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OPEN AIR MEETINGS.
No. 111
BY EDWARD PAYSON HAMMOND
I promised in my last to collect a few
facts and thoughts with regard to " oc
casional open air meetings." There
are hundreds of goodly men in Great
Britain who are ever watchful for
opportunities to repeat the story of the
Saviour's finished work. It is said that.
the 8i51.. - )p of London takes his stand
at Charing Cross, and preaches Christ
and him crucified to the crowds who
there gather. Would it not look strange
to see the Bishop of New York on the
City Hall steps, telling the motley
crowd that " Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners," even the chief?
No doubt many would " murmur," as
did the Scribes and Pharisees when " all
the publicans and sinners" pressed
around the meek and lowly Jesus to
listen to his compassionate and life
giving words.
ST. JAMES' PARK
the Bishop of London, like our blessed
Lord, love to be called "the friend of
publicans and sinners." A walk through
St. James' Park on any pleasant Sab
bath day, convinces one that in that
vast city of three millions, there are
hundreds who fear not to imitate his
example. It is safe to say that twenty
or thirty separate audiences might often
be counted in that park on a Sabbath,
listening attentively to the words of
eternal life. Among the speakers may
be seen gentlemen of high standing,
whose names are familiar even on this
side of the Atlantic. It would be at
times imposSible for a man to get
through the park without listening to a
sufficient amount of truth to save his
soul.
In June, 1861, while I was driving
with a gentleman in Grosvenor Square,
ho remarked that there was a crowd in
St. .Tanaes' Park, and proposed that we
should go and see some of the open air
preaching-services, which were usual
on such public occasions. It might add
interest for me to state, this gentleman's
whole time and yearly incame of seventy
five thousand dollars is devoted entirely
to the service of the Lord. On entering
the park we found numerous audiences
listening, though on a week-day, to the
Gospel. But I was soon astonished to
see my honored host step upon one of
the wayside seats, and holding up his
pocket Bible, begin to speak to the
passers-by of Christ and heaven. One
after another stopped, till soon a large
crowd were assembled. He " lifted up"
Christ in a simple but impressive man
ner, which at once arrested and riveted
- the attention of all within sound of
his voice. It was most interesting to
study the change upon the countenances
of his hearers. At first, by their looks
at least, " some said, what will this
babbler say ?" But ere long their care
less or contemptuous appearance was
changed to one of deep anxiety. A
short hymn and prayer closed the
service.
But then began the most interesting
and important part of the meeting.
Numerous Christians were ready to go
among the wounded and point to the
Lamb of God. This gentleman, who
ranks among England's nobility, though
intensely interested at the sight of
*nxious inquirers, treated the whole
matter as one of common occurrence.
But was there not joy in the presence
of the angels in heaven over sinners
repenting ? Will not God in answer to
prayer raise up such men in this coon-,
try—men who shall be willing to obey
the command of our risen Lord and
go out in the highways and compel
them to come in ?"
A recent number of The Revival, a
paper published by Messrs. Morgan &
Chase, in London, gives• an interesting
account of the manner in which the
Gospel was preached at a public.execu
tion a few weeks since, at Leeds, in
England. I venture to quote it almost
entire. To the one who prayerfully
inquires, "Lord, what wilt thou 'have
me to do ?" it is full of instruction.
"PREACHING AT THE EXECUTION AT
LEins.—The two wretched murderers,
Sargisson and Myers, were executed in
front of the Armley jail, Leeds, on
Saturday morning, at nine o'clock. As
this was the first execution there, the
crowd was immense, certainly. over
50,000,and by some said to be much
larger. This assemblage occupied two
or"three fields in front of the prison,
and afforded a rare opportunity for
preaching and tract distribution. Nor
were laborers wanting to seize the
opportunity. Without definitearrange
,beforehand, upwards of thirty
OMOrin -men wore drawn together to
„work for their Master, including the
ei,ghteen town missionaries, with their
superintendent. We - had one of the
large banners provided by the Open Air
Mission, Which W-Ei,s first stationed in
4 ..oxio:part of - the Or-94v0. and. then in an
other, the six texts on it being read by
thousands of peofile,,',7e preached COQ;
secutively at three or four stations'.
i gto,addresses were,gon - Orally short Atpd:
to the point. The people were warned
and entreated, and Jesus was held up
as the only deliverer from the penalty
due to the murderer and every other
sin.
