siluritalt E'rritrgierian.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1868
rgir A rejoinder from. our Travelling Corres
pondent to Mr. Duffield's criticism, is in the
hands of the printers.
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY.—The inauguration of
Rev. E. E. Adams, D. 11, professor of Sacred
Rhetoric, and of Rev. G. R. Bowen, professor of
Theology, will take place at Oxford, January 21.
A TRIFLE HattzaNieri.—ls the •itemizer Of
the Church Union of the race generally ac
cused of perpetrating " bulls" ? In the great
sixteen Page issue of that remarkable and
successful paper, he says, very funnily: _
"Beg pardon of .Anicricatt •Presbytirian . for calling
our attention to g mistake in c:redit."-
ThisAs a uovdl illukitration of doctrine
of vicarious substitution, to which the at
tention. Of Princeton 'is respeetftary asked.
As to the matter - of the article in ques
tion, the Church Unfon says: " The report
spokek_ofis good one, save4is.: an al
lusion to Bishop Cox, he is made to desire
union only on Episcopal grotind. • We kfiow
of the bishop saying in a sermon recently.
preached,lhat so far from.de6iring union on
that ground, he no more desired. all men to
become Episcopalians than he desired all
men to •become Presbyterians. Thqse are
not his,words, but his-meaning"
ANOTHER HARP IN Strztic.E.—Jnere are
few teachers or scholars of Sabbath-sehools
in this country, 'who will not be saddened,
by the,intelligence of the death of William'
B. Bradbury, the compiler' of the Golden.
Chain, and several other Sabbath-school mu
sic books, and the composer, of a large por
tion,of their contents. He died on the 7th
inst.:, at his late reSidence in iontclair, N.
J. His last work, Fria7t Lepi:elB, came upon
the public when the feeling of a surfeit of
this class of books was beginnineto b'e ex
pressed; but against'lltisrelhetant welcome,
it almost instantly secured for itself a popu
larity
,excelled 1:13 , no one fits predecessors.
The best explanation of, thiais found in the
fact, that it was his gift fiOrn the confines
of the shining shore. He prepared it' while
feeling -his 'mortal frame jn the grasp of
death, and with ho#tv,att . ,near, he filled it
with the breathings of heaven. A large
portion of its new matter, such for example
us we find on pages 6, 73, 112, 117 befit the
too. hnnre of n Qkristian. wasting as he was
under slow but sure consumption. He ivas
a martyr in the-.service of.sheied song, his
decline having been brought on by too se
vere application. We speak of his harp si
lenced, but we mean it only for this earth.
It is unspeakably pleasant to think, in, con
nection with the translation of those who
render such set:vice to the Church, of the
"song of Moses and the Lamb"—pleasant
to indulge the assurance that nOw;;,_
~ They sing the everlnsgng song,
With those who have gone before."
MORE FRATERNIZAIIION,
The el4gy ';ut, 'YOrk, Pa. iiiiinihliing happy
progres in accordance with, the . Signs of the
Times. They have resolved as faras possible,to
sink minor differences, and spend' the: Week of
Prayer in a series of Union services.
On Sabbath evening, San. 5, the Presbyterian
church was crowded to its utmost capacity, large
numbers also - being unable to gain so much as a
standing place in the aisles or lobbies. The
Pastor, Rev. H.E ilea was assisted by clergy . -
men of the Methodist, Lutheran, Moravian- and
Baptist Denominations: and the scallion was
preached by Rev. TV. P. Orrici: of the Bpiswpal
Chur 00° • -
Subject—The Time is short for Repentance,
for Prayer, for Suffering, and for Christian La
bor. -Jno., i: 4. Ist, Cor., vii : 29-31. Rom.,
xiii : 11-14.
On Monday evening, a similar service for Con
ference and Prayer, was held in the Episcopal
Church—clergymen of different denominations
occupying the chancel and taking part with the
Rector in the Devotional exercises. The „ .
ad
dress was delivered by Req. Mr. Niles, of the
Presbyterian church. Subject - Union among
Christians of different denomivations,—different
Churches,—the same Church. Need of mutual
charity, confidence and co-operation.—Jno. 17:
20-26. .Eph. 4: 1.
