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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1865
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE—THE FAMILY CIRCLE:
Immortal Longing—The Golden Opportunity—Filial
Piety—Christ our Guest—Tb e Strayed Lamb—Little
Feet—The Little Tailor-Bird—Pontius Pilate—
Dream of a Quaker Lady.
FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS: Familiar Talks with the
Children.
DIM PAGE—EDITOR'S TABLE:
Presbyterian Publication Committee: Aitchison—
Bush's "Five Tears in China, or The Factory Boy
made a Missionary:" "Bessie Lane's. Mistake;"
Tweedie's ' Heroes for the Truth"—Chas. Scribner
& Co.'s Books: "Burst's " History of Rationalism;"
Bushnell's "The Victorious Sacrifice. grounded on
Principles of Universal Obligation"—Ticknor &
Felds' Books: Child's "The Freedmen's Book:"
Brownell's "War Lyrics and other Poems"—"Luke
Darrell, the Chicago Newsboy"—Boliver's "The
Wooing of Master Fox"—Tilton's "The Fly"—
Periodicals and Pamphlets—LiteraraY Items, Ame
rican and Foreign.
RURAL ECONOMY: Fall Manuring for Corn—Wow
to Look a Horse in the Mouth—Qualities of Hay—
How to Clean Ribbon—Remedy for Cracked Hoofs
—Sheep and Cattle Disease.
SIXTH PAGE—CORRESPONDENCE:
From our East Tennessee Correspondent—Letter
From China—Death of Rev. William Jones—Look
to Jesus—A Gospel Rubric—Sherman's Torch vs.
Grant's Sword.
SEVENTH PAGE—RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE :
Presbyterian—Congregational—German Reformed
—Episco pal—Met hodist—Baptist Lutheran So
ciety of Friends—Missionary—Miscellaneous—For
eign.
REVIVAL S IN EAST TENNESSEE.—The
interesting letter of our Correspondent,
on the Pith page of this paper, will be
found to contain cheering news from our
own and other churches in that section.
Ea — By general request, we shall
publish next week in full, MR. BARNES'
THANKSGIVING SERbION; it would have
appeared thii week but for the desire
of the author to give it careful revision.
REV. A. M. STEWART preached four
evenings last week to the people of Rev.
John C. Smith's congregation. The
meetings were quite as large and as fall
of interest as at any preceding period.
ANOTHER MINISTER GONE. —A pleasant
acquaintance, of some years standing,
with Rev. J. C. Thom, of the 0. S.
Presbyterian Church, leads us to record,
with more than usual sorrow, the intel
ligence of his death. The event took
place in St. Louis, Missouri, week before
last. Mr. Thom was formerly pastor of
the large church in Waynesburg, Ches
ter county, Pennsylvania, from which
charge he was, a few months ago, trans
ferred to the pastorate of the Pine Street
Church in St. Louis. He also served a
short time as chaplain of a volunteer
regiment. Everywhere he was earnest
and effective, securing the confidence
and affection of those with whom ,he
labored. He was a firm but catholic
Presbyterian, and successful in winning
souls. He had about reached the so
called middle age of life. Thus the
godly ceaseth, and the Church sends out
her cry for men to fill the broken ranks.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PASSED WITHOUT THE AID OF NEW JEIt-
SEY.—While we congratulate the Union
people of New Jersey on the illustrious
though late redemption of their State,
we deeply regret, on their account, that
they have lost the opportunity of turning
the scale in the ratification of the eman
cipation amendment to the National Co
nstitution. Last winter New Jersey
seemed to hold that scale in its hand,
and could the then anti-governthent
majority of its Legislature have for once
foregone the influence of party madness,
and stood up to the plain duty of the
hour, they might have secured for them
selves and the State, one of the proudest
honors of the age. As it is, they have
entailed upon it the deep mortification
of denying freedom to the enslaved,
when circumstances made theirs, for the
time being, the potential voice, and
coming into the measure only when,
without their aid, the work is done.
The ratification by other States has
already secured the amendment.
PREACHING AND PRACTICE.
