THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN AND GENESEE EVANGELIST. Alleligionsand Family Newspaper, IN THE INTEREST OP THE Constitutional Presbyterian Church. pumas - wan EVERY THURSDAY , AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE, 1.394 Chestnut Street, (2d story,) Philadelphia. Rev. John iv. Nears, Editor and Publisher. Rev. B. B. liotchkin, Editor of News and Family Departments. Rev. C. P. Bash, Corresponding Editor, Rochester, N. Y. gmaitait Its 4treialL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1866.; CONTENTS OF INSIDE ,PAGES►; gECOND PAGE—TiII FthIDY:OIROLE: The trine that Faileth n4CtTheY'outigßa'va.ri'a-- A Mother's Morning Thoughts—How to Pick Hackle berries—Srirt&lLour Sheaves with us-7The,Two Beare7-41eiter FnghtenOhildrenkNegiellother's Faithr-Reftige7-"Our Young Folks"—A btory for Teachers. THIRD PAGE—LITERARY ITEMS : Recent Publications—ltems—General Literature. SIXTH PAGE—CORRESPONDENCE': • Open Air P ahem Richard Weaver, the "Con verted Collier"—Letter from Secretary Alvord—A. M. Stewart's Letter—The ,Seen and the Unseen— Women's Union Missionary Society. Editor's Table: Magazines and Pamphlets. SIGTENTH PAGE—RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE: Episcopal Methodist The Church Catholic Foreign. PROGRESS BY REVIVALS IN FOREIGN MISSIONS. The dependence of the work of Foreign Missions upon revivals appears in the very origin of such movements. The conversion of the Pagan, Mohammedan, and Papal world to the pure and blessed religion of Jesus—that is, the conversion of eleven-twelfths of the world's popula- Lion by the remaining one-twelfth—is an idea too vast to be even conceived of as a matter of present personal duty, much less engaged in with hope of ultimate success, unless by those who have had experimental acquaintance with the re viving work of the Holy Spirit. They must be thoroughly convinced that there is a great spiritual force ,welling in the church, which can make amends for the inequality of her numbers with those .o the world, whose proper work it is to break up the indifference of the unre generate heart, to rouse the slumbering consciences of men, and, by the exercise of divine power, to elevate at a stroke the religious capacities and susceptibili ties of an entire community. In fact, the extensive movements of the church in modern times, - for the evangelization of the world, sprang almost directly from powerful revivals. And we who remain to carry on the work begun in this spirit, must not lose sight for a moment of the absolute ne cessity of unusual, extended, and mani festly divine displays of the Spirit's power to the result. To set in operation the ordinary evangelizing machinery, and to have the Mission become a centre of the ordinary degree of Christian light and influence, and to maintain that centre, with gradually increasing power, for many years, is indeed to do a great work ; to dot the whole dark surface of heathenism with such luminaries, which, like beacon lights, can answer each other from station to station, around the com- pass of the globe, is much, very much, for which to rejoice and give thanks. To be 'able to say, as was said at the Liver ' pool Missionary Conference four years ago, that there are more than a million and a quarter of living Christians gathered from the darkness of Paganism by sixty years of missionary effort, is enough to clear, the missionary enterprise of any charge of failure. But even for these limited results we are indebted, almost wholly, to'revivals on,lnissionary ground and for any degree of progress calculated to give prospect 'of final success within several thousand years, we must depend, more largely than we have ever allowed ourselves to imagine, upon great effusions of the Spirit's power in the heart of hea thendom,.right down upon vast popula tions, where the light of Gospel truth has only begun to reach the long-dark ened understandings of the people. The universal conscience of tribes of men biu.st be reached and roused. A spirit of inquiry must spread, noiseless and rapid as the dawn of day, ?rider the shadows of heathen temples, and among throngs of superstitious worshippers. The breath of revival must blow, like the wind, where it lists, surprising our own no less than the heathen mind, by the direction and power of its Movements. It must invade thick darkness, where the preached truth his never seemed to find entrance ; it must break down opposition, which has raged against all the ap proaches of human'instrumentality ; it must tame savage natures, it must bring proud spirits to submission; it must even go before the advent of the missionary, and prepare the way for him, among those who, from time immemorial, had dwelt in Pagan darkness and superstition. It must give sudden and wide-spread efficacy - to, the labors which had long seemed fruitless, outrunning far the de gree of success which, under ordinary circumstances, - and to ordinary faith, would:be : expected. Such things must occur • such gracious developments of the 'Spirit's power must be granted, if the masses" of the heathen are, within thou sands of years, or indeed ever, to be thoroughly evangelized. We must ex pect them, pray for them, include them in our calculations. 