348 Cortroponitact. FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT AN OLD ROMAN As such the Hon. Gerrit Smith ap pears to us, in spite of many things in his political course, and still more in his religious belief, which we cannot ap prove or admire. But who can doubt his stern integrity, or fail to admire his princely generosity, and the native noblness of his entire character- l and bearing ? Who can look upon his splen did form and his fair, beautiful counte nance, or hear the silvery tones of his Musical voice, and believe for a moment 'that he could ever condescend to any thing mean or ignoble? True, we can not soon forget his spostacy from Christ; we wonder at it; we cannot account ior ; we try to believe that he is still right at heart, and will yet be brought back into the clear light of assured truth. We wish it might be soon, for we know he can` never find true peace without. Bdt it is of his positidn for the coun try of which wewish more particularly to speak at this time ; and wi3 honor his splendid patriotism, which now over leaps,all the barriers of 'impracticable thebries and personal preferences with which he was entrenched, and comes out fairly and squarely for the country, the whole country, and nothing but the Country. For this he is talking, speak ing, writing, and giving his money by thousands, for bounties, for sick and wounded soldiers, and to care for sol diers families. On the breaking out of the war he constituted himself a "com mittee of the whole" for the town of Peterboro, to take care of all the fami lies of soldiers from that town who should need help. It cost him thousands of dollars to do it ; and yet this is but a sample of the' way'in which he has Veen doing all Power to sustain the :government, from that time to this. Like Douglass, he knows but two parties, one in favor of the,government and the other necessarily against it, (how ever some honest persons in the latter categarypay mean otherwise,) and he goes with all his might for the re-elec tion of the present *Chief Magistrate, fgr the vigorous prosecution of the war until the rebels lay down their arms, and for the utter' extermination of slavery; the acknowledged cause of the War. In 'advocacy of these sentiments he is speaking with his accustomed grace and force. Plainly he has no personal ends to serve, as he has now no side issues to urge. Like an old Roman patrit of the beat days of the Repub lic, he+is ready to give all for his coun try, and deserves to be mentioned with honor and e4teem at such a, time ' as this. ,17,T13A ORPHAN ASYLUM This institution, if we may judge rt.* its list Annual Report, is in sood liands, , &nil in a highly prosperous con dition. It cares ror one hundred little . toMeless orphans, shelters them an ample and commodious building upon the edge of the city, provides them with food, raiment and Christian instruction, until they can be addoMmodated with more permanent homes in surrounding families. The income and disbursements of the past year were about seven thou sand dollars, well expended. The man agers have their reward, as they con tinue to hear, for the mot part ? favnr-' able accounts of the chihiVen who thaVe been provided with situations in the neighborhood. In a letter, recently re ceived 'from a lady who has adopted two of them, they have assurances of their uniform improvement,. while the writer says ; " We have not only - ,talKon. them into our home, but into our hearts also—we love them dearly, and, the . tie groWS stronger every day." That is a real'charity, life-long and eternal in: its results. AUBURN SEMINARY. a i b t ') s kcloot of the unfledged prophets isbEf 9 about titeddls cifits#stZteFm for the year, and is going forward pros perously in its legitimate work. The number - Of students is just- + s'many as Paul's honors were,, " forty, save onti." There' were fourteen received the pre sent, year, and there is abundant evi dence that the number would have been much larger, if so, xuany of our young men were .not now drawn away to the more immediate service a tfidir -ciyan- try. When war is not our first :duty,, we have hope ,that the aggregate will : soon - rini up to one hundred a lifOrty. •! happy to add, that `pre fessors are all in the enjoyment of their ; usual health, and all hard at work their seyieral departments, giving instrue-: tion whose influence must yet be felt to itie''ends of 'the earth, and .to "the lasti a ireeorde syllable of time. Surely, honor, and theirs is