flie kTnericark Presbyterian
GENESES EVANGELIST.
A DZLIGIONS AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER)
IN RICI INTIMOT OF THE
Coruatitutional Presbyterian Chnreh.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE
1334 Chestnut Street, (2d Story,) Phiindelible.
Rev. JOHN W. NEARS, Editor and Publisher
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
E , LOOND PAWS—FAMILY:
Thou wilt Never Grow Old—My Refugees-7 Learning
a LeSl5Olll,
THIRD PAGE—Entroa's Testa :
"Sunset Thoughts"—Boyd's "Catechisms"—".The
Communion Week"—" Mary Newt on" Saxe's "Clerei
Stories of Many Nations"--MoKeever's" .Woodeliff"—
Fuller's " Mother Michel and her Cat". l -Boyd's "Au.
Lump Holidays of a CountriParson"—Magazines and
Periodicals—Chtist's Character the Greatest Moral
Miracle in History—Religion.. ' . •
Strut PAce—Commspormarent: •
Open Air Meetings, No. Xl—Browning's Death of St.
John, fourth paper and last , 4lev. &lbqrt - Barnes'
Sermon—The Satanic Origin of the DileaSee mith
which many of the Children of God are . Afflicted—
Bringing Joss to Terms—Pauft Estimate of Heaven
—Social intercourse in Churches.
SzvErra Peoz--Miscaturreoros:
A Grwefill Life and a Tranquil Death—Begin RightL'-
Catchinx and Handling. Sheep—Figs—ldols Manufac
tured in En gland-LAnierican Physique.
TRE,AIITHOR OF REVIVALS.
That which is born of the flesh is
flesh : that which is born of the Spirit jig
spirit. The stream can rise no higher
than the fountain. All titut man does
or proposes in his own strength, springs
from his fleshly, sinful nature, and can
reach no higher elevation. In vain do
we, of °arse's:7'es, plan for revivals—the
result must be a failure 'and a delusion.
Our greatest work and best prepara
tion is to be rid of all notions of self-suf
ficiency, to put away the leaven of
pride, to empty ourselves for the coming
and indwelling of the Holy Spirit to fill
our souls and to communicate his power
to all the springs of activity, and to use
us as his instruments in accomplishing
his own glorious work in the hearts of
men.
To regenerate the soul, and revive
the affections is the peculiar work of
the Holy Spirit. He takes of the things
of Christ and shows them to the inner
understanding. The scheme of redemp
tion, perfected by the death of ChTist,
is committed to Him to be brought into
vital contact with the Boni. The whole
process of conversion is his work. He
rouses the eonscieneel he enlightens the
understanding; he convinces of sin ; he
-shows the sinner his guilt and danger
and misery ; he urges with infinite pa
tience and persistence the duty of sub
mission upon his awakened mind ; he
holds up Christ, reveals his perfections,
shows his fitness, and enables the peni
tent soul to lift .the eye of faith to the
great Sacrifice, and to say, , lly, Saviour,l
witnessing with our spirits' that we are=
born of God. He carries on the work of
sanctification, imparts strength, dwells
in the regeneiate soul and keeps it from
falling. Through his indwelling we be ;;
come partakers of the divine nature;:
He it is by whom Christ lives in us and
becomes our life. All the graces of the
Christian character are the fruit of the
Spirit. His presence 'is the life of the
Church ; his energy is the source of its
ability; his quickening breith is the
source of its purity and soundness. He
sits as h refiner, and purifier.; :he purifies
the sons of Levi' and purges them .as
gold and;silver, thatethey may offer un
to the Lord an offering iirrighteons
ness. •
When the , risen Lord ascended np On
high, leading captivity captiVe, be gave
gifts unto men. And His first, greatest,
and still continued gift to ; the Church, is
the abundant ; presence, of the Holy
Spirit. A gift Which was formerly con
fined in its manifestations to a few, .now
in its evangelical energYstid'
fresbnetis, filled the , primitive Church
with astonishing gifts, and' overawed
and converted the bitter enemies of the
Church and the murderers of Christ, by"
thousands in a day. PENTECOST marks
the glorious epoch of the Church,. un
der which it is our privilege to live and
labor still. The Holy Spiritlie a'gift of
our risen and glorified Saviour; as a Toy
al bounty to signalize bis perSenal tri
umph and an earnest of the" final tri
umph of his Cause, as an, agency and an
influence superior even
,to his own pert'
eonal presenee, is the great• mark and
privilege: of .the,age in Which
This is the age 'of -thetlispensation of
the Spirit,--these are Pentecostal times.
