ItligitM luWlipw. PBKBBirwEKiA3ri]|; , v ~ Psalmody. —The question, sent down by tne Assembly, is now passing the rounds of the Presbyteries of the United Presbyterian Lhuroh, whether the improved revision of the Psalmsof David, so far as completed by the Assembly’s Committee,'shall be accepted and authorized. The Christian Instruct pr, referring to the prospect of its adoption, saystf-^-* 1 Whether we shall ever use it-Pur.’. selves, is another question. No power, we are persuaded, will ever attempt to force us to give up the old and use the new One. On the contrary, as we understand ,it, the very,' utmost that is aimed at is simpljt to secure, in whole or in part, a version which may be', bound up with our present version, ana al lowed to be used by any who desire it. But the old version will still stand, and in the case , of very many in our Church, it will, never give place, we presume, to any other. Support op Ministers in the South.— The Central Presbyterian, in liicuiond, Va., says :—“The scarcity of money and-the stag-" nation of business throughout the South, are’ telling severely upon the ability-' of the churches to make adequate provision for ,the support of their pastors. We "know' sfniltn ber of our brethren in the ministry :;who: are inow in great straits beoause>:ofi the insuffi ciency of their income. ” . r ... ' Germ op a Presbyterian Church in Mormondom — Help Wanted,— We extract Ithe following from a letter from Salt Lake (City to the Nl ¥.. Observer There are a few residents here who are not Mormons. ‘A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.’ Of these few, a small portion have recently engaged the services of a Presbyterian cler gyman, theWev. Mr. McLeod, who is also a chaplain at' a military post three miles from town. He preaches in a small hall in the city every Sabbath morning and evening, and at the military, camp in the afternoon. A Sabbath-school\has Deed established, and al ready a considerable number of children from Mormon families are included in its mem bers. It is progressing very favorably. The church services are also regularly attended by several persons who belong to Mormon fami lies, or who were themselves once Mormons, The persons who compose the congregation are convinced that, if they-had an inviting church building, they would secure a large attendance, ana they are now, endeavoring to raise the necessary means for'that purpose. Their whole heart is in it, but they are but a little handful, mostly with small means, and they live Under a rule and asystemof espion-7 age that is difficult'to describe.- Theywilldoi all they can, even at the risk of pecuniary disadvantages. The high price of' material and labor here will make a small church, say one capable of seating five hundred persons,, icost twenty or thirty thousand dollars. It is a large sum for a few to raise, but it will be; done somehow. It has occurred to me that-,.', in the position you occupy, you might call the attention of many wealthy and charitably disposed gentlemen to the subject, and that youLWoula perhaps be.glad tb do so, and to eceive such subscriptions orjeontributions for ;he object contemplated as tney might be dis >osed to make.” Presbyterian Church for Germans in SriDOefort, Conn.— A German Presbyte ian church was organized in Bridgeport, on .he 14th of August, by a Committee of the Presbytery of Connecticut. Upwards of sixty uemhers were received, who signified their iccepfance of the fundamental articles of Ihristian'faith as set forth in the Westminf ter and entered into solemn oov nant with the Lord Jesus Christ and with aoh other. The services were conducted nainly in the German language. The Van Rensselaer Institute. —Our Old School brethren have in hand a decidedly fe good enterprise, which we trust may secure the popularity which the plan deserves. It is to found'at Hightstown, New Jersey, a Christian and academic home for candidates for the ministry while preparing fbr college, and also for sons of laborious and self-denying, but inadequately compensated ministers. It. is designed to provide in it a thorough pre paratory training, in wbole.or in part gratuit ous, as may be found practicable, and for this purpose it is intended to raise tor it fiSf'dn aowment of $lOO,OOO, It is also intended, as its name indicates, thatit shallbba church monument for perpetuating the memory of, the late Rev. Dr. Courtland Van Rensselaer, who made the cause of ministerial;education, in connection With the Assenably’s Board, his life work. i - ' ' An Accession with its Moral.