Other meetings for the week were to be held
successively in the various Lutheran, Baptist,
Methodist and Evangelical churches--the Order
concluding on Sabbath evening, Jan. 12th, by a
sermon from Rev. Mr. Vaughan, of the German
Reformed church, in the largest Lutheran church
(Rev. Dr. Lcichman's).
PRESBYTERIAN NATIONAL UNION CONVEN
TION.—The minutes of the Convention, and a
full phonographic report of the debate will be
published and ready for delivery by the 20th
inst. Persons wishing copies will please send
their names and orders promptly to Professor B.
Kendall, 1230 Locust street, Philadelphia. Price,
fifty cents per copy. The money should accom
lAny the order. -
Other Presbyterianpapers will please copy the
above notice.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN; THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1868.
FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT
SEMI CENTENNIAL AT GENESEO
Rev. George Folsom, the esteemed pastor of
the Presbyterian church of our connection in
Geneseo, preached a very interesting and valua
ble historical discourse to his pecple, last Sunday
evening. It was the fiftieth anniversary since
the dedication of the house of worship in,Which
they still hold their Sabbath serviced. The
church was organized eight years earlier;; in
1810; but their 'sanctuary was finished and dedi
cated 011 the first Sabbath 'of ,1818. Rev, Dr.
Fitch, previously the President of WilliamsXol
lege, and then pastor of the church • West
Bloomfield, grand-father of the Reir.,lllf.lFolShm,
preached the dedicatory sermon. -
The pastors of this church have ' bier}, Revs:
Norris Bull, D. D., 10 years; Lord; D. b..,1
year ; J. N. Lewis, 1 yearS;, - 13:*R,'$tlickto4,s0
years; F. De W. Ward-,—D. D. 7 years ; and the
prek - nt! eumßen t4 -- ...13dut 04 I ,edre i sc-t i pcynci t i s •
tenth, year, strong in the, confidenc.e and , affection
of his people of •
Theechrirch edifice, as first, built, was - only 45i
55 feet, with fifty pews ;lint has Sitihe been Intl&
enlarged and improved. 1825,- ninety-one
persons were received at one time into the fellow=
ship ot , the , churelr i th-.fruit 415iie - iftd revi
val, und6kDlr The church
now numbersls2`itn'einhers, ind'is every way in
a pleasant and prosperous condition.,.,
SUNDAY SCHOOL ' , ANNIVERSARY:
, The anniversary of , the Sabbath Schools of , the ,
Central Church. of tide celebrated" 'last
Sunday evening. • The , church, school i 'uumbera'
660 scholars; tlii.West k_venuejlklisaion: School,.
400; a German lklission '2oor_':;A:liout
600 scholars' from these- schools , were:' in the
church'on Sunday evening, occupying the.gallery.
The house was crowded ; aboveltpd'i belpw:" Ad
dreasei and reporti*ere made
. .by Geo.' yar-,
sops, Esq, who . has,, Pow , been , ;for , wentY-,five
years the : popular and efficient Siverinteadent of
the 'Churoh school ; by Henry Churchill Esq;, the
SuPerintendent - of . the West AverkiieSalboj ; and
by Thos. Dransfield, Esq., the Stperinteudent of
the German School.
Some facts of great interest were stated in re
gard to the Central school }jilts 6CO scholars i ,
537' were present last. Sunday; 477 Areeiei r 15
yeareLef age; one girl was present who. has not
_failed to be in her.'class on , the. Sabbatke T aingle
Sunday for seven , years; and this, 'even though a
part
~of the . time lived .twO, miles Trom the
chlirch. - • a
The Central School supports two Home Nis'.
sionaries,. at $250 each; one City-Missionary at
$600,_ and four girls in connection With the Fe.:
nitiTel.SeininaPy in BeiroticFyi - troaksBo, each in,
gold , ..:':•Ve -ban on9*tluttasil,., a - . ns have
been r,Ccelveokto eLelliii - yll-11* .',„.,!,. ear, on
profdsliforifit the. as
inf iy
---t XL. V k..ar-') '' , ...'4 i'L‘l7 . )'
'IT f i lr.U3P l6).ttl- .Y--qu*l°N:' .
v. -.-- - :, TedoiSday kftiekresent -Weilk*vi , ls .
o a day
ofr - diainsr•Mildry, intefeif :inc.iriel,,Oji?tval2churc)i.
