2TiliTitan tairgtniau.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1866
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SMOOND PAGE—FAMILY CIRCLE :
To the Rose of Gethsemane—Bear Ye One Another's
Burdens Self-conquest Comfortable People
Where is Your Hea rth — Awa k eningChildriddn
—Fire on the' a Sleeper by
Telegraph—The Value of Religion—The True °mo
onlit of Woman.
TILLED PAGE—MISCELLANEO IIS
What the Colored Race have to expect from the
Southern Presbyterian Churob—The World's Con
version to Jesus Christ—Mystery.
SIXTH PAGE—CORRESPONDENCE:
Placards of Charles V., from the History of the Re
formation in the Netherlands—The Sepulchres of
the Departed— Letters from a Country Parsonage,
IL—Testimonial to George H. Stuart.
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SEVENTH. PAGE—RURAL ECONOMY:
If You should o'er get Married — Wintering Bees—
Manure—Dry Earth a Deodorizer—Houseßuilding.
SCIENTIFIC: Photosculpture British Railroad
Sistem—Petroleum formed from Seaweed.
A CONVERT. -At the congregational
prayer-meeting of the Clarke Street M.
E. Chnrch, Chicago, a Roman Catholic
priest, Rev. Father Kenny, of Dubuque,
lovia, arose and formally renounced the
Romish faith, in regard to which his mind
had been agitated by doubts for some time
past. He stated his reasons for this
change, and produced satisfactory cre
dentials as to character, from his bishop
and the clergy.
It is understood that the Evangelical
Alliance have secured Mr. Kenny's ser
vices for missionary work among the
Roman Catholics of New York.
ENTANGLED IN' ECCLESIASTICAL TAPE.-
Rev. Henry S. Kelsey, lately of Granby,
found some difficulty in getting installation
'fiver the First Congregational church at
ROckville, COM], the council objecting that
he was not dismissed by council from Granby.
The Rockville council finally decided to pro
ceed with the installation, but put on,,record
a protest against the informal dismission at
Granby. A protest is a capital relief for
tender-footedness,—lndependent.
We hardly ham whether or not we
ought to be gratified at finding that we,
poor = hide-bound' Presbyterians, do not
enjoy a monopoly of the red-tape for
mality which the Independent and simi
lar journals are so fond of laying at our •
doors. We trust that they vtill learn to
cease ascribing the sins of individuals to
a system, when they find that such sins
are common to every system.
'UNCLE SAMUEL'S BRAND.-It has
been proposed in Congress that the
Ckwermnent should buy up all the dis
tilleries in the nation and turn whisky
maker for the nation; in order to put
.a stop to current frauds on the revenue.
Our respect for Uncle Sam's revred
name would hardly be increased by see-i
ing it on the head of a barrel of Old
Bourbon or Jersey Lightning ; nor
Would our confidence in public men in
'crease if Washington were turned into a
national distillery office, and our legisla
tors had the privilege of ordering ". 5000
extra" bottles " for the use of the Sen
ate."
PIISEY'S EIRENICON.-Dr. Pusey has
had his thanks : for his conciliatory efforts.
His Eirenicon has been put into the
Roman Index Expurgatorius. Some of
our Roman Catholic contemporaries are
very merry over this stigma, and speak as
if Dr. Pussy would hardly survive it. For
ourselves, we can only congratulate Dr.
Duey that he is found in such good
company. Scarcely a book has appear
ed in Europe (inside or outside the
Romish Church) that answered any
widely asked question, or conquered any
new domain of knowledge, without
being put (along with mach trash, of
coarse,) on the Index.
May we ask our Catholic friends two
questions :—What is the practical use of
a condemnation that cannot be pro
nounced till the book has been read and
re-read by " the faithful," and is almost
out of print ? How many books have
been (like , Newton's Principia and
Bishop Bull's Defensio Fidei,) first put
•u the Index and then republished by
the Romish monastic orders ?
