following resolution was adopted by a vote of
to 14: 'That in the opinion of this Synod,
t he use or non-use of instrumental music as
an aid to praise, is not a case for coerced
conformity, and should be made an open
, i nestion for individual congregations, to be
settled by them in accordance with constitu
tional regulations."
The New English Presbyterian Church at
Cardiff was opened October 19th. Dr. Guth
rie took a leadiny part in the services. A
balance of £5OO on the cost of the building
—,e4oso—was subscribed.—On Sabbath,
Oct. 21, Grove Hill, Camberwell, London,
was opened as a temporary place of worship
in c onnection with the English Presbyterian
Church. Dr. Hamilton preached in the
morning , and in the evening, Mr. Alexander,
t he present moderator of Synod.—Two
thousand pounds have been raised in behalf
0 1 the building fund of Tottenham E. P.
Church.—Twenty-five congregations, or
o ne-fourth of the entire number, have been
added to the U. P. Church in England in six
years.
Dr. Begg and Dr. Gibson, members of the
Free Church Committee of the joint Com
mittee on Union, have expressed themselves
as offended at the haste with which the Joint
Committee are driving matters. Dr. Begg
charges the Union Committee with " hurry
and hard driving," asserts that the " utmost
vigilance will be necessary to protect our.
principles and to maintain our consistency,"
and declares his determination to "resist to
the uttermost" any union formed out of a
"hurried or hasty combination of discordant
materials," applying this in reference to the
present attempt in present circumstances.
Dr. Gibson donbts whether he can any longer
act on the Committee. Dr. Begg, in another
connection, expresses a fear lest the influ
ence of the Church, after the union,, be ex
erted to bring back the whole body into the
establishment.
J. Colleague for Dr. Buchanan, of the
Glasgow Free College Church, Rev. George
Reith, has been elected and ordained.
The Reformation Hall at Geneva.—Dr.
Merle D'Aubigne, in acknowledging the re
ceipt of £lOO from Scotland for the Refor
mation Hall at Geneva, says : " The building
makes progrees, and will soon be covered;
but we shalithen have to stop and wait be
fore finishing the interior for new contribu
tions."
Congregational—Rev. Charles Van Nor
den, of New York, has accepted a unanimous
call from the First Congregational Church of
New Orleans, La. This church was estab
lished early ill the present year, and the
house opened for public worship the first
Sabbath in March.—At the meeting of the
General Association of California in October,
revivals were reported in Clayton, Grass
Valley Santa Cruz_, and in the four churches
of San Francisco. The net gain of the churches
appears to be about two hundred members
and three churches.
TIII 1111610118 WORD
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Annual Church Congress has been
held, this year, at York, under the presi
dency of the ArolibishoP, and has been more
largelyfielded 'than any preyious congress.
,
Among e subjects discussed - was that of
Sabbath observance. The Bishop of fLipon
read a paper which was an able summary of
the arguments by which the universality and
perpetuity of the obligation to keep the Sab
bath are maintained against those who con
tend that it was only a local and temporary
institution.. Archdeacon Denison made a
very decided . and unfaVOrable sensation ley
telling a story of the late Mr. Kebl&s parflili z in
which the people went pell mell from the parish
church on Sunday to playing cricket, closing
with the declaration that he, too, would have
gone to playing cricket with them. An expla
nation was attempted in regard to cricket-play
ing in that parish. Another Speaker, referring
to the claim of the High Church party for
weekly communion, said he could not under
stand that piety which consisted in beginning
the Lord's day with the Eucharist, and finish
ing it with cricket. The Archdeacon-himself,
toward the close of the Conference, made a
lame apology for his sally.
Discussions on dogmatic teaching, lay
agency, ecclesiastical courts, hymnology, &c.,
were held. There were Churchmen at the
Congress who went further in support of lay
men teaching and preaching than some Dis
senting ministers would have assented to at
their Union. The Evangelical Christendom
is of opinion that there was less of the ritu
alistic element than in former gatherings. No
doubt the adherents of that school mustered
in great force, and did their best to impart a
High Church character to every incident,
however slight in itself; but through the
prudence and firmness of the . Archbishop,
who was not only President of the Congress,
but also Chairman of the Committee of Ar
rangements, they were kept within' due
bounds, much to their own annoyance. Nev-*
ertheless, there was an "Ecclesiastical Art
Exhibition," which "filled seven rooms with
chasubles and stolgii, dalmatics and copes,
thuribles and bursa Some of these were
simply relics bequeathed by other generations,
as in the case of the rich copes liberally lent
for the occasion by the Dean and Chapter of
Westminster, for the purpose, we suppose,
of illustrating by an extreme instance D ean
Stanley's theory of the development of the
smock frock of Apostolic times. Others, too,
were only the soculations of enterprising
manufacturers. But a large proportion were
contributed by churchwardens or incumbents
who possessed and used them as part of the
ordinary furniture of their church. And
these were not confined to famous churches
like St. Lawrence at Norwich, or St. Matthias
at Stoke Newington, or even to those of large
towns, where a teeming population affords
scope to diversities of worship. Many of
them bore the names of obscure and insignifi
cant villages, bringing an unexpected testi
mony to the wide-spread and silent upgrowth
of this novel movement. The exhibition
itself, whatever may be thought of its pur
pose, was a marvel of richness and beauty.