Hence there need'of,tWo' simple
cautions to those who are` longing and
praying for a revival.
the sovereignty ,of the Holy . Spirit. " Ac'
knowledge Rim as , the , sule sohree, of
the godd you , seek,---ef spiritual good
and spiritual life. , :te fully conVineed of
your own inslifficiency. 'Expect every
thing you desire as an answer to hum
ble, believing prayer. Be prepared to
ascribe all the. praitie and glory of the
work to his p l ower and
. grace alone.
Seek not the npotEring t of divine infln,
ences with any narroW; selfish view, for
the npbuilding.Pf any Personal) local, or,
New sernle;s, Vol. I; No. 50.
denominational ertdsmerely. Rise'to the
,height`` - where tire - glory of God and the
Inanifestati i on of
j the grace of Christ,
shall seem worthy to be the controlling,
absorbing objectof the Christian's ac
tivity. Be content that the Holy. Spirit
shall exhibit his power, as is his wont,
when, where and how He will; as the
wind which bloweth where it listeth.
Let no preconceived notions hinder you
from recognizing' Him, in any mode. in
whichHe may see fit to manifest himself ;
but be ready cordially to work with him
wherever the signals of his-presence ap
pear. Be not so afraid of counterfeits,
as to reject the true indications of spiri
tual life. Be not so alarmed at the ex
.hibitions of frothy enthusiasm whichyou
have witnessed, as to become the un
happy victims of an unconquerable
suspicion towards everything a little ex
traordinary in religious movements.
It was to the Thessalonians, who were
suffering from just such an exhibition
of enthusiasm, that the sagacious Paul
addressed the warning: " Quench not'
the ppirit, despise not prophesyings."*
(2.) While standingin awe before the
great Source of all spiritual life, and
humbly waiting his movements; we
may not forget that to give life, to re
generate, to revive, and to 'do it abund
antly, is TM very business, his very na
ture. To fill the Church, the body of
Christ; with gifts and graces, to make
it shine with the radiance . of his own
holiness, to bring all its powers into Nig
orous activity, to make:it an aggressive
triumphant power in the world,,, to
clothe its ministers with salvation, to
give energy to their words so that they
shall be - mighty to the pulling:down of
strongla r olds, to - pierce the dark depths
of the impenitent soul, to pervade the
masses of men with sympathetic thrills
of fear,
,remorse, and godly sorrow, to'
scatter in a moment the wide-spread in
difference, worldliness, unbelief and su-_
perstition of the multitude, and make
them. keenly alivnto all the great reali
ties of Eternity and all the blessed of
fers of the Gospel,—these things are his
appropriate work These things are ex
actly whit he is' Wveroign to
accom
plish. Riding upon the whirlwind,
courting= in .;the, sarth.quake, treading in
ithe footsteps of calamity, war, Plague,
or without , perceptible heralding by
marked providenobs, he combs to do his
great' work'in graciously aPplying the
atonement to the race of men, and Car
rying out the plans of God. in a world of
redeemed sinners. Therefore we must
view Him with, confidence. We must
rely On him with expectation and hope.
He seeks the truiting,b6lieving 'ones, as
the ch'annels of his blessed influences.
If his manifestations are limited, it is
because ,the expedtations of believers are
narrow. and unworthLy;, their lack
.faith. inCapacitates them for the large'
measure. of Servic4 ,to 'which hP
put T them. !We a,re;straitioned in our
selves' not in Him. We -- wrong him; ,we
tnisitpprehend his very nature and office,
when we viewed his attitude towards
t •
our race doubtingly, and, see not 'our
fallen world girdled by the arms of his
infinite _lJove. He, would have us ;ex
pect great things,of him. In replacing
the ascended Redeemer, in the ,Church
He made his first movement=llzwrs
ciiir. .A.;titte Feist of Harvest Marked
the ,beginning of his work,—surely not
tb intimate thatall that followed,should
'be mere gleanings, but that - his whOle
work was a Harvesting,-a work, amid
s.bundance of; stithering
in by sheaves, and in civerwhelming
abundance, thavast harvest of redeemed
souls.
