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Vir Dr. Norman 3l'Leod, in his account of
his visit to India, given in the Assembly of the
Church of Scotland, said:
"I one day met one of the ten missionaries
from America, and I asked him why he didn't
belong to the great bqily Ottke,A.rnerican portion
of the Churches laboring in India. He replied
that there were such differences between them
that they could not have union. " Pray," I said,
" what are these differences."- " Well," he said,
" there is one tremendous thing—they - sing hymns."
That is as worthy a man as lives—a most excel
lent man. I then asked if he would not, in con
sequence of those differences, worship Jesus
Christ with them. Yes," he replied, •' under
protest." I could, not help saying that was the
worst Brahmiiiism I.had ever seen in,lndia."
Dr. M'Leod must be speaking of some member
of the U. P. Presbytery of Sealkote, as the R. P.
Presbytery of Saharanpur are all of -a more libe•
ral way of thinking.
Aitir The Pittsburgh Banner commenting on
the recent Re-union meeting held in the Central
Church of this city, says:
Although this meeting was ostensibly called
in advocacy of the Basis of Union as reported by
the Committee, yet we do not notice anything in
the above resolutions, that will prevent those
who voted for them from giving their influence
in favor of the plan recommended in the Pitts
burgh Circular. On the contrary, we believe
that method will be preferred by every one who
took part in this meeting.
Had the editor of the Banner been present at
the meeting, or had he taken the trouble to read
our report of the speeches (instead of confining
himself to the meagre statement which originally
appeared in the local columns of one of our cheap
dailies) he would have seen that ground was
taken by the speakers of both branches of the
Church squarely against the movement to amend
the Basis in the Presbyteries. We recommend
Dr. Allison to read the speeches of Dr. V. D.
Reed nod Prof. H. B. Smith. Nor has any one
who spoke at the meeting—with the exception of
Ex.-Gov. Pollock—signed the Circular.
FINANCIAL PROVECTS OF THE AMERICAN
BOARD.—We are glad to learn that the receipts
of the Board for June have advanced $12,561
upon tliose of the same month last year; bat we
are sorry to learn that the balance against the
treasury on , the Ist of July was $84,745. It is
the earnest wish of the Prudential Committee to
extinguish this debt before Sept. 1., (when the fi
nancial year closes.) and also meet the current
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that $190,000 in donations and legacies will be
needed; and although the amount appears to be
rather formidable, vigorous efforts are being
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cessl'uL Four years ago, the receipts of the
Board for July and August were 197,622 ; and
what hail been done once can be done again.—Bos
ton Traveller.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1868.
FUNERAL OF REV. DR. DUFFIELD.
From the Detroit Advertiser of June 29th, we
copy the following interesting account of the last
services rendered to the memory of this honored
father:
No man was held in higher esteem than the
deceased, and the fact that our citizens attended
his funeral, it might be said, in a body, is the
best possible proof of their affection for him while
living, as a public-spirited man and a Christian.
It is not saying too much to state that the remains
were followed to the grave by far the largest con
course of people that ever assembled on a similar
mission in Detroit before. Hours previous to the
time appointed for the funeral, the First Presby
terian Church was crowded with people, as was
also every available space in the neighborhood
and the sidewalks on either side of Woodward
avenue, from Gratiot street to George street. In
the latter vicinity the people flocked by the
thousand, and all wore a mourning look, and
their hearts no doubt expressed deep sorrow for
the loss of him who was universally respected.
Although it had been announced that the
funeral would be froni,the church, a very large
number of sympathizing friends and strangers
proceeded to the' residence of the family, on the
corner of George street and Woodward avenue,
where they availed themselves of an opportunity
to take a last look at the remains of him whom
they all loved. The body was encased in a beau
tiful red cedar casket, covered with rich silk vel
vet, and placed in the centre of the reception
room, in a position where the people could file
around it.
After prayer by Rev. W. A. McCorkle, the body
was taken to the heirse, and in the latter was
conveyed to the chu'rch, followed by'as long line
of carriages and citizens on foot, among the latter
being delegates to the International Convention,
members of -the Young Men's Christian Associa
tions. All along the-route the streets were fairly
lined with people, and all joined in the procession.
Arriving at the church, the cortege found every
available space for sitting or standing occupied,
excepting seats reserved for the family and per
sonal friends of the deceased. The interior of
the edifice was elaborately dressed in mourning,
and presented a mournful spectacle, indeed.
A very fervent prayer was made by Rev. W. A.
McCorkle, after which the choir sang the hymn,
"Thy will be done."
