ftamtan Urtsliijtmait.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 18G8
Jgy On our second page will be found
“ Thoughts on the Atonementa third ana
concluding article; a valuable article on the
necessity of thorough ventilation in “ lecture
and Sunday-school Rooms;" “Sabbath-schools
in Germany;” and a Letter from, an Ota
School brother explaining his Jfr.. ,
Buffalo Convention. On page third Bailor s
Table” and especially notices of the Magazines
for May. On page sixth the “ Family Circle.
On page seventh , Religious Intelligence post
poned from last week, including a tabular state
ment of accessions to our churches since Jan. 1,
GENERA I. ASSEMBI.T.—TLb General Assembly of the
Tnsbyterian Church in the United States of America Trill meet
in (lie First Presbyterian Church of the city of HARRISBURG,
Pa-, on Thursday, May 21st, 1868, at 11 o'clock, A, M., and be
opened with a sermon by the Iter. Henry A. Nelson, D.D., the
Moderator of the last General Assembly»
The Committee on Commissions will meet in the Lectors Room
of the Church from 8 to 10 o'clock, A. M., of the same day.
By order of the General Assembly.
EDWIN F. HATFIELD, Stated Clerk.
J. GLENTWORTH BUTLER, Permanent Clerk.
The receipts of the American Board for
March were $30,937 72 of which $4,071 05
was legacies,—making a total of $230,558 05
since Sept. Ist when the financial year began.
March, 1868, shows a falling off of $6,299 51 as
compared with March, 1867.
The largest specified contributions are from
three of our churches : Madison Square Church,
New York, gives $1,958 75; Lafayette Avenue
Church, Brooklyn, $1,782 81; the Third Church
of Pittsburgh, 81,567 91. Northern Liberties
Church of this city gives $325.
We observe that our Bethlehem cotem
porary the Moravian publishes a letter from one
of the Ceregbmo family, in which the brother in
Italy, in his simplicity, refers to his brother in
this city as a proper channel through which to
send him contributions. We would again notify
all concerned, that, for reasons which we need
not again specify, all contributions for Stefano
Cercghino, who is a deserving man, should be
sent through the American and Foreign
Christian Union, 27 Bible House, Astor Place,
New York.
DR. TAYLOR'S THEOLOGY.
[The subjoined note is inserted at the request of
the esteemed author, and refers ’to his late [article
in the New Englander: ‘‘ The ,PrinceUh‘,Review of
the Theology of Dr. N. W. Taylor.” He writes to
a New Haven paper.]
To the Editors of the Palladium: —-Will you (for the
sake of your, theological rehclere);give’'me room to
explaina sentence in my Article, in the lßst num
ber of the New J2 n g(& n der, on, tlieTheOlqgyspf Dr.
Taylor?- -On p.AlB,it did-not aa^that
it may be that God cannot exclude sin. from every
morajT&stem, but onlyfrom the best,. &c:”'A more
accurate, statement i wo'Uld be that 'he did ,-hotd,eem
it absolutely-, essential, to 'say;-that-God caijnot, 1 &c.
That Vs,_[t iVnot necessary tq say this, in order to
silence t¥e skeptic. X rdmarE‘l(p: ::328- of #he re
view) that Dr. Taylor tiMg thatit-cannbt .be proved
a priori that God can prevent sin Jn pony ' moral sys
tem. Of course, lie must Lave held that it may be
that God cannot do this. And this proposition he
does maintain in his volumes on Moral Govern
ment (I. 303 Beq., 11. 341 seq.).
