gramitmt HtßshgtEtiatt. THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1868. fl@“ On our second page will be found De scription of a Sabbath Service in Tientsin, by a missionary of our Church; a communication on Youngstown Convention, with a Report of its proceedings; A Western Valley; and Light from the Smaller Towns: with some postponed items on Religious World Abroad. On page 3 d, Editor’s Table. OnpageQth, The Family Circle, a varied budget for all ages. On page Ith, popular Scientific and Agricultural articles. GENERA ¥< ASSEMBLY. —The General Aggembly of the Fresbyterian Church in the United States of America 'will meet in the First Presbyterian Church of the city of HARRISBURG. Pa. t on Thursday* May 21st, 1868, at 11 o’clock. A. M., and be opened with a sermon hy the Rev. Henry A. Nelson, D.D., the Moderator of the last General Assembly, The Committee on Commissions will meet in the Lecture Room of the Church from 8 to 10 o’clock, A. M., of the B&me day. By order of the General Assembly. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, Stated Clerk. 3, GLENTWORTH BUTLER, Permanent Clerk. 8®- The Midnight Mission of New York last year rescued 77 fallen woman, of whom 46 were permanently reformed. *,• Some of the U. P. Presbyteries are adopting resolutions on the Union question., All of t hese—like the Reformed Presbytery of Ohio, reject the Philadelphia basis. jgy We are informed that the write?, of. the artiole in the Presbyterian of a fortnight ago, from which we made extracts, revealing what took place in the meetings of the Joint Commit tee-and whom we unwittingly called a gossiping correspondent, is none other than Dr. Charles Hodge of Princetom We shall try to make room for the whole article next week. The North Western Presbyterian says of Prof. H. 8.. Smith’s very mild notice of Prof- Hodge’s book on the 11 Atonement “ This has proved more chilling than even Dr.' Patterson’s letters to our ardent anticipation of a happy reunion. If there are still misunderstand ings, and objections to a high standard of ortho doxy, and contendings for an undefined latitude of doctrinal interpretation, what is to be the re sult?” J3@" The question as to terms of Reunion ibe 'itween the; fwobranctfes of fcfie church is narrowed down to a very; tangible point: —Shall equal rights be guaranteed in the united church to those now enjoyed, in either of the separate ohurches?" All ambiguity, on this matter must.. ■ be expurgated from a basis\f union which will he'acceptable to the great body of our people. It will not do to ask us to . leave to the 'United Church what can be settled now. Those whp *do ask it, put. themselves in a ‘RghU difficulty to be understoOiFcby plain thinking, ' straight-forward men. Men truly worthy of con fidence, are always the readiest to give proper guarantees. The last man in the world to refuse his bond, when properly required, is the man whose word is as good as his bond. And that very many in the other branch are ready to give the fullest and most honorable assurances was shown by the unanimous action of the late Union Convention in Buffalo. Meanwhile, quite a num ber of our Presbyteries are selecting such Repre sentatives to the Assembly as are known for their, devotion, to the principle' of liberty as the only practicable basis of reunion. The Fourth Pres bytery, with, great propriety, elected Mr. Barnes, . who we fear will not be able to attend; Dr. Spear goes fronf Brooklyn and Drs. Skinner and Pren tiss from New York; Dr. Boardman of Bing : hamton from Tioga and Mr. Noble from Pitts burgh, all pronounced New School men. Dr. Patterson of Chicago comes from the region sup posed most to need Reunion, delegated expressly to qge his influence against the adoption of a basis which would imperil these liberties. Other able