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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1865
10 — Subscribers whose year began
January Ist, are reminded that after this
'month, they become liable to the full
amount of their bills rendered, without
the reduction of 50 cents for prompt
payment.
OLIVET C NURCEL —Fourteen persons
were added to the Olivet Church in this
city, Rev. W. W. Taylor, pastor, on the
last Sabbath ; ten by letter, four on
profession of faith, of whom eleven were
heads of families.
" SELF-MADE MEN."—Horace Greeley
Esq. will lecture on this subject at Con
cert Hall, on Tuesday evening, March
21st. Proceeds for the benefit of an
object Which we know to be worthy of
the regards of our readers.
REV. B. A. ItIiALLERY'S CHURCH, in
this city, should before have been chron
icled as one of just and generous feeling
towards its diligent" and useful pastor.
Their Christmas gifts to him amounted
to more than $2OO, to which is to be
added what is better—a nice addition to
his permanent salary.
INTERESTING COMMUNICATIONS will be
found on our correspondence page, in
cluding a letter from Secretary Kendall,
to which we especially invite the atten
tion of theological students and young
ministers not yet settled. Scholars will
find a brief discussion of the interesting
question of the change from the seventh
to the first day of the week. Jottings
from a parish journal, Revival News, &c.
will be found on the same page.
" CHRIST IN THE Aumv."—This is a
beautiful little volume in paper cover,
issued by the Christian Commission,
giving a succinct but complete account
of the organization, character and work
of the Commission, the latter point being
illustrated chiefly from the testimony of
correspondents of the religious press in
the army. What a blessing that, through
the vast and efficient agency of the Com
mission, Christ is truly all over our army
bringing by his faithful messengers, his
charity and his salvation to the soldier.
The book will be a valuable one to any
one seeking to co-operate with the Com
mission at home or on the field.
Information for Army Meetings," is
a little brochure, issued monthly by the
Commission, containing extracts from the
recent letters of the delegates, and adap
ted to use in army meetings. We pre
sume these numbers can be had gratu
itously on application at any of the
offices of the Commission. .
COLLEGE OF C ALIFORNIA. —This In
stitution, situated at Oakland, has issued
its Annual Catalogue for 1864-65. Rev.\
S. H. Willey is Vice President; Rev.
Aug. Dumont, Professor of Greek; Rey.
Martin Kellogg, Professor of Latin ; Rev.
I. H. Brayton, Professor of• Rhetoric.
Seventeen names of students are on the
catalogue. In the Academical Depart
ment, of which Professor Brayton is
Principal, there are two hundred and
seven students enrolled. The cosmo
politan character of the Institution ap
pears in the widely diverse localities from
which the students are drawn ; some
coming from Nevada, some from the
Sandwich Islands, and some fromalexico,
as well as from distant parts of the great
Pacific State itself. A department of
mining and agriculture has been organ
ized.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN MEXICO.—
Just at present the Emperor Maximilian
seems likely to disappoint the expecta
tions of Rome, that his reign would
inaugurate a new era of Papal intoler
ance in that priest-ridden nation. The
Pope, taking offence at certain Imperial
decrees trenching upon the control of
the hierarchy over the property of the
convents, and making concessions of
liberty to Protestantism, addressed to
him, a sharp letter, demanding for the
Romish Episcopate the liberty of having
things, their own way, and insisting upon
the exclusion of dissenting worship. The
only response which we yet hear from
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permission granted to an agent of the
American Bible Society, to circulate the
Holy Scriptures in any part of Mexico.
The poor old " Father" seems to haVe
all around but sorry satisfation with the
present generation of his beloved sons"
of royal estate.
EVANGELISM SYSTEMATIZED. - Eng
land has taken up the idea of .special
efforts, with the aid of evangelists adapted
to that form of labor, for the promotion
of revivals in churches, and has under
taken so to systematize the plan as at
once to add to its efficiency, and guard
against the most serious evils which
have been chafged against it. A society
has recently been formed in Londorifor
04 the encouragement and extension of
evangelistic effort all over the country,
the keeping of a registry of evangelists
of established reputation and good abili
ties, to secure admission into such regis
try being obtained by first-class testimo
nials, so as to rid this field of labor of all
adventurers whose character will not
stand the strictest inquiry ; and also to
register such places as will recfive such
men as the society authorizes, and gene
rally to assist in the revival of God's
work by all available means commend
ing themselves to the judgment of the
committee!'
