_ . Weir 18july67 : jSTew Series, vol. jlv, x'su. $3 00 By Mail. $3 50 By Carried. ) _ 50cts Additional after three Months, i fmmrait Jmhjlmau. THURSDAY, JULY 18,1867. THE TEAR OF GREAT INCREASE. The results’ eihibited in', the Minutes of our body for this year, issued with commen dable promptness"from the press are' the most gratifying in the whole history of our de nomination. The following is the summary: ' 1867 1866 , • Inc. Dec. Synods, 4 j 23'* *23 ■ Presbyteries, • * 'loo* • 109 Ministers,; , 18,70: , 1789 ~ 181 ■ licentiates, Candidates, Churches, . 1580 . * 1628 Hl 32, Add. on Exam., ; 13',263 10,289 2963 Add. onCertif., 7636 ' 6949 ' 687 Communicants, 161,639 150,401 • 11,188 , , : Of wh. unknown, 7970 6367 1613 Adult baptisms, 4788 . 8465' 1333 Infant baptisms, , 4878, ,3983 454: ;i, ti. S. members, 163,242 143,689 , 11),608 Gen. Ass. fund, “ $9403' 11 $8396 n sloo7* * Homo Mi55i0n5,,.120,760 100;812, ■ .19,948 For. Missions, 110,349. 112.322 , 1,973 Education, i: *’ 43,681' •"25007 '14,574 Publication, ‘ < 15,996 ■ :.19,798 Min. Relief, , 9617; .0194 ; .3323 (Jong’gational, 2,342;760 1,788,466 654,294 Miscellaneous,. :454,714 420,706 '<■ 34,008 ' Eegarding, in this table,.the. chief; el e ments of denominational strength,, the re sults are such as tocalLforth jdevout thank fulness and joy in. theLord.l . The addition to the entite ministerial force is 194.. The additions hy examination, far exceed;. any previously reported, ■ although the extraor dinary revival, of. 1865-66.;was regarded, as. passing away when the last ecclesiastical year began. Tbe figures realty take' us by surprise. They much exceed the faith and hope, wc the greater part,of .the Church. That our. beloyed Zion, was - privileged to gather 13,253 perishing , souls into her fold during the past year, may be regarded, as abundant reward for all our toils, and as quickening and encouraging in the highest degree to our Churches- especially to the feeble and the unrevived. The.tctal ingath ering by profession of the two past years is 23,542. ‘ The total membership is 161,539; a gain on last year of over eleven thousand, or nearly 7J per cent., or, in the last two years of 17,- 894 ; or since 1863, when the Isist and firm est growth of our Church began, of 25,845. Here, too, we may well pause to utter our thankfulness ;for the tokens,of. favor and omens of permanence and'prosperity to’bo seen in these figures. Should the same rate of increase continue, it would make us two hundred thousand strong in 1870. The increase in baptisms of adults and infants is large and important. Tho singu lar fact appears, that fewer infants than adults received the rite this year. Tho op posite relation has always hitherto prevail ed in the numbers of these two classes Frequently there have been tvyjce sometimes nearly thrice as many infant as adult bap tisms reported. The large increase of the Commissioners’ Fund over the previous year is gratifying. But the increase of 1866 over 1865, was still greater, being an advance of about $1350; nearly 25 per cent; while,the increase this year, over last, is but 12i per cent.; very handsome at that. In the other funds reported, there isivery great increase over last year, save in two instances; Foreign Missions and Publica tion. The enormous advance of $p54,394 is noted nnder the head of Congregational. There was a similar increase of over half a million, from 1865 to 1866. The total of contributions reported is $3,107,180, a gain on the total of last year of, $621,383, and of $1,039,997 in two years. Part of this im mense gain is due doubtless to increased sta tistical fulness and accuracy. Yet, on the other hand, there must be great room for improvement in the reports. Take for in stance, the column of Home' Missions; in the Minutes, the total of contributions is put at $120,670, whereas the Treasurer 5 of Home Missions reports over $129,000. Again, the reports under tho head of Publication are altogether defective. It is simply ab surd to say, that ali which our people gave to Bible and Tract Societies apd for the cir culation of religious periodicals, together with the trifling sum given to the Publica tion Committee, amounts to but sixteen thou sand dollars! The receipts of either of our religious newspapers would dlone .disprove the statement. If th^gure.s,were quadru pled they would bo nearer the truth. jAnd we are puzzled to account for this falling off 'of the 1 amount as published', as cotnpar ed with a series of year's past, when our people certainly todlc fewer'papers and gave less to circulate religious 'literature, than they do noW. For a series ’of eleven yea'rs, commencing with 1855, the' reported 1 cdhtri