THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN GENESEE EVANGELIST. A Religious and Family Newspaper, IN THE nenniewr OP THE Constitutional Presbyterian Chunk PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE, 1334 Chestnut Street. (3d story.) Philadelphia. Rev. John W. Nears. Editor and Publisher% gixtritait Vttottgitrian. THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1866 UNION MOVEMENT IN THE TWO ASSEM BLIES. 1 The various fraternal and honorable pro posals toward union made by 'the other Assembly during its present session; help 'to mark an epoch in the history of' that' body The time when, under the influence of pro-slavery leaders they turned, with ill disguisedcontempt, from offers of like char acter made by ourselves, has forever gone by. In 1846, both Assemblies 'met in this city—our own in the First Church, the other in the Tenth Church, of which Dr. Boardman was and is pastor. Our Assem bly at that time was engaged in its famous free discussion on slavery, being almost the only body, claiming nationality, in which such a discussion would then have been tolerated. But it found time, by a unani mous vote, to direct the Committee on De votional Exercises to invite the other body to a joint celebration of the Lord's Supper. The request, as the world knows, was re fused by that Assembly. The excuse made was, that " this Assembly has never, in its corporate and official capacity, united with any other ecclesiastical body in celebrating the Lord's Supper." That reason was in full force up to Wed nesday night of last week; but it could not avail against the vast growth of brotherly affection and likeness of character which ,had been developed in late years. On that night, precisely twenty-nine years to a day from the commeneement,orthe exscinding measures, in consequence of an offer origi nating with the other Assembly, to which own body promptly responded, the two femblies, each com,aining some leading tors in the scenes of '37 and '3B, sat own together to eat bread at the table of le Lord. Yes, the world moves! And on the 25th of May, the same As ,bly took the initiative in resolving )13 the appointment of a Committee of :teen, to confer with a like committee, if ich should be appointed by our body, on to subject of the organic reunion of the Great, wonderful, radidal have been the urges which have led to this memorable iult. God's hand and God's Provideece 'e been in it., as distinctly as in any of marked events of the last five years. order to bring it about, the men whose irit in that body was most averse to our 1, were providentially suffered to put iselves into such an odious position by tellion, that they have been driven and being driven with sndignation from the ly, the eascinding axe even now falling some of their obstinate necks; or, their Aids have been raised as by the bayonet, see things in the same light in which we them. It is a triumphant vindication the position which we took twenty-nine trs ago this spring ; which, through a ieration of martyrdom for principle, we re steadily maintained, and for maintain which the whole Presbyterian Church :s us this compliment; for if we had by the grace of God, been true to this form of freedom and liberality, it is conceivable that the great Presbyte- Church of this country would never , e been able to win a foothold upott Our own Assembly has responded to this irteous act by appointing a similar nom- 6ee of conference. The following are the names of th.,:,e tointed by the Assemblies on the Be ton Committees: Old School.—Doctors Krebs, of New York; Aty, of Steubenville, Ohio; Backus, of Balti. :e ; Gurley, of Washington; Monfort, of Cin mati ; Howard, of Pittsburgh; Schenck, of ladelphia ; Reed, of New Jersey; Brown, of icago ; Elders Ray, of Indianapolis ; He ight, of Pittsburgh ; Galloway, of Ohio ; rke, of Detroit; Strong, of St. Louis, and tty, of Kentucky. `ew School.