the uluiiis tohlii abroad
WHEAT BRITAIN.
Progress op Presbyterianism.—Our
iiondon correspondent, in his letter to be
found on the inside of the present number,
speaks of two new Presbyterian church edi
fices in England. The Weekly Review , Au
gust 12th, mentions three others in different
English localities; one at Croydon, in the
suburbs of London, where a temporary build
ing was to be opened .by Rev. Dr.. Hamilton,
of the English Presbyterian Church; Another
in Liverpool, also connected with the E. P’s.,
the corner-stone of which was laid August
7th; another, belonging to the U. P’s., at
Claughton, the corner-stone of which was
laid August 11th, all of which are new enter
prises. The'new building in Liverpool, call
ed the Everton Valley Church, of brick with
stone dressings, capable of accomodating 1000
persons, with lecture-room in the rear, hav
ing a-tower 130 feet high, will cost hut 4,920
pounds. Rev. James Paterson, of St. Peter’s,
Liverpool, in laying the corner-stone explain
ed the circumstances of the new enterprise
as follows:
“The present church—St. Peter’s, in
Great Oxford-street —has all its available sit
tings let; it has a membership of about 700.
Enough, and more than enough, to tax the
energies of any one minister. The great ma
jority of the present congregation live in this
immediate neighborhood; it is, therefore,
proposed to plant the new church here, to
accommodate them and others who may join;
while the old churoh is to be left with its
schools and Christian agency tor those who
remain, and for others who may be gathered
out of the district. With the consent of my
presbytery I shall follow my congregation to
this new church, while another minister will
be settled in St. Peter’s, to carry on evange
listic work in that locality. There is at pre
sent £l,OOO of debt On St. Peter’s, but it is
our intention to-clear off that debt before we
leave; indeed, we include the debt as part of
our new church-scheme.” .
“The large employers of labour in the dis
trict have shown their deep interest in the
moral and spiritual welfare of their men, by
contributing liberally to the building fjind.
Ten years ago there were nine congregations
in Liverpool and Birkenhead connected with
the various Presbyterian denominations; this
makes twenty-two—namely 8 United Presby
terian, 2 Established Church of Scotland, 1
Reformed Presbyterian, and 11 English
Presbyterian,”
The_U. P. Claughton, is named
“Trinity United Presbyterian,” the first
word being designed to distinguish it from
the remnants of a former Presbyterian church
in England, which like Congregationalism
in parts of New England, fell away into IJfii
tananism.
The new church will be in the decorated
or middle-pointed style of architecture, and
will accommodate 850 persons. It will be
joined to the present lecture-hall, and, like
it, will be built of yellowStourton stone, with
red bands, and red and white arches over the
doors and window. The plan will consist of
nave and aisles, with shallow transepts, the
west end having an engaged tower and spire
at the north- west angle.. Church and lecture
room Will cost £7,000. Dr. McLeod, the
pastor, in laying the corner-stone, declared
as'his belief, that ‘ ‘ the present seems very au
spicious for the advancement of those great
principles of church freedom for which the
puritans of England,, the Covenanters of
Scotland, and we ourselves, have contended,
and on which the'wellbeing and growth of
the universal church depend- At home, to
mention only a few of these signs of a better
time, there is that blessed yearning after
union in the various sections of the Presby
terian body. Almost beside it there is that
closer wedding together of congregations, by
district associations, in the great Baptist and
Independent denominations, that reaching
out toi and following after the ideal of a unity
which shall bind all these congregations into
one. Not far away there are the unrest and
dissatisfaction, with formulas and restraints
of law in the Church of England, and the
mooting by men so worthy of being listened
to as Dr. Pusey, of the great question of a
free Episcopal Church. “If we had only
bishops to head the movement,” he said this
very year. Abroad in India the ever memo
rable proclamation of our beloved Queen, at
the close of the mutiny, has reaulted in the
establishment of free ‘churches and perfect
religious equality. Only the other day, if
there was no other good result from Colenso’s
trial, there was this, that ‘the Episcopal
Churches of the Cape were authoritatively
declared by the highest legal voice in Eng
land to be as free as our own. Eree churches
have been established and are spreading in
Canada, in the United States, in all our colo
nies. In all these places there is healthy
national Christianity, without a sectarian na
tional church. The problem around which,
in this country, the churches have been con
tending since the Reformation, has actually
been solved by our Anglo-Saxon race in other
parts of the world. And he who has ears to
near may hear the rustling of the wings of
the English solution of it in every breath of
public opinion which blows. Cherish the
hope of it, therefore. ' The day is coming,
my friends, the all-blessed day, when Christ
shall deliver the church in this land from the
inequalities and imperfections which keep
her various sections apart at present, and
mar their beauty and their strength.”
