tin' rif our eDitutms,
COMM CHURCH, N. L.—At a large
an d interesting meeting of the congrega
tion of this church, held October 10th,
three additional elders were unanimously
elected :—Messrs. Joseph Aitken, Abner
Lincoln and James McNeely. Mr.
g e Seely was formerly an elder in the
Reformed Presbyterian Church, but has
b ee n connected with the Central Church
f o r the last two years.
on the morning of the Sabbath fol
lowing, before a large congregation,
Messrs. Lincoln and Aitken were duly
ordained, a deep solemnity marking the
occasion. In the afternoon, the Com
munion service was celebrated, when
four peons were admitted on profession
mid one on certificate.
SORTI I BROAD STREET CHURCH.--
The communion service was celebrated
last Sabbath, when several persons were
added to the church byrprofession and let
ter, Rev. W. W. Taylor preached the ser
mon. The bread was dispened by the
pastor, whose remarks, appropriate to
the state of the church, were distinctly
beard throughout the audience. It is
to be hoped that God has in store for
his servant an early and complete re
storation to activity and usefulness.
THE PRESBYTERY OF GENESEE VAL
us,—This Presbytery ,met on the Bth
instant, at Belmo at. ' It comprises Of
ten churches and about the same num
ber of ministers. It lies along the Erie
Railroad, extending from Hornellsville
to Olean. The two strongest churches,
except the one at Almond, are at the
extremities of the Presbytery—at Hor
aellsville and Olean. Their pastors,
Bev. Messrs. Waldo and Beaumont, are
strong working men. The ministers of
this Presbytery are mostly young men
educated at Auburn.
Belmont is a pleasant village, and, as
its name indicates, it has pleasant sur
roundings. The church in Belmont is
In a good condition. It recently changed
its form of government from Congrega
tional to Presbyterian. Rev. Mr. Bing
ham, late of Portage, ministers to them,
and is gaining upon their confidence and
esteem. Their hour of worship, also,
has been improved, at an expense of
nearly a thousand dollars.
The proceedings of Presbytery were
deeply interesting. Rev. Mr. Gardner,
of Cuba, preached the Presbyterial ser ,
mon, disscussing the question, "Why
do Christians live ?" It was character
ized by vigor of thought and energy of
delivery. Rev. Mr. Waldo preached on
the "Duty of Self-denial," in his usual
instructive and impressive manner. Rev.
Mr. Beaumont preached the sacramental
sermon on the " history, Nature, and
Design of the Lord's Supper." For
clearness, fullness, and logical compact
ness, as well as impressiveness in matter
and manner, the sermon merits commen
dation.
Among the items of business brought
before Presbytery, was the subject of
Home Missions; particularly the duty
of surveying and supplying its own
field. A specific movement in that
direction was entrusted to an .energetic
committee. The Missionary Church of
Andover, having recently lost their
house of worship by fire, solicited assist
ance, and a favorable response was given.
Presbytery designated the 14th day of
November for the installation of Rev.
hir. Alden over the church in Almond,
In accordance with a call from that
church. A committee was appointed
to report at that time on the subject of
'Cheese-making on the Sabbath." A
;onion of Tuesday morning was devoted
la an Elders' Meeting." Stirring and
impressive addresses were made by Mr.
Lockhart, of Angelica, and Judge Hart,
or Belmont. The eldership, surely, are
raking up to the claims of their office.
Let us all bid them God speed. Pres-
Vtery resolved to remain over the Sab
bath
t their next meeting in Wellsville,
ill April, 1867. OBSERVER.
PRESBYTERY OF THE DISTRIOT OF
C OLUMBIA.—The Presbytery of the Dis-
Inct of Uolumbia held its stated meeting
is the Fifteenth Street Church, com
mencing the 2d instant. All the minis-
r 8 but one were present, and there
was a full representation of elders. The
regular business of the fall meeting was
Wanoacted. The free conversation on
the state of religion within our bounds
40 1ight out many items of encouraging
prosperity. One of them was, that the
church building at Ridgeville had been
r epaired and the expense thereof paid
1 Y the Government. We are now
lteatly in need °of an active, faithful,
Working young man, to take charge of
the Granite and Harmony Churches.
