gintrtialt VtEs'4tttlait.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1868
On the Wing in Cincinnati; An Appeal
to Farmers, H nry Bewley (the " nine tons of
tracts" man), by Rev. E. P. Hammond, Letter
from a Country Parsonage, with Intelligence
from several denominations, Page second ; Notices
of New Books, Page third; A Miscellany for
knisters, Ministers Wives, S. S. Teachers,
Young Ladies, Young Men, Small Children and
Babies, with Poetry, Page sixth; the Union Con
vention at Easton, Scientific, and Rural Econo
my, Page seventh.
ler The attention of Elders in the Third and
Fourth Presbyteries is, called to the announce
ment of the adjourned meeting to be held this
evening in the Western Church.
age- "The Presbyterian Monthly" is sent FREE
to all Honorary and Corresponding members of
the Committee of Home - Missions. Any person
sending $lOO to our Treasury can thereby consti
tute himself an_ Honorary member of the Com
mittee, or a Corresponding member by the—paY
ment of $3O, and receive from this office a Certificate
of ,such membership —and the "Presbyterian
Monthly" also. H. KENDALL.
Vir. , On Saturday, the *2lst inst., .Mr. P. H.
Hunt and his wife, late of Madras, sailed in tie
Ocean Queen for Aspinwall, en route to China by
the Pacific Mail 'Steamship line from San Fran
cisco. Mr. Hunt was for many years printer for
the Tamil Missions;
w and havinc , finished up his
work and transferred his press tkriatiVe hancla in
India, he now goes tocio a similar important ser
vice, if the Lord' will, in the capital of China.
Trio' young ladies ae:conipany Mr. and Mrs.
Hunt: Miss Mary H. Vorter, of Wisconsin, to be
associated with Mrs. Bridgman in the instruction
of her school in `-Peking; and `Miss Mary E:
Andrews, from Ohio, to reside in the family of
Mr. Chapin , and„labor among Chinese women, at
Tung Chow, a large city twelve miles south of
Peking.
far I.4ectUre on the Trials of
Unionists daringthe War, Characteristics of the
Southern people - and other interesting topics, will
be given in Musical Fund Hall, nest Tuesday
evening at 8 o'clock. As delivered in the North
ern part of this city,= the lecture has, been pro
nounced by those competent to judge, decidedly
the.best of the season, moving alike to mirth
and to tears, and conveying a. large amount of
valuable information. Tickets 50 ets., for sale at
the Presbyterian •Book Store, 1334 Chestnut St.,
and at Ashmead's 724 Chestnut St.
set. The Board of Pliblicatioh . of the Other
Branch appeals for means to supply the Domes
tic Missionaries of their Church with "that valua
ble work, Hodge on the Atonement." •-.
tar. We expect to publish in. our nexCa full
report of the Christian Convontion. which met in
this city this week. A -.report of the Re-union
Convention, at Easton, will be found on our sev
enth page—inside. _
We: Will nit our sturdy farmezi give heed to
the claims : of thc Church Erect* cause, so forci-
bly urged ( upon: them 14 the :excell‘rit ;Secieiary;
Dr. Ellinwood,i'on anOther page-of Itlith paperi?
/kr The following magazines forApriFare re
ceived: Lippincotes; Atlantic Monthly; Our
Young Folks; Harper's New Monthly.;
Home Magazine; Presbyterian Monthly; Sabbath
at Home. Also Blackwood for February,'Guth
rie's Sunday Magazine for March.
GERMAN ST. °Bunt:H.—The people of this
charge gave their pastor a surprise visit, March
19th. During the absenceof the pastor and his
family, the whple house was metamorphosed by
new carpets and curtain's, and the and lar
der were well supplied with coal and provisions.
This is another pleasant proof of the revived in
terest prevailing in -German St. Chtirch, and a
happy omen of future harmony and prosperity
under their present relations.
NORTH BROAD ST. CHURCII.—Rev. Peter
Stryker, DID., of the Reformed (Dutch) Church,
New York, now pastor elect of North Broad St.
Church in this city, preached to a large audience
in that Church last Sabbath.
" OLD PINE STREET CHURCFL"—The friends
of Old Pine Street Church will rejoipe to hear of
the precious'work of grace going on in this COD-.
gregation. Rey. R. H. Allen, the pastor, has
been preaching every evening for more than two
weeks. Thirty-five persons have united., with the
church up to this date, and the Meetings still
continue with increased interest. Of the above
additions, twenty-four were on examination.
