ggR ANEIRCAN PRESBYTERIAN
GENESEE EVANGELIST.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1865
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES,
SECOND PAGE—THE FAMILY CIACILE:
Two Songs of Seven—The Young Bavarian—What
a Toad did for a Soldier—The Dark Valley—Don't
Tell. Mother—A Well-deserved. Memorial—" In
Prayer is Strength"—Count Them—Be Importu
nate.
THIRD PAGE—MISOELLANEOBS
How Giving Affects the Higher Nature—Words of
Christian Wisdom—Taking up the Cross—The Infi
del Arguing with'Paul.
Agricultural Learning Farming—Osage Orange in
Illinois—Sorghum vs. Wheat.
SIXTH PAGE—CORRESPONDENCE:
Open Air Pi eachers: Richard Weaver and his Open
Air Meetings—Chaplain Armstrong's Letter—Wash
ington at the Communion Table in the Presbyterian
Church at Morristown, N. J.
Editor's Table: Neaneer's " History of the Planting
and Training of the Christian Church by the Apos
tles"—Magasines and Pamphlets.
StIENTH PAGE—RELIGIOUS WORLD ABROAD:
Monthly Summary Great Britain Scotland.—
France Belgium Missionary General
Items—Ministerial Record.
THE CHILDREN'S EVANGELIST,
If it is true that there has been a pe
culiar preparation among the very
young for the gospel, and a sort of "ful
ness of time has come" in the spiritual
status of this class, what more likely,
or. more accordant with God's plans,
than that the church should be led in
some special manner to improve the
privileged moment ? We cannot believe.
- it would be suffered to go by, while
Satan and this world only reap its ad
vantages. We should expect that pro
vidential developments would concur
with other favorable circumstances, to
reveal the grace of God in new aspects
and fuller measures, to secure large
fruits of the work of redemption, to ex
hibit in a new light the many-sided
adaptedness of the gospel to the nature
of man, to strengthen the church in num
bers, and in the greater symmetry, con
sistency, and power of the Christian
character, thus implanted and entwined
with the first beginnings of conscious
moral existence. What more likely than
that some representative individual
should arise, in whom the qualities and
endowments especially needed for ga
thering in this harvest should combine,
and upon whose labors the Divine
blessing should rest in a remarkable
degree ? Such , a person would be full
of faith in the capacity of young chil
dren for genuine conversion, and in the
utility and propriety of revival efforts
among them. He would be full of
hearty and earnest sympathy with chil
dren, would readily gain their confi
dence, would have the happy faculty of
adapting the gospel to their understand
ings and conscience, would know how-to
collect. and manage them in crowds, and
to minister to the spiritual wants of the
awakened ones in Christian simplicity
and love. , He would exert a beneficent
and wide-spread influence upon Chris
tian parents, Sunday-school teachers,
pastors, and all workers for the children ,
of the destitute and neglectful, turning a
general tide of Christian interest to
wards the younger portions of the com
munity, and giving still greater potency
to the means already so successfully em
ployed in their behalf. `
There are many judicious persons
prepared to say that Mr. Hammond an
aw-ers so exactly to all these conditions,
that he must be recognized as the apos
tle to the children in our day. We do
feel that his work as a revival laborer
among young children has been so, suc
cessful and so eminently blessed, that it
marks an epoch in the history of Chris
' tian work for the young. And it is cer
tain that he does possess, in a. large
+,•measure, those qualities, and does largely
.:exercise that influence among,the young
.and the teachers of the young, which we
bare described as attributes of the repre
' aentative man in this sphere 'of labor.
„.13.ey. Dr. Arnot, of Glasgow, at a presen
tation to Mr. Hammond in. that city,
eely acknowledged the eminent ser
. 'cos of Mr. Hammond in this regard, in:
he following language
ei Last and not least, Mr. Hammond
elped us to interest the children. . . He
4.as given us something new in method,
and has shown us how to put life in the
old method."
Referring to "the employment of mu
.ic to enlist the sympathies and habits of
hildren on the side of Christ," he said:
"In this walk. Mr. _Hammond has done
E: great work. If envy - were lawful at
in this matter, I would envy Mr.
Hammond the place which he has been
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enabled to gain for Christ in the hearts
of hundreds of children, and the place
which he has himself in their hearts as
the servant of the Lord."