men, understood to be less solicitous upon these issues, are among the delegates-elect, but our opinion is that the drift of the Assembly will be inevitably towards;a result conservative of all that our existence as an independent denomi nation has secured to us thus far. AFP AIRS AT THE CAPITAL. Washington, May 4th, 1868 The time of the Senate during the past week has been principally occupied by Mr. Evarts. His speech was seventeen hours long and thor oughly exhausted the patience of the Senate. On the fourth day he excused his excessive prolixity by citing the experience of another counsel be fore Lord Ellenborough, who, after a prolonged argument said at the hour of adjournment that he would continue his argument at the pleasure of the Cqurt. To which the Judge replied : “ We will hear you to-morrow, but the pleasure of hear ing you has long since gone ” The story was en tirely applicable to his case, although his speech has been listened to with courtesy. The naivete with which on the last day he cautioned the Sen ators against the protracted arguments of the managers was refreshing. Mi;. Evarts is a master of satire and has used it with an unsparing hand in this discussion. Nearly all the managers, and many of the Sena tors and Representatives have been made targets for his wit. He had been considerably irritated by Gen Butler’s manner in the receiving of tes timony, and by a remark of Gov Boutwell in his argument that, the Presidents counsel were “ "at torneys whose practice of the" law had sharpened THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1868. but not enlarged their intellects,” and he was especially attentive to them in his sallies of wit and ridicule. The Senate enjoyed, although it was hardly a fair method of attack, his allusion to Gen. But ler’s attempt to take Fort Fisher by concussion after the Chinese manner of warfare, using two hundred and fifty tons of gunpowder instead of gongs. ‘• This experiment not having satisfied the manager at Fort Fisher he had tried it again in the vicinity of the Capitol. The air was filled with epithets and the Dome shook with epithets; wretchedness and misery and suffering and blood not included within the record, were made the means of this explosive mixture, and here we are, surviving the concussion.” The hit was so good, and the term “ argument- of concus sion ” so fittingly characterizes certain styles of discussion that it will be likely to pass into -our vocabulary. Gov. Boutwell’s rhetorical flourish at the close of his argument by which he con signed through some convulsion of - .nature the convicted President to the untenanted space in the sky hear the Southern Cross, afforded a fine; mark for Mr. Evart’s wit, so good that he hung- it iong.and. lov,ingly.andseemed reluctant to gire it up.; *j , i ’ Mr. Evarts having spoken until Mr. Stanberry could re,coyer, f the,,latter was enabled to make the] concluding argument. ' a . He is looking very feebld i a n d'was” unficto make the attempt, but as it was his only chance he was determined (so he told a Jriend) to improve it, if it killed him. sHiSpe ' rotation was quite pathetic. After declaring, that the votes of the Senate had been canvassed, the. doom of the President sealed, he besought that i“ the.judgment be not pronounced in this Senate chamber where bur Camillus stood faithful among the faithless; not in this chamber whose walls echo with that clarion voice that in the. days,.of. our greatest danger carried hope and comfort to, many a desponding heart. No; not here. Seek, out the darkest and gloomiest chamber in the subterranean recesses of this Capitol where the, ’ cheerful light of day never cheers. There .erect, the altar and immolate'the victim.” It js, pro bable that the Senate will remember that clarion voice that woke echoes all over the land as it quayeredrfi@njthat chamber on ! Inauguration day, 1865. • '!