gtmetirautt,StrgttrialL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1866 CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES. SECOND PAGE—FAMILY CIRCLE: Hopefully Width:r—The German Family_ in Lon don—Filial Affection — What it did for Him—lm portance of Presence of Mind in aFamily--Children and Jestut—A. Song of Praise for Opening Services— Theatres—Sowing Little Seeds. THIRD PAGE—MISCELLANEOUS : • America as a.Field for the ExertiOns of.the Chris tian Scholar—The True Basis of the Temperance leform--Christilin Character. and Growth—The Cheerful Voice—Preach Christ. SIXTH PAGE—CORRESPONDENCE: Letter . from China--Colpotteurs' Convention at. Rook Island—From Our Italian Correspondent — Letter from Rev. E. P. Hammond—Mrs: Unmans' Bon Renouncing Popery—Rediscovery of Ophir. SEVENTH PAGE—RURAL, ECONOMY Meat and Milk of Swill-fed Cows—Sorghum Sugar —Slovenly Tarming—Training Colts—A New Eng land Summer—Sea Island Cotton—The King Bird. SCIENTIFIC : Proposed Ethnological Congress— Music of, Solomon's Temple — The Manufacture of. Soda—St. Elmo's Fire, or Lambent Lightning— Rectification of Frankr Experin • AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN OF AUGEST 30.—Persons having copies of this num. bed, and not wishing to keep them, will confer a favor by returning them to this office. SCHOOL ADITHATISHMSNTS are inserted at 25 per cent: discount' from our regu lar rates. • Ell,RATum..:--The admirable article of Dr:March in our issue of• August 20; "From the Country," was erroneously ascribed to Dr. Adams. THE ATTENTION OF SYNODS about to meet is earnestly requested to the new features of the Church _Erection Plan as presented in the last Presbyterian Monthly, page 214. It is of the highest importance that a hearing should be se cured for this cause on the third Sab• bath in December, in every one of our churches. MORE SABBATH DESECRATION.-- The Post-office Department is resolved upon the causeless and needless destruction of the little Sabbath quiet which the rum-shops have left us in this city.. Only' last week we had to make sad mention of the bestowment of full Sabbath-breaking license upon the Fifth and Sixth line of street cars, under the pretext of letter boxes stuck upon their sides. This week we have to record the Second and Third Street line has been Made a post-road. It commenced its - Sabbath trips onihe last Lord's Day. AN ARGUMENT • THAT PROVES Too Muca.—The Watchman and Reflector, arguing for immersion exclusively, says —" The uniform practice of the Greek Church, 'down to our own day, using immersion only, is on this point entirely% conclusive proof. That Church is not only primitive, but oriental." To this the Boston Recorder adds :--" But the Greek Church practices infant ,baptism. Will the Watchman allow that its' piac tice is entirely conclusive proof' that infant baptism was the practice of 'the primitive churches ?" A GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT HAND.-- 7 , We find the following " Notice" in the Central _Presbyterian, published in RieN mond : " The General Assembly of the Presbyter rian Church in the United States will meet in the First Presbyterian Church in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, the 15th of November, 1866, at 11 o'clock A.. M. The opening sermon will be preached by the Rev. George Howe, D.D., the last Moderator." Fortunately we have in this country only three ecclesiastical bodies who designate their highest court by the exact words, The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. As, therefore, these General Assemblies are not very numerous, it will not greatly puzzle oar Presbyteries to find oat whether this Memphis call is meant for them. Probably some Commissioners will be attracted by it who will 'sooner or later find out that they have got into the wrong box, and probably also there is another General Assembly, which contains a little scat tering of material which might go that , way and , find itself exactly adjusted to its position. DRUNKENNRSB IN HIGH PLACA& - The following is the state of things in. Canada. It May he true that we; on this side of the St. tawrence, have not much to say of those neighbors, but we may at least cry out with them, 0, Lord ! how long I The Montreal Globe affirms that " the Attorney-General West was so drunk, on several occasions during the last ses sion, as not to be,,caßable of speaking rationally or attending to business, and that, as Miniiter of Militia, Mr. Mac- .donald-is often incapablei , fromthe same cause, of giving the necessary attention to the duties of that offirce,,whereby the Adjutaut-General has been hindered in adopting measures' which the defence of the country &minded." The Montrecit }fitness wonders that, in this connec tion, the, still more notorious intemper ance of another minister of the crown is not spoken of, and adds :—" On many vccasioni; during the date session, the Hods() presented' more the appearance of a drunken brothel than the Legisla . „ Live Halls of a free and enlighted peo ple, _Ministers of the crown often came to their, desks in a el ate of beastly drunkenries t s, 4 and acted more the part of **ikon stets' or buffoons than , . Confiden tial adVisers ;of Her lodajestyst represen tMiy.e. , A 45109 their shame,be irsatd, the drazikti, a ntics these besotted } r , ministers e.eited applause!'" ". THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, ITtrailarkiY, 'ISEPTEMBER .1866. TRIBUTE TO DR. BRAINERD. At the meeting of the Pastoral Asso ciatiun,of Philadelphia, held September 3, 1866, being the first meeting after the summer recess, Messrs. Adair and Brown were appointed to prepare a paper in relation to the death of Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D.D. At the subsequent meeting the folloviing .tpl►per was pre sented and adopted unanimously:-- As an Association, we cannot satisfy the prompting of our hearts in view of our recent bereavement, without placing on record this , tribute to the memory of our deceased fellow member and beloved ,brother;the 'Rev. Thos.. Brainerd, D.D. The position he held as one of the old est and wisest members of our Associa tion, as well as his distinguished stand ing as a minister of our denomination in this city and throughout our country, renders such a memento 'most fitting. In the sudden and unexpected death of our brother, endeared to us by many pleasant recollections, we reverently re cognize the •hand of God. Though by this dispensation our denomination and the Church at large has sustained a heavy loss, we desire to acquiesce in this event, knowing that God doeth all things well, and being assured that our friend has been called from his earthly toils to his everlasting rest • ' As an AssoCiation we regarded the intellectual endowments of our departed brother of a very 'high order. In the discussion of subjects before our .A.sso elation, he often displayed commanding• powers .of mind. ,His perceptions, were quick - hispowars of discrimination acute and philosophies his diction chaste and , forcible and hisillustrationa apt, and the wit and pleasantry with which he inter spersed his remarks, made his impromptu remarks on these occasions exceedingly instructive and entertaining But we not only admired • his talents. We loved him for his social and moral qualities. He had a warm heart, as well as a clear head. He was fraternal and genial in his intercourse with. his brethren. He was tender and sympU 11,hizing 'when they ~ w ere, in affliction or in necessity. His attendance at our Association on . Monday mornings, after the exhatiiiing labors of the Sabbath, seemed to be to •him a pleasure and a. recreation';' and no one's person was more welcomed than his, as he seldom failed to contribute largelY to the inter,. est of its discussion& In his removal,: we sincerely and deeply deplore.our loss,' a loss which we cannot hope will-ever be repait7ed. ~1 e . • As an A.esciclition , ive very tenderly sympathize with, the wife and children of tgkr deceased brOthni, and, we ear neatlypray that the: consolations adrein-, istered by. him, in, his parochial duties, to bereaved mourners, may be richly ex peiienced by them in this the time of, their tribulation. =MI A Tinumiir ton ORDER.