NORTH BROAD STREET CHURCH.-
Rev. E. E. Adams, D. 11, preached the
fifth anniversary sermon on laq Sabbath
evening, on the words of the Apostle to
the Thessalonians " For now we live if
ye stand fast in the Lord." The follow
ing statistics were given in the course of
the sermon:
Present membership . . . 293
Rec'd during the year . . . 41
Contributions to the church
building $14,000
Premiums on pews . . . 5,500
Income for 6 months . . . 4,200
Contributions to denomination
al and miscellaneous pur
poses, about . . . . . 14,000
To the building of new churches o'
in the city . . . . . 12,900
At the annual meeting of the congre
gation, March 7th, the salary was in
creased by a unanimous vote to $3,500,
besides a present of $5OO. .
EXPLANATION.—In the recently pub
lished report of the chaplain of the Epis
copal Hospital, in this city, the following
sentence occurs:—
" Clergymen of our church and of
other communions, are inmates of the
hogpital when sick. One (a Presby
teria4 was ministered' to in his last
hours." -
As this case has before been men
tioned, it is perhaps proper to state that
the clergyman referred to was removed
to the hospital at his own earnest re
quest. He was a boarder in the city,
with no parish, and no family except a
son who was with him. -When stricken
with paralysis, the ministers of his own
denomination appointed„ faithful and
sympathizing brethren to see to his case,
and make all necessary provision for his
comfort. For pecuniary means -he was
not dependent upon charity from any
one; but, for reasons which we have
never heard, he desired to avail himself
of the advantages of the above-named
institution, where, we take pleasure in
saying,. he received every care which his
case required to the last. The hospital
is a noble. Christian charity,: why have
not the Presbyterians one like it?
EX-SHERIFF THOMPSON.—It is with
very great regret that we announce the
sudden death of our honored fellow
citizen John Thompson, long an Alder
man, late Sheriff of the County, President
of the Board of Trustees of the Western
Presbyterian Church, and known as a
man of the most blameless and upright
character throughout his whole public
career. He died on Saturday morning,
March 11th, aged 67 years. The loyal,
the true and the good of our city followed
him on Tuesday last to his grave, with
sincere lamentation, mingled with com
forting Christian hope.
Resolutions of the Board of Trustees
of the Western Church will appear in
our next.
CONSOLIDATION.—Among the items
which the long notice Of the meeting in
the Academy of Music crowded out from
our columns last week, was a congratu
latory notice of the union of The Exami
ner and The Chronicle, two lively and
ably conducted Baptist papers of New
York. Both have hitherto been among
our highly valued exchanges. The
!united paper is an' enlarged and beau
tifully printed sheet, filled with well
wrought matter.
CALL DECLINED.—The Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage, pastor of the Second Re
formed Dutch Church of this city, has
declined the call extended to him by the
Reformed Dutch Church of Lee avenue,
Brooklyn. His Church in this city, to
free him from all worldly care, have
raised his salary to $4500 per annum,
had his life insured for $15,000, arrang
ing annually to pay the premium, and
also presenting him with $5OO. Several
new members were added to the church
on the sth instant.
THE WESTERN COLLEGE SOCIETY in
its twenty-first Annual Report, recently
issued, furnishes the pleasing intelligence
that three of its beneficiary institutions,
Beloit, Wabash, and Marietta Colleges,
have become independent of its aid, dur
ing the year. Of the remaining six on
rtre - nbc, tfmt — or - Callfarit "did
last year, and hopes to require no more ;
Heidelberg requires less than $2OOO to
complete its necessary, endowment.
Receipts of the year from all sources ;
$60,270 59. An instructive passage is
found in the report, on the part performed
by our colleges in preparing the youth of
the country for the highest degree of
military efficiency. We shall try to find
room for it at an early day.
