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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.
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