THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN
AND
GENESEE EVANGELIST.
AReligions and Family Newspaper,
IN THE INTEREST OA THE
ConstitUtional P;esbyteriam. Church.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
AT THE PREStYTERLAN HOUSE,
1334 Chestnut Street, (2d story,) Philadelphia.
Rev. John W. idearii, Editor and Publisher.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1866
FREENESS OF THE GOSPEL.
Man's fall and ruin is great. The fatal
taint of original sin is everywhere. If we
endeavor to penetrate the mystery of its
origin, a thick cloud baffles us. We cannot
remain long at the task without weariness,
confusion, despondency. Echo answers •
our question: Why was a whole race of
creatures so tied together by natural law,
that the sin of the progenitor inevitably and
without exception dragged them all into
the same fallen and melancholy condition?
We vainly puzzle ourselves in the attempt
'to solve such a problem. We can only say
that reason and Scripture join to assure us
of the fact; it so happened under the /gov
ernment of the infinitely just and almighty
God, and it must accord in some insorut
able way with the principles of His perfect
nature. Yet even so the question, like a
Wave of the sea, will rd'llback upon us;
deep calls unto deep at the . .noise of these
waterspouts of mystery and doubt. We
look upon man, and we shudder to think
into what a plight he was brought by the
sin of his parents. We are almost in sym
pathy with the passionate regret which the
great poet puts into the mouth of Eve, when
she contemplates the remote consequences
of her disobedience, and proposes to Adam
a desperate remedy :
Then, both ourselves and seed at once to free
From what we fear for both, let us make short,—
Let us 'seek death ; or he not found, supply
With our own bands his office on ourselves.
Destruction with destruction to destroy
Nothing avails in the slightest degree to
abate this mystery or to relieve'its oppres
siveness ; no learned propositions in theology
do more than entertain and turn the cur
rent of our thoughts ; but only when the
idea of a REDEEMER breaks upon the chaos,
is it as if light had leaped nom the bosom
of God, and a free salvation only can satisfy
the soul distracted with questioning's on
the origin of oiu. The mystery of darkness
is not abolished, but a mystery
of light arises by its side. Where sin
abounded grace does much more abound.
As 'sin hath reigned unto death, even so
might grace reign, through righteousness,
unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.
The darkness of the fall was mercifully re
lieved by joining in the same breath with
the curse, the promise of a Redeemer. And
Milton makes Adam cheer his despairing
wife and turn her from her violent projects,
by recalling that forgotten part of the sen
tence to her mind :
Then let us seek
Some safer resolution, which methinks
I haft in view calling to mind with heed
Part of our sentence, that thy seed shall braise
The serpent's head. Which will be lost
By death brought on ourselves.
Here, then, is—not the solution—but the
counterpoise to the mystery of evil, the
mystery of good. Are men universally,
miserably fallen ? They . may universally
be redeemed. Is the poison far-reaching,
the malady deep, vital, fatal? The cure
is ample, perfect, placed in reach of all. Is
the strength of the sufferer utterly destroy
ed? Divine strength is freely offered in
its place. Is he tangled in a network
of sin drawn for thousands of years,
through all generations, from the first of
thd race? A single glance of faith to the
second Adam, the son of Mary, will cut
every knot and set the prisoner free,though
still bearing many marks of bondage 4 within
and without. The sin is more than abolish
ed; a new and better principle of holiness
that angels cannot know, is put in its place.
The disadvantage is more than amended,
for the Son of God, the Divine Word, be
comes man, our elder brother. The sorrow
and shame are more than atoned for; the
prodigal son is welcomed back with accla
mations, with honors, and with rejoicings,
that the unfallen contemplate with wonder.
