bos
ton Congregationalists, the Recorder of 14th
inst. says :—" The statement made in the
Recorder two weeks ago, that Dr. Stone, of
the Park Street Church, had sent in his
resignation, having been contradicted, we
have taken pains to make inquiry concerning
the matter, of a prominent member of his
society. We are informed that he has sent
in. a letter of resignation, and that it hvs
been acted upon by both church and society
but:not accepted. He has been requested to
WithdraW his resignation ; and the society
has voted to increase his salary $l5OO, thus
making it $5500, and also, if he will-remain,
to appropriate •$5OO more than heretofore,
$l7OO in all, annually, towards the expense
of obtaining a first class choir. This last
vote was becanse Dr. Stone has expressed
his. dissatisfaction with the present character
of the singing on the Sabbath. An adjoUrn 7
ed meeting of the society was to be held on
Wednesday evening of the present week."
Revivals.—Sixteen persons, fourteen on
profession of their faith in Christ, and two
by letter, were received to the Congregational
Church in Sturbridge, in September, under
the pastoral care of Rev. M. R. Angier..
These make seventy-five in all that have
been added to this church upon profesSion,
during the year - ending Sept., 1864. The
Hartford Religious: Herald reports a revival in
progress in Rev. John White's church,
North Woodstock, Ct., where thirty or forty
are already rejoicing in the hope that they
have pasied from death unto life.
WashingOh, -P.V. --- The 40v .John Thrush
writes to the Christian Advocate and j"ourrial:
—" We have a most interesting work of
grace in M'Kendree. Some forty-five souls
have been converted during the month, of
which I may write to you at its close."
An Old Disciple—We take the following
Presbyterian.
Congregational.
Methodist
paragraph from the Advocate and Journal's ac
count of a camp meeting recently held in
Genoa, N. Y., on the shore of Cayuga lake
" Love feasts were held every morning at
eight, when thrilling testimonies to the
mercy of God in Christ were given by the
young and the aged, by Baptists, Presbyter
ians, and Methodists. At these the most
noticeable person of the week, a venerated
and beloved disciple, widely known as
Mother Fox, of Weedsport, recounted her
trials and triumphs as .she accompanied her
father, the Rev. Samuel Bibbins, while itiner
atingfor many years through Central New
York. At, his request she became the com
panion of his travels, and an assistant in
the services in which he was engaged.
While he reaped I gleaned, and great multi
tudes were brought to Christ through our in
strumentality. lam a mother to the Church.
I have wept with those who were seeking
Jesus, and rejoiced with those who believed
on him. I have steadily striven to gather
stars for my crown. How I love to doinay
Master's will. As my infirmities of body, in
crease my soul grows more buoyant. It is
light around and bright above. I shall be
glad when 1 an clothed with immortality.
Brethren, you will live for heaven. Let it
be your highest ambition to save souls. God
will work mightily through you. Hallelujah!
I never shouted much, but as I near the
shore I feel like shouting more and more. '
.Revivals in Calffornia.—The San Francisco
Advocate records revivals on Honey Lake 3ir
mit, Eldorado Circuit; Visalia Circuit, and
lowa Hill. At some points, particularly on
Visalia Circuit, the work was very powerful.
A New Philadelphia Enterprise.—The Lu
theran, of this city, says that "the English
Lutheran church, Christian St. below Sixth,
has secured the services of Rev. Frederick
Slinefelter as pastor. The attention of fam
ilies residing in the vicinity, and particu
larly those interested in the Lutheran
Church, is directed to this new church en
terprise, now permanently established un
der the auspices of the " city Missionary So
ciety, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of
Philadelphia."
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East Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran
Church.—This body has just been in session
in Lebanon. The retiring President, in his
report, says "the pastoral changes during
the year have been unusually many. A
number of our ministers have removed, for
ming other ecclesiastical connections, and
others have been received. Three new
churches are in course of erection, viz : at
Mount Carmel, Mahanoy City, and Paxinos;
the first two in Schuylkill and the latter in
Northumberland County. Nine charges are
vacant!' We also take from the proceed
ings the following sentences from the report
of a Committee, of which Dr. Hatter was
chairman. In order to understand it, the
reader needs to be advised that this Synod
was created chiefly to furnish a congenial
home and good working liberty to the ad
vancing element in the Lutheran Church in
this region. "By not a few, in the begin
ning, the opinion seemed to be entertained
that, for the organization of the Synod of
East Pennsylvania, there existed no good
reason. Others seem to suppose that just as
little exists for its continuance. So, most
evidently, has not thought the Lord of Glory.
