Awirifau, Itiotigtrialt.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1866
rONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECorar PAGE—FAMILY CIRCLE :
Why doet Th on Wait?—Apologizthw—A Tale for the
Little Folks—Burning the Book—Sabbath — A Gem
from Herbert—Shooting a Shark — What a Spider
can do — Dull Bove—Thy Kingdom Come—Light for
the Dark Valley—kffeets of Evil Company.
THIRD PAGE--MISCELLANEOUS :
Bsrtimeus. the Blind Preacher of Mani—Dr. Gus
tavus Warfield A Good Confession —Dppth of
Christian Life.
! , 11TH PAGE—CORRESPONDENCE:
Rev. B. P. Hammond's Letter from Glesgow, Scot.
land—Don't Hide the Matches.
tDITOH'S TABLF.: Alexander Strahan's Books:
Macleod . 8 "Eatwa r d : " 'Letters of Eugonie de
Guerin:" Macteod's " Simple Truths for Earnest
Minds"—Ticknor & Fields' Books: Thoreau's
"Yankee in Canada, with Anti -Slavery and Re
tort. Papers:" Hervey's "Poems"—Literary Intel
ligence, American and Foreign—Bible Inspiration.
SEVENTIt PAGE—RURAL ECONOMY :
Limo the Basis of Good Husbandry—Cheeseas Food
—Re -capture of Honey by Bees—Crib-biting—Flow
era f.d. Perfumery.
Smutrunc: The British Association for the Ad
vancelannt of Science.
AUGUST 30TH AND 23D.—We are
much obliged to friends who have aided
us to replenish our files. Besides Aug.
30th, we are greatly in need of copies
of the preceding number, Aug. 23d. If
our friends will supply us with a few
copies they will confer a great favor.
Postage need not be prepaid.
BIBLE-HOUSE FOR CONSTANTINOPLE.
It is proposed by the friends of the Bible
work in Turkey, to raise the sum of
$50,000 for the purchase of a lot in the
city of Constantinople, and the erection
thereon of a plain but substantial and com
modious building, to be known as " The
Bible House." The object of the building
is to furnish a permanent location for the
depository and sale of the Holy Scriptures
in more than twenty languages; offices for
the various Bible, charitable and mission
ary societies of the United States operating
in Turkey; a small public hall; rooms for
the instruction of the blind, and also for
publishing and storage purposes; .in short,
the visible, reliable centre for Protestant
Christian influence for the whole empire.
The importance of such a building is
most deeply felt by every evangelical la
borer in Constantinople and the, Turkish
Empire, and appeal is made to the Bible
loving - Americans, assured that they will
readily respond to the call.
The following szentlemen have consented
to act as Trustees of the property
E. Dodge, Esq., William A. Booth,
Esq., David Hoadley Esq., Robert Carter,
Esq., S. B. Sehieffelin, Esq., and William
G. Lambert, Esq.
Donations and communications may be
sent to Rev. Isaac G. Bliss, care of Henry
Fisher, Esq., Assistant Treasurer American
Bible Society, Bible House, Astor Place,
New York City.
From the many commendations e'"d
by this wise and large-hearted propose
extract that of the veteran missionary now
in this country, Dr. William Goodell.
" A permanent Bible House in Constan
tinople! What sweet and sacred thoughts
cluster around the very name of such an
institution ! It is a thing more needed
than I have time to say. It ought to be—it
must he—it will and shall be. And the
only question is, whether those to whom
you make application will do it, or whether
they will leave the privilege and the honor
and the reward to others. May you have
the satisfaction of hearing those to whom
you shall first apply, say -at once, ' Let us
rise up and build;' and you have only to
add in your record of the same, 'So they
strengthened their hands for this good
work.' + And all the friends of the Bible in
Turkey will joyfully respond, Hallelujah !
Amen !"
Mr. 8. M. Minasian, a Protestant Ar
menian merchant of Constantinople, has
subscribed $lOOO to the fund.