IU - humble boldni3ssithen; let us cast
burselves upon the great'Aut,hor , of Ie
alohe can quicken us by 'hit
life-giving.'breath and lig only waits
.the prayer of faith, the expectant
_atti
tude, the.ready, • instrumeut_through
which, to; manifest the richness of 'his
grace and the .glory of his pOwer. '(' : •
*2„ These. 6: 19,,20. Ellicott, .in his, CommentarY <on
these verses, Says' " The Eternal Spirit isrepresehted as'
afire which it :ifas ,regarded passible to extinguish, by
a studied repression and disregard of its nianitestations
:slitting Prom erroneous perceptions 'MICR mistaken
,dread of, enthusiasm." . . Vs. 20, ~ The exhortation .
gains all its points from 'the' feet that the more sober
thinkers had been probably led by the, present..state.of
things to undervalue or unduly reject all the less usual
Mantfestations of the Spirit." . •
isIENV CHURCH IN .IttwA.7—Rev:
Dysart; of Troyjowa, has recently or=
ganized a, Presbyterian 'Church about
five miles from Trq, called "The Car
mei presbyteri4n Church!'
ganized with seventeen members and
two, have since been added..
. , r
PHILADELPHIA, THURSD,M DECEMBER 15, 1864.
From the concluding-sentences of the.
President's late message to Congress,
we'extract the following :
In presenting the abandonmektt of armed
resistance to the national authority' en the
part of the insurgents as the:only indispen
sable condition to ending the war on the
part Of the Government, I retract nothing
heretofore said as to slavery. I repeat the
declaration made a year ago; tlf t *bile If
remain in •my present position shall, not
attempt to retract or modify the r,Ernancipa
tion proclaimatiou, nor Blasi' I return to sla-,
very -any person who is free by the terms of
that proclamation or by any of the acts of
Congress. .
If the , people should, Ity whatever mode,
or means, make • it, an executive , duty , to, re
enslave such persons, another, and not 'I,
must their instrument to perform it. -
Nothing less than this iisre , \ expected
Of the: . President, whom the country
has learned to know as a man of stead
fast. purpose, fit to hold the standard of
national progress, and who himself un-.
'derstands the, country, and reads aright
the meaning of that emphatic vote by
which he wasre,elected tothe chief-magis
tracy. Gen. Butler, 'greatly to our sur
prise, in his New York speech soon'after
the election; showed that he understocid
neither the President nor the country,
when he intimated that the rebels
mightcome back into the union with
their :slave institutions untouched by
military edicts ; and the sapient editors
and telegraphic correspondents "were
still more deeply in error when they
announced that Gen. Butler was be
lieved to be speaking by. authority.
The truth in a nutshell is this : Mr.
.Tiincolifs.Enancipation Policy is fixed—
he will resign, rather than withdraw' it ;
the People with their eyes upon this
emancipation. policy have asked its
author to retain his place
,for 'another
term. Emancipation "under the war
powers is the corner-stone of our na
tionatpolicy ; just as slavery sustained
by war and the overthrow of union, is
the corner-stone of the rebellion. The
. strength of either side will be measined
by the vigor with which these essential
features of their policy are sustained.
OUR DUTY TO THE FREEDMEN.
That is a bright era, in any country's,
history in which .4t, class of men bearing
the title of FaxXckEN is seen to emerge;
and in which their numbers are so great
aa•to demand public recognition, num
erous organizations, and a special branch
of'literature to meet their wants. It
) •
will be a glorious designation of the de
cade - in which we iive and it 'may be
that historians and future. generations
shall know it, as the Age of:the 'Freed
men. While the- . vast continent of
Africa lies in , almoSt unbroken Pagan
isiii, here in , the , grand einancipatien
movements brilught about hi' the' iro,
,Vidence of 'God, the expectations of
,th,#
prophet amy l be viewed as reaching
fulfillment: gthiopia,shall soon stretch
out her hands unto God!" ,
It is certain that high responsibilities,
and great opportunities - for ebod are
connected' Wittlthis-exodds of `a' whole
'People *OM bondage. Their nuMber
equals 'that of the children of Israel
when led . forth from Egypt, and if we
do not guard against it, they will, be
;plunged ,Into • a worse. Wilderness, and
'wander farther and remain longer, ont
side =of the true Canaiin of a "rational:
civiAzed and Christianized' liberty; than
they. ' The social and civil status to be
enjoyed`by the great mass of 'than
which still:remZin within the limits
rebellion, the "mode in which they are .