'the measure of our faith must rise to such views of the mis sionary work. That which is impossible with men is possible with God ; "and it is b + to miztritail res )1 ti 34111 New Series, Vol, ll,' No. 6. the very scenes of man's impotence, and of man's humble acknowledgMent of his nothingness, if accompanied by faith in jlimself, in which God delights to show g h i r ß i power 9 . yv i , :z , t.,(1 n to glorify his convprting` r 4 over the historY of modern' missions, show how much is already due to just such blessed'outpourings of the Spirit, in the planling of the Gospel on heathen soil ; and. how utterly Impos- sible it would have been to reach even the moderate results thus far attained, without revivals of religion. It will en- courage the church at home, as well as the laborers on heathen ground, to hope and to pray for further Manifestations of, a similar glorious -nature, and it will serve to strengthen the impression which we, in these series of articles, seek to make, that the church must not cease to look, and to pray, and to calculate upon great and powerful Revivals of Religion, rather than on the ordinary rates and phenomena of progress, for the conquest of the world to Christ In every part of the missionary field, from Greenland to the Islands of the South Seas, and from China to Madagascar and the West Indies, from the Nestorians of Persia to the Bushmen of South Africa, every continent and every great island group, where missions, have been suc cessfully planted, have witnessed the re- viving work of the Holy Spirit. In our own continent the gracious outpouring upon the Indians at the, forks of the Dela ware, under the preaching of David Brainerd, is known to our readers. In Greenland, all the labors of the mission aries were fruitless, until they felt them selves wondrously, aided in telling the simple story of the cross with great "power and unction, when a general reli gious influence Spread through the com munity from 1738 for ten years, biinging some two hundred and 'thirty, to the ru.o fession of nominal Christianity. In that inhospitable frozen region, this mission has sustained itself for Over a century and a quarter, and nearly a thbusand communicants are numbered With its churches. The wonderful revisal of 1814-16 on Tahiti thrilled the Christian world at that tine:' In one year, 1815 the missionaries declared they reaped the harvest of sixteen laborious seed times. The people were so anxious to hear about Christ, that they would often spend the whole night in conversation and inquiry. Idols were stripped of their ornaments, and cast into the flames. Even during the disturbances arising from the French outrages in 1850, a re vival broke out at one of the stations, re- suiting in eighty conversions. Wonder ful and delightful is the history of the Holy Spirit's gracious work among the groups of islands visited by the martyr mis sionary, John Williams; as in the Society Islands, where the awakening occurred in 1820 ; early in the following year, the interest became so general that wherever the people were collected, .religion was the topic of conversation. The houses of the missionaries were sometimes thronged at daybreak with distressed inquirers. The progress of Mr. Williams, from island to island, amid these neigh boring groups, was like' a triumphal pro cession. The idols were dragged at the wheels of Messiah's chariot, and "utterly abolished." - The sky was hung with the smoke of burning temples. Chiefs led their people in the sudden and sin cere reformation. Christian chapels of enormous size were built and filled with thousands of decorous and inquiring natives. Marvellous, too, was the work of grace in the Sandwich Islands, under the missionaries of the American Board in 1838, where for twelve months nearly a thousand a month were added to the visible church, as the fruit of their divinely