Puritan, prEstrlstaialt, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30,1868 Ate' Page 2d, B. B. H., on lienianism, Decorum in the; house of God, Acknowledgment from Missouri, and Book Notices; Page 3d, Valuable Scientific Items; Page 6th, the commencement of a good Serial Story, and the Inquiry answered: Why Evangelical Christians should decline to patronize the Opera; Page 7th, Poetry, and Rural Economy. BETLIANY SABBATH SCHOOL HALL.-It is hoped to have this great Sabbath School Build ing ready for dedication on Thursday. evening, the 13th of February. It will be a great occa sion and we refer to it early, so that those who want to attend can arrange their engagements. UNPROVOKED DEFAMATION. MR. EDITOR :-ID your, issue of January 16th, I find a letter headed "FROM. OUR TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT;", and s, pled ".0$ THE WING." It purports to be written from my former field of labor, Chicago. • ~. My attention has been called to the following paragraph, in the aforesaid letter, viz : "It was even reported that such champions of schism and bitterness as Erskine, of Chicago, and D. X. Junkin, of New Castle, Pa., were con verted. from ,the error of their ways but I am. since informed that it will do.thesa two no harm to keep the mourner's bench ! ' a little longer.; They are not what the Methodists call sure cases.' " Novi upon this most extraordinary p'ragraph will you permit me to say, I. I.4id : riot suppose that .there ,was, a human being' Who &ire me so much Malice . Otis indicated in this coarse personality. 2. If such assaults upon persons by name, are permitted in the Religious Journals, and that too when the writers are professedly advocating brotherly love.and CHURCH UNroN, is it likely that the spirit of true Christian Union will -be „ promotict r 3. The charge that I am "a champion.of schism and bitterness" is wholly false, nzalignant, in jurious, and libellous : and I suppose it is ground less, when applied to Mr. Erskine. There is not a single fact in my history, nor a word in any thing that 7 1 have written, that would warrant the assault'; and I think 'that, when you come to consider the matter,sytu, will confess that it is a hardship that anonymous scribblers, should be permitted to use the.columns of so able and re spectable a journal yours, in as-iailing the character and trying to destroy the usefulness of an unoffending Christian pastor. I would not ask the privilege of self-defense against an anony neeOs k assaillint, but`for the fact that you call him. Our Travelling Correspondept,' and thus, le' EOM extent, endorse him. his charge has no shadow ofifoundation, for (a.) I had nothing to lip with the disruption of the Church inc 1837; T-stad just 'entered the ministry, and never was in a General Assembly till 1839. • (b.). Since the negotiations for. reunion have been in progress, I have never published a word nor performed an act in opposition to union on a proper basis. Indeed the only thing I have pub lished on the subject, was published in the. Presbyterian shortly ,before the meeting of the Philadelphia Convention, advocating the objects of that Convention, and suggesting a plan of Union. I was a -member of that Couvention, and voted• for all its acts. Where your corres pondent obtained data for his unprovoked and groundless assault, I am at a loss to conjecture. I trust .that your sense of justice will give me the benefit of this-denial, so that - your readers may not write me down " a champion of schism and bitterness." Yours fraternally, [We cheerfully give place to the above state ment from Dr. J., and trust that it will do him good to have said - say. ,:Our correspondent may have confounded Dr. J.'s record, on some points, with that of his brother, the " Theophi lus " of the North- Western -Presbyterian and other Old School papers, but• his statement is be lieved to be only a reflection dpublianpinion in the neighborhood in which Dr. J. reeidea. We are happy, therefore, as our paper, circulates, in that rieighborhood,- to set Dr., J unkin right . with his neighbors, as well as with the general public.] CHESTER. CITY.