Dud.= prtziTtrtiait. THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1868 soy- Emerson in the January Atlantic, "On the Wing" in Ohio, Old Pine St. Church, How Not To Do It, Enlarged Views, and Religiou4 intelligence, page 2d; Editor's Table, Literary _lntelligence, and the Pennsylvania Germans, (third article,) page 3d; The Worsted Stock ing and a capital Family Miscellany, page 6th;_ Infidelity of Scientific Men, page 7th. Ate' The ladies of our churches can often ac complish for our Benevolent Causes by personal ef fort far,more than they generally have any idea of: For example, the _recent collection .of $5OO. for Church Extension in Clinton street church, was exclusively the work of the ladies of that church, collected by the lades and from the ladies, under the impulse of the meeting held there during the winter, and addressed , by Dr. Kendall and Mr. Martin with ." the, big map.". •. . Presbyterian Union Conventions will be held at Janesville, 43-. 3 -irt -the Second Presbyte rian church on Wednesday, March 25th; also, in the First church of Buffalo, N. Y., on Tues day, April 7th. The calkTforthe latter embra ces Presbyterian churches or - all-bvsnahes, inclu ding the Reformed, in the State of New York, west of Cayuga Lake, and will be composed fall the Presbyterian ministers present and one ruling; elder 'from each church. - 1617. The Assembly's Committee (0. S.) on Freedmen have sixty-three missionaries in the field, twenty-three of whim are ministers and thirty are teachers; they have fifty-six churches under their care, and twenty' houses of worship in progress; thirty-one colored students are in Biddle Institute, under the care of the COmmittee, preparing themselves to instruct their race in gospel truth ; and more than 3,000 pupils gath ered in day and Sabbath-schools. The Commit tee appeal for $lO,OOO between now and the first of April. Only 515 churches out of 2,622 have forwarded collections. roi*- The .Presbyter, whose Editor is a mem ber of the Joint Committee, proposes a ,new set of articles for their adoption. We quote what refers to the doctrinal basis : "The Confession of Faith shall continue to be sincerely received and adopted ' as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scrip tures;' and its proper historical sense, that is the Calvinistic or Reformed sense,, as declared by the two Assemblies of 1868, shall be regarded as the sense in which it received and adopted, in the united Church." air THE TRAIL OE THE SERPEN'T.—Ainong the alarming symptoms of the prevalence of im pure tendencies in the community is the facility with which the advertisers of vile nostrums get into the columns of so-called " Religious Jour who're page o tie e pendent, the appearance of which in that journal met with severe and almost universal reprobation Our surprise and grief were not lessened last week on seeing the same advertisement spread over a page of the Church Union, a paper which was once so fastidious in its spirituality as to ex clude all advertisements from its columns, and which has more recently been making capital by abusing the Independent as not being "religious.", The same advertisement was offered to and:re jected by the Congregationalist and Recorder, the American Presbyterian arid doubtless others of the respectablereligious papers. par At the suggestion of the Amer. Christian CoMmission, the :Evangelical, churches Eaat Pennsylvania, West New Jersey, and Delaware, are invited to send as delegates the pastor, and one to three laymen from each, Church, .to meet in Conveationwith - the Churches ofPhila delphia, at the Penn Square Presbyterian Church, , Broad Street,- above Chestnut ; on Monday, Tues day and Wednesday, March 23d, 24th and 25th, commencing Monday evening, March 23d, at 7f o'clock. Such Conventions have been held with mani fest blessed effects in almost every part of the country but our own. The call for the present one is signed by prominent clergymen and lay men of all denominations. The fo!lowing, are the subjects suggested for discussion I. What can the laymen of our Churches do for Christ? 