lilftliall Prislllitttialt.
TITURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1867
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE'S FALL LIST.
The Committee hare just issued - a list of books
for the fall trade, which, for quality and exter
nal appearance, will, we think, add to their al
ready high reputation.. Dr. Gillett's "Ancient
Cities," and " Life Lessons'' will furnish a por
tion fur older readers, of the most substantial
character. While the younger classes are boun
tifully provided for in stick books as "The Beg
gars of Holland; " "Weakness. and Streng•h,"
and "The Shoe Binders of New York," which
are brought out in - a - dn'iiiabie style under the ju
dicious and efficient management of the Commit
tee's business agent, Rev S. W. Crittenden. We
shall notiee thief]] inore fully*beielifter.
THE GENERAL THEOLOGIOAL LIBRARY.
At a.special , meeting of the Board of• Directors
of this institution-held on the .21st , inst., the fol.
lowing resolution's verer.unaninously Icclopted
Ist. That clergymen of the several denomina
tions, and theological stu lents preparing for the
Christian ministry, be permitted the free use of
the library at the rooms; the continuance of such'
use being subject t the action of the members of
the corporation at their next anudal meetin
2d. That a' copy of the above resolution be
offered to the 'various religious journals of the
day for publication
`Lirrti
Seerbtary of the -Boat'd
THEOLOGICAL LIIIILARY I-TALL,
BOSTON, 41 Tremont st, Oct,. 22, 1867.
INSTALLATION OF REV. OHAS. D. SHAW.
A Pro re nata meeting of 'the Presbytery of
Wilmington, was held, October 9, 1867, in the
church, Wilmington, `
Central chureh, Wilmington, Del., for
r the, pur
pose of installing Rev. 'Charles D. Shaw as pas
tor. It was a happy and hopeful occasion for the
people of the Central church. But recently de
prived of the valuable services of Rev. Dr. Wis
well, they had, in . a spirit of ,humble confidence,
committed their case to the great Head of the
Church, and guided, as they believe, by Him in
their choice, now assembled not only as gratified
witnesses, but willing to do their part in con-um
mating a more permanent bond of union between
pastor and people. At the hour appointed the
church was filled by an expectant audience. On
the table in front of the pulpit, were gathered
beautiful and appropriate offerings of sweet flow
ers. The centre boquet was tastefully arranged
to represent in all its beauty and significance, a
cross, formed of pure white dahlias on a back
ground of crimson. The choir opened with the
old, but appropriate, anthem, " How beautiful
upon the mountains are the feet of him, that
bringeth good tidings," &c.
The Presbytery-then proceeded to - the instal
lation ceremonies. Rev. D. H. Emerson, of St.
George's presided. The sermon was preached
by Rev. Thos. J. Shepherd, D.D., of Philadelphia,
the friend and former pastor of Mr. Shaw. This
discourse, from John xviii. 37, like all the preach
ing of this eminent divine, was fill of matured
thought, sincere earnestness, and thrilling elo
quence, and was to many who listened to him for
the first time, a feast of fat things.
The Scriptures were read by Rev. Mr. Scho
field, of Delaware city. At the request of the
Moderator, Rev. William Aikman, of Hanover
street church, proposed the constitutional
.ques
tions, and then delivered the cbarge..to the pas
tor. From the words of the Apostle Paul, 2
Tim. iv. 2, " Preach the word," as a basis,. be
set forth in glorious and impressive terms the
sacredness and responsibility of the pastoral rela
tion, and his faithful words of counsel and ex
hortation, at times deeply tender and pathetic,
will long be remembered by both pastor and peo
ple.
The charge to the people, delivered by Rev.
J. F. Severance, of Milford, an intelligent and
manly exposition of the , duties of .1 people to
ward their pastor, was listened to with profound
attention, and will doubtless remain a standing
rebuke to any approach toward a sordid treat
ment of, or failure properly to appreciate, the .
labors of a consistent faithful pastor.
At the close of the services, an interesting and
animated scene was presented. A vast crowd of
those anxious to take by the hand the young
pastor, who had already so greatly endeared him
self to the people, and repeat to him the assuran
ces of a hearty welcome, thronged around him.
