sintrirait grokistirialt.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 18G8
*dr The first part of "A Lay Sermon," Mu
tual Bragging Association, Religious Intelligence,
page 2nd; Editor's Table, Penna. Hospital for
Insane and the Pennsylvania Germans, page 3d;
Original Poetry by "H E. M.," Sabbath Keeping
in Kansas, Choosing a Wife, thc., , page 6th; Wa
ter Supply and Sewage from one of the most ex
perienced engineers in the country, page 7th.
Mir Many communications, including an ac
count of the Union - - Convention at' New Castle
Pa., are unavoidably delayed:
TIM MONTHLIES MARCH.—Etafpties
New Monthly, Hours'at Home, Our Young Folks,
Student and Schoolmate, Lippincottst Magazine,
Arthur's Home Magazine, and Lady's Friend,
are all promptly on our table.
WAY'.A correspondent, in the ministry Nvrites
"Do you remember it. hit you published some
weeks or menthe ago from a correspondent about
,
a high pulpit which the. people would not have
lowered ;for fear of , spoiling-theproportions 7 That
article did not ,ex-se,tlprbring_. 4 down, the ~house
6 but it did my pulpit,,tltoUgh it is ` made of wal
nut not of pine. The hammer and saw were set
to work, 7 inches taken . off froth the . iise, the
proportions much improved, and-I have preached
with much greater conifort. -- Much obliged for
. . . ===- t
the'nu.: • • = 4
p . , .11
OBSCENE,PUBLiCATICSISR# :stated that
our Grand Jury has thrown out the proposed
bill of ihdictment against the veriderssof the no
torious and vile sheets which have beealooding
our principal cities. A correspondent of the N.
Y. Tribune, coniplainined the same abuse in
that city, says :
. -
"Even Paris,
,with all ifis, lidentiotthness,.has
never reached so low a depth in newspaper de
pravity. SUch abominable publicationa would 'be
seised' there on the instant, and their originators
and venders punished!'
Is there no remedy?
ORRISTWKA TRESBIt,T4IO.4OI,T,CHUROH,
RESOLUTIONS , OF THE CONGREGATION.
WHartzAs,—The - Rev. J. Hervey, Beale, Pas
for of the Christiana Pxesbyterian Church is
about to remove: to a larger field ',of- , labor, the
congregation of said church, gratefUlly _remem
bering his faithful ministry while thent,
do
Ist. That While we regret the , :necessary. dis
sohition of, his connection with this church, we
bear testimony to •his ability as a preacher, 'his
seal for the welfare of the church, and add our
high regard for his personal character.
2d. That upon his assuming this-- , his firs t
charge—he never failed to seek out the unfor
tunate, the sick and afflicted, ministering unto
them the bread of "life,' and that during his
connection with us the membership of•
,the4itirch
has increased nearly five fold,.and i the congiega
tioiN ,which had fallen, off - 4 -very few hearers
largely increased, all due"to hut faithful labor and
devotion, his singleness or heart and purity : of
purpose in the service of his Master.
3d. That he carries with him to his new
charge the abiding confidence and affection of
congregation, and our prayers that!the Great
Head of the - Sliurch'znay follow and bless hisser
vices.
.4th. That , -/a;.!6opylof thege ReefilutiZesi be
transmitted. to the Pastor; and that they beiub
lishedi th e AIIiaRICAN-PitipßYFEl4-AN7.
MONTREAL.—A travelling correspondent of
-the .Portland, Me.,, Ch,risaau Mirror, (Cong.,)
writes of our church in the metropolis of the Do-
201111011:
"The American Presbyterians'of Montreal are
an energetic, and useful body of
drsili
ples: 'The expansion of the city and the progress
of mercantile enterprise in its most crowded parts,
have compelled. them receatly to sell the church
in which they have worshipped for upwards of
`thirty years, and to erect another very spacious
sanctuary on the acclivity of the mountain. It
is a noble structure, simple yet most -tasteful in
itidardhitecture,'Eta, in its internal-arrangements,
absdritelY perfect. Every thing is in keeping.
The pulpit is pitched on the best acoustic princi
ples. The pews are serai-circular or rather ellip
• •
tic, and,e.very foot co f . lroom is ct utilized. Speak
ing and hearing are as easy as in any parlor,
and considerably more so than many parlors, for
provision is made for securing an. adequate supply
oloiygen, the want of which has been fatal to
the reputation of many.a preacher and has brought
unmerited reproach .on a worshipping assembly.
