711 E AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN
GENESEE EVANGELIST.
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lissr. SOUR W. Mears, Editor and PabMiser.
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Family Departments.
Rev. C. P. Bush, Corresponding Editor;
Rochester, N. Y.
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IiMIURSDAY, MAY 4; 1865. .
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE—THE FAMILY IiI,GOLE
A Poem recited by Mr. Lincoln—The Covenanter's
Marriage Day7A Natural Conellthion- , -WO Two—`,
Buying Religton"—Railroad Piety.
For the Little Folks: Familiar Talks. with the
Children.
Taint, PAGE—MISCIELLANEOUG
The Death of Abraham Lincoln.
Rural Economy: A Huge and True Grape Story.
SIXTH PAGE—CORRESPONDENCE:
From our London Correspondent—Presbytery of
Montrose—Church Erection and General Assembly,
—The Infatuation of Crime—The Assassination and
the Assassins—Home Missions—Music and Martin
Luther—Woman.
! SWEETS PAGE--MISCELLANEOUS :
The Power of the Resurrection—Dwarfed Christian
Character—Our Civil War—Why Not?-.--Two Causes
of the Numerous Railroad Disasters—Ministerial
Record, Menthly—li. B. Christian Commission, Re
ceipts.
PREACHING CHRISTI -
Somehow, directly or indirectly, Christ
should les the central object, in all our
preaching. Whatever be the ostensible
theme, the real one in the preacher's pur
pose should be Christ. All, he lines of
our preaching, near and remote, should
converge in Christ. If the living J esus is
in the heart of the preacher, Christ will be
unavoidably in his kreaching. • The very
assaults of infidelity, now-a-days, compel
believers to draw closer. to. His person.
'What think ye of Christ ? is the great in
quiry within .and-witheend
it seems.tn that the closer, simpler, and
clearer the connection of - our preaching
with Christ, the better., A grand ciri
cumlocution which first traverses - heaven
and earth, which affords room - for great
learning and great display of . imaginative
power, which shows us pretty decisively
where Christ is not, before it comes to
where Christ is, to say the least is needless.
Not but that there.is room ,and .a great de
mand for learning and culture of_the high
est sort, as a preparation for the duties•of
the pulpit. But let all the stores of learn
ing and login and imagination and genius
be brought, like the gold, and frankincense
and myrrh of the wise men from the East,
nand-io;a4oVol.l4tl y reverently--at-the,..
feet oChrist. Let all be used in explain
ing, illustrating, and commending his glo
rious character, his pure precepts and his
finished work of redemption to perishing
men. All doctrine and all•duty can be best
explained and enforcedin their relations to
the cross. All true mrsonal religion, in
in; beginning, progresand completion, is
described in the words of Hebrews 12. 2
" Looking to Jesus, the Author and Finisher
of our faith." The constraining motive to
pious activity, the relief to the wounded
conscience, the way of access to the impeni
tent sinner's heart, the best ground of ap
peal to old and to young, are found in the
uplifted Redeemer, the God in human flesh,
bearing in his wounded,-dying body, and
overwhelmed spirit, the penalty of the sins'
of the world.
We do not mean to urge that other
themes of evangelical preaching should be
dropped, but rather that all should see how
other themes, when properly handled, are
not other, but still linked with and snbordi
nated to the cross. We would have all feel
how rich, fruitful, comprehensive, is the
one central truth of the world's Redemption
by faith in a divine sacrifice.
We would not cease to predch the Law,—
as if it were something antagonistic to the
Gospel. We would rather cast upon the
Law the new light and the more awful
sanctions it derives from the Gospel. We
would go to Calvary as the best pulpit in
all the world from which to preach the Law.
Here, better than in any philosophical er
moral disquisitions, better than by the ac
cumulation of bareraandates or the piling up
of threatened penalties, the description of
God's judgment upon offenders in flp,,;pas t
or the fearful apprehension of judgment to
come, can we learn the inexorable...charac
ter of God's law and the 'supreme purpose
of God to magnify it and 'make it honora
ble/ Here is suspended no hurnan, no
angelic sufferer, no guilty, no innocent
subject of.the law, but a divine victim, an
infinite sacrifice, GOD turdsiLF bearing
the penalty of_his own law, in the place. of
pardoned sinners. Neither Sinai nor the
bottomless pit itself is so great a suppor t of
the Law as Calvary. Neither of them so
conclusively vindicates God's character as
a righteous law-giver. Would we expatiate
upon the nature and enormity of sin ? De
finition and analysis can avail but little.