Parents, with their children, Sabbath-school:
teachers and their scholars, young men, and
maidens, eagerly in their turn, presented their
hearty congratulations, and received a fitting and
warm-hearted reply.
The service was ended; the lights were out in
the sanctuary, and the people separated to their
homes, but from hearts burdened with the wel
fare of Zion, there went forth earnest prayer
that night, that God would ratify what had been
done, and bless this new and solemn relation to
the peace and prosperity of the Church and the
glory of His great and holy name.
THE PENNSYLVANIA SEAMEN'S FRIEND SO
CIETY has elected Rev. Dr. E. N. Sawtelle, Cor
responding Secretary. The appointment was to
be confirmed by the parent Soci, ty yesterday.
Dr. Sawtelle was seamen's chaplain at Havre for
several years, is a charming man in pulpit, and
out, and will bo . a decided addition, tg bour.,Tigis
terial oirple.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1867.
FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT
DEDICATION AT DANSVILLE
The house of worship of the Presbyterian
church at Dansville has been enlarged, reritodel
ed, and finely improved. Some twenty or thirty
feet are added to its length, giving thirty addi
tional pews for the 'accommodation of the increas
ing congregation. The walls are handsomely
tinted, the wood4vork- grained' in,- imitation of
black walnut, the pulpit made entirely new, and
all so-renov-at;d. aria iiitpro•Ved that one would
hardly know it w,as i thF siime,place— r
The dedicatoiy st.riices iiere f htldiast Sabbath,
the sermon being preached' by la c i7 . Samuel Jes
sup, who has now been fdi seven years theaccep
tab'e pastor. Text , : "To what , purpose is this
waste?" , but the object 'of his dis Course, itmay
be supposed, was to - show that was no waste at
all thus to impi'ove the house , of God: - ' ••
In the evening, a union meeting was' held in.
the saine 'place, with shoK, stirring hddresse,
Cie pastors of, the other churches, of the village.
The audiettees were _large and, much interested,
both mording'hild 'evening. Bit die Lehii„,.4iAt'
r,
tion, net saltsfied Irerre'so - much,
have also ordered an organ' for the renovated
house, to cost hbout $1500., This is expected to
be in its place. in the ,course of a few , months.
On Monday evening the seats'were rented for
the year. The,,biading was aniMated,,anti.hll
were disposed of except -five; which are -under
the gallery; the amount realized ,being $1163, a
large advance on the-previous receipts from the
same source.
INSTALLATION' AT , OVID
The Presbytery of Genesee held a meeting in
Ovid, on 'Tuesday evening, 15th inst., for the in
stallation of Rev. CHAS. E. STEBBINS, as pastor
of the Presbyterian church. Rev. Thos. Louns
bury, D.D., former pa:tor' of the same congrega
tion, presided on the occasion. An admirable
sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Wood, of Ge
neva, from the words, "He that winneth souls is
wise." The prayer Of installation was offered by
Dr. Lounsbury; charge to the pastor by Rev. S.
R. Janes, of Shortsville; and charge to the people
by Rev. David Magic, of Penn Yam. The exer
cises were well sustained throughout, and were
greatly enlivened by the appropriate and truly
excellent music of the choir. Some of the min
isters remained for a few days after the installa
don, preaching daily to attentive ,congregations,
with some manifestations of special . interest in re
ligious things.
TWO CDURCIIES AT CAMDEN
The Congregationalists and Presbyterians, who
have been for years united in .a " Union Church"
at Camden, have concluded to separate and form
two churches. The Congregationalists have
called Rev. .Tamies Douglass, of Pulaski, and he
has accepted the call, to enter at once upon his
labors in that place. Rev. Selden Haines, of
Rome, is preaching to the Presbyterian organi
zation. Nether church has a house of worship,
as their church edifice was recently burned in
the great fire, which swept through a considera
ble part of the village. Both are hoping to erect
houses of worship in due time, and to do a great
deal of good in their separate spheres of Chris
tian activity.