One little accommodation was .ainusing and -silo
gestive, viz large watch or small clock sunk
Into die pulpit near the book-stand, and visible
*ray to the minister. There are some noble work
ers in this American Presbyterian Church. By
one- of these, a' iiieithants of large trade and 'high
standing , in the community, a Sabbath school was
commenced leis thin - two years ago, in a desti-
tutePartOf the ciity : ,...abbitheyerting prgaching
followed—and now there is a mission church or,
ganized and in very active operation. It was the
privilege of the writer to accompany this Christian
nobleman to his field of successful enterprise and
to witness his fathirly and tender care of a peo
ple gathered together by his instrumentality and,
provided with the means of grace by his, munifi:
cent generosity. It was a .treat to see this mer
chant prince familiarly accosting and conversing
with the poorest of the people, handing round the
hymn books, and diligently attending to the corn)
fort data audience. It was a valuable ehapter.
in the history of borne evangelization.
For the American Presbyterian
REV. DR. AND ERBON AT ANDOVER.
In the AMERICAN i'IIESBYTEttIAN of the 6th
inst., in a notice . a &Imbues 9f Dr. Anderson,
late Foreign Secretary of the American Board,
delivered at Andover, 'Auburn and New York,
this remark occurs wthaller-whetlrer Dr.
A. will. be 83 out-.spoken ; New York, as in the
first place (Andovei),.in maintaining that .Con r
gregationalism ivihe 'cuustitution 'for a( native;
Christian chnrCh."
Dr. Ande.rson has but just, seett this statement;
and he assures me that ha ; neither used the:lan-,
guage attributed to him, nor any otherform' 'of
words expressing the same kentiineri
The nearest approach to a foundationuforthii
representation he believes to 'be the ' follow ng
sentences, which he perigt,! : .me , to
lecture repeated in this citillist t as
he gave lit at)' - Andover, J " - -1 3 toutinent,i
then; among the .visible:agencies in fbreign' mis
fel
sions, we woulde great Apostle, are
local churches: call them by no denomina
tional name. They;may be churches gOve - rned
by the m/jor,ity of,t,lieir_ own votes, Or,beieiders"
whoa] 411'6 : face thiniseiVtitise f'"tl i -'
b.
~.. ,or e pur
' pose. They - are - local associated bodies. of C hris-
Ls.
bans."
'Wm' York,' Pik 12; ;1868 .
..titt6il4l Criii ll ‘ 6 4ol
. ok , Aliftalao P 3A BSB A - Pi l All:Of :NOY - 2:
1867, -
. ..tinder 'head of' ,Congrdpationalist, In "the
Religions Intelligence, says;'
Dr: l And'erson',4lll - deliirer' kii . :LiCtiir"
on.X,issions to'tho stittmts of the Bangor
b
loctical • Seminary, the last: weei s in ,, Aprill4An
Aridoier student says, that - he" told the:Stiulenti
in that SeminaTthat'Ootigregat t ionalism waslA i c
constitution
"The . passage in brackets was leaded to attract
attention: We'.lriaadle`::thestatinent =on the 'an
thOritY of 'a theological'student:'wliO -rioW saYs
*re #4113'
.• - .
fc A.ndersnrisitd.not-s
ay in so many words
that Con gregationalism (wair 'constitution
mission church; bat, hi's , _description of the mis
sionary church. was er &Ch . charaotei that, , 4
Congregationalist4wodld riot fail to recognize it,
while a Presbyterian w9uld have found the few
est p4l3lblA. Oft 7.l4,7elicited
remark and discussion ; lunong some of -.the, „Pres
byterian students who, had heard- the ; lecture, gne
of whom if I remember rightly, made-the--re
mark, that he itotd4 ; npt,say* Mat 4'taci . niiisa. It
is die to . ; tile 'Ale;f' gentleman to pay. ,that in
another part of the-same lecture , presbyterianism.
and. Ceneedationalisin were, in' a gen-eral way
'put side by side' and opplisedlo !piaeopacyr
" Another Andover tudent wres . ,
...,. ,-- . . .„.
"My chum and I are -pretty- clear as to what
was t.h.e.....icifk of Ander . _ cctures. When
speating,44postolic i , in 4 :, ,e of his
early fecturei, he br gilt out: , .1.1 , ,- dly the
fact that. th„e : cigirediestkee'fabllnbeqyee :t i °sties,
i -4..
were independenfOlaytig; "pp gti t,,,,i, own
affairs:as!to-discipliti..e sulject"totte" •i vice
ly
of the anolitrq--iii,ot r ,wirsJeffrat i llire„ ' sties,
foutuled.ColigregaVoia eliuifche4lll ' not
sure that' be. iiie'd *at eia:ctigold. `'tglie .; ate in
1
the cOntedii - laid 1 &Wu . -t*-ii,- Ten ' le, that
missionaries : should ' berp aator - t rather
organiierti , orkeffort, churc - --- 1-s, just as the
apostles were, and.. tbc, 4npressi„9l:l ,left on my
mind and on my chum's is,
that he, had no, doubt
that the congregational - form of government is
the best working one
,for missionary iturAses.