He looked upon this Synod from heaven,
and pronounded it very good. From the first,
t was the nursling of His kind providence,
Id the constant recipient'of his abounding
odness. He has greatly multiplied its
itiihistry and membership, and. made it a
essing to itself to other Synods, and the
c urch. ' We take one more item from the
roceedings. "R v. E. Greenwald, D. D.,
eported adversely on the application of
muel Fernald, local preacher of the
ethodist Church, \to be received into con
ection with Lutheran. Church and minis
ry. From the facts of his case,.. as presen
li.d by timself, it was argued that the pro
posed change might not, perhaps, prove
pleasant to himself nor profitable to us.—
He was hence advised to continue in his
present ecclesiastical connection, and preach
the Gospel as he may have opportunity.—
Report adopted."
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A New Enterprise.=." M. B. M.," writing
to the Examiner of " Doings in Boston," says,
—" You may not have.heard of one of our
latest maritime achievements. I refer to
the occupancy of their new house of worship
by the Baptist Bethel Society, under the
pastoral charge of Rev. Phineas Stowe. For
, nineteen years he has labored for the seamen
in Boston, and has but just got a deck that
is worthy of him. His indefatigable efforts,
e seconded by the zeal of the Ladies' Bethel
- Society, who of themselves raised $13,000,
have resulted in the purchase of the First
Universalist church, in Hanover , street, for
which they paid, with. repairs, $35,000.
They are free from debt, with a balance of
$1,500 in their treasury."
Association Reports--From Wayne (N. Y.)
Association —" The letters from the churches
breathed an excellent spirit. Arcadia re
ported the baptism of 24, and Marion 28.
The whole number, of baptisms reported was
72, and the entire number of communicants
1,599, showing a gain of thirty-four. The
ci\ j urch in Clyde was most joyfully received
' . in o the Association, with many a prayer
ascbnding that the new church may never
knOw the troubles nor the sorrows of the
fornier." • From Ontario, (N. Y.) Association
—"Thirteen of the-sixteen churches report
ed. Two were heard from by word'of mouth;
and one, having lost its visibility, its name
was dropped from the list. The letters re
ported but eighteen baptisms during the
year, and the present number 1,300. While
some portions of our country have been
drenched in blood and human suffering, the
churches have failed to labor in holy tnings
with due energy, and to ask in faith for the
divine refreshing."---Milford, (N. H.) As
sociation—" The letters reported one hun
dred and fifty-seven baptisms. The reading
of the letters was followed by a free confer
ence, in which a number of the brethren
participated, giving interesting facts and in
cidents connected with the revivals recently
enjoyed. •• This, was closed with a thanksgiv
ing prayer by Rev. J Peacock."—Wood
stock, (Vt.) Association—" The Association
is composed. of seventeen churches, twelve
of which have received additions by baptism
during the past year. In two of the churches,
viz : North Springfield and Saxton's River,.
extensive revivals have been enjoyed.".
Ministerial.—Mr. Edwin A. Taft, recently
of. Madison University, was ordained in
Wellsburg, N. Y., on the 21st ult. with a
view to a chaplancy. , Rev. A. P. Graves has
closed ,'a pastorate in Keyport, N. Y. - to as-.
surlier another in Brooklyn, N. Y. Rev.*E.•
Evans changes from Hardwick, N. Y. to
Passumpaic, N. J., and Rev. , W. P. Pearson,
from Juliet to Moline, Illinois.
Episcopal.
Death of Bishop Boone, of China.—We deep
ly regret. to record the death of the _Bey.
William J.,Boone, D J D., „Protestant 4pisco2
pal Missionary Bishop , of. China.. He. died
at Shanghai on Sunday, 17th of July, at the
age of fifty-three years. lie was a man of
an eminently Catholic spirit, loving and co
operating with all the true servants of Christ
in the great work of evangelizing the world,
Lutheran.