MORE NOISE, AND BETTER
Daniel Norton, Esq., of Holland Pa tent, a gen
erous friend of Hamilton College, has provided:
for the purchase of a new bell for the 'college
chapel. The one now in use weighs but 250
pounds, and is such a one as is more commonly
heard on steamboats and cotton-factories. It has
not much genuine music in its tones, and so it is
proposed to have the next much larger, to weigh
800 pounds. It is thought that hereafter the ex
cuse for being late to prayers, or absent altoge
ther, "Didn't hear the bell," will not be 'so often
given.
GONE SOUTH
We are sorry to report that the only daughter of
Rev. Dr. Campbell, of this city, is so much out of
he.lth that she has been ordered South by her,
physioians. She left our city yesterday and is
to sail from New York to-day for Florida.
Her mother accompanies her in the journey,
and the prayers and best wishes of a large circle
of 'friends will follow her, and fondly hope for
her return in the spring, quite restored to her
accustomed health and strength. The pastor has_
the warm sympathy of an affectionate people, to
help hiin bear the trial of so long a separation
from so large and important,a portion of his family.
HO ME AGAIN
Rev. David Nage, after an absence of some
months in Europe, has returned in health and
peace to his charge at Penn. Yan, where he is
much loved and greatly useful. In his absence
the church received pleasant ktters from him,
which were read with great interest in some of
their meetings, and he was affectionately remem
bered in their prayers.
PILCUIIM'S PROGRESS.,
We see it going the rounds that a translation
of Pilgrim's Progress into the Chinese language,
is being made at Pekin ; as though it was some
thing entirely new. But we have in our posses
sion a tran:lation which was made by Rev. W.
C. Burns, an English Missionary, some years
ago, and printed at Hong-Kong; and some of
the misnamed celestials are already quite familiar
with the wonderful 'allegory of the great dreamer.
REV. JOHN S. BACON, of Amboy, was recent
ly made the victim of a pleasant surprise. Re
turning with his wife from their vacation, he was
waited upon in bhe evening by a large number
of parishioners. Tables were spread in the usu
al way for such occasions ; but on uncovering the
first dish, in place of eatables, it was found to
contain a silver cake basket and sixty dollars in
greenbacks; a pleasant greeting from an attached
people.
REV. J., W. WHITETIELD, late of Waddington,
has engaged to serVe- for a year in Utica as a city
missionary, employed, we believe, by the First
Church, in place off Rev JOhn who removed
to New York. • 'GENESEE.
ROCHESTER, Ceti 26, 1867.
ORDINATION 01 WM. HIITTON.—Last Sabbath
.
,
evening,.a,t G-reerkw 4 h chapel, ths. Fourth Presby
tery of Philadelph ordained to the . Gospel min
istry, Mr.lYin. , tton, who has devoted. -Min
s& to evangelistic. 'bar in the Southern part• of
the city
of Presbytery, Rev. R. H.
I the constitutional questions,
bluing prayer.: Rev...T. J.
kbe sermon, from Luke 19:
Garland Hamner, gave the
igehst. Rev. Messrs. Adair
1 :_o present and took part in
The Moderator
Allen, presided, pu
and offered the or ,
Shepherd preached
10 and'the Rev. J
charge to the Ev
aid McLeod *ere
the exercises.
Mr. HUtton 'was
First Church, N.
college' and of Unio
Of r .
a:. fine scholar
heart of love for J 1
formerly a member of the
', a graduate of Ilamilton
•Theologieal Seminary; N.Y.
- attainments, with a warm
s and for perishing souls,
• seieral years in the Heine
must attend him in•this
,uts In' the sickle to reap;
f hearty earnest ed-workers
and' an experience o
Mission work, slice
field where he now
with the little band
Who surround him.
REV. A. CULVE .
and accepted a call,
wark, iri this - city.
the people on last,S
large and interested '
been over twenty ye j
Manayunk, and lea
Church edifice just c
hopeful condition.
REV. EDWARD L.
New Haven, hes re
Broad street Church
e
. , ~. .