a post of high'onor, o fiwf s ul reoponAibility; and it,is pleasant; torlitibior:thit they are- 'eminently _fled for — the positions 'which they gracOilly fill. But we beg pardon --f 'they need no praise of ours. A, MISSIONARY MEETING. I deepinterest; ik Id o •n _nil o. Monday evening, 24th instant, in the First Presbyterian Church in Auburn, addressed by Rev. H. H. Jessup, of Syria, and Rev. Augustus Walker, of Eastern Turkey. The addresses were very unlike in structure and manner, but both of marked interest and power, and were listened to with the closest attention from beginning to end. We are sure that the impressions left on many minds by that meeting, will not be effaced in a life time. Mr. Walker , spoke of his "field;" a territory about as large as the State of Connecticut, and containing about the same population ; and he the only mis sionary in it I Surely, he needs help. Where is some devoted young man to re turn with him? And yet,wh en h e present ed the results of his labors,it seemed mar vellous that one man could have accom plished so much, and the missionary work seemed more dignified, delightful and inviting than ever. And this last impression Was only deepened and intensified when, own glowing and - delightful mailer, ilir. Jessup pleaded for one hundred and twenty millions of the Arabic speak ing moos, and told. us of their stibtle minds,, and their proud, scornful unbe lief. Surely, it is no child's play be a missionary; it is not mere romance; it is work, and honor, and glory and salvation, to those who love it LECTURES IN BUFFALO They have their arrangements made and their programmes published, for a fine course of Lectures before the Young Men's Association in BuffSlo, for the coming winter. Among the distin guished Lecturers engaged, we notice the names of B. IL Chapin, Dr. Holland, Benj. F. Taylor; and, neither last nor least, the name also of Henry Smith, D. D., of Buffalo. The course Will deserve a good patronage. AN INTERESTING CHARITY . • We learn, from one of our exchanges, that the" Society" of Cazenovia, made up of young ladies off' that village, have, in the last ten months, contributed a thousand dollars for the relief of sick -and wounded sol diers. We do not wonder at the popu larity and success of, that association; for pleasant thoughts of the past, and bright anticipations for the future, must drive many a nimble needle._, There must be other 't,owns where ',similar organizations would do equally well. DEDICATION AT PENN YAN. The enlargement of the church at Penn Yen,, which has 'keen lor some time in progress, is at length completed, and *3 service of dedication took place last Sunday'; sermon by the pastor, Rev_.., Frederick Starr, Jr. Twenty, feet haVe been added to the length of the house, the walls newly plastered and frescoed, and the whole every way mach improved. It is an indication of thrift and prosperity, alike complimentary to pastor and people. A parsonage, we believe, was to be 'Minded in' the im provements,and will handsomely express, when finished, the generous care Of a liberal people fox a worthy minister. DEDICATION AT WATERTOWN The! d.edicatiipn,,of the Second Wesby terian Church in. Watertown •came off, according to appointmept, on the 26th Oct. The day, was fine; the house was full, and the services interesting through out. Invocation and reading the Scrip tures by. Rev.. Geo. D. Bakesr the young pastor; prayer by Rev., J J. Porter, pastor of the , First. Church; sermon, timely and 'appropriate; ineluding the solemn prayer of dedieation,bY Rev. Dr...11 . 0,t0n, of New York. • Ili- After nn anthem by the choir, 'Rev. Mr. Porter, read the congregation, a deeply interesting letter, written by Prof. Jas. R. Boyd, who, thirty-two years ago, :was the first pastor of this This letter was so touching and appio priate as to draw , tears from , , many This new church edifice is regarded- . as a gem of a house in style, beauty, finish, and adaptation;bdscdes a much more desirable location than the old one, from which the , Society went , out to build this. So far, the new enter prise is a decided success,- and puts the Church in a better . position for future growth and, prosperity. , , PERSONAL Rev. E. P. Hammond, as we learn, is invited to go to Detroit, to engage in labor as an Evangelist. There are Oidnsinds citY;lin Usrew'ark, in other places, who willhear this announce ment with deep interest, and:who will, be likely to put up one fervent prayer, at least, for the best of Heavenlii,bless-, ings to go with him. We shall look with interest to' heat from thak_quarter, and will due report should_lir. H. accept. Rev. Levi Parsoys Jr., the ;acceptable and excellept, paetor of the Presbyterian; church at,4t r liouris,, : has taken lea*e of abseic&ifoilii* Tevielia, to visit the array', irear itichiabAd,ii - the service,, of the . 