gramtau ||mln|tmait. THURSDAY, JANUARY *4, 1866. TERMS FOR 18GG. By leave of Providence, we shall neither reduce the size, Dor alter the regular subscription price of our paper; but we call the attention of subscribers to the following financial arrangements. 1, Subscribers who desire to avail themselves of our lowest terms, must not wait for the call of collecting agents. Paid agents will collect no bills, until three months after date of said bills, when the fifty cents additional will invariably be charged. Remit to this office by mail at our risk, or call upon the agent, before the expiration of three months. 2. It is difficult, in the present state of the paper market, to procure the ma terial necessary in making a distinction in the wrappers, by which we proposed to mark the paid and the unpaid .sub scribers, receiving their papers by mail. We shall carry out our purpose as soon as practicable; meanwhile, bills will be sent promptly at the commencement of each subscriber’s year. 3. Home Missionaries will pay $2, other ministers, and ministers’ widows, $2 50, in advance. By carriers 50 cents additional. “OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.” Readers will observe that we have come back to the old designation of our Correspondent in Rochester. This is not because of any material change in our relations, uniformly so pleasant and profitable, but because, under the desig nation of Corresponding Editor, he has been more or less annoyed with purely business communications which should have found their way directly to this office. He will still, as heretofore, sup ply us from his well filled budget of Central and Western New York news. Interesting Church Dedication— We find in the Christian Herald the. account of the dedication of a new church edifice, erected for the German Presby terian Church in that city, of which Rev. G. W. Winner is pastor. The dedi catory services, Bermon included, were in German, several clergymen participat ing. In the evening there were services in English, 'Mr. Phillips, the western prince of song, conducting siDging. The cost of the house is $9,000, about $3,000 of which is yet to be raised. The enterprise of clearing this off, was com mitted to a thorough-going outside Com mittee. In connection with this, it may be stated that our own city presents, at this moment, a fine German field for our Church. There is here a considerable company of German-speaking Christians, who express a desire for religious insti tutions in our connection. The Great Congregational Effort. —The returns from simultaneous col lection on Sabbath, the 17th ult., are coming in. It will be recollected that the National Council adopted this mode for raising a fund for Congregational church extension, marking $200,000 as the lowest limit which must be reached. There was some noble giving, but the Boston churches unexpectedly failed to lead the van. The highest return from Boston was $2OOO from the Old South. Henry Ward Beecher’s, of Brooklyn, covers this with $lO,OOO. Dr. Bud dington’s, of the same city, gave up wards of $3OOO, and Dr. Thompson’s, of New York, $4OOO. The Boston papers of last week had received reports from only 236, of the 3000 Congregational churches in the country, and the total of these returns is $60,536. A few strong churches, three in Boston included, bad deferred their collection, but those re ported embrace the greater number relied on for heavy figures. The Gon gregationalist has confidence that the final aggregate of the effort will not fall below the $200,000. Revivals. —We find accounts of re vivals, of more or less power, going forward in a number of churches in our own and other States, few of them be longing strictly to any denomination, but shared in by churches of different names. We make special mention of the work of the Holy Spirit in Cincinnati, Spring field, Mass, and Riga, N. Y. The news still comes in gloriously from Elmira, N. Y., and several churches in Wash ington City are enjoying large measures of the same influence. Several churches in and around Am sterdam, N. Y., have arranged to hold a series of union conventions, for the ex press purpose of cultivating the revival spirit. Two of these meetings have been held. They were, from beginning to end, increasingly solemn, and the members returned to their respective churches, with the feeling paramount that they must, and they believed they would, see the salvation of the Lord. The arrangement, published in our last week’s paper, for daily joint meetings of the churches of our connection in this city, duriDg the present week, as a pre paration for the week of prayer, is being carried out. We look for good; “we beseech thee, O Lord! send prosperity.” A Call to Wisconsin. —The Pres byterian Church in Racine, Wisconsin, has given to Rev. Walter S. Alexander, of Pomfret, Connecticut, a call to its pastorate. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1866. OUR CITY CHURCHES AND THE SEA- Our Churches are this week observing .