The Rev. Mr. Chase, of the First :Baptist
Church, Rev. Alfred Owen, of the Lafayette Ave
nue Church, and Rev. Dr. McLaren, of Pittsburgh,
Pa., took part in the preliminary services. Rev.
W. A. McCorkle delivered an address, basing it
upon those, words of Paul to Timothy : For 1
am now ready to be offered, and the time of my
departure is at hand. I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the
faith."- - No words of mine could express like
these, his faithfulness in the cause of his Master.
He was fearless in God's ministry of the Gospel.
There are those here who will understand me
when I say that I never knew one who surpassed
him in, moral .courage. I never knew him to
abandon his convictions He always stood by
them and defended' them; because he believed
himself right. Among men he was able, fearless,
independent; yet when he went to the altar of
Christ he was a little child Never have I seen
one who was so simple before God; never one
who was so perfect in his resignation - to God's
will. All he desired was to know he was on the
Lord's. side. In his pulpit, in the lecture-room,
he has bowed himself in prayer to God; in words
which seemed to me to say that he walked in the
presence of God and talked with him as man
talketh with man. There are many here who
remember the time, not long since, when they
were brought by his prayers and exhortations to
a knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. And
since that time he has been as if he had finished
his work. A few weeks ago he went down to.an
old field of labor, and I have heard it said by
those who were preserit, that the Doctor had
preached to the congregation as if his life's work
was 'ended, and that he was looking up to God,
waiting to be taken home to his Saviour. On
the same visit he stood in the pulpit of the first
George Duffield who preached in America—his
grandfather. When he Caine hoine, we noticed
his feebleness. It seemed as if the journey had
been too much for him. The night after his re
turn, he attended the prayer-meetinv. He men
tioned his feebleness, and said' that he felt greatly I I
refreshed. He said that he felt better for coming
where prayer was want to be made. The last
pastoral visit I ever knew him to make afterward
was the day after the Morning Star had gone
into the deep and carried with her a daughter of
this church. We met there. We bad gone
there to offer comfort and consolation to the
family in their bereavement. His words were—
almost his first were: ": I think it always best to
go to the throne of grace ; let us pray." These
words, the manner in which they were used, show
better than fa any other way the source of his
strength and his trust and dependence upon
Heaven. When he came home he wrote in his
diary the last words he probably ever wrote, "Ohl
that my heart could realize more fully the dread
uncertainties of life!" There are. three things
showing that the providence of God was gathering
up thelittle threads of his life. The hymn we
have just sung was read by him last Sunday
morning with great solemnity, when the exercises
of -the day were opened. It was his habit every
morning the first thing which he did, to study a
chapter of the Bible, in four different languages
After he was stricken down, one of his sons
found his book-mark at the twelfth chapter of
Ecclesiastes, and that is the chapter you have
heard read to-day. We bow with submission to
the stroke which took our beloved father from us.
One of the strongest passions of his warm heart
was his love for young men, and especially for
children. He manifested it everywhere, and on
all occasions ; and it wasthis love for them which
gave him strength to speak to the Young Men's
Christian Associations. When he commenced to
speak in the strong voice, we thought he was
better; but it was the voice of his heart; not of
his body. Then he fell—fell as a soldier of
Christ. What glory to fall with his armor on,
just where, had God asked him, he would have
chosen to have died! During that short illness
we were enabled to communicate with him, but
his voice was not fully under his control. Only
once did it seem as if he was wandering. E
spoke about going to Cleveland. At first it was
thought that his mind was wandering; but his
son, looking through his diary, found that he bad
engaged to be present and to speak at a temper
ance convention soon to meet there. I read to
him the 14th chapter of John. At the particu
lar passages, where the verses were applicable, he
made a sign which we knew meant " Yes," and
which came from the heart. There were great
efforts made to keep him alive until his son came;
another was not able to reach here until nothing
but flesh was left. George went to his father's
side and said: "Father, George has come." His
eyelids twitched. His hands trembled. And
God gave him life and strength to say: "I am
glad. I want him to preach for me. I have not
lost my senses; I have lost my voice. May my
mantle fall on you. Go preach for me." It
only remained for this mantle to be disposed of,
and God had taken him. One week ago yester-
. _
day, as he conducted the funeral services of one
of our prominent citizens, he called our attention
to the fact that our Saviour never drew our
thoughts to the grave, but above and beyond, it
to heaven. Our hearts bleed, but it, is an occa-
sion for hallelujahs, so far as he is concerned, for
he has gone to his reward.
Rev. P. J. Scott, of the United Presbyterian
Church, followed. He said:
The loss which the Church of Christ has sus
tained is great, and the loss of this city and the
community at large will be long deplored. He
fell at his post—as every one khew he would fall.