Baptist.
and his loss will be as deeply felt in other
communities as in the one which he more
especially represented. We have no par
ticulars of his death.—N. Y. Observer.
Diocese of New York—The Last Ten Years.
—ln the official Address of Bishop Horatio
Potter, to the recent Convention of the New
York Diocese, he thus alludes to the pro
gress of the last ten years—the period thus
far of his Episcopate :
In the course of these ten years there has
been that healthy growth and activity in
the Diocese which, through the Divine bles
sing, springs from and betokens spiritual
life. The best thing that can be said of a
Church at any time is that her Bishops and
pastors are day by day steadily and earnest
ly at work, each in .his appropriate sphere,
giving themselves continually to prayer and
to the ministry of the Word and Sacraments,
dealing out their bread to the hungry, preach
ing the Gos e el to the poor, searching out
and reclaiming the erring and forgotten,
feeding the lambs of. the flock, and carefully
training up the young in the ways of truth
and holiness; and, in these labors, meeting
everywhere with a ready response and co
operation from the people among whom
they minister. aWe have, no doubt, our in
firmities and shortcomings. In this imper
fect world we can scarcely hope to see the
day when a large Diocese will not include
here and there a sluggish and inefficient or
incompetent laborer. Even the most able
and self-devoted will be ready enough to
confess, perhitps more ready than others,
that he is an unprofitable servant. But I
am taking things as we may reasonably hope
and desire to find them ; and I speak with
the most careful and earnest sincerity when
I say that the results of my observations of
clergy and people in my widely extended
visitations, together with other indications,
including the large aggregate of confirma
tions which I have reported for the last ten
years and which I am soon to report for the
past year, afford evidence most cheering
that we havea praying and working church,
and that, in answer to our prayers, and aims
and labors of love, the adorable Head of the
Church is pouring out upon us the dew of
his heavenly blessing."
Roman Catholic
Male Friends at' Punerals.—Though not ex
actly germain to the head, "Religious In
telligence," we may as well in this place in
sert the following sharp satire from " The
Universe," the Romish organ in this city.
We remark, however, that the Universe is
entirely at fault in giving Protestant origin to
the custom which it so justly criticises. It
owes its paternity to no religious society: it
is simply an offspring of fashion.
"It is no longer polite, decent, becoming,
respectable, or necessary for ladies to attend
funerals. This is a universal proposition.
It excludes neither the funerals of friends,
nor of strangers, nor of kindred. Your ac
quaintance may be dead ;—Your father and
your mother may be dead ;—Your sons and
daughters may be dead ;—Yourself may ye
De dead : but no lady in the family—not
even your wife—can, with decency, attend
the funeral. This is the new etiquitte for
obsequies. The-male friends alone of the
deceased, are permitted to attend his or her
burial. They alone are invited. Witness
the advertisements in the Ledger.' It is
true that this system of grief is for the most
part to be found only among the upper Pro
testant classes. But it is creeping rapidly
among the upper. Catholic families. It -is by
no means ten years since we saw in a Catho
lic church in this city, a women in a coffin.
She was a mother ;—she had daughters liv
ing ;—she had living nieces; she had several
female relatives ; and of course many female
acquaintances;—acid Masswas being offered
up for her. But not a female was on the sa
cred melancholy spot. The male friends
alone of the family were present ! Was this
the way for friends to desert a friend, for
cousins to abandon a cousin, for nieces to
repudiate an aunt, for daughters to forsake
their mother ? We never saw, and we never
read of such coldness of heart—such Pagan
ism as we saw upon this occasion. There
was the poor mother in a rich coffin, totally
forsaken by all the females she ever knew,
respected, loved and cherished I None of
her daughters, none of her nieces, to weep
for her, to pray for her at the mass. The
male friends alone were present and they
were not many. They were few and faint
and faiihful still. Honor to the men. Is
this odious and abominable paganism and
heartlessness to go on ?' It began in the
Protestant ranks of fashion. There is its
origin. It has invaded the fashionable
Catholic body. The Door, the middle clas
ses, the hard working, the struggling in life
are not yet tainted by the poison. These
classes are still true to nature, and to Catho
lic principles. But it is to be feared that as
the fine successes of life are won by them,
the proud poison will discover a path into
their hearts. Such is the unfortunate weak
ness of the race."
