TR AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN ♦ND GEN ESEE EVANGELIST. A Beliglon•and Faintly Newspaper, IR THS INTIRRBT OP TES Constitutional Presbyterian Church. • PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE, 1334 Chestnut Street, (2d story) Philadelphia. Rev. John W. Hears. Editor and Publisher. gmtvirait THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1866 THE ROMAN COUNCIL AT BAL TIMORE. A communication to a daily paper of this city informs the public that the Court 61 of the Roman Hierarchs, to be held it Baltimore soon, is not to discuss polities, but if they choose to do so, they have an equal right with the mass of other clergy of the land. It gives us to understand they have more important business, not of a secular kind, not worldly policy, not state craft; oh no, but spiritual themes are to engross the attention of these princes of the infallible, unchangeable, an cient, apostolic, Catholic, Roman system. The people could judge better if they held their meetings open to the cog nizance of the public. Protestant clergy hold all their Ecclesiastical Asseniblies open to the visit and notice of the people, and publish in the papers of their denom inations and of the public their proceedings even to the utmost detail. If there is any good in them, why not let the public have the benefit ? Does Romanism show the light by her high Synod of arch-doctors and divines sitting with closed doors, like a very Society of Illuminati or Carbonari ? If what they do is honoring to God it o ught to be for the good of mankind, and why not publish it in extenso ? But we will presume to question the statement so boldly pronounced, that the high ecclesiastics of Rome in the United States, design to ignore the notice of poli tics. It would be very strange, truly ! The soul of Rome is in this present political world. The garments of her high clergy have sel dom been without any soil of the corrupt politics of Europe or America. Every Pope, every Cardinal, every Archbishop, every Bishop, and her ten thousand priests have been politicians, so far as they knew or dared to be. What use has she made of the temporal power ? Let the history of Europe answer. Let the history of Ro . - manism in England, Spain, France, Ger many, Italy, Austria, Switzerland respond. " No polities to be discussed !" What then will they do to help the poor. Pope? His Pontifical Loan must still go a begging. No word of " political" sympathy for him, when the French are about with - drawing their troops to , leave him to the tender mercies of the enraged Republicans of his own temporal dominions, and of Italy in general? "No politics to be "discussed," when all the polities of. Europe are bearing down upon the mendacious claims of this usurper of the titles and dominion of the Lord of heaven ? "No politics," when the millions of Europe and. America are look ing with amazement at the growing weak ness of the man of sin enthroned in the eternal city, but now in articulo mortis The. Protestant world presumes to say that the Roman Apostasy, headed by the Pope, is the Harlot of John's Revelation, —seated upon the Beast—the apostate church on the temporal power, and that the command of God to the people is being fulfilled. As she has been " drunken with the blood of the Saints and the blood of the martyrs," so GOd calls " Come out of her my people, that 'ye be not partakers of her sins, that ye receive not Of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God bath rememberefk her W. iniquities. Reward her even as site hath, rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works; in the cup which she hath filled, fill eo her double. How much she hath glori fied herself and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, 'death, and mourning and famine, and she shall be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judged', her." This, Protestants maintain, is Romanism. It is the character and the fate of this wan ton that claims to be the pure bride of Christ. And all the talents and erudition of her virgin priesthood have never been able to remove from, the world of 'Protest ants this conviction of the identity of Rome with the historic synibols of the ten horned monster, and the great harlot that has persecuted and debauched the nations, by her martial power, and by her corrupt morality and practice. All history is against her, even when written by her own histo rians in Europe. She is associated with all that is tyrannical and base in the policy of European kingdoms, and all that is corrupt in morality, doctrine and practice. Yet this is the body to be represented by an im maculate council of heavenly-minded eccle siastics in Baltimore, who "will discuss no politics." Surely they would have us be that the dragon is changed to the lamb ; that the busy meddler in all State craft and all corrupt arts to gain power and 0 warn resblit 14.4 **PI • 'N ew S6ries, Vol. 111, No. 41. / . , r influeivis in all lands in the pAit, is trans torTi into the incarnation of ail innocency aq b oodness ; that the upostate band of prtended Christians which .has, corrupted