Mks and merinos and moire antique,
in all
shapes and hues, velvets and damasks, bro
cades and laces, hung about in hewildering
profusion; and in some cases the avid
prices—we noticed £220 as the figure on one
chasuble—gave some notion of the costliness
of this new taste."
The Evangelical Alliance held its twen
tieth annual - Conference in 'Bath in October.
From 'the annual report it appears that a
large increase of members, both lay and
clerical, had been made to the Alliance
during the past year, the number of its
enrolled members being between 7000 and
8000. Correspondence had teen entered into
with persons of influence at 'St. Petersburg,
to obtain a reliable account of the penalties
and disabilities to which those are exposed
arho leave the churches recognized in the
:Russian Empire, for the purpose of bringing
the question of religious liberty under the
notice of his Imperial Majesty. Persons
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taken to use their best influence in favor of
religious libeity.
[From other quarters the news—whether
reliable or not is unknown—comes to the
effect that the Emperor of Russia, by an un
expected ukase, has just abolished all the
penidties enacted against those who abandon
the State religion. These penalties, which
involved the confiscation of property, and the
loss of all social position, constituted the
greatest obstacle to the progress of religious
ideas opposed to the Greek religion. Hence
forth we are told this barrier is removed, and
Russia is placed under the regime of liberty
of worship.]
The report speaks of efforts promotive of
religious liberty made by the Secretary in
Dresden and Vienna.; it also speaks of the
efforts made by the Alliance to improve the
opportunity for good offered by the Paris
Exhibition of 1867, the result being that not
only had ground been appropriated to exhi
bitors representing Protestant missions, but
permission has been given by the Imperial
Commission to British Christians to erect on
that ground a hall containing four hundred
persons, to be used for preaching, for con
ference, and prayer. The total income of the
Alliance amounted to £lBB6 18s. 6cl. The
total payments amounted to £l5Ol 2s. 4d., so
that a balance remained of £385 16s. 2d.
Prof. Mceosh, of Belfast, gave a graphic
account of his visit to America, which he
employed in earnest efforts to promote a good
understanding between Christians of both
A t
countries. .The Conference f many ex
pressed its gratification at the e blishment
of the American Branch of the A liance and
instructed its secretary to enter into friendly
correspondence with it.
Presbyterian Union.—Toward the close
of the proceedings of the English Synod of
the U. P. Church, the Clerk of the Synod
announced the receipt of a telegram from Dr.
Cairns, informing them _that the meeting of
the. Union Committee in Edinburgh had been
•an exceedingly happy one. The cloud, that
seemed to have settled over their delibera-
dons had entirely passed away, and they came
to a unanimous, agreement about the civil
magistrate and the doctrinal questions. These
questionA were quite removed out of the way
as obstructions to union.
The Decline of Morality in this counti'y
is thus spoken of by the correspondent of
Evangelical Christendom:—Let us have the
courage to avow it—attempts against chastity,
illegitimate relations between the two sexes,
the influence of fallen women, irregularities
of the young people in all classes of society—
immorality, In short, is from day to day in
creasing in extent and depth, and is number
ing more and more victims. Our judicial
tribunals, the scenes of disorder and of dis
cord which, take place in families, the notori
ously scandalous conduct of men in high
social positions, or renowned in the world of
letters—all attest the progress of this-c,orrup
don. . . The• Government, far from being con-
cerned by these facts, seems rather favorable
to the present state of things. It accords
all privileges imaginable to the petite presse,
as it is ealled—that is to say, to the journals
which cost only a half-penny. These papers
circulate among the poorest families to the
extent of two or three hundred thousand
copies. Well, what are their contents ? You
will find on every page demoralising ro
mances, obscene anecdotes, narratives which
defile the imagination and deprave the heart.
In like manner, as regards theatres, popular
spectacles, and public exhibitions, an incred
ible toleration permits the presentation to
the eyes of the people of the most impure
-dragias, and the most offenglye pictures.
'What, tion, — i rs - the pcilicY of the-- e .
ment ? Whygoes it punish so severely in
political matters, and act so indulgently in
all things which comprise morality? If this
be a system of tactics, it is unreasonable,
evil, and dangerous; or obedience to the
moral law is alone capable of forming noble
characters; and noble characters are neces
sary to the prosperity and to the strength of
nations.