-LThe Ne* York state Legislature, 'last winter, placed the licensing , andYregulating 4 liquor houses in.the hands of the Hee officers; a* body 1:41 •men 'who at "once Commeneed an_ energetic course ' of, re form. For a time, the low dram shops Were, one after another, being closed, and in many localities 'nights and Sab baths ceased to be hideous withs drunken brawls and .murders.. The friends of virtue took courage and hope, and the men who. live by. heaping curses and misery on humanity stook aghast. But it came into the heads of it few lawyerato try the noWPophlar dodge of unconstitutionality. An easy and' accommodating judiciary were s truck with the same ides, and for a time down Went the law ; the dens of vice ; again flung'open their doors, and once ;more blasphemy and outrage reigned. The" friends of virture, however, had grit. The decisions of the New Y,ork‘juclges. were carried up to the`Su.pierh4ourf orthe State, a bed.* Which ifo s rlArately is nett the creature of a New Fork City constituency. That Court has reversed the decisions' Nilo*, and 'declared the law of last winter constitutional L-de cision which, will give joY to many thou sands in that, ram-cursed city. THE, ARAtic 11-4.ra AFRICA.—The recent new translation of the .Bible into the Arabic tongte, comm enced ~by the. late Dr. Eli Smith, and '"'completed; Dr. Tan Duyek, Udder the auspices, of 'the Anaerican..Board, iS likely to prove, with perhaps one exception, the most important translation of modern, times . It now appears that,..in addition to, the many Millions Southiiestern Asia who are expected to use it, the way is fast opening for its entrance among the M.ahomeda,n population in the interior of Africa. Prof. Blyden, of the 'Liberia College, described by President Bliss, of the Syria ProteStant College, as ".a man of marked ability and learning, black but comely," is now in the latterinstitution - lerthe purpose of learning the Arabic, so that he may, odhis return, teach it to .the:. Liberia studentii, ikreparatory to 'a Gospel work in the interior. Prof. Bly den was led td this step by learning that the native 3.lihomedans, visiting Liberia, were greatly .delighted: with a boi of books in the Arabic, sent there from this country, and that there was a great de- ' mand for ,more. He says' that this lan ghage is making rapid encroachments upon the little republic from the East; through 'the. , exitrtions., of active negro M4orned,ana; ~and. ,that it E is becothing very iintodrtait'tlfat Liberianyoung who inten4 , •ou'teTiggt . :sl,u, the missionary work, or resislipgjh t!:te interior, ehhtild have sontaic F nOivradie of it. OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. A RAILROAD DisA.sTEar A terrible railroad accident has just occurred, almost on the borders of our city, by which five persons were killed, and fifty or sixty others, were more or less injured. The cause, was a, mis placed switch, running the, cars off the ; track, and piling several np together. in 1 broken fragments. - This was upon the Central Railway, which is acknowledged to be 'one of the best built and best managed roads in :all the country. Nothing so_ disastrous is this has occurred before upon this road for many long years:if ever. But at last a switch-man who fad faithfully served the company for fourteen Jeers, is fear fully at fault, and this terrkle calamity is the result.= •We 'envy him not his feelings. It is said that when be saw the work he had done, he fled to the woods and has not abide been seen. We do not wonder. We shouldthink he would pray long for death in some secluded spot, hoping never to, . see the face of a fellow-man again. But though this cal amity is so fearful, and we shudder . al-. most to venture ": upon a railway train, again, we should' not forget with what comparative safety we travel 4 in this. royal Way. Five passengers. were but nearly four millions passed over this thiS smile rOad in safety ,the lust yearl' One train was, smashed up,. but five thousand trains have Rassed safely. it to be wondered , fit! that a poor.mortal man should sometimes fail of •his duty in this way ? It•is sad indeed that it 144 so, but we fear it always will be so. • FOR 'AKE MORNING STAR The Sunday-school class of. Mr. G. G. McKinster, in. the Brick of thiS • , city, furnishes a flag or streamer for the new " Morning Star," the children's missionary. vessel. It , is- about thirty feet long; perhaps five feet wide at