— The Presbyterian Church in Carthage received a considerable access to the number of-its com municants on the,27th ult. The Presbyterian significantly couples this blessing’ with the fact of a recent revival of generosity and pub lic spirit in external affairs, manifested in part by an expensive renovation of its old house of worship. Important Installation.— lt will be re collected that, aome years ago, a community of French Roman Catholic colonists, in St. Anne, Illinois, with their priest, Father Ohiniquy, were 1 prOtesfanthsed almost in a body, and out of this movement a large Pres byterian church was formed, 1 and -'brought into connection with the 0. S. Presbytery ; of Chicago. Subsequently it became the pasto rate of Rev.' Theodore Monod, son ot Rev. Dr. Monod,: the eminent French Protestant divine, under whom it enjoyed great thrift. Mr. Monod.was, however, called to Paris, under circumstances which seemed impera tively to require obedience, and the church remained a year or two without pastoral su pervision. It is saying much for it that, under* the embarrassment of no pastor, and no l'renoh preacher at hand, it has, under the care of its eldership, well held its own. A pastor has at length been found in the person of Rev. H. .‘EI -'Lippert, a German, but a -fluent speaker of French, educated for service -eng foreigners in America. Mr. Lippert -'Ued on the 31st ult, and his entrance pastorate is likely to be signalized r accessions from among Romanists itghborhood. Mr. Monod, now on this country, was a participant in lation services. We gather these •s from a more detailed account in '& Presbyterian. —We learn through the Presbyter \t Rev. Dr. Boyd, of Winchester, continues quite indisposed, and that yubts of his recovery are entertained. Independent says that Rev. W. S. D.D., who has been supplying Mr. re’s pulpit for several Sabbaths past, tted a call from the Second Presby lurch of Pottsville, Pa.—— From -e learn that Rev. John Stewart has a call from the congregation of Church, Dunwioh, C. W ; also that. Presbyterian Church at Montreal, a cordial and unanimous uall to id Inglis, of Hamilton, C. W. >ytery of Louisville," Ky_., at a late idopted a minute expressive of their that their fellow member, Rev. ibinson, had any guilty knowledge iuada concocted plots agamst the , n t and-people ot the United States,, desire for his- speedy return* from jtary exile. —-The new class enter- La Fayetite Cdllege equals the entire if the three higher classes. The the institution are greatly animated isent prospects. —- —The widow ot the THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1865, late Rev. Dr. W. W. Phillips has given his library of sonde nine'hundred volumes to tide ; ■ Theological ‘Seminary 'of the Northwest. 1 —; —Rev. Charles D. Nott has taken a dis mission from;,his charge in Manchester; N. , J;, and goes to' labor within the bounds of the Presbytery of Chicago.-; Rev. Alexan der Bjwamilton, pastor of Madison*, and. MuskiDguha"churches in Ohio,'diedirfDres den, in that State, on the 30th ult, after an , ilness of six days. He was in the 38th year of his, age, and unmarried.——A new church has been organized at Remington, Indiana, under the care of the O. S. Presbytery of Logansporf. " • CONGREGATION A 1,. Church Extension;in. Missouri.— At; Athens, nr the northeast; bounty of Missoiui; ' °n the 16tht.ult, a Congregational Church, pf nve members was organized by a council, which there[ .received a delegation from a densely-settled farming 'neighborhood five mues'BOUth, requesting the council to adjourn t®; for the ( purpose of,organizing a church there. Council so adjourned, ana I have no doubt the organization was effected. On the 18th ult., at Cameron, on the rail road, a council recognized a church of four teen members, And on the Sabbath, 20th ult , a church of nine members was organ ised at Easton, twelve miles from. St. Joseph. In three of these councils the home missiona ry agentj.ftey.; E. B. Turner,/participated.--. This mikes fifteen Puritan churches in Mis souri. -Rev. S. R. Rosboro, late chaplain of the 127th Illinois, a Southerner by rearing; and by fifteen years of ministerial-association in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, has' gone to Missouri, to take work in a Congrega tional enterprise.