STANDING COMMITTEES. Judicial Committee.—Ministers, Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D., J. Jermain Forter, D.D., Henry Calhoun, Thomas S. Milligan, Jona than H. Noble, Levi P. Crawford. Elders, Hon. William J. Cornwell, Alexander Milne, Hon. Wilmer Worthington, Alexander Shel- by, Maor Brigham. Bills and Overtures.—Ministers, James B. Shaw, D.D., Thomas J. Shepherd, D.D., Benjamin B. Parsons, D.D., Philip S. Cleland, Thomas T. Bradford, John W. Cunningham. Elders, Andrew Flesher, Ira I. Fern, Samuel C. West, Homer H. Winehell, Beaumont S. Holmes. Polity of the Church.—Ministers, Henry B. Smith, D.D., William Hogarth D.D. Ebe nezer Bushnell, Peter S. Van Zest, BHoratio Pattengill, George P. Tindall. Elders, Ed ward Wells, Joseph H. Plumb, Albert M. Brown, J. Marshall Paul, M.D., Theodore W. Collins. Home Missions.—Ministers, William E. Knox, D.D., Martin M. Post, D.D., James W. Stark, Alexander M. Heizer, J. Addison Whitaker, Frederick H. Adams. Elders, John Hill, Luther H. Trask, Russell Scarritt, Horrtio Newhall, M. D., Edward E. Wilson, Jeremiah P. E. Kumler. • Foreign Miss.—Ministers, Walter Clark, D.D., George W. Wood, D.D., Alfred E. Campbell, D.D., Milton Bradley, John Mon teith, Jr. Elders, Octavius Knight, Joseph W. Edwards, David C. Anderson, Manley Rogers, Ephraim G. Stitt. Education.—Ministers, William S. Curtis, D.D., Beriah B. Hotchkin, Calvin Water bury, John F. Kendall, George D. A. Hebard, Alexander Duncan. Elders, William A. Booth, Joseph R. Dixon, Asa D. Lord, M. D., Brackley Shaw, James H. Sayre. Publieation.—Ministerse Samuel D. Bur chard, D.D., George C. Noyes, Samuel W. Pratt, Levi B. Wilson, James R. Gibson, ;Samuel Ward. Elders, Edward A. Durant, ,Timothy R. Porter, Robert Russell, Lewis G. :Hewling, Luther Edgerton. • Church Erection.—Ministers, Zephaniah M. Humphrey, D.D., William A. Niles, Wil liam E. Moore, Joseph Chester, Thomas H. Tatlow, Joseph H. Ranney. Elders, Hon. ;11enryW. Williams, Hon. Truman P. Handy, Hon. Joseph Allison, William S. Webb, William M. Gregory. Sabbath-Schools.—Ministers,Henry Fow ler, Charles E. Knox,William Hart, Asahel S. Brooks, Thomas H. Robinson. Elders, llon. Edward A. Lambert, William A. Chris.• tie, Albert W. Allen, Oramel Rugg. Ministerial Relief.—Charles P. Bush, Nel son Millard, Aratus Kent, Whitney C. Bur chard, Samuel F. Bacon. Elders, William Newton, Jonathan A March, M. D., Colum 'us Crane, Samuel M. Thatcher. Narrative of Religion.—Ministers, Come 'us H. Taylor D.D., John N. Combs, Peter. avis, William' Turner, Albert True. Elders, homes Hamilton, John H. Carson, Philo errill. Mileage of Commissioners. —Elders, Truman I'. Handy, Silas K. Stowe, Stephen M. lement. Devotional Exercises.—Miiiisters, George . Wiswell, Charles N. Mattoon, P.D., Liv ngston Willard, John L. French. Elders, I ohb C. Hines, Thomas Stillwell, M. D., ‘ainuel Bond. Leave of_ Absence.—Ministers, Robert R. ellogg, Lucius I. Root, Wm. S. Page, Jas. Griffes. Elders, William A. Eldridge, lijah Churchill, David Crompton. The following report of the Trustees of the 'hurch Erection Fund was presented by esse W. Benedict, Esq., and referred to •e Standing Committee on same subject : / welfth Annual Report of the grustees of the Church Erection Fund, May, 1866. The annual meeting of the 'Trustees was .61 on the 15th day of June, 1865. Rev. zamuel T. Spear, D.D., was elected Presi ent, and William A. Booth, Vice-President. esse W. Benedict was appointed Secretary nd Treasurer. The Standing Committee' ere also appointed, and the Board entered son their work for another year. LOANS AND DONATIONS. During the year there have been received , enty applications for aid, amounting to 7525, thirteen of which were for loans, mounting to $6075, and seven for donations, mounting to $1450. Ten of the applications 'r loans were granted, amounting to $4675; ree amounting to $l4OO were refused one ,f these required the loan to be in gold; by ls e other two it appeared that after obtain s. g the loan the congregation would not have • s e amount necessary to complete their build . g ; they were informed as soonas the defi ,:aney should be provided for, their applies on would be granted. Four of the applica 'tins for donations, amounting to $750, were _ anted ; three amounting to $7OO were re ed ; one of these absolutely for reason that Ile aid required was for the purpose of pay ing a debt which had been contracted in 1858 ; one as premature, it appearing from ihe application that, after obtaining