In Glasgow; the “Memorial Stone” of a
new U. P. Church was laid August 7th, be
longing to one of the most flourishing of the
churches of that denomination in that vicinity
(called ‘ ‘ Patrick. ”) It is raly a few months
since a new place of worship was opened for
another congregation of the same denomina
tion in Patrick; a,nd the one now in the
course of erection will form, when completed,
one of the finest buildings in the place. The
churoh, whioh is early Gothic in'character, is
a simple oblong in plan, the interior dimen
sions being 51 by 79 feet. At the south end
will be placed the tower. The tower and
spire will rise to a hight of one hundred and
ninety-five feet, and will form a conspicuous
feature in the landscape. Immediately ad
joining the church there is to be a large hall
or class-room, 28 feet by 52J feet; and offi
cer’s house, vestry, session-house, and ladies’
waiting room are to be above the hall. The
building is estimated to cost upwards of
£6700.
The edifiee which the congregation vacate
is to be handed over to a flourishing mission
enterprise in that vicinity which they have
in charge, and which numbers one hundred
and forty members, with an ordained minis
ter, to whose support the mission itself con
tributes £lOO per annum. One of the
speakers referring to the history of the parent
ohurchandits pastor said: —“When Mr. Law
lie came among them, young and inexperi
enced, twenty-four years ago, they were but
a feeble flock, struggling under difficulties,
and nigh to sinking under their burdens;
but that from his ordination their pro
gress had been onward, until they were now
able to assist another congregation with an
annual sum which would have been wealth
to their then sorely troubled and perplexed
managers. They had increased under his
pastoral care from a membership of about
one hundred to over six hundred, with more
than eight hundred sittings let, and an an
nual income of £1086.”
Open Air Meetings.—The Revival, Aug
ust 10, contains a letter from the secretary of
the Open-air Mission who writes as follows.
On Thursday, July 27, I trod on Scottish soil
ror the first time. The occasion was the exe
° P r ' Pritchard at Glasgow on the
following day. Large audiences were secured
, ai l'Square, opposite the prison, both on
that morning and the previous and succeed
ing nights. Among the preachers were the
Eev. R. Howie, of Charlotte Btreet, Free
Church, and Mr. Wells, of the Wynd Church
Forlong, Duncan Matheson, Harrison
Ord, Mr Dixon, of Dublin. W. P. Maekay.
Robert Cunningham, (known as “ the Glas
s'™ flesher,” i. e butcher,) and others. A
substantial portable pulpit was brought out
from the Charlotte Street Free Church and a
large banner displayed, similar to those used
m London, There was no difficulty in secu
ring the attention of the people, The crowd
7nnVm 10U mL y e , stl “ ate d at from 50,000 to
100,000. They behayed well, and, in this re
spect, were a striking contrast to similar gath
erings at Newgate. One thing which struck
me, as a stranger, was the large number of
women and children who came into the crowd
without shoes or stockings. Another thing
was, to see people, especially women and
girls, pull out their Bibles; and turn to the
texts as the preachers named them. I noticed
this, not only in the church, and ordinary
open air services, but even in the execution
crowd.
The same kind of effort was also employed
at an agricultural show. “ The visit of
brothers Hopkins and Blow, from the Open
air Mission, to the Royal Agricultural Show,
has proved, through the co-operation of seve
ral Christian ministers and laymen at Ply
mouth, most satisfactory to themselves and
also to many hundreds of the inhabitants and
visitors. Besides the open-air preaching to
very attentive assemblages of people, more
than 30,000 tracts were distributed amongst
the dense masses in the showground, and also
in the two spacious fields adjoining, in which
fairs were held containing numerous race
shows. Large placards, with Scripture texts,
arrested the attention in various places;
1200 Bibles and Testaments were sold under
cost price both within and without the show
ground ; and four of our largest chapels were
opened alternately for special services .every
evening from Tuesday to Friday of the past
week. The effect already produced, under
the divine blessing, has been two-fold; nega
tively, the minds of more than 100,000 per
sons have been , awed into such submission
that scarcely an instance of swearing or drunk
enness was heard or seen throughout the
week ; and positively, the solemnity observed
at the open-air religious services and other
movements was such that it has been rather
a holy week than a holiday week. ”
Register or Evangelists.—A commit tee
of responsible and true men, organized March,
1864, to register the names of Evangelists
properly recommended to them, and to facili
tate their movements and labors by corres
pondence with those desiring their services,
and by providing for their travelling expen
ses, (nothingmore,) have recently made their
report, an abstract of which appears in the
Revival. Since March. 1864, the names of
about 130 evangelists have been placed on the
list. During the year, upwards of 600 meet
ings have been held by persons sent forth
from the Register, and from upwards of forty
towns and villages invitations have been re
ceived requesting special visits of evangel
ists, in many of which places weekly services
have been continued ever since. Many series
of services have also been held in and around
London, and have been weekly supplied from
the Register up to the present time.
Richard Weaver has been holding open-air
services in Annan, Scotland. The audience on
a Sabbath, was from three to five thousand.
In the evenings he presided in the U. P.
