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ENGLAND.
Bitigaism has become a topic of very
interest ; the nation is alive to the
e!e:h fa
ra a ' t me n who hold the posts of honor
bast in the National Church despise all
distinctive in the national faith. Dia
c,,,,1011 has passed from the Record and the
to the Times, the News and Punch,
i, thought that legal measures will be
, -o restrain the vagaries of the English
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v ho, in the absence of any popular
or court of appeal, are each " pope
.11 g arish, •'
lii-hop of Salisbury has been engaged
;i-cussion with Lord Sidney G. Osborne,
hi -clergy, who, undertheinitials S. G.
• rcib iy,
,contrasts the :actual character of
squarsons" with the pretensions
• v some of them to miraculous powers
• ~ilution. The Bish2p appeals to the
and pleads:—" You cut away in
.tter no small portion of the ground
~I,c h the Church of England, rests her
• against the exclusive claims, of the
of Rome • and so a possible effect of
ittr may be to disaffect many thought
, attached members of our Church,
• lye rightly believed that, as the Church
~_land requires her bishops, when they
; deacons to the order of priesthood, to
• , ose momentous words, she justifies
.• who have been so ordained in honey
. •
zt :hey have had committed to them
„flue powers which.the priests of the
the Catholics Church, both in the
and West,* have ever claimed as their
mance, and to which the literal and
,in rucan,ng of the words points.”
Ellicott has preacher against ritu
, . ut , but asserts that it arises not more from
.thetic tastes of the clergy than from
ne-t desire to counteract rationalism by
the " miracle of the altar."
The Church and the World."—A voi
Ale of essays with this title has been pub
.l.a i as a manifesto by the High Church
,r.; to vindicate their past and suggest
11.,.r future. The authors advocate the revi
,,, „t life-long vows, monastic orders, and
virginity ;" scout the liturgy as hotch
11. the articles as the Protestant "forty
save one, laid on the backs of an An
:;,‘ ail' priesthood," the rubrics as lax, and
literature of the Church as dry, nioral
i ,l a gntionalities . ; and recommend the use of
llomanist books in their stead.
Per Contra.—As " Churchmen" give up
he liturgy, some dissenters incline to take it
The Rev. Newman Hall made the fol
owing statement at the meeting of the Con
gregational Union :—" Would it be well to
I ,, ociate the people more in the outward ut
terances of worship, and thus render it more
thoroughly congregational? Might we with
adraatage have some services entirely for
praise, thus cultivating the musical' talent
of the congregation, and consecrating it•to
tie highest purpose?' Might not the people
be encouraged to take a greater audible share
in prayer also? With this view, might some
! , rals of prayer be expedient? Is it not pos
,•l,lc to be as spiritual in the use of a form of
cr as in that of a form of praise? As
the Liturgical service of the Church of Eng
land is, on the whole, very scriptural and
beautiful, and as a large portion of our eoun
:g men cling to it with all the tenacity of
tarly and hallowed associations, might we not,
-ome cases, use our liberty by introduc
ing. at least some portions of it into_ our ser
vws ? Are there not many who admire our
principles, and enjoy our ministry, but who
cannot altogether give up the Liturgical ser-
Ica. they have long loved? Would it be.'
I,ctc.ar to prepare a new Liturgy ourselves, or
adopt, in whole or in 'part that grand old
teal, which is rather the inheritance of the
.nii ersal Church than of any one Wean of
and which many reverence as gn g lishmen
litter than as Churchmen?"
The Jacobite Church of Syria has requited
iliotestant efforts in that land by sending a
an—i , mary to England with the priceless
[. ion of—" unquestionable orders." Biishop
i thus, the new Apostle of unity, was origi
nally a Romanist, but being converted to
Protestantism, acted for a while as mission
ary for the Irish Presbyterian Church ; but
inning the Jacobite Church, avers that he
was consecrated Bishop of lona b . the Patri
arch of Antioch, and sent tot Bngland to
promote the unity of Christendom. He met
number of clergymen and laymen interested
in that object in London, and laid before
them his letters of orders, but declined pos
sitively to say whether he had been conse
crated by three bishops, as the Greek Church
requires. Nevertheless, one clergyman de
clared the Eastern prelate's orders were more
satisfactory than those of the Archbishop of
Canterbury. The Bishop said that it was
bb intention to found a church, in the hope
that it might be the means, sooner orlater, of
opening a channel for the healing . of ancient
wounds or the closing of long existing divi
sions. He did not suppose that this church
would ever be a lar_ge one • '
but it would be a
sate thing for the Church of England to have
by its side a little community friendly to it,
and able to give it at need orders of undoubt
ed apostolioal succession. He would be pre
pared tca confirm the orders of any priest
who applied to him, without requiring him
to leave the Anglican community.