other nations by her heresies, her immorality, her crimes and her despotism, seeks only blessings and good will for the American people. - - If they take no open ground-in regard to political issues among parties in this coun try, it is because she sees no gain, to be made by venturing her creaking craft into a Maelstrom that may spread her timbers far and wide upon the . Writers. La Pro testant sycophants dud unprincipled dema gogues do what they may to concilfate the friendship of Roman Catholics, and upolo gime for her infamous history and charac ter :—the word of God is true. She is the Fount of. Evil, the .mether of harlots and abominations. SUPPORT OF TIIE MINISTRY. We have recently more than once ad dressed our readers on this sibjoct. It would be felt by them as coming none too soon, if we would expose the cases of per sonal suffering every now and then coming to our knowledge. We learn that the same subject demands agitation in the British churches, as will be seen by the following portion of an, article which we 'find in a-re cent number of the London Weekly Review —an article which, we are sorry to say, needs quite as careful perusal on this, as on the other side of the Atlantic " There is, in short, hardly a class in the country, employed in civil life or in secular affairs, that-has not been bettering its circum stances, notwithstanding the increased cost of living. But there is one class" of men which has not been so fortunate, and which is left to meet as it best can the rising price of the chief necessaries of life. We allude to the ministers of the Gospel, in many respects the most important class of all. There are members of that class, such as bishops and• other dignitaries, the holders of rich `livings,' and the favorites of large and liberal congre gations, who are well enough paid, or even overpaid, for all the work they do. But the treat mass of the working clergy' in the formistmimters gene rally, are so wretchedly:remnriefiEU — that they can hardly live. The incomes of these excellent men seem to be stereotyped, while those of their neighbors are all more or lesi elastic. In the non-endowed churches, which we have chiefly in our eye, the ministers are mostly condemned to genteel, or rather to very ungenteel, starvation. Those living in large towns, or who have wealthy congrega tions, may have respectable incomes ; but the rank-and-file of the body t the country brethren generally, are familiar with many of the worst evils of poverty. They have more to-pay than formerly for the necessaries of life, the education of their children is more expensive than ever, and claims upon their purse are continually multiplying ; yet their means are, for the most part, not greater than they were twenty years ago. Pittances of £lOO, £l2O, or £l5O a year are thought by numberless congregations quite enough for highly edu cated men, who have devoted their whole time and all' theiFpn 'Nitre t"6 the work - of the ministry. Many a mere clerk or ordinary tradesman has a much better income than whatis thought sufficient for an accomplished and devoted minister of the Gospel. " Were there any necessity for this state of things, we might lament it, but would never think of, using the language of com plaint or censure. But churches in their collective capacity, and individual congrec.El,- tions,. are perfectly able to support their ministers in comfort. Let them only admit their past shortcomings, and fix upon a proper, scale of ministerial support, and they will soon find that they have the means of rescuing the ministry from poverty and degradation. - The commonest sense of justiiie, such as that which regulates ordinary,transaptions between man and man, should be sufficient to make the memberi of churches amend their ways and do their duty. It is to justice and not to charity that the ministers are 'entitled to appeal. Preaching the Gospel,- they have a right to live of the Gospel. But they cannot properly live upon what they receive fiom their people • they get not the means of sup porting and educating their families in a way becoming their position in society. Many an excellent minister struggles with poverty, while his wife is heartbroken and his children are half educated, though the people, whom he faithfully serves are all-the time perfectly able, by a little thought and a little effort,,to set his mind' at ease by • giving him what is justly his due. The injustice and' cruelty of such a ease are, obvious on the smallest reflec tion. Yet such a case is to be met with in every_corner of the land. " Ministers cannot speak for themselves in temporal affairs as other men can. They cannot or will not strike for more pay. They wily endure any hardship rather than agitate, as many other educated men do, for an in crease of their incomes. But while incomes are rising all around them, theirs remain the same or actually decrease. Surely the right hearted members of the churches should re solve.to see justice done to the men, whose serviceS they acknowledge to be invaluable. They should agitate, if necessary, for a higher scale of stipends, and insist on its general adoption. The minimum should be £2OO a year, a sum which most congregations could easily raise. Weak congregations could be assisted out of a common fund. But there is an unexplored mine for Christian liberality to work, and churches, if they would only think so; could with perfect ease maintain all their ministers in comfort, and thereby absolve themselves from a great scandal." Disruption of ,a Presbitery.