Seamen.
There is in New York a very successful
enterprise under way in behalf mere esi.e
cially of Scandinavian seamen. Pastor lied
strom, a Norwegian, qualified by tact and
spirit, has a Bethel ship where he is inces
santly at work, preaching and holding meet
ings for prayer. We take the two following
items, relative to this work, from the N. Y.
Advacate and Journal.
Hath the Witness in . Himself.—lt is sel
dom in these days that we hear of men cry
ing out in the congregation, " Carry me out
of the host, for I am wounded ;" and more
rare is it for us to hear a man arise in the
midst of the sermon and declare, " I have
found it!" Last Sabbath morning a sailor
under concern of mind was attending prayer.
meeting always held in the hold of the ship
before the more formal . exercises of the
preaching service commence ; there he
sought earnestly to gain the sense of sin for
given ; but it was not until the pastor had
proceeded= some time in his discourse upon
the lifting._up of Christ, as Moses lifted up
the serpent, in the wildernesss, and while
dilating upon the words ," Whosoever be
lieveth, ' that he caught a saving view of
Christ, and instantly arose, giving glory to
God, and declaring to tlienongregation that
he had " received the witness in himself."
This novel but decided testimony from a
sailor standing six feet high produced a real
sensation.
Homeward Bound.—A seaman full of love
and seal for Christ is hastening home to
show how great things the Lord hath done
for him. He accounts to the, pastor (Red
strom) an to the toil and cheer of his pas
•sage. He writes that he has regularly hini
morning and evening prayer in the forecas
tle, and "Sometimes in the cabin. Three of
the sailors are under Conviction, and strug
gling. for the new life. The second mate
also has declared to him that he is sick'. Of
Sin, and longing to find rest in Jesus.: Thus
it is that Christ is gathering the fruit of-his'
passion frdni the sea- as wellaa from theland.
Preaching All Over. --A racy letter to the
Western Christian Advocate on " Sunday.
Sights" in New York, says :
"I was attracted to the Bethel ship ; Pas
tor Hedstrom's Scandinavian Mission--found
there a full congregation; the pastor preach
ed with head and hand, with tongue and
tears, and although we knew little but the
text, "Ye must be born again," it was evi
dent that the people felt and believed the
things which they heard. The baptism of'
an infant was attended to in the language of'
the people, and the whole service and scene
was deeply impressive."
Foreign
Bishop Thompson, of the Methodist Episco
pal Church in this country, on his way to
visit the missions of his church in the east,
attended the meeting of a mission commit
tee in London, on the 7th ult. In the
course of his remarks he told them that in
spreading Christianity in India the Metho
dist Episcopal Church was strengthening the
British Government; that we have facilities
in India which they did not enjoy, as we
had shed no blood in India, were not re
garded as conquerors, were known to pos
sess liberal principles, owned not a foot of
the soil, and went purely to spread the Gos
pel.
Denominational Change.—Rev. Mr. Boulding
of Glasgow, Scotland, one of the first class of
Mr. Spurgeon's theological students, has re
nounced anti-pedobaptism as unscriptnral.
He adopts infant baptism as an essential
part of the Christian system.
Romaniant—Gains and Losses.—The Catho
lic Directory for 1864, shows an increase of
three hundred and forty-five Roman Catho
lic clergy in England, during the last ten.
years, and forty-four in Scotland. On the
other hand there is no Protestant country
in which the Church of Rome is making
such advances as Protestantism is making
in Italy and Belgium.
.Return of a Viteran.—Rev. Dr. Myron Win
slow, forty-five years a missionary of the
American Board in India, and one whose
impress, more than that of any other living
man, lies upon that whole missionary field,
is now on his way to this country, in very
feeble health, to retire permanently from
his long service. Ile has well earned the
repose demanded alike by his years and the
exhausting character of his labors. His first
impressions on his return will have a shade
of sadness. He will miss his two brothers
recently deceased, Doctors Gordon and Hub
bard Winslow, two beloved daughters, and,
as we have just learned, his venerable moth
er, who died at Williston, Vt., on the 2d.
inst., at the advanced age of 95 years. But
he has learned through many afflictive expe
rien.pes,
"Out of my stony griefs,
Bethel to
Canada.—The "Editorial Correspondence"
of the Halifax Presbyterian Truness, says the
Canada Presbyterian Church is a hard work
ing and a very enterprising body. She is
extending her operations far east and west.
