I&efofa flf tta %at DOMESTIC. The early part of the year was one of ex traordinary spiritual interest. and prosperity. A great and wide-spread revival was prevail ing all over the North and West, and m every denomination, in continuance of the awaken ing of the previous fall andwinter. Inmany places, asTowanda and Wrlhamsnort Pa Elmira Auburn and Coming, New York, Springfield and Peoria, 111., converts were counted by hundreds and thousands. A readiness to receive counsel, instruction and exhortation on religious topics was widely prevalent. Outside of our largest cities, the religious movement may have been termed popular and almost self-propagatyig. But little human force, so to speak, was needed to start the work in any place. And its fea tures and phenomena were satisfactory to those called to manage and guide, to preach and (teach. Grown-up men were especially numerous among the converts. In many instances, the ingatherings were very large. It was quite common to announce an addition of fifty or sixty to a moderate-sized church, at a single communion season. Lafayette Avenue Church, Brooklyn, received in all, during the revival, two hundred and sixty; the First Church, Cleveland, received over one hundred at one season; the Second Church, Williamsport, one hundred and thirteen; Owego,. N. Y., one hundred; Corning, eighty-nine; Binghamton, ninety three ; the Brick Church, Rochester, nearly ninety ; Church at Erie, and Fourth Church, A siDgle Presby tery of the other branch (New Castle) re ported six hundred and ninety-six additions by profession, to the General Assembly last May. The total of accessions on examination reported to our Assembly was ten thousand two hundred and eighty-nine; nearly fifty percent, greater than the present year. A marked feature of these revivals was the abundance and efficiency of lay effort, and the constant pressure directed upon laymen to bring them into personal and active con nection with the work. The successful labors of a Boston judge, especially the hopeful conversion of one of the leadjng statesmen of the country, through his instrumentality, have made memorable the more recent scenes of the revival. And though our great cities, like New York and Philadelphia, were not at all the scenes of general awakening, many individual churches were aroused, and large accessions were received. The Kensington church in this city received fifty-four at one time to profession, and Old Pine Street, hearing fruit in old. age, and giving a last testimony to the fidelity of the now sainted Brainerd, received more than a score by pro fession in the spring.. A daily prayer-meet ing was sustained in this city with much interest, passing from church to church, for twenty weeks. Fervent prayers for the special influence of the Spirit arose from these assemblies, and it was the cherished hope of that venerable and lovely Christian father, Dr. Kennard, whose presence was the lif§ ! of these meetings, that our city would reap the answer to the prayers there offered in a glorious and speedy revival of religion. The sftuggle with the enemies of the Sab bath in this city, in public prints, before the legislature, and in the Supreme Court, has given peculiar character to the religious his tory of the year. Commencing with the pub lication of a Sunday paper, the movement took the more formidable shape of an attempt to secure the repeal of the State laws, which stood in the way of the running of the street cars on the Sabbath. These efforts roused the spirit of Christian, people, and gave a peculiar -tone to the prayers and exhorta tions at the daily prayer-meetings. ' The peo ple were Btirred up to resistance against these dangerous and anti-ohristian proposals. Fre qiently they had the character of great and sol emn mass-meetings in the Sabbath. Petitions to the legislature against the repeal were circulated and signed at these prayer meetings. Many of our churches had tables and pen and inkfor signers at their vestibule doors, and good men and ministers from this city and from Harrisburg, labored direct ly with the legislature to save the day for our eitv. How completely the friends' of the Sabbath triumphed in these efforts, and se cured the maintenance of the admirable laws of our State, intact; how the chief actors in the movement secured a contract for carrying the mails through the city, under which they might defy the laws of the State; how, dur ing theeummer vacation of our churches, they sneakingly began to take advantage of their eontraet, gradually ran a greater number of trips on the Lord’s day, inveigled other com panies into the same practice, and overspread the whole city with clamor, and broke a Sab bath’s peace of over , one hundred and eighty vears’ duration; how our city authori ties winked at the gross violation of law, and how, at last, the annoyed and outraged citi zens, church-goers, and pew-owners appealed for redress to the Supreme Court of the State, and secured one of the most crushing and comprehensive verdicts on the side of order and religion ever given, is all.too re cent to need more minuterehearsal. Certainly the year 1866 marks an era in the history of the Sabbath canse in the city and State, and the decision of Judge Strong, rendered in this city, October 11th., restraining the Union