—A schism has taken place in:the 0. S. Presbytery of St. Louis. • At its stated ••meeting,.Sept. 20,• the question of enrolling the "Declaration and. Testimony" men, or of leaving them out, as ordained by the General Assembly; resulted in the organization of two PresW , teries, each claiming to be the true one. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1866. THE SUNDAY CAR CASE. We give, in another part of the paper, the commencement of a full report of the argument before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on the complaint of John Sparhawk and others. against the Union Passenger Railroad Company of this city. We do not think any better use could ibe made of our .space, than in spreading kte fore , our readers in full, the important case under which is to be decided the reality and extent of-the legal rights of Christian people in our Commonwealth to the enjoy tv me*,of a viet A Sabbath. The questi is, whether thereis - anymemedy in equi * for the , loss of quiet at, home and for the ,intol era,ble disturbance of public worship,. by corporations whose great gains by their unholy traffic place them beyond the reach of the ordinary processes of criminal law. It is well . understood that a fine of four dollars a car, as provided by the law, would not be sufficiently' burdensome to put a stop 1 to the running of the cars on Sunday._ It could be paid and leave a surplus generally on the proceeds-of the business of the day. Must, then, the disturbance go, on? Is there no remedy ? Is law so unreasonable ? Have the great and venerable statutes of the Commonwealth designed apparently to afford such ample protection to the wor shippers -of God according to the Christian religion,' actually no force 'save against such paltry offences as would be erhehed by the weight of a fine of four dollars=?.. Does the -law thus keep the word of pro mise to the ear and break it - to the hope ? We trust, by next Thursday, to announce to our readers, that, by the decision of the Judge, the law is to be construed so as to maintain its force and validity, and to vin dicate its whole original purpose to shield. Christian people from every form of annoy ance and disturbance to which they may be subjected in their churches and fami lienon A° Sabbath. We shall publish the opinion of Judge Strong, together with the conclusion of Mr. McElroy's argument:And the closing_argument of Judge Porter on behalf of the complainants week' MR.. HAMMOND'S LETTER FROM MY DEAR MR. MEARS :—My last letter from LOndon was posted very hastily. We were, misinformed about the time for taking the train for Paris, so that I had not a mo ment of time left,. even to sign my name.- We left the station near St. Paul's, Di, Ludgate Hill, and soon were rolling along in the ponderous train, over the tops of the houses and out into the green fields, sur rounded with their neat hawthorne hedges. A charming ride of a fewhours `brought us to the chalk cliffs of Dover. We found the English Channel as smooth as glass. My wife had made up her mind to be sea sick, but, she was happily disappointed. At Calais I was glad to find we were not required to show our passports, as in former times. From there, Our journey to Paris occupied but six hours. We passed Douay,' the seat of a celebrated Roman Catholic university, where the version, of the Bible . was made which : is authorized by the Church of• Rome.. Should I attempt, to describe..-the half of all we- have seen since we arrived in this beautiful city, it :would fill a page of the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. EVery thing about Paris is. clean and pleasant. It is - in many respects - the most bemitiftel city in the world. London is filled with sm,pke and fog, and though it abounds in many objects of- the deepest interest, still you cannot avoid the feeling that it is a great, overgrown city. Thus one soon wearies of it. But not so with Paris. Every one seems to ,regret when the time: comes for them, to depart from this attractive place. I have somewhere seen the remark 7 that "you can judge of a "person's taste and , character by the account they give, of a month's_ visit to -Paris;" and I think it true. It is a world 'in itself. Here the good and the bad can find congeniality. A walk through. the Champs . Elysees on a Sabbath afternoon is enough to pain the heart of any Christian. I have thought of how Paul must have felt in his walk through Athens, when his Spirit was stirred within him "because the whole city was given' to idolatry." Not only is the Virgin Mary idolatrously worshipped, but mammon, and pleasure, and sin, gilded to perfection, are the gods to whom many here make daily oblations. There