—The fifth anniversary - of the Sabbath-school connected;with the Chester City church, was held on Sunday afternoon,.the 19th inst , The church was crowded,'and the exer cises passed off in a manner very creditable to all. The trimming of -the - church was especially no ticeable. Festoons of evergreen adorned the walls, while those which encircled the pulpit and were suspended above it,, had lilies aid roses en twined. Mr. J. K. F. Stites, of the American S. S. Union, addressed' the children, and was made the unexpected recipient of $25 from them, for his mission work in. New Jersey. The pastor also addressed the school. Mr. Rambo, the Su perintendent, received an elegant family Bible, presented by the pastor in the name of the teach ers, as a token of their high appreciation of his services. Every one present seemed to enjoy the occasion, which was, pronounced the most inter esting anniversary; in-the history of the ,Church. WILL OF A WEALTHY MINISTER.—Rev. Wm. M. Ferry, who died 'at Grand klaven, Mich., Dec. 30th, left to his wife $25,000; to each of his six children $15,000 , to Lake Forest Uni versity, 111., $50,000 and an equal sum for a fe male university to be erected at the same place ; $12,000 for the support of the ministry in desti oute places in Michigan ; $15,000 to the Amer ican Tract Society,. Boston; to the American Board and to the American Bible Society, $30,- 000 each ; to the Presbyterian Publication So ciety, $15,000. Mr. Ferry, who was the found er of the city of Grand Haven, was born in Granby, Mass., in 1796, graduated,at Union Col lege, st,udied theology with Rev. Gardiner Spring, and labored twelve years as umissiOnary of the American Board among the Itidians at Macki nac, lifich.—Th,e Advance. RESIGNATION.—Rei. J. Glentworth Butler, D. D., the esteemed pastor of Walnut St. church, W. P., has been compelled by a partial failure of health to resin thiis important charge. The congregation last week agreed to unite with Dr. Butler in requesting a dissolution from the Third Presbytery. REVIVALS AND ACCESSIONS.—The Herald gives us the following cheering items: In South port, Ind., a meeting of three weeks' continu ance has been held. Eleven persons were added to the Church on profession of faith, all, with one exception, in the morning of their days As many more are indulging in hope —At Delphi, in the same state, a-revival - is in • progress... On Sabbath; the 12th Inst., 11 'were added to the. Church by profession and 2 on examination. The work is spreading into the other churches. —At Putnamville, Ind., twenty-one have been received into the Church as. fruits of special meetings recently teld.—A .meeting .of three weeks at Carpenterville,T4Jtas resulted in forty-: eight additions to the. Ch;ittch l i. - -and a meeting of eight days at Bainbridge, Ind., in fourteen addi tions.—ln Omaha on -a recent Sabbath our Church had quite an accession to its number—. ft thirteen by letter,ve ori exarniontion . god- ro fession of :J .faith- 7 -making,e . lekteeq in. NEW Yon.t.• CITY -111 e tivelfth-anttiversary, of the Missionary Association of the Fourteenth street Church, was edlebrated January 19th. The annual -report,- .showed- receipts- ,of 7, ,the b - - slo'99' 'SY' Test Sea "`toe wing t e ozen years of existence this organization has contrib uted,abkotit.slo,9Qo., One liundred'and. eighty libraries have been sent ;out, at! a-cost of nearly Ccitubtsus, o.—Rev. Edufard D, Morris, D.D., preached his farewell sermon on the last Sabbath of the year-; and has removed to Wal nut Bills, Cincinnati, to enter Upon his duties in Lane Theological Seminary:, - The address of the members "of tire 'Faeulty is Walnut — Hills, Ohio. Dr.3lorrists late church, wh o ich . includes some of teo the St influential public men do the State; Con sented to his resignation with very great, reluct tance. MINISTERIAL.—Rev. N. C. Coffin died Thurs day morning, January 9, at his re a idenee at Mar blehead, itawa county, Ohio: -` in CamilliS,'S, Y., whose kulpit has been sup plied during 'the Winter',* & by Mr. S. G. Hopkins, member of The senior-:class.in Auburn Seminary, and son of Professor. Hopkins, recently present ed him with an elegant gold watch in token, of their favorable appreciation of his services.=— A very crowded parsonage; and a very- pleasant time, on Wednesday evening, January 15,"had a profitable termination, in the transfer ,of, about one. hundred and twenty-five dollars in green backs with other substantialgifts to the Rev. W. S. Diisdale, pastor in char,ge of the Chiirch,,Ca iro, Greene county, N. Y. YZev. J. mr. Hough has resigned the pastorate of the church at Sag inaw City, Michigan - , and been'tendered a unan imous,invitation to the Congregational church - at Jackson, .Mich.—Relf. - C. D.Nott, a grandam . ' of Pres. Nott, is -called to the church at Mattoon, 111. He has been signally successful in his pres ent charge at Urbana, 111, *here his church have built a fine house.