A cure for moping and despondency, a yin
dication of the Divine character, a glorious
theodicy, is the free and perfect salvation
wrought by Christ. It is meritorious
enough to cover all the sinful consequences
of the fall and to embrace every guilty child
of Admit. It is meant to make salvation
possible for all. It does all, absolutely all,
in the way of righteousness, suffering, and
Satisfaction, that is necessary to be done to
redeem and to make happy forever a whole
sinful race. No services, no sacrifices, no
goodness, no penance are required from a
single sinner. Everything which tends to
hide the perfect all-sufficiency of the Gos
pel, robs it of its glory and offends its infi
nitely gracious Author. He who gu es
about to devise some preliminary to accep-
tance; who acts as if there was some defect
which he can or must supply, but adds to
his own sins and aggravates his unprepared
condition, So perfect is this Gospel plan,
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so divinely adapted to , our wants, so com
plete a cure to all the ills of the fall, that
absolutely all we have to do is humbly TO
ACCEPT IT. The real preliminary, the true
preparation, is to renounce all . confidence'or
hope in any attempts at preparation which
we could make.
Well were it if guilty, trembling sinners
would at once take this alone just view of
the Gospel and rest upon it. Well were
it, if the Church caught fully the inspiring
view, and felt the broad, the Divine suffi
ciency of the remedy for fallen man. Be
hold in man a redeemed race. Behold a sal
vation not more complete, nor more divinely
rich in its provisions, than simple in its
conditions. For the mere willingness, the
sincere willingness to be saved by Christ,
the vilest may be saved. The simplest act
of the mind, so simple as scarcely to admit
of definition or analysis, puts him in pos
session of all the blessings of salvation.
0, the world is not merely a dark abode
of sin; a fallen, doomed, accursed place; a
province of Satan's empire. It is redeemed
by the cross of Christ, lit up by the glory
of the incarnate Word, the only-begotten of
the Tather r full of grace and truth; it is
wrapped in the purple flames of almighty
love. Salvation is the Divine purpose—
"not willing that any, should perish, but
that all should come to repentance." Se
need to Work for souls under the fire of a
confidence in that Divine purpose. We
need to know the marvellous, victorious
strength of God's love, as well as the ap
palling strength of sin. We need to work
for men as in a world practically, poten
tially saved. We must put great confidAce
in the Gospel ; cherish larger hopes of its
success, and press forward as to certain
victory,. though we ourselves fall in the
REVIVAL OF THE. TEMPERANCE
MOVEMENT.
A very encouraging response was glade,
on Thursday of last *eek, to a call for a
meeting of the friends of temperance in
this city, to listen to statements and sug
gestions of Rev. Theo.. Cuyler, of Brook
-Iyn, from the Board of Managers of the
National Temperance Society. The assem
blage embraced' ministers and laymen of all
the leading denominations of the city. It
was convened in the rooms of the Young
Men's Christian Association; ftev. Alex.
Reed was called to the chair, and Rev. Al
fred Taylor was appointed Secretary. After
prayer, Mr. Cuyler gave a statement of the
present position, operations and objects of
the National Temperance Society, the basis
of which is total abstinence from the use, as
a beverage, of all that intoxicates, and its
object to combine moral suasion and wise
legislation for the overthrow of the drink
ing habits of society.. A main instrumen
tality proposed to be employed by the new
organization is THE PRESS. A temperance
literature of elevated character , has been a
great desideratum in former years, and,
although the' Society is really but a few
months old, (since December last,) it has,
issued a large and admirable list of books
and tracts, and publishes two monthly
periodicals—The National Temperance Ad
vocate' and The Youth's Temperance Ban
ner, which have already a large circulation.
It is proposed to raise, by a few individual
subscriptions, a fund of $lOO,OOO for the
establishment of a TEMPERANCE PUBLICA
TION HOUSE, and thus to give permanence
and efficiency to the present movement A
number of subscriptions, including one of
$5OOO, from Wm. E. Dodge, Esq., Presi
dent of the Society, have already been re
ceived for this object. Professor Barrows,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has
consented to leave an important literary
position in New England, and accept the
position of Corresponding Secretary of the
Society, to which he has been elected. The
income of the Society has averaged $2OOO
per month, since its organixation.
Mr. Cuyler, in the course of his address,
narrated the progress of the temperance
movement in his own church. Commenc
ing last fall, it had culminated in the glo
rious revival of religion which was still in
progress, and with as much interest, during
the present week, as at any previous Aime.
Monthly temperance meetings had been held,
addressed by eminent speakers and enlivened
by vocal music from the Hutchinson fatally
and others, which crowded his large Church;
the circulation of the pledge formed part of
the exercises, and some twelve or fifteen
hundred signatures had been procured.