the re piired donation, the congregation would not have the amount requisiAe to complete their lisuildingf They were inTormed that as soon is this deficiency should be provided for, their application would be granted. The other application for a donation was refused for the reason that it was not in due form, and the mount ($300) asked for exceeded the amount '+ed by the plan of donations. In one , after the application for a donation had ms granted, the congregation refused to mute the bond and mortgage required by plan, and have not availed themselves of grant. These applications were from eleven gds, five from the Synod of Missouri, A from the Synod of Minnesota, two from of the Synods of New York and New ley, Illinois, and Wisconsin, and one . each of the Synods of Genesee, Penn /anis, Indiana, Wabash, Peoria, and Alta lifornia. RECEIPTS FROM CIIIIRCHES. There have been received during ,the year forty churches on account of loans 194 22 ; from sixty-five churches on sa lt of donations, $839 07, and from thir churches for interest, $986 58, making total of $7210 87. LEGAL OPINIONS. The last General Assembly directed this to procure the written opinion of emi legal counsel as to the powers of the bly in respect to the Church Erection especially in reference to the question, ler having received this fund "as a nil Trust ;" and in 1854 committed the Ay thereof to a Board of Trustees, in .)orated by a special statute of the State of w York, the Assembly have the power so alter the Church Erection Plan, as to make absolute gift of the increase of the fund 'end the sum of $lOO,OOO, for the purpose ied in the first article of the plan. The and were directed to report such opinions this Assembly, with the addition of any .tommendations which they might deem :pedient. In compliance with this direction of the trembly, the Board have obtained from eminenteounsel written opinions, which herewith submitted. None of the gentle had any knowledge of the opinions of the iers ; in fact, neither NV , IB aware that any ter opinion excepting his own had been, or Auld be obtained. 1t would be seen that :y differ in their views of the power of the sembly over the fund, all agreeing, how in this: That the fund can never be d excepting for the objects set forth in the article of the plan. OPINION OF JUDGE STRONG. By the first opinion, in the order in which they are presented to the Assembly, that of the lion. Wm. Strong, of Philadelphia, a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania, it is insisted: Ist. That the General Assembly has power to direct donations of that portion of the fund which may be in excess of the sum of $lOO,- 000, for the purpose described in the first article of the plan; but that they have no power to make or direct the Board of Trus tees to make donations of any portion of it. 3d. That the Assembly has no power to make or direct any absolute gift of even the increase or excess above $lOO,OOO, if by abso lute gift is understood gift without requiring security upon the church property for the re turn of the money with interest, in case of a change in ecclesiastical relations of the church aided. 3d. That no alterations of the Plan can be made which will authorize donations without requiring such security. 4th. That the Plan may be so altered as to dispense with any requisition of security that an annual collection in behalf of the fund shall be taken up in the churches to which a donation is made, but the church will' still be under obligation to take up such a collection independent of any such security being given. OTHER OPINIONS. By the second opinion, that of Daniel Lord, Esq., of the city of New York, it is insisted : That the General Assembly, by the requi site vote, may direct the whole of 4.he fund at any time existing to be applied in donations; that while there is no discrimination to be made between the increase or accumulation of the fund, as to the application of it, or the retaining of it; yet, that it is in the power of the General Assembly, by the requisite vote to apply the fund to the designated ob jects without limiting it to the advances which must be returned. By the third opinion that of Marshall S. Bidwell, Esq., of the city of New York, it is on the contrary insisted : Ist. That the amount raised for this fund was received by the Assembly in trust as a permanent fund; that it must be preserved inviolate ; that it cannot be diminished or im paired; that the General Assembly, there fore, cannot