gintritait 11"..tt5illittrialt, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1868 le' Page 2nd, Conclusion of a Lay Ser mon ; " On the Wing" in Chicago, Dr. Tustin, an Occasional Correspondent in Steubenville, and Items of Religious Intelligence. Page 3rd, Dr. Beadle on. Mollusks; Air, Light, Water. Page 6th, Family Miscellany. .Page 7th, Edi tor's Table, and a second article on the Penn. Sylvania Germans. THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON REUNION: —The Banner. says: "We have been.informed that• the meeting of the Joint Committee on Reunion has been postponed one week, from March 4th to March 11th." • Qce of the most prominent of the Old School members suggests a united'Con cert of prayer-in .behalf of the Committee -on .the evening of that, day. We second the .proposal very heartily and' trust that the friends of the cause will make, and announce the necessary ar rangements, for the purpose. SiiiiPiWehave received from thgSunday school of Tabor Chinch for Kola,poor Mission, $5O. Also, from sundry persons, through Miss Weth aril', $46," toivards replacing an Illinois Rothe Missionary's horse, .whieh has been lost or dis-1 abled ' • : SO" We have received Nos. 3,5, arid 6 of the Occident, the San Francisco Presbyterian 'paper, edited by Dr. Eats, (0;" S.) and .Rev.. E. B. Walsworth, (N. S.). It'is got up somewhat .;in' the English style, comprising twelvepages'about the size of those of theH. 'Y. Natilia! "It:is very tasteful in its appearance, lively, in its ebn-t tents, able in its" management, sound otc,/osg/, the Sabbath question, &c., but silent, ; ,On national issues. bar The Dogmatist, as watts the RationsllSt; is the constructor of a system. Indeedpirhatever, may be their actual antagonism in the field of religious controversy, the two terms are in their proper sense , so little exclusive of each other that both were originally employed to denote the same . persons.---Mansell, ..Lipzies of,Religipx,s r pLourght, p. 46. Doomatism and RatiOnaliim may bn'aonsrdered u severally representing, .the one the spirit which adds to the word of God,: the.other that which diminishes p. 48: REUNION OORVENTIOR AT NEW CASTLE, New Castle, Pa., February 19, 1868. The Presbyterian• Union Convention has just, r-., ~- ~-• clostd.:77loo ZArere psogit-aptrtiben• names recorded, of the U4l9oxlis.b.y,teA**nisters 19, Eldera723-fiihe 4 3:litilii/bLritiiiis s 12, Eldep,P; " Aii§-...l44;isters 2, Elders,Re i forniad4 tit*trytet ns,(l%w - gelooll-ininis rs 3,, Eld9rs,til • l at'Pi - ity . p lan - 4i ool) minstiza2;ter ,*;4*iisnd 38 Elders. TlieAngat' ' ...- g rE was in -- - - ropeats' a very re-, markable one. Respectable for its numbers and the e ,character of the men composing it, it. by an earnest, detrotional spirit, a 'Courtet . !US:lie-' &rem to each ,ether, K apirit -of forbearance, and a most earnest,, anxiety for. Union,.provided it can lie accomplished without sacrifice of con scientious convictions. Candor, frankness, wil lingness,to look in the face the real difficulties of the case were manifest. • The 'meetings continued for nearly two. days. No such meeting has ever been held in this,re= gion—no one, so marked by fraternal .kindner and love. Every pee seemed surprised:Sed..re-, iflieed that, : brethren ( ao, long separated,by,Ae strictest . party lines, could come with manly earnesthess_discuss ate Imetty fpoiuts which, for generations, have. divided them, and separate with feelings of increased mutuaPre= spect end . love. ..Suchyrreetipgs marmot long be held without the most Lyn. results. ''Possibly, the fact that in many of the congregations through this vihole -region there isF= aii unusual attention, : to . tbq ' subject, of Jeligion,inay have had much to do with results reached by,.the 'Oen vention. It is to be borne -in mind that 4114 region, comprising Lawrence, Beaver, and Mer