stomtait Jwsljjtnura. THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1868, Thong'ts on the Atonement, II; Concert of Action (fig F. A C., not A. 6'.) 11 On the Wing" in Cincinnati; Interesting Literary Relic; Rooks Received , Literary Intelligence, page 2 d. Edi tors’ Table, page 3 d. Saying the Catechism, &c., for the Family, page 6th. Explorations in Jeru salem, Peat Beds, dec., page Ith. CEXERAT, ASSEJfBI.V.-Tta Gi ocrnl Asrambly of the CLnri-h in the UniteJ States of -Anierica-rill meet in the Firht Presbyterian Church of the city of HARRISBURG, Pft., on Thursday, May 21sf, ISW, at 11 o’clock. A. M., find be opened 'with a sermon by the Rev. llonry A. Nelson, D.D., the Moderator of the Inst General Assemble. The Committee on Commissions will meet in the Lecture Room of the Church from Bto 10 o’clock, A. M, of tHe same day. By order of the General Assembly. EDWIN P. HATFIELD, Stated Clerk. J. GLENTWORTH BUTLER, I’ennauent Clerk. Js@~ We have received for Kolapoor Mission, from the S. S. of BuYtonwood stiEicedi Sburoh, Rev. T. J. Pastor,' $5O. Fairview church, in New Jersey, between Beverly and. Camden, a mew organization under the, care of the Fourth Presbytery, has commenc ed tb build a house of worship. A lot has been donated and the people will do alhthey catij but they will require the aid of their brethren. Con tributions may be left at this office, or witbßev,. Robert Adair. . Rev.' A. M. Stewart has accc’epted a tem porary appointment under the Assembly’s Com mittee of Home Missions to visit .the Pacific poife tion of the field. He leaves of Mayj ;ind will be absent a year. Our rtaders'will.have'the 1 opportunity of hearing from him'during'his ab sence. figg™ Rev. Dr. Humphrey commenced his la bors in Calvary, last Sabbath.' 8®“ Rev. W. B. Cullis, late Secretary of ‘the Young Men’s Christian Association of tli'is city* has accepted acall t.o become the ; Stated ‘ Supply of the church in ’ Tidibtite, Pa. This is a por tion, both .n.yw-.and prospeetiyely, of tance, its reso’urces not" being'confined to the oil J product—which is vfefy great; "bu£° comprising, s also, vast forests of lumber, and immense mineral wealth noVyet> developed;- The-congregation ‘is liheral and has increased greatly'uhder the brief ministry of. Mr. Cullis.'. ' ’ ‘p. "f' ff'j. "■■■! The Courts of Supreme Judicature of the American Presbyterian Church mbet as fob. lows: - ■ The General Assembly of the Presbyterian' Church (N. S.) at Harrisburg, May-21. vf - The General Assembly of the. Presbyterian Church (p,”)3.),at Albany, N 1 Y., Bame day.. J The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (Southern) itf Baltimore,'Md.,‘sameday. The General Assembly,,of the United Presby terian Church in Argyle, N. Y., May.-27th. The General Assembly, of _the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, at tin coin, jjl, May 21. The General Synod of;the Reformed Church, at Hudson, N. Yvj June 3d." The General Synod of' ijhe'German Reformed Churoh does not meet this .year. . The General Synod of the Reformed Presby terian Church in Pittsburgh, May, 20th. The Synod .of .the , Reformed Presbyterian Church FROM OtJR ROCHESTER OOREESPOirDEBT, PRESBYTERIES, Eqcilß^TEß.— -,The ‘annUahimeeting wasiheld on Ta.esd.ay and Wednesday of this week in the Central Church of this city. Rev. H. M. Morey was' Moderator; andJtev.