directly or indirectly give away or dispose of the fund, nor any part of it ; that this restriction is fundamental and irre • vocable, and that it is anterior to, and inde pendent of, the Plan. 2d. That the fund cannot be used except ing for the object named in the first article of the Plan, the aiding of feeble congrega tions in erecting houses of worship ; that this restriction is also fundamental and irrevo cable ; that while it is recognized in, yet it does not derive its force from, the Plan. 3d. That the law imposes upon every per sonpr body holding the fund in trust, the obligation to keep the fund invested in pro per securities, which in the State of New York embrace only Government stocks and mortgages upon unencumbered real estate; that the General Assembly cannot absolve the trustees of this obligation. 4th. That, subject to the above restrictions, the General Assembly, by the requisite vote, may make any changes in the Plan, and thus alter the manner of administering it. sth. That the permanent fund is not con fined to the sum of $lOO,OOO, but embraces all increase of it above that amount, whether by donations, bequests or by unemployed in terest, and that such increase is subject to • all the conditions of the original fund. 6th. That it was the duty of the trustees of the fund, in the absence of any specific direc tion thereto, to add to the fund all the accu lations of interest from time to time, as re ceived, and that if such accumulated interest has been added by the trustees to the fund, it has become an integral part of it, and is sub ject to the same exemption from change or diminution as appertains to the other parts of • the fund ; that it is one fund, a unit ; not two or more funds—a permanent fund which can not be impaired by revocation, donation or otherwise, and which it is the duty of the trustees to preserve inviolate. The Board have carefully considered these diverse opinions, and will only add that they trust the time will never come when, for the. purpose of judicially settling the powers of the General Assembly over the fund, a resort shall be had to law, the proverbial uncer tainty of which has received a new illustration in the opinions herewith submitted to the As sembly. It is certain that the donors of the fund intended to inaugurate just such a scheme of benevolence as this, and thus far •in its man agement the Board have not in any particular violated any of the principles contended for in these opinions; and it certainly will be safe to continue t 3 administer the fund substan tially upon the same principles which have heretofore obtained, enlarging or diminishing the amount of loans and donations, and their terms, as the exigencies of the congregations to be aided from time to time may require. AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN In their report to the last Assembly the Board recommended amendments to the Plan, increasing the amount of the loans to $750, and the donations to $3OO. It was greatly regretted by the Board that when these amendments came before the Assembly for their final action, it was found that the requisite number (two-thirds of the enrolled members) were not present.. By the present plan loans are limited to $5OO for three years without interest (and in no case can exceed one-third of the amount contributed for the house and lot). Then the principal is required to be refunded in four equal annual instalments, interest attaching, in case of default, on the whole amount dur ing default. The Board now recommend that the Plan be so altered that loans to the amount of $750 (not exceeding, however, one-third of the amount contributed for the house and lot) may be made for five years, without interest, to he then repaid in six equal annual instal ments; interest to attach as heretofore on default. Should this amendment be adopted the Board believe that increased activity will be given to the Fund, and that the object for which it was raised will be greatly advanced. The Board, therefore, recommend that arti cle XIV. of the Plan be so amended as to read as follows : ARTICLE Brir The Board shall not in any case loan or donate any portion of the Fund to any con gregation, unless such congregation own in fee simple and free from all legal encum brance, the lot on which their house of wor ship is situated, or on which they p ro p ose to build; nor shall any loan or donation be made for the payment of any debt, except that which may have been contracted within one