Another speaker on the same occasion
said:
" They should never forget Mr. Ham
mond had been the first to institute
among them children's prayer-meetings,
which he believed were destimed to
mark an epoch in the history of the
church."
The seals to Mr. Haramond's minis
try among children are counted by
thousands. In Glasgow, during Mr.
H.'s labors, their daily meetings filled
one of the largest churches for weeks.
In a volume entitled " Little Ones in
the Fold," he has given us brief extracts
from the letters of great numbers . of con
verts, nearly all of them under twelve
years of age. In Bath, Maine, as we
learn from this volume, as many as
three or four hundred of this tender age
would be present at the children's meet
ings. It was found impossible to speak
to the hundreds that remained to be con
versed and prayed with alone. A "pas
tor at Auburn, in the same State, speaks
of twenty-two little children having joined
the church, as the fruits of a recent revival
enjoyed in connection with Mr. Ham
mond's labors. In Brunswick, the seat
of Bowdoin College, the crowd of chil
dren on one occasion was so great, that
an out-door meeting had to be impro
vised for them. In Hamilton, C. W.,
over a thousand children were present
at the first children's meeting. About
300 came to the first inquiry meeting;
numbers of them soon gave evidence of
a change of heart? Their meetings were
kept up with great interest for months.
In the spring of 1863, Mr:'Hammond
visited several places in central New
York, particularly , Utica and Rochester,
where his labors-were- followedwit' a
very great blessing. In a single Sabbath
school, in the former city, one hundred
and fifty of the children were reported
by the judicious pastor as indulging a
hope, and the work embraced almost all
the churches in the place. In Rochester
multitudes of children from the Sabbath
schools were hopefully converted ; and
an extract from a letter addressed by the
principal of one of the largest public
schools to Mr. Hammond, and published
in our columns May 21st, says that
nearly eighty of the scholars expreased a
hope of forgiveness, and that the work
was still going forward. Our corres
ponding editor in Rochester gave the
following account of the closing scene of.
Mr. Hamlnond's labors in that city
" Mr. Hammond gave his farewell ad
dress to the chiidren in the Brick ,Charch.
IminediatelY upon the close of the, ser
vice he took the cars; a great throng of
children; and not children alone, accom
panied him to the great central depot in
this city, where they sung quite a number ,
of their sweet hymns, and received a few
words of parting from Mr. H., as he
stood on the steps of the car ready to
start. There also, in that unwonted
place, he offered a few words of prayer,
as the children stood with faces covered,
and heads bowed with reverential awe."
In one of the churches in Rochester,
.one hundred children were soon after
received into communion, and the Monroe
County Sunday-school Association, at
their annual meeting in the fall, reported
one thousand conversions from the Sab
bath-schools for the year, about one-eighth
of the entire number reported, in that year
for the State. .
Later in the year, and early in 1864,
Mr. Hammond was engaged in Boston
and neighboring towns. At the first
children's meeting, in Dr. Kirk's church,
though no inquiry meeting was ap
pointed, the children would have one; and
they gathered around Mr. Hammond in
groups. Of the work in Lawrence, an
Andover student wrote to this paper,
December 10th, 1863`:—" The work of,
grace in Lawrence is a grand repoof of
the infidelity of the church respecting the
- conversion of children. There were pro
bably six hundred children at the: meet
ing yesterday, of whom perhaps three
hundred remained at, the. inquiry Meet
ing. Scores have already found hope in
Christ, while others were in the gall of
bitterness because without hope. The
emphasis given the name Jesus in these
meetings symbolizes the whole work.
Jesus Christ' and him crucified' is con
stantly held up before the young. These
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDA - Y, FEBRUARY 2, 1865.
children are wonderfully influenced by
the motive of Christian love. One grand
cause of the usefulness of these children's
gatherings, is the child-like simplicity of
all.the exercises. The hymns are simple,
the prayers are simple, and thus all are
admirably adapted to fig and hold the
attention . of the young," Another cor
respondent in Lawrence, December 29th,
speaks of " about fifty little girls under
twelve years of age," who "-sent a dele-:
gation of three of their number to ask
one of the pastors for the use of his
vestry in which to hold_ their daily union
prayer-meeting. It was granted."
