r la-c , l the Committee in a position to labor with
: , h , :.rful courage. As it was received, it was applied
to the discharge of existing obligations, to bringing
the Committee's work upon a cash basis, to the issue
of new books and tracts, and during the past year to
an enlargement of the accommodations at the Pres
byterian House, rendered needful by theincreasing
business of the Committee.
Increase of .Publications.—Whilst the finances of
the Committee have thus happily improved, their list
of publications has as decidedly enlarged. Ten years
ago, (when the present Secretary entered the service
of the Committee,) the treasury of the Committee
contained three thousand dollars of debt and some
uncollected subscriptions; its catalogue four tracts,
three books, and an Almanac. Now our publications
number three hundred and-fifty-seven. Of these one
hundred. and twenty-seven are leaflets, seventy-one
tracts, and one hundred and sixty-six books. These
publications combine the denominational with the
evangelical, and make provision for the young and
old, the family, the Sabbath-school, and the Church.
Improved Business Facilities.—This increase in our
stock of publications has been accompanied by a not
less important progress in our ability to give them
circulation. At the outset, the Committee had no
commercial character or connections. , Hence, the
issue of our early books did not command for them
a sale. Purchasers do not go to small concerns for
the supply of their demands.' The trade will not
draw much from a slender list, Now, "The Presby-
terian Publication Committee" is known to "the
. -
trade," and' recognized as a power by the writing and
reading public. Whilst its list of publications has
swelled, its sales have risen from $1715.06 for the
year ending May, 1, 1858, $45,190.73 for the year
which now expires, indicating, at a glance, the in
crease of the Committee's business power and facili-
ties,
Few as have been the years since the Committee
possessed any facilities for production and distribu
tion, those years have yielded results that may well
encourage its friends. The tens of thousands of books
of devotion and instruction, of praise and worship,
of reading for the young, of catechisms and tracts,
numbering millions of pages, that have been sown
broadcast through our land, by sale and by gift, are
seed that cannot fail of rich fruits. To refer to but
one item who can tell the good effected by the 375,000
books and • tracts sent from our Publication-house to
the army and navy during the late war?
The Work Only Begun.—The Committee, in pre
senting to the churches this cheerful view of the pro
gress made do not intend to convey the impression
that the work may now be left to take care of itself;
our satisfaction is, that a good foundation has now
been laid upon which to build ; a preparation made
for wide-spread usefulness. The work is only fairly
begun. the question is, whether the outlet thus pro
vided for the Church through THE PRESS shall be
used;--whether, through this organization, the De
nomination will meet the immense demand that comes,
from our vast country for aid to enlighten the ignorant,
to instruct the inquiror, to build up the Sabbath
school and strengthen tthe Church,
New Publicatzons.—(The Committee here add a list
of their new issues during the year just passed, in
cluding besides the Presbyterian Almanac, 5 tracts,
4 books in flexible•and paper bindings, and 'twenty
five bound volumes ;-16 of these last numbering in
all 4,151 pp. In the preparation of these they have
subsidized the pens of Revs. Dr. Nelson, Mr. Barnes,
Dr. Gillett, Dr. Wm. Adams, Dr. Josiah Hopkins,
Dr. March, M. R. Vincent, Chas. F. Beach, as well
as Mrs. Mullens, Mrs. Hildeburn, Martha Farquhar
son, E. L. Lewellyn and many others not named. As
'these have already been noticed in our Editor's Table
according to their merits, we will only take the liberty
of again commending Dr. March's beautiful Walks
and Homes of Jesus; Dr. Gillette's England Two
Hundred Years Ago; . Dr. Nelson's Benefits of the
Sabbath.)
The Committee say: 'The Social Hymn and Tune
Book continues to make its way into new Churches,
and to give great satisfaction. SiX editions, fifteen
thousand copies in all, have been exhausted in its one
year of life, and the seventh edition is now being sold.
But as there were those who did not desire the Mu
sic, the Committee have issße.d the HYMNS alone, with
the same order and numbefing, in a neat 16mo volume,
under the title of Social Hymns. In muslin, 75 cents.
We may add that the Church Psalmist still main
tains a firm hold upon the affections of the Churches,
as is evinced by its introduction into new congrega
tions, and the sale during the past year of nearly nine
thousand copies.
The Presbyterian Monthly, the magazine recording
the benevolent movements of the Assembly, first
issued January, 1866, is now in its second volume.