CONSECRATION OF A CRIIRCH.—The
consecration of St. James' German Re
formed Church, in Corinthian avenue,
below Poplar street, took place on Sab
bath morning, sth inst. The services
were conducted by Rev. Dr. Schaff, Dr.
Bomberger, Dr. Marian, and other cler
gymen. Religious services were also
continued into the week. The prospect
before the new organization is highly en
coura
0 4!)
FREEDOM IN ANSWER TO PRAYER.-
The freedmen of Charleston have not
ceased to rejoice over the event of their
deliverance. One of the church-leaders
said lately, with great awe and re
verence, pointing to the arms of the
soldiers, "It wasn't dose dat did it; it
was dese," and he placed his hands on
the worn homespun at his knees.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1865.
This central and important Presbytery
held its annual meeting, commencing on
Tuesday evening, 7th inst., at Baldwins
ville, a large and flourishing village on the
Oswego and Syracuse Railway, twelve miles
north of the latter city. The attendance
was not large, partly perhaps because of a
change of the time of meeting. And a fur
ther change was also made : the annual
meeting to be hereafter on the second Tues
day of April, and the semi-annual meeting
on the second Tuesday in September. Let
the members make a note of it.
The opening sermon was preached by Rev.
L. H. Reid, of Syracuse—an interesting
and valuable discourse upon the conversion
of children. Mr. Reid believes in the prac
ticability and desirableness of such conver
sions. Rev. George ,S. Boardman, D. D.,
of Cazenovia, was elected Moderator; and
Rev. E. R. Davis, of Camillus, Clerk.
Though the attendance was small, the busi
ness which came before the'Presbytery was
of great importance, and was despatched
with promptitude and care.
Two of the pastors in this Presbytery are
chaplains in the armies of our country,
Rev. W. J. Erdman, of Fayetteville, and
Rev. C. W. Hawley, of Liverpool; and
both requested to be dismissed from their
respective churches; requests evidently
reformed out of regard to the welfare of
the churches alone. But as it did not ap
pear to Presbytery that the churches them
selves desired such a dissolution of the pas
toral relations, it was thought best not to
grant their request; but, at least, to post
pone the matter for the present, in hope
that both pastors may, ere long, be per
mitted to return• to their pulpits, where
they have already been useful, and to their
respective flocks, by whom they'are much
beloved. ' _
Among other matters of business, com
mittees were appointed to look, ft . .ty the va
rious causes of benevolence, education, pub
lication, home and foreign missions. Rev.
Edwin Benedict, of Jamesville, was 'ap
pinted commissioner to the General As
sembly; and Rev. Dr. Boardman, of Caze
novia, Alternate; Justus Townsend, of
Lysander, Lay Commissioner; and J. C.
Monroe, of Amboy, Alternate. Mr.
White, of Baldwinsville, was appointed
Commissioner, for three years, to Auburn
Seminary. The celebration of the Lord's
Supper occurred on Wednesday afternoon;
sermon by Rev. John S. Bacon, of Amboy.
But the chief interest of this meeting of
Presbytery was connected with the dedica
tion of a new and delightful church-edifice,
just completed by the Presbyterian. society
of this place. The house is built of brick,
of semi-gothic architecture, forty-five feet
by seventy, with lecture-room in the rear,
twenty-four by forty feet. The main au
dience-room will seat about four hundred
persons. The house is neatly finished, be
ing cushioned and carpeted throughout.
It has a gallery for the choir only. Oh the
right-hand corner, in front, a graceful spire
points heavenward, and a melodious bell
hangs in it to call the faithful to the house
of prayer. On the left-hand corner is a
small tower. The front appearance is not
very unlike the Brick Church in this city,
(Dr. Shaw's), although much smaller. The
cost was $18,300, and it was all paid for
before it was dedicated! It is a noble
monument to the liberality of the people,
and a handsome tribute to the faithfulness,
energy, and acceptableness of the ministry
of the pastor, Rev. John F. Kendall, who
has now labored with this people about six
years.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDING EDITOR.
