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