In Dr. Pusey's case we do not won
der at this small vengeance. His fool
ish book was mainly composed of more
foolish (and blasphemous) expressions
from the popes and the doctors—decla
rations which Dr. Newman declared
sounded to him like " a bad dream."
No wonder, then, that they were glad
to bury it out of their sight.
Tun ByRE PROSECUTION FOR 'VCR
DER.—This case has had some new
developments. Tennyson has joined the
ranks of Gov. Eyre's defenders, and Mr.
Coleridge, Q. C., has withdrawn frotn
the prosecuting counsel. But these
losses are more than compensated to the
prosecution by' the publication of two'
insulting letters ;written to a member of
Parliament by Lieut. Brand, the presid
ing officer of the Jamaica court-martial,
plainly showing that this officer, to whom
the - ,g,ria:m,islaty of
,presiding in 1.89 life
and death cuff was eatrusted by Gov.
Eyre, is ‘, an underbred, ignorant' lark
ing' Young navatlieutenant .. cruel froai
levity," but who had the most delicate
of intellectual and moral ditties to, per
forin in more :life and death cases than
akthe now living judges in England."
=4lpectator.
Governor Eyre, =it is: announced, was
to be arraigned at, the sittings of the
Central Criminal Court, which was to
commence on the l'ith inst., but some
months must elapse before thelrial can
take place. It appears that .a circular
has been sent to the commanding officer
of every volunteer regiment, appealing
for funds, to•assist Mr Eyre at his IT
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,proaebiag trial.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1866.
GENERAL SYNOD OF GERMAN REFORM
ED CHURCH.--This body, the supreme
judicatory of a growing and living
Church, has just closed its biennial ses
sion at Dayton, Ohio. The main topic
of interest was the liturgy of the Church.
Both the Eastern and Western Synods
have been preparing forms of worship,
and the Eastern liturgy is now finished
and was presented to the General Synod
for approval. The Committee on the
Liturgy reported, recommending that
the Eastern Synod's liturgy-be author
ized for optional use, but that. final
action be postponed till the Western
Synod's liturgy is also ready. The
Westerners stoutly opposed this, as the
Eastern liturgy represents a very " ad
vanced type of Mercersburgh doctrine,"
and teaches
" Deliverance from the power of the Devil,
the remission of sin, and the gift of a new
and spiritual life by the Holy 0-host, through
the sacrament of baptism-which Christ hath
ordained for the communication of so great
grace."
It directs, also, the use of this formula
of absolution :
" Unto as many of you, therefore, beloved
brethren, as truly repent of your sins, believe
in the Lord Jesus Christ, and are resolved to
walk in the newness of life, announce and
declare, by the authority and in the name of
Christ, as his minister, that your sins are for
given in heaven, according to his promise in
the Gospel, through the merit of Jesus
Christ our Lord."
These new features were stoutly de
fended, espedially by Dr. J. H. Nevin,
though it was admitted that this is an
advance uß i gn anything of the kind here
tofore known in the Reformed Church.
THE MEROERSBURGH REVIEW.—This
Quarterly, which was discontinued in
1864, after an existence of twelve years,
is to be renewed under the editorship of
Prof. H. Harbangh. Its platform re
mtins unchanged :
" With the [Apostles'] creed, the Review
regards Jesus Christ as the central Revealer
of the Mystery of the. Holy Trinity ; the true
and`ultimate principle of all revelation ; the
new Head and Life of humanity, restored in
His Person, and to be glorified in Him ,by the
Holy Ghost; the central Principle and the
fundamental basis of the Church. Hence it
holds all theology to` be Christological ; and
because Christologicaly, also Historical; and
beeau.se both these, truly positive."
The Review will therefore, represent
the Mercersbnrgh School in presenting
Reformed doctrine. from the stand-point
of Calvin'and Zanchins, rather than of
Zwinglius and the later. divines.
OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.
WESTERN DIVISION
It was arranged last *writ .at the
Sabbath-school Convtintion t' ::Utica, to
divide the State into three portions, for
additional, Sunday-school conventioni.
