Crattspintlinttf. A LAY SERMON, [Tile following article concludes the address of an Elder, of which a part appeared in the last number of the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, un der the caption, " Working for Christ." A quaint writer has declared his entire disbelief in any conversion which does not go far enough to reach the pocket; and such seems to be.the Eh der's opinion also, although he does not express it so emphatically.. There is, of course, a vast amount of Christian benevolence in our commu nion, which flows through other channels than the CoMmittees of our General Assembly ; but, nevertheless, it is also true, that, with rare ex ceptions, those who give most liberally to the causes recommended by the Church, are the same persons who contribute most liberally to all other worthy objects.' All true. Presbyterians should endeavor to do (heir full share towards sustaining the organizations which our Church has created and commended to our foStering care ; and we therefOre: beg all the readers of this paper to pe ruse' carefully, and to ponder "prayerfully, the somewhat startling statistics which are here sub mitted for their consideration.] 3. G. B. No. 2.—GIVING FOR CHRIST. The reports made to the last General Assem bly, which met in Rochester, N. Y., May, 1867, show that there are in our communion 1,560 churches, containing 161;539 - communicants. These, together with the members of , the con gregations who are not commiin icants, contributed in the preceding year to the six great objects specially recommended by the General AsSembly to our benevolence, as the most efficient means of doing our work for the evangeliiation of the world, as follows, viz TO Thome Missions, $117,793 or 73 Cts. for each. 'Foreign Missions, 110.725 or 68 4, Education, 20,770 or 1.3 " Church Erection, 19.335 or 12, " Ministeriai Relief, 9,482 or ' 6 " - Publication,, 8,128 or ~5 The whole amount given by the entire,Church to theie six objects in the year, was equal to one dollar and seventy-seven cents for each church member ; which is less than one days' wages of an ordinary laborer in our cities, and, less than half a cent a day for each communicant. Com ment is useless, for these figures speak louder than words. Well might a clergyman say, " It would be hardly worth while fur the left, hand to know what the right band, doeth, in the case of a great many of oar people. If the injunction were removed, the right hand would have noth iag to reveal" It must always be' reinembered, when we talk of averages, that there are some meuibers in every congregation who do their full duty, and many others who approximate to- it. But inasmuch as a part give five, ten, twenty or fifty times the church average, it necessarily fol lows that a large number give little or nothing,' The last command of the Lord' to his disciples before his Ascension, was, " Disciple all nations," " Preach the gospel to every creature." Elsewhere he has said, " Give and it shall be given unto you," and again, " It is more blessed to give than to receive." In view of the above statistics, would it not seem as if a great many in our com munion repudiate the commandrirent, and disbe lieve the promises 7 If all of us, rich and poor, would follow Paul's injunction : " Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store as' God has prospered him ;" or if at the beginning of each, month, or quarter, or year, we should do the same; thereby recognizing the right of the Lord' to a portion of what he has given us, would not many be ashamed of the insignificant amounts which they now, contribute ? Can it be possible, that because our Lord praised the poor widow who cast two mites, her little all, into the Trea sury, some people believe that there 'is a special blessing only upon, very small contributions P It' would seem so, from the number of pennies and half dimes, in the boxes, and from the factalready stated, that the contributions from our whole communion 'to these six great objects of Church benevolence, only average the beggarly pittance of less than half a cent per day, for each member. There are probably not many members of our communion so poor, as not to be able to give ten cents a week to these objects without inconve nience; and yet this is two and seven-tenths times as much as last years' average for the whole Church. If the poor should give thus .of their poverty, and all others proportionally as God has prospered them, the aggregate, including the sums received from non-communicants, would fill the church treasury; and if accompanied by the, faithful prayers of the givers, would enable the organizations appointed by our Assembly to aid in,the evangelization