-l). Scovel clerk. Three of this Presbytery have died since the last meeting,.all oJd. men and designa ted in'theTast'Minhte's aswithdutrcharge; Revs.; Daniel Johnson, Nathaniel Hurd, • and* David’ Powell. Who can say that they are without; charge now? » " I Four men were dismissed to other Eresbyte.J ties, Byron B.osworth ;to/;the of Cats kiil, H. R,;Oardiner to the Presbytery of Alba ny, Q»-H. Barnard to the Presbytery of Kala mazoo, and W. W. Collins to the Presbytery of Cold Water. Per contra , Rev. John E. Baker was received from the Presbytery of Troy.' Several revivals were reported, of” whiieh we have made mention in fornief letters. /• The open ing sermon, good, spiritual, practical, was preached by Rev. A; of Qgden. The following were elected Commissioners to the General Assembly, Revs.’C.. E.'.Furman, and H. M. Morey, and Elders ’R. ihatcher, M. D~ of,. Brockport, and E. T. Huntington, of Rochester Rev. C. P. Bush, Esq., wasappointed Commissioner i to Auburn Setmuary. ' The Brick church* of ilyejfeity, (Dr. Shaw’s), now numbers 1086 Members; the Central 700. less 82 set'off, two weeks ago to form the West minster church. ThpJßriek ..church now has on the roll of it@ Sabbath-school 1096. members;, ’ the Central ehiirch 1260; two noble churches, each doing a grand work for Christ. Beside pa; ing the salaries of their pastors, these churches, raised over $20,000 for various, purposes of be nevolence in thc past year. / , The Presbytery of Rochester is no.w almost fifty yearsjold, and is calculating to celebrate |ts semi centennial on the 7th. of AprU,lBG9. For this purpose a Committee of Arrangements were appointed at this time, of which Dr.-Campbell is ' Chairman, to .select preacher, or speakers; or to ' do whatever may we thought best tor -the occa- 1 sion. of Onondaga. —The < annual meeting commenced oB Tuesday evening in the First Presbyterian church .of. Syracuse; opening sermon by Rev. J. F.’ Bacon, of Amboy ; who also, at a special meeting recently -held, was ap pointed Stated Chrk of the Presbytery, in place 'i -- ‘ m THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1868. of Rev. J. F. Kendall who has removed to Col umbus, Ohio. At this meeting Rev. L. 11. Reid, of the Ist Ward Church in Syracuse, was dis missed, to unite with the Presbytery of Chicago; he having accepted the call of the Bth Church of that city. His people gave a reluctant con sent to his going; he was much beloved by them. Rev. L. P. Campfield, of Cazenoyia, was chosen Moderator. The following were appointed Com missioners to the General Assemby; Rev. J. S Bacon, and Elder .S. P. Hayden, of Pompey. Luke J. Teft, M. 1)., of Syracuse, was also ap pointed Commissioner to Auburn Semi nary. „ Presbytery of Cayuga. —Meeting with the Central church of Auburn ; a large and pleas ant gathering; 20 ministers, and'ls elders pre sent. The following young men,- members of Middle class in Auburn Semiriary, were licensed to preach the gospel. A. P. Grosyenor Hopkins; Hiram Kellogg; D. Z. Sheffield; Henry A. Du boc; E. J. Ranslow; Albert F. Lyle; William A. Simpkins; and, Charles Boyd. , Rev. Chester C. Thorne was dismissed, to unite with the Pres ry of Catskill. ArrabgemSnts were made for the installation of Rev. W. S. Franklin, soon to take place, atjMajcdlus; The, following wsre appoin-? ted C6muii3SitlSe.iGfe2erai Ministers, Edwin Hall, D.D., and Almon R -Hewitt; Elders —S.<-L. Bradley; P. Bailey. An was held on Wednesday afternoon. Action was also taken by the Presbytery upon the subject of re-union, ;exprfiaing ‘ftbeic earnest', desirfe kthat the division of the church may be healed, and the two great branQhess be re-united at the earli est safe and practicable moment,” and giving their jthejgen.a'ral provisions of the Plan for re-union, as reported by the Special Committee' at'Rochester in May last, and accep ted by the General Assembly.” Four churches 1 were reported as having enjoyed revivals during the past year; those 6'f : MarVellus, Senn6tt„Ef. bridge and' "now.seems.'proha]® that two fine church edifices .will be. erected: in Auburn this year, one for the First Church, (Dr. i Hawley’s), and another for- the 1 Central, /Rev : H. Foiler’s): ■ : ' L ‘ v-G- Presbytery OE Tioga.