One such was held Da. long since in
Rome, and one this week in Batavia.
This last embraces for its distriet, the
thirteen western counties of the
,State,
and many of them were well, represent
' ed ; about four hundred delegates, we
should judge; being in attendance. S.
P. Sherwood, Esq., of Buffalo, was made
President, Rev. J. E. Gilbert, of Buffalo,
Corresponding Secretary, and Chairman
of the Business Committee.' The meet•
ing commenced on Tuesday afternoon,
dosed on Thursday afternoon, and was
occupied in addresses, discussions, de
votional exercises, and music, like other
Sunday-school Conventions. Mr. Pardee,
of New York, and Philip Philips, the
sweet singer, were present, and aided
much to render the occasion one of in
terest and profit. Addressee were made
by Drs. Shaw, Campbell, Daggett, and
many others, some of them admirable;
and much was done, it is ' hoped, to
exalt the Sabbath-school work in the
estimation of all.
Hon. ' Frederick Starr called the at
tention of the Convention to the impor
tance of doing something for temperance
in the Sabbath-schools, and resolutions
were passed recommending the forma
tion of societies on the principle of the
Bands or Hope.
Among . the earnest Sunday-school
workers present, we noticed Mr. Niles,
of Corning, Waldo, of Hornellsville,
Cook, of Buffalo, and many others. The
exercises were varied by the presenCe of
the children on Thursday afternoon,
when Mr. Gilbert gave an example of
the method of opening a Sunday-school,
also an object-lesson to the infant class.
Mr. Pardee gave a, short lesson in the
geography of Palestine, on the black
board, and Mr. Phillips. illustrated his
manner of teaching the children new
tunes.
A resolution was passed, advising
every county in Western New York,, to
hold an annual Institute. for the training
of teachers ; and another recommending
the Sunday-school. Standard, published
by Mr. Gilbert in Buffalo. , • •
The hospitality of the good people of
Batavia was large -, and 'generousi the
parting exercises of the Convention, ten
der and pleasant. It was both a profk!,.
able and enjoyable occasion: r And pit
we have doubted the wisdom of holding
these " District Conventions:" Do we
need:' anything between that of the
State and the county Is Were not
danger of overdoing the matter ?
THE SABBATH-SCHOOL COMMITTEE. t
The first meeting of the "Permanent
Committee on Sabbath-schools,"
,ap
pointed by the last General Assembly,
was held on Tuesday, 18th inst., in
Batavia. The suggestion was niade
that it should be called at that place,
because it iyal3 suppoSed that some of
members would be there at that
time, in at4ndance upon the Sunday
school Convention above named. But
owing to the imperfect notice given, or
from some other cause, a small number
of the Committee were present, and yet
enough to organize. Rev. Dr. Shaw
was chosen Chairman ; Rev. C. P.
Bush, Secretary, and E. T. Huntington,
Esq., Treasurer. SW
After deliberating a good part of the
afternoon upon the subject as presented
in the report of the Standing Committee
before the last General Assembly, it was
resolved to call another meeting on the,
first Tuesday of February, to be held in .
Rochester, when it is hoped that a larger
number of the Committee may be • as
sembled for a two-days' meeting, and
for full and careful deliberation on all
the points likely to demand the attention
'of the Committee. """' "'"'"- ow
To be more fully prepared for such
adjourned meeting, Rev. Dr. Campbell
and Mr. Huntington, of Rochester, were
appointed a committee to report at that
time an " order of business ;" and Rev.
Charles E. Knox, of New Jersey, to
prepare a "general analysis" of the
Sunday-school work. It was also made
the duty of the Secretary to give to all
the members of the .PermaiSt Com
mittee due notice of said adjourned
meeting, which notice, we prelmme, has
already been sent to each member, and
a fill meeting is hoped for in February.
It is hoped that the members of the Com
mittee will all feel the impoince of
being present at that time, and O coining
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prepared to spend so much tim as shall
be necessary to get the new Machinery
into working order.