PRESBYTERY OF ONONDAGA
DEDICATION OF A NEW CHURCH
The service of dedication occurred on
Wednesday forenoon, Bth inst. The house
was crowded. The opening service was
conducted by Rev. C. P. Bush. The ser
mon, every way worthy of the occasion and
of the preacher, was by President Fisher,
of Hamilton College. The , dedicatory
prayer, which was very touching and charm
ingly appropriate, was offered by the pastor.
And appropriate music was furnished by
the choir. It po_ty_wmashina--to- cad, that
nearly, all the pews in the new and beanti
ful house are already rented, and furnish
an income of three or four hundred dollars
over the current expenses of the year. All
will rejoice with pastor and people in these
pleasant indications of real prosperity.
SENSIBLE PROTEST
The, Buffalo Express and the Utica Her
ald protest "against the creation of a new
institution, (the proposed Cornell Univer
sity at Ithaca), to receive the magnificent
national endowment of lands, granted for
agricultural purposes." The true wisdom
is to give these lands to some institution al
ready in existence, established upon solid
foundations, and ready to start its agricul
tural department at once. How much bet
ter, for instanak to give all this to Hamil
ton College, so centrally locited, and. , so
well established, rather than to start' a new
institution to receive the national gift.
Years must elapse before the new could be
in working order, but Hamilton could set
an agricultural department in motion at
once; and its students, besides getting the
advantage of that specialty, could derive
incalculable benefit from access to the li
brary, and cabinets, and general lectures of
the college. One of the greatest follies of
this land has been the attempt to build so
many colleges ; necessarily making them
small, and . lean, and unprofitable. How
much better to have a few, that shall be
strop and vigorous, well-endowed in all
departments, fully furnished, well-manned,
and crowded with students. Such, we
trust, Hamilton is yet to be. Till then we
do not need others.
A GOOD LAW
At our charter elections this week, and
at the general election last fall, in our city,
the sale of intoxicating drinks, at any place
within a quarter of a mile of the polls, was,
according to the laws of the State, strictly
prohibited. Our excellent mayor issued
his proclamation, and gave due notice that
the law would be strictly enforced, and all
offenders would be promptly punished. The
warning worked like a charm. Our city
was quiet on both occasions. Rowdyism,
and fightings, and fears were unknown.
If prohibition. works so well on one occa
sion, why not on others, and as a general
rule ? If, for instance, the sale of intoxi
cating drinks were• not allowed within a
quarter of a mile of our national or State
capitols, it might, indeed, go sadly against
the appetites of some of our wise legislators,
but it would greatly facilitate - the proper
transaction of legislative business. And if
such prohibition is good for our legislatures
and for elections, why not good for the
whole land ? And if prohibition is consti
tutional, and just in the one case, why not
constitutional and just as a general law ?
REVIVAL - IN PARMA CENTRE
Union meetings, of great interest and
power, have been in progress in this place
for three or four weeks. The meetings are
mostly held in the Presbyterian church, of
which Rev. Edwin Allen is pastor. The
greater part of the preaching has been done
by Rev. Mr. Kingsley, an elderly Baptist
clergyman, who is visiting friends in the
town. Seven different denominations were
united, a week last Wednesday, in a meet
ing for prayer and conference. It was a
sort of love feast, and was greatly enjoyed
by the warm-hearted Christians who were
present They all seemed to be one in
Christ. Some twenty-ftve_or thirty persons
are supposed to be converted.
INAUGURATION PRAYER-MEETINGS
A union meeting of this sort, of great in
terest, was held in the First Presbyterian.
Church in Buffalo, on the 4th of March.
Dr. Clarke presided, assisted by Rev. Dr.
Smith, of the North Church. The remarks
and prayers of those present indicated un
mistakable loyalty.
A similar meeting, and one of rich spir
itual interest, was held at the same hour in
the Plymouth Church, of this city. It was
a happy thought of those worthy New York
gentlemen, suggesting the inauguration
hour as an hour of prayer throughout the
land. ,We trust it may always be so ob
served.