cer counties, is to a remarkable extent settledby Scotch. Irish .people. ~. Presbyterians, in' the strictest sense of-the word, noted for their in telligenCe; thrift, earnestness, obstinacy, fearless ness, and all those-traits which. so clearly mark this race. To miderstand the meaning of "the conclusions artive'd at, one must bear -this in mind. There hew preliminary_ prayer-meeting on Motkday, evellinzin Dr, D. X Junkin:s church, 7 hid, by.ithe;p4sto_r... familiarity „with ffie Psalps,_appareptly, in giving out the - PSarin - not deknding oirthe book at all. He witlViniSiStedflOtev. W. T. Wylie of the N. S. church. The - • COfivelitiorr • assembind on Tuesday; the 18th, at 114'611361E .IDrl Soottof the Reihrmed Presbyterian Church was called to ,the Rev. or the U. P. dh. and Rev., Mr. Morton of,the G. S . . were• made secretaries.. A business conimittee of two from -each body re present ell in Ithe Convention i was •.appointed. Be ing a-memberof this committee, I could-not but notice the spirit, of fraternal 10n nm and for bearance manifested by everyone. This com mittee reported. a' series of - resolutions which fp x3Re pt,„s t 4, 4401...to i pica„qf „disen,asigti ,io r the dodiAtiorr,in'eail-Klll VeAieh 6 4e--adepted with remarkable, jitiaiii,m#3i, discussicnni were market(' 'by *riatfearrastnesis and a good deal 9,t:-,akkility l Ailt . flakßnl kindly manner, comparatniely little occurring to mar the haraionytmE4hei7rneeting. The' speethei were Here aye theMaltitionsitdepte . plai;e4 'That the divisions in the visible e'aurch are the result of sin, and a fruitful source of THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1868. evil, and should be regarded as a ground of lamenta tion by every lover of Zion. 2. That we regard a free and fraternal interchange of sentiment among the churches of the various de nominations as one of the best means of removing misapprehension in regard to the causes of division, and as also a means of removing the divisions4them selves. -3. That while we. cannot ask of each other the abandonment of any principle for the sake of Union, jet, anything which is founded - on nothing more than ancient custom, or which is merely a matter of pre ference, should be cheerfully laid aside for the sake of an object so desirable. • ' , 4. That we cordially agree in the statement of doctrine contained in the Westminster standards— the ConfesSion-a--Faith-and Catechisms, Larger and Shorter. 5. That the Convention enters . into a. free inter change Of Opinion on the subjects of Psalmody and Communion, in.;ottler - to asceilait - irlrhether we can agree upon a statement, of doottip L ea;lisi w pra_ctice on . . ; _ thesesubjects: " Amon SPeakers ind, at this .. the meeting Rev: Dr. *ifrikin (OT ; S'.)''Drs. Vincent, Wishar - d, and Fiddlay,- of- Wilniington; Rev. Messrs. Riggs, Torrance, Falconer of C larks vine (0. S) and.also Elder Francis (0. S.) who made a capital speech. Rev. G. K. Ormond of Youngstown andOjisk ) o f t,liie B. , K,..prma,d of Clarksville(hoth l Uqk..'' M6sare.: Trench, 1 1 Peacock, and Cummingg - (U. P.), Rev. Messrs. IS'lclifillan, Smith, and Alford . (R. P:); Ret".:W. T. Wylie ' . (N: 1 13 T. -Oritellow, and many others whose namesl cannot now recall; but I faiieditiNmPe.tiiPlY .old all4a.Tiaateand friend Dr. R. B. Walker, 0. S., arkesrirst Union man--1 whom I hadcopresdnn i vi t ho I un-; derstand was detained hy , iii!eres"teng wo r k of going on in hie" cliarjl." ApT9.N..ON PSALAIOp.T. Early in the discussion tar the fiftleinscilution, Dr. Junkin proposed " the - foflowinc , paper :- 1 " With 2Vielltti' givinedeffirititetsq& iais dis-1 cussion be it Resolved , that on the subject oil Psalmody the'reetritunendatintilifof the Ph ilad elphia I "National Convention be approved by this conven tion as =a iiitiialfteliisiaTck flai;-las subject is concerned." The following