gtamtait Ht^sbijtmau. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1866. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. For Rev. R. G. Wilder, from a member of CoDgress $5. The Press of Tuesday gives up all hope of an Anti-Sabbath law from our present Legislature. Communications unavoidably de ferred : “ The Freedmen of the South” by an eye-witness: “ Western Matter Presbytery of Ontario on Ministerial Support; Notice of Rev. Homer B. Mor gan. Sunday Magazine or Hours at Home.— T-he types for some weeks past have made us offer The Sunday Maga zine and Hours at Home for one subscri ber and $3. 50. Of course this is im practicable ; we intended to offer the choice of these two excellent periodicals to ‘our friends who are working for us so energetically, and the types should have said Guthrie’s Sunday Magazine or, Hours at Home for one new name, and $3 50. Rev. E. P. Hammond has been hold ing services in Towanda, Pa., with the greatest blessings. Says a correspond ent, January 15 : “ Never before has so much interest been felt here, nor so many souls brought to Christ Truly many-, many,. I hope hun dreds, (and our town is small,) will thank God for having sent him to us. “ 0-” Another says: There cannot be less than 400 conversions. The Episcopal minister and Church come in most cordially. The meetings have been in the 0. S. Church and the Court House, the very place where Dr. Murray (“Kirwan” ‘fought with the wild beasts at Ephesus. Mr. Hammond expected to go to Corning on Saturday. Every Man for hib Own.—The fol lowing paragraph is just now goiDg the rounds. “Mr. McCormick, the inventor of the ‘reaper,’ has endowed a professorship of practical Mechanics, in Washington College, Virginia, presided over by General Lee. The endowment is $lO,OOO. • ‘We like this. In such times as the present, the faster such men as this McCormick reveal themselves, the bet ter it will be for that branch of the Church, where his patronage had better be spared than accepted with the in cumbrance of his personal influence. Loyalty in Tennessee.— At the de dication of the “Fiske Freedmen’s School” at Nashville, on the 9th inst., {a free high school, with accommodations forJLILQ Q_tn _IROO pupilo,) Oor Urovrfl lbw advised the teachers to be exceed ingly prudent and cautious. He stated that, if General Thomas were to take his troops and leave there, the predomi nant party would not allow them, to oc* cupy the school a week, and that the legislature, over which he was placed, would he broken up by a mob in forty eight hours. Sorely Congress, in its anxiety to please the President, will not disregard this testimony of the Governor as to the state of public sentiment in Tennessee.— lndependent. The Southern Episcopal Organiza tion Caying in. —The hitherto recusant Southern Bishops have finally proposed a surrender. After the entire submis sion of the late Triennial Convention to Southern influence and dictation, the keeping up of a distinct sectional organi zation became a mere farce. The Church, as a whole, had proved itself sufficiently Southern in principle to meet all the requirements of the mo6t unmiti gated secessionism and pro-slaveryism, and Southern Episcopalians have wit enough left to see that, in union with it, they can make themselves much more aggressive Northward, than by .shutting themselves off from the loyal States. Mixing in convention with such prelate's and delegates as the Hopkinses, the Whitehouses, the Seymours and the Hunts, they can make their influence a thousand times stronger toward silencing pulpits and church discussions on the great points which have so extensively tested the holiness of Christian principle, .and the cleanness of tb<S3 who bear the vessels pf the Lord. Hence we learn, without surprise, that Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, has written a communication to Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, announ cing that, in response to the many fer vent appeals from Churchmen in all parts of the South, as well as NoTtb, he has deemed it his duty to withdraw whatever objections he had heretofore urged to immediate and unqualified re union. Bishop Elliott farther states that he has peea in communication with Bishop Wilmer, of Alabama, on t{ie sub iect, and that Prelate was so prompt to second the desires of his brother Bishop of Georgia, that he at once took the necessary steps for dissolving what yet remains of the independent Southern Church, so-called. It is further stated that Bishop Wilmer, of Alabama, as soon as the military interdict was removed, summoned a Diocesan Council, which assembles to day, with a view of for mally declaring the official functions of that organisation at au end. Letters have also been received here from the Bishop of Mississippi, saying that he : likewise surrenders to the noble course i pursued by the General Contention. < THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25. 