There has been a general impression that he hfeld
that there is no ground for the opinion that God can
exclude sin from any moral system. But he dis
tinctly stated to me, in reply to an inquiry, that this
impression is erroneous, and that his meaning was
as I have given it on p.<328. On a close examina
tion of the passages referred to in the published
Lectures, it will be seen that he says nothing incon
sistent with this. He maintain* that it cannot be
demonstrated that God can exclude sin from a mo
ral system, from the nature of agency; nor can it be
proved (that is, demonstrated) from facts,—since
wherever sin is actually prevented, its prevention
maybe due to the system with which allthesin that
does exist is certainly connected. _ _ 1
This inaccuracy, which I notice in looking oyer
my Article, is immaterial, as far as the distinctive
principles of Dr. Taylor are concerned. The pos
sible incompatibility of the prevention of sin by the
divine power, with the best system, is the doctrine
on which he finally rested his refutation of the skep
tical objection to the benevolence of God* -At the
same time he contended that there can be no de
monstrative proof that’ a moral being who can sin,
will not sin, and hence no complete, decisive proof,
that sin can be kept out of any moral system bv the
act of God. George P. Fisher.
Yale College, April 25, 1868. i ; '
Ia tlie churches ofthe pther brauclij the North
Western Presbyterian reports 'revivals in Kanka
kee, 111.; in Freeport, Ohio, where fifty were re
cently received by a church which did not num
ber more than 25 members six months ago:; in
Bethel, Fairfield county, where over thirty have
been gathered in; in Antrim, Ohio; in South
Bend, lud., where seventy-one have been receiv
ed, sixty-four on profession, of which number
about Bixty are adults and most of them heads of
families. The Presbyterian Banner reports re
vivals in Plain Grove, Pa., where eighty-four
persons have been received in six weeks, twenty
two by baptism, and where the work has gone on
in quietness and silence, and others still are in
quiring; in Birmingham, Pa , where a revival
has been in progress since December, and among
others, nine students in the Female Seminary
have been brought into the church.
The Gongregationalist and Recorder reports
revivals in the churches of that order in Hyde
Park, Mass., where some thirty have- expressed a
hope in Christ; in the town ef Blandford, Mass.,
where more than a hundred have been hopefully
converted, and many .heads of families, and many
young men are among the converts; in Exeter,
N. H., where more than forty conversions are
reported, and where Methodists and Baptists co
operate; in Bethel, Conn.,-where twenty-five in
all have been added ; in Greenwich, Conn., where
twenty-four have been'received on profession;
in Denmark, lowa, where .twenty-five of the pu
pils have attained to hope; in Wautansee, Ks.;
in Lawrence, Ks., where Plymouth church re
ceived thirty-five at one communion; at Topeka,
Ks., where twenty-five have applied for admission
to the Congregationalist church and 0. S. Pres
byterians have shared in the, blessing.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1868.
LETTEBS OH BEEKIOH 11.
Messes. Editors: —lt may be thought the
duty of all friends of union to abstain from dis
cussion on this subject until the report of the
Joint Committee shall have been presented to the
General Assemblies; for the reason that that re
port has not yet been made public in an authen
tic form. But this fact affords no good ground
for silence touching the principles involved m the
general subject, and those particular questions
which it is well known will come up for diseus
sion in the approaching: assemblies. It would
surely jße an event to be deeply deplored, if the
assemblies should be urged on by a popular pres
sure to commit themselves, with their great in
fluence, to a plan of union which the Presbyte
ries could neither reject nor adopt without dis
astrous consequences. And is it not possible that
such an event may be averted by a calur and
careful attention to Borne of the points to be con
sidered before the assemblies shall convene?
There are SOME general views put the sub-;
ject of Christian and Presbyterian* Union which
I beg leave merely to suggest before I come to
more specific points. ;' ' •
There are times when waves of excitement roll
over religious communities, in relation to subjects
of this character. There iB at this day a great
humanitanian movement-' in - progressj which has
no doubt, given a new impulse to inquiry and de
sire in the direction of L ' a broader Christian
charity and fellowship. Otliercauses, also, have
been at work .which I need not stop to indicate.