—Doctors Brainerd, of Philadel ; Adams and Hatfield, of New York ; erns, of Newark, New Jersey; Fowler, of ca, New York ; Shaw, of Rochester ; Hitch :lc, of Hudson, Ohio ; Patterson, of Chicago ; lson, of St. Louis; Elders Lambert, of New rk; Williams, of Pittsburgh ; Allison, of iladelphia ; Handy, of Cleveland; Steele, of , ton ; Brown, of Chicago. THE YEAR 1866, The London Weekly Review, comment upon the threatened European war, We cannot but notice the fact, that this ►r, which has long been looked forward as a remarkable one by students of pro icy, is already in the midst of events of h moment. . . There are much and more studious men, who have an reason to look upon this as about the ntre of a period of momentous change— twelve hundred and sixty years of the iporal power of the Papacy, and of the •opean system associated with it, being It to expire. tr` 1 11 m Iran lL New Series, Vol. 111, No. 22. THE ASSEMBLY OP THE OTHER BRANCH. We were in error in saying of this body, last week, that the case of members who had signed the Declaration and Testimony, as well as that of the Louisville presbytery,; was referred to a committee. The _major ity are determined that the ease, of the Presbytery, as alone officially eognizable by the Assembly, shall, be thus referred; while individuals like Mr. Vandyke, appa-` rently thirsting for martyrdom; should not, at least just then, be gratified' in their wishes. The Presbytery of Louisville having formally recorded their determina tion to disregard the action of the last As-, sembly designed to exclude unrepentant rebels from the Church, and having, sent the most: notoriousrebel minister that re mained within the Union lines—we mean Stuart Robinson—as a delegate to the As-. sembly, that body could not, upon the-sim plest promptings of self-respect, allow such a deliberate insult to its acts or its presence to go unpunished. Dr. Thomas, of Dayton, made the only speech in defence of the proposal to send the case of Louisville Presbytery to a com mittee. And a most powerful and cutting piece of sarcasm it was, fell of telling hits, and sometimes chargeable with a levity scarcely consistent with the occasion. We= have rarely, if ever, met with effort on• the floor of a delibeptivitkody in which the club of Hercules 'and the silver bow of Apollo were alike wielded with equal ease an gffteieney. We quote from the report of the Missouri Democrat: For five successive years the General As sembly of this Church has discussed the ques tion, and has decided the principles that are at issue in this question. Five years ago, with all the talent that is ever likely to be arrayed on one side of the question, with all the prestige that belongs to the most dis tinguished leaders of this Church in former years, with an influence, the like of which is not soon to be found in this Assembly, and when the destinies of Church and State seem ed to hang trembling in the balance, this court entertained the question and discussed it for four or five 'days - and deliberately, in the sight of God, bore their testimony to the truth as it is in his Holy Word respecting loyalty to the Government. For five years this Church, after a discus sion that has reached every hovel in the land —a discussion that has been presented in re ligious periodicals and political papers—after a full and free debate, has four times repeated the testimony of 1861. Last year, sir, the General Assembly determined that the time had come when these principles should be carried into practical application. And on the minutes of the Assembly you find those specific directions that were given to subor dinate courts for the execution of the law of the Church. Now, sir, what have we here before us? Dr. Thomas then quoted from the paper adopted by Louisville Presbytery, refusing, among other things, "to sustain or execute, or in any manner assistin the execution of, the orders passed at the last two Assemblies with reference to the conduct of missions in the Southern States, and with regard to the ministers and members of churehes in the seceded and border States." Dr. Thomas continued : Moderator, we have in this case the delib erate and intentional defiance of the Pres bytery of Louisville to'the General Assembly: We have the evidence'in the fact that they have sent as representatives, the - head and front of this offending. We have it, sir, especially in the faet that they sent one rep resentative, of whom, since he cannot reply to me, I will simply say that his presence here is the most marked affront to the dignity and the loyalty of this house that the Pres bytery of - Louisville was capable of perpetu ating.. Referring to the individual cases of op position to the Assembly, which it was also proposed to refer to the committee, Dr. Thomas said : I have stood, myself, for twenty years, on grounds which I supposed entirely antagonis tic to the position of this General Assembly. I have known this Assembly take action that I believe to be in the face of the Word of God ; but, sir, I did not set up defiance. I found my place, and I