of 'the world, to move for ward to triumph like an army with banners. Some years ago, a congregation 'in the State of New Jersey, determined to pay off a debt which was burdensome to the church. The wealthier members were called upon first, and others after wards, until every one had been visited who was supposed to be able to give even so much as five dollars, and yet only one half the required sum had been thus obtained. The poorer classes were then invited to' join in the effort, by subscribing 'weekly, for a year, as much as they thought they -co,uld,spare for this object; and the result was that the poor had the honor and privilege of pay ing as much as the rich, nd the debt was can -celled. Many who did nut feel able to give five Mass at once, knew that they could give ten - cents 'a week, which at the years' end is more than the other. Let none despise the day of small things; There are only twrithiirclies in America 7 the .Roman Catholics and the Methodists, who under •starid fully the power of "littles," and these have a larger proportion of the laboring classes than any others. By the systematic arrangements of the first, through priests and' confessionals, and of the second, through class-leaders, large sums are $236,238 or $1.77 THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1868. collected from the comparatively poor. There are many fine houses in our cities, where the Irish Catholic servant girls give more towards- the ex tension of what they suppose to be the gospel, than is given by their wealthy nominal Protes tant employers for the advancement of a purer faith. It behooves us to remember that strange and terrible denunciation, uttered of old by De borah and Barak : " Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabi tants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty." Paying our pew rents; is not in any Berme s matter of. Christian benevolence. Our pews are contrivances for our personal comfort, and our pastors are selected for our special , edification. If we must have beautiful architecture, luxurious cushions, frescoed walls, costly organs and scienti fic musicians, we must pay for them as for other ' luxuries ; and we should try to do it ungrudging ly, and yet at the same time without suppOsing that a high pew rent is ii , c"'deodatid;"—Which may be substractecl-from our, allowance for. char ities. • . My, own opinion, is, that . every Church, should be free from debt, and should own ''a comfertable , and convenient parsonagd. If, in addition to this, each church were endowddiWith a!sum sufficient to pay the salaries of, pastor And. sexton,:mad to. cover the cost of Sunday-schools,, music, gas, fug, dilapidations, and that unpleasant item, " Sun dries," we should gett - coinfdrtably rid of pew rents, weekdy, colleetious, and special-calls for . • 1 e.- painting, repairing, acid `beautifying our place of worship:- s Thb eniagregation 'wotild -be able , thdn to devote' alb their means , Mid energies-to the as sistance of less % favored churches,' and te.aiding, more effectually the great work of evangelization, in connection with which so many blessings are promised. But we must take filings as we find them. Ordinarily a church has no fixed income, except the pew rehts, and unfortunately-therm-is too often a ,mortgage upon the -building,' the in terest.of which must be i ,:punetually i paid. Th,e expenses . l. have sPoken of Are our own. private expense.s; . as rritioh lo as stopping leaks in our' roofs' at home" repairing our own broken 'windows, or paying our own:housei-xent. I , cannot point you to;any, blessings appcifically promised fordo- ing these particular things. In the days, of Peter ; and Paid, chnrch 'inertgages, as well as gas, or gans and Sunday-sehbot libraries were unknown; and anthracite :fuinacesi were' not , required in Palestine,- but. _nevertheless I am sure,; from gen eral,gospel ; principles, that blessings, always fol ,low duties performed, and I,c,an easily find,a. nunciation, if we neglect them. "If any pioiride 'not for his own, and specially' for thoSe of his own hod* he hath denied .the faith; r and is'Worse than an ,infidel. I take it to,be strictly true, that, paying our due share, of the necessary ex penses of our place ef -wership, is a most imPor-, taut way'of providingfor our own, and for those' 'of our own house. It is hardly necessary-for me to remind you, that the same .gospel which!enjoins Christian lib erality, also glories in the fact, that to the ,poor the gospelia:preached.. My remarks on these, and all kindred. subjects, refer to those who hav, not to those who have not. - ThOse who are not able to pay full. church rates, or• any rates, wells