By grikvionamrranger i twelve Oiiem,ittees were
. gvo i . ~ c,„
. c f o r t4, l / 4 - a - q trty, ~,,, ~, Aogettipt, and visit
every',4* in the dougr.,egalioeon that day.
Notice Ntasginen .orh,tbc.. ; Sabbatti., and families
were prepared to receive tlieir. visitors.. Ie , the.
evening a great congregation assemided ie , the
ample Lecture Room of the c4urch, to hear 'the
reports (4 these Committees: t "
Some of them were young men,' some compara
tively recent converts, and inexperienced in
such matters., . Some started ,out '.with fear .and
trembling And'yet it wee, delightful td'see with
what remarable uniformity' they testified, that
whether they had accomplished any good or
not r to others, their own souls had,been, greatly
One said, "It has been a good day'to' irte. It
has Made. me Teel tnY' , "ovin need‘rof mode`-coh era='
tion:" Another s4r, ‘" It hai:--been one of ihe
best; days of my life itait of fat things f" An
other wished,' that instead of one .such visitation
in a Jgar s they tuighk,haTe.lag a dozen; another
desired it once a month. Anether was "aston
ished and,deligktecl by - ,the reeeption,oyhich the
Committee everywhere- met;" and still another
was " repaid 'an h'undied fold for'-all' the labor of
the day.
How if reminded us of the words of the seven
ty sent ant' 'by returned
saying "Tiord ;even the &Tr* are t subje,c,4 ,te us
throug‘t-thy name." This is the true belpfc the
pastor's 'work ; better than 'colportage;- hetter
than eity'tittissions; the -_yer.,f -- wcirkt which the
church",itself needs for its own' good:
strange that we do not have much more of it in
all our ehurebes; .and}hoiir - tuna Ektter and hap-.
pier their members would then,be.
IN MEMORIAM
A beautiful volume,. cointnemozating• the life ,
and services of 'Col, 2hineas Staunton, A. M.,
and of Miss Marietta Ingham, both so long,iden
tified with the , Ingham University , ef Leßoy,- has
been published by .Et Darrow and Kempahall of
this city. -It contains an admirable "Biographi
cal sketch" of Col. Staunton - from, the graceful
and discriminating pen of Rev.' Dr. Parsons, of
the same institution; and a sermon by the same
author on the death of . Miss Ingham; together
with an account of. ,
the proceedings Or a pub
lic memorial service. for Col. Staunton'
.- B
held in
Leßoy in October, and the addresserpi' Dr.ur
chard, Rev. Jos. R. Page and others; on that
occasion:
Miss Ingham, it will be remembered, was, with
her sister, the founder of Ingham University for
young ladies, a woman of rare qualifications for
such a work, and of wonderful consecration to it.
She died last June. Col. Staunton gave instruc
tions in painting, and was an artist of acknow
ledeed ability and standing. He died in Quito,
South America, where he had gone in connec
tion with a scientific e.xhibition, on the sth of
September. He was a .mauuniversally.respected
and beloved. This volume well commemorates
the virtues of two characters of more than ordi
nary force and excellence.
HAMILTON COLLEGE
The catalogue of this excellent, institution is
before.us, and contains the names-of 183 students;
44 seniors, 54 juniors, 48 'sophomores, and 37
Freshmen. The catalog,Ue is admirably printed,
from the press of the Utica Herald, and is full
of all matters pertaining to the College. We no
tice that there are fourteen scholarships of $lOOO
each, for the benefit of students needing such aid;
also that something handsome is realised by the
competent and the diligent in the way ocprizes;
over twenty such .relvards of industry being dis
tributed each year. The "Necrology," carefully
prepared* Prof. North, contains 'brief notices
of fifteen alumni of :the college;deceased in the
past.year. The address of President Brown, at
his inauguration last summer, is , also published,
in a separate paniphlet by the Trustees, together
with the proceedings of the aluinni Meeting in,
the evening of t•• same . day. Those, who heard
that-noble addres , will be glad'-to possess it in
i
this permanent 'rm. It is a remarkably. clear
and coinprehen i , e statenient tirthd 'ropekAphere
and work of th : merrean College.
