amattan IlmtiOnialt.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1865
ACKNOWLEDGM ENTS.
For the School for Colored Soldiers
E. T. R" - - -
For the American Bilk Society
A minister at Cairo, Illinois,
TUE WESTERN PRESBYTE/11AN.—We
have received the first number of a new
weekly bearing this title, published at
Danville, Ky. It is devotedto the inter
ests of religion generally, and of the Old
School branch of the Presbyterian
Church in particular. Its editors are
Rev. Drs. E. P. Humphrey and Stephen
Yerkes—names which will be a tower of
strength to the enterprise.. "The editors,"
says the prospectus, "are pledged to
maintain a strict .allegiance to the Pres
byterian Church in the United States,
and to the Nation in the perils through
which both are now passing. The paper
will be devoted, as its first and highest
object, to the interest of the Presbyterian
Church—its doctrines, order, and worship,
and to the growth in saving knowledge
of, its members. Special efforts will be
made to promote the unity of the whole
church on the basis of unwavering adhe
rence to its General Assembly, and to its
institutions and_ agencies for the spread
of the Gospel. It is the conviction of
the editors that our form of civil govern
ment is the ordinance of God for the
people of this country, and that the
union of these States is the condition
without which the life of the nation cannot
be saved. This sentiment will te freely
uttered to the extent proper to the reli
gious press, while political controversy
and discussion will be left to the secular
papers."
DEATH Or MRS. DR. COX. OUT
church, ever in warm fellow-feeling with
our venerable father, Rev. Dr. Samuel
H. Cox, will' extend to him a heart-felt
sympathy in his present bereavement.
The wife of his youth, Abiah Hyde Cox,
was removed from him by death, in the
city of New York, on the Bth inst., in
the 69th year of her, age. She was the
daughter of Rev. Aaron Cleaveland, for
merly of Connecticut. We take from
The Evangelist the following noticelA
her death and funeral:—
" Mrs. Cox was taken ill but a week or
two since, after attending church on the
Sabbath, and died in a few days from the
effects of a carbuncle on her hand. She
was buried from the church of Rev. Dr.
Adams, Madison Square, last Saturday af
ternoon, a crowd of friends and relatives
being in attendance, to show their respect
for the dead and their sympathy for
the living. Patriarchial in appearance,
as in character, Dr. Cox seemed
weighed down by the suddenness
and severity of the bereavement. At
his side were his children, all disciples of
Christ, and two of them ministers of the
gospel, one of them Bishop in the Episco
pal Church. Rev. Dr. Prentiss read the
burial service, and .Rev. Dr. Adams follow
ed in an address, in which he recalled some
touching and beautiful remembrances of'
the deceased. Her blamelessiife,her spot
less character and her simple, unobtrusive
piety, endeared her to all who knew her.
As a wife,
she was all that Jonathan Ed
wards so beautifully described his wife to
be, ' always singing,' a comfort in health, a
solace iu sickness, lightening his toil, cheer
ing him in despondency and comforting him
.under the many discouragernents and through
peculiar trials which the minister of Christ
is often called to pass. What a beautiful
tribute the speaker paid to a
good wife, and
how exquisitely lie portrayed the blessings
of such a minister's companion. Tlie rays
of the sun, beaming through the clouds
upon the dark coffin lid seemed to give
new force and beauty to his remark, that a
radiance shone around the beloved dead,
wherever she walked, as the light now
glows upon her inanimate body. Kev. Dr.
Skinner made the closing prayer. but he
was so affected with the scene he found ut
terance difficult. The music by the choir
was mournfully tender and touched every
heart."
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IN another column will be found the
" Principles and Rules" which govern
the Executive Committee in the distri
bution of the Ministerial Relief Found.
It is important that this document be
read, not only by those who need assist
ance from the Fun), but also by all per
sons who may be interested to know
what course should be pursued to secure
relief for worthy clergymen, no longer
able to provide for themselves, and for
the widows and orphans of those who
have died, leaving their families in indi
gent circumstances.