PERSONAL
The Presbyterian chuch of Cazenovia, to
which Rev. Dr.tßoardman has ministered
so acceptably for fifteen years, and from
which he has been compelled to retire, in
consequence of protracted and serious ill
health, have extended a very cordial invi
tation to. Ma. NATHAN P. OAMPEIELD, who
has been preaching very acceptably to them
for some manths past, to become their pas
tor. Mr. Campfield is a licentiate of the
Presbytery of Newark, son of a well-known
and esteemed clergyman now residing in'
that city, a graduate of New York Univer
sity and of PrineUton Seminary. He has
won, in a large degree, the affection and
confidence of the young people especially in
Cazenovia. He. has accepted the call •thue
extended to him; and a part of the business
of the Presbytery of Onondaga, to which
we have already referred, was to arrange
for hiS ordination. He enters that pleasant
field under most favorable auspices. Long
. nfy he reap the golden harvests.
REv. G. W. WARNER, late missionary
to Colorado, is laboring successfully in a
new church enterprise at Savannah, a com
partively new place on the Central Rail
road, about thirty miles this side of Syracuse-
A convenient church edifice has been built
at the station village, a congregation gather
ed, and all is Working well. At the recent
meeting of the Presbytery of Cayuga; Mr.
Warner took a letter from that body, with
which he has been so long connected, (for
merly a pastor at Weedsport,) that he
might join the Presbytery of Lyons,•within
whose bounds he is now laboring.
MR. THOMAS E. DAVIS, senior in the
Seminary at Auburn, is engaged as stated
supply to the Presbyterian Church in Liver
pool, during the absence of Rev. Chester
W. Hawley, their pastor, as chaplain in the
army.
- REV. GEORGE KERR, LL.D., Principal
of the " Jefferson County Institute," at
Watertown, we see it stated, is about. to
remove from that place, to take charge of the
Cooperstown Seminary. Mr. Kerr stands
very high as a scholar and an educator, and
is an acquisition of great value to any com
munity or 'any school. He will be much
missed at Watertown.
REO. SAMUEL JESSUP, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Dansville, has re
cently received kind remembrances from
his people, to the amount. of about four
hundred dollars, a part in the way of car
pets, furnitUre, and like needful things,
with which to begin house-keeping. Even
the baby was remembered by some of the
thoughtful people, and has a nice little. car
riage in which to go abroad, and get the
sunshine on pleasant days.
REV. CHARLES E. ROBINSON, late of
Woodbury, Conn:, was installed on the Ist
instant by the Presbytery of Mohawk,
(other branch,) as pastor of the Presby
terian Church in the flourishing village of
Oneida. The sermon was preached by
Rev. Dr. Condit, of Oswego. Mr. Robin-
son is a graduate of Auburn Seminary; has
been but a few years in the ministry, and
gives promise of great usefulness.
REV. E.'ll. BEADLE, we regret to say,
has been compelled by ill health, to sus
pend his labors for the present, as pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of this city.
He is taking a trip Southward, and hopes
by a few weeks' rest in a climate somewhat
milder, to regain his strength, and return
to duty. His people will look earnestly for
the happy day, for they have already be
came much attached to him.
THE TEMPERANCE REVIVAL
The State Temperance Society is still
" marching on" in the new campaign
against rum and destruction. Beside
the meeting in Rome, in January last,
another was held in Penn Yan on the
Bth and 9th days of February; another
at Elmira, on the 22d of the same
month ; another is to be held in this city
on the 22d instant ; and still another is
appointed for the 24th of May in Bing
hamton.
These meetings, so far, have been
well attended, and are manifestly doing
much to arouse public attention again to
the amazing, but almost forgotten, evils
of rum selling, and rum drinking..
" CALL ME EARLY."
We are reminded of these words of
the May Queen' by a part of the action
of the late meeting of the Monroe County
Sunday-school Teachers,' Association.
Many of our schools in country districts,
are suspended in the winter; and some
, times it takes them far into the spring,
or even into summer, to get started
again, and much precious time is lost.
Sometimes they wait for the County
Agent to come along and wake them up.