— This Presbytery n?ld its .^lm^ ; Yor his, pastor at the.place/f being; Moderator, and Rev. Solon- ..Cobb,-of- Owego r olerk. No changes reported; except that ad-' ting pastor at Union, 'in place of‘Robert-Edgar; The following were appointed Commissioners'’to Hbe General Assembly;, Rgv. N, Rpardman, D. of Btn%hampton, e and Elder”P. fe Platt, of Owego-UfTlfe following.tire-GUmmiffiieuers to AubuMrSetcdbary; N 1 . BoSrdmanj' D.‘D"‘ Rev. Solon D. '- lished'&tthat place. They have secured another, central location, and will soon have a new and better church Edifice than l the r> Rev, £>r,jOondit, iof Auburn, is‘-acceptably supplying the pulpit of the Reformed church in Syracuse. ' Prof. Huntington is doing-like ser vice for jjthe Presbyterian phuroh ,ville.. ’' / ’' ‘''‘ ' ’ ” " It , is < 'going the roundB,” that the introduction of a ,eolapd. mau into a Lodge of .GpodTemplaijs, at. Spencerport, was the oause of trouble;-that whites tbjreafeped to leave if he was admitted. W e a that he was admitted just like jmy one else; goes and-comes as' other? ;4cfy p twpspi his the res^; jtiO one hah left, and no r ‘ £rouDle’ , ua§'arisen on Lis account. - - ’‘ - v * ' ' Rochester, April 18,1868 OIJE CHICAGO OOBBESPONDENOE* Dear American :—The Presbytery of Cki eago, met in regular Spring Session on Monday ■evening last,' and was opened by a sermon from ,t ; he Hey. J. W. Larimore, retiring Moderator ; Rev; Alfred . Eddy was chosen Moderator, and Rev. J: H. Trowbridge, Clerk. When the time for the election of Commissioners to the General Assembly had.arrived, the,names of several per sons being put'in nomination, it" was J Resolved, That each candidate for the Assem bly be calledjUpon for an expression of lns jr yiews on the proyer terms of a' union between I 'the''New and Old School bodies. The result of this action was a perfectly uni form declaration of a desire for the consumma. tion of this union provided it were accompanied by a perfectly explicit and unambiguous guaran ty of all the liberty now and heretofore enjoyed and conceded in our own body in viewing, stating and explaining the doctrines of our.common standard’s, and on no other conditions whatever; And the two candidates whose utterances to this effect were, if possible,- mest explicit and decided —Rev. R. W. Patterson, D..D., and. Arthur Sua zey were elected as principals;- with'Revs. Glen W ood,-an d .Newton Barrett, as alternates.’ From, the Eldership, Messrs.. JhnS, Wells ,and S: B. Williams were chosen principals, and' Messrs. Matlier and Strong, alternates. Indeed, there appeared to be a perfect harmony of views on this important matter in the Presbytery. And I speak advisedly when I say that I believe the same sentiment will be found to prevail among our ministers and churches in hi} this region! The most unambiguous abd unmistakable terms' will alone secure their suffrages. To all talk about “ confidence in our brothren of the Old School ’’ they will reply .- We are ready to place the most entire confidence in any declarations on this or any'other point, which ,our brethren of the Old School are prepared to make. We be-, lieve that they will adhere to any assurances they may give us in the terms which should be proposed." But if they decline to give us such explicit and unambiguous assurances, with what propriety are we asked to “ confide ” in them ? And if they persist in using eqnivocal langnage on this subject, what inference is left us but that they decline to commit themselves to a free and full and honorable recognition of 1 eUrreht doe trinal views within’.our body ?