I cannot remember his Using such language e.;-
pressly; lint'. Llthifi k`• 'the drift of 1 his lectures
generally was "dec*dlyi in - that 'direction; =and I
ram strongly indlineil.to, think ~that .he`.said :alit
Congregationalism ivap,' , the, ,constitution' MT ,'; a
ti
,missiochurch.. ~If .: he, didn't, tipresety ;silty
so, he ',said itJ vha made the same impressionlBll
me."
Fp
-F-vv 7 47, ,e ,
DEAR korrou-,:e had zu 7
our last union
meeting in this city an exhibition of ecolesiastt
cal cotirte L 4y,3whidiw too - iri*a9dsrare to be
confined to our 'f.iient upsUticae!, , ,The whole bound
less contine.nt ought;to,pow,it„..Young clergy
men maybe glad to study c it,-.ls4model t of church
politenesi; and we will , flierefore,gilwou the
material faeteof the case."' " '
It had been understood that a well-knoWn
Episcopal clergyman' of dui city desired to speak
on the occasion. It was:supposed that lie wished
only to eipress a generous Sympathy with us in
our efforts at•J•eunion. On this supposition; 'he
was courtpously, invited' to 'say a' few words. But,,
to our great surprise, he appeared with a written
address, slid conelpied aboS-kaltal hour, mostly
in glorifyinc , and vindicating the Episcopal
Chunk!'
had-one-.or two other_ speakers, : Pres r
byterians, whom we wished. to, hear, but they were
crowded out. And is new friend was careful
not tocalr any-Pr'dsbyterian minister. a "•sclergy
man." He. denies`-thiCtrieit itie such; and yet
he is talking - in a Presbyterian Union Meeting I
He alluded to the "d enominations;'' his' Own, of
course, being "the Church,." He kindly avoided the
more offensive term, the sects," but plainly
meant the same thing.
He said, 4 the Episcopal "Church is charged with
being exclusive; but he lloriethin its exclusive-,
'ness. Truth is
,essentially.esclusive, and
ously exclusive. God's &lone is exclusively ex
'
elusive." -•-•• • - •
What had that to do n ith our union
,meeting
But to finish' the chinas., he told us' that the
primitive ordei, : and the :primitive creeds of the
Church, " are 'essential to unity" Of course the.
primitive order with him is Episcopacy, which,
denies the validity of Presbyterian ordination, or
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1868.
4Froin Speqiic(}rresgc:934pt.] -
OHITROIT 1:1011:111TE8Y.'...
Presbyterian Church existence. Of course, also,
the speaker has a right to his own views of these
matters; but was it courteous to advance such
sentiments in a Presbyterian Union Meeting?
But once more—" The search for a bond of
union must overleap the centuries of strifes, born
in corruption, bred by prosperity; and it must
question the ages of the martyrs, the first four
ceitturies?' Who doei not know that that is whei.e
the ,Episcopalians pretend to find their strongest
arguments for'prelacy ? Lee them go there,' , and
make th€- most of it; but was' it courteous :to
fling thlieib our facei bite Presbyterian IVre'etiiie
:Not „content with th - , the 'gentleman procures
the ; publication of his eee/hin , Png , of eigidgill.
papers. : lie sends copes fat and. nearl,4o :his
Etiiisioprit c fribnds, anti; gets - lAck their letters of
commendation,'' &in"' 'billlidp'S ' 'ariii' Zithers; *Well
t
1t '— • .. tp • .1.: -2. K - ~ ,
are also published in t same paper--at 3 thow , lx
our,union meeting was gotten „up., clqctly for the
purbose,Of giving this , piscopal clergyman , ad
opportunity `# toglorifi , his: own a
n 'txelusive'!
01, 1 ,61. , . 1 - ~ : • • -•,••••• ~,,,:...r. 2i) , 1 :_r; , r
, • ' ; O.ne !
01: his cii.4o . e r . rite)! : V, T . heyMed .o 74iftv . ;
talk ;with . great, intere t i ,,spdr.tkarAk: youlgr ,spnc( 7
i 4 , it. [The ititlies ars . ourti.] , ->lithink yoU bore
youi• teitimonylejrally
to i a i rti 1 I like.. , I
e,_
Presbytericriis,' tie;
is thee primitive. eras I
thirig *else; nor rattier*
else" : f
What - woeid.' our _'
they, wery -having, a,
txllcever7their own m.
men shOuld nianage' t
to speak, and. then ad
kr!9r l to be qfetusiy
dressing;: and then' get
peltitieneel end glory i
iiill*belieyd, - 'aidti
othrs' . 'ihat there ar
Apt.appypvp of that w
weln know. that this
been - 'invited addrl
been suiposed thst
.ftliThn9
BocAester,
,Feb.,;l
1110 . 11'011E 110011E1
by ,the
OP,St ,ah,out i8;040 . '
of this week. Sermo.