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Being Dead, he Yet Speaketh.—The
work of Matamoros in Spain, has not perished
with him. We may mention, among other facts,
the establishment of a school, designed to
train evangelists, Bible colporteurs, and min
isters, for the Iberian peninsula. An Ameri
can lady, being at Pau, in Beam, and hav
ing lost her only son, gave a large portion of
her fortune towards the establishment of this
pious institution. Many English families,
residing in the same city, on account of
health or other causes, have generously lent
their aid in this' good work. There are now
in the school at Pau twelve children of Span
ish origin, who receive an education in con
formity with Evangelical principles, and will
be rendered capable of filling the office of
missionaries, or messengers of Christ, in
their native country.
The Society for the Relief of the
wounded soldiers and sailors in time of war
has been decreed and acknowledged by the
government an institution of public utility
and its statutes Approved. A space of seven
hundred metres is granted in the Interna
tional Exhibition of 1867, for the various
nations which may wish to make known their
ways of relief. Eleven havt already availed
themselves of the offer, beginning with Aus
tria.
The National Society for Translating
the Scriptures has at present fifty-eight
members, of whom twenty-nine are Roman
Catholics, eight are Israelites, and twenty
one Protestants. Neither pretended Papal
letters nor bishops' prohibitions can affect
its object nor its onward course. If some of
its ecclesiastical members have succumbed
to hierarchical tyranny and withdrawn their
names, their hearts are no less in the work ;
one of the most prominent—the Canon Ber
trand, of Versailles—stoutly declined with
drawing and retracting his remarkable speech
at the Sorbonne, and his bishop, being an
Ultramontane, has suspended him. In a
few months the first pages will be issued.
Surely, says a correspondent, the fact is a
grand one—that the word of God should
make a branch, so to speak,and penetrate
into the ,world of the learned and literary of
the capital of France. Funds are being col
lected for the enterprise.
Two Currents are thus seen agitating the
Romish population of France. One includes
the manly, candid, enlightened hearts who
long for truth and who chaish the hope that
Rome may be enlightened. The other cur
rent is the dark, narrow, mediaeval spirit,
truly characterized by St. James as "the
wisdom which descendeth not from above,
but is earthly, sensual, devilish." These
are the men who burn the Bible (two were
burnt 'lately in the Main-et.Lerie, taken by
the priest from the hands of a peashnt wo
man, who had brought them of a colpor
teur), who slake the students of the normal
provincials schools repeat litanies to Joseph,
Mary, and Jesus, morning and evening, till
they learn to blaspheme the very name of
the Most High; who teach the people to
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dress up and worship images until they
weary of the bondage, and break off every
yoke, and become, if they have any reason
left, independent moralists, solidaires, or
what not?
The Great and Almost Universal River-
Floods in France, have been destructive of
property to vast amounts. The Allier, the
Yonne, the Garonne, the Seine, the Oise,
the Loing, the Tarn, the Lot, the Dordogne,
and the Aix in Savoy, all overflowed at the
same time, as the Loire, and the consequent
distress is hard to be conceived. Bishop
Dupanloup of Orleans, has issued an ably
written series of letters, upon these calamities,
in which he draws a fearful picture of the
present time, referring to the Scriptures (with
whose translation he would have nothing to
do last winter), and giving as his opinion
that troublous times. predicted by our Lord,
and the formatipn of the mystery of iniquity
foretold by St. Paul, are . at hand. " Call
me a prophet of evil, if you will ; it matters
not; but what is preparing for Europe is
terrific, . . . if the Catholic,s of all coun
tries—l will even say, ifithe Christians of
all communions—if men of order, whoever
they may be—if all the men who think, who
have a mind and a heart, allow themselves
to be blinded;and:rocked to sliiep—if it is not
understood that a great union must be made
of all honest men for the general good, all is
lost." •
The Rationalists in the Protestant Church
of France, notwithstanding their, exceeding
ly loud cries of toleration knew very well how
to exercise the most unscrupulous and intol
erant opposition to the will of the Evangeli
cal part 'of the churches whenever :they
choose. The U. P. _Missionary Record, for.
November, says is well ; known that the
Ltheral Consistory has, for the past three
years, and up to the present time, 'opposed
the election of an 'evangelical minister of the
church of St. Sauvent. The Presbyterian
Council of St. Sauvent have appealed to the
Minister of Public Worship, who has decid
ed in faVor of our friends, and has enjoined
the president of the Consistory no longer
to oppose the wishes of the church at St.
Sauvent.
GERMANY.
Pastor. Pfieiderer, in the British. Evan
gelical Alliance, thus spoke of the Kingdom
of Christ in South Germany, particularly in
Wurtemburg, his own country:-"Even
thirty years ago, Strauss wrote a life of Christ,
in which his divinity was denied. His
recent book has been written in such a popu
lar manner that it is calculated to penetrate
the hearts of the industrial 'classes, while his
former book appealed to the learned. The
materialistic philosophers, also, find readers
of their popularly-written books among the
lower orders of the people. No wonder,
then, that in , a
. greater measure now than
ever, there is an increased degree of infidelity,
an increased neglect of the word of God and
Of the holy Sabbath, among the lower orders.
