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$3 00 By 11lha -4340 N. Gagaier:.
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TIIIIRSDiAT,. OCTOBER 24 1036 L
VACANT MVOs. s-
In these days, atahortelive4. pastoratas 4 of
111-paid and aver-worked intnOtersoarictnAlf,
fastidious hearers,. vacant eimtrah
unusua l phenomeaatk. The, onadilionl ofi
such a church is a. trying -Ave: .iik_dernimis'
the exercise of a high deggee,,qt glOstiou t
wisdom and virtue on the part . g l ogigors ,
and members.
1. They should , ecoutend agaiust diseour.'
agement. Althottdt:witittnituu t- finman lead
er and shepherd; t lieekstidcutil Teel'
church is an objebti'brDriefna
very destitution has cloubtfess . biOtieitriat-,
ted for the purpose of banging Itherid'ltti
closer sense of that'DECfie Protreutibifilied''a
deeper dependeUcti ti ft
,thair IlfeY
previously. Hence' ba 'fiq
gloomy looks and omiiii6las ib'i tk
head, but a calm trastftiliAlitin.'ilii4Vader.
ship of the *443freukftritl
Shepherd of the sheep.
2. Seasons Of lipeftittiraifbi
tion should be obSte4oBEl.ofrrit efitrii.ehes.
The opposite feellat . #4 l offt ptandietreifitay
appear in fL dertairrirC*o64olfilitetitq' 114
indifference. rmietiii)i944)Aiettteff4filici
chastening thUn to lig t
an ill sign whim afttrdWilliftvOittl i e"ifiqico
concern at the :truetathiil effsitkirglit tifit 'AS
candlestick. Air lia*bfe'befoie
God and prayer sikiii . f . d.:*Mtii if - Wee
well if special seasons orthrfted'praybr4(46
observed, when thacdiidittoU - iiiidl'AiriadS of
the church were ntidiffe , the tdirdell Of 4 ttitetit.
pleading with God fdrirelibf.. 4
he taken to unfold . and rtiipret4l; "fir''as
possible, the spiritual ait'ddtilifnil telittions
of the case, and thus 6irtit'olititivt;ikvic.orldly
views of the obarrefei *MU iffildh.lai•e . so
apt to prevail add . obatrot it& poltibfritt
time. Tha-tiiiekoe o gttikt
td
ay
thus bo'
church. The work 'of the Lord may be
revived in the midst of the years.
B. Every enterpfisn'orthe .. vacant church
should be kept' gd4ig: : The real power of
the lay element and of the eldership for
good is tested fu a time ''of vacancy: It
should at once be made to . appear that-they
have not lazily depended. upon the pastor as
the spring of their efficiency. if possible,
let every part of the church work be pushed
with more earnestness and energy than be
fore. Let members be more careful to at
tend the prayer-meetings, and elders more
studious to keep up the interest in them.
Let every Sabbath-school teacher feel more
than ever bound to be in hila and 'her class.
bet the congregation rally to the -Sabbath
'ervices, and all show their true affection
t - Jr the church by livelier demonstrationa in
its hour of need.
Especially should every appointment for
benevolent purposes be punctiliously ob
,erved. Let no solitary cause go by with
out the usual effort in its behalf. It is la
mentable that regular habits of giving to
he great causes in their regular order
should be allowed to be interrupted by the
acre fact of a pastoral valiancy. There is a
sacred sense of personal responsibility for
hese great causes that every church should
keep alive, in entire independence of the
minister. Without him, indeed, collections
will probably be smaller, but whatever they
illay amount to, they should never once be
intermitted in his absence. Every business
man can see that such a coarse must be
damaging and demoralizing in a high de
gree to the church as a benevolent institu
tion.
The Synod of Pennsylvania in its re
l'ent action on the ?Ultima press, wisely
''lnphasizes the case of vacant churches as
special need of the presence of the de
nominational press among their familiekt,
4. In the Presbyterian body, the elders. of
a vacant church have a deep responsibility.
'[hey are the lieutenants, to step 'into the
place of the commanding . officer when -Ve is
carried away. Their : opportun4ylhae .Aow
come to magnify their office; now Shay may
win the double honors- which the apentle
aAks for the elders that rule well. If suffi '
eiently gifted and otherwise aMecePtable, we
no reason why they, should not preach
—at . least in cases of peculiar emergency.