The result is, that our age is characterised largely
by zeal for organic Christian Union. Romanism
is renewing its old claim to recognition as the
only true Christianity ou the ground of its alleged
unity. American and Anglican.,Higb-Churph
Episcopacy, is . clamoring, for reunion with .the
older and more corrupt prelatical communions of
the East. Methodists, Baptists, Congregatiohal
ists and Presbyterians are all striving to effect de
nominational unions, so as to present “ a broader
front” to .the world.. . These...nioyementB. are
stimulated unquestionably to -soriie 1 extent "by a
desire for denominational aggrandizement; partly
by false ideas in regard to the desirableness of a
general organic unity of .the church'at least with-,
in the limits of each distinct nation, and Partly
by the Bivine Spirit. They are attended by a
popular impulse that is often highly demonstra
tive and almost fanatical." And still this billow
of religious fugling is-.to be regarded and'treated
as a sign of the times, which ought to be care
fully and prayerfully studied. It is not to be ex
pected on such occasions.that most people will in
quire whether the particular measures they en
dorse and* plead’for,- are- or’ are ■ 3df ; adapted to
forward the general cause they profess to have at
heart. It should not surprise’ us that the present;
zeal for Christian union hurries many persons on
in the advocacy of narrrow schemes of union that
are likely to conduct either to despotism and
death, or to subsequent conflict and schism. And.
it is only a repetition of “that, whioh hath been
already” that men are disposed to ascribe every
popular demand .that is: made for union, however
ill-advised,, to the Providence and Spirit of God,
and* thus to decry cautious and patient inquiry
after the path of practical wisdom, as if all hesita
tion andfanxious deliberation were Of, eburse' from
the devil. - t.’ ->.. :■<
The history of Presbyterianism deserves pro
found study in this relation. It is Eminently a
history of divisions and reunions, divisions and
reunions, divisions and. reunions.. So it has been
in Scotland and the Colonies of Greatßritain; so it
has been in these United States. Is it not time we
should inquire after the causes of these humilitat
ing facts ? ' The bed has been shorter than that a
man could stretch himself upon it, and the cover
ing narrower than tha,t a man could wrap himself
in it. _ It has''been‘"the* characteristic policy of
Presbyterianism to” power in one con
trolling body, and to 1 endeavor to enforce a close
uniformity in the acceptance of a greatly ex
tended Confession of Faith, the adoption and ap
plication of a detailed scheme of government -and
discipline, and the observance of specific methods
of worship alike in psalmody, prayer and admin
istration.'of ordinances/" This pdlieygliaB been
carried out by a resolute assertion and exercise
of authority. At the same time, there, have-al
ways been elements of liberty in the acknowledgd
principles of the system, that would often work
themselves out in the form of rebellion against
the rigor of the central government. Synods or
General Assemblies' claiming to unites in the same'
bodies, legislative, judicial and executive power,-'
and yet confessing that “God alone is Lord of
the conscience, 1 ' could not rule with an iron rod,
and uniformly secure unquestioning submission..,
Hence the numferohs divisions. But'after divi
sion would often come, with the healing influen
ces of time and the Holy Spirit, compunctions of
[ conscience, and, renewed;
fellowship; Then w.oula“follow pCrhlpl'j-a’Hseries
of negotiations for “rehpipnj” but always; otirthe
same old narrow basis. " Then’ a season of .peace
and joy, to be followed alter, a few yeari; by
another eruption. Thus onward, the “irrepres
sible conflict,” between the elements of liberty,"
and the elements of bondage in a system 1 that has
no proper checks and balances, as hitherto con
strued and for the most part administered,
We, American Presbyterians, have tried this
old experiment, it might be thought, sufficiently
already. We have had, besides several’minor di-'
visions, two great schisms, and one general “re
union” in 1758; and now, as history repeats it
self, we seem likely to have another “ reunion,”
on the old basis, to be succeeded in all proba
bility in this rapid age more speedily than the
former “ reunion,” by the next eruption in the'
historical series.