-.the season of united prayer which seems to ihave settled into a kind of solemn evangeli cal festival, and which is probably the best method that could be devised by man for inaugurating the new year. The programme was published in our paper of last week. The meetings commence at four o’clock P. M. That of Wednesday is announced for the Western Church, Seventeenth and Fil bert Streets; that of Thursday, for Button wood Street Church, below Sixth; and on Friday, for Calvary Church, Locust above Fifteenth. The Sabbath Schools of Clinton Street Church kept their “ Christmas” on Tuesday night of last week, in the Church. The pulpit was tastefully dressed in evergreen. Many pieces were delight fully sung by the children, Mr. Mitchell skilfully presiding at the organ. One of the pieces sung was a sett off” to that great favorite with the children, “ I want to be an Angel,” and contains a stanza commencing: “ I would not be an Angel,” the argument being that angels have no direct share in the work of Christ. We are told that the one commencing “ I want to be an Angel,” was first sung in Clinton Street Church. Spirited addresses were made by Rene Guillou, Esq., and the pas tor; Rev. John W. Mears offering prayer. A most interesting scene was the presenta tion, by the pastor, in behalf of the super intendent, B. B. Comegys, Esq., of a hand some Bible to a girl not over eleven years old, for bringing six new scholars into the school. The children were feasted' on ice cream and cakes, and dismissed at an early hour. The arrangements were admirably carried out and the utmost order prevailed. Rev. Dr. March has received 'a Christmas gift of $lOOO from his people. The Southwestern Church, Rev. John McLeod, pastor, held their annual festival on Thursday night last. The large lecture-room was crowded. The brethren in the ministry were present in goodly numbers, and were in the best story-telling vein. Rarely have we seen an audience in such a perpetual good humor with them selves and their speakers. The laughter was of the “ inextinguishable” sort, and yet the tendency of all that was said was whole some and edifying. The Southwestern Church is out of debt, and has means in hand for the completion of the upper part of the building, which is rapidly progress- Rev. J. Y. Mitchell, of Coates Street Church, has received $5OO from his people, besides valuable gifts for his family. This is doing nobly for a church so depleted by removals, and so disadvantageously located for the concentration of a Presbyterian element. We hope the project for a change of location will be carried into effect during the year. The people of Pine Street Church v have spent $3OO in newly carpeting the parlors of their pastor. Kensington Church has enjoyed a healthy growth during the pastorate of Mr. Eva. .New elements have been brought in of a valuable character, and the com modious and beautiful ohurch has long been crowded. It needs but a reasonable measure of confidence in God and in their own ability, to start the people upon one of the most hopeful of new enterprises in that populous and prosperous section of the city. Frankford. —The foundations of a large and handsome chapel, to accommodate five hundred persous. have been laid in this section, comparatively bare of churches. It is expected to be vigorously prosecuted on the opening of the spring. A distin guished friend of church extension in our body, whose country residence is not far from the place, is connected with the move ment. The Buttonwood Street Juvenile Missionary Society celebrated its twenty ninth anniversary, Deo. 31. The total col lections since its organization -'are $2024. Last year the amount collected was §564.41. Rev. Dr. Good ell, the venerable missionary from Turkey, made an interesting address. Ashamed of their Name. —The Bos ton Pilot, a paper of the Roman Catho lic Church, is in bad humor because people will apply the term Romish to that Church. It claims for it the exclu sive use of the term Catholic, a word .less adapted to that church than to any other religious organization in existence. It says of the word Romish, that it is “un-English,” and “ offensive to the members of the Catho lic Church.” Doubtless the word is sufficiently un-English, and still more un-American, and so is the hierarchy which it designates. If a colony from Japan were to come to our country, de claring and maintaining their purpose to preserve their relations to the govern ment at Yeddo intact through all their generations, however widely they might spread themselves over our territory, we presume, offensive or not offensive, they would have to bear the name of the Japanese Society. The Papists of this country make their highest merit of preserving their spiritual allegiance to the see of Rome unbroken, keeping up, as every one-knows, the full half of a political allegiance in the same direction. They must submit to be known by what they are. MISSOURI: CHURCH ERECTION—HOME MISSIONS. Rev. Timothy Hill, of Kansas City, Mo., for twenty years a missionary in that State, addressed the congregation of North Broad Street Church last Friday night, on the great field for missionary effort presented by Missouri, and made a profound impres sion upon those who heard him. The vast resources, the central position, the splendid commercial advantages of the StateJ and its advantages as a central highway of over land emigration, were so presented as to give it a national eminence in a Home Mis sionary scheme. No better agent of the cause could ap pear before our churches, than a man fresh from great points of interest, and so tho roughly alive to the importance of his work as is Mr. Hill. And the financial importance of his volunteer agency is seen in this, that 1 if he succeeds in bis Church-building en terprise in Kansas City, he will immediately release the Committee of the entire burden of his support. We