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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 ; , 1865
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE—THE FAMILY CIRCLE:
The Pitman to his Wife—May's First Lesson in Obe
dience—Ministering Children—There is Hope—The
New Vicar—Why so much beauty in Poland.
RURAL ECONOMY: To make an 'Unhealthy Bed
room—Eradication of Stumps—Corn Molasses—The
cattle Plague.
THIRD PAGE—SYNODICAL SERMON:
Preached at the Opening of the Meeting of the Sy
nod of Pennsylvania in the Third Presbyterian
Church, Philadelphia. October 17th, 1865, by the
Retiring Moderator, Rev. B. B. Hotchkin.
SIXTH PAGE—CORRESPONDENCE:
Letter from India—Due West—Letter from Rev. A.
M. Stewart,
EDITOR'S TABLE: The Monthlies : ,Hours at Home
—Atlantic Monthly—Our Young Folks—The Stu
dent and Schoolmate—Godey's Lady's Book—Ar
thur's Home Magazine—Ladies' Friend—Littell's
Living Age.
SEVENTH PAGE—RELIGIOUS WORLD ABROAD :
Great Britain—France—Spain—ltaly ermany
Switzerland—Sweden—Mexico—Missionary.
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central and western New York, and one
for the West and Northwest. Address:
AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, 1334 Chest
nut Street, Philadelphia.
FUNERAL OF. REV. DR. DWIGHT.
It was attended in this city at the house of
his brother-in-law, Col. Bradford, on Wednes
day, the 25th. His four children, including
Rev. Henry E. Dwight, and a son-in-law,
Rev. Prof. Smith, of Andover Seminary,
were present. Dr. Brainerd read the Scrip
tures and gave a sketch of the deceased.
He was born on Greenfield Hill, Connecti
cut, 1795; graduated at Yale College, under
the Presidency of his distinguished father, in
1813, and after a brief tutorship in college
and after a year or two in the counting house,
came to this city and entered himself as a
student of in theliffiCe of the late Charles
Chauncey, Esq. He married a daughter of
the late Hon. Thomas.,Bradford. After a
successful practice at the bar of about ten
years, he was hopefully converted in a revival
in Arch Street Church, under the care
of the Rev. Dr. Skinner. In 1830, after
a brief study of theology, he was licensed to
preach by the Third Presbytery of New York,
and soon after settled in Portland, Maine,
'where he remained as pastor thirty-three
years. Advancing years and failing health
induced him to resign his pastorate in 1864,
when he took up his residence with his son
in-law, Prof. Smith, of Andover, where he
died.
Dr. Brainerd said: "He was a worthy son
of a worthy sire, and by the clearness of his
intellect, the fulness of his acquisitions, the
soundness of his judgment, and symmetry
and purity of character, was worthy to be re
garded among the fathers of the Church in
New England. He was President of the
Maine Missionary Society, trustee of Bow
doin College, and a Visitor of Andover Semi
nary. In our late national conflict, Dr.
Dwight was intensely loyal, giving his' entire
energies to the service of his country."
After the remarks of Dr. Brainerd, Rev.
H. A. Boardman, D.D., lead in prayer, and
the son Timothy Dwight, and the great
grandson of Jonathan Edwards, was laid in
the grave to await the final resurrection.
MISSIONARY MEETING.—An interesting
meeting was held on the evening of the
21st, at the Second United Presbyterian
Church, of which Rev. Dr. Dales is
pastor, for the purpose of bidding fare
well to several missionaries who are
about to sail for Egypt. The party con
sists of Miss Sarah B. Dales, a sister of
the pastor of the Church ; Rev. B. F.
Pinkerton and wife, and Rev. Dr. Bar
nett and wife. The three first named
persons were present at the meeting,
which, notwithstanding the inclemency
of the weather, was largely attended.
Miss Dales has already passed eleven
years in the same field of labor to which
she now returns, after a brief respite for
the restoration of her health. The
other parties were recently appointed to
this mission by the General Assembly
of the U. P. Church. The ceremonies
of the evening were commenced by sing
ing the 67th Psalm, after which followed
prayer and reading the Scriptures. In
teresting and appropriate addresses were
delivered by Rev. Dr. Bedell, of the
Dutch Reformed Church, and Rev.
Francis Church, Rev. Dr. Dales, and
other'clergymen of the United Presby
terian Church.