, ho
Rev. H. H. Garnet' was dismissed
to join the Third Presbytery of New
Sock. This leaies our only colored
thud' vacant. They want a preacher
' 6 'ithout delay.
The next stated meeting will be hebt,
II /. the Sixth Church, Washington, the ,
Nt
le veh o'c Tuesda
lock y i
P Ap ril, 1867, at half-past
W. McLAIN, Stated Clerk.
W asinicaToN, D. C., October 10, 1866.
P RESBYTERY OF HUDSON ON REUNION.
"At its recent meeting, this New York
state Presbytery, adopted tesolutions
tt Preesing hearty approbation of the
lotion of the General Assembly on the
mect of Presbyterian reunion, and
1Y sympathizing with the spirit which
to it, and earnestly hoping that,
li i r 'der the Providence - of God, it may
, e4 d to the reaion of these two Christian
r , I IA.NGII IN CINOTNNATI.--The Second
'4l &Alias Ont. from is Pri -
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1866.
sent location, corner of Vine and Fourth
streets, with the view of following up
the congregation to another quarter of
the city, where they have been carried
by the drift caused by the extension
of business establishments. In Dr.
Beecher's day, this edifice was well
located for a leading church, such as it
has always been. Now the lot on which
it stands is supposed to be about the
most valuable in the city for a block of
first-class business houses, and about the
least valuable for a church. It will
probably bring $225,000.
AN INTERESTING DAY FOR A NORTH
WESTERN CHURCH.—Thursday, the 4th
instant, was a day of double blessing to
Au Sable' Grove, (Ill.) Church, con
nected with the Ottawa Presbytery. In
the morning, their new and beautiful
church edifice was dedicated, the sermon
being preached by Rev. G. H. Robert
son) of Sandwich. In the evening, in
the presence of a large and deeply at
tentive audience, Rev. Edwin J. Stewart,
late of Michigan, was installed as pas
tor. The sermon was preached by . Rev.
Daniel Clark, of the Presbytery of Chi
cago. The • other parts of the service
performed by Rev. Messrs. S. Baker,
N. Gould, and G. H. Robertson. All
the affairs of the church, external and
spiritual, now betoken prosperity.
NEW YORK—ANOTHER REMOVAL UP
TOWN.—On the last Sabbath, the Old
Broome 'Street Church, (Rev. James B.
Dunnis,)-was used for worship for<tbe
last time. The property has been sold
for an important business location, and
the church is preparing for itself a new
home ' in the vicinity of Fiftieth street
and Sixth avenue.
MINISTERIAL—Rev. Jacob Patch 'has
transferred his labors from Orland, Ind.,
to Stevens Point, Wis.—Bev. Wm.
W. Atterbury has returned from a year's
sojourning in Europe and the East, and
may, for the present, be addressed at
Patterson, N. J.—Bev. E. R. Fair
child, D D., has closed his labors with
the Church• in Port Jervis, N. Y., and
retired to his estate in Mendham, N. J.
—Rev. Warren Mayo has received
and accepted a call to become the pastor
of the Church in Lodi, Wis.—Rev. 0.
P. Conklin, of Berkshire, N. Y., has
signified his acceptance of a call horn"
the Church of Whitney's Point, in the
same State. . Rev. R. S. Egleston is
about being transferred from Knowles
vine, N. Y., to the pastorate at Pompey
Hill in the same State.
'Caging gatittipt.
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
The Ohio Presbytery.—At a meeting of
the Ohio Presbytery, held at Morning Sun
on Wednesday, October 3d, a paper was pre
sented from Rev. R. McCaslin, asking that
the pastoral relation existing between himself
and the Xenia congregation be dissolved, and
'also asking a certificate of ministerial stand
fug, with a view of uniting with the Old
School Presbyterian Church. The request
was granted. The pastoral relation existing
between Rev. R. McCaslin and the Xenia
congregation was dissolved, and the proper
steps were taken to notify the congregation
of Presbytery's action.