one end, and three at the other; in stripes of red, white and blue, with the wcirds Morning Star in ltirge letters upon the middle portion. Its cost was twenty seven dollars. - . It is an interesting fact that-t_be Bathe class, ten years ago, furnishecra:similar flag for,the‘ old "Morning ,Star," and it floated at the mast head ion- ,the little ship, on. her errands of, love and mercy, luntil. it _was worn out. We may add, also, 'that the Brick Church school give about one hundred and fifteen dollati3 for the new - missionary ship, 'the largest• sum, we believe, as yet received from ,any one school for this purpose. OAZiNOVIA On a recent visit to this village we, Were more than ever impressed with its , beauty. It is twelve Miles south of . Chittenango, On' tbe N. y. , Central Rail-' road, accessible by stages running to: and fro several:times a:day. lt le also eight hundredifeet higher than nango, twelve hundred `feet above the level of thesea, and.hatist,*be a cool and healthy Ammer retreat: -,- . A.tonntrtwuyearga ago Rev.,Greorge S. BoL4inan, l / 4 ' Wier ` having' . been fifteen years pastor of the Presbyterian church in this place, resigned his charge on' account= of ill bealth.i Rev. N. P. Campfield, a young, brother who had just entereethe ministry, was soon aftei settled,ln.his:place i ~The church Geis nearly' three hundred ' j uiembers, fifty-six having. been : added since Mr. Camp:field pegii,4 hi f e:4l:,oors:among them. The Congregation are now agitating. .the question of a new house` of worship. Their present edifice was considered,the , finest meeting-helnse West Of Albani . the time of its erection, bat, unfortunate; ly, that was more than sixty years ago`; and something more ruodern,'friore taate ful and more comrabdions would better suit their present, wants. They have a ' beautiful site for a church, , and we pre diet that it will ere long be well occupied With as heat in edifice, if not as large, as any other now west of Albany. But we would advise the Building Committee of that Or of any other place in city or country, to visit Rochesterr: and look carefully at •the Brick Cluiroli (Rev. "Pr. 'Shaw's) before deciding on their plans. We regard the Brick Ohara of this' city, take it all is all, as the, most'perfect model we hss . e . seen for church edifice. , It has the best arrange ments, and combines the most conveni ences ..of any cburch we . aziow. 4. If othere.debnot.wisli to buili , 444arge as this, they' have only to ' ; ,the, di inclusions and retain the arrangement with all its conveniences. If we milk , -fake not, it were 'worth. a journey froth one end of the land to the other for any .buildiffg committee first;. to look at this before adopting other Plans.* But to 'return- to Cazenovia. The young pastor . seeins, to, be belefed and. manifestly useful. Some of his' parishioners were 'very thoughtful, and recently presented 'him' With a:beautifur and very convenient study table. Wb find, also, that connection - with .the other clergymen of the Place, of the Bap tist and Methodist churches, he was trying' to reach:some at least of those who are not ':ordinarily found in the sanctuary on the Sabbath'. For this purpose a plan for outdoor, preaching was adopted, r the pastors'in the town to address such as could he got togetherwi Sabbath afternoons in the ontsliirtn'of the village. We shall be 'interested:to know this - Works. The rain infer , . fered with the service on the day When we weiel.:therel..:, L'tiVe trust some have been reached thereby that otherwiad * We endorse &very "word `of bui notregpon dent in regard to this truly model churcli edi fice. It is airopth,i. vieity,even if one does' no wish to build. might have lived and died almost as heathen, even in that beantiful village. THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT of the Rochester Agency of the Ameri can Tract Society is received, and makes a good show of business ; with O. D. Grosvenor, Superinten.dent of Colport fige ; Rev. W. V. Couch, District Secre. tary ;. and Rev. E., F. Owen, General Agent. This agency employs twenty - - eight colportenrs, and has a business ainonnting to about-$40,,000 a year. And this reminds us that Mr. G-ros venor; -who keeps the