RlCH.—Since the year 1837, when
Dr. Phillips, in a little Baptist Church,
borrowed for the occasion, made a Pres
byterial pronnnciamento that Dr. Cox's
pulpit in Brooklyn was vacant—the Doc
tor at that very hour preaching from his
pulpit to a thronged congregation—we
have seen nothing in the same line to
excel the following. The bulk of the
Old School Presbytery of the Poto
mac, embracing the City of Washington,
lies north of the river, and maintains its
fidelity to the General Assembly. A
fragment of the same 'Presbytery lies
south of the Potomac, and discards the
authority of the Assembly. These re
cusants recently assembled upon their
own soil, in what they claimed to be a
regular meeting of the Presbytery of
Potomac—seven persons, ministers and
elders included—and instructed their
Clerk to look up and demand the records
of the Presbytery, and "to summon the
ministers and sessions of said Presby
tery living north of the Potomac river
to appear before Presbytery at its next
regular session, to be held in Salem,
Fauquier County, Virginia, on the Fri
day before the fourth Sabbath in April,
and give satisfactory reasons 'for their
absence from the sesions of Pre.sby-
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1865
THE SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA.
About one hundred members were in at
tendance at the recent meeting in Old Pine
Street Church, perhaps the fullest meeting
ever held by the body. As the second Synod in
size and wealth in the church, and as proba
bly the first, in proportion to its numbers, in
denominational zeal and energy, its acts and
spirit may occupy us a.few moments longer.
And first, we may not neglect the duty of
properly estimating the Moderator's sermon,
even though preached by our associate, REV.
B. B. HOTCECEIN. The subject was the im
portant one of Consecration to the Work of
the Ministry on the part of those now exer
cising its functions. The idea of the minis
try as a mere profession was emphatically
discarded, and the low views of those, who,
from disappointment in the attainment of
position or worldly comfort in the ministry
abandon or intermit its duties, were justly re_
buked. It was throughout a solemn appeal
to the consciences of the ministry, and it
came with the more force from one, who, by
a life of faithfulness and contentment, has
adorned the sphere of pastoral labor to which
he has been called, and has acquired the.right
universally conceded by his brethren, to ad
minister just such counsel and admonition.
The devotional spirit of the body was good;
and brethren felt refreshed and hopeful as
they parted and turned homeward. The hope
of a general visitation of converting influen
ces upon the churches was strengthened; but
it must be confessed that the spiritual efficien
cy of the Synod thus convened, fell short of
the expectation and prayers of many breth
ren. The widely scattered locations of the
brethren hindered their early attendance in
great numbers at the devotional services, and
the attractions of a great city, while they
brought a goodly number together, prevented
a compact and steady attendance upon the
sessions. The subject of revival had seemingly
exercised no mind to such an extent as to se
cure it a place among the several elaborate
and well written papers which came before
the body. Many admirable impromptu
thoughts were uttered at the conference
meeting, on Wednesday evening ; in fact it
was that meeting which afforded most encour
agement to those who were waiting for a
favorable manifestation and promise of good
to the Synod as a whole. We trust we shall
not be found in the condition of the Israelite
king who'" smote thrice and stayed," when
he " should have smitten five or six times."
The action of the body upon the Freedmen,
and the South generally, was wise, discrimi
nating, and yet earnest. Many, nay, the
Synod as a whole, felt, that, as a Church, we
were far behind our duty, our theory and our
sympathies, in organized efforts for the Freed
men and the unevangelized and neglected
masses of the South. The failure of the last
General Assembly to give that decided promi
nence to these subjects - which their extraor
dinary importance deniands, was freely
acknowledged and lamented. It was felt that
as a church, we were not abreast of the lead
ings of Providence in these great fields of
effort fOr our own country. Something like a
distinct Freedmen's Committee, at least for
the time being, was felt to be necessary to
draw attention to the object and to develop the
liberality of our churches, now fiuwing lan
guidly through chance channels, or by a few
hundreds of dollars into .our Home Mission-,
ary Committee. Hence the course adopted
by the Synod included commendation of the
lately oensolidated FREEDMEN'S Am Comm
morr, which co-operstes with General Howard,
and which contemplates the physical and
educational wants of the sufferers; ituirged
the immediate formation of auxiliaries to
push this now very ,pressing business of re
lief; it recommended our own Home Mission
ary Committee as actively engaged 'in evan
gelizing efforts among the Freedmen, and it
adopted a memorial to the next General As
sembly asking for more comprehensive and
distinctive measures for evangelizing the freed
people and neglected whites of the South.
