AmEritalt Htisthjttrian. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1866 CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES. SECOND PAGE—FAMILY CIRCLE : §upplication—The German Family in London— Come Ye to the Waters liwelleth in Im manuel's Land—Dr. Chalmers, in a Hovel—Letter from Mr. HammonhChildren — The Power of Example—An Apt Reply-Card Playing. THIRD PAGE—MISCELLANEOUS : The Lost Cause—Representation of Protestant Mis sions at the Gre t a Paris Exhibition—The Soul's Greatness and Yalue. SIXTH PACE—CORRESPONDENCE: Dr. Brainerd — John Howard; or the Living Carle thin. Miscimia , Ngotts: The Conversion of Summerfield —Sorrows of the Ministry—Truth Illustrated — The Law of Equilibrium—Caqt-iron Prejudices—Piety Rromotive of Unity. SEVENTH PAGE—RURAL ECONOMY : Among the Stones—The Rural Aspect of Villages —To Preserve Green Gages. Sorgxrrerc : National Academy of Sciences, Con tinued—Natural Science Among the Jews. SCHOOL ADVERTISEMENTS are inserted at 25 per cent. discount from our regu lar rates. AMERICAN BOARD.—The next meeting of the Board is to be at Pittsfield, Mass., commencing at 3 o'clock P. M., Septem ber 25th. Rev. Laurens P. Hickok, D.D., president of Union College, is to preach the opening sermon. The total receipts of the Board for the month of July were $45,871.63, or $13,000 less than fdr the corresponding month last year. The total receipts from Septets :ber Ist, 1865, to August. Ist, 1866, `have been $348,812.80. The month of August must be very fruitful not to leave a large deficit in the funds of the Board. The contributions (mainly from Sabbath schools) for the new 'missionary ship bad amounted (August 13) to some thing more than $20,000, and among these offerings, the largest gift, so far, as we have observed, is from the Sabbath school in West Newton, $lOO. Itiollm.--=We notice, with great satis faction, the renomination of Hon. Wil mer Worthington for the State Senate, from the district composed of the coun ties of Delaware, Chester, and Montgo mery. Dr. Worthington has made him self felt in that body as a sterling patriot, an intelligent and industrious legislator, and especially valuable in the councils of committees. It is a matter of special gratification that the Union portion, which is largely in the ascendant in the constituency of that district, has, by this nomination, paid homage to Christian virtue. Let men who regard purity of character as an essential qualification tor office, stand up in the primary meet ings for this principle, and we shall have the right nominees. Tun WAR UPON THE SABBATH.-It is fresh in the memory of the people of our city, that the attempt of bad men, headed by The Press, to procure from our last State Legislature the liberty of indiscri minate Sabbath desecration by our street cars, met with signal defeat. It is no less in memory that the same agitators then went to Washington,. and there did succeed, by a strategetic postal arrange ment, in thwarting and nullifying the action' 'of our State authorities. By order of the Postmaster-General, letter boxes were put up in the Union Line, and it was declared :a mail i route, and as such, entitled to do service on the Sab bath. It was of course easy to under stand this as an earnest of a..general arrangement fiy which, on fall out routes, executive usurpation was to override all local authority. We say this because no one thinks for an instant that, with a lamp-post box every few corners, the Public convenience calls for any such mail facility. Everybody understands it, and none better than those who planned it, as a sheer subterfuge. We have now to record another indignity upon the city and State, in an official order from the General Post-Office, de claring the Fifth and Sixth Street line a mail route. The cars accordingly com menced their Sabbath trips last Lord's Day. If it is a foregone resolve at Washington that Philadelphia shall have no Sabbath, further extensions of this privilege will not be long behind. A NEW HOPE FOR THE COUNTRY.- A considerable body of the people whom the great Southern Unionists' Conven tion has drawn to this City, including men of the highest public consideration, met together on Sabbath evening to lay their cause before the throne of grace, and ask for the Divine guidance in the important duties on their hands. It is a new thing to read, in connection 'with any great political movement, such an "account as the following, which appeared in the dailies of Monday morning : "A large number of the delegates to the 'Southern Loyal Union Convention assembled last night at the National Union Club rooms, 1105 Chestnut stmet t for the purpose of hold ing a religious meeting. Not only was the lower portion of the club-house crowded, but hundreds of persons assembled on the side walks outside, anxious to witness and take part in the interesting exercises. In these several clergymen and a number of gentlemen occupying high positions in the country took an active part. • The ceremonies were truly impressive, and made a lasting beneficial im pression upon the minds and hearts of the multitude that was present to benefit by this influence. "The meeting was regularly organized, by the appointment as chairman of the Hon. Ira Harris, United - States Senator from the State of New York. Lieut.