Church, which was thronged, and interesting
inquiry meetings followed. Mr. W. went to
Glasgow, August 6, and commenced holding
services in the circus.
London Cabmen.—The London City
Missionary to the Cabmen says that “the
six-day cabs increase in number every year;
and I have good cause for hoping that ere
very long we shall find the majority of the
cabs plying in London are those which are
worked only for six days in each week. The
total number of cabs in this city has not yet
reached six thousand; and of these two thou
sand one hundred or more are six-day ones.”
In the Irish Presbyterian General
Assembly, the report on the State of
Religion noticed the progress of lay preach
ing in the South and West; suggested the
appointment of one or two ordained evan
gelists; affirmed, from very recent inquiry,
that-there were many permanent spiritual
results from the revival of 1859 ; and lament
ed that there was at the same time spiritual
declension. _ A lively discussion followed.
Acknowledging the declension, some speakers
urged that it was so grave a matter as to en
gross the thought and attention of the church.
One clergyman, Mr. Nelson, attacked the
entire movement of 1859 ; reiterated that he
had never believed it; complained that his
own conversion had been prayed for at pub
lic meetings; and declared he was ready to
prove the so-called Year of Grace to be
a Year of Disgrace. He was immediately
answered by a young minister, Mr. Berkeley,
who was there to say, and he said it to the
glory of God, that he knew man after man,
and family after family, living to this hour,
that believe that they were brought to God
in 1859, and are giving evidence' of the
change that had been wrought upon them.
He could take them to many a wife who
could bear her testimony, and to many a
husband who had been spending his means
in the pursuit of sin and folly, but who can
tell them that, by the grace of God, he was
changed from his former state, although he
had never been prostrated, and who was now
worshipping God in his. own house twice a
pay, and giving of his means to the support
of the Gospel. The same Gospel was
preached that year that had been always
preached. Far from _ being credulous about
prostration and mixing up physical with
spiritual ministers went from
house to house warning the people against
delusions. He would suggest that, instead
of listening to a refutation of errors, which
were only embraced by a few weak-minded and
eccentric individuals, the Assembly should
rather sing the 85th Psalm, from the 6th
verse. The vast body immediately rose up,
and sang these solemn verses with enthu
siasm; and at the usual conference on the
State of Religion on one of the following
mornings, Mr. Berkeley’s opinions were
abundantly corroborated.
The most important business before the
Church, says the Christian Work, was the
appointment of Professors to the Magee Col
lege which is to be opened at Londonderry
in autumn. It is proposed to affiliate the
College either with the London University,
or possibly with the Queen’s University for
Ireland. The Assembly also reconstructed
the Home Mission of the Church, and de
cided that there should be three Boards —
one to take charge of the mission to Roman
Catholics; one for Church Extension, to
organize and foster new congregations until
their endowment; and one for the Sustenta
tion.of Assistant Ministers, and of Endowed
Ministers, whose annual stipend is less than
£5O, and of whom it was stated that there are
over one hundred.
FRANCE. AND SWITZERLAKB,
The Wesleyan Conference was held in
Paris during the month of June. There are
at present under its direction 193 places of
worship, 26 pastors and prqposants, 14sehool
masters and colporteurs, 89 local preachers,
1658 members, 168 candidates, 6 day-schools
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1865,
with 215 scholars, 37 Sabbath-schools with
258 teachers and 1859 pupils. There is an
increase of 69 in the candidates and members,
a H p * aces worship, and of about 100
Sabbath-school scholars. The money col
lected in the different circuits, independently
or alms, amounts to 48,597 francs 50 cents.
Ihe consecration of a pastor, M. Galland, was
a season of great interest. —Christian Work.
. Conference of Pasteurs of the ra
tionalistic fraction in the National Church
took place at Nismes on the 6th and 7th of
June. About fifty pastors and laymen at
tended. All except one moderate belonged
to the advanced party. The meetings were
presided over by Pastor Gallup, of Clairac.
The subject under discussion was: “ The con
nection.of the supernatural with faith and
Christian life and the conclusion was, that
“the soul which perceives God * in. itself,
which contemplates Him in his works, and
discovers Him in history, has no need of
miracles to enter into communion with Him. ’ ’
— lbid.
The Pillar of the Papacy.—The Rom
ish papers in Italy announce with pride that
France is one of the strongest pillars of the
Papacy, and the French aristocracy the most
liberal, having, in the beginning of Lent,
been able to send for the Peter's pence one
million of francs ($200,000) which were ob
tained in a single street in Paris, Chausee
d Antin. That large sum was collected
during the gay season, by an agreement
among the ladies to devote the usual yearly
amount expended for parties. The Society
de Propaganda, in Italy, obtained by volun
tary contributions 3,750,000 francs in 1864,
two-thirds of which came from France.—
Christian World.