~ to be settled-;is, the enjoyment of their
rights, the measured :to "lie taken for
their welfare in states`which, like Mary
land, have by a regular process' bestowed
'Upon them their freedom, we cannot
now' ascertain:. But there are hUndreds
of thpusandll of escaped fugitives on
our hands, clustering aroundtashing
ten, Norfolk, the , Sea Islands; aucl the'
Mississippi rebast,', whose • condition
demands =our Christian syrapathies,and
affords us a most inviting, interesting
and remarkable opportunity , for `aiding'
and enconaging a, people in the process
of rising from abject slavery to enlight
,ened Christian freedom It is among
these.. proteges of the nation, that we
can learn and are-learning howf to deal
.with , the- *hole great problem, which
by Godis .kind ordering; so, gradually
Unfolds eif the tirena'*of our redonquered
*domain: c- '
Oar own Mi. - roll" hue its dutc:to'these
Fieedinqn. We niay not, and oui7 whole
' • 7,
attitude On:the suljeCt of shwery for,
PIBM AS A ROCK.
bids: •us to, remit this duty to others
aiatakd no share in the work. ; It be
longs to, every body of Christians to aid
in introducing those indispensable reli=
giou.s elements into the civilizing pro
cesa they are to undergo. We must
take these, lately despised and crushed
people by the hand and Seek to leaven
them with the pure and ,
,elevating prin
ciples of the - !We must Welcome.
them into the'circle - of 'human friend
.
ships and Christian sympaihies ; 'we Must
impart instruction and stimulate thein
to %independent and
,manly exertion:
What have we done .as• a church?
Where is our organization?: Where are
our missionaries and misionary teach
ers? What' connection have we with
this, the most remarkable work of our
'time ?"
The fact that such questions admitted
6f na satisfactory answer, led the Synod
Pensylvania, at its, recent session in
this city to -direct the attention of the
cturches under its charge, to the FREED
MEN'SBOARD OF THE REFORMED PRESBY
TERIAN CHURCH (General Synod), as the
most appropriate channel of their liber
ality in this direction. This Board has
been organized , and in- working order
for a considerable period. It has .a suc
cessful' mission in Alexandria, - where a.
ellurnh has - been organized and schools
established. 'lt is in the hands of
Christian brethren 'in whom we have
'the utmost confidence, and we can work`
with them .harmoniously,and efficiently.
The Board is aiming to enlarge its oper
ations, and we hope, our readers, in and
ont of the Synod,' will embrace the
special opportunity thus afforded of
doing- the duty- —:very generally ne
gle,cted we fear, 'though universally
a,dtnit:ted among us—to the. Freedmen.
The "President of the Board is Rev.
J4rt„ N. McLeod, AD., of. York.
The Treasurer is Mr. Thomas Dai.ling,
761 Sixth 'street, in the same, city.
We have received the following kind
note from the Freedmen's Board, of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church, which
we it. publish in this connection.
105 Seventh - St., NEW Yonk;
Nov: 15, 1864.
REv SOHN W. MEARS :—ln the name
an behalf of the Rreedmen's. Board of
•`' Ref , Presbyterian Church, 1
present: to you and through you to the
Synod of Pennsylvania, our most cordial
thanks for the fraternal action of that
body, at your suggestlon,, conimemling
our mission to the liberality of your
churches...
Most gladly will we co-operate, not
only in employing faithfully. all funds
;contributed; ,but employing as
Ifar afpwe . - can , any ialibre,rs that may
offer 'with your cortmendatiCn for_ this
work .among 'the colOreCP4ula
tioil~
We ask,Yourprayers, with your con=
tribntiops, And again; assure you of our
.fr,4ernal, confidence _'and love, in our
common Master,: wishing ..you grace,
r
niercy'and'peace-frora GOdi-pie Father
and our Lord Spans Christ: Yours in
the :Lord; §PErroiai FINNEY,
Cot. Sec:Freedhilin's - Voftyd, Ref Pres,
CITY B,ELIGIOUS-ITEMS.
MOVEMENT IN THENOHTIC-WEST.-
We have already had the plepsure- of
announcing the organization of two
flonriShing r Sabbath Schools in the
North-we Stern fart of ' the city,—one
at ,the corner of ; :.Eleventh and Columbia
ikvenne, and:the, other, at " The Wagner,
File° Institute of Seience'. Both of-these
are now in successful
.'ln lune last; litof. Wagner most gen
eronsly yielded' t 9
,a request to have
dfrine' service held on - Sabbath after
noons, in the, large Institute of which
he is the pi 3 OprietoT. These services;
have, been .regularly maintained, ~.and
very numeronsly • attended, especially
during the , _.suminer months, not unfre
quently seven and. eight'-. hundred =per-,
sons being present' Ministers of other
denominations - besides our own, have
generonell aidedin: these services. .