" The addresses of some of the breth
ren, who themselves had sunk deep in
sin, were peculiarly suitable. Some one
in the crowd called out, 'Let's hear -M
-ier Joss,' meaning Joshuairoole. He
stood up, and used expressions like the
following, Some o' ye know me.; I
used to carry a pack o' cards and a
nook o' dominoes in my pocket, and
fifty-seven songs in my Lead. Now I
carry a Testament in my pocket (hold
ing it up) and Christ in, my heart.
There's gamblers here this morning. I
used to kick 'em up (imitating the
tossers), but I've given that up now.
Some o' ye seek your happiness in
drinking, but happi (less, does not grow
in a beer shop. Now tell ye what
religion does. It makes a man happy
seven days a week. I used to belong
to the laughing club, but. I gave it
up because they paid nothing in sick-
ness. I've now joined the wheat club,
and mean to stick to it.' Then follow
ed earnest, telling appeals. Great. order
prevailed through the crowd. The peo
ple generally paid much attention to
the preaching, and many cheeks were
wet with tears. What a sight it was
to look at such a sea of upturned faces.
How earnest did it make the preachers
in speaking to those whom they could
reach. The Rev. Dr. Atlay, the vicar,
had a special meeting'in the church at
a quarter tizi nine.
" It is impossible to say how many
tracts were distributed, perhaps 25,000
or more. Three were printed in the
town for the occasion. One entitled
'lie that is hanged is accursed of—God'
(Dent. xxi. 23); another,' What is your
sentence,?' and the third was a touching
prayer intended to be used on behalf of
the convicts. Two striking placards
were also well posted all over the town.
One containing-the last words the crimi
nals would hear (from the burial ser
vice), and the other asking whether
these men were sinners above all men
because they suffered such things ' with
an appropriate answer. I don't know
who devised these placards, but they
were singularly appropriate, and were
read by thousands.
" It was curious to notice the inscrip
tions on the leathern tourists' bags, in
which several of the brethren carried
their tracts. One had God is love,' in
gut letters, and another, 'Joshua Poole,
converted fiddler. Praise God.'
" I preached in the open-air in the
Vicar's-croft on Friday evening, (where
the town missionaries hold services on
Sunday throughout the summer,) and
afterwards attended a meeting of the
Yon ng Men's Christian Association, and
was pleased to see so intelligent and de
vout a body of young men met to
welcome their now secretary, Mr.
Smith. May their influence for good
be felt all over this vast town with
its population of 207,000 souls.
" G. KIRKHAM."
AN ILLTJSTR,ATION AT NOME
But we need not cross the ocean to
find examples of successful open-air
meetings. In a recent interesting pub
lication-44 THE DAYS THAT ARE PAST,"
by Rev. Thomas J. Shepherd, pastor of
the Buttonwood Street Presbyterian
Church, - Philadelphia, it appears that
the REV. JAMES PATTERSON, the first
pastor of that church, in the year 1816,
carried on, with an abundant blessing,
"periodic Sabbath services on the com
mon." I cannot forbear making a few
quotations from this volume.
"The interest began with the ap
pointment of a prayer meting on Mon
day evenings, for the special purpose of
supplicating revival influences. These
meetings become so thronged and so
solemn that every evening in the week
was soon occupied, and, preaching ser-,
vices were intermingled with those ot:
prayer. For ninety successive nights
these services were protracted, with
some extravagance it may be, but with
manifold evidence of a power more than
man's.
"At the outset some of the confirms
church members were troubled and per
plexed. Among them was Mr. Markoe.
He had never witnessedliad never ima
gined such scenes. For a time, ho was
in doubt as to the character of the work.
In the subjects of this strange influence,
there were probably some prominent
excesses of feeling and of action, but
the fruits of a precious revival of reli
gion beginning to appear in the'clear
and stronglymarked conversion of many
persons, he condeinned and mourned his
hesitation. With an honesty and no
bleness that become him well, he arose
in the crowded church, declared the
change in his views, and pledged him
self henceforth, with heart and soul, to
enter into the work." •
The record "states that during that
year, 192 made profession of faith in
Christ, and that Mr. Patterson saw the
number of communicants rise from fifty
to eleven hundred. His heart con
tinually yearned for the perishing
masses. His passion for saving souls
found in the crowds that listened to his
words a powerful stimulus. For five
successive summers be continued to
preach Christ to the "throngs of Sabbath;
breakers that were wont to' stroll in
the fields near his church." At each
of these services, thousands gathered
around him and heard that Gospel
whieh elsewhere they. never heard,
From these services to those in the
church, the transition of interested
hearers would be easy, and abundant
evidence exists that many who became
consistent, earnest '"inenibers of the
church, owed their first impression ' , to
tho' field preabher's - liungetit
C: VI
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1864.