40 PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1864. Christian Commission. He will find some of his own parishioners there, glad to see him, and ready to hear the words of life from his lips. Rev. E. R. Beadle, the newly elected pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of this city, is expected to enter upon his duties on the first Sabbath of Novem ber. We trust a great blessing may come with him. In the meantime; since the call was extended to him, the church edifice has been undergoing rep ,irs, cleaning and improvement. It wil be ready for use at the time appointed. PHILADELPHIA FOURTH PRE TERY, Presbytery held its stated meeti Bethlehem Church i -Hunterdon co New_Sersey, ar.d adjourned nieetii Southwark First Church and dark sessions of Synod... At the stated meeting, thirteen inters. and ,five elders were pre The Rev. Joseph G. Williamson elected Moderator, and the Rev. Mi Culver. and. Thorne, Temporary OA The principal items of business vere the following : I. Reception of Messrs. J. 0. tois l i and Charles B. Anstin as candidaf 'for the Gospel Ministry .; Gulick of Mr. Gulick an Aken, Licentiate, frpm the Presb ry of New York; of Rev. Matthew gs, from the Presbytery of Wilmin - cm; of Rev. Albert "Worthington, fronithe Presbytery of Uticn ; and of - Whiton Street Presbyterian Church, Philiclel phia, recently organized. I 11. Examination of Mr. Galick Aken, Licentiate, his subsequent or tion tcL the fall work of the G ministry, and his installation int@ pastorate of Southwark First Chun; 111. Dismission of Rev. Dani Ma'Wry to the Presbytery of Wil ton. - ' IV. Completion of committees t. enre from all the churches in Pre• tery contributions t o the FivEdeno tional objects recommended by General ASsembly. These, commit are : 1. Foreign Missions—Rev. Jame 2. Home Missions—Rev. Corn liarle. 3. Pahlication—Rev. William T. 4. Edacation—Rev: Eliasff. Rich: 5. Ministerial Relief—Rev. T. J. S herd. V. Action in relation' ,to Atinitil , Support, as follows • WHEREAS, The increased . ' expense living for some time In—' barrassed And bird; tars of• our church; church in its call.tt pastoral oversight, p] support that he m; cares and avocatioi of the sessions and t •tion with this - Prt taken commendabl I the temporal" cam, therefore - .1.. Resolved, That I yet have made no el respectfully and ear: prompt measures fo: ragement of those nouncing secular t riously and = was& appropriate work of 't 2. Resolved,' That directed- to `• send a dopy of the fol resolution to each church-session wit hounds of Presbytery,:and to infor that a report of congregational actin Matter of ministerial : support , will - I for at the next stated meeting of Tr' VI. , Action in rotation to thotinis. terial Roller Fund, as follows.: , .—WronizAa r The General—Assemb aion at Dayton, Ohio, constituted 4 tees of the Presbyterian: MUM' to collect and lisbarlie a' eirrefor 1 of- disabled ministers and the deceased ministers in icin - riT 'a' I therefere' • ' ' '' s' '' " * L. 1. Resolved, That l!resbytery,rqj adoption of - a Measure 'stibbitara denomination and , so,justloithos , long and faithfully served the ola . 1 " 2. .Resolved; That Presbytery w 4 co=operate with other Presbyterie the common obligation to tlios i brethren whom the. Divine Pr ( 'by, disability-or death, relieve I .. , service. 3. Resolv,ed, That Presbytery cause of ministerfal relief to, attention of...gasters, sessions ( Aicilicitin 4 gfoiks,i an .itnnxar IC ( prompt forwarding of rponi ' Secretary of the Fund, Rev 1 1334 Chestnut street, Phila l 4. Resolved, That Presby recommendation of the .., that, for the first year, t denomination endeavor c than $lO,OOO, to be expe I - relief, arid cheerfully 1 fair proportion of this s rr ~ VIL Action in relet . iou to V First Church, as follows • WHEREAS, The First Presbyteriar of Vineland, New Jersey, now en the erection iof . a .house oD, worsh weak pAcuoiary.embarrassment o of 'itiunexiieCted. - advance in . cost rials . and labor, there being ii .complete the work : $2OOO beyond mate at beginning ;, s and whereas gregation, occupying A field of portanee, present anti prospect shown Commendable geal, i and lib lity) ; the prosecutien. cik. theit pr . i ,new e r therefore , , , ,: ...,- ~ 1. Resolved,. That the people of inela First Church deserve the highest c mendlll tion for their forethought and ergy il erecting a house for God in a ne l iocalitY :yet one to which a., thrifty -and, elligen Population, is steadily , flowing, an hat theil i appeal for help, at this time o ecessitY; reasonably, clams from , their ethren ft generoustredpoirsi. - '''- ' ' '- , , ~ - ..:,25..,8gegued, , g- h at.tlie congre-itiOns-Withar -2110 . i v. , :1:17,:: GENESS ROCHESTER October 29th, meeting jigs' Hal leidoe. 