On the state of the country the Synod, not
satisfied with the simple re-affirmation of the
Assembly's action of five months ago, appoint
ed a committee to give expression to its pres
ent feelings. The committee did its work
well as our readers have seen. The Synod
speaks, through their report, with no uncer
tain sound. It gives thanks 'not merely for
peace, which might have been accomplished
by humiliating and perilous sacrifices of prin
ciples; but for the overthrow of rebellion, the
virtual extinction of slavery and for the en
tire establishment of the Government and
vindication of its authority and honor. It
also recorded its conviction that treason is a
crime deserving of punishment, and pledged
prayers to God that the President might be
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enabled to act in accordance with this his own
repeated declaration.
These resolutions were as welcome and
perhaps as important now as at any time
during the war, and gave quite as much cheer
to loyal men. Such utterances were becom
ing scanty, and a certain fashion of deference
to Southern feelings and Southern demands,
which was supposed to have become obsolete
during the last four years, was found to be
reviving with such celerity, that it became
necessary for those who believed that the
country had really obtained some advantages
in its victories for law and liberty, to declare
themselves in an emphatic and solemn man
ner. Especially the truly disgraceful action
of the Triennial Convention of another
church, meeting at the same time in this city,
where loyalty and sympathy for the oppress
ed were treated as sectional, where there was
a sort of latent . tone of apology to the South
for having conquered them, and where, as we
are credibly informed, a pastoral letter was
rejected by the House of Bishops because it
alluded in a becoming manner to the death of
our lamented President; such action called upon
true men everywhere to engage in the new
conflict of opinion in which error and treason,
beaten in the field, now hope to prevail. We
are truly thankful that the Synod has so clear
and timely a sense of their duty, and that
they did it so fully and so decisively that the
community has acknowledged the service.
The Synod was in no haste to leave. Every
item of business was well considered. Most
of the reports were prepared with unusual
care. Every final vote we believe was unani
mous. Fraternal feeling characterized all the
proceedings, and at half-past one o'clock on
Friday afternoon, with an attendance of about
50 members, Synod adjourned to meet in
Carlisle next fall.
DEDICATION OF OLIVET CHURCH.
This building just completed, on the
corner of Twenty.second and Mt. Ver.
streets, was duly set apart to the wor
ship of Almighty God on last Sabbath,
October 29th. Three services were'beld
during the day. In the morning, the
pastor, Rev. W. W. Taylor, performed
the ceremony of dedication, which con
sisted inglens addressed to the
Board of T :es gathered around the
pulpit, and responses on their part as to
their object in erecting the house, and
desire and propose that it should be de
voted to the purposes of worship accord
ing to the usages of the Presbyterian
Church. This was followed by the dedi
catory prayer, offered by the pastor, the
whole forming a deeply interesting and
solomn service. The pastor preached
from Psa. 1: "How amiable are
thy tabernacles, 0 Lord of Hosts. In
the afternoon, .the Rev. Dr. Marsh
preached the sermon, and addresses were
made by Drs. Brainerd and• Mr. Cookman.
At night; Rev. Wolcott Calkins, of Calvary
Church preached. The large audience
chamber was crowded at all of these
services. . The following
STATEMENI
was read by the pastor at the morning
service
The congregation worshipping to-day
in this house was organized with 16
members, 91 years ago. It has since re
ceived by letter, and onprofession of faith,
342 members, of whom, however, some
have died, and many have removed be
yond our bounds.
When the adjoining chapel was built,
it was expected that a larger church edi
fice would be needed, and with that end
kept wisely in view, the ground on which
we stand to-day was :then purchased,
and when the time arrived for the new
house, our faith and hope were by a kind
Providence, richly realized, irt r our find
ing some among our own number, able
and willing to help, and more without,
though mainly of our own branch of the
church to furnish the necessary means.
The building was planned( by Sloan
& Hutton, architects, and erected by
Cramer & Sons, cdutractors.
Its interior length is 100 feet, and
breadth 56, with 169 pews and an
end gallery; from the floor to the peak of
the roof is 52 feet ; the whole front,
eluding porch,.main front and tower, 96
feet in width; the sower and 4' e to be
carried up 180 feet. There are 36
argand burners in the ceiling.
