THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1868. f On -our second page will be found a memoir of the late Rev. D. G. Mattery, of Beverly; “ Our Thoughts”; J. S. T. on the “ Youngstown Convention”; and an Extract from the “ New Englander on Reunion ”; also “ Ministerial Directory.” On our third page Editor’s Table. On sixth page the usual mis cellaneous budget for “ the Family Circle.” On seventh page popular articles on “ Science” and “ Rural Economy.” OKSEB-VI, ASSEMBLY • —The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America "will meet in the First Presbyterian Church of the city of HARRISBURG, piu, on Thursday, May 21st, Is6B, at 11 o'clock. A. M., and be opened with a sermon by the Rev. Henry A. Nelson, D.D., the Moderator of the loßt 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 same day. By order of the General Assembly. EDWIN P. HATFTELD, Stated Clerk. J. GLENTWORTH BUTLER, Permanent Clerk. The installation of Rev. Dr. Stryker, as pastor of North Broad St. church, will take place in the church this (Thursday) evening. Sermon by his father; other parts of the service by Drs. Wiswell, March and Adams. J6©“ The installation of Rev. Dr. Humphrey as pastor of the Calvary Church is expected to take place on Tuesday evening of next week. Dr. Humphrey’s brother, of Louisville, will preach the sermon, and Mr. Barnes and Dr. March will take part in the services. AS?" The letter of ‘‘Old School” (Rev. Chas. Hodge, D.D.,) will be reproduced from the Pres byterian in our columns next week. We regret to announce that our acute and instructive Chicago correspondent, “Northwest,” sails for Europe this week, leaving his important field unrepresented in our columns for the time. Probably we shall hear from him during' his tour, but we trust he may be spared to resume his important contributions to our domestic de partment in due season. 8®" After an effective appeal by Rev. Dr. Stryker for the American Board, in N. Broad St. church last Sabbath, a collection of nearly 81200 was made, which it is hoped will be some what increased. a®" The Chicago correspondent of the Pres byterian complains that “an Eastern elder of our Church, whose name and residence I know not, writes to one of our domestic missionaries that ‘Hodge on the Atonement’ will I drive away many from the. Bible to philosophy !’ Did you ever hear the like ?” 8©“ Central church, Wilmington, Rev. C. D. Shaw pastor, in response to the appeal of Rev. Mr. Martin with his big map, recently contribu ted 8750. to Home Missions. AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. Washington, May 11th, 1868. The-truth that “ evil communications corrupt good manners” hasbeen conspicuously and sadly exemplified in the House of Representives durifig the past two weeks. The trial of the President in part for indecent and abusive language—has seemed to open wide the sluice and the flood of vituperation and vulgarity has been appalling. Probably never before has debate descended so low in Congress, and it is imperative that the conduct of those who have thus disgraced them . ;■ ' .... V, i . i v f ; ;» selves before the country be condemned most se verely. The most mortifying part is not. that these men forget themselves and indulge-in pub lie in such language, but it is that they are ca pable of using such language anywhere,. The worst exhibition of this personal abuse, which is now substituted for the code duello', was made by Mr. Donnelly of Minnesota, and Mr. Wash burne of Illinois. Mr. Donnelly had the poor excuse that Mri Washburne is habitually over bearing and that he had written an ungentleman ly letter to Mr. Donnelly’s constituents. The House was quite willing Mr. Washburne should receive a castigation, but suffered the two to go beyond all the bounds of decorum and to inflict upon the records of the country’s highest legis lative body a debate that for obscenity and blas phemy would disgrace even, the New York City Council.; The,Democrats have not been gow to use this scene as an argument-in favor of the withdrawal of the tenth article of impeachment which charges the President with a similar of fence as a high crime’ and misdemeanor. The House has accepted the Constitution of Arkansas and voted by 110 to 32 to admit that Slste to representation in Congress upon the fun damental condition: “ That the Constitution of