- We ask *no sttck confidence for ourselves; we are unable to extend it to others. True xnen are never, afraid .to .say, iwhat they mean. Are we to be blamed because iwe desire to know., just what- our Old School brethren mean in ,this to us vital mutter ? Liber 7 ; ty to holt( r ,to., teach, apd to propagate our New School views intheology,,we in .the. North-West, hold tohe a sine qua non of Union. , i A request foyth,q organization of a- new churgh, to be called*the'TKir£y-Eifsti Str^br.church, was received and referred to the proper Committee for organization!. “ Of this new and promising en terprise, the. immediate result of.the indefatigable, zeal and effort, the courage an.d- faith of llev. G. W. Mackie—more at another 'time. - The only other item of business which nbeds 'to be reportedy-is-the minute-'adopted in" respect’ “to the deaths of Item E.'A. Pierce and 3.h. Mokton,members of this^body, since itslast meet-' ing-r-rwhich minute, was as "follows: ■ 1 WHEBBAB,:It has pleased-Alimghty.God, sineeour last meeting,to 4 from their, earthly labora to His heavenly rest; KevJ Joseph L. Morton and; Rev. Edward A. of the Presbytery; therefore- JZesdbtqti ThatJu th&sndden death ?of these.-beloved brethren we* recognize the inscrutable sovereignty of the Great Head of'tho Church, and submit* ourselves, obediently and humbly; to hiß* re vealed will. . i. . 1 j.i 'i Evolved* That in the decease ofi these memory we shall; affectionately cherish, we lament the low ufatniable, earnest, • single-minded and devoted follow-laborers in the vineyard-of’onr' Lordf land that> afflictive providences, to devote ourselves witli renewed diligence?tb -a; faithful’' stewardship of the mysteries of .Christ, remembering that “the nfglit' cometh >in M .which no man can work.” ,> :>< Jtesqlved t Tha.t.we extend ourcordial sympathy to the .families and. ty .the removal ,of these brethren, and-.pray. that the God of all grace may. comfort them with.all cpQsplatloiiia.CUrißL NorTHtUVEST. .... _ CaicAap, April 17,1868; j . •_ iU s J '* ■ .-• iil -*.h*•- • ir 'The,-First Church Kensington, though often blessed with an outpouring of the Holv Spirit, sue^.,a ! the present one'. ~ The thevcfitarch have been- .stirred- up ’ to -ijtcyeased?activity n Christian and a' love kindness prevails? 'Many-whoib loye had grown.cgld tlje characterizea-by a for . . «r*» >'••<*?', 1 ■ »? --Sr. - Christ companiSns^Thn^iinee tings, which continued over fo ( ur .weeks, haye been deeply solemn and impressive, ,and the preaching tofj theft new pastor, Rev. J. H. 'Beale, has been “remarkably blessed in .leading men- out of dark ness into light,,, Last- Sabbath, -one hundred 1 and .one were received to the-.membership of the church and Others woutld haye been had they not been prevented by sickness, , T v Pees. ofHarrisburg have just, closed ,a very, interesting meeting at Northumberland. The cliur.ch there .has been . vacant for the Jast six -months; by the resignation of the pastoral charge of Rev. James Dickson, who now goes' to Ber wicky and was dismissed at this meeting to unite* •'with the Presbytery of Northumberland. TheVc are two Presbyterian chur'ches in the town;"'the Second Church being . connected, with the Old School. Some efforts..were .made jluringjthe last year to bribg about a uhion'bfthe tfto churches, but without success,--and they remain -a good il lustration,-of the *evils of sueh a division. Here in; a town of two thousand - inhabitants, are seven churches. ‘The Presbyteriah population is , pro bably ngt greater than six or eight.hundred, and yet this is divided into two fragments, which are fair from co-operating with each other.' ( The town itself is one oi£the 1 most beautiful fn our country, and is rich iu"historical