-Gov. Bross then made a fervent and impressive prayer, after which the assembly was addressed in forcible lan guage by Hon. Henry S. Lane, United States Senator from Indiana, Judge Palmer,; of Tennessee, Mr. Hunmentt, of ; Petersburg,' Va.;'and Other distinguished gentlemen. This meeting , was especially characterized) by its fervent • piety. ind enthusliAtici patriot -1 ' THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1866. TO PRESBYTERIES AND SYNODS. MINISTERIAL RELIEF FIIND. It is not pleasant to obtrude the claims of the Relief Fund so much on public attention. But as appeals for help from its treasury are fast increasing, and as only one hundred and thirty churches sent contributions to it last year, it is time that others should be in duced to come to its assistance. Its success in responding so well to all the applications made to it last year, should not be used as a reason for relaxing efforts to replenish its treasury now. The following brief circular has been sent to all the Stated Clerks of the Pres byteries and Synods, with the request that at the coming meetings the subject will receive due attention from the brethren and churches:— " - Unless there is more money speedily sent to the Ministerial Relief Fund, there will be suffering among those whom it is intended to relieve. " Although the Annual Report closed with $1605 in the treasury, this and much more was expended in June, when $2313 was ap propriated to our widows and disabled min isters, leaving the treasury empty. " Please read the action of the General As sembly, as found on page 5 of the enclosed Report, and adopt some measures to send us assistance. Yours respectfully, "CHARLES BROWN,. Secretary. "PiniADELPIIIA, PA., 1334 Uhestnut St." DEATH OF A MINISTER.—To the list of departed ministers, we have to add the name of Rev. Daniel Stratton, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Salem, N. J., and a member of the Presbytery of West Jersey. The Presbyterian says very truly of him, that he was a man who readily won hearts, and firmly held their affection. No one could look upon that face, so full of sensibility, so pure and unworldly, without being strongly attracted by it, and longing to know the character so well revealed by it. None knew him well without esteeming, admiring, and loving him. He was without malice and without hypocrisy, one true in his friendships, a lover of good men, a faithful minister, a tender, loving pastor, and a devout, humble, consistent Christian. He bore his trials quietly and patiently, blessed God for his many enjoyments, and looked for ward calmly to death as a translation to a higher and holier sphere. His life was a blessing to the world, and, now that he is gone, be will be long and sadly missed. ANOTHER.—The long-familiar signa ture of " Samuel M. Worcester, Record ing Secretary," will appear no more as an affix to the proceedings of the Ame rican Board of Commissioners for For eign Missions. The honored and be loved bearer of this name, after # minis try of some forty years, twenty-five of which were spent in the pastorate of the Tabernacle Church, Salem, Mass., and after having, like his sainted father, the first Corresponding 'Secretary, endeared , himself wherever the Board is known and loved, has now gone to the better land. He died in Salem, on the 16th ult., in the 65th year of his age. We cannot quite accord with the sentiment quoted by a correspondent on another page, that earth is any poorer for these translations, for, in his providences to ward his Church, we look for God to fill all the voids which he creates ; but certainly heaven is fast growing richer. STILL .A.NOTHER.—A. despatch was received from Allegheny City last Fri day morning, announcing the death, in that, city, of Professor James M. Willson, D.D. Dr. Wilson was pastor of the Re formed Presbyterian Church, Cherry street below Eleventh, in this city, from the year 1832 to 1862, and was well known to many of our- citizens. He was a man of very retiring habits, but of unblemished reputation. ' His sudden death will be regretted by numerous friends, but especially by the congrega tion to which he so long ministered. NEW MEASURES IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.