PPRECryrf.D. ,
of lioise•lieal seem to know
ppreciation of their' minister,
ho has now served' them in
.r about twenty,years::' They.
e parsonage, and , as
roofs. - newtPiazlß, uew Ptfint,
ingit tough more eonifortable
occupants. •Thie'being done
it). of the hoili3e - for#
ery. corner ,With a
and, ,departing ,, left the,paitori
I the good thiags said arid
for'r the l 42oo;lnicire-;&:ltEri, of
behind. ,
1.41(1.1868:
The good people
how to' oho* :their
Rev. C. C. Carr,
great sajthfulness I
first took hold of t,
good as new ; nel
and paper; all mal
and attractive to
they t90.k..P94 8 e5i
evening,: ilini e
.s.
cheerful preseac
much richer for
n Med lisCWell -
"legal teroer" le
Roc.o4lfti
nom OUR
.s.
since I had occ •
and dedication
10AGO'OORRESPONDEN - T. •
ri . ;-::It le 4044 fiveimontbs
~...:',.. 1....1'. :.,::.:
Em to chroniclectte;.cOmpletion .
kt s:piplesti Reol uses, l3 .), their.
.
ity, of the noble erected
enterprise and liberality of the
Is=frigima- It it iilth'sadness
--- ''t iri.l.o ---- I
.`'tell t L itp;almost,..Oritire A ile.
Off the Whole . vast structure.
fitai% on Madison St., a coin
portion of the• edifice, now
uch injured Wivater. . i.‘ Far-
Omief bright'inemorl.''' The
t IlitleflYelPe.k, j.il Z4 6 4040 1 :1
what cause is unexplained;—
han ._ a single hour its tower-',
a Miititychigh, and the danger
onfla4iitlini,,W46,feW : Im
echntnisti4le,maierialiwere
e =ground floor whichheing"
asement it became , a. vast'
Which the
,sttamere, 'll4ve:
g as yet. ;,.41thioigy Occur,.
spectacle of ~.the hurning
cry unusualcgratideur,And
nctly seen from- tivelie to=
on the pratie2! The total
'a slo2,oo,_which is $50,-
mitedioss upon the edifice,'
lost. :in , addition- to. this i in
about-$.15,000: From the
eiVed that the .edifice was
.
I'J. inatioxi that it `shOuld rise
i
4 s in more" than its.` for Mer
, foi.,med:' - ...in;,., -many. thoitaand
That deteiiiiination will i take;
in the coming, Months, and Far
rot 'Meg be a 'in;zil i ory only.. It
atepreinnstaim i tliat the fire
ii-TtAidi: A- few- hOurs earliei
ater, and many valuable lives
ave been lost. As it was, the ca- . ,
added horror of _hunaan,life de:
'-
..._ ~,, -1,. i. '----; ,
be said of the feeling of those'
Tested in the sad event,—of the
),
le zeal, and labors and unflagging
had so recently completed this
," as they . fondly hoped it would
'Chriitian public whose sympa
d pride were all invested in the
.
e now no more ? There were.-
ened, burdened hearts, as men,'
hought of all the bright hopes
laid low in an hour. The build:
cent construction to have gath
y. many associations... And stilt.
tinting even . these. - "The history.
Hall" though brief was deeply
the fre9nenters of the daily
had liedoine'':Pleasantly familiar
and attractive " prayer:4 - am."
• pings Mr: , Priolidykwas wont to'
rwell Hall to thousands of hear
e'ea in iither_places. iif, religions
or it was already realizing the
'at a l btrdfig center of relig,
a, ;alneari, oclblessipg,end i sal-- '
t' ',eirplic4illy; op young MO.