PHYSICAL NECESSITY OF A DAY OF
REST.—The following paragraph, from
one of our secular, journals, is additional
evidence on the already well-proved
necessity for the observance of the
fourth commandment as a means 104'
the temporal good of men :
Railroad Labor in England.—A meeting
of English railway employees was recently
held in London, at which it was stated that
many of the railway accidents which happen
in that country are to be attributed to the
exhaustion resulting from over-work. It
was, among other things, announced that
for men to labor seven days in the week,
and to have no rest for six weeks together,
were not even uncommon '• and the ease was
mentioned of a station-hand who had not
had a day off for twenty years. Many of the
engineers had been kept on continuous duty
for twenty-two and twenty-three hours ; in
deed, until some of them fell exhausted on
the floors of their engines: On Saturday,
eighteen hours was on several roads the re
gular period of labor, and signal men were
often found asleep in their boxes. Accident
al deaths of employees exhausted by too
much labor frequently happened, the over
work having. rendered them incapable of
taking care of themselves. The meeting held
in London was convened to devise some
method of reforming this bad system.
A WELL-PROVED LABORER. Our
cotemporSry, The Presbyterian, thus
notices a vigorous veteran of its own
Church :—" The Rev, Jonathan Cross
has removed from Baltimore to York,
Pennsylvania, where correspondents
will please address him. Mr. Cross
is. engaged in the work of an evan
gelist, in which it has pleased God
greatly to bless his labors. He will be
glad to assist pastors wherever such
work is desired, if they will give him
timely notice .44f their, wish to secure
services, and specify the i precise date at
which they wish hitil to Mile."
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER V, 1866.
THE NATIONAL ORPHANS' HOME
STEAD AT GETTYSBURG.
Our readers of course, all remember the
touching story of the New York soldier,
Humiston, found dead at Gettysburg after
the great battle, with the photograph of
his three Children upon his breast. By
this photograph, through the instrumen
tality of the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN the
soldier, otherwise unknown, was identified
as the husband and father . of a family,
respectable though poor, in Western New
York. The photograph has been multi
pled by thousands of copies, and sold to
such a large extent as to furnish the means
fbr building a neat dwelling for the widow
and orphans.
But the incident gave impulse to a much
wider practical scheme for the benefit of
soldiers' families. The fidelity and affec
tion of the dying sergeant for his own
little household, has set in motion a stream
of benevolent intentions and efforts designed
to embrace many bereaved families in wide
ly different sections of the country. An
associp.tion originated by persons taking an
interest in the Humiston case, has been at
work in this city, and by agents all over the
North under the name of the NATIONAIJ
ORPHANS' HOMESTEAD AssociATioNi who
have supported a number of soldiers' orphans
at their homes, but who have secured, and
will in a few days have ready for occupa
tion, a comfortable home at Gettysburg,
where eighty orphans can be accommo
dated. This Home is upon ground em
braced in the famous battle-field on Ceme
tery Hill. Almost within sight is the grave
of Humiston himself, suitably marked
among those of the New York soldiers,
saved from the designation of " unknown"
by the persistent affection of the dying
father for his children. Parental love has
secured for the humble soldier his personal
share in the gratitude of his countrymen,
and has made his name' immortal. Mrs.
Humiston, the widow, has aceepteu the
position of housekeeper in the institution,
and the three children, whose photographs
are almost as familiar as Lincoln's and
Grant's to the people, are the first to be
admitted to its privileges. In the prize
poem upon this incident, furnished for our
columns, occur the following lines, which
thus reach their fulfilment :
Calm as a warrior in a dream
Our fallen comrade lay;
His limbs were cold, his sightless eyes
Were fixed upon the three
Sweet stars that rose in memory's eyes
To light him o'er death's sea.
Then hallowed be the soldier's life,
And hallowed be his prayer: ,
"0 ! Father, guard the soldier's wife,
And for his children care!"