With the commencement of the present year, it was
decided by the Committees represented in its pages,
that it should be sent gratuitously to all the pastors
and stated supplies of our body, with the understand
ing that they would Promote its circulation in the
Churches.
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German Worit.—=-It was resolved, by the last Gene
ral Assembly, "That a special committee of five be
appointed, who shall prepare fresh tracts and books,
or, if thought desirable, translations, to be published
in the German language, in co-operation with the As
sembly's Publication Committee. " This Committee
have conferred with-the Publication Committee, and
are maturing plans for this special work.
Grants.—The Committee have expended in the
purely benevolent department, during the year,
$5,500.95. Of the grants made, some have gone to
needy Sunday-schools, some to our ministers, some
to theological students. Tracts have been .furnished
to Home - Missionaries for distribution, and Hymn
Books to the young churches that are springing up
along our advancing frontier line. From the army
and navy have come calls, and even from the distant
shores ofChina, India; and Africa, where oui Ameri
can Presbyterian missionaries feel that they have a
claim upon the Church which they represent among
the heathen. To make these donations is a grateful
duty, and the only drawback to the satisfaction of the
Committee, in this branch of the work, is, that the
churches do not enable them to do it far more largely
and. liberally. They believe that the time is not far
distant when the churches will see in a clear. light
their duty thus to assist the weak and needy. En-
TRACTS from letters received by the Committee, which
are given in the report, fully illustrate the truth that
we have &missionary work to do througli the Press
which cannot with a good conscience be left undone.
Treasurer's _Nepal - I,l'or the year ending March 31st,
1807:
Balance on hand, April Ist, 1866.
Cash received on account of
" Sales $37,165 10
" Donations 8,128 49
" Presbyterian House 2,755 62
" Sales of Investments... 21,303 05
" Building loan account.. 25,000 00
Temporary loans 6,500
Less discount in Bank 7416-6,425 84
" over-pttyrnefits returned, 145 83
100,923,93
Orders paid by Treasurer, viz
On account of Committee $52,537 26
On account of Store' 9,128 09
On account Presbyterian
House
On account of Building
loan account 20,079 91
On account,of United
States Bons purchased 5,337 50
On account of Temporary •
loans • 6,500 00
---95,987 76
Balance on hand March 30th, 1867 $5,401 68
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1867.
The item of "cash received on account of sales"
does not show the full amount of the sales made, but
only of those, which appear upon the Treasurer s
book ; the total sales of the year have been $45,190.73,
showing an advance upon every preceding year, and
of twenty : five per cent. upon the sales of the year.
New Budding.—The enlarging business of the
Committee, and the increase of its stock, calling for
an increase of, accommodations, an extension of the
Presbyterian House has been erected the past year.
The addition made is upon the west-side of the lot,
and in the rear of the former bookstore it is twen
ty-two feet in width, one hundred and three feet in
depth, and two stories in height, with a light and
airy cellar below. There is room upon the lot
for a still farther extension of the building, in
the rear, with a forty-four feet front.upon Sampsom
street, whenever, the business of the Committee shall
demand such an enlargement.
The contribution of $3O at one time constitutes
a corresponding member, and entitles to one dollar's
worth of the Committee's publications yearly, for
ten years. The contribution of $lOO, at one time,
constitutes an honorary member, and entitles to five
dollars' worth of publicatjons, yearly, for life. A
beautifully engraved steel : plate certificate, executed
for the Committee by the American Bank Note
Company, is furnished to corresponding and honor
ary members. Up to April Ist, 1867, the persons
thus complemented• have been
Anthony Reybold, St. Georges', Del. Mrs. An
thony Reybold, St. Georges', Del. Rev. D, H. Emer
son, St. George's, Del. Phillip Reybold, St. George's,
Del. Miss Rosettie Stewart, St. Georges's, Del.
Robert Nelson, Auburn, N. Y. E. P. Pratt, D. D.,
Portsmouth, Ohio. R. Russell Booth, D. D., New
York. James W. Weir, Harrisburg, Pa. Rev. H.
Augustus Smith, Philadelphia, Pa.
Corresponding Members.—Miss E. B. Clements,
Philadelphia. Rev. J. Ford Sutton, Philadelphia.