kept it, and did my duty with others. Twenty years ago there was a solitary couple in this Assembly standing up to tes tify to what we thought to be the truth, and what the Church now, and the nation, and the world believe. There is an ecclesiastical way and a Chris tian way of settling such controversy, and it is not necessary that you should appoint your committees to go and hunt up private journals or public speeches of individuals. Sir, when the National Government finds a State organized in armed resistance to its authority, does it send its scouts to search the portfolios of boarding-school misses, to ascertain what namby-pamby treason they may have written to their country cousins? I think not, sir. In this case, sir, we have a plain and distinct defiance. The paper of my friend, Dr. McLean, takes the bull by the horns, and, I mean no disrespect, sir, when I say that while we have the bull by the horns we need not trouble ourselves about the bleating of the calf. [Laughter. ] It is natural, sir, that they should sympathize in the anguish of their sire. [Renewed laugh ter.] We have a plain work before us, sir. It is the settlement of this particular ques tion between the Presbytery of Louisville and the General Assembly of the Presby terian Church of the U n it e d States. Moderator, the age of martyrdom' has Passed, I fear, forever. I know, sir, how readily, under the enthusiasm of youth, men are ready to face martyrdom, and I could not but feel, as these gentlemen presented PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1866. themselves, that , there was something' f that old enthusidsm yet, not to say fanaticism, for, the crown of martyrdom .that affected some men in'the early ages. But then, sir, consider the difference martyrdom used to mean the sharp axe of St. Faul ; it used to lean the cross of Peter, with his head awn ward ; it used to mean the - boiling cauldron 'of St. John it used to mean the sirrhlV6 of St. Sebastian ; it used to mean, the gridiron of St. Anthony r --I think.it was, although I must confess very slight acquaintance with these Saints. - Like the Master, my associa tiorr ha's been rathevwith publicans and sin ners: [Laughter.] • But, sir, what'does this modern martyrdom, mean? yieans-7-[ap plause in the ,s , alferiet.] .I.t,means a d palatial mansion on Brooklyn Reiglits. It niea.ns a trip to Europe: It means the smiles of an " innumerable , company of ang_els" waving their cambric handkerchiefs. [Great merrf-, went and sensation.' Referring ~to the apparent _lea' of, .some of these individuals fbr martyrdom, Dr. T. made the following hit :• Sir, when I want wine, give me the blood of the grape, and not your cider champagne. When the age of martyrdom comes, let it be martyrdom that means something and costs something—a martyrdom that empties a man's church and 'does not fill it—a martyr dom that drives a man from his pulpit and does not invite sympathizers. Inquiring into the possible motives of these volunteer candidates for the comunk tee, the speaker said : . • It may have been in the rapiiiipringing up and utterances‘pf these several brethren in Missouri, ant" in Kntucky, and St. Louis, and in Louisville, and in New York—it may live been that there was some intention to show this Assembly that if we are disposed to enteron that kind of work there was a great deal to do. Well, sir, if it was intended to frighten this Assembly from its propriety, I beg leave to remind these gentlemen that they have been asleep these last five years. What, sir! when we met in that Assembly in Philadel phia; when one half the nation stood in arms against us; when our friends, and sons and brothers were standing armed in the tented field to meet. the enemy, and the heart of the nation was suspended in anguish at the first blood,; if, then, when all was , uncertainty; when foreign nations hesitated to decide where they should throW their sympathies ; • when the Throne of Grace was besought by myriads of voices on opposite sides; if, then, in the presence of such foes as this Assembly. encountered, opening God's word, it could plant its foot upon the declarations; - "be Stils: - ject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake," and "obey your rulers and sumbit yourselves to the powers that be;" if the As sembly, under such circumstances, sir, coilld adopt this action, they are not likely now to be frightened from their propriety into an abandonment of the principles the nation has sustained, and Heaven