■ Manager Logan': ha h s filed>his argument. -Messrs; Stevens and and Williams have delivered theirs.. All these have been confined closely to the legal, points involved in the case, and have not been answered by. the , Pye&jdept’jS counsel who* have foilowed* .them. Mr.'Bingham begins the final argument to-day and will probably coucludecto-'’ morrow.; He has a fine opportunity, find it is felt here that he is fully equal to the occasion. •In Rebate he is yery excitable, and a cool, and ; self-possessed antagonist like Mr. Evarts, would have a decided advantage ; but in the presenta tion of a written argument as now, in the sum ming up of testimony and review of the whole .ease, he .can by his sharp discrimination, subtle analysis, mastery of detail, rapid generalization and fiery eloquence, make the strong points of the prosecution stand fqrth in f such clearJight/ (hat the'wit| and learning, sophistry and pathos of 'the deferfse shall not I, Obscure them. He will be able to contrasty Mr, Evarts’ opinions of Mr. Job Oson-’S .course *as given*- elsewhere, with the opinions Mr. Evarts, the paid advocate, now ad vances.- ’-f - '[lV' " ' There is no reason- to believe that Messrs. Groesbeck, Evarts, and Stariberry have convinced a single Senator. Senator Grimes, Van Winkle and Fowler arc ranked as doubtful: but the Re publicans are confident that conviction follows the trial. We shall doubtless’ kndw. before I write again. Fenwick! ’ ‘ FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT, Buffalo Presbytery, At a special body held in Buf falo’on Wednesday' Rev] Henry Ward, from the Presbytery of Minnesota, and-Rev. Ephraim Taylor, from the Consociation of Western New York, were received as members. This makes their number forty-nine, arid entitles them to three clerical and three lay commissioners in the General, Assembly. They .had.previously elected two such, whose names; we gave in a former let ter. They have now-elected two more CommisT sioners, Rev. T. Stillman, fDD., and Elder Thomas Farnham. - Rev. Dr. Clarke of the Ist Presbyterian church, Buffalo, has been preaching a series of sermons, on successive Sunday evenings, on the Christian life, its course and consummation;.. He.has given seven in all, carefully prepared, but extempo raneously delivered. His themes were substan tially as follows.—The justification of the saint.— His sanctification, —His relations to the world. — His relations to the church. —His death, or re lease from the body.—The resurrection, or in heaven with his body. We happen to ,know that the course has excited much interest; and the subjects were regarded as well and ably trea ted. The last was delivered, however, under cir cumstances somewhat trying. Just as the speaker was ready to begin his discourse, a telegram was "handed into the pulpit, informing him of the death of hi's aged father, at Gpnn. Next day the Doctor started East to attends the funeral. ' . ' • Rev. Phineas Blakeman, a member of‘Buffalo Presbytery, and of course a good Presbyterian, has become one of the Editors of the Buffalo- Advocate, a Methodist paper. How much sound Calvinism he may be able to put into its articles; we caunot tell. We notice, however, that he takes hold of scholarly themes, and writes ‘Well. Jle brings real strength to its columns. We have also been interested in the articles of ■* A Liberal Unionist” in the‘columns of the same paper, re viewing the action of the Buffalo Convention It is easy to guess who wrote them. They go for union, if we are ready for it. They contend stoutly, manfully, for the jiberty which we now enjoy” in the New School body. If the Old School are ready to adopt the Buffalo platform,' allowing in the reunited church the same