doubt whether our people are more than half awake, not only to the importance and the necessity, but also to the promise of most of our Home Missionary work, in the immediate West. The Congregationalists are aiming to raise $250,000 to give away for church building alone on Home Missionary fields. Why can’t we have a concerted effort to raise that “ give away fund,” that was so timidly inaugurated at the close of the last Assem bly and that has slept very soundly ever since ? Chairman Spear! send out your circulars, and call for a hundred thousand dollars, as you know how to do it, for this object. ~ Religious Movements in Cincin nati. —The Christian Herald of Dee. 14th. says:—“ Most of the churches are holding daily meetings thiß week. Some have prayer-meeting during the day and preaching at night; others preaching at night; others preaching alternating with a,yer-meetings, and others prayer etings only. Rev. Joseph Chester and Rev. A. L. Aldrich are preaching from evening to evening to good congre gations. At the Second Church the meetings are held at four o’clock P. M. There has not for a long time been so general an effort to quicken the piety of the churches in this city, and we hope that God will bless it.” The Herald has also the account of the public opening of the “ Working men’s Coffee Room,” under the auspices of .the Young Men’s Christian Associa tion. The caracter and design of the establishment are thus explained by Rev. Mr. Lee, one of the speakers on the occasion:— “ Mr. Lee commenced by quoting the great Mr. Wesley’s pithy words in reference to 'church music. ‘ That the devil had had the best of music long enough; it was time the Church took it out of his hands,’ and why not take the restaurants out of Satan’s hands as well, and this effort, now in its infancy, he hoped to see crowned with complete success. The reverend gentleman referred to the many and great temptations to which the young men and boys composing our working classes were daily and hourly exposed, and he boldly announced the determination of the promot ers of the Coffee Room to fight the battle manfully in the good cause against those temptations. The institution situated in the heart of the manufacturing portion of the city amidst and among taverns and houses of entertainment, opened its doors to all who were willing to accept its hospitality. It l was run ning in direct opposition to those places, and he trusted, by God’s blessing, would not fail to accomplish its righteous end.” Bishop Whitehouse and the Gales burg Church. —The Episcopal imbro glio at Galesburg, Illinois, continues. It may be recollected by some of our readers that Grace Church of that city, some months since, called Rev. Dr. Cra craft, formerly of the Epiphany, of this city, to the rectorship. Dr C. before his institution, or the transfer of his canonical relations from the diocese of Ohio, to that of Illinois, while officiating at Galesburg, fraternized pretty freely with the non-Episcopal clergy, after the manner of the Tyneg, and Drs Mueh lenberg and Canfield, of New York. This met the feelings of the congregation of Grace Church, and also th< se of the Illinoisian Diocesan,Bishop Wbitehouse, though in a different way. The latter forbid the vestry ot the church from allowing him to officiate, and also called upon his canonical superior, the Ohio Bishop, Mcllvaine, recall him for a breach of canons. But as neither the vestry of Grace, nor the Bishop of Ohio could see their duty in any such light, the Illinois prelate resorted to the Con vention of his diocese, and easily obtain ed a decree, dropping Grace Church from its list of churches, until such time' as it should drop Dr. Cracaft. This the Church has not seen fit to do. The vestry have recently passed resolutions of adherence to all the forms and canons of the Episcopal Church, protesting againßt the treatment they have received, but determining to postpone the instal lation of the Rector till “ the improved temper of the Bishop” shall allow him to accept the letters of Dr. Cracraft. The partizans of the Bishop have sought to close the doors of the house, resorting to extra locks and bolts for the purpose, but as yet the church have continued to worship there, and the persecuted min ister still/officiates. At the Semi-annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the College <of New Jersey, held at Princeton on .the 20th inst., the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon the Rev. er Reed, the pastor of the Central Presby terian Church of this city. THE PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SO CIETY. The Pastoral Association of the min isters of the New School branch of the Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, at a recent meeting, adopted the following resolutions in regard to the effort this society is now making to secure a fire proof building, viz:— Resolved, As the sense of the Association, that the effort to secure a fire-proof building, and a permanent fund, to be appropriated to the increase of the historical collection, is one worthy of all praise, and is most heartily commended to the sympathies and support of our churches, especially of such wealthy and liberal members as would esteem it a privilege to aid an important enterprise. The Presbytery of Philadelphia (Old School), also, recently adopted the fol lowing : '' Whereas. The Presbyterian Historical So ciety is in great need of a fire-proof building for the preservation, and ot a permanent fund for the increase of its already valuable col lections. Resolved, That we cordially recommend this matter to those of our members who are able to contribute thereto, as well worthy an enlightened and generous liberality. Presbyterial Archives.