The indirect influence exerted by Mr:
Hammond in this sphere of labor is well':
illustrated by a fact stated in connection
with the revival in Philips' Academy,
Andover, in the early part of the year,
in which sixty Of the two hundred stu-1
dents expressed a hope. The fact, as:
stated, is that "the most marked and de;
cided impulse to the work was given by
young men who Thad attended the meet
.ings of Mr. Hammond in Lawrence."
In March Mr. Hammond was at work
in Newark, New Jersey, commencing
with an immense 'children's meeting on
the 13th. The next day the largest aa
dience-room in the place was filled to re
pletion, and not less than six hUndred
children remained for conference . and
prayer. The feeling was deep and over
whelming. Among the scenes of deep
interest reported, was a meeting of sixty
boys in the - side-room of, one of the
churches, all on their knees; praying one
after the other, with solemn, quiet =ear=
nestness, and " with as much order as in
the Fulton Street Prayer-meeting." An
other speaks of "little" girls and bays,
from nine to thirteen years of age, plead ;
ing, with tears in their eyes, with their
little companions to come to Jesus .It-ST
`the ihroA 'of
God, with their little simple though ear
nest prayers, for
_the salvation of the
souls of their playmates. Unable to in
struct, many of them simply tell how
they found Jesus, and how very precious
he is to their souls.
So far as they have been tested by
time—a year or, two—the results of these
labors are permanent. We believe they•
are unparalleled in the' history of evsn
gelism, or in the history of the Church
itself. Such a work among children has
hardly been dreamed of as possible be
fore. Conception and execution alike
lielong to Mr. Hammond. His 'labors
and successes fairly earn for him. the
title of the Children's Evangelist. And
though his labors among adults have
been perhaps quite as:productive of good
as • those among children, yet it: is doubt
less his adaptation to the young, his
simple tenderness 'and earnestness, which
have opened to him the hearts of the
more aged. We regard his appearance
and his marvelous successes among
young children just now as strong con
firmation of the idea thrown out at the
commencement of this article, that the
set time to, favor this class of persons has
come, and as affording encouragemerit of
the strongest kind to labor, pray, and
hope for their conversion, in tender years,
and in great numbers.
CHRISTIAN CONVERSATION.
BY REY. E. H. GILLETT, D.D.
Cowper calls conversation "an art : "
To converse well is indeed a high and a
rare entertainment. Eminent men have
made it •an aim, and their -fame as con
versationists has been due as much to
special culture as to natural gifts. Some
have gone so far as to prepare ;them
selves for the anticipated occasion, accu
mulating a stock of facts or sentiments,
as Sheridan did his stock of wit, for a
more effective display. Such personO
may succeed in attaining the object
which they have in view, and yet fail,of
the end which every disciple of Christ
must regard as most essential. .
We would not overlook the social
pleasure which conversation affords, or
regard it as unimportant. With Le.
Bruyere, we would not forget that "there
is speaking well, speaking easily, speak
ing justly, and speaking seasonably.".
There is good sense, too, in-what.D'Alem
bert says, " remember that conversation
is a relaxation, and not a fencing-school,
or a game of chess. . . You are not
to engross the discourse to yourgelf, nor
to deliver your opinions in a magisterial
tone. . . Another defect to be:shunned
is,.speaking like one reading, and having
what is called a well-written converse,
tiori:" But conversation 'IS' degraded-
itorn its true end when we are content
to make_it merely agreeable. The tongue
has been called :" the glory of man's
franie,',' and speech is one of the most
wonderful of. God's gifts. The solemn
rebuke of Scripture
.is administered to
those who say : "Our lips are our own :
who is Lord over us ?" That selfish
:assumption is-as implied in the language
--:practical atheism. Our - lips are not
our own. We are as truly bound to
p,SEi , them for God as any of his other
gifts. A. tyrant may as well claim the
'right to exercise his power as he pleases,
as, any man to speak as he lists. That
`wonderful social power which we pos
'Bess, by means of speech, which may
make words as effective to. shape charac
l'er, as the blows of the hammer on the
anvil to shape iron, which may by a
breath 'scatter " firebrands, arrows, and
death;" which may pour into wounded
ihearts a more than Samaritan's balm ;
Which may make a word or a tone like
an angel beckoning toward heaven ; such
a power is not to be esteemed lightly:
Ibis a precious, as it is a sacred trust.