CHURCH. OF THE IU. UfiTtA. N.— letter from
Delaware Water Gap sal i : i send you to, day a pho
tdgraph of " the Church\9( the mountain." Since
this picture was taken, lie have had a _beautiful
iron railing placed on !.tu top of the wall that sur
rounds the Church; at 4e cdst of fi.' , 'ie hundred
cl
u,
dollars, and the .3140111 ring the summer and
spring has been painte ,' and in many respects
renewed and made bea'ut ul. It is now by some
called " a gem of a chug ." We are indebted
largely to our city fries who visit us in sum
mer, and particularly to ranklin Peale, Esq.
and lady, who were the in ruments of procuring
for us many of our i rovements. We are
free from all debt, and h e to live hereafter
without the help of the, mi ionary society. The
ladies of the village deserve lt .reat deal of cre
dit for their diligence and pl. everance during
the past year, in making atli les for a Church
Fair. This Fair yielded us 6 , r $lOOO, a sum
• " '
sufficient to pay all debts, aid leave money in
the treasury. Having met wit so much success
in this effort to, keep up the eit rob, in a place
of so few inhabitants, tit is to be iMped that
they will keep up their weekly ' etings for mak
ing useful and fancy articles, an' by disp.•singof
them to the visitors in the Sum er Season con
tinue an independent and self-su i lofting church.
It is said with respect to the gift: for the taber
nacle that all the women that were VISE HEARTED
did spin with their hadds, an.
, brcmght that
which they had spun, both of bl e, and of pur
-113, and of scarlet, and of fine li. m. Does not
the Lord say to those among us o forward in
this good work, E. J. P.
M.T.NISTERIAL.—The N. Y. Ob-- vet calls at
tention to a new and important feature in the
settlement of pastors. It is.a pled.- on the part of
the people that they will, in additit n to the salary,
keep the minister's life insured for a fixed sum
. .i
while he remains with the . Rev. H. H. Steb
bins was installed pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Riverdale, N. Y. on the Bth, the So
ciety pleding itself to pay the annual premium
on a policy of $lO,OOO. ,What could be more
appropriate and just than this? Let it be done
for all our pastors.-----At an adjourned meeting
of . the Presbytery of India t napolis at Edinburg,
Oct. 9, Mr. G D. Parker was ordained as an
Evangelist. Rev. R. B. Keeling was received
into Bloomington Presbytery from the U. P. Pres
bytery of Bloomington: He has taken charge of
our Church in Wenona.---A. call from the
Church of Urbana has been accepted by Rev. C.
D. Nott.—Rev. S. Ellis Wishard, late of Te
cumseh, has accepted a call to the pastorate of
the Presbyterian church of Battle Creek, Mich.
—The Presbytery of Cincinnati (O. S. met
at Glendale, Oct. 3d, when Rev. Messrs. W. H.
Babbitt and S. C. Kerr were received as mem
bers of Presbytery upon certificates of dismis
sion from. the Third Presbytery of New York.
—The North Church, New 'York city. gave a'
very hearty welcome to their pastor, October 7th,
being the first Sabbath after his return from a
five months tour in Europe.. Upon - the succeed
ing Sabbath it the Communion, fifteen were ad
ded to the Church, twelve upon their profession
of faith. The lord has been with this people
of Manayunk, has .received
, the Fir'it Church Sduth-
Ile began his labors with
c
itath;and was . received, by
diences. lkir. Culver has
Id the 'Church in
.ople with a new
s pastor
s that pi
g i ple . e al
d otherwise in a
!CLARK,
,ved
this!TT 7
of North Church,
call from North
and abundantly blessed them, and never were
their prospects better. The pastor is Rev. Thos.
Street, formerly of Green Hill Church, in this
city.
ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION.-MT. Henry
EL Stebbins was ordained by the Fourth PreSby
tery of New York, and installed bishop of the
Presbyterian church at Riverdale, N. Y, on the
afternoon of Tuesday, the Bth inst. Rev. Howard
Ciosby, D.D., of N. Y. city, was 'Moderator of the
Presbytery ; and offered the ordaining prayer;
Rev,,Dr.,Qmpenter, of Brooklyn, preached the
sermon; the. Charge to. the pastor was given by
Rev. .4. D. Hitchcock, D.D,, Professor .iu the
Union, Theological Seminary, : and , the .charge : to
the, people by Rev. W i dliam Adams, D.D. of
this pity. Mr. ,Stebbins graduated last May at
both_the Unicn and Princeton Theoloo-ical Semi
nariei. • • . ,
CEtuncims.--"The Netirodistaionte jouirnal, of
this eityitsays : ,The • pastor, „Rev. Mr. Eva, and
Trustees of the -.First ,I-!resbyterian church, of
Kensington; Girard avenue and Hanover street,
have kindly tendered the use, of ;their elegant
church to Rev. M. Sisty and his. Congreption,
for the purpose of holding their usual flintily
gatherings, on `Sabbath afternbons at '3 o'clock.!
The Siloam people, therefore, and theit friends;
will meet at the above place,,ott these interesting
occasions,/, for the present.--:---Classon-avenue .
Church, Brooklyn, is doing well in'its new cha;
pel on Monroe street, though yet without a pas
tor. • Dr: Norman Seaver,. .of Rutland, • Vt.,
preached Oct. 20th.—The new chapel and
Sunday-school room of the Park Church, of.
NeWark, N. J., was opened Oet. 20t1k,--,-The
Westminster Church .of South Brooklyn, which
branched -off front Dr. Spear's: Church several.
years, ago, dedicated their new building Octob er 2oth. The front is of Bellville drab sawed stone,
relieved in the arches by stone of a lighter eblor,
and having a tower. 99 feet high.. The blanks
are of Connecticut brown stone. finished in bro
ken ashlar. Room. for ;about .-1;000 persons is
furnished- in. the auditorium. Back of: the
church, is a. bhapeLcontaining the lecture-room
on the ground floor, and above it the Sunday
school rooms. Next the lecture-room is the pas
tor's study, from. :which , passage way leads to
the. platform., ,This.. church ; edifice now takes
rank among the elegant arid commodious ,ones of
Brooklyn. In -the morning the dedicatory ser
mon was preached by, the pastor, the,-Rev. Hugh
S. Carpenter. -The venerable ~ Dr. Spring and
Prof. Hitchcock of this city also7took part in
the sere ices.-=—Evangelat. ' '
Ng..
NEW GERMAN CHURCH -AT EwArt Th e
Second German Presbyterian Church,lNewark,
N. J., was dedicated on Sunday, October 13th.
In the morning the services were conduCtea iii
German by. Rev. G.- C. Seibert, D D., and Rev.
J. M. Guenther. At: 3, P.M., English services
were conducted by Rev. J. P.Wilson, D.D., and
Rev. Robert Aikman; and in the evening the
services were,condueted in English and German
by Rev.:J. F.. Stearns, D.D., 'Rev. Wm, Scho
field, and others. 'There are two Sabbath-schoola
connected 'with the church, one` German and the
other English, with an average attendance of 120
scholars in each. There is 'also a German and
English clay-school carried on unaer the auspices
of the church. The edifice ) grounds and fur
nishino• cost about $24 odo.
A NEW CHURCH TO itE ORGANIZED.A Com
'mission has been appointed by the Dubuque
Presbytery to organize a Presbyterian Church
(N. S.) in the flourishing village of Ackley.
CHURCH COURTS.
SYNOD OF ALBANY.—The report on Re-union
w s drawn and presented by Dr. Darling. It
heartily endorsed re-union on the basis proposed
by the Joint Committee, and adopted by the last
General Assembly. At the same time it man
fully protested ac c' minst any such change of terms
as some of the Other Branch are now working
for—a change that would imply that we were
hereties,•or that we were insincere or ignorant
in adopting the Confession of Faith as our rule
of Faith and Doctrine. It further deplored any
such change in the article relating to the Congrega
tional churches, now united with us on the Plan
of Union, as would drive them from us and force
them into Congregational bodies. Further it
asserted, that as the matter now stood, should re
union fail in consequence of the Other Branch
demanding any other conditions in opposition to
those now proposed, the responsibility of failure
would, as does now that of di-ruption, rest upon
the Other Branch, and not upon us. They were
more interested in re-union than we. This able
report having called out spirited remarks from
several, was adopted with but little diisent.