Thus there is a beautiful Providence
running through the histroy of the Home
stead Association, marking the commence
ment, the location of its building, and the
persons of its managers and inmates; a
Providence which we earnestly hope and
believe will illuminate its future career. In
Gettysburg, the liveliest interest is mani
fested by the leading citizens, headed by
the Hon. Edward McPherson, clerk of the
House of Representatives. An associate
board of twenty-six persons, thirteen ladies
and thirteen gentlemen, comprising the
best people of the borough, are co-operat
ing with the directors in this city. The
venerable patriot, John Burns, who fought
in the great battle as an independent vol
unteer, takes a deep interest in the institu
tion, and will probably be in some way
connected with the management.
The largest part of the contributions to
this admirable enterprise has come from the
Sabbath-schools of the country, in sums of
twenty-five dollars and upwards. The sehool
which contributes such a sum is entitled
to nominate an orphan for admission; and
the nominees of the schools have precedence
of all others in admission to the Homestead.
The superintendent of the Sabbath-school
may become a party to the indentures
binding the orphans, and is allowed, in
that case, a voice in any question as to the
removal of the orphan from the institution.
Some large and many small contributions
have been made by individuals, and it is
hoped that the funds will be speedily in
creased, so as to permit, at an early day, the
erection of a building worthy the name of
National, worthy the cause, and worthy of
the grand historic site of Gettysburg.
The present building, it is expected, will
be inaugurated with proper ceremonies
about the Ist of October.
BISHOP WHIPPLE-A CORRECTION.-
We copy from the Springfield Republi
can an extract from a letter from Bishop
Whipple, of Minnesota, in regard to a
paragraph which we copied from that
paper, purporting to be an extract from
an address by the Bishop on the causes
of the war. lie says:— •
"I am sure that no man who knows me
would . believe that. I have ever given utter
ance to so foolish words. Permit me to say
that I have never published a sermon upon
the causes of the war, nor have I alluded to
this subject in any written sermon for more
than three years. In 1860, before the war,
I did preach a sermon in nearly every parish
in the diocese, upon the fearful signs of the
.times, which seemed to foretell a cruel war.
In that sermon I endeavored to speak plainly
of private and public sins ; I alluded to our
lack of home life, and parental authority and
subjection in children; to our lack of rever
ence for law, and disloyalty to government
as an institution of God; to our lax views
of business morality; our• profaneness of
speech, and our lack of a definite faith in
the awful verities of -the Christian religion.
In that sermon I stated that I believed tliat
this laxity in faith and practice ; was partly
due to the religious' strifes ancrdissension of
Christian men, which; ladN:,)ewildered the
multitude."
THE MOVEMENT AGAINST THE SUN
DAY CARS.—We last week expressed
our conviction that the Christian people
of Philadelphia would not quietly sub
mit to the defiant attempt of the City
Passenger Railway Companies to over
ride the laws of the Commonwealth,
and to destroy the ancient peace of our
Philadelphia Sabbaths. The following
proceedings in court, last Thursday,
September 20, show what efforts are
being. made to put a stop to the great
and growing nuisance :
William J. McElroy, Esq., with his col
leagues, Q. Stuart Patterson, Esq., and Hon.
William A. Porter, filed a bill in equity in
the Supreme Court, asking for an injunction
restraining the Union Passenger Railway
Company from running their cars on Sun
day. Application was made to Judge Strong
to fix a day for a hearing, The Judge stated
that he will be compelled to be absent all
of next week, but could hear the case on
next Monday week, the Ist of October. This
day was accordingly fixed.
The following is a copy of the bill :
John Sparhawk,William Purves, Charles F.
Haseltine, Alexander Ervin, Jr., Henry
A. Bower, Thomas Tolman, D. W. C.
Moore, L. C. Voute Jacob Moore, Robert
Steenson, George W. Mears, Jacob A.