THE RECENT INTERFERENCE
With the Work of the Aineriean Beard at the
Sandwich Islands.
It Is a thing of course for the Romish
Church to send its agents into every
important field occupied by Protestant
missionaries. In this that oburch is
consistent with its avowed principles,
for it denies to us Christian privileges,
and is the declared enemy of our relig
ion. Accordingly, the Romish missiona
ries forced their way, thirty yiars'ago,
into the Sandwich Islands, although our
labors then covered the whole ground;
and did not scruple to use' the naval
power, of France to overcome the re
luctance of the Hawaiian government.
As, however, the Romish mission has
never gained a controlling influence in
the Island government, and as our
struggle with it has been only among
the people, wo have not hitherto had
ranch to fear from it. It is even a
question, whether so much of just that
sort of antagonism was not useful, on
the whole, both to the missionaries and
to their converts.
At any rate; the work of Christianizing
the Islands advanced Steadily, through
the blessing of God, until, in the year
1863, we completed the religious organi
iation of our churches, and devolved on
them the responsibility of self govern
ment, and also, to a great extent, of
self-suppprt. The HaWaiian govern
ment, as such, though Protestant in its
legal character, had no inconvenient
entanglements with either denomina
tion previous to the year 1862, and the
ministers of religion, both Protestant
and Romish, felt that they had the
freest scope for the exercise of their sa
cred functions. Indeed, nothing seemed
wanting for the religious accommodation
of all classes of the people, from the
king down to his lowest subject, except
an Episcopal clergyman of evangelical
sentiments and good abilities and char
acter, .to reside -at Honolulu, where a
small number of people 'of foreign
origin, and the king who had been in
England, and his queen whose father
was of English birth, were supposed to
prefer the Episcopal form of worship.
To meet this state of things, the Foreign
Secretary of this Board, a few years
since, advised an excellent bishop of the
Aniet4can EpiFcical Church to - procure
the sending of an evangelical presbyter
to Honolulu, and there was some con
ference on the subject, but no one was
sent.
Not long after this, at the commence
ment of 1860, a movement was made
frotn the Sandwich Islands to obtain
such a clergyman from England. Dr.
Armstrong, then President of the 'Board
of Instruction, and Mr. Wyllie, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, acting under direc
tion from His Majesty, wrote to thd
Rev. William Ellis, in London, asking
him to take measures for securing an
Episcopal clergyman for Honolulu,
stating that the king would guarantee
him a thousand dollars, annually, to
wards his support, and grant a lot of
land for an Episcopal church. It is
understood thitt, the new presbyter was
to be made chaplain of the royal family
and private tutor of the young heir•to
the throne, who, however, died not long
after. Mr. Ellis hid once resided at
the Islands, and was desired to procure
an evangelical clergyman such as he
believed would be' adapted to the situa
tion, but not one of high-chureb pro
clivities, for, such an one would not haie
the sympathy and support of the other
evangelical ministers on 1,116 . islands
Sueh an Episcopal clergyman was then
needed,.and would strengthen4he cause
of Christian piety_on the Islands, and
receive a cordial welcome from all the
American missionary brethren.
Mr. Ellis placed the letters in the
hands of the. Secretary of the " Colonial
Church and School Society," and the
committee of that society, approving of
the object, submitted them to the Bishop
of London, who expressed his entire
concurrence in the proceedings, and his
readiness to aid in carrying them out.
And application was actually made to
one or two suitable individuals, but
without success. .
The Consul General of the Islands in
London is an Englishman, but was
never at -the Sandwich Islands. He .
aiE4O had been written to by Mr. Wyllie,
it must be presumed in strict accordance
with the letters addresSed to Mr. Ellis,
but he at once put himself in communi
cation, note with 'either of the great
missionary soCieties:in the Church of
England, but (as Mr. Ellis says) with
individuals belonging. to the " section
Of the Cbrirch of En 'land characterized
by extreme ritualisna," With a 'View td
sending a bishop to the Islands, "
all the paraphernalia," as he expresses
it, " appertaiining . to kis-office and func
tions." Oa, learning, this, from the
Consul, Mr. Ellis Ohjected---and here too
we use his: own languazo T ,—f t ' that
. such
a procedure would he,<P gnat, Jnistake,
as' the , Bishop, if :sent,- would ' probably,
fail, while- a re;spectable pious clergy
man, who would co-operate A with
.=.SY~. .
the Christian ministers already there,
would prove a real blessing, especially
to those who cherished attachment to
the system of the Church of England,
of which, except as one Of the various
forms of Christianity, the king must
necessarily be ignorant."