—A highly important move ment for the Episcopal Church has been inaugurated in the Massachusetts Dio cese. For some time past, says the correspondent of The Episcopalian, earnest efforts have been made to estab lish a body of preachers who should be known as -" Evangelists." The subject was brought before the last General Convention, and met with much approval. Afterward - it was laid before the Massa chusetts 'Diocesan Convention, and niti mafely, referred; to the Executive Com mittee of that body. That Committee now, however, is engrossed with other matters, and cannot attend to the sub ject. It has, therefore, finally been decided to move at once, and to try and break ground to bring the project before the people in a definite manner. A cir cular addressed to the clergy has been prepared. It reads as follows :-- "The Rev. P. 13. Morgan, having consented to take in hand, and as far as possible meet the demands of our Church for the labors of Evangelists, we take this opportunity to cer tify that the said Rev.B. Morgan is a Presbyter of the Diocese of Massachusetts, and has been personally known to us for several years past as a faithful and able minis ter of the Gospel of Christ, and an acceptable and successful rector. And we do further certify thgt we believe him to be of such suf ficiency in good learning, such soundness in the faith, and such sobriety, of judgment, together with such aptness in preaching the word of God, that we recommend him, as, qualified meet for this work, and as such' commend him to the Church of God."' This circular is signed by the Massa chusetts Bishop Eastburn, by Dr. Runt, ington, Bishop-elect of Maine; Silt . save' .ral: of the parochial clergy 'of Bosten Mr. Morgan follows it with a circular, o litiS own;j4;+whic,k he:,.8.aY51;r...A.41 " "The work proposed is to make known to ' the masses' the knowledge of God and ex tend the Church of Christ by preaching the Gospel—[without assuming parochial duties.] The policy proposed and pledged is, to vi only where the door is opened by those in lawful authority, and never to interfere with the canonical rights of rectors. In this work we hope for the sympathy, co-operation and prayers of all who sincerely desire the pros perity of Christ's Church. We need not only men, but means—sums given or pledged— together with a knowledge of the most desir able fields for Evangelists' labors whether North or South, East or West. And now` we humbly ask in Christ's name, will you help us in this work ?" The Episcopalian, commenting upon the movement, says " it looks as if there might soon be a stirring of the dry bones amongst us." OUR, ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. DEATH OF DEAN RICHMOND Of the death of this prominent man, the daily papers have made large men tion, some with unqualified praise, and some with considerable criticism and abatement. We do not write to endorse the one or the other, or. to attempt any extended notice of the deceased ; but we have been much interested to see with what genuine enthusiasm and affection he is spoken of by the employees of the N. Y. Central Railway, of ,which he was President. He was kind to tliern. He was in favor of paying them liberal salaries. If he saw one disposed to do well, or trying to get on in the world, he was always ready to lend a helping hand. A great many persons who are now prosperous, we are told, are int debted to him for giving them a start. , ; It is conceded, also, that he had a manly way of doing things. He wasi generous to his friends. He was frank) ' outspoken, and honest in his views. It was not difficult to know where he stood, on almost any question. One of the most eminent business men in this city once remarked to us, that Dean Rich mond bad the clearest head for business of any man within the range of his acquaintance. He was so appreciated; we believe, in Buffalo. We heard many men in that city on Monday last . speak freely of his great business cape:city, trip prodigious and successful enterprises. They said be was also public spirited. He had done much for Buffalo. He will be greatly missed there. And when it is remembered that his influence in his political party a week ago was perhaps greater than that of any other living man, and that he came up from the humblest walks of life, un aided and uneducated, to possess this prodigious influence, and to amass a fortune of a ,million, his character cer tainly might well be contemplated as a remarkable study. And what a moral, that all this wealth and influence, all his high position and his pd`wer, could not stay the hand of death one moment when the summons came. It often seems as though our great men lived ' 8.13 though they supposed they never ,conld die. They plan well for everything else but this last chief event. Dean Richmond's funeral was attend ed by a