was pro-ii 'Pee d.iis'7a:iiilfsEiiiitelijalficslAG. Oriagna.,Vl ; P.): Resolved that the gonvention propose as basis of Union on the subject of Psalmody the follblvAtgl- 11 " In .titivo . ayadinappeaof Jp aise ,iin,the United' Church a kit tfit translation of the Book of, Psalm!: sbitlf"be USed, , iihy' be added a) Saithfill :translation of such other porgiOnsCof, the wor l d, God, .map be suitable matter' of praise', atul'ag mak be regularly t addited in ac- fosdatibelwithßresbyteriahChnr i ehf order 4 fonr resol4timis 'Ware aaOpter unani mously, After a lox . !ind most interesting dis cussion; 'lite traiirje . subiniiied Or -trien-d, and *hick' vMs ptit;forth Mahe. ground' on which .the United Presbyterians were willing' heartily to go into the union, was adopted by an overwhelinink siiiiiel'fdiff I)? five only, ~ being heard in ge .negatife. . , ' In the afternoon, just before adjournment, a vote, bychnrche.E s wasnalledlor and taken, but in coniegiehte of ione-third ;Or more heinc , ab sent,as the matter was regarded as settled by the aid nianineus vbie *pc . ; iiiii - sitOg‘p wasf. sma to rlcordlildiotcf iSitrA fair of fike thrdatijen betheiOld ty tojecord theinames s iu,thejlegy,ixe,,Apiong theWe were Ike names of; I th`ink, - Re.V. - Mi.`Riggs and Rev. 11ilm..i.rorxenee; „of _Olaaliavvalle, and Dr. X. Junkin„.„., It was then resolved, on motion of Rev. Mr. Alford `MR P.) that the illlferent 'denominations •present in ihis convention, . ; take . ..inuasures , . to hringibefore their respective supreme p dicatnres, _at their'ne`xt 'Spring meetings; the' colieliisTon's arrived at.44AW.f.lnien,tirop iz tliesubject of Psalmody, use 1 proper-InejiMres to have a Union consummated on .said conclusions...7o, After a t voteigf r aiPaks • f¢r,,liospitaiity received from the citizens and the appointment of a Corn mittee,to:call,another 'and largn,.:Convention in the sprin„o. the Convention adjourned sine die. ' • a): T.) REMARKS HE THE CORRESPONDENT The u . ,,ntyliinti ittivethat—inlitotticult and! perplexing subject Of Pgalm'odi was most unex-i pected. It Virtitalli, if 'riot 'literally, the same} InittelftidreAvibraonvilliiiiivi Rev. J... • .I? ! ...Aohnson,,of St. . Clairbv i ille,R z hio, and] alaki,..discassed at:Woatet anif3lead4lll6. _I, have' 'Converged personally'myself with a large rj ritiiiibei t , of thedeadingeßct . ,Kepresentative brethren of the .biligh-arid 9. Alleghany, , on the subject afithiseipitH peSition. , -Within a• month or se, a/marked:Am:gel has taken: place on. this subject., Thly,,,,feei satisfied thit 'their Church can, be 140.nglii,en adopt :this basis ank`Co'o'hhartiliinto 'organic Union: „The same, is -pretl4l434"if, the other Psalm singing Churches. Now comeg. the :question, Whether the Old and NewSchoollbodial will meet theta:on this There. - must mutual concessions. The psalm that : they' have gage_atgreak9say., So they have: Shall we not do the same? If we find it hard td giie Alp'some Of.the sweet 'hynana;:a . siociated with our dearest and most halloiied - Chriatiari :let us not forget that, in addition to all this, they :gacqp(vijtt:llJ,y", very I . nEch 'of - That they have been, supposf.d. to conte nd most earnestly - 11;r, throukh -two+or' , threecenturies. A. feiv years of earnest loving, frpernal sed,oo-opera tion 'great Clatiges e bit 'both - sides—of this difficult subject. _..We shall go on to love and prize the Psalms more and They will al: most necessarily' fall into greater liberty in re:. Bard to praise:, —Anew version of-the Psalms and seven or eight hundrhd new hymnSlin the very thoughts _a the Bib a will ' Surely_ afford us all am ple matter 'for praise in the worship of God? "And what do we gain for all Ai's iconcessiiin ?'r 'Such a union as the earth -has',nevor iseeri- for power 'and 'efieieneyi,` See;:tihat- these 'United Vresbyterianh have _already accomplished since their.union. in many places actually _ doing more than 010. r inchlier i .c l hool togetler.. / .,L00k, too, at their Aysrem'of TlOmestiollissiorierrleally better and more efficiout than-Ahat of either Old or New School. Let, them„be met in a.spirit of the most GiriDarvircome:. Flesentlfa , ant , _ that may well make the powers of darkness trem ble. Lord, hasten time. J. S. T. t v k 8 41$0,4Wershave received frooklErank,l 4 .,,Boilini, Esq., $25 for Kolapoor Mission. PROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. REV. 11. 