assistedlabors. At Tinnevelly,in Southern India, in the mission of the- Church Mis sionary Society, in, 1838, a'whole village became Christian, and from that time forward the changes from heathenism to professed Christianity assumed the form of great popular movements ; until in 1846 no less than thirty thousand per sons in the district professed Christianity. Prominent among missions favored with revivals is that of the Americam Board to the Nestorians. The seminaries, es pecially, have been the scenes of spiritual refreshing's, which, however, have spread into the surrounding districts. From 1846, when the first of these seasons was enjoyed, to 1853, no less than six dis tinct visitations of the Spirit, of various degrees of power, are recorded. The Karens, a hill-tribe of Burmah, furnish a reinarkable instance of preparation for the reception of the gospel. Their tradi tions pointed to white travellers from beyond the sea, who should bring them the word of God.' Hence when, in 1829, the missionaries of the American Baptist _Association made their way to the Karen country, they were'received with enthu siasm, and the work of Christianizing whole villages and districts went on with' great facility and rapidity. Of other revivals on the foreign field, We can only name the revivals of the early part of the century, and of 1839, 1847, PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1865. and 1851, among the Kaffres, including the conversion of the notorious heathen chief, Africaner, in 1812 ; that among the Basseutos in South Africa, under the 'ench Evangelical Society, in 1831; that- - among the Armenians of Constanti nople, under American Board, about• 1840, and at Aintab ten years afterWardS; those which signalizeirthe:-history of the: Ceylon .Missiorn, 'from 1819 W • ;that at Abbeokuta in 1848 and 1851;;'a. • ei the ‘ ip Church3fissiOnary 'Society ; thcont n ous successes of the'EngliSh Preabyter an Mission; in and near Amoy, from 1'8.'4, including the spontaneous adoption ' r Christianity by:lm entire village—Chi ' ' by name, late in 1863. Worthy of spebita, mention is that among ' the 'degraded Khols—a wild tribe in the Mountains 'Of, India=among whom Gossnerns mission aries labored for seven J - ears - fwithbnt apparent fruit. At the end of thatlime, in 1851, the Holy Spirit was poured but on the rude mountaineers; their brdtish apathy disappeared ; a spirit of inqUiry spread from village to village, and on every hand arose the question, What must Idoto be saved ? The gospel con tinued to spread with such amazing power, that the few missionaries were over whelmedby the multitudes of the inqui rers. Seldom since the days of the apostles has a work been witnessed of equal power to that wrought by the Spirit on the Friendly, Islands, in 1834, under the charge of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. An out ward reformation of great extent and highly beneficial results had already taken, place; but now hundreds of men, women, and children, including the principal chiefs, might be seen in the deepest distress, weeping and crying to God for mercy. For a time, the people laid aside their ordinary employments, and gave them selves up entirely to religious exercises. In a short time every island had caught the flame ; everywhere the people were earnestly seeking the Lord, or rejoicing because they had found him. On one day, July 27, it is believed that, one thousand souls were converted at Various preaching places, and that upwards of two thousand were converted in 11 fort night. The native king was among the I converts, and was baptized "George." As such, his piety and usefulness re sembled that of Africaner in South Africa. Sir E. Home, commander of a British ship of war, when visiting the islands, in a time of great -commotion, was no impressed with the noble and magnanimous traits of this Christian king's character, that he said that he could only be compared to Alfred the Great, and pronounced him " the greatest man in those. seas." In fact, it may be claimed that scarcely a single important missionary station exists, which does not owe to the special influences of the Spirit its real establish ment upon heathen soil. From times of refreshing, each one dates its prospect, of ultimate success and its aspect of en couragement to the praying and believ ing ones at home. But for revivals on the foreign field, many stations, would have been abandoned, many that now blossom as the rose would have been unreclaimed wastes of heathenism, and ,the whole missionary work would at this day be but a