2. What —can the women of our Churches do for Christ? , 3. The potency of in dividual effort for the salvation of men. 4. How to influence the large proportion of our populace who are not reached by the ordinary means of grace. 5. How shall.'vie best promote revivals • of religion ? IPiir We. understand that Rev. Dr. Allen, of " Old Pitie,Street," has consented to give in the form of a lecture, his experience in the South west during the trying times of the- Rebellion. From our knowledge of the eloquence of the speaker, we do not hesitate in promising a treat to those who hear the lecture, which will be de livered in Musical Fund Hall in the course of a few weeks. - - bar A New York clergymen; of our Church writes as follows : ‘ r tkettstain you with all my heart in those doctrine artieles. They will either lead the 0.13: to see themselves better in their nbrrowness,'ind :take a - different position, or will preYettt`artinsiifeeie union." THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1868. REVIVALS. The hearts of Christians are rejoicing in the manifold and wide spread indications of the spe cial influences of the Holy Spirit in all the Church es and in every part of the land. One of our cotemporaries reekens np 8,201 cases of hopeful conversion reported in a single week, by Methodist pastors, and also about two thousand among the tlnited Brethren, over a thousand among the Presbyterians, and nearly a thousand among the Congregationalists, the'Bap tists and the Lutherans. AnOther cotempoiary • says that it, has noticed 400 revivals, since thole . ghaning of the year, with 5,000 conversions t ,and it now adds 170 more reviVals reported within the last two week 4; making total, of , 570 revi vals, 9,000 conversions and 2,100 additiens to EVangelical Churehcs., this computation ,the: Methodists are not ineludAiplierivise the fignre,s would be.ranch niore than, doubled. ; l• The following revivals we presume are'notin 7 chided in. the above plwphes 06041- er Branch eighty five, e to Cohockaink church, Philadelphia, 14arch:1,4 twenty-ei,glit ceived iu Carlisle; Ind; mitny r in Phoenixville, Pa.; to Harz:ravine and Amity, Pa. Churches (Rev. W. D Patl;ou) sixty three. add,itiionst . ar during fourteen :inenths.one hnudre.d and sixty:, four accessions toit.these; f two churches ; ,f9Fty-six received on -examination_ at, Eafmßidge,` l lll.; twenty-five added . at Bethel, ind.ithirty on pro,. fessiOn %*Fleston, • Tn thaskriejafional'churchlhere is nnounc ed a great :revival in the Welsh 'church Gomei, 0. Tfi g htiy:Y r e been i added, and there are but. few in tbe whOle .settlement but are„profes,sed followers of Christ. to • Newir,gton, Conn., the revival` Ens been very extensive; reaehriiii6mein almost ever,y family ; until one sixth of the-entire population has been converted. 'More than" one hundred are still numbered among the inquirers, and the work increases Exiir . f week: Putnam there has also been a powerful work of grace. At, one meeting , about, two hundred in quirers were present. Meetingi: Were', held for five days in -succession, and .nesady all hinds of business were suspended. At Westerley, R. 1., an old man Avis -conVerted While listening to a sermon of the Episcopal rector [Hubbard] preach ed in the Baptist church. At Plymouth, Mass., there are one hundred and twenty-five ;recent converts. Quite a number of ,-sailors, and as many as thirteen ship masters ; are among. the number; also twenty-five heads of familes. A few years ago ten ladies in the place` used fre quently to send to, the _prayer-meeting requesis for prayer for, their husbands, and seven of those husbands are now' rejoicing in a Christian hope. In Medway Village, Mass., more than fifty are hoping. At Centreville, Mass., thirty. conver sions. A ball that was projected, in` opposition to the religieus interest, proved a failnre and a number who had been interested in it were at the prayer-meeting the next evening. In Woodstock, Vt., 75 persons express hope. In Seyrnour;•Conn., about forty converts are reported, ineluding'some of the most prominent business men in town. A similar work is going on in Mystic, Conn. •About two hundred persons.are reportedas awakened in each of the above places,- in both instances in connection with the'labors of Rev. Mr. Potter. Cheering news also comes from tariouS places in our own Church. Marquetteletter;Marquette: :'.:We. count about last two weeks For the American Presbyterian. _REV. DR. 