11. JESSUP, D.D., Returned Missionary from Syria, has just paid us a visit. He spoke with very great interest, Sabbath, February 23, of the progress of the Gospel in that distant land; occupying the pul pit of the Plymouth Church in the morning, and of the Central Church in the evening. He has a story of marvellous interest to tell, and he is quite able to tell it with thrilling effect on his Congregation. The good people of these churches have not been so stirred for a lorig u time, in be half of the-cause of missions. He came home sick; but is working hard, and getting well rapidly. He expects to return 'to Syria early in the fall; but 434 :Tr tyere , lnoy,:;ht wo,llll,Et ar,dly do more for the spread of the gospel in the earth, than he is doing now, by iddieising th - e churches in btlolf of .the nations that,. ; sit: in darkness. , • - GOING TO EUROPE. We learn thnLitav, - Etc. ,Fnw-ler, pastor of the.' First Presbyteiiiii . 'Ctiztili k tift•ima, is somewhat out. of health, and is about to take a furlough of, six months to isitifdreig,ri - shores. He has now been settled iii, er, that, Hoc) for seventeen ~years,; and under' his ministry the chUrch has greatly! prospered kasnw w ell ( earned arsen of rest. A few friendl t•iise‘ - a thUulaii l d dollars towards his expenses, aid five:hundred more as a fund for supplying the pulpit in his absence. President 4ffelli.AoTiPless9tTP.F..lof W lll l ll6ll ' 04 ' lege, are expectd to occupy the desk while the pastor !is : away. 1 . ..: : : ' ...-"'" •-•.! ,:- ', I :: • -,..:,•: i••! ,, :t. ' :::'ioait away. IT *6466io.kitiq ' ' - We - clip •:the following , fromAtne :of .the , local, paiierk, 'mitt froseine ihinge : We'haird:heard in various towns, i is time somethitcedf 'the - kind 121 was publishedcii„. •t•cr'-' , '' '''''' - ' 7, Tcr " REV. H. lri. TAYLOR.—A. person bearing the' above title,haA eggg,jy-appea,r_pd,among 7 us, whose: case deserVeVs 'e'attentiOn - . lieiasolielting (ands • to puhlish a k; and as specimen s ikazes 44 his; booßßlhitiiisll'ilvelliiiiihllieAffie Cue - triad ''' Ar-; i vine's Anecdot ." This deception . , with several others like it, 1 a gentleman of thisiiiti4edelitly to threaten-him wth-a visit-from-the police --where- • u port* Atift..c rli . , Tallcpr's;name eau kips, •de / found . i i in tirgiiSit of Trls ytdi4au- di el:into, •64ational -Minis-' ters ; but he, be ~,q4in- , ,Ae.ll4,pmultk, mostly in' print., w h jet se!! ' to A•oftcliti,ibii iiiiii , he preaches: on Sunday : whei „or: he can , secure, opportunity, so' afk ) P 4 4yerPpe..lk . _eelf,for,his week's work. lie „is / said" tOVeside'nt , ;ade.',.N., v iiiittißlU4 10AbOd property there, 'n.IL:4;4 It Vqiilte , unnecessary for -him to go about <aliciting funds; Duringthe war. Mr. Tailoi received . , iio . puititnient iii.tbe 'se;.i, ice - of - the Christian. Com : ssioii. ; On his ,leaving :the'it . ilny his. braage , oi'a: :searched . for stolen•Foperty; , and, .helipadver4•• ili"t4e:retiii4iiis"papets . ,%Y Geokge: , 13. Stuart, Esq. as a person collecting . , funds with- Out, authority. He is with " funds" again, and that by ver -aridus Misrefiresentation ; and "as:l4P will probably v it the•townaalong the Central road, ihis notice is t ::' tionl44rsarid . paripheieagainst • 11:EV.