vast concourse of people, at Batavia, on Thursday last: Special trains, with many cars loaded,-were run from Buffalo and Rochester, and many of 'the most eminent men Of the State were gathered there to pay the last sad rites to the mortal remelt's: DEATH OF HON. GEORGE HASTINGS We have already spoken ,of the sick ness of this truly good man. He passed peacefully away to the better land on Tuesday, August 29, from his home in Mt. Morris. He was at times a gret4 sufferer in his last sickness, but Wit all not only with patience, but with abso lute cheerfulness. He was not, indeed, favored With ecstatic visions, or raptur ous anticipations, and neither was he troubled with any doubts or fears. Em phatically and beautifully, " his end was peace." Mr. Hastings was born in Clinton, in 1807, the son of Dr. Seth Hastings, and a nephew of the musical Doctor Thomas Hastings, of New York. He was a graduate of Hamilton College, class of 1826 ; studied law in Utica ; was ad mitted to the bar in 1830, and has re sided in Mt. Morris from that time, we believe, until the day of his death. For nine years he held the office of District Attorney of Livingston county ; for two years he was Representative in Con gress from his district, and for—eiglit" years Judge of the County Courts, highly respected arid truly honored in every position which he held. He was a man of the strictest , integrity, an up right judge, an able lawyer, and a sa gacious and safe counsellor. And better still, he was a true Chris trian, and remembered in every sphere that his first allegiance Was to the King of kings. He carried his religion . wherever he went. For nearly thirty years he held the office of Superintend ent of the Sunday-school in the Presby terian church of Mt. Morris. He was also an honored and trusted elder in the church, one who has done much from year to year to promote its welfare. He will be much missed from its coon- 1 cils. He leaves a large family, by whom his name is held in peculiawn ; eration, to mourn his loss. Foß*.;' " the strong staff is broken a,ndPithek' beautiful rod." CHURCH, REPAIRS AND CHANGES Of these we know .of so many now in progress that in speaking _of them we hardly know where to begin or where to end The carpenters are busy on the; old First Church of. Buffalo ; (Dr. Clarkoa) puttingTon'a new rgof,44 making Cluing* We„ There was some talk of building a new one, but that project is not now to be consummated. The Presbyterian church edifice at Le Roy has been sadly out of repair for some years, but is now in the process of thorough renovp.tion. The congrega tion are at present worshipping in the hall of Ingham University, and the church is to be made as good as new. And when completed, a new organ is to be added to its adornments and conven iences. A similar process, so far as the church building is concerned, is going on also at Byron. The house is to be length ened twelve or fifteen feet, to receive a new roof ; the seats to be turned round so as not to face the doors ; the pulpit put in the rear end, and all made over, at an expense of some five thousand dollars. In the meantime, the society have in vitied Rev. T. M. Hodgeman, of York, to be their minister, and have strong hope that they shall obtain his services. In Avon, also, the people are moving in the same direction. Indeed, they are planning to build a new church at the West Village, (the Springs,) and have some six or seven thousand dollars al ready subscribed for that purpose. In the meantime, those residing in East Avon have raised some four thousand dollars to repair the old house in that part of the town, and worship is to be maintained in both places, under one or ganization, the minister to preach a part of the Sabbath in one house, and the other part in the other. The Sabbath-school of this church en joyed a delightful excursion and pic nic on Thursday last. About two hun dred, old and'young, took a special train to Mt. Morris, and there spent the day as pic-nicers are generally expected to do. Speeches wire made by Rev. E. R. Davis, the pastor, Rev. Levi Parsons, of Mt. Morris, by " Uncle John" Vas liar, of• Richmond, Va., and by " Gene 'see." The day was very fine ? and all passed off exceedingly well. PERSONAL Rev. Dr. Wright, of Fredonia, was made the happy recipient of a nice purse of two hundred dollars a few days since, the gift of his kind and appreciative people. Rev. Frederick Starr, Jr., went through this city last week, returning to his people in St. Louis. He was on his vacation, and was also watching in Au burn by a sick and dying child, a be loved son of about eight years of age. But the pestilence is wasting his flock. He felt it his duty to be amongst them, and, therefore, with true heroism, he leaves his dying child and goes into that city of