Passenger Railway Company from running their cars on Sunday, and from carrying the mails any day of the week, will be memorable to every friend of the Sabbath and of that public morality and order of which it isthe principal safeguard, especially in our great cities. Returning to our owm Church, which per formed no inconsiderable part in accomplish ing these results, we find it giving evidence of a steadily increasing prosperity. In our own city, a series of enterprises in Church Erection has, for two years, been going for ward and is still in progress, the results of which, as far as realized, we gave in an arti cle of July 19. From this, it appeared, that our progress as a denomination in this city for the two years, ending with the dedication of Carmel Chapel, at Broad and Oxford streets, May 31, had added over five thousand sittings, and church property to the value of $214,060, to that already i*,the hands of the denomination. The' increase in our accom modations was forty per dent.- on our former sittings, a rate four times greater than the probable inorease of our city population, and greater thttethat of all the other evangelical denominations combined in the same time. Since that date, the Chapel in Frankford has been hastened nearly to completion.; fifteen thousand dollars have been spent in improve ments on the Buttonwood Street, and several thousand upon Logan Square. Church.. The list for the year is, the Brainerd Mission, Kenderton Church, Southwestern Church, Carmel. Chapel, Buttonwood Street im- f roved, and Logan Square improved, with 'rankford Chapel nearly complete. In no part of the field of our denomination, in none of the great cities where our churches are ‘numerous and wealthy, has there been any such development in the line 61 ohurch building as in Philadelphia. Dr. Cuyler’s church has a ohapel in progress in Brooklyn, a German church has. beenouilt and. paid for in Newark, a chapel is in progress in Cleve land, while Chicago is the only part of the field which approaches onr owp in this sort of enterprise ;, there, tyo or three church edifices and a chapel are'in process of erec tion, and one ohurch, the Seventh, is under going_ renovation. It is true, we owed j of this remable growth to the liberality and' zeal of that noble and large-hearted friend of the church,just gone from us, Matthias W. Baldwin. But we see evidence of the power of his example and indications of an aroused spirit of Christian enterprise which will not suffer the work to. slumber in the fixture. In fact, our while denomination feels that a new infusion ojf vigor into our Church building enterprise is the. most pressing im mediate want of t}ie body. Hence, the last General Assembly, radically phanged the old plan and gave us one more accordant with the spirit of Christian benevolence. The want of 'suohaplan has doubtless hindered the growth of the Church seriously, both in the new and the old districts. Wb regret that we have no means of reporting the results of the proposed effort of the third Sabbath of last month. But besides the denomina tional and Home Missionary aspect of Church Erection, there is need of a fresh growth of enterprise, and a larger measure of confidence in the adaptedness of our Church to the wants of the community in large and growing cities, which will lead men of means to go before the actual church organization in the purchase of sites and the erection of suitable wildings. In Philadelphia, some of our largest spiritual successes have followed upon just such a bold and believing policy. In Chester City, sixteen miles south of us, a nearly similar policy was pursued, and a thriving church is the result. In the - city of Wilmington, the entire suburbs are occupied with four or chapels erected on the same plan and with like prospects. Our denomination has but one college east of the Alleghenies, Hamilton, the alma mater of such representative men as Albert Barnes and Edward Robinson. . This, .year has been one of continued outward and inward pros perity to the institution, if we omit the serious loss of Dr. Fisher from the Presi dency. The influences of the Holy Spirit were vouchsafed during the early part of the year,, large additions were received at the re opening m the fall, and the liberality directed toward its treasury from various parts of the Church, is still flowing, under the faithful and energetic labors of Prof. Goertner. A new library building is going up, as the re sult of these gifts, and an endowment of thirty thousand dollars for the astronomical department was announced but a few weeks ago. The practical value of Hamilton to our denomination, in its supreme and vital in terest, is seen in the fact, that she now fur nishes to New York Union Seminary a larger number of theological students: than any other college. With all our admitted pro gress in denominationalism during the last, fifteen years, our Church has, as yet, almost everything to learn, as to the importance of the denominational college in the chain of instrumentalities needed in raising up exactly such a ministry as we require. THE TWO 6EKERAL ASSEMBLIES. The two General Assemblies met at St. Lonis last spring. The growth of the anti slavery and loyal elements in the Assembly of the ' other branoh had been accelerated and invigorated by the manifest impossibility of conciliating the Southern porticjn of the Church and their sympathisers along the border. _ The latter class' had shown a rebel lious spirit toward the acts of previous Gen eral Assemblies, designed to exclude rebels from its ministry and to express its sympa thy with the oppressed, They issued a “Declaration and Testimony.” denying the right of the body to pass such acts, ana ex pressly refusing to obey them. Louisville Presbytery, the head and front of this move ment, sent Stuart Robinson, Dr. S. K. Wil son, and ex.