interest. Tlfere jitMasl that philosophy! iCf l Seph Priestley once lived atod some ,J of his des cendants still reside, there.7 1 . Altlnitarian church is maintained by them and others who : sympa thize with theft views.' .'VV'hile we differ from; thp theologian, we may cheerfully accord with .these vvjho honor the philosopher.., The subject of union with other denominations of Presbyte rians was dismissed with much interest, and while all were of such a union as would exemplify the truh fellowship of the Spirit; none were willing to renounce their -liberty to: maintain such views as were houestly believed to ; be consistent with the C)onfessio%of Faith. We: can never consent to a union whidh, even implies that none are to he admitted.to r thC of the united church, who believe''"and, will preach as some of-, the more prominent ■ of, ouiy aresent ministers believe and teach. We hope, howe.yer, . that as discussions proceed it will be found that ROj such views are’ehteftaibed as have been imr puted to those prominent-ministers, and that the ’ so dear to "enlightened Presbyterians may • be seciired by the union of all who love the same general standards of faith and government. Rev. William Tracy, who has been for more than twenty years a missionary in Northern Judea.was appointed the Commissioner to the next General Assembly, and'Rev. John F. Long, his;alternate. The Elder appointed was R. J. Fleming, Esq., and John A. Wief his alternate. The nextstated meeting was appointed: to',be held .-in the Second Presbyterian Ghurch of Harrisburg, on the Fri day evening before the next stated meeting of Synod. A_. ■ TflK PHILADELPHIA' FOURTH PRESBYTERY held its stated; meeting in Philadelphia Third Church. oif Tuesday even ing last, 14th April, with a sermon by Rev. Wm. T. Eva, and closed late on Thursday afternoon. During the session there were present, thirty-six ministers and twenty-six elders, a better repre sentation, especially of elders, than usual. The (Rev. Stephen W. Dana was elected Mod erator, the Rev. Wm. T. Eva permanent Clerk, and the Rev. Messrs. Johnson and Robbins, tem porary Clerks. Beyond the ordinary routine, the principal items of interest transacted were the following: I. Reception under care of Presbytery of the Fairview Presbyterian Ghurch, Burlington Go., New Jersey, and of the Philadelphia Greenwich Church. 11. Reception among-'the ministers of- Presbytery of the Rev. William B. Gulliss frpm the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Rev. Martin L. Hofford from the Presbytery of Bur lington. 111. Reports from the Committees'-on Contributions todenominational objects. Their reports indicated an advance, oh last year in con- ' fri buttons to Foreign Missions,. Ministerial-Relief' 'and .Church Erection and a deerease in contribu tions to Home Missions ‘ and • Publication. In fOspect to all these' contributions Presbytery -urged systematic efforts to secure Advance: - In respect to Church; Erection, Presbytery urged 1 every church on its roll to take a liberal collec tion, next year. ;• ' IV. Commissionera to the General Assembly.- , PrincipAis.— M inistersßev: Albert Barnes,’ 1 ‘Rev. Elias: J. Richards—Alternates.—Minis ters -. Rev, Wm; T. Eva/ Rev; Hirafff E. John son. I ■■■-' -I - ’ : Principals. —EldennSarhuelT. BOdinb, Esq.’, Abner-. Lincoln/ Esq— Alternate#.— Elders! Charles M. Lukebs, Esq.; Marmaduke L. Burr, Esq:" 1 " 1 o.’J , ;V. Examination and libehsure of Edward T. Bartlett, John Edgar and Janies Patterson Strat ton,'candidates/; Yl.' RecomtneQdation'of Phila delphia Ist German f-Jhurbh to-thc' conliniicd aid of the 1 Assembly's Committee on Hbrno Missions. VII. 