feeble demonstration, weak in numbers, and without power do command the sympathy and liberality, and to, quicken• the spirituality of the church at home. And for further suc cesses and final triumph we must loo l k for a constant repetition and enlargement of these gracious influences of the Spirit. MR. HAMMOND IN HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY: • There has been a. very extraordinary outpouring of the Holy Spirit inllacketts town,. N. J., during week. before last_ s God has there blessed the labors of Rev. EDWARD P. HAMMOND to a very remarkable degree. He went to that place without more than a single day's announcement, on Sabbath,. January 16th. He spoke to Christians in the morning, founding his discourse on the word suddenly in the text, "He shall suddenly come to his temple." In the afternoon he addressed the children, who melted under the exhibition of the truth. In the evening he addressed adults. At the close of the service he held an in quiry meeting, after which the pastor, Rev. George C. Bush, the brother of your esteemed Corresponding Editor, an Old School Presbyterian Minister, and . a very prudent man, estimated that fifty conver sions had that day occurred. The next two days Mr. Hammond held three meetings a day. A prayer meeting in the morning, a children;s meeting in the afternoon, and an adult meeting in the evening. These meetings were largely attended, and it is believed that there were at least between two and three hundred conversions during these ever memorable three days. The writer, who resides in Newark, where .Mr. Hammond labored last spring, since which over one thousand have joined. our churches, is familiar with his 'method, and was riot surprised at the re- sults which it was his high privilege to witness Considering the size of the place, we have never seen such results. There were no cavils or opposition ;:.but all Christians put their shoulders to the Mr. Hammond recently revisted Cald well, where his labors were so abundantly blessed last spring, and the result proved that what some call " burnt over ground" is just the place to work or 'blessed fruits. Many ministers and most lay Christians wish him to return and labor in Newark this winter. We believe it a inistske that revivals can only occur in a ~ .plaee, l iftei, a seiles„of years. We heard e.,... Or.; 'Joel Paiker, who desires the , ttirn of Mi. Harrimoild to Newark, ex , ~ press , this, opinion very , strongly this - very day - Mi!;:-'311mamond has left our. - vicinit, and gone home 'to Vernon, Con= nectic, on account - of the dangerous ill ness 0 his mother O. he subject of statistics, we have to-day deeived a copy of the Bridgeport, i.c ,, Conn., titnclard,,ofJanuary 12th, which contains valuable summary of the re sult. of Mr. Hammond's labors in that city last' inter. In our Saturday evening's paper you ask fo information regarding those who pfofess d conversion at' the time of the re vival 14it winter. You - propose these ques tions :—pt, "How many of the converts actually, joined e,hurehes?" 2d, "What was thq number that joined each church?" and, 3q, "How many of those who thus made a pnblie profession of religion con tinue steadfast in the faith?" By having correct - answers, publicly given, to these questiohs, you. think the community will be " better Rualified to decide whether similar religious Bfforts should be encouraged." In reply tolhe first question, I would say that all adults who professed conversion, with very few exceptions, joined churches .—in number skint three hundred.. In reply to the second question,l would say that upwards of two hundrd united with the Methodist, the Baptist, and the two Con gregational churches, about an equal num ber, or fifty With each of the four churches, and the remaining one hundred united with the'otherfchurches in the city. As to the third question, "How many of these re main steadfast In the faith?" the pastors and others who are qualified from observa tion and an intimate acquaintance, testify that the converts, generally, hold out as well, if not better, than usual. Rev. Dr. Smith, of the First Congregational church, and Rev: Mr. Lobdell, Of the South Church, say they have' never known converts hold out better. /Rev. Mr. Simmons, of the Methodist Church, says the same—so, that there `an be no doubt now of the truthful ness of the remarks which Rev. Dr. Smith made in his farewell address to the Rev. Mr. Hantniond, which was miblished in the Daily ? Staidard, from which I quote : " Be. Dr. Smith began by saying,' I thank od for Evangelists. He