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The Roman Catholic Church i n England
:Pi not proved quite the haven of rest that
• one expected. Indications arise that An
- can and Ultramontane parties are forming
Alin it; the former headed by Rev. J. H.
wman, of Traet Society celebrity. While
, rehbishop Manning vehemently maintains
eat the possessions of the Holy See are ab
• .lutcly essential to the dignity of the head
the Roman Catholic faith, and to the un
tcren exercise of his spiritual functions,
Newman, though strongly condemning
overthrow of the Roman Government,
rely a c knowledges that the temporality is
no means a necessary and inalienable por
' m of the Papacy.
Rev. F. D. Maurice, of Working Men's.
'ollege, London, has been elected by the
t'rofessors at Cambridge to succeed the late
'rofessor Grote (brother of the historian) as
Professor of Moral Philosophy and Moral
Theology. Mr. Mau r ice is the foremost man
.r the Platonist section of the English Church
'ad is objected to by both Low and High
l!hurch on the ground,OT hie "in - comprehen
sible" theology.
The London University has become in
volved in a controversy hi electing a gunge&
'or to Dr. Howia l in the chair of Metaphy
'les. The faculty numbers a Jew, a Moham
wedan and a Deist; but the Senate refused
to elect Rev. James Martineau, because he
;vas an "eminent Unitarian preacher." It
has since been announced that the " liberal"
men:kers of the Senate joined votes with the
?abodes to prevent his election, because he
is of the school of Plato, Cudworth and
Berkeley, and not a follower of Comte and
Mill.
The Church Home Mission, (Evan& )
which works by arranging for preaching tours
by faithful clergymen, now comprises twenty
five circuits, extending through twenty-one
counties. These are found to do much
to bring those to the house of prayer who
'would not come else, and to revive co ld
churches.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1866.
The iidait. /.0.41.ft*QX141104... ,
had in =Li , since 1860, 105 meetings;
which were attended by 13,421 "unfortu
nate" females ; of these 338haire been re
claimed throiigh this agency. Meetings have
been held in other large towns, houses of
refuge opened, preventive literature dis
tributed,. lectures delivered to fast young men,
and service provided for the reclaimed.
Confesaion.—Dr. Pusayquis been defend
ing. the practice of private confession in a
series of letters to the Times, in answer to
the strictures of that journal. 'He says : "So
long as . these , words of our Lord, `.Whose
sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven,' are
repeated to 118 when we are ordained, so long
will there be confession in the 'Church of
England. Their removal would break the
Church of England in pieces, but it would
not diminish confession—the same persons
would cOnfess, only they would confess else
where." "We deeply regret," says the
Weekly Review,
"to say th at we believe this
statement to be true, and that only in a dis
ruption of the Church of England can there
be safety in the future for Evangelical truth in
England."
The English Romanists and the Pope.—
! h%London. Roman Catholics intend:to have
a grand demonstration on the 6th of. Decem
ber, in favor of the temporal power of the
Pope. There is to be a meeting in St.
James's Hall for the promotion of the Co-fra
ternity of St. Peter, at which Archbishop Man
ning will preside. Eight thousand pounds
have been subscribed and sent to the Pope
bs , the English Roman Catholics Within a
short time.
The Oldest Free Church in England is
in Horningsharm, Wiltshire. It was built
by masons brought from , Scotland in 1560,
(the year of the Snoxian Reformation); who
could not conscientiously contorm to the
English worship and articles.
Sabbath-breakers Ont-voted.—A public
meeting was convened at Southwark, London;
an the evening of November 23d, to secure a
vote of approval for the [Anti-] Sunday
League. A vote of approval was moved, but
a majority of two-thirds voted for an amend-
ment " protesting against the opening of any
public exhibitions which would necessitate
labor on seven days instead of Six, especially
as experience . . . proves' that the opening
of natural collections on week evenings, as
recommended by a Parliamentary Committee,
would amply meet the wants of all classes of
the community." This amendment was
offered, seconded, advocated and carried by
workingmen. t
Father Ignatius.—The Rev. J. L. Lyne,
who now officiates at St. Bartholomew's
Church, Cripplegate, London, does not ap
pear in - menkish habit but in the surplice,
with an extra length of cassock.' The tonsure
on the head is concealed. He has not.yet
received a license from the Bishop of London,,
nor is it known if he will be ordained priest
SCOTLAND.
Union.—The unhappy misunderstanding
between the Union Committee and Rev. Drs.
Begg and Gibson, of the Free Church, still
continues, and has led to an acrimonious
newspaper discussion. .Many prominent Free
Churchmen have come forward to express
their confidence in the union movement, and
it is expected that large majorities,ot the Su
preme Courts will declare in favor of any
practicable scheme.