— Cor. Independent. Items. —The Green Street Church in San Francisco has become the recipient of a costly present from 1 Hon. H. G. Knight, of East hamptou, Mass, It is a beautiful-silver com munion service of eight pieces.-—A deeply interesting work of grace is reported as in progress in. Hampstead, N, H.——Rev. J. P. Gulliver, : D.D.,of Norwich, Conn., has been'invited to the pastorate of the New, England Church in Chicago, at-a salary of: $5OOO. The fortieth anniversary of ' the; settlement of Rev. Thomas Savage at Bed ford, N. H., was celebrated by interesting public exercises in the church, on, the 31st, ult. The presentation of a testimonial gift of $lOOO came in in the course of, the exer cises. Mr. Savage now retires from pastoral duties with the warmest affection of his late charge! ——rßev. J. W. Chickering, Jr., was! recently installed over the Second Congrega tional Church; Exeter, N. IT. The old -Congregational Church edifice in Cambridge- ; port, Mass., once occupied by the anti-slavery martyr, Lovojoy, was burned on the 6th inst. EPISCOPAL. Diocesian Statistics.— The Journal of the Rhode Island Convention furnishes the following abstract of the parbchical reports: — .'Baptisms, (adults 144, infants 352,) . 496 Confirmed, . . . . . . 307 Communicants, present number, . . 3928 Sabbath-schoolteachers, . . . 518 Sabbath scholars . . . . . 4217 Contributions . . . , $45,612 55 The Journal of the Maine Convention has the following summary:— Baptisms, (adults 114, infants 214,) . 328 Confirmed, . . . ... 168 Communicants, present number," -. . 1589 Sabbath-sohool teachers,, . . . ■■■ 187 Sabbath scholars, i; '. . V.,,. 1361 Contributions, total . . $11,674 51 Ordination qf a Misswnary. —The Gos pel ' Messenger ' says':—Bishop Goxe held an ordination for the Bishop of Ohio, in St. Luke’s Church, Rochester, August 18th, when Augustus Christian - Hohing, late min ister ofjthe.German Reformed denomination, was admitted to the order of deacons. The Rev. Dr. Claxton preached the sermon, and Rev. Mr. Auer presented the candidate. The Rev. Mr. Hohing is a graduate of the Mis sionary School at Basle, Switzerland, and has been connected for a short time with the Mission School at Gambier, Ohio. He is about to join our mission in China. * “Tennessee.— The late Episcopal Conven tion in this State adopted a paper express ing the belief that the present was a good time for narrowing the limits of large,dioce-i ses; Small 'dioceses being a feature in church polity, “ immemorial in every part of Christ endom except our own country, ’ and “ essen tial to the healthiness and onward progress of the Church of Christ.” Accordingly, a proposal was t thrown out for'consideration, to divide Tennessee into three dioceses, Eastern, Middle and Western, with Knoxville, Nash ville and Memphis respectively for Episcopal, Sees! Clerical Communion.— Bishop Stevens proposes to introduce in Philadelphia: the custom of an assembling of the clergy of the city, on one of the Ember days of the four Ember seasons, “to 'meet together around the table of out Lord, as the bond of their holy union and love, and-there renew their ordination vows, gather new strength, and start afresh, with, united hearts, to do their, ministerial work.” A call is issued for such a meeting on Wednesday morning, the 20th ult., in St. Stephen’s Church. Items.— Bishop Scott, of Oregon, ordained, Rev. Adams A. McAllister to the Priesthood in Grace Church, Sacramento, on the 30fch of July. The Pacific chronicles the arrival at. San Francisco of Rev. Geo. B. Whipple, brother "of Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, on hid way to join the English •Church Mis sion in the Hawaiian Islands.