Rociteiter;
Me'rriß the pastoil'
fie - o froia_4ebt..
- :REUNION. 7 . 7 -The Psbyterydef f •Chemung, at
its 'recent annail'•meet ng, imanicnottsly adopted
. ,
a fnil and expliditniinit on the subject fsf re
le
union the substance of which is as follews:
" Resolved thtit s *43 cordially approve of the
prciposed reunion of the 'two, branches, of the
'Presbyterian "Church",' On'theliasis of the Repert
of the'a9int Committee of the, two General As
sembliesc„.. ...\„,,,
. , , .
At ihe same meeting Rev. Ike° Clark of El
n*a, was appointed a Ceifintieatiner to Auburn
Beininary.
ELDERS' CONVENTION ' A
meeting of this sort rt
Was' recently in Utica;With Dr. J t. Gallup
ed CliairMan and' l T&otli Parker;Esii
Clinton,,
4 Utica, Secretary. - The,.question's discussed
'embraced the object . and''office - of an ;elder; in
'WhitWeldel-1 carire iiiiiit i'Lieful 7 ; hoW - b eat; as
sistthe:paslfir linjhis !pit Otofwbat,.extent they
should visit the people; how far act as lay preach!,
eiii.;*'„lid,* kis” 'tettithe:pfitycfpieeti:pgsllolll,tlrese
points satisfactory and harmonious conclusions
were reached; and the / Oonvention adjourned to
meet again on ‘,th'e.,_fiist v - 111.Onday:pf 'lVf.ay In the
village of Whiteaborn. , ,„ t , . :, ,
AITHUR4'sim - INAit,y. —The -a-nninit:Catalogue
of Auburn, Seminary ;is '-at -hand. . 4t has fifty one
students; fourteen in' both the Senior and Middle
cliases, amity - v . -et:IV-three in the Junior. The ant
nual eiannhatiOn%eglihts onlMondi,j4th of May,
and .continues nntil i ;Syednesday evening.. On
iTuesdaylevening 'tare is to Ve 'ali t aildross -before
the Rhetorical Society; Wednesday evening 4
sermorr i before-the Alutnnirlbßev. Az De Witt
.„. • Tr0y,,,0r....his alternate Rev..N. G., Clark, D.D.;
of loston. the Board-of Commissioners and
theyiusteeS nieet`•t* Thuraday, May Bth; -9 A:
M.; and ecit, .. encement exercises opear i on Thursl ;
day evening. . the fall-term opens on the 3d of
September. N . " ''' . " ' ' '. ' '
THE UNION OF 'bib TWO TRACT SOCIETIES.—
This +rent wilthe'littilectwith greit sat' faction
by pastdrkaird churche's of-,Western Ntiv York?
Although there was.at,one tim cinite. as much
dissatiafaction:. felt 'ins this m e m toward 'the
caulle • . 0k the'Few IXcirlßOcCiek,- Kapitny2 other,
part of the land, yet as cireuinstances - eqMpelled
a Change, it wasltinYe too .forget. the= past t a ukkl A look
to the future.,ltwas very trying also, to %aye
two sets cif - agents pulling - and hauling at the'
churches for the same thing; trying also to -one
part of a conkregation,lf, the New York Soeiety l
got access for, the collectiOn, and trying = to the
other part if • the -Boston Society succeeded. lii
is better that the Tract cause should: come as one
before the people. " --
REvivAris,---We hear ‘ ofrevivals in varic us di-,
rections, and Sonic are sweeping and - searching in,
their - power. In Seneca sixty-nine were received
to the church (0: S.)'bY ii'ofee'sioti'ock the first!
Sabbath of this montk; twenty-eight being heads,
of families; and forty-nine being males. ' i
Twenty-six were gathered into The Presbyte r '
rian Church.(N. S.) of Victor,'under the faith
ful labors of Rev. G. P. Nichols, the pastor elect,)
and as many more are expected to% unite with the
church at a later day.' The work has taken ipei,
cialixohl. of „the young men, and - :-young heads. of
families, itila class that'Must add 'falai
to the strength find tficienCY-Ofitliat iiiterestini
church. z . ': - .v,.„' 1 - 71 :....;.i ',. " ., 11
In Bergen also, under the pastoral labors of
rthe- Ohnibh aild44:T4L ,
W.llittyolt' saiiri idre'rende
ninst be a Ji,eto, thought •to
`J 1 fi: ~ ,
, •tickingripoin#,_alt th, NOtile
!: We; canna t -offer Tany
a 'mit - inlet 'suggest anything
~'. :-. ~, ..ti. 4 4i71 •4 •
pi;lo,4inl: frielid§,.,f,fg4, if
~ .eqting, hy,thernselves, to
this, and iine•of our.blergy-
I• get IhrialsAf zinirr;ritation
cue r :sentitnellt; . thlicii .he
• T:o"those w)riith hiS ad
others
others to endorssj his im
his - quail itig ?,.. We`inust
litters TroWliislitiii: and
• Episcopalians irWOvv?)ilia
.