Toward this building we have received
from M. W. -Baldwin, $20,000; J. A.
Brown, $5000; A. Whildin, $1000; Henry
J.-Williams, $5OO ; J. H. Williams, $3OO ;
J. M. Billings and H. B. Claflin, each
$250; B. D. Stewart, $l5O, with, many
other donations, from $lOO "downward.
Among ourselves; we have contributed
in sums of $550, $5OO, $250 and down
ward, each person in the congregation
being called upon, and most doing some
thing, and as the result, I am able to
state, that we have no debt. We have
borrowed nothing, and owe , nothing.
This house is ours, and thewound/on
which it stands. Everything as you
see it to-day, furniture and fitaires, is
either paid for, or the means ar4 on hand
to meet the bills.
It still remains to finish our tower, and
put up a railing at our leisure, and to make
some alterations in the chapel, so as to
render it more convenient for Sabbath
school purposes ; but toward these ob
jects we have an important surplus, and
it is toward an entire completion, that your
contributions are solicited.
The entire cost of the building, including
furnishing, and the completion of the
tower, will be $38,000.
REV. ,JOSEPH L; RIGGS.
ACTION OF PRESBYTTRY.
The death of the Rev. Joseph L.
Riggs was announced, and the following
minute was adopted:—
In noticing the death of our brother
and co-Presbyter, Rev. Joseph L. Riggs,
we deem it proper to place on record our
testimony to the eminent worth and de
voted piety of the deceased. Having as
a licentiate of the Presbytery of Eliza
bethtown, labored for some time in . the
North Church of Wells And the Church
of Wells and Columbia, he was ordained
by this Presbytery to the work of the
Gospel ministry on the 27th August,
1845. He loved the work to which he
had devoted himself, and labored faith
fully in it until the failure of his health.
After relinquishing the . active dutieS of
the ministry, _he made several attempts
to resume them. But it was not the
will of the Lord that he should do so.
To this he humbly submitted. His tem
poral support was limited, yet he did
complain. By the death of his compan
ion he was left with the sole care of a
family of children ; yet he trustedin God
and was not forsaken. He continued to
make such efforts for a temporal support
as the state of his health permitted. But
his work is done ; his trials are ended.
He walked by faith, and died in faith at
Elmira, N Y., on the 20th of August,
1865.
While we sympathize with his friends,
and especially with his orphaned chil
then, we bow in submission to the 'will
of God, and pray that we may be fitted
to meet our departed brother where the
redeemed shall be forever with the ;lord.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDING EDITOR.
OUR. TRIP TO CHICAGO
We took our way through Canada,
and by the Michigan Central Railway;
a route which we liked much, for the ease
and comfort of the cars, and for the thorough
and safe management of the roads. We
think, as few accidents occur on this
route, as on any in the country. We
advise our eastern friends to come this
way, especially it they would glance at
our own beautiful city ; look at that
wonder of the world, Niagara; run
through a part of the Queen's dominions,
and get a bird's-eye view of the beauti-
ful peninsular State.
While in Chicago, besides attending
faithfully to the great missionary meet
ing, we took the liberty of looking around
a little. The great hall of the Board of
Trade, recently erected, is a wonder in
its way. The Opera House is said to
be the most beautiful building in America
of its kind. The artesian wells are
spouting a river of water, almost enough
to flood the city. The tunnelittnder the
Lake is one of the greatest undertakings
of that sort ever projected. We can
testify from personal consciousness that
it produced some strange sensations to
be down in it, three-quarters of a mile
out under the Lake, creeping along in .a
hole only five feet in diameter, with fifty
or sixty feet of earth and water over our
heads. We could not help just thinking
for a moment that if the Lake should
break through, we should not write any
more letters ; but it did not.
It has long been known that Chicago
does everything on a grand seale. We
knew it claimed to be the greatest mar
ket known for grain, lumber, and pork;
but we were not quite prepared to find
the largest music store in the world
quite so far out West. We have seen
nothing in New York or Boston quite up to
the mammoth establishment of Messrs.
Root & Cady. Travelers, we are told,
have said that they have seen nothing
equal to it in Europe. The popular com
poser, Mr. George F. Root, is the senior
inrtner, and is continually busy prepar
ing music for the press; and it was to
us a singular fact that the larger part of
their sales are made at the East—Chi
cago publishing music for New York and
Boston! Who would have thought of
that twenty years ago ?