——The Con vention of the Diocese of Tennessee have, on the first ballot, unanimously elected to the Episcopate vacated by the death of Rt. Rev. Lieut. Gen. Polk, Rev. Charles T. Quintard, late chaplain in the rebel army. The North Carolina Diocesian Convention has declared the Diocese in fellowship and union with the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, and appointed delegates to its Gen eral Convention. The Church Intelligencer, Charlotte, North Carolina, denounces this action as going impertinently in advance of a general Southern movement on the subject. -—-From. Topeka, Kansas, the rector writes to the Episcopal Recorder that his congrega tion has more than trebled its numbers of last year. METHODIST, An Old-Time Bishop. —A paper has been found in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Methodist Book Room, with an account of the receipts and expenses in 1808 of Bishop McKeridree, one of the early bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Receipts from seven Conferences, $175; salary, $80; and traveling and other expenses, $6l 63, off: leaving $33 27 due the Conference. The ink, though faded by time, shows the neat hand writing of the heroic bishop. Think of a salary of $BO a year for a bishop. Methodism in Washington.— The Me thodists have within the bounds of Washing ton city corporation fourteen churches, all well supplied with efficient pastors. The congregations are large. A new society has recently been organized, and is worshiping in the Union League rooms. A new church is in process of erection, at a cost of $75,000, on the site of the Old Foundry Chapel, the original Methodist Church in Washington city} 'whose organization dates back to 1816. The new. church, when, finished, will be , the handsomest edifice of the kind in Washing ton. ■German Methodists.— The meeting of itne Central German Conference of the M. E. Church, has just been held-in Delaware,. Ohio. The, statistics and reports from the ■ different societies show that the work is in a healthful, prosperous condition. The mem bers of the Conference brought liberal collec tions for all the different, benevolent, objects and for the missionary cause. This Confer ence raised this year $9,075 73, or more,than one dollar per member, which, considering the circumstances, is a very large sum; Pleasant Communion • Service. .Off- Sabbath morning, . September 3d, in .Rev. ; Mr. Allison’s Church, on Pearl Street; there, occurred an instance of imost exciting interests Thecommunionof the Lord’s Supper .was, administered immediately after rithe sermon; .The occasion was one of deep and .abiding in terest. When the last had left the table, there, was seen a man hastening .to the altar from the rear part of the church, his eyes suffused with tears, and appearing as though his very heart was breaking; He said he wanted re-, ligion, and with this he,’threw himself on'his, knees , and besought the Lord P for pardon. The scene, was exciting, intensely so through out the audience. a seal to the communion season of the Church.' — Buffalo Advocate. .. ■ ■ . " • ■ Items.— Rev. J. Yannote, of the New Jersey Conference, who was appointed Mis sionary to China, at the last Session of his .Conference, has been compelled, by sickness' and other causes; to abandon liis projected purpose.—-Bishop Simpson has appointed Rev. Joseph Welsh,- late of Doylestown, in this State, missionary to Galveston, T-exas. - ——T. M. Gatch, ’President of Willamette College, Oregon, has resigned his charge, with the view of removing to California, ——The Missionary collections' in the North Ohio Conference, during'the' last conference year, were $l2; 500, about’ $lOOO-more than those* of the previous year. The Genesee Con ference,' lately in session* reports an’ increase of $2OOO over the previous year, in itsfMis sionary collections.- —-The M. E" Church in Newport;' Delaware, on the ’last Sabbath, dedicated a ne w and beautiful church edifice, with lecture and class-rooms, all costing about $5OOO.— —The building of the Church in Tay lorville, Bucks County, Pa., some time since demolished by a : storm; has been rebuilt and paid for, and, in connection with the-’effort, ah old debt been ''cancelled.- Rev. Wesley Kenny, D.D., pastor at German to wu, who was recently so ill that no hope of his life seemed to remain; has so far recovered,that his speedy return to his pulpit is now- expected.——Ah agent of the French Wesleyan Conference, Rev. Jean Paul'Cook, is nowin this country, seeking to enlist sympathy and obtain pecu niary: assistance from American' Methodists' for those of his country. BAPTIST. West Virginia.— Rev. J. D. Leonard in forms the Journal and Messenger, that as the result; of recent continuous meetings with the little Baptist Church in Hartford City, West Virginia, twenty have been." baptized, four or five others received" by experience, and the work still goes on, He requests special, prayer for the mineral regions of West Virginia. -' . Important Correction.