Mr. Ellis' objections were not re
garded, while the endelvor to send a
mission to the Islands, to consist of a
bishop and three presbyters, was prose
crite.d to a'successful issue. It was the
original plan to add two more presby
ters from the United States, making a
mission of six in all, butthis part of the
plan, for some reason, was not carried
into effect.
The Prudential Committee do not
bringthis remarkable interference with
our work at the Sandwich 'lslands before
the Board from a sectarian point •of
view, but solely in its relations e to the
prosperity of the naissionary work.
This new mission is really a great inno
vation upon the usages of Protestant
missions, and is the practical assertion
of a very dangerous principle. We
know of nothing like it, unless it be in
Western Asia. The onsets of the
Church of Borne we, can bear, but'a
house divided against itself' shall not
stand." Every Protestant denomina
tion of Christians, every missionary so
ciety, has a deep interest in the case.
The American Board has been more.
than forty years endeavoring to elevate
a race of barbarian pagans, on those
remote Islands, up to the level of a
civilized Christian community, and for
this purpose it has sent forth a hundred
and fifty laborers, male and female, and
expended considerably over a million of
dollars. If now—after it has succeeded,
and can point as the result of its labors
and expenditures to a Christian nation
recognized - as such by the Christian
nations; to a self-governing Christian
community wonderfully transformed in
manners and morals; to the missionary
work so far accomplished, there, that if
the churches we have planted and
organized are let alone, they can live
and thrive with but little more of our
'aid ; --if now, in this hour of our victory,
after so long and arduous a conflict and
so great an expenditure, it shall be
judged right and proper for a body of
professed . allies to come upon us, ivith
the evident intent, if it be possible, of
taking entire possession of the field ;
what a hindrance and discouragement
that would be to prosecuting these great
and costly missionary enterprises !
It is well, for the calm and candid
discussion of this case, that it involves
the Christian honor of no one of the
great churches of Christendom, of no
one of the great missionary societies.
For we have the declaration of the late
excellent-Archbishop Sumner; in, a letter
to the Foreign Secretary of this Board,
corroborating our other testimonies, that
this mission had its origin with " certain
individuals," who "formed themselves into
a committee for the`pprpose of taking
hdvantage of the proposal of the king of
Hawaii, and with the ultimate view of
establishing a bishop on the Polynesian
Islands!' Nor had the good Archbishop
himself even beard of the plan, until he
was informed of it by the Foreign Sec
retary of this Board, some months'after
the-self-appointed , committee had com
menced its operations. F,
Gradually,
Gradually, in the progress of the
missionary work, there has been devel
oped and established A. LAW OF CHRIS!.
TIAN OOURTESY,fOT the government of
missionary societies,our great com
mon law. Alt Protestant societies have
found: it for their advantage to ebserve
it: And it is vitally for their interest,
and for the interest of all 'the several
churches for which they act, and. of
Christ's kingdom, to observe it strictly
and to discountenance every violation
of it.
The plea set up for sending an Eng
lish bishop to the Sandwich Islands is,
that such a bishop was requested, by
the king of the Islands. But we have ,
the correspondence, and we know, that
his request was simply for an Episcopal
presbyter to reside at' Honolulu. If—
many months after the self-appointed
committee in England had set the
wheel in motion—the young king was
persuaded to give - his assent to the plan
of sending a bishop, if he even wrote to'
the Queen of England, as is affirmed on'
somewhat doubtful authority, that may
serve to Recount for the fact that Earl
Russell gave his license fOr the COIIBEW
cration of a bishop, and that the Arch
bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of
London felt 'bound. to Consecrate' him
but it in no degree justifies the previous'
acts of the committee, nor would it
have beenregarded, as we fully believe,'
by either of the great missionary socie,
ties of the Endlish Church, as justifying
a 'mission that; by its numbers, consti- ,
tUtion, prestige, and the intensity of its
rittalistiC:apirit, was evidently designed
to supplant;'on those tilands,'the insti
tutions andlirfinence of the missionaries
sent out by'Otiii - Board. • '
The moVe)nerq the.' -`parties
England, not excluding Bishop Staley
and his associates, was no doubt entered
upon with very inadequate and mistaken
views of the number, character and
labors of the American missionaries,
and of the great religious and social
changes which bad resulted therefrom.