THE RE-UNION PAPER.—We learn,
through the Cincinnati Presbyter, that
the first number of the Re•Unian Presby
terian, a monthly magazine published in
that city, devoted to the promotion of
the re-union of the Presbyterian Church,
has made its appearance. Not having
as yet been favored with a copy, we are
unable to speak more definitely of its con
tents.
MASON, OHIO.—A protracted meeting
has recently come to a close in the
church in this place, (Rev. E. S. Wes,-
ver's,) resulting in important additions
to the church, and leaving upon the
minds of some, who have not made an
open profession, impressions from which
good results are hoped.
JERSEY, OHIO.—Rev. C. M. Putnam,
now in his thirty-sixth year of his pas
torate in this place, has received from
his congregation recent special benefac
tions to the amount of about s2bo, and,
what is still better, $2OO has been per
manently added to his salary.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23; 1865.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDING EDITOR
SUNDAY CHEESE-MAKING•
We have, in a previous letter, stated
that this subject came up for discussion
at the late meeting of the Utica Presby
tery, upon a report prepared by a com
mittee, of which Rev. Dr. Fowler was
chairman. It is a subject of so much
importance, and relates to an evil that
seems to be spreading so rapidly in our
dairy regions, that we recur to it again.
The report to which we allude, has been
printed, and embodies the following con
clusions, as the sentiment also of the
Presbytery : _ •
1. That the sanction and value of the Sab
bath entitle it to the most careful observance,
and that at the present time there is peculiar
need of avoiding even the appearance of its
violation.
2. That the making of cheese is an un
necessary work on the Sabbath, and that the
making of it in factories on the Sabbath, is
an aggravated breach of that - day, uncalled
for by the exigencies of the case, of doubtful
propriety in the judgment of Christians who
encourage it, a disturbance of the quiet per
taining to the sacret rest, a grievance to.spiri
tual conscience, debauching the public senti
ment respecting the authority and sanctity of
the Sabbath, and violating the practice of
the community in regard to it; a violation of
an enactment of the State; and a wrong to
the bodies, the minds, the morals, and the
souls of those who do the work.
3. That we earnestly beseech the members
of the churches under our care, to abstain
from the manufacture of cheese on the Sab
bath, and especially from furnishing milk to
factories for this purpose ; and that while we
urge it upon them as an imperative duty, we
encourage them in it as sure of a great re
ward.
4. That we enjoin it upon the pastors,
stated supplies, and sessions of the churches
under our care, to give special attention to
this subject, and to spread instruction upon it
among the people through the pulpit and the
press.
5. That we respectfully suggest the subject
to other ecclesiastical bodies as worthy of
their consideration, and that we solicit their
co-operation in correcting an evil of already
formidable magnitude and of rapidly growing
dimensions, and which threatens disaster in
an alarming measure to the church and the
world.
THE KINGSLEY PROFESSORSHIP.
This is something new—another big
windfall to Hamilton College. The
growing popularity of this institution is
delightful to behold. _ Rich men are
beginning to learn that it is A good place
to invest large sums.
But to the case in ,hand. Some two
years or more ago, the citizens of Utica
began the endowinent of the Chair of
Rhetoric, now so gracefully and com
pletely filled by Professor TJrsort. The
subscription came within six thousand
dollars of the requisite sum, and there
stopped for the time. Mr. CHARLES C.
KINGSLEY, a young merchant of Utica,
of whose noble liberality to every good
cause we have had occasion to speak
before, has now supplied what was lack
ing, in one generous gift of six thousand
dollars, and that important chair is fully
endowed. In honor of the chief donor,
it is henceforth to be called the 9 KINGS
LEY Professorship of Logic, Rhetoric and
.Elocution"—this by consent and peti
tion of the other and original subscribers
*to the endowment.
It is fit acknowledgment of a noble
deed. Mr. Kingsley is but a young
man, a graduate of Hamilton, of the class
of 1852, has been but a few years in
business, is prosperous, but has not as
vet, we judge, amassed a great fortune ;
but he knows bow to be "rich in good
works." We know of large donations
made by him iu the past year in other
directions. He is giving all the time.