—A very good idea has been matured into action by the Presbytery of Argyle, a New York State Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church. A Presbyterial book of record is to be kept, in which shall be recorded a brief history of each Church in the Presbytery, together with the names of their several pastors an 1 ruling elders, and such other items as may be of interest. For the carrying out of this plan, each pastor, or in defanlt of a pastor, each session is directed to fnrnish the Stated Clerk with the re quisite local material, both for the commencement and the keeping up of these individual Church histories. The preamble to the resolutions inaugurating the plan, refers to the fact that the early history of the Churches, and the names of many who have been office bearers, are fast passing from the memory of the living, and that generally they are names which ought to be held in grateful re membrance by the present, and trans mitted to future generations. The Repeal Agitation in the O. S. Church. —On the subject of the com ing effort to obtain from the next Assem bly a repeal or modification of the whole some action of last spring, relating to ministers and ecclesiastical bodies under the taint of rebellion or pro-slaveryism, the Presbyterian Banner says that the Assembly “ will not abandon any position it has taken, or forsake any principle it has adopted.” It adds however:— “ ffo doubt the Assembly will be willing, if necessary, to pass a resolution explana tory and declaratory of the late action, which has been altogether misrepresented, suchxw will satisfy any reasonable mind.” People who need any explanation of the terms of that action, are hopeless of enlightenment. It is only too unambigu ous for the dissentients. It is not so. certain that this can be said of any. ex planatory and declaratory resolution .which, under the circumstances, is likely to he adopted. - Another “ New Translation.”— We judge, from the latest spawn of improvements on our standard English Bible, that the new translation business, let alone, will soon run itself into the ground. For example upon the “ Dia glot,” --a volume issued by Fowler & Wells”, which, for a title, emulates the labels of the perfumers and nostrum venders. Read in it “ John the Dipper , and John the Immerser; “ Give us this day our necessary food “ Neither do men light a lamp, and jjut it under a corn measure, but on a lamp-stand, and it giveth light to all-who are in the fami ly.” A little learning may be very use ful under the management of a tolerable amount of brains, but when the latter are wanting, it is decidedly a dangerous thing. Politicians Making Public Reli gious Proeession. —We mentioned re cently the reception by profession, of ex- Senator John Bell into the First Presby terian Church in Nashville, Tenn. We see it-stated that ex-President Pierce has quite recently become a communi cant in the Episcopal church, in Concord, N. H.; also that ex-President Buchanan has just been received to membership in the First Presbyterian church in Lan caster, in this State. All this is gratify ing. At the same time it' is, for the sake of the. young, sad to reflect that men, with whom a Christian profession was just as much a duty fifty years ago, as it now is, and who, under the influ ence of a holy faith, might have exerted a somewhat different influence on the world, could not have graced the years of their public honors with this testimo ny for Christ The Theatre. —Tice has the gift of making itself very ridiculous. In Chi cago, Rev. R. M. Hatfield, of the M. E. Church, has of late been dealing blows upon the theatre, which have taken effect. In retaliation, a mock ser mon, ironically warning young men against frequenting the play-house, was gotten up by some sinner, and delivered on the stage. A reply to Mr. Hatfield was also prepared, and spoken on the stage by an actress. And lastly, Rev. Robert Collier, Unitarian, comes to the succor with a sermon preached in his own church, defending the theatre as capable of being reformed and made useful, if properly patronised by the good. Of course, the man is blind to the teaching of the ages respecting the. influence of these pest-houses. FROM OUR CORRESPONDING EDITOR. CHRISTMAS FESTIVALS. Since we last wrote, Christmas festivals have been the order of the day. At various churches in this city, special efforts were made to entertain and please the little folks. The Sabbath-school room of the Central Church was beautifully festooned with ever greens. The whole school, and something more, were in attendance. Every class was full; every seat occupied. Singing and speeches ruled the first hour, and eating the nest. The children did not tell us which they enjoyed best. They seemed deeply in terested in both. At the Brick Church, instead of distribu ting refreshments in the room, the scholars received their portion in passing out, in the shape of nice paper bags filled with cakes and candies, to be carried to their homes. It could not have been so much trouble'to clear up after this gathering, as at the Central, where cakes and candies must have been trodden plentifully idto the