The Revival has extended to nearlrevery
village and burgh on the whole northeast
and, is only the culmination of,a work which
has been carried on since 1858, mainly by
sixteen agents ,of 'the Northeast Coast, 'Mis
sion. Evangelists Northrop, Radcliffejfttd
son and others have aided in - reaping the'
harvest. For some time a l; work of. revi
val has, been going on at Kils,yth , (the ,scene
of Whitefield's labors) and Ctinibernanld,
and has extended to the' country round.
Many miners and others are reading the
Bible and attending public worship, who.
were never in the habit of doing so, before...
The work has been carried on chiefly through ,
the agency of laymen.
Glasgow.—ln 1841 the number of Protes
tant churches in Glasgow, was 85; (Presby
rian, 69), the population of the city being
then 280,000. In 1866 the number of Pro
testant churches is 171 ; viz : Established
churches, 43; Free churches, 50; United
Presbyterian churches, 44 ; other Presbyte
rian churches, 7 ; Episcopal ,churches, 6 ;
Congregational, 6 ; Wesleyan and Baptist,
12 1 and others 5, the population of the city
being nearly 500,000. These facts are stated
by the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, who estimates
the cost of the new buildings at from L300,-
000 to L 400,000, and the additional accom
modation at 50,000 seats.
Land's Bole.-The Archbishop of Canter
bury took a prominent part recently in laying
the foundation-stone of a new cathedral, in
connection with the, Scottish Episcopal
Church at Inverness,. and made a very fool Rh
speech, in which he insultedthe Established
Church and displayed his ign orance , of Scot
tish Church matters. The Times reininds
him that he has deliberately " unfrocked"
himself by this mingling with " dissenters,"
and asks : " Can the archbishop be infected
with the delusion of the Stuarts, and imagine
that it is the mission of the Church of Eng
land to reduce all parts of the United King
dom to a religious uniformity ?"
The Edinburgh Medical MissionarY So
ciety, sustained mainly by the efforts of sun
dry devout women, has now a training-insti
tution on the Cowgate—attended by • nine
missionary students, representing seven de
nominations—in connection with a dispensary
and hospital for Home Missionary work ; the
Society has a similar institution- , in Madras,
with fourteen native studentsFent from the
various mission stations of India. They are
about to establish another near BombaY and
a fourth rat Nazareth. A missionary in
Southern Africa writes for a " New London
Pharmacopcea" and a set of instruments, as
he can't counteract the Obeah-men without
them.
The Death of Rev. Mr. Anderson, of
Crathie, is announced. The Queen attended
his ministry when at. Balmoral and .visited
him in his last illness:
Friendly Relations.—At the .meeting of
the Free - Church Commiskon, the Modera
tor (Rev. W. Wilson) read a correspond
ence from .Dr.. M'Cosh; of Belfast, 'iv refer
ence to his visit to America. Dr. M' Cosh
stated that there was a prospect . a,union
being accomplished' between,the two great
branches of the Presbyteria Church there.
He had laid before the Assemblies of those
churohes the desire of the churches, at home
to cultivate a closer relationship,than they
Shad ever done before with the churches in
.America ; and as their sentiments had been
most cordially reciprocated by the American
brethren he suggested that steps should be
taken for ' having an organized official inter
course with the churches on the opposite side
of the At/antic.
Dr. Candlish, in referring to the corres
pondence, spoke of the importance of holding
communication with these cognate churches
in America. Every reflecting man must con
cur in the opinion that, as regarded the future
history , of this world—if it was to be spared
for a time--almost everything might be said
to depend, tinder God, on the Saxon nations:—
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on oar own country and America. .Dr. Can
dlish',priiposed that the Commission remit
• the letter of Dr. M'Cosh and accompanying
jeuttentsto.-the , Assembly,..Anangements.
ommittee, requesting the'committee to re
port to.the Commission in. March , next, what
arrangements they had made or ;svould sug
.gegt to send' a deputatkin to the' Assemblies
of the American churches.
The motion was unanimously agree to.
The W. C. Smith Case still continues to
occupy the Free Presbytery of Glasgow. Mr.
Smith used language in the pulpit mconsist
'ent with a belief in the comprehensive na
ture and lasting obligation of the Decalogue.
For this he has been thrice brought to book
by the Presbytery, and attempted to ex
plain. He finally made what some regarded
as a retraction, but Dr. Gibson asks a formal
and verbal one, and this demand is sustained
by a vote of thirty-six to twenty-eight. Mr.
Smith appeals to Synod.
IRELAND.
The. Temper of the Irish Establishment
is thoroughly Protestant, and tendencies,
which, in England would be regarded harm
less, are in Ireland suspected and frowned
upon. Archbishop Trench, having, vindicat
ed the high Episcopal claims in a charge, has
fallen into disfavor, and about three hundred
Young men withdrew from a Dublin church
after prayers, rather: than hear him preach.