Arkansas shall never be so amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of c tizens of the United States of the r right tp vote by the consti tution herein recognized, exbeptas a punishment for such crimes as are now felonies at common law.” The Democrats voted against the accep tance of the,Constitution and the admission of the State. Judge Woodward made a most earn est speech against the bill, of which Mr. Stevens remarked: “My colleague has undertaken to prove that Arkansas has never been out of the Union, and has taken twenty minutes to prove that therefore she cannot come in.” The bill to admit South Carolina will probably be voted upon to-day. The line is now.broken and soon the vacant seats in both houses will be filled. Mr. Bingham made a careful and elaborate summing up iu the Impeachment Trial, conclud ing on Wednesday. He oonfined himself strictly to the casp.in hand, declaring at the outset that he should, not follow the rhetoric of Mr. Groes beck nor ,J;he wit of Mr. Evar s, but the plain l issue, the Jisurpationsof Andrew Johnson. He found goo'd-ftjensive weapons prepared for him by the President, and the President s own coun sel, and used them with good effect. The Presi dent’s purpose he found to have been fully de clared in his letter ; to Gen. Grant, where he said; “You knew that it was my purpose to prevent THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1868. Mr. Stanton from resuming the duties of the office of Sec. of war.” The limitations of the President’s authority he quoted from a pamphlet of Judge Curtis written in 1852, in which he says: “ The President has no judicial or legisla tive power, he is as much bound te'obey the laws as the humblest private under his command ; he has no repealing or suspending power.” Mr. Bingham’s points, were well made, and he put the case in its magnitude, and its relations very clearly before the Senate so as to show to each Senator the weight of solemn responsibility resting upon him. I saw some of those regarded as doubtful among the Senators listening with unu sual attention. When he concluded his speech on Wednesday with the word “guilty” the gal leries broke into applause which the Chief Jus tice ineffectually endeavored to restrain. The vote will be taken in open session to-mor row without debate The city is full of specula sione with regard to the result, and many are risking large sums of money upon it. Mr. Fes senden has been the theme of conversation for the past few days. The Democrats are making wild claims. I heard ah intimate friend of 'Mr. Johnson say on Saturday that the President fully expected that twenty-four will vote for his acquittal. Another story is that each of the Republicans will vote for conviction on some articles, but taking care that only thirty-five vote together on any one will thus acquit the President, and at the same time be able to say that they voted for his conviction. Fenwick. CHICAGO OOEEESPONIIENCE. Dear American :—The Fifteenth Delegated General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church assembled in this city at nine o’clock of Friday morning last, May Ist, and was called to order by the venerable. Bishop Morris, the Senior member of the Episcopal Board. Prayer was offered by the widely known pioneer of Method ism in the West, Peter Cartwright, now in his seventy-seventh year. Some two hundred and fifty delegates answered to their names, upon the calling of the roll, a larger number, it was stated, than was ever before present at the opening of the Conference. Among those in attendance are a large number of • the leading names in the denomination, as well as all the Bishops and a large and distinguished dele gation from foreign lands. The Convention is expected to remain in session fully a month. As sembling as it does but once in four years, the amount of business accruing is immense and the sessions are necessarily protraoted. A few words as to the history ; ’of, this quadr ennial gathering may not" be unwelcome' to some of your readers. As intimated above, the present General Con ference is the fifteenth in succession. Prior to the year 1773 all business: pertaining to Method ism was transacted in quarterly meeting. But during that year a formal Conference was held in’ Philadelphia. At that time, as appears from the records of the body, the denomination numbered 