\% itliout doubt, they . are now especially
culled upon to do. pastoral world.,.' They
b.g.tuld be among 04),,pe9i1e, act 40 , 00'
;bond;bondof union:and ,sympoithyatiVl)9l/1. them `;
together. - They . , tilie,vdtt.: be. prlvapt,ly iftntttP:
itedsi4e, of the ssajn,, tb.e / hcAge,.e,
, ze i nproing. r l a
iettheieks i l i ehafgt4,o4ratelil
raPerrtile jeteTePt4 l .4 o. l l l ,4Arei& gyt, f.. 1 +04
UndeLl'L.ollrecgistit , St;k9akir.4 9 A94 4 .
larg@viirkektw i tre Qgority a lv a tnejv them,*
Hfai4ISIV Pftifixs, *ViettacIAMOOMO S JANI
lase 0: 1 6 , 44. forthOlukisitAtitttPCJ,All.fi4.4lk. l
AM is room. for ,grkittsprO4wviTA tta!qt`
,barg, ~but there sho !be 11.291,
fiskrboalaii4Rop
the Presbyterian systm 11#8 49ypeollar:
344vAntagesvitlw Rtt APPIWAAgt
4i!.inuffP.V9inAhs of it ( INgbri. P r f i '
_44terAlethodigtp, : :paptists,noy qppgresation
48tfhavittfailki4cd;offiFtgl'§Ye.190.0,0%*
*
argtoßistri PTA Pekt-,104 sO.P/345 )
,ffloarly 110* place of .04q,P4Y3tqr.;‘,14911S,uP°P
'7 l o° M sv l &e 4 nke1 4 4R-PP r e 4.PP10 ) ) 11 0:f.:1 11
9
the n4iPi9Tl 9gAkquetkv*ii PP41104, ,
bt , kcL944411n , c 3 , 1 1. 9,1 0P
lerst.el4 fh,90 1 ADA!PIN7 Pe•wle 1,4 appear;
yr c sipytery is-responsillte refc,..tbc,
r. cop
dition of all the chnrchee pul i eltpeclally of
TiIik..P.E.PI.4"VA be la ,a , _tand -
MgißClM ll 4<tfoC! v49a10 3 1'1AY9,17 - rxm,T
Nith.,,t4t 71.1(.3,p4ta1rP r egV 4
for individual rights ; .and. Prnstyterial
••thori by, 244 ch marks our; ecclesiastical. sy,sl,-
..
4R, yie,slv:opld faithfully gual:44, theint i qests
:Pt these nee4Y, which '1731
andtdi:spo . 4 so easily fipAlcttleir way.
~For
the
the most
, part, :the churches would be, glad
to kTiow illaLa committee of the wisest and
most.. experienced men of the „denoininn
ti?n waS'preparecl to concert measures with
them for .ths) gold t off the church." And it
were well if all understood better that Pres
bytery is not a mere advisory body, but Ey
real power among the churches: •
The setiutts - question how - a vacant church
ShOuid go* atont filling its pulpit again, may,
crisideied as in laige part answered
bY - thesj ebservatiqns. Prayer, activity in ,
IVerikeOciiylirk the developnieb i t of the
.
df` th - e - Olffeete atid organizations
Viittv WV& itortittreilliitineePt6tfftl
eget •
tation with wise and experienced men, will,
with the tlesii n g of Gods and,
counteradt the ill ef
fects of the vacant pulpit and contiibute
much to a happy solution of the problem` . of
a future supply of the vacancy.
THE SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The annual meeting of the Synod held last
week in .Williamspert, is fully, reported 'in
another. part of 'the paper. But no-report
can do justice to the spirit which animated
the proceedings, or to the deep, and varied
enjoyment which they gave, to the members
and the congregations participating in the
services.. The glorious October, . weather,
the rich livery of the forest-crowned hills,
the beautiful scenery of the Susquehanna
valley, the evidences of prosperity, comfort
and cultivated taste pervading the city of a
myriad inhabitants and rapidly -growing
larger, formed surroundings which could.not
fail to put the stranger in a frame of mind
favorable to the reception of happy impros
sions. The new: and exceedingly handsome
church edifice, with its complete; nd fault
leis appointments, modelled very much after
our ‘i Calvary" in the,interior„but with pure
white walls, and ceilings; and the truly mag
nificent organ and choir, which were at the
service of the Synod in nit its,public exer
cises; the large :and interested •congrega
tions always in attendance, and the unstint
ed:hospita;lity of the people; of different de
nominations, by which nearly ninety dele
gates were entertained in the best manner,
were adjuncts of no small! importance. To
this• remotest, northern point-of the Synod's
territory; , the brethren not on ly , came in
goodly numbers, but here they remained,
substantially an unbrOkon body- to, the last.