At the Diocesan Conferences the subjects
dismissed are the Vest modes of home mission
work, lay agency, &c. ' -
Colleges Opened. —The Belfast and Magee
Colleges have opened their sessionsthe
first with an address by Dr. Watts, vindi
cating a learned ministry and a systematic
theology ; the second, with an address by
Prof. Witherow on. St. Patrick and his mis
sion to Ireland. He denied that modern
Church systems could shelter themselves
under that name, and urged the need of na
tional feelings upon'his pupils. He said :
" The want of sympathy with our fellow
countrymen is one of the great
.difficulties
that we encounter in our effort to do them
good. We find it almost impossible to.place
ourselves in their position, and to look at
matters from the same stand-point as that
from which they look at them. Their history
is not our history ; their feelings are not our
feelings ; their wants are not our wants. Two
liiindred and fifty years should have natural
ized us on Irish soil; and yet to this hour
most of us feel as if we were only Scots in Ire-
land.. The memories which we,. cherish .are
those of the land we have left,'uot of that in
which we were born. This has gone on too
long. We ought to remember. that Ireland,
not Scotland, is our birthplace and our home.
We are upt Scots, but Irishmen., Rest as
sured that, in the old Qeltic traditions, while
there is much to be condemned, 'there• is
much that i&worthy of being admired;' 'did
we understand a little better the various
clomps through which the country has.
Passed during the last fifteen centuries, we
would be better able to comprehend the posi
tion of 'Tini countiymenirand to enter into
their. thoughts.''
Ministerial Support—A very general rl
movement , -in 'progress to rectify the sl
wretched'state of ministerial support in the sl
Irish 'Presbyterian Church. _Layinen. were ',i
the first to speak out on the subject,'and now °
a committee appointed by the Assemblpre
commends Presbyterial conferences of minis- V
tem, elders and laymen throughout the .°
church,lto devisWilieral things.
FBANiCE
The Rvhibition.—Ohristianity," in both
kinds'?—bond and free—is to..be represented,
at the: great Iriternational Pa
the ,C hamp , de Airs rises the left-a small
Kau of a Catholic Chnzch.;.. beyond. are
grassy_ slopes covered with the manifold,
TICAU:!I3 . of ',relief for wounded soldiers, NA* .
just opposite the church will rise, on there ght,
the Bible 'stands, the Mission Hall, the 'Con
ference Hall, and various` other PrOtestant
agencies for spreading the light of life , among
men. „
Septa Colony .—A Protestant colporteur
has settled at St Martin, near Bourges, in
an old' Scotch colony whose ancestors came
to France under Sir John Stewart, of Darn
ley, a century before the reformation. He is
the only Protestant in the village; the peo
ple being now .all French i speaking Catholics,
but retuning the powerful, erect frame, in
dustrious habits and Bober thrift of their an
cestors.
The Synod of the' Union of 'Evangelical
churches (Free Church) held its biennial
meeting ,this year atNismes, once a centre of
Romish persecution and now off Protestant
disbelief, Pastor Edmond : de Presence—
the great antagonist of Renan—was chosen
Moderator: Delegates were present from
Scottish-and Iriskohurches, and the sessions
were occupied in financial business an& de•
votional exercises., The Synod now repre
senta flirty churches, an increase of eleven.
GERILLNY.
Bohemia.—The defeat of Austria proves
a victory for her dependencies. The notional
spirit of Bohemia is aroused, and-is trying
to throw off the yoke of the Jesuits, if not
of Rome itself. • The people were brought,
during the Prussian occupation, face to face
with Protestantism, in one of its noblest
aspects, as the chanipion of "nationality.
Finding it had neither hoofs nor horns, they
began to Temember Huss and. Ziska, and to
demand the civil rights granted to Hungary.
Dramas ' founded on the stories of the old'
Utraquist war are. represented to crowded
houses, though prohibited since 1848. The
British Bible Society have circulated 60.000
copies in Hungary in sixteen months.. When
the remark was made to a Cardinal that,
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unless be gave way in regard to the Jesuits,
numbers would turn Protestants, he replied
—" Those who like to do so'are at full liber--
ty to do so ; no one will hinder them, and
the Church will shed no tears for personi
who treat the idea of apostasy so light
ly." • The idea of going over ' to Protes
tantism or, as it is termed, of a return to
the .old faith.,tif Bohemia, seems, to .be
making progress in Bohemia, especially in
'thihortheastern districts about lioniggra4,
.Gitsohin,•Turnau, wh - ere the sign of the cup
may , still be seen on thousands of :village.
huts.
Ecclesiastical Reconstruction is , still the
topic of .diseussion among the clergy of the
provinces recently annexed to Prussia. High
Lutherans and Rationalists unite in oppositig
annexation to the Unibn Church of Prussia.