He fell like a noble tree, steady in the face of
.many a storm, with boughs extended for the
shelter of the weak and helpless. Death seldom
gets a richer spoil. I speak the feelings of
brethren in the ministry, when I say that we
never saw a pastor of his worth. In how many
assemblies has he lifted up the standard of Christ,
inviting all classes of men to come and be saved.
We shall see him no 'mote, but he yet; speaks in
the rich record which he has left in the remem
brance of this congregation. Treasure his words,
and remember that there is none which could be
so precious to hint as for you to resolve hence
forth to giire yourself entirely to' the work of the
Master, to consecrate yourselves . anew to the
cause of Christ.'' 'And to those of you who have
listened tii his teachings and closed your hearts
to the merciesrof God unfolded' to you, I would
remind you: that; at the judgment day, he will
stand as a witness to testify how you haVe re
ceived the Gospel at his hands. May that new
made grave, which shall rise in yonder cemetery,'
perpetuate the memory •of the great and good
man who slumbers there. 01. may those earnest
truths, which he has so often unfolded here, be
the means of showing many the way of salvation,
and sink deep into your hearts.
TI. Thane Miller, Esq., Preddent of the In
ternational Convention, then spoke as follows:
It would seem singular that those who have
come to your beautiful city in the few days past
should ask that room might be made for them
beside these cofFtned remains, with you; singular
that we might.ask to stand besi te the open grave
to mourn with you ; but when you know that we
express the heartfelt sympathy in your bereave
ment of thoselo,ooo young wen whom we repre
sent, you may make room forus to look. upon the
face of the departed, and let us weep with. you.
My dear friends of the Convention, to, whom
GO has so especially spoken by the sudden death
of so many of our number durinc , the past year,
will you leaqt the lesson which' is given you.
Only on Tudsday last our old friend Matthew
Vassar was suddenly gathered into the kingdom,
as a shock of corn ripe for the harvest, and now
our dear fatlier in Israel has been called from us;
and who knows to whom the summons will next
come? In future Conventions, when his name
is read, shall we not answer, "Died on the field
of battle." And my unconverted friends, who
have sat listening Sunday after Sunday, to hear
Dr. Duffield, will you not take his God for your
God? You will soon say, as he did: "My head
reels; I must stop." Will you not say, in the
words of the hymn :
What. sinners value I resign,
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine?
Dr. Elogarth followed and said :
Death will make friends with us all yet, if he
continue to take to his embrace so many of the
brave, and good, and godly ones, who make their
lives an example to us of what a life can be when
modeled on. the pattern of our dear Redeemer.
We can only look to the source of all strength
and all grace for consolation, standing in the door
of our own dwelling when the chariot shall come
for us.. I think I should express to this congre
gation the sympathy of the entire community,
and, as the' oldest of the pastors in thiS city, I
assure them that they have the profound and
heartfelt sympathy of all the congregations and
of the entire community. If any thing adds to
our grief, it was the public spirit which marked
his life. Now and then there is the minister of
Christ who belongs to the world, as now and then
there are statesmen—men who belong not to a
congregation, a city, a State, or even a country,
but to all the world. Such a one was he who
now sleeps the sleep of the just man made perfect
through the atonement of Jesus Christ. He was
as well known, as hiichly esteemed, and as deeply
revered in all the States of this Union as in this
State of Michigan—in the General Assembly, as
in his own Presbytery. There is no man who
has been welcomed to more pulpits. Simple,
kindly, affectionate, the truth ruled him in all
things. I remember listening, not long since, to
a discourse by him on one of those questions
which is the foundation stone of the most dan
gerous of the socialistic speculations of modern
times. Walking down with him I expressed the
hope quit he would publish it. He said that he
was grOwing old; that should he publish it, he
would he called upon to defend it from the bitter
attacks of the enemies of Truth ; and that he
wished to"five in quiet and in expectation of his
death. 14, addedhe I shall leave it prepared
for the . press. He belonged to the Church.
He belonged to the world. G-od• has taken him.
After prayer and hymn, the benediction was
pronounced by Rev. Noah M. Wells, at one time
pastor of the churcla of Erie, N. Y.
The funeral procession was then formed, was
very lengthy, and proceeded to Elmwood Ceme
tery. At this place, on the brow of a hill, and
in a beautiful locality, the grave had been made
ready for the inanimate form which was soon to
occupy it. Around the place stood hundreds of
people, and as the procession wound its way
thither, the•crowd became immense. The casket
containing the remains were placed in a box, and
the whole was lowered into a sarcophagus, the
heavy lids of which soon hid from view every
thing in its narrow retreat.