Henry P. M. Birkinbine, Philadelphia. Stephen
Hoyt, Auburn, `N.• Y. John Darby, .Darnstown,
Md. Rev. Charles N. Hawley, Wat-rville, N. Y:
R. K. Stewart, Philadelphia, Pa. William Ailing,
Rochester, N. Y. Samuel M. Campbell, 'D. I).,
Rochester, N. Y. Rev. Manuel Drennitn, Madison,
Ind. Anson Jewell, Philadelphia, Pit. •
The members of the commmittee whose term of office
expires May, 1867, are—
Rev. N. S. S. Began, D. D., Rev. Afbert Barnes,
Mr. Alexander Whilldin, Mr. F. L. Bodine, Rev.
George F. Wiswell, D. D.
The Qfficers are—Rev. Albert Barnes, Chairman,
Mr. William L. Hildeburn, Tresurer. • Rev. John
W. Dulles, Secretary, and Editor of the Committee's
Publications.
ROCIIESTER, May 20.—The General Assembly met
again this morning, and after the usual devotional
exercises, the resolution of fraternal greeting to the
General Assembly of the Other branch of the Church
(Old School), now in season at Cincinnati, was taken
up. After a few remarks from various members of
the Assembly it was adopted without a dissenting
voice, and immediately despatched . f)y telegraph to
Cincinnati.
Rev. E. J. Adams then addressed the assembly in
behalf of his own race, our lately enfranchised citi
zens. Ile spoke well, and presented some extremely
able arguments in favor of the colored population.
His own labors in Charleston, S. C., have been suc
cessful, in a high degree.
The, question of systematic benevolence was dis
cussed at length, but no definite action was agreed
upon. •
The Committee on 'Fore,ign Missions presented
their report,. which was considered and adopted.
The judicial case of Silas Miller, from the Synod
of Illinois, was heard.
Dr. Denham,, of the Irish deputation, preached
before the assembly this evening,
REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON RE
' The joint committee of the two General Assemblies
of the Presbyterian Church, appointed for the purpose
of conferring on the desirableness and practicability
of uniting these two bodies, deeply impressed with
theresponsibilitics of the work assigned us, and having
earnestly sought Divine guidance, and patiently de
voted ourselves to the investigation of the questions
involved, agree in presenting the following for the
consideration and, if they see fit, for the adoption of
the two General Assemblies :
Believing that the interests of the Redeemer's king
dom would be promoted by healing our divisions; that
practical union would greatly augment the efficiency
of the whole Church, for - the. accomplishment of its
divinely appointed work ; that the main causes pro
ducing division have either wholly passed away, or
become in.a great degree inoperative, and that two
bodies bearing the same name, adopting the same
constitutions, and claiming the same corporate rights,
cannot be justified by any but the most imperative
reasons in maintaining separate, and, in some re
spects, rival organizations, and regarding it as both
just and proper that a reunion should be effected by
the Churches, as independent bodies on equal terms,
we propose the following terms and recommenda
tions, as suited to meet the demands of the case :
First. The reunion shall be effected on the doctrinal
and ecclesiastical basis of our common standard. The
Confession. of Faith shall continue to be sincerely re
ceived and adopted, "as containing the system of
doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures." and its fair
historical sense as it is accepted by the two bodies, in
opposition to Antinerniamsm and Fatalism, on the
one hand, and to Arminianism and Pelagianism on
the other, shall be regarded as the sense in which it
is received and adopted ; and the government and
discipline of the Presbyterian Church of the United
States shall continue to be approved as containing the
principles and rules of our polity.
Second. All the ministers and churches embraced
in the two bodies shall be admitted to the same stand
ing in the 1.1 rib ed body which they may hold in their
respective connections up to the consummation of
the union ; and all the churches connected with the
united body, not thoroughly Presbyterian in their
organization, as soon as is permitted by the highest
interests to be consulted, [shall be advised to per
fect their organization.] No other such churches
shall be received, and such persons alone shall be
chosen commissioners to the General Assembly as
are eligible according to the constitution of the
Church.
Third. The boundaries of the several Presbyteries
and Synods shall be adjusted by the General As
sembly of the United Church.
Fourth. The official records of the two branches of
the Church for the period of separation shall be pre
served and held as. making up the one history of the
Church, and no rule or precedent, which does not
stand approved by both the bodies, shall be of any
authority until re-established in the united body.
Fifth. Corporate rights now held by the two Gen
eral Assemblies, and by their beards and commit
tees, shall as far as practicable, be consolidated
and applied for their several objects as defined by
law.