Philosophical treatises on the " Doctrine of
Sin," are not indeed _without importance
and value in the history of thought ; and
their teachings may slowly percolate from
the more cultivated to the great mass of
minds ; but after all, the great dependence
of the preacher, Ander God, in the work of
bringing both the c ultivated and the rude
sinner in his-congregation to conviction of
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sin; is in the fact that hethas 'a . self:accising
conscience, - and in`placing before him those
broad c and concrete views of the nature of
sin Which are ,Presented in the sufferings of
the tideemer. Such a sacrifice, osinner,
was required for the, pardon of thy guilt 1
.So deep, so, dreadful was the .stain of thy
,sins, that nothing less than the blood of a
i vietita suffices to, wash them out.
Look at-that illustrious Sufferer, that Lord
of life and glory I Thy sins helped-to nail
him there ! It was even such a spirit as
thine, raging in the breasts of JeWs and
Gentiles,. that demanded the degradation
and murder, the shame and ignominy and
torture of infinite Blessedness, condescend
ing to the relief and salvation of our perish
ing - race. • There all human wickedness
concentred and dulminated, and thou, 0
unrepenting sinner, wart not .unfairly re
presented in the hideous, ungrateful, mad
cry, Crucify Him I Crucify Him ! Not
this man, "but Barabbas
Nor do we know any appeal to the con
science so powerful as that which seems to
come right from this cross to every delay
ing heart ;
‘ the appeal to every one's natural
sense of gratitude based upon these suf
ferings and, this shame, voluntarily endured '
in the sinner's place. It seems to us.that
no amount of labor - can be better or- more
economically expended by the ministry
than in elaborating, illustrating, and`en
forcing, out of full hearts this point. To
lumma_tc every man's conscience, in
the most effective m
personal align ion to Christ as , the, safer
ing and. dying itedeemer, would seem in
our view, the best possible means ef. awa.
kening hira to a - sense.of his guilt, and
afford the surest -and speediest means of
leading himto surrender his heart to one
whose claims upon his service and his'grati
tude were so inconceivably broad, deep, and
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tender.
Says Mr. Barnes, in his sermon; " How
can the Sinner be made to'feel his Guilt?"
published in 1833 :
The only scheme is to place before the
sinner the innocent lamb of God bleeding
for his sins. Thus it was said of him,
" lie _shall be.set for the fall and rising
again of
,many_ Israel, and for a,sign-to
be spoken'against, that therebythe thoughts
of many 'hearts may be revealed:" And
thus also it was prophesied, " They shall
look upon him whom they have pierced,
and.shall mourn." Hence the apostles met
with such success, whose preaching was
little more than a simple statement of the
truth that• .Jesus died, and rose. And,
however it is to be accounted for, it is this
which in all ages has been attended with
the convictions of guilt among men. Gos
suer, the Bavarian Catholic priest, at
present a Protestant clergyman 'in
who has probably been the means of . the
immediate conversion of more souls than
'any man living, is said seldom to vary in
his manner of preaching. The love of
Christ is almost his constant theme, and
his preaching is almost a constant pouring
out of the warm effusions of the heart on
the lov&of God, the preciousness of the
Saviour, and the desirableness of heaven.
The affecting experience of the Moravian
missionaries in Greenland is well known.
. . . Here was, illustrated anew the
principle of , the gospel adapted to all ages
and people, that the account of a suffering
Redeemer is to be the grand means of
teaching sinners everywhere their guilt;
and of drawing forth tears of repentance
from eyes that; but for this, would never
weep. Our ciwn .experience in the minis
try has been short. But we may, perhaps,
be allowed to say, that the only revival of
religion in which we, as a pastor, have
been permitted to engage, began in the
progress of a series of sermons on the work
of Christ; and that the effect or that
truth was visible through the series, till
almost the entire congregation' bowed at
once before the cross, and a deep and awful
solemnity prevaded _all ranks of the com
munity. Nor do we doubt that this is the
theirn which men must be taught to feel
guilt, as the gospel spreads over the
world.