Personal effort for the rescue, not altogethe r
of abandoned sots in the gutters, but of the
victims of the cup in good society, were ini
tiated, and had been crowned, in a nuniter
of instances, with complete success. As
had been been confidently -anticipated by
the pastor, this work of reform was soon
merged into a most extensive and powerful
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1866.
revival of religion. Rescued men, from
the higher walks of society, were among
the most marked subjects of thg work of
grace, and were to be found now leading
prayer-meetings, teaching mission schools,
and aiding powerfully in carrying on the
revival work. This happy blending of the
positively evangelical and spiritual with
the reformatory elements, was well Calcu
lated to impress and interest the audience.
Mr. Cuyler closed with an appeal for ac
tion on the part of the good citizens of
Philadelphia, and for a favorable reception
by the churches and the liberal people, of
the project of a National Temperance Pub
lication, House, commending also the pub
lications already issued to their patronage.
An important suggestion made, was, that
the churches should admit the temperance
cause to their regular list of benevolent
objects, not perhaps for an annual, but for
a regular contribution,
Remarks were made by Rev. Mes • Srs.
Mears and Torrence, Mr. James Black of
Lancaster, and others. Mr. Torrence men
tioned interesting facts in regard to the re
vival in William port, Pa., showing
that there was a 'connection between the
temperance reform and the work of the
Holy Spirit there, similar to that mentioned
by Mr. Cuyler as prevailing in Brooklyn.
A committee 'of seven was appointed to pre
pare a form of organization, and to nomi
nate officers of a City Temperance Society.
The committee consists of Rev. Dr. Newton,
Rev. Mewls. Tallmage and Kendall Brooks,
Prof. Cleveland, Col. Louis Wagner, S. W.
Butler, M.D., and J. C. Garrigues.
The Meeting adjourned to meet in the
same place, on Thursday (to-day) at 31
o'clock, to hear the report of the committee
and to perfect the organization.
THE IVATIONAL SOCIETY.
The following is a list of the officers of
the National Temperance Society and Pub
lication House :
President.—Hon. William E. Dodge, New
York City. '
Vice-presidents.—E. C. Delavan, N. Y.;
Chan. R. H. Walworth, N. Y. ; Gov. Wm. A.
Buckingham, Conn.; Hon. Horace Greeley,
N. Y.; Rev. Dr. Hewitt, Conn. ; Rev. Dr. I.
N. Wyckoff, N. Y.; Maj.'-Gen. Howard, D. C: ;
Geo. - a Stuart, Pa. ; Rev. H. W. Beecher, N.
- 1".; John B. Gough, Mass. riffon: -Jame-a-Bar
latt, D. C.; R. W. Steele, Ohio; E. J. Marrs,
Ind. ;' D. R. Pershing, Ind.; Wm. Ballentyne, D.
C. ' • John Tappan, Mass.; Bishop E. S. Janes,
N.Y.; Hon. Gerrit Smith, N. Y. ; Rev. Dr. N.
S. S. Zeman, Ill.; Prof. A. B. Palmer, Mich..;
Matthew W. Baldwin, Pa.; Hon. A. C. Bar
stow, R, I.; }ley. S. H. Tyng, D.D., N. Y.;
Hon. J. Warren Merrill, Mass. ; Rev. Dr.
Dowling, N. Y.; Gen. Neal Dow, Me.; Ben
jamin Joy, N. Y.; Gen. S. F. Cary, Ohio;
Rev. Dr. Asa D. Smith, N. H. ; Dr. J. J.
Bradford, Ky. ; Rev. Prof. Lee, N. Y. ; Prof.
Youmans, N. Y. ; Rev. J. W. Chickering, D.D.,
Mass. ,- Charles Hathaway, N. Y. ; E. Reming
ton, N. Y.; Rev. John Marsh, D.D., N. Y.;
Hon. Samuel Willeston, Mass.; B. H. Mills,
111. ; Rev. Dr. Nelson, Mo. ; E. S. Wells, Ill.;
David Ripley, N. J.; S.,D. Hastings, Wis.;
Williamson, Del. ; Rev. H. C. Fish, D.D.,
N. J.; Rev. J. B. Wakely, N. Y.; William H.
Burleigh, N. Y. ,• • John Sherry, N. Y.; Theo
dorus .Gregory, N. Y. Charles Hopkins, N.