Depository, and who also sells the . books of our Publics, tion• Committee, recently adopted a very pleasant and convenient way of carrying and exhibiting his wares at the SondaY school Convention at Utica. :He had some small, light book-cases made, two hong together on .hinges so as , to fold up face to, face ; packed these with • some of his choicest books, sample libraries, and took them down to Utica, and there he had but to unlock and open his cases and he had a fine display of books for the inspection of Stinday-sehool teachers. It was an easy way of shoiring what he has always on hand fix' the little ones. ,This, week • he has gone to „Montreal to attend ,the Sunday-school Convention there in session, and, has taken his wares along to attract Canadian eyes. The Rochester Agency sells many. books in Canada: AUBURN s:SEDMIAItZ; This institution oPens 'this fall with bright proitoects. The'incoming class ,to be considerably larger 'than' :that of last year. It is hoped, ,alio, that ,the churches will cheerfully respond to -a louder call. than ever to supply- the money needed for the education cause.- The Government takes good care of West Point; .the churches ought to pro vide well for her schools' of the prophets. We need hardly add, that Auburn is as beautiful as ever ; its people as genial, as cultivated, as Chriitian as may be found anywhere . ; its churches and pas tors as cordial in weJcoming young men of the right stamp among therg,; and the Professors able, thorough, devoted men. Is there, any .better. place for a theological student than this, in our 'land ? ' ORDINATION AT WERDSPORT Mr. Almon R. Hewitt, of the last class of Auburn Seminary, aria ordained as pastor of the Presbyterian church of Weedsport, on the 4th instant. • Intro ductory services by Rev. J: V. C. Nellis, of Jordan ; sermon by.Reic. Dr. Condit, of Auburn; ordaining prayer •by Rev: Thomas Campbell, of Sennett, and charge to the pastor by Prof. Pierce, of Auburn Seminary. Rev. T. M. Hodgman late accepted the invitation to the pastorate of the P.resbyterian church of, Byron, and ha s already begun hialabors there. Thee church edifice 'of the eongrega• tional church in Brighton has recently been repaired and improved, at an ex pense of five or Six htindred dollars. Recently, also, the only deacon of the church, Benjamin 'Blossom, d ie d ~ at the age of 78 years. Thirty-five persons were received to • the Congregational church , -in 4iga., the; last year, front the ,§abbath,schooZ. ROCHESTREL, Sept. 8, 1866. LETTER FROM DR. TOSTIN. .„ To a business note - from the venerable and Rev Di. Tustin, of Washington, the editor of the..P AMERICAN nEsnrri , RIAN, thereare appended ; the followi ng tribute and sentiments : " Your last number but one came to me clothed in mourning on account of the demise of my excellent friend and brother, Rev. Dr. Brainerd, of my native - ,city. During the eXerciseeconnected with the recent commencement at Lafayette Col lege, I sat with ,him in the pulpit of the' Brainerd Church at Easton, and, after listening; with unfeigned gratification, to an admirable discourse, probably his last,_ addressed to the young men of the Brainerd Society, on the appropriate: text, Let •no man despise thy youth,' I was requested by President Cattell to offer the concluding prayer of the ser vice. I was thus brought into close proximity with . Dr. Brainerd, and was charined with the delightfil spirit which he displayed' toward, me at the close of the service, in the inteiehange of Chris t#to civilitms, though not wearing an cce/e.siasticaZ rose of precisely the same color, -yet both aiming to bring about the blending into one. of those roses whose :united' fragrance, I doubt not, will fill the Church militant and the Church tiV umphant with joy and gladness. May we lot reasonably suppose that, as he looks down from tbe . portals of, light and love, upon the discordant elements which still exist in the Church, bought -With, the Saviour's blood, •he is disposed to chide our hesitancy and tardiness. in bringing about this delightful‘ consum mation ? I confess, my dear . brother, that the 'nearer I approach to the fermi-` nation of my earthly probation, now'not far distant, the more my soul pants to witness the reunion (to change my illus tration to one, perhaps, more appropri ate) of these bleeding members of the, Redeemer's =mutilated body ; and when that shall have been accomplished,'l trust that, through abounding mercy to the chief of shiners; I may at least be ready, if-not willing or'anxious to say, with good old Sinieo4,*i.th Hope, of Salvation, netenly trembling arms, but in heart, Lord,' lettest thou 'thy eiiant;' *art in &ace, - for mine eitialii,Ve seen thy salvation.) . 