10 ministers and 1160 members! Down to the year 1812, subsequent assemblages were termed “ General Conferences,” in distinction from “An nual” Conferences; but they were assemblages of all travelling ministers. The rapid growth of the body soon rendered it unwieldy,, and in 1808 a rule was made substituting delegations for gen eral attendance, and.the “Delegated General Conference ” .'of -subsequent times, , first con vened in New York in 1812. At first tne ratio of representation wasoiiefbr every five-members of each annual Conference. The basis'Has been several times changed, and' now "stands At one delegate for every thirty preachers. ; Y. ! ’ ' From the Bishop’s address we learn that the present membership of the church, is i;146,081, with 8004 preachers. The number .of church edifices is 11,131, valued at centenary donations.were 88,397,662'. The inter ests of the tract and publishing work, the Sabbath School, Church Extension and Mlesions Interests, are all in a highly flourishing condition. A Freedman’s Aid Society is doing a good work-in the South. It .is well known that .the laity bas npjreptesen tation from its own ranks in any of tEe ecclesias tical courts of the M. E. Church. ' Airiibng the most important and exciting questions whieih/ftill engage the attention of this Conference is that of such a change in the Constitution as shall intro duce a lay element into all future convocations. The movement in favor of this reform begun in 1828. It met with little favor from tbe ruling powers. In 1852 a popular convention in further ance of the movement was held in Philadelphia,- and an address was sent up to the General Con ference of that year; .hut without success. A similar effort failed in 1856. In 1860 it was re solved that the change.ought to be made when ever the churches shall desire it, and a vote upon the question was provided for. The vote proved to be 1,388 ministers, and 28,848 laity for, to 3,060 ministers and 47,885 laity against. Of course it failed in the Conference of' 1864. But the friends of the reform were not disheart ened,,and the .last four years is’ jindersfpod to have revolutionized the sentiment offthe denom ination in its favor. Of-the newspapers of the body, all but one have come to advocate; its pas sage, and most of the sixty-eight annual Confer . ences have declared in favor of lay representa tion. A mass convention, to be held here on the 14th inst., is expected to help on the cause, and its friends anticipate its (success at this present session. That it will constitute an epoch in the history of that church, when reached, —as now, or not longhence, it sbems certain to be—cannot be doubted. A change ‘so entirely consonant to the best spirit of the age cannot fail to impart new life and vigor to the whole vast body. A, CORKECTION. I notice in the Chicago Correspondence of the Presbyterian of your .city the following item of news : “ At the recent semi-annual meetibgof the New School Presbytery, of Chicago,.the Rev. G. H. Coit from the Presbytery of Macon, Ga., was received without any examination, and simply on the presentation of themsual-letter of dismission. I believe our New School interpose no obstacle to ministers desiring to'enter 'ffieir Pres byteries from Presbyteries in conneetioh'with the Southern General Assembly.” Nothing could be further from the facts of this case. A committee of three was appointed, with Rev, R. W. Patterson, D.D., at its head, to en quire into and report on the case of Mr. Coit; and after a thorough examination of the case on their part, he was received on thetr report, after answering to the Constitutional questions. Such recklessness of statement is not commendable. THAT “ GOSSIPING CORRESPONDBNT.” I notice that in your issue of last week you quote from a “gossiping correspondent” (!) of the Presbyterian, certain paragraphs touching the action of the Joint Committee at its late meeting. The North Western Presbyterian of same date quotes the same article in full, with the editorial announcement that it is from the pen of Rev. Charles Hodge, D.D. The entire article would be very wholesome reading, just now, for sundry New School men, as well as Old, and I suggest you can do no better than repub lish it in full. Besides it is the very least repar ation yon can -make to the distinguished author for your slighting introduction of the quotation. Perhaps we shall be told that Dr. H. 