We know some others in Utica whom
we should like to see imitating his exam
ple. We should take peculiar pleasure
in making a record of such events.
SAWYER DEFEATED
Rev. L. A. Sawyer, once supposed to
be an Ort4odox Congregational clergy
man, author of a new translation of the
New Testament, 'and author of a hoof
called "Biblical Science Improved," has
been trying to recover damages of the
Christian Intelligencer for calling his
book an infidel work. The case was
tried last year, on a suit against the
publisher, and the jury could not agree.
It has been tried again, in Utica, and
the jury gave a verdict for the defen
dant. So Mr. Sawyer gets no damages.
His is a sad case of defection from the
faith. He is understood to - have
acknowledged in his cross-examination,
that he did not regard the Scripture as
any more inspired than his own book.
Her. Dr. Fowler, of Utica, and others,
were brought upon the stand to testify
as to what constitutes orthodoxy and
what infidelity. It seems that the jury
regarded Mr. Sawyer as not belonging to
the former category, but the latter. By
lectures asid writings he seems to be
trying to do all he can to destroy the
faith which he once preached.
FREEDMAN'S RELIEF
Ttv'enty-one boxes of clothing, valued
at something over $2,000, have been
gathered in a few days in this city, for
the freedmen at Savannah. - A similar
work is going on in other places. A
Union meeting, in their behalf, was held
last Sabbath in Auburn, to be followed
up by similar contributions. There is no
end to the giving for soldiers and freed
men.
THE WEATHER
The winter is generally conceded to be
one of unusual severity. The intense
cold, and the deep snows have interfered
not a little with railroading. Trains are
behind time ; rails are breaking ; ma
chinery is giving out. It is said that so
much trouble of this sort has not before
been experienced for ten years. For
many days, we understand, freight trains
were hardly moved at all. A great
number of cattle were waiting for trans-
portation East. Feed for them was hard
to get, and some were driven through the
snows to this city to keep them from
starvation.
LATE LECTURES
These difficulties in travelling have
seriously interfered with the convenience
of some of our popular lecturers. Rev.
Dr. Stone, of Boston, addressed an
Albany audience on Monday evening, and
was engaged to speak in Lockport on
Tuesday evening. After lecturing in
Albany, he took the 11 o'clock train
on Monday night, expecting to reach
Lockport can Tuesday fdrenoon ; but at
six o'clock on Tuesday evening he had
got no further than this city. Dr. Hol-
land, of Springfield, was also here, in a
similar plight, trying to reach Buffalo.
The latter telegraphed to Buffalo that he
was on his way, and his audience waited
for him until ten o'clOck at night, and
then heard and enjoyed his lecture. We
presume Dr. Stone's audience waited for
him until nine o'cleck. A Lockport
audience once did. so for Dr. Holland.
A PROMISING INCIDENT
An interesting young pastor, among
whose people meetings have been held,
with a good degree of interest-ever since
the first of January, with a few conver
sions, but no marked revival, took the
following method to try to bring matters
to a focus :
After the solemn administration of the
Lord's Supper on last Sunday morning,
he remarked that he had the. names of
seventy unconverted persons belonging
to that congregation, written on slips of
paper. He would lay them upon the
table in front of the desk: , and if any
Christians were willing to, take any of
those names, and make the persons
special subjects of prayer, they were re
quested to come forward at the close of
the service, and take such as they should
choose.
Quite a number of the members of the
church came forward ; forty-five out of
the seventy names were taken. We
shall hope to hear of good answers to
these prayers.
DR. CANFIELD'S DISCOURSE
We are glad to see, that the friends and
admirers of Rev. Dr. Canfield, of Syra
cuse, were .so well pleased with his
Thank sgiving sermon, " The American
Crisis," as to request a copy for the
press. It is handsomely published, and
reads even better in print than it did in
manuscript. It is an able discourse, and
takes good ground for our one country,
against all seditipn, secession, treason or
division..