THE lITIOA DEPOSITORY
The have several good things in
Utica ; one is the city missionary, faith ;
fully at work, going from house to house,
visiting the poor, gathering children
into Sabbath schools, and sustaining re-
ligious•service in an appropriate chapel.
Another is the Bible Reader, a_ lady
employed for this purpose, an angel of
instruction and of mercy among those
who do not get to'the house of God, and
who cannot, for want of time and capa
city, read much of the precious word for
themselves: These both, we believe,
are enterprises of the First Presbyterian
Church. And beside these, they have a
proper Depository of religious publica
tions, where the books of the two Tract
Societies, of the Sunday-school Union,
of the PublicatiOn Committee, of the
Carters, of Hoyt, and the like, may be
obtained at all times.
It is' kept by W. S. Taylor, Esq., an
elder of the First Presbyterian Church,
in connection with his large and elegant
jewelry establishment, on Genesee Street.
His second story is devoted to sewing
machines and books. Those who ex
hibit and sell the sewing machines, are
always ready to attend to those also
who call for books. It is a convenient
place for all in the region who wish to
buy publications to give away, or for
any who wish to replenish their Sabbath
school libraries. The supply is large,
and embraces the choicest, publications
from, these various sources. We do not
see why- Sabbath-school libraries may
not as well be selected here as in New
York and Philadelphia.
THE OGDENSBURGEE MANUAL
We have received and read with great
interest the " Historical Discourse and
Manual of the First Pre'sbyterian Church
of Ogdensburgh," prepared by the
esteemed pastor, Rev. L. M. Miller, D.
D. The discoursed was preached in
May last, and has been revised and pub
lished by request of Trustees and Ses
sion of the Church. It was preached
on the foutteenth anniversary of Dr.
Miller's faithful pastorate, and must
have given great satisfaction to his large
and intelligent congregation.
It seems the church was virtually
formed in 1805, but reorganized under
its present designation it 1819. Among
its earlier ministers, we notice the name
of Rev. Comfort Williams, the same, we
suppose, who aft ward preached in this
city ; Rev. Bliihr G-. Smith, now, we
believe, of Washington; and Rev. J. A.
Savage, D.D., late President of Carroll
College, in Wisconsin. Mr. Savage was
pastor for nineteen years; and removed
to Wisconsin in 1860 ; Mr. Miller was
settled in 1851.
The church then had 243 members ;
has since received 435'; and now num
bers 421; indicating a true prosperity.
Only one person remains a member of
the church, who was such at the organi
zation, and that is the esteemed and
estimable Judge Fine, who has been an
elder in the church from the organiza
tion in 1819. Only one other person
of that first number, is known to be
living.
The church has furnished, (of those
baptized in it, or members of it,) no less
than seventeen ordained clergymen, in
cluding one most excellent foreign mis
sionary, Rev. J, E. Ford, of Syria.
This church has also been thoroughly
loyal, and has done much to sustain the
Government during the years of our gi
gantic struggle with armed rebellion.
The pulpit gave no uncertain sound, and
the people stood by their pastor in his
outspoken loyalty. The congregation
furnished almost a hundred soldiers for
our armies, fifteen of whom are enrolled
among the honored dead. The church
furnished two colonels, R. W. Judson,
and J. C. 0. Redington, brave men and
true, who are spared to return to their
friends and to their church privileges
and duties, and to serve their Master at
home. as they served their country in
the field. With such a spirit animating
its members, we do not wonder that the
church is flourishing and prosperous.
A PASTOR'S WELCOME
The good people of Ogden, evidently
believing that it is a good thing to get
an excellent pastor, turned out on Tues
day last, to give a generous welcome to
Rev. A. M. Thornburn, the man of
their recent choice. His goods and his
family arrived on Monday evening. On
Tuesday morning, various members of
the parish were on . hand to set things in
order; and in the afternoon the parish
turned out en masse, bringing wood,
butter, vegetables, fruits, almost every
thing, indeed, that a family could want
or use. The ladies spread their own
table, invited the pastor and his family,
with the parish generally, to a bountiful
collation, and after all had - fed abun
dantly, and had had a pleasant time so
cially, they left the cellar and the larder
and the wood-house of the parsonage
well stored for the winter.
Beside this, we are happy to say, that
the parish, appreciating the necessities
of the times, have made considerable ad
vance in what they formerly paid in the
regular salary. This is as it should be.