'is not a “ representative man” on the other side, and per haps we shall'at the same time, be told who is. I do not rejoice to see such declarations from such a man, but insist that being made they should be brought to the knowledge of all concerned. It will be found, I suspect, that to all intents and purposes Dr. Hodge IS the Old School Church in all this matter. NORTHWEST. Chicago, May Qth, 1868. ITEMS FROM OUR ROCHESTER 00RRE . SPONDENT. Since the first of January, 143 persons have been received to the Congregational Church of Homer, most of them having united on profes sion of faith.—Forty peasons joined'the Presby terian Church in Clinton last Sunday.—The First Church in Buffalo have recently added 81,000 to the salary of their paster, Rev. Dr. Clarke—it was $3,000 before.—W e were too fast, week before last in publishing the call of Dr. Wood, of Geneva, to Elmira. We supposed our information was very direct and authentic, but learu that we were misinformed; and we doubt if Dr. Wo'od could be spared from his present charge, even if wanted elsewhere.—There is a fine water cure, for ladies alone, at Castile, N. Y. It is conducted by a Christian lady, Miss Green, who has had experi ence in like service at Clifton, and who Fas car ried much of the same moral atmosphere, which is one of the chief curative properties at CliftoD, to! the establishment at Castile. Miss Green is. constantly trying to heal the maladies of. the soul as well as the body. [We are compelled to lay over the account of Auburp Seminary Commencement to next-week.] DELEGATES TO .THE ASSEMBLY OF 1868. , i t | il. SY»p ? |o F ALBANY, )[ , f 11. SYNOD OF UTICA. , ' - '! '\ V 1 ' \\ i.'.', ' ' ■ ‘ 111. SYNOD OF ONONDAGA: 1. Presbytery'of. Onond&ga ßev. J..'S.33acon ; Elder S. P. Hayden,. , ~ ~ ,2. Pres, of Cayuga!;— Beys. Edwin Ha11,,D.D,, and ; Almon R. Hewitt ; Elders S. L. Bradley and Jo siali P. Bailey.l 4. Pres, of TVo^a:—Rev. Gr. N. Boardman, D. D.: El der F. E. Platt.V ‘' iv. synod of genera. 5. Pres, of Wellsbdro' Rev. E. B. Benedict; Elder Harris.Ryohl. “ i;',, j> J v*. 6. Rres.-dfßyonst^fff^v:^ l . EK H.Shiirriway; Elder Lewis H. Clark.. ‘ J f'-' »v.S s|.vbp ! of susquehlnnal i ( \l i‘ i « 3 i v «. ■ » i i. 9 !■ "t , * fs f < ? . t-, t E > ID- SYNOD OF; GENESEE. E f ; 1 ‘ t ; 1. Pres, of Buffalo: —Revs. , , and T.VSfillina’n.lD.D;;'. Eldefa.-—• M , , and Thos.parnham. 3. Pres, of Rochester ßev's.' G. E. Furman and H. M. Morey ; Elders R, Thatcher, M. D., and E. T. Huntingtou. ' 4,.’ Pres fofGenesee:— Rev. (3.. F.. Musseyu-ElSer A. . P. Hascall. ~ , 6. Pres, of Genesee Valley: —Rev. P. Camp; Elder George Carr. ■ ’ VII. SYNOD OF NEW YOEK AND NEW JERSEY. 1. Pres of Hudson: —Rev. N. E. Pierson; Elder J. M. Reeve. 4. Pres, of Jf&jo(Yorfc '{Thirty: —Revs. Thos. H. Skinner,>D. D.,' John De Witt, and'Thos: Ralston Smith; Elders Wm,,C.,Foote, Dr,Aaron,L.~Nqr throp, and MerrillN. 'Hutchinson: ■ 5. Pres, of Newy fork Hen. Bj Smith, D.*D*., and’Geo. L.‘ Prentiss,* D. D.; Elders Hon. Wm. E. Dodge and Oliver E: Lee. 6. Pres, of Brooklyn: —Revs. Samuel T. Spear, D. D., and J. T. Diiryea, D. D., Elders O. G. Walliridge and E. A. Lambert, i- ■ . ■ 7. Pres, of Newark i-— Rev.s. J. F. Stearns, D. D., Ar thur Mitchell, and Robert Aiktnan i'Eldf rs •. Baker, —llexamer; and - -^—Peck. ",V. . t 8. Pres, of Rockaway ••—.Rev. R. S. Feagles; Elder Wm. H. Kjtchelh “ , VIII. SYNOD OF PENMSIXyAX-IA. ■ % Pres, of Piuladelphiq.( [ 3'Aird) - Keys. J. G. But ler, D. D., and S. W. Crittenden ; Elders Edward ; MiUer'ahdiß, D. Ssiwart. ~'l «. u. r 3;. Pres, jof. [Fourth]:—TLevs. Albert Barnes and Elias j. 'Richards SatimeiT. BodineandAbner'Uncoln: t r, v “T 4. of fliurrisburg :rj—Kev.yWm., Tincey; Elder , j R. J. Fleming. . r ; 15. Pres, of District of'Columbia:— Rev. John. Q. Smith, C D. D.; Elder Julius A. Fay. : T IX. SYNOD OF-IygSTERIj k ; 1. Pres, of Erie: —Rev.-J.-Vance; Elder Johnston 'b Rea. ' .;. 3. Pres, of Pittsburgh: —Revs. F. A. Noble and W. T. Wylie; Elders R. Edwards and Jno. N. Eii wer. ;"l ‘ f •.} (\\\ \ ' j SYNOD ~Of t /.j j ; 1 1. Pres, of Detroit: —Rev. W. A. McCorkie; Elder Elisha Taylor. . * 2. Pres, of Monroe: —Rev. W. H. Webb j- Elder Hon. Ohas. Noble. 5. Pres, of JPaiamazoo: —Rev. T. Dwight Hunt; Elder Eli R. Miller. 