The man who has no higher aim than
to amuse, or to make a self-glorying ex- -
hibition of himself, desecrates this gift.
And yet even he, studying his phrases,
4s well as marshalling his thoughts, may
rebuke the indolence or inadvertence of
many a Christian disciple, who, in his
assodiation with others, never asks, how
can I use that influence which I possess
by the power of speech, to do them good?
How can I"correct their errors, or lead
them to serious reflection, or win their
sympathies to the cause of truth and
duty . ? Usefulness should be our con
stant aim. That was the very highest
eulogy which Christ pronounced upon
one of old, " She bath done what she
could." There are some who seem to
have few' other talents, who can yet
"let their light shine" by words that be-
Speak their devotion. The right utter
ance of these is the practical wisdom
that wins souls.
d here there are two extremes to be
avoided.. There are• those. who would
violate, taste and propriety, and .defeat
byan . ,,ehr.-..frgau.ent.,_or
timed references to sacred - things as repel
rather than attract. Pious words may
lose all their force by vain _ repetition or
indiscriminate use. They may seem at
least to degenerate into "cant," and then
are they indeed like " salt that has lost
its savor." Their principal effect is to
Mask the real attractiveness of religion,
or rather to make it odious. There is
no ridicule of sacred things so effective
with the mass of men, as that which is
occasioned by the technicalities of pious
speech, or the ill-judged atterups to'force
religion upon listless and unwilling ears.
Duty is by no means attractive in itself
'to one whose - heart rebels against its
claims; but when these claims become'
monotonous and ' irksome, by too con
stant or impertinent repetition, we see an
- illustration of,orie of the reasons of what
John Foster denominated the " aversion
of men of taste to evangelical religion:"
And yet there may be an_ oppositoilr
treme, which is equally to be avoided.
The cause of religion is not to be be
trayeA by silence. We ought not to be
so fearful of casting our pearls"before
swine, as to hoard in our own heart the
pearls of truth. There may bean excess
of modesty or caution. But in this case,
as good old John Newton says, "love is
the best casuist." A warm 'heart, glow
ing with Christian anxiety fcethe souls
of others, will often be wiser than our cool
philosophy. It will prompt *l f fitter and
wiser utterance. Few men,,i if we may
judge from his writings, lusgahed gifts,
and his Peculiarly attractiveMcial quali
ties, could readily have excellekas a Chris
tian conversationalist, betters 'than Wil
liam Wilberforce, and we'may well envy
him those rare qnalificatiols which we
know that he made so available on many
occasions. And yet even he felt rebuked
by the example and the eherience of one
far his inferior in almost every resPect,
and confessed his own short-comings.
In one of his letters he remarks, " I
called a few dam ago on --, but I
could not turn the conversation, to any
thing really- useful. How often am I re
minded of a simple Yorkshireman,
youth of great natural -shrewdness. And,
strong sense, ,- under a gawky exterior,
who, excitirtrin me some surprise, by
me-that at Cambridge, where I
knew hethad done good, he used to pro
ceed,. cautiously, and especially :began
warily, instead of rushing into the.midst
of things,—l went on to -inquire what
had been these distant gradual approaches.
-says he, generally begin, sir,
by 'telling them of 'the new birth, and
asking them if they could think they
had experienced it?' Alas! in a dozen
visits, I fear I should scarcely get so far."
And yet Wilberforce was by no means
indifferent to the art of religious conver
sation. He_ had 'made. it evidently a
diligent study. He advises his friend.,
Babingtori; to conduct, himself toward 'a
certain stranger he was .to meet,-" so_ as
/to moderate his prejudices," and " who i "
be asks; «knows.butthat you. may haVe.
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an opportunity- of throwing in something,
by - and by, which may tend to his eternal
benefit ?" He then relates an anecdote
to enforce his suggestion. " I remember
hearing that Governor Johnston, meeting
Lady Huntingdon at Cheltenham, ex
pe.cted her to open on him directly with
a religious battery,—at a second meeting,
the same. She behaved with great po
liteness and propriety, but did not bring
forward her religion. This piqued him,
and it went' on, till after a while he was
very earnest with her to explain to him
fully all her sentiments. This, of course,
she did, he listening with the most seri
ous attention, to what he would probably
have heard with coldness or contemaV
she had bolted it out to him prematWy
and unseasonably."