-Gov. Wickliffe, men whose an tecedents were notorious, as Commissioners to the General Assembly. It was an act of .mere rebel defiance to the loyal-spirit, of the majority and of the whole land. The Assem bly met under circumstances of much excite ment, and among churches mostly adverse in sentiment to its own. A convention of loyal members deliberated upon a course of action for two days previous to the meeting. The election of the thoroughly loyal Dr. Robert L. Stanton, by a clear majority, of, sixty-five, while the candidate of the “Dec laration and Testimony” party received but eighteen votes, and the exclusion of the dele gates from Louisville Presbytery, until -their case could be determined, by a vote of two hundred and two to thirty-one, on the first day, sufficiently revealed .the temper of the body which all its subsequent acts con firmed. At whatever hazard andjloss, the General Assembly was prepared finally to purge itself of treason and of all .complicity with it, and to stand in the front rank with the loyal and freedom-loving churches'of the land, as becomes the Presbyterian name. After a protracted and strong debate, a vote was reached, on the thirteenth day of the session, referring a filial decision., inthe -ease of thd signers of the Declaration surd Testi mony to the coming General Assembly, for bidding them meanwhile to sit in any Church court higher than a Session, and declaring any Presbytery admitting such persons to a seat as ipso facto dissolved. On this pro posal the vote stood one hundred and ninety seven to thirty-seven. The formal results of this action thus far have been the forma tion of a new Presbytery of Louisville, in sympathy with the Assembly, the rejection of the Assembly’s action by the Synod of Kentucky, and the withdrawal of two or three ministers and churches in Baltimore to form an independent Presbytery. No South ern organization has yet been attempted in any Northern city. Dr. Yandyke was elected Professor in the Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. C., but declined the honor; which was then offered to Dr. Plumer, who has accepted. „• The advance in loyalty in the other Assem bly opened still more widely the channels of] sympathy between that body and our own. i The defeated minority included some of the warmest partisans in the contests which had divided the Church. Their influence,' once controlling, was reduced to a nullity. Doc trinal mgotiy had always a strong support; in the pro-slavery sentiment, so powerful in the other branch until 1861. The way .was, therefore, clear at St. Louis, for some real ad vance toward reunion, the other branch cheer fully taking the initiative. A union commu nion was celebrated, and a joint Committee on Union, embracing fifteen members from each .Church, was appointed to report at the next Assembly. The presence of the distinguished and venerable Dr. MeCosh, Professor in 1 Queen’s College, Belfast, was not only a matter interest to both Assemblies, but gave an i impulse to the friendly feelings and tendencies i which characterized the homes in so marked i a “, eg J ee ' whole occasion, if it proved I and foreshadowed nothing more, at J ’least ! showed how difference of organization need be no barrier to the ftdlest, freest, happiest fraternal intercourse. Little progress has been • made in realizing organic union. Dr. Brain - erd, the Chairman of our Committee, has been suddenly called to his reward. Dr. Krebs, the Chairman of the other Assembly’s Com i mittee, has been very ill. No meeting has i been held. Many fraternal interchanges, be l tween subordinate bodies, Synods and Pres i byteries, after the example set by the Assem blies,have taken place. The Synods of Penn -1 sylvania and of Baltimore, meeting in Octo ber, at Carlisle, held a joint communion of a deeply interesting and profitable character. - But with increasing brotherly affection, we believe there is less disposition for an imme diate organic union that one would have supposed existed last spring, ©urown dis tinctdve work as a denomination is probably not yet done. We need guarantees for the Kture which our brethren are scarcely pre paid to give as yet. There is little or no zeal among us for immediate union, and per haps less than there was at one time among our brethren. The distinctive work of our own General Assembly at St. Louis, was in the sphere of Church Erection. A new plan was adopted, in which all loans were abolished, and a sys tem of absolute and almost unconditional gifts put in its place. Only the interest of the old fund is to be thus employed. Annual contributions are expected from the' churches, the whole of which are to -be given away. It is universally conceded that this is a better plan than the old