floor. * FOREFATHER’S DAT. At the Plymouth Church they anticipated Christmas by three days, and called it by an other name. Or, in other words, with simi lar festivities and great success, they com memorated the Landing of the Pilgrims. At five o’clock the children were assembled in the church. Among the exercises here was a pleasant speech by Dr. Daggett, of Canan daigua, and the presentation of Christmas offerings, with emblems, by the class, and remarks by Rev. Mr. Bartlett, the pastor. Among the emblems brought forward, we noticed a bust of Lincoln. The class is called the Lincoln Class; their motto is, “Dare to do right; dare to be true.” An other emblem, a full grown musket , brought forward by a colored boy; class name, “Pro tection ;” motto, “ Thou art my hiding plafie and. shield.” The “Excelsior” sent up stuffed eagle. They set their mark high. The “Missionary Helpers” had for their motto, “ Shout the tidings of Salvation,” and presented a beautiful model of a three-masted brig. We are sure they have an interest in the “Morning Star.” We shall expect this class to furnish, at least, one missionary. The amount of class collections for the year was $146; appropriated to various objects of benevolence. The remarks of the pastor, as the emblems and cohtributions were brought forward to the platform, were pecu liarly appropriate and happy; some of them quite striking, appropriate and beautiful. After these public exercises in the ehureh, tableaux were served with good effect in the lecture-room, and refreshments to good appe tites in the Sabbath-school room. Between .the tableaux, our friend, Rev. B. Bosworth late of Henrietta, made an excellent speech upon the character of the Pilgrims. Alto gether this was a very agreeble entertain ment, with which all seemed well pleased. OUR GREAT THOROUGHFARE. We have become so accustomed to our im proved modes of travel, that we almost for get how great the change has been within a few years. Some who are not yet old men, can tell us when it took them a good long week, of hard weary ridiog, by night and by day, to go from this place to New York. And some men could tell us, with wry faces, how often they had to crawl out of the old stage-coach in the dead of.night, and help pry the thing out of the mud; or walk over or through some terrible slough, to lighten the load, lest the whole should be hopelessly mired. But all that has pasjed away. We ride after another sort now. If the Editor-in- Chief were in our goodly city, passing a plea sant afternoon with his happy Correspondent, and wanted to' be in New York to an early breakfast next morning, all he has to do is to walk down to the magnificent station house of the New York Central Railway, walk into an elegant sleeping palace at 4 30, take tea in Syracuse a little after seven, go to bed when you please, and wake up at six o’clock next morning in busy Gotham. One may thus attend to business all day in this city, all next day in New York, and at evening take the return train, and be in this city again next morning. It is thus our mer chants sometimes spend twelve hours in New York, and are absent from their stores but one day to do it. What would the pioneers, into this wilderness, as it was forty years ago, have thought of this operation ? And how would our merchants get along with their business, if they should .wake up some fine morning, and find that th'ese railroads had all dropped out in the night, and the old stage coaches had come again? It will be understood that the New York Central .now runs its ears through from Buf falo to New York City without change, cross ing at Troy, and going down the Hudson River Railway. They have recently put on some splendid new coaches, marked “New York, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge.” They may be seen at Chambers Street in the. even ing, and in Buffalo the next day at noon; or in Buffalo in the afternoon, and in New York early the next morning; distance, feur hun dred and fifty miles. It is almost a miracle. 1 A GREAT BLESSING AT RIGA. This country church, about twelve miles west of this city, was in a depressed condi tion, and for several months had even been without the preaching of the Gospel. Last spring, however, they obtained the services of Rev. Charles Ruddock, a young man who had preached for a time at Apulia, and God’s blessing came with him. The church at once began to feel the hea venly impulse, and as a result, the Sabbath school, which numbered only forty members, now has one hundred and sixty—increased four fold; and the church, which had only forty communicants, was strengthened last Sabbath by the addition of thirty-seven— almost doubled at once. To show their good feeling toward such a pastor, the congrega tion made v their donation visit on Thursday or last week, amounting to about one hun dred and eighty dollars. Well done, for a little flock. debt paid. The Presbyterian Church in Batavia has recen y been doing the handsome thing, paying the debt which has huDg over its house of worship since it was built. We congratulate the beloved pastor, Rev. C. F. Mussey, on this pleasing evidence that his ministry is not in vain in the Lord. PERSONAL. The First Presbyterian Church of this city, have given an unanimous and enthusiastic call to Rev. Caspar Maurice Wines, a licen tiate of the Presbytery of New Brunswick, N. J. Mr. Wines is a young man, some three years out of the Seminary at Princeton,V.nd a son of Rev. Dr. Wines, of New York City. He preached to this church for two Sabbaths, and has excited very great interest. He has also a call to settle in Newburgh, but the people here hope that he will kindly regard their call as the loudest. Rev. A. L. Benton, of Lima, has declined the'call recently extended to him by the new Church in Vineland, N. J. We are glad for the sake of the Church in Lima, and for many other precious interests, that Mi - . Benton has consented to remain where he is._ We need him in this region. C. P. B. .Rochester, Dec. 30, 1865. fto rf mrr ©ljurrfjßi A Sad Record.