'Sisiectiohof Allentown Ist Church! and 7i P. M. of the' lst Tuesday inOctober hext as plaice' andtime' of next meeting. VIII. Announcement of the'death, on Monday 13th ! April, of the Rev. Daniel G. Mallery, pastor of Beverly Ohureh/and Alessrs. .Shepherd, Allen, Eva, Boyter ando-Hof ford to attend his funeral. The following minute was also ordered lo be" engrossed : '../; Death of Rev. D. G. Malsest. (( “ Presbytery learn.with deep regret the death on the 13th inst of our co-presbyter, the Rev. Daniel G. Mallery. By his death We sustain the loss of a brother who has bornejan unblemished and honored reputation among us,hear a. score of years; wbo,!as' pastor, of severalof our churches, approved /his fi-. delity to Christ’s friends; who, by his pen,' aided the cause of sound- learning and practical Christian- ; ity; and[ who,.as GbaplaiiTSf the'slst Regiment of. Pennsylvania .Volunleers,' rendered important ser-: vice.in suppressing the late Rebellion.’’ . '(• [>-■■ IX. Adjournment to meet in the Presbyterian, House, at the call of the Moderator, to receive the Rev. Herriek Johnson, "DiD. T. J. Shepherd, Stated Clerk. 'The Third Presbytery of Philadelphia at! its late meeting received Rev. Peter Stryker, D,D., from the Reformed Classis of New (gork, . and provided for , his installation as pastor - of North-Broad St.- Church, next month; also. Rev. Prentiss: DeVeuve from the Presbytery of Phila-. delphia, (0. S ), and put into his hands ,a call from the Church in Pottsville, which he accepted. His installation, will take place by a Commission of Presbytery. Leave, was -also granted to Logan Square Church to prosecute a call to Mr. Thos.J. , ,Brown, Licentiate, now finishing hi&.studies at Union Seminary. The Narrative of the State of 1 Rejigion showed a generally hopeful and prosper ous condition of .the Churches. Some have-re-, ceived large accessions. The working power of the laity-is being developed. Sunday schools are growing in importance .in themselves and as sup . plies to the Church. Important vacancies in the ' pulpits are .jjasjo being satisfactorily filled. Rev. J. G. Butler, D.D., and Rev. S. ‘W. .Crittenden, and Elders Edward Miller and B. D. Stewart, Principals weretebtfcen the (General Asi&nblY. ■ r. if s'. s i *. - t? ; ' i s- $ sn nr.vf e I^M-T- A |corr#psnd|nt of the pfisirngr belonging to The First church, Ashtabula, “Ohio, writes - ces thp.Firsi Presbytemn,; church; i Brooklyn, •of which Dr, Robinson was . lately (.pastor. On Sunday,[MarcK 15th, eighteen persons publicly professed their faith in Christ, . flaring, the last fifteen, mouths, .mpre;.thafl an hundred, have been gathered (iii tot his efturgh. , Thej numbers .six hundred children. ehapel and school areuDd,erthe pas terra/ superyirion of the Rev/ :ohurch.((,-J, in (->'■. i '! ■ Wasiiiijgton, D. C —The, j religious interest in the Fourth Church (Dr. J. Gyßmithls) eom ■ -menced during the “ week ofj Prayer,” and in -February, , 19 joined the ln 'the Sixth. Church (Rjei{.yj(x,,ll, Smyth’s) it began at the .saine tixneFand still' .continues. At the two ;communion,services since. SO bave made public (professioh—Tn-the Firs*■Ohureh‘(Ji)r. B. Sunder land’s) there wasanawakhuingihconiidetiou with 'the young people’s prayerimeetihg. "Recently 9 united with the chufch by profesmOn. New YpPi City. The. reports a list of 462 accessions 'on examination since Jan. Ist,' to' Presbyterian churches of ,our denomina tions in that bity. bf which 194 vyere added to (New School''cbu'rehes as follows ; thirteenth St (church, 59/ Spring St. qhuroli, 22; Central chureh, • Madison sqpsu:e,church g 18,; Fourth avenUe ohurch,lB ; West,( church, i2d’ .St, 16; Mercer St,. church/15.; Third cliapel 13; Fourfcenth St, ehur.cb, 14." r (. ® M iEsioN s.