Y.; Simeon Morrill, Canada; John Dougall,
Canada; Hon. S. L. Tilley, New Brunswick;
Rev. J. M. Cramp \ . Nova Scotia.
Treasurer.—Wm. A. Booth, New York City.
- _Assistant Treasurer.—Thomas T. Sheffield,
New York City.
Corresponding Secretary. —Rev.-Prof. Bar-
Publishing Agent.—J. N. Stearns, New York
City.
Financial Agent—G6orge E. Sickles, New
York City.
Board of Managers.—Rev. T. L. Cuyler, N.
Y.; Gen. Joseph S. Smith, N. Y.; Rev. Dr.
W. ,W. Newell, N. Y.; Rev. Peter Stryker,
N.
Y.; Rev. Kendell Brooks, Pa.; T. M. Spel
man, N. Y. John Davies, N. Y.; Rev. N. E.
Cobeigh, Mass.; J. B. Merwin, N: Y. - Rev.
Edwin Thompson, Mass.; Peter Carter, ? N. Y.;
Alvan B. Preston, N. Y.; James Black, Pa.;
Rev. J. B. Dunn, N. Y..; Wm. B. Spooner,
Mass.; J. N. Stearns, N. Y.; Rev. Cyrus D.
Foss, N. Y. ; A. S. Hunter, M.D., N. Y.; E.
A. Lambert, N. Y.; S. B. Ransom, N. Y.; T.
T. Sheffield, N. Y. ; Rev. R. R. Meredith, N.
Y.; A. P. Norton, N. Y.; R. S. Doty, N. Y. ;
R. G. Pardee, N. Y.; J. W. Lester, N. Y.; A.
A. Robins, N. Y.
ELEPHANTS WILD AND TAME.
The Montreal Witness, a journal which
as shown a steady and penetrating insight
into our national affairs from the outbreak
of the war; is still perfectly clear upon the
recent issues. Some who have been our
friends, in England during the prevalence
of hostilities, now allow themselves to be
blinded to the pernicious tendencies of the
President's course. Not so the Witness,
Which in a recent number thus pithily epit-
omizes :
PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S POSITION.—It is be
coming more and more apparent that President
Johnson's unfortunate (or, perhaps, fortunate)
speech from the steps of the White House on
Washington's birth- day, has sent him to Coven
try, if there be such a place in the States. The
quiet indifference with which that speech is
treated by some of the Republican leaders, the
commiseration of others, and the apologetic
badinage of a third class, all show that they feel
conscious he has, in a great measure, broken
down his power to do harm, and those who ad
here to him seem painfully conscious that they
are sinking with him. The conviction that the
President is not steady, to use a common and
expressive phrase, is gaining ground, and his
Cabinet adhere to him upon the same principle
that th ey put a t ame e lephant on each side of a
wild one; just to keep him in order.
Mr. EfAmmoND is announced as having
left Peoria and gone to Springfield, 111., for
further labors.
TOTAL DEFEAT OF THE ENEMIES
OF THE SABBATH.
It is our high privilege to announce the
complete triumph of the friends of the Sab
in our city and State. The struggle in.our
legislature was brought to a decisive issue
onThursday and Friday of last week, and
resulted in the overwhelming defett of the
agitators for a partial repeal of the Sabbath
l a ws. In the Senate, only seven members
out of thirty, could be found in favor even
of the partial repeal proposed. The pro
posal for allowing the running of the pas
senger cars on Sunday was, very early
referred to the Comniittee on Vice and Im
morality, much to the disgust and discour
agement of its friends. On Thursday,
March 29, that committee, through Mr.
Graham, chairman, reported, with a nega
tive recommendation, the bill allowing cars
to run on Sunday, and recommended the
following resolution :
Resolved, That the laws of the Common
wealth in regard to the first day of the week,
called the Lord's Day, be left unchanged, and
that the committee be discharged from the
further consideration of the subject.
This resolution was a pretty plain intima
tion that the friends of the proposed repeal
were opposed to all the State laws designed
to protect the sanctity of the day. It
touched what little conscience and reverence
for God's laws they had left, and brought
immediate disclaimers from several of them.