PERSONAL
On the 15th of January, Rev. Mr. Ellin
wood was at Cairo, in Egypt. His letters
were just one month coming from that
city to this. He was improving in
health, and apparently enjoying the won
ders of that strange land with' great zest.
Rev. H H. Allen, the young pastor at
Cayugas, has been -" visited" by his peo
ple to the amount of $l5O.
Rev. B. F. Willoughby, of Verona, has
received and accepted a call to the Con
gregational church of Augusta, of which
the late Rev. 0. Bartholomew Was so
long the acceptable and useful pastor.
Rev. G. L. Root, of West Troy, has
received and accepted a call to•the Pre.s
byterian church of Lowville, in Lewis
country.
REVIVAL IN HENRIETTA
A powerful work of, grace is in pro
gress in this place. Strung men are
bowing to One stronger than they. Itis
a union meeting. All the pastors are at
work, assisted by Rev. Edwin Burn
ham, of New England, who is preaching
with great power.
We hear also from SKANEATELES, that
there is especial interest there. A simi
lar report comes to us from Norwich,
Chenango county. Many of our pastors
are being cheered by special indications
of the divine favor on their labors.
" Oh, that the salvation of Israel were
come out of Zion." C. P. B.
ROCHESTER, Feb. 18, 1865.
TRANSFER OF REV. H. E. NILES.—At
the meeting of the Presbytery of
Niagara, at Knowlesville, N. Y., Jan.
17th, a call from the first Presbyterian
church in York, Pa., accompanied by
the certified action of the Presbytery of
Harrisburg, granting leave to the con
gregation to prosecute such a call, for
the pastoral services of Rev. H. E. Niles,
of Albion, was laid before Presbytery.
Brother Niles having signified his accep
tance of the call, and requesting the dis
solution of the relation between himself
and the church in Albion, and the
church, through its delegate, concurring,
Presbytery adopted the following reso
lutions :---
1. That we grant the - request, and
dissolve the said relgtion, and cordially
commend our brother to the Presbytery
of Harrisburg.
2. That our associations with our
brother Niles have been of the most
pleasant and delightful. kind ; and that
it is with the deepest regret that we are
compelled, in the 'providence of God, to
part with him from our bounds.
3. That we congratulate our sister
church in York, that they have obtained
so able and successful a pastor and
preacher ; and pray that both pastor and
people may spend many years together,
proving a great blessing to each other ;
and mutually being prepared and pre
paring others for their eternal rest in
heaven. "'
4. That these resolutions be forwarded
to the _Evangelist and American Presby
terian with the request for insertion.
L. I. ROOT, Stated-Clerk
*in Di mu
OXFORD, NEW . YORK.—The church in
this place has complimented its pastor,
Rev. E. H. Payson, with gifts to the
amount of two hundred and fifty dollars.
We add with still more pleasure that it
exhibits signs of unusual religious interest,
and good things are expected.
PASTORS REMEMBERED.—The Chris
tian ladies of Leroy; New York have
gladdened the home of Rev. S. B. Shaw
and family at an estimated value of two
hundred dollars, to which the Sabbath
school children have appended twenty dol
lars of their own. Koxand has also do
nated one hundred dollars in the same
cause, and Oneida forty-three dollars and
twenty-five cents.
PROGRESS.—The church in Howell,
Michigan, is decidedly on the rising
grade. Its benevolent contributions the
last year, were more than doubled. The
house of worship has been thoroughly
renovated, and its pastor's salary more
than one hundred and twenty dollars
overpaid. Rev. J. Ford Sutton is the
pastor.. From the above, his efficiency
as such may be taken for granted.
'FROM THOMPSONVILLE, CONNECTICUT,
we have reports of "both temporal and
spiritual prosperity" with our church
there. As indications of Christian regard
for their pastor, Rev. C. W. Adams, we
find that, in addition to a furlough last
summer, with a present of one hundred
and seventy dollars for travelling ex
penses, he pas just been made the reci
pient of a purse and contents—the latter
three hundred and six dollars.