Gardner,William Rutter, John C. Daw
son; Lemuel Diekerman, James llogg,
plaintiffs, vs. The Union Passenger. Rail;
road Company of Philadelphia., ';dofendL
ants.
To the Honorable the Judges of the Supreme
Court :
Your orators complain and my--
Fins& That the said defendant is a corpo
poration, incorpoiated by the Legislature of
this Commonwealth, by act of the General
Assembly, approved the eighth day of April,
1864, and by the said act was authorized to
construct a railway in the city of. Philadel
phia, for the conveyance of passengers along
the following streets, beginning at or near
the intersection of Wharton and Front
streets. [Here follows a description of the
route.] The said company have constructed
the said railroad upon all, or a greater part
of the said streets, and have been, and are,
running paSsenger cars on and over the
same.
Second. Your orators are citizens of the
said city of Philadelphia, and State of Penn
sylvania, residing therein, and some of them,
.to wit, the ten first named above, are members
of and pewholders in churches situated on the
line of the said railway, and - some Of 11(eli;
to wit, the six lastly above-named, are resi
dents and owners of dwelling-houSes, also
situated on the line of the said railway.
Third. The said company (defendant) have
engaged in the business of 'running their.
cars with horse power, and carrying passen
gers for hire, on and over their said railway
on the first day of the week, commonly called
Sunday, in violation of the laws of this Com
monwealth, and to the mauifest injury of
your orators and many other good citizens of
the said city. And the said company threa
ten and intend to prosecute and continue the
said business for hire as aforesaid, on the
next Sunday, and on every Sunday there
after.
Fourth. Your orators Show that - by reason
of the unlawful business carried on as afore
said by the defendant, they have been, are,
and will be deprived of the right of enjoying
the Sabbath as a day of rest and of religious
exercises; free from all disturbance from
merely unnecessary and unauthorized world
ly employment; that they have been; are.
and will be thereby prevented from engaging'
peaceably and without interruption in the
worship of Almighty God in their accus
tomed places of public worship, or in their
own residences on the Sabbath day ; that the
lawful peace and quiet of the said day is
thereby disturbed and broken ; and that the
rights - of property which they possess in
their said churches or places of public wor
ship, and in their private residences, are and
will continue to be thereby infringed upon,
and their said churches and residences there
by deteriorated and lessened in value.
Wherefore your orators need equitable re
lief in the premises, and they respectfully
pray your honors to grant unto them
First. A writ of injunction, directed to
the said defendant, the Union Passenger
Railway Company of Philadelphia, restrain
ing the said defendant, its officers and ser
vants, from running, or permitting to run,
any cars over any of the streets of the city
of Philadelphia on the said railway, or other
wise, upon the first day of the week, com
monly called Sunday.
Second. Such further and other relief as
the nature and circumstances of the case
shall require, and to your honors may seal'
meet.
SPIRITUAL PROSPECT ON THE PACI
FIC COAST.—The brethren in San Fran
cisco seem to be expecting a season of
great spiritual interest. The Pacific
learns that Rev. Mr. Earle, whose
evangelistic labors in and around Bos
ton were so largely blessed last winter
and spring, has signified his intention
to visit San Francisco, as requested by
the -Ministerial Union of that city. It
also speaks of scenes of blessed religious
interest as already commenced. Of the
Daily Prayer Meeting recently instituted,
it says :---" We were able to say, re
cently, that there had been a manifest
increase of interest up to that time in
these meetings. During the week now
past there was more evidence than,ever
that this religious movement bad taken
a deep .hold on the community, and that
it might be expected to produce lasting
and most precious results. The Mon
day meeting seemed to feel the influence
of the .Sabbath services ; and other
meetings during the week the influence
of the Monday meeting; and all, of the
silent, gracious, omnipotent Spirit of
God. Some have arisen each day to
ask the prayers of Christians and to
express their determination to , seek the
Saviour. Quite A number of young
men have risen, from time to time, to
testify ot the love of j'eSILS. The speak
ing has generally been very much to
the point; the prayers devout and
earnest."