one. Thus far there is nothing to show in what degree the churcheß are disposed to give it efficiency. A good measure.of liberality has character ized our churches and wealthy men during the year. We have already mentioned the donations to Hamilton College. Among other acts of the kind is Hon. Wm. E. Dodge’s offer to found a Professorship in Lincoln Institute, by donating $20,000 on certain conditions. The Third Church, Pitts burgh, reported donations amounting to $69,000 during the ecclesiastical year. Re cently it contributed nearly', five thousand •dollars to Home 'Missions. The death ef M. W. Baldwin, Esq., of this city, has given rise to the inquiry, an anxious one in some minds, how the great stream of beneficence which flowed so steadily from his deep purse, is to be kept flowing; but we already, begin to see the channel. filling again, and we be lieve a spirit of liberality, caught from the example of such men, and encouraged by the peculiar circumstances and developing influ ences through which we, as a nation .have passed, is widely spread through the Church. There is no general movement toward union among the different branches of the Pres byterian Church in this country. The Re formed Presbyterians (General Synod) are undergoing the ordeal of a full discussion of the Psalmody question; many, perhaps most of the churches, adhenng_ to rigid views and deprecating and endeavoring to suppress dis 1 eussion. But a liberal wing, powerful in zeal, talent and active piety, insist that an inspired Psalmody should not be made a term of communion. It is feared the denomi nation may be divided during the current year.: Many go to the United Presbyterian Church, fot which the same discussion is instore. OTHER D ENOM IS A HONS. This is the centenary year of the existence of Methodism in America. In 1766, Embury began to preach to four persons in his-own house in New York. In 1864, the M. E. Church North alone numbered 908,000 mem bers and probationers. In 1859, the M. E. Chuibh South reported 721,000 members (scarcelysoo,ooo in 1860), other bodies, includ ing the Protestant Methodists, count about 170,000 more, making over 1,500,000 mem bers, with 25,000 ministers and local preach ers, and 12,000 churches. It is the M. E. Church North alone which is celebrating this jubilee. Public meetings are held, in- which the principles and interests of the denomina tion are discussed, sermons are preached, articles in their own and other religious or gans, and in secular* papers, exhibit various aspects, chiefly statistical,; of the theme, and great discoveries seem to be made of an ex traordinary adaptation of that particular de nomination to the American people, and of its wonderful services to the cause of education and literature, hardly rivalled by those of Presbyterianism, Congregationalism and others. • But the centenary movement has taken the form of a vast collecting scheme. Everything given by anybody to any Metho dist object this year, is styled a contribution to the Centenary Fund. -Daniel Drew’s princer .ojybMfjt/ milium to found a theological institute, announceasome time in 1865, and the poor widow’s mite for repairing a church, are alike called “ eentenary. ” Be side these, there are specific centenary objects: first, and chiefly, an educational fund, expected to reach one million dollars ; then Missions, the “Irish fund,” and the Biblical School at Bremen are mentioned. October was named as the month in which collections were to cease, but they were going on at a later date, and in a manner most gratifying to the projectors of the fund, and honorable to the Christian liberality of the Methodist Church.- It was. then an nounced that they were entering upon their fourth million, the sum actually named by Che Committee in November, 1865; and though it is probably impossible, as yet, to distinguish the amount contributed for merely local, and for the more general objects contemplated by the movement, it is .beyond doubt that the disposition to give has been developed to an amazing degree among this people. Every' local object, every churoh-building-ordebt-, eXtinguishingenteiprise has been facilitated by its influence. _ Even washerwomen have wrought more diligently at their tubs that they might the better assist in' some local enterprise of the denomination, now dignified by its connection with,the hundredth anni versary of their existence, and with the simul taneous efforts of rich and poor all over the Chnroh, for sinulaitfcjects. The denomination shared largely in the revival of the winter and spring, and ence reports show additions of 109,000 to the Church in the North. The Congregationalists hav6 been pushing on every side, though scarcely with so much zeal in church extension as a year ago. The plan of their National Council of June, 1865, to raise a quarter of a million for these pur poses, was never, we believe, fully accomplish ed. Some time in April last, the amount reported as raised was $114,000. This may have somewhat cramped. their efforts, and perhaps necessitated the tour of a distinguish ed major-general throughout the East and North in behalf of the church edifice going up in - the national capital. Nevertheless, the activity and progress of these brethren, especially in the newly settled districts, have been really