"But if those wholieny the Lord-are thus
arming. themselves, I may say thit the child-
ren of God are doing everything in their
power to counteract the ir efforts. Especially
in our German universities there is a remark
able difference between the times of twenty
and thirty years ago. It is often believed in
England that German universities are sailly
infected and full of rationilism. Since we
have 'read the "Essays and Reviews," 'and
the books of Dr. Colenso and others, we are
sure that in your universities there is as
much rationalism as in all the German uni
versities together. I may say in truth, that
there is hardly one university in Germany
where thereiare not faithful professors. We
have universities which are largely occupied
by believing professors of divinity.
In Tubingen we have Dr. Beek, who
Switzerland and England, a large number of
hearers, so that the large hall where he lec
tures is full to overflowing whenever he lec
tures. He teaches the Gospel, and interprets
it in all its fullness and glory, and from his
teaching there proceeds a great spirit of vene
ration for the word of God, and a zeal for the
promotion of the kingdom of God among all
the students and pastors of the country. Thus
it comes that in all the young clergy of Wur
teniturg there is a large number of believing ,
pastors, and that those who preach the Gos
pel faithfully, have their churches full to
overflowing, while those who cling to ration
alistic views have no hearers."
Ecclesiastical Results of the Supremacy
of Prussia.—ln all the annexed countries, in
particular in Hanover and Electoral Hesse,
the most lively apprehensions prevail among
the more serious members of the churches,
on the subject of the influence which actual
events may have upon their religious institu
tions. Not that they dread that the Prussian
United Church will be forced upon them, so
much as an unintentional and powerful pres
sure from an ecclesiastical government at rer- '
lin, tending to a fusion with the National
Church of Prussia, from which would result
the enfeebling of their own particular confes
sion, and a great influence upon the future of
their Church. A passionate controversy be
tween the clergy and theologians of North
and South Germany is going on, the most
eminent men in the South denouncing the
Prussian policy as a policy of falsehood and
violence. They assail, in short, the immoral
side of this policy, and reproach the Prussian
pastors, in particular those of Berlin, with
being its advocates, and with never uttering
a word of truthful protest against the
immo
rality of its means. On the other , hand, the
Prussian religious journals, conscious, as it
would seem, how weak their cause wo uld be
upon this ground of Christian morals, take
refuge in their political views, and endeavor
to persuade their readers that the religious
men of the South only combat them because
their own politics are different.
Some of the Leading Benevolent Enter
prises in• Germany are obliged to send out
appeals for help. Among them are mention
ed by the correspondent of Christian Work,
the Servants' Home, in Berlin ; the Deacon's
Institution in Duisburg ; the Deaconesses'
Institution in Kaiserswerth ; and the Refuge
for Girls in Rudersdorf; not that: these are
by any means all.
During the past year, the Servants' Home
has received within its walls 465 servant girls ;
102 have attended the schools. A debt of
16,326 thalers resting on the institution,
greatly impedes its own activity, and the
yearly deficit, which has gradually . mounted
up tolthe sum of 12,000 thalers, has pressed
heavily: on the mother institution in Kaisers-
werth.
The Deaconnesses' House at Kaiserwerth,
has in Jerusalem an Hospital and Children's
House, and in Beyrout an Orphan Asylum.
In the last-mentioned are 13Q children educat,
ed and provided for, free ofexpense ; in the
Hospital at Jerusaleni from 450 to 500 sick
are nursed every year, among them above
300 Mohammedans - and in the Children's
Home are fifty children, also partly Moham
medans.
The dearth by locusts in Palestine his
greatly enhanced the cost of theirryork and
compelled them to appeal for help. Nearly
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work during the late war.
The Deacon's Institution in Duisburg also
stands in the greatest need of help, and seems
richly to deserve it. In ordinary times the
brethren devote themselves to a Reformatory
for Boys; an Hospital for Men; a Home for
andering Journeymen; the Asylum at
Lintorf ; and to works of mercy of a
miscellaneous kind in connection with the
poor and prisoners. At the commencement
of the year they were called to attend to
numbers who were sick of the small-pox.
During the late war no fewer than sixty-four
brothers were engaged as bearers and attend
ants, under the direction of the Knights of
the Order of St. John, in more than twenty
hospitals. And lastly, they have been en
gaged with cholera patients in Bohemia,
Moravia, on the Rhine, and in Westphalia.
At the present moment twenty-four are so
employed. ,Several have already themselves
fallen a prey to the epidemic.
ITALY
Barletta.—The correspondent of Evangeli
cal Christendoin says that the petty and priest
ridden officials of the, town, have succeeded
in influencing* Ministry in Florence, and
obtaining an order from headquarters for the
suspension of public worship. Giannini has
constantly refused either to close his locale or
leave the town. unless he saw such a formal
document. Qn September 23d he was sum
moned to Bari, where it was laid before him
in white andlblack. The Barletta church has.