1 1 as, rom ac ive' -iiithe; Bful, 44, 1 dtra'• IP- the ; •own,i Imme) -, ) : thout A d l ehn llee:den:: 'raised, 'harles phia. b.) , aPpr Ineral A 'ohuieh ,o raise ted in min ,gage to ./ c.)-1:1 - ri - .A .. t.::::::... , ...'.,:ai: ! the bounds of Presbytery be earnestly requested to make collections, at the earliest time possible, if not already, in aid of the building fund of Vineland First Church, and to forward the amounts collected to the Rev. Samuel Loomis, pastor, at Vineland, or to the Rev. John W. Dulles, Presbyterian House, 1334 Chestnut street. VIII. Selection of Beverly, New Jer sey, and the second Tuesday of April next, at if o'clock, P. M., as place and time for next stated meeting. T. J. SHEPHERD, Stated Clerk .!fl UxlJfCt. Churehville, Md.—Of the church in this place, a correspondent of the N. Y. Obser ver says :—This is the.mother of nearly all the churches in Harford county. It was started in the days of Whitefield, about 17 44. It has had very few pastors, notwith standing its great age. One of the pastors, who served forty years, is still living in the bounds of the congregation• Rev. William Finney is well known, and his name will live in the memories of.the people for many, Many years. This church has been Without a pastor about six months. Last week they met together - and elected Mr. W. W. Re a= ; 'of the Pkinceton Theological Seminary. In order to meet:the increased expenses of the churches,.they fesolved to add one-half to the amount which each one is now pay ing. . g in nty, !sin ;'the Presbyterianism in Wales,—We copy, without abbreviation, the Weekly Review's report of the proceedings of the Lancashire (English) Presbytery, relative to church , ex tension in Wales. The minutim are valuable as indicating a thoroughly aroused spirit moving in the right' direction : "Rev. J. Paterson reported that he had moderated in a Call at Swansea. It was sign ed by nearly 200 communicants and adhe rents. He - hid much pleasure in moving that the call be sustained, and put -into Mr. Gullan's hands for his acceptance. The sti pend promised was 2501. as a minimum, and he expected to have laid a guarantee for this sum on the table of the Presbytery. It had not come to hand, but be had' no doubt it would be forthcoming before the day, of or dination. This is the first extension 'charge since the new policy of looking out for suit able openings had been 'inaugurated whieh had asked a minister. It was an omen of good. They, have built a church at Swan sea, at , a cost of not less than 5,000/. This they_ had been enabled to do by the gener ous liberality of Mr: Dixon, chairman of the local committee. ' He ' prepared the plena; and said to friends there, 4 Give me 3,000/., and I will build you a church according to these plans. If it costs less than 3,0001:,-I will return you the.balance; if ; it costs more, you shall have the benefit of it.' They glad ly and gratefully' closed With this munificent proposal: The church is bUilt—the hand: somest in South Walesand it • wlts opened the other day by Dr. Begg, when a. Collec: tion sufficient to clear: off: tha•remaining debt was made. Upwards of 500/. was collected, and a friend ; Scotland who promised them 100/. if they entered free of -debt has remit ted it. - Tl3 ey cont„3mPlate building a manse, and this 100/. - will be the first 'subscription for that laudable' object. ' "Rev. J. C. Paterson had much Pleasure in seconding the motion. He said great credit was due to the people at Swansea for ,"the wise and energetic , way .in which they had prosecuted this work. They were now as ' thormighly coniolidated, and in as goOd working trim, as the oldest of their congre gations. They onlyt wanted their minister to rule among ,them,-..te engage ,in and achieve'all the good, works in Swanaea and in South Wales which devolved on a congre ation, and especially