1 believe :'sod es and thousands of Sinieons and Annas throughout the bounds of both branches of our beloved Zion who are looking forward to such an. event with emotions too deep' for utterance. " 'How long, dear Saviour, 0, how long Shall that bright hour delay • Fly swiftly round, ye wheels of time, And bring the welcome day.' "Yours_, semper et übique " SEPTIMUS Ti STIN." '..litiLtt' - '4 tut, ttiittitlo Ray. DANIEL CLARK, "a veteran in the Northwest ern service, was installed at . Plainfield, on the...22d ult. The Church is Congregational, but Mr. Clark retains his .relations with the Presby tery. busihnsi note of Sep tember 3d - mentions with gratification the return of tyon,`Oe pastor, after an absence of two months, and his having preached on the previous. Sa bbath. The church, during his absence, was frescoed and otherwine improved, at an-expense of some $2500. - , CHANGE Or LABOIL—Rev. C. D. Cdrtin, hasresigned his pastoral charge of the = churchesof .Belpre - Aid-Warren, Qhlo, and ICcePted the "Presidency of 'Farmers' College, in the iame2State. His post-office, address is College Hamilton county, Ohio. ; „ WALTHAM, John Kidd, recently of Joliet, has 'accepted a call to the, pastorate in Waltham , 'Rev; W. Wells, the' late ' pester, takes' Wenona, for his field of labor.' ' Dizzazi, OHIO -A Presbyterian church ,was organized - at •Delhi Station, nine miles west of Cineinztati, by Rev. Jas. D. Lamater, Sabbath before last. It is a small beginning, but has fair prospects for growth and- tisefulnesS. Nsw ORGANIZATIpN.'-A church of eleven constituent meinbers, chiefly thrif ty emigrants from Nest Virginia, was recently organized in Noble township, oa the route from Cincinnati to St. Louis, and about one hundred miles east of the latter. city. It will be, connected with the , Presbytery of .Wabash. It is worthy of more special notice because of its being the 'first - church of our connec tion in that part of Illinois. Sarviriar, ILL.—The last communion was an occasion of universal interest. Seventeen gave their public assent to, the Covenant, and sat down to the Lord's table for the first time with ius. Of these, eleven were members of one household. They were father and mother, two sons, four daughters, two sons-in-law and a daughter-in-law. Two infant grandchildren received the seal .of the. Covenant. One year . ago, the resident members of this church numbered twenty one—npw forty-three ; so that the num 7 . ber of : resident members has doubled in one year. Missouni.--Rev. W. S. Post, of Sul pliur Springs, - Writes to the Presbytery Reporter is of little use to issue an appeal for ministers to act as pioneers in Missouri, for it would ' be a Miracle almost for one to answer the call. If 'he should, he would probably keep you corresponding with 'him- for perhaps six znonths, and then settle, to your disafp pointment, over an > organiied church, where all thingaire made ready to his handsi 'Whim we tall him 'to account for' such a dereliction in dnty, he-Very truly excuses himself by saying, I can Er Mia not support my family as a ome sionary, on $5OO or $6OO per annum.' You must say amen to that, and BO let your brother go Where he can, get bread and butter , for his loved ones. I. hope one brother-=Rev. -J. D. Jenkins—has. answered my, call for help, by locating in De Soto, on the Iron Mountain rail road. He is there now, prospecting. I trust ;his heart will 'not fail him. The people are repairing, the littrch in De Soto, for some one to preach in it. I think their work will not be in vain in the Lord." . GzNzsza, Rev. Dr. Nelson, of St. Louis, writes to, the same paper I have lately spent a ; Sabbath at Jefferson .City, 'with our Brother Whitaker. It was his COM minion