In the month of. April, 1865, the Ame
rican people' have lived an age. They have
written some of the broadest and most en
during lines in all history. The muse will
keep the records of this short month among
her most precious treasures. The gigantic
rebellion, whose agents at the beginning of
the month frowned defiance at the armies
of the nation, behind the formidable earth
works of Richmond a nd Petersburg, the,
James River and the Appomatox, who had
just resolved on the enlistment of the slaves
in their service, and who were' laying all
their plans for a stout, and stubborn resis
tance which even the most sanguine of the
loyal people feared might lead to another
summer campaign—where, in this brief
month, is this thing of terror, this hydra of
slavery and secession, this fierce relentlessl
enemy of the national life, this vampire
sucking at its resources, this Plntonian
jailor of our soldiers infinitely more unfor
tunate in capture than in death on the field,
where is this hideous apparition that rose
pHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY •4, 'MO.
like a cloud from the., bottomless pit and
shrouded, a continent mourning . and in •
dismal apprehension, aim blcitting
the sun the heaveni? ' little more
than three weeks, we have .be * , - Od it dis
solve like a troubled dream. l eu la rs,
are yagabondSoi'surrendered prison- .•
"President" is a hunted, disguiselifugiye,l
the next candidate for the halter ; its 1:
great army has surrendered, and not an end
for which the whole damnablk conspiracy
was undertaken, but is buried as deep as if:
the weight of ten centuries of he world' T
reprobation lay upon it..
Never was the American Union greater
stronger, more, immovably consolidate!
than -in the overthrow of'this rebel
which sought its disintegration. .-.• Nov)
was the tide of national life fuller, more
roie than at this hour. Never did the Ci
stitution wear a sterner or serener majej
than since its bloody and triur \t vir
cation. Never -was slavery
or more widely execrated, nevo
nearer the great goal of a mut
versal-recognition of the inhel
THE END:
equality and political rights of al.,
the-successful cloSe of this grand fou,
struggle in maintenance of these ends\
what can cane from the awful exhib)
of malignity with which the rebellioi
vulsively yields up the ghost, but a kt
and wider, detesta.tion of its' principle,s)
a moulding, into sharper, forms of ani
of the torrent of fiery indignatioi
ly outraged people are fused"? The
lion only , destroys itself more thOr
by these last displays of an impof i
The work is substantially dOn.:
is included in those WordS, the hisi
man will be generatiOns in unfolding.
month of April 1865, will be_writtei
by the side of-those great eraaof time
it will be part Of the eduCation of tl
lions to know.
-HOPEFUL - INDICATIONS.
The opinion of the "Attorney Gerit
the United States, as to the conatr
to lie put upon
. the terms of, General,,
surrender, relieves them of all thaA
oaleufaterd to excite -the >fears of boys
ple. No right of return to homes
loyal or reconquered territory is gi
the surrendered army. They ha ,
f' homes" outside of the contracting j
of the rebellion. They chose the
federacy" as their country, they hi COLORED PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
part or, lot any where else. This is4 VINDICITED.
righteous and moat overwhelming , 10,:*9tianks to an upright and God-fearing
we last week had a decision in favor
It saves Maryland and the CapitalOn,e,
: z .'ai,e conveniences of our, public mode of
deluge of whipped and unrepentant 'Tie right of deaent colored people to share
.1 over the thoroughfares of the city.
who would corrupt the whole so:0
cringing passenger railroad corn
political atmosphere. What is toliiin
- es, whose unmanly deference to the
of these lately defiant, but now or+
wretches, whose "country" is at `t
7 adices of rebel sympathizers and negro
. ..,4firs at the North, has done more to
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far off as Texas, and likely ere lo
:f :
. I r, these prejudices alive than anything
still farther, we do not know.
00 P I has occurred for the past four years,
made their bed, so they must 10
now he made to feel that there is
country which they struggled so
stronger even than their dogged
murderously to, destroy, naturallteru
in an unrighteous policy. They
ejects them from her territory. '. , 0.f • tt, thinz
deserve to live at all, it is only aittiti , nacy
~,:i : probably, by the aid of Judge Allison's
and vagabonds on the earth. "<:
1 11 Pion, learn that the rebellion is over,
We also note that proceedings
gress in the Franklin County Cr
ghat the inhuman and unchristian dis-
State, with a view to, summon ` l ions between the white and black
destroyers of Chambersburg, kin , which it was waged to maintain,
to trial for their crime. The I, li i 1
gone overboard with it. What' busi
outragt, McCausland and 'II; ly) have loyal people with the cast-off
4 of the ruined Confederacy 7 How
belonged to Lee's army, and a,
somewhere in Virginia. As tl' (
shall the miserable remnants of its
vern ea .