PRZSBYTERIAN REIINION.-At the
commencement' of the agitation of the
subject of the fusion of the two Find!.
pal branches of the Presbyterian Church
in this country, we expresso:id our be
lief that it would facilitate rather than
retard the consummation, to strike out
at once for a Presbyterian union on a
still broader scale. We see once in a
while an indication which confirms us
in that belief. A recent ,one the no
tion Of the Chicago iteferrnecl ‘Presby
tery, at its meeting in Mount Vernon,
lowa, on the 12th inst. The Presby
tery appointed a committee to co-ope
rate with similar committees to .be ap
pointed by the Old School, New. School,
and United Presbyteries of Chicago, to
convene a joint meeting •of the four
Presbyteries for prayer and confer
ence on their common interests.
FRUIT OP MISSIONS TO THE HEA
THEN.—We give the following as an
example. In the Tonga or Friendly
Islands—fifty years ago the unbroken do
main of the darkest and vilest form of
paganism—there are now 169 Protest
ant places of worship,; 24 resident
European and native ministers ; 13
catechists; 214 day-school teachers ;
676 gabbath-school teachers ; 856 lay
preachers ; 9822 church members ; 248
day-schools, containing 9712 scholars.
The liamber of regular attendants upon
publih worship is about 30,000 ; and
moreltha,n £3OOO per annum are con
tributed- voluntarily by the people for
religious purposes. The native churches
meet the total expenses of the missiona
ries, and religious institutions amongst
them—a remarkable fact, which ought to
silence those whose pleasure it is to de
cry Christian missions and missions
.
ries.
OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.
SYNOD OF• GENEVA
The annual meeting of this Synod
was held in Horse Heads, commencing
its sessions last Tuesday afternoon, and
• continuing until Thursday evening. It
was a'meeting of rare spiritual interest
and profit; but we have room for only
a brief outline of its proceedings.
Rev. S. J. McCullough was chosen
Moderator, and Rev. Isaac Clark, and
Rev. A. T. Young, clerks. The open
ing sermon was preached on Tuesday
evening, by Rev. W. A. Niles, the retir
ing Moderator.
'On Wednesday afternoon came the
administration of the Lord's Supper,
Rev. J. B. Richardson and Rev. H.
Kendall, D.D., officiating ; after which
Rev. Dr.. Kendall was heard for half an
hour on the subject of Home Missions:
On Thursday morning the'devotional
exercises were continued for an hour and
a half, and even then it was hard to
bring them to a close. After this an
essay on the Office of the Ruling Elder
was read by Rev. Dr. Wood, containing
truths and' suggestions of such practical
value, that, on the motion of an elder
present its publication was requested.
After this, an • able, paper by. Rev. H.
Eaton, as one of the Examining Coma
mittee of Elmira Female College was
heard, and this too was requested for
publidation, Dr. Mills was heard in
behalf of the Education cause.. The
narrative on the state of religion was
read on Thursday• afternoon by Rev. H.
Eaton, and a vote to publish was again
passed.
At this point, some one remarked that
they were ordering a good deal for pub
lication. -A corresponding member,
whose judgment in such matters is first
best, said that he had attended many,
meetings of Synodn, and never had heard
so much that was worthy of publication.
Synod closed its business at 5 o'clock,
but Rev. Dr. Bell, the new pastor at
Lyons, preached to a large and deeply
interested congregation in the evening.
It was the largest meeting of this Synod
held in many years, and one of the most
interesting. Next year its sessions are
to be held in Geneva.
LIQUOR-DEALERS' FESTIVAL.
. We recently gave an account of a
great day in Buffalo, under the above
designation. We little thought then
that our own city was so soon to be
similarly honored.; but it is no new
thing for prophecies to be .at fault in
these last days. Our anticipations at
least were so. On Tuesday last the
liquor-dealers of this city had a festival
and pic-nic. They engaged four bands
of music, invited their friends frota the
surrounding region to join them, formed
their procession and paraded through
our streets to a neighboring grove to
spend the day in festivity.