After the service last Sabbath evening, eight per
sons-oan
met in the pastor's study for religious con
versation; among the number were a widowed mo
ther and three young men, her sons, and her entire
family. The work seems to be of a very decided
character, as manifested in the boldness and readi
ness with which the young converts go to work
in leading, and praying, and speaking in the
prayer meetings. The fruits of the "Pastor's
lectures to young people'; are being gathered.
soir The. Christian • Convention met in the
Penn Square Church on Tuesday evening last,
Judge Strong temporary chairman. - After ad
dresses from Drs. Richard Newton and John
Hall, Geo. H. Stuart, Esq. was chosen Chairman
and arrangements made for an order of exercises.
Full reports in our next.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 2C), 1868.
REVIVALP.
The Ohserner sums _ up During the last
fortnight intelligence has reached us of revivals
in more than 120 churches not Lef'ore beard
from. The number of new converts is 3,930, of
whom 2,843 have become members of the Church.
From many already reported, additional and
cheering intelligence has been received; and we
can announce that since January 1, accounts
have reached us of 700 revivals, 13,500 conver
sions and 6,540 additions to the different evan
gelical churches, not including the Methodists. An
exchange states that 8201 cases of hopeful con
version have been lately reported in a single
week, by Methodist pastors. Forty of the churches
most recently revived are Presbyterian, and with
in the fortnight, in all, 50 Baptist nhuiches have
been heard from, and,report an aggregate acces
s sion of 1,240 members, while from 20 Congrega
tional: churched4e receive reports of more than
500 conversions."
To proceed to particulars:
In the Reformed Church (late Dutch, and still
Slightly so,) revivals ..are,. reported in Pompton
Plains,
,N. J., forty receixe fl
g ,profession, in
cluding sixteen headi‘ot fainilieS;
in
Green
point, 'L. 1., thirty-eight added; in Port Jervis,
N. Y., many awakened.-
In the other branch, the Presbyterian Banner
reports. revivals -ar.:lllnnsffeld, o;:whatel.iforty
one persons have been, •received on profession,
fourteen by baptism, and where between three .
and four hurtdred conversions have been added
to all denominations since the Week of Prayer;
in the ;joint. chargeyf• Lenanoning and Barton,
P,a., where twenty two persons were received lately ?
,makine• c' a total of sixty-six since July;; in Washing ; -,
ton,
.Pa., where nineteen
_have beep, received;
in Ashland, 0., where between sixty and seventy
were gathered in,at thelast communion; in Hays
ville, 0., where ihirty- , four have been added to
the Church and .others ; expect to be so; in the
joint charge of Decatur and Flat _Rock, Ind.,
where forty-two baste been.received r twenty-seveu
on- profession; in'Shady Side, 0.,-'where twenty
five have been added,- on profession. The Pres
byter reports religious , interest in Liberty„ - lowa,
twenty-three added; in Washington, 0., twenty
added. The Raeifici. report's a 'revival at Lockford,
Cal., where more than seventy have expressed an
interest. There is nota. household of which some
one Vas not risen for prayers!, 'The 'Presbyterian
repOrts reVivals r in where there
are fifty inquirers and very many conversions;
in Deerfield, N. J., where forty-two were lately
added on profession. T.TheßrOslayterian church
in Leesburg, Pa., has received 83 members on
profession at a single- communion. A great
work of grace IS, in progyess in . the town and
neighborhood of Freeport; Hairisonr Co., Eastern
Ohio, in the midst of - a strongly giaakef com
munity, where• Quakerism had, as a religidus influ
ence, become effete, and their meeting-house sadly
dilapidated.. The Spirit was- ; abundantly. ponied
out, and up to tiartdf 13th, fifry-Olie had been
added to the... church--tiventy:twe. , baptized.
Twenty-seven of . the who,le,are men---twent,y-four,
heads of families. A, great-grand-father,, ninety
one years of age, united, and a youth of four
teen. These`were the minimum 'and. maximum
of age. A nUmber,were over sixty; and three
or four over seventy!