A work published in London by the
Consul-General in the interest of the
new mission, with a commendatory
preface by the Bishop of Oxford, did
not hesitate to pronounce the'American
mission at the Islands to have been a
failttre I—though the authorities, to
which the author frequently refers, were
enough to have taught him better, and
of course' left him inexcusable for his
ignorance.
Bishop Staley, soon after his arrival
at Honolulu, with his three presbyters,'
(which was tin the autumn of 1862,)
published in a sermon what he calls the
" leading features of the church-system,"
which they had come "to establish
among the people of the Islands."
These may be described very briefly,
in nearly his own words.
The worship of the people, he says,
was to be "guided by Holy Scripture,
as interpreted by Ole ancient fathers,
implying by that term those chiefly of
the first five centuries—the purest ages
of the Church." They were to be
taught, that their infants were, by bap
tism," made members of Christ, children
.of God, and inheritors of the kingdom
of heaven." And when the baptized
children arrived at "years of discretion,"
they were encouraged to believe that
they would "be strengthened by a new
gift, of the Holy Spirit, imparted to them
by the imposition of hands," in "the
holy rite of confirmation." Being thus
"initiated into full communion with the
Church," they were to be deemed fitted
to "approach the Blessed Sacrament of
Christ's body and blood." The baptized
were also to be taught, that they were
not to wait till they were " con
verted by some sudden, irresistible
impulse," but to regard themselves " as
already, by baptism, grafted into
Christ's church," and not only bound,
but " able to crucify the old man, with
his evil deeds, by the strength already
imparted from above." If their con
sciences were "burdened with sin,"
they, were to be encouraged "to come
to the minister, and open their grief,"
and "receive the benefit of absolution."
The islanders, under , the instruction of
the American missionaries, are wont to
call one day in seven the Sabbath, but
"'most falsely and mischievously," in the
opinion of Bishop Staley; for the church
provides an order of prayer to be said
daily throughout the year." "Such,"
he adds, are some cf the leading "fea
tures in that church system we conic to
establish among the people of these Is
lands."
The Board will at once see, that the
doctrines involved in this " church sys
tem" could not possibly be " established
among the people of those Islands," and
become prevalent,- without a dangorous
re - volution• in their religious opinions
and habits, 'nor''-without going far to
dispossess as of the field we have strug
gled so long and expended so much to win.
It is proper to add, that tbe office and
work' of our brethren- as Christian min
isters, as welLas their churches and tia
tive ministry, are ignored by. the Re
formed Catholics, (as they call thorn
selves,) as much as they ever were by
the Roman Catholics. They never
meet our brethren as divinely author
ized Christian missionaries, and the
.
natives - see it.
Thus far, they have found it. hard to
interest the people. Bicepting a few
extraordinary occasions, their audiences
have everywhere been small, even with
in the precincts of the court. Their
worship is too showy, toe like the Ro
man Catholic, for the religious taste of
the people. Still this mission, having
come with a virtual commendation from
Queen Victoria, and having been most
cordially adopted by the late kitig„ and
falling in with the tastes and tendencies
of the present reigning family, is exerting
an influence in the government,' which
occasions much uneasiness. The Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of
the Interior, one of the Justices of the
Supreme Court, the Attorney General
and the Governor of Maui (a native,)
'have joined the Reformed Catholic
Church. The only other cabinet minis
ter is a French gentleman, and he is a
Roman Catholic. Bishop Staley, though
remaining at the head of his mission,
has been made chaplain to the king,
and a member of his Privy Council.
The time allotted to this Special Re
port has allowed no extended quotations
from the correspondence, nor 'a state
ment of the matters of detail;., but
should the case be.referred to a corn_
mittee, to report :;hereon during.the pro
gress of this meeting, that committee
will find an ample and carefully pre
pared historical,account of, the mission,
now under consideration, in the Twen,
tiEsth Chapter of anew, work on. the
Hawaiian Islands, which will be placed
in its hands.
At the close of the chapter just men
tioned, will be found the noble protest
of the Earl of Shaftesbury against a sim
ilar attempt, and by same class of
persons, to send a bishop and six pres
byters to the capital of Madagascar,
where the London Missionary ;Society
had long and successfully labored. The
protest was made at a meeting, at which
the Earl presided. It is now under
stood, that the mission was not prosecu
ted,—as it may be hoped the one sent to
the Hawaiian Islands will not be. The
Committee cannot but regard the mis
sion of Bishop Staley as fraught with
far more evil than good to the Protes
tant community on those'lslands; nor
can they believe, that their brethren of
the Episcopal Church, whether in Eng
land or in this country, when once they
understand the case, will desire its con
tinuance in its present form.