----The 'Westminster church, Chicago, presented Prof. swing, their pastor," on the first of January, $5OO, and raised his. salary' from $3,000 to s3,soo.—The First church •of Erie, have requested their pastor, Rev. George A. Lyon, D.D., to 'accept a furlongh of six months from pastoral ! labors, engaging, in the mean time, to supply the pulpit and continue his - salary/Dr. Lyon has ministered- to -this church for ,thirty nine years. PRESBYTERTES.—The presbytery Of Lexing ton' met on: the 10tginst., at St.-Joseph, for!.-the purpose of dissolving the pastoral relation here tofore existing between Rev. B B: Parsons and ,the Westminster Church-of that place. The Presbytery of Chariton' at its recent meeting resolved that "we most cordially approve the plan of union presented' to the last General As semblies by the Joint Committee." 'Rev..B. - 0. Springer and Elder . Win. D. Evans were appoin ted commissioners to the next General Assembly, and Rev. M. H. Dysart and Elder C.-H . —Howell, alternates.--The meeting of the ElderS of the Fourth Peesbytery of New. York at the Mad ison square Church on Thursday afternoon, January 16, wa&well attended, and presided over be Elder Sweetser., Remarks were made by-nearly - all present, atid'at, the conclusion a resolution offered by the venerable Elder Allen of Dr. Hastings' Church, and Whichlooked to the holdinc , of such meetings every . quaiter, was unanimously passed. A paper whicli4ell defined the office and-duties of the Eldership by Eldel; Sweetser, was adopted and ordered published! ; — Evangelist. D. X. JUNKJN CHURCH ERECTION:-011r brethren in New ark, 0., have a subscription of over $20,000 for a new church edifice:'. They expect to break ground early in the Spring.---Three ,Preshyte rian churches in a row are soon to be dedicated in Southern New York: The church of Big Flats, Rev. A. T. Atwood, pastor, Jan 29th. Sermon to be preached by Rev. T. M. Dawson of New York : The Church of Corning, Rev. W. A. Niles, pastor, Feb. sth, at 10 o'clock. A. M. Sermon by Rev. Samuel W. Fisher, D.D., LL.D., of Utica: The Church in Campbell, Rev. F. Harrington, pastor, nearly ready. Ser mon by Rev. S. M. Campbe ,ll; D.D., of Roches ter. CHARLESTON, S. C.—Rev. E. L. Boing writes to Secretary Kendall of Rev. E. J. Adams' Church in this city: Learning that. brother Adams' church had a prayenmeeting in a. hall, I repaired there in the evening and foun'd the people assembled to the number of 125 or more. They seemed overjoyed when they heard that I came from New York and from or church.. . The people are exerting themselves to their ut most ability, and it takes every dollar to pay their pastor and the interest on. what is due on the lot. I saw almost every one present come for Ward, as their names were c died, and place from twenty-five cents to one dollar on the table, the amount pledged, by, each toward paying in terest on the $3OOO yet due for the lot on which their church edifice stands. . . . Brother Adams is highly respected in the city, and popular and well adapted ; exerts ati eicellent influence ;'is wise and judicious, and certainly, judging frOm what I have already seen, has done a noble work THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUAhY 30, 1868. 4tiris fru eljuttly,s. so far as his means would allow. . . . He has the most promising organization in the city, and of the best material intellectually; and judging from their prayers and conversation, they are well indoctrinated in our system of faith. There is more means among them, than among any other society of' the colored people. But never were they and the South so depressed as now. One of the best members and an able-bodied man, told me that he had not. earned a dollar during the past month, and yet was uncomplaining, anticipa ting much from , the State Convention which as sembles in this city next week. Had they their church edifice completed, a congregation of 1500 could be permanently gathered in a very few months, with brother Adams as a fixture. Since its organization their ,pastor has been ,itbsent quite half the enough to destroy and scat ter any Church anywhere, and• especially in this city and at the South, where everything is in a formative state and needs the most constant and careful management. The, old rebel churches are now pointing - Co the unroofed wall's` of this church and . saying to their former bondmen, " We told you so—me told. you that the North would onlyAteteivifYotii andlget you-into debt and then leave you.'