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Sixth. There shall be one committee on boards
for home and foreign missions, and the other reli
gious enterprises of the Church, which the churches
shall be encouraged to sustain, though left free to
cast their contributions into other channels if they
desire to, do so.
Seventh. As soon as practicable after the union
shall be effected, the General Assembly shall recon
struct and consolidate the several permanent com
mittees and boards which now belong to the• two
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assemblies in such a manner as to represent, as far
as possible, with impartiality, the views and wishes
of the two bodies constituting the United Church.
Eighth. When 4t. shall be ascertained that the re
quisite number of Presbyteries of the two bodies
have approved the terms of union as hereinafter
provided for, the two General Assemblies shall each
appoint a committee of seven, none of them having
an official relation to either the Board or Committee
of Publication, who shall constitute a joint commit
tee, whose duty it shall be to revise the catalouues i
of the existing publications of the two Churches,
and to make out a list from them of such books
and tracts as shall be issued by the United Clirch,
and any catalogue thus made out, in order to its
adoption, shall be approved by at least five members
of each committee.
Ninth. If, at any time after the union has been
effected, any of the Theological Semenaries, under
the care and control of the General Assembly,
should desire 'to put themselves under Synodical
control, they shall be permitted to do so at the re
quests of their Board' of Directors, and those semi
naries that are independent in their organisation
shall have the priVilege of putting themselves under
ecclesiastical control, to the end that, if practicable,
a systein of ecclesiastical supervision of such-insti
tutions may , ultimately prevail through the entire
United Church.
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Tenth. It shall be regarded as the duty of all our 1
judicatories, ministers, and peOple in the United
Church, to study the things which make for peace,
and to guard against all needless and offensive re
ferences to the causes that have divided us, and, in
order to avoid the revival of past issues by the con
tinuance of any usage in either branch .of the
Church that has grown out of former conflicts, it
is earnestly recommended to the lower judicatories
of the Church that they conform their practice in
relation to all such usages, as far as•eonsistent with
their convictions of duty, to the general custom of
the Church prior to the controversies that resulted
in the separation.
Eleventh. The terms of re-union shall be of bind-
ing force if they shall be ratified by three-fourths of
the Presbyteries connected with each branch
of the Church, within one year after they shall have
been submitted to them for approvali •
Twelfth. The terms of the re-union , shall be pub
lished by direction of the . General Assemblies of
1867, for the deliberate examination of both branches
of the Church, and the joint committees shall,report
to the General Assemblies of 1868 any . modifieation
of them they may deem desirable, in • view of any
new light that may have been received during the
year.
Thirteenth. It is recommended that the Hon. Daniel
Haines and the Hon. Henry W. Green, LL.D., of
New Jersey; Daniel Lord, LL.D., .and _Theodore
W. Dwight, LLD., of New York; and the Hon.
William Strong and the lion. George Sharswood,
LL.D., of Pennsylvania, be appointed by the Gene
ral Assemblies a committee to investigate all ques
tions of property, and of vested rights, as they may
stand relative to the matter of re-union; and this
committee shall report to the joint committee as
early as the Ist of January 1868.
Fourteenth. It is evident that in order to adapt our
ecclesiastical system to necessities and circumstances
of - the United Church, as a greatly enlarged and
widely extended body, some -ehanges In the constitu
tion will be required. The joint committee, there
fore, request the two General Assemblies to instruct
them in regard to the preparation of an additional
article on the subject, to be reported to the Assem
blies of 186&
CHARLES C. BEATTY, Chairman
EDWIN F. HATFIELD, Secretary.
NEW YORE, May 7, 1867.
CONRAD—JAMISON.—At Hartsville, May 14th, 1867, by Rev
D. K. Turner, Mr. William H. Conrad of Philadelphia, to Miss Jen
nie K. Jamison, daughter of Mr. Liao. Jamison, of Warwick, Bucks
county, l'a. •
YOUNG.—On the Slat of March last, at the house of her father
I'. B. Townsend, late of Dunmore, Pie., now of Meridian, Cayuga
comity. N. Y.. Mrs. Lucretia IL Young, wife of Mr. James Young,
in the peace and the hope of the Gospel.
*dal Itotitt4s.
ga - The Pennsylvania State Sabbath School
Convention will assemble in this city, May Ath.1867.
Arraugemtnts have been made with all the prialPal Rail Roads
In the State to carry delegates at half fare. It is expected that a
large number of delegates will be present from all parts of the
State.