welcome' here as the richest of the.land, and ,need fear no discrimination in their reception. "Bath, not. God chosen the poor of this world,, rich in 'faith, and heirs of the kingdeni which He hath promised them that love Him." • = And now, speaking as the World speaks, what do we get for this annual investment? -Instruc tion from our chosen teachers, for ourselves and our families, on matters which are as much .more important than all earthly culture, as the soul is more important tha:n - the ; as eternity is, more important than time. Those ofgis'Who have children at schools or colleges, _do. not hesitate to pay for the, secular education. of. each' one of them,: four times as much as we are charged for the pesi t which represents the costof public religious instruction for ourself and' fainily at ,home; and yet this last, is•the'only kind of.know ledge, that we cannot afford. to dispense witli4 upon any consideration. I have dwelt, upon- these two points—,,Chris tian benevolence,- and the support of our own, place of worship, because they ,involved' duties too Often overloOked; notwithstanding 'their im portance. And yet they can be measured by any. one for himself, if he. understands the rudiments' .of arithmetic. .I :once asked a scof f ing Universi ty P,rofessor, who was sneering at Christianity, if he believed - any thing ? He replied " yes, I be lieve the multiplication table."" .- &me Christiin, professors-have notlet reached even:his standard of faith. They are sticking fast in subtraction and .redly:tfon, to say nothing:of vulgar—very, vul gar fractions. Suppose we turn over a new leaf, amt follow the adVine given in flank matters byGod—hitn self : " Brin d ye all the tithes into the store-honse;° that there may be meat in my house, and -prove me now herewith saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven, and pour out a blessing, that there shall not be room to receive it." There is God's pledge, made to tho Iskael ites, but applicable to the hurch in every age. Can we demand abetter security for our invest. meets, than the solemn promise of ,the Lord of Hosts ? AN OLD TRADITION. After the Israelites had borrowed sundry jewels of the Egyptians, and had been led out of the house of bondage, with a high hand and out stretched arm, the successor of Pharaoh sent a demand to, Moses for pay, or for:the return of the borrowed jewelry. Tradition relates that Moses as a rejoinder made out an account against.. the Egyptians for the services exacted. a of the Israel ites for the period of 430 years, nd, deducting the claim of Pharaoh, ; demanded the balance. Upon the same principle, how stupendous the claim the freedmen of the United States, can h onestly, make out, against their task-masters and oppressorsd. WE usually refer the poor to God's Provideace, and it isjust this Providence that refers,theavto us. SOME hope to be saved'hy a faith' ivhich does less to theca than the faith of devils. Ja. ii. 19."' FROM OUR TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT. CHICAGO Dec. 1867. DEAR EDITOR :—lt was in the gray of the early dawn that we bade farewell to beautiful St. Paul and its hcopitable people, and set out on the return. When we passed Mendota we had left the true Minnesota itself, and were again running over the bare prairies. A strong wind was blowing, and as often as the course of the train turned the window we sat at, away from th*e.sun, it was instantly'eavered :with frost. The ride was utterly•dreary, broken only by the new and ugly towns that have sprung up in a night, like Jonah's castor-bean (" gourd" in. our ver sion.) In six of these, , towns . _ . there is no relig ious organization of . any sect whatever, in others no iegUlar- services, lit others still -Ed -resident .minister. It was night when we reached the Mississippi at North Macgregor and now came the tug of iwar to get from the lowa to the WiSconsion'aide. W4ii had. ceme up !by boat,- . burdttring our stay in Minnesota the river:bad frozen. The accommo ' dations t furnished by the .-Railroad,were, scanda imperfect. We first. had scrawl:4-7 ladies and all—some twenty feet, down, a steep bank covered' with 'ice snow, when at Jest we reached theriedgeoflithet ice; `we had to wait sonic fifteen minutes liecalise " they dare not trust too many pn, once," W,e, had just,come out*: oars. heated up to„ the highest endurable' point, and there we . .stood in the teeth of 'a prairie wind that - went through one' like's. 