By appointing Rev. Sterling Chair,
man of the. Committee on-Lcave , of Absence,
the Synod, as that •brother ;'wittily re
marked, locked themselves inland, gave him
—the pastor cif Williamsport church-the
key. Only two applications for leave;of ab
eence were reoeived—one of them, on the
groutidof aicknem.., - „
But more Wan all else, the Holy Spir .
evidently , broodadi over, the , Synod. Lech , by
the beloved missionary brother-from , India,
Rev. Wm. Tracy, the devotional services
were of the most tender and delightful sort.
The meeting- of ThrirsdaY morning-was pro
longed -by tacit • consent to ,, douldwithe 'ap
poinWed time; lallfeltit , wals-good `tole therq.,
It was tutinsetaltiadleffinalretti. lAt th'p-1
:i!In,ARg.Lp. ; III,A.;i„THrfRS
leolinnurilon tivble;-avie
.ventyiplabes'iln Christi
ictits:a Mica .811i-0 *k
-ffence . of the , Spitifi •
IVe%Were' arware, , 1 : 4 citii
chariots of Amminadi 1
another's,...facesi # alit
'mien) doiv , troth fhad
isynodg oil -
t ,, -, :A; -iiiithit)trwand ii•e
rekaid
ROhniettd , lTlitfirimiorilia
theoAmk' Fr' xdAtrreitzißy
iitetemotWitatamelo
cuittthoniof the :paper;
thnsiasm we; havernot- , !
this tlibina:' Thefe4 I
many speeches-whie
ters and laymen. 1 . • , - nnot doubt that in.
a vetyrfewfweeks- In , i-, 11 be 7cixrcrniclingi
os.
the beneficial results this action, taken!l
Withquichnlnnsnal•pmp • • Xsinittir tone
Inarkpdf-the addresses( ill 1.68011708,100 die
I ti
great cinies of therOli'uch.titAiliotrola' eve=
ning session was set ap - t ‘atcothekeLcduses;
aid thelliresehee - oIJ aila 4e- qiudience: and' fall
'Synod! Adourageditlio peakerS to flie.hap.:
piestlJ'elforte. , l Dr: Eli wliodle;xcelled, him
-1 ielf.i ', FiN4ery i .serrite-hetylt; st!,fell fimn rhip , 14.4
•Was=weighty,-an&withi is and(iDrlWisWellh;
graphid desciiptions-1-40thiipelaing as eye:
iiititessesiot the kreattidestitutions.and op
portunities of the Wes
-we scar6elymiseed
•the r, greaf,;:‘-i matisle WhitirKitherz (.lesslabor,
, ed., ?),.. Sync:D hiu septhedi t -thaVe 'foxind" sonnel
fail: Mi.Ailimaii slidkemostSffectively for
Education, and:ler. 'Adair, Ifer'dlome Afis
sione.:Mr.:Dhllewliad; (mitt, previous occesibn,
spoken admiraibly 'fon' Nilblieation; :never
thelesatkere *as:great regretlthat,.his-voice
Iwoulii not .• hold- out for ahether addreua , this
' ()inning.. Secretary Brnfivp -good-hnmoiedly
- .declared that hetwould give ais, a practical
•instance , "-of uhinistegiab-relief" by sparing
' - us a speech on. , his-toita At; f tliat late, hour.
Hie figures were of .ir,ceat interest and pto7,
The vote of.thanks was sustained in his
most felicitons manner by Dr. March, and
seconded-by Dr. Mears, who had beeneenter_
tallied in, a fainily of the other , bratich, and
who testified to' the power Of; the argument
for re-union which he found in the cordial
and abundant hospitality he had - there ex
perienced. The reply of Mr. Sterling fairly
drowned the services of the session, in which
not a tie: of •fraternal feeling, had been
touched , but to tstreegthen and exalt it, and
in which many felt:that they,had been lift
ed, - nearer , heaven than ever before.
One impression was made so clearly upon
the Synod that we can'notfairly omit mention
of it.bere, namely: that Harrisburg-Presby
tery, in the completeness, of its working_ma
chinery, the fulness of the returqs, and gen
eral-participation of members and churches
in al/ the benevolent causes of the Church
is the Banner Presbytery—facile ,princeps
in the Synod.
FROM OUR TRAVELLING colipAranyarir
IN TIT . WEST.