• J. F.: ENDALL CIOSeS his auCcessfal la b Ora in 134. insville" -the'iOchnd , - .Sabbath: of i March; just- •Iree . Tears- after the:dedicatinm of the :new ho .of worUili ,b,niki forJiiii„..Si4oe: i that time he: as receive'd , eightyfotribleuthers.tOl his church ; ind' every-Vey the Society has en-• loyed - ir.high.4egree.:Of frosperity:7. - .- :" ::: , `. Prof-Miva_°: .., ~..i , tbf"'Auld&'Seminary, is . to supply tines the pastor rettrea.,J -A I a: • I : T h q:4 l ol.4Fr,2 l x: c* #; ' P r ßon9‘,4as been .f raiscd,, y 4 theadditiOnekseven hiidred dollars ThS C . ja 6 idtaetkalid6tatiOU' v iSit, 11CicriiC ioi,Xedteia4eoaptetel,Or. Cttrtell'i'Seckid year sn'riarstdr of 't.11:6 .Central Church of, thi . 4 ?it . y. ".. The ' church now iiiitulArp 706 iikb'nibere - i Isenet'gaii of AfearlY' l l.ol,Piri' the ja4,l.,Wci . jrtaiS ';ixtot . igh.`o' . fotpi a, Very.; replied- i table'nolonrf • a:hew-church; 'it is very .proba ble that.some . f WO* will soon, 6e ; 4114 to On: sidei , the'ques inn 'of going obit for :that purpose. The'reat - M - ion Sabbath; School, in Weit:Ave nue, sustained y this church-has long been re garded aq the: . oper.nqultup fottr,-rivieh- an enter isibr prise, and thelime is near when it will probably , lit4s 2 *Palt ` t e l ille '' ' 'A Ci e-';." ' l 43t ''' ' ' f: f '' ' ' T i lie - lienevo in en t b tibits - - Ike' Cenfral Church for the t liast r y,r 4 :aimil i nt4o 88.483—di-: vided substantialli Us - foltows, 'Home Missions,i ii s pi,F t viou.s. foriqs„)„olA44. l „- 5 ,,F 19igu ,IVliaA o ng, 16q41-, l 7a*rool: } 4cil tgNic l 3 3, lo s . 4 niiteria 'Relief, $1.§.00. Warch Treclieb,. ' 81773ratt a goo record is re , spectfully supreitted • Od record Co . provoke: _ l zdtheta 4.. i, - Itissat". ' Rod -VTR (tHr43AGORLETTEIk. ?-.0 , 1 i -DEAR AMERlOAN t rldellyr, hearts,xere,,,sad., 'dened among t os''thi§'ilibiliiiig'hy the'-a,ritiounte-! rrien'tvogrtks depth , of. Rev. E. -A.- Pierce, pastor of daiiArirthilrch, Uliche'keht`,9OTeVired yester day, at TallaiiiskFlitiv''s:Our esteemed and; laroxitelilyroo4r 4434:wehurch but, a few weeks singe, with leave of absence for six months, hop '.‘ '' - ' , ,r. ' ci .. \-s'i'.o.-.'s 1.. , --.1.. ing to rind healing` and rei'toratiott in the warm airs of the Gulf. Mar r iy ie - a';ed‘that he would never be aty tplleacOlgaieln thinegion, at least; hut, ftr.,liifiaii,iil . autitita*,so su4den a terminith*of 'his life. For a 9 4seem ed tle 11 toe M ke t ted , bar,t/n „ch, nge anief t, t)rk .0 , te_lapset, and pagAgir AndtlenlY away. . 4 .-Thcl has . - depted 'a •mos,t l useful and beloved ChrAart minister, in the Very be - riling of his day,-to the sore grief of his, GhlAroh,„ and congregation, and the deep. , sorrgtirf- alaige eireleoo3retlicu and friecta. - ette erit:irePeriod of .11;lirimuaistry of our deceasectfriond and brother. as passed in this citY; ha having.-been fqr-souiV - years pastor of th'e Westminister Church, and, for., about ten years of 'CalvarliChnicH: - ',N.lSturPtlyi of a frail and delicate organization, ardent and devoted in spirit, ard..conatre , tb an• impoillint,,,soharge with, out experie4e or accumulated preparations for the pulpit, he a T ioiahimself`to his work with aclosoneas ,of pursuit which only _a, ro ‘ bust cop , staution aiid'strOng;l:e4Eli ; couldli r aVe*ltlih en dured. ills friends have for many months been anxioiliAllo i t?t, IlifiirblineilA itirlbodident that a few months rest in A milder climate would , restore him `toi healthalTi'd io -2 hia much loved Ctlikgßancjnithiiitierce, leaves also a youthful 1 widow, the daughter of one of your own citizens, who will return to the home she so lately left a happy bride, bringing with her her dead. May God comfort her. UNION CONVENTION A Union Convention of the Presbyterians of Southern Illinois is now in,Session at Centralia. They have thus far adopted the doctrinal basis of the. Philadelphia Convention. Four branches . are represented. A N.F4.OIIIIRCH IN NEBRASKA I am happy to chronicle theorganization of a new church'of our cbunection, , In Decatur tsleh rask.a—the second in that new State,—under the pastoral charge of Rev. J. M. Peebles. ( Our 'churchu£ Oniahh,. long our sole representative in all that Vast're,gion, has-novr a sister, a "little one," indeed, but a great WeOrriiition„ and_ .the first ; we trust; of a goodly number to gather c'' '1 . , . . '.' l [SlOitiartienlars of thjs enterprise soon) 4:L. Brooks'' accepts the tall from` Peo ria 'iniPOriarit • bUt difftenit Church to seekpaitoir.!So Peter imast :need ' s be robbed that Paul niarbb paid. I am happy to -hear by adViceS,'43l Vet ,: 'general and Tery powerful 're ligion it :Cedar Rapids , loia, embracing, in' Its teneficent° almost' .entire congregatioUs. TlieThili.4,l3 Of our broiler Knox has been sig nilly'b t leased, and 'nearly all his eongre&tictri:. And the 'work - advances. Similar •tidings' coirie ice 7 .l.3s groin 'iAher . 'cinarters of the Mighty workslcif • Chicamo, Felifualy 28, 1.868. attO gur nuttrtm, 9[4,lErApplEiES. 1 8 ; 1 1 . Ce Uadn This newborn enL ter rise has been baptized at its birth bY 'the . 11 - 61 y, gpirti. For three successive weeks preach,- IRgs i ertm be en, has eld every evening; fpllowed by prayer Meetings. These meetings have ; been, from their commencement to their close, marked tfa'seriousness • arid solemnity that testified to the S`pint's plepcnce. ' We' 'lL`av ,n 940- -/ • • - men,,, e.9ePt ;the excitement s ,of jay, ,2 4!Pliiwt• upon the pardon of sin,. the reception of ; the ; Last' Sabbath eveninglourilittle 'ohtirch 'OelibiateiFfer the second time the dying...love of the Ite4nner. 28 were added to our: iiiimher; 17 heing heads afamilips ; - of these, 23 werely pro .fesSion-o. khy letter. ' = To 1.6 of /the! _23 I admitted 'profession, the ordinance of baptism was ad ()tie of 'these had just reached' the thir•teenth year, another the sixtieth:" „The young and - ? the,eldtbowed together before the Lord. : Not :quite-three; months , ago; we , organized with 26 meinberg- 2 since.'that time oni:riginzlier has' in-. ereasedte 62, 30'h aving been . ddecl profes sion,, liy.letter. • 'PTO:ably, a dozen or. more . are at present under conviction, and.-,wilt, we trust, soon find , peace in lelicving. The .41 - rd.htitli dime fcir usi'Whereeff 'we .are :„P.z•rfuis.DA : .extotton B.T.so2.l,o:rox,.—The in of Rev; Wm. T:tEva, iaa.pastor of .this 4 5:0ut% church, took plieeeffiVednea day evening, Ifeg' The's P inw h ic h gregationlnests was crowded to its ; utmost ova ''.Rev.-Dr.i ast'lViederator ; of :the FoUrth Presbytery, preSided;'ind I tll4 "Constitutional, Questions ~ Rea , sr. Shepherd ,preached the sermon, tuking.fer,his text the ;firat,clause of the Lerd , ,s Prayer; and.:from . .thelFatherhood tif God,' dedfieing the 'clialigter' of ihe Chunch as a &Dilly, and the . duties incumbent upon enlisters. .14?" , . IT 7 = f Rey/Albert par . nes.deliyered.:l4 - , ,itnpressive ,charge tolthe :Pastor:, .feelioglilobsesiring.that might be the tlasfO r eession whichhe infght he' Called ntion to itk'that'hapapity. - • Rev Hank Robbins delivered the charge to ri A . r . 1 thelieople .nroin. ,, them to love, honor and nits tairohinocho:,was to break, unto them thefßread` of Life.; , - iti TMEI nevi: colony is already the scene of unusual reli Meetiiit'bein , ; . 'hefd c! s pe cial 173 i•'" °I eyery eimaing,.abd'iabo.ut:fOrty-fiv„ehaying an interest in the prayers of theiQttarvlit L.:- .."NbirrliLßßown STREET CHUIiCH~--' ~e regret 'to' atinikirie:e :that' this . inaportanii is s iii o .1 ynsupplied. The unanimous ,)6 gweia some twq weeks 4go, to „Rey.. Louis, (o.B:).pil.asi sinee been declined, th'e Provi ideate of God manifest -in' both. 