! u, FROX 01,111,11qo i llatEB. CORRESPONDENT-. PRESBYTERY OF ST..4kWRENCE.-ThiS body conven ed at Lavireir:eville,on Wednesday last: Tiev..',oYrus Hudson - was elected Moderator. Thesirincipal matter of business was tl a tippbintmentbr dele'gats to the Geperal. Assembly; Rev.-,Newton J. Conklin,, of Gouverneu : and Hen. jainbg . tßedington of Wad dington, being • made principals,,and • iev.. John Waugh, of Canton, and 0. E. Bowiley' of Potsdam, alternates. At a previous meetibt„hoWever,this Presbytery, in joint meeting with the Presbyteryof Ogdensburg, 5.,) passed the folloning resolutithis'on re-union which have not yet been published "Resolved, that we, the members' of . the Ogdens burg Presbytery, and.- the..Presbitery of St. Law rence, in joint-'meeting 'assembled, give thanks to Almighty God, and grating tO'ttp. 'churches And'er our care, for the action of the late General Assem blies, with which we arerespectively connected, in regard to re-union. We believe that it is , an indica tion of the will , of the Great 'Head of the Church. that these two lind,ies'sliould be re-united, and go for ward as one,. to evangelize the world, and maintain the truth Saitis in Jesus. "Re.s'Olvid; that we consider the report of the Joint Committee of the two General Assemblies, as a just and Christian basis of union, and we desire hereby to record our willingness to adopt its terms, (or some .others similar to these,) and, aeceptable as a bond of union, and the basis of a lasting and honorable peace.:' THE ST;;LAlntrait% 'ANxivEasKatr.s.—There were herd'thisweek - at Laivrencevillc, a sinall village about forty miles east of Ogdensburg, and were very well, attended, especially considering that the yillageaS at one edge of the county,,and off the rail : way: The interest was notAidte equal ' ,to what it has been' sorn'e yeArs',.bat Were:was tiO'niiirked fall ing off, and great good was manifestly done: Next year they are to be at Ogdensburg, and will doubt less be better attended. • - A NiN4 Crry.-L=Tliki Place, altith' has 10,000 in habitanti;and is growing , rapidly, has just voted to ask for a city charter, 'which, 'of course, the Legis lature will cheerfully grant. A slight change of name is proposed, merely omitting the superfluous hat the end of 4,e word. Henceiorth it - is (s_:dens burg, not 6urgl;*; •anilwe Wish all other 6urghs would imitate this example.' It would - be quite a saving in life-time, not to be obliged to write that useless h to Pittsburg, Harrisburg and the like. GENisis. Ogdensburgh, January 24,t1808. CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE. DEAR A.LIERIOAN : A Convention of laymen of theJMethodist Episcopal Church was, held in this city on Thursday evening last, to consider the important subject of late attracting so ,much attention in that body, that of Lay Representation in its Ecclesi astical Courts. As the quadrennial General Conference of the denomination . will assemble here this year, the Convention was doubtless designed to influence its action on this subject,—one of the most exciting and:lihiport s int which is, likely to'..6qcully its 'itten The meeting organizedmnder the presidency of J. U, Ray, Esq., ; of ; Indianapolis.,,Letters were read from R. M. Hatfield, D. D., J. M. Reed, D. D., Gen. Clinton Fisk, Hon. ilirarrariee, M. C., from lowa, Rev. Dr. Akers, and _others, expressing . sympithy with the movement, and regretting inability to at tend-The prindipal , addresses were• by the Hon. Will Cumback, ,President of the Senate of Indiana., and Rev. C. H. Fowler, of this. Several resolutions were passed, of which the two following express the general drift Reioloicl, That the 'Present . generaticin of 'Method ists have the same right to change the-plans of the Church .for its improvement,Jmd to, adapt-it to alter ed circuinstances,' that; our fathers bad •to create it ; and That we will - be nifthe to the to fu • ture generations if we. fail tii:riiodify Apr system ac cording to•the indications of Proviclince. Resoli?ed, That tlie great educational, publishing, ChMTh — sextOtion, Sundaochoor and chthittibie•rigencies'Of the:Church` occapy'to a large extent the time:and thought of both animal and gen eral conferences„ and.as theleinpoitantintere . sts de pend largelyiuppn-thelitity for theii.. ,SUpPert, and as the laity are already,:ckarged with. weigtityzjesponsi bilities in connection w4th them; ~nd,.as;yve believe, that thelaity,liefe as much loyalty to Methodism as