The Synod of West Pennsylvania !net on.Fridai,
at North EASt aod was; upened with a .serpou
the Moderator, in which he urged upon his ,breth
ren the 4ecessity of life and activity in the Church,
that it may be a power for good in the world.
On Saturday, Messrs.; Dulles and McLeod were,
heard in behalf of the Publication Cause and of
Foreign Missions. Synod also.enjoyed the, pre
,sence Rev. Mr. Trachu venerable missionary_ of
the American Board, who has re,cently returned,
to : this country. Tor a short, time, ufter,a, lifeticae
spent, in the, service of, his Master, „in Southern
-India. The trissiona,ry meetinkbeld was largely
: attended, - as indeed were all the i sessious of Synod,.
ami all- were p.)werfp.lly, impressed u with. t4e,..pci-:
bleness of this great work. Mr. Tracy, spoke„ of
the'*eessity.cf-senlirag home their, children for
education as the one great trial of a missionary's
life, but observed thut - 118• out of 75 boys, and 32'
.out , Of 33' girls; thus-separated , froin. theirparents,
made ailrnfA;ion of religion. The fitet was elieit
that,'We'. - average•l4ission contributionof the
Pittsharg-Presbytery , ii i52.:09 per member.
On; Sandillitilio•c:ornmianion was dispensed', and
)fiie-silatiostoPtbellarge congregation joined in: the
ordinance. In-the evening , a•-children's mission
ary-meeting-was hsld; being Conducted by: Rev.-
A. Taylor. Addresses, were made p by Messrs,:
'racy; Wylie , Herrick4ohnson, and , Dulles, and , .
the,- cihildren,tevinceidAy • attenticin Anidlaf-T
lei.tronateenisiliisdistnio*lyith4civere interes4l.l
freh eo's
':itIt'.Y,::,OCTOT3t.R: - ,,, -- 4.,:u3:01.
• t , ,teigether - hem
sots.
the , Isseplittr • pre=
these Isetvieee.:
1 , niadgr as 61ike Vire
" We lookediinithae
e:er.: ini'linni3eal
kanted• me; afr`a
v3I spiritwanitasted
..wirel6N;urk df;the
•Aictifitgrriropiiitort of
iksr Mill fikrthert4lo
fkalirgeti th 4
W ii
met ;with:amen-
•Itriessed befditil On
itTot time to: hear the
re-rapidly offered
[ic Lit:hgo is
the 9ltate,bl the au:relies, tiltimi was taken 'on
Utniotti as ..3scat-.will see by the paper (from Dr.
Joimsourepen) which Will be forwarded to you.
phis : was. l 'adopted without,a, dissenting voice. On
alloilihy- evening: -Rev. Herrick. Johnson, -JO_
atititeased-theSy.noci Ott the queatiott.of using;wine
at a, ibeverage, th4ti;bebag a topic. of ell : absorbing
interest in: this , corneriCk:the State.
son!s retuanm t wera : asimitbstance :of a lectiireAti-,
literati ih; PitAsbitt&Whichhadthe gooleffeetmlf
tinging, !the !dee aittet ifrotu -Many , _tables :in .th . a.„t
lcityll4 .1 r 3 .
sI D.uning• thecentire meeting of Syni*ttot a wor . d
swasisaidachish was t iu any sense harsh or censo
riolts, .titkisgtgact6lWhethed`_ beeno aciaultOtned to at
-tend snehibodies,expre.ssed their surprise at the
iiritof~Ghriatiaulote;aiid;Christiau: work which
43ervadedc.a.11 their 41.a.liberetionsi and at. tho man
ifeatieffort otkall-hands to- make.xhe courts of the
ekturehlamesbsi o i fi grace,
;During-the ...meetiogilif Synod the Presbytery
df•P i ittehttrg4ilttatbaoljour'nedimeeting, and re
ceigedi Itev4,W,sa.fir.wWylie arid, his, congregation
frtimAtitedil,toAmeti-,PxeSbytery or: Pittsburg,
unitedi tha . ..Jattst. OW Now, School congregation
I otNesreestley sititaineii, as re;gular iit7,call from
f that nnitedLoougtegation for, a.r.,Wylie'eservies
Pla49 nrrang,PinOtttti. for his
; inatallp,tion or.r the 2d it stt .Fartherpargenlars
; :in maY.- next,
NEwcAsmr. Oct. 3, 1867
DEA.R.EDITOR :—The Presbytery of Newcas
tle met at North ,Raat durin Cr the meetroc , of Sy
nod, and, then Tecetved Rev., W. T Wylie : and
the.Reforme4 "rcsby t terian church of Newcastle,
from the Refoklneil Presbytery of Newcastle.