Sunday-schools have their pic-nics,
and why not the liquor dealers ? Masons
and builders sometimes have festivals,
and why not the dealers in rum, gin and
brandy ? The object was to put them
selves and their business on the same
footing with other employments, just as
though there was nothing injurious, de
structive and base in putting the bottle
to a neighbor's lips. There was a large
procession, with wagons decorated with
evergreens, carrying beer-bottles, whisky
barrels, demijohns and the like, orna
mented also with mottoes for the occa
sion, among which the following were
noticed :--" Fanatics and Pale Faces
Tremble"—" Who is not Our Friend is
Our Enemy."
`lt was a motley assemblage, black
spirits and white, red spirits and gray.
In one wagon was- a miniature brewely
in full blast; in another a bar; a
many in the crowd were drinking freely
and singing and shouting uproariously
as the procession moved along. It was
a . sad spectacle. Many looked on with
shame and sorrow as it . passed. As
might,' have been expected, the pic•nio
ended in a free fight. Some persons, it
is said, were seriously injured.
And yet, we think this exhibition was
calculated to do great good. All who
call to mind the Spartan Custom of ex
hibiting a Arunkard in order to warn
children against, the folly of intemper
ance, will understand the principle on
which it worked. It was a visible,
shocking demonstration of the evils of
indulging in strong drink. It was a
mighty argument for temperance. Some,
even of those who freely use the intoxi
cating cup themselves, looked upon this
mockery of a pageant with feelings of
unmitigated mortification and disgust.
For the interests of the temperance cause
we could well afford to have such a spec
tacle once a year. The liquor-dealers
may be doing good service, if they keep
them up. The friends of temperance
would do. well to hold meetings at once,
and use the arguments thus furnished to
their hand for the interest of truth and
sobriety ; for certainly that liquor deal
ers' festival and fight were a mighty ar
gument in favor of legal protection
against the rum traffic.
PRESBYTERY OF LYONS
This body had its semi-annual meet
ing at Sodns on the 11th inst. Open
ing sermon by Rev. William Lusk, of
Huron ; communion sermon by Rev. S.
B. Bell, D.D., of Lyons. Rev. M. B.
Gregg, of Rose, was chosen Moderator,
and. Rev. William Young, of Fairville,
Clerk. Rev. H. W. Brown, formerly of
Lyons, now of Brockport, was dismissed
to unite with the Presbytery of Roches
ter. Arrangements were also made for
the installation,of Dr. Bell at Lyons, in
November, and an interesting discussion
on the subject of Sunday-schools, and the
duty of the Church to sustain its weekly
prayer-meetings, came off on Wednesday
evening, and was the closing exercise
of an harmonious and pleasant meeting
of the body.
KINDLY REMEMBERED
Rev. G. R. Alden. of the last class at
Auburn, began his ministry very auspi
ciously at Almond. He has a large,
strong country church, with a very in
telligent membership, and they are rally
ing pleasantly around him, and are
coming up finely in their contributions to
the causes of benevolence. They have
recently given one hundeed dollars to
Home Missions, and (Pier sixty to our
Foreign Board.. At the same time, this
abates nothing from the interest in their
own pastor, but the contrary. They
cheerfully furnished his house with car
pets, study-table and the like, expending
one hundred and fifty dollars in that
way, "'as a slight token of their good
will and kind regards." They will all
be the richer, and thet happier for their
increasing > benevolence, and will soon
find, we doubt not, corresponding spiritu
al mercies in store for them.
IMPROVEMEAITS IN ANGELICA
Some changes, are being made in the
house of worship of the Presbyterian
church in this , pleasant village, of which
Rev. E. L. Boing is pastor. The, choir
gallery is to be lowered, to bring the
singers down near the pulpit, so that all
may sing together. An expense of
$lOOO, it may be, is thus incurred.