In the Baptist churches revivals-are reported:
at ,Dymo,:k, ,Pa., forty to sixty have professed
hope, the work was deep and quiet; at Sharon,
forty received and the work still going on ; in
Stockton, Cal., where Jachb 'Knapp cs labbring,
fifty-five received: Mr.i.Knapp lois since been
laboring in the First Church, San Francisce, mid
at,.a.prayer rueeting.in that city, B,ev. Drs. Send-.
der, Wadsworth, and Eel's, of the Presbyteliah
Church, spokelbelingly and, rejoicingly in view
of his visit to the Pacific . Coast. In Springfield,
111., the revival commenced, as has been ; the case
with nearly all reported, with,
,the. Week of
Prayer. Between sixty and seventy; all adults,'
have united with the .church,-and- the work still
Does on with power. At " Waterloo, la., the
church in five years has increased fro seventy
three members to about two hundred' and forty
members. The recent revival ,has resulted - 'in
fifty-four conversions. In Charlemont; Mass.,
Congregationalists and Methodists united with
the Baptists and seventy or eighty have pro
fessed conversion; in Burlington, N. J".„ forty
eight have been baptized. In-Portsmouth, 0.,
fifty have been received; in' White Pigeon,
Mich , nearly forty hopefully converted. InNew
York State, in Geneva, thirty additions; Ontario
Centre. •thirty-five ; Franklin Vill e; fifty-three bap- ,1
dams during the winter;.Lisle, Broome county,'
two hundred conversions; Saugerties,' forty-oiae
baptisms; in Tabernacle Cnurch, New York.
City, under the ministrations ofMr. Earle, the
Evangelist, as many as one hian - Ad and fifty,
have expressed hope or sought inst s fuction ; in
Green Point, N. Y., twenty-two receititi
Homer, N. Y., forty or fifty received, and twenty
added to the Congregational. Church, while large
numbers are still coming forward;, in Benton
Centre, N. Y., seventy on the anxious bench; in
Venice, N. Y., forty conversions, including "some
of 'the most influential people of the place;" in
Horseheads, N. Y., thirty inquirers; in Stanford ;
N. Y. twenty-two candidates for immersion;
in,
Glens Falls, N. Y., thirty-four (nine heads of
families) baptized, and others expected. In
Waterbury, Conn., over one hundred have asked
for prayers; in Normal, 111., twenty-nine bap
tisms; In Cedar -Rapids, lowa-, seventy-three re-.
ceived by baptism.
In the churches of the Congregational' order
revivals are reported—in-Kingston, R. I, thirty
or forty conversions; in the+Second church, West
Winsted, Ct., where thirty-two were added; in'
Stonington, Ct., where, mprethan a Imidred per
sons have publicly manifested their desire for
salvation ; in Yale College , where the religious
interest Rill continues, an the evening , meetings
are well sustained; Farmington, 111, where 37
were converted, and the revival is still progress
ing, and already counts over 100 converts among
the different denominations; at Genesee 25
(mostly heads of families) received; in Winne
bago, 111., where Rev. S. P. Weldon, an Episco
pal minister of like spirit with Messrs. Tyng and
Hubbard. has assisted in the - 'work; in Lincoln
College, Ks., where all but two of the students
have professed faith in Christ, while the work
has also reached the Legislature, now in session,
some of whose members are inepairing, the way of
life. ,
HOW IT LOOKS FROM A NEW ENGLAND
POINT OF VIEW.
Our Boston cotetnporary. the Congregational
ist and Recorder, the organ of the staid wing of
that connection in the older States, under the
heading " A Presbyterian Rock Ahead," writes :
In the midst of Presbyterian plans and hopes
for re-union, the new volume on The. Atonement,
by Dr. A. A. Hodge, of Allegheny, and publish
ed by The Presbyterian Board of Publication,
must have fallen like a thunderbolt from a clear
sky.
The leading minds in the Old School General
Assembly must be intending to insist upon their
interpretation of the Westminster Confession of
faith as a test of Union. The . Preface asserts
that the book is issued as a "vindication of the
ancient faith of the Presbyterian Church, and of
the unquestionable and Only legitimate interpre
tation of her standards."
The " satisfaction " theory of the atonement is
stoutly maintained, while the governmentally]
theory of Jenicyn, Beman, Barnes and others, is
severely judged, and condemned as Arminian.
Not only this, but that mournfulmisrepresentation
of the,Gospel, the dogma of limited atonement,
or as this apthor .