the ministry, with at least equal Usk-Ts and legis lative. capacity and experiencewe regard it as emi nently reasonable and 'desirable that they:should be associated with the ministry, in the iriceptioh,,,estab lishrnent and modification of the various institutions of the Church. • • • am happy to chronicle the Organization of a new' Church Society of our -connection in Chicago, being the ten tivyithin- out.city. limits..y • Its location—Wa bash AA- - einie near'ThfityfirststreetHOrospectiye ly_among:the finest the city..destined' . to' be, and rapidly becoming, densely occupied byfirst-dais resi dences. The enterprise is mainly, if not wholly, due to the earnestness, anirthe indefatigable zeal of Rev. G. W..Mackie, who has secured subscriptions suffi cient in.itmotint - to purchase a- lot, and warrants the' commencement of a good and tasteful edifice, imme diately to be begun., The enterprise is altogether a hopeful-and-promising one, and shows-what-Might and should be done in other-parts of: our growing .city in the way of extending our church. The legal organiza tion now effected will doubtlesS be soorifollowed by that of a church and congregation. The . Sunday'ei , ening meetings which were former ly held iu Farwell Hall under. the management of-D. L. Moody, are now held in the auditorium -of Col. Wood's Museum. The first.one thenew place was held last Sunday . evening.- The Lecture-Room was crowded with an audience which were probably more in the habit of attending the performances held there duringgoingp: - elpirch-'lApnti:;the Sibbath. The assernble was addressed by D. L. Moody,- ReiZoi. , -Tiilinit:gelif Thillidelpliia, and Presi dent .b - 'airfield, ofMichigan. They bid fair to be of . great inte The subscription of $75,000 stock for re-erection of Farwell Hall, is now so far advanced, as to place its early completion beyond question. The coming sea son will doubtless witness the restoration of the edi fice in a superior style. The Daily Noon Prayer-meeting is holden in its old place, with good attendance and much interest. No very marked results appear as yet to have follow ed the services of the Week of Prayer. Ten of our churches are continuing unusual means of grace. It is sad to note the fact that the season has thus far been marked by much less than the average number of revivals of religion for many years, in all this re gion. But it is unquestionably true. Let us hope and pray for better things before the winter shall have passed. As some doubt appears to have existed as to the exact status of the new Congregational oraan, The Advance, the following extract from its editorial col umns this week, may help to define its position and character: -" recommend THE ADVANCE as com bining polities, literature., theology and business,, all flavored with practical religion.", .The italics are our own, and may be objected to as denoting A. too large infusion of the , last element. However, as an ex-ca tliedra„ authoritative statOrrintOf the' views of its managers as to•what a religioui journal of its posi tion and-relations should be,-!` we recommend' the above extract , to all- whom - it may concern. l a gfirst, ' politics," then "literature," •thirdly, " theo gy," then "business," all "flavored witbpracticareligionl" We trust no one t will raise ; thii,question.Whether this is a true reflection of 'the .Congregationalism Of 'dui. day. Probaily it is'itt taivince'of it-; but then, this is an a,,,,,ae' - offpriagread; The Advance proceeds to predict that Chicago- will become an ecclesiastical and religious metropolis, as well as commercial, especially,for-C'ongregatiorfalists. Here will be numerous. arid strung, churches, our most important Theological Seminary, a SecretarY Qf each National SacietV,and 'the acknowledged centre of the denominatioo All of - Which is not withont suggestiveness' to others' than Congregationalists. There is nothing tery 'wild in' the prediction. f: . THE TRIBUNE of this•morning gives the returns of business transactions during the : year 1867, by the leading houses in Chicago. From. these it appears, that twenty-one firms transacted d'business, exceed ing tYo millions each, and'sevehty-six a btisiness pne millioneach, as' 'against fourteen and 6fty-nine,.re speetively, in, 1866. 