Hanover is the stronghold of the - first, and
Nassau, where the deposed Duke acted as
Protestant pope, of the second. The Ration
alists of Nassau, (headed by Schenkel, of
" Caricatur-bild" notoriety) before the an
neiation, iere loud in demand for Synodic
government, but now deprecate a change,' lest
really good elements" might be lost by it.
In other words, lest they should come' under
the power of the United Evangelical Church
of Prussia.
The Societies are still holding the meet
ing which the war postponed. 2he Prussian
Head Bible Society reports a circulation of
about 17,300 Scriptures during the year, and
of upward of 600,000 since 1814.. All the
Prussian societies have circulated, during the
year, 108,200'copies, and daring the fifty
two years, 3,029,877. The Saxon Read
Bible ...So c iety has circulated, during, : the
same period, 400,000 Scriptures. The
Saxon Foreign Missionary Society reports
a falling off in receipts ; eleven students in
their Leipsig Seminary and 8000 Tamil
Christians in connection with their India
mission—an increase of 837.
The Barmen Missionary Institution has
set apart four students for the mission work.
Rev. L. , C. Neumann, well known in reli
gious circles in Philadelphia, has been visit
ing Cracow, the scene of his conversion, and
the residence of his family. He says that in
Baden andiAustria, the national laws place
Jews• ona level with Christians, but that
local regu4tions nullify these. In Holstein
and Saxony, Prussia and Holland, the equali
ty is perfect as in France and England,_ but
in Russia they are even prohibited from en
tering a coffee house.
ITALY.
Ecclesiastical Exodus from Italy.—The
following intelligence frorp-the Tyrol is pub
lished.'
in the _Augsburg Gazette The
number of monks and nuns, who, quitting
anti-mpastic Italy, are arriving here to take
shelter finder the shadow of the Concordat,
is so enormous, that the convents are literally
overflo g ' and,i to make matters worse, we
unders nd that these debris .of the religious
societie of Italy, blown hither by the storm
of revol tion, think of settling. in our country.
At Tre t `and its' neighborhood six large
houses • e marked out as destined to receive
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the me i , bers of the various Italian Orders.
At B • en the Jesuits from Padua have
bought ' n extensive property, where they
iinnd , found a college and an institution
fo e.• pupils. Lastly a Frenchman, Count
del Bred , Grand Inspector of the Jesuits,
halre , ased, for a sum of 140,050 francs,
it D' "n b i, in Visrarlberg, a property.which
hdlhati p aced at the dispoial' of the Italian
sot df Loyola." • , •
Church Reconstruction is likely to cause
but, little. trouble. The banished bishops
have.., bhen, allowed to return to their• sees.
The bighops of Venetia showed such enthu
siast.c patriotism on the occasion of the Ple
bes 4.,e" that the Holy Father has admonished
two' o'them, but one answered that he would
iece eno admonition for,doing his duty as a
citiz .
.
R 6 is held by about 15,000 Papal
13,k
soldi s, but the National Committee could
outn ber and overpower" them 'if Victor
,Em nuel gave the word: , ' The king:seems
,to d ' e,a peaceable adjustment, and Ricasoli
, sugg jts 'special guarantees for the spiritual
indep3ndence of the See of SL Peter.
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Filrence.—The Kaiserwertli Deaconesses
hav:`a school here mainly for the benefit of
chil , en of foreign residents, with 79 pupils
`rep csenting the nationalities. Roman,Catho
ilics atronize the schoorand the priests give
Pit n trouble. They are trying: to enlarge it.
ermo.--The-Uriited Presb. Church of
Sc, and has a mission in Palermo, working
wi t fair measure 'Of success: They have
e , ntly been joined by a Romish theological
t l ent, whom his professors and fellow
t ents (at Girgenti) had abused for oppos-
Ln historical fact to papal, infallibility. He
n
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ght a letter of introduction and• com
a dation from a monk. He has since
n. °ceded to the Theological Seminary at
.ence.
OTHER COUNTRIES.
nssia.—The Lutheran Church in Russia
hers 9 consistoiies, 566 , clergymen; And
431. eh orehes4-ehiefly an the; old Swedigh
p winces of l.tivonia,•Courland and•Eathonia
Baltic, and in the two capitals. The
• 'ad Consiitory is at St. Pete.rsburg. -
' Russian Intolerance.--The Breslau Ga-
W,S ,
e says:—" Prince Tcherkasoi has im- ,
eight ecclesiastics of the - United.
G 'eli - rife in 'the 'diocese cif 'Chidm, who will'
b brought before a council' of war. 'Their
clime , consists in.having protested against the
vittlence which has been exercised toward the
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,111 led Greek Church, An equal number of
it eats of the same diocese have been con
ve ed . , by order of. the director of police, into
th interior of Russia, because they passively
rested ,the order to replace ~the United
G ek litUrgy Iv thatof theßussian schism."
ersia.—The cholera, which has spread
ughthe northernprovinces,has somewhat
interrupted the regular labors of the Nesto
iiaw mission. The missionaries exerted
piemselves to stay its ravages by medicines
and Medical circulars. Some, of the native
helpers have been carried off, dying with a
Wm and unshaken trust in Christ.