A correspondent of the Presbyterian,
who signs himself "Back Woods," gives,
in the last number of that paper, the fol
lowing comment upon the sayings and
doings of the Sabbath-breaking daily of
this city :
But 'the oddest thing of all is the sequel,
in the paper of Monday, Nov. 20. After pe
rusing that. part of the editorial page which
speaks of the prodigious success of the first
issue of the "Sunday Press," an its flatter
ing reception, we turn to the department of
the local editor. The most prominent article
in this department is one on the violation of.
the Sabbath. which is as follows:
"SUNDAY Amusomrrs.—Many parents
in Philadelphia appear to be impressed with
the belief that the Sabbath, after morning
church hours, is intended as a day of sport
for their offspring, and consequently we find
every Sabbath, in different sections of the
city, boys from eight to sixteen years of age,
occupying the public streets and vacant lots,
and filling the air with the echoes of their
loud and not always delicate expressions.
Playing ball is their favorite amusement, but
other games, harmless on six. days of the
week, are also indulged in,. to an extent
which makes every moral famly feel annoyed
and horrified. The greater number of these
boys are well dressed, but in their personal
appearance only is there a sign of parental
carer When fathers and mothers thus ne
glect to check their children, it is the duty of
the police to step in; and as the evil appears
to be increasing weekly, it is due to the pub
lic and to the offenders of propriety them
selves, that the officers of the law should be
instructed to prohibit all such sports in
future."
Is it not possible that some of these noisy
boys were crying, "'Ere's the Sunday Press!
Sunday Press, only four cents?" And is it
not also possible that if games, "harmless on
six days of the week," should be omitted on
the seventh, the publication of a newspaper,
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THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1865.
MISSISSIPPI "REPENTANCE."
President Johnson's sternly , persua
sive despatches to the Southern State
Governors, respecting the sins of omis
sion of their respective conventions or
legislatures, are producing their effect.
The lately-elected Governor of Missis
sippi, Humphreys, is probably- about the
fairest specimen of what the Southern
ballot-box is just now bringing forth,
and also of the general type of secession
repentance. Learning from the Presi
dent that an entire retractation on the
question of negro testimony, and cer
tain other matters concerning the rights
of the freedmen, was the only condition
of any hope of restoration, he sent in,
on the 20th ult., a special message to
the legislature, notifying them of a cer
tain fact, the knowledge of which is
very slowly spreading over the South ;
to wit: that a certain rebellion has been
suppressed, and with it the whole insti
tution of slavery has really gone by the
board. His manner of stating the said
fact is perhaps meant fora model of ac
quiescent temper. See—
" Under the pressure of Federal bayonets,
urged on by the misdirected sympathies of
the world, in behalf of the enslaved African,
the people of Mississippi have abolished the
institution of slavery, and have solemnly de
clared, in their State Convention, that the
Legislature shall provide by law for the pro
tection and security of the person and prop
erty of the Freedmen of the State, and guard
them and the State against any evils that may
aride from their sudden emancipation."
Having thus relieved his mind of the
fact that slavery, through Federal bayo
nets and the sympathy of the world, has
become a thing of the pastAhe Governor,
still clinging to the possibility that the
power remains to domineer over and
crowd to the wall the lately enslaved
race, resorts to the metaphysics so popu
lar on his side of Mason and Dixon's
line, and says :
" To be free, however, does net make 'him
a citizen, or entitle him to political or social
equality with the white man. But the Con
stitution and justice do entitle him to pro
teceon in his person and property, both real
and personal.'
But in spite of the saving clause in
their humiliation, that emancipation does
not compel them to accept the " nigger
equality," the Governor meets the rugged
fact that the laws respecting testimony
must be revoked, and we will do him the
credit to say that he puts a better face
upod this part of the matter than might
have been expected, in view of the con
dition of his temper.
"In my humble judgment, no person,
bond or free, under any form of government,
can be assured of protection or security in
either person or property, except through an
independent and enlightened judiciary. The
courts, then, should be open to the negro.
But, of what avail is it to open the courts, and
invite the negro " to sue and be sued," if he
is not permitted to testify himself, and in
troduce such testimony as he or his attorney
may deem essential to establish the truth and
justice of his ease ? Whether the witness be
white or black, it is the denial of the most
common privilege of freedom—an ensnaring
delusion—the merest mockery.