The Clerk of Presbytery was directed to
furnish Rev. R. MeCaslin a certificate. His
name was stricken from the roll of Presby
tery, and the flillowing action was taken:—
Resolved, That while we express the high
est regard for Rev. R. McCaslin as a man, as
a Christian, and as a minister of the Gospel;
yet his course in withdrawing from the corn
mullion of the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
and surrendering some of her cherished prin
ciples, meets our decided disapprobation.
Messrs. Murdock and Ramsay, students of
theology under care of Presbytery, delivered
discourses on subjects previously assigned,
both of which were unanimously sustained as
specimens of improvement.
The supplying of vacancies in the Presby
tery was left to the discretion of the Standing
Committee.
A vote of thanks was tendered to the ladies
of Beech Woods congregation for the boun
tiful dinner furnished Presbytery.
The Standing Committee of Supplies was
authorized to appoint some members of Pres
bytery to moderate a call, should application
be made by any of our vacancies before the
nexj 'of Presbytery.
, Presbytery adjourned to meet in Cedar
ville at ten o'clock A. M., on the first Wed
nesday of April, 1867. J. F. M.
The Northern Presbytery of the Reform
ed Presbyterian Church held its regular
semi annual meeting in the First Church,
New York, on Wednesday, October 17th, at
10 A. M.
Rev. John N. McLeod, D.D., Moderator,
opened the meeting with prayer.
Members present—Ministers, Rev. John
N. McLeod, D.D., and Rcv. W. H. Reid.
Elders, Messrs. James N. Gifford, William
Walker aria Wm. Mathews. Total, five.
The minutes of the two previous meetings
were read, amended and approved.
The report of a commission to.attend to a
case of discipline was approved and the com
mission discharged.
The following supplies were appointed for
Second Church, New York :—Fourth Sab
bath of Octaher, Mr. N. Woodside. Novem
ber—First and second Sabbaths, Mr. G. L.
Chambers;"third and fourth, Mr. D. C.
Cooper. December—First and second Sab
baths Mr. L. Young; third and fourth, lyl.r.
D.'C.' Cooper. The same parties, with the
addition of Dr. Crawford, are to supply the
First Church, Brooklyn, during the same
period.
The' collections reported in aid of Presby
terial Fund were as follows :—First Church,
New York, $34.88; Second Church, New
York, $25; Daanesburg, $8.25; Barnet,
A 5.16 ; total, $73.26.
Rev. W. H. Reid was paid $5 to supple-
Anent deficiency in pay, and $21.10 for travel
ing expenses. The same party was also
lidded to the committee to attend to modera-
Edon of calls. The Presbytery adjourned to
sleet at the same place on Tuesday, May 14,
t 67, at 10 A. M. W. M.
p . ortant Action of a Reformed Pres
b ten= Presbytery.—We find the follow
in in the Banner of the Covenant's report
of e proceedings of the Pittsburgh Presby
te of the R. P. Church:—
e.Rev. John Douglas, D.D., of Pitts
bur , presented the follow ing paper on the
sub" tof union with other Churches:—
W eas, All divisions in the Church of
Chris are the result of the sin of man; and
WI, ens, The King and .1-1 - :ad L.' the
"1 , 41.14 - I:,c< for bey wis.pnic ar..en; and
Whereas, Many , of the differences which
have divided the Church of God in this land
have been removed by the late terrible war ;
and
Whereas, Divisions paralyze the arm of
the Church in her endeavor to evangelize the
world ; and
Whereas, The G-eneral Synod at its last
meeting reso!ved to inaugurate measures
forthwith to " bring the dispersed of Israel
into one;" therefore,
Resolved, That in the judgment of this
Presbytery, the time for uniting the scat
tered tribes of our New Testament Israel is
at band. •
Resolved, That as a Presbytery we will en
deavor to purge ourselves of the sin and
scandal of schism by a steady and persever
ing effqrt to effect an organic union of the
whole Church of God.
Resolved, That we will recommend to the
next meeting of the General Synod the vital
importance of entering into preliminary ner
tiations at once with a view to orgahic union
with Church.
Resolved, That a Committee of Co4es
pondence be appointed, who shall corresPond
with similar Committees of sister denomina
tions in the neighborhood, with the view of
furthering tke union of the Churches.