— The National Baptist says:—“A few weeks ago we copied from a communication written in Petersburg to a paper of Philadelphia, the statement that when the meeting house of the First Baptist Church in’ Petersburg was lately de stroyed by fire, the basement was. occupied' for the storage of whiskey, rebel flags, Uni forms, &e. We are assured that the only foundatioh'for the story was the fact that half' a gallou of wine, intended for communion purposes, was in the building. Beyond this the report was meanly fabricated. ” Colored Churches in Virginia.— We have received the. minutes of the meeting of -thei Colored Shiloh Baptist Association of Virginia. It was formed in Richmond, August; 11th; and contains 7 churches, with 9 ministers .-■■ap'd 9,674 members. Is there another association in the world in which the average number of; members in the ehurches is. 1382? Three ofthese'.churehes are in Richmond and thrd#'“in Fetersbiirg. The population of Richmpnd-in 1860 was 37,910; the members of the colored Baptist churches', are 5,774, or more than 15 per cent. The population of Petersburg in 1860 was 13,266; the members of the colored Baptist churches are'3,2oo, or more 'than 174 per cent.. Is there another city in the world in which the same-ratio holds? —National Baptist. Nova ScotiA.— This province contains: three Baptist Associations, with an aggregate of 156 churches and 15,893 members The ..number added by baptism during: the Asso 'cihtional year ,past is 478. During; the .Con- ’ verition of the 'three Associations held last month 4 , Rev. Dr. Cramp presented a series , of resolutions, expressing tEe sympathy of the : Convention with" the United States in the loss of their President, and rejoicing in the suppression.of theirebollipn. andsthe reproval of 'slavery from tbe 4 republic. - Although these' resolutions were at length withdrawn by the mover, in consequence of objections urged by Hon. J. W. Johnston, of Halifax. a native of the South, yet we ;are assured;.by a writer in the Christian y-isiior, that, they express the feelings and views of the Baptists of the 1 lower 'provinces, and that, had! the question come' to a vote, a large majority of the dele gates would have sustained them. Items. —The Baptist Church in Belcher town} Mass., Rev. O: T. Walker, pastor, has received, within a year, fifty-seven ne w mem bers. An account says, “meetings .tre well attended; best of all, and most promising of spiritual growth, prayer-meetings.”-—The rnstor of the Marblehead, Mass!, Baptist Church'writes cheeringly of a revival in pro gress in his congregation. At the late meeting of the Springfield, Illinois, Associa tion, there were reported liberal contributions to the denominational enterprises, large acces sions to the churches in Decatur and Spring field, smaller accessions to several other chur ches, and a prosperous state of things gener ally.-——The Baptists of Georgia are about building a female 4 college in Atlanta, the § residency of which, it is said, will be tm eredtoßev. W. T. Brantley, D.D., late of this city. The church in Concord, Mo., near St. Louis, is enjoying a revival. Thirty-: five have recently been baptized. REFORMED ditch. Authorative Account.—We have from the Christian Intelligencer, a correction of the vastly exaggerated account of the wealth of the Collegiate R. D. Church in New York, which has been widely circulated. The In telligencer says:—“A paragraph has been floating through the newspapers, stating that the property of this Church amounts to five millions, and its income to one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. On making inquiry of one who ought to know, we learn that the real estate of the corporation has never been valued by competent persons at over amillion and .a half, and that the rental has rarely ex ceeded one-half of the sum mentioned in the report we allude to. We may add that the property has for many years been encumber ed by a heavy debt, incurred by building new churches and by liberal gifts to weak and embarrassed congregations in this city and elsewhere. No additionhas ever been made to the principal, and any surplus, actual or estimated, beyond interest and; current ex penses, has uniformly been given away. In reference to the sitit brought against the Con sistory, claiming that the fluids should' be applied to the support of all the ministers of the denomination in this city, it may be said ■that in the lower courts it has been decided against the claimants, and is now carried up to the Court of Appeals, the last resort. The appellant not being able or willing to give security for the costs, as the statute requires, the Consistory have voluntarily given such security, in order that the case may go on, and the question be finally decided by thehigh est tribunal in the State.” GKStW.tx REFORMED. f North AND : South.