Even Mr. Donovan thought it necessary to
interpose, and said it was not fair 'for the
Committee to present such resohition. Mr.
Ridgway, of this city, objected to a plan
which would only place the friends of Sun
day travel on the record as being opposed
to all Sunday laws, when• really there was
no such opposition; all that they desired
was to have the cars run.
Mr. Cowles made a similar objection.
Finally, an amendment offered by Mr. Mc-
Conaughi was adopted, and the resolution
was passed by 23 yeas to 7 nays, as follows :--
Resolved, THAT THE 'EA.WB OT THE. C 0,12-
MONWEALTH •IN REGARD TO =THE FIRST
DAY OF THE WEEK, CALLED THE LORD'S
DAY, BE NOT SO ALTERED AS TO ALLOW
TNE AWNNING OF STREET CARS ON THAT
The seven voting in the negative were
Messrs. Cowles, Donovan, Glatz, James,
Randall, Ridgway, andSchall.
Equally important was the defeA inflicted,
on the next day, by the majority in the
other house. . There the measure took the
more specious and yet more odious shape of
submitting to popular vote a question of
public morals. If successful, it must have
opened the door to a policy hazardous to
every true interest of society. Might not
the licentious multitude claim the right
to vote equally upon laws prohibiting viola
tions of the seventh commandment? Is
the legislation of a Christian commonwealth
founded indeed upon'the fluctuating Whims
of the populace, and' not rather upon the
Christain sentiment, which recognizes the
paramount authority of the law of God?
These are the serious, questions started by
such a proposal. The lower house of our
State legislature decided, on the 30th of
March, by a majority of twelve, to refuse to
submit to popular vote the question evey of a
partial abrogation of the Sabbath laws. We
regret to learn that, out of ' seventeen
Assemblymen from our city, only two,
Messrs. Ruddin , an and Wallace, voted with
the substantial and. God-fearing men of the
State, to maintain the ancient landmarks of
morality of our city and commonwealth.
It is with no oinnmon gratification that.
we record this triumph of righteousness in
Hairisburg. Messrs. legislators, a grate
ful community, whom you have saved from
the unspeakable damage of the opening of
a hundred new and wide channels'of disorder
and iniquity among them, heartily thanks
you. The intelligent, the wise, the good
of this great city, those who have its real
interests at heart ;,two hundred evangelical
clergymen, fifty thousand members of Chris
tion churches, five thousand Sabbath-school
teachers, one hundred thousand mothers,
fathers, sisters, and friends of young men
exposed to the already fearful temptations
of a great city, welcome and bless you, as
the staunch defenders of their dearest in
terests; as efficient co-workers in maintain
ing social order and conserving public
morals; as men who recognize their great
responsibility, and discharge well the very
highest duty which as legislators they are
called upon to perform. We thank you for
doing your part in preserving the ancient,
the precious distinction of Philadelphia, as
the most Sabbath-keeping of all the cities
of the globe. We thank you for saving us,
in this first year 1 peace and rejoicing for
o or ' i ou s,Victory, from a public act of gross
ingratitude and rebellion against the God
deliverance even the
whose mercy in our
ungodly o di. and the Sabbath-breakers in our
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community joined in publicly acknowledg
ing. We thank you for saving the glorious
repord of Gettysburg from the infamous
blot attempted to be put on it at Harris
burg. Yes, we thank you for the honor
you have done yourselves as our representa
tives. Whate' may have been the fact
heretofore, the legislature of Pennsylvania
has won a character, and we are not
ashamed now to speak of it anywhere, or tp
place it. in comparison with any other simi
lar body of 'men. Such fidelity to the right
must have its 'miler influence, and will
receive the blessing or God ; we look for
its purifying fruits in all the after proceed
ings and history of your body.
'HOME IIIfSSIONS.
PRESBYTERIAN ROOMS, 150 , NASSAII ST.,
NEW YORK, March 26, 1866.
REV. J. W. MEARS—Dear Brother:—
In the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN Of the
22d inst., your correspondent D. G. M.
makes use of the following words :
" Dr. Hall, in his Journal of Health, once
proposed that the Church should give each un
employed minister a horse, appoint him a field
of labor, and require him to preach somewhere
on his circuit every day the year round, and
give him two dollars for every day he preached.
