glmftmra |tesl)i|ttcura. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1808, On our inside pages will be found: — On page 2d—the conclusion of our very full Re port of the Christian Convention ; «§ short letter from, jl/r. Ilammond., and one from C. P- B, on “ Different Views of Things ” On page 3d, Editor's Table, including notices of the monthlies. On page 6th, the usual budget of miscellaneous reading for the family. On page Ith, Dr. Humphrey’s Farewell Sermon, which the Chicago “ Christian Advocate” considers a plea for Itineracy. ' A new volume of Langehas appeared from the press of Scribner & Co. It embraces Thessa lonians, The Pastoral Epistles, Philemon and the Hebrews. Price, 85 00. We will send it, post paid, for two new subscribers and 87 .50. B@”Tiie Third Presbytery of, Philadelphia meets on Tuesday next, at 3 o'clock, P. M., in the Walnut St. church, West Philadelphia. -The church is in Walnut street above 39th, and is reached by the Walnut and Chestnut street cars. The sermon will be preached on Tuesday eve ning, (8 P. M.) by the Rev. Mr. DeVeuve, of Pottsville. • 8@" During the past year there have been fre quent meetings of Elders, in connection with meetings of Synods and Presbyteries. .The Committee appointed at the meeting of Elders, held at Rochester in May last,.desire to have reports of those meetings —the subjects discussed and the results. Communications may be addressed to W. A. Borth, Chairman, 95 Front St., N. Y. Platx Sailing. —lf all our 0. S. brethren were like the author of the following which we clip from the Presbyterian, the question of re union would bo very simple. He hails from Ro chester and signs himself “ Doulos Christon.” Does he “ speak for any considerable body in the 0. S. Church,” or are lie and those who hold with him,to be “whclmedin the United Church?” He says: 1 ’ Schism in the Church is the sin which has brought barrenness into her soul, and has ham pered, hindered, almost neutralized her labours for the evangelization off the world. . u The spi rit of the nineteenth century,” gf which ;t H. J. V.” speaks so sneeringly,, is the Spirit of God working like leaven—the leaven of the gospel of concord and unity- —in the masses of society. And it is this effectual operation of the Holy Ghost that has produced t.his earnest longing for unity in the hearts of Christians... And “ where the Spirit of the Lord is, thereis liberty.” Can we not work together, and think differently I Ask facts to. testify. Do the adherenteof Dr. Hodge, of Dr. Shedd, and Dr. R. J. Brocken ridge, agree in their notions of /our relation to Adam? Yet they are all in the.?' Old School,” and no means are introduced to test tbeir ortho doxy, I presume they are all orthodox enough for even “ H. J. V.,” who seems to regard Dr. Smith as still in the gall of bitterhess and bonds of heresy. Veey ukj Dr.- Porter of the of the M. E. Book Concern—a very small man said in si recent speech in regard to the books published by the Concern : “ By- their teachings Calvinists'-and 1 skeptics had been arrested in their unbeliefs, and l the true way to^Heaven. pointed out to them." ; The Observer- reads him a good tart lecture and is “ reminded .of a little story “ A few short years ago, Dr. Hagauy, one of the best and ablest ministers of the -Methodist Church in this city, was reading in liis pulpit to his people the eighth chapter of Paul’s Epistle to the Homans. As he read one strong declaration after another,- —passages too familiar to ’ need cit ation here, —he looked ,up frppi the Bible and, with, a smile expresgivg,,6f the-great kindliness of his noble spirit) : he - remarked, this, sounds very much like Calvinism.” The T.yranny of Fashion.—"We notice, in lata numbers of the Inqw'rer of this city, severe but just censures upon two of the female follies of the day. The one .is light-lacing, an old vice given-over as we had hoped, but now said to be fully returned to dominion. About this there is but one thing to be said: it is unmitigated sui cide. Those who practice it do not ignorantly rush upon death. They kpow that this binding down of the vital organs ink) the smallest possible working room, at the best brings on life-long in firmities, rendering the victim a burden to her self and her friends, and that the only shortening of these sufferings is the very frequent one of an early grave. The question