remarkable. Eighteen new churches -were reported as organized in Mis souri at an annual Conference of that State. Oregon, California and Nebraska have wit nessed their zeal and progress during the year. A seminary is contemplated in Cali fornia. Yale Seminar? has been reorganized, with Dr. Bacon as Professor of Theology. In New Orleans, their Church has become self-supporting, In this city, a Welsh organization has been recognized and added to their number, and a Fourth, or Plymouth Church, organized, but with, what prospect of . sucoesswe know not. In New-York City an Independent Methodist Church was recently recognized as Congregationalist by l some of their leading men. There is reason; to fear that their lately developed denomina tional zeal sometimes becomes a mere propa gandism; and that the grand principles of Calvinism, which made the Puritans what they were, and which were so appropriately reaffirmed in their convention of ,1865, are sometimes lost sight of, or even sacrificed, when gathering in new materials and recog nizing new churches. The positive influence of the Congregationalists for sound doctrine, is certainly much diminished in this country. Their representative man,' Henry Ward Beecher, and their _ most successful news- • paper, The' Indepja&enf, -.with their other merits and services—whioh are many—, render none whatever in this high depart ment of Christian effort. “The frith once delivered to the saints” must take care of itself, so far as any earnest contest in its behalf, on their part, is concerned. The annual income from the sittings in Mr. Beecher’s church is $30,000. .The Episcopal Church has the unenviable distinction of being the first to reconstruct the Church and rfestore the status quo ante bdlum. EveryStutherpaliocese, we believe, is now recognized. For this act,, it enjoys the applause of politicians of the lowest type of expediency, and the peace-at-any-price men. But "the greW, loyal public of the North, which has jist recorded its disapproval of a like schemedn politics, by a majority of four hundred thousand of the best men in the land, Jooks with wonder at a Church which has rib word of reproof for the great sin of rebellion, and which can welcome back the guiltiest an# bloodiest traitors without the sign or the [pretence of repentance.. While we hear nothing of the working of rational ism in the American Church, the ritualistic tendencies of the Church of England are reproduced her? to a limited extent. In this country, the cohtest between High and Low Church trims rather on the question of recognizing the ministry of the non-episcopal bodies, arid bn a liberal or illiberal policy toward other dbnominations generally. The “numerical strength of the Episcopal Church, over the yhole country, is about 160,000, less than qbe-twentieth of that of the entire Protestanf/body. Truth, piety, order cannot be exclusively claimed by this small portion, without disparaging the providence of God to His Church. So the evangelical part of the Episcopa Church bejieve. They have a Clerical 7 Association in New York City, which has expressed deep alarm at the spread 9f ritualism and popish practices in this country, although as yet the cases are sporadic and rare. But divisive tendencies are mdmfastly spreading, and, in connection with the vaster movements in the mother •©bufchjj must chlminate in organic dis ruption |n a very few years. By the libe rality of| Hon. Asa Packer, of this State, a universit has been endowed with the gener ous sum >f $500,000, to be under the control of the Ji fiscopal body. It was opened in Bethleh; m, in September last, under the presiden y of the accomplished Coppee, late of the I fiversity in this City. The L itheran Church has actually divided into two parts, corresponding with High and Low Ch ich. The former party, comprising the Pei npylvania, Buffalo, Missouri and other Sjaods, formally withdrew from the General Synod at its meeting in June, and in December they organized a General Synod at Reading! Pa. Strict adherence to the Augs burg Cc&fession, and a construction of the sacramental clause, so as to teach the error of an ofal partaking of the body of Christ, are among their distinguishing tenets. Their ritua,liim is also very marked. Dr. Krauth, in thii city, an able man and a fine scholar, is th?leader of the movement; and the paper which he edits, The Lutheran, is its organ. The ither party, powerfulin numbers, all the denominational institutions and pro T * perty, and .strong in the sympathies of the other Bvabgelveal Churches, have brought from Baltimore to this city the Lutheran Observer, and intend manfully to contend for a purer faith and. a simpler ritual. The Baptists reaped an immense harvest duriig the revival. They ao-operated most cordially with other denominations, arid especially with the Presbyterians, in efforts to save souls. The liberality of such a prominent, man in their ministry as Spur geon,’must have a happy effect upon the Chiirch generally. Yet there have been indications recently, in their public organs, of the {existence of much of the old leaven of illiberahty and exclutivism. In this city, the Baptists have lost the beloved and saintly Kennard, and among laymen', two men of the importance of John Jr. Crozier and Dr. David Jayne. Mr. Crozier, beside