Does the Home Missionary Committee mean
to tell us that the men could not be found to do
this, if the money were forthcoming?"
In reply, I wish to say that at the 'pre
sent time our treasury is exhausted. Our
expenses were never greater than now, for
we never had so many missionaries in the
field before. We are calling loudly on our
friends not to fail us while the field opens
so wide before us. Nevertheless, such is
our need of men, that the Home Mission
ary Committee would gladly engage twenty
five such men as D. G. M. speaks of, and
assign them their fields , of labor, between
this and the meeting of the General As
aembly ; and if they have good common
sense, good average abilities for pulpit and
pastoral labors, we will pay them at the
rate D. G. M. or Dr. Hall proposes,.adding
the difference .between coin and currency.
As to the horse, he ought to last at least
five years in such service; but we will
agree to advahce half his value the first
year.
We hope these twenty-five men will offer
themselves at once, for between the meet
ing of the General Assembly and the 4th
of July we shall want twenty-five more.
Yours truly, H. KENDALL, Sec'y.
MIINCHAUSEN RE ft IVIVIIS.
The London Weekly Review, whose news
department has always been rebel, contains
in its issue of March 17 the following
astounding announcements
The latest news from America shows that
the anti-Radical policy of the President—his
message, and especially, it is said, his speech—
have completely carried the country with him.
The excitement was unequalled almost in in
tensity since Fort Sumter was bombarded in
1861. By a peaceful revolution, the Radical
party has been completely discomfited, and
scarcely a member of Congress who adhered to
this policy but has been informed by his State
or district that the people lave decided against
him, and that at the next election he must stay
at home. It is said that on the 4th of March
the Presidett is to reorganize his Cabinet, to
issue a proclamation th s at peace and the Union
are restored, and to intimate that in a year, ac
cording to law, the Freedmen's Bureau must
expire. The Radical majority in Congress are
said now to be in no mood to fight.
Well, well; all we can say is; this is not
the first time the Review has been sold, but
scarce ever so badly before.
OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT
S. S. MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION
A soiliety of this sort, which promises
great efficiency, has recently been organ
ized in connection with the Sunday
school of the First Presbyterian Church
of Buffalo. The organization is simple,
and yet complete. It has its President,
Vice-President, Secretaries, and Trea
surer ; in order to enlist all, the
whole band of teachers is called a Board
of Directors, and the scholars a Board
of Managers.
Each scholar is also constituted a
Collector, and for this purpose in fur
nished with a suitable book, and is ex
pected to subscribe himself, and get as
many others to subscribe as he can.
They set their mark high; they mean to
raise a thousand dollars in the year;
and then appropriate one-half to the sup
port of two mission schools in Buffalo,
a portion toward sustaining a County
Sunday-school Missionary, and a part
toward supporting the Mission Schools
of the American Board in heathen lands.
We like their plan of undertaking so
much ; and with good management, we
do not see why, in that large and
wealthy church, they may not accom
plish it all.
THE REVIVALS
We can ha l rdly write of anything else,
such glorious news are coming to us
almost daily. In Buffalo, it• is estimat
ed that as many as five hundred conver
sions have occurred, since the year began.
Last Sunday evening it was our privi
lege to drop in . at the Young People's
Prayermeetiug,in Dr. Heacock's Church.
TERMS
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CHI bs.—Ten or wore papers, sent to one address,
payable strictly in advance and in one remittance
By Mail, l : ••.!,'2 50 per annum. By Carriers. $3 per annum.
Ministers and Ministers , Widows, S 2 50 in
ad vance.
Rome Missionaries, $2OO in advance.
Fifty cents additional after three months.
Remit/antics by mail are at our risk.
Postage.—Five cents quarterly, in advance, paid
by subscribers at the office of delivery.
Advertisements.-12% cents per line for the
first, and 10 cents for the second insertion.
One. square (one month) 'M 00
two months 5 50
three " 750
six " 12 00
one year 18 CO
The following discount on long advertisements, in
serted for three months and upwards, is allowed:—
Over 20 lines, 10 per cent off; over AO lines, 2i) Pe -
cent: over 100 lines, 2214 per cent. off.