. II
r „ ,„
SYNOD OF OUSQUEANNA passed thee -follow
ing : Resolved, That our ministers preach oftener
and more earnestly on the subject of Temper
ance, and that officers and meMbOrs of the
churches 'within the bounds of this Synod will
sustain them in so doing.
OMER: SyNons.—The Synod of Illinois, at
its late meeting,- adopted a resolution in favor of
the appointment of a Secretary to the Committee
on Sabbath-schools by the next Assembly, be
lieving that, as a Church, we need to be - more
thoroughly, equipped and trained for the Sabbath
school work. At the request of President Cur
tis, Synod appointed one of its members to at
tend the next annual examination of Knox Col
lege omits behalf, and report at its next annual
meeting. According to custom a committee was
also appointed to attend. the annual examinations
of Blackburn Theological Seminary. The Synod
voted to raise this year $9OOO for Home Mis
sions, its full Share of the $250,000 . called for by
the General Assembly. On the subject of re
union, the correspondent of the Herald says :
"All were ready for it upon the terms of union
proposed at our last Assembly. But none would
consent to it upon any terms that failed to recog
nize the perfect equality of the contracting par
ties. Yet no one had anything new to suggest,
there being a general feeling of entire confidence
in the wisdom of the Committee on Re-union."
,The Synod of New York and. New Jersey
at its late meeting, adopted a report on the Un
ion Theological Seminary, commending the
appointment of a Professor who should be devo
ted to the work of instructing German students,
and fitting them for the work of the- ministry
among their countrymen in-this country. On
the question of Re:uniow Synod adopted a reso
lution. expressing -the wish for its con §uni Malibu
as soon as the way may be opened in the Pro vi
dente of God for securing a union founded upon
mutual respect and confidence.
PRESBYTERY OF NEW YORK THIRD.—At the
late tueetin. , the sessions of the churches were
urged to take effectual measures to promote the
circulation of the Presbyterian _Monthly among
the families of their. congregations. The Pres
bytery approved of the Assembly's proposition
to raise $250,000. for the Home Mission Com.
mittee during the currenty e ar, and therefore
urged their churches to the exereise of an en
larged liberality•to this noble cause. On re-union,
among other things Presbytery -Resolved, " That
in order more fully to promote, his spirit of con
fidence, we suggest to the Joirit Committee to in
sert, iti the doctrinal' that the Confession
of
. Paith is to' be reeei'Ved and adopted, "not
merely ail' Containing the essential doctrines of
Christianity; hit in the :Referthed or Calvinistic
PAlwin F. Hatfield and Roht.
Russell'BOoth;vvith eldeti William C. Foote and
George llir.l3 • Cale were appointed delegates to
thePresbyterraii Union' Convention i to be held
Philadelphia - on the sixth - of.govember next.
PRESBYTERY OFatt,OlNAw.—" Ambrose" says
in the Evangelist: hat 'taf.question of union with
the O. S. was diseussed awhile in the Presbytery,
but without any action.' A. part were for it
whether or no, and a part, advised delay, to see
how the 0. S. Presbjleilei *hula treat it. The
Northwestern Presbyterian says they' will vote it
down,' and if they do; isit worth one's while to
stand, hat in hand, beggingto get in • If union
will bring, peace and progress very'well; let, it
come, itthe Lord will ; hut Wit • is to bring vio
lent disonssions, accusations of yeye-sy, trials for
the same, etc., etc., then l'inu4nse my privilege
of Playing the Lord to 'defeat it.
PRESBYTERY OF DUBINIJR.—A. very anima
ted deb e te on the proposed. re-union of the two
branches of the Presbyterian ; Church took place
at the late meeting. , kresplution was.introduced
to agree to the re-union on, the basis of the re
port of the joint Committee of the two Assem
blies. The dismission - turned mainly on the
question whether the two bodies were so home
geneOus 'in their doctrinal belief and spirit as to
furnish reasonable ground to believe that they
would:.work harmoniously together if they could
be nnited, It was strenuously urged by those
who opposed:l,ole resolution that the differences
between- them were such,:and so great, as to pre
clude the possibility of continued harmony should
the re-union be, aecomplished, and that hence it
would be better for them. to remain apart; and
that while the utmost - good feeling exists between
the two bodies, the ; pleasant rivalry between them
operates as a healthy stimulus. The vote on the
resolution was taken by yeas and na3s, and was
lost,there being a tie. It:was - understood, how
ever,-that should there be any new light on the
suNeet it will be re-opened ,at. the Annual Meet
ing of the Presbytery to be held next Spring.