Certainly there is wisdom to be learned
both from the Yorkshireman's experi
ence, and from -the prudence of Wilber
force.
The round-about and disingenuous
efforts lately in progress for peace have
ended in nothing. The chief envoy, of
this discreditable mission has had the
back door shut in his face, and comes
home from Richmond a sadder, and, we
hope, a wiser man. Those who put any
trust in his mission we hope have also
gained wisdom. No true patriot regrets
the issue of those illegitimate negotia r
tions. No true patriot but felt an unde
fined. uneasiness during their entire con
thmance. Negotiations for peace in such
hands, and by such methods, involved
the peril of the sacrifice of some of the
precious principles, the yielding of some
of the grand advances in national. polity,
which had been gained at such incalen
lable cost. Rebels and the world at large
must interpret such manceuvres as indi
cations of weariness, weakness, or disin
clination to maintain the contest. Some
thing, one could not say what, might be'
put in place of the utter suppression of
the rebellion, and the complete triumph.
of justice, of law,
.and of the restored
national integrity. If such -rno - yements
have any meaning at all, they, mean com
promise, ;
.wherechs.,,,if the war means
anything, if the, shedding of it:Val:S - 6f
blood and the incurring of billions of debt
mean anything, they mean prinelple,
naked PRINCIPLE, not to be sacrificed or
trenched upon in any degree z And we
are heartily glad that politicians, unable
to appreciate this truthhave been baffled
in their impertinent interference.-
We shall have peace, but not by dis
graceful visits to the back door, of the
rebel cabinet. We are at the froitt,door,
with our army and navy, and' Wei area=
making its posts - shake, and are Splintering
its panels, and are making such a clamni
with our incessant knocking, that the
rebel conclave look into one another's
faces in dismay. They will be compelled
to let us in, without any Blairs or Single
tons asking "by your leave ?" We shall
have peace, by the Divine blessing, with
the' help of the three hundred thousand
additional fighting men to be called ifito
the field, if Sherman, and Grant, and
Terry, and Thomas, with their victorious
legions, do not anticipate the new levy.
Let us give, it cheerfully. It may not
be required to fire a shot ; the very fact
that it is coming may invigorate our men
in the field, and dishearten the rebels to
such a degree, that the war may virtually
be brought to a, close. But let us set
our seal of utter reprobation upon such
trifling as has lately been witnessed, and
let us make our public men understand
that the nation is in dead earnest, and
that it is high time they recognized the
fact. We shall not consent, at this late
day, to be made the sport of broken-down
politicians in a matter for which we have
risked, and are still willing to risk, every
earthly good. -
MIS SOTIRI.--SPIRITUA -PROSPERITY AND
OUTSPOKEN.UNIONISM HAND IN. HAND.-
The St. Joseph, Missouri, U 7711071, of Janu
ary 12, has a very satisfactory , account of
the progress .of the Westminster (New
School- Presbyterian) church in that city.
It says :—" That church was organized some
months since by twenty loyal members who
had withdrawn from thin. Presbyterian
churches of the city. Dr. Parsons took
charge of the infant church, amidst a
spray of denunciations from those who dis
liked his coming. Re has labored with
much energy, breathing forth a constant
stream of pure loyalty, and receiving etithu
siastie sympathy from his congregation.
The result is summed in the faci that
the Westminster is the 'leading church in
the city in point of numbdr i s and influence-.
—a fad that shows the virtue of loyalty.•
Such instances are numerous throughout
the State, and we direct attention to the fact
that those churches yet compromising with
treason, and tolerating such a sin in their
midst, may take warning before irretrievable
ruin overtakes them. The atmosphere of
Missouri is impregnated With loyalty,,andia
spot cf treason on any church is ;the pre
cursor of death." _ _
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NEW YORK-SUCCESSOR TO DR. HOMEY.
—Rev. Abbot E. Kittridge was installed
pastor of the Eleventh Presbyterian
Church, in 55th street, lately the charge
.of the lamented Dr. Hovey, on Sabbath
evening, January 15th. Introductory
services, by Rev. Dr. Field ; sermon, by
Rev. Dr. Adams ; constitutional ques
tions, by the moderator, Rev. John Spaul
ding • charge to the pastor, by Rev. E. F.