has a pace for th in the church, apart from the f i minist y, and they do not conflict with the work of the pastor. Some men had gone among he churches and had wrought mis chief. I confess that at first I was afraid of you, nd almost trembled to have you come, b t waited to see what would grow out of 'it. While I waited, I prayed for you; the next time I liked you better, and soon saw that you preached the truth as it tau, 'that the Holy Spirit was with d' I can now heartily thank God e has sent you here. Very many ke you by the hand in the streets of, w Jerusalem, and thank you for your this city.' " . Dr.. Smith closed by saying, that e believed the continued blessings' Mended Mr. H.'s labors were owing prayers of Christians ascending up, For him, from the various places where labored." PRESBYTER; Is in you, • that ), will t I the NI visits Re that to th daily he h. 'ERSARY MEETINGS OF 'THE CHRISTIAN COMMISSION. give to-day a, full report of the w igs of the Anniversary meeting, held e Hall of Representatives in Washing n Sabbath night week. Our space is oh occupied that we are fain to leave port to speak for itself. We are con that the mass of our readers will regard - , a pleasure to read every word of its pro-' ngs as published. The Commission is ized as a leading and honorable exem tation of the entire evangelical piety of land, at this time. ' If foreigners or r,s have any difficulty in finding traces of religions'life elsewhere during our war-- gh they need have none-4hey will - see ... ilustrated in all its characteristic energy in the vast evangelizing work, and the abounding liberality centered in the Chris tian Commission. The meeting held in our city on ,Tuesday of last week, in the Academy of bitisic, was one of extraordinary, interest and brilliancy, attended by several thousands, while a still greater number applied in vain for sitting room; after the tickets were exhausted. We trust that the Commission will reap substan tial fruits from these demonstrations, and that the Christian people of the land will con tinue to- recognize its peculiar claims upon tkeir liberality, sympathy and prayers. NV need in ti RETURN TO A PASTORATE.—Rev. .A.lexan d; 11. Fullerton has xesigned the chaplaincy o the 144th New York State Volunteers, and returried'io the charge of the church in Mar sjp.ville, in that State. Genesee Evangelist, No. 977. FROM 011 R CORRESPONDING EDITOR, The annual meeting of this Preabytery was held in We,edsport, commencing on Tuesday, 17th ult., at 2 o'clock, P. M., and was one of unusual interest and profit. Rev. G. W. Warner, in the opening sermon, gave an in teresting history of the Presbytery, from the time of its organization, in 1811. The dis course is to be published, and will be a valu able contribution to local history. The first evening was devoted to the sub ject of Home Missions. Rev. S. W, Board man, of Auburn, presented a carefully pre pared and excellent statement of the present and future wants of the country ; and other speeches added interest to the meeting. The second evening was devoted to the suli ject, of-ministerial education. Rev. Charles Anderson, Prof.'llopkina, - and others, spoke with power ; .- and a profound impression was made upon all minds by the .appeals of two elders, Mr. Webster, of Sennett, and Mr. Bailey, of-Central Church, Auburn. The sacramental sermon was preached by Rev. Henry Fowler, of Auburn,• from the text, "Your life is hid with Christ in God." This sacred' season, together with the time spent in devotional exercises, gave evidence of the.presence of the Holy . Spirit. In this con nection, Rev. Mr. Allen, of Cayuga, gave a very encouraging account of the religious in terest in his congregation; and the.effect of all the meetings of Pre 4 sbytery was cheering to.the faith of pastors and elders. The finan cial reports showed quite an increase: of be: nevolent contributions; and a number of the churches have made considerable additions to their membership, This is quite a misnomer, nd inn& be ex plained. In the town of Bergen, four miles from the railroad village, there recently stood a, stone church, which gave name.to that lo cality, and to the post-office which' accommo dates that neighborhood. But the stone church was old and somewhat' -trilapidated. And yet the congregation, miderAhe faithful and judicious-labors of a new -itastor (Rev. N. Elmer, who went among the% about two years ago), was beginning nto - - fet the genial influences of a renewed life. Under this pleasant impulse it was pro Posed to get a cab inet organ, so as