6. Pres, of Coldivater: —Rev.S. C; Adams; Elder Jno. Chandler. t 7. Pres, of Saginaw:— Rev. J. Ambrose Wight; Elder H. L. Miller. , y f ' J 8. Pres, of Grand River Valley: —Rev. J. T. Wil lett “'Elder J. M’Naugliten. - • • '■ r? XI. SYNOD OF WESTERN RESERVE. -3. Pres, of Tryrmbull:— Rev. Heri.RiEldred; Elder Thomas Kinsman.. . .. 5. Pres, of Maumee j— Jtev. E. J. ! Alden’; Eider Da vid. Smith. * - L-. . ~, , , xii. .srspn or ohio. , 2. Pres, of Pataslcala ßbv: D: E. : Beach; Eider M. Newkirk. ’ ] 3. Presi of Franklin .-—Rev. E, D. Morris, D. D.; Elder Henry Allbery. 4. Pres: of Scioto :— Rev; A. A. Jimisoh ‘'Elder J. Hi McCullough. i XIII, SYNOD OF CINCINNATI, 1. Pres, of Cincinnati: —Revs. John Rankin and L. A. Aldrich ; Elders A. H. Hinkle andS. 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. XIV. SYNOD OF INDIANA. 1. Pres, of Salem .-—Rev. H. C. Hovey ; Elder Prof. Richard Owen; 2. Pres, of Madison .—Rev. John P. Haire; Elder Manuel J. Drennan. 3. Pres, of Indianapolis: —Rev. C. H. Marshall; Elder J. L. Ketcham. 4. PreSi of Green Castle: —Rev. H. S. Little; Elder Enos Miles. XV. SYNOD OF WABASH. 1. Pres, of Crawfordsville: —Rev. J, F.'Tuttle, D. D.; Elder Prof. C. Mills. 3. Pres, of Logansport ;—Rev. A. S. Dudley ; Elder S. T. McConnell. 4. Pres, of Fort Wayne: —Rev. W. J. Essick; Elder . D. S. Beaver. -■ XVI. SYNOD OF ILLINOIS. 4. Pres, of Alton: —Rev. A. T. Norton and W. P. Gibson: Elders W. T. Teitsworth and C. H. Foote. XVII. SYNOD OF PEORIA. 1. Pres, of Ottawa: —Rev. J. H. Burns; Elder Moore. ' , 3. Pres, of Galena and Belvidere: —Revs. Geo. M. Jenks and Eugene H. Avery; Eider Sidney Avery. / 4. Pres, of Chicago: —Revs. R.W. Patterson, D. D., and Arthur Swazey;, Elders E. S. Wells and S. B. Williams. 5. Pres, of Bloomington: —Rev. C. D.‘ Nott; Elder Hon. A. M. Myers. XVIII. SYNOD .OF WISCONSIN. XIX. SYNOD OF lOWA. 3. Pres, of lowa Oily .-—Key: Alexander Porter; El der Robert McKee. 4. Pres, of Dubuque: —Rev. G. H. Ctiatterton. XX. SYNOD OF MINNESOTA. XXI. SYNOD OF MISSOURI. 3. Pres, of Lexington: —Rev. T. Hill: Elder Elisha Taylor. 5. Pres, of Kansas: —Rev; F. E. Sheldon ; Elder J. )L uran. XXIi; SYNOD OF TENNESSEE. XXIII. SYNOD OF ALTA CALIFORNIA. TJBIOir THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, The anniversary exercises of the Union Theolog ical Seminary were held last Sabbath evening at the Madison ave. Presbyterian church, New York. The members of thegraduatingclass are47in num ber. The wholenumberofstudfentsduringtheyearis 139. The members of the graduating class are de signed for various localities. Many are going to the West, and others are to labor in the field of Foreign Missions. ' After the usual preliminary religious exercises, the Rev. ffm. Adams, D.D., addressed the congre gation, taking as the subject of his discourse the essential qualities that go to make up the truly suc cessful Christian minister. There should be, he said,.in such.a preacher a versatility of talent, and a diversity of effort. With many ministers scholastic knowledge is deemed the essential quality. With these everythink runs to the head, and we have in consequence a hydrocephalic bookworm instead of a forcible preacher of God’s word. Others are al together given to personal and private devotion, and this.is likely to run into monasticism. Others, again; were entirely taken up with ecclesiasticism, which fended to make the Church an army, but in sisted that all the soldiery should wear the same uniform. The speaker then mentioned the qualifi cations essential to a true ministry, as laid down by the Apostle' Peter, whom, he considered a model that all preachers should pattern after,‘and insisted that the possession of'each one of these was necessa ry to success.in the, fiel,d;bf Gospel,labor.! These were : Faith, which is the esBe|jtial li'fe of the Chris tian’S so"ul; a ready virtue, giving strength, and en ablingthe minister to battle against pll obstacles; triie'manhood—being a determination to sustain a positroh conscientiously assumed; temperance, Or tiie power;of self-restraint under all obstacles; god ilipese,comprised ~more particularly m the term reverence ; brptheriy-kiDdness, or a desire to. aid ,atid assist in all efforts tp promote the Master’s cause, and, greatest of all, charity, or the opposite of narrowness of feeling, Upon ti e proper, com bination'Of these essentials he desired the 1 young men before'hiuito 1 act,> and ever to remember the • ad vice given long ago by an experienced clergyman .