= The urgent necessity or a new church
organization in this section is, quite evi.
dent from j ithe fact, that from, 'Girard
avenue noithwardly and:front Eighth
street , westwardly, a district -_compris
ing a population of -thirty thousand, not
Morothan tiVo or, three vigorous evan
,gelical churches can be found; ,and
within thelmits . of this district more
than one thousand' dwellings werejn.
Genesee Evangelist, No. 969.
course of erection during the past sum
mer. A lothas been secured on the
corner of "Broad and Oxford streets, by
a liberal layman in our church and
further developments are looked for in
due season.
"THE HARVEST WORK OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.'
[An enthusiastic friend, who has just
read this interesting account of Mr.
Ifammond's labors, sends us the follow
ing eulogistic notice.]
DEAR, BRO. MEARS. - I have just
finished reading the "Harvest Work,"
and wards are inadequate to' convey
my impressionsof. ,the man it tells
about. What has -be not done under
the gtiidance of the Holy Spirit, to bring
souls to Jesus ! It has, been my great
pleasure to meet Mr. Hammond in
social intercourse, to know him as a
friend ; .and hie innocent, childlike sim
plicity, his perfect faith, his oneness of
aim, his great desire to increase the
number of travelers to the Lord's King
dom, is so apparent, you cannot be in
his society ten minutes without feeling
he is different from other men; bat
read of him, as I read to-day, and you
will exclaim "what manner of - man is
this?" A Whitefield, a Luther, a Knox ?
A prophet is not without honor save
in his own country." Many of our
good ministers in America do not ap
preciate Mr. Hammond, and his work,
whereaa .those staid and conservative
old Scotch Presbyterians took him by
the hand as a brother—a chosen instru
ment of Gad. Our ministers do not
exactly disapprove, but.they stand back
and look on. They fear lest all things
be not done "decently, and in order."
Read of the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit that has attended his labors
wherever he has gone, and your• preju
dices will melt away, like the
,morning
mist. 'His are no boisterous " Camp
meetings" no loud shouting, no clapping
of hands, no violence. All is deep and
solemn feeling, and joyous hymns. of
praise and prayer.
Read then 'of what he did for thou
sands of souls, in Glasgow, in Annan,
in Dumfries, and other cities and towns
across the broad sea, and then in our
own New. England, and you can but
exclaini '" what manner of Man is this?".
Oh how we need such an influence in
our own dear city. Philadelphia has
many willing, loving, working Chris
tians, but they do not extend their
labors; they do not talk enough about
Jesus:; not because they do not want
to, but. they , don't know..exactly how
'to go about it. We need some one like
Mr. Hammond to set 'us the example - .
qh that God would bat put it into the
heatts of some of the brethren to send
~ a nd bring Mr. H. and associate him with
them in the work of rousing this goodly
city, the city, of" Brotherly. Love" from
its lethargy, and awakening Christians
to a• sense of the thity they owe to our
Heavenly rather:reminding them:what
eVer they 'do, that they - do 'all "to
the glory of God." Oh that we ioo
could tell (like thousands over the
ocean, in New - England in Rocheater,
N,ewark . ,aod Chicago), _ : what; he: .has
been the -means of doing for us.
have not said half that my heart
would?have me say: I feel how inade
quate words are to express our inner
most thoughts. I would have _every
Ohristianlather read this book,—read
it to his wife:and to r his children,—thej ,
will find much there to entertain them,
for Mr. Hammiad loves the little lambs
and tries to bring thera all into the fold.
Iwould have every- body read, it to
know , , this our, ,modern=- Whitefield
shall I call him-? and when you• have
dorib. you wilt pray - God that We too
may enjoygreat the blessings that our
lldavenly yathei - showers around' him
whereverihe goes..
Yours
.in Christian love
CAirronine.—The Presbytery of San.
Aose, on the 27th of October, dismissed
Rev: Laurentine Hamilton from the
Church 'in San Jose, and. Arrangements
were made for his installstion,at Oak
land. Mr. H. sAbmits to this transfer,
not because of any Want of cordiality)
in his -relation' ak SAn Jose, where he
ha, been long.usefutAnd :beloved, but,
only as it , seems to Open a providential
step to increased'usefulness.