latitude in the interpretation of our standards which we now enjoy, all very well. But if ihe views of the N. W. Presbyterian are to prevail in the Old School body, and such men as Mr Barnes and Dr. Duffield are to be regarded as heretics in the reunited, church, this writer does not want re-" union. And in this we believe he well represents the sentiment of the great majority of New School men in Central and Western New York. Union and pence would doubtless be a very good thing ; but reunion and strife are not to be desired. Normal Institute. —A meeting under the above designation, for Sabbath School Teachers, was held last week for three days at Addison, under the auspices of the Presbytery of Steuben. This is in accordance with the recommendation of the last General Assembly ; and, we fear, is the only Institute to which such recommendation has given rise within the year. We do not need to guess that Roy. W. A. Niles of Corning, had much to do with arranging for the meeting, and with making its exercises a grand succcess. We have not a more earnest or efficient Sunday school worker than he. Rev. Dr. Cowles, Presi dent of Elmira Remate College, was also present arid did good service. His exercise in Biblical Geography: and Black Board Drawing, was ad mirably done. He'/sketclies like a master. He jcarrieri the hand of]a true' artist., The following ' Presbyterian (ministers were also present and took part Wthe-services; 1 F. Harrington of Campbell itown; M. B. Gelston of Naples; 0. 11. Seymour of .Hammondsport; L. F.Laine of Canisteo; and Charles;Milne of the same region. In this con ception, wg may.also say that a ,Normal class for the: training ofSabbath.sclioolteacliers has been instituted in connection with Elmira . Female. College;] iMPifovEMENTS:—We were much interested iu a recent visit, to -a village about fifty miles south o£ this city. It is truelthe name is a little 1 fishy, (pike.) and yet the village is nestled in a beautiful valley far enough,.from the sea. It.is mainly built..on two, streets,‘ running at right .angles, lined with beautiful shade trees; and neat ■ cottages,,. . place has .gn, air, of i thrift, and comfort, even though it is seven miles from , any railway. But we were more particularly inter ested in the Presbyterian church there planted. It is not large; but .enjoys a reasonable degree of, -prosperity. The house of . worship is neat and; tasteful, only a .little old-fashioned, with pulpit between thejdoors. It has no side galleries. A raised orchestra and a fair organ occupy the hack end of the 'house, and a very worthy arid accept able-minister fills-the .desk,-, Rev. T. S. Dewing, iHe has been with them but five months, and is giving admirable satisfaction. The people,, as a token .of fchbir iff£e¥esldn«him, and tbeir deter unination to. aid bimTtO’be more pseful and ! com-: fortable among ihem,“Have* recently purchased a‘ good dwelling, and are fitting it up in fine order for a- parsonage 1 , i -.* $ ~-j J t„. , i i ; ■ . The-Congregational church edifice ,at Perry Centre has been Very neatly made over and much : improved,in the past',year, It is now one of the most pleasant and attractive sanctuaries in all' the regidn; arid- the'renovation 'has given new life and power to the church organization. It'is easy-enough to say, .‘-‘ if. the heart is right .we can worship God anywhere;” but the stern fact 1 still remains, that an old, dilapidated, neglected church edifice does not attract a- crowd of wor shippers; does not'promote church thrift or growth in any place. Let those who have such meeting houses go tn work and improve "BKriin; a? whatever cost of sacrifice and effort, and they will find their advantage in it., It is the way in which many churehes have been saved, in the last few years', from utter extinction. f ' ReV. AlleN Trayer has ceased to act as Stated Supply of the church, in Corfu. Rev. H . P. Bogue, of Buffalo, is for the. present serving in that, capacity. Genesee. Rochester, May 2</,1868. r- . ;n;T ? ‘"''if A v : r r-' n DELEGATES TO THE ASSEMBLY OF 1868. i.'ll'sYNOD br.;ALBANY. 