butioris -to Publication'blit </A s - fell' 'below forty thousand ddllars, and tlien they exceed ed flhirty-ninfc thousand'; that peridd, theyexceede'd fifty thousand ’dollars, threetifries theyexcee'ded eixtythousand once’ in 1864, they wdre $76,443." This was when the Endowment 'Wtid of $50,000 was chiefly raised. There is mo ’year of ’the fifteen,' du’i ring which rcports'of benevolent operations. have been mado to.the'Assembly, when the Publication cause has-not shown dhuble' the returns of the present; except the last year; i these two sums beingeurionsly Bmaller’thah' any 1 ever before reported for the’ Cause:.: We 1 have? no doubt that careless 'reporting is the chief caudemf the anomaly-, and we morition l it to show, that the great advanceuin theto tal 1 of contributions this year,.ls n;otto‘ be. ascribed wholly to , fuller . reporting thanr in previous years: • Meanwhile, itds a fact that' our Publication Gomiiiittee■ receives, in: the 1 , aggregate, ishamefully, little , from our Churches, who, since; they'have wisely en-' dowed it with $50,000, have actedias though' they had done pretty much their whole duty l to the cause. This sentiment it .needs'only a moment’s reflection to show to be a'great mistake. • ' :It is gratifying to notice that''our Minis terial Relief Fund reports,’ this yfear, just double, the amount of its first report two years ago. And it is worth noticing' in the same connection, that our ministerial force, including candidates and licentiates, has in creased within the I ‘Same three years from 2,008; to 2,258. We may bo 'sure that- in proportion as we show a practical sympa-' thy with.the ministry in its trials,-whetber during or;after the term of active service; we shall find our need fbr laborers supplied. And when our laymen are wise and • liberal' enough to inaugurate some kind of a Sus tentation Fund, the effects; in this- respect will be moro derided than ever. WHAT THE LAGER BEER MEN ARE DOING. The Berks and Schuylkill. Journal , of Reading, which keeps its readers well-in formed of the.movements of the Beer Brew-' era of the State and ; country, in ono ,of-its' late issues , communicates the , following, which we commend to thei.attention' of. Temperance mcn.and organizations..lf the latter wish a cheap medium of making the public aware of their existence,, especially that part of the public., least accessible to, them by existing means, they would do well to send a list of their qffieers to the Presi dent of the Beer Brewers, at Reading,, who according to the last resolution, may be ex pected to publish them from “time to time.” At any rate, we here reciprocate in advance the very, advantageous offer of the Brewers, ■ and give their entire proceedings, so far as. they have reached us, tho benefit of our, columns. beer-brewer’s concress. The seventh annual Congress of the Brewers of the United States, met in Chicago on Wednesday, June 5, Mr. John A. Huck, presiding. An election’ for new officers lor the ensuing year was held m the afternoon session. Frederick Laner, Esq., of Read ing, Pa., was unanimously chosen Honorary Presi dent, and Mr. Charles Stiefil, Acting President. One Vice-President was chosen Irom each State repre sented. Mr.'Bergner, ot Philadelphia, was elected one of tho Secretaries. ' , . The most important business transacted in the in terest of the general public, was the adoption of a series of resolutions declaring War against the Tem perance movement. .The resolutions having refer ence to_this matter are as follows Whereas, The action and influence of the tempe rance party is in direct opposition ; to the principles of individual freedom and.political equality upon which our American Union is founded; therefore. Resolved, ‘ That we will use all means to stay the progress of; this fanatical party, and to secure,our in dividual rights as citizens, and that we will sustain no candidate of whatever party, in any election, who is in any way disposed toward the total abstinence cause. Resolved, That we will sustain all political papers advocating the true principles of liberty, and that wc will use all efforts to make known-the’‘true social life of the Grermaus. . "• Resolved. Jlhat w a find it; necessary in a business point of view,to patronize only such business men as will -.work hand in hand with us. ' 1 ’ Resolved, That we will publish from time to time in, the, papers the namgs of the officers of the vari ous Temperance Societies. From the .Journal, of duly 6, we extract the following, which our Temperance,., and Sppday law,men may well, regard as an ad monition of the grayest import, in reference tq : their dufiee,,in.the coming, ■ : Thb BREWERpiE[NiOK.;heId ; a meeting in this city, on the of July. It was tyell attended,, qncbaey- , l ' "i'l “111 PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY; JULY,TB, ,1867.. eral mew members ■‘wire . addled.