has ratifier... Do they suppose, sir, that when we have met the hydra with his hundred heads, and those hundred heads lie bleeding around us, we are to be frightened from our propriety by the wriggling of his dying tail? (Sensa tion. ] No, sir ! No, sir ! If that be the motive, the influence is lost upon this As sembly. Immediately upon the conclusion of Dr. Thomas's speech, he moved the previous question, and the reference of the case of Louisville Presbytery to a committee was carried by a like overwhelming vote, with that,of the preceding day; to suspend the privileges of the members upon the floor of the Assembly. Thus was inaugurated an agitation which, at this writing, looks as if it would con slime four or five entire days at least of the Assembly's time, and which will certainly develop talents of no ordinary character. How, meanwhile, the Assembly will care in the midst of elements so unfriendly as constitute the mass of the Old School com munity in St. Louis, we cannot now say. The St. Louis Democrat, May 21st, speaks of the reception given to the speeches of the minority by the audience as follows; Their emphatic utterances would now and then start an outburst of applause from an element which we heard characterized as " Missouri secesh," and which seemed to be present in considerable strength. These demonstrations the Model ator promptly and severely censured, but they were repeated, and the repetition provoked hisses from quite another element. The "Missouri secesh" seemed to be a lobby auxiliary to the minority strength, and to be largely made up of people knowing little and' caring less about the re ligious questions or interests involved, and moved simply by rebel partisan feeling. Of Dr. McLean, upon whom devolved the duty of opening the movement, the same paper says: The Stevens in this controversy, Dr. D. V. McLean, a son of Princeton Seminary, long the President of Lafayette College, at Easton, Pennsylvania, is a gray-haired, rosy, portly personage, particularly self-possessed, and in address equally fluent and pointed. Very rudely he capsized a pathetically unmusical declaimer—whose sentences, though anything but "linked sweetness," were yet fearfully " long-drawn out"—by coolly requesting him, just after his grandest ,climax, to explain which side he was speaking on ! - The stroke was not unworthy of the great Thaddeus. Want of space compels ns to defer to next week the conclusion of these proceed ings. TWENTY-FIRST WEEK OF PRAYER, Wednesday, United Presbyterian Church, Broad and Lombard. D Thursday,li. e rt ar Presbyterian, Eleventh below Green. F riday, Baptist,Eighth and Green— Saturday, Children's Meeting, corner of Eighteenth and Ai l * Sta. LIBERAL PRESBYTERIANISM. The Presbyterian of last week, bribfly noticing our previous article on Reunion, asks whether we would ‘be willing to haVe our Church desiovated "'The Liberal Pres= hyterian* Church in the United States of America?" Should not its question first • be addressed, to members of its own body, one of whom, Hon. Samuel Galloway, in, a, speech before the .higheo3t court ,of their Church in St. Louis, May 22,d 1 said-: w„ , I piNiteks -to be::* Treeliyterian and although my attachment is Apecially.to the old 'church of my 'fathers, yet I can hail, in the bonds of Brotherhood, all that love a common Saviour. Until The Presbyterian has received a. satisfadtory answer from Mr. Galloway and those who think with him in that body., we may be .excused from answering. Meanwhile, we ask The Presbyterian whether it would like to have their branch styled "The Illiberal Presbyterian Church in the United States of America?" f•THE UNIVERSE,". AND TuE,WOß sillroF ThE irtitem The'Fenian Papal organ in this city ) al though*publicly discarded by the bishop of the diocese, seems to be even more zeal6us for the-dogmas and practices of its denomi nation thin the bishop's organ, the Stand ard. At any rate, it undertakes to answer for the A'tandard a question we put to the latter, in , regard to the worship of the,Vir gin- Mary, which had been compared, in Harper's Weekly, to the worship of the dragon in Cochin China. The Universe is horror struck that we should support Har per in putting the worship of the Chinese dragon on a level with that of the Virgin, and insists that "such theology destroys the Incarnation." Our readers may be interested with the logic of the Universe in reaching this con clusion: Suon theology destroys, the Incarnation : for by reducing to the