11. SYNOD OF UTICA, III; SYNOD OF ONONDAGA. 1. Presbytery of Onondaga: —Rev. J. S. Bacon ; Elder S. P. Hayden. . 2. Pres, of (Jayuga :—Revs. Edwin Hall, D. D., and Almon R. Hewitt; Elders S. L. Bradley arid Jo . siah P.Bailey. 4. Pres, of Tioga: —Rev.,G. N. Boardman, D. D.; El der F. E. Platt. IV. SYNOD OF GENEVA, 5. Pres, of Wellsboro’ Harris Ryon. 6. Pres, of Lyons .—Rev, G-. R. H. Sliumway.; Elder Lewis H. Clark, Y. SYNOD OF SUSQUEHANNA. VI. SYNOD OF GENESEE, 3. Pres, of Rochester: —Revs. C. E. Furman and H. • M. Morey ; Elders" R. Thatcher, M. D., and E. T. Huntington. 6 .'Pres, of Genesee Valley: —Rev. P. Camp; Elder ■ George-Carr, ■ vfl. 'sfiJOD OF'NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. 4. Pres, of- New York (Third): —Revs. Thos. U. Skinner; -D. D., John De Witt, and Thos. Ralston Smith; Elders Wm. C. Foote, Dr. Aaron L. Nor throp, and Merrill N. Hutchinson. s' ; 5 . Pres, of New York (Fourth): —Revs. Hen. B. Smith. D. D., and Geo. L. Prentiss, D. D.; Elders Hon. Win. E. Dodge and Oliver E. Lee.- 1 , 6. Pres, of Brooklyn : —Revs. Samuel T. Spear, D. D., and .1. T.,Duryea, D. D., Elders 0. G. Walbridge' and E. Al Lambert. 7. Pres, of Newark.: —Revs. J. F Stearns. D. D., Ar thnr Mitchell, and Robert Aikman ; Eldtrs ; Baker, ■„ Hexameiyand Peck. VIII. SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA. 2. Pres, of Philadelphia (IPiiirdf:— Revs. J. G. But ler., D.D., and S. W. Crittenden ; Elders Edward Miller and B. D. Stevjart." 3. Pres, of Philadelphia (Fdurtk): Revs. Albert Barnes and Elias J. Richards; Elders Samuel T. Bodine anil Abner Lincoln. 4. Pres, of Harrisburg: —ReV. Wm. Tracey ; Elder R. J. Fleming. : y. ' 5. Pres, of District of CilunibiU:— Rev. John C. Smith D.D.; Elder. Julius A. Fay. IX. SYNOD OP WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 1. Pres, of Erie : —Rev.«J. Vance ; Elder Johnston Reo. | “ - 3. Pres, of -Pittsburgh:—Revt. F. A. Noble and W. T. Wj lie;-Elders R. Edwards and Jno. N. Eu - wer: i . , i;: . ■■ xi. SYNOD OF MICHIGAN. 1. Pres, of Detroit :— Rev. W; A.- McCorkle;-Elder Elisha Taylor. 2. Pres. of. Monroe ßev. W. H. Webb; Elder ■Hon. Clias. Noble. • 5. Pres, of Kalamazoo: —Rev. T. Dwight Hunt; Elder Eli R. Miller." res. o/ Coldwate r.—Rev. S. C. Adams; Elder Jno Chandler. 7. Pres, of Saginaw :—Rev. J. Ambrose Wight; "-Elder K B. Miller.- " " 8. Pres, of Grand River Volley .-—Rev. J. T. Wil lett; Elder: J..M’Nanghten. -J J;:-. —Rev, E. B. Benedict; Elder XI. SYNOD OP WESTERN RESERVE. •3. Pres, of Trumbull: —Rev. Hen. B. Eldred ; Elder Thomas Kinsman. 5. Pres, of Maumee: —Rev. E. J. Alden; Elder Da vid Smith. XII. SYNOD OF OHIO. 2. Pres, of Pataskala: —Rev. D. E. Beach ; Elder M. Newkirk. 4. Pres, of Scioto: —Rev. A. A. Jimison; Elder J. 11. McCullough. XIII. SYNOD OF CINCINNATI. 1. Pres, of Cincinnati: —Revs. John Rankin and L. A. Aldrich ; Elders A. H. Hinkle and S. J. Broad well. 3.' Pres, of Dayton: —Rev. D. M. Moore; Elder Geo. L. Kendrick. 4. Pres, of Hamilton /—Rev, E. L. Davies; Elder C. Yates. -. , ■ XIX. SYNOD OF INDIANA. 1. Pres- of Salem : —Rev. H. C. Hovey; Elder Prof. Richard Owen. 3. Pres: of Indianapolis: —Rev. C. Hj Marshall; Elder J. L. : Ketcham. ' , 4. Pres, of Green Castle: —Rev. H. S. Little; Elder Enos Miles. 11 1 XV. SYNOD OF WABASII. 0/ V-• ■ • - 1 ! ' 1. Pres. of’Orawfordsville:— Rev. J. E. Tuttle, D/D:; Elder Prof. C. Mills. ‘ 3. Pres, of Logansport ;- —Rev. A; S. Dudley; Elder S. T. McConnell. . XVI. SYNOD OF ILLINOIS, 4. Pres. of Allon:—Rev. A. T. Norton and fW. P. Gibson; Elders W. T. Teitsvyortli and C. H.. Foote.' ..... ' XVII.