Sabbath. I preached to his people On Friday, Saturday, Sabbath and 'Monday evenings, and on "Sabbath mornirig The attendance was good. Without exception, the attention' was most' encouraging Sabbath , morning, the neat hall which they worship was full. After sermon we received two new members hy, profession, arid one by letter. Two others would ;have been received, but their lettere; did not arrive in season.. The Lord's Supper was then: -I,administered, using'for the'-irst - time a beautiful 'silver service;` procured` by the ladies of the congregation: I thought that Brother'W: had' much 'reason to be enconraged, though I was not with hirn long enough to learn much of the culties against which he-has to struggle,: A State capital is, apt to be a plqce abounding worldliness. - .Gayety, plea sure-seeking, and the manifold corrnp tions of party , politics concentrate there. The pure Gospel is the only antidote. This Brother' hitaker is applying with, I believe, entire fidelity, and much i Christan wischoni. He 'ought to be re-* membered , , rnr very often in the prayers of Christian peoPle—he and the little flock' over which the Holy Ghost hath made him overseer." --From Laketon, .fifteen;miles...sontb,of Rolla, Rev. B. P. Powelson writes to the seine "piper:i—'" l l t atia i continning ray labors' as best •place.; think we have ground for eneourtge-' ment. • the -Igibiiiitit4ehool still eon - thaws thcveartircs ;of) interest, andl in regard tothe .attendance upon the exer cises Or the'chitibh, ,we , notice a change for the better- The increase is gradnal so much the better, for it will be perma nent. On last Sabbath a week I had n larger audience than at any time previ ous. I think, by a straight-forw ar d ,coarse being pursued here,.the old pre kidices• (growing out of political troubles) will gradually wear off. Istigigus gutellipzre. PRESBWIMItI&N. Work of Ekrace.—l have just had the privr_ lege of assisting Brother Keigwin, of Charles town, Ind, in a twelve days meeting in his church. .The results are a pleasant reviving of the church and an ingathering of eleven interesting converts. Others are inquiring. The interest had only attained its height at the time the meeting closed. Most of the converts were -pqpils in the Presbyterial Academy located m Charlestown, and in the charge of. Mr. H. C. Donnell. One of thorn has signified his purposeto enter college with a view to preParation for the ministry.—Cor. /iv's/Ver. Work for .All.—The Presbytery of Monmouth, in view of the' number of minis ters unemployed on the Sabbath, and the number of churches in which they might find.9portunity- to preach Christ, adopted, at elate meeting, the following resolution : "Resolvid; That the members of Presby tery be directed to look out preaching sta tions and report them to the Coinmittee of Missions, and that the Committee be directed to. make out a scale of lsupplies for these .stations of ministers and licentiates . otherwise :unemployed on the Sabbath, and that collec tions ,be taken Lip in these stations on‘reach inxdayslo'compensate these'laborers:' NO Balls in the Nonsea of Chureh Nein bers.—We find the following in the proceed ings of a recent meeting of the U. P. Pres bytery of' Keokuk Wuk. Gormly having appealed from a decision of' the Craw fordsville Session , against him for having a ball' at his.house, the appeal was not sus tabled ; and Messrs. Hammond and Wilson were appointed to prepare a paper on the subject of dancing and present_ it to Presby tery at its next meeting:" - Extension.-=Our 0: S. brethren in Pitts 'burgh are . just - now engaged in two new , enterprises in the suburbs of the city. One is at Oakland,. where $lO,OOO are already pledged for the , erection of- a church edifice, anO. n.ponsiderable sum is subscribed for the support of a liastor. The preliminary steps. have timii taken iin the 'Presbytery for the organization of a church. The other is at Shady Side, one of the Most beautiful spots for residences iwthe vicinity. There, within a month,. the subscription fora : building has come up• to .$BOOO, • and that for ministerial salary to $lOOO. Minnesota.