Is it, or is it not, worth while, before we' take
the next step backward, to inquire whether the
true and Scriptural elements of our system may
not be so readjusted as to effect ere long a glori
ous improvement in the development of our ec
clesiastical life as Presbyterians ? Are we under
any such necessity to rush into “ reunion ” that
we cannot take time to canvass this whole subject
with a solemn and deliberate reference to the
momentous future that lies before us in this
great country? The day is notifar distant when
the seat of ecclesiastical as well as civil empire
will be shifted, to the Mississippi Valley and pro
bably to the Northwest. Shall we hastily incur
the peril of putting all our Church property, and
institutions under a power that will so rule us as
to produce sttch a revulsion as will give a perpet
ual ascendency to Congregationalism in all the
newer sections of this mightiest country on the
face of the globe ?- -Real Union.
FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.
Presbytery of Lyons.— The annual meet
ing was held at East Palmyra; Rev. William
Young, of Junius,.Moderator; and Rev. John
J. Crane, of Rose, Clerk. The attention of the
Presbytery was considerably exercised in regard
to the feeble churches and waste places of their
own county. It was insisted that the Elders
and other laymen must come up to the help of the.
ministry in order properly to care for these des
titutions. A Convention 1 of Elders, pastors and
others, was appointed to be held at Newark, on
the 6th of May, further to consider these mat
ters.' "
The following- were 'appointed Commissioners
tqfthe General Assembly; Rev. G. R. :H. Shum
way, of Newark, and' Elder Lewis H. Clark, of
Sodus. Commissioners to Auburn Seminary—
Rev. f R|Ei WhUson, Rev;' William L/Page, and
Elder Oolumbhs Crdul. » ! , li■' ? _ ■
Dedication at Elmira.— The Young Men’s
Christian Association, of Elmifa,have been erec
ting a -Union chapel.for Mission; purposes.’ It
was appropriateiy dedicated to religious uses on
Sunday the 12th, the city clergy generally-par
ticipating in the service. A brief and eminently
practical address was given by Rev. Dr. Curtis,
showing the need of such,an institution, and tbe
great good it is likely to accomplish. The pray
er, of. .dedication was offered by Rev. >Ti iK.i
Beecher. The young men are planning to erect
a similar chapel ih another destitute' part of 'the
oity; and so to keep along with their beneficent
wbrk among those who are not‘ordinarily reached'
by the servicestof , the (sanctuary.-n -
Pre-Adamic Art.— We wrote i to. a witty
Professor, asking for his photograph. We had
a picture faintly resembling his face, although
taken for another man. We sent it: along,- say
ing playfully, “ This does not do you justice. It
must-have been taken some time since. We
should like to .exchange it for one which gives
something, more of yoUr best*..expression.” In
due got the picture, with' the following
explanation, which seems to us. entirely satisfac
tory, and. far too . good to be kept under lock and
k6yJ .’ “ The face you seht ihe : was mine- in' the
pre-existent state. E——d B—r—r had a num
ber of' such, of various persons, struct off,'to
show hpw.iulhepresentAtate,'they had improved.
In my third transformation, I sjhall look t even
better.’* ' The Tart expression has a tohcli of se
riousness, ncmethe less suggestive' for the bril
liant setting. ■ -
Parsonages.*— The good people of the Pres
byterian: Church' of Phelps,- have purchased a,
house adjoining their church edifice, and fitted 1
it up in good order for a parsonage; Rev. Geo.
Bayless, pastor. The.. Presbyterian Church qf
West; Fayette,;feeHng the almost universal im
pulse, have done the same thing in the past year
for their pastor,, Rev. W. H. Megie.
: G : ALLS,-&c.- ii --ffiev.'A. A.Wd‘od,D. D.,oF Gene
va, has receivedls call to the Second Presbyteri-,
an church of Eljmira. Rev. Joel; Wakman, D.D.,
of Painted Post, nas received and accepted a'cali
to the Presbyterian ihurch" of Campbell. Rev.
Dr. Mannings of Boston; recently lectured; on
Samuel Adams in Lockporti By exchange he
also supplied the pulpit of the Congregational
church, (Rev. J, L. Bennett’s,) on the Sabbath.