It is a rich and intelligent parish, has
already been served for many years by
a faithful and able ministry, and can well
afford to pay liberally for the support of
one who gives his whole time to their
spiritual welfare.
PERSONAL
We are pained to record that the
health of Rev. Dr. Ellinwood, the es
teemed and excellent pastor of the Cen
tral Church of this city, is not yet entire
ly restored. His physicians still hope
that there is no organic disease ; but that
he is only suffering nervous pros
tration, from which time and rest will
entirely restore him. He is now at Clif
ton Springs. His pulpit was ably sup
plied last Sabbath by Rev. Dr. Robin
son, of this city, is to be supplied to
morrow by President Fisher, of Hamil
ton College ; after which it is hoped that
Dr. Robinson's most acceptable services
may be secured for some weeks to come.
REV. HORATIO W. BROWN, has receiv
ed a unanimous call to settle with the
Presbyterian Church of 13rockport. It
is hoped that Mr. Brown will accept the
call. C. P. B
ROCHESTER, Oct. 28, 1865.,
SYNOD OF TENNESSEE.
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELI•
LION:
Oh that my head were waters, and mine
eyes a fountain of tears, that I might
weep day and night for the slain of the
daughter of my people. The waves of
war have swept up and down through
this valley of our East Tennessee, and
the fenceless fields, the unmended roads,
the prostrate forests, the open school
houses, without windows and doors, and
churches dismantled, mark the path of
the fiery surges. The dead are sleeping
in our valleys and along our hillsides,
and the 'soil of many a field has been wet
with human blood.
Though desolation reigns around us,
we rejoice that the war is now over, and
that days of peace visit.us. Loyal men
return to their homes at the close of the
toils of the day without fear, instead of
stealing along in the shadows of groves
and fences, or perhaps quietly creeping
upon their hands and knees in the dark
ness of night from caves and sequester
ed places. Instead of the roar of artil
lery, and the clatter of raiders, we hear
the ring of the anvil and the whistle of
the locomotive. , tif
_ _ _
The soldier that found his way out of
the State, over mountains and rivers,
and-strongly guarded passes, has return
ed to his home, and rejoices in the glori
ous stars and stripes again. We regret,
however, that sometimes he is disposed
to take the work of revenge into his own
hands. Impatient of the delay of law
he attempts,to redress his own wrongs.
Great as are those wrongs and intolera
ble, we cannot approve of the redress of
them by the hand of unlawful 4 violence.
No 1 we say to our soldier boys, that men
whom God has defended and favored
upon the field of battle, can wait for
Heaven to avenge their wrongs in its
own way.
Already many of our Sabbath-schools
are revived, and in places large congre
gations attend on the preaching of the
word. In some localities, where the
country has been stripped of horses, not
only strong men, bat women, children
and old men go a long way on foot to
the house of God. School houses and
academies are being repaired, and com
mendable zeal is shown in seeking to
make up the four years of lost time which
has been almost a blank in the education
`of our youth.
Maryville College has been touched
by the fiery wave, and its walls, and
roof, and floors, together with the funds,
that have not been engulfed in the com
mon ruin, are all'that remain of the hard
labor of years. Our Northern brethren,
over whose fields the heavy tread of war
has not gone, and through whose shops
the plundering raider has not swept, are
ready to lend•a helping hand, and spon
taneously come to our aid. .Already
have their messengers gone through our
churches and gladdened our desponding
hearts with words of sympathy and en
couragement, and brethren from afar
have cast in their lot with us, and asked
to share our toils.
War has left no trace that should cause
deeper grief than habits of Sabbath break
ing. We trust that_ our ministers will
earnestly contend for the claims of God
and nature, for the rest of one day in
seven, and that individuals and families
will heartily co-operate in the work.
Intemperance is sweeping away many
of our young men. Brave and noble
ones, that have never quailed before the
fire of battle, are conquered by strong
drink. We do not admit that the tem
perance reformation has been a failure ;
but that work of light and love can be
wrought by light and love again.
Without claiming that all wisdom has
been in the past, we would rejoice to
know, if asylums for the inebriate, or
even the culture of the vine, lessen the
evil of intemperan ce ?
By reason of swearing the land mourn
eth. By kind reproof, by the distribu
tion of tracts, and by a faithful exhibition
of the folly, of the sin and the conAnen
ces of thib evil in the pulpit, we may
hope to save many a hardened youth
from the wrath of an insulted God, in
this life and in the life which is to come.