.terms " the definite and per
sonal redemption ". plan, is insisted on as an essen
tial part of the doctrine, as follows :
" It certainly follows that • . . . the design and
!effects of Christ's piacular sacrifice of himself . .
must have been to secure with certainty the actual
remission of the'sins of all those for whom he died.
And follows that-Christ „must, make intercession
for 'all those for whom he.. made expiation: But
ithi:rist's intercession is alwajit efficiteibus. Of
fered from a,throne at the'right hand of his Father:
'His formula-of interces.sionis, '.,Father I will.' His
!testimony is that the Father heareth him always.'
And he intercedes only,' for his own people, John
:9. I pray riot for the WORLD; but for them. which
THOU LEAST GIVEN ME? "
' We shall look with interest to see what die,
New. School General Assembly will say to this at
their approaching May meeting.
1%16n - dine there seems to be herein developed
a new consideration favoring'the Hartford Semi
nary for Qui ,Cdngregational Old School young
men, No`such stuff as this is there`Mingled with
the old School teachings. , On the ground of
theology as really as of 'polity:We cannot afford to
have our New England young men go to Prince
ton, or to Alleghony.l
FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT
BURNING QF "ST. PETER'S CEETJRCR.
Wednesday, _lBth instairt, witnessed a disas
trous conflagration in our city. It occurred
about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The wind was
high, and the first thought of every one was,
" What a fearful time for a fire," and. yet few
imagined what mischiefs was pending. Soon,
however, it passed from rig to lip, tliat St. Peter's
church NiA in . flames. 'Thisiras but too true;
and all that now remains of that beautiful edifice
is its blackened walls.
- The fire-is supposed to have originated from a
defeCtive flue of the furnace. The sexton had
kindled a fire about Impripas usual, to warm up
,
for the evening meeting, The high wind doubt
less created an unusual draft, and prObably' the
furnace flues were thus heated beyond the point
of safety, with no one present to see and guard
against such damage. When first , discovered,
by some one -passing by, the fire bad already
made such progress, that smoke was bursting out
the doors and windows. It was then too late to
save anithing. Two young .men tried to' creep
iu closa , to the floor, ad 'bring cot .pulpit;
Bible; but the smoke was so dense that they
were obliged to turn backspeedily,to escape.suf
focation.
This chiirEli'was erected in I-852 , 3; by Hon.
Levi A. Ward,-whO has ,owned the larger part of
it =ever since. The material was Milwaukee
brick ; the cost about $50,000. It was insured
for,- s`2o,ooo;i and WiltyprobahlYi be' rebuild' 'at
once, upon the same walls, which are standing
entire, or which are regarded as snbs , antial and
safe. They— are built of great `thickness and
strength - "
Ther6wai in thelower this church the only
chime"of bells of. which::our city coitlirboast.
They cost $3,500, sixteen years, ago ; but are
now only a shapeless mass of, melted metal. The
orgari• also; valued at 82000; was 41,—Quies1- by the
flatueii.
This sanctuary, it will, be remembered, is , the
one in which the minister was, expected to wear
the goWn and bands, and . use a sort of ritual, a]-
though it was an 0. S. Presbyterian Church. For
sometime after its completion it _had no settled
pastor, Rev: Jno. T. Colt,- - and 'Rev. L. W. Ba
con succeSsively'officiating as stated supplies."
The following have since been the settled li.aa
t4s—Rev's. A. H. Richardson, J.R. Town D.D:,
J. T.cCoit, and E. D. Yeomans, D.D. As we
stated last week, Rev. M. EL Hutton bad just
been called to its vacant pulpit, and since we
then'yfrote,hiTaoceptance or the call was received.
In the mean time, the Second - Baptist church,
the Third — ,Presbyierian; ; Chriat Church
(Episcopal) have offered the use of their sanctu
aries, the lather of which has:teen accepted, , and
services will be held next ,Sabbath by the new
pastor, who is now on_ the grougd. Services will
be held for the present--iii the afternolan .in -that
Church.
atm.—The church in Bergen, (Rev. E.. B.
Van Auken-,,actin,,c , ,pa.t.or), is making some kne
imprOvements. 'Yhejt, live sold the old parso
nage, which' was not, in itself, or in its location,
just what they wanted for their minister. and
bought another and better one nearer the - Ohi r
They are also making extensive repairs in their
sanctuary, making the interior as good .as new.