‘ SYNOD OP PEORIA. i l! f 3. Presi of Galena and Selviderh: —ReVs. 'Geo.. -M., i Jenks, and.. Eugene H. Avery ; Elder Sidney Avery. ■ 4. Pres, of Chicago: —Revs. R. W. Patterson, D. D., ■ and Arthur Swazey ;• Elders E. S. WellsandS; B; Williams. t 1 ■ - XVIII. SYNOD OF WISCONSIN. . I . XIX. SYNOD. OP IOWA: IT ' 3. Presi of lowaLOily 'ReVl Alexander Porter ;’ El: der Robert McKee, so • . :-.' i ... •• "xxi SYNOD OP MINNESOTA. , ( XXI. SYNOD , OF' MISSOURI. 3. Pres..of Lexington:— Rev. T.THill;; Elder Elisha Taylor. '■'>> i . - >7 .. ; XXII. SYNOD: OP.'TENNESSEE,' ‘ "'v" ■ -'XXIII. SYNOD DE-ALTA CALIFORNIA:* ! ‘ Jlt%s tif fur S|mrtbs. City Churches. , St. church,. West Philadelphia, has extended a unanimous to Rev. Stephen. ,W, Dana, of Belyidere, N.n&frr* The, Greenwich St. church, at its third , commu-, nion, last Sabbath evening, received-five persons to membership, three on .examination. : Two ad ditional elders, were ordained and installed. This ' church wits organized last December yrithf/a membership of-26 . and .has, now. 67. Thei;Sab-' bath-schbiol contains 400 children, and the ser- 1 vices and prayer-meetings alre well attended'.; Next Sabbath evening a public, meeting, in behalf of the Philadelphia Trict Society will, be held in, "thTchapei.—-The* First church oF'Northern Lib erties (Dr.. Shepherd’s) hdd an SLecessipri of ten last-Sabbath, one by letter'from the SeconS gregrtional church, and ( .nine, On examination,. five of whom were baptized:—On ’/Monday might Tabor church recalled their. ol.i pastor,'’Rev. George 'Van-Deurs by a very large votel ° ' .. ’i ' ; : .4 PRESBYTERIES. Presbyteries. —The Presbytery of Pittsburg held its spring meeting in the church;,of .Hope well, at New-Bedford, Lawrence ‘Co.;.Pa.;i April 17th. This church came under the care of the Presbytery last fall, from the Free Presbyterian Connection. The moderator, Rev. W-. T.i Wylie,; of Newcastle, was in thb chair; Rev. S. M. Sparks .tendered his resignation as state,d : , clerk, ; in view of his impaired; health, was. ac cepted, and Rev. P. S. Davies w.as elected to that office. The state of religion an the different churches was reported- encouraging; , Three churehesln bounds are without pastors, r -Accord-, in<r to custom, the Presbytery; remained .over; Sabbath, and united with the Congregation in, the commemoration of ouf Lord’s Next meeting at Minersyille; — The, Presbytery? of Trumbull , 0. held its stated meeting .aft Youngstown, in the lecture room of the new. church —the assembly-room is hot yet finished and furnished. When completed, according to design,-it-willstand arnong the first ‘houses of worship on the Western Reserve, for: conveni ence, elegance and expense: Two members were received from the Presbytery of Cleveland and Portage, viz : Rev. Benjamin Fenn and Rev. Hiram Bingham. —The annual meeting of Mau mee was held in the church'of Defiance. Rev. R-. G. McCarthy was received from Monroe Presby tery. Resolved-. That this Presbytery .send a delegate to the next*meeting of Maumee Presby tery (Q* 5,.) to be held at, Delta, .April 24th, to, confer with them bn the subject of a union con ventionj representing the churches within the bounds of both bodies.' Every church with two exceptions shows an increase of numbers during the year; a good proportion being upon .examina tion. I'he decrease of membership in Bowling Green, has been occasioned by the organization of a Congregational Church upon the same ground. Even this church reports encouraging prospects, they having in prospect at their next communion a large increase upon profession. Tontogany has increased its membership twenty five per cent. : Fostoria reports a revival, the traits of whieh are-being gathered in. Weston has enjoyed a refreshing, and is