Paris. —Two interesting ceremonies took
place, near Paris, on Sabbath, June 11th, at
the solemn opening of two places of worship—
one at Duplessis-Marly, the venerable resi
dence of Duplessis Mornay, undestroyed by
past persecutions, and now an asylum for
twenty-five Protestant orphans who are
taught agriculture. A numerous auditory,
mostly of Romanists, listened \tith great ap
parent interest to the sermon of Pastor
Dhombres. The other edifice has been erect
ed at Juoy, near Versailles. A Chapel has
also been opened at Chateau Ponsac, Haute
Vienne; services "have also been commenced
at Lamarehe, Vosges, in one of the public
halls, granted for this purpose by the Mayor.
- Geneva.—The Protestant community in
Geneva numbers 40,000 souls, according to
the correspondent of the, Christian Work.
The Basle Missionary Institute has
been celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. This
is, at present, the largest' Protestant estab
lishment in Continental Europe. Its budget
exceeds 700,000 francs. But a thing perhaps
still more gratifying than the prosperity
which it enjoys, and the success which God
allows to the labo.rs of its missionaries, is the
Christian interest which it excites, as well in
Switzerland as in the parts of Germany near
Basle, that is Wurtemburg, and the Grand
Duchy ofßaden.
Monsieur Tronchen.—Says the Geneva
correspondent above referred to “We have
recently lost a manSwhose piety and great
wealth enabled him to play a distinguished
part in our religious affairs. Monsieur H.
Tronchin belonged to the Free Church ; but
he had founded, bn one of his estates in the
country, an asylum for convalescents, which
was open to all. He was also known in the
Protestant worldby the magnificent and almost
royal archives in his chateau at Savigny, in
the canton of Vaud, containing a prodigious
number of manuscripts relative to the history
of Protestantism in France apd Switzerland.
They have come down to him from Theodore
Tronchin, who: was deputy from the Church
of Geneva at the Synod of Dordrecht in
1618. Now this Theodore had married Theo
dora llocea, the adopted daughter of Theo
dore de Bize, and with her he inherited, as
Bize had no other children, all his books and
manuscripts. _ Such was the origin of these
precious archives, which have been continu
ally enriched since that time by acquisitions
and by inheritances, and in particular in the
eighteenth century by the celebrated Dr.
Tronchin, the medical adviser of Voltaire,
who was nevertheless constant to the faith of
his ancestors. ”
Large claims are still being made by this
interesting country. upon the attention,
prayers, and'-liberality of Protestant people
everywhere. Amid many peculiar difficulties,
the Gospel is still making progress. Ihe
Free Italian Church has, until recently,, been
a movement in the direction of Protes
tantism, without organization, and therefore
liable to disorder and' irregularities which
have given it a bad name. It enjoys the
great advantage of a purely peninsular ori
gin, and recommends itself most effectively to
the favor of a people who are over sensitive
to foreign influences. In May last it under
took to form into an organized body. Rev.
Wm. Clark, of the A. and F. Christian
Union writes to the Christian World, Milan,
May 24, of this movement as follows ‘ ‘ The
meeting last week at Bologna of all the Free
Italian Churches was one of great interest,
and, as I believe, of great importance to the
evangelization of Italy. Over thirty dele
gates from churches in all parts of the coun
try met together to form a bond of union,
and take steps to form a more perfect organi
zation. The meeting continued for three
days, and during this time many and varied
questions were discussed relating to the gen
erai-name they should adopt, thefform of
church organization, the relation of the dif
ferent churches to_ each other, their educa
tional and evangelical work, their relations to
the otate, &e., the entire discussion being
conducted m a very fraternal and truly Chris
tian spirit. The result was, they formed
themselves into one church, to be called
‘ The Free Christian Church in Italy,’
leaving, however, to each individual church
its independence, yet all adopting a uniform
and an evangelical confession of faith.”
In the number of the Christian World for
August, appears an article on the Free Italian
Church which, the editor says, has been pre
pared by Mr. Clark after many months of
careful investigation. We quote a number of
sentences upon the origin, character and posi
tion of this body of Christians in Italy.
“The Free Italian Church took its rise in
the_ city of Florence under most bitter perse
cution from the Government. It may be truly
said of it that it owes it origin solely to the
will and power of God. When some first
began to think of making the Gospel known
in Florence, there was already there a com
munion off more than eighty persons, who
daily met in little groups, sometimes in one
house and sometimes in another, so as to
elude the suspicious vigilance of the police, in
order that they might study the word of God.
In 1851, when the Tuscan Government began
to feel itself insecure, and when it sought
every means to take away from the people
every indication of liberty, many persons
were exiled for the Gospel, and these very
persons formed part of what was afterwards
called the Free Italian Church, to whioh they
still remain faithful, influenced by the spirit
of Christianity, and doubtless by the will of
God, these exiled Florentines, having taken
refuge in Turin and Genoa, began to publish
the joyful tidings of the Gospel, and by their
means the Lord made known to many of
their countrymen His wondrous power and
love towards mankind. There is no doubt that
the three cities above mentioned were the first
places in Italy (with the exception of the
valleys of the Waldenses) in which it pleased
ITALY.