seems to be nearly as much busi ness and labor on the Sabbath as on any other day. A friend last Sabbath went to the American Chapel, of, 4Which Dr. El dridgethe pastor, andto her astonish ment, she told me she founOrench era at work repairing it. Of course, if Dr. PARIS. PARIS, August 14, 1866 Eldridge knew of this, he would not allow it; but likely, while he is in Swi4erland, the party engaged to do the work, as usual, 'disregarded the sanctity of the day. I speak of this only to show what a common thing it is to find people about their daily avocations on the. Sabbath. The Champs Elysees on that day is more thronged than 'ever. On a pleasant Sabbath afternoon you will see thousands walking up and down beneath its 'cool shade, or sitting in little groups sipping Wine, or in - crowds ap plauding Punch and -Judy. There is an immense circus, too, which I am told is always full on a Sabbath evening. The . Champs Elysees has also two large theatres in the open air, where lewd songs are .sung.' by the hour. Every evening .in the week these places are opened, and usually filled from eight to tvielve o'clock. It is well known that - the theatres and opera-houses of Paris are never more crowded than on a Sabbath evening. This is the dark side. But one evening spent with Pasteur Fisch, of, the French Free G'huich, presented the moral view of Paris in a brighter aspect. He told me that there are forty-three-Evangelical places of worship here where the Gospel is preached, and fifty-five Orthodox ministers who preaeli Christ and Him crucified. There are 4000 Sabbath-school scholars, and I think he told me that about 1000 of them were the children of Papists. This shows that the truth is making, progress. Re thought there were about 100,000 pro fessedly Protestants. Of these, he felt, quite safe in saying that 12,000 were truly converted. Others, 'I find, think this a very, small estimate. Thirty-five thousand are of the National Reformed (Calvinistic) Church, and paid by Government. It cannot be that many of these attend church, so I fear they are Protestant only in name. There are 35,000 Lutherans. Their min isters are, I suppose, among the number= that Rev. Mr. Fisch calls -" Orthodox." But would that some Luther - Might call them together„ and" - speak to them in burn ing. words - of the npcessity, of a change of 'leak and of a liVing faith in Him who bled, on the cross in our stead. Too many of the Lutherans are, I fear, little better than German infidels:. The. Government also helps to-support this Church, as I un derstand.- From two to three "thousand compose the Free Chnrcb.., They, With the glorious Free Church of Scotland, do not believe in the connection of Church and State. ',Their motto is, "Render unto Cwsar the things that are Cresar's,, and to God the things that are God's." ,They have ten places of worship. Besides these, the different. Churches in the United States and •Englandiare repre sented. So you see there is, after all, much to encourage the followers of Christ in this wicked city. Professor Berthuel,. for ten years pro fessor in a Roman Catholic college in _Lu cerne, a few years since was slowly led into the light, and .found in Christ the'forgive ness of all his sins. A. few weeks since, he was ordained in the Free Church in ,Paris, in the presence of - a large audience. He gave a full account ; of his conversion. It made . a r deep ; f iMpression on all present `and has been-much talked of in the,city.. Reginald Radcliffe's •evangelistic labors here in 1861 'are still spoken of with'inuch interest. It is wonderful he* God blessed his humble efforts, thoughihe was not' able to speak a word of "French. Thousands flocked to listen to the words" he spak - e through an interpreter:. The astoniihinW results of his labors on the Continent of Europe, all through an interpreter, was to me one of the wonders in church history. I wish that some of the same thing might be attempted' for the children here. Mr. Albert Woodruff, whom I hear spoken of with the deepest affection for his perseieli,ng labors in the establishment of Sabbath-schobls in so many places on the Continent, told me that he had not yet heard of these schools• resulting in the con version of any of their scholars. I can but hope that some have been led to Christ. Still, as he is in correspondence with them, if many had'been converted he would have heard of it: 0 ! that Christians in Ame rica would pray that the Holy Spirit might 'fall upon these hundreds of children who are within sound of the glad tidiitigs t)f salvation, and- lead them to. Jesus ! Last Wednesday we saw the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Eugenie—l say we. It would be a little nearer the truth to say I, for my wife says she was so taken up with the beautiful Empress that she did not get time to look at Napoleon, though he was sitting by her side. One reason may have been, that the Empress bowed to us alone. I think she must have known, from .Our dress, that we were Americans, and wished to cast a smile across the water Genesee Evangelist, No. 1064. to the United States. It was at