tp,f ;
.4oing thins ; agd, we
lergymitt would not have
sthour meeting; if it - liha
' iciitlY sought occasion- .
I I church notions. ,
41VXB•RAND r
_ ' •
MEI
T.ER' , OO.IOIESPONDENT.:
iiis4 l oiii . k.'9li'ectifie'er'eieeteil
speie * ,Y , ef:#eiirtetta.,:at a'
1, 1
4e4.oa;44:eruiiwall,a g Y
by Rai. D. K.:Bartlett a
dress ,
:, y- .„ ,..
-Rev:: George R.
e r buildbig ' , iirs iledieited
Rev. R B. Van Auken, some twenty or thirty
have recently been converted; and this new life
is stirring up the people to repair their church
edifice, which greatly needs some attention of that
sort.
DEATH OF PROF. J. F. Ricsettpsort.—This
gentleman had served in the Rochester Univer
sity, as Professor of the Latin language, ever
since' 1850—had previously held the same posi
tion in Madison University. • Fie was considered
a. fine scholar, and a successful teacher. He has
been in failing health for a'year past, and finally
died in Christian peace at sixty years of age,
CALL ACCEPTED.—Rev. B. F. Allen has ac
cepted the call to the Congregational Church of
Canandaigua, and is expected Won to enter upon
his - labors in that place. • '. • .
DONATIONS Rev Da*** .Micliester '
Of
Burdett, received a donation of about $2OO
week, : froni his people and'friends. - The cong4-
gatio,n also had at gond. , time, socially in a l l-largo
.8.• Dewing,. of Pike; ::was similarly
remembered'hust week .by his p , eople,- in' the same
anuitint. ' ' •
Eggpx IvEs9rl,. th9' 4 k,seirktown -
,N,ew - TOrk.
publisher,, has, given $5OO froward the:' andiak
9f a public. Library la
Riy. R. S. VAN CLEVE wadatdiveelizTpatalled
pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Westfield.
— 77?FaheiteTc - Fa.' 22i1;"18687 -- G^EN ME.
t .
.‘, i fug 1,. .., .)
glttiso lit ltnttto•
STILVBFTTER RACER Sikrt. .—ln our
last we , 3 Vied 'that 4le c •
o llect , ion tor ml •
e •mi
s
sions,, in the Harris rurgchurp,ll, wpuld' probably
exwdll,ooo.,. W. 9 'Are , n9w intonntzlilAnt 4, 13
likely to surpass si; 600.
NESE(AMISIr giEURCH, 11Awrsvitt t r,,
people The f th' tt f
0 IS, ; , eocigre, ,0
February, at n4s,urprise-visit,,presentektheir, pas
tori• Rev. I). li.:• • !Turner, a purseufl oiret $200: in'
Gteanbacis, with:6 ) & l 4 and corniforlas hittee; and ,
4,y,i4in4,Vridle to teriiii4 t .tinf eieFled,
making in' all ail* _t22k Lash Sabbath , 'gb
-16, five patens. united with this church - on pro
faidionl of- their
. ' c),,,ann'diinti A new and encottragingithpettis
has recently been' oiien to, the Vireeticitister
church, Buffalo,, N. .1 7. „ by an .accession ,tO . its,
iiuMberii, ofupwards of twenty families , r,esiding
in the vicinity, who have hitherto been otionented.
ith i Sisqr churches " doWn : toWn.", At the 'iast
°amnesic:hi there were thirty` additions,' twenty
six by letter,, and fon; on prigeiSien of IMO.
'--:----,Nest, Utica church,Was organized' in the'W.
Utica chapel, Feb 10. - Sermon by Pr. Vishei.
The ebureli was formed 'of' thirty-one pergeni,
with/etterS !fora' the y. r iii'e!;Lllr,ch:. ' , ,
~ itsivxvALs:—Tite ilerinlck, reorts revivals, in
'Pa:ll44la, 111., where over forty kag*era are re - .