'knife. Whew at lase we Were permitted to start ,for the<Yiee-boat,:the,.Mily pathway Was a 'single plank, some five,inches, viride,, and, when, ,at ,to end of twenty, yards, of 'found that. we had as muck farther to gO oVerthe slippery blaek ice. Just here, 'as' if to soothe the nerves of the • ladies 'in our party, one venturesome stranger " cut.a spread-eagle" in beautiful-style. At last, by holding,en to each others ,arms,.more by, sli ding than walking, we reached the ice -boats, which consisted of fiat-boats extemporized into sleighs. Thelsupplrof horses had run out; the mule assigned to us - hadta second boat at, taohed'to him, "to ptillythe first eke" we were told. We serambledinto our seitti; plain rough planks nailed' across thefboat i which was Utterly devoid of anythino. to protect the and' started; -slowly a`nd 'Carefully. 'We' Wound: lironnd 'and' round among the unsafe places' in 1 the ice, which Wentocrack ! crack I crack ! at every step, until we reached the eastern side of Ithe river where the ice was stronger, and then I proceeded on our'ride of an , hour up streatnito' Prairie du Chien,- in the teeth of it wind that , 'would flay a Wolf. Suhh cold: I hope neirer .endure &rain. The only'lredeerning trait , was , that the 'chilling was•not: local : we were , chilled from heart to finger-tips in the' most imputial- Blitlniost things have an end and. at Mat the lights'on thelduffs showed twit we were at our destinatiOn. We climbed up flight after flight of 'stairs and in it few minutes found ourselves in one of the best 11 It. hotels in the whole -Tenn try,. ,If, anyfreader-should i wish or ,be compelled to gc:),to MinneSota, " pray that Jour flight be not. ,in the winter." ‘. And yet this I am assured is . ,on‘ly - a taste of what the prairie winds are and .can do. Dr. Patterson, (0. S.) of Chicago, told me that some years ago, he and a ministerial bro ther had'to ride quite a distance aurbss" the prai 'ries to tend, an ordination at Mt. Vernon, lowa. A good while•,beforethey reached their ..destina tion, they' were unconscious of the possession of .either hands or feet. Before ; they came to the farm-house where they were to put up;' they had to cross a creek, but the drifted snow could not see the bridge. The elder who was driving got out and. felt finding:it; 'called out .to Dr. P. to drive on. He found however that, he could not lift the whip, but aMg,ed Lb Make . some sound that started the 'h in orse in the • direc tion of his master. When they reached the farm-house the two ministers had to be lifted out of the sleigh and carried into the house. They were aslivid as corpses and had to be kept a good while in a cold 'room,' hefore being brought near the fire. One of these, the late Rev.'J. W. Mor-' risoa, of Moon; never got over the effects of that ride. , ,Another night's ride brought us to Milwaukee, and then we came to Chicago by the morning train, seeing soinethitig of the 'country between the twomities. As the road runs near, though not in sight of Lake Michigan, we could hardly judge of the 'character of this part of the State from what we saw. The country was rolling and well wOoded and the towns seemed thriving and push ing, ahead. Milwaukee itself seemed to be a very beautiful city, and has the reputation of being one of the most beautiful in the North-west. Chicagoans are very, jealous of it, as indeed of every place on earth except New York. Tbey,tell story to the effect that a Chicagoan being in Milwaukee and, observing that the draw-bridge was.closed, emarked to one of the : citizens "Why you don't .seem to be doing much business up here." " 'tell you" was the answer. " we are doinr , just as much-as,y,ou are in Chicago. Why that bridge was open only the day before yester day." Chicago looks more home-like to - us now after being away from it, and we feer'some compunc tions for possibly not having done -Nice to it, before. The people are behind no place in the West for kindness and hospitality. We ft shall always have very pleasant memories connoted with our stay, but it would take a very strong, sense of day to make us live here. We .cannot agree with those, who predict-an indefinite continuation of its marvellous growth. Its position as the connecting point between the East and *hat was once. the West, but is now " the Interior," accounts for its past, bitt as the Interior itself develops in resources and ,becomes no longer under - the necessity of taming, corn. into pork - for the Eastern market, the nupor tance of Chicago must diminish. Its R. R. mo nopolies are. also on the decline, and the' Missis sippi - Valley. R. R., which is far more needed than the Union: Pacific, will, when completed, give the finishing stroke. The St. Paul and Lake Superior Rciad" will turn the grain trade into othei. channels, and as St. Louis recovers from the effects of_ the war, much of .the business that ha.d.come here will returp to it. The openin g ; uP.of new and promising outlets for scoundrelism, such as Julesburg and Chey enne, has improved the moral character of the city, but there is still room for improvement. There is one place where liquor is sold for every sixty of the inhabitants, but one of the local papers notes it as an omen for-good, that the mar riages already equal the divorces in number. This of course is exaggeration, but as the•lax,tex. number over 300 for the current year, it may be inferred that there is a screw loose in social mor als here. ON THE WING. .PENNSTIN I AN.T.A. COLLEGES AND REUNION. tETTRIV ISOM REV. DR. TUSTIN. Washington City, D. C., February, 1868 EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN P,ItESI3YTERIAN, Rev. •and , Dear Brother =The arrival of the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, always. , a welcome visitor, has•reminded me of an obligation which your kindness has imposed upon thelfriends of an Inititation with which I arn:conneeted. As the oldest niember, if I mistake not, of the Board:of . Trustees of Lafayette College, and feeling a lively I I interest , in its prosperity, I wasinuch gratified, as I have no doubt all the friends i of the Institution were,.at, the editorial notice which appeared in, - your columns a few weeks since, in relation to its 'present, condition and future prospects. Having - occupied, the, position of President of the Board, in the darkest Period of the Institution; Whpn thelat 'gar of - ilope was fading from'the bf Peeithfl -can testify how nearlYit preached the ;point. of transfer, ,to some other de -floral/47004;os; theAess, w,elcome. destipy, of entire , abanqpnment,.. j jky .a -traip o a f providences . which it would be eriminal,to disregard, it,has,nnt only been deiii;eied from the 'fate which seemed 'jai- . vitgble, :but; through the , princely liberality ; of ,several citizens of Pennsylvania, accompanied by the blessing of God upon the, untiring and 'stie 2 IcessfuT labdrs of its noble President, it las. been ;plabed upon a'footing which makes it a" fiiinii(i •able rival of dig- best InstitatiOns, • of the land. With a:Boald. • of Trustees activelialive to the interests of the Itistitntion, and FaCiitty dantly, qualified'to meet "all the -requirements` of their" high and responSible- 'positiOns, Lafayette, 'bids fair td fulfil. thp expeetations- of.its most, ar-. r dent and •enthusiastic friends. " I !, _When, the: several: branches of our " Sacramen tal . host,'! shall become Waited as they soon will be, iiniesS'pcinie of Dis'cord shall' heat'its ' . lflamino o -toreh'inio our - gradual iy • approximatiha , 1 - ranks, .and` -the; -Presbyterian element - - shall be. e •coricenkrated i ;tlp9n',..Te,ajityet4 in ,:the Ea:sera sec-. Lion: of P'en nsylvania, and Jefferson in the Weste7k, lithe lieaVy,liattallionshf ignorance and infidelity Ivrill"liaVe'to.he aria -.- a "doing" - to titaitt6in . , . entrenchments; =much more to attediptl any 'farther .aggressiie demonstration L upin ; even the " outposts of the Redeemer's, kingdom. A,•nd why, 'should: not this he the Cashl Why „should the friend's Of truth and morality weaken their forcei `contention' and division, 'Why Should this `Holy Alliance he deferred, and thus furnish ';the , enemy with..time and opportunity to utr,engthen, thoir...position in. the. good old ,Commonwealth of Pep - - If ever there was . a 'dine .denOininations were called upon 'to loie 'sight' of . 1221.71(0.-And , unesseritial differences,the. present is the hour in which such sacrifices. are loudly. called for. The enemies of Christianity are, avail ing of every facility' to diSSeininate :their hurtful and ruinous sentiments.. . In this view of the subject, I regard, the. re sults °rt./blurry-a Union Cpnven,iion Philcmgel-, pida, as possessing an interest. and. , iniporta.nce of which 'the church has no adequate conception. And would almost as. soon think - of speaking against the scenes and results. of .the 'f‘Driy - ofi Pentewst,?:- as to be found uttering .eicpres,sions, ofydic.ale,or. hostility against the .developnients of that Convention. The conversions in the one case were, certainly almost as'remarliable as those in the other': -' Very truly yours, • ° • SEPT.Latui TudTibt: FROM AN OOPASIONA.L WESTERN, RESPONDENT. STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, Feb. 21, '6B I notice - 'ma'hy tokens of life and improvement here. The construction of the - magnificent brido-e over. the Ohio at this point for the " Pan Handle" a. a. is destined to exert an important influence here. It is said to have cost over a 4 , million `rind a half of dollars. Y..M. C. A In different parts of the. city_ many new build ings have gone up within a year