- Affcr l heating the reports;of (Committees, ) Epederick‘>?#P er pointed '’to, consult with Committees in phia; Pittsburg; and' other’places, ‘in’relation to the' approaehi ti g. el eclion, in !order that, action: may be attained.” , ( - ,■ j . tJ . , -n) THE CASE NOT BE' The Evangelist' of- last s #o‘dk' n cdhcedfe's that J ’DrJ Field’s spe'eeb ■ confined “ k few wot’ds dropped in the:eicitenfbbt of 1 an ad-- dress made undeT Siich- I cirdu ! |hhttfticcB;”‘ it will) “ not'iaffitnr that’ the lantpiiige 'usecl on •' thati occasion! canriot‘be | tortfif , edihtO'Buch ajmeaUing-as bas i been ’ put e&pon' if ,” y > and thinks it. P quite probable thatythe-author of it,- with time-,for, reflection; udghtvjbave'ex j: pressed himself morevguardedly andjfttlly.” Et'ery one joaU see thevsignifk&iiee of '.these reluctant,,, admissions: »> i ! .Eor M>urßelves nwe frankly; admit;'thatlifisee-hadl hadithe good, fortune to. See tboifull-rtreportmof 'Dr. Dield’s' address wit appeared, in the -Evangehsty it would-f-not have-irecohciled us to .the objec tionable sentiments;< far fnans stk+nbat: might have given! them, a different relative importance, in.-oup view.- Nevertheless, it remains,.true that J)r>Eidd, on aisolemn and, responsible, mission in behalf Of our, Church; befojeoone.of .the: most renovf ned,. religious Jodies, of, Christendom, did, travel entirely; out,of,.bia way |to.hold Up to their approval; the fact that not a. ( single, individual" under our Government had .suffered,for treason; called..it “magnanimity” ,p,nd,. ‘.‘rn.ercy,” when ho knew it.,wnB.'Bheer:^k.n l drew, j John-. spnism and Greeleyism; “reflected upon it with satisfaction” ~when of the denomination hoj,professed to represent .ro-, gard it with shame and detestation, and commended as an example that policy,, which the great body of our Church members,; j)y. their, votes ha<ve, for years, been laboring en tirely to revcrsp.j We say that x no man,.in an important position has £), right so griev T ously, to misrepresent .his, Church,; and no man defending him, has a right to call pur, complaint ,qf such misrepresenfotions a per sonality. The Evangelist-Swls called upon to. assert its loyalty, which wo have never, now or at any time, dreamed of questioning. But we deeply regret that it should feel itneoessary to go a step ■ further and assort that no paper has spoken more, unequivocally or loyally on these masters than The-Evange r list.” It compels us to remind that paper of the exceedingly distressing condition into which it fell, when the, Fortieth Congress, about to assemble last December, gave un mistakable signs of a purpose to .deal•effect ively with the rebels and rebel governments. It was compelled to use the hyperbolical expression, “infinite pain,”'.to express the intensity of its opposition to the just and necessary measures proposed by the radical majority of the XLth Congress. Those in terested in the health of The Evangelist have cause for rcjoicing that it has sp completely recovered, from that agonized condition, as to have forgotten all about it. And it is. a remarkable fact,t,hat The Evangelist , with all its genuine, hatred of rebellion, never com plained of “ infinite pain” untillast full, wfien it really seemed that rebellion was about to getjts.due! TheEvangehst has recourse to its letter bag. . “ On.e. of our Philadelphia brethren ” writes to our cotemporary that he is “mor tified at the weak and unjust, criticisms of the. Presbyterian.” We have no doubt that he is; but we venture to assert that he has traced his mortification to the wrong cause. It is, without doubt, the phy siological consequence of “ the infinite pain” suffered last fall by our Philadelphia brother in common with the Evangelist.. In the one case the result was mortification, in the other, forgetfulness. Happy- Evangelist! Unfortunate Philadelphian 1 We, too, have a letter bag; and can put our hand in, to a place farther South than Philadelphia, and can quote from a brother whose name is a synonyme for culture; pul pit power, amiability, and refinement in all that, region; one whofor thirty years had been a subscriber to the. Evangelist, and bad learned his hatred of slavery from its teach ings.” Thus be poured forth the fulness of his heart'to us, at one of those great critical seasons in the struggle, when our very des tiny'depended on the result, and The Evan gelist had not one manly word to say: "jjfudge, then, of my surprise, and I can truly say grief of he;art, when, on