year previous in erecting a house of wor ship. The amount loaned to any congregatio n shall never be more than one-third of th e amount contributed for the house and lot, nor exceed the sum of $750, nor shall the amount given to any congregation as a donation be in any case more than $3OO, or exceed one-fourth of the amount contributed for their house and lot ; nor shall a loan and a donation be made to the same congregation. The donations within the boundaries of any Synod shall never be more than one-fourth of the amount appropriated to shall be that Synod. made on the following A conditions: 1. The principal shall be paid in six, equal annual instalments, tliefiret instalment becom- THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1866. ing due in five years from the date of the loan. 2. If all the instalments are punctually paid no interest will be required on any part of the loan. 3. In default of the payment of any instal ment, interest shall be required on the whole loan unpaid, from the time of such default until such instalment, with all the interest that may thus accrue, shall be paid. The conditions of all donations from this fund shall be, that, in case the church or congregation shall cease to be connected with the General Assembly, or their corporate ex istence shall cease, or their house of worship be alienated except for the building or pur chase of a better house of worship, they shall refund to the Board the amount which they have so received with interest from the time of receiving it; and further, that every con gregation receiving a donation shall annually make a collection in aid of the fund, trans mitting the same to the Treasurer, until the amount so collected and paid over shall equal the sum received as a donation. The fulfilment of the above conditions, in respect to both loans and donations, shall, in all cases, be secured by the bond of the trus tees of the congregation, and a mortgage on their house and lot, made in favor of the Board ; which bond and mortgage, duly ex ecuted and recorded,; shall always be placed in the possession of the Board, before any money is paid over to the congregation." The Board also recommend that in article XIII. in the 12th and 13th lines, the, words, "a copy of" be stricken out, so that the sentence will read, " This certificate, together with the application made to the committee of thy Synod, shall be transmitted to the Board. " The last amendment merely conforms the plan to its practical working. The .original application, not a copy, is invariably forward ed to the Board. The Board, therefore, re commend the plan to be amended according ly. The term of office of the Rev. J. F. Smith D.D., Rev. Samuel D. Burchard, D.D., an. William A. Booth, Esq., is soon to expire - it will be necessary for the Assembly to fil their places. The General Assembly at its last session directed the Board to issue a circular to all the churches under the care of the Assembly, inviting them "'to make contribution during the yenr to a Supplemental fund, to be gra tuitously appropriated in aiding church erec tion in accordance with the suggestions of 'this Board in their additions to the report of the Special Committee, which was made to the Assembly of 1864. " In compliance there with this Board in June last issued the fol lowing circlar : Copies of the above circular were mailed in June last, and again in October last, to all the churches under the care of the Assembly. The Board also called attention to it by causing it to be published in the New York Evangelist, and the Presbyterian Monthly. There have been expended in that serVice for printing., postage, envelopes and mailing, $127 49. This appeal has been responded to by only eight churches, which contributed as follows: Lower Rock Island, village of Eding ton, 111., . . . . . $9 50 Homer, Ohio, . . . . 875 Palmyra, New York, . . . 415 Kalamazoo, Michigan, (Ger. Church) 200 Mattituck, Long Island, N. Y., . 505 Gun Plain, Michigan, . . . 3 19 Gilroy, California, Jefferson, New York, Showing an expenditure of $6B 11 above the amount received. A further sum of $1 was received with special directions to credit it as a collection due to this Board on the mortgage of the church at Fairville, New York, which has been done. The Board will submit that this expenditure does not come within the provision or the first article of the plan of the fund, and therefore request the General Assewbly to direct their Treasurer to refund the amount of $6B 11 to this Board. All of which is respectfully submitted. SAMUEL T. SPEAR, President. CONDITION OF THE CHURCH ERECTION FUND MAY 1, 1866. Amount of loans to churches, se cured by bonds and mortgages, $32,046 '7O Amountof donations to churches, _ secured by bonds and mortgages, 15,013 18 Amount of call loans and tempo rary investments. 