St. Claud we saw them, just as they came out for their evening ride, attended by a splendid retinue of guards on horseback and ladies and gentlemen of the court. I was sur prised to learn that the Emperor is now fifty-six years of age, and that Eugenie is forty, though she is in appearance much younger. She has now just left for the sea-side. We were much interested with the ap- pearance of St. Cloud. This. name is a corruption of St. Clodoal, who, knowing that his uncle intended to murder him, fled hither and established himself as a hermit. It was a favorite residence of Na poleon I. Queen. Victoria resided here in 1855. It. is most delightfully situated, on the slope of a hill five miles from Paris. The grand saloon is adorned with paintings of Rubens, Zesuer• and Mignard. The chief attraction of St. Cloud is its park, one part. of which is stocked with Scotch deer. It is very extensive. It is on quite an ele vation and from all sides of it there are charming views. The fountains, vie with those of Versailles, except in extent. The Jet Geant, at the left of the grand cascade, throws up a column of water 140 feet in height. Our drive through the Bois de Boulogne reminded one a little of the Cen . tral Park in New York. Beautiful Paris ! Yet " one thing thou laokest." It is the saving knowledge of Christ and Him crucified. When shall knowledge run down thy streets - as an over flowing stream ? God grant that the strong hopes which so many cherish that this year is to witness the downfall of Papacy, may not be disappointed. It seems - that if Na- - poleon 111. had been continually seeking to'involve the Romish Church in a net of difficulties, he could riot have succeeded better. Yours - in Jesus, EP. lifAmmoND. " OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT, TO BE RETURNED We see that Hon. Calvin T..Hulburd, of St: Lawrence eonnty, is nominated again for Congress. The nomination is an equi valent' to an election in that district, as the Republicans are very largely in the Majori ty. Would•that we had more of such men in our., National Councils; men of integrity, menr of Christian character, as well as sound patriotism It is to be, hoped, that the next Congress will not contain a less number of such . than the. present; for, surely; they need all the wisdom' and 'in tegrity that .the best of men can command, in the trying times at hand. CHANGES. - Rev. Gabriel S. Corwin, M. D., after twenty-five years of faithful service, as pas tor of the Church in Elba, has been com pelled by ill health to resign his charge. He tried to do it a year ago, as he felt unable to go on with his pastoral duties, but friends then, persuaddd him to hold on, and hope for better health. But this year the Presbytery of Genesee, to which the church belonga, has been compelled reluc tantly to yield to his repeat, and the, pas toral relation which has subsisted so long and so pleasantly, _ is,dissolved. The -Presbytery, at its late meeting in Jolinsonburg, after- granting Mr, Corwin's request, passed a resolution', expressing their sincere " regret that he has felt called to take this step," and assaring-him- that in ;his retireinent from pastoral labor," he, shall'not be - forgotten by the members - of • • the Presbytery "in their prayers and good Wishes." Mr. Corwin is more fortunate thaq some _other ministers when health fails, as he was not dependent, we believe, on a small salary for the supply of his daily wants. Rev. Daniel Russell, who has been for twelve years pastor of the Church in Pike, was at the same time dismiised to go to lowa. He is not broken down we are glad to say. He is still a young man, i n robust health a good preacher and, an acceptable pastor, of whom his brethren say : Resolved, That in Brother Russell's sepa ration from the Presbytery of Genesee, we lose a valuable member, and one whom we could not be reconciled to spare; except on the consideration that he feels called of God to hold up the , standard of the cross west of the Mississippi. With their regret at his departure, the members of Presbytery assure their brother that their prayers and best wishes for his welfare shall follow him in his new field of labor. - PARSONAGE AT LIMA. The good people of our Church at Lima, have been for some conteMplating the building or buying of Ev parsonage for their esteemed- pastor, Rev. A. L. Benton. W e are happy to report that the deed is now about done. They recently purchased a new house, which , was not quite finished, for $3600. lt is now nearly completed, and the happy patzitor expects..sccn.to be installed in it. GENASEE. ROCHESTER, Oct. 6,1866.. PERMS, Per annum, in advance: By Mail, 83. By Carrier, 83 30. Fiftycents additional, after three months. Clubs.—Ten or more Papers sent to one address. payable strictly in advance and in oneramittance , By Mail, $2 50 per annum: By Carrier. $3 per annum. Ministers and Ministers' Widows, $2 50 in advance. Herne Missionaries, $2 00 in advance. Remittances by mail are at our risk. Postage.—Five cents quarterly, in advance, paid by subscribers at the office of delivery. Advertisements.