1866. DR. SUNDERLAND’S RETURN Rev. Dr. Sunderland has returned from Paris. On his arrival, Wednesday evening of last week, he was met at the depot by a number of friends who had come to welcome and escort him to his house. There, instead of the expected discomforts of an unoccupied house, or the usual dilapidations of time, he and his family were surprised to find that his people had been before them, putting in order, re storing, purchasing new furniture and carp ets, stocking pantry and cellar, and even providing a bountiful supper for the tired travelers. They learned that for several days the Church had been alive with notes of preparation, and that nearly nine hundred dollars had been collected—part of which had been reserved to be employed by Dr. Sunderland after his arrival. That evening the house was filled with the members of the Church and congregation, who came informally to express their joy at his safe return. The next evening, a public recep tion was given him in his Church. The meeting was large and spirited, and was a fine testimonial to the high esteem in which Dr. Sunderland is held here. Rev. Dr. Gurley presided, and conducted the devo tional exercises; a select choir aided in the services; the senior elder made an address of welcome, and Rev. Drs. Gurley and Nadal followed, most affectionately greeting him in the name of the ministers and the other churches, to all which, Dr. Sunder land responded with much emotion. Yesterday, (Sunday,) it was evidently known that the pastor of the Ist Church had come. The large Church was crowded in every part, the aisles even being occupied. Thus auspiciously, after an absence ot a year and a half, does Dr. Sunderland re sume his ministry here. Most reluctantly was he suffered to go abroad, that he might restore the waste of long continued labor. None too soon for his safety did he go, and for months it seemed doubtful if his sys tem would rally—but he returns with health and energy. Washington has needed his earnest, whole-hearted patriotism and Christian zeal, and he has responded, at the earliest practicable moment, to her oft-i e peated call. His Church has suffered during this enforced separation, but his return at once awakens hope and vigor. May his coming prove, by divine blessing, as the voice of one crying in the wilder ness : “ Prepare ye the way of the Lor.d, make his paths straight.” Com. THE KOLAPOOR MISSION. SUGGESTION BY A MEMBER OF CON- GRESS. House op Representatives, 1 Wasbingson, Jan. 16,1866. J Rev. John W. Mears—Dear Sir : After reading Mr. Wilder’s letter in your issue of January 4, I am induced Jo ask -you to tbkb “charge oFThe enclosed trifle, $5, and hand it over where it will reach his mission. And now, while I am a corporate member of the American Board, and strongly attached to its organiza tion, and trust I always shall be, yet I am a Presbyterian ; and as such, permit me to ask, if the reading of brother Wil der’s letter, his urgent need of “ help,” does not naturally prompt to ask, hot only for volunteers in that field, hut for some of your . strong Presbyterian Churches, to assume to defray the sup port of such reinforcement ? Is it meet that Presbyterian Christian brothers should be permitted to toil on alone? Might not that mission be a germ, a nucleus, that one day would develop an interest, and perch'ance, a Presby terian Missionary organization ? And yet, I suppose, I know some of the hin drances, and even obstacles in the way. Still, I can but have my feelings, when I read such letters as his last. I remain very respectfully yours. Union Theological Seminaby.— The present number of students in this insti tution, (123,) is an increase of twenty five over the last year, and nearly reaches the highest number catalogued previous to the war. Of those now in altend ance, forty-nine have been in the army, sixteen as officers, seven a's privates, and twenty-six as laborers for the Christian or Sanitary Commissions. Rev. Dr. Van Dyck, the translator of the Bible into the Arabic, is giving instruction to a small class made up from the'students, in that language. He is also tempora rily the Hebrew instructor, and is im parting great interest to that department. The seminary has also made a happy selection, Professor Guyot, of Princeton College, for the delivery of- the first course of lectures, ten in number, on the relation of the Bible to the Sciences, on the foundation for an annual course.upon that subject, endowed by Prof. Morse. The first chapter of Genesis will furnish the matter for the present course. The Presbyterian Banner thinks we are in error in charging it with wavering on the terms of re admission of the apostate, churches of the South, to the General Assembly of the other branch. Certainly it proposed action explanatory of those terms, as laid down by that Assembly last spring. Now the Banner is astute enough to know that the very clearness, positiveness and un mistakeable meaning of that action, is what made it so odious to the seceding churches and their friends. Explanation is equivalent to concession in such a case. Still this, we freely admit, is our inference, and we rejoice to bear testi mony to the loyal and uncompromising character of our Pittsburg cotemporary. OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. PRESBYTERY OF ST. LAWRENCE. This Presbytery held its annual meet ing at Potsdam, on Monday, 15th inst., and was opened with a sermon by Rev. Bliss Burnap, of