77,425 45 Interest earned thereon to date, 1,072 02 Cash in bank, 1,942 17 This certifies that we have examined the securities in the hands of the Treasurer, and find the above statements to be correct. EDWARD A. LAMBERT, JOHN P. CROSBY. New York, May 2, 1866. Hon. Edward A. Lambert, of Brooklyn, Secretary, of the Committe on Foreign Mis sions, presented their report on that subject, which was referred to the Standing Commit tee on Foreign Missions, and will be corrected in some of its particulars and reported back in a few days in a condensed form. Rev. Dr. H. A. Nelson, from the Commit tee of Arrangements, reported suitable rooms and places of meeting of the different Com mittees, after which that list of Standing Com mittees and Synodical r• .11 was ordered printed. The Assembly then adjourned to meet at 3 o'clock, P. M. Dr. Mills, Secretary of the Committee on Theological Seminaries, presented the report of the committee, which was read by Jesse W. Benedict, Esq., of New York. The reports were read in the order of the ages of the Seminaries, namely : Auburn, Laae and Union. The tenth annual report of the Treasurer was then read, showing that the educational receipts were $18,704,77. The reports of the permament committee were then referred to the standing Committee on Education. The Tort of the standing Committee on . Home lesions was then read by Dr. H. Kendall, and is a very able and lengthy docu ment, from which we make the following ab stract : The Fifth Annual Report discusses the rapid increase of population at the West ; the laws which regulate its movements, making particular mention of the rapid extension of railroads at the West; the Pacific Road, and the vast mineral regions of the West, and the great influx of foreigners into the coun try. Prairie, forest and minerals attract the people, epie g a o ud where railroads are built there people The report claims that never before have railroads been so rapidly built as now, and , never ester s n o s f t u a l t l e a si tide of t ravel flowing into the w oldands n il ro ve i r vi b si o o a n r . - tog regi ons The of h a e nd ß t oe l l g Mountai n y ! - • great i owes or tendency to the centralization of popu latio4 was also noticed. Never did the th e ki grow so rapidly as now. wor Gnat Centreopened at the West, that for a brief tim e and m us t ,have missionary aid`; ELECTION OF TRIJBTEES SUPPLEMENTAL FUND [Circular Omitted.] AFTERNOON SESSION [Reports deferred.l HOME MISSIONS this depletes and drains the East, and makes a demand for aid to the feeble, and decaying churches there. An encouraging view of religious progress and reconstruction in East Tennessee and Missouri was given. about forty missiona ries have been emplopd in these two States, who have labored on the whole with encour agement and success. Elsewhere at the Soith but little has been done. But some efforts among the Freedmen liave succeeded well. The obstacles• to the work were said to be as follows : 1. THE LACK OF MINISTERS.—The minis ters are too few to meet the demands of the ' people. More men could' be"located in one month than ~all the theological seminaries have turned out in a year. 'There is no limit to the work if the ministers were 2. LACK OF CHURCH EDIFICES. — The re port insists that the Church is not awake to the importance of this matter, and it shows how much' the Baptists, . Congregationalists, Methodists, Unitarians, and Episcopalians are doing in the case, and urges the Assem bly to devise some method to build churches, especially for all the feeble but promising con gregations at the West. 3. LACK OF Futins.