,been to Florence in conference with Baron
Ricasoli, who had not received any of the
papers or petitions forwarded to him, and
• promises to quire into the particulars in the
Statement ow.plac,ed in his bands. No man,
says the ' rrespondent, is clearer than the
Italian Pr "er in his views as to religibus
liberty, b t no firmer- hand than his ever
grasped t e reins at a critical moment like
1 this for UT peace and welfare of Italy. He
is resolve to do justly by both principles.
The Insurrection in Palermo.—ln an
other pla i ce we have given the account of the
Royal Commission appointed to inquire into
the atrocities there committed, and to find
out the guilty parties. Rev. W. G. Moore
head writes to the Christian World : It is
difficult to imagine, impossible to describe,
the intense feeling which this clerical reac
tion has produced . Bitter, burning denun
ciation against the Roman clergy filled the
papers, poured from every tongue. Never
have I witnessed more intense feeling, more
fearful indignation displayed' by the Italians.
II saw men, calm, reflective men under ordi
nary 'circumstances, clench their hands, and
with grinding teeth and flashing eyek declare
that had they the priests and monks in their
power, they would not leave one alive. Gen.
Garibaldi, in an address to the young men of
Florence, the other day, did scarcelf aught
else than denounce the priests and warn all
to have no dealings with them whatever.
Certainly to Christian can sympathize with
the most of this bitter feeling toward the
priests. It is -hate, fearful, deadly hate; but
I write it merely to show you that we are
fait nearing that prophetic time when
"they shall hate the whore and eat her flesh,
and burn her with fire."
Surmev.scaooLs.—The Sunday-school
Missionary Association of the Thirteenth
Street Church, New York city, Rev. Dr.
Burchard's, supports• two Sunday-school
missionaries, one in the valley of the
Mississippi, and one in East Tennessee,
at an annual cost to the Society of $750.
They have also distributed libiaries gra,
tuitously to Sunday-schools in the West
during the year, amounting to $450.
The total amount - raised and expended
fififiiig — tbe year is'about la-44e: The-
Missionary in the valley of the Missis
sippi, the Rev. gr. Corey, reports 207
schools organized by his own individual
efforts, containing 1638 teachers and
10,599 scholars.—ln the Allen Street
school, New York city, for eighteen
years a Sunday-school missionary socie
ty has been in vigorous operation, having
collected in that time $6764. The col
lection last year was $718.68, and this
year the school is aiming at $lOOO.
DIRECTORY
01 Presbyterian (N. S.) Ministers and
Churches in Philadelphia and Vicinity.
Arils% E. E., D.D 1315 Spring Garden street.
North Broad St. Church, Broad and Green streets.
ADAIR, ROBERT 1737 Filbert street.
• Sea H.M. Com. Presbyterian House.
AIRMAN, Wx Market St., Wilmington.
H.Pnover Street Church, Wilmington.
URSA% ALBERT 255 South Eighth street.
, • That Church, Washirigton Square.
:BARNES, A. HENRY 923 Spruce street. ,
ERMAN, IRVING L 2026 Vine street.
Logan Square Church. Vine and Twentieth sts.
BRowN, CHARLES Spruce stab. 40th, W. P.
Sec. Min. Rel. Fund, Presbyterian House.
SEVEN, EDWARD B 1531 Chestnut street.
Second Church, Mantua, Lancaster Avenue.
BUTLER, J. G.. D.D 4035 Chestnut street, W. P.
Walnut at. Ch.. W. P., Walnut above,39th, W. P.
CROWELL. Jona? 1340 North Thirteenth et.
Cox, Gs°. W 1041 Beach street.
CRITTENDEN, S. W Presbyterian House.
CULVER, ANDREW Green Lane, Manaytmk.
Manaynnk Church, Manayunk.
DULLER, Jens W 4037 Chestnut st., W. P.
Sec. Pres. Pah. Corn., Presbyterian House.
EVA, WILLIAM T 1116 Palmer street.
Ist Church, Kensington, Girard ay. near Hanover st,
HARDEE, J. GARLAND 1423 South Tenth street.
Wharton Street Church, Ninth and Wharton sta.,
Hst.rvzsevßlN J., D.D Germantown.
Market Square Church, Germantown.
IlEximicxs, FRANCIS 805 Vine street.
Kenderton Church, Tioga street above 17th.
HOrcenrix, B. B Haverford P. 0., Del. Co.
Marple Church, Marple.
JONES, M. P Chester, Pa.
Chester City Church, Chester, Pa.
LOCHER, GEORGE 123 Otter street
German Church.
MALIN, DAVID, D.D
MALLEIW, RICHARD A
Cedar Street Church, South street above 11th.
MARCH. DANIEL, D.D N. W. con Tenth and Pine,
kplinton Street Church. Clinton and Tenth streets.
MCLEOD, JOHN 2015 Fitzwater street.
Sec. A. B. C. F. M., Presbyterian House.