-12% cents per line for the first, and 10 cents for the second insertion. One square (ten lines) one month S 3 00 two months 5 50 three months 7 50 six months 12 00 one year 15 00 The following discount on long advertisements. in serted for three months and upwards, is allowed:— Over 20 lines. 10 per cent. off; over 50 lines, 20 cent.; over 100 lines. 3.3% per cent. DEATH OF DR. EDGAR. The Rev. John Edgar, D.D., LL.D., died in Dublin, Ireland, on Sabbath, August 26th. For the last twelve months he had been in poor health ; but the malady of which be died only showed itself in a decided form early in the spring of the present year. His disease was polypus of the windpipe, upon which a heart affection supervened, which led to his removal to Dublin, for the sake of the best medical advice, and was finally the cause of his death. Dr. Edgar's first stated place of min istry was in a small church in a lane of Waring street, Belfast, now the Alfred Street Congregation. While there he became Professor of Theology in the Assembly's Academical Institution, an office which he held in that Institute, and in the Assembly's College, for over forty years. He was a preacher of ac knowledged ability, characterized by a rough vigor and energy, combined with many tender and winning traits. He anticipated 'Father Matthew in the attempt to stem the tide of intem perance, and founded many temperance societies in Ireland. He was mainly instrumental in establishing the Ulster Female Penitentiary for abandoned wa men, and took a prominent part in stay ing the sword of famine and pestilence in 1848. His appeals to England, Scot land and America were most successful. The great work Of his life was the extension of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, especially by Home Missionary work in the Roman Catholic districts— in Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Cork, etc., where the new Presbyterian churches all owe their existence to his energy. In all, at least fifty churches were estab lished through his agency ; and in Bel fast alone, fully seven or eight. The last public act of his life, almost, was to aid in establishing a Presbyte rian Orphan Society. He once filled the office of Moderator to the General Assembly. In national concerns he was a man of liberal principles, advocating Catho lic emancipation and that system of na tional education whiCh bids fair to place Ireland-in the •foremost-r-sef-iiatolli gent nations. In the discussions which led to the suppression of the slave trade, he took a prominent part. His remains were conveyed from Dublin to, Belfast on Wednesday, the 29th, and were -accompanied to their resting:place by a funeral cortege of great extent and marked character. The professors of Magee and Belfast Col leges, clergy from twenty Presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church, and a large .number from the- Establishment and from the various bodies of Protestant . dissenters, were present to do the last honors to one dear to every Irish Pro testant. The services at the grave were conducted by Rev. John H. Moore, of Elmswood, pastor of the church which he attended ; by Rev. Dr. Wilson, of Limerick, Moderator of the General As sembly, and Rev. D. Murphy. His age was: sixty-nite years. ANOTHER S. S. GRAMMY 'TO A. P.— Rev. D. E. Wells, after a Stated Supply relation of more than two years to the church •in Monroeville, Ohio, has been regularly *led.. to become its pastor, and was, on the 25th ult., installed as such by,the Presbytery of Huron. We ,love to 'record such things for two rea sons; Otte, that it is good Presbyterian practict; the other, that it increases the Prospect. of a minister's usefulness in a church,. by giving to both him and his people..,a deeper consciousness of their responsibilities in the case. A MINISTER WANTED.-Our Church in Morrow, Ohio, is wanting a pastor. The Christian Herald's correspondent says that " they offer a fair salary to a working minister." He says, also, that " if there is a young man who is looking for a promising field of labor, where he can preach the Gospel of Christ, with the prospect Of saving souls, and build ing up an interesting Church, this is the place." INSTALLATION IN lOWA.—On the 11th nit, the Presbytery of lowa City in stalled Rev. Franklin L. Arnold as pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church of Marengo. The church, under the re cent labors of Mr. Arnold, has enjoyed a gracious refreshing, bringing a consid erable increase to its membership, and he enters upon his pastorate with good prospects of usefulness. Presbytery of Luzerne.—At a late meet ing of this O. S. Presbytery, held at White's Haven, Pa., the sad destitution of large por tions of its field was brought to the attention of the Presbyteyy, and a missionary commit tee was organized to devise some plan of supplying this crying want, without calling for further aid from the Board of Domestic Missions. In those churches where there is a stated ministry, the Presbytery, looking in vain for fruit, appointed a visitation of the churches by committees.
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