death to comfort the living and bury the dead. God shield him and other dear ministers in such peril. Gurnmszz. Rociaewrzß, Sept. 1, 1866. A GREAT WEEK IN PHILADELNIA. Oar paper goes to press while our city is in the midst of the joyous excite ment attendant - upon the meeting of the Southern ' Unionists' Convention—an event fraught with more hope for the South, and for the country as a whole, than any other which has occurred since the surrender of General Lee. We can not, in this paper, furnish much account of its transactions. Thus far, in tem per, wisdom and enthusiasm, they have been all that could be asked. When it was known that this important meeting was to be held, a great demonstration, of welcome, not from Philadelplaia alone, but from the whole North, was proposed. No sooner said than done. Delegations came on from every Northern State this aide of the mountains, including Gover nors and others of the first note—dele- gations of such numbers and character as will satisfy these Southern patriots that there is in the North no faltering in their cause and the cause of the Union. The Conventionists received their welcome from the Northern delegations on Monday morning at the Union League House, amidst a Philadelphia holiday. It is saying but little to mention that the display of flags and other patriotic symbols far exceeded that of the pre ceding Tuesday in honor of the arrival of the Presidential party. It was a gala exhibition which we do not remember to have seen surpassed since the closing victories of the war. Preparatory to the scene at the League House, the State -delegations assembled and organized as delegations. That from Tennessee as sembled in Independence Hall, and there, under the solemn and patriotic in fluences of the surroundings, Governor BioNirnlow called upon Hon. Mr. Frier son, Speaker of the State Senate, and an elder in the. Presbyterian Church, to lead in the offering of supplication and *devout homage to the throne of grace. The - scene was one of solemnity Icing to Ibe remembered. The City Councils, in the meantime in sesslbn, extended the official welcome of the city to the Con ventiOn, and by resolution recognized them as the proper representatives of Southern loyalty. In the Select Coun cil the vote was unanimous ; in the other branch it was contested and voted against ,<,9y three rnembers,:lifesars. Gill, Hetzel and Nichols. The escort from the < sqnare to the League House consisted of the police, the National Union Club, the "Boys in Blue," the City Councils, members of the judiciary, and city officers generally -;° delegations from neighboring towns, fire companies, State delegations, and those from more corporate atle oc i a , tions than we can well:mention. At the League geese, the u4lliess of ,*sefeb*Ph e,PerferPilik4 *hieh,th'ere, can be no higher praise than to say that it met the occasion, was delivered by Hon. Charles Gibbons, of this city.. It was responded to by Hon. A. J. Hamil ton, of Texas, the conclusion of whose remarks was as follows : " We called this Convention because we be lieved that no principle which was at issue in the war, so far as its application to the Gov ernment is concerned, has been settled by the late contest, and in order that we may eventually realize that this Government is really such a government as our fathers in tended to form— a government which not only insures freedom to every human being within its limits, but which places on a sure basis that other thing which is better than the mere name of liberty--actaal protection of every right of every citizen to whom God has given freedom. It was, sir, I repeat, because we believe that the time most auspicious for bringing back the people of this Government to the primitive ideas of republican liberty, for organizing or improving the organization of a party devoted to republican liberty— bringing it back to the simple platform of the constitutional rights of every citizen in this broad land. It was for these purposes that this convention has been convened. We invoked the assistance, by way of counsel, of all our brethren everywhere throughout the United States ; we asked the loyal delegations from the loyal States who might come hither, not only to greet us but to help us to renew our faith to the Government in a purer spirit than heretofore, and to prove to all Presi dents, cabinets and councils everywhere, that the people of the United States, North and South, who were loyal to the Government, will be satisfied with nothing less than the actual security and individual equality and rights under the Constitution, of all men. (Great applause.) If we can be met in this spirit, our hearts are with you. Our fortunes have long since been expended. We have none to give ; but our lives and honors, which