level of the dragon of Cochin China, the honor given to the facts appertaining to the Incarnation, these same facts thenpelves are reduced to that level, and that l,dvel is one of destruction. If the American, resbyterian is correct, the cukus of the Catholic Church to the Blessed Vir,gin is founded on falsehood; and the case then would be precisely this: that no Angel was sent by the Almighty to Mary with the salu tation " Bail full of grace ;' that the Holy Ghost did 'not descend on Mary; that God the Son (lid not take flesh in her womb— whichis saying that there was no true Saviour at all; .that Mary was not destined " before the day Star ;" that the Magnificat isnothing but a literary lie ; and, in short, that nothing -believed of the Incarnation, ever really exist ed. The only way to prove the cultus of the Catholics to the Blessed Virgin to be idola trous-to be no better than thlit of Cochin China for the dragon, is to show that the facts on which it rests are not true facts, > but lies---that they- have no more foundation in verity, than, the nature or attributes believed to be in the dragon;' and if such a thing as this can be shown, not only is the Incarnation a lie, but all the Christian.religion is in the same predicament, Is such the case ? Let the American Presbyterian solve the diffi.culty. It is an old game of the Romanists to accuse:those who refuse to receive the hu man:addition to the truth, of denying the truth itself. No Protestant has ever for a moment questioned the Scriptural facts of the incarnation as 'stated by the Universe. They form. part of the catechisms which we teach our children. But it is the en traordinary inference drawn from these facts by the Romish Church which we contest. In fact it is not Protestantism but Romanistu which, by its inferences, practically denies the incarnation, by making Mary, the mother of Jesus, a more prominent object of worship than the Sa viour himself.l., the Romish cu/tus, Jesus could almost be di-pensed with, and Mary, his mother, wi , l...ut essential alteration, remain as sole int. rcessor and mediator be tween trod and wan. So near to practical extinction is the doctrine- under the idola trous extravagance of the Romish Church. The inference drawn from the tacts of the incarnation by the Romanists is, that the mother of Jesus, equally with himself, , . is worthy of Divine honors. The fact is true, the inference is false. The facts are from Ged, the inference is of nran. The foundation of ,the Romish cultus is good, the structure is wood, hay, and stubble which shall be burned in the fire. There. is scarcely a practical errrorin the Church. or the world but has undoubted facts at the bottom. Even silly fishes are not caught with bare hools`: Even the worship of the dragon by the Chinese, doubtless has some foundation in fact. Must we deny the facts in censuring the use made.of them Must we deny the truth held by thaPharisees; in denouncing the perversions and additions they w ere guity of? Do we deny the truth of th e American Constitution and the re ality of the American Union, because we refuse to admit the inference of corrupt politicians, that unrepentant and bloody rehl s are a nd the entitled truei tld ? to equal rights with the loyal The facts are admitted e Genesee Evangelist, No. 1045. on all hands; but the inferences are en warranted, monstrous, and destructive of the premises on which they pretend to Will the Universe settle the point by an swering three or four questions? I. Is it right to, worship any but a divine per son . divibe ? 4. Do they not worship the image of the Virgin Mary As to the latter point, we do riot see rib,* practical difference netireen worshipping a highly dressed doll-baby and a gilt paper dragon. The puerility'and the degrading influence of the cuital are alike in - both cases. And the guilt of . the Romanist is greater than that ,of the Chinese, , for not only is the former aware of the Divine hos tility to idolatry, •but he has deliberately and defiantly attempted to. cancel , . the See'. and Commandthent of the 'Deeilogue, which forbidsiti. - The exception proves the rule, it is said. But when.a sweeping declaration is xnade without, qualification, the truth actually in volved. in it does not comfort the • parties misrepresented thereby. Oar Methodist brethren are much distressed at the mitOw-' and appearance of their own statistici'as made up for the last General Conference -1864. By those standards, it appears that there has been a falling off in membrship in that branch of the Church for the four years preceding, of more than sixty thou sand, or nearly. 