to improve itifeir music. A subscription was started forthe- purpose, and gave promise of success. one man said the old church was notfitrV put an organ into : and thought thepligad first build a new church, and then4e4ye organ. They had not before thought it possible to do so much; but itu*done. They have the : organ, and a new arch beside. But the new church is of iiocd, and so we do not see but the name of!lthe post-office will have to be changed to Wood church. Leaving that, however, to the-Postmaster-General, we may say, that the rnew church edifice is a gem of its kind; smaJP but neat, substantially fin ished, carpeted and cushioned throughout. The swims of dedication took place on Wednesdafinorning, 25th ult. The day was extremely cold, and yet the house was filled with an attentive and deeply interested congre gation. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Rev:Mr.:Elmer, the pastor, from the text, " How andable are thy tabernacles, 0 Lord of hosts." , :Rev. N. Hurd, of Mendon, a for mer pastor of the church, was present, and took lart in the service; and Rev. D. D. McColl, of Scotsville, preached a most accep , table,sermon in the evening. „Pie church cost about seven thousand dol figs, but is really worth much more, as it was 'Wit with great care and economy. We are happy to add that it is all paid for ; most of theews l also, are already rented, at a fair valuation; everything looks well for the peace and prosperity of this society; and much of it all is due to the liberality and enterprise of two individuals, one a man now seventy years 'of age, a- practical builder; who carefully and affectionately superintended all the work; and another who was both liberal and active ip getting up the subscription for the build ing ; showing how much two men of the right ,spirit can do toward aiding the pastor, and helping on in any good work. PRESBYTERY OF CAYUGA DEDICATION OF THE " STONE CHORCH. • A. SACRED WILT,. We have before spoken of improvements at Honeoye Falls; a new chapel and the like. More recently the church has received the gift of a bell, which it has long wanted, in circumstances which render it peculiarly sa cred. A-ybung man, Theodore Jameson, who was brought up there, and was a member of the church, became a soldier; and fell, fight ing for his country, in the 'second bloody bat tle of Manassas. - He had previously written home, and spo ken very tenderly of his church relations. It was there he had found the-Saviour; there he took upon himself the vows of visible union to Christ ; thernhe had passed so many:plea sant Sabbaths, and received such pleasant Christian instruction—if he should never re turn, he wished, out of the portion that was coming to him, to do something for that church. - 'lle did not "return ; but his wish was re garded as sacred by his friends = ; and casting about to see how they could best fulfil.it, - the bell was thought of.. It was just what 'was needed; and every time it calls the congrega tion to the _house of god, it can hardly help reminding them of tht Christian soldier, and of the dear 'country for whichhe died. It is a plemant,toned, steel composition bell, weigh- II S . Per annum, in advance: By Ban; $3. By Carrier, $3 50. Fifty cent* additional, after three months. Clubs.—Ten or more papers, sent to one address. payable strictly in advance and in one remittance: By Mail, $250 per apnuni: B.v Carriers. $3 per annum. Ministers and Ministers' Widows, $2 in ad vance. Home Mission aides,- $1 50'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. Advertisements, - 12% cents per line for' the first, andlo cents for the second' insertion. One square (one month) A,3 00 two months . 5 50 three " 750 six " -•• •••••- ..12 00 18 00 one year 4 .... The following discount on long advertisements, in serted for three months and upward's, is allowed:— Over 20 lines. 10 per cent. off; over 50 lines, 20 per cent.; over 100 lines, 33% per cent. otr. ing a thousand pounds, and purchased at a cost of two hundred and fifty dollars. It was previously hung in the tower, and on Christmas day was formally presented to the church, in a written statement, by Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the mother and ‘ e- tepfatherof the deceased soldier, and formillY received, with speeches and resolutions of thanks, on the part of the church. It was an interesting - and touching occasion. It was easy to seal& the heart of the pastor, Rev. Mr. Vfaoa2- ken, is not a little cheered by the magic tones of that bell, as it calls his flock together„:,; is another