. India. Bishop Cotton, of Calcutta, has
died suddenly, He,
'the midst of:a career of
usefulness.He worked hard to promote
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' don, secure an increase of the clergy, to
ting all classes of Christians together, and
. miispose thwleaders of native thought to
receive Christian/V.
, Orissa.—The fearful. devastation of 7 the •
famine has fallen upon the native Christians,
as well as the heathen. Crowds of men,-
Women and children, living skeletons, prowl
about in search of anything in the' shape
of food. Hundreds surround the bunga
lows every morning, entreating and cry
` ng out , for , food in the most touching
manner. And yet the English officials were
warned that this state of things must come.
Samoa.—The native Christians connected
with the mission of the London Missionary
Society, while holding their May meeting in
the open air, were attacked by an armed
party of Roman Catholic natives from Falefa.
These were beaten back with the aid of the
Protestant chief of Falefa, and, on renewing
the attack, one of them was killed.
Viattpu.—A. mission has been established
here by a native missionary, .and "Bishop"
Colenso's difficulty in regard to polygamy
has been met and settled by the people them
selves. The missionary writes :--` We were
joyfully received by the whole land. You
know that the whole land had abandoned
heathenism, arid were desiring Christianity.
We found only one thing that they were
practising when we arrived—a great many,
bbth old and young, had two wives. When
'we arrived, they asked whether it was true
(as they had been 'told by a foreigner) that it
was-.bad in the sight of God to have two
wives. I . told them it was. Then ;thereon
suited together, and concluded that it would
be well fa have only 'one wife each; and so it,
is now;" He goes on to say that the people'
take great delight in learning; that, they are ,
exceedingly kind td‘hina and his family, and
that they have built a chapel sixty feet in
length and thirty-nine in width. He says
the chapel was only three weeks in building.
The rulers of the little community are careful
to manage their political matters in accordance
with the Word of God. [Viatupu should
send a missionary to Washington.] Great
respect is paid to the Sabbath, and the con
duct of the people, in the house of God is
rather like that, of an enlightened Christian
community than of a people, whos are but just
emerging from the darkness of heathenism.
AGENTS WANTED!
In all parts of the United Stites, to sell ' , THE LIVES
OF TILE PRESIDEN TS." a new work, by JOHN S.
C. ABBOTT, the great historian. The work is finely
illustrated, complete in one volume and ready for
subscribers. The author, the,theme, and the elegant
style in which it is issued, combine to render it one of
the best books for Agents ever published in .this
country. Exclusive territory may be secured by ad
.dressing B. B. RIMSELL. Eli CO., JPablisherl4 ,
BlealetayMasiss: ' 1072-4 t
PREMIUMS FOR 1866-7.
tge`'' These premiums are designed for the
persons procuring new subscribers; the sub
scribers must be such in the strictest sense, and
muslpay regular rates, as named, strictly in
advance.
CASH PREMIUMS.
For one subscriber, 75 cents; for four or
more, at one time, $1 25 each; for a club of
ten new names, $7 50; each single addition to
the club, 50 cents.
pTIIER PREMIUMS.
ger All orders for these premiums must en
close a postage stamp.
HOURS AT HOME or GUTHRIE' S SUNDAY
MAGAZINE, (to those not already taking them),
for one new name and $3 60.
LANGE'a COMMENTARY, either of the three
volumes, postage free, for Two new names
and $7.
Huss AND HIS TIMES, postage free, for Four
new names and $l2.
FOR EIGHTEEN NEW SUBSWEIBEES,
at $3 - each, paid in advance; or in the city, a
$3.50 each, paid in advance, we offer
A FIFTY-FIVE DOLLAR
GROVER & BAKER'S SEWING. MACHINE
This machine is already so well and favoitt
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 REST; and the purchaser has the
advantage in buying the GROVER & BAKER, 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. =-
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 BOOR.
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 each. 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.
SA.BBATA-SCHOOL BOOKS.
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 Committee.
,Freight extra.
THE NEW BOOES on this list are: Gillett's
England Two Hundred Years Ago ; Only in
Fun; Allan's Failt; May Castleton's Mission;
Flowers in the Grass; Rose Delaney's Secret;
Diamond Cross ; and Out at Sea. Most of
these are still in press, but will appe.i. soon.