The follcwing paper was adopted
Deformed Presbyterian chnich of New
castle, Pa, in connection with the, Reformed
Preihytetian GerieraT Synod, hiring applied by
the predentation Of-proper papers to - betaken un
derf-the care • of *US , Presbytery, it 'was- unani
motisly .resolved that`:they-be most, cordially-re
ceived, and that we,hail with pleasure, the feel
ings which-this application indicates.
- Coining, as they do, from a body so long cele
'brated for their ardent attachinent to the doc
trines and:practices of the Presbyterian:Church, ,
and especially' forlhe...nnble testimony they have
ut4l9rnil9-3w-49, on, the su}rjpct o€ yery ri _and
for their fidelity'to the slave and the Preedinan,
'and dinning, to unite with a'ehurch so thoroughly
and vitally identified with the same interests, we
;cannot but recognize it as an earnest of that
brighter and better day, which is so evidently
drawing niph, when brethren of the same-general
views will he drawn into a closer and more fra
ternal union. for the advancement of - the cause of
our blessed Lord' Jesus in the land and in the
.world. We,. recognize, with pleasnre. and with
oratitude this new manifestation of the determi
nation, to lay aside' matters'of minor importance
that the work of the Lord be not hindered, but
that all the advantages arising from hearty and
earnest co-operation Maybe attained. We trust
.that the union • thus `BR, happily formed may be
the means and the eecasiort of the great e st bless
ing to the unitettcharch , a'ritslevicastle and to the
Church'at"Taroe. - • •
•
Presbytery then arranged for an adjourned
Meeting in this place to proceed with the instal
,
lation of Mr. Wylie over their united congrega
thins, the N.. S, formerly udder care of Rev. Mr.
Bradford, 'and the, R. P. (N. S.), which had
•
formed a pert of Mr. Wylie's charce. The lam.
church, formerly used as a town-hall. was well
filled with a large and -intelligent audience, and
the protracted services were listened to with
eager attention. The sermon -was. preached by
° Reif. Iterrick Johnson,llD., on the text, 2 Tim.
iii. 17: " That. the man of God may . be .perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto, all cmod works." The
speaker after dwelling on a livino• Christ as the
source and centre of the pulpit's power, and on
the person and cuinulative personal force of
Christ as the great problem of history turned t , to'
I diScuss the lower relatiOns of the pulpit and to
point out its relations to the great world-historic
movements of theie latter days. The pulpit. he
showed had,been the great educating power; the
4octrine afjustification byfaith, in so far as sin;
cerely received, necessitated a provision for pop
education-, inasmuch ai the Protestant Church
abjures that deVotion which ignorance is the
. • .4 •
mother 4 :•;:). t. ;; •• • •.> • -
. fle swept aver a wide range of histori
cal inatancei--LUther, the Puritan fathers &c.,
especially dwelling. on the record of the. Church
of Scotland, which in the First Book of Piscip
line adopted: at the meeting of the First General
Asseinhly, ip - 1566, provided for the,establishment
of, a grammar school in every pariah, and of' a
tlege in every considerable town.:lie quoted
I.l*
Unfriendly Mill's eulogy of the Church that=
raised th - e - niesTiritirliirtir degraded people in
Europe rantins intelligence and
4brift; He. He-next spokettif- the pulpit-as a literary
Power',-in that it: had :not only produced g sermon
iitexittUre (Of its•oiraAitqwas every day mould-
A:kg and foil:ging the *ittflecand. the- matter. of-the
/petit.: bodyof, everk- nation's literatiiret- i
vibiettitaaildlitOdes , 474 -I.regtmeat , i3bgitifoir:
0-enesee . Rvangelist, No. 1118.
1 Ministers $2.50 H. Hiss. $2,99.
I
Address:-1334 Chesfalut
the pulpits or the land,, and, you have a very fair
picture of the national mind and character,. aad
that not so much because the pulpit reflected the
people, as be..ause it moulded them. He wake
further of the pulpit's relation to civil liberty,
showed_ that the Church had been fighting the
battle_ of the oppressed for three centuries; that
i cycry great . political: struggle went side by nide
~with a great ,religious.meve,ment, He songratu
late& the newly-firmed church on their connecting
with
,a, body thoroughly sound-on all political and
philanthropic issues, hecause thoroughly sound
on all great religious issues; that if any pullit
had sent forth an uncertain sound during the
great strugleß which the pulpit had so powerful
,lyaided, it was because "the truth of Christ "so
called was but a lie.