still remain—these we pledged in witness of the sincerity of our determination never to cease in our efforts until we can strike hands with you upon that broad basis of human rights where there will be none to challenge you, or you. or you, and ask, " Are you for distinction between the rights of that man, and that man, and that man?" but where, if the question is asked, we can answer : "No ; wherever the flag of this Government waves, wherever the jurisdiction of the Constitution extends, they cover none but freemen in name and in deed, practically as well as in theory." (Applause.) Once more, let me assure you of the high appreciation which we entertain of the welcome you have so kindly extended to us." At the conclusion of Gov. Hamilton's remarks, cheer after cheer rose from the dense crowd, which was continued along the route of the movement to the Nation al Hall, the place designated for the sit tings of the Convention. There the Convention was called to order by Col. W. B. Stokes, of Tennessee, who, after reading the call for its assembling, said ,that since the call was made events had demonstrated that the Union men of the South had not taken action a moment too soon ; that the crisis was now upon us, and that there were now only two parties in the nation. He added : " The question of the day before the American people is whether the loyal men of the country, those who fought and suffered to save it, and to preserve the flag, and who have preserved civil and religions liberty, shall rule the na tion, or whether those who have aimed at its overthrow shall be allowed to rule. Yon have come here, fellow-citi zens, to perform one of the greatest duties that has ever devolved upon any men. in this nation; and knowing you.to be men of judgment and discretion, I believe you will stand by your country and your flag." The allusion to the flag was greeted with great applause, the whole Conven tion rising and cheering aa one man. Hon. Thomas J. Durant, of Louisi ana, was then chosen by acclamation as temporary Chairman, and Secretaries from seven of the Southern States. The Chairman then said :—" Gentle men of the Convention : It is a custom that I trust will never be deviated from to implore the Divine blessing on our deliberations, and in accordance with, as I am informed, the desire of the great majority of this Convention, I would call upon the reverend gentleman who has been selected to perform that function, Rev. J.Walker Jackson, of this city." Mr. Jackson came forward and offered a fer vent and impressive prayer. A Committee on Credentials and an: other on a Permanent Organization was appointed, when the Convention adjourn ed until Tuesday morning. We are only able to state further that the Committee on Organization almost immediately fixed , upon ex-Attorney- General James Speed, of Kentucky, as the permanent President of the Conven tion. AN APOLOGY FOR SABBATH MAILS.- A recent, and, for a short time; success ful effort has been made in England, to suspend the mail service during the hours of the Holy Sabbath. It met with, and was finally conquered by the same class of manufactured objections which are so common-place in this coun try. As was the case here in Philadel phia, in the movements of last winter for and against Sabbath desecration, a clergyman is found to do battle in the cause of sin. The English reverend writes from a rural town, over the signa ture of " A Country Parson," and asks what poor parsons are to do if their let ters are not delivered on Sunday, and, in illustration, states that, 'unless he had been able to send for his letters to a post town, he should not have had the new prayer for the cholera appointed to be read in all churches last Sunday. . TEE CHOLERA.—We have not gath ered up detailed reports of the doings of the pestilence the past week: In most places, Philadelphia included, it is on the decrease. ,In St. Louis its. ra vages have slightly abated, but are, yet terrible,, and in Memphis it is on Ahe increase. AN UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL—Prof_ Saunders has quietly placed in our hands the following commendation. Of the value of his opinion there can be no nbt. It is the more kind, and we ' sume will be all the more acceptable, coming from the proprietor and bead of a school which may have one scholar the less for every additional ene secured by Mr. Barnes. A Chap.