7 per cent. - Whereupon The Methodist thus apologizes: "The decrease for the period ending in' 1864 is attributable to the war and all Chur ches of the country have shared in it.", The Christian lntelligenceralso declared, a short time after the close of the - -war; that "All the Evangelical Churches in this country are absolutely and relatively weaker to-day than they were five years ago." Both of these declarations may be sup posed to be true of the Churches which make them, but for ourselves, and for the honor of Christ's cause, we are constrained to contradict them in application to our own condition. During the four actual years of war, from May, 1861, to May, 1865, our Church, enjoyed an absolute ,in crease of 8885, or nearly seven per cent. And all through the war, our Church, in stead of declining, has been gaining strength and stability, and perfecting its organiza tion, so that it came out of the trial fresh, vigorous, and hopeful in the highest gree. The North Carolina Presbyterian of last week, contains a most mournful picture of the wasted condition, of the Southern Churches, and of 'the disastrous resulti of the war, both upon the numberlf and the: character of the members. Among other features it adduces the following : " Four years of Speculation and extortion have brought; even into the Church; a spirit of hard and griping avarice which closes the hand that was once free and liberal in -its contributions to benevolent schemes and ope rations. The sudden flight of wealth, as it took to itself wings and vanished froth their grasp, has not seemed to lessen the value which many place upon earthly treasures, and they allow the cause of religion to lan guish, or be supported by others, while they gather together the heaps of this world's goods, with which they hope to satisfy the demands of future years and leave to their children an inheritance and a name which shall certainly secure the popular applause and admiration. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches have choked the word, and it has, therefore, becomeunfruit fol." And then it parries the obvious explanation of its dark picture from the unrighteousness and inhumanity sof the cause in which the Southern churches embarked, by pointing to the very statistics of the Me thodist Church of the North, to which we have already referred. Religious de clension it claims to be equally charac. teristic of North and South. But in regard' to Christian liberality, if in nothing else, the facts in the history of the Methodists and all other Northern Churches, during the war, are just the reverse of those described in the Southern papers. SuCh bolindleiq such grand munificence to educational, religions, and humane objeets, was never befOre known in our land. The endow= merits to - our Christian collegei"and theolo-, gical seminaries ,have been counted by lions. Seventy millions van be reckoned of voluntary gifts, through various relief agen cies, to our soldiers and sailors throng 4 the war. From a million and a half to 'two millions were reported as the receipts of the various benevolent societies at the recent anniversaries. The Methodist Chure~; in this centennary year, is aiming to raise two millions for denominatienal purposes, and one of her wealthy members, Daniel prew, 2. Was Mary, the mottier , of ;Jeans, vine? . . Do .not , the CetholiesvEntehip heft; AN EXCEPTION OVERLOOKED. IL^ 11, Nue , o,i *la:X.Bv. By Corrs.-r. SS t 4 . r•.. e•%14 wtoitional. atter three months. Clwits6—Ter or wore papers, sent to one- adarc.r., .-0 aole strictly in advance and in one remittance :',3 M ajj, 82 50 per annu By Carriers, $3 per annuli • Ministers and Min W. isters' , Widows, $2 50M advance. Home Miseionaries, s?. 0!) i n advance Fifty cents additional after three months. Remit risk. Remittances by mail are at our ' Postatre.—Five cents quarterly, in advance. paid by s.ubecnbers at the office of delivery. Advertisements.-121 cents per line for the first, and 10 cents for the second insertion. One square (one month) . . $3 00 two months.. 5 50 . three " -- six 7 50 . 12 00 one year 18 00 The following disconnt on long advertisements. in serted for three months and uPwards, is allowed Over 20 lines, 10 per cent off; over 50 lines. 20 Per cent.; over 100 tines. 