why they will then submit to it, can only be answered by a reference to the tyranny of fashion. The other rage is that of skating. Whatever may be said for or against it as a wholesome ex ercise for ladies within reasonable limits, no phy siologist would pronounce it less than fearfully pernicious, when it is carried on as. a passion. It is impossible that ladies can*come out uninjured from the violent strain demanded, by frequent and long continued skating, especially when (he muscles and ligaments are taxed to the utmost: for the'more artistic feats of the park. A phy sician once said in our hearing, ‘‘ It. .is sheer wickedness, but perhaps we doctors ought not to complain, for it puts many a once healthy boun cing girl into our hands for life.” Not the feast of its perils is the injury to the feet. The cord ing of the straps, by impeding circulation, serves the double end of promoting .coldness and yet making it uufelt, Chilblains are the lightest of the evils resulting from it. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1868. REVIVALS. Since our last report the Observer sums up oue hundred and twenty churches in which the Spirit’s influences have been experienced to the conversion of 4,550 souls, and the ingathering of 4,354 church members. This makes 820 revi vals, 18,500 conversions and 10,800 accessions since Jan. 1. Of these the Presbyterian Churches have had siuce the new year, 195 revivals and 4,469 accessions, more than half being in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. These returns are’of course very incomplete. To proceed to particulars: the Observer reports in the Presbyterian Churches during the previous fortnight forty revivals, and 1,044 accessions. The Presbyterian Banner reports in the churches of the Other Branch revivals in Bethel Church (Presbytery of Ohio,) where forty-one are inquir ing; in Waynesbufg, 0., where forty have been received, thirty-four on profession, in the services following the dedication, of., a new house of wor ship; in Oak Grove Church; near Pa., where thirteen have been added, mostly heads of families; in Mahoning, Pa., where forty-eight have been received, forty-five on profession and nineteen by baptism; in Carmichael, Pa., where twenty-four have been converted and eighteen added to the church; in Carrolton, 0., where twenty-seven persons were added on profession and thirteen were baptized,and thereis increased liberality to tile different-Boards of' the Church; in BD<»|jlE r^n«y l^a.7'^bej^' > weeks’ meeting resulted in' the conversion of twenty-five persons, embracing all classes, from the child of eleven years to the grey-haired father; in Rchoboth, Pa., one of the oldest of the Alleghanies, where twenty-six have been received on profes sion; in Concord,'. 0., where' a two weeks’ meet ing resulted iH adding sixty(six r % B prolessimL The M W. PmSyterjaMPeports'-revivals in Shel byville, Ind., where thirty two have been received; in Carr‘Place Churbh, St. Louis, where there ate still thirty inquirers, while between fifty and sixty have been received in the last : six Presbyterian repo.rts again the work of grace in Milville, N. J., where there are fifty enquirers and many conversions; also that in Deerfield, N. J., where forty-two were lately added on profes sion ; in Muncy, Pa., where sixteen of the stu dents in a young ladies’: academy have joined the church; in Spring Garden, (Phila.,) Church where twenty-seven have been received, eleven on profession; in the Second Church of German town, Phila., where thirty two have been received, fifteen on profession; in .Jamaica, L. 1., where thirty-two have been added on profession; in Philipsburg, N. J., where twenty-four have been added. The Presbyter reports religious interest in Atlanta, 111., where thirty have f ßehn enquiring and seventeen have been added to- the Church; in Waveland, Ind., where twenty have been added to the church, many more are anxious, and sev eral young men have begun to prepare for the ministry; in Lebanon; Ind, where nineteen have been added. ‘ - The Congregationalist and Reggfder reports, revivals in the churches of that order iu Ware Village, Mass., where- the community has been deeply moved, and it is hoped that .more than 100 persons have eommenceda new life fin Poulteney, Vt, where thirteen have been added; in ton borough, Ct., where a large number have been awakened and where the Baptists co-oper ate; in Olivet, Mich., where over one hundred have professed faith. The same paper says :—- ” Since Jan. 1, we have reported revivals in about. 