or so., To my _ mind, however, the most interesting is the new , . brick block on Market street, consecrated as it, ip is V. by containing the. -rooms, of the Young ,Mens, Christian Association. I have not seen any rooms fOr such a purpose anywhere that have struck, me more favorably. Overlooking, as they . , . do, some of, the most beautiful views in the city, they are fitted.up with great neatness and take. There is nothina. “loomy or repulsive about 'them but much to make them light, airy and attractive.. ' Several large cases of valuable mine rals, shells, and objects of interest in natural his gory occupy a part of ,the rdom. Two respecta ble libraries—one befokgina toile city as such,. he other to the'public scriools--find'•act appro. aVte.hotne here. A number of large oil paint in 4p & _engravings, can d' beautiful engravi, handsomely framed, . ~„ adornAe walls,,presenieeby prominent citizens„ NewspAiers and periodiials of different kinds in profusioNare found 'on the 'tables, by no means 1 exclusiVelligions. The ministers . of all _dp -1 nominationpeinto be . tlipronglity enlisted in, the enterprise; and lia.V . e a ,rooni partitioned off 1 tor theirrainisreasSociation"Ureetings. ,What surprised' rue; no little, was the announcement' that Raipt Waldo,' ergot' was to lectuirdunder, •the,-,auspiees of,•the . ssocialion, not of .course • with any i dispositi,o9 Veader.se him, but indicat-, ing, as I regardit,,a wise iiberal4ca.teulat'ed to' secure' the synipithyl and do-operation of all 'classes of the community,, , , But , the beat point, I .saw was .thatla:dies:svere.admitt e d to the , ptivile— ges.of' the rooms. lt,vias :early in the evening when- I called,_und but few Persons had come in., but among them I noticed'the mother:in-law and wife of a prominent clergyman of the place deep ly interested in reading. In another place a young man was showing a young lady, perhap s his sister, more likely,hisagetheart,some M the attractions of•the plaFe. Ah, said I, here is the way to make Young Men's ChriStinn Associatio n rooms attractive. Why should it not be so in other places? Possibly it may be, burta me the idea was novel. Are we not too fastidious about such matters? The community trust y oung people together at balls,, at parties, at concerts, at the theatre—why not at such places as these rooms are--oinay*::;i:nd : ought. to be? - Verily the childrep i i : of, world ~ are ; wiser than the children of FEMALE SEMINARY But ',must hasten on to say that Prof. Wye k-off of the, Female Seminary who seemed to be a prominent man at the rooms, was kind enough to show me over the. Seminary, and especially over his own department, that of Natural Philosophy ,and,citi9inOV„y-. I was. c.harnied with- the ana -1 plicity einellence of S. , me of hia apparatus, much of it_constructed, by..hiniself—appropriate I —suitable; and a , ll the-better for its zhe.apness, ass i shOwincr his, classes how in their schools, as teach ers, or in their country or even cit'y'homes, they coiii&theiiiselives ennsltuet apparatus ' thoroughly illustrating.the sulifeces :they, wart studying; the -.very; perfection-of Willing, ~as.. l it ;seems ".to me. ,For variety and, l iislattiition Juive„raFely_secn any thing of the sort which pleased me more. It is just such suggestive insiiiicf.fne t iht'io't:only our girls, need bizt:'oar hoYi arid-Young Alen as well. _I was delighted "to find ',thin: SeminaryL=perhaps ,the, oldest junder l the, original founders. in the ,whcde land,, maintaining in 4111.. vigor tlie,charac. ter it has had through parts, of the West as a first 'Class institution,' fdr,' thiiirdt 'a' century. iDr. 4 and MA. Beatty stilFgive itlthair loviro- over. sight: and earn.: :Long luay they life spared to see of,,theirlaith, .144140;11_41e, energy and far-aightietbiess flourish._ Mr. M r s., Reid, the 'prdent, principals, ,themselves ieedmillishetrie'achers; take the deep est interestiti the institution, End' haVe introduced many new-fenturesp is. a :large • gymnasium and other matter,s.tending to,the,heaitlkand comfort `of thepupils.,, The view pfhe 9y30, from their portico, is one of the . finest on the river, *and well ,repays a dall at the Seminary." ' " 'Such institutions-Are the- - gttirrof ., the land. Very. many:of otirlemale miiisionariesito foreign lands - and.,the wives - of ministers-of the gospel in :almost.every State t rit th . 