the eve of that great contest which was to‘Settle the;destiny of Slavery for this nation, andrsoifor the world,- the,Evangelist deliber ately withdrew from the. battle, declaring,that,ther.e- it, , i->J.: :;s lillW TIMED •<!..! was:ifaiYital. principleiafc'Stake, and it had and should haye no voice in,th,e conflict! ‘\ls a possible/’ X- exclaimed. ‘ls this the New York Evangelist!' fffes! how changed! In vain, front week to week, i I look for/one word—one true and hearty, word r God and humanity. That one word was. not [uttered by the most widely circulated religious news paper in the New School Presbyterian Ohureh., Once :it was our standard-bearer; but in this painful de fection 1 in the vital point and''acme of our great struggle; for. human' freedom,: it: has- forfeited 1 that honorable position, and ,w ( itJi it;.the, confidence of ma,ny-of its oldest and best friends. Most deeply do"I 'lament it. ’ Unable'km I-to account'for it. Cap.it be attributed to. the atmosphere of that which has become. the headquarters of the disloyal ty of the I^^olftlfern , States?” One more letter yre have, almost from witliin a stone’s' throw of the 'Evangelist’s office, written by the pastor of one of the first churches of New York city and of our denomination. I’t is dated July Bth: ,“lam in .too much of a hurry to-day to express my sense of the ralue of your paper. I f think it altogether the best specimen of the religious press in the country.” We asked the Eoitngelist to withdraw its chafgd that’we “ insinuated” so and so, on the gfdfan'd'lihat wo dealt frankly with the subject. ' Our request has not bdeq noticed. Btit'as an ofise't, wo are now charged with having'spolien Cvon more decidedly than we did. Tt is asserted' that we “ brand a bro ther Editor a's a conservative politician and & Fenian sympathizer.” Our words were carefully chosen' pnd were as light as we could truthfully employ. We said, “When a 1 representative ‘of the N. S. Presbyterian Church abroad undertakes the role of a con servative politician'and Fenian sympathizer, he mayexpecfc/’&c. In other words, when he appears 1 in that attitude- —language, the expreßs u'se of whi'ch is to describe a pheno menon; without-touching the question of fact. And in our second article we said only “)Dr. Field’s language 1 seems to us to justify 'our charge,” &c. We have-no special means bf■ knowing th'e position or sympa thies of the Doctor. But we do know that this is no time -for the true friends of law and public justice 'to show the slightest wa vering; in defence of those much assailed and ddplbrably ifegleeted interests. -. mi if;;;: . .• J' -< ■■ - "■ ■ FROM OPR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. .COMMENCEMENT AT LIMA. The Methodist .College at Lima, has had its commencement, this week.: Rev. Dr. Clark, of Buffalo, gave.one of the public ad dresses. His. theme was, “ The Ideal and the Real.” • The .effort to remove Genesee College from Lima to Syracuse meets with vigorous re sistance from many, of the citizens of the former place. They have; held meetings; passed resolutions of protest, have 01'ganizcd and raised quite a-large sum lof money, with which to carry the matter into:the courts, if necessary; and- contest the right to remove the college. They gave their .money: for a college at Lima, not at Syracuse. They contend that.no small part of. the funds of the college will be forfeited if it is carried, to another place. We predict that .the college will not be removed j or if it is, it will re sult in having two colleges instead of one, one at Lima, and one at Syracuse. It is a hard thing to pull up such an institution by the roots, and plant it somewhere else. The Baptises tried years ago to remove their college from the village of Hamilton to this city. They started one here, it is true, but Madison remains where it was. COMMENCEMENT IN THIS CITY. The commencement; excercises of Roches ter University under the auspices,of, the Baptists, also occured'this week. .Twenty one young,,men were, graduated, a good, sized class for an institution so young. Our Baptist friends are congratulating them selves not a little in retaining Dr. Anderson at the head of this institution. And well they may, for he,is- a strong man. Brown' University presented great temptations. It was the older and richer institution, the first in the Baptist connection. Dr. Ander son was invited by a unanimous vote of its corporation, wo are told, to take its.presi dency, a compliment never paid, it is said, to any. other man by. that institution. .But Dr. Anderson has chosen ,to stay here, with the college, with which he has been identified from its beginning, and try to make it larger and stronger as time rolls along. , He is. no narrow sectarian, but a man of breadth, dignity and culture; not. a mere scholar, but eminently a man of the people; easy, accessible and affable to .alLj. welcome. alike in all pulpits and all social circles.. r Genesee Evangelist. USTo. 1104. | Ministers $2.50 H- Miss. $2.00. 