100 different localities, and the number of cbn r versions named we find to be nearly 2,000, while from many places we have received only a -.gen eral account of the, work, with no attempt to count the converts. During the same period we have reported about 1,000 persons as added :tp ibe churches of our denomination'-alone.” ■' a The Examiner and Chronicle reports revivals among the elmrches of the'Baptist denomination : in New York, where it ,is Relieved that more than one hundred ‘have’ been converted in the Tabernacle Church, and about,half as many bap tized; in Sand Hill, N/Y., where more than fifty have Peen .awakened,^twenty-nine .baptized, and thirty six added to the church*; in Chittenangq, N. Y., where a church, Jan. 16, has had twenty-two baptized and twenty more, are candidates for the ordinance; in North" Broo kfield, N. Y., where twenty three adults have been satliered many family altars, set up ;-in Palmyra, N. Y., where forty-two have been added; in Manpiigster, N. Y., -where twenty 1 young peor pie;have.been immersed; in Elemington, N. J., where about sixty have been gathered in through meetings h'eld-inii ne,w, church edifice ;, in Paha?) 111., where the church Eas grown from 46 to 177 in a year and where one been re ceived-in two recent revivals; in fiitahfield, 111., where some seventy have been added anfifthe work is going on in all the churches; ip Bunker Hill, 111., where over fifty have been ' DB. NELSON’S FAEEWELL,' In parting with their revered and excellent pastor, the congregation of the First church of St. Louis passed a series of resolutions, a large part of which we here subjoin : ■ Resolved, That the pastoral relation of o©r. Nelson to this church ha.s been one, of unhsual satisfaction and service to it; that we do now and ever shall recur with grateful recollection to not only his public, but to his *private,ministrations ; to the delightful intercourse we have b'ad 1 with him in all phases of the'relation he has sustained to us; to the modesty;and humility with which he has borne his “great commission;’’ to the uh afiected kindness and sincerity with which he has tempered a discharge of the solemn duties of that commission; to his thoughtful solicitude-for all classes, conditions and ages among the people .of his care, and the simplicity and impartiality with which be has divided unto all his hearers the word of life; to the endearing tenderness with which he has won the hearts of so many of our children not only to himself, but to Christ; to bis ready, genuine sympathy with us in all that has concerned our temporal as well as spiritual interests; to his unwearied, though often unre quited efforts, to raise us ,to the high standard of his own .religious experience and consistency; to his .persistent but too fruitless endeavors to: culti vate in us the Christian graces;, and to inspire :us with a cheerful and disinterested benevolence and a holy ambition to do the work of Christ; to his incessant labor for the peace, purity and prosper ity of the church ; and, in fine, to all those per sonal qualities and characteristics by which he has move than fulfilled unto us our best ideas of a good Christian pastor. Resolved, That as a society we are largely in debted to Dr. Nelson for the exercise of a wise discretion and a peculiar tact in the treatment of our secular affairs, which has resulted in the can cellation of a large debt and a relief from all pe cuniary embarrassment. Resolved, That the accession of Dr. Nelson to oue of the chairs of instruction in the Lane Sem inary is regarded by us as a just cause of con gratulation to the trustees, professors, students and friends of that institution—an earnest of better days for it, a career of increased importance, usefulness and prosperity. Resolved, That we here record an assurance to the retiring pastor of our unqualified esteem and love for him ; our most earnest desire for the fu ture health and happiness of himself and family; for the most abundant success and enjoyment in the new sphere of labor before hire,: and for the long continuance of a life which, thus far, has beeu so .unselfishly devoted to the good of others and the glory of God.; ' Something