God to raise up a testimony to Himself which
afterwards assumed the title of the Free
Italian Christian Church.
A very full statement of the doctrines
taught, with some variations, in these Free
Churches is given by Mr. Clark. They are
thoroughly evangelical, breathe the very
spirit of the Reformation and they embody
although without giving it prominence, the
Calvinist doctrine of Election.
XT 6 Vf iter .(Mr- Clark) in a letter to the
‘-Nice Committee” nearly a year since, in
defence of the Milan Free Church evangelists
against the charge of Plymouthism, which
had unjustly been preferred against them,
used these words: “ I can assure you that I
have full confidence in the evangelists, that
their views are sound in all the essentials of
a truly spiritual religion and a healthy church
polity. . It is the policy of these excellent
evangelists in Milan to preach Christ and
Him crucified, and to be brotherly with the
vValdenses and all true Christians of every
preachlthe doctrines of the Gos
pel faithfully and earnestly. I would not say
that thej- preach them in the completeness I
could wish; but they are not men of a uni
versity education, neither have they graduat
ed at any divinity schools; but I regard them
as honest and skillful expounders of Gospel
truth. Their only aim is apparently to preach
Christ: and in all their preaching that I
have heard, at perhaps forty or fifty different
times, I have never heard anything sectarian.
Do cot understand me, hi defence of the
brethren of Milan, as a partisan of the Free
Church. _ I think it has many imperfections,
but it is improving. It is in a forming state,
and, if sectarian controversies are not pressed
upon it,* the Lord will guide it in the right
way. The spiritual work in this Church in
Milan is of wonderful power. The ark of God
is with it, and Goa forbid that I should
stretch forth my hand just now to steady it.”
Mr. Clark further testifies that “ those who
have studied the religions reforms in Italy,
and made extended observations, especially
in those-places where the religious movement
has been most marked, are convinced that
tiie native Italian evangelical church agency
is, by. far, the most acceptable to the Italian
people generally ■ and also, that it is the
agency to which Christians must mainly look
for the evangelization of this country. The
people wish to be called evangelical Italians ,
and their church an Italian Evangelical
Church, not a Waldensian, or a Wesleyan, or
a Presbyterian ; v they wish no denominational
namfe, but to be’called simply Evangelical and
Italian.. This feeling is intensely strong
among Italian Christians generally. They de
precate all attempts to introduce a foreign
church, or a foreign denominational name.
For instance, the Italians wish not the Wal
densian brethren to insist upon calling those
churches they form in Italy, Waldensian
churches , to be Controlled by a Synod con
fined mostly to the Waldensian valley's. They
would willingly be evangelized by the Wal
densiaris, but not to be called Waldensians
themselves, or their churches Waldensian,
but Italian. So with respect to the Wesleyan
agency of England and Scotland, the Italians
would be truly grateful for it, but wish not to
be called Wesleyans themselves, or their chur
ches Wesleyan,” This organization he says
has received far less assistance' than either of
the other agencies—and has depended mainly
upon small contributions, made by individual
friends, and two or three evangelizing com
mittees. With the small means it has re
ceived, great results, however, have been ac
complished. , '/ '• •
Twenty-two churches joined the organiza
tion at. Bologna, with a membership of two
thousand.' The largest of these churches,
with the membership, are those of Florence
300, Turin 60, Genoa 100, Fisa 80,- Spinette
60, Far*, 60, uomo 80, Bologna 150, Naples
100, Melon 800.
There are numerous preaching places where
no church has been organized. Twenty-five
evangelists and ministers are connected with
the body, among whom are the distinguished'
Dr. De Sanctis and the Prof Mazzarella, ap
pointed b3' Victor Emmanuel’s Government
Professor in the University of Bologne.
The relations of the missionaries of the
American and Foreign Christian Union to the
Free Church are very cordial, as it is not a
part of their work to urge upon the Italians
the acceptance of any particular form of
church government.- We are sure, says the
Christian World, that the American churches
of all denominations will warmly sympathize
with this, the youngest child and heir in the
kingdom of our Lord. Certainly if the peo
ple desire a church of their own, and assure
the Christian public that it shall be founded
upon the. Bible alone, no one will raise his
voice in ojjposition.