When the coffin had been lowered to its place,
a prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. McCorkle ' and
the choir and people sang the doxology. Rev.
Geo. Duffield, Jr., on behalf of the family and
friends of the deceased, made a few remarks, ex
pressing grateful acknowledgments for the many
kindnesses shown him by the people of Detroit
while alive, and for the respect paid to his mem
ory.
COLLEGE RECORD.
UNION COLLEGE, Schenectady, has . been de
clining through dissensions of the Facultfand
Trustees. A change in the charter, placing the
election of Trustees in the hands of the alumni
is asked for by the Board itself, and is expected
to make things work smoothly again. Dr. Hic
kok preached the Baccalaureate sermon. At the
commencement, July 1, sixteen of the junior
class made speeches. The degree of D. D. was
conferred on Rev. Joseph Scudder, New York;
Rev. John B. Wakefield, Maryland; Rev. M. K
Vincent, Troy; Rev. C. D. W. Bridgman; Al
bany. That of LL. D. on Hon. John Bigelow,
our late Minister to France, and Prof. F. B. Up
ham, of the New York University. Rev. Dr. L
P. Hickok, for three years President, and for six.
years previous, during the disability of Dr. Nott,
acting President of the College, retires from his
office this year and goes to Amherst. As Presi
dent of the Board of Trustees, ex-Senator 'lra
Harris becomes ex-officio President of the College,
until somebody is appointed. The• name 'of Gen.
Howard of the Freedmen's Bureau is mentioned
for the position and it is reported that he will
accept.
MUHLENBERGOOLLEGEWhiCh wasfonnded las
year, at Allentown, Pa., by the High Church Lu
theran Synod of Pennsylvania, began its first Corn
mencement July Ist, with an address to the two
literary societies, by the Rev. -Dr. Greenwald, of
Lancaster. July 2d was Commencementday, when
the Baccalaureate address was delivered by the
President, Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg, who conferred
the degree of A. B. upon four graduates.
HANOVER (IND.) COLLEOL—The exercises
of the thirty fifth Commencement of this (0. S.
Pres.) institution 'took place June 18th. The
anniversary oration was delivered by Rev. Clau
dius B. Martin, off-Evansville ; -Ind. There were
six graduates. The acceptance of the Presiden
cy of the College, by Rev. Dr. G. D. Archibald,
of New York city', was'adnolineed; and also that
Rev. E. J. Hamilton, of Hamilton, had been
elected Professor of Logic and Mental Philoso
phy. The prospects of the institution are better
than for several years past.
ICNox OoDDEN.D (Galesburgh, Ill.) at its
Twenty-third Anniversary,'graduated six young
ladies and four young men. Rev. C. M. Tyler
addressed the. Society of Inquiry; Dr. Gulliver
the Literary Societies; , Rev. S. J. Humphrey
the L. M. I. Society [Ladies' Marriage Insur
ance Society ?] and Rev. I. E.Roy, the Alumni.
The Advance says: "We learn that at the an
nual meetino• 6 Cr of the trustees, Rev. Dr. ulliver,
pastor of the New England [Conc..] church in
this city, was unanimously elected President, in
' the place: of Dr. Curtis, [N. S. Pres.] who re
cently resigned. The talent, scholarship and ex
ecutive ability of Dr. Gulliver fit him for such a
position, and his acceptance, while a • loss to the
pulpit of Chicago, would augur well for the fu
ture of the College. The appointment is the
more complimentary to "Dr. G., and auspicious
in itself, from the fact of the sad - division which
for many years has prevailed in the Board of
Trustees, growing out of rival denominational
claims. The unanimous vote just given, gives
promise of an adjustment of differences, upon
which basis Knox College, with its liberal endow
ment, will have a bright future. We have not
heard whether Dr. Gulliver accepts the appoint
ment."
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY.—At the recent com
mencement at Oxford, five students received the
degree of A. B. The audience was dismissed
with the benediction, pronounced by Rev. Albert
Barnes. Many friends of the institution came
from Philadelphia on the morning train, and re
turned after the exercises were over. What
could be seen of the institution, and learned of
it, in one such day as that, could not fail to con
vince any one that Lincoln University has secur
ed for itself a position side by side with the oth
er colleges of this country.—Exchange.
CENTRE COLLEGE, KY.—The commencement
was held June 25th. Nine graduated. Dr.
Breckinridge tendered his resignation of the of
fice of President, but the question of its accept
ance was deferred to a future meetin g 'of the
Board of Trustees to be held during the7Sessions
of the Synod at Danville, in Octobr next. The
honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was con-
I ferred on Rev. Thos. H. Cleland, Lebanon, Ky.;
Rev. J. G. Reasor, Leavenworth, Kansaa; Rev
E. Erskine, Editor of the NurthWestern-Presby
terian ; and Rev. Henry Neil, Pittsfield, Mass.