They are thus expending . about $5OOO, for 'these
changes, and will be much more comfortable for
them:
The New Wadsworth Library building, in
Geneseo, is expected to be ready for use about
the first of April. It is a very tasteful, hand
some structure, and reflects great credit on those
who have had it in charge.
PERSONAL.—REV. ISAAC CLARK, of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church, 4lmira, has received,
and accepted a call to the Coagregational [7] church
of Aurora, Illinois, and is soon to remove to his
new field of labor.---Rev. R. T. Searle, late of
Liverpool, Onondaga county, has received and
accepted a call to the Congregational church of
Thetford, Vermont.
HON. CHARLES C. DWIGHT, of Auburn, is
appointed by our Governor, as one of the Judges
of the Supreme Court of this State, in place of
Hon. Henry Welles, deceased. This appoint
ment seems to be hailed with general satisfaction.
We are the more glad of it, because Mr. Dwight
is a young man, an honored member of the Cen
tral Church in Auburn, (Rev. Henry Fowler's),
an officer also, and worker in its Sunday-school.
Combining all these things, with acknowledged
ability, fine professional reputation, and that no
ble balance of character po necessary on the
bench, it was an appointment eminently fit to be
made. Long may he w.ear : the honors.so. early
put upon him.
REV. G - EO. S. BOARDMAN, D.D., late of Ca
zenovia, has taken the house of Rev: Prof.
Boyd, of Geneva,,and is expecting to make his
residence in that beautiful village for the present.
Prof. Boyd is expecting with his family to, spend
eighteen months, or, two years, in the meantime,
in Europe, '
REV.. JAMES ORTON, acting pastor of the
Congregational church in Brighton, • near this
has recently returned - in safety from his
scientific,
expedition to South America. He
went by way of Panama, visited . Quito, passed
across the Andes, down the Amazon, and home
that way, bringing with him some fifteen hun
dred "specimens" of birds, beasts, reptiles, and
the like, from that tropical clime. 'GENESEE.
Rochester March 21. 1868.
d.flt.t.t*t,Tji,f . ,
B giIIESDA CauucEt - .--Last Sabbath was a
most blessed day in this young Church. It . was
pits second communion season, and 48 persons
were received into fellowship-38 on prcifhssion,
of faith ; the fruit, in part - of a gracious season.
of revival with which the Church is now faver
,ed. Among' those receivediwere -some
,cases of
great 'interest. Several , heads of families past
the meridian of life : ; . :several entire families also
embracing parents (father and another both) and
their children; several persons who had not;-
until the Churchwas started, been in - the habit
of attending religious services _for years; &ie.!
l'theatrical.actor, who gives up his profession and
the theatre altogether for Christ; and two or
three quite young persons Ivho furnish remarka
ble :evidence of grace and knowledie. The
Church is much strengthened and encouraged
and arranaements are beina made to beoin the
erection of ,a „house of worship irnmediately.
Such a house is greatly needed, thec hill - occu
pied being• crowded almost to' suffocation. The
initiSterial brethren, Thompson, Mallery, Mitch
ell ;F A. H. Barnes, SaWyer, Diver Crittenden,
McLeod, and Shepherd,:who so kindly aided the
pastor in .special services, will please accept . our
th an kE. i T. Ev 4:, Pastor.
RE - v. J. 6. BUTLER., 11. D., has been_ elected
Secretary .of the American and Foreign Christ
thin Union, and has accepted the-appointment.
We congratulate the Society on securing the ser
vices of one so' well qualified by exemitive abili
ty, suavity of
,manners and long pastoral experi
.
en ce for the work'.
•
INSTALLATION ( OF ELVERS IN TR HARRIS
, .
BURaII C1117,11C71.-0 Sunday, March Bth,:the
following persons were ordained -and installed el
ders of the- First Church, Harrisburgh : Alfred
-
Arms.rong, William S. Shaffer,Dr: Jas. Fleining
and r Walter , . F. Fahnestock, jr. , In connection
with the s'ervices the pastor, Rev. T. H. Robin
son,„ preached a very interesting historical dis
course, in which lie exhibited the character of the
eldership enjoyed by the ,church since its organ
ization in 1794. It appears that the First Church
has beenunusually blessed in this respect. The
succession of elders has,been marked by all! the
best qualities required in that important office.