EESTrVAL
On Wednesday, sth instant, al very
successful festival and fair were held
by the Presbyterian Church in tyron,
t i p.
to raise money for the upholste 'lug of
their,renovated church edifice. efore
receiving its new slips the an ience
room furnishes a very convenien place
for such a gathering, and their eemed
to be quite, a. disposition among t e peo
ple to inake the most of it. The came
in force ; tables were spread ;Tefresh
meats served, and fancy articled made
by, cunning : fingers, were. offered f4r'eale.
The object and the pleasant occasion
combined to attract the money-out of
generous pockets. The result was, in
that little place, three hundred dollars
realized, to be used in - making attractive
and comfortable the interior of the
church now made almost new.
CHRISTMAS COMING.
This is thanifest'by-a look over book
stores. O, D. Grosvenor, at. the Tract
Departnaelit, has a Veiiitiful array of
lolidaygifts, the cboiespet religions work)3'
of ail the leading publishers, those of
our own PublicatiOnoiimmittee included.
Those who are .providing, for the little
folks, or seeking'' - something for friends
of maturer years, may % here find
,that
which not only pleases the taste, but
fills the mind and refines the heart.
Surely the Christian should seek, not
merely to gratify, but also to profit by
the, :pleasant remembtances Of I tads
happy season of the year.
PERSONAL
Rev. DIV. Chester, of Buffalo; is fOr the
present supplying the pulpit of the Con
gregational church, ,Tat Angola, twenty
miles west of Buffalo.
Bev. I. 0: Fillni'ore;late of Syracuse,
is engaged as stated supply of the Pres
byterian church of Tatowlesville.
RommTZFC, Dec. 22, 1866
'LETTER FROM "AMBROSE."
DEAR PRESBYTERIAN.:—Some time
since I observed that you put us upon
" the frontiers," here in the - , Saginaw ! ,
region. Well, that is where We are ;
but if you think tis to be quite out of
the world, so that, if the Synod shoal('
come up here next fall—as it is to do—
it will find no suitable place for itself,
you are a trifle mistaken. It may be
late in the day to say it, but it is still
true, that the size, importance and , pro
gress of places in the West, are not to
be measured by the number of years
they have been settled. It does not fol
low that, because a town in Pennsylva
nia or Massachusetts takes up two hun
dred years in reaching a population of
two theusand people, with two or three
churches, that any such a time is requi
site in the new States. This Bay . City
only began.to grow in earnest since 1860,
but it has now six thousand inhabitants,.
and taking in its suburbs, eight thou
' '
sand.
During the past summer I visited
Massachusetts, and the old town of my
•oyhood. .1 bad been hearing of its
wonderful progress for the last thirty
years, and I was told when there, that
it was growing faster than any town in
the State. I was curious, therefore, to
know how, many peopin it, now had,
after so many yearis' of progress. I
found that,lakingOn all the farmers in
the country around, it could make out
about two thousand. Now, a place at
the Weey of which' so isuelihad been
reported, would, in that tinie, have been
grown all the way from ten thousand to
the nize of Chicago nr,,Saikl4raiinisco.
Whim' the wikter hereof4ent-to 'Chi
cago to reside, in 1848, it was just
about the size of Bay City to-day. Bay
City grows at present- very much as
Chicago did then. But no place in the
Saginaw- region will probably equal
Chicagn • and yet there are resources
for towns of twenty, thirty, or fifty thou
sand people, about as quickly as they
can be built. No part of Michigan is
now growing ato 11 like thik
We were counting „up our churches,:
the other day, and found that the lust
one makes the ninth, with still another
in process of formation. My friend, how
ever, made a semi-reservation in_the.re
mark : "If you call the Universalist a
church." This reminded me of a story.
A youth says, in banter, to his friend,
" How many legs has a calf, if you call
his tail one?" " Five, of course," is the
reply. " No," says the questioner ;
" calling it one does not make it one,
does it ?"