—We yield to the imperative claims of an honest journal ism, in publishing the following action of the Presbytery of Cincinnati, in the case of a hitherto distinguished minister of our Church. At this distance, we have no definite information of how ex treme the public rumor makes the crime to have been, or of what measure of guilt was confessed. “At a meeting of the Presbytery of Cin cinnati, held Dec. 23, in the Second Presby terian Church, the following minute was unanimously adopted, viz: “ In consequence of reports unfavorable to the ministerial and Christian character of M. L. P. Thompson, a member of this body, the Presbytery immediately proceeded to investi gate tjie case; and after having prayerfully and deliberately in several sessions considered the charges made against the accused, and for which he was summoned to answer, have come to the following result, to wit: “Ist. That no evidence of his own confes sion of the extreme crime with which he was charged by rumor appears, but that, on the contrary, the witnesses to whom said confes sion was reported to have been made, unani mously testify that so. far from confessing, he always and unqualifiedly denied it. “ 2d. That although no evidence presented to the Presbytery, or which they are able to procure, sustains the charge above alluded to, yet the Presbytery, by his own confession, find the accused guilty of the sin of impurity. “3d. That they also find him guilty of falsehood and deception in the statement made to the Presbytery at the time he asked for a dissolution of his pastoral relation. , “ 4th. That, notwithstanding the professed and apparently unfeigned penitence of the accused, the Presbytery, in view of conduct so highly culpable in its own nature, and so palpably inconsistent with his ordination vows, and with the purity required by the Christian profession, do solemnly suspend the said M. L. P. Thompson from the Gospel ministry, earnestly exhorting him to true and deep repentance, (and to fruits meet fpr the same. “ A true extract from the records of Pres bytery. “ Attest G. W. Maxwell, Moderator. J. Chester, Stated Clerk. Cincinnati, Dec. 23.” The Christian Herald closes some well-expressed thoughts on the subject of this afflictive event, with the following very just reflections:— “ The outcry of the world when a minister of the Gospel falls does not show that minis ters, as a class, are corrupt, but the contrary. Who ever heard of an uproar when an actor, an infidel, or a bar-room: politician was guilty of licentious conduct ? The gusto with which wicked men roll a bit of scandal about a clergyman like a sweet morsel under their tongues, shows that it is a rare luxury. If they could get such morsels oftener, they would not prize them so highly. “ Finally, all such cases, instead of leading Christians to discouragement, should stir them up to greater watchfulness, prayerful ness and charity. “ Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. ” “If any man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness. ‘ Forgive and ye shall be for given.’” The Presbytery op Steuben. —The winter session of this Presbytery was held in Addison on the second Tuesday of -December. * Addison is a very thriving village of some two thousand inhabitants, on the Erie Railroad, twelve miles west of Corning. The principal dwellings are on a beautiful rise of ground east of the railroad. On the main street are two public squares, around one of which are the Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Baptist churches, and the Academy. The Presbyterian church is not very strong, and is now without a pastor; but is enjoying in some degree the spe cial influences of the Spirit—a faithful elder, Mr. Gillette, endeavoring to lead on the church to seek God’s face and favor. ' In the absence of the last Moderator, Rev. L. F. Laine, of Canisteo, preached the opening sermon from the text, “I am the Good Shepherd.” There were present eight ministers and ten laymen. Mr. A. L. Green, a licentiate of this body, and formerly a member of a Con gregational Association, after a satisfac tory examination, was ordained as an evangelist. Rev. Dr. Gregory, of Pratts burg, preached the ordination sermon, and Rev. W. A. Niles, of Corning, gave the charge. Mr. Niles also preached n sermon on Wednesday evening. The subject of home evangelization was discussed, and considerable interest was awakened on the subject. Incipi ent measures were adopted for employ' ing a Presbyterian missionary. Reports from the churches indicated a healthy, prosperous, and harmonious state of the churches. There is evident growth; but in only two of our churches have there been revivals within the year —Canisteo and Pultney. As a result, twelve individuals united with each of these churches. Our Sabbath-schools
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