Net • a few of them. did excellent service for
country,as.well as-for the:;Chnreh. ~ Two of the
first •.bench, Messrs. Adam Boyd and Samuel
Weir, served as ,officers inn the I.Revolutionary
army, and were at , several engagements- under
General Washington. Capt. Stoner, elected about
1814, had 'distinguished himself during the war
of the Revolution, having. sold his .farm a few
miles above thelieity and: applied its proceeds in
raising equipping equippin the company of which he
was tle.Captain..'Through the.: unfortunate loss
of his military papers he never• received from the
Government any, re-payment for; ,patriotic
sacrifice. John : Nielson, elected- in .1825, served
as cashier in the , State Treasury. His accounts
for twenty-one years are said to have needed but
seventeen cents to make. a balance. Samuel W.
Hays, elected 1828, established in the same year
the first Infant • Sunday-sehool. of Harrisburg,
continued its successful and honored superinten
dent for twenty-seven; years, and in connection
with another elder, organized:and conducted the
first Colored Sunday , §chool of the city. Mr.
Robinson remarked that of the twenty-one men
to whom.-he reade-referebee as having served in
the eldership, :nineteen. and perhaps twenty of,
them were of Scotch or
,Sootch Irish descent.
Three fatheri and their sons' and fouArothers have
filled the , office. There has been a remarkable
permanence in the fmnili4 of the chtirch„and
an - aqterenee to Presbyterianism and'',Oaliinistit
that soar'back into the past beyond 'the'reach of
existin g records.
The Elders, Filo held over, previous to this
election, were only fonr,—Messrs. James W.
Weir and Alexander Sloan, who have been . in
: office thirty:three and a half years, and have
succeeded,their fathers in the same Office,—and
Mr, John 'A: Vireir,—brother, to Jamei
Mr. R S. Fleining z -: -brother to Dr. James
elected in 1865. , '
It '
After Mr. o mson s address; the candidates
for ordination kneeled, and by prayer and the
imposition of the hands, of the pastor and the
cg
isting session of 4,1 e church, theY were set apart
to their sacred office. ; The right hand of fellow
ship was then given to.the new members of the
session by the older 'members. Mr.' Robinson
followed with a brief address to the new elder,
on the duties and responsibilities of their office.
Rev. Alfred Taylor, of Philadelphia, followed
with an address to the church of like import, and
the solemn and impressive services concluded
with a hymn and the benediction.
MINISTERIAL. — Rev. A. L. Brooks accepts
the call from Peoria to Decatur, 11l The
First Church (late Dr. Robinson's), in Brooklyn,
gave March 14th, a unanimous call to Rev. Rob
ert R. Booth,D.D.. of the Mercer-st. Presbyterian
church, in New York, and it is confidently ex
pected tha.t.he will accept. .The _Evangelist says :
" What the result will be, we are not advised,
and do not presume to conjecture. This we
know, Dr. Booth's mini.dryin his present charge
has been very successful, and his, people are
Warmly attached to .him, and do not at all like
the idea of losing him."—Rev. C. H. Taylor,
D.D., of Alton, 111., has' accepted the call re
cently tendered him by 'the Third Church of
Cincinnati, and his congregation has united with
him in a petition to the Presbytery of Alton for
the dissolution of the pastoral relation_between
them. ----- Rev. Thomas H. Skinner, .- Jr.,
D.D., has been induced to reconsider his de
cision to decline the 'call to the Presbyterian
'Church of Fort Wayne, and expects to - commence
his •labors there early in April. His brethren in
this city will regret to lose from this vicinity, one
who is greatly beloved in all bur
. churehes."—
Evan . o , /ist.—--Rei.' S. M. Mortori---successor
of the lamented Frederick 'Starr in the North
Church of: St. Louis, has had a suprise visit from
his people. Besides a large number of useful
and ornamental, a.rticles, spggestive of great fu
ture enjoyinent, they presented him with a purse
containing $320 'in greenbacks. Mr. Morton
was ordained and installed March 22.—Rev.