Rev. George Scott, D.D., seconded the
motion to adopt the paper. Spirited ad
dresses were then delivered by Mr. Scott,
Rev. W. T. Wylie, of New Castle, Rev.
David Herron, Missionary at Saharanpur,
India, and others, after which the whole
paper was unanimously adopted.
The following gentlemen were appointed a
Committee of Correspondence under the last
resolution :—Rev. John Douglas, D.D., Rev.
George Scott, D.D., Rev. John McMilitia,
Thomas Smith, Esq., and Mr. William Gill.
OTHER BRANCHES.
Special Effort Recommended. = The
zabethtown; N. Y.,'Presbytery (O. E) at its
late meeting, resolved that, in view of the
low state of religion in our churches, we do,
as a Presbytery, recommend to each pastor
to hold, at some time within the year, a series
of religions services, to be continued as long
as to him and to his session may seem advisa
ble. It was further resolved that, "as mem
bers of Presbytery, we mutually pledge our
selves to render assistance to each other
when called upon."
Fraternization.—At the late meeting of
the Presbytery. of Carlisle, a delegation from
the Presbytery of Harrisburg (New School)
appeared, consisting of the Rev. Drs. De-
Witt and Wing, and ruling elder Weir, of
Harrisburg. DI r. De Witt read an address,
full of beauty and tenderness, advocating
an organic union between the New and
Old School branches of the .Church. As he
referred to the oneness of our earlier history,
and recalled the memory of men of his ac
quaintance in this Presbytery half a century
ago, the sentiments he expressed, coupled
with his own emotions, caused tears to glis
ten in the eyes of many present.—Presby
terian.
New York (0. S) Presbytery.—ln the
report given by the daily paeers, of the pro
ceedings at the late meeting of this Presby
tery, we notice the following :—" In regard
to the appeal of the Nyack Church against
their pastor for political preaching, the Pres
bytery voted to sustain the latter, and ad
vised the people to live in harmony with
their ministers."
Change of Ecclesiastical Relation.—A
Minnesota correspondent of The Presbyterian.
says :—." At the late meeting of the Presby
tery of St. Paul (0. S.) three of its churches,
the Ontonagon field of labor, were struck
from our roll, having united with the New
School Presbytery of Lake Superior. Our
New School brethren, whether through
perior energy or better opportunity, havit
been able to keep up a Presbytery there' ' ' .
while we have not, and to furnish our church
with a minister when it was vacant, Perhaps
it may be for the good.of the church that the
change has been made. It is to be hoped
that the fields will be so laid out hereafter as
to allow of more compact Presbyteriesof each
body."
Oil Mediums—Synodical Action.—The
First United Presbyterian Synod of the West,
recently in session in New Brighton, Pa., had
before it the case of one or two of its minis
ters who had practiced the profession of
oil smelling," as it is termed, or the deter
mination (by what means-is not stated), of
places where oil can be found, locating wells, &c.
The Synod, after due' consideration, took the
following action :--" Resolved, That Synod
wholly disapproves of ministers of the Gos
pel engaging in the business of an oil me
dium," as being calculated to bring reproach
on the Church of- Christ, and to injure the
cause of religion.' The' Presb. Banner,
giving the above, somewhat facetiously adds :
"We have known brethren of various de
nominations, whose piety we should by sorry
ro doubt, who have succeeded in discovering
where oil was not."
Cincinnatt—The First Presb. Church in
this city (recently disappointed in their pia
to Dr. Howard, of Pittsburgh, )'has telidered
a unanimous call to Rev. F. W. Brauns, of
Baltimore, Md., to become their pastor. For
some months past Mr. Brauns has filled the
pulpit of the Seventh PreSbyteriati Church
of this city (Dr. Burt's) with great accep-
tance. He is an earnest and forcible preacher
—and we are gratified at the prospect of his
remaining permanently in our city:—Pres
byter.
New Church Edifice.—The dedication of
a new house of worship for the Presbyterian
Church in Oxford, Pa., took place recently.
The sermon was preached by Rev, Dr. John-
M: Dickey, former pastor. The building is a
spacious one, of the mediaeval style,
beauti
fully finished; and costing about $35,000.