--The Treasurer's re port shows that less than $92.000 have been contributed, but $106,000 expended during the year. Such a state of things cannot last. The report shows that the Church is able to contribute much more, and calls on the min isters and people to redouble their energies to meet the demand. Obly aboOt eight hun dred churches of a total of one thousand five lundred in the body had contributed any thing during the year. The whole working force in the missionary field has been three hundred and eighty-five men ; fifty-eight more than last year. Six of these have died. The statistics of the year are very encour aging. About fifty churches have been formed, three thdusand five hundred soils converted ; three thousand two hundred and forty hive united-with the churches. Report off the Committee on Publication. The report was presented by the Secretary, the Rev. John W. Dulles, of Philadelphia. An abstract of this report will be found in the inside of this paper. Dr. Shepherd then` presentedthe report on Presbyterian House, which was read and re ferred to the Publication Committee. The Committee on Devotional Exercises then made a report in relation to services on Sabbath. - Adjourned to Saturday Morning. New York Anniversaries.—The Ameri can Tract Society of New York acknowledges the receipt of $124,327 from donations and legacies, and $313,350 from sales; to this is added the surplus of last year, making in all $439,946. The receipts of the American Tract Society of Boston were $165,551. It has extended its operations over the South, and has distributed 701,000 pages among the Freedmen. he Five Points House of industry received last year &nations to the amount of $42,636 15. Five hpftdred and ninety-four children havb been placed in situations ; 422,461 meals were served, a daily average of 1174. The Howard Mission and Rome for Little Wanderers reports receipts to the amount of $35,985 63. Fifteen hundred children have been cared for. The poor sick are visited and aided; a day nursery is provided where mothers can leave their children whilst they are out at work; no child is ever turned away; the mission aims to afford relief to both body and soul, and it has been enabled to do all this without going into debt. It now asks for $lOO,OOO to build a larger house. The Christian Union Association celebrated its third anniversary and held a united com munion service. The progress of the Asso ciation has been very gratifying. At the communion service ministers of the following churches assisted, Reformed Dutch, Presby terian, Episcopal, Congregational, Methodist. $59 38 FURMAN—Bit th.4S —On the Ist ihstant, by the Rev. C. B. Furman. nt his residence in Runic, his daughter. SA RAII EWE LINE, to MARTIN BRIGGS, of Rochester. gpttial, Sutirtz. Philadelphia Tract and Mission filo ciety.--Office, 115 South Seventh Street. The one hundred and thirty-fourth meeting in be half of this Society will be held in the First Baptist Church, Broad and Arch Streets. on Sabbath evening, 27th instant, at a quarter before eight o'clock. beverat addres es will be made. Public invited. JOSEPH. EL SCHREINER, Agent. 6i- Oxford Street Chapel. —The new Chapel. Oxford Street, below Broad. will be dedicated with appropriate services, at eight o'clock, on Thursday evening, 31st instant. Hey. Messrs. Barnes. Calkins, and Rev. Dr. Brainerd, will participate in the exer cises. $127,489 52 Tte Choir of the Calvary Presbyterian ChurCh e with the assistance of J. C. Stanbridge, Esq., will conduct the music On the occasion. /ay- The-Presbytery of Columbus will hold its next Stated Meeting, at Baraboo, on Tuesday, the 19th of June, at seven o'clock P. M. B. U. RILEY, Stated Clerk. Loot, Wis., 17, ]866. 44 - Buffalo Presbytery will hold their Stated Meeting at Jamestown, on the second Tuesday of June, commencing at four o'clock P. M. TIMOTHY STILLMAN, Stated Clerk. DUNKIRK, May 15, 1866. ssr The Presbytery of Rochester will hold is semi-Annual Meeting in Bergen, on Tuesday, the 12th day of June next, at two o'clock P. M. CRAB. B. FURMAN, stated Clerk. BUFFALO, May 19, nig. Air Presbytery of Stenben will hold its nex regular meeting at Pultney, on the second Tuesday (12th)'of June, 1861, at 4 o'clock. P. M. W. A. MILES, Stated Clerk. CORIUM}, May 11, 1866. PERRY DAVIS' PAIN HILLER Rev. H. N. 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It comprises a choice selection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs," appropri ate to all parts of PUBLIC AND SOCIAL WORSHIP. We invite to its examination all of our Churches in which it has not been introduced. PRICE: In Muslin In Sheep In Morocco In Turkey, gilt, or red edges Sent by mail at these rates. SABBATH-SCHOOL LIBRARIES. Our Business Superintendent (the Rev. S. W. Crit tenden) is making the selection of suitable libraries for Sabbath schools a specialty, and has adopted a plan for accomplishing this in the most satisfactory manner. DISCRETIONARY ORDERS may be sent him, simply indicating the amount to be expended, and giving some