'the' spiritual and temporal condition of too plainly • FesetiC i e'fA , requ ir e u • Louis'; pharch building, is going up, and a powerful-work of grace- is.in progress ‘in .the mission sehool‘ - coni netted with his church. -. j ` ; ' - 41;iiiA'krprx 3 —flie 3 Reir. A. V. C y pNlencki late. Professor. of.•.X.etaphysics in Westminster _Collcov, Pi t s§gitri i .,4.as4irAua)lA ~acc4ted .a:tiAinii. -- b ' vj. - 4- Church l 'intilia Cllllrbm the - Fitst - Prestyt utti'of f II e l 1 .iganayurik; and , commenced his regular:. i/ les 2d•,,;undeF fitoi:', le auspices. His necessary agsence,lnritwtlii; 01:. JOW l li;g:46ek_was 4 fintiroWd'',,hy *r_-I,roille . of his new charge;to some pintiOse. asOlany-inipor: taut chug, wer.e,,effected in t - paracniac , e, which was 'al o stocked' with'' such a uelt new fiiriyaiii'e aild'cridtifre comforts as must leavl the wOrtlirincitiliqnt, for some time to tome; -ti , , a i _ ~ , . • very "free from worldlyarbe add 'avdcatiotis.'? Your .cerrespondent - lAd - thR-:fiiiel, *-ft.cenjoyini his first blank spare4ainaTielittkeifke l , on re: turning with his-estinable Wifelin's.Pti4y even', ing ldst, from.the,,reaiclo. of a4+4 , :(whither they hadlwer!,lri7eigielt-10; - ) 1 1‘4wrhouri by one of the " pioui frauclio:usK on' 5f141 4 occasions,) he found 'hispaplors 4iya:Witli unbidden guests; and he and Mrs - .§efienciltAalient points for a " i r it i te r 'ry l t r ibT r ighT P `ey%l_ . -, `;;llpler'asa''''lnt-cr- Fracerls.l4%* who were present on the occasion will soon 14 , z et the outgushings of the new pastor's heart in prayer for his people; or the strains of the itn. mortal "Long Metre Doxology" that so fitly closed the pleasures of the evening. CEURCIL ERECTION.—CIinton Street Church, we are glad to report has contributed five hun. dred dollars to this cause. llouarowN.—ltev. G. H. Rammer has be. come stated supply of this church, having trans ferred'his relations from the Presbytery of Mead ville to the Philadelphia 4th. We are happy to an nounce that 17 persons mostly by profession, have been added to the church since he commenced his lahonrs with tliena. . AcXNOWLEDOMENT.—Mr. Editor I wish to acknowledge through your excellent paper the re. cept of a pocket book containing F one hundred dollars in greenbacks, _ and - a receipt for the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN for, one , year, a pre sent from a lady of the First P. church, Phila delphia. The mOneYlias 'enabled me to 'purchase a horse to ride to my appointments instead of - I wish also to Acknowledge the receipt of a box : of goods for myself t and family from the Ladies kiss'. Sewing Society of the same church. Vim box was filledWith.,articiew just - such as aAllijr• needs,- and ,7rhile those kind learted ones are making' God's ministers and •fainilies comfort able with the good things of this world, may the good iiira-66(}ViemihisIspiiitual blessings an d tie conoilatfonSl ' Wis.'MvTAYLoa. teh. 21st 'lB6B. „ORIIROHT6. - 7014 RIA 01, Oiur.ch has been depleted by the organization of a iieW*church at Du (lain 'on the Dili& beritral;`but, is' moving i n the-direction. of itrailding„trimeii :church.— The church at Tarnaroa,,l4l.,hrus had regular preach. iog since August i ,and u , lotof land, sufficient for `church , and paipanae, 'ha. seen donated, upon Whiehr a church -s if tu'lic'ereeted the coming 'span eitircit , in • EdWardsburcr, ims had .an .•sicceasiol, ,twenty. members silica Rev. Edward ,was,sost thither . hy.,401. M. Com. The edifice has aleo.he i en Fepaired and other ne cessary things have beep done to put it and the Sabhatli . Schoofin workingerdei.=-The walls of the 'new church-edititeliti.o6ldwateg; Mich., were carried...up toAhe top of.ithe: basement last Fall, and tjuite receiitly p. - ripticn of 625,000 hail been completed to trusli . the' Church, and it is hoped it :Will be' eficlosed?hefoie •• - next Winter:— Dr. Nelson writes to the Herald that: the congre gation "in East StiiSiouis,havellnished.the base ment room o€ ;their new church, arid / occupied ii for the first time lilt Sabbath. .I.t is a comma• drops attractive zoom: phis le the second Protestant face of worship in a'rbity, contain. ing3 thotisand people. Bro. Gre gg has werkad nobly, mid .