' St? Peter'S church of "this -city is still without'
a pastor. . Rev. Mi*. li.utton, after coming oh to
the ground l -as-they-'are without, a .house,of wor
ship, Canhave*prea I chiiig but half of* each Sun
day for some time, and will, long be in the con
fused, unsettled!.state of building, very properly
returned the ca)l into their handstand remains
for the present jwith His "peopleVat'Mt.. Vernon.
There is now some talk',of a union between (he
Third church,: (Dr. Hall’s) and St. Peter’s; but
we doubt if anything will come of it.
• * , " Genesee.
Rochester, April 25,1868.
OHIO AGO CORRESPONDENCE.
Dear AMERic’Aiti—-The, Presbytery of Du
buque, lowa, convened at Waterloo, on the eve
ning of the 21st, inst., and was organized by the
chdiee bf 'RevJ D.'Russell as Moderator, and
C. S. Marvin, Clerk. A good deal of religious
ofJdie churches du
ring‘thC'year,"ahd M iohie''ih'Stifinces grateful re
vivals of religion have marked the spiritual his-'
tpry of the past winter. Rev. G. H. Chatterton
was chosen to represent the body at the ap
proaching General Assembly.
were generally prosperous and two had become
self-sustaining! A resolution approving of the
junior!, of the 0. and N. S. bodies' “ on the basis
of our common standards/’ waß carried by a large
majority;—a Resolution, of course, in no wise
affecting the question of-union as now before the
churches. , «.'■ ■ ' \ , .
A convention is called; to .’ineet in lowa City
the week after next, to consult upon this same
matter of union. [/Brethren should remember in
all,snclj discussions,that that,question, as t it now
stands, is simply the .question of accepting with
out modificdtibn'tife basis junferstpod
to haye been [framed at the recent meeting of the
Joint Committee. On the question'of the desir
ableness of this consummation, on terms which
unmistakably assure jus of liberty, nearly all are
agreed.. They should also .take into consideration
such utterances from influential' and in some
considerable degree;'Jat'leastj representative jour
nals, as the following from the North- Western
Presbyterian of jthisjpity, of this week, ;
The Evangelist having inquired of the iVbr/A-
Western “ whether, uni its: opinion, men who ‘hold
to, the views seif forth InMe jinbufn-declaration,
should be excluded;from the ministry of the Re
united Church ? Could they be fairly excluded
under the Philadelphia platform, or under the
new article,of- the joint Committee/- and the
same query having • been, addressed ,to jt by one:
of our city pastors,. (A. S.)..that journal replies
as follows: , 1
“Without entering into ft detailed answer, we
would reply :
1. That in the settlement of a basis, we have not
proposed to rule out this or that person, but simply,
in the adoption of a basis, to rule out well-known
views.
2. As to the Auburn Declaration, which was sim
ply the protest offered by the New School minority
in 1837, against the Act and Testimony adopted by
the Old School majority, and adopted the following
August by the AuburnConvention,we would remark:
That while it is generally admitted to be more
orthodox in its statements of doctrine, than leading
New School men were regarded at that time; and
while it has been pronounced as “ at direct variance
with their own published declarations” then and
since; that yet, while candid a'nd intelligent men
would accept of it as generally orthodox as far as it
goes, and while we are prepared to admit that that
declaration of doctrine is more definitely and dis
tinctly orthodox than any other basis which has
been yet submitted, or is likely to be submitted,
that yet, if that Declaration was to be proposed as
an amendment to or modification of the doctrinal
statements on the same points contained in the
Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms,
it would be rejected by Old School men with almost
one accord. And for the following reasons:
' 1. That while it may be regarded as in the main
correct as far.as it goes; yet bn all the distinctive
points between the two schools it does not go far
enough; while it generally teaches the truth, it does
not teach" the whole truth. Instead of being full
and positive, like' the Westminster Confession on
the pointsdn dispute, -it is negative and evasive.