But the Synod is not to meet here
next year, but at Saginaw City, fifteen
miles south of here, and up the river.
Saginaw City is about the same size as
this place, but is the oldest town on the
river. East Saginaw, three miles this
way, 'and across the river from Saginaw
City, and on the same side with Bay
City, is the largest place on the river,
claiming about ten thousand. There is
a railroad from Detroit to East Saginaw,
partly built to Bay City, to be finished
next season. A road is also building
fram Jackson, on the Michigan Central,
to Saginaw City, and one north to Bay
City, on the west side of the river,
thence to go on to Mackinaw.
It seems evident that a new spirit is
actually getting abroad in regard to
church erection. The new secretary
seems to go at it in a kind of rational
way, as if it could be managed like any
ether eleemosynary undertaking. Of
course It will go, if rightly handled, for
it is a just and good. cause. The secre
tary, in his missives, takes to excusing
and apologizing for the procedures of
his predecessors. This is all right and
charitable. He says, for instance, that
the managers were as far advanced as
the Church was at that time ; and in
snbstance, that nobody knew any better.
I wish to stick a pin there. There was
always a minority who objected and
protested against the shape of that thing,
from the first. I could never hear good
Dr. McLane read' his reports—and I
heard, I think, three of them—with any
patience. The whole thing seemed
manifestly wrong: •
Nor was " all the fault in the, plan."
It was in the whole management. And
if now the thing is managed as it has
been—with-all the array of legal docu
ments, bonds, deeds, endowments—on
the " pound of flesh principle," it will
not go. Benevolence is benevolence,
and business is business. But you can
not too far mix them. The law and
the Gospel have • certain understood re
lations to each other.; but Paul shows
plainly that a man cannot put himself
tinder the guidance of both at the same
time.
In one Synod where the matter came
up,' there was quite a disposition to
grumble' with the old arrangements, and
to suSpedt' the new ; but I think our
people wiq fall in with the new, and
that it may become a highly popular
work. Still, in some , quarters it cannot
be hurried.. Time will have to be: taken
to forget old irritations: _
AMBROSE
BA Crri, 'Mica., Dec. 17th; 1866.
4gbao ouv etruntro.
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THE F.EsTivAL recently held at the
Clinton Street Church, for the Sabbath
ichools, was quite a little success. The
sales amounted to $150; nett pro
ceeds $6OO. Several valuable presents
were made to the pastor 'and his lady,
by subscriptions included in the above
amount, That at the 'Western Church
was also successful, netting about seven
Nen dred dollars.
THE PRESBYTERY OF &WREN met at
Painted Post, Dec. 11, and chose Rev.
M. B. Gelston, Moderator. Rev. D. F.
Judson, of Addison, the last Moderator,
preached the opening sermon, on the
subject of 4 ' Contending earnestly for the
faith once delivered to the saints." It
was a clear, well-reasoned discourse on
the importance of giving more promi
nence to the distinguishing doctrines of
the Presbyterian Church. Rev. D. F.
Judson was appointed Commissioner to
the General Assembly, and Rev. M. B.
Gelston his alternate.
GENESEE
A young man was taken under the
care of Presbytery who is in a course of
preparation for the ministry.
In the reports , of the state of religion
within our bounds, some interesting
facts were presented. In Corning the
society are erecting a church at a cost
of $20,000. About one hundred indi
viduals have been added to the church
there during, the past year. Rev. Mr.
Niles, their minister, is training them by
means of a Maternal Association, Fe
male Prayer=meet!ng, Youths' Organized
Prayer-meeting, Bands of Hope, Cate
chetical class, etc.
The church in Addison is erecting a
parsonage, having been greatly strength
ened by additions during the past year.
Large additions have been made to
the churches in Hamniondsport, Painted
Post; Howard and others. But the most
interesting matter before Presbytery was
the installation of Rev. Dr. Wakeman
over the church in Painted Post. The
Doctor was settled twenty-one years over'
his first chaige in Almond ; He now en
ters upon his second charga with ripe ex
perience and a warm, devoted heart, and
is receiving a cordial welcome in the
affections of his people.