—Neither Rev. A. Henry Barne s nor any of his friends have any knowledge ei my intention of writing this brief notice. I regard it my duty to testify to the great qualifications of Mr. Barnes as a teacher. For two years he taught in the Courtland Saun ders _lnstitute, with great acceptance and fidelity, always kind and interested, never behind time, never injudicious in his treat ment or remarks, and frequently very happy in his appeals and illustrations. We were struck, not only with the extent and accuracy of his scholastic knowledge, but particularly with his wonderful memory of all the details of studies which he had not reviewed since he left college. Mr. Barnes' genial disposition and great conscientiousness—high qualifica tions in an educator of our youths—are ex tensively known. Our reverend friend will no doubt receive, as he truly merits, a sus_ taming and cordial patronage, now that he has taken his true position, as proprietor or a classical seminary of a high order. E. D. SAUNDERS. *to uf gut Oirrtijr,s. SABBATH-SCHOOLS AND THE CHURCH. —We are again indebted to the Chris tian Herald for an investigation of the Minutes of our Assembly with refer ence to the work •of our Church in the great field of Christian labor, and espe cially with reference to the comparative statistics of different portioris of the Chutch, and the portioning out of the implied admonitions, to each one a por tion its due season. In relation to the Sabbath-school work, the Herald says the Ministers report 150,101 communi cants in the churches, and only 143,639 members of the Sabbath-schools. This makes the number of Sabbath-school scholars 7000 less than the membership in the churches. But a more careful examination shows that from hundreds of churches whose members are reported there is no Sabbath-school report. Were the reports full, we should have an aggregate of 160,000 to 170,000 in one Sabbath-school column. But taking the statistics as they are, let us analyze them. We soon find that there are great differences in the Synods. Some report very small Sabbath-schools in proportion to the size of their churches, and others, large ones. - • The six Synods of Albany, Utica, Onondaga, Geneva, Susquehanna, and Genesee, embracing all of the State of Neal York, except New York City and its vicinity, have 9000 more communicants than Sabbath school scholars. In some of these Synods the excess of membership in the churches over that in the schools is as high as 40 per cent. In the Synod of New York and New Jersey there is .only a small difference in favor of the churches. When we go down to Phila delphia we find the Sabbath-schools larger than the churches by 1500. In the Synod of West Pennsylvania, how• ever, there are 200 more communicants than scholars. In Michigan, 1400 more. In Wabash, 250 more. In Missouri, nearly 100 more. 151 Tennessee, 2100 more—only a quarter as many in the Sabbath-schools as in thmliarches. In Ohio, 300 more. The remiieng Synods, Cincinnati, Western Reserve, Illinois, Peoria, Wisconsin. lowa, Minnesota, and Alta California. report more in their Sabbath-schools than in their churches. The further Northwest We go the larger the schools are as COD pared with the churches. In Illinois the excess is 20 per cent.; in Peoria, 30 per cent. ; in Minnesota, 50 per cent. Is there a larger proportion of children in Philadelphia and in the Northwest Or are Christians in these localities more active and successful in their efforts than in the Empire State and Western Penn sylvania ? LANE SEMINARY.-Our Western bre thren, though not yet overwhelmed with success, are nevertheless progressing in their effort to refit and refurnish the students' rooms and dormitories in the Seminary. The funds already received provide for seventeen out of the thirty rooms which require this service. Nzw ALBANY, IND.—The Second Church in this place, the pastorate of which was recently vacated by the re tirement of Dr. Atterbury, has extended a call to Rev. H. C. Hovey, for the lat four years a pastor in Massachusetts . Mr. Hovey was originally an Indianian and Presbyterian_ He accepts the cad, and will be warmly welcomed back to his natie State and denomination. Da. F lsaEa IN UTICA.—" S. W. B. —no doubtful initials—writes from Uties to the Christian Herald The corn• ing of Dr. Fisher to the pastorate of this Church, [the Westminster Prest yte . rian,] with his popular talents as preaeher, and large experience in rei gions matters, is regarded as a ;rea l : acquisition to the ministerial talent all`` influence of our city ; and there are thou sands of our church-going people, yid: out. regard to denomination, who ha s his coming, as an omen of extensiv e ! good to the interests of Zion among ee United Presbyterian Work in Tas ia aw ' see.--A correspondent of the Christll 10 structor, writing from Nashville, Tenn,, npm earning a United Presbyterian Church, in thateity, says :—"Here is a congregation that has been organized only about seven months. and it now , numbers about forty Inena ber :i all sable sons and daughters of Africa. , an all but lately freed , from the American slavery." galling elnun9
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