But it is a large country ; and it is
impossible for one man to get around, so
as to get them all started in good season
by his personal agency. An attempt
was therefore made to stir up some
friend, or friends, of the good cause in
each town, and each district, to attend
to this matter without waiting for the
County Agent. Many persons, accor
dingly, from different towns, especially in
the eastern part of the county, pledged
themselves that they would move in the
matter,' in their own localities, at the
earliest possible moment ; that they
would, visit districts near them, where
schools have been hybernating, and call
the friends of such schools together, and
help them to organize at an early day.
An, adjourned meeting of the Association
is to be held in. Brockport, on the 9th
instant, and similar pledges will be called
for there, for the 'western part of the
county. The Association would be glad
of volunteers for this service in every
direction.. Let the sleeping Sabbath
schools be waked as early as possible.
LIKENESS OE DR. SHAW
An enterprising artist in Buffalo has
been producing a" life-like and speak
ing" likeness of Rev. Dr. Shaw, of our
city. It may be all that to the Buffalo
nians, but we don't believe it can preach
as the doctor does from Sabbath to Sab
bath to his great. congregation in this
city.
HISTORICAL. SOCIETY
They are moving for such an organi
zation in Oswego; a city rich in histori
cal incidents and associations, from the
time it was the home of the Iroquois
until the last fever of excitement into
which it has been thrown by the possi
bility of getting a ship canal on this side
of Niagara Falls, so as to make it great
and rich by the increased trade of the
Lakes.
EXCHANGES
Three weeks ago Rev. Dr. Chester, of
Buffalo, who is so pleasantly and accep
tably supplying Mr. Ellinwood's pulpit
in this city, sent down Rev. Dr. Smith
in his stead, be supplying Dr. Smith's
pulpit for' the day. And last. Sabbath
he effected a similar exchange with Rev.
Dr. lleacock ; thus giving the Central
Church a very pleasetnt opportunity to
hear these other and very able ministers
of Buffalo, and giving Dr. Chester an op
portunity to spend some of his Sabbaths
with his family. .It worked pleasantly
all round. C. P. B
ROCHESTER, Mardi 11, 1865.
HOME MISSIONS.
On applications received from the churches
they serve,
the following ministers were com
missioned by, the Presbyterian Committee of
Home Missions—of whom sixteen were under
commission last year
Rev. Mr. Herrick, Mundy, Mich.
" W. P. Teitsworth, St. Louis, Mo., to
labor among the freedmen and re
fugees.
" Charles Milne, Stanhope, N. J.
" N. Leighton, Newfoundland, N. J.
" Warren Taylor, Wilkesville, 0.
" 0. N. Chapin, Spartansburg, Pa.
" Augustus March, Grand Ra_pids, Mich.
" L. H. Loss, Marshalltown, lowa.-
" G. J. Raidt, Cincinnati, 0.
" John Fisher, Centreville lowa.
" L. W. Billington, Barre Centre, N. Y
" G. D. Miller, Tuscola,.lll.
" F. A. Chase, Lyndonville, N. Y.
" D. K. Steele, R Greene, Pa.
" A. J. Snyder, Springfield, and Jeffer
sonville, Pa.
PRESBYTERIAN Rooms, 150 Nassau St.
PINANOIAL AFFAIRS of the State of
Missouri. We are indebted to George
K. Budd, - Esq., of St. Louis, Chairman,
for a Report of the Committee of the
State Convention on the Financial Af
fairs of the State.
4ttlso Di Dur eijuttrijto.
IN CROTON, lOWA, there has 13'een un
usual religious interest in Rev. G. C.
Bearman's church. Ten were recently
added on profession. The interest, to
some extent, continues.
COMMISSIONERS TO THE GENERAL
A SSEMELY.—The Presbytery of Colum
bus has elected as such, Rev. D. A. Bas
sett and Elder Augustus P. Smith. Rev.
Moses Ordway and Elder John B. Dwin
nell, are the alternates:
HOMER, N. Y.—The progress of an
interesting revival in this place, has
before been mentioned in our columns.
The Academy participated largely in the
gracious effusion. We see it stated that
sixty of the students are numbered among
the converts.
ANornEa.-,—The congregation of Rev_
F. S. Howe, in Watkins, New York, a
romantie'village, cuddled below the hills
at the head of Seneca Lake, haire given
a pratica•l expression of cordiality to
wards the Pastor, by gifts to the amount
of $340, mostly in money.