RESOLUTIONS OF UNION PRESBYTE-
BY, EAST TENNESSEE.
We have already given a summary
of the proceedings of this Prestiytery
at its late meeting in Spring Place
Church, near Knoxville, Sept. 2d, 1864.
At that time the Presbytery resolVed
to resume its connection with the A. -
sembly of our church, which had been
interrupted since the secession of the
Southern churches at Cleveland, in 1857.
We believed at the time of the seces
sion, that the churches in E. Tennessee,
although carried away with the rest,
were not cordial in the movement, and
especially that the membership of the
churches was largely in sympathy with
the General Assemby. In the late
meeting of Presbytery, although there
were but three ministers, no less than
ten elders were present, showing where
the sympathies of the people are.
We give the subjoined resolutions at
the request of the Presbytery :
WHEREAS, Presbytery, at its last reg
ular meeting, held,in New Market,l.B63,
passed the following resolution, to-wit.:
Resolved, That this Presbytery will
neither license, ordain, nor receive from
anothei; Presbytery, any man who does
not sympathize with the South in her
present struggle for independence, or
who holds that slaveholding is sinful
and ought to be abolished ; and
Whereas, This resolution is an arbi
trary and unwarranted stretch of power,
and an usurpation of the prerogatives
which belong to the Lord Jesus Christ
alone, as the supreme head of the
church, inasmuch as it imposes tests or
terms of licensure, ordination and mem
bership, which are novel and without
any warrant either from the word of
God, Confession of Faith, o?' uniform
practice of the Presbyterian church, but
is in direct conflict therewith, and is
therefore subversive of the good order,
peace and purity of the church; and
Whereas, This resolution is a shame
ful and inexcusable apostacy from the •
,principles of patriotism and universal
freedom to which the Presbyterian
Church in its long, varied and honorable
history has steadfastly adhered ; and
Whereas, This resolution may, and
doubtless does, express the sentiments
and views of a large majority of the
ministers belonging to Presbytery, yet
the same is heartily condemned and se
verely censured by a very large major
ity of the churches under its care;
therefore,
ResolDed, That the said resolution be
and the fame is hereby deemed and held
to be inoperative, null and void. '
Resolved, That we deeply regret and
lament that so many of our brethreh
have been st'.• far forgetful of the imper
ative demands of patriotism, justice and
humanity, as to range themselves on the
side of wrong and injustice, and against
their conntry and freedom • and we sin
cerely hope that they will reconsider
their action, be brought to see their
great error, and abandon principles
which are evidently at war with Chris
tianity, civilization and humanity.
The above resolutions • were unani
mously adopted.
RETURNING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Whereas, Presbytery is convinced
that its interests are not likely to be
promoted by a continuation of its con
nection with the United Synod of the
Presbyterian Churb ; therefore,
Resolved, That the connection of the
Presbytery with said Sy nod be, and the
same is now hereby dissolved.
Resolved, That this Presbytery, atthe
kind solicitation and request of the Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
church from which it withdrew in 1857,
presented through the Rev. S. W. Elliott,
does now return to that body.
The resolutions were adopted unan
imously.
HOME MISSIONS.
On applications received from - the
churches they serve, the 'following min
isters were commissioned by -the Pres
byterian Committee of Home Missions.
Seven of whom were under 'commission
last year. .
Rev. H. B. Scott, (Jen tral College and Genoa,
A: D. Moore, Da.uppin,,Pa.
" W. J. Johnston. Lena, Ills.
" Danl.-•Higbee, Washingtonville, N. Y.
" Benj. Franklin, Brighton, Mich. .
" .John Glass, Scott and vicinity, lowa.
" B. Russell Tirane - aud Sugar Hill,N. Y.
"' H. Baker, Harrisburg, Pa.
" Jas. IL Stevenson, Jersey City,.N. J.
Alanson Schofield, Quincy and Cantor
.
nia,
" J. H. Phelps, Win tercet, Ipwa. ,
" W. J. Atting,Unadilla. and Plainfield
Mich. -
'll - c3tington- Lyman,
Armon Spencer, Willtaxneqn, p.r. Y. 7„
George C. WOOd."JackiOni7ille," 111 a."
W. H. Hendrickson;"