'ANDERSON'S LECTURES; The editorial , ' comments on my note in. the American Presbyterian of Feb. 275 demand a brietrelj oinder. The charge that. Dr. Anderson "told the stu dents in the Andover Seminary that Congrega-' tionalism was :the 'constitution for 'a Mission church," is made to rest on the testimony-of two of the students, who give their impreSsion Of "the drift of his lectures." One. of them "is inclined to think that he said that Congregation alism was the constitution_for.a missiota,Agreh." The otkertestifies , th_at the iserfrar_fT. - _":441. not say in so many words "'what the.y3mderstoosi him to apply, ' In answer to arrinquiry, Dr. A.nderson . informs me that so far as his lectures had any bearing on ecclesiastical organization s he, gave ,them in New York in the same language, withent 'omission or change, as he- had delivered ,them at Andover, Bangor,.and Auburn. To lisalast lecture- in New York, however, >he appended a=-new para graph, a copy of whicli I enclose. • As to the" implication in the la.nguage used; other, hearers understood it differently from, the over-zealous young Presbyterian's 'at * A...Ude - for, The following sentence: has been read to the distinguished professor in the. lJnion Seminary, whose name is given, and is sent to' you with; hia permission 4 1 Prof. Henry B Smith authorized me to say for him that he listened. with care to Dr: Ander son's statements bearing on the constitution of native mission churches, and regarded them as applicale .ioCongiegatioualisM:and Pres byterianism."- w .New York, March 2, 1868. [Copy of Dr. Anderson's paragraph referred to in my note:] "In my lectures I have dwelt with earnest ness, as you will remember, on the value of the local church, as an instrument in the world's conversion. But you will bear in mind that I have mot used the word in a dehoniiiiational sense, but in the general seuse'of an•assooiated body of Christians; whether governdd' by elders chosen for the purpose,. or by the general vote, or in some other way; and I have insisted upon pastors in mission churches, perhaps somewhat modified from the pastorate of the Apostolic churches, but in conformity with the usage of modern times in all our Presbyterian; -Congregational, and other evangelical churches. Into the minor details of church Tolity I have not-deemed myself called to enter; they not being essential to the end I have in view." Comments We give place to the above with pleasure, and are very well content to leave the matter before our readers as it stands, as we have given What seems to us an ample justification for our pub lishing the,statements. objected -to, if not of the statements themselves. Wr4 Merely add, (1) We did not impugn Dr. Anderson'a right to state his convictionsleither in Union or . Ando ver. He is.a Congregitionalist,-and, holds these opinions, and 'we slquild* have thought more highly of him for silealting his mind. He is not ,i,6 connected, With tile . A B. C. F. if. in any' way that makes him respo sible to them or they -for him, so, far as we kno . - (2.) As to theigist the ! rnatter; Dr. Ander son's ideal of Presbyt rianism and that of his 7 adiobate, seems - to b overUment by elders in local churches.. Our nformantS seen to live gone on the suppositick'Ahat the union. of these g.lob - al::churches?' nin "h Presbyterial' church i d governed by Presbyte &e: had - something , to do with the matter. hfch 'come the nearer jo presbyterianism, our rel di-a:pay-judge for them r selves we were diap6 eontradietinns in state .• . " that it should . be :settle 4_liy.o,red his.jecture§ vjgc;pr,has added !mine. Ntire may add: in rega orte'of them was reedit Pal Bishop - , while the - 0 ago',,liy . a tiCongregations - CHICAGO DEAR AMERICAN '— this region, at the pres , wholly the doing„l ofth: Union among Pie'sbyt movements of the I chniches. ' A meeting of Presb . 