Southwestern Church, 20th and Fitzwater street.
MEANS. Ran' W 1425 Vine street.
Ed. Am. Presbyterian, Presbyterian House.
MILLER, JEREMIAH 1106 Callowhill street.
Sec. Phila. Sab. Assoc'n.
MITCHELL, JAMES Y 1003 North Fifth street.
Central Church, N. L., Coates street above Third.
Ram. J. B 1029 Locust street.
Lonibard St. Cent. Ch., Lombard street above Bth.
ROBBINS F_ RANI L 1317 Jefferson street.
Green itill Church, Girard avenue ab. 16th at:
Carmel huroh. Broad and Oxford streets.
SELISPHERINTHOMAS J., D.D. 507 Brown street.
First Church, N. L., Buttonwood st. below 6th.
SLOAN, J. 0 • 1924 Race street.
SMITH, CHARLES A., D.D...1702 Mt. Vernon street.
- SMITH, H. AROUSTUS aid above Baring street,
Mantua Church, W. P., 36th and Bridge sts., W. P.
STEWART, A. M Frazer P. 0.: Pa.
Reeseville Church, Reeseville, Pa.
E. Whiteland Church, .E: Whiteland, Pa.
SHTTON, J.FORD 1708 Filbert street.
Western Church, 17th and Filbert street.
THoawE, W. H.. Below Kingsessing.
Second Church, Darby, Below Kingsessing. ~
TAYLOR. W.' W 1932 Wallace street.
Olivet Church, 221 and Mt. Vernon sta.
VAN AIKEN. GULICK 292 South Third street. '
Southwark Church, German street above 3d.
VAN DEDRS. GEORGE. 250 South Juniper street.
Tabor Church. 17th and Fitzwater streets.
'WILLIS. J. S
WriswEra„ G. F. D.D King street, Wilmington.
Central Church. Wilmington.
Third Church, Phila.. Fourth and Pine streets.
First Church. Darby. Dar by. Pa.
Frankford Church. Meat &H an ook sts.,F'k'd
BALLARD'S
FOURTH NATIONAL SHOE STORE.
ONE PRIM
In an article upon the Mason 4-, Ham
lin Cabinet Organ, the Boston Journal says:—
"The establishment is now turning out from
sixty to seventy instruments per week, and
there is a steadily growing demand for the in
strument. which, in the four years which have
elapsed since it was first put into the market,
has become more widely introduced, and is
probably more extensively anegenerally used,
than any other of its class that has ever been
invented."
!lam These premiums are designed for the
persons procuring new subscribers ; the sub
scribers must be such in the strictest sense, and
must pay regular rates, as named, strictly in
advance.
For one subscriber, 75 cents ; for four or
more, at one time, $1 25 each; for a club of
ten new names, $7 60 ; each single addition to
the club, 50 cents.
All orders for fb.ese premiums must en
close a postage- stamp.
HOURS AT HOME or .6 . I7THRIE'S SUNDAY
MAGAZINE, (to those not - already taking them),.
for one new name and $3 50.
LANGE'S '_COMMENTaY, either of the three
volumes, postage free, for Two new names
and $7.
Huss AND His Timms, postage free, for Four
new names and $l2.
FOR EIGHTEEN NEW Strßi3ClirkEllii,
at $3 each, paid in advance; or in the city, at
$3.50 each, paid in adience, we offer
This machine is already so well and favora
bly known to the public, that commendation is
superfluous. Its merits have long since given
it a foremost place among the few machines
accounted the BEST j and the purchaser has the
advantage in buying the GROVER & BAX.ER, of
a choice of stitches, taking either the No. 23
Double Lock,'Elastic Stitch Machine, complete
with a set of Hemmers and Braider, or the No.
9 Shuttle Machine without Hemmers.
.Broad and Ellsworth sts
PREMIUMS FOR 1866-7.
CASH PREMIUMS.
OT II a :PREMIUMS
• A FIFTY-FIVE DOLLAR
GROVER & BAKER'S SAVING MAME
A pamphlet containing samples of both these
stitches in various fabrics, with full explana
tions, diagrams, and illustrations, to - enable
purchasers to examine, test and compare their
relative merits, will be furnished, on request.
OUR COMMITTEE'S PUBLICATIONS.
SOCIAL HYMN AND TUNE 8008.
J
For every new subscriber paying full rates in
advance, we will give two copies of the Hymn
and Tune Book, bound in cloth, postage ten
cents eacli. For a new club of ten, paying
$25 in advance, we' will send fifteen copies,
freight extra. We make this offer to any ex
tent.
SABBATH-SCHOOL B 0 OKS.
For Twenty-two new subscribers, paying as
above, or for thirty-three in club, we will send
the entire list of the eighty-nine Sabbath-school
Library Books issued by the Coinmittee.
Freight extra.
THE NEW BOOKS 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 Delaney's Secret;
Diamond Cross; and Out at Sea. Most of
hese.-.vp-attll in press, but will appear soon.