—“Always expect to succeed; and never think you have succeeded.” , “ ■ 1 Rev. Thomas. H. Skinner,. D.D., Professor of Pas toral Theqltigy and Sacred Rhetoric,, then addressed the class, exhorting, them always to be governed by these maxims: Preach Christ; preach of the ability which the Holy Spirit givetli; preach thus to, the utmeist of your strength. The reverend gentleman .spoke earnestly !in,;elucidation of these points, and closqd his discourse by bidding .the graduates an af fectionate farewell. A hymn was then sung and the' services closed with the benediction’pronounced.— N.Y.Tribune. 'JJftos flf Uur ClmrclifS. City, Sunday-Schools. —The Thirteenth An niversary ef the Olivet Presbyterian Sunday school was held last Sunday afternoon, and every i thing happily conspired to make it a’successful and gratifying occasion. Superintendents and Teachers felt themselves abundantly repaid' for the past year’s lab ars. It was a kind of harvest hoine, and earnest of the grand Reaping time, relieving them of a. sense of weariness and stimu lating to another course of service in the good cause. There was no exercise” to show the pro ficiency, of the pupils,, except'their good behavior and hymn-singing',' and these were both excel lent. Mr. G. W. Grice who trained the chil dren for the singing service, had reason to be fully satisfied,' arid in addition to the Programme, was a very . finely executed piece by Mrs. Og den’s class, assisted by Johmaridaßobert Walsh. Nor were outside.helpers wanting to the occasion. Our old musical friends Wilson and Fleming O paid us a visit from the other'side, of the‘river, and three of our new. city Pastors, Rev. Dr’s. Humphrey, Stryker and Allen addressed the children, in a mariner, that gained unflagging attention, and must have made impressions and given a sacred impulse-that can never be exhaust ed- The whole -gave;,striding, indications of a vital and prospering- condition of this growing Church'. '' ■ ;■* . ■-'! The 53rd anniversary of the Sunday schools under the” care of First Presbyterian church, N. L., Rev. Dr. Shepherd pastor, was celebrated with great spirit last Sunday after noon. The reports of the Superintendents showed that near seven hundred children and some sixty teachers are connected with these schools, and that during the past year they had collected for benevolent purposes about one thousand dollars. Addresses were made by Rev. Mr. Chew of the Methodist church and by the pastor, Rev. T. J.'Shepherd, D.D. PRESBTTKRIES. The Presbytery of the Dist. of Columbia , held an adjourned meeting in the 4th Church, Wash ington City, on the 4th inst. Rev. C. P. Glover was received from the presbytery of New Bruns wick (0. S.) New Jersey. He accepted the call put into his hands from Harmony church Mount Airy, Maryland, and a committee was appointed for his installation on the 11th inst. Stephen D. Noyes, licentiate and stated supply for the Ist Const. Church, Baltimore, was examined for ordination. His examination being sustained the 13th inst. was appointed for his ordination. Ninian B. Rennet was taken underthe care of Presbytery, examined and licensed to preach the gospel. Jason Rogers was also taken under the carp of Presbytery as a candidate for the Minis try. — IVanillin met at Columbus, April 14th. Rev. J. F. Kendall, from the Presbytery of On ondaga, and Rev. H. R. Hoisington, from the Presbytery of Trumbull, were received. Rev. John Martin, Rev. David M. Wilson and Rev. Walter Mitchell were granted letters of dismis sion. The pastoral relation between the Rev. E. D. Morris, D.D., and the Second Church of Col umbos was dissolved. On the evening of the 15th, the Rev. J. F. Kendall was installed pas tor of the same church.