a pioneer: congre ation. Their minister , would be ordained a, few weeks. They must. not forget the ery efficient leip they had received from e Free'ChUrch in building up - this congre ation. FOr'neenthg a succession of not the set able and acceptable of ' her ministers ad preached there. They were certainly the men of wideist sympathies and most en largedNieVYS, Theyieould'see beyond Scot and,,and !Relieved the .Preabyterianism of cotland world do good to. England. He trusted they 'would render us larger aid in money andin - meci in 'the future than they had dons in the Paiit. He'fitither 'said that the success 'Whicl had 'attended their- la bourslat -Swansea*lsheuld teach them that it was in this. way large- and self-sustaining, con gregations were to. be formed, and should encourage them to leokent,for new open: ings. Hitherto they had waited until some two or three Presbyterians in a district ask d therdt6 - coine, and preach to them,' or me- Minister, without aeharge, squatted ' =;someiauhurb or centre' of 'a large- town, g hered t two or r three. people around him, a , then,i applied, to, some Presbytery" to ea tion. tke station, andhim _as the minis ter ' The .04:legations' - so ferinel,Tor the ica - - 3115 iti n; be take leou- he khe each .11. ed ytery. som e Trus agency le relief tilies\of Iction\-, wisely planned, ir' they vier; lactEpiti:ed certain seriou's'' arawliacks. Pret;byte- -hould forbid unauthorized ministers: in nauthorized way planting; themselves. place may be ,most suitable, ,anti- ; the ster mo,st, unfit ; or the, minister„iurty, be 'se Capable and fit man, and the place Unsuitable. The PresVyterieS ,of the rle an Th mi to our o have Cordially Oh oh should, on some Carefully-devised eye in, extend the Church, and not leave it aphazard. ..lEfe was' .glad• to hear that .C) iff.promised to be as great a success as Swa sea—imother illustration• of the wisdom of `,.t). - s Mode, of 'carrying on, the work of Chit h eXtenSion. ' " Wasvit into Kr:Gullan's hand, - and h ', - ;`l2iiiiing signified his acceptince•of it, grained "lit% the subjects' •which the Mode tor had)been authorized.to prescribe. -These were sustained, and the Pre.sbyterr ,agree.l to Meet at Swansea, on the 20th hist:, for his , rdination...!) ro .) a Cardiff piper; quoted in the 'Re 'learn that another movement is in 'progress of a like. encouraging nature,- )another eadingtown of Wales... The paper, after Bp • king.of the church in Swansea, re *red to, says :--In Cardiff a similar move ment has been begun, with every prospect of,sCcess that before, Many Yew elapse we 'may pect !to. see branches of this 'Cluirell` stir .ging up all over the Piinclpali ty: For the last Month' the '11"ev! Pater-. son, of. Live' iool, has - been preaching in the Cardiff Arms Assembly-rooiris; and so accep tablelhas lasi service) been,. that the rocirn has always begn well filled, ; and cften.crpwd ed wilh a highly) respectable coligregation,, recently announced his successor ;an 1 - in the congregation Taid; - he 'had the : sitilfsetion bfuknhiiving that'ai .Presbyterian') Church) Would') now belestab-1 - lighed in this 'growing toWn,' .with-every 'irospect of success. There had been ample mils subscribed, for znainfainin4Oficient for two years; while there could lie diffibultyin raising sulisermtinna for the action of 'itlarge and commodious' hhiCh' a central ilart)of thetown. ' , th e'Ohttroli:iti'Leadai'EagiWe' learn Vi)t the Weekly Revii wsof Oct. 8; that the) „r ,. , the mbly, f our! less' terial ure .urch ed iu is in counti mate •d to esti on 'm- Presbyterian. , ~ U. P. Newcastle Presbytery which met Oct. 4th, after bearing the remonstrance of the English Presbytery, of Lancashire, against starting a new church id Leeds, as also a pe tition from the new congregation in Leeds .for a continuance of supplies, took the fol lowing act on : "This Presbytery having heard the Rev. James Paterson as a deputation from the Lancashire Presbytery of the English Pres byterian Church, beg to offer to their broth er. and to the Presbytery which he so ably represents, their fraternal greetings, and to assure them that they entered Leeds from no hostile feeling to the English Presbyteri an Church or any evangelical denomination ; but from principles which they could not disregard without acting contrary to their own convictions of duty in the case, and to the operation of which principles they them selves in similar circumstances are quite prepared to submit. Further, whilst