'ln conclusion, he tirged_the necessity of .a trt,in
istry awake to_ these minor and. less spiritual,re
lations of the pulpit qualified to speak on. every
great issue of the day. •
(Dr Johnson spoke, with great animatiog LTA
energy, thouola thorenolly, wearied with continu
-are,xertions and labors during• the se.ssion,of Sy
nod; ,his brethren there, expecting to have r ,no
more of him for a while, were set on haying, as
much as possible. of him then.) - • - . ,
The usual eimstitutional guestions were,..,the,n
put - by the. Moderator, and after , a brief and „for
cible charge to the pastor, Rey. Mr. Travelli,nd
dressed the people on the responsib?lities they
were incurring in this aiew relation, which he
happily illustrated by analogies drawn from,. :the
marriage - state. He especkatly congratulated
them on havincr o ,r 0 a stirrin thourrlatful 111411 as their
under shepherd, • .1
to go in and out hefore
After a ,few e
ei
felltoU,rrriarkS
John
son, the services were brought to a close at a late
hour.
The congregation .a.t Newcastle have every
reason to witieipate 'a prosperous future. This
pastor, 111r. - Wylie, is a. cousin of Dr. Wylie of
.
your city., and the son of one of the old pioneer
ministers of the (then), "Far West,",,Aev.
.
Wylie, of Sparta,lll. isfavorably known in the
- educational world as a very successful, teacher in
and as the author of the best man
niaal of 13:-lio,11-idevqt t iop 114411,1, Worship 4n.
the School it,Oom f 7 i ' a Woik'iO-w.hich the most
, .
distinguished divines of every Evangelical denom
ination in our land, from Beecher up, have con
tributed. An abridgment of this with the addi
tion of the late and popular S. S. tunes, has been
very widely introduced into Schools, Sabbath
Day and Freedmen's, and is very highly recom
mended, among others, by the American Mission
ary Association, who appeal for 50,000 copies for
the South. The place is a growing and thriving
one, being qnite a centre in the iron business, and
on the line of travel from Pittsburg to Erie aad
to the North West. The Old School church, of
which Dr. D. X junkin is the pastor, is quite
a numerous charge; as is the U. P. church, which
has recently lost Hon. and Rev. R. A. Browne,
D.D. iiho goes to the Presidency of the little U.
P. Westminster College at New Wilmington, Pa.
The Baptists, .Methodists,Romanists, Lutherans,
Coyenanters, (0. S.), an Episcopalians, are Aso
representedhere. The Campbehite Baptists (or
"'Disciples"), represented mainly by a single
wealthy family, are' erecting a fine Gothic church,
on; which they have, already expended $72,000,
and ;it. will nut be finished until late in the
winter.
But withal there is a very wide field of use
fulness-Opening up here, and a very large class
who' seldom " dirken the door "of a church. If
I have any judgment of men, this united church
will be a. povger for good• among , this class, em
bracing, as theyloolaite,a nutiber of Christians
who will not - easily weary in well doing, and
whose hands ace,ever ready for every good work.
- johnson left 'the neit Inorninc , ' to return
Pittsburg -Which already "-ballet!.
,good bye" to, being _recalled .for . a brief space
liby the death of. Mrs. ; - Alikree ' the wife of Jos.
Aibree, Esq. of the:Third church. Mrs. John
son is at Auburn, N: Y., and they will start
for MartfuotWllfich.,"in a'very few days:
To THE PothT.-=The official board of the
.Western Methodist Church` `in' this city,
learning that a committee from a vacant
church was on'the - ground, and using efforts
r 'to.secnre the - transfer of their pastor, Rev.
•T B Miller,,met and adopted th - e - folio wing
-preamble and reaolUtion, evidently meaning
therebk not to be misunderstood :
"Whifeas A certain committee from a dis
lant-church -hava waited upon our present
ipastor, with.a viewto invite hisservices and
induce him_ t t o ,seger ;his connection with
us, we deenKthno - onduct of said committee
highly reprehensible; and it is therefore
, 9Resdived, That we - entertain the highest
'respect: and Christian love for. our pastor as
a mat a4ninister :of the gospel; we de
sire:-to retain..his , Bervices, and wish that
thOse who want to interfere. between us and
would stiii at home and tnind.their
t'uesiness."
ON• THE WING