DICKINSON COLLEGE.—Commencement June
25th. Fourteen graduates. The Trustees are
adapting the curriculuin to the wants and notions
of the times, rather than the needs of man and
of education,—substituting science for the clas
sics and pure mathematics. The election of a
President to fill the place of the lamented Dr.
Johnson was deferred ro September. The Rev.
Dr. Edwards, of Baltimore, was elected to the
chair of English Literature, his election to take
effect in 1869, and Professor Bowman is to per
form the duties of the chair the ensuing year.
HONORS.-- The Board of Trustees of St. John's
College, at Annapolis, Md , conferred, on Tues
day last, the honorary degree of LL. D., on Hon.
Reverdy Johnson. Mr. Johnson is an a/umnus
of that institution, and be is the fifth person who
has received this dignity from the Board .since,
the foundation of the college, in the year 1784.
—The University of Michigan has conferred the
degree of LL. D., upon Dominique F. Sarinien
to, of the Argentine Republic, and Prof. James
R. Boise, of Chicago University, and the degree
of Master of Science,. on Prof. Harris, of Cor
nell University.—The University of North Ca
rolina has conferred the degree of. D. D. upon
the Rev. C. Philips, ProfeSsor in the University,
Rev. T. H. Pritchard, of Raleigh, and the Rev.
A. A. Watson, of Wilmington ; and the degree
of LL. P. on the Hon. T. H. Seymour, of Con
necticut, and B. F. Moore, Esq., of Raleigh.—
, Appjeton University has given the ,degree of
D. D., to Rev. L. L. Knox., of Menasha, Wis.—
McKendree College has conferred the honorary
degree of D. D., upon Rev. Reuben Andrus,
A. M., and Rev. Henry E. Whipple, A. M., of
Hillsdale College, Michigan.—The Board of
Trustees of Bethel College have conferred the
honorary degree of D. D., on Rev. G. C. Lori
mer, Albany, N. Y.; Rev. J. S.Coleman Beaver
Dam, Kentucky, and Rev. T. G. Keen, Hopkins
ville, Kentucky.
GIFTS —lsaac Toucey has just founded four
scholarships in Trinity College, Hartford,
* Conn., $3OO annually being yielded by each. The
scholarships are to be held only by young men
studying for the ministry.—William and Mary
College in Virginia, has just received ,a legacy
amounting to $B,OOO, which was bequeathed to
it in until lately. The original legacy was only
£5O, and was left by an English lady named
Margaret Whaley.—Amherst College has lately
had a gift of $30,000 from William Stearns, son
of , President Stearns, and a wealthy merchant of
Bombay.
4610 Jit fur tturrro.
CITY CHURcHEs.—The Greenhill Church (Dr.
Wiswell's) had an accession of fiften at the com
munion last Sabbath, eight of these being on pro-
fession
CITY PASTORS. — Dr.; Johnson will stay till
September at Marquette, where he is enjoying
" superior" advantages for keeping cool.—Dr.
Humphries and family are at . Pittsfield, Mass.—
Dr. Maven is at Mattituck, L. 1., and parts ad
jacent.—Rev. J. G." Hamner is at Chester City,
Pa.—Rev. W. W. Taylor is at Newburgh, N. Y.
—Rev. W. T. Eva is toiling and perspiring over
his new enterprise.—Rev..Drs. Allen and Stryker
are still at their posts. The former seems to be
doing duty for the rest of the corps, officiating
at commencements, &c., and winning his way into
the Philadelphian heart generally.
THE THIRD PRESBYTERY OF PHILADELPHIA
at its meeting July 7, dissolved the pastoral rela
tion existing between Rev. R. A-Mallery and
Cedar. [South] St. Church. Mr. M. 'having ac
cepted the unanimous call to the chursch in Mil
ford, Del., he was, at his own request, dismissed
to the Presbytery of Wilminat on. Dr. Mears
was appointed to declare the South St. pulpit va
cant. ,A very full• and valuable report was pre
sented•by the Committee on "Unemployed Min
isters, Licentiates, and Vacant Churches." It was
adopted, and we hope soon to be able to publish
it in full in our columns. A Committee was ap
pointed to arrange for the installation on the 3d
Monday in September of Rev. Stephen W. Dana,
pastor-elect of the Walnut St. Church, West Phil
adelphia.
To insure a more deliberate Fall, Narrative of
the State of Religion for presentation