A NOBLE OOLLECTION.—The church
on Madison Square, New York, (Rev.
Dr. Adams'), took up a collection of
$4;047 50 for the American Tract So
ciety, on Sabbath, the 26th ultimo. One
member of this church has, for the last
three years, sent ten thousand copies
monthly of the American Messenger to
the Army, and in addition, is now send
ing over a thousand copies to the pri
sons and jails in the State of New York.
ABSORPTION.—W. K., under date of
Greenville, Ohio, March 2d, writes to the
Cincinnati Presbyter
" Perhaps some of your readers will be glad
to learn that the two branches of Ike Pres
byterian churches in this place, Old and New
School, have by a unanimous vote agreed to
unite under one organization, under the care
of Miami Presbytery."
As this is the second ease of the kind
reported from over the mountain within
the past few weeks, it would be interest
ing to learn from the brethren in that
region how these things are likely to
affect the re-union sentiment there.
PRESBYTERY OF MINNESOTA.—This
Presbytery closed an interesting annual
meeting on the 18th of January, at the
Oak Grove Church, Bloomington. A
good portion of the session was spent in
devotional exercises, free conversation
on the state of religion, and Christian
addresses to the congregation assembled.
The reports of the state of religion were
in general expressive of improvement.
Rev. F. A. Noble and Elder S. J. R.
McMillan were elected as Commissioners
to the General Assembly, with Rev. G.
IL Pond and Elder Richard Marvin as•
alternates. Committees were also ap
pointed to watch over and forward our
denominational benevolent enterprises
among the churches of the Presbytery.
WISCONSIN; PRESBYTERY OF' COMM-
Bus.—Rev. B. G. Riley, Synodical Mis
sionary for the Synod of Wisconsin,
writes to us, in relation 'to the late meet
ing of the Presbytery of Coumbus, at
Lowville :—The meeting was a very
pleasant and deeply interesting one.
The Holy Spirit was manifestly present,
and a precious work of grace followed,
resulting in the hopeful conversion of a
few to cheer the hearts of the church and
their young minister. Cottage Grove
and Baraboo, two other churches in our
Presbytery, has also been refreshed, and
there are several cases of hopeful conver
sion. Other churches are revived, but
it may be immature to report • as yet.
The Spirit is at work in different parts
of our State, in some cases, in a wonderful
manner, all denominations sharing in the
good work. The douches in our body
are strengthening and developing favor
bly. They are now quite generally sup
plied with active and laboriouSministers.
A few still remain vacant, Which we
hope will soon be supplied. Several
new ministers have entered upon this
field of late who are taking hold nobly,
and are adding- strength to us. We
hope to welcome others of a similar
spirit, as new fields open, to be occupied_
One of our chief wants has been men,
and God is sending them to us.
NEW GERMAN ENTERPRISE. - Tabor
Chapel, corner of Seventeenth and Fitz
water streets, was purchased last Satur
day by the German Reformed Church.
In the beginning of this year the German
Reformed Church Home Mission sent a
young minister, Rev. J. C. Hauser, to
look after the Germans living in the
southwestern part of our city. He com
menced his labors on the Ist of January,
and has already gathered a congregation
of about eighty adults and one hundred
children. Until now they have wor
shipped in the Western Hose house, in
Twentieth street, below Pine, which
place is already marked as the cradle of
churches. Our Southwest Church start
ed in that place; likewise a church once
in connection with the Bethel Mission
Chapel, South street. All the services
will be conducted in the German lan
guage. As there is no German church
in the south-western part of our city,
there is every reasonable li - ope that the
enterprise will be a prosperous one. We
are rejoiced to see that the building once
known as Tabor Chapel, and dedicated
to the Most High for His service, is thus
to continue as a place for His worship.
May the Lord bless the labors of Mr.
Hauser, and grant that in the building
which was once the Tabor Chapel, but
is now the German Reformed Church,
in the south western part of our city,
many precions • souls may become eon
verted to God. It was once the home
of many of our Irish brethren,' and now
it is the home of our German brethren.