the Presbytery cannot say what course they might have pursued, had the represents; tions made now been made on the ith June, when the petition from Leeds was first presented, they are fully persuaded that to withdraw from Leeds after having occupied the field for four months, would be 'the most likely method to ruin the Presby terian cause in that town. Whilst, there fore, wishing all success to the sisterchurch, the Presbytery feel called on, from a sense of duty, to prosecute their own mission work in Leeds with - llcre utmost - energy." Australia:—ThePresbyterian body are making rapid pregress in all directions. They have nrev nearly one hundred self-sup porting• congregations throughout the colo ny. Every minister of standing arriving from the mother-country is cordially reeeiv ed and speedily settled. A Young lien's Association in, connection with this body has recently been set on fnot, and protnises to - be 'a lory'effectivo" orgardiation. It" hits its weekly meetings for-discussions and read ings ; its monthly: lectures; its Sabbath morning prayer-meetings, and its Bible classes, and it has just appointed a city mis sionary, who will be entirely supported out of its funds. - - - CpAgregational. Withdrawing Fellowship front the Rev. C'harles Beecher's Church.—At a meeting of the Essex North Conference in Newburyport, Mass., on. Wednesday last, 12th inst., the subject cif - fellowship with the Georgetown church was discussed. A committee had been appointed at a previous session tocon fer with the church, and to ascertain how far it sympathized with the peculiar views of its pastor, Rev. Charles Beecher. The committee reported that those, with whom they had conversed"disclaimed receiving Mr. Beecher's peculiar" views on Pre-existence, &c., and claimed to hold to the Orthodox standards; After .a full discussion it was decided to ,withhold all fellowship with the Georgetown church so long as it re tallied Mr. Beecher as its pastor. The vote was twenty;' for, and nine against suspending fellowship.' Gentlemen voting in the raj- . nority did so on other grounds than:these of any syinpathy with the theological views of. Mr.:Reecher. ;The. Georgetown church was represented by .its pastor and delegate-- both of whom tookpart in the discussion, Mr. Beecher apologized- for. the harsh ternis in which he had, in' publishing corm:mini. Cations, -spoken of the ccittecillOhristkii Mirror. • ; ; • The Lofig kylony Over. —We learn from the Boston Recorder that the Mutual Council which was called by the Park-street church to take into consideration Dr.Atone's resig nation, voted 23 to 18 that it was not expe dient to dissolve the connection. The council had a long and animated discussion of the whole matter, and at thelast 12 either declined voting or had left the room before the vote was taken. At the prayer-naeeting on Friday: evening, Dr. Stone informed his people that he should , acquiesce the de-, cision of the council and continue his labors among them.-- 7 The Recorder adds that it is rumoured" that`the Ist Cong. church in San Francisco, which gaie the call to Di. Stone, have "an eye" upen'Rev. R.S. Storrs, Jr., of Pavoklyn, N. Y Reformed Dideh. For - Foreign Miisiops:—The Christian' Intel ligencer has the full report of II successful meeting on Sahbath Avening, Oct. 23, in the church, corner of sth.Avenue and 29th street, for the relief of the trefishrynflhe Foreign Missionary_ ftdard of 'the' Reformed Dutch`church. The Church was croWded al an"early hour, 'and' many were Obliged" to turn away .inl.consequence of the lack .of room. - The meeting -was a decided, success, It is hoped that.the effect will . be to stirnu-, late all, he churches interested to take hold of the work of releiying the embarraSeinent of the Bcifird; It is our happy privilege to say that this is the .case. The Church •of Harlem has already raised,a thouattrid dol lars.' Several :other_ churches, are 'pledged for equal. or larger .amounts. The gencer further .spesks of ,the offer of a, friend of'inissiqns" to, become one of five to give $3,000 ei i sb, one of three to give each. ' 1.; :01 , • s. '` The IVest:-A cor'r'espondent of Zion's'Eftr -writing front Indiana; says: "The Western Conferences . 'are 'chiefly- 'over, and the:preachers are making .their reconnois sances, and are - getting , ready.• for ,an active campaign. .Already. motes of, conflict and of victory are,reaChing.us, andl predict a year Of alai - Oat - unparalleled -success: At our cent Conferences an unusual spiritual kale once seemed" to rest upon the preachers. 