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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 ; Ǥ 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.