MISCELLANEOUS - TrORICS.
For Twelve new subscribers, paying as above,
or for a club of eighteen, we will give the follow
ing valuable miscellaneous works of the Com
mittee :—.The New Digest, Gillett's History of
Presbyterianism, two vols. ; Life of John
Brainerd, Zulu Land, Social Hymn and Tune
Book, morocco; Coleman's Atlas, Minutes of
the General Assembly, Sunset Thoughts, Morn
ing and Night Watches, The Still Hour, The
Closer Walk, The Closet Companion, Strong
Tower, God's way of Peace, Why Delay?,
Manly Piety, Life at Three Score, Ten Ameri
can Presbyterian Almanacs, Confession of
Faith, Barnes on Justification, Presbyterian
Manual, Apostolic Church, Hall's Law of Bap
tism, Hall's and Boyd's CateChisms. 11. eight
extra.
FOR ONE NEW SITBSCREBER..
Zulu Land, or Coleman's Text Book and
Atlas. Postage ten cents.
FOR. TWO NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
Life of John Brainerd and Zulu Land. Post
age 56 cents extra.
p aril IS :I:4 WI Aya:lll;f:tii :4 j,:}l
The Digest and Life of Brainerd, (postage 60
cents extra,) or Gillett's History of Presbyte
rianism, two vols., and Social Hymn and Tune
Book, morocco. Postage 60 cents extra.
FOR IFOUR NEW STIBSCRIBENS.
Gillett's History, Life of Brainerd, Hymn
and Tune Book, morocco. Postage $1 extra.
Or the Digest and Gillett's History. Postage
$1 extra.
FOR FIVE NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
Zulu Land, History of Presbyterianism, Life
of Brainerd, Hymn and Tune Book, morocco.
Postage $1 12 extra.
Any book of equal value on the Committee'
list may be substituted in the above offers. A
list will be sent if desired.
SW' All orders must be accompanied with
the cash. If possible buy a draft, or a postage
order, as in case of loss of money we cannot
send the premiums, though we shall adhere to
our rule of Sending the papers.
PREMIUMS TO OLD SUBSCRIBERS.
" A postage stamp must invariably ac
company these orders. ~
Old subscribers paying strictly in advance,
and adding Two Dollars to their remittance,
can have Hours at
,Home, or Guthrie's Maga
zine, for one year, provided they are not al
ready taking them, or Life of John Brainerd.
postage free.
By adding the following sums, they can have
the books named, postage free :
$l. 60, Zulu Land, or Coleman's Text Book
and Atlas of the Bible. il l
$1 65, Two Hymn and Tune Books.
$1 91, Bowen's Meditations, tinted paper,
full gilt ; worth $2 50.
$3 13, New Digest, worth $4.
$3 90, Gillet's History of Presbyterianism,
worth $5.
BALLARD'S
FINEST FRENCH AND AMERICAN
BOOTS, SHOES AND SLIPPERS,
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED,
ONE PRICE.
MARRIAGES.
SHEARER — RUSSEL.—At Lancaster, Pa., on the
13th of November, by Rev. Walter Powell, assisted
by Rev. G. L. Shearer. Rev. F. E. SHEARER of
Southampton, L. 1., to Miss KATE 8., daughter of A.
W. Russel, Esq.
KNEEDLER.—On the evening of November 22d,
CATHARINE SPARHAWK. wife of J. S. Kneedler.
DEATHS.
LO AG.—On the 15th inst., after a nrot r acted illness.,
DAVID LOAD. in the 73d y ear of his age.
gpttiat ,AtIEBB.
Alar - The Presbytery of Columbus will meet
at I'ardeeville, on the third Tuesday, Cho IStr ) of
December. at 6 o'clock P.M.
B. G. RILEY, Stated Clerk.
LODI, Wis., Nov. 21, 1866.
41r . Presbytery of Ttenben will hold its next
stated meeting at Painted'Posi, en Tuesday. De^. 11.
at 3 o'clogk P. M.. W. A. NILES. StatediClerk.
CoaNtio, Nov. 12.1866.
.—The Presbytery of Ontario will hold its
Annual Meeting in Mount Morris, on the first Tues—
day, (4thl of December, at 4 o'clock P. M
Church Records. Statistical Reports and Collections.
should then be presented.
JOHN BARNARD. Stated Clerk.
W Philadelphia Tract and Mission so.
nicti----0fnce,1334 Chestnut Street
The one hundred and fifty-second Union meeting in
behalf of this Society will be held in the Reformed
Dutch Church, Cotton street, Manayunk, on Sabbath
afternoon, December 2d.
Revs. Messrs. Fuller, Cook, Meredith, Spencer,
Culver and Waters, are expected to take part in the
• exercises.
The one hundred and fifty-third meeting will be
held in the evening, at 7% o'clock, at the Roxborough
Presbyterian Church. Several addresses will be
made. Public invited.