P
M. C. A. of thi
by the Christian
Es r at`Lsve how
sthiction byfire.l
only the wino. f
.paratively ,small
stands, and, this
Hall" is oril•
;tie briike . ..olitab
of. Tuesday—fro
arid in :little more
log walls fell in with
of a wide-spread,
mouse quantities" o'
however, stored on
'precipitated into the
craferi of fire ttpco
scarcely ceased play
ring by day-light tl
; krillftipg was one -o
the flames were di4
fifteen miles out
amount of msuranc,
000 less thap . the es
while the Associath
books and furnitur
inoment it wad pe
doomed,_ the,.
again - from
perfection .wa
stricken heart
fern
well Hall shall
was a fkoat Ter
occurred - keel!
or a few hours
inevitably woull
Jamity h,as_not.tl
But what sh
most nearly in
young men wh
faith and ener
.".House of A
prove, and oft
thies, affection
magnificent edi
thousands of s
and women too
and expectatio
ing was of too
ered skald it v
there' were not
1
of the 4 . Gres
interesting, an
praye'r:ineetinf
with its ampl
On Siblibh- i
hold i forth,in I
erg; moit',.cifteif
service. El, sl
hopes of its - frl
iousinfinence
.vationSto f run%
Tas`Noo
DAY' - 1 . " 163i-E - G
While the
es were at their height the,
drew on. ' And lo . ! up' sue
gathered thousands who filled
.eets, hand-bills freely scattered
ie daili Meeting would, be held
~, the Methodist church block I
,n, Mr. Moody, the honored - Pres-'
°elation 4' took the 'chair, and the'
ned.
sure it was a meeting of no com
only a square away, the devour l
s - completing its work of destruc
holy and beautiful house." The'
smoke which overhung the spot
emblem of the dark cloud which
tle dowtion'their prospects. In the
the, Week of Prayer their house of
id in ashes.
'. hour of pray
down among-- tl
the contiguous
announced that
in the•old plai
Promptly at n
ident of the
meeting was
You may . hi
mon interest,
Ll* elenieni
tion on the
dense pall
Was a fittii
seemed to
very midst
prayer was
.134 ITN
gave utter:
by' the disi
all who took Part in the 'exercises
Ce te the ,feelings naturally excited
er ivitich . hid befallen the Associa
as also running Ihrough all the re
ayers a strain of confident hope and
, a conviction, that even this severe
also work 'Cut : higher and eander
alts then would have been in any
r attained, by leading all to a higher
nsecration and, a more 'entire de-
God than ever before. Mr. Moody
e opinion that though the edifice
be re-built, it had 'already effected
to amply re pay its cost, and narra
vidence or this assertion`:;
tion, there
marks and
trust in G.
blow - woul
spiritual r
other man,
personll
pendenee o
ex pressed
were never
good enoug
ted facts i•
.The trus
msary to r,
es are already , taking the steps ne
collection in behalf of
the Association will be taken in our churches
next Sabbath.
THE WEER OF PRAYER
is being generally observed in our churches with
interest, though not as yet with any very marked
results. The weather has been quite unfavora
ble to meetings and has now turned exceedingly
cold.
The New England Church, Rev. :Dr. Gulli
ver's,- inaugurate the New. Year by the liquida
tion of an impending debt of $41,500, • They
have also abolished their choir, and " are guided
'only by the - organ, a single voice and such others
as iroltintarily choose to Cagregatel arOlitd'this
leader in the center'of the church. )) . • Rio great-,
ly: to be Aciped that this experiment will prove ;so
successfulp as to be generally followed ,by. the .
abolition of the costly and unde,votional methods
in voguet _important part oT Fublic wor
ship.
Rev. E..P. Goodwin,
late of:Cohimbns, Ohio,
has entered upon hia duties as successor to Dr.
W. W. Patton, in the pastorate otthe Fireit•
Cougregatierial Clhureh, : - 77 - • ,
Ballantyne ? from Canada ) was—re
centlyfinstalled'pastor of the Presbyterian
„church,
(N. 13rookljt,' , Ioki
Ikt
arshillto* tclowa, (Mils to:ReV: , Joshua Cook,
of: Lewistowit,,N: and' is heard , spite of
4istanpe, and : , tlie ; greot,.Cataract, ...I.yena, of, the
sameAtate, invites Rev, .14r. eiguin , of Fulton,,
fit; and --probably'no in Vain. 'So our vacant
pidpits in that'State. are beihplied. i 1 "'
•• NOR:TR-WEST'.