---Of St. Anthony, a correspon dent of the Pi-e.sbyterian Banner writes :—"I saw brother Sample. He is doing a good work at St. Anthony. His congregation, he tells me, has doubled since he went there last spring. He haS a large and interesting Sab bath-school." Death of Dr. Willson. We barely noticed this event in our last' paper., The Presbyte rian Banner says of: it : The_ Rev. James M. Willson 2 D.D., a Prefessor in the Theo logical Semillary of the ,Covenanter (Old Side) Seminary, died at his residence in Allegheny, Pa., on the 31st of August, in the fifty seventh year of his age. Dr. Willson vas, an exceedingly fine scholar, had an extensive acquaintance with theological literature, and was a close student of church history. Though firmly attached to the principles of his own Church, he was a man, of most genial dispo sition and loving 'Christian spirit. In the estimation of Presbyterians, he was probably the foremost man of the denomination to which - he belonged. His death will be greatly regretted." A Case for Practical Sympathy_.—We find in the papers an appeal from - Western Virginia, which pays :—" The church edifice in the Presbyterian congregation of French Creek, West 'Virginia, was burned down by the Union soldiers, accidentally. A Board having been Appointed' by Congress to make repairs on honses damaged by the soldiers during the war, application was made to said Board, and the agent of the congregation informed them that, their claim of $l5OO was granted' by the Board.. A contract was ac cordingly made for the erection of a house of worship worth $lBOO. Some months later, and after the'house had been partly built. the . same agent informed them that their claim was not granted, and would not be, because the order was to repair damaged houses,' whereas theirs was entirely destroyed. In this emersency, with aframe,. house put up` ut unfinished, they applied to Congress for an appropriation, and failed to receive it. It would be too long a time before they could get' id from the Board of Church Ex tension, the last payment being due to the contractor on the 15th of October, when the house is to be finished. They have contrib uted 'to the utmost of their ability, and raised slloo,' leaviiig $7OO unprovided for." South.--The Southern General Assembly's Committee of Pablication is actively at work. The last Central Presbyterian says that about fifty different issues will soon be completed, of which sixty thousand volumes are already on hand. From the titles given, we suppose they are chiefly Sabbath-school books, a branch of the work, to whick the energies of the. Committee seem for the present to be devoted. CongregationaL—Thereis but one Con gregational pastor at Providence R. L, whose pastorate dates back five years. In rive churches there has - been a change. In the State more thin half the 'pastors have been mrisettled" during' that time.—An accession by profession, of 17 was made to the Church in. Brandon, Yt., on= the 2d inst.---Since the first Sabbath in August, sixty-two have been received on profession into the Dann Street Church, Beveily, Mass. — . —The Church in' Slinderland, Mass., received'twenty-one on profession, the first Sabbath in the present montli.--The Wisconsin Puritan, says:— " Five churches in Western lowa are anxious ly 'waiting for ministers, in most promising fields of labor.,. ; Still others are needed." —Rev. D. Burt, pastor of the Cong• church of Winona, Minn., has accepted an appoint ment on the staff of Gen. Fiske, as Superis tendent of Education in the District of Ten nessee:=— Congregational Churches have been organized on the Little Papillon creek, and'on Salt creek, in Nebraska.---Rev. Dr gmerson, senim;.pastor of the South Churen Mass., :now aged SS years, has just attended the "funeral of the last of those who were inerubbii of the church when he assumed the pastorate, more than ^sixty years ago. The deceased was Mrs. • Rebecca Thayer, aged 93 years. EPlschP4.-1--Wz)notiiied recently the deci sion of the Epieenptireonfeience at the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury, sanctioning tiffe-setting wart" ,rof , c l as s of laborers, under the designation of "Lai Readers." The first commissions under the new systemliiiietilistibeen' bestowed upon two
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