The Baltimore Cases.—lt will be, re
membered that Rev. J. J. Bullock, D. D.,
and Rev. J. A. Lefevre, withdrew Prom the
Baltimore Presbytery, (0. S.) last summer,
on account of the loyal action of the General
Assembly at St. Louis, which they contend
was illegal. The congregations voted also
that the Sessions forin other - ecclesiastical
connections but this the Sessions have not
done. In July the Presbytery appointed a
committee to confer with the secedinerninis
tars, and, if possible, induce them to retrace
their Steps. This effort failed, and according
ly, at a meeting of the Presbytery, held last
week, it was resolved to strike-the names of
Messrs. Bullock and Lefevre from the rolls.
In regard to their congregations no action
was taken 2 in the hope that, upon mature
consideration, they may pursue such a course
as will render further proceedings unneces
sary.--Presbyter.
Lioensures in the Mission Field.—The
Saharanpur Presbytery, an India judicatory
in connection with the. Reformed Presbyteri
an Church in this country, recently licensed
three.of its theological students as preachers
of the Gospel. They are natives,, and will
labor among their own people. -
Begin with the Young.—The Michigan
Presbytery of the U. P. Church, at its recent
meeting, adopted strong resolutions with the
view of giving_ efficiency -to the Sabbath=
school work. It was recommended to all the
ministers and elders of the Presbytery to
enter at once upon the thorough exploration
of the territory comprised within the bounds
of their respective congregations, with a view
to searching out and gathering all the ne
glected and destitute children into the Sab
bath-sch6..sl.
Changes.—The Second Presbytery of Phil
adelphia has dissolved the relation of A. P.
De V to the Second Church in German
town, and dismissed him to the Presbytery
of New York. It also took initiatory steps on
a call from the church in Newtown, Bucks
county, addressed to Rev. George C. Bush,
and another from Slatington to Rev. George
J. Porter.
South.—A correspondent of the North
Carolina Presbyterian writes an account of a
deeply interesting work of grace in the church
of Rocky River, during which one hundred
persons attended the inquiry-meetings, most
of whom found peace in believing. The
.church is i the southwestern • part of the
State, and, us a larger membership than any
otherchfirteliFiti - connection'with the South
ern- ,Gan&arAsse t ably. The meeting COGil
, menee& with sacramental services, and was
continued becanse the people desired a pro
, tracted meeting, and felt their need of reviv
ing- grace. The baptized and catechized
youth of Christian, praying families were
the principal subjects, so far as we could ob
serve, of saving Divine influences.—Revi
vals more or less extensive are reported from
the churches of Cherokee Presbytery; also
from Beersheba and Greenville churches, S.
C., and Athena, Ga.--21. Sad Prospect in
Texas.—A Texas correspondent of a West
ern paper, a minister, •writes as'follows, in
regard to the spiritual destitutions in that.
State:— "The Synod, of Texas met at
Huntsville, in June last. The narrative of
religion presents a very gloomy state of af
fairs here in the church. No interest any
where within the bounds of the church.
One minister, he among the • oldest, too. in
Synod, has moved to, the vicinity of Gal
veston, and gone to gardening. Another
has been seeking a school, &c. Thus the
flock of God will become scattered. It is sad
indeed, sir. According to,reports in Synod,
there is not one candidate for the ministry in
,the whole range of the State/ And as far as
I have liiiiiititlie'satine is true of other de
nominations. None seeking the ministry,
in any denomination,"in Texas I"
Congregational.—An Ecclesiastical Coun
cil recently convened in Francistown,N. H.,
gave its advice that all the membrs of a
church should be required to contribute, ac
cording to their respective ability, to sustain
the institutions of the Gospel.—Rev. Mr.
Abbott, late pastor in Bristol, N. H., died
on the 20th ult.—A-good religious interest
is reported from Acton, Maine : also from
Townshend, Vt.—ln assachusetts a good
work is going forward in West Pitham.
Westford is also experiencing a refreshing.