Cmcztoo,,,lan.:lo; 1868
=ME=
• .
vrAigui , ''sti„ Oil, Iv :1 contributed
sn'o Chnrch' kieetit;ti' last SitbloKili. 7.
r CITY CHURCHES.—The of-P raye r , eek of-Pr, ,com l
meneing with the
Monday
appoint.,
went for the:4l4l6min' in the year, as :a 4ay .
of prity'er for- the conversion of the World, was
obkived with tit l e inost'''eridoitiaging indibatibns
of interest. The' great . union ; , meetings were
thronged, so that , often standing.roonayas obtain
e.d .with difficulty., At Dr., Cookman's church
(It..R.)sOme twenty,rosefor prayer In Man
tuathe 4:llul•chesl4nited for similar services. At
Green Olivet; and Coates Street chtrches,
services were held every eyeningi. in the topper
they, are continued everyiotheK . evening„and in
the last,tweevery evertingthisweek T-he
_cation for, a eeason,of e blessing in these,a,nd
. Old Pine..
,Strept • Church, .are very . encouraging ;
Green Hill Church Dr.V.iSwell 'pastor received
twenty one members last. Sabbath,, twelve op pro
fession. • ,
FIRST CHURCH KENSINGTON.—To this tlariv r
ing and populous'and newmother Church;
comes
.
as ;pastor, Rev..; Hervey Beale, who ,sprved as ,
a faithful lehafattin in—the lot .Pa: Calvary for .
nearly the whole war; and who has been lagnally
owned and blessed, int , his:Pastoral .•work since:
The , Cliurch at Christiana„"Del.,:tomhich he has
expeiienced :Winters one tthe .
most remarktiblerevivalw in the wholtrhistory
the.T.Chttreh inthathsection, the result ;of..whieli
-, i wlte...to raise it 'scan the.pvition-of ; an : almost ex
ormoril3und church, tct comparatiye
and. efficiency, the numerous additions (51) con
h/sting altnest exclusively of men,. either Young .
or itr the prime of The First Chirch, not:"
withstanding' her generode contribution of near
two hundred members to "Bithesda,", shows a -
Sabbath. congregation . , apparently- as numerous'
and %nintated as- ever;,‘ Theloor anti-galleries of
the ainple i aria belutiful audience. last
Sabbath were • The report of the .Sabbath:
school contributions'. showed an aggregate of"
s6ll;for the yearot•large part of which, we un-'
•deritank- will go Ito the-Treastt . rrof our' Home
Missionary Comnattee;
FEsrivAL AT iirs LlV • V I G IL ;
ET , CHAPEL, , IL
HIHGTOH, teachers of the .ofivet
IttisSion`Sabbatli-sehool connected With the'lian-,
over St PreabYtoriaia church, gave a very picas - -
ant - 'entertainment to the Children on NeW Year's.
'eve. The house was well filled, notwithstanding
theincleMencyoe weather:.T
he room Was
decorated with a handsome' Christmas tree and
numbekof be ,u,tiful gaga; awl, WO . es the ales
.were n
ruirdeed)wittliifect .
• ipnerms,„a I dd:
4, b eau „.
ty to - Giti• scene.
After somein'tetes i tiV - religtous exercises, the
diStributioti of = the:gooa things took 'plate. to the
satisfiiction of all present.; The'.oocasion, was
one ,of much interest and pleasure to all; both
children and adults •
About the close of the-exercises of the - eve
ning; the pastor wife 'were .very 'pleasant-,
ly surprised by
. presentation of a large and
handsome cake, besides ,other very, viluable tea-,
timonials of friendship and kindness'`: given by,
the • Young Men's. Christian Association," of
the Hanover St. Presbyterian church.