or Pierrepoint has been r, lurk like a pestilence in the holes
the national authorities, and 'e t a :corners of the North ? Away with
exercising his functions in -Biel $-c. ' nexcusable acts of-"injustice, for the
time, he will render every ‘e
which God has been chastising the
bringing these high criminals our years long. Do we provoke
We do not feel satisfied thf n yet to jealousy 7 Are we not yet
Lions should be made in del his judgments?
leading rebels in this crust rust the turning point has at last
All share in the guilt of e, cached in the history of prejudice
transaction which has-mark, color and race in our_ city. Phila-.
unless they had distinctly has never been disgraced by such
Neither General Lee, nor J 4:,utbreaks of murderous violence
rebel Cabinet or Congress, ithe blacks as have been witnessed
cers, can escape the guilt of 't
the
'otter places, but considering the
low massacre, the murder i
Io sky of her people throughout the
eight loyal North Carolinian,
cr oleration of the absurd prejudices
the starvation of our prison me passenger railway companies
ciless treatment of Union r markable. The honor of our city
South, whites and Indians ;
•(is hat it shou'd cease. We thank
land or the piracies on the kiLisou• for the fearless performance
seas. And the single stall 'laty in the premises, in rendering
persisting for four years in eta, on Wednesday of last week,
lion, is enough to dig for collars, in favor of a colored woman,
convict's grave that was
' been forcibly ejected from a
Nevertheless, in the difficUlty
Street car, for no other reason
justice to so many, and in
olor. It is not the first time that
that some will escape, it migl t
as of Judge . Allison have vin
make examples first of those ,
li principles in the face of vulgar
conspieuous in crime, whose
',id disloyal opposition. He has
boldness in villainy has caller
of strength to the righteous
orations of the good. We
; some of the darkest hours of
indicate the framers and voi
We trust that in thOtghte
'ordinances, who first draw
...4.)f Wednesday, he has -given
_ .electrified the
)nntry, and done a greatsvice in steady
,
10. public sentiment, north a d south. The
&on patiently, yet steadf ly, waits for
irke movement of. the Executive e nthre de
3ive than it has-yet seen---more deciiive
to
seated offer or terms of surrender tyipcbri r
.ered rebel armies and fragments of :nr
ies, or than reqUirinc , an oath of allegiance
nn men who Are dyed, through and
'rough with four years of perjury which
' 7 will justify, in the same breath with
e new oath itself' General -Lee himself
,i 5
')latecl his -honor(?i and threw away the
)tection of his parole by his parting ad.:
%;s . to the soldiers/whom he had just sur
idered, an address which breathed the
1.3 , *mese of th ? spirit of' unyielding re
lion to national law. We ask from Pre
ient Johnson some, bold, unmistakable in
'don of a practical purpose fully to yin-.
ate the dishonored:icily - of the land in his
7 to the conquered leidetseif the rebel:
Let Lee and Davis be hang,ed; and
,
he unconquered rebellious elementsat
South be exterminated, and that
aptly. It is our only hope.
Geziesee Fivan.gelist, No. 989.
• tb the tftini
e
If7doristitutpd vigi
&ler authOrities,
%lad mitirdered -the
the signal for theeritire overthrriw„of the
scandalaus practice against . ,vidaich it is
directed. We verily •believe that, in . six
weeks' time from the inauguration of a dif
ferent policy, the peopli . and the Railroad
, Companies will wonder hoW they' -could
have been snblind 'and obstinate in refis
ing a common right to so peaceable, so de
cent, so worthy a - class of our. aoraicanits,.
the authors of the
.used Soldiers ip the
'ravine, Salistinry . ,
des these, the ro
-:aders, who gave
Ilion, prolonged
burdened the
Led hundreds of
Ives, should be.
Idol crime, and
as willpreva
)itioiigo long is
FROM OUR CORRESPONDING EDITOR.
The annual meeting of this body was
held in Byron, commencing on Tuesday
evening, 25th
_ultimo. The opening ser
on was ' =preachedby Rev. AlfreeNorth,
after which, Rev. Charles F. Massey, of
Batavia, was elected Moderator, and E. H.
Stiatton, of Johnsonburgh, Clerk. •
Among the items of business, Rev. C.