Dancing and card playing have be
come far too common, and have stolen
many precious hours from our youth,
and-planted many wrong thoughts and
desires in their hearts.
Our colored people occupy an entirely
new position, and while their education
and elevation awaken much interest
among Christians at the North and in
England, there should not be a lack of
interest and co-operation among our
selves ; and the organization of a colored
Presbyterian Church at Knoxville, we
trust, is but the commencement of an
enterprise, that will bring large reinforce
ments to our ranks.
To meet the demands of the present
time, we need the power and influence
of the Holy Spirit. Vice will then disap
pear, and virtue triumph in the onward
march of revivals. In the joy of seeing
children coming to Christ, parents will
have a full amend for all the losses of
property and the comforts of home. In
the reviving of our churches, the •desola.
tions of our homes and the havoc of war
will be forgotten. In the reconciliation
of old friends now alienated, the heart
burnings, the words and deeds of anger
and cruelty even will pass into oblivion.
Our great, our immediate need, is a gen
eral revival of religion. For this, then,
let us toil, let us pray. Let us give God
no rest until the Spirit is poured out, so
that there shall not be room enough to
receive the blessing.
MR. HAMMOND IN BINGHAMTON.
The following account of Mr. Hammond's
successful labors in Binghamton, N. Y., is
taken from the Daily Republican, Oct. 27,
of that city :
THE UNION CHILDREN'S MEETING.—Our
readers who have not attended the Union
Children's Meetings, now being held in this
-place,. cannot be aware of the deep interest
manifested by the children and youth.. Not
only young children, but even adults, are
moved by the deep interest prevailing. Each
afternoon the Presbyterian Church is attended
by hundreds of children, drawn there by the
interest which they have been led to feel in
these meetings. The singing by the children
is also a remarkable feature, hundreds joining
in the hymns, the organ accompanying the
little singers. Yesterday, (Wednesday,) the
children were first supplied by "Praises of
Jesus;" a collection of hymns lately arranged
and published by Rev. E. P. Hammond and
Prof. W. B. Bradbury. The singing by the
children is worth going a long distance to
hear, outside of the deep interest which these
meetings otherwise have.
One instance will show the power of the
interest felt. At the close of the meeting
Wednesday afternoon, something over a hun
dred children, who seemed confident they had
met with a change of heart, assembled in one
part of the church for instruction from one of
the ministers. It was interesting to notice
the happiness of these children as compared
with their tearful appearance, for the two or
three days previous. It was on Monday
afternoon that an incident occurred, show
ing the state of feeling prevailing at that
time. The meeting on Monday after
noon was in the Baptist Church. Near
the close of the meeting, a little girl came.
to Mr. Hammond and asked him to come
over to one side of the -church and pray
with two little children. Mr. Hammond
did so, knelt down and continued in prayer
a few moments, when_ on looking around
him, he discovered himself surrounded by
little children on their knees. It appears
that the little children in different parts of
the church, saw Mr. Hammond go and kneel
down, and they too rose, and while he was at
prayer, went down all about him. It was a
strange and beautiful scene, ill us t rat i ve o f
the interest prevailing. It was these same
children, who Wednesdayafternoon in the
Presbyterian Church seemed confident they
had met with a change of heart.
In the morning prayer-meetings, requests
for prayer for different perf ons are read, and
these meetings continue to increase in inter
est. The unity of spirit prevailing is also
pleasantly manifest. All Christians seem to
unite in the meetings, regardless of denomi
national districts. R' ev. Air. Bristol, of the
Methodist Church is out of town, and Rev.
Mr. Winslow, of the Congregational Church
is sick; which prevent these gentlemen from
being present at the meetings; but their
congregations unite in all the movements.
ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION.
Mr. Wilber Johnson, a licentiate of the
Presbytery of Montrose, was, by that
Presbytery ordained to the work of the
ministry at Great Bend, and installed
pastor of the church in that place, on
the 3d ult. The sermon was preached
by Rev. 0. Crane, of Carbondale, and
the charges delivered by Rev. H. Patten
gill, of Susquehanna, and Rev. J. Miller,
of Montrose. Other parts of service
were taken by Rev. H. Van Houton, of
Hawley, and Rev. B. • S. Foster, of
Franklin.