1 Address 1334 Chestnut Street., j STATE .TEACHEBS’ ASSOCIATION. This is mm: .of the “ institutions ’’ of our part, of the lan,d. It is the grand council of the .Professors of our colleges, teachers of our . academies, and public schools. They hold a yearly meeting, and generally one of intense interest, for mutual counsel, personal development,, and to find ..out how, in every way, toradyance the interests of education. The twenty-second annual gathering of this association.is to. held this year in Au burn,, commencing,on Ifuesday, July 23d, at 2 P. M., with an address of welcome by Bev. Henry Eo-syler, of that; city. Addresses are also expected during the meeting from Hon. Geo. : W.. Clinton, of Buffalo; Bey. Herrick Johnson, D.D., Pittsburg; Bey. P. P. Bi shop, of Auburn ; and poem by Prof. James W. Barker, of Buffalo., Papers on topics of the greatest eduqationalj interest, are also expected fro m Prof. Edward , of Ham ilton College; Dr. H. B. Wilbur, .Principal, of the State Institution for Imbeciles at Sy racuse ; Dr. J. C. Gallup, of the Houghton Seminary, Clinton ; N. S. Clarke, of Canan daigua, and many others. It. will, doubt less be a meeting of great interest, and real profit to those who attend. Bev. Dr., Campbell gave an admirable ad dress before the Tracy Institute of this city last week, in connection with the closing ex ercises of that Young Ladies Seminary. It w;as : beautiful in thought, beautiful in lan guage, antLhappy in delivery. It contained much'good- advice, ;very pleasantly address ed to the young ladies of that excellent in stitution. - Dr. Shaw is already off for his summer va catipn. He has not been well all the spring, and was at last peremptorily ordered away, by his physician and his loying people, for a two months rest. He will spend a part of the time on the mountains in the northern part of our State, hoping to find a clear, dry, bracing atmosphere, and perfect repose. We trust he will be all right again by the first of September. Rev. Samuel Miller, of Eaton, has received and accepted a call to the Congregational Church of Sherburne. Genesee. Rochester , July 13th, 1867. DEATH OF HON. W. H. BItOWN OF CHICAGO. The death of this esteemed and venerated elder of the 2nd Church, in Amsterdam, was recently announced among the foreign news, and will be more fully spoken of in our next. Of 1 his last will, our Chicago Correspondent gives the following interesting provisions: By the provisions of his last will and testa ment Mr. Brown gives to the Chicago Or phan Asylum; of which he was President, the sum’of one thousand dollars ($1,000.) He directs that the.remainder of his estate shall be divided into eight equal parts, of which six shall go. to his wife and five child ren, and one each to the American Boai-d, and our Committee of Home Missions. These two societies are also to receive $2OO each per annum, while the estate is being settled, which he directs shall be done in five years, or in ten, at the most- The estate is var iously estimated at from half a million to a million dollars. The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, consists of one Synod, and thirty - one presbyteries with 596 congregations aud 17-1,930 communicants, being a gain of 11,- 37,6, Average Sabbath attendance 204,265. During the year there were 11,327 baptisms. In the Sabbath School and' Bible classes there are 92,196 scholars. The annual in come of the: congregations was £203,408 for ordinary, and ■ £57,132 for missionary and benevolent purposes. £47,556 of debt was paid off, and £14,5.55 was raised from other sources, for benevolent purposes. There are 132 students in preparation for the ministry and 623 ministers, and 4,595 elders. The, Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland consists of. one Synod (organized 1811) four .presbyteries, 43 congregations and 6,609 members. During the last Synod ical year there was raised for Foreign Mis sions £9Ol (of which £3, was from Xeuia, Ohio) £l7O for Theological Seminary; £7B Home Missions; £306 for .Ministerial Sup port Fund, a total of £1,466, besides £4,988 raised for stipend. J@” We call attention to Rev.; S. Sawyer’s circular in Tegard to the Sunday School Profes sorship in Maryville College, on. our third page. We'shall,‘have more to say of it next week. ITEMS
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