sign of progress and improvenie* Three brpthers of Prof. Allen, of Lailfa d 61114* nary, are pillars in the church, ands much for its peace and prosperity UNEASINESS ON THE BOWL! '. One who has not been on the gro wouhl find it difficult to realize, how much ofyswegt ness and alarm, and actual sufferintillas been experienced upon our northern fro:inter, in apprehension of raids from Canada. Hap pily, since the Canadian authorities are_ giving signs of returning reason, a better state, of things is beginniig to hold sway; but, there were sleepless nights in many of those border towns. Patrols were out; houses barricaded; women and children in the greatest state of alarm ; quiethouseholders, religious men, and clergymen, who had never thought of " taking the sword," had their revolvers and: lodded rifles near at hand, ready for use at a moment's warning. And •all this sanctioned by Jeff. Davis, while he and his minions knew that it could not aid one feather's weight in settling the great questions of the war. It was not war; but rapine and midnight murder alone which were intended. We found some soldiers of the regular army on duty, as a patrol, at Ogdensburgh. Two companies of volunteers were also under drill in the place, ready for duty at a moment's warning. Cavalry scouts are also on the alert; and Uncle Sam means to take care of himself: And we are glad that the Canadian Gov ernment is beginning, to think that it is time for them to take care of those cut-throats and assassins from rebeldom, who have been so long abusing their hospitality. We hail the returning reason, and will cheerfully re ciprocate any good feeling, slowly and reluct antly though it may have arisen, which our neighbors shall manifest. HANDSOMELY DONE The young men of the First Presbyterian Church of Ogdensburgh (Rev. Mr. Miller's) recently presented Mrs. Miller, the - wife of' the pastor, with a new horse and sleigh. The ladies, not to be out- &pie by the young gentlemen, presented the good lady with a complete and elegant set of furs. All this was as much as to say, " Now ride and be comfortable. Come and see us when ,yon can." We understood that Mr.. Miller is also expected to ride in the same sleigh when out on his pastoral rounds; but not to wear the furs. This church is large, and strong, and pros perous. It sustains entirely or in part three mission Sunday-schools, and has about eight hundred scholars thus under its, care. THE NOYES LIBRARY. We understand that the law library of the late William Curtis Noyes, given by his will to Hamilton College, consists of eight or ten thousand volumes, and cost about fifty thou sand dollars—the finest private law library, it has been said, in the country; and the largest gift ever yet bestowed at one time upon the college. But this, maoficent gift only makes room and need. for another, a, suitable fire-proof bugding ioh'ich - -kiep the sacred treasure. What would the library be worth some day in ashes? Where is the man that will make the complement' of Mr. Noyes's splendid benefaction, and share with him the high honor? ORDINATION Rev. Gavin L. Hamilton, a recent gradu ate of Auburn Seminary, was ordained and installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church of Vernon, on the Ist inst. Rev. Dr. Dar ling, of. Albany, preached the installation sermon. NEW SIJPERINTENDENT Harlow W. Chittenden, Esq., who has long been connected with the New York Central Railway, as superintendent of the central di vision of said road, has been promoted to be General Superintendent, in 'place of Hon. Chauncey Vibbard, of Albany, resigned. Mr. Chittenden seems to have won univer sal esteem and praise in his administration as Division Superintendent, and every body seems to expect he will do the 'same in the higher position. The best wishes of troops of friends in Central and Western New York follow him to his Albany home. A DONATION The friends of Rev. C. R. Wilkins, of Pittsford, gave him oiae`of- those agreeable surprises so common about these times— amount nearly four hundred'dollars. ROCHESTER, Feb. 4, 1865. TEE -NEXT UNION PRAYER , MEETLE4G of the „Churches of our, denomination in. this city, will be held in the Wtsr,tc,Street , Church, (Rev. J. Cr. Hamner's), corner oti Ninth and Wharton streets, on-,,Tuesday= evening next. MIRAGE. —The mirage of the desert , . p a i n t s the things of earth in the heivens. 'There is a more glorious mirage, which, to'sthe eye of the Christian, paints the thirur,ii of heaven upon the canvass of earth, , -
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