GRAND - RAPIDS, MICH.—Our church
in this place is at length emerging from
a long series of discouragements and
gloomy providences, commencing with
the financial troubles of 1857, which
overtook them while struggling under a
heavy debt. Recently it has rallied
sufficiently to relieve itself of all indebt
edness outside of its own membership,
has added one-third to the pastor's salary,
and made him a substantial donation
visit, presenting him, among other bene
factions, with a set of the new Ameri
can Encyclopedia.
LIMA, NEW .YoßK.—Another church
in a well cultivated field. We noticed a
few weeks since the special liberality of
this church to its pastor, Rev. A. L.
Benton. The generous impulse, finding
itself unspent, next landed itself in the
domicil of the aged ex-pastor, Rev. John
Barnard, D.D., whose pastorate there
was in its day one of the longest and
most blessed in western New York. A
liberal expression of their grateful re
membrance of it was made. Even this
was not sufficient to wear out the giving
humor. The sexton and his wile were
next presented each with a
_new and good
set of wearing apparel.
DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.—The, hristian
Herald reports that our church in this
place is enjoying the reviving influence of
the Holy Spirit. During the month of
January twenty-three persons were added
to the church;"of these, more than one
half were heads of families. the church
is much revived, and a delightful state
of religious feeling now exists. In addi
tion to the regular Wednesday evening
prayer meeting, there are three other
weekly meetings for prayer—one each
for the ladies, the young ladies, and the
young men. These are all well attended.
The Sabbath-school is large and flourish
ing, and sustains a mission-school in the
suburbs of the city.
CORTLAND, NEW YORK.—Outwardly,
at least, and we hope truly, the year past
has been one of rising prosperity with
this church and its pastor, Rev. J. L.
Beman. The congregation is very greatly
increased ; the collections for our various
church enterprises have been unusually
liberal ; large benefactions have been
made to patriotic objects ; four thousand
dollars have been expended in improve
ments on the church edifice, making it
now one of the finest in central New York ;
some three hundred dollars presented to
the pastor, and his salary permanently
increased twenty-five per cent. Better
than all, God's reviving spirit seems now
at work, and many are inquiring the way
to salvation.
PRESBYTERY OF OTSEGO.-At the meet
ing of this Presbytery - , held last month
in Cooperstown, New York, the follow - -
ing resolutions relative to the topics
named, were adopted. The first of them
after an earnest discussion, in which it
was claimed that Home Missions should
be as liberally supported as Foreign
Missions, or any other of the benevolent
enterprises of the church :
"Resolved, That considering the pe
culiar condition of our country at the
present time, the weakening of our
Western churches by the war, the open
ing of the South to evangelization, the
danger of demoralization from the bane
ful influence of war, the cause of Home
Missions has acquired especial import
ance equal if not superior to any other
cause 'whatever, and that we pledge our
selves to make a special effort to increase
the contributions of our several churches
for this purpose during the present year.
"Whereas there have been steps taken
by both branches of the Presbyterian
Church, with a view of uniting these
branches, so rudely severed in 1837,
"Resolved, That we, the members of
Otsego Presbytery, do most earnestly
desire and pi y that a reunion may be
secured on the true principles of Chris
tian unity."
At the. same meeting Rev. Charles
Gillette and Elder Robert Russell, prin
cipals, and Rev. S. S. Goodman and
Elder J. Blair, alternates, were appointed
Commissioners to the General Assembly.
FROM YOUNGSTOWN, ORIO. - Rev.
Levi B. Wilson, pastor of our church
in that place, acknowledges more than
$2OO, mostly cash, as the fruits of a
friendly visit from his people, on the ith
instant.
DEDICATION AND INSTALLATION.— The
Presbyterian church at Mineral Ridge,
Ohio, had an interesting day, Thursday,
January 26th. In the afternoon they
dedicated to God—Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost----their new and beautiful house,
which they have erected for the purposes
of his worship. The sermon on the
occasion was by Rev. Elias C. Sharp, of
Atwater, brother of the pastor elect of
the church of Mineral Ridge. This
house, which is beautiful in its neatness
and convenience, has been built at an
expense of seven thousand dollars, five
thousand of which has been paid, and
towards the remaining two thousand a
donation of twelve hundred dollars was
made at the close of the dedication ser
vice. In the evening, the Presbytery of
Trumbull installed Rev. Benjamin F.