gathering in the fruits.;’ Its congregation is largely increased, so that its house of worship, finished within the year, designed to be ample iu size, will not accom modate the ‘people wheii the weather is pleasant. — Fatas/ca/a, lad., closed its spring sessions April 9tli, at Roseville. Rev. George A. Little was dismissed to unite with 'Fox Riv.er Presby tery, and Robert Wiljeywas 'licensed. Uuring the last year ,an excellent wort has been done' among the various vacant churches by students from Lane Seminary, who have spentitheir vaca tion in preaching the gospel. In several chur ches—viz: Cross Roads, Kirkersville,-Etna, Pa .taskakj-Putnam, Dresden, Homer aiidiGranville: protracted “meetings Were held, ranging- in con-- tinuan'ee’.from'eighf FoMfourJweeks; conver sions occurring in i-most oftthem, and in some u powerful religious influence, pervading the entire! community. At Newark, twenty-five have be, added. —Salem held its one hundred and thirt fourth meeting at Seymour, April 9th. p r j E. Eallantine, was received from the Cincinna Presbytery. Ransom E. Hawley, a student ■ Lane Seminary, was licensed, and H. P. Core was taken under its care as a candidate. Tl, pastoral relation which for eighteen years has es isted between Rev. W. H. JJlcCarer and tl. church at Evansville was, at his request, di solved. This is the longest pastorate ever « joyed by any minister in Southern Indiana, lb vivals of great power and interest were reporte ■' from different churches, over three hundred an ■ sixty persons haying during .the, year been n | ceived on profession,— Logansport at its nieetin at Delphi, Ind., April 16th, received Bev. "E. } Thompson from the' Crawfordsville Presbyter' and Kev. Henry Cooper from the Mankato Pro bytery. A call from the Delphi church was pt into the hands of ,Kev. C. W, AiYallace, and commission was appointed to ingtal him. AVu T. Barnes, was' received as a candidatf Churches' have been organized 1 at Kent an Moorfield. 'The statistical report’shows an acce sion to the membership of the i churches of abot .23.0-. —pAftou.held ite spring meeting at Lebanoi .east, of,St. Louis. ( Two members, were dismisst and three* 1 received/ This Presbytery now cos sisfe of ! i thjHy-bhrfee ministers and forty-or i chhrehesl: vflhrbi iefaub Presbyterian churchi were received -this meeting—rthat of Trento with seventy,-fiv.e members,- and .that of Lebanoi with pighty. Tyo .other new viz. East St. lioum and- Edwariisville, have been it ceived within the year. : Mhny revivals hat bpen enjoy of themtdf great extent am pow,er. Six-[congregations erected chnrel edifices ah A, tnree others are_ now building, o s prepalfin l g''td''build.' spring meeting o 'Hamilton -Pr'esUytefp was’ hild 3 * at Lockland Aprii;7th.>T!Mr. James Stiekelj-a'studentin Lani was ; lfoepsed.—Lexington,' met at Breckenridge .Mo.', April Bev, Beth Gvdark was dismisses to, the Bheshyt'eryuof.Qsage. i- jliwb new churche th.av.ejheeniftdded. sinceithedasfi'jmeeting, one o which.,, -Easton,,, now outnumbers any othei ohureh.j, ifjThis Presbytery heartily concurs ii the Pla.u Qf.U'Dion as far now known, and loot forward with,.confidence.that-a union on such i basis -as, vthe:JointrGoinmitttee iday devise wil riiuch. udsancej; the. -cause of! -/Presbyterianisn thrOugb.o.ufc.the ootfntry/ 7 ■•The'iNarrative of thi State.ofißeligiQntshows’but onelfextensive revivi in which there has heen great-addition, yet othe , churches _ l?