Parishville. Rev. J. W. Whitefield, of Waddington, was elected Moderator. Rev. S. W. Pratt, next day, preached the sacramental ser mon ; and he and Rev. B. B. Beckwith presented skeletons of sermons for criti . cism, an exercise adopted in this body for the improvement of its members. Two of its members also read essays; Rev. John Waugh, on the theme, a higher standard of piety necessary to meet the exigencies of our times ; Rev. J. W. Whitfield, on the relations and duties of the Christian church to the prayer-meeting. Rev. B. B. Beckwith, after being min ister of the Presbyterian Church of Gou veruner, for twenty-three years, has re- , signed his charge, and asked for a disso lution of the pastoral relation. Mr. Beckwith has long been identified with all the religious interests of the country ; has been prominent, active and earnest in the anniversaries of its benevolent societies. His health has not been good for some years, and he thus seeks to throw off care. Rev. S. W. Pratt, of Brasher Palls, and Elder W. A. Eldridge, of Canton, were appointed Commissioners to the General Assembly. Mr. C. B. Whitcomb, who has been laboring for the past year as Sunday School .missionary in this county, was taken under the care of this Presbytery, with a view to licensure for the ministry- ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY ANNIVERSARIES. These occurred this week, commen cing on Tuesday evening, in this pleasant village of Potsdam, from which we write. The meetings are held in con nection with the Presbyterian Church, of which Rev. H. C. Riggs is the acceptable and useful pastor. The arrangements seem to be well made for the occasion. A goodly number are present from abroad, representing the various institutions of benevolence, in cluding Rev. Joseph Scudder, formerly missionary in India, now Secretary of the American and Foreign Christian Union; Rev. I. P. Pettibone, for nine years missionary" of the American Board in Turkey ; "Rev. Mr. Orestes, the converted Spanish priest from Mexico, and others. The subjects came up in the following order: On Tuesday evening, the Tem perance cause : Wednesday morning, the American and Foreign Christian Union; Wednesday afternoon, the Bible Society; Wednesday evening, the Tract Society; Thursday morning, Home Missions; afternooD, Foreign Missions; evening, and all day Friday, Sunday Schools. The Temperance Society of St. Law rence county, after a spirited meeting, resolved to become auxiliary to- the new national society, recently organized in New York. Hon. James Redington, of Waddington, is President, and Rev. J. W. Whitefield, of the same place, Secre tary and Treasurer. In the anniversary of the American and Foreign Christian Union, a good deal of interest was excited by the address of Rev. Mr. Orestes, in Spanish, translated by Mr. Henry C. Riley, and still more, by the glowing and truly eloquent speech of Rev. Joseph Scud der, the new Secretary at New York. He speaks with real power. His style is not rapid, but deliberate, compact, original, with a touch of the humorous, which adds greatly to the effectiveness of his address. We congratulate the parent society, on securing so accepta ble a speaker to set this cause before the churches. It is a real gain. The Home. Missionary Society for the county was addressed by Rev." E. W. Brown, of our own Church, missionary of the Synod of Utica, by Rev. L. S. Hobart, of the American Home Mis sionary Society; and by Rev. L. M. Miller, D.D., of Ogdensburgh, in-behalf of the Old School Presbyterian Board, and others, thus representing in one' meeting in a practical and cordial union the various Home Missionary agencies, at work in this field, and throughout the land. was an in tensely interesting meeting, the speeches all very good. - The desolations are great, even in our own noble State, and in this great county. Churches are weakened by emigrations to the west and to the great cities; and yet these various organizations are doing some thing to build the old wastes; “ a three fold cord, not easily broken.” Tt was a little sad, however, to find that in the great and rich county of St. Lawrence, more money is given by the Home Missionary Societies to aid the churches within its bounds, than all raised in the county for these societies. In other words, the county is a receiver, and not a giver, in the Home Missionary cause. The cotfnty is abundantly able to take care, at least, of itself, if its wealth could be reached for Christ’s cause. The missionary meeting was also one of thrilling interest. Addresses of great beauty and power were made, especially by Rev. Mr. Pettibone and Rev. Mr. Scudder, who could both speak of that which their own eyes had seen in hea then lands. The collections for the American Board in this county have advanced in the last year, showing a healthful increase of interest in this cause. For this we wish thus publicly to express our gratimdp to Rev. S. W. Pratt, the earnest and efficient Secretary of the St. Lawrence County Missionary Society. The anniversary proper ended with the meeting of the Sunday-school associa tion on Thursday evening, and that too was a blessed occasion. The meeting was addressed by Mr. J. B. Tyler, of