'lois; at Centralia, on t by some twenty-five mi 11. P. The - desire for represented in the Cnn alent. The following mind of the assemblag . , Resolved, That we If the ;lotions branche's,o holding the same Con hibiting, with increasi the Spirit in the bond' to perfect that unityli especially do we rejn speedy re-union of flips . VerianoChurch knoWn _Resolved, That we - cc; 1 of union prepared by the ) Lion. - '. On the same day . , then tion, composed of simila Illinois, at which there w w' IC 1 we e , armommis aitellagliffil, cu._ c - ted in the paisage of res lutions, by a unanimous vote r of which the folio ing are'the most impor 'taut : Resolved, That this onvention desires to recognize the essential 'o eness of the Christian Church in faith in aon crucified, but now liv ing and exalted Lord-An affection, loving one another `with pure heartk fervently; in action, scekriv, to extend the kingdom of our Lord'Jesus Christ in the World,—and would hereby express its most cordial- approval Of the basiS of organic union as proposed in lhe'Philadelphia Conven tion. Resolved, That exercising a due regard to that Christian charity which is the 'bond of union 'among the disciples` of our Lard Jesus Christ, this Convention NioulA inost - earnestly hope that such measures may be' adopted . as shall 'Fender practicable the haimonipus union of the whole Presbyterian family. ' The First ;church Was crowded last Sabhath morning, by' a Vest c'eidg,regation,'assembled to listen to the 'fafewell discourse of ReV. Doctor 'Humphrey. He 'leaves 'us 'this morning, with 'his family, for PhiladelPhia, via • Neir Orleans- and Havana at 'which . lase place he probably make-a May 'of soiiie days or weeks. The - Pirst Church has invited ' Rev. Willis Lord, D. D., to supply their pulpit for the 'tilde being. Rev. W. M. Martinieilsrevada, led:wed in our city last Sabbath, in 'the interest of. Home Mis sions and Church Erection, on the Pacific Coast, the`Union. Rait Road; and kindred topics: :He deeply' interested' hail:fess men , by the vast aniount of information 'imparted by- his lecture, and may return- tdieet)die before the Board of Trade. Hels a grandAteeilrer, and should be heard in all our churches; if possible. The Union Presbyterian — Prayer Meeting, on Wednesday evening, in the Seeoad church-, was well attended, , awrinteresting in character and exercises. The telegraph ;brings: intelligence, thisi rpm ing, of the arrival in:Mew. York, last evening,4 Rev. Dr. Patterson-, 'Much as his' friends desire to see him at home again, they feel it .very im portantthat he should attend,the meeting. of ,the Joint- , Committee, Appointed .for next week, in your city. , : The Old and .New - School churches of Fulton, 111., have led off iri the matter Of union, in a man ner quite satisfactory toms. Both pastors having resigned, and the question of schools having been, by agreement, left to a vote of the united mem bership, the New iSchool party prevailed, by three majorty. All right. The work of God goes forward gloriously in various parts of leWa. Says, a correspondent at Marshalltown; , ":God is doing a glorious work here, also at Cedar Rapids 'and other- places." I may add that at Cedar Rapids -the new church edifice, a fine structure ,of stone, expected to , cost at least $30,000, is now ;ander roof, and mill be a beautiful: building mhan done. The " ParsonslnStitute . ," at the =same -place, I .d to hunt aft,er apparent sent, we inight" iiuggetEit whether Dr. '.o l .ndetson vq6,ilipt,..ag at 26 2407 at,_ to i ttier- ' . _ to our-informants that ordained- by an 'Epimo e.r/kias licensed riot' M 6 I.'Crolm RRESPONDENCE. ligious in tell fp 11 ce from t time, respects almost Conventions in favor of ins, and' - the gracious • ine Spirit - upon the • fans of :Southern attianded esters—N. S., 0. S. and - anic union Among those ntion was strongly prey esolutions express the with joy the . signs that he Presbyterian . Chnreh, sion of Faith, -are el- strength, the unity of peace, and are laboring an organie union; aid' e at the prospect' of - a branches of the Presby -,ld and New School. , apefiroVe the basis. Philadelphia Convert- was a Similar Conven elements, at Mendota,, e present thirty-tbree under the