— The German Re formed Messenger, speaking of the problem ? * ?, s }SsQu!ri in ‘‘ sister denotnina- ? L WSjq- t ‘ln German Reformed .aifficulties are comparatively slight. We nave never had any rupture. Intercourse We knew little ot each, other North and South, beyond a word notv and then during the war. But this word hashlways been a'Wordof kindness ana good will. Since the war is over, we are glad to learn that our churches are still ex isting antr active-in North Carolina. The brethren there have stood firmly: to their posts amid all the terrible storinv- -They have had great trials, but they have passed safely through them all, ” . The following extract from another editorial in the same number, ; may shed light upon the slightness of 'the difficulties mentioned above The Reformed Church, in accordance with its principled, resolutely avoided making great professions of its loyalty in the shape of ecclesiasticEil "enactments, preferring that should speak for it in this direction; on-which score r it has never shrunk irom the most rigid scrutiny.” * Items.— The Synodiof the' G. R. Church in the U. S. moots at Lewisburg* Pa. Oct. 18. -—The Second G. R Church in Harrisburg’, Pa., is prospering; Thirteen: members were recently added, and anew church: edifice near ly completed.- The G.-R; Church inWilkes haive has,’ through the of;an in dividual member, become relieved of an old and discouraging debt, and now starts off with revitalized energy. ■ : ■ Roman catholic. Proposed Jubilee. Antonelli has discovered a quite/unexpected resource of the Papal government against the gather ing _ difficulties of the financial' 1 and political position at Rome. This is nothing less than a grand secular commemoration of the mar tyrdom of St. Peter, the first„ Bishop of Rome, according to .the traditions 'of (the Ro-, "man Catholic Church, and from whose pri macy the 1 See of Rome claims its own to be derived. :St. Peter was martyred in the year of our Lord 66; and as the: eighteen hun dredth anniversary of that ; awful: and impo sing event falls in the coming year, it is pro posed to observe it. by a, world-embracing cerem9tiy in the Eterpal.City. The famous jubilee of the fourteenth .century,bids fair to be eclipsed by this manifesta tion of the nineteenth ; and preparations, the European fpress .informs . us, ; are. , already making on.a.vast sqale to seepre to it alhthe characteristics niost fitted to restore the splen dor and author!ty of the Chair of St. Peter in the!eyes of mankind. The-Fenians in A Ferment.— The publi cation yesterday of a document signed “ |Pe ter Richard,’! threw the Fenian fraternity into a big excitement. ; This .Peter; Richard seems to be a man of mark, as he always puts a mark (t) before_hislname, and talks as one having authority. He has authority in fact, being the Most Reverend Archbishop of the Roman-Catholic Church. His author ity, 6f course; will" be ’respected by all good Catholics, for he states that the “members of the Fenian Brotherhood, men or women, are not_ admissible to the sacraments of the Church as long as they are united with that association.” The Protestant Fenians will, of course, teel no alarm it' this fulminatiou of tPeter Richard; but as* the vast majority of the Brotherhood or Sisterhood are Irish Catholics; the injunctions Of the Archbishop can not be disregarded;' ‘ The 1 publication of the d .iiuiiienf alluded to threw a glboin'over the entire Feniiih community of the city;— St. Louis Democrat. ' MISSIONARY. Changes in Japan.