We found some sixty or eighty persons
present, most of them young converts.
The meeting was one of deep and tender
interest. It was tou,ching to see bow
fervently and affectionately these young
Christians prayed for their dear pastor,
and, for their unconverted companions
and friends. It is so the work moves
on.
In Dunkirk., some thirty or forty are
reckoned as recent converts. Earlier in
the winter, Rev. Dr. Heacock aided the
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Rev.
W. A. Fox, for a fortnight.
In Lima, union meetings, with the
Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian
churches, have been held for about six
weeks. We learn that forty or fifty are
there Indulging hope, including some
elderly persons, some heads of families.
In Geneva, as we hear, no less than
eighty are expected to unite with the
Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. Wood's,
next Sunday ; and the meetings are still
continued, and the work is moving on.
In Watertown, the work is steadily
moving on. The two pastors of the
Presbyterian churches, Rev. J. J. Por
ter, and Rev. G. D. Baker,.are workidg
hand in band, with all their might.
Morning prayer-meetings are held daily,
and men have come into these meetings
who have hardly been seen at all before
in the house of% God. Preaching has
also been kept up four evenings of the
week, beside the Sabbath, by the pas
tors alternately ; short sermons, with a
half-hour prayer-meeting' following, and
young people's prayer-meeting preceding
this service. The place is greatly
moved. Some of the strong business
men, in middle life, and many of the
young people, are among the converts.
"There_ is great joy in that city ;" and
many will rejoice with their faithful
pastors in this delightful reward of their
labors.
In Corning, the work has been at
tended with some striking manifesta
tions of the power of truth. Stringers
passing through the place, tarrying but
for a day or two, have been converted.
When the multitude were rising for
prayer, on one occasion, one young man,
perhaps feigning an indifference which
he did not feel, said to a companion,
" Let us get up and see the fun ;" but
before the meeting, closed that young
man, too, was asking for mercy, and
found peace in believing.
Twice, as we have been told, our es
teemed friend, Rev. W. A. Niles, the
faithful and indefatigable pastor of the
Presbyterian church, has been called tip
in the dead of night, by respectable and
intelligent men, asking him to 'pray for
them. Their distress was so great that
they could not wait for the morning.
One of the leading bankers of the plaice
was one a the first to come out on the
Lord's side. Men were drawn from the
ball-rooni, the bar-room, and other places
of sinful and foolish resort, to the house
df God. Young men from the surround
ing country were known to take bbard
in the village, that they might come
under,the influence of the truth; and
such, too, are among the converts.
Truly, God is in that place, and forts
nately the people seem to know it.
In Spencerport, a scene of surpassing
interest was witnessed a few evenings
since. One man, who got angry with
one of the brethren, and refused to come
to the meetings when spoken to on the
subject, nevertheless was there, drawn
in by the irresistible influences of the
Spirit. When opportunity was given,
he, too, rose for prayers; and after the
meeting, lingered for conversation. Soon
his' distress was so great that he threw
himself upon the floor and cried out in
agony, "Lord have mercy upon my
poor soul."
He said he had tried to pray the night
before, but he could not. He asked his
wife to pray, and she could not. He
asked his daughter to pray, and she
could not. Now he prayed for himself,
his wife, and his child, until, be " was
heard, in that he feared." Rising from
his knees, he said, " Now I am happy,"
and since that time he appears to be a
child of ded. So much for "lay effort"
and Christian faithfulness, in " compel
. ling them to come in." Now is the
time for just such work, from house to
house, shop to shop, office to office, store
to store, until all are warned, all en
treated, and brought, if possible, directly
under the influence of the truth.
A CALL
Rev. Alex. McLean, Jr., of Fairfield,
Ct., has received and accepted a call to
the Calvary Cimich, (0. S.) of Buffalo,
and is expected to . enter upon his labors
in that place in May next. This Church
has a splendid house of worship, (built
mainly, if not entirely, by the late
George Palmer,) with a small congrega
tion; but there are people enough in -
Buffalo to fill it, if they can be gathered
in. Mr. McLean is a young man of
decided ability, and a good preacher;
we sincerely wish he might soon see
that great house thronged with devout
worshippers. GEbrzsaa.
Roammin. March 81. 1846.