TEE NEXT :UNITED PRAYER-MEETING, Of our
Ohurehes in this city, will be held in the
North Broad - Street Church:'
1 1 4 Ps Mt. S
Per annum, in advance:
By Mail, 63. By Carrier, $3 50
Fifty cents additional, after three months.
Olwbs.—Tenor more papers, sent to one address
I payable strictly in advance and in one remittance:
By Mail,s2 50 per annum. By narriers,s3 per annum:
- Ministers and Ministers' Widows, $2 in advance.
Rome Missionaries, $l 5O in advance.
Fifty cents additional after three months.
Remittances by mail are at our risk
Postage.—Five cents quarterly, in advance, paid by
subscribers at the office of delivery.
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SIINNYSIDE AT MARPLE.-7The con
gregation at Marple, contiguous to this
city, (Rev. B. B. Hotchkin's,) paid a,
welcome visit to the parsonage on the
evening of the Bth inst. It was a sur
prise, conducted with the graceful stra
tegy in which our lady friends in that
quarter have became accomplished.
Young and old. were present; there was
gratty and gaiety, but cheerfulness
reigned throughout. As _usual. they
made themselves free with the store
closet, the cellar, the coal bin, and the
granary, piling up everywhere things
good and useful, just such as are wanted
in a family which has everything to buy,
and leaving the highest profusion of
those articles which have reached the
most expensive rates in market. The
next . morning, at the breakfast table,
the Pastor raising his plate, found un
derneath it an envelope enclosing $lOO,
with a note in the handwriting of one of
the young ladies—" From the congre
gation." To this add $lO just before
received "From a parishoner," and $5
since sent in, and it may be believed that
a rosy hue came over the times at the
parsonage. There ought to be thank
ful hearts there—thankful to earthly
- Men& and the great heavenly Friend,
and we believe there are such. Will
not many other congregations have like
thoughtfulness in view of the severity
of the times, and minister carnal things
to those who minister to them spiritual
things ?
ANOTHER.—The congregation at Du
quoin, 111., besides showering upon their
Pastor, Rev. J. Jerome Ward, a contri
bution of household valuables, money
included, presented him with a Life In
surance of $lOOO. Mr. Ward. reports
to the Christian Herald, that " the peo
ple are coming in gradually and filling
up our church edifice on the" Sabbath,
and one of two things must BOOM come
to pass,—either the congregation must
stop its increase, or the church edifice
must grow bigger!—We will know ere
-
, THE E. WRITELAND AND zREESEVILLE
Churches in the 3rd Presbytery of Phil
adelphia, have extended a, unanimous
call to Mr. M. P. Jones, licentiate of
4th Presbytery.
CillOAGO.—The correspondent of the
Evange'list speaks of a new church of our
connection as having been recently or
ganized on the extreme west limit of
Chicago. A chapel is nearly comple
ted, but no ,minister, has as yet been pro
vided.
A CASE FOIL PRACTICAL SYMPATHY.-
Our . feeble but earnest church in Salina,
Michigan, has been laboriously engaged
for some time past, in securing for itself
a suitable house for worship. ~ . ,The edi
fice was far advanced in:theprocess of
erection when, on the evening of Nov. 9,
it was-entirely prostrated by a terrific
gale which swept over the place. This
throws the work forward into another
season, and operates severely upon the
resources of the little band whose great
saorifices in doing what has been done
seem thus to have failed of the result
sought.. Forward is, hoWever, the word
with them; but help from abroad seems
indispensable. We must . hasten to se
cure a good church - in this place. It is
a salt manufacturing toWn 7 in the Sagi
naw valley, rapidly growing, and need
ing at once enlarged religious privileges.
INSTALLATION AT,POTTSVILLE.--'"ReIT.
- lease, Riley was installed over the First
Presbyteriau church in the, large and
enterprising borough of .Pottse, by a
committee of the Third Presbytery of
Philadelphia, on IN edit, *l4 evening,
Nov. .30th. The sermon*was: preached
by Rev. Dr. Adams ; Rev: W. W. Tay
lor presided and propounded the con
stitutional questions, and also delivered
the charge to the pastor; and Rev.
john, McLeod charged the congrega
tion. All the parts of the " service were
performed with the usual ability of the
speakers, and greatly to the satisfac
tion: of a large and appreciative audi
ende.,: Rilei;ctita.stupott his work
with
,high prospects of usefuhieek and
we 'congratulate the church upon so val-
Uable an acquisition' as theyheve made
in this kettlemert. ; r,
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