And besides this, an organ has recently
been purchased at a cost of $6OO, and
so the congregation hope to be better
equipped for the important service of
song in the sanctuary. •
ANDOVER
The church in this plade was burned
last May. A new one is now in process
of erection, 65 by 40 feet, with lecture
room, 24 by. 20, in the rear ; and, as
"it is an ill wind that blows no good,"
so the fire enables I the congregation to
change their location with some advan
tage, selling the old lot and buying
another moje favorably situated for
church purposes. Rev. Philander Camp
is serving them in the Lord.
BELMONT
Rev. J. S. Bingha,m is preaching in
this place. At a late meeting of the
Presbytery of Genesee Valley, be was
received from the Presbytery of Gene
see River, (0. S.) to 'that body, with
which the church is connected, and
where he is laborink successfully.
SIISQUIMANNA
This is a thriving place, of about
4000 . inhabitants, upon the Erie Rail
wity, 193 miles from New York. It is
here the corporation have their large
car and repair shops, employing some
eight hundred hands. Rev. S. H.
Moore has been invited to act as stated
supply to the Presbyterian Church in
this place, has accepted the invitation,
and may be addressed accordingly.
CHANGES
At a recent meeting of the Presby
tery of Rochester, Rev. Richard Dun
ning, of Ontario, was dismissed to unite
with the Presbytery of Lyoni, as he is
now laboring within their bounds.
Rev. Jeremiah Woodruff, late of Pen
field, was also dismissed to unite with
the Presbytery of Dubuque, he having
removed to lowa ; and Rev. Nathan
Bosworth, late of Pompey Hill, was
received from the Presbytery of Onon
daga, as he is now preaching to our
church in Holley. GENESRE.
ROCHESTER, Sept. 22, 1866. .
Lutheran.-The Allegheny Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church has taken
deep interest in Nebraska as a missionary
field, and is there reaping no little fruit from
•the sowing bestowed. At its late meeting,
$lO6O were appropriated to its Nebraska
missions, and a fourth* missionary, Rev. Eli
Huber, was commissioned for service there.
The Mission Committee of the Synod was
also instructed to institute measures for the
establishment of a literary and mission
school in the Territory. Of the religious con
dition of the Synod, the report says that the
churches are increasing in liberalty, new
churches are being erected, old ones refitted,
and an increased interest in benevolent ope
rations manifested. , Some have enjoyed
special seasons of grace ; others have been
revived and encouraged. The churches have
been cheered by large aicessions in some
places ; in others, by a steady, certain pro-
Tress in vital religion; and all have greatly
been healed of divisions,: and baptized anew
in the unity of the Spirit.
kittas rfi go etuntro.
CHESTER CITY CHURCH.--At the
second communion of the Chester City
Presbyterian Church, last Sabbath,
eleven persons were admitted to mem
bership. Pour by profession, seven by
certificate. By the solemnity of the
occasion the presence of the Divine
Spirit was indicated. .
ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION.
The Fourth Presbytery of Philadelphia
met at Norristown, Pa., July 26, 1866,
and ordained Rev. Henry T. Ford, and
installed him pastor of the Central
Presbyterian Church, Norristown, Pa.
Rev. Robert Adair, Moderator, presided
and proposed the constitutional questions.
Rev. Professor Osborn, LL.D., read the
Scriptures and offered prayer. Rev.
Andrew Culver preached the sermon.
Rev. Albert Barnes offered the ordain
ing prayer and gave the charge to the
pastor, and Rev. Robert Adair gave the
charge to the congregation. Rev. Henry
T. Ford, the new pastor, pronounced the
apostolic benediction. Mr. Ford enters
upon his labors in very encouraging cir
cumstances. The church is free from
debt, the congregation is increasing, and
the Sunday-school is'in a very prosper
ous condition.