_ported, and about half the.converts, are men over ,
twenty, years of
,nge-- j earneSt, influential. busi:
nesk*en, whO have,tbe,4bility and, the , willing
ness, to Wer,k for, Jeatis.l.Ja , Mitchell; ,Ind,„
twenty r three added on Trisfession ; 77 4,Itichlinill,
Mich.,: a spore, or , two ,qf conv,ersions ;--- Palmy.- ~
Mich., nineteen Added en; examination, Feb. 16.
7 ---,-The ; Evangelist reports interesi, in. Troy,
..N ~
X.;- 7 -in Olean,-N..Y, ak :,hopeful conversion;
a genuine and thorough work. .
,;
:YLINISTERIAL.-Aei. LiiialS, W. Killington has
accepted i an invitation- to resume . his -former,
charge at North Bergen,*Genesee county, N.- tYI„
wherevillhe accordingly his.-post-.office. address;
instead of Barre Centre, N. ,Y,--, 7 L-Mr: 5. ,- .A.
Whitcomb': was ordained as an evangelist .at
Reedshiirg; WiSq on the (15tItult, by a commission
cfninz the Presbytery-of COlumbus 4- 7 ,--The Rev.
• Divide,R. Frazer was Anly installed: sthe ,pastor
of the First Pregbytnrian . church, -of the 'city ,, of
Hudson' on.Wednesdityr evening, February sth.
Rest.' W. S. Leavitt, former pastor of bltureb;
deliveredthe installation . ; sermon, from • Timothy
ii.'2."--:---tReV. T. Of ;Easton; pester ;of, the Union
church; Berlin, (Wis.; has been presented *itltTa
ialuable'iwatch; by the: youngl !nen 'of 'th e .city,: as
a togen of-(their , esteem., -'A. precionis work ,of
grace is in progress; andthe labors • ortMr. Eas
toootre greatly - blest.—Mr. I: , D. Wells,, licen
tiate, was-ordained, by the Presbytery of Monroe;
Feb.' 12. : -,‘z • • , --'
'j
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' s4stri*E4,,N . lliarzois.---A correspogdmitof the
-hiratikitites'i "'Since Rev`: C. H. 76Qtfir 'COM
' inengerlis' MiniStrf •in Cairo;'April;':).B67 i. t a
largeadditiOn:----cOsting'f2 ; 4o,o- 1 11aS been- made
=o the , parsonage; rendering the: *hole building
Very commodious and Complete ;•thecongregation
haa trebled , in number; arifikbeesOme, in a goodde
gree' Stable; twenty-three persons' have been' iitl 7
ded to the church; the Sabbath School lea-been
Maintained with`` gitiving interesq`l'a -Mission
AcilOol eStablished;, the attendance upon the week
'l3, prayer-meetin,g 'hil-lergely increased.; an- or
"gati;*tio cost $2,000; has been ordered; and/ $5OO
'expended on church' repairs:L,---Ohr chUrch .at
Anna is iiiiites A new' one.'lts -- organization was
completed No ven her. il, i. 8 6 .6. '. ' The • number of
, members in *the ;church: isi now 22. The families
to*which these members belong are- among ;the
-most: in linen tial , fiimiliesTiii theicbunty, .• .:The COR-
Igredation meets,i at present; in a temporary,build
ing,; but, they 'have a substantial house- of wor
'ship in prodese,:of-erectioret):lThit; building is on
a very fine site; and ds - 60136 feet, ,and , wi11.,,,,c05t
153,30 0; They thsvelapplied for aid; to the Church
Erection Committee: 're Rev.A.David ,Dimond, well
linch:favorably known ,ffir, his, labors in , Southern
Illiiiinaand Missouri, ministers to. them. ` -
- ' low-AW-- 1 A- correspendentef_•tlie -Herald writes ;
"Ve aretro*inglsteadily as a Synod. ,Minis
tem' fromAthe : Caited : Presbyterlaw and Old
School raiiaare being added.to our inumbers 130
) )
that our-vacant fields : are: now being seppliedi,
,
- and-"yet, new' and:promising fields Jaayeiberen il lost
to its during thelliss)-Six !months for : the ,want tl or
men. - Other frehisi.Vetil I Opening. , , Rerf., J. „G‘,.
Cowder,- at Clintion, ' from the, .1.4 p P. Chiirch
and considers our bitmch sufficiently 9rthodox,
Two weeks-ago •therelwere.the kindlings of ; ,a Ae
ligions interest amonc ,, Elio people. biller. A.
Baird, licentiate; retiLnecirsat the 'earnest-4(4;4
tation of his' former eharge,= - to Clarence and Lou r
don,' Which he had terepol-arily, given! up.- -2 At
Cedar •Rapids` the. new , elm' ch : edifiee, j,Si, ne t
roited,' and:o°4Bes to. be Wheantifill; buildip 1
When finished it will cost about $30,000. Th
churches at Cedar Rapids have united in a
solemn fast, and there appears the promise of an
extensive work of grace. The Parsons Insti
tute," under the care of our Synod, has fifty or
sixty pupils, and is growing in numbers."