. Of the marked progress of the evangelical
work in Milan, Mr. Clark says he could give
many proofs, some of which are the follow
ing : It is acknowledged by the Catholic au
thorities that there has been a falling off in
Milan of 70,000 during the past year of those
who come to mass and to confession. This is
a loss of a little more than one-fourth
in a population 0f'270,000. Again: the
festival of “Corpus Domini,” one of the
most solemn and magnificent of the Catholic
Church, this year in Milan was a miserable
failure. The authorities thought at first of
confining it to the brotherhood, but at length,
decided to permit it to Jbe public. Little no
tice, however, was taken of it. The clergy,
followed by peasants from the country, and a
few of the rabble, constituted all the proces
sion. Nothing could better indicate the de
cay of Catholicism. The increased access of
our evangelical agents among Catholic fami
lies is another sign of progress. For instance,
the few Bible-women in Milan, supported by
friends in America, are doing a noDle work
among families either Catholic, or that have
not yet openly declared themselves evangeli
cal. And they are constantly being invited
to visit new families that they have never be
fore seen. Entering these families, some
times, they are constrained to spend the en
tire day in answering the questions eagerly
put to them, and in explaining the principles
of the evangelical religion.”
6ER9IANY.
- We regret to see that the Pastoral Confer
ence that met in Berlin a few weeks ago, took
most emphatic steps against the party of the
people whom the King of Prussia and his
ministers are madly and tyranieally endeavor
ing to crush, in defiance of the plain letter of
the Constitution. They presented to the
King an address which strongly reproved the
liberal members of the House of Representa
tives for their behavior during the debates,
endeavoring in particular to show that they
had been guilty of transgressing the command
to honor our Father, and complaining that
the subscribers could scarcely go on using
with a good conscience the prayer appointed
to be read for parliament during its sittings..
The whole affair waS a great mistake, and is
regarded as such, by many even of the con
servative party.' The rationalists and reli
gious radicals in Germany who invariably side
with the cause of the people, have thus a
great advantage over these timid flatterers of
the powers that be. Romanists and ortho
dox Protestants come to be classed together
as alike the enemies of popular liberty and
human rights.
MEXICO.
Miss Melinda Rankin, the indefatigable
missionary of the A. and F. Christian Unionj
wntes to the Secretary :—Since I have been
in Monterey, which I take to be a very cor
rect specimen of Mexican towns generally, I
have often wondered why a portion of our
continent, situated upon the very border of
our own country, should have been so long
neglected, and its people left to grope their
way, by Divine revelation. I
cannot account for it in any other way than
as the result of the backwardness of Protes
tant Christians in acknowledging Homan
Catholics to be a heathen people.
We have had occasion to test the merits of
Speer's Samburg Port Wine lately in one of
those complaints for which it is recommend
ed, and are convinced that it must eventually
take the plade of port and the adulterated
stimulants prescribed heretofore it cases ot
debility. BL has just received a large
invoice of the wine direct from the vineyard.
—Portland Advertiser.
§,pßtinl
4S~Tlie Synod of Minnesota will bold its
next annual meeting in Chatfield, commencing at 714
o clockP. M., on the last Thursday of September. 1860.
JAS. S. LB DUC, Stated Clerk.
ASTTbe Presbytery of Keokuk meets
at Montrose, on Tuesday, the 12th of September next,
at two o'clock P. M. <3. c. BEAMAN,
Stated Clerk.
Christian Commision.—
TO ALL WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ITS
WORK. It is the purpose of the Executive Commit
tee to publish a History of the Christian Commission,
and also a Collection of Authentic and Valuable In
cidents, such as will prove a worthy memorial of its
work.
We would respectfully ask all who have wrought in
the service of the Commission, and all who have wit
nessed its operations, to forward any materials that
will assist m giving value and completeness to these
Memorial Records. .All who can furnish reminis
cences, facts, and incidents, that will illustrate the
spirit and method of the Christian Commission, at
home and in the field, will please communicate them
at their earliest convenience.
We are especially anxious to obtain any and all
notices of labors similar to those of the Commission
prior to its organization. We desire also the reports
of personal enterprises and local associations that
preceded the formation of the Commission, and after
wards became identified with it.
The History will be prepared by Rev. Lemuel Moss,
Home Secretary.
The volume of Incidents, by Rev. E. P. Smith,
Field Secretary.
Communications may be sent to either of the Sec
retaries above named at the rooms of the United
States Christian Commission, 13 Bank Street. Phila
delphia, Penna. GEO. H. STUART, Chairman.
July 28,1865.
4®* Auburn Theological Seminary .—The
Fall Term opens on Wednesday the 6th of September.
The Faoulty meet for the examination of candidates
at 2 P.M. The Seminary rooms are being putina
state of complete repair. Each room is newly papered
and painted, and furnished with a new carpet? mat
tress, bureau, and other articles.
Other important improvements have been made in
the Seminary grounds, so that the convenience and
comfort of the students are better provided for than
ever before.
Liberal provision is also made for meeting the ex
penses of a course of studv. Those students, whose
circumstances require it, can be aided to the amount
of at least two hundred dollars. Viz, one hundred
and sixty dollars from the General Assembly's Com
mittee, and forty dollars or more from the Seminary
funds. SAMUEL M. HOPKINS,
1003-4 t Clerk of Faculty.
4®-The Synod of Wisconsin will meet
in the Presbyterian Church of Neenah, on Thursday,
the 24th day of September next? at 9 o'clock, A. M.