The exercises of the installation were
of an interesting character Rev. Dr.
Campbell, of Rochester, preached the
sermon, discoursing eloquently on the
" Treasure in earthen vessels." He
held the congregatiOn in breathless at
tention, by the simplicity, pertinency,
and, speciality of his thought?, and by
his quiet gracefulness and subdued
earnestness of manner. The interest in
CHURCH ERECTION.
Dr. Csimpbell was increased by the fact
that he wan born..in , the adjoining town
of Campbell, and taught school in Paint
ed Post two years, in his early struggles
to obtain an education.
Rev. Dr. Gregory, of Prattabnrg, gave
a fatherly charge to the pastor, and Rev.
Mr. Niles addressed pointedly the con
gregation. Two of our important chur
ches are without ministers, Prattsburg
and Howard. One of our number, Rev.
Wm. A. Wolcott, has gone tck his rest
and reward since our last meeting.
Presbytery will meet in Hammondsiort
on the second Tuesday in June, 186'T.
OBSERVER.
REV. JAMSS W. RAYNOR has removed.
from Springfield, Susquehanna Co., to
Leßaysville, Bradford Co., Pa., and has
taken charge of the Congregational
church at the latter place.
REVIVAL IN HOLLEY, N. Y.—A revi
val of great power is in progress in Hol
ley church, New York, "Rev. Nathan
Bosworth's. Rev. W. C. Steel, of Au
burn, and Rev. C. C. Kimball, of Le
Roy, have aided the pastor in some
special services. The meetings have
been attended with manifest influences
of the Spirit, and some forty are indulg
ing hope of having passed from death
into life. It is a long time since a re
vival of marked power has been enjoyed
in this place, and the interests of the
Church had run low, but better times
are now at hand, as the reward of faith
ful pastoral and evangelistic labors.
The Baptists and Presbyterians, we
believe, are cordially united in the
efforts to save souls.
DANsvitip., N. Y.—The church in
Dansville, having been found too small
for the growing congregation, has been
lengthened twenty-feet.
LANSING, MICH —The Franklin Street
Church have had eighty-six persons ad
ded to the membership of the church
during the year.
AVON SPRINGS, N. Y.—The organi
zation of a church at this place, accord
ing to the arrangements announced in
a former issue, was accomplished on the
11th inst. Two deacons and three--rul
ing elders were ordained.
WESTERN CHIICH, WASHINGTON.—A
recent letter says :—"As a church, we
have recently been enjoying glorious
times of refreshing from the presence
of the Lord.' Our last communion Sab
bath was a memorable one—out of the
old beaten track of things—so much so
that we could scarcely persuade our
selves that we were the same church ;
and we doubt it yet. We have been
made to sit in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus,' have been lifted into a
newer and purer atmosphere, and are
now moving forward upon a far higher
plane. Thirty-nine united with the
church ; thirty-three on profession of
faith, and six on. certificate. Eighteen
are married, persons—eight male and ten
female. Nine ate teachers in the 'Sab
bath-schools, and fourteen are from the
number of our larger scholars. Fifteen
were baptized—seven adults and eight
children. Our thanks ate due to Dr. J.
C. Smith, and his couln, Rev. G. H.
Smyth and other Ministers of the city,
who were so ready to preach to us, the
word, and who preached it to us so
faithfully."
CHENANGO. PRESBYTERY met in the
Second Congregational Church of Cov
entry (Rev. A. J. Bull's, formally Father
John B. Hoyt's) on October 16th. Two
licentiates were ordained to the office
and work of Evangelists—Mr. Thomas
Thompson, received. from the Oneida
Association, and Mr. Petson J. Abbott,
formerly from the Presbytery of Alba
ny. Encouraging reports as' to the state
of religion within bounds, showing that
Sherbourne, Oxford and Coventry had.
been more or less blessed with revivals ;
that Sabbath-schools were prosperous ;
the church boards liberally / contributed
to, and efforts successfully made to in
crease of ministerial support.