" As a measure of domestic policy, whether
for th, r e_ j usxtection ut!--aie—person - or pro - petty"
of the Freedmen, or for the protection of
society, the negro should be allowed and re
quired to testify for or against the white and
black, according to the truth. There are few
men living in the South Who have not known
white criminals to go unwhipped of justice
because negro testimony was not permitted in
the courts—and now that the negro is no
longer under the restraints and protection of
his master, he will become the dupe and cats
paw of the vile and vicious white man who
seeks his association, and will plunder our
land with entire security from punishment,
unless he can be reached through negro testi
mony. It is an insult to the intelligence and
virtue of our courts and juries of white men
to say or suspect that they cannot or will not
protect the innocent, whether white or black,
against the falsehoods and perjury of black
witnesses."
So the dose is swallowed. To " take
out the taste," the Governor turns to
the necessity of " guarding them [the
freedmen] from the evils that may arise
from their sudden emancipation," which
means, to enact such laws as,, under
color of preventing vagrancy 'and pau
perism, may perpetuate an enforced
service. But, in the way of this, there
rises up that ugly customer, the Freed
men's Bureau, upon which descends a
perfect storm of gubernatorial invective.
After detailing the list of calamities suf
ered from it, he closes his notice of it,
and his message, as follows:
"Four years of cruel war, conducted upon
principles of vandalism, disgraceful to the
civilization of the age, was scarcely more
blighting and destructive to the white man,
and impoverishing and degrading to the
negro, than has resulted in the last six or
eight months from the administration of this
black incubus. Many of the officers connect
ed with that bureau are gentlemen of honor
and integrity, but they seem incapable of pro
tecting the rights and property of the white
man against the villainies of the vile and
vicious with whom they are associated.
" How long this hideous curse, permitted
of Heaven, is to be allowed to rule and ruin
our unhappy people, I regret it is not in my
power to give any assurance, further than can
be gathered from the public and private de
clarations of President Johnson—that the
I troops will all be drawn from Mississippi,
when, in the opinion of the Government, the
peace and order and civil authority has been
restored, and can be maintained without
them.
" In this uncertainty as to what will satisfy
the Government of our loyalty and ability to
maintain order and peace, and civil govern
ment—our duty under the Constitution to
guard the negro and the State from the evils
arising from sudden emancipation must not
be neglected. Our duty to the State and to
the Freedmen, seems to me to be clear, and
I respectfully recommend.
"First. That negro testimony should be
admitted in our
_courts, not only for the pro
tection of the person and property of the
Freedman, but for the protection of society
against the crimes of both races.
" Second. That the Freedman be encour
aged at once to engage in some pursuit of in
dustry, for the support of his family and the
education of his children, by laws, assuring
hum of friendship otd. rirct:4.boo2. l ':7 . 4ifw
rde9 l2 /4 1 i;f0r 4e tavi).bite.the4dik4ntand
lierpUftc - Freedrifazi, and then-With an =lion
Eicithe strong hand of power takehnld
of the idle and the vagrant and force him to
some profitable employment.
" Third. Pass a militia bill that, will enable
the militia to protect our people against in
surrection, or any possible combination of
vicious white men and negroes."
FROM OUR CORRESPONDING EDITOR.
DR. SHAW'S TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.
Rev. Dr. Shaw, pastor of the Brick
Church of this city, preached his twenty
fifth anniversary sermon last Sabbath
evening. Of course, it was a time of
very great interest, both to himself and
to his people ; and although the evening
was stormy, the Brick Church was
crowded in every part to hear what the
good Doctor had to say on this memora
ble occasion. After the aisles and area
around the pulpit were all filled with
extra seats, some persons were still com
pelled to stand. If the evening bad been
fair, it would seem as though the crowd
must have been decidedly unconlfort
i
able. i
The text was Eph. iii. 8 ;—subjer ' the
privilege of preaching the Gospel. ' he
preacher counted it a privilege tha, he
had been permitted to preach in a qr . ;
especially in this city ; and still raore
especially to this congregation. 11 . 4 had
" served a magnanimens people." tote
of the things for which he felt es i pe4ly
grateful was the fact that they hie left
him untrammelled—free to do his work
l according to his own judgment. i
We were particularly interested 4 a
statement made by the Doctor, on r ad
ing the hymn before sermon, w ich
begins with this line—
"o, for a thousand tongues to sing—'
It was the singing of that hymn, in'e
Stanton Street Methodist Church 'a
.New, York, which awakened him le a
sensgtof his sin and ruin. He certa
could be pardoned for saying that te
loved that hymn better than any alt.