N.Riv CHURCH . AT FAIRVIEW, N. J.—A
Church was organized al this place,
of nine memberS. Two Elders, Messrs. Hunt
andCooper,.and a 'Deacon were elected. A lot
has been donated by Mr. 'Denning; and the,
foundations of the building are laid: The pip
contemplates a home to cost $l5OO. This town
is on thet Gamden turnpike about one mile above
Bridgboro'. , ,
CIIIIRCEES DEDICATED.- December 15th, a
new church was p dedicated in West Utica, accom
modating between three and four hundred. It
is the result of Mission 14bors of the First
Mural of that city. beceMlier?2nd, the First
Clual:o4. of Joliet, 111., dedicated their new house.
It is of st.n e , 56 by 36, and - coft ThiS
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Church is but a little more than a year ]1
was organized in Ancrust, 1566, being fm- n) ,,,i
part by members of what was then the p,,.,
Congregational Church. Centre
(Crawfordsville, Ind.,) has been enlarged I, v
addition of thirty pews. This has been render:,;
necessary by the revival of last Winter, briti ;:i , :
several new families into the congregation, a ,
adding considerably to,the regular audieneos
A new Church was dedicated at Amestn'lle, (,
December Bth,„with capacity for 251) pe,, r ,;.
,costing WOO. The edifice of the Church
Minneapolis, 'has - recently become too straite n
for the growing congregation; and the building
has been 'greatly:enhirged ' and otherwise i t ,
proyecl an4 ; heautified;usti.laow it is one of the
-most,pleasant bouseti. of worship in the city. j r ,
completion was celebrated December 11, by i t ,
'dedication' anew to - the Service of the Master,
and , by thotitietallatioa of the, Rev. E. H. Carrier
as patiltOrl . rrildraid. • • I t
„- ABYIIVAI4B,4-At • Prairie. Bird, ills. special
servicealwere held,latst month.„ The Herald says
Twenty-fon/ . persons:were awakened : , and seemed
"'deeply concerned ror the 'salvation of their SCIIIS
'Fourteen haie Carinected by' profesfion of their
frith, and: we "e3ipect number more at our cm
mlunion seasorti,tteit ,Sabbath. Surely God has
been Nvitihns and= iblnisetius In , l
A'recerit revival thif place was introduced by
the follOwiag curious etienriiitatice, related in the
-_,Evarig;•list: 'Only alitile 41iile previous to the
public Meetings, several:young men who had
been regarded as someAtat, wild, invited the pas
tor, Rev. Samuel . :,B.:King ; to meet, with theta
alozie, for, i4O . purpose.
„of special, conference on
topics itt which they were Interested, Eind bearin , :
directly on , their :religious welfare. The,reque:q
the:pastor was•obliged to.decline, -on• account
other engagements . yeyy st - )on,nfter the meetin::
b . •
,begaltseveral of_ . those } young, meniwere convert
ed, and _ welted with the church, Already seven
.
te.e.n, n neiirly all yOuni haVe, publicly pro-
Ifessed' their faith - iir Chlist, and several-more are
waiting :to. do thnisarbe.atlhe first opportunity.
---At the paission,-Atation,in connection with
the;.,dusuple Grope.Presbyt9rjp.o.church, between
and Plainfield, 111. 1 itome twenty to thirty
-ate the 7 inbjecti of'retieWinegraCe, and the meet
ings are' stillinfprogress. The probability is that
a goodly number 4vill; bey added ; to the member
ship of this ehurchin:that...neighborhood at their
entumunion season in January: The meeting is
'the fruit . of effbit atablith Gospel institution::
in .a negleeted'yet'Poptdous and wealthy neigh
bothondi:undertaken;hy 'this church last Spring,
:and will evidently prepare the way for a separate
church organization in a short time. A new
- Church was to' 'liaye been organized lase
Ifientioned in the /Ar
ca at Bnehltriait;: 'Mid;, and PutnamviN.
.Ind.. Of the 'former,. a correspondent write:
We have a ..reviyul. in' progress in Buchanan con
nectea :with the union meeting of the Methodists
United' 'Brethren, ifittlt - tie - Presbyterians. A
liige nuMber have'declarbd their purpose p:
serve God. it is now the fourth week that the
meetinpi have been in progress ' every night,
withiqt
ncaping interest, 7 —The .Evangelist also
reports a revival at Mt. Lebanon - Church, (=even
miles from 'Jonesboro, Tenn) A meeting wt ,
held'from the-13th to' 25th of December, under
the preaching of Rev: Jlmes G. Mason, wh ,,
supplies the pulpitone Sabbath in each month.