Watertown, Mr. Pardee, of New York, aild others, with great interest, and with niany suggestions of great practical value, especially to the many Sunday i school teachers in attendance. But beside this, all day Friday was levoted to a Sunday-school Teachers’ Institute, conducted by Mr. Pardee, with his great wisdom and consummate tact, from which all must have retired more deeply impressed with the import sssedness of the Sunday- •ance and bli school work. We have m saries for threl these of this yl esting than >w attended these anniver t years in succession, and par have been more inter hy before, and we have wished that we had such such anniversaries in all more and mor societies and the counties o our State. They are a great power f( r good in all this region, greatly stimul .ting all church work, and Christian ben volenee. A SUCCESSFUL PASTORATE. Rfev. Dr. Fywler, of Utica, last Sab bath preacherf his fifteenth anniversary sermon, in Vhich he gave some facts of great interest, indicating most plainly that his labors have not been in vain in the Lord. I We gather a few items from, a quite full and interesting report of the discourselfound in the Utica Herald. During his ministry a new house of worship/ias been built, at a cost of more than fiftr thousand dollars. The seats are all tented, and more are wanted. Thle cmgregation has doubled. Some sixty thousand dollars have been pai 1 in this \iie for current expenses; and nearly!fifty thousand raised for benevo lent purposes. Butjtbe spiritual progress is still bet ter the Church was somewhat reduced fcgth ; was not altogether harmo l but is now united and strong, [working one Sunday-school; it abors in four, each one with a in stri nioosj It Wij now I lof its own; each-one a centre of an,d-influence in some p|ft of the It employs also a Bible reader, chagi ligh city acellent lady who is constantly hing out the destitute; also an effi and able city missionary; and' its ibutions to all benevolent causes greatly increased. It is a strong ihg Church; one of the most pros )|s in onr part of the land. cont hav wor perol PERSONAL. R< r. J. W. Grush, pastor of the Con gregf .ional Church in North Potsdam,- was isited by his congregation on the 11th instant, and was enriched one hun dred aid fifty dollars by their coming. Revi Drj Miller, of Ogdensburgh, after havinglbeep a good deal out of health for some two' months, is now apparently well agaii; although he is not expected fully to resume his pastoral labors until he has a little more time to confirm his renewei strength. C. P. B. Potsiim, January 10, 1866. (Aft WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, D. C., Jan. 20,1866. iiay closes the' most important iin Congress, thus far, during the fit session. Some weeks ago, I in ed in this correspondence, that Con uit’a vote hadnotsettledthe question -artial suffrage forever. The action Ti weel pres< tima nect of iq Bouse of Representatives, on Ia 7 last, was but the opening f the great act which will un nably be completed before the an Republic is many years older, into consideration all the circum attending the debate on the suff -11, and the manner in which it passed the House, it would seem tie' finger of Providence' pointed a,kably to the granting of univer raige, at no distant day, to the people, North 'and South. A week ago, there were serious apprehen sions that if the House bill was passed at al, it would be by a very small ma jority These fears, however, have all dispelled, and the hopes of the most line are more than realized. Many prominent and sagacious politicians are of opinion that the passage of this' bill, giving the negro unqualified suffrage her* in the District of Columbia, is but thejfirst step to granting him a like pri vilege elsewhere. There is one thing certain : the great NationalDnion party can ho longer refuse to make this ques tion an issue before the people. The action of their representatives must either bej sustained or rebuked. The closing scenes of the debate in the Houhe were full of interest. When the Speaker called the House to order at twelve o’clock, nearly all the members were in their seats, a large number of visitors were on the floor, and the gal leries were crowded. {Mr. Wilson, of lowa, had given notice ihe day previous that he would press the question to a vote at half past three o’clock. The at tendance in the galleries during the whole debate was large/ but the interest increased as the day of final decision drew near. Naturally enough, a large number of the auditors were of the race so deeply concerned in the matter before the House. Day* after day, yoo could see them scattered all over the galleries, listening with an earnestness and an anxiety which showed their appreciation of the great question under discussion..! Their great quality of patience was ob servable, as indeed it was necessary, for they seemed to give tie same atten tion to those who spoke against the measure, as to those who spoke for it. This, I am bound to say, was mol ° thaa i some of the dominant race did. On j Thursday morning, there seemed to be an unusual number of colored people present. They crowded the galleries; stood in the aisles and at the doors, the