Sharp as pastor of the church ; sermon,
by President Hitchcock, of Western Re"
serve College ; constitutional questions
by the Moderator, Rev. Levi B. Wilson ;
installing prayer, by Rev. E. C. Sharp ;
charge to the pastor, by Rev. James
Shaw; charge to the people, by Rev.
Levi B. Wilson.
The history - and prospects of this young
church are very interesting. It is but
about two years since it was organized by
the Home Missionary Committee of the
Presbytery of Trumbull. It was the
result of a Sabbath-school enterprise,
started mostly by the pastor and brethren
of the church in Youngstown. After
the little church of eleven members was
gathered, they soon resolved to build a
place of worship. In this the Sabbath
school took an active part. The base
ment of the church is comfortably ar
ranged for their accommodation. The
school now numbers something more
than two hundred attendants. The
church is the only English 'church in the
village, which, as its name signifies, is a
place of coal and iron ; with furnaces
and coal banks, which give employment
to many workmen, who, with their fami
lies, make a numerous and stirring com
munity. The church has now about
fifty members, and its prospects are prom
ising for usefulness.—Evangelist.
iii guttuigtitict.
PRESBYTERIAN.
REVIVALS.—The Presbyterian has a letter
from Rev. H. R. Peairs, of Kenton, Ohio,
which says : "We had a very interesting
revival of religion in our church. Since the
week of prayer, which we observed, we have
received twenty-two members—all on exami
nation but three—and there are still quite a
number of inquirers. The Lord is evidently
with us." The same paper says that there
is much religious interest in the bounds of
the Presbytery of Newton. At late commu
nions ten converts were added to the church
at Blairstown, sixteen to the church at Wash
ington, and fifty-nine to the church at Hack
ettstown. In the Danville church a work of
grace of much power is in progress. In the
Mckettstown church measures have been
taken to pay off a debt of nine thousand
dollars.
- A - . writer for the "Presbyterian Banner
states that" an encouraging degree ofreligious
interest exists at present in Dr. Rice's church
on Fifth Avenue, N. Y., considerable addi
tions having been just made from persons in
middle life and heads of families." The
same paper has cheering intelligence from
Upper Ten Mile, Washington county, Pa.,
where a gracious quickening effusion has
been showered upon the members of the
church ; nineteen have been hopefully con
verted, and many are still under deep convic
tion of sins. Also, that in Eddyville, lowa,
daily meetings continued after the close of
the week of prayer. " God's Spirit has
been present ; many have found the Saviour,
and otheri are steking him. Our meetings
are quiet and solemn."
The Western Presbyterian says of a revival
in the Presbyterian church in Kirkwood,
Ky. : "At the close of a three weeks' meet
ing, some twenty-five expressed hope in
Christ. The revival is attributed in a great
measure, humanly speaking, to the prayers
of an aged, infirm saint of God, who upon his
dying bed wrestled for this blessing ere his
departure ; and when the gracious
v answer
came, he fell asleep in Jesus."
A correspondent a . the 'N. Y. Observer,
writing from Chicago, 111., says: " Whilst
there is, alas I no general work of grace in
our city that might be called a revival, yet
there is in many of the churches a revived
state of religion. Christians seem quickened
and to have a more earnest mind to the work
of the Lord ; pastors seem stirred up to
greater earnestness, and a goodly number are
turning to the Lord. In the North Presbyte
rian church twenty seven have been added since
the present pastor commencedlabor in Septem
ber, and a fbw duringl:Lis visit in July. The
South church have received -about an equal
number recently."