general direction as to the size and kind of books desired, and sending a list of books already in the library that they may not be duplicated. Such orders will be filled from any and all other pub lishing houses where sound, readable, a/frac/ice, lice books can be found; and any books sent on such orders may be returned at the Committee's, expense if found unwholesome in moral tone, or in any way unfit for the place they are designed to fill. Concerning a recent order for two hundred and fifty books, thus filled at discretion, a well-known pastor of Central New York writes :—" I was so pleased with the selection, that I presented the subject to Presby tery, and much interest was expressed by the pastors in the features of your plan. I thank you for the evident care exercised in filling our order, persuaded SE I am, even from the cursory examination I have been able to give the books, that for the same number of volumes it is the best selection we have had for our Sabbath-school library, farbetter than we could have made for ourselves. Both of our librarians concur in thi'sjudgment." One of "the pastors" referred to in this letter writes :—" Brother H— reported to Presbytery so favorably of your Sabbath-school libra ry selected for them, that I think we *hall soon send to, you to get us one, and doubtless others will." N. B.—OUR TERMS for furnishing the Sabbath school books .of any Publishing house shall, in all cases, be as lakeraZ as could be secured from the pub lishers themselves. Presbyterian Publication Committee, No. 1334 CHESTNUT ( 1C For the Sabbath-sohool and the home circle. quest and Bacriftoe." $1 25 "Arthur Merton; or, Binning and Borrowing J. C. GARRIGUES & CO., Publishers of the SUN DAY-SCHOOL TIMES, wad dealers in Sabbath- Sahool Boote and Periodicals, 148 South FOURTH Street. Philad el pb Pa. 1043-4 t SPOTS ON THE SUN ; THE PLIIMB.LINE PAPERS. B e i ng a &fiat of Resettle. or Oritioal Ereamieudiocui of Dirtenit Passages of Scripture; together with a Careful inquiry into Certian Dogmas of the Church. By Ben. T. kf. Hopkins. Geneva, New York. _Four th Edition. Wm. J. Moses: Auburn. N. Y. Klan Assns: Would you like to see it demon strated.-that the story of Samson and his Foxes, and that of the Dial of Abas, are evidently a reistransia tion 7—the Storming of the Sun and Moon by Joshua, an interpolation? and that the word of God contains nothing of these, as they are in our common Transla tion ? Would you like to inquire, among the institu tions of Jesus Christ. for certain dogmas of the Church, and not find them there? Would you see in what sense men Are born in the Image of God? Be sides, Infidelity has asserted, that if the dead were to as much apnoeas when they rise to day, and to occupy were alive, they would cover the whole earth to the depth of some eight or ten feet; would you see it demonstrated, that space for at least five harping grounds e , n be lonnd within the limits of the btate of New York, of suffieien , capacity to bury every son and daughter of Adam? The above-named Book will do this and something more; you may obtain it by sen di n g $1 50 to the author at Geneva. who will forward it to you poet-paid. When you have read it, if you do not find it so, return the Book ant I will refund the money. T. hL Geneva,' N. Y. 81 00 1 25 I 50 2 00 PHILADELPHIA Choice Library Books BrairrwaLLy ILLUBTRITED "Helen MacGregor; or, Con glgtuittEpin g Coots'. FURNITURE. I have a stock of Furniture in great vari-ty which will sell at reduced prices. ottage Cham:)2r. Setts, Walnut Chamber Setts, Velvet Parlor Suits, Hair Cloal Suits, Reps Suits, Sideboa.fds, Extension Tables, Wardrobes, A. N. ATTWOOD, 10:38-tf 45 SOU VIII SECOND ST., PHI/.A. PATENT ICE CREAK FREEZERS, Patent Old Dominion and French Infusion Coffee Pot, Patent. Sliding Ice Pick, Patent Gas Stoves, Patent Fruit Cans and Jars, Patent Flour Sifters, Patent Door Springs. Manufactured and for sale, Wholesale and Retail, by CHAS. BURNHAM & CO., 119 South Tenth Street. JOHN GOOD & SON, UNDERTAKERS, No. 921 Spruce Street, CASKET AND COFFIN WAREROOII, No. 237 South Eleventh Street, Where various kinds and sizes can be seen. PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD. st; • *l4 The trains of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad leave the Depot, at THIRTY-FIRST and MARKET Streets, which is reached by the oars of the Market Street Passenger Railway, running to and from the Depot. The last car leaves Front Street about thirty minutes p rior to the departure of each Train. MANN'S BAGGAGE EXPRESS will call for and deliver Baggage at the Depot. Orders left at the Office, No. 631 Chesnut Street, will receive attention. TRAINS LEAVE DEPOT, VIZ MAIL TRAIN at DAY EXPRESS PAOLI ACCOMMODATION, No. 1.... ... 