lobbies were full of them, and almost every place you turned, you could see a colored man or woman. What wonder that they should manifest such an inte rest in a measure so closely affecting their present and future—a measure which completes the great act of eman cipation, and makes liberty worth the having. As soon as the “ morning hour” had expired, the Speaker announced the or der of the day, and Mr. Sidney Clarke, a rising man from Kansas, took the floor and spoke for an hour. After him came Philip Johnson, of Pennsylvania, who aspires to the position of leader of the thirty-two Democrats on the floor of the House.. Johnson is a short, broad man, dogmatical and brusque in manner, and possessed of some parliamentary tact and experience, but is by no means an able man. Wilson, of lowa, arose to close the debate, but according to pre arrangement, yielded to Gov. Boutwell, of Massachusetts. Boutwell spoke for about half an hour in favor of the bill, and in that brief time he said more to the point, and -said it better, than per haps any other man in the House could have done H?is a rather small man, compactly built, with a fine, intellectual face under a good-sized, well-shapen head. He is a finished scholar, an acute and successful lawyer, a fair orator, and a man of great mental capacity. He spoke extempore, and as he proceeded, seemed to rise to the importance and in terest of the occasion, alternately argu ing the merits of the case, and then again drawing from his rich store of classical learning, several illustrations as effective as they were beautiful. The Union members crowded around him, and seemed to catch from said, new arguments as well as fresh courage, while the Democrats abandoned for the time, their busy preparations for “ filli bustering” when the hour for voting should come. When Mr. Boutwell sat down, the voting commenced. Several amend ments and motions to postpone were successively made, and invariably voted down. It was known that there was a difference among the Union members on the question of unqualified suffrage. Mr. Hale, Unionist, from New York, moved to recommit with instructions, but the Democrats, seeing they could do no thing to prevent the passage of the bill in some shape, were determined to put the conservative Unionists square on the record and they, with the radicals, defeated Mr. Hale’s mor tion. By this means the “ conserva tives,” of whom H. J. Raymond is a type, were caught between the upper and nether millstones of the Democracy and radicalism, and forced, for once, to do their duty. They could neither amend nor procrastinate, and they were afraid to go against the measure. While the effort to amend or recommit was being made, the leading radicals were not idle. Stevens and Kelley and Bingham were together, watching eagerly every move ment of the eiiemy, as well as guarding the cowardly in their own ranks, while Wilson, of Iowa; and some of the West ern members, were passing in and out the ante-rooms and lobbies, gathering up the stragglers and protecting the flanks. The radicals wanted not only to secure the passage of the bill, but to show their strength in doing it, and they were determined there should be no shirking of duty among the Unionists. The hand of the clock was upon quarter past four when the clerk commenced call ing the roll on the final vote, and when the name of John B. Alley, the. first on the list, was called, the answer came “ yea.” As the clerk travelled down the list, and the answers “yea” or “nay” came from the body of the hall, the greatest silence prevailed and the utmost attention was paid to the event transpiring—not that anybody doubted the result, but all in stinctively felt that such a scene was not often witnessed. The Speaker had scarcely announced the result—“yeas, 116; nays, 52”—when applause arose simultaneously from the floor and the galleries. That was the Amen of the people to the action of-their Representa tives. Let us hope that the whole coun try will join in the response. The bill has already reached the Senate, and will probably come up next week. There are numerous speculations as to its fate in that body, but the im pression seems general that it will pass by a larga majority, just as it came from the House. The action of the House has given a new impetus to the radi cals everywhere, but especially in the Senate. It is said by those who ought to know, that the President will refuse to sign the bill, and in view of this, the Senate should pass it by a two-third vote. This I think, can be secured. As might be expected there is consider able rejoicing among the colored people at the result, as well as in view of the measure becoming a law at no distant day- J. M. John Bell in the series of 'letters he is writing to the Louisville Journal gives it as his opinion that if a colored man owned a freehold of $250, and possessed the ability to read and write, it would not be dangerous to allow him to vote. colored coDgrega ns m Washington were set on fire one evening last week, without much damage Among them was the Fifteenth Street •Presbyterian Church, Dr. Garnet gte uf sm Michigan. —Church Extension Ac tual and Prospective. —From a report of the