more tangible than resolutions ap pears in the following action, reported in/the Democrat of March 31- Last night a full ‘meeting of the congregation was held at the church, for the. purpose of taking leave of the pastor, j Mr. Edward Wyman presi ded at the meetingland stated its objects. Mr. Russell Scarritt delivered a touching farewell ad dress to the retiring pastor. Mr. J. M. Brauner, of the Pratte avcinie mission schools, made a brief speech, and presented to Dr. Nelson the photographs of" the teachers and scholars. Dr. J.. 8. Johnson.next:;.presented to the pastor a package containing $l6OO in legal tender notes, with an appropriat speech. Mr. Edward Wy man next presented a large framed photograph of Di;. NelsqpjJaniTa ;1 if'ge; photograph' album's con taining--' pictures o the fonrteq pastors, trustees and many of the uembers of the church. Dr. Nelson was much a Feeted manifestations of kindness: on the partoof/'nis congregation, and spoke at considerable length. The proceedings continued until half past eleven o’clock. A correspondent informs us that the total of gifts in money baa reached $2500. UHION OONVEN Mr. Editor :- your paper, a repo: has just been hell day, March 31st. The call was issued, as I understand, by a com mittee appointed by a union meeting held not long since at Trenton, N. J. It was for a con vention of ministers and lsjytnen, of all branches of the/Presbyterian family in northern "New Jer sey } both those who favojjbd and those who were opposed to union: the Vbjeet being to further that which should appear to be the best cause. The attendance was large; pearly a hundred-members being enrolled, and the First Presbyterian church in which the meeting Was-held, being well filled during, all the Sessions. a . .. ' Soon after 1(1 A. M., the Convention was call ed to order. After prayer and singing, a Com mittee was appointed to nominate permanent offi cers. During their absence the time was occupied by reading, as customary at such times, that pre cious chapter John 17th, and in prayer.and sing ing. The report of the. Committee was„adopted, making - Rev. J i oef D: \Di, of‘Newark, Chairman, and Rev. J. M. Johnson of Hanover, and Rev: Chas. E. Knox of Bloomfield, Secre taries. The. Roll was made out and -showed- 'the presence of members of .the Presbyteries of Hud son, Newark,Elizabeth, NewßrunswickjNtewton, Passaic and. ilockaway., two from the Reformed and one from the U. P. Churches, while persons connected with the Congregational and Episcopal Churches being present, were invited to sit as corresponding members. .. >e A Committee on resolutions was appointed, consisting* of Drs; Ste&fes) Fairchild and ! -HaiM, Rev. Mk elders Little and Potts. Power' was given toTßis’Committee to add to..its number one person- from each body represented. The remainder of r the,morning, session was oc cupied by* devdtiohtu exercises. S>.fy. stlrringiifnd enthusiastic; EepOrts..werS giyeh or ' the Union'Con vention'heM’recently in Phila delphia, (called* -by the Ch-ristiau Commission,) moving,theshear,tsflf those present* to-3ong for the time .when suqh Chj-istian; union mighl be the rule and not, the exception in the work of .the Church. • ' " i ! tßov. Mr. Gallagher, pastor of an Episcopal churclp.in Brooklyn, and undeterred by the fear of Stubbs and Boggs, though on , the inviolable soil of New Jersey,‘being called tor the floor made a very graceful Shd speech. He said that he would not his brethren by even saying that he ministers of Christ truly and fully. He Referred to the inter esting fact that in the First Presbyterian church jot Morristown, which stood where.-we were-now in session, Washington, an Episcopalian, once joined with those who worshipped there in the communion service. He read some striking words written by Washington on the subject of Chris tian unity, and recalled the noble speech [article)], of Dean Alford, in which liel-receutly took such open and hearty stand for reciprocal recognition aniong>all Evangelical ministers. Prof. Mcllvaine of Princeton, drew attention to that admirable tract by Dr. Arnold of Rugby, (published in his miscellanies) entitled 11 Princi ples of Church Reform.” And so. with other ad dresses, with pertinent references to various points of the h istory of the very church in which we met, with telling illustrations to show the beauty and desirableness