1 "- • The two' .largest , dtems are Field, Leiter & Co., $12,365,786, and J. V.. Farwell_dt Co., $6,9,4,560, both dry-goods houses. • NORTH-NEST.. CuicAoo, Jan. 23rd, 1868. • Religious World Abroid. GREAT BRITAIN. . The movement of the Evangelical Party in the Established Church of England against •Ritualiini gains in force anct , iisibility. Between fit , i.e: and ail. hundred % members and supporters of the," "Church Association met last, December in London, and ailer full discusSiOn,,in which the boldest posijigns were. taken, looking even to-secession from the Establish ment if necessary; it was resolved to raise a sub scription of . £5OOO, for testing, before the.Coarts:of law, the rightliiltiess of ritualistic doctrines,. 4ti. performances. Subscribers to this funclare to &6e called'on pro ram, according to the expense of each case as it may arise.—The -opponents of Presbyteri an .Union hi the 'Free Church of Scotland have .. . lately made a demonstration, which is generally,re garded as formidable, if not actually decisive in its effect at, least to postpone that measure. . A A pam ph= -let of forty pages has been issued: purporting to em anate from a numerous and intiueutiatmeetmg Ilea in Edieburgh,',XoV. 19. It claims also to Itaye been ".since subscribed by a large number both of min isters and .eidersolbroughout the Church •, many more signifying their full symplthy with the'movh men t, Slough for'the present withholding their Sig natures.". rThey charge - Me - Majority ' in and ( Free Church with violating its constitution, and with giving up the , principles of the Free &arch, and. assert that. the minority are the true representatives St the Free. Church. All Orivilieb would be of, small practical, importance, were it not for the threat, of 'appeal to the civil courts for interference to maintain the *so-called rights of the minority. The Christian Work and Evangelical Christendom both . 'apeakttif the manifesto as something quite • seriouS. The hitter,Skyq.jtia' thought probable that in Con sequence' of this manifesto all hope of anything like immediate union in Scot'and - will - be abandon ed, and that to the-Presbyteriansin England.will be left the '43itor'`OVitcting kis - pioneerst in the-4 work. The N. Y. Evangelist too. - isled by a' c"orrespOndent in Scptlttad to lay considerable„stress,o•theyepott ; ed withdiiwtilfdl the' weltkrown.Et.igaiiipisp from the, affatra , of she Free t plinich, .'flin,-4i4 sh 'ace in 617tirges 4 of tinfairneisqnwade against him , and his colleagues in the managemen.t,of the Re-union bus iness;-by the opponentsi'of - the measure: The cor respondent says:, ".it would not surprise me in the least were rin a'positiontO . inform you, at no dis tant date, that the negotiations had. broken off and that-'the whole union movements of the past four years had come to an unhappy end." ' The . Evan gelist however does nOt'agree, with the correSpiindent in his,feareras to the:final result.: 'The Weekly Re view of January 4th, contains a full report of time doings of the joint committee on Re-union, at the meeting held December 18th. These reveal a con tinued and encouraging progress inlthe negotiations. The financial questions were mainly under consid eration, the great subject being time proper mode of supporting the ministry, on ‘y r iitch, as is well known, a considerable divere4 of dieWsland.practiceS pre vails in the churches. " The result," says the Re view, was a woriderful'measure,, of unanimity on all hands; principles were admitted, and sentiments expressed.;!Whichl lay' the:foundation for an "etnctive. and almost uniform scheme of ministerial support. It is iinpoesible, to read the pablished minutes of the late meeting, without Seeing'that the two prin cipal Churches are preparetito . joiii "Bands on the great question of finance, and that the principle or the Free Church Sustentation Fund is triumphant. . • . The financial part of the negotiations so im portant in its way; and which, might easily have `been involved ' in • great cliirieulties,.seernito have been approached - by the,,committee - ln, _an:admire, tr. ble spirit. and-treated With,: all but complete suc cess ."'TM Of . the - opposition-to with,: . ne-union, the Review says, in samd,article : "`ku brganiaed'party in the, ' Free Chure,4, ntit;Very ,lasp i Atut "poSSessing some very active inem belt!, 4.4 tSg2ooryi ping it can to stop the present- motieriiefitAnit make any other impossible. The : point. on which that party stands is almost invisible kit - of Sciitland, and its 'conduct excites among foreign Protestants the liveliest re gr,t not unmixed . witlilndignation."