Dr. Newell, of the Allen = street Church, New
York,,who has been for more; , than- Tour months,
laid aside by illness from active pastoral
duty, is now so far, recovered that he ex
pected' to occupy his pulpit last-Sabbath morn
--L-Rev. Wolcott Calkins of the North
Church, Buffalo,'not . iong `ago deeply interested
his people by preaching,a memorial sermon, for
those members of his ChUrch---,-seventeen in all,
'who - had - died ffuriv, the' pet - year. This used to
be a custom with Dr. E. F. Ratfteldc!duting his
long and very successful pastorate in New York.
l„--Rev: Theron. H. Hawks, D.D., Pastor of
ithe Second Church, in Cleveland, jpe resigned
his char,ge..----Rev. Wilber Mckitg, late
,pastor
Of the Third Church, Cincinnati, has accepted a
call from the First-Church,'Marysville, Cal., and
was to be installed o,n the 17th of March.
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ALAI4IEDA, CAL:; is one of the thrifty towns
growing up in 'the vicinity , of San Francisco Bay.
In November, 1865, the Presbyterian church
was organized with, twelve members; and for a
time services were held in the High School
building. Temporary supplies were procured
till August, '66, when Bev. F. L. Nash accepted
a call as stated supply. Int March following, he
was installed pastor. During the past year the
Church-hisibe'ett:abundantty prospered. Twenty
neiv.members , have been, added to • the Church,
making.. the whole,. number thirty-seven. ' The
new church edifice, built in gothic ; style, is neat
and spacious—an •arehitectural ornament. to the
town. It is, ,probably the best church edifice in
the' State,' outside of the larger towns.---The
Occident. i
Onußcgts.—Rev. Andrew Parsons, pastor of
the'First Chnteh, Ottiwa, Writes ifroitio• the-'ad
vantages of 'Otpawa pp PresbyteFiati itninigrants.
He says : • :
Our edithational - Avant4;es are superior to
those of- rubst other places in the State- Besides
good public schtiels, conducted by experienced
teachers from the. East, we. have the Ottawa
University, which it is expected will be comple
ted this Spring. The LeOrenworth, Lawrence
and Galveston Railroad is-now "adtitrileted to this
place. Lands.•lying convenient - to town range
from $B.OO .to' $'30:00"-per acre. From three
miles to ten of town it ranges from -$3.00 to
$7.00 per acre.; timber-hind from $6.00.t0 520.00
per acre. The Church has now over thirty mem
bers. There is now a stone edifice, nearly fin
ished, 30x50 feet, with a tower 11 feet square at
the base. We expect to get it finished. in . May
next and be out of debt. The prospect of a
self-sustaiining church of our order here quite
soon is good.
Rsviyms HForty persons 'were received to
membership at Dr. -Cuyler's Church, Brooklyn,
March Pith, twenty-four, Mostly heads of fami
lies on profession' of faith. At <Dresden, 0.,
twelve were added recently on profession of faith.
—sAt New Albany ; the Churches are
still reaping. the fruits of the great-revival. Rev.
H. C. Hovey writes to the Herald : Fifty-four
persons were received into the second • church on
the profession of their faith; seventeen of whom
were heads of families. -The work, of grace con
tinues among us .with great power. Christian
hearts seem to be perVaded by unusual Compas
-Sion for sitmers;'and •to be sustaifiell extraor
dinary.faith in the glorious sufficiency of Christ.
Our whole city indeed seems' to - feel the over
shalowing presence of Jehovah': - At the present
time revivals are in' progress in eleven of our
evangelical churches.—The Church in Cedar
Rapids, lowa, had an accession of fifty-two mem
bers on profession; March 15. •
SAN FRANCISCO.—The annual meeting of
Howard Presbyterian Church was held on the
19th of February. Thirty-one persobs had been
received by ,letter and twenty-seven by profes-
Sion, total fifty-eight: The present membership
is three hundred and seventy-six. The mem
bership-Of the Sabbath-school is about four hun
dred, exclusive of mission -schools, which num
ber nearly three hundred additional pupils. The
Pacifi c (Cong.) says :. There is but one other
Presbyterian church ou this Coast that has a
larger membership than this.
. CHURCH CAUSES.—T 6 Presbyterian Month
ly for April reports thirty Home Missionary ap
pointments and contributions of $l3, 749 in Feb
.ruary. The receipts of "the Education Cause fur
February amount to $1,809.
PRESBYTERIAL.—The Presbytery of Manka
to held its first annual session , at -Blue Earth
City, Miun., March 3d. This new Presbytery
was set off frorn•Dacot _ ah last year, and consist ,,
of ten ministers and ten eburehes, but inclules
only one settled pastor. •