his liberal gifts in life, left fifty thousand dollars, the income of which is to be expended mainly in the ‘depttrtment'tif-publication:- - The German Reformed denomination is still showing well-marked, though not ex tra vagant,ritutiistic tendencies. The Unitarians have been successful in raising a fund of one hundred thousand dol lars for Church Extension purposes. Several instances of organic union between Unitarian and Universalist Churches have recently oc curred. i The Swedenborgians have been pub lishing the works of their oracle. On the whole, the year has been.one of increased activity {among- these bodies, without any progress howeyer, to report. The American" Council pf the Roman Catholic Church, held in Baltimore in October, planned out,a large amount bf wotk, and took the freedmen of the Soulh into their missionary projects. The demonstration had a formidable look and was made much of by political papers, which teach and exhibit awe of the 1 Irish vote. President Johnson lent the dimity of nis pneseme to the closing services. The Fenian, . movement in .this, country andin. Ireland has amazingly, developed thfe independence of the Irishmen, and aliriost broken the spell of prießtiy power over their ■ hitherto tractable natures. The .perilous petition of the Pope drawsmuch sympathy; but if he leaves Rome, and Victor Emanuel makes it the political capital of emancipated Italy, the meeting place of a liberal, constitutional and popular ly chosen parliament, the prestige of the Papacy will be hopelessly destroyed in many, very many eyes, to whom it "has ever been the cynosure. LACK OF MINISTERS. Nearly all denominations have complained loudly of a deficiency in the supply of minis ters. The American Board at its annual meeting in Pittsfield, in September, re ported /that but a single ordained mission ary had been sent out in a twelvemonth. No more oould be found, although they need thirty-fox for the current year. The foreign work ii languishing on the field of other socie ties, fifem the same cause. There is no doubt that the very inadequate support give to the ministry ,By the Church as a whole —with many noble exceptions—is acting unfavora bly upon the supply. Many home missiona ries and others in tolerably prominent posi tions, are enduring poverty and hardship in honorable silence, preferring to suffer, trust and submit, rather than complain. But it is unwise for the Church to count upon such a spirit in her arrangements for bringing for ward her future ministry. The evil is great, and no adequate remedy has yet been pro .posed. By some means, each congregation must be stirred up to its duty. The religious press has been doing its part faithfully in the work. TEMPERANCE. Many things are co-operating to give strength to the new movement inaugurated by the organization :of the-National’society in 1865. The incurable dishonesty and vast frauds upon the government, of which mul titudes of distillers are guilty, the natural league of all makers and venders of intoxi cating drinks with the disorderly and dan-, gerous classes of society, and with* opponents of Sabbath la,ws, the scandalous examples of intemperance in high placeSj the boldness with which even reasonable license laws are defied, have roused a more determined spirit among the friends of Reform. In New York City, the Board.of Health was also made a Board of /Excise, and for weeks that great centre of vice Was kept'under most whole some restraint, particularly on Sundays. Bnt the interference of courts, such as,are always at hand to block,the wheels of justice in that city, nullified : the wise procedures of the Board, and once more put the community at : -the mercy of the-rum. dealers. In Boston, as the year closes, a bold demonstration in behalf of the prohibitory law of the State is being made against the crack hotels of the city, which have long been guilty of system atically setting it at defiance, and have not before been seriously molested. STATE OP THE COUNTRY. The year has been made remarkable by the great popular demonstration in the interest of justice to white rebels and black loyalists, given in the fall elections. A Congress whien sought to do its duty, though falteringly, to both, and which, in consequence, was made the object of unheard-ot opposition and abuse by the Executive, was most triumph antly sustained, and the Executive as sig nificantly rebuked by the people. The reli gious sentiment of the community was al most wholly with Congress. Bum-drinkers, venders, and makers, Sabbath-breakers, Irish Catholics, save in a few neighborhoods where Fenianism counteracted the instinc tive tendencies of this class, all those so low that they had reason to dread the rivalry of the enfranchised negro, all victims of unrea soning caste prejudice, threw their votes on the side of the President. The character of New York City is illustrated in the fact that forty-six thousand majority was given on the wrong side. Congress thus sustained, has promptly granted unrestricted suffrage to all loyal citizens of the District of Columbia, white or black. Bebels are disfranchised, and loyalty is made the only passport to civil and political rights to all of suitable age, without distinction of race or color. This is the policy likely to become universal all over the country. And it is an indication of national progress in the line of justice, which may well be taken as the crowning event on this continent of a year which was ushered in with revival, and gladdened by the hopes and joys of thousands of converts to the blessed Gospel of the Son of God. PUBLICATION CAUSE. Donations received by tbo Treasurer of the Presby terian Publication Committee, from October Ist to November 30th, 1866: — Drawyers. Del, Pres ch : $lO 00 Manayunk, Pa, Sunday-school 10 00 Philadelphia, Pa, N Broad st ch 25 9S Lansing, .Mich, Ist Pres ch 19 00 "WestPayette, N Y, Pres ch 2 50 Auburn, N Y, 2d Pres ch A(T 10 Lima, N Y, Sunday-5ch001..... 