,2. This protest "or declaration was drawn up by
Dr. George Duffield.' It is, therefore, beyond all
controversy, in accordance with his views pub
lished more in full on all th'ese points in his printed
writings before and since. He wrote it then and
adopts it now,, as, a concise summary of his views
on all these points. And yet his views as published
more in detail before arid since, have been shown to
be utterly at. variance with the plain teachings of
the Confession of Faith" as received by Old School
men. With his views, those of Mr. Barnes and
Drs. Beman, Taylor and others, have been Bhown
in the.main to accord. The Auburn Declaration
then received in the sense of its author, would em
brace within its ample-.folds all that Dr., Duffield
and those in harmony with him, have held and pub
lished before its adoption and. since. It is well
known "that this declaration did not satisfy the
ablest and most moderate Old School divines, such
as Drs. Green, Alexander, Hoge, Miller, Elliott and
others, as to the author’s soundness then, nor will
it likely satisfy men equally intelligent, ’ moderate
and solicitous for the welfare of the Church now.
3. We could take up this protest article by arti
cle,did our space and time permit, and make good
our charges against it,, as to. its indefiniteness, gen
eralities, negations and evasions, where the most
definite and positive statements are demanded.. .
. 4. The present writer is fully: aware of the admis
sion of, Dr. B. J. Breckinridge ■in reference to the
orthodoxy of this Declaration, That statement,
however, is a two-edged sword which .cuts both
ways. - -. ,
Nothing would rejoice the hearts of thousands of
our Gld School ministers and people, more than to.
be assured our New School brethren:were prepared
to meet us as : equals, fairly, upon the. basis of our
common standards. Let ub have the evidence of
the .agreement of the two bodies .in doctrine, order
and polity. Then the Westminister Standards,
pure'and simple, would be enough for us.” -
To all which it is only necessary to append the
following additional extract from another part of
the same article with the above:
‘‘The Evangelist thinks our recent editorial in
relation to the. true understanding of the basiß
adopted by the Philadelphia Convention, takes
more exclusive ground than any occupied by the
Princeton JJeoieiy., However this may be, .that ar
ticle has received the most distinct and cordial en
dorsement of the editor of that quarterly. .;No jour
nal- in the-Old School branch has questioned the
positions taken in that article, nor are the positions
taken, or the conclusions therein reached .likely to
be successfully gainsayed by the journals .of either
branch.” . .
' The “recent editorial,” here referred to, was
chiefly reprinted in your issue of last week, in
connection with Dr- Patterson’s communication.
Is it not about time that other organs of the Old
School spoke-out plainly in dissent from the
declarations of this prominent Old School paper,
or. in-open endorsement of its views ? Surely it
is not • too - much to call for outspoken protest
against such utterances, if, as we are sometimes
told, the North- Western does not represent the
views of a large and influential, and, I may add,
hitherto controlling part of that body.
Chicago, April 25,1868.
;|fks nf fuv Cjnitcjus.
City Churches.—A social Reunion of Cal
vary congregation to welcome the Pastor elect
and his lady took place last Wednesday evening.
The Sabbath School Toom was cleared and hand
somely* decorated, refreshments were provided,
and, a, large . number of the • congregation and
friends, spent a happy social evening with Dr- find
Mrs: Humphrey) who warmly reciprocate d the
cordial manner in which they have befen received.
■The Sabbath.- congregations are excellent, and
a highly encouraging aspect of things prevails.—
The vacant pews in Tabor Church are being ra
pidly disposed of.—At the Stated meeting of the
Third Presbytery, every Church Session but one
was represented by an Elder.
PRESBYTKRIES.
The Third Presbytery of JSTew Tor&have cho
sen the following Commissioners to .the next
General Assembly Rev, >Thos. H.
Skinner) i 8.D., LL.p., Rev. 1 Thomas Ralston
Smith, D.D. and Rev. John De Witt, Princi
pals; Rev. Daniel W. Lhthrop, Rev. James B.