In the evening, the opening sermon will be preached
by the Moderator? the Rev. H. H. Kellogg.
. Discourses on various topics will be preached dur
ing the meeting of Synod by the persons previously
appointed.
. The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be ob
served on Sabbath morning, andl in the afternoon
there will be exercises in connection with the Sab
bath-schools.
In is expected that arrangements will be made with
some of the Railroad Companies to reduce the fare.
_ B. G. RILEY, Stated Clerk.
. Lodi, Wisconsin, August 17,1365.
4®- Daily Union Prayer Meeting Removed
to No. 1210 Chestnut Street.
Prayer was appointed to convey
The blessings God designs to give,
Long as they live should Christians pray,
For only -while they pray, they live.
HALL’S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR
IMENJBWJEBfc has proved itself to be the mostperfect
preparation for the hair ever offered to the public.
It is a vegitable compound, and contains no inju
rious properties whatever.
IT WILL RESTORE GRAY HAIR TO ITS ORIGI-
NAL COLOR.
It will keep tke hair from falling out.
Xt cleanses the scalp and makes hair soft, lustrous
and silken.
It is a splendid hair dressing.
No person, old or young, should fail to use it.
IT IS RECOMMENDED AND USED BY THE
FIRST MEDICAL AUTHORITY.
for Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Ren ewer,
and take no other. R. P. HALL & CO,
Nashua, N. H., Proprietor.
For sale by all druggists. 1006-6 m
£5“ Is Still to be Had. —Notwithstanding the
many Imitations of this article, and many other
medicines in the market, pretending to answer the
same purposes, yetthe sale of Perry Davis’ Vegetable
Pain Killer is more than the whole of them put to
gether. It is one ot the few articles that are just what
they pretend to he. Try it.— Brunswick Telegraph .
- ftoltamt*.
MIDBI.ETOWIV ACADEMY
AND
Family Boarding School for Boys,
MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE CO., DELAWARE.
REV. CHAS. H. HOLLOWAY, Principal.
MISS G. F. MUSSET, Assistant.
This Institution will enter upon its thirty-ninth
year, on the 4th dav of September next. A limited
number of young men or boys will be admitted to Me
Boarding Department. The year is divided into two
Sessions of five months each. Terms, per session $l6O,
one-half payable in advance, the remainder near the
close of the session.
The present Principal is a graduate of Amherst
College, ana is possessed of ample testimonials as to
ability, &c. The Assistant, who takes charge of the
Primary Department and Drawing, is a well-educated
lady, of Wesiern New York, thoroughly acquainted
with all the duties and responsibilities ot her position.
The Institution is designed to give a thorough Eng
lish, Mathematical, Classical, and Commercial Edu
cation. It is located in Middletown, about fifty miles
south of in a beautiful and healthy
country; and is connected with Philadelphia and
Baltimore by the Peninsular Bailway Line.
For further information, apply to the Principal.
30: per' fTiTc e s
Rev. W.S.TYLER,Prof.ofGreekm Amh erst College,
Rev. SYL. COWLES. Randolph, N. Y.
Rev. EDW. STRATTON, Greenport, N. T.
Rev. HEBTRY J.FOX. New York City.
Rev. D. H. EMERSON. St. Georges, DeL
Rev. ED W. B. BRUEN, Philadelphia, 1006-3 m.
THE DUTIES OF THE
SPRING GARDEN INSTITUTE
FOB
YOUNG ZiADIBB,
Will be resumed, D. V., September 4th proximo.
GILBERT COMBS, A. M„ Principal.
, 608 and 611 Marshall Street:
Philadelphia. Aug. 25.-1865. 1006-lm
FREDERICK FEMALE SEMINARY,
FKEUEItICK CITY, MARYLAND.
This Institution having passed into the hands of
the undersigned, late Proprietor of the Young Ladies’
Institute, Wilmington, Delaware, will commence its
Twenty-first Scholastic Year, on MONDAY, the 4th
of September.
For Circulars, containing view of buildings and
other information, address
1005-6 m REV. THOMAS M. CANN, A. M.
WOODLAND SEMINARY,
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
Nos. 9 and 10 WOODLAND TERRACE,
WEST PHILADELPHIA.
The libral patronage and success of the past year is
a guarantee for the future. Location healthful, airy
and attractive. For Circulars, address
1005-lm REV. HENRV REEVES, Principal.
W. G. BEDFORD,
ITOSMIMMUEIT
No. 53 NORTH TENTH STREET, PHLADA.
My central location and the many means of com
munication with the suburbs enable me to take the
Agency for sale and care of Real Estate, the Collee
tion ot Interests, ground and bouse rents in everv
part of the city. References will be furnished when
SLEEPER’S UMBRELLA MANUFACTORY,
1002 Market Street, Above Tenth,
BOARDING.
Wanted, in a private family, a home for a gentle
man, his wife and: three daughters. References ex“
changed. Address 0. D. sj., 1334 Chestnut Street.