£ e n, i encouraged. Two nei houses of worship, have been and paii for ! ,witli ! theassistance of our Church Erectioi Fund,’and others are jjist,laying.'ihe foundations. This Pres hyterj^beid'its .stated meeting at Tioga, Pa. April 15th.'A^lbp'mpf^sadhMs'was,, Apparent in all the exerdises of’the. Presbytery, j the occasion ol wbieh will;bdjexplained by the fpjlowing extract from the minister, whiph l am ‘directed by the Presbytery td'lprward to the American Pres- 'on the Death : o/ .Rev. Samvel J. f ! . \^h;ere AS it hath pleaded th,ej Great Head of the church to e9.1l to Himself, of December '.last, Ke^erend , '6amuel J. McCullough, our broth eil in the ministry,’-in’thW'SSith year o? his age and the! 31st of hiS l rhSnisft‘^l'' (: '‘ l '** l ‘ 51 ’ 1 ’iJesdtoed'li 'That We' record; with profound sor 'roWyyet Witkhumbie eubmissiorito God, the deatl of our brother; by which this Presbytery has los! its most .experienced. ember and.wise counsellor, and the v of; Christ a faithful and patient minister, t ... ' . , ‘2. We'rec’dghize, the'goodness of God, tip ud hs J h PresbyteryV'and'tb ’all the churches in our'bounds; iwperrflittfhg otfr bfothfer to minister to ;th:e ahuichiih' for.more than- a quarter of a centuryv[during!jwhjchntime ••her Icontributed so largely, to,|the prosperity, peace good order of t|l our meetings and f pf all, the,churches of the Pres ytory. ' ‘ tZ Resolved 3. We sympathize'with the bereaved church of bar 1 deceased brother, earn hstlyjprayihghthat theHgbod’ Shephhrd above will comfort his .flock), speedy V Bqud them a Pastor after his ow,U. therless in their affliction.”’, ,’j! F. Calkins, Clerk. ’ ‘ J. JPriest has accepted the call of ij’hp first 1 church, of Quipcy, 111., to be come the successor,of Dr. King, and expects to commence his,.jahors, there the, first Sabbath of May. The churp)i,at, N. Y., whicl .he organized abput jfour years ago., is now in at excellent ppndition, mumberingjl6o members, with one of the fipestifrtral chpfphL edifices in the country.—The prdination;giid,,installation of Mr. .Joseph M. Greene as; pastor, Third church in D r Poklyn, jvill be held, in. the. church on Tues day evening, May 12th.—Rev.' J K. Mitchell, having acceptpd.a ,call; fronq. the church in Law renceburgh,. Ind,, Will,,bp instaß.ed.May 20th. He is in the graduating .classjat .Yjile.r-j-Rev. Thomas J.. Aiken, pYthp...last class p$ the Theological Seminary ,at .Princeton, has takpn-charge of the , churches of Kast Whitfeliand t and Keeseville, Pa-, during the absence of Rev. A’.'hi. Stewart on the Pacific Coast.—Rev. J. W.Hancoek has re moved from Red; Wing to Lake City, Minn. — Rev. Win. Aikrdkn has resigned Hie charge of the Central church, Wilmington, Del.—Rev. Mr. Martin, late of Nevada,— 1 ’ the ma'iv with the big map,”—presented the Home Mission cause at a union meeting of the Hanover and Central chur ches of Wilmington, ; Sabbathf ‘April 26tli. Brooklyn.—-Ur. Cityler' preached his Anni versary Serm'on April 5, He said, “For twenty-] two years I have beep jp'ertnittteH to preach this 'faithful tayvdgH it is the only gospel I dare to proclaim of you should wish to hedr. During all these years I have never lost-but' one Sabbath through sickness, and delivered 3,130 discourses. My eight years among this beloved flock have been sweetened by the most delightful kindnesses- During these eventful years this scattered, out lying region has becopie the city’s centre, and the largest of Presbyterian churches is flanked by two smaller chapels huilt by’ydur own hands. Eight years ago our membership'Was a little over 'TOO; it is now 113“! communicants. We have • ‘received 185 this yeiff of whbm : 4l were by pro ; flession of faith in- thej,'faithful saying.’ Some ... :yery strikipg.conversionshsive,occurred thisyeMi .and, some melancholy; backsfijjlijnga. too. Let the ..question, run’ .through this assembly-—‘Lord, 18 .. it I? is it ; ' - Da. KPEAB's.GHUBbH. in 'BrOoklyn observed ■■ the. t-wenty-fifth: .anniversary of. his settlement i over them; iAprrl 26th. r The pulpit and plariorm 1. wereffmaniifully decorated.with.,an abundance 01 ■/iiiiitX't
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