Bonar, and Rev. Thomas Street, alternates.—El
ders : Mr. Wm. C. Foote, Dr. Aaron L. North
rop,-and Mr. Merrill N. Hutchinson, principals;
and Cephas Brainerd; Esq’,’ ; Mr. George W.
Beale, and Mr. George Elder; alternates. —The
Presbytery of Brooklyn met in regular session at
the Westminster Church., The morning session
on April 13 was devoted mainly to the examina
tion of Mr. Timothy Darling and Mr. M-ilner for
licensure, ahd ’of Mr. John* Green (who has been
called to the Third Church) for ordination. Mr.
Milner experts to go to Missouri' as a home
missionary. Rev. Spencer-Marsh was dismissed
from the church at Haverstraw. Presbytery
elected as Commissioners to the Assembly,
Samuel .T. Spear, D.D., and J. T. Duryea, D.D.j
principals; and Elders O. G. Walbridge and e’
A. Lambert; also' principals' Val
ley Presbytery at their recent'meeting at-Ando
ver N. Y. elected the following Commissioners
to the next Assembly, viz: Rev. P. Camp, Prin
cipal, Rev. E. L. Boing, alternate; Elder George
Carr, Principal and T. Baker, M.D., alternate.—
The Presbytery of Scioto met at Portsmouth,
April 7. As Commissioners to the General As
sembly, A. A. Jimeson, minister, and J. H.
McCullough, ruling elder, were chosen princi
pals; and E. P. Pratt, minister, and W. W.
Pierce ruling elder, alternates.— Green Castle
Presbytery held its spring meeting at Brazil, Ind.
Eight ministers, were present, and seven elders.
Rev. H. S. Little and Enos Miles, Esq., were
elected commissioners to the General Assembly.
The Presbytery of Galena and Belvidere in
session at Freeport, 111., April 14th and 16th,
made choice of Commissioners to • General As
sembly as follows : Ministers—George M. Jenks
and Eugene H. Avery ; Elders—Sidney Avery
and John Adams, with Rev. E. Marsh, Rev. E.
W. Garner, and Elders R. F. Hayes and Charles
Williams as alternates.— The Presbytery of Lex
ington held its session at Breckenridge; present
seven ministers and four elders. Rev. Timothy
Hill, of Kansas City, and Elder John McClure,
were chosen commissioners to the Assembly,
There are now needed in this Presbytery three
men to occupy definiteandpromisingfields,intwo
of which churches, have already been organized,
and in the third an organization can be had imme
diately. Three new churches were received un
.der the care of Presbytery. In 1865 this Pres
bytery had only three churches, two of which
were utterly demoralized and disorganized—three
ministers, only one of whom was engaged in pro
per ministerial duties.— The Presbytery of Mon
roe met in Manchester, Michigan on the 7th in
stant. • Rev. J. W. Stoutenburgh, now with the
church of Tecumseh, was received*. The Rev.
W. H. Webb' was chosen- commissioner to- the
Assembly, and Hon. Charles Noble lay delegate.
On reunion, Presbytery adhered to their pre
vious approval of the basis of union adopted by
the Joint Committee of two Assemblies, urging
however that the reasons for union “ have be
come more apparent by the lapse of time.”— The
Presbytery of Indianapolis met in Noblesville,
Ind. It was the largest meeting ever held, all
the ministers -being present, except one, with ten
elders. Two- new members were received —Rev.
J. B. Brandt, from" the Presbytery of Wabash,
and Rev. Rufus Nutting, Jr., from the Presby
tery-of Illinois. Two new churches were taken
under the care of Presbytery, - viz.: .Olivet
Church Indianapolis, with 54 members J and the
First German Church of Shelbyville, with/125
members. Three other churches, which-had
been in a state of suspended animation for seve
ral years, have been revived during the past
year, with the prospect of continued life and
prosperity, viz. ■.Noblesvillej-Laurel, and Zions
ville. Rev. C. H. Marshall- and Elder J. L.
Ketcham were chosen commissioners to the Gen
of the Church in that place.
-In the Fourth Presbytery of N.Y., April 6th,
Mr. Perez Dickenson Cowan and Mr. George W.