40 00 Hillsdale, Mich, Pres ch, add! 3 00 Brooklyn, Pa, Ist Pres ch 4 50 Conkling, N Y, Rev I. Brnndage 5 00 Syracuse, N Y, Ist Pres ch 52 93 Baldwinsville, N Y, Pres ch 15 49 Lake Forest, 111, Pres ch 75 00 Philadelphia, Pa, Cedar st ch S S Miss Soc’y 50 00 New York; NY, Mercer'st ch .135 63 Petersburg, Mich*. Pres ch 5 00 Deerfield, Mich, Pres ch.... 5 00 Fayetteville, N Y, Pres ch 15 00 Cohoes, N Y, Pres ch 25 00 Winchester. 111, Pres ch 16 00 Indianapolis, Ind, 2d Pres ch 39 33 Auburn, N Y, Ist Pres ch..... 124 36 Havanna, N Y, Pres ch 15 20 Cherry Valley, N Y, Pres ch 11 00 Warren, Ohio, Pres ch 14 69 Omaha, Nebraska, Presch 28 50 Waterville, N Y. Pres ch 30 00 New Albany, Ind, 2d Pres ch. 44 95 Kalamazoo, Mich, Ist Presch 50 00 Greenville, N Y, rres ch 9 00 Albion,Mich,Presch... 5 60 Valatie, N Y. Pres eh..... 20 50 Gravel Run,Pa. Presch..... 10 00 Mecklenburg, N Y, Pres ch 9 00 Total amount received. The contribution of $3O at one time constitutes a corresponding member, and entitles to one dollar’s worth of the Committe’s publications yearly, for ten years. The contribution of $lOO at one time consti tutes au honorary member, and entitles to five dol lars’ worth of publications, yearly, for life. A beau tifully-engraved steel-plate certificate is furnished to corresponding and honorary members. WM. L. HILDEBURN. Treasurer, 1334 Chestnut street. Philadelphia. PREMIUMS FOR 1866-7. These premiums are designed for the persons procuring new ’subscribers ; the sub scribers must he such in the strictest sense, and must pay regular rates, as named, strictly in advance. CASH PREMIUMS. For one subscriber, 75 cents; for four or more, at one time, $1 26, each; for a club oi ten new names, $7 50; each single addition to the club, 50 cents. OTHER PREMIUMS. JB©“ All orders for these preminms innst en close a postage stamp. Hours at Home or Guthrie’s Sundae Magazine, (to those not already taking them), for one new name and $3 50. Lange’s 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 SUBSCRIBERS, at $3 each, paid in advance’; or in the city, at $3.50 each, paid in advance, we offer A FIFTY-FIVE DOLLAR GROVER & BAKER’S SEWING MACHINE. This machine is already so well and favora bly known to the pnblic, that commendation is superfluous. Its merits have long since given it a foremost place among the few machines accounted the best ; and the purchaser has the advantage in bnying the Grover & Baker, of a choice of ditches, 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, ted and compare their relative merits, will be furnished, on request. OUR COMMITTEE’S PUBLICATIONS. SOCIAL HYMN AND TUNE BOOH. For every hew subscriber paying full rates in advance, we will give tw.o 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. SABBATH-SCHOOL BOOKS. For Twenty-two new subscribers, paying as above, or for .thirty-three in dub, we will send tthe entire list of the eighty-nine Sahbath-school Library Books . issued by ; the Committee. Freight extra. , The New Books on this list are: Gillett’s England Two Hundred Yews Ago; OnljT in Fun; Allan’s Fault; May Castieton’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 appear_soon. . FOR ONE NEW SrBSCRIBK|. Zulu Land, or Coleman’s Text Book and Atlas. Postage ten cents. fqß TWO NEW SUBSCRIBERS. Life of John Brainerd and Zulu Land. Post age 56 cents extra. . you THREE NEW SUBSCRIBERS. • The Digeafrand-Life of Brainerd, (postage 6# cents extra,) op Gillette. History of Preabyte-. rianism, two vols.and, Social Hymn and Tone Book, morocco. Postage 0 cents extra. MARRIAGES. JOHNSON—SAFELY.—At the residence of the bride’s father, on Dec. 7th, by Rev. J. H. Cooper, Mr. JOHN JOHNSON to Miss LAURA N. SAFELY, both of Cedar county, lowa. HUGHES —EVANS.—In Manayunk, on Dec. 24th, 1566, by Rev. A. Culver. Mr. JOHN E. HUGHES to Miss LIZZIE EVANS, both of Schuylkill Falls. SIMPSON —NELSON.—In Manayunk, on Dec. 2D, by Rev. A. Culver, Mr. WILLIAM SIMPSON to Mise MARY ANNNELSON, both of Manayunk. gpetial $111.05. The Presbytery of Niagara will hold its annual meeting in the First Presbyterian Church in Lockport, on Tuesday the 15th day of January next, at 4 o’clock P* Mi W. G. HUBBARD, Stated Clerk. Wilson, N„ Y„ Dec. 26.1866. 49% The Presbytery of Rochester will hold it.s annual meeting in the Brick Churcn, Rochester, on Bth day of January nest, at 2 o’clock P. M. C. E. FURMAN, Stated Clerk, Rochester, Dec. 13, 1863. •9“ The Sabbath.school of the Central hte byterian Church (Bth and Cherry) will hold their An niversary nest Sabbath afternoon, January 6th, at 3 o’clock. . MISSIONARY HERALD. The MISSIONARY HERALD dow enter* open the sixty-third volume. Attention is called to new features: 1- Improvement in general appearance and trpe graphy. It is printed in the best 6tyle of the River side press. 