One of her most venerable ministers lately
spent several weeks labouring in Bay Cha
leur, and others . are penetrating the almost
pathless wilds of the great West. lam de
lighted to learn that the feeling between
this Church and the Church of Scotland in
Canada is most friendly. The students of
Knox College and of Kingston insist upon
speedy union. Pulpits are frequently ex
changed and aid mutually given and re
ceived. In Quebec, in' Montreal, Kingston,
Ottawa, Toronto, the feeling is just what it
should be—with the exception of an anti
quated fossil or twoln Montreal. Time will
hide these fossils and the path will then be
clear.
Colleagues called. —The U. P. Presbytery, of
Edinburgh met SepteMber 21st, to moder
ate in a call to a Colleague for Rev. Wil
liam Reid, of Lothian Road Congregation.
Stipend of each minister to be £3OO, (about
$1350.) North Leith Church has called Mr.
Robert Lyon, licentiate, to be Colleague to
Dr. Harper.
Mr. F. Ferguson was Ordained Sept. 30th,
by Edinburg U. P. Presbytery with a view
to the pastorate of Dalkeith Church made
vacant by the transfer of Rev. Dr. Joseph
Brown, D. D., to Glasgow.
Niscellaneous.
Not a bad Idea.—Rev. George Hill, the.
Pastor of an Universalist parish in Milford,
Mass., was called by the parish of South
Dedham, and asked a dismission with the
view of accepting the call. His congregation
refused to accept his resignation, and, not.
satisfied with a mere vote of refusal, sent a..
committee to the South Dedham parish to
notify them of the fact. This last is a new
feature in this class of transactions—a plain
hint to the latter parish, that this stealing
of ministers cannot be quietly submitted to..
Bible Society Meetings in New Jersey.—Rev.
Dr. Sheldon, Agent of the American Bible
Society, furnishes the Managers with an in
teresting statement respecting the recent
Bible anniversaries in the counties of Somer
set, Hunterdon, and Warren, which he very
aptly denominates " mass meetings of the
members and friends of the Bible society,'''
and_, which he describes as meetings of
peculiar usefulness and interest. At the first
two of these meetings there were from 800 ,
to 1,200 persons in attendance; the services
were held in the morning and afternoon ; an
excellent collation was provided at the recess,
for visitors from a distance; very able and in
structive addresses were delivered; and much
good, it is believed. was accomplished. The.
Warren County anniversary, though not so
large on account of a storm, was an occasion
of great interest and profit, as many present
can testify. "These meetings," says Dr.
Sheldon, " are a great tribute to the Bible
and the Bible cause; they show great effort
to sustain the Cause, persons riding in their
own conveyances five, ten, and even twenty
miles to be in attendance, and many clergy--
men, leading civilians, and aged hoary-head
ed persons being present; they are a great.
and blessed means of educating the people
in right views of Christian action and benev
olence; they betoken great diligence in the.
homework; and they are,l trust, an earnest
of still greater triumphs of the blessed Cause
in other lands."
Peneale Prayer Meetings in California.—A
correspondent writes to the California
Christian Advocate.—" A few of us, (ladies of
different Christian denominations) in one of
the mountain 'towns, sealing how Much the
Church of Christ- does languish, have banded
ourselves together, to meet once a fortnight,
for the purpose of having a female prayer
meeting. We have invited all the ladies of
our town, whom we know to, be professors of
religion, to join the meeting, but alas! our
number is very small as yet—so- small, in
fact, that we should be discouraged, only
for the gracious promise, "Where two or
three are gathered together in my name,
there will Ibe in the midst of them." We
have found our precious Saviour with us in
all our meetings, and is not He able, in His
own good time, to bless us, and does He not
bless us.?' Oh, He, is, more willing to give
than we are to receive, only He has com
manded us "to ask." God help us to' 'grow
'in grace -and in, he knowledge of our :Lord
Jesus Christ.
Orkthe State of the ,aruntly:—Ministers and
members of different:evangelical churches%
the twin cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny,
meet once a week for conversation and
prayer with reference to the present condi
tion of our country.