PROPOS " RD RMIGRA.TION. —George Kane,
of Tipton, Indiana, through the papers of
the United Presbyterian church, proposes
that about twenty families - connected with
that church, should unite with his own in
forming a settlement in some part of Mis
souri or Tennessee, taking with them a min
ister of their own denomination, and so loca
ting themselves as to act in concert for their
own worldly interest and for advancing the
cause of the Redeemer. This system of emi
gration is by no means new in our country,
and we know of communities where, after the
lapse of generations, the stamp which it
affixed to society remains. Indeed it is
nothing more or less than the Mayflower
system.
PSALMODY.—At a late meeting of the
Presbytery of Butler, in this State, connected
with the United Presbyterian church, (Scotch
origin, and using only the very literal render
ing of David's Psalms in the worship of
song,) the following overture came up from
a church session : "Can United Presbyterians
consistently join in associations for religions
worship, prayer meetings and the like, as a
party to the same, when songs of praise other
than the Psalms are-used part of the time ;
and can they do so and be faithful witnesses
for the truth as contained in the 18th Article
of the Testimony of the U. P. Church?"
The overture was answered in tho negative.
CONGREGATIONAL.
REAM—The Rev. Henry Foster' Binder,
of London, one of the oldest and most emi
nent of the English Congresational clergy,
has died at the ripe age of eighty-two years.
He was the eldest son of the Rev. George
Burder, author of the Village Sermons.
During his long life he had but one pastorate,
that of the Congregational church in Hack
ney, which he resigned some years ago.
RtvivALS.—ln Andover, Mass., there is
said to be an increasing religious interest,
and among the hopefully converted, are a
number of the students in the Phillips Acad
emy, in that town. The Congregationalist,
speaking of the observance of the week of
Erayer by Rev. D. T. Paekall's church in
ast Somerville, Mass, says that the meet
ings were greatly blest to their reviving, and
were continued after the week closed. Quite
a number of hopeful conversions have oc
curred, and the interest is growing. A revi
val of considerable interest is going forward
in the South Congregational Church, in
Brooklyn, N, Y. Revivals are also reported
in Natick, Conway, and Chester, Mass.;
Westminster, Vt.•, Woolwich' Me.; and sev
eral places in the Northwest.
6FERMAN REFORMED
SOUTH WIZTERN PENNS X LVANTA. --The
Westmoreland Classis, at its meeting, Jan
uary 26, created a new parish, embracing
Ligonier and. Donegal, together with some
other available points in the Ligonier Valley.
Cortcerning this arrangement the German
Reformed Messenger says: "We venture the
prediction that this field, now having to be
cultivated in faith, in a sort of double sense,
will constitute two flourishing charges in less
than twenty years hence. But- work, self
denial, heroism, and good done, lie between
then and now. Class's also appointed Rev.
C. C. Russell, late of Latrobe, as pastor
and he rim' already entered upon the dis
charge of his duties. What a work many
ministers do 1 Five years ago, the three
charges, Mount Pleasant, (excepting St.
Paul's church,) Latrobe and Ligonier Valley,
containing now nine congregations, were
served in English by one man—this same
Bro. Russell. But a greater wonder remains.
to. be told. For more than thirty years past,
Father Voigt—may he be yet long spared to.
us I—served all the territory in question, and.
more besides. During the first twenty-five
years of his tabors in this vast field, he had
colleague,
and generally walked from one
appointment to another—a habit that he has
not even in his old age laid by."
EPISCOPAL.
BISHOP Faiiams - r or GEORGIA.-A corres
pondent of the Church Journal writes from
Savannah :—" Through a friend who has
lately visited this city from Savannah, we
learn that Bishop Elliott left the city in com
pany with General Hardee's army. On Sun
day, just before leaving, he stated to his peo
ple his reasons for goisg, which were, that,
as the largest part of his diocese was outside
the city of Savannah, his first duty was to be
able to serve the greater number of his
parishes ; and that, as he Was the ' Presiding
Bishop of the Confederate States,' he felt it
his duty not to separate himself from com
munication with the other dioceses of the
South. Each man's going or leaving, he.
said, must be a question to be settled by
himself. He did not advise others to leave.