of union,' with earnest appeals, warm prayers and hearty singing, the morning hour was passed. A s dinner-time came, it was found that one of the so-called laws of political economy was falsified, for the supply of guests was by no means equal to the demand which the hospitality of the good peoply of Morristown Bad made. The Convention gathered again at 2} P. M. HON AT MOBBISTOWN, N. J- V Permit me to give through it of a Union Meeting 'which flat Morristown, N. J. Tues- After devotional exercises the Comini'tee on re solutions made their report, as follows : Resolved, 1. That as a basis of organic union among the various branches of the Presbyterian family in all parts of our country, the plan adopted by the Convention held at Philadelphia in November last, has the cordial approbation of this Convention, which plan is as follows, [as this plan is doubtless fhmiliar to your readers we omit.] 2. That this convention regard with great in terest and., hopefulness the movement now in progress for an organic re-union of the two branches of the. Church known as “The Presbyterian Church of the United States,” and approving in general of the plau presented to the General Assem blies of 1867, with such modifications as may here after be suggested in accordance with the main de sign, are of-opinion that there is no good reason why these two bodies should continue to act separately, and that the time has now fully come when the re union should be brought to completion. The time from the bringing in of this report until the adjournment, late in the evening was occupied in discussion and devotion. , One mem ber had an exposition of doctrine. One. a ques tion concerning the ea; animo. One spoke con cerning the views of the papers, or the; reports of rumor. One'gave a history of the division. One an apt illustration from personal Experience. Some gave metaphysics; some philosophy; some rousing appeals for hearty and confiding union. Some spoke of the]work.of the Lord, which lan guished while the Church was. divided.:. Some confessed recent conversion to the cause of union. Others told of grief from the very beginning over so hurtful a division on such unreasonable grounds. Young men , confessed that .they had been barely able to learn and never able to, feel the reasons for separation. Old men in attempt ing to explain the reasons, showed how shadowy they were, and how! far behind all the questions of the day such subjects of controversy bad drifted. And yet, everyone; old and young, what ever may have been the form of his speech spoke for union. At last the discussion with all its wisdom and weighting its broth erly kindness and godly zeal, came to a climax in the speech of Hon. Jos. ,C. Potts of Madison, in which by narrating his experience in both branches of the Church; confessing, his inability after all his study to see any dividing force in any difference of doctrinal views; affecting to re buke the ministers for great neglect in not teach ing the laity what the differences were if they, were so vital; telling them plainly how the laity felt in view of. the work crowding oh the Church, with China and Mexico, and indeed the ends of the earth brought so near us; so much-work to be done in our own land; so much need of union iff Church that there might he true union in State, he stirred up all hearts, and even stirred uncontrollable applause through all the Rouse., After this,'and at a late hour, the resolutions were unanimously' adopted by a rising vote; and evidently with the desire that the spirit of unity might pervade all the'branches of the Presbyte rian .Church throughout the world, that they might all becofue one in the closest possible bonds. ' . ' I. It. FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. A Working Church. The Central church ;of this city is now more thoroughly organizedthan ever before for work. It employs a city missionary, the widow of one of our deceased clergymen, Rev.X/. M. Shepherd, late of Huron, a lady admirably adapted to such a work. She is constantly busy, going from house to house among the lowly, ministering to their wants, both temporal and spiritual; finding out hegleeters.of the sanctuary, and kindly inviting them to the. house pf God; meeting inquirers .and directing .them to the Saviour ; gathering and attending little neighborhood prayer meetings among the women. Her, labors,have been greatly blessed.’ /. Beside this, the elders have each his own dis trict, in.which.he is expected to visit, to attend neighborhood prayer meetings, to look after the spiritual wants of the families. Other members ot the church are in like manner laboring from house to house. Volunteers are springing up all thehime for such services. Ten or a dozed dif ferent prayer meetings are thus sustained each week, in different parts of the parish, and new ones are-coming forward at each communion to unite with the people of God. It is a working church. The entire' responsibility and toil’do not devolve upon the pastor alone. He has a church and a session that love to work with him,' and stay up his hands. i ' ! This has now resulted in the formation of a new church in ; th - e Western part of our city. It was organized last evening, with very interesting services,'in the Central'church, a colony pf about seventy members going out with the blcssin" of the parent church upon it, and'its means tp sus-' tain it. It is called the Westminster ehiirch. Rev. Henry M. Morey, who has labored for two years most successfully With the clrnrch in Pitts ford, has accepted an invitation to take charge of this new enterprise, and is to enter at once upon’ the-pastorate, t His Pifctsford flock is very unwill ing to part with him ; and yet the Central church thought him just the man for this im portant place,and so urged their claims success fully. His support ds assumed by the YbunV People s Missionary Society of the church This assertion raised oyer $l,OOO last year. It gave ?500 to Home Missions;:- It employed the citv missionaiy, as above, and dicl something also for Th? 10ns ' Th !f year the y hope to raise J 2,000. The new church starts off fully equipped. It has a good substantial house of woVship. Bv the. generosity of a .few individuals a Bible was secured i, for the desk, a communion table and silver These were presented to ’ the church and were quite a surprise. Dri Ellinwood, the former pastor of the Central church, under whose ministry this enterprise was started, was present and aided in thq-formation of the 1 church All passed off,.,pleasantly, and gives promise of reasonable prosperity. Genesee. Rochester, April 6, 1868. ' •' Re-union. The Zanesville, 0., Convention which met m the last week of March, was' com posed of about fifty'ministers ahd elders, mainly ?£ l nd ?x' two .ministers a'nd three elders of the U. P. Church being present. Its reso- lutions make no allusion to the Philadelphia basis, but the following was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we believe that the 0. S. and N. S. Branches of the Presbyterian Church, be ing already one in doctrine and usage, arc pre pared for an organic union as soon as the neces sary steps to accomplish it can be taken. gefe nf fur ©jnrrtlp. CITY CHURCHES- A powerful work of grace is at present, going forward in the First church, Kensington, Rev. J. H. Beale, pastor. Some seventy, inquirers were reported last week, nearly all being hope ful cases.—At. -Clinton street church, twenty four were received last Sunday, fourteen by pro fession, —-a larger number than this church has received for several years .past, and the work is still going forward.—ln Pine! St. church about fifty have-been received within the last five -or six weeks.; —Rev. Dr. Stryker is expected to fill North Broad St. pulpit, and possibly Rev.; Dr. Humphrey that.of- Calvary, next Sabbath. - : Ministerial. Mr. Samuel M. Morton, of the last class in the Western Theological Semi nary, was ordained, by the Presbytery of St. Louis, and installed pastor of the North Presby terian church, of that city, on Sabbath, March 22d. Rev. Jv A- Whitaker presided; and made the ordaining prayer, Rev. Dr. Niccolis preached the senrfon;.Rev. R. Kessler delivered the charge to the pastor,and Rev. Dr. Nelson, the charge to the people. The pastor' enters upon his field of labor under most encouraging circumstances. Twenty-nine persons- have been added to the church since the first of January; in the Same time, the Sabbath-school has increased in . num bers from two hundred to three 'hundred and thirty. The Westminster church, St. Jos eph's, Mo., late pastoral charge of Dr. Parsons, have called Rev.-Henry Bullard, son of the late Rev. Dr. A. : Bullard'.-^—Rev.