The Brick Church was organized i
November, 1825, with twenty-fotir m+-
bers, only two of whom, Richard Gars
line and wife, are still in its communion).
It has had four pastors, WilliamJatas,,
William Wisner, George Beecher, and
. k the present incumbir't
o i
In 1840, when: Shaw commenced
his labors, it ha
,four hundred and
forty-six communicants on its list, ninety
four of whom till remain in its fellow
ship. Since that time, 1784 have been
added to its communion, 709 by letter;
and 1076 by' profession, an average t f
seventy-one a year, fortwenty-five year .
If that is not an honorable church r -
ord, we' o not know where to find o .
The largest number received in y
one year was 219 ; the largest on y
occasion was 148: which was in 18 ,
in part the fruit of the revival in wh .
Mr. Hammond aided the pastors of t
city so efficiently and acceptably.
The Doctor also stated in his serm
that_ he had perform i 3
ed.6,sll.T.arriage.
ittiended - 9 - 01flunerals ; administered e
Lord's Supper 145 times, and m e
15000 calls. Four times, during ei
Doctor's ministry, the cholera has v it
ed this city, and every time the pa or
has been at his post, going in and ut
among the sick and dying, and bur g
the dead.
The Church has given $llO,OO to
the causes of benevolence, and ra d
$150,000 for its own purposes; It s
bought one bell and two organs.
A handsome tribute of respect s
paid to some of the deceased elder f
the Church, to Harvy Pratt, the o y
one who died in its communion ; to
lando Hastings, who was a membe
the Centr k al Church at the time of
death ; to Samuel W. Lee, who die
Wisconsin ; and to James Seym
whose last days were spent in Michi
—all good men, beloved and hono
wherever known
FORTIETH S. S. ANNIVERSARY. I
In the afternoon of the same day,
Sabbath-school of the Brick Chn
celebrated its fortieth anniversary;
this also, we need hardly say, was
occasion of special interest. The gr
audience room of the church was nea
filled with the children and %cloche
Louis Chapin; Esq., the present. Sup
intendent, presided, and made the op:
ing address.
In 1827, two years after its organi
tion, this school had seven teache
thirty-nine scholars, and a library
eight hundred volumes, and a few sm
tracts. It now has 75 teachers, a
854 scholars. There have been in
12,400 scholars connected with t
school, and there have been added to t
Church within the last; thirty-eight yea
(as far as the records extend ;) no le
than 141 of its teachers, and 821 of i
scholars. Thirty-five members of t
school have become ministers of t
Gospel, and seven of its teachers ha
been sent abroad, as missionariesNof th
American Board.
The records of this school, especiall
since 1837, have been kept with remar. .1
able care, embodying an amount of i
formation of great, interest to those wh
wish to follow its members as they g.
elsewhere. They have the autograph
of 550 of its teachers; the names o
713, brief biographies of thousands o
its former scholars.
After the presentation of these inter
esting facts by the Superintendent, brie
addresses were made by various indi
viduals ; the first by Richard Gorsline
Esq., to whom we have before, alluded
and who had two sons in the school af
its organization. ,
1.4 ffeloqd
lt,4le'sibt; whiCh wiO4, tree yeaz
ago, he found the piOpleoithis new Place
building no less than four churches. "A
gentleman from Canandaigua said that
the people of Rochester were putting all
their capital into churches, and they had,
better put it into something else, for
they would find that a very podr invest
ment." We think, however, that the
good people of Rochester have found,
after all, that their church investments
have paid well.
Col. John H. Thomp son, who joined
the school thirty-eight years ago, and
who was its second superintendent, was
next heard ; and then Mr. Dickey, Mr.
Fenn, Mr. Ailing, Mr. Huntington, and
others presented their reminiscences.
The speaking was confined to those who"
were or had been members of the school.
It was a home matter, and p4sed off
well.
