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.