33% per cent Esq., of New York, offers to contribute the fourth part of that immense sum. Time would fail us to speak of . the constant, un ostentatious benefactions of such men as Claristopher.R. Robert and Wm. E. Dodge, of New . York; of Baldwin and Whilldin and Potter and Jay Cooke, in Philadelphia; of the late John P. Crozet; of Pardee, the benefactor of one Pennsylvania college, and of Judge Packer:, ihe'founder of another. If there is any doubt upon other character istics of the Northern Churches, there can be none upon the vast expansion of their spirit of giving These things are said with no purpose to 13oiat, but for truth's sake and the honor of Christ. And the great revival through which the Northern Churches are now passing, fully equal to any of the re vivals' of the century, proves that the war for the high ends of national life and human rights hai not lowered the tone or cramped the capacity of these Churches for the best spiritualsifts. , On the contrary, we believe that struggle left the loyal churches in wardly stronger than they ever were before. APPEAL FOR THE NEW 44 MORNING STAR.” Copies of a letter from Rev. H. Bing ham, Jr., missionary to Micronesia, have just been sent from the Missionary House, to all:the Sabbath-schools of congregations co-operating with the American Board, 'asidng aid in building a new missionary packet. Each letter has been accompanied by 'a specimen copy of the certificate to be issued to donors, and a copy of the little ;book to be given, at the rate of one for each 'half dollar contributed. If any Sabbath school desiring to have a part in this enter prise shall not receive the above before the sth of June, they will please notify Rev. S. B. Treat, Secretary of the A_ B. C. F. M., Boston, Mass., of the omission, and their ,wishes will have immediate attention. THE NEW SOUTHWESTERN CHURCH. The last Sabbath, being the opening Sabbath of this new house of Gdd re cently consecrated, services were held all day, morning, afternoon, and evening, with good attendance. The Rev. J. H. Young, of the Central Presbytery of Philadelphia (O. S.) preach ed in the morning, the Rev. F, L. Rob bins in the afternoon, and Dr. March in the evening. It will be noticed that the spirit of union which is prevailingin the General Assemblies at St. Louis seems also to have ruled the day in the opening of this commodious and tasteful house. LANSING, MlClN.—Extract( from a let ter of Rev. C. S. 'Arnastrcmg to Rev. 'John W. Dulles, Secretary of Presbyte 4-ian- Pnblieation Opmmittee, May 16th, .1.866:----" Our little church are under' lasting .obligatiOns for 'the donation of the! , Sooial - Hymn awl Tune -Books. These -boolrst. have. been a blessing in our work'and.wilt continue to be prized by many :who found Jesus under the singing 'oft: wally of those precious hymns. On the first Sabbath in April, we received I on i prOlassion of faith, fifty new - meinbers, and on tbe first Sabbath of May,..twenty more. We - shall proba bly I receive fifteen or twenty" more on the, first of Jane. God' is very gracious ' to ns." TRIBUTE TO REV. I. L. BEMAN.-At a special meeting of the Presbyterian church' and society of Cortlaudville, N. Y., the following preamble and resolu tions were unanimously adopted : Whereas, It has been our good fortune as a church and society to enjoy the ministra tions of the Rev. I. L. Beman for the past three years; and whereas, he has now felt called in the providence of God to a new field of labor; therefore Resolved, That we with pleasure recom mend him to the confidence and support of that branch of the Church to which he has been called. That his ability and Christian integrity entitle him to the confidence of the Church. That we part from him with regret, !recognizing in him a man of 'more than ordi nary promise, intellectually and morally. That his, stern, ,nnyielding advocacy, of the doctrines which lie at the foundation of our faith, as well as his fearless defence`Of the right, upon every question of morality and patriotism;will ever make his• memory dear to;those hom, by precept and example, he Weise . ably led.. • kisolved, That the above' preamble and resolution be entered on the records of the ' society, and a copy; !certified by the chairman" and ,secretary, be, presented to Mr. l3ettuut,;.; and published. • H. 'P' GOODRICH, dlerk. S. Lucas, ehailintill. • . =has accepted "- call to' the- Logan Sque , ..- phurCh,' Phibul-' - entered ( • - • bite the thy of his, New : Ars Hoboken to \ Sunday, for; t, pease and rePtl
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