care of our Synod, has fifty or sixty pupils, and is growing in numbers. The Second church, in Dubuque (Dr. Spees), added to its membership last Sabbath, by profes sion 22 persons. Brotheri Avery, of Warren, Illinois, writes: " The Lord has been gracious.to us, and we have enjoyed a precious seaBon of revival interest. As a result, , I was permitted to receive into the Church last. Sabbath twznty-five new mernbers, twenty-one-of them.on profession of faith. Near ly all of them are beads of families, awl six. are strong and influential men. This accession brings our membership a little over one hundred. There are still others who will. come in soon. These grateful notices might be greatly mul tiplieil. ' 1- NORTH WEST. , CHICAGO Mardi 6 ) 1868. eijoig ..D.f...ta10:.0.400, , CITY CHURCHES.7 --- .4. meeting of the "p . ders of ,the churches ofill and '4th'iresbyteries was held Thursday evening, February 27, at Clinton St. Church accordance 'With resolu tion.pf last. General Aisem4ly. Air. Daniel Steinmetz was called the chair: 'After atilaV - dedotiofiaj exekcises, it nio deter mined, that,ineetine,heAteld.,nli t ;ThUrs day ot l each month, a, } committee of three being appointed ,at . each menting, to prepare, lausiness for; the succeeding one.. . - -. Messrs. Birkinbi l ne,-Bodine, and - Stevenson', were''l,ppoinied':e6timittee 'for next nieeting, vriti,ph is ,to be i:lla c tlitirsdayeAreiling,Ma'roh 26,.4t 7f, P 1tt..41 - A. western Ciarplik,..l.7th and Filbert: Streets: . • , - . . .To 'these ineetings,.W desired that nll the - 61 - cleta of the , t churches; designated;`kiteru!' 41 , thCir trifig k cnce to, ziAe th , epi 'profita ble, 'hoth ,to-t f 4Ruicelvesf AO the churches they represent. . At* a late meeting 'of ' Philadelphia' Fourth Presbytery the Rev. X. Hervey Beale, was .re ceived, from Philadelphia .3d Presbytery' and the Red. Addison - 17:•C: Schenck, from'the. Presby tery`of Carlisle.' Mr." Beale has been Called. to the pastorate of Kensington lst Church and Mr. Schenck to the.pastorate of Minapink_Church. The installation of the former was effected , on the 10th inst; that of the latter will be effected, D. V. on thell9thlnst. - ' REVIVALS. —A very powerful work ofgrace is now in progress in the Church of Carlinsville, 111. ,Upwards of eighty persons have risen for prayer, and many others .are under conviction. The converts inchule.many heade of families, and in some instance& whole .families have been led-to stand up for - Jesus. Meetings have been held every day for nearly four weeks, and the interest is still increasing.—ln the First Church at Catasaqua, Fenn., there has been a revival interest in which some thirty have al ready found the Saviour. 'The cases were marked by very great simplieity, clearness, and assurance. [For a revival resulting in the organization of a new Church, see under PAESBYTERIAL.]-, In New Albany, Ind. a revival of remarkable all h@ e•va.i churches in the city. It would be safe to, say' that there have; been, more than three, hundred. _hopeful conversions here since the leginningof the_year. Daily meetings are held in all the Churches. The; correspondent of the Beraid says : Religion is- the chief theme, of conversa tion in our streets, stores, bankeverywhere. Business men had rather talk shout- the conver sion-of souls than the sale_ of- goods. The work in ,progress probably exceeds anything that. has been witnessed here for many years. ,It seems like going back to the days when Dr. Beech er, and Rev. J. T. Avery, and Rev. James,-Gal lag,her, smote consciences and, won souls--for` Christ in this place. Our. own Churches are sharing -in the blessing. The Third Church of this city under care 'of Rev. Charles - Hutchinson, is said ‘to have received during the fourteen years - of his labors, full average yearly additioniof a larger number, to the Church than , constituted the-original membership.—h--. At Amesville, : o., thirty-four persons; were .re cently received into our Church on profession, of their faith. At Allegan, Mich., some ninety_ five have ; requested.