—Rev. Jonathan Lee died at Salisbury,
Conn., a few days since, aged 80.—Thirteen
persons recently united, by profession with
the church in Newport, Vt.—Two Congre
gational' churches have become extinct, and
no new ones organized, in Vermont during
the past ecclesiastical - year. There has been
an increase of 137 in the number of commu
mcantZ, but a deerease of 3465 since 1846,
twenty years ago.—Rev. Norman McLeod,
from' Salt Lake City, where, for the past
year or two, hel, has done valuable service in
the war upon polygamy and the errors of the
Saints' system; is now in Chicago to procure
funds for the purchase of a lot and the erec
tion of a Clain' church, that his enterprise
may becom • , : ie`rmanent one.-At the late
meeting o General' Association of New
York, held l'?" I swego, Hon. Henry W. Tay
lor, a lay delegate from the Canandaigua
church, presided as Moderator. The subject
of a new theological seminary, to be located
in that State, was discussed, and referred to
a committee to report next year.—The
reporter for the Boston Recorder, of the
meetings of the Western State Associations,
believes the time not distant when the Wis
consin Convention, "the only one in the West
still embarrassed with half-and-half co-opera
tion with Presbyterianism," will soon resolve
the two elements into distinctiveness of po
sition and dismiss the Presbyterian churches
to the Presbyteries.—A notice of the giving
in of the
. chuich reports on the state of
at' tire meeting of the New Haven
(Conn.) East Association, says that it was a
prominent and encouraging feature of this
exercise, that ail the delegates reported a
marked advance in the temperance cause in
their respective communities, and that there
was the firm determination on the part of its
friends, to carry it forward to a triumphant
issue.—Charles H. Whitney, M.D., of
Fitchburg, is laboring with success as a lay
preacher in the village of East Fairhaven,
Mass. It is thought, a church will grow out
of the movement. —During the revival in
Hebron '
Conn. a wealthy manufacturer
stopped his mill, and used all his teams to
carry his employees three times a day to
meeting.
Episcopal.—Rev. Chauncey Monre Wit
liams;`,kno was elected by the lust General
Episcopal Convention a missionary bishop
to chit/wand Japan, was consecrated in New.
York, pit the 3d inst., iu the presence of
more than a. hundred bishops and clergymen,
111
lias has already spent ten - yea:lz i
m n
Japan;' &Suring as a missionary.—Woth
British and American Episcopalians seem
to be repudiating Bishop Staley's mission
of proselyting the Sandwich Islands to an
unmitigated ritualism, and calumniating all
the American missionary work there. The
venerable Society in London for the Prop
agationnf the Gospel in Foreign Parts, last
year appropriated £4OO toward sustaining
him. fhis year its committee, by a vote of
nine to three, refuses to renew the grant.
The 'Foreign Committee of: the Episcopal
Board of Missions in this country has just
repotted against the last year's recommenda
tion of the Board, to sustain two missiona
ries under his Episcopate.—At the recent
Convention of the Diocese of New York, a
proposal to erect one or more new Dioceses
was referred to a committee to report next
year: In connection' with this, the subject
of creating a Province, embracing a number
of Dioceses, was agitated.—The lowa Con
vention, has passed resolutions expressing
sentiments of approbation in regard to the
,Provincial systelb, for changing the name of
Convention, to Conned, for adopting univer
sally the Cathedral system, for the appoint
ment of Deans, for the promotion of " Cath
lic unity." There seems to be a general im
pression that the Provincial feature will, ere
long, be engrafted upon the Episcopal polity
of. this country.—The imbroglio at Grace
Church, Galesburg, 111., seem to havd ended
in the triumph of diocesan authority. Dr.
Cracraft has retired, and the church is re
stored to its standing in the diocese.
Methodist. —The Cincinnati annual Con
ference, at its late meeting, resolved that
dancing is to be regarded as one of the diver
sions which cannot be used in the name of
the Lord Jesus, and as such is interdicted
by the general rules of the Church. A reso
lution was apPended, urging the member
ship to use all their social influence to dis
courage the practice.—Bishop Pierce, of
Georgia writes under date . of August 21st :
—" Monthly meetings are big with blessing.
The church is reviving: I have worked
hard through- the hot weather-4 have seen
the power of Ood—felt the love of God—
`enjoyed-'the, communion of saints, and 'am
getting ready-for my tour."--A great re
vival is in progress in the M. E. Church,
Ammo.° county, .Va.- Up to• the 19th ult.,
o'er one hundred had professed conversion,
dull at t laat date many u.we were at the
altar as teekeis. This is one of the sections in
which the Church is reviving, now that the
evil of slivery is removed.—l n the M. E.