'During the last year death had-done a fear ful work among our ministers 'in this:State, and thoserof us Who 'are left feel. that whet snever the, hand .ftndeth to .do. shpuld be • done with our might. Seven of the preach . - ere in: S• the, S. E. - Indiana Conference buried their Wiveslast Year, and ,fbite of our most active ministers left labor for reward'. the-great:lE4nd , of the= Church , spare the rod during this yearl • Two, of the:members the above =,named Cc:lnference received; a. •:prassing invitation front Uncle -Sam-to at tend to, -some PUblie business down - SoUth for the next year.,• :Rev . S. PAW 'was one • 'of the 111014 Ones; bUtlia hicalik - 'heingpeor he asked' to - be . excused ; and` request was granted. One of our ministers died 'ort,i Thursday, and his - nathe was called from the wheel , on Saturday... Hevhad gone where. rebellion has ,no,place, ,and where traitors will certainty never - g 6. . Allow Mete . say: 'that the . people are - devising .More liberal; 'things' than formerly for their preaelAts,; and.*e4they should. .'Preaching the Goe pel'and starving, *;fighting the 'devil:`and poverty at the sameitime,..enougg.' to kill an ordinary,*an; -and the church , causing a preacher to ,00, this .must .acch dig, the cloath??,- " Acco pac Circuit, Virginia. The Rev. T. L. TonikinSed 'writes, October 18 " There a point of the'Philadelphia Conference that occupies the - twit Obimties:sioniposhig the Eastern Shore of Virginia: about the'Coni-1 1 men:cement of this '.rebellidn• the ministers; • of , ,the,confeveilce were compelled to leavt*f7- they were, viiltnally, Ariven, away. - From; that :time, until the, session of /ask bKily,' there, had hfien appointment ,Made:in ; thin' quarter .' At -that' hciteVer,it was{ deemettadVissbli tik to 'Occupsi :this ter ritory. I was sent to the old Accomac cir cuit, and found a few warm hearts glad to welcome me, but the masses were not only indifferent, but dreadfully opposed. Trust ing in God, we went to work. At one of the appointments (Ayres's chapel) I went and found about a dozen persons scattered over the house. We tried to preach to them, not forgetting to pray earnestly for the President of the United States and the sup pression of the rebellion. It was the same with all other appointments, except Onan cock, where the congregation was better at first and has continued good to this time. At Ayres's Chapel the congregation was bet ter at each succeeding appointment, and we concluded at our second quarterly meeting to protract it. On the first evening ten per sons presented themselves at the altar. On Monday night there were about twenty, and a number of conversions. From that time from twenty to thirty-live have nightly bowed, seeking for mercy. On one evening there were fifteen conversions, and in all about one hundred souls have been con verted. The work still goes on with una bated interest.--Advocate and. Journal. Baptist. Interesting Report.—The Chronicle says, " We have received the minutes of the Fox River Baptist Association held at Chicago. There are 36churches in the body. Pastors 32; baptisms 300; other additions 301; losses 298; showing a, nett gain of 303. The present total membership is 3,455. The number of baptisms shows a most encouraging state of affairs. They are divided among 23 churches. The Association took care to look after its Sunday school interests and appointed a committee to organize a Sunday School Con vention., There are 32 schools connected with the churches, containing 3,600 scholars, and 493 teachers. The number of conver sions is one hundred and seuenty-three, a fact that welracedunts for the large number of baptisms in the Association." Episcopal Domestic Missions.—From the report of the Committee on Domestic Missions read before the late meeting of the " Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States," we take the following items : " The condition ot, the Domestic operations of the Church have rarely been in so promising, a condition. Never since the organization of the Board has the receipt of funds of Domestic Mis sions been so large .as during the year just closed. When it is considered that we have received nothing from the Church in the States now in rebellion, and that Churchmen at the North have been called upon, with, others, to give largely of their means for. patriotic . purposes—such an increase of con tributions is indicative of