The Convention will hold its sessions , at the nrst Baptist Church,
Broad and Arch Streets, comma .eing inihe morning at 10 o'clock,
In the evening by invitation of the i ommittee, the delegates will
be present at the Anniversary of the American Sunday School
Union, to he held.in the American Academy of Music,
WM GETT Y,
A. MARTIN.
HENRY C. POLLOCK,
GEORGE, COOKMAN,
PIIILADELPAIA, May 21,1867
—City Evangelization.—A. Representative Union Meet
ing on behalf of the Philadelphia Tract and Mission Suciety, will
be held in the First l3apttst Church, Broad and Arch, on Sabbath
evening Ath inst., at 7% o'clock.
Rev. Messrs. Stork; Crowell. "[awes, Griffith, Clark, Neill, liar
baugh, Diver, and others are expected to take pert in the exerci
ses. Tract Visitors and all friendly to the cause are cordially in
vited to attend.
.Qr The Presbytery of Rochester will hold its Semi-
Annual meeting in Sweden, on Tuesday the 11th day of June next,
at 2 &eines, P. At.
Air The Presbytery of Buffalo hold their stated mee
ting at Fredonia, on Tuesday the 11th day of June. at 4 o'clock,
P. M. TIMOTHY bTILLMAN Stated Clerk.
DUNKIRK, May 11th, 1867.
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lougulmost exclusively the credit of malting these extensive im
provements in reed organs. The Cabinet Organ Manufactured by
this enterprising firm is a magnificent instrument in every respect,
uniting richness and evenness of tone, with smoothness and
Promptness of action in a manner hitherto unattained.—Boston
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Do not neglect that Cough to wear and tear the consti-
tution through the Summer months. Nothing is more emaciating
than a cough in hot weather. Cos's Cooott Bmsa.ll is a cheap and
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These Studies in the Gospels are not only the latest,
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treats them in a very reasonable and attractive style,
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Rev. Dr. Shedd's New Work.
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fulness of knowledge make his work abound in scenes and
passages that are almost new to the
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good speed in his noble mission of exploring the
sources of English history in one of its most remarka
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INCORPORATED 1864.
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COLD SPRING
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READY JUNE FIRST.
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver.
A NEW lETAIN AND TUNE BOOR FOR
SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.
BY EDWARD ROBERTS.
176 pp., 16mo. Price, in paper corers, 30 cts., or $25 a hundred; in
board covers 35 cts., or $3O a hundred.
. IT CONTAINS
1. A careful selection of the standard old hymns which are most
precious, set to those familiar tunes which have proved meet useful
and popular in actull use in religious services generally, and which
are yet eminently fit fur Sunday school use.
2. A large number of new and attractive songs for occasional and
home use.
Great care has been exercised in regard to. the admission of both
words and music that they shall he unobjectionable on every ground,
and St in all respects for their important use. It is hoped that the
words will be found to be indeed "APPLES OF GOLD," without base
alloy, and, that they are set to music which is worthy to be termed
Picrunes OF SILVER." To facilitztte examination, a single copy
will be sent, post-paid, to any Sunday-school superintendent desir
ing it and inclosing 20 cents to the publishers.
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NOW READY THE JUNE NUMBER OF
HO t IIRS AT HOME.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Moral Uses of Dark Things. No. 5. Of the Condition
of Solidarity, By Dr. Bushnell.
Marcella of -Rome. By Francis Eastwood.
Visits to the Homes of Authors. No. 1. By John D.
woad. Homes of Carlyle, Tennyson and Joanna Bahlie,
The Poets and Poetry of Sweden. By A. Jerome
Faust.
About:Rumor and its Sphere. By E. H Gillett, D. D .
James R. Paulding. By Gen. J. Grant Wilson.
Woman's Work in the Civil War. By the Editor.
The Shepherd-Boy of Blassewitz. By Scott It. Sher
wood.
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The Pine Tree. By Mary E. Atkinson
For My Sake. By A. D. P. Randolph.
Out of Rome 'Under a cloak. By W. H. Goodrich, D.D.
The Sounds of Nature. By Rev. J. M. Johnson.
May-Day in New York. By Meta Lander.
Storm-CMG By Miss Pritchard.
Du Chaillu's African Explorations. By Edward
Seymour.
The Duke of Argyll on the Reign of Law. By
Prof. Henry B. Smith.
Books of the Month.
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