LANE SEMINARY.—Rev..D. H. Allen, D.D.,
so long the able anil.popnlar Professor of Theo
logy in. Lane Seininaiyi has, on account of his
impaiiel health; been appointed bythe Board of
Trustees,Emeritus Professor of Theology. He is
now at - ilan; Ohio, with son-in-law, Rev. J.
H. Walter, and will probably not be able to do
much the preSent year. Rev. Elisha Ballantine
'has resigned.the Professorship of Biblical. Lite
rature; having accepted -the Greek Professorship
in the Indiana State - University. made vacant by
the declinature of Hon. John I. Morrison. The
Biblical Department of the' Seminary has been
divided into two, viz : Biblical Literature, em
bracing Bible History, Inspirat'on, Canon of
Scripture, etc.; and Hebrew and Greek Exegesis,
embracing the study of the original languages
and the exposition of the text. To the former
of these departments Dr. Smith was elected, and
will take charge in connection with it, of the de
partment of Sacred Rhetoric. To the latter,
Prof. L. J. Evans was transferred from the de
partment of Ecclesiastical History. Arran
ments to fill the professorship of Theology and
Ecclesiastical History, it is hoped, will soon be
announced. The Herald stys the financial con
dition of the Seminary is better to day than it
has ever been before. The Board has been able
to increase the s-ilaries of the Professors, and
needs only, about 830,000 to carry out ft l'y its
plans for meeting the present &man Is of t' e
times upon the ins itution.
PRESBYTERIAN.
The Other Branch
The Presbyterian of last week counts twelve 'Pres
byteries in the affirmative and forty one in the nega
tive on re-union. The Central Presbytery of Phila
delphia, which is probably the most liberal of the
three Presbyteries of the other branch in our city
voted to disapprove of the re-union Committee's
plan, giving the following as the first of their reasons
for so doing:—They allow a liberty of construction.
as to the teachings of our common Confession of
Faith, inconsistent in our judgment, with the unity
of the body, and that may ultimately lead to a new
division of our Church.
A correspondent of the Presbyterian says that the
decision of the Oxford, Q., Presbytery in favor of re
union was carried by a majority of one. He gives
vent to his feelings on the subject. in the following
paragraph :
All shades of New-schoolism, Hopkinsianism,
Taylorism, Fiuneyism, and Beecherisin, may DOW
come in . , on the simple adoption of our standards.
And what is more, they can claim toleration and
immunity, if not sanction, for their doctrines. Pos
sibly, also, the well planned measures of the Pitts
burg AsSembly of 1865 may now prove a 'dead let
ter' atter all. And Southern Presbyterians, too,
may find themselves admitted once more to our gen
eral Church,in full fellowship with, the New School
of every doctrine."
From this it would appear that some who are op
posed to receiving back the unrepentant churches of
tbe'South are also opposed to re-union with our own
body, and the case does not stand in all minds as it
seemed to stand in the'view of the Presbyterian a
year ago; namely that re-union with our branch
a corollary from the failure to re-unite with the
South.
Illness of Rev. Dr.. Hamilton.— The London
Christian World of October 11th says: The illness
of the Rev. Dr. James Hamilton, of Regent-square
Church, London, took an unfavorable turn towards
the close of last week, and the most serious fears
were at one time entertained. We are. however,
glad to learnAhat a changS for the better toott place
on Saturday, andthaetlfe. - reverend doctor has since
passed good nights.
A Street of Chtirehes.—Broad street, Philadel
phia, is eleven miles and a-half long, in one straight
line, and ona hundred and fifteen feet wide, extend
ing It ona •Logigue.lshitnd, on the Delaware River, to
the northern boundary,of the present city limas•
S3u this street there are thirteen churches.