APPEAL FROM A MISSION CHIIROR.-
We commend to the attention of the
benevolent the following letter, dated at
Sulphur Springs, Jefferson C0.,M0., Sep.
17, 1866:
Editor of the American Presbyterian:
—Dear Brother :—I have to ask from the
friends of our Church and of the defend
ers of our country, some assistance in
our time of need. We are building a
neat house of worship, the foundation of
stone and the walls of brick—in the
Gothic style. Last Saturday, while we
were raising the rafters, which are all
heavy, the whole concern, rafters, scaf
folding, and all, fell with a tremendous
crash. Three men were seriously in
jured, and three more slightly wounded,
myself among the number. It is almost
a miracle that none of us were killed.
The masons were , at work on the walla
at:the time the accident occurred. This
is a great loss and serious drawback to
us. The few who are trying to build
the house would have done the work
without asking aid, but for this calamity.
Our Church represents the cause of
loyalty in Missouri. We are struggling
to lay the foundations of our churches
and schools. Who will assist us without
being personally called on to repair the
ruins of the fall'of our charch in Sulphur
Springs ? Will not our friends encour
age us and help to repair our loss ?
Several- small sums might make a few
hundred dollars for us. James Burgess,
Jr., Esq., is President of the Board of
Trustees, and A. M. Parker, Esq., is
Treasurer. Come, friends, furnish us
with a little material aid in this emer
gency. Yours truly, W. S. Posn.
SYNOD OF GENEVA.-" Horse Heads"
is a name easily remembered, if not eu•
phonions. The name appertains to a
pleasant village, a few miles north of
Elmira, amid the hills of Southern New
York. There .we have a church, whose
pastor, the Rev. C. C. Carr, with his
people, during the past week, have en
tertained the Synod of Geneva with
open-handed and warmtearted hospi
tality. Nor has this hospitality been ill
bestowed ; so earnest, so spiritual, so
harmonious were the sessions of the
Synod, that the memory of its visit can
not but be grateful and profitable. Per
haps it was a happy circumstance that
it rained through the whole time of the
meetings, for any members disposed to
vagrancy (and such there are, even in
Synods,) had little temptation to wander
from the church.
The meeting of last year, at Palmyra,
was one of intense prayerfulness, and
had been followed by revivals in a nut&
ber of churches. The influence of the
past was continued so that the spirit of
the Synod was a revived and revival
spirit. , The opening sermon, by Mr.
Niles, of Corning, on " Stir up the gift
of God that is in thee," was excellent,
and the hours given to devotion were
full of prayer and edifying remark. The
reports of revivals in their churches by
Dr. Gridley, of Waterloo, Dr. Wood, of
Geneva, and others, kindled in those
less favored, longings for a blessing on
their churches. The presence and re
marks of the well-known " Uncle John
Vassar," the faithful friend of the soldier
and freedman, perpetually boiling over
with love to the Master and to souls,
greatly enlivened the spirits of all.
Three of the Assembly's secretaries
were present and were heard—Dr. Ken
dall on Home Missions, Mr. Dulles on
Publication and Dr. Mills on Education
—with much attention. The claims of
our country, not only for the sake of its
present and its future population, but
also for the sake of the world beyond,
seemed to be felt by pastors and elders.
We cannot but believe that this interest
will bear fruit in liberal contributions
from their churches to our benevolent
movements. It is strange that their
own religious agencies should be ne
glected by some churches in our connee
tion year after year; but so it is. The
Synod appointed a Committee on Sy
nodical Missionl: Messrs. Niles, Curtis
and Wakeman ; and on Synodical Col
portage in connection with our Publica
tion Committee : Messrs. Gregg, Eaton
and Wells. It also. earnestly recom
mended the circulation in every family
of its "churches of the
Presbyterian
Monthly.
A suggestive essay on the ElOrshiP ,
read by Dr. A. A. Wood, by 'appoint-