God's" Spirit, was - poured out; and the Church re
ceived• twenty additions felts little Membership
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•7`; e . .." •
. . Ob,urch of Peru, llnd
has' extended a unanimous,. call to Rev. E. 1;
Thomson, late of Lane-Seminary, to become their
pastor.' He•hits sigaifiesThis•aeeeptance of the
same; e.xpects: to be.-.withl the. Church on the
first, of February.—Rev. K. P. Gardner was in
stalled as liastor. of. fhe,First Church of Hobe
'ken, Ity . the Third PreshYt6ry of New York, nn
'the evening of Deceintier 'sth." 7 Mho sermon was.
preighed by Prof.lt. D. Hitchcock, D. D. the
charge delivered' to the pastor : by. Rev. J. P.
Wilson, and the charge tio,tlje people by Rev. E .
W. IfftehcOck.—Rei. S. Murdoch, late ot*
Craneville, N. J., hiving ,redgired a call to
take 'charge &die Church, Kent count.
Del., and accepted the same, - :haa removed to th„:
place. iI. •
WAITING FOR RR-UNION:4—A correspondent
writes to ate iferahLiTona Ooshocton, 0. : n On
last ,Sabbath an arrangwep i t was made by which
Our 'resbyteriarialureheii will worship and work
together Rot' anothUiVAVtioin'4ttly Ist, Is6B—
allowing tim'e-enongh; ae ' they suppose, for
the 'General , A.tiseinblies to constuntuate their
nninn..The Old Schonl brethren are building a
Very , handsome church, the finest in this region.
:and in a month or *Ale .niiited, congregation. ,
will take - possiiiigncir Vi
- . u lVe'at present n,u
ithe IsieW'Schont Obtirtih,-.0.11
Rigu B ciTA:Tii 4 r.- - -theltaiiarpolVorks Church
eelebratediastikcenxber its first communion
iP perhaps pearly thirty_years. The old organiv
don has been revivedd.
an.a pastor secured. Two
• .o.t.
persons made profession of their faith, and a n
ber joined by certificate: :•"
MARIIED:
LIMN the Bth inst.. at lit
house of the bride's father, by Bev. A. L. Benton, Tinton red:, ut
:West Bloomfield, to Bilrabeth Y, daighter or John C. Stetnv.g.
Esq., of the former place.
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ThllidelPhia, Jan. 9, by Rev. J ,
Ford Sutton r Johlt , ll. Kennedy tx! ..kapanda Speakman, butt J
Cheater ea., ra. • - • 4i• •
CAMPBELL-I;IITNEIL,-,-, Atfandehntd,,lfontgomery co., r*-
Dec.l9, 1867, by Rey. Thcat Yoram, Benjamin Campbell. of Unice
tor; Psi to Pele P,;, daughter ot , the hate Geo. W. Ginter, EA of
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Quire.
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D"I=E'D
111:INIEL—On the 6th inst. Thoe.ld. TUllig, DM, brother-in-he of
the Rev. R. R. Breen.
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gritriatlitio.
lir The Presbytery of Chemin:lig will hold Pe
al meeting at Rig Plate, on Tuesday, Jan. 211, it 2 o'clock, P.M. 1 !"
Wednesday; 29th; ht 2 P'. at., the new Presbyterian church is to .
dedicated. Bermoarby Rey. T. 7/1. Demon, of Neff York city.
' C. C. CARR, Stated Clerk
SITUATION WANTED by an Experienced Teaclen
&glint, Latin; Greek, &c. 'Position ai Principal preferred•
ferencee exchanged.. address "Theta," °Mee of the Ave:of. ,
Preabyterlan;
,
*T. Pfittiode.lphlik 'Fourth' PFesbytery stood , . Ad
jourikedtosnest in the Preobytorialloruie, Monday, 20th Januar!
3 o'clock, P.ll
• • - T. Stated 0 " k •
TilinitSDAY, Jaw 9, loco.