— Rev. G. F. Berbeck, an American Missionary in Japan, Writes that the prmudice against foreign influence among the Japanese: is ( gradually disappear ing. lie says : “ This ‘ people are lor foreign boojes, and it is. my firm' conviction that, but for the severe edicts against Chris tianity, the ;Bible itself, translated from the Chinese, would have been republished herb before this .day-* The Japanese, with'tdl their moral" depravity and \ gross 'vices,'fife' ahi in quiring race, with .a good dbal of common sense, and very apt to .learn.” FOREIGN: The Russian Forced Conversions' in , CodrlhAnd. Anf/acC' of tolerance and’"even handed justice is repotted (says a, Berlin let ter) from.Cpurlanid. .'’Twenty years'ago the Emperor Nicholas caused some fifty thou sand , Livonians 7 and Esthonians to secede from. the. Protestant Church,’to which their ancestors had, been centuries ago by the Teutonic Knights. To the, surprise, however, of the.",Gorman nobility who j own the land, as well as that'of the Russian au thorities who hold sway, over it, the half wild Esthonians could not be persuaded to accept the orthodox creed forced upon them. They might be obliged to go to church now and then, but they would not allow their ’ marriages cto_ be celebrated by the bearded clergy,, or their children .to christened accord ing to the Greek ritual; and .as no Protestant clergyman dared minister to their spiritual wants, the consequence was that there were no more marriages celebrated, and no children baptized among the proselytes of the late Rus sifying period. Moved by their demoralized; condition, and yielding, it is believed, to the prayers of some of, his German advisers, the Emperor Alexander has now been pleased to permit these people to bring up their chil dren in the Protestant faith, whether or not their marriages, may have been concluded in a Russian church. Protestant Colonies ,in the South of Russia.—The south of Russia, omand in the vicinity of the Black-Sea, has been long open forcolonization, and the Russian government encourages immigration. But in colonizing, the people seem to follow chiefly the rule of a common religion, and form colonies accord ingly. We have received from the Rev. F. W. Flocken a statement of these colonies founded since 1787. We give it below: Colo- Inhab- Schol- V nies. itants. ars« Swedish and German Protestant 138 70,789 14,159 Do. Kom. Cath. 40 29,224 4,425 German Separatists.... . 5 2,779 610 German Mennonites 23 13>155 3.390 Bulgarian of the Itasso-GreekCh. 52 59,407 '991 German Jew5......35 26,822 963 !T0ta1.....„ . —Christian Advocate. -Noble Works.— A; Swiss gentleman and merchant, long 'resident?in'liohdtfnrhas erect ed in the very heart of the city proper, mag nificent baths, wash-houses, and reading rooms, forvthe poor'll The .Ragged School Union and Reformatories continue to educate and train to industry and for God, 25,000 little “ Arabs of the City,” male and female; the Sabbath-schools off London 'now contain 100,000 children, and 100,000 more aresought to be embraced ere long. “ Prevention for the Pure, 1 Restoration for the Fallen, ’ ’ are (adjudicated in an elaborate article in the Christian World for the present month,) do ing great things for poor, friendless girls out ot places, on the one hand, and for those that have strayed from the path of innocence, on the other. _ This wort, I can testify from close examination, has been pre-eminently blessed—not only sociaUay elevating, but spiritually saving.—C'or. Pres. Banner. The Waldenses. —A body of Christians in England has engaged to supply $25,000 a year, to aid the Waldenses in Italy in the work of evangelization. , The Waldensian Church has fifty laborers in the field. Evan gelical work- exists in several places where there is yet no church,' and there is a wide door for the Gospel in all parts of Italy. : Aid for Freedmen from California.— Rev. William Ik Brown, of Newark, N. J., who has been for the last three months on the Pacific coast, in the pursuit of health, has spoken in several of our churches upon the Missionary work among: the Freedmen, as conducted by the American Missionary Association of New York, of whose Executive Committee he is a member. The cause has so commended itself to the sympathy and judgment of the Christian public, that, at a : meeting called to consider what should be done, its was agreed to organize an Executive Committee for this State, auxiliary to the American Missionary Association, to superin tend the collection and disbursement of funds •for the Freedmen. It was provided, that the •funds collected,, where, not ordered otherwise by go to the treasury of fie. 17 ° 41011 aa . Colonization. —-The American Coloniza tion Society has received an application from about one: hundred- colored persons at Lynch-, burg, Virginia, tp be colonized in Liberia, and will send: a vessel on the first of Novem ber; for their: accommodation; if a sufficient number to justify the expense are ready to go. The Society will give a tree passage and five acres of land to each adult, and five acres ad ditional to each family;, besides six months’ shelter and support, after arrival,., Answers; to Prayer.