MIS C.E'LIA.Ar_E uB WORKS
For Twelve new subscribers, paying as above,
or for a club of eighteen r we will givecthe follow
ing valuable, miscellarieous works, of. the Com
mittee Tfce Nero ,;Digest, Gillett's History of
Hesbyterigiism, two vols. ; Life of .Tidot
Brainerd, Zulu Land, Social Hynan _and Tune
Book,. moroceo 3 Coleman's Atlas, Minutes oy
the General Asseibly, Sunset Thpughts, 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 Justifiettion, Preibterian
Manual, Apostolic Church,cHall' a Law of Bap
tism, Hail's and Boyd's Cateebisms. Freight
extra.
FOR• ONE NEW SEBEICUFBER.
Zulu Land, or Coleman's Text Book and
Atlas. Postage'ten cents.
FOB TWO NEW SIIBSCBIBEES •
Life of John Brainerd and Zulu Land. Post
age 56 eents extra.
FOR THAEL NEW 13
The Digest axidlife of. Brainerd, (postage 60
cents extra,) or Gillett's History of Presbyte
rianism, two vole:, and Social Hymn and Trine
Book, morocco. Postage 60 cents extra.
FOR FOUR NEW SIIRSCRIRERS.
Gillett's History, Life of Brainerd, Hymn
and Tnne Book, morocco. Postage $1 extra.
Or the Digest and Gillett's History. Postage
$1 extra.
FOB FIFE FEW simscspnrits.
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 iflesired.
Dar 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 Hdme, or grithrie's Maga
zine, for one year, pyovided they are not al
ready taking them, or Life of John Brainerd.
postage free., -
By adding the followingstims, they can hairs
the books named; postage free':—
$1 80, Zulu Land; or Coleman's Text Book
and Atlas of the Bible.
• $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.
EVAN D. ASHTON,
DEALER IN _
PURE LEHIGH
LOCUST MOUNTAIN
COAL.
, . .
COMMUNITY'S COAL DEPOT ,
CORNER • suoAD. AND WOOD ST
105243 . •
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MARRIAGES.
TURNER—HUTCHISON.—On the 13th instant, at
the residence of the bride's father, Williatown, Ches
ter county, by Rev. A. M. Stewart, assisted by Rey.
Robert Patterson, EDWARD H. TURNER, of Phila
delphia, to Miss SALLIE, daughter of Robert Hutchi
son, Esq.
FRANKLIN—SMALL.—On the 13th instant, at the
Presbyterian Church, York, Pa., by Rev. li. E. Niles,
Brevet Colonel WALTER S. FRANKLIN, 11. 8.
Army, to MARY CAMPBELL, younkest daughter of
Philip A. Small, Esq., of York.,
HERR—UPP.—AIso, on the 20th va.t . at the Elmo
place, by the same, Mr. liltJ Y ERR, of uhenoa,
Illinois. to MAGGLh J., usual., t late George
Upp, of York.
FARNHAM—SHEPARD.— On Wednesday. the
19th of December, by Rev. R. M. Morey at he resi
dence of the bride's lather, GEORGE W. tARNRA.K.
Jr., to Miss LUCY R. SRSPARD, all of Pittsford.
New York,
grpttiat atatues.
Sir' The Presbytery of Hoebester will hold
its annual meeting in the Brick Churco, ltoches.ter.
on Tuesday. the Bth day of January next, at 2 o'clock
P. M. C. E. F llitalAbl. Stated Clerk.
ROM - ESTER, Dee. 13,1866.
BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE.
This splendid HAIR DYE is the best in the world.
The only true and perfect Dye—Harmless, Reliable,
Instantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous
tints. Natural Black or Brown. Remedies the ill
effects of Bad Dyes. Invigorates the hair, leaving it
soft and beautiftd. The gennine is signed Wiaiate A.
Batchelor. AM others are mere imitations and should
be avoided. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers.
Factory &Barclay street, New York.
MD- Beware of a Counterfeit. 1078-ly
Yankee Notions and Toys may be very niee
things for the children to play with, but COWS
COUGH BALSAM will cure them of Croup, Coughs
and Colds, and should always be on hand ready for
immediate use. It is an excellent remedy and Tau
popular.
"A Valuable Medhleine.—Dr. Poland's White
Pine Compound. advertised in our columns, is a M
ee ssful attempt to combine and apply the medicinal
virtues of the White Pine Bark. It has been thio
oughly tested by people in this city and vicinity, and
the proprietor has testimonials of its value from par
sons well kllll/Wll 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. Asa
pendent.
The Great New England Remedf I
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 yenta
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 WHITE PINE COMPOUND
Cures Sore Throat, Colds, 'Coughs; Diph
. theria, Bronchitis. Spitting of Blood,
Pulmonary Affections generally. It is a
remarkable Remedy ifor Kidney Com
plaints, Diabetes, gravel and other Com
plaints. For Pilesuitil Scurvy ft will be
found very valuable.
Give it a trial if you would learn the value of a
GOOD AND TRIED MEDICINE.