11'00 ... FAST LINE and ERIE EXPRESSI... ... 12'00 M. HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION. ... 2 - 30 LANCASTER ACCOMMODATION...... 4'oo PAOLI ACCOMMODATION, No. 2... ... s'oo ... PITTSBURGH and ERIE 9•00 PAOLI ACCOMMODATION, No. 3 ... 10 - 00 PHILADELPHIA EXPRESSt TRAINS ARRIVE AT DEPOT, VIZ.: CINCINNATI EXPRESSt. at 12'40 A.M. PHILADELPHIA EXPRESSt PAOLI ACCOMMODATION, No. 1.... ... B'2o COLUMBIA TRAIN ... 918 P.Y.LAN CASTER TRAIN ... 121 p. 0 FAST LINE ... I'lo ... PAOLI ACCOMMODATION, No. 2....... 410 DAY EXPRESS.. PAOLI ACCOMMODATION, No. 3 ... 7 - 30 HARRISBURG ACCOMI9DATION. ... 9'lo • Daily, except Saturday. t Daily. 2 Daily, t Monday. 1 Running through from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and Erie without change of ears. All other Trains daily, except Sunday. TICKET OFFICES Are located at No. 631 Chesnut Street, Continental Hotel. and Girard House, where Tickets to all im portant points in Pennsylvania. as well as the West, Northwest, and Southwest. may be procured and full information given by JOHN C. ALLEN. Ticket Agent. Also at Thirty-first and Market Streets, on applica tion to THOMAS H. PARKE. Ticket Agent at the Depot. An Emigrant Train runs daily (except Sunday.) For full particulars as to fare and accommodations,. apply to FRANCIS FUNK. No. 117 Dock Street. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will not as sume any risk for Baggage. except for Wearing Ap parel, and limit their responsibility to One Hundred Dollars in value. All Baggage exceeding that amount in value will be at the risk of the owner, unless taken by speeialoontratst. LONGS NONIMILY LETTERN..—No.I to a Young Person. No. 2 to a Sundayeehool, Class, or a Family of Children. The Author, devoting his whole time in preaching to, and corr esponding with children , finds that there is a maim us what comes to them in letter form, ee peoiaily when dh•eoted to • partionlar school, dant, family er child. No. 1. Theyoung love to be noticed. Seldom re ceive lettere. These letters, in a neat handwriting teach how to write, read, and compose letters. No. 2. Those having children in charge, find it de airable always to have choice, spicy matter at hand and "in a nutshell," to interest children with. They are filled with incidents, extracts from chil dren's letters and other illustrations, all k wing or, one gospel theme or text. Rev. Dr. Newton: " fol." Rev. A. Cookman: "The collection of incident and simplicity of expression, make them exceedingly interesting," George H. Stuart: "Admirably adapted to interest children." Others say. " Exactly what is needed in our Sabbath - school ."— "The subject of conversation until the next ene appears."- - MEANS of increasing our sehool."—Contributes largel y to the interest of our Sunday-school concerts ."— ' All All were delighted; several were melted to tears."—" Could not think of doing without them."—" While they interest. they in struct and profit," et*.,eto. Tinnts—Sl n year. A. specimen 10 eta. Address. mentioninz NA. ' or 2, REV. EDWIN W. 'ING, 1210 Chestnut PL:.. • Phila.: lAmr-I:avii3mlo:4s6lgoirapteullA That there is a MINT OF MONEY in the prik. of POWER'S PATENT PERPETUAL BROOI It is light, tasty, and elegant, and totally unlike all others that we have seen. There is no preceptihie difference in weight between this and a common broom, and it is the only Patent Broom in which the amount of corn can be varied at pleasure, making a light or thick and heavy broom. MießrewmUWl'NtmAilyaSuomm. And somebodl in every county will want the chance to snake from $2OOO to $5OOO in the next few months. E. M. Scott writes: "MT .fi-st three weeks' work with the broom has netted me $550." Then why t still, whistling the tune •' I've nothing to do ?" •1 small investment, backed by a little energy and tact, will till your pockets with GREENBACKS. State and County Rights for sale. Send stamp for circular. .1. N. W1E113333ET, N. E. Cor. 17th and Market St. TURNER HAMILTON, BO OK BINDER. Boor, 'STATIONARY, & PERIODICAL STOIII1 1 , _AJEISERIT3I...I?" QM" Tenth Alltreet Below' Chestnut. Lounges, and Mattresses. B'oo A.M. . Calculated to be very use- Philadelphia, Pa.
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