— The N. Y. Ob server's report of the Fulton Street Daily Prayer. Meeting .says:— 1 ‘Many acknowledg ments of blessings in answer to prayers are received at the Fulton Street meeting:— among them one from a young minister, who writes that he asked the prayers of this meeting for, blessings on his labors in the place to, which he Had. been assigned more than two years ago, The, congregation was then.small; hut the Lord had greatly revived and blessed his people, There had been numerous converts,, and the congregation was now large, and largely composed of pro fessed disciplps. There are yet unconverted pinners,' for whom, and- for, the continued prosperity of his own. charge, he requests the! prayers of this meeting. Another,, a widowed mother, returns thanks to Almigh ty_ Gfod,. and requests the meeting to unite With her, for the safe return -and regenera tion of her only son, who had been long absent,' and Tor whose salvation prayers had been" requested.” ! Union Church.— A church edifice was dedicated at. Dutch Flat, California, on the 30th of July. All the denominations in the place, exclusive of the Methodists, who have a church of their own, united ih the erection, and expect '.to share in its occupancy. Churches built upon this principle sometimes answer a valuable purpose during the infancy of a settlement, but unhappily, they have gen erally proved prolific, of controversy in the end. Items. —Rev. Alfred C. Roe, late Chap lain in the army, who has furnished the New York religious journals with many stirring accounts of army incidents, has undertaken city missionary work in that city. Rev. S. E. Bishop, of Hana, Sandwich Islands, has been appointed to a Professorship at La hainaluna, vacated by Prof. Alexander.-—- The San Francisco Pacificeays that Rev.. H. Bingham, one, of the best of missionaries, who returned from the Micronesian Islands in Japuury last, to Honolulu in feeble health, is also now on-his way to New York, in hope of yet greater invigorationfor-continued work in his broad field of labor. - i SAMUEL WORK, r WILLIAM McCOUOH, KRAMER A RAHM, Pittsburg. WORK, McCOUCH & CO;* Ho. 36 SOUTH THIRD Street, Philadelphia, DEALERS in GO V ERNMENT BOASTS AND .COIN. . • -Bills,of Exchange oa New. Tork, ; Boston, Pittsburg | Baltimore, Cincinnati, etc., constantly .for sale.... { , . Collections, promptly made on all accessible points in the States and.Canadas. r 'Deposits received, payable on demand, and interest allowed as per agreement Stocks"and Loans bought and sold on commission at theßoard ofßrokers. Business Paper negotiated. Refer to Phlladelpbia : and Commercial Banks, Phila delphia; Winslow, Laniecr & Co., New York; and Citi zens’ and Exchange Bank; Pitts burg.' B ANKING HOUSE. GEORGE J. BQY3), No. 18 8. 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A patented device prevents its being turned back* ward. The needle cannot he set wrong. The Hemmer, Feller, and Braider are acknowledged to be superior to all others. It received the Gold Medal of the American Insti tute in 1863. It also received the first premium for " The Best Sewing Machine,” at thegreax ‘’.New England Fair,” the "Vermont State Fair.” the " Pennsylvania State Fair,” and the "Indiana State Fair/ 1 1864. Send for a circular containing full information, no tices from the press,testimonials from those using the machine, Ac. JAMES WILLOOA, Manufacturer, 508 Broadway, NewXork. gjffltopaplra. Skylights on First and Second Floor, EDWARD P. HIPPIE, PHOTOGRAPHER, So. 820 Arch Steeet, Philada. Photographs from miniature to life-size finished . the finest styles of 'he art. ■ ‘ '960-ly 6EEMOM TEMPLE OF ART, Ko. 914 Arch Street, Philadelphia. PHOTOGRAPHS IN ALL STYLES. Late of 702 Chestnut Street. O. B. DeMORAT, PHBTBGRAPH GALLERIES, 8. 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