a degree of mis sionary spirit and zeal, which is highly encouraging. The Domestic Committee has received during the last year the sum of $66,581 199. In 1862, the receipts were 35,- 253 91; in 1863 they were 37,448 05." " Two missionary Bishops' - and ninety-four other missionaries, in all ninety-six laborers, con stitute..the missionary force at present con nected with'this department." In relation to the•work in Minnesota the report says: "Wowhere does our church more ‘ thoroughly show herself a missionary Church in her mode of work than in the Diocese of Min nesota. The Bishop is the first missionary, penetrating to all the villages and hamlets, and arranging for the points which his mis sionary clergy are to occupy ; and even the settled pastors of self-supporting parishes are each of them expected to . devote ten days in every two months to a missionary tour through the unoccupied places lying around their respective cures. Let the work go on in this way a few years, and the Church will, by the blessing of God, hold her place wherever souls are , found, instead of appear ing, as is too often the case, only at the large centres of population. The institu tions rat Fairbault, the Church centre, are in a prosperous condition. The plans for evangelizing the Indians are pursued with Vigo \ r, and the Bishop, under whom they are carried on, is not discouraged by the many difficulties which he has found in his path. The- Committee regret to learn that failing health under multiplied cares and labors, compels the Biiihop to take a few months' rest." Miscellaneous. We know not undtv what other de nominational heading than that of " Mis cellaneous," to place an item from the proceedings of the ," Presbyterian and Congre , gational ,qeneral Convention of Wisconsin." In the late.ineeting of this Convention, in the course of a discussion of the question; "How can we increase the efficiency of our churches as 411 evangelizing power in the State 2" the the following views, according to the report in Ths Evangelist, were expressed,: "Rev. .Mr. Merriman looked to improve- •. , improve ment in the family and the church for the real spread of religion. As for himself he had made up his mind never to preside in a dead prayer-meeting, but to dismiss it, ra thert than to tolerate prayerless prayers. Thiereinark gave rise to a little breeze. Rev. N. C. Chapin, who spoke upon the need of the Holy Spirit and of spirituality in the Church, said that he would not dismiss the meeting, even if it was• devoid of spirit, for the, Church. could not live without .the PraYer-meeting. He would keep it up if there were but one present' besides himself hoping that;the Spirit would come. Brother Merriman corrected the impression that he would disband the praver-meeting, only the prayerless meeting. We were• commanded to bring, no vain obla4ons., He would stop a' dead prayer-meeting, with the purpose of raising up a living •one. Brother - Love thought, that- if, he should SO the meeting formal and lifeless, he should say, Come brethren; will never do ; this is not prayer; but come, let us 'try and pray a: lit tie, before we go. The plan of having but one preaching service on the Sabbath and a Sabbath School or Conference meeting in lieu of the ether, was discussed. The general opinion seemed to be, that one written ser mon a weeli4as enougli-,-that in country :towns one sermon and a good - Sabbath School would answer ; the minister preaching a sec ond sermon in some destittite neighborhood ---that in villages and cities , there Should be a sermon in the evening _as well as morning, one of which, at least, should be extempo raneous."' t-Fulton'Str'est New York Prayer Meeting.-- We learn thatcthe meetings are crowded with interest ,- a nd with persons in atten dance. Many cases are presented for prayer, which icome from Inarts burthened 14k-cop:Option, of, sin, and desire for their - own - Salvation. A gentleman from Chicago asked prayer for a daily prayer-Meeting _there:,; altip i , for onelately.estabished in San Francisco.,; -The } daily prayer-meetings in each -9f "these, Pla - aes were said to be well ust ''llepeits 'have been made at the .04 - 0-meeiii* . er large revivals. -at the •Setithlind aniong Southern troops. In the Itissouii **axles - over five hundred con versione - have takeit 'place: In One rebel hospital in Georgia, containing 3000. pa tients an. interesting religious work is in progress. _ _
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