.R. Burdick was, granted a letter of dismis
sion, to join the Presbytery of Niagara, as
he is now preaching at Youngstown, within
their bounds.
cered for the de
inals' to justice,
ms and former
.n reach of
,the
'or to evil-doers,
ied of its great
Lnson signalized
office by a pro
leading traitors
Lrd for their ap-
Rev. 3. M. Ballou, of Byron, and Elder
Stephen Ives, of Batavia, were appointed
Commissioners to Auburn Seminary.
Rev. E. H. Stratton, of Johnsonbuigh,
and Elder Eli Harroun, of Corfu, were
appointed Commisiopers to the General-
AsseruPly,, and, Rev. Alfred North and
Elder Alonzo Dunham, Alternate.
The various lenses of benevolence were
under - consideration and the usual Presb
G. S. Cbrwin of Elba for H'iline Missions •
Rev ;Alfred North, of Le Roy, for Foreign
kissltials; Rev. Charles F. )Ylussey,. of
Batavia, for Education; Rev. john Wickes,
of Attica, for. Publication; and Rev. J. M.
Ballou, of Byron, for Ministerial Relief
Fund.
The advantage of appointing such com
mittees in each Presbytery, was very
manifest by the action at this time. The
subject of benevolence was under discus
sion ; the importance of the subjects pre
sented, was considered.; the action or de-,
linquency of the churches inquired WO;
'and exhortations to faithfulness came not
, from outside influences , but from the Pres
bytery itself
• The Sytem of- statistical reports, also is
manifestly exerting a powerful influence,
in' stimulating the benevolence of the
church. When the pastors and elders are
expected to come into. Presbytery with,the
the figures to show how much -they have
given to each great cause of benevolence,
to show much they have also, done for
themselves, as in our later reports, it makes
them anxious to have something to say,
and if they have failed, and have to show
their leanness, they will _ try to' do better
next time. Some of the churches of Gene
see Presbytery are doing nobly; some have
room for improvement.
In the afternoon of . Wednesday, Presby
tery attended to,the administration, of the
Lord's 'Supper. Sermon by Rev. M. B.
Gregg, of Orangeville; breaking of the
bread by Rev. Charles A. Keeler, Lewiston
and Avon; giving the cup by Rev. C. C.
Kimball, of Le Roy. In presence of the
afternoon congregation, Rev. C. P. Bush,
was alsoheard in behalf of Foreign Missions,
urging the importance of a prompt and
thorough support of the American Board,
in this, its time of need. Some of our
missions must suffer fearfully, and some of
our missionaries will doubtless be broken
down, unless the churches come up speedily
to' the help of this great institution. Befer
ence was especially made _to Diarbekir
and Mardin, in 'Turkey, two stations that
must soon be reinforced,' or be aban
doned, as illustrations of the need of con
stant and prompt contributions to the
cause. A liberal collection is needed from
every church.
In the same connection, Stephen Ives,
an elder in the church in Batavia, who has
labored in the Army of the Potomac a good
part of the past year, in the service of the
Christian Commission, gave a statement of
his labors and observations in behalf of that
noble institution.
Among the changes transpiring within
the bounds of this Presbytery, Rev. John
Wickes, who is acting pastor of the church
at Attica, was received by letter from the
Ontario Association. -
Rev. Allen Traver, recently of Ptilmont,
has been engaged as Stated supply of the
church in Corfu, where Mr. Burdick was
before going to Youngstown.
Two of the ministers of this Presbytery
were taken away by death in the past year;
Rev. Isaac Chichester, of Bennington, who
finished his earthly course on the 27th of
last August, aged seveyty-seven years, and
Rev. John Dodd, who died in Arcade,
some four or five months ago, aged, we
believe, about fifty years. As the latter
had passed away since the last meeting of
PRESBYTERY OP .OENEStE.
TER 11 , 1 e ..
Per annum, in advance:
By Mail, $3. By Carrier, $3 00.
Fifty coats additional, after three months.
Clubs.—Ten or 'more papers, sent to one address.
payable strictly in advance and in one remittance:
By Mail. $2 50 per annum. By Carriers, $3 per annum.
Ministers and Ministers' Widows, $2 in ad
vance.
Home Missionaries, $l5O inadvance.
Fifty cents additional afterthree months. 0
Remittances by mail are at our risk.
' Postage.---Five cents quarterly, in advance, paid
q 7 Subscifbers at the office of delivery. .