Hatfield, D. D. ; charge to the people, by
Rev. T. S. Hastings ; closing prayer, by
Rev. S. W. Bailey ; benediction, by the
pastor.
MATTOON, ILLINOIS.—The installation
of Rev. John L. Jones, as pastor of our
church in this thriving town of 3000 or
more inhabitants, took place on the Bth
ult. The sermon was preached by Rev.
Charles F. Beach, of the Presbytery of
Alton ;
.the,,charges were delivered by
Rev. F. A. Deming and Rev. Timothy
Hill. Rev. Messrs. Joseph Wilson,
moderator, and M. Rutherford, took part
in the services. The church is in con
nection Vtif:the Presbytery of Wabash.
It has become self-sustaining, and pays a
salary of one thousand dollars. The
Christian Herald, which furnishes the
above account, adds:—" We trust that a
bright career of usefulness and pros
perity is before both pastor and people."
EVANSVILLS, INDIANA.—Rev. Wm. H.
McCarer, of Evansville, Indiana, writes,
under date of December 27th ult.:—
" Our ladies carried through a ' Christmas
Festival' in which they cleared one thousand
dollars, which, I believe, they intend to ap
propriate to the purchase of a bell."
This is_the last article necessary- to
the completion of one of the most taste
ful, convenient, and, in all respects, most
appropriate church edifices we know of
iri the country. We advise those con
templating the erection of churches to
look over the edifice Brother _Wearer's
people have now completed. While doing
this ourselves a few weeks ago, we conld
not help feeling how much a sanctuary'
added to the power of a pastor and.
church to AD good.—Presbytery Beportei%
NESHAMINY.—This church, occupying
the " classic soil " of the old Tennent
College, has not forgotten to esteem very
highly, in love for their works' sake, those
who are over them in the Lord. Its
pastor, Rev. D. K. Turner, was, on the
evening of December 29, made the re
cipient of a surprise visit, resulting (money
and other choice gifts included) in a bene
faction of more than $2OO.
MORE OF THE SAME.—Springwater
church, N. Y., has complimented its pas
tor, Rev. W. Hunter, with a visit and
donation of nearly $2OO. Rev. William
Lusk, of Huron, N. Y., has received about
the lame amount in a similar manner.
Rev. George Ransom, Home Missionary,
laboring with the two
_young churches of
Muir and Pewamo, Mich., having unitedly
a membership of only forty-six, has re
ceived presents from his charge to the
amount of $lB7, a large share of the sum
cash. Rev. H. R. Hoisington, of War
ren, Ohio, acknowledged $lOO, other
valuables; and the especially delicate
compliment of a nice set of furs for his
mother, widow of the late missionary
Hoisington. The pastor at Mount Ver
non, Oneida county, N. Y., gives thanks
for. $l7O. The people of Chaumont,
N. Y., church dropped in at the parsonage
and left $320._ Rev. Charles Gillette, of
Milford, N. Y., is the recipient of $l5O ;
Rev. 0. H. Newton, of Delaware, Ohio,
$144 ; and Rev. N. S. Dickey, of Colum
bus, hid., a large lot of valuables, some
$250 in money included. .
WILMINGTON PRESBYTERT.-A Pro-Re-
Hata meeting of. this body was held in
Hanover Church, January 26th, when Mr.
W. H. Edwards was received as a licentiate
from the Presbytery of Monmouth, and ex
amined with a view to ordination as an
evangelist, his expected field of labor being
in connection with the new Mission C.hapel
of Hanover Street Church in Hedgesville,
a suburb of Wilmington. The examination
was thorough, (Mr. Edwards being from an
other Presbytery, and a graduate of Prince
ten Seminary,) developing the theological
soundness of the candidate, and his accord
ance with the generally received views of
doctrine in our branch. His ordination' is
arranged to take place on. the Bth of Feb
ruary.
The Presbytery also heard an interesting .
report from the committee of Home Missions,
and directed that measures be immediately
taken in connection with the AsseifiblieS
Committee, to meet the wants of the large
Presbyterian and other immigration now
flowing into the State. A great increase in
the contributions to this important cause is
hoped for from the churches.
RNVIVALS, We find revivals reported in
Rev. Edward Taylor's congregation,
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; in Meitasha
Wisconsin ; in the Monson A.cadenii,
and in the Conway Aeadeiny, in the .' 1 . 1 "/
State. -