JOSEPH. H. SCHREINER. Agent.
More Trouble. Thousands of our people are
weekly dying from the ravages of Indigestion, Dys
pepsia, and various diseases of, the Stems& and
Bowels. The value of COWS DYSPEPSIA CURB
should be known to the world. It has saved thou
sands from an early grave.
"A Valuable Medielne.—Dr. Poland's White
Pine Compound, advertised in our columns, is a sue
:oessful attempt to combine and apply the medicinal
virtues of the White Pine Bark. It has been thor
oughly tested by people in this city and vicinity, and
the proprietor has testimonials of its value from per
' sons well known to our citizens. We recommend its
• trial in all those cases of disease to which it is adapt
ed. It is for sale by all our druggists."—N. Y. Sae-
Pendent.
The Great New England. Remedy
DR. J. W. POLAND'S
•
WHITE PINE COMPOUND
Is now offered to the afflicted throughout the country.
after having_been proved by the test of eleven years
in the New England States, where its merits have be
come as well known as the tree from which, in part..
.it derives its virtues.
THE - WRITE . PINE COMPOUND
Cures Sore Throat, Colds, Coughs,
Diph-
Iberia, Bronchitis: Spitting of Blood,
Pulmonary Affectionsgenerally. It is a
remarkable Remedy for Kidney Com
plaints, Diabetes, Gravel and other Com
plaints. For Piles and Scurvy tt will be
found very valuable.
Give it a trial if yon would learn the value of a
GOOD AND TRIED MEDICINE'.
It is Pleasant,' Safe and Slaw.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers in Medicine gene,
rally. 1068-3 m.
s ASTHMA CllRED.—Relief guaranteed in
ten minutes, and &permanent cure effected by the use
of "13 PRAMS 'ASTHMA CURE." Cases of from ten
to twenty years' standing yield at once to its influence.
Price $2. Sent post paid to any address, by S. C.
UPHAM, 25 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Circulars sent free Sold by all drvgiste. 1062-3 m
MIDUCATION.—An Americanentleman, who has
J_4 spent five years in the first Universities of Ger
many and France, desires a Situation, by January
next,•either in a Private Family or Academy, as in
structor in English, German and French. The best
references given. Address, Professor, liO4. Chestnut
street. 1071-1 t
1102 CREST/Mr STREET.
THE
. WEBER
PIANO-FORTES
Are now universally admitted to. be the
Best, Most Celebrated, and the
_
-- g
-- Leadin - Pianos
Of the present da •
By the FIRST MUSICIANS OF THE COUNTRY r,
By the PRINCIPAL NEWSPAPERS
By the CONSERVATORIES OF MUSIC OF NEW
YORK AND BROOKLYN, and all the HIGH MUSIC"
SCHOOLS In the United States, on account of their
Immense Power., Equality, Sweetnes s
Brilliancy of Tone, Elastic Touch,
and Great Durability.
An assortment always on hand.
, I. A. GETZE,
1102. CHESTNUT Street.
/Or ORGANS and: MELODEONS in great variety
Call and Examine. 11069-3 m
EVAN D. ASHTON,
DEALER IN
PURE. LEHIGH
AND
LOCUST MOUNTAIN
COAL.
COMMUNITY'S COAL DEPOT,
CORNER BROAD AND WOOD STREETS.
1052-1 y
PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE.
SMYTH it ADAIR,
MANUFACTURERS OF
SILVER-PLATED WARE,
GOLD AND SILVER PLATERS,
No. 1334 Chestnut Street,
fOP_PCOSIPF. 11. 8. MINT,
SECOND FLOOR.
FACTORY,-NO. 35 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
PRILLDKLPMAL
SPECIALTY.
I-113LIIIAY GIFTS.
WATCHES, • FINE JEWELRY,
AND•
SILVER WARE,
SPECIAL REDUCTION IN PRICES.
Please call and examine. Every article warranted
as represented. at
F. W. PARROTT'S STORE,
No. % South EIGHTH Street. below MARKET.
1071-3 m Philadelphia.
AGENTS WANTED.
For the Gold Medal Sewing Machine, in
every City and County in the Union. The least com
plicated two-thread Wa s hin gt on wd. Address
A. F. JOHNSON & COO, 334 street. Bos
ton, Mass.
J. & F. CiLDBFUS,
No. 736 Market St., S. R. corner of Eighth
PHILADBLPHIA
Manufacturers and Dealers in
BOOTS SHOES. MA S S; CARPET BAGS AND
'VALISES of every yaraetyand style.' iel-ly
$2B 80 PER DAL—Agents wanted. ladies and
gentlemen. in a Pleasant and Honor
able Doziness. &macs fra. For farther p_artionlars.
address A. D. BOWMAN A Co., No. 115 Nassau lit.,
New York. (Clip out and return this notice.)
BALLARD'S
1315 CHESTNUT SMEET,
BELOW BROAD
ONE PRIOR