- the prayers of God's people and some sixty or seventy are indulging hope. The work JOill eontinues, reaching all; classes. Neveo4,.the history of this place, has there been so thorough's. work of grace. ----At Ban tarn, 0.-, twelve.were l added on profession, three being over sixty years of age. At Rob Eby, Ind., twenty-four have just joined-on lirofes sion.• . , „ NirasTEarAx”—On the,2sth.of February the Presbytery of ''Crawfordsviile ordained as an evangelist Mr, Everett B. Thomson, a recent graduate of Lane Seminary, and an alumnus of , Wabash College of the class ,of . 1 564. Mr. Thomson has already begun his work at Peru, Ind., with every prospect of,success. He was dismissed. to unite with the . Presbytery of Lo l ,. ganapOrt.—The. Third Church in - Cincinnati have forwarded Rev ,C. Naylor, to.V., of Alton, ill., a very •Cordial invitation, •to ..become their pastor atid are boping for a favorable re sponse. Rev. lierace Bushnell, of Cincinnati, (says the,Adva ncc) so long and well known in ali-lhat region as a faithful and successful lahor er for the Master, though entirely blind, and compelledlo go on crutches, finds his way to the Conference'meeting,s, and%is as abundant in la bors as eter.-- 7 - 7 ,The Euclid Avenue, Chureh, Cleveland, li4e unanimously called Rev. O. A. Lyman to be their pastor RESIGNATION'or Rrv. Da...RosrasoN.--The B rooklyn , tUnion says Weilearn that Rev: C. S. Robinson, D.Te,,has annohneed . .to his peoPle his intention of• asking Presbytery for a dissolu tion of his pastoral ;relation to the" First Presby terian Church: = The resignation will take effect in - April. The continued ill healthcof a member of his family, requiring, under medical advice, freedom from care; With .change of climate and scene; seems to 'ravelbeen the constraining reason for this action. It is rumored:Wei Di Robinson' will be connected in some form with the _\u, , can chapel in Paris for the coming year.'• Ti . Evangelist says: "The retirement of Dr. Itoiii a _ son will be a matter of general regret to h. : brethren in this city and vicinity. It is ni n , years since he came from Troy to take charge the First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. Ir e was a very young mans to assume a post of sr, much labor and responsibility, and in which h, would be necessarily exposed to comparison with the other distinguished preachers of Brooklyn. That he has sustained - himielf fully is greatly to his honor. This difficult; position he has filled with a signal ability and success. The congrega. tion has grown under his care, and the church received large accessions."'' lo*A.—Rev. George R: Carroll has been cm pell4through continued' ill health to resign his charge at Wyoming, Iowa: It, is . reported that he has accepted an appoinimlnt at; agent for the seminary now building at Cedar Rapids.—There r, is a mbvement to build a chUrCh at Ackley; a Station'only two years old. A school-house serves for five• or' sik •differene denominations, and for fourcupen the ;Smite Sabbath.—A new and at. tractive church edifice has been built at the cost of $4.400, at St,eamboat Rock. This unique 'impels 'trona a rock, or ledge of rocks, on the foweßiier at this' pltcee 'which resembles the side :View of a steamer. The.:sterri-wheel house and pilot holloware both visible,—There are evi dences of a deep religibus interest at Janesville, where Rev.'Jas. Agnew ofllie Irish Independent Co4i. Church is supplying the ptilpit. He has been only five months in this oonntry.—Between Waterloo and Dubuque, (says thchlierahrs lowa correspbtldent,) a-,distance of newly-one hundred miles; by the kind favor of the'lAmeridan Home Missionary Society, there is not a church of our order. All the elements which would naturally haVe :belonged :to. us' have , heett absorbed in other organizations. • ITenyears more of union would have left us - almost without ,a, church in lowa, as in Wisconsin. OHURCRES.