We have since learned that the Bishop and
Mrs. Elliott are at Augusta, and are well."
DIVINITY SCHOOL IN PHILADELPHIA.-
The establishment of this institution, two or
three years since, was virtually a reorganiza
tion of the Theological Seminary at Alexan
dria, Va., brokenlup by the war. A commit
tee, consisting of Bishop Potter and three
lay gentlemen, in an appeal for the findow
ment of a fund for miscellaneous expenses,
say of its present prosperity:—"Forty stu
dents are now in attendance. The school
has real estate which cost less than $40,000
and which is said, by good judges, to be
worth $BO,OOO to $lOO,OOO. It contains apart
ments for library, lecture-rooms, dormi
tory and boarding. The situation is healthy,
and unsurpassed for beauty. Through the
goodness of God, the school has been greatly
favored by special endowments. Four pro
fessorships have been founded by the gift of
$30,000 each.. Three of them by single in
dividuals one of them by a congregation.
Free scholarshipsi for necessitous students
have also been founded. Large contributions
have been made to the library, and a sum
sufficient to pay for the real estate, at its orig
inal cost, has also been given by one gentle:-
man. We are left, however, without a fund
to meet miscellaneous expenses, and to sup
plement salaries which are insufficient. We
need for th4s purpose four thousand dollars
during the current academical year, begin
ning July 1 1864. We also need a general ,
Fund for such purposes, the income of which
will be regular; $lOO,OOO or $150,000 would
not be too much.
METHODIST
HANSON PLACE. CHURCH, BROOKLYN, N.
Y.—The Methodist of February 18, says:—
" A very remarkable work of grace com
menced at this church on Sunday night week.-
Some forty-five or more persons were forward
for prayers, and at least ten persons professed
to have been born again. A startling inci
dent occurred in the progress of the meeting.
A man in the gallery rose and with much
earnestness exclaimed that he had a daughter
and a grand-daughter at the altar. ' I have
yet one unconverted son in the congregation,
and oh that he would come out to the altar.
Will you not come at nee, my son?' he ex
claimed;; when, lo I a man of six feet in
stature' ade his way right up to the altar."
The Same paper also says :—" There is a
work of much religious interest in York Street
Church, same city. Many persons were for
ward for prayer on Sunday night week, and
several were made happy in the sense of sin
forgiven. Twenty converts were added to
the church" in the month of January."
BAPTIST.
RELIGIOUS INTEREST IN PHILADELPHIA.-
The National Baptist informs us that a pre
cious work of grace is in progress in the
Twelfth church. Rev. N. D: Siegfried, pas
tor, baptized three persons on the sth, and
eight on last Sunday night week. Twenty
or thirty persons are inquiring. The work is
deepening and widening in the congregation
and Sunday-school. There are increasing in
dications of good in the Eleventh Church,
Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, pastor. One candidate
was last week received for baptism, a soldier
from the hospital at Sixteenth and Filbert
streets, of which the Rev. A. G. Thomas, a
member of the Eleventh Church, is Chaplain.
The good work at the Falls of Schuylkill
Church still continues. The number of in
quirers is still large.
THE REVIVAL IN ALBANY, N. Y.—Of this
season of refreshing, which we have before no
ticed, the correspondent of the Watchman and
Reflector adds the following account :—" Yes
terday, February sth, exceeds even the inter
est of last Sabbath. Twenty were baptized
by the. pastor in Pearl Street, and twenty-nine
at the First Church. In the afternoon both
churches observed the Lord's Supper to
gether. The entire body of Pearl Street
Church was crowded with communicants.
After the preliminary exercises by Brother
Bridgman, the central aisle, from end to end,
was filled with two rows of new members of
the First Church. To these, their pastor,
followed by brethren Earle and Bridgman,
gave the hand of fellowship. Then exactly
the same act,_iyas repeated by the pastor and
members of our sister church, brethren Bridg
man, Earle, and Magoon, passing in succes
sion along the double lines of rejoicing souls.
One hundred were thus received."