The Presbytery met again, November
13th, (by request) to ordain and install
Mr. W. H. Sawtell over the church in
Nineveh.
NEVADA, lOWA.-A correspondent of
the Evangelist reports a steady growth
of this 'three-years old church. Its mem
bership numbers thirty-two, and its Sab
bath-school one hundred. Its numbers
have been reduced by death and re
moval.
Last winter they determined to build
a house of worship. Having raised
about $l4OO, they commenced the erec
tion of a church, twenty-six by forty
four feet, with vestibule and 'belfry
tower.
"Lumber and labor both rose, and the
work was delayed by bad weather. About
this time, a Christian friend in Pittsburgh
came to our aid with $250, and subse
quently with $350 ; and the church at Yellow
Springs, lowa, also gave us a good collection.
But stilt with this help we are not yet in our
liouse, though it is plastered,,and we will be
able to put in the windows and doors and
give it a coat *of paint ; the pulpit and seat
ing remain to be added. We purpose to go
in the first of January."
As the church is a poor one, and
about $lOOO is needed to finish the work,
they ask help in their undertaking.
Lerisrxe (MIOH.) PRESBYZILY.--The
first meeting of this newly constituted
Presbytery was held on the i3th and
14th insts. It consists of ten churches
and six ministers, and occupies a central
and important location—the capital of
the State and the point of railroad con
vergence. The meeting was an impres
sive one. A correspondent of the Evan
gelist writes :
The meeting.Rroved what some had prayed
and hoped , it -might be, a most precious and
profitable season. There are but four minis
ters and eight massengers from the churches
(one or two of the latter not ordained elders).
We met in the Franklin Street Church
this city, and at .the first session, in spite
bad weather, we had a fine audience, and
earnest sermon from Rev. H. Kittridge,
Mason, spreading out before us our work
a home missionary organization. Very lit
routine business was done. Rev. A. Rry;
was chosen Moderator, and Rev. J. E. W
the Temporary Clerk, and subsequently
latter was made Stated Clerk. The time
given to recitals from the regions round al
us, (most of which Brother Bryant has
self traversed,) and to mapping out our Niro]
for these regions. To each point of intere
some brother, lay or clerical, was appoint'
as a sort of missionary, and he is to bt
definite report at our next meeting, whit
to be one month after the first. An t i p
request was sent to this meeting from f
Lodge, twelve miles northwest of us,
eighteen persons, desiring Presbytery to
at our earliest convenience to organize thi
into a Presbyterian Church. On Tuesa
the 10th inst., we meet to do this, and r
further to plan and pray that the Master
lead WI in our work.
To be a living missionary body is our
bition. The dosing service of our late mef
ing was one of most precious interest, lu
in the evening of the second day, It was
communion service, and the Moderator p
sided. Addresses were made by Rev. Mess
Bittridge and Weed, tender, earnest, and
looking toward the particular labor whirl
given us here, to
_occupy and build up
new and needy region. After the address,
and distribution ofthe elements, the Moderat
very happily led us into a familiar code]
ence, ,in which, with a tender and meitir
spirit,.the elders and members of the congrf
gation freely participated. Uniting in
hymn and prayer of consecration, we went
our homes feeling that it had been good
be there.
NEW PARSONAGE AT RACINE, Wm
—The First Church dedicated a beauti
ful parsonage, on Noverber Bth, which
has cost them $6638. It is a snh.
stantial building, in the Italian style,
with heavy, square roof, piazza, two
stories and a rear extension. It is ad
mirably fitted for both parlor and house
wife, and cozplete and convenient down
to the slightest detail. Among other•
thing :
"The parlor 'and library fire-places, are
fitted with grates and handsome marble man
tels r• the parlor and hall have a tasteful
stucco cornice, and rich centre-pieces over
the chandelier, while every room in the
house is provided with gas.; All the front
windows have inside folding shutters, and all
the others have outside blinds. The _well,
cistern, pumps, &c., are all complete . and in
perfect order."