It is Pleasant, Safe and Sure.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers is Medicine gene
rally. 1068-31 a
Afar ASTHMA CIIR,E 4,--Itedief guaranteed in
ten . mina es and a permoneardereWected by the use
of !DPRAMS ASTHMA CURB." Cases of from ten
to twenty yearn' standing yield at once to its influence.
Price $2. Sent post paid to any address, lly S. C.
lIPH AM, 25 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia,, Pa.
Oirculars sent free Sold by all druggists. 1062-3 m
.:k,oW4t. A Congh, A Cold, or
3RoNcHIAL A Sore Throat,
<c„C' REQUIRES lIIMEDLS.
4 , 00\ TE Amypnior„
AND SHOULD BE CHECKED.
rF ALLOWED TO CONTLIRDS,
C 3 Irritationiof the Lungs. A Per.
COUCi k-1S moment Throat Disease,
0
A N 7 or Consumpthin
.
°
IS OFTEN THE RESULT.
BROWN'S
BRONCmAL :TROCHES
APING A DIBEOT INFLUESCH TO THE PARTS.
.GIVE IMMEDIATE BELIEF.
For Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, Con
sumptiv,e -and Throat Disease*,
TROCHES ARE USED WITO ALWAYS GOOD SUGURBS.
SINGERS AND 'PUBLIC SPEAKERS
Will fold Trochee aseftil in clearing the Toltec when
taken before Singing. or Speaking, and relievin the
throat after an unusual exertion of the vocal organs.
The Troches are recommended and prescribed log
Physicians, and have had testimonials from eminent
Men throughout the country. Being an article .f
true merit, and having proved their efficacy by a teat
many Years, each year finds them in new localities in
various parts of the world, and the Trochee are uni—
versally pronounced better than other articles.
OBTAIN only "BROWN'S BRONORLIT, TROCOESS,” ani
do not take any of the Worthless Imitations that nig
be offered. Soren xvirarwass.a.
WANTED. $27.60 PER DAY.
AGENTS WANTED, ladies and gentlemen in
every County in the - United States, to sell the Ink
Powders of the American Ink Compant. The powder
sells for forty cents per paekaige, and will make tel
enough to fill fifty bottles of the size usually retailed
at ten cents per bottle. A smart agent can sell a grim
of it a day, and clear $27.60. The ink can be made
from the powder in three minutes in common bonin g
water. It is a perfect black ink, the best in the World.
It flows easily, does not corrode the pen a particle.
never gums up, is'not injured by freezing,
.and its
color will forever. Every family in America will
buy it, as a package will last a family for years, and
ink can be made in small quantities as wanted. With
each gross we send a thousand circulars. with testi
monials from clergymen, lawyers, teachers, mer
chants, commercial colleges, editors. do.. and the
agent's name on the bills. Only one person will be
made agentfor a county. The first one sending Thirty
Dollars for a gross. will receive it by return express,
together with. one thousand circulars and the right
to sell in the county he or she designates. If others
send for the same county, the money will be re
turned to them free of expense. To make sure.
one had better designate several counties. either
of which he or she will take. Send for trade list
and circulars, ifyou dare run the risk o f waiting , or
send the money, for a gross. Letters addressed to the
Mayor. Postmaster, cashiers of the banks, or the ex
press agents of this city, will show that the business is
honorably and squarely conducted. An Ink Powder
will be sent by mail to any address, free of charge, an
receipt of forty cents.
Address, writing your name, town, county and State
distinctly,
AMERICAN INK COMPANY
Manchester. N. H.
THOMAS W. LANE,
Clerk for the Company and Special Agent.
1102 CHESTNUT STREET.
THE
WEBER
-PIANO-FORTES
Are now universally admitted to be the
Best Most Celebrated and the
Leading Pianos
Of thepresent day.
By the FIRST MUSICIANS OF THE COUNTRY:
-By the I'IONCIPAL NEWSPAPERS
B_y. the . CONSERVATORIES OF MUS I 0:OF NEW
YORK AND BROOKLYN; and all the HIGH MUSIC
SOH 0010 In the:United States. on account of their .
Immense: Power, • Equality, Sweetmeat,
lirDliattey of Tone, Elastic Touch,
and Great Durability.
An assortment always on hand.
T. A. GETZE,
1102 CHESTNUT Street.
Mir ORGANS and MELODEONS in great varied
Call and Examine. 11069-3 m
BERENIC. ,
. .
HAIR RESTORATIVE.
WONDER OF THE WORI.D.
The hair nark be Teetered and scalp cleansed by the
use of Bereniceffear Sestorative. manufactured at the
Labratori of ' •
H. FRICKE, 930 ARCH STREET.
No family should be without it.
NEW EFIREUE E.
ROSACE DE VICTOIRE,
t For a b the r liankerchief. Has no snoorio!- * 831 , 1 "'"
ure
AL EMCEE, Iwo Arch Street,
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