Martin, the former of Princeton, and the latter,
of-Union Theological Seminary, were licensed to
preach the Gospel. At an adjourned meeting,
April 13th, Rev. Prof.'Henry B. Smith, D.D.,
and Rev. Geo. L. Prentiss, D.D., Principals;‘Rev.
Howard Crosby, D.D., and Rev. John Spaulding,
D.D., Alternates; with Elders Hon. Wm. E.
Dodge and Oliver E. Lee, Esq., Principals; and
Marcus C. Riggs, Esq., and-John P. Crosby, Esq.,
Alternates, were appointed Commissioners to the
General Assembly.—The Third Presbytery at
its late meeting- appointed Rev. Thos. H. Skinner,
D.D., Rev. T. Ralston Smith, - D D., and Rev.
John Dewitt, Clerical Commissioners to the Gen
eral Assembly.—The Presbytery Of Galena and
Belvidere was called on the 3lstult., to Fulton,
to officiate at the contemplated union of the Old
and New School churches of that place: The re
lation of pastor and people, between Rev. Josiah
Leonard and the New School-' Church was dis
solved. The two churches, now without pastors,
according to previous arrangements,'-were organ
ized into one, to be called the First Presbyterian
Church of Fulton. Elders were chosen, and
after an appropriate Bermon, were set apart to their
office work. After this the Presbytery sat down
at the communion table with the new church. -
The Presbytery op Crawfordsville met at
Attica, Indiana, March 27th, 1868. The in-"
teresting feature was an account of the revival
spirit that. has been abroad in. the churches.
The commissioners chosen to . the .General As
sembly were : President, J. F. -Tuttle,; principal,.
and Prof. G. Mills, alternate. Elders T. W. Fry,
of Center Church, principal, and W. T. Scott, of
Bainbridge, alternate. —Dayton Presbytery
met at Yellow Springs, 0., on Tuesday, April
7th. The statistical reports show a good'degree
of prosperity in most of : our churches. Applies-,
tion was made by Rev. Mr. Little in behalf of
the East Third St. Chapel of Dayton, that a
Presbyterian Church be organized in that place,
to be under the care of this Presbytery. The
commissioners to the next General Assembly are :
Rev. D. M. Moore and Elder Geo. L. Kendric,
principals; Rev. Linus Blakesly and Elder Thos.
Orbison, alternates.—Cincinnati Presbytery.
Rev. 0. A. Lyman (dismissed) to unite with the
Presbytery of Cleveland and Portage. . Rev. John
Rankin and Rev. L. A. Aldrich, and Elders A.
11. Hinkle aud S. J. Broadwell, were appointed
commissioners to the General Assembly.
Ministerial.—Rev. William Hart of Mal
den, N. Y., has accepted the call to the Assem
bly’s church, Washington, D. C. He entered upon
his new field Apl. 15th.——Rev. Samuel New
bury died in Dubuque, lowa, March 22, 1868, at
the age of 65. He was horn in Panton, Vt,, in
1802. Graduated from Middlebury College in
1830. Unaided, he prepared for and completed
the full college course. For fifteen years he was
engaged in establishing churches in Indiana,
Ohio,.and Michigan, forming Sunday Schools,
: and,securing libraries for them. Some of these
small beginnings are now among the most impor
tant churches and centres of religious influence
in - the West.-—Rev. A. McSween, who for
several years has filled the position of Principal
of the High School at Windsor, Canada, and
who last year was admitted to the Presbytery of
Detroit,ffias accepted a call to the church at Flint.
Mich., at a salary of $2,000 and a parsonage, —
Rev. J. F. Kendall was installed-as pastor of the
2d Church, Columbus, 0., April the 17th. —Re'’-,
C. D. Curtis has been re-elected President ol
Farmers’ College.—Rev: E. D. Newberry, fo r
several years pastor of the- cliurch at lonia,
Mich., has resigned. He leaves the church in a
North-West,