-.4.32.91wes `tor be liberally sustained, ,Three icailroad ,eompanies (Chicago & St. Louis, St. ; Louis &Terrelfante; and Ohio 8& Mississippi gaieeaeh,6so'o teWard the church, Midi the Wiggibil Most of the laud on which it•stands.?! . : Naw OHlJlthilits.Rev. S: ark 'organized a•eiturch Morriitowniteahe Oo:, !which is supplied by .Id.r. lkiatianglston, licentiate. He was to organize another at Austin, 1110., on the following Sabbath. He has moved from Greenwood to Hudson, and'is' HOOD to organize three :More church / Os. ''Ort`_ Sabbath, :February 16th, Rev, C W. Seaman , organized a:German Pros .byterian eltuFcli Ilkanop, Illinois, con sisting seventy.nipe-_, members. He has also -organized a church in , Trenton; a village some six Iniiles east of ;Lebanon, consisting. of sixty-eight members. Those in this place who were but a few weeks since' profane- Sabbath- - desecrators are -now found among the dcifout worshippers of the : Most High. , Al.x.,..Scannya is a G t ex.ptan by birth and crincation. Si4ne months since he was in tidee charge Of a IfornellisSion field in St. Louie, /earning of the utter destitutibi of ritaintiymeti• , in this por he, felt duty to come Amon°. ,the.m, and ate success that, is crowning his efforts is traly wonderful: . - ?At, , •*) I 7. Asv,rvALs. 7r ,The, Ho-W repo#:s revivals in Clin ton, Ind., where twelye,haye becnieceived on pro fes,siOrt; lb Pert*Outh, W;Nitiere over thirty asked intereSt irPprayer, all Christ; 10 ,1 Amesville, o.',lwhere overthirty aretinquirim , ; in :La Grange,,Wie4i , v(here !eight ! were received on the first §atba%h „Relargary,i,l,n b poiurnbus, Ind.," where eight were received ln.exa.mination, Within a 'few weeks; in Ito 'toy, `Ad., where there have been twen4lttdven accsiona as the result of thretioieekgainiatilitir; and at Green- Wood, Ind. -TheirlAltonleurrespondent, formerly , Of the 'Reporter, sends worrLdfitevitals in. East(); Moil teNv 4 elaureh)• l / 2 9Hute4silttytteva were re ceived February lOth,tnifitiewoik is still going on Tat .Breektinridge , ' l , :-M4,-,-..(.-also a ,new church, 'Where: a neWL home - 6f molithip was!•Ared i cat e d in December); at New Pittkritietfcerg6;, where 28 -•ve • • e • • • r.v.; ; - • • k — of prayer, and 19 hay,e,,,lttv i d_ chnsch-; at Pler.sanl Prairie, Slielhi'lM,l /11) ;;. Mka Itl., where several have come out on the Loft's side, inelud ino. four recently married couples • at Pane, 111., wft'ere z`corArts-"are a - 444k-idaililidded to the chnrelr; and.' where-'there werel ten admissions, February 2 a - : , The:Eiig.iryelfit reports, a revival , at fnisq*ialutal &pail where• • there, I were over nfinetEloonversionS,Linoluciang mi*,•young men .ant ;Several hdadtkofrfamilies.. work is the edlenetiation..ofatireligioukintereat that has been :growing sineeFthe settlement: esErthe Pastor, one yeat. t .41 . -ILalf. ago. 11;$:-Jessup has been: pleading the. °Pains lef th Fore is.sion field 'upon :the eonvertel, iThc-Mittech in Oakland. Cal., had, an accession ofi.teninderabera. One con , • vet+. by:night: forwardi hiir -five ,children, recently -ma.difux)therless, for baptisma l .•1 A. Conant, of Fire N, 1 1 - , liaa!retedve t d Clinton and Or, 014 14tHev. HA. l .l3rotinei'hi,§- entered on thefiastoi•it Marian, Ititk.Lll4 v . ..4.i.NAeff l N . : Y. has Ye . 03144 'etinanirrious call `frOinflit Aanirdiljeits VirziOington, hecoine itsilaA , li.. 4 -111M'ilifarct Hill, has I tak4, l Bli'arke'Of thg ( OW I CKtil l otasliC 'Holden and A t i l ari4Vii'Virl6; : tits.;' 'lVi6 l . l allair." Henry 11.
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