The Racine Advocate says :—" The Frost
Presbyterian Society is not wealthy, but it
was free from debt, and numbers among its
members many enterprising , spirits, as well
among' the ladies as their husbands ; in their
hearts it was decided that a parsonage must
be built, and a Society meeting was called,
the subject talked -up, another meeting or
dered, plans adopted, and a Building Com
mittee appointed."
CANTON, O.—On the 9th inst. eleven
adults were received to full communion
—four by letter, seven by examination
—making thirty-three in one year. The
congregation are contemplating the erec
tion, next season, of a cominodious house
,of worship, to keep pace with.the growth
of the city, which has already nine large
manufacturing establishments.
MINISTERIAL.—Rev. Horace Bushnell
has, remoVed to Southport, Ind., and is
laboring in the Southport and Green
wood churches. Rev. Dr. Spees is
visiting Dabuqne, lowa, at the request
of the Second Church. Rev. C. H
Wheeler, of the last graduating class of
-Auburn Theological Seminary,, is sup
plying the church at New Milford, Pa.
CRAWFORDSVHALE, Irro.—The church
in this-place, numbering one hundred
and twenty members, is now ministered
to by Rev. J. H. Johnson ; Dr. Tuttle
having resigned, to' devote himself ex
clusively to academical 'duties.
WABASH COLLEGE.,—It in intended to
begin enlarging the college building in
the spring, at a cost of $30,000. A call
is made by its friends for an increase of
the endowment. The college has sent
•out one hundred and seventy, graduates,
nearly half of them into , the, ministry.
Tan "SUNNY SIDB."—On the 7th just ,
the family of the undersigned were on tire
pi vine, having a week since recieved inti
mation of a general farewell visit of the
Presbyterian, concregation of Port Penn, at
that date in anticipation of his removal to
anotherfield. But when the train of car
riages and loaded wagons intermingled drove
up, they were taken quite aback, having had
no hint that the guests were to come Ana
full-handed. No small confusion attended
the improvising room and receptacles for the
coffee, sugars, pies, cakes, butter, lard, sau
sages, dried and canned fruits; for the ducks,
turkies and chickens ; for the bags of wheat,
corn, oats, apples, potatoes, &c., &c.
Most of the families in that congregation,
though four miles distant, were represented.
At the close of an evening of refreshing
interchanges, one of the visitants, in a perti
nent speech, addressed the host, conveying
sentiments peculiarly grateful to a pastor of
many years to carry away to new scenes, also
placing in his hand a roll of greenbacks as a
tangible expression of the same sentiments.
After devotional exercises, the company
parted, all feeling it to have been a pleasant
and memorable occasion—one of the oases imr
the wilderness of life.
The purse exceeded fifty dollars, and this
sum was duplicated by the value of other
articles. This public notice is deemed doe
to the parties concerned; since the ail&
seems a befitting finale to a pastorate of
twelve years, having been certainly anaemic,
the happiest'ones of that duration—a pastor
ate overcast with the shadow of comparatively
few saddening and digquieting events—n'
pastorate unsurpassed in the constancy alma
fervor of the regard '' , demonstrated to theix
pastor by the body'of the congregation.
H. J. IiAYLOBart
ARE WE Two COUNTRIES ?-A. move
ment looking to the erection of a monv
meat in honor of Stonewall Jackson, Iwo
assumed a definite shape of practical
realization. The memorial chapel will
be erected in harmony with the other'
buildings appertaining to the institute-
Statues and memorial tablets will adorn
the walls in honor of the rebel dead of
the institute. The central figure in the
chapel will be the marble statue of
Jackson, surrounded by busts of Rhodes,
Garland, Crutchfield and others.
We quote the above from one of our
dailies. If such things go on we shall
yet become two countries.