—In schenect* N. Y a Mis sion Sabbath-school has, grown, to such dimen sidtta through the exertions or a single young man, that - it has-been tliotikhi advisable to erect Mission chapel at a oostr'of--$3OOO, at the ex pense'of the parent: Church. The new edifice, East Avenue Chapel, is, amono:the homes of the poos,and is the scene of., considerable religious interest. Tlie SiindaTscheoLnumhers 130 pupils, and a preaching pr prayer-meeting, service is held every Sunday. - - 'A bequest of- Miss Sarah Moody's, of $5O, to the Forest: resbyterian Chiirch, 'Middletown, ‘Del.; haa been received,Thed3eard of Trustees, at .a, : late : meeting, reeolve,d , to, appropriate it for the purchase of a communion set. PRESBYTERIAX!.—A, ',meeting of the Presby tery of Meadville was-held on the 11th of Feb ruary at &Lavine. Mr. Williatiatlliott, a been -thiie of the Pitsbytery of 'Pittsburgh, who has been labOring within• the bounds of the Presby tery for some.ittonths past with great acceptance, was received and , ordained as aft. Evangelist. Mr. Elliott's labors have been greatly blessed during Elie Wolter. At DempSeytOWn, where he has preaehed a part of his 'tithe, there has been a precious revival, and a Church organized of some eighteen or twenty members, and -others intend uniting at a subsequent time. Rev. D. M. Rank in was appointed • clerical commissioner to the Assembly, and Mr. Miner, of Titusville, the Elder. - ' . arraitCrl -ei A USU.—The Monthly for March report's thirty-nine lime — .Messionary appoint ments for January, and. - receipts- to the amount _of 03,939 41. ,Perinsylva i nis is at the head of the list on account " of" a legacy of $5,000 by Thomas S. Clark, of Pittsburg, to this cause. The two largest contailrationamere„ also from our State, ,viz.: $2,090 from the: Third Church, Pittsburg; and $1,374" 'from , !Calvary Church. Philadelphia. Connectientgives,*itn one Church. $278 50. The contribu'tion's - -V• the Church . . Avalon, Pand; for: Pecembe z and January, amount to $16,179 6,3 - ;, IsT r eW. Xork State bein largely in advance of all others,- 7 only a part of Madison Square Church contribution being $ 3 ,- 849 44. In our own State, Harrisburg First Church gives $527 7-0; Williamsport Second, $5OOl Yorjr Church, $262... ,The , Relief 2.Fund received _,in the quarter ending January 31., 83,974" 66. The Hittication Cause. in the two months .ending Sairuary 31, received The Education!'eommittee received in "January soop 23. ;The largest part was a. legagy. of Thomas , S. Clailt, of Pittsburgh, which netted 1 , 4,459. 7 ---Rev. Pr. Atterbury, *the" new Secretary of 'Ediicatiprilitites to the aa'folloirS :Ufa the number of candidates for thelsallted . ..niinistry-receiving aid Ifroni the Permarkenti Cc'uoittee on. Education, has alieadzswelled .to one hundred and ninety-Fix, an increase:of fifty-six over that of the previous :year; and 'the:Committee, by the 'favor of God, have been enablOd to meet the regular appropri ations,.for, these' , young. men up to the present ;time. The money now- about, to,_ be remitted for the third, quarter, of the edacational year, will , entirely exhaust tne treasury, and . leave it de pendent up* iinmeeliate collections of the churches fdr its ability-to provide- for the closing quartei!! • • • • COMITISSiOtiItRS TO TILE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. .=m-1104: .D,..Ohiettestor aua,gltter-S.,T. Owen were chosen coulmissioners to Or enua 1 : Assembly from the 'Presbytery, of Chemnrig,'On the 29th ult. Alio Rev:lsaactlarli a commissioner to Auburn Theological Seminarylor-three years. A G-pop Tku - Nci Qwr OF NAZARETH.—The ' • Liberal ,Chr istian (Unitarian). says: " Ther_eiis.altogethee too much play-going, and conpertrgoipg,_and_party-going4 altogether too much-puc entertainment and excitement for the mind and conscience,, the health and happi 'less of our iieople,•especiallyThi - the cities and large towns. We are losing-soriaething of oar - fleribusneSs and steadiness,.akithrehoting our hold on the solid and satisfactory realities of life alto gether too much, we fear, in . the ;enervating air and - languor : giving iiitoxie.4.tithiof public excite ment and frivolous revels:` . 'incalcu lably better for most of our people if they kept at home , more th4n4l4 do, and made that a more Cheerful,:attractive, satidbr . irig - filace - thlif it 'is. Why can we noChaire'riforelkim'aeri&tilinments, mecreatioirs, FoleAm''.Other reason
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