— Cincinnati Presbytery at Spring meeting received Rev. J. C. Phelps, a member of the Regular Baptist Church. Rev. C. H. Taylor, D.D., of the Presbytery of Alton, was received, and having accepted the call of the Third Church, arrangements were made for his installation which took place on Sabbath even ing, May 10th. On Reunion : Presbytery de clared ; “ As in the fulness of His times, God, in his providence, has prompted his people to new and great movements resulting in great quicken ing and advancement to His Church, we gratefully recognize a new cause for gratitude in the inau guration and advance of this most remarkable movement of our day in behalf of Presbyterian union. And such has been the progress toward the desired consummation, so manifestly happy have been the results, so encouraging are the present indications, that we must believe the work is of God. We do therefore express our earnest hope that the reunion of the N. S. and 0. S. Churches will be effected, the time and conditions of which we intrust to the Joint Com mittee and General Assemblies and further lead ings of Divine Providence.” The Report of the Committee on Dancing, which was 'unanimously adopted, says : We mean by promiscuous dan cing the intermingling of the sexes in the pub lic and private dance. We deem this form of amusement inconsistent with Christian character and profession. We call the attention of the churches to the fact that the Larger Catechism condemns it as a violation of the seventh com mandment. We affectionately warn and advise our people against the practice of this amuse ment, inasmuch at it tends to destroy the spirit uality of' God’s people, and thus bring great re proach upon the cause of the' Redeemer.” —The Pi-esbytery 'of Indianapolis met on the 23d of April at Anderson, Ind.' Revs. A. S. Reid and Freidgen were received from the Presbytery of Madison. Mr. Freidgen organized the German Church at Shelbyyille, which has upward of 125 members, and I ‘will'‘minister to that people. Rev. A. S.. Reid accepted the call to thepastorate of the church in Anderson,' and was installed. The church has doubled its membership in the past year.—The Presbytery of Fort Wayne met at Huntington, Ind. i The Second church at Fort Wayne; presented a.call to Rev. George 0. Little, to bepome their pastor, and, it ■ being ac cepted, a committee was appointed to arrange for his installation which took place 6n the first Sab bath in May. The ministers all reported an in creased promptness and liberality, on the part of the churches in sustaining the gospel— and the elders reported general satisfaction with the labors of their ministers. [Has the Presbytery become a Methodist Conference —The Presbytery of Bloomington, 111. met in Urbana, on the 14th of April. Rev. A. McDougall was received from the Presbytery of Cortland. Revs. J. R. Dunn and Joseph Lowry, received letters of dismission. At a meeting of the Presbytery of Schuyler. held at Rushville on the I6<h April, 1868, the following resolutions yvere unanimously adopted. l. That this Presbytery regard with satisfaction recent movements tending to a more intimate fellowship, between the different bran ches of the Presbyterian denomination in the United, Sjtates, and we joyfully anticipate the near approach of the time when it shall please the Great Head of the Church to make us all one ip spirit and external organization —2. Tbit we as a Presbytery heartily approve of the action of the Presbyteriap Reuuion Convention, held in the city of Philadelphia, in the month of Novem ber, 1867, and of the basis of union therein pro posed. 3. > That in humble reliance on Him whose providential hand seems peculiarly mani fest in the .."remarkable movements in our own add kindred branches of the Presbyterian family, above referred to, and having much confidence in the wisdom and,, impartiality of the Joint-Com mittee of the two General Assemblies, we look for an d'earriestly desire the speedy consumma tion of their labors in a reunion with the other branch, on terms of mutual equality, presbyterial liberty, and evangelical orthodoxy.—The Presby tery 6f Ottawa, held its Spring meeting in Sand wich; HI. Almost all the churehes reported a good degree of religious interest and progress. Not within the past fifteen years have there been such reports from all parts of the field.—The Presby tery of Wilmington held its semi-annual meeting at Port Penn, Del., April 21st, ; 22d and 23d. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. C. D. Shaw of Wilmington. Rev. John Crowell of Odessa was elected moderator. The docket was'. I. A call from the Delaware City churrh for the pastoral services of Rev. S. R. Schofield was placed in his hands, and accepted by him. In stallation May 7.—11. Mr.‘ Edmund D. Cleaver was elected Treasurer' in the place of Mr. Joseph W. Day resigned.—Hl. Rev. D. H. Emerson
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