We were much touched as one of the
speakers told us of his beloved son, now
passed into the heavens, who became a
member of the school many years ago,
and here learned to love the Saviour,
and was then the means of bringing
both his father and mother along to fol
low the same glorious leader. The
father, thus brought to Christ by own
son, has for many years been teacher of
a large Bible class, and the means of
doing great good.
Truly, the last Sabbath was, a good
day for the Brick Church. It presented
a record of good done, which would re
quire higher arithemetic than ours to
compute. And still its course is onward.
It is stronger to-day, and in better posi
tion than ever before to do good. And
we rejoice that it is known, and its influ
ence felt throughout the land,
PERSONAL
The North Church, of. Buffalo, have
extended a call to Rev. A. H. Plumb, of
Chelsea, Mass•, to be their pastor. Mr.
Plumb has been supplying them for a
few weeks past, while detained in Buffalo
by the illness of his wife, and came not
at all as a candidate ; but the Church
have been so well pleased with his ser
vices that they have united in this result.
We hope Mr. Plumb will heed their call.
We do not believe he can be more need
ed in Chelsea than in Buffalo. C. P. B.
ROCHESAR, December 9, 1865.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, December 9, 1865.
The peculiar providence of God exer
cised over this Government uninterrupt
edly since its organization, cannot have
escaped the notice of even the most care
less and unobserving, much less of the
thoughtful Christian. Every emergency
has had its Washington, its Franklin,
its Jefferson, and its Hamilton ; just as
the Israelites had their Moses, their
Joshua, their Samuel, and their David.
The hand of the Almighty in our late
war, and in all the immediate steps
which preceded its active inangnration,
was 7373 apparent, that I have often
thought those lines of the beautiful
hymn,
God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform—"
had lost their application, so far as we
were concerned. He must have been a
dull student of the Bible, as well as an
unintelligent interpreter of God's out
ward manifestations of providence, who
did not, in view of all the facts, discern
the storm approaching long before it
broke in its fury over our heads. That
was a wise and a true saying of Camp
bell's:
" Coming events cast their shadows before;"
but it never had ta more forcible illustra
tion than has been witnessed in this
country since 1850. I think that this
recognition of the hand of Providence,
this governing power of t,he Almighty
in our National affairs, which has been
forced upon the minds of our public
men, is not to be counted among the
-least of the inestimable blessings which
are the result of the last four years of
fire and blood. It has already had a
marked effect, and its influence will go
on widening and increasing until the
principle that " God governs" will per
meate the body politic.
I have been especially impressed with
this in my intercourse, during the past
two months, with some of the most pro
minent and able men of the Republic.
They scarcely ever refer to the history
of the past four years, without a direct
acknowledgment that God led us, as a
nation, "by a way which we. knew not."
So powerfully has this feeling exerted
itself, that even men who make no pro
fession of religion, and whose private
conduct is far from being in accordance;
with the moral law, do not hesitate to
publicly own,its influence upon the ,
ha
tianal character. This is, at least, a
token for good.
When the war ended successfully,
our national salvation was far from com-
Iplete. The powerful machinery of. Go
vernment had only been saved from im
mediate destruction ; but that was. all.
The difficult and delicate task of adjust
ing the various parts, so as to make all
its intricacies work together in beautiful
nd harmonious action, is yet to be ac
omplished. The hand of the warrior
as been removed, but it must be re
daced by that of the statesman. Such
. task is before the statesmen of this
onntry to-day as might well appal a
undred Richelieus, and make them stag
er under the immense load of responsi
ility. But, as on other occasions, I
kink, we have men equal to the emer
alley. Not to speak of the Cabinet,
'hich contains such men as Seward,
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pngiess which is now in session is one
of the ablest that has ever assembled in
the National Capitol. Sitting in the
reporters' gallery of the House, directly
over the Speaker's chair, with a view of
the members of the House which cannot
be obtained from.' any other place, you
see such an array of talent as is seldom
witnessed in any deliberative body. Such
a congregation of high, broad foreheads
and sharp cut, intellectual features,
would afford a subject of phrenological
study not unworthy of the minds of
Spurzheim and Combe.