proceedings of the late meeting of the Presbytery of Marshall, contained in the Evangelist, we take the following : * « In, the devotional exercises the presence of the Spirit was felt, and the meeting closed with strong faith that God has great rains of grace in store for this people and for this land. Presby terian churches at Sunfield and. Delhi have been organized and taken under care of Presbytery, and others could be formed if there was any one to gather them together and take care of them. Counties north of-us are being rapidly settled, and there are doors opening in that direction for men who love to lay foundations in Zion- The Second Pres byterian Church has been built and dedicated within the past year in Lan sing ; also a Congregational Church. And still the sittings are inadequate for all who wish to attend at these places of worship, and so it is in Marshall and Battle Creek. Church-going is at least more popular in these parts than for merly, and we hope the Spirit of God is in it. Rev. L. Willard and Elder Philo Merrill were appointed commissioners to the next General Assembly.” A Record Worth Passing Round. — Rev. Dr. Fowler, of Utica, N. Y., re cently preaching on the fifteenth anni versary of his pastorate in that city, stated that during that period the annual aggregate of contributions to benevolent objects has risen from $131'7 to $6325, and amounts in all to more than $48,000. Besides this, the pew rentals of the fifteen years, $60,000 in all, have suffered a loss of only a trifle more than $lOO in the process of collection.' The acces sions to the membership of the Church during the same period have been 619, of whom 320 were received on profes sion. Prosperity. —The Church in Ovid, N. Y., under the ministry of Rev. Charles E. Stebbins, has renovated and beautified its church edifice, and in the same effort, swept off a debt of $1250. It is, in other respects, in an unusually promising condition. Ministerial Movements. —Rev. E. J. Stewart has taken charge of the churches of Schoolcraft and Parkville, Mich. Rev. D. E. Bierce has re moved from Terre Haute, Ind., to Rip ley, Ohio. Rev. W. A. Alexander, of Pomfret, Conn., has accepted the call of the First Presbyterian Church in Racine, Wis. Rev. Hiram Hill has been transferred from Cape Vincent, N. Y. to Austin, Nevada. Rev. Thomas Sher rard, late of Centralis, 111., has taken charge of the church in Brooklyn, Mich., in connection with the Presbytery of Marshall. -Rev. Rollin A. Sawyer, now of Newark, Ohio, is about to tahetlhe pastorate of the Third Street Church in Dayton. Rev. W. C. Clark has been tranferred from Sturgis, Mich., to How6ll, the county seat of Livingston county, in the same State. Wisconsin.— Our Church in Lowville, Wis., had a joyous season, on the sth inst., when they entered their new house of worship, dedicating it with the usual solemnities, to the service of God. Oxford, Ohio, Female College. — This institution, heretofore remarkable as the 3 recipient of gracious effusions, 1b again enjoying a Divine' refreshing. Twelve of its members were. received into the First Presbyterian Church in Oxford, at the recent communion. The week of prayer was one of exceeding interest thdre, and a number more of the students are now rejoicing in a newly found salvation. Sardinia, Ind. —Our Church in this place is now enjoying its second revival within the last twelve months. The Christian Herald has the account of a fresh accession to the Church, and con tinued interest. The letter is dated just previous to the week of prayer, a week to which pastor and people were looking with high expectation. Cross Roads, Ohio. —We have a small Church at this place, few in num bers, and feeble in pecuniary strength, as may be inferred from the fact that they have preaching statedly only once in four weeks. But there are praying souls there, and God is among them, in evidence of which we record the recent reception of eighteen new members to their communion. SUNDAY RAILROADING IN BOSTON. This subject is now under discussion by the Metropolitan Passenger Railroad Company of Boston. Although the committee has reported against imposing restrictions to the running of cars on Sunday, the Boston Recorder declares the end is not yet. It says: . One member of the Investigating Com mittee, Mr. M. F. Fowler, declared that the company had Jost $125,000 the past year by running cars on Sunday, and gave notioe that at the next meeting he should move amend ments to the by-laws in effect as proposed in the call for this meeting, and also to prohibit the running of cars for hire on Sunday. We have also since seen accounts of the arrest and conviction of two conductors of this road for fraudulent returns of money, and that large expenses are made in ‘spotting’ the conduct ors by a system of espionage.’^ The Remains of the Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely, D.D., long distinguished in the Presbyterian Church, have recently been removed to tbe graveyard of the ancient Presbyterian Church at Abingdon, Pa., near Philadelphia, where lie the remains of such men as TeuDent, Treat, Danby, Steel, and others of like faith.
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