Religions World Abroad.
RABAT BRITAIN.
no progress, in
Presbyterian 'Union is making
Scotland at-least., Its Free Church opponents aro
holding secret caucusses, and issuing heavy pain.
phlets 'very nidektin the style of the corresponden ce
page of our esteemed. contemporaries the i're.s.hyt,.
rian, the.Y. W;Preibyterkm, and the Western Pres
by/Arida.- They are Certainly historically consistent,
but not wise to kraow the signs of the times. In the
United. Church, the, ultra-voluntaries have b et ,_,
roused . hy a flre.brand of Jr. Bug's casting an ,{
,
demand that the Free Church shall cast o ff the Iri s h
Presbyterian Church, unless the latter will giVe up
the Begium Donlon. Some Free Churchmen, It,r
illeiake of peace at home,-second this last demand,
forgetting ...that Dr. Chalmers in the Moderator';
chair of _tbe fast Assembly
,after the Disrupti on .
eulogizedthe-relation between the, Irish church;
and!theStitte, as. just What' ought to exist in an
gpoes.-.,,The Irish
. Presbyterians.-. retort with Irish
temper, that they are going to mind their own busi•
ness, and that even in the event of the government's
endowing the ..Ramish Church, they intend to be
guided by their &wit soneecerw hat la right and proper
without , takint arky .dietation :from their Scotch
neighbors.. -English:Presbyterians are growing tired
'of,waiting,till all these,squabkiles.sxe, adjusted, mei
are moving for an _English,Church.
Presbytenan Progtesi trielarui,--The sue
dem Which htus &fended theeftntrto plant' a church
inidrided , Presbyteriatia to turn their
eyes 'to Ipsiwicb; alsO irwthe essay and arrangements
have been wiade for tepening W. mission-station there
in the beginning Of
.neat month.,, They are also in
hopes that the mission-station which they have jus t
commenced at Gravesend will be equally successfuL
Some are. very itnxifms• for "the setting up of addl.
tionalthutches in^LbndOn.proper, but the difficult,
is in 'regard tottlinds 'Atri-appeeil is to be made Co
the wealthier frierfds of tae t bodland to the emigre
gationa,,and;what r i ckey be done in church extension
in,metropofis yvillddbpapd the response made.
flew cliurclies havelemfplanted at Croydon, and
ovx l4 l4'hiCb," seat
. Nior*ich also, pas
tors have been settled within tlie‘past few months.
• yhe l.J,Mtecl i greOyterittns have had their attention
turned to .Hammersnuthione Of. those densely-peo
ple 4 stibtirlyauf . l 4 ondoet wnere ranges ot streets rise
;un i ts:cif. intigic. The population is said to num
ber tiplardeo; 4006, and .the whole church ac
commodation ia.orkly 7,0 O: "There is no Presbyte
riaa,COngrekatibn i thidlekii* although there are
a':ruiriaber 'or'Presbiterian . i residents. The district
was to be rsufVeyet Wig weekz by aebiataittee ot the
London :Presbytery and kmitorstwaxof the Presbyte
-rian inhabitante. , l Favorable reports haveof tate
been receilied from several of the pew congregations
in other, parts; of, England Ple.. English Presbyte
,rians : are a,ctivelT knotting on - their new Mission
_congregations the 'Pteshy'teli - of Lancashire,
whii4 there rata lartOretiredentittkoli of the Scotch
element. The fluctuating nature of the population
in, the hives of,,indmitry
. the..manufacturing
"tsicis, S a id the analety t raanifieted by the welt-to-do
assaul t to take' vp weir:AK:4es by.
as possible
from their places
. of 'bui3inqs, imperatively require
the erection- of new places or. moors tip, it . the Pres
'liyierieni are toretain theii die:inhere and adherents,
- not'io speak of ithie bitteesiont4cif - fineir , cause. The
`Presbyterians ofdionegsliZre arevfagralive to tide,
and lienoe the steps Alis : kblore rdcAidt4y taken in
originating fresh c ‘ pag f regatnits.,, jilts is, however,
felt co tell upon existing congregations, and the du.