-Dr. (Jeorge I. King, lately pf the First church, Quincy, 111.; has been-called to the Church in Dorseyville. He has been laboring with that people through the winter, and takes up-his permanent abode with them next month.———At a called meeting of the Presbytery of Fort Wayne, Wabash, March 26th, Mr. Gfeo. W. Barlow was ordained as an-evangelist. Sermon by Rev. W. C. Smith, of Huntington j ordainingiprayer was by Rev.. W. J. Essick, of Wabash, charge by. Rev. F. A: Wilber, of-the' Wabash Female Seminary.-—- Rev. J. S. Pattengill, of Walton, who has ac cepted the position of assistant Corresponding Secretary of the New York; State Temperance Society, after' April 20 may he addressed at Ho mer, N. Y. Mr. Pattengill leaves'a large and flourishing- ohurch after a pastorate of twenty years.. At the commencement of his ministry thg church numbered 200 members. Its present membership is 356, and in the meantime 208 have either died or been dismissed to other Q .lurches, Rkvivals.— The Churches of Winchester and Mt. Leigh, Q- have been enjoying the revi ving presence of - the Holy Spirit during the past winter months. Eighty-lour have been before the sessions as ! inquirers on the subject of relig ion; seventy-seven of that number have been re ceived into the Presbyterian church, and seven transferred to.other Churches.- In the revival in Portsmouth, ()., already mentioned in o,ur col umns, as the result of a protracted meeting of over eleven wefeks, there, have been at least eighty hopeful conversions. V Forty-seven 'ilnited with the church at its last communion the first of March. Twenty-nino more have applied to the ses sion for admission, who will probably be received at the next communion ;|a&d quite a number more are expecting to apply ' Of these,'twenty three are heads of families, sixteen of them men, anti thirteen past middle .life, and' several over fifty. _ There are twelve young men. These have gone into the young men’s prayer-meeting and become a part of our working force. ; 'The work' has been;.remarkable for t.he large.number of adults and of men past; midil? life' who have been tlm subjects of it.— The pastor of the church in Pana, 111., writes about the revival there: “About fifty men, women, and children have been made the happy subjects .of renewing or reclaiming grace in;connection with our own congregation.. Of these, twenty have been re ceived to qur own as the first fruits. Our April communion will doubtless witness a;'darger num ber of accessions than ever before at one time ” ——The Week of Prayer was duly observed by the church of Gold Water, Mich., and, was fol io wed by meetings through several . weeks; At the communion season, Mareh 22d, twelve -per sons united on profession, and six by letter they are preparing to resume work upon their new church edifice as soon as theseason will war rant it,——There is a, precious work of grace in the church at Cambridge, N. Y. On the first Sabbath of March thirty-six- were received— thirty-four on examination,: two by letter. Oth ers are expected. . ’ . . ; Churches —; A Presbyterian church was lorganixed Sabbath! March Bth, at Beaver Falls, i inn.,. seventy.miles beyond any of our churches or ministers preaching in the English language .’V C ° r r- r-rrThe Seventh church, N. Y.. celebrated the fiftieth, year of; its existence on un ay i.larch: 29. Rev.T.H. Hawson, preached a very interesting historical discourse. The af ternoon seryie.es were devoted to Sabbath school ex^°‘ s , es °*- schools Nos. 20 and 69, connected witti the Church, numbering in all about eight hundred children. Ho. 69, is a mission school, 811 a.very successful one. In the evening the exercises were conducted by the Rev. Dr. E. ■F. Hatfield, who gave some account of his re markable pastoral connection with the church. -In Carrollton, 111., a new church edifice was dedicated on the 15th of March The Rose ville Presbyterian church was dedicated Sunday morning, the Rev. Charles T.- Haley, pastor of the church, and the Rev. Mr. Pingry of Eliza beth, formerly a pastor of the congregation ofli elating. The edifice has been recently erected, at a cost of §32,000. The walls are of white brick, and the inside of the roof is of polished oak inlaid, with black walnut. The windows are of stained glass.. Neither pdint nor -plaster has been used in the construction of the building.
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