Advertisements.—l 234 cents per line for the
first, and 10 cents for the second insertion;
One square (one month) .$3 00
• .. .
two months ' 5 50
- " three " 750
MI 0
MX . - ............12 0
one year .18 00
The following discount on long advertisements, in
serted for three months and upwards, is allowed:-
Over 20 lines. 10 pee , - cent off; over 50 lines. 20 per
cent:; over 100 lines, 333 per cent. off.
Presbytery, suitable notice was taken of the
event. - Resolutions highly commendatory
of the man, and expressing sense of
the loss felt by the Presbytery in' his death,
;and;-tender sympathy for his, bereaved
widow, were unanimously passed. Mr.
Dodd had formerly'served as pastor to the e
church in Byron, where Presbytery were
in session, and was so affectionately remem
bered by them, that their liberality has
abounded toward the widow left in needy
circumstances.
Byron,—we know not how this place got
its name, but it is a place around which
some very pleasant Missionary associations
cluster. One of the elders of the church,
a matf+advanced in years and venerable in
appearance, as well as esteemed and excel
lent in life, is a brother of the lamented
Pliny Fiske, and uncle of the late gifted
and saintly Fidelia Fiske. It was pleasant
to be entertained, as we were, at the house
of one so nearly connected with those
worthies of the missionary cause.
And this place, too, was the early home
of Rev. George W. Coan, now missionary
among the Nestorians of Persia. A church
so represented in the glorious missionary
work, and so allied to faithful and illustri
ous laborers who have gone to their rest,
would be expected to take a deep interest
in the missionary cause.
In the reports from the churches, we
noticed that a revival has been in progress
rece. I , .=in , -Pavilion: The church of Le
nine having been added in,the last year on
profession, and eighteen by letter. Sonic
churches have been 'a little disturbed, and
yet, perhaps, have suffered no real loss by
the withdrawal' of some from the congrega
tions, who have not liked the outspoken,
earnest loyalty— of our ministers. They
prefer to go where they can have dead
quiet on the subject of the country, even
though the country - were on the brink of
destruction. In one church, Veacon has
been disciplined and suspended for intem
perate and abusive language on subjects .
connected with the war. Perhaps when
we get peace and liberty, he will regret
some of the words of useless sympathy he
has " expended upon the South and her
favorite instititions*
FUNERAL OF THE PRESIDENT
The mortal remains of our late beloved
President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, passed
through this city between three and four
o'clock, on Thursday morning ; but even
at that early hour, and though-the cortege
was to stop but fifteen minutes, thousands
of people were assembled at the depot to
see it. Militarcompanies were also out,
and minute guns were fired as the train
approached the city. Many of our citizens
also went down to Buffalo, where the corpse
was taken from the cars and exposed to
view in St. James' Hall, to get a last look
at the face of the venerated dead. What
an illustration of avenging justice, that
before the remains of our Chief Magistrate
had accomplished much more than half
their journey to their last resting place, the
dead body of the infamous assassin who
struck him down, was buried in disgrace,
by order of the War Department. The
triumph of the wicked is short.
PERSONAL
Louisa N. Bates, widow of the late
Rev. Chandler Bates, of Parma Centre,
died on Monday, 17th instant, aged sixty
one. She had suffered much for many
years, and yet had borne all with exem
plary patience and Christian fortitude. In
spite of much feebleness and suffering, she
was constant in her attendance upon the
ordinances of the gospel; 'and when she
died, it was found that she had made ar
rangement to continue her subscription for
twenty years after her death, for: the sup
port of the minister of the place. - ‘ Plainly
she loved the sanctuary. .
Rev. S. T. Richards has resigned the
charge of the Congregational Church, in
Spencerport. The health of his wife is
such as to make necessary a change of
climate; and he is talking of going West.
Rev. W. A. Fox.; who has been fourteen
years pastor of the„Presbyterian Church in
Ogden, has received a unanimous and
earnest, call to the Presbyterian Church in
Dunkirk.
RogirzsrErt, April 1865
THE UNITY Or CHRISTIANS.—This pro
blem was discussed in the Arch St. Pres
byterian church, on Monday evening, May
Ist. The question was, The Necessity
of Harmony of Action or Organization
among Christians, in order to convert the
world, and how to promote such a union."
John xvii. 21-23. Rev. Drs. Brainerd,.
J. Wheaton Smith, Howe_, Wylie,-Bom
berger, Knuth, Bishop Simpson, and.
others were expected to speak.
C. P. B