9,,Union,hav i e here oh tarred their education, qnil a few- of them have here forind the Saiiiiiiri“iThiiinligh education, at the,lowest.possible priee'llandiespecially for min isteralAaughters; and to-raise IV pious teachers, seems, to, nave been a prominent ,oh,ieet, from the beginning of theschiX)l,:. irerylew.seminaries in the land havetniemore reAlize these objects than 'this one. letter ...is too long now, , and .11 elose by Saying that'at this time there is a very, interesting ,workrofegrace, going on. This `however is by no means Atncominori, as. ; hut few seminaries in the bind baie been More 'blessed in this respect. VIATO it Colgtegiftuitarist-L-Revvra s are reported at E. •• ol.,ciuth, Mass:. With. between 80 and 90 conver sions ; itarircia,ami ataizau,toi - -; in,..,,a -rford,, with* 80 'converslOnS, inany . oC tbeni heads o: fariailies-atid men of infttienee;xthe 8. , -church par ticjpating; and in..the Yermout ..-so43em, School at A tterhury, where nearly thir:ty boys are ' awakened. =The Appleton - St`. ehureh LoWell, has voted fur one service:andi Sa 6b aih'S eh oo i in place of the second service.;---Three4iftha,of the Congregational churches in'kaine, are morn or lesS .dependent on charitable claSs at Ando received a dal{ tb.lthe :,.Preslaytekiari church in Wilpdhp.m, N. ,tl.- 7 - 4 series, of daily religious Meetings is now in' tit.ogres4 the President's lee iture room at Yale College,.held-from to 7' o'clock qn. the eyeriing:`, t'OniTuesday eveoing, the respective ;classes I:Ave:heir ; two meetings.--Rev, J. L. Dud 14Y, Of MiddletoWn; is invited to the pastorate of the 'Plyinbuthiehurch-in Milwaukee. Salary :$4000. ,The: Protestant , Methodist a churph in Georgetown, Fairfield County, has voted to Vm ecoe Congregation ail.-j-CR6v. 'EE. A. -McVailand and ' - "thiity-three mom 'hers have withdrawn from the. Fifth Avenue church, in B,rooklyn„and,formed a new ; ;prganiiation, acting on adVide"of 'recent council: This . prevents the trial announced to come-uftli-The , Purrtan church in .that city is,.experjenciog -a revkyal, and many have been,converteilA church of eight members (freed meit); With"an M: A. terichbr p astor, was or ganized.. ate Davis .Lake,` l, Arkansas - ,.ec 16th ; the first ithe State.-.—A church of twenty-two freedmen was recoghized the result of the labors of an A. M. A. naiSsioliarY.--E. and N. E. of Chattanooga; within a - circle' 'of 50 rniles l in diameter, are seven or eight Congregational churches, with as re aggregate' einbership, of sortie — seven hundred, the result of the labors :of a Con'gregationalist pastor, travelling for his .health. They are loyal, anti-sia very, and supplied with - pastors., and'form an Associ ation.' Baptist.—,Rev. J. A. Spurgeon has resigned 11.5 ministry at Corpwall road Clu' , lpek N p ttin g England, to become do-paStoi liTs;briptier at the Tabernacle.—Rev: A. J. Sage - htis commenced his work as pastor f or the Fourth .church, late Jeffrey's, Philadelphia;.—The first annual report of the - Conttnissititt of the'Baptist'dhurch Extewiiiiii in Philadelphia,. says :-- , -`l;With -our; appointment we received subscriptions, ter the,. proposed object amounting to s l 4,226..CKfirst work was to enlarge the subscription to $20,000: . The Commission stun up the year's: work as:Tollo4vst: The purchase of a lot free front debt, on the main street of the eizy, the oraaniztition of \ it.'neiv'eltitrch 0r940 meinher•'; and -the cornrueneenient oE giodd chapel. ANA more remains, to be done. estimated that during the last six ‘ zears, over two hundred thou sand people Bare been' adiled to the population of PhiladelPhia--which addition is nearly equal to the whole .prese,nt population ot .Boston, with its On Min - tired,Thlsvast population have not brow ht with them here mingle meeting-house, and additional prevision we, as a denomination• have made for them, is two new churches," Presbyterianism in India__A Calcutta corres pondent' of the Weekly Review writing Dec. 23rd oh., says :—.".The Free Church congregation have iroottsly.fixed 'on the Rev. Mr. Don as succesor to tliedate Thisi,:will. leave the mission staff - somewhat weak: ..Dr. Robse i n, the med:e: ll missionary; has resigned, and. acCepteti the p .rilent of Profesior 'or Litertituie in. the P-resideacY ,College—a pogition his talents and attainments enii :nerttlyqualify 'him for. 2,4 Rev..tLal Behari the, Minister of, the„patise ch.urCl.i,here, the on) self-supporthr native, convert church, in India, has also, resigne4pd accepted head mastership of a large. ; 44 , --BP l i)Ana It is pa in tnl to Tose men like 411Psei, thlt4e,likult,ts not theirs; they -have simply, done : an ae_4, of:. piy. they Diced to themselves, and t it : egtai - ply w ought, to stir up . the Churcli4:49. l l4 l 3tO Inakg, more.adequate provlslint •Ibr the uaajp,qp4p9A . of thlia.e.Ogysend here to e , '" - tend, amidst numberless causes of discouragemeh t, against a people deeply rooted in heathenism."
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