Church, Westminster : Carroll county, Md.,
the work of revival is increasing.—R ev .
Mr. Law, of 'Centreville, Mich., died in the
pulpit of a church in Detroit on the 9th
instant. He had just closed a sermon and
knelt for prayer, when he suddenly expired.
The Centennary collections, it first expected
to reach one million dollars, are coming in at
BO rapid a rate that the total bids fair to
reach two, three, or even five millions. Many
devices are used to swell the fund. In Wil
mington, Del., small children, of too tender
an age to handle money, are said to be beg
ging with books from door to door.
Lutheran.—Proceedings have been initia
ted for establishing a manual labor literary
institution,under the patronage of the
Lutheran Church, for the education of
colored young men for the Gospel ministry.
It is intended that it shall be located in
Maryland.—The preliminary steps have
been taken, and a great portion of the means
provided, for founding a Lutheran church
in Denver City; also another on Platte River,
seven miles distant.—A report made to the
East Pennsylvania Synod, represents the
Gettysburg Theo. Seminary, as enjoying
greatly improved prospects. The number of
students is encouraging, and a liberal endow
ment in progress.—The Lutheran Observer,
an able and evangelical paper, at present
carried on by Rev. Messrs. G. Diehl and F.
W. Conrad, is about to be taken up by a
stock company, formed for the purpose—
that is, if an effort now in hopeful progress
toward that end is successful. The Observer
is published in Baltimore, and is the organ
of that portion of the church which adheres
to the General Synod—perhaps better known
as the non-ritualistic party. It will probably
be removed to this city.
Reformed Dutch. The corresponding
secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions,
of the'Reformed Dutch ,Church communi
cates to the Christian _lntelligence?. the fol
lowing facts :—" We have at Amoy two
self-sustaining churches, having their own
native pastors, supporting them, and until
within a short time contributing liberally for
the evangelization of their countrymen. We
have also an organized church at Chioh-be,
and occupy five additional stations, one of
them being in the large city of Chiang ohiu.
All of these churches and stations are'doing
the Work of the Lord successfully, and re
ceive a steady accession of converted souls,
so that the whole number of members in
communion is upward of three hundred and
forty. We have four missionaries at Amoy,
and employ ten native helpers in addition to
the two native pastors. There is also a par
ochial school in connection with each church,
and a class of young men receiving instruc
tion that may, we trust, qualify them for the
ministry."—The same paper says :—" The
Rev. John Gerhart Hoffman, a .native of
Holland and a minister of the Reformed
Church, died near the close of August, at
the Hague, aged sixty-three years. Some
time ago he was an able and successful mis'
sionary in this city, [New York] where he
devoted himself especially to labors amonga
portion of the Jewish population. On re
turning to Holland he was honored with a
civil appointment in the department of jus
tice, which he retained down to the period of
his death."
Roman, Catholic.—New Cure for the
Cholera. —The Mesa Cattolica, a clerical
paper published at Naples, gives the fol
lowing as a cheap and infallible reme
dy for the cholera :—" Apply to the abdo
men a picture of St. Joachim, the glorious
father of the Holy Virgin. This remedy is
unfailiOg. The malady rarely attacks a per
son so protected ; if it does, it is immedi
ately cured. God sends us. the cholera to
punish us for our sins; but St. Joachim
drives it away 1"
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cents each. For .a new club of ten, paying
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freight extra. We make this offer to any ex
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SABBATH-SCHOOL BOOKS.
For Twenty-two new subscribers, paying as
above, or for thirty:three in club, we will send
the entire ligt of the eighty-nine Sabbath-school
Library Books issued by the Committee.
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THE NEW Boors on this list are: Gillett's
England Two Hundred Years Ago ; Only in
Fun; Allan's Fault; May Castleton's Mission;
Flowers in the Grass; Rose Belaney's Secret;
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For Twelve new subscribers, paying as above,
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ing valuable miscellaneous works of the Com
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FOR FIVE NEW SITBSICETBERS.
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