-r—Sep. Kendall ; writes to the Evangelist:--KWvw me to remind the friends of -Home Missions that our [fiscal- year closes the 'S rB /.9,f Way.. ( Churphes that contributed to out .Treasury last "year. more, tban( $30,000 have as (yet sent us hpthing tKi/year; . Only about three -weeks temain before tbe .year closes. Our col ections during the last few montbs,;as compared with last year,.hav:e fallen off. B.ut our labor? are not diminjshi.ng( On the. contrary, we are pending an, unusual number(of men to the. West this Spring.., Wft pannot afford to, do less, we wish to do mueh ihore, and we will do so if the yhurubes; will furnish( the .means.!. The work (grows larger, our contributions to the cause 'ought to grow larger also. REFORMED ' CUTntinn wM - ( ' Ministerial— The Rev. LhvLandis has left Wih mington,;Del v to enter jppn Professor xn fbe Seminary at Danville, is succeeded ft Wilmington by the Rev, S. H. Huntington, late of Cal, Alfred Pauli, formerly of Wheeling, West Va., is now supplying the church of Hestonville, near is show ing signs of new life and .activity.; A.Jot has been purehased ; andU.chapel(will Jjc .this sum- W K .recently token charge of a United Presbyterian .congregation in Walton, Delaware Co, New York. .This brother .enters upon a most interesting field of labor;—The Rev S Mat toon, lade aimissiOrtoryitb Siam, hah b‘e* 'installed pastor of Die Presbytemmehnrehin Ballston, New York, the Jtev. Edward P.-Heberton was ordain ed and, installed pastor.of theLQfpajt. Valley church. Pa., A pril 13th, by the ; Central Presbytery of Phila^ delphia. - ' Missibnattcis from the Churcli'ffotith —The Christian Observer says:—lt waesfalecbVtew months since, by Dr, J, L , jyHjspn that two .young -men of Roping to start fo.r.fhe missionary held in China aoine time this year. We are inform ed that since that time four others; of our candi dates for the lhihistry, have expressed a desire to tokepart m the. work of preaching the gospel to the heathen, And'they will shortly rnhke application to our Committee of Foreign Missions Ho be sent' to sofoe of the distant fields. Of these.six, four a're from the Synod of Virginia, and two from the Sy nod of Kentucky. ( > . ReviYkls.--The ’Presbyterian reports that Slats St. church,-Albany, accessions re cently, twenty-six of them on profession ; in Law renceville, N-. J., about (tbirtyistudents in the High Sehool, have: expressed hOpe.jijnsGhrist; in Liberty Lafayette churches, Keokuk ,Co. t lowa, up wards of twenty .have been, added; in Seneca ville, 0... twenty-six have joined the church on examina tiop; a unanimous call was also given to Mr. C. W. Louqtr’ght-ra parsonage built and paid for, a large Sundajtschool established, and every family in the church has a family altar; in Phifipsburg, N. J., forty-one 'persons have united with the church. The Banner says that in the church of 'i’wo Ridges, 0., twenty-one persons, have been received as the result of meetings held since the week of prayer; in Car thage 111., there have been twenty-five. acbCSsions, and the pasto^’writes: ’' We are receiving very en couraging tokens of prosperity .in -our Western e'hurches, aa a general thing, and ! think renewed Activity-has been developed; by.seasons of refresh ing, that have recently visited,,so(,many, of our phurches.” .... (•; Churches. —A Presbyterian church was organ ized at Somer’s Pointj Atlantic county, by a Com mittee of the Presbytery of West Jersey, on the 3Jst of March—The .Trinity [Dutch] Reformed Congregation of this city was formally organized Jfay 19, 1867. The congregatiOn-has grown from /sfeiltv-fbur to eighty two. Two-thirds of this in crease baa been by confirmation and- renewed pro fession,;, including.twenty-seven;admitted at thelast communion. - " ; .