I have thrown out the suggestion that
the members of the House are all teen of
ability ; but, as in every instance wh ere
here is any considerable number of men,
there are Sauls among them, men who
are mentally head and shoulders above
all the rest. If you are a good judge of
character, you_ could point these men
out without knowing their names. As
you run your eye along one division of
the seats, you instinctively single out
Stevens and Bingham and Banks, from
among their fellows. Along another,
you see Schenck and Raymond and Kel
ley ; James M. Ashley and E. B. Wash
burne, and a long list of. others less
popularly known, but equally able. I
shall be greatly disappointed, if, at the
end of the session, the country shall not
have cause to be proud of the House of
Representatives of the Thirty-ninth Con
gress.
The Senate is even more remarkable
for able men than the House, as it
always should be. In that branch of
the national Legislature, the most grave
and important matters of State must be
considered and decided. Those words.
which your readers see so often in the
daily newspapers among the proceedings
of Congress—" the Senate then went
into executive session"—are full of great
meaning. There are things done in
that " executive session" which may
have a very important bearing upon the
most vital interests of the country. I
do not know that we have any Websters,
or Clays, or Bentons, or Calhouns in
the Senate ; but there are men who are,
perhaps, better suited to perform the
work before them. What we need now,
is men of mature wisdom and good com
mon sense, men whose patriotism is
healthfully blended with a clear and full
comprehension of duty to the whole coun
try. Compromises have had their day.
Firmness and equal justice to all, must
be the ruling idea for all time to come.
Expediency must give way to principle,
and the goddess of Liberty which caps
the dome of the Capitol of the Republic
must no longer be a meaningless emblem.
There is a massiveness of intellect in
the Senate, more equally distributed
among the members than in the days of
Webster. Men like Sumner, and Wil
son, and Wade, and Fessenden, would
be giants in any legislative assembly.
There are other men in the Senate to
day, however, who are very little inferior
to them in mental calibre. Altogether,
I think the country is fortunate in hav
ing a Congress equal to the peculiar cir
cumstances in which the nation finds it
self to-day.
During the recess, since Wednesday
last, the members of Congress have had
time to consider and digest the Presi
dent's Message. There are some points
of difference upon various positions taken
by the President; but on the general
tone of the document, there is great una
nimity of sentiment. One point which
covers other defects, is that the Presi
dent leaves the question of reconstruc
tion or restoration entirely with Con
gress. It is more than probable Con
gress would have assumed control of this
matter, whether the President had left
it with them or not ; but it was more
agreeable to have the President forinally
turn it over to them. Most of the work
relating to this all-important subject will
devolve upon, and be performed by Hon.
"Thaddeus Stevens Reconstruction Com
mittee" as it is termed . The policy of
Congress in this matter will be to make
haste slowly, and, like honesty, it will,
doubtless, be found the best policy in
the end. One thing is certain ; there
will be no restoration of the Southern
States lately in rebellion, until the coun
try has had the most undoubted
,guaran
ties of security for the future. J. M.
REVIVALS AND REUNION.—Who knows
but God may yet use a wide sweep of
revivals, as the means of restoring, upon
righteous principles, the spirit of Chris
tian confidence and fellowship between
the North and South ? Wider chasms
have been spanned by this agency, and
mightier difficulties have melted before
its power. Rev. G. W. Leyburn, writing
to a Southern paper of a revival in Lib
erty, Virginia, says :
"Nearly all the young ladles of the place
and immediate vicinity, with a number of
onr young men and some older persons, have
been hopefully converted—as also some of
the Federal soldiers stationed here. It was a
strange and moving sight to see them coming
as humble penitents, along with some of our
own returned soldiers—men who, perhaps,
had not long since been arrayed on battle
fields against each other—seeking a common
Sa'Viour."
We have seen two 4ir three other
items of•similar import We have no
account of the more particular•shades of
feeling toward these Northern converts,
or whether any spirit was exhibited
which can be honestly reciprocated. But
in any case, such an account suggests a
mere thought respecting the looked-for
dispensation of revivals. Their mission
may be larger and more glorious than
we have hitherto conceived. If, in the
instance cited above,_things may yet be
far short,o Aght i ifnougii a:the tiniavhnly
ipone . r war comeillawnotq -moktv4iftiv,
right.
*to gi nun eljurripo.
SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WASH
INGTON, D. C.—Of the interest felt in
the churches at the Capitol, the Sixth
Presbyterian seems to be enjoying a
large share. A series of prayer-meet
ings have been held every evening for
the last two weeks, which have been
well attended, and marked by the pt -
sence of the Holy Spirit. The preached
word has fallen upon the hearers with
power; many souls have been awakened,
and some converted. • Sabbath before
last was a day long to be remembered.
As on a former occasion, eight were
added to the communion. A large con
gregation was present, and at the close
of the solemn service, in the twilight of
a lovely evening, when they sung,
" Come thou Fount," there were few
but felt it was none other than the house
of God. The meeting for prayer in the
evening; was largely attended, and full
of interest. The meetings are to be con
tinued. This is a very
promising young
Church, beautifully
situated close to the
Capitol The people an, energetic, and
have raised $3OOO within the last year,
paying off all the debt and liendsomely
repairing the edifice. May the Lord
continue to bless them and their y oung
pastor in all their noble efforts to advance
the cause of Christ in the Capitol of our
nation. Copt.
REV. E. E. ADAMS, D.D., preached in
the First Church, Washington, last Sab
bath week. Four persons were admit
ed on profession, two of whom were
deaf mutes. The whole service of ad
mission was interpreted in sign-language
by Mr. Gallaudet, and the occasion was
one of deep and novel interest. Rev. Dr.
March preached in the same pulpit last
Sabbath. The congregations are very
EAST TENNESSEE.—Our readers have
noticed the frequency of this heading in
our articles of church "news• This fol
lows, not alone from the frequency of
intelligence, through our own corres
pondence and otherwise, but from - the
richness of the accounts, and the great
activity of our Church cause there. Dr.
Heacock, of Buffalo, of whose visit there
we recently made mention, has returned.
We learn, through the Evangelist, that
he preached one Sabbath in Knoxville,
and thirteen sermons in Blount county
for brother Lamar at Forrest Hill. The
peple were much profited. Sixteen per
sons were received into the Church and
eight or ten other conversions are the re
sults of the meetings. He reports that
a protracted meeting in New Market
was largely blessed, and also that revi
vals were in progress' all around. The
cry is for more laborers. Several local
ities are named, in each of which a
preacher and teacher is greatly needed.
An interesting East Tennessee item, in
the Old School connection, will be found
under our " Religious Intelligente" head.
DEATH . OF A MINISTER.—We learn,
through a Cincinnati exchange, that
Rev. Asa _ Martin, a laborious minister
of our Church in the Northwest, after a
long suffering of decline, marked with
great Christian patience and hope, en
tered into his rest, November 9th. He
died at his residence in Mehaska County,
lowa, in tho pastorate of the Church of
Prairie College, Presbytery , of Keokuk.
MONTANA TERRITORY.—Rev. G. G.
Smith, the missionary pioneer for our
Church in Montana, is, we are proud to
say a Philadelphia contribution to the
work, and a right noble example of how
and where young ministers may find
fields, and what, by the grace of God, 4 .
they may accomplish. Under his labors
a congregation has been raised, and on
the 9th ult. a Church was organized in
Virginia City, a point of great import
ance. It is the first Presbyterian
Church organization in the Territory.
The gold wealth of the Territory exceeds
all expectation, and the immigration now
and prospective is immense. He calls
aloud for the Church, with men and
means, to meet the obvious spiritual ne
cessities of the case.
DYING IN THE HARNESS.—We noticed
last week the recent death of Rev. Wil
liston Jones, in Rolla, Mo. Later ac
counts say that he died in the midst of'
an unusual religious interest in his.
Church, in which was hard at work to
the last. His last - words were, " I want
to see all these souls brought to Jesus.
Rally, brethren, rally !"
PROGRESS IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN
PRESBYTERY.—Two pastors have just
been installed in this Presbytery, mak
ing the whole number now in the pas
torate three. The recent installations
are Rev. J. W. Hough at Saginaw City,
and Rev. A. Wright, late of Olivet
Church, Chicago, (the genial and spark
ling " Ambrose,") at Bay City. The
former was perfected on the 22d and
the latter on the 23d ult.
CENTRAL Nutir Yong. Cassville,
Oneida County, has been the scene of an
interesting revival. Thirty-four have
been added to the Church, fifteen of
whom were heads of families
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