licutty Of•'haramnikinekliVsettomewhitt eontiicting
elements is not slight.' In atom f einstifices stations
hitve been; opened in,T, arious - parts 'of England where
there was no pro per field" - to Wbic . upon, and the
consequ'ence has been that : the energie,s, of the par
-ties hive been Trittered:away. , -It is also felt. that in
the altered circumstances or England r it were well ii
•sorde. Modification_ were,: made in the. manner m
-xorkingYreabyterra4Hp ..;!. s and accordingly we find
that, at a late- meeting .of dips the , Lancashire
Presbyteries, there Was ii;,4epa.ritilefrom the ordin
ary,' mode, of procedure in carrying chit'calls to min•
isterg in Scotland 'to :l saac n England.-- London
,Chris6ari: Wore. 'h 1,3
• 1 BailslisAt. —The %.84 ')Albans' Case. The low
Chuielt•party are imbseeuting Idr... i fitacOnochie, ree
f tonof this church,.for Kitualistic ,practiqes. Thu
-OW occupied twelve s days in, the Court of Arches.
and at last account thi Dean had rendered no ilea
pion. These :preliminary ,proceedings (say some ,
Will lie' of - Cie/tiring up the' case in all as
bearings, as the party against whom it is decided,
will certainly etircy it up 7 to .the „Privy Council, Mu
'final Court.of•Appeal.. - TheiDealn, (says another au
'thority:--the - aura:stem) host: rupd,e up his mind t.
'decide iagAiiist.lir4;.biabousibli*,..who will at once
resign and go over to Rome.d.ACacktighchurchnian
t0,,t 1 / 9 „:4427,9p,n11 ymiti be very dis
• Atel t etul . to:AWL-7-'l4e. mien Of the rector of
.I.Addii,', L iefinie:til",a Man to attend
It is ; asserted that he
reeeiveS ; £450 , a: yeid,"forii3erViCes 'attended by but a
'tingle Perk(%) - anti:lie/Ay 'kid) attendance.
Diocesai,l l B744oA4.-04n9r i g, the ,r , eports " receiv
ed" not '''stetopteff"' thi - l'autinglican Synod.
wa's'one proPoshig hieritrehr of iilynods--diocesan ,
Pi•oVincial and eu be composed .
'bishops, • Epitie4stilt - .3rechgniiect clergy and lay
'delegates. The highest. otthese it: was conceded
cimld-only have adviigory'pbOeralat present. These
are to - secure to4hatifselves authorii!,
through- the bishopT4tirini• eaCh clergyman I,"
Pledge 'hiftisenito•Okiediinde, thualisetting aside die
Royal - Supremaek.l:boie 8,114 final Court of appeal
of tishops--iricludilig two - deoitiah and live A wed
`cai4l—,,isito be set.tiiiiiilideeiiecisions are to be based
'not' only on stle:'*tandalidiv•Of the church Inc the
decisions of -13 trii-AVglicamr-igouncils. The new
orrAtelAld' . has:it?t:liiitisielf to' carry out
,the plan in his' Oiin'di r OCese,- - the'Clergy giving their
ready compliance and aill'aetailei - being readily ad
inked.
T4e W,eskOm i tikvited" Batk.A correspos
I 1 9?-ce is bill iN# 1 70: : :9 1 ) Giutrdian as to the
poesibihty ,of . )4lnki/3.11' ,e73Vekaits to the F-` eriprdpiiied to take in
the Wesleyan syatein - hodil:Yaciiitiels, Preacher: ,
class.,meetings, dad all; and one corresponde nt
points,ciitihe gfesre,adViiittnic Rh- 'e'vangelizing
poses 4ihich 'Wonlct.'resrdi,:-'"*Tbiel•Wesleans them
'selves ignore 'idt&gether, sitch'w m
2 ovement, which
they regard as insulting. The Watchman says that
there' are ttaiv stron g er reztatotur than ever for keepisg
apah rim the Estahliehtikent;aheithat, when sac"
union ws.a mooted' 'a, quarter- ' Century aao, it w as at
once repndiated, - ot : acCohnt xeilie f -finZuntiness
the doctrine propagated by the Established dap.
-At thermeeting of tha.coaitecati,on,of the ProNisLl
of York on Thursday, Felguary' the" 6th, Arehtlea
con Hamilton moved that an- attempt should t o
maide to. effect brotherly, reconciliation and reunion 1.,e:
• tween the Wesleyan'ir.and the ghtfirch of
and thatP,onnlitOe should, lA.:appointed to inv.°
the President of, the , Wes' leyalt: "Conference to 1 11 ',
cure;the nomination •of ; a cnreMittee of that bodS
Nith,that view. TAte 4.rehaianon, pc CarAsle ' . " 1 "
Led th,the Chancellor ,Thurlow,, the Bihop,
of Ripon. o r and , , Q, I.c4cli !woke Be lP : .
illtA l l3l.lol4 l #ll.4*AteElCo4" - Chuitbtt, Bev. (- • t
tor, and Canon lEforialY in its' favor. Archdeaeo