CARHART’S BOUDOIR ORGANS!
OARHART’S CHURCH HARMONIUMS!
CAEHABT’S MELODEONS!
Unequalled by any Reed Instruments in the world
Also Parraelee’s Patent Isolated Violin Frame
Pianos, anew and beautiful instrument. Sole agents
H. M. MORRISS,
72S Market street.
Mason & Hamlin’s Cabinet
Organs, in cases of Rose
wood, plain, or carved and
paneled; Mottled Walnut;
Jet, or Imitation Ebony, with,
gilt engraving; and in Solid
Walnut or Oak, carv ■ or
plain One to twelve stops;
$llO to $6OO each.
M. & H. strive for the very
highest excellence in all their
work. In their factory econ
omy of manufacture is never
consulted at expense in qual
ity It is their ambition to
make, not the lowest priced,
but the best instruments,
which are in the end the
cheapest. The great reputa
tion of their instruments is,
in great measure, the result
of this policy. Circulars
with full particulars free to
any address. Salesrooms,
274 Washington Street, Bos
ton; 7 Mercer Street, New
York.
CHARLES BURNHAM,
FRUIT-PRESERVING CANS AND JARS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
So. 119 SOUTH TENTH STREET, I’lUl,*
Arthur's Self-Sealing Tin Cana, Carlislo Screw Top
Class Jars, Willoughby’.: Patent Tin Cans, Cement
Top Tin Cans, Glass Jars with Cork Stoppers, Ar
thur’s Self-Sealing Glass Jars, Kline’s Patent Top
Glass Jars, Willoughby’s Patent Glass Jars, Common
Tin Cans, Cement. Tinmen furnished with Tops and
Bottoms, stamped up, for Common, Cement top. and
Willoughby Cans.
ARCTIC ICE CREAAI FREEZER.
The manufacturers of the ARCTIC FREEZER
claim for it the following points, and are ready to
Prove them by public exhibition, if disputed.
Ist. That they will actually freeze cream in fonr
minutes. .
2d. Th ey will freeze cream in less than half the time
or any other freezer in use.
freezer* 1 * 7 require mncll Jess ico tllan any other
They will make cream smoother and lighter
than any other freezer.
I h‘- *ij| <«*• *| j § Hf*> *,* |« <**• w*
BROIL, BOIL, ROAST. BAKE, TOAST, and TTRAT
SMOOTHING IRONS.
faSimf ° f ■ Pam:! - cs 1156 ticln with perfect satis-
Sfo. 119 SOUTH TENTH STREET, Pmr.i
THE RICHARDSON PREMIUM:
BURIAL CASKET,
Draped inside throughout with ''athmere. Satin or
other materia), and eon.-t. ucied substantially air*
tight by the novel invt-utu of
without any joints, thus rendering them mm. durable,
and better adapted to the purpose for which they are
needed.
They are tastefully manufactured from Grained
Rosewood, Mahogany, Black Walnut and other ma
terials, finished ai d ornamented according to order»
or covered with black cloth, and retaining all the re
quisites of an appropriate receptacle for the dead. So
much as is repulsive has been discarded in the ar
rangement and shape of the above Circular Ends.
Locks and hinges are used in place of screws in
closing up the casket. Besides, they areso constructed
that when required they can be made air-tight, so
that deceased bodies can he conveyed any distance,
no matter how long they have been interred. It is
intended that we visit the battle-fields frequently with
our plain Caskets, which, on our return, can be fin
ished in any style desired. It is well known that
many of the Railroad Companies refuse to tracport a
body unless placed in an air-tight case. These Cas
kets are furnished at one-third less than our metallic
coffins.
The undersigned also offers to the public in general
nis Fatent Corpse Preserver, aNew Invention, for the
preservation or the bodies of deceased persons by cold
air alone, and without the application of ice, which
is.so repulsive to the feelings, pressing thebodydown
with from fifty to a hundred pounds of ice, and satur
ating it with water.
N. B. —Having been instructed by Prof. Chamber
lin, the regular authorized Embaltner lor the United
States Armies in nis uniivalled process of Ejhhalmvng
and Deodorizing the dead, I am prepared to execute
all work of the kind intrusted to my cure in a satis
factory manner, or no charge.
Orders received and executed for the removal of
the dead, from any of the Battle-fields or Hospital
Grounds.
Eor any information, call or address
JOHN GOOD,
Furnishing Undertaker, No. 921 spruce street.
six dollars mi urn aim,
PHILADELPHIA
Call and examine something urgently needed by
everybody, or sample will be sent free by mail for K)
oents. that retails for $6. R. L. WOLCOTT.
661-ly 170 Chatham Square, N. V.
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
TOBItEY’S
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
GAS STOVES,
FOR SUMMER USE,
r ijihTiim*i" *« •»«im *i*n .
PATENT CIRCULAR END-
Philadelphia, Pa.