—The London Christian World,' epeaki ngtitttiean esti ng of Decem ber lBth, says . : - -" No referenCe pears to have been ‘li. made to the unhappy controversy which has sprung up in the Free Church on the li`road question of the Union itself; and, until somethiPi definite is done in regard to this, it seems to be otia beating about 0 the bush to protract t he negotiation. The question of the extent of the Unitedehurehrot Whether the Presbyterians of England are to,fornipart of it, or exist in an independent character cif their own, is to be considered sat the next Meeting; iiiiiiih • has been fixed for the Ip, tit proximo. Dr. Miielead 'h ' a reP,CO3Forepara , oilt.iicsubject,,,and it is 'mean; while -to" - be' prinred.:--While' the' 'Frye 'Church 0 Foreign Mission ..eilbrts . are hampered for lack Of fu II ds,--the MAO or $6ODflO ' ' II '''' ' , , ni,nua yrat i st for the object being manifts.ly ' inadeqiiitle 6 v io-nrous prosecution of the work—tile Si i , ! ". tion Fund again shows a marked advance o n previous . year ; the gain in seven monthB b e i; .£1,242. The effort for a further advance is in p r : greys with a view to raising the minimum salary t . £l5O. FRANCE.. The Home Mission efforts of the Free Ch , lr , France arc aided by the Board of Missions of 1 1 Irish Presbyterian Church. Pastor Fisch wr.t e3 the Board : " France ought to be considered by m privileged countries, as those heathenish Missions Like Hindostan and China. Our rii-i populations are as ignorant as those of the pa ; ,, countries, and in, many respects they are them." Among greatett obstacles to Evanz istic efforts is the want of religious liberty. T h churches and schools are treated very caprieiouql by the government. Pastor. Fisch says they h a ., more than thirty . places of worship, which might an, day be closed without warning. When Justice it done in one instance, in another it is withhel , i, seemingly to keep accounts balanced. He says, th nothing was received last year in aid of the Mission, from America, as had formerly been the case, ana the .Society is straitened for funds. Much encourage. meet is felt from,the giacipus reception given by the Emperor, at different times, to deputations from CI. Societies, who, through his permission, were enable] to make such good‘ use of the: great Exposition in disseminating the Giispel: - = On being presented wit': a Bible ,by, the English deputation, December Jail he expressed.greatintereskin the extreme cheapn.s, at which the Book was sold.;,tand then lie asked in detail.'what had been done Ein ,the mission-ground, and in pa:rticular W . the'Evabgelictil Hall. On re ceiving the friforrnahen'lie . stinght; and - hearing till; it;Was•tinteetariari,'seeking not Controversy, but the good of , soul and bddy, said, ,. ">Yen must continu , AT—Father Hyacinthe•las! been:'preaching in hie wonted, fearless ; and noble style in Notre Dame, the principal cathedral in Paris. „Speaking on education, he.quoted the example of i Englancl, Prussia, Norway, and other Protestant countries.. He sail that eratiOne' are there trained who preierve " the vita: truths of' ChristianitY• (La seue du Christia , tism.l) with faith in Jesus Christ and the morality of the Gospel . . . The religious sentiment and the p Avow: sentiment are there more alive, and are more happilv blended than among us." The Archbishop of PICO and, three other bishops ,were present when the cele brAtelloreacher pronounced these words.—New Pro testane Churches' have been opened at Vichy (wher4 there will be English as well lin French service,) an i at Dunkirk, to which latter the Municipal Counci' gave 20,003 francs.—John Bost hai in his five chari table institutions ,at; ,La Foece, near Bordeaux, two hundred, Children. His expenses amount to slfital a year. There is at pr , 'sput a deficit of $3,0/3.—A sort of campaign - paper In, the interest'of orthodox; has bep established in Paris under the name of True Protektdilt, to be , Cbritinned up to the Co:11 election for.officans - in the Churches. It is descril e as fally , a match :in 'vigor and incisivene3s to the rationalistic organ.. , ITALY. The recent.and not l a aged excitemsut on nation matters"still marks to the disadv.antage of the movement. A. ' g locirni , 'thought, that th- Pope is firmer in Sea% 'than' he wa3 be: ore. tli Garibaldiere invasion, ioverhangs all tninds. Th. , Pope himself feels encouraged to lathe cruel law. and evhn- to hope for, the restoration of some of hie State.s,,now incorporated in . : the- Kingdom of Italy The monks in that King:dove are busy with can ipi. racies, and recently three of these gentry, includin,: the friar of ' the establishment, were thrown into prison on account of the discovery o- papers fro Rome, orderitig the 'Occupants' of the monastery t form themselvesinto a seeretaociety. Still the wort: of Evangelization goes forward.. In Catania, Stelly, a church has been opeped on the property of Sien - Bellecci, an ex-priest, and the congregation is stead,l! increasing. A beginning has also been made in Messina In Lonibardy there are most encouraging indications. More than one hundred persons attend Protestam service in Mantua, and congregations of five hundre crowd the halls .of the Evangelicals at Venice. A curious feature of the meetings in this city, is the presence s to the speaker,,pf a company of voted men, who have, een called his body guard. em gens ( 7 a - me.% who are, prepared to resist by force, necessary, any atthropta - of ' the priest-driven to disturb the Meeting.: 'At'one preachin g place, r. cently opened. :in Venice,' the services of the mune. ter'sgens. (Eames were , called into exercise, and the priesthood party speedily, and without ceremony ejected. Mr. Moorhead, agent of the American an I Foreign Christian Union, writes to Secretary So.iid der, ; Nov. 13th, of .th, establishment of two new one -at Lecce o , n the 'edit of the Appenin... , , and the other at Turin, a pia:66'o'4,ooo population in tfinbria,2 .01'.1tER EIIRIVibEiN CDITYTRIEI. Re'Prinsia; 'the to are movie_ heai , en•antl•earth to break;up the Evangelical Church formed fifty. yearsiago byunion ,of Lutherans and Ite formed, arid established by law:, They aim to secure a separate9fficially recognized existence for the Lutheran wing,•spoli as has been permitted to continue in the territories conquered and annexed to ,Prussia in Conference:s 'are 'held, and 'a general Lutheran Co , - gress; with this end in view,- is' announced for th • next summer. Even the aid of ;fiction is not scorn , . in thiS diviiive crusade., " Leokadie" is the name 0' one of these new novels. Almost all the question of the day are treated in it, and all the religious I a: ties are represented'bythetifferent persons named. course Lutheranism is recorized,as alone correct b 7 the leading personages in the Meanwhile, RAD n alism is apparently resting on its oars. Evangelic 1: effort is assuming new formsin Berlin. Three hun dred cabmen and their families are now regularly u der the care of two missionaries aul two B.blo-w men. A. Sabbath -school Union has recently formed in the capital which proposes to extend operations over the entire German 'territories. In Hungaiy, a newseek 'calling itself the rene.s ; has arisen among: :the - Catholic Magyars ": the lower Theiss... The Peeth correspondent of th? Times, quoted in Eoangelical Xitristendom, sal'i "No one seems to know where it,comes free : tt one can tell when it was ii4rodniced, or how it found' its way into those ,outlying 'districts, aim . shat 'out from - 6 , ll : intercour4' with' the rest of in, world; lbilt•it seems- to atbract•the =peasant class o' pure Hungarian, stock ah powerfully as Meilin,lis-1 does the populatiokof Wales. It is only amoni, ' lower classes that it.seems spreading,.and sprea`dill with a rapidity wtich makes ,people uneasy." character but partially understood. It "admits n priest-class, but whoever feels inspired in the coo.-7" gation gets up ard‘speaka and prays• They refuse 1 , have their children.baptiied, and wilt swear no oath The communities .form doseLyeonnected societies t. - which not only,mattersof.common interest, but 4 • the private affairs of ipdividuals, are discussedarranged. Triere is an unmistakabl e s oc i a li s t, tin?, in the whole affair: They do hot acknowledge :Ill' sacred Character in marriage. But all agree that th" followeis of this new •sect :are quiet, orderly, soh' - and inclustrions'above theirneightiOrs." in ade sion -recently given,,it appears that:the Governin.9 , t does mot purpose - to compel tthernto baptize children in order to. secure the advantages of rt"tz''' trati9u. The,Swedish Fiee Clinreh, 'which is not a partition 'from the 'Nalibrial Church, but has spry up within it; arid is tble a d by it, goes ou with creasing strerigtharid vividly. The Lutheran i 't of it works-through the "Evangelical Fatherland I. stitution," ',and many small , committees through t j wh°l9"lll4%'seqding'94) about , .2oo lawmen us Nrteura and, : res.cheiFi. ~It-has also two lunge E': naries----orie at Joliatini:sland, ror training mission,
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