2. The January number cont ains sixteen Missionary Maps* 3. The same number contains a classified list of all the Missions of the Board, giving names of Mission aries, the name and definite location of each Station, together with the pronunciation of the geographical names. This last feature is the result of great labor and research. 4. Future numbers will contain valuable engrav- ings. Notwithstanding the great cash outlay, the sub scription price remains but one dollar. Many Hon orary Members and Donors who have been on a free list, are now sending in five or ten dollars for as many years in advance, or to furnish the HERALD to others. Any friends of the Board who wish to enier their names on the pay list of the HERALD may send their subscriptions and address directly to Mr. Charles Hutchins, Missionary House, Boston, or, if more convenient, may leave it with Rev. J. McLeod, Presbyterian House, 1334 Chestnut street to be for warded. J. McL. V Toes” were the order in the In-t session c f Congress, but nothing was so effectually vetoed a* Indigestion, Dyspepsia, .and their kindred evil*, by COE’S DYSPEPSIA CURE. No two-thirds vote can ever sustain these troubles when the cure is called to the rescue. Dyspepsia, Heartburn and Acidity ci Stomach cannot exist where Coe’s Dyspepsia is taken. BATCHELOR’S HAIR AYE. 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 Had Dyes. Invigorates the hair, leaving it soft and beautiful. The genuine is signed William A , Batchelor. All others are mere imitations and should be avoided. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers. Factory 81Barclay street, New York. 49* Beware.of a Counterfeit 1073-ly •jj. AU Can Have Beautiful Hair.” CHEVALIER’S LIFE FOR THE HAIR restore* gray hair to its original color and youthful beauty, strengthens and promotes the growth of the weakest hair, stops its falling out at once, keeps the head clean and the scalp healthy; is soothing to a nervous temperament; contains nothing injurious; a delight ful hair dressing for children as well as elderly per sons. Physicians and chemist* consider it a wonder ful ofscienoe. It is beyond comparison with any other preparation for the hair. Sold by all druggists and fashionable bur-dressers, and at my office, No. 1123 Broadway, New York. 1060-eow6m SARAH A. CHEVALIER, M.D. “A Valuable Medicine.—Dr. Poland’s "White Pine Compound, advertised in our columns, is a suc cessful attempt to combine and apply the medicinal virtues of the White Pine Bark. It h&S been thor oughly tested by people in this city and vicinity, anil the proprietor has testimonials of its value from pei - sonswell known to our citizens. We recommend its trial in all those oases of disease to which it is adapt ed. It is for sale by all our druggists.”— N. Y. inde pendent. The Great New England Remedy! DR. T. Vf. POLAND’S WHITE PINE COMPOUND Is now offered to the afflicted throughout the country, after havingbeen proved b; 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 WHITE PINE COMPOUND Cures Sore Throat, Colds, Coughs. Diph theria, Bronchitis. Spitting of Blood, Pulmonary Affections generally. It is a remarkable Remedy Tor Kidney Com plaints, Diabetes, Gravel and other Com plaints. For Piles and Scurvy it will he 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 in Medicine gene rally. U6B-3m A Cough, A Cold, or n||jHnn A Sore Throat, HINHn H.kqoibes ikhbsutk att*nti«s. jsn> SHOULD BE CHECKED, If allowed to costikbs. yMHR|P\ Irritationjof tibe Longs, A £JMH9uSb nument Throat Disease, or Consnmption IS OFTEN THE BEBULT. BROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES ' HAYING A DIRECT INFLUENCE TO THE PARTS, give immediate relief. For Bronchitis* Asthma, Catarrh, Con sumptive and Throat Diseases, TROCHES ARE USED WITH ALWAYS GOOD 9UOOBSS. SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS will find Troches useful in clearing the voice when taken before Singing or Speaking, and relievln ’he throat alter an nniißn&l exertion of the vocal organ '. The Troches are recommended and prescribed by Physicians, and have had testimonials irom eminent men throughout the country. Being an article of true merit, and having proved their efficacy by a test many years, each year finds them in new localities in various partß of the world, and the Troches are uni versally pronounced better than other articles. Obtain only " Brown’s Bronchial Troches,” and do not take any of the Worthless Imitations that may be offered* Sold everywhere. EVAN D. ASHTON, HEALER IN PURE LEHIGH LOCUST MOUNTAIN GOAL. COAL DEPOT, CORNER BBOAS AND WOOD RTBEBIS. 1052-ly ■ 1867. THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL teacher. TOlitHE SECOND. A lave Sunday School Monthly. Fresh Lessons for every Sabbathin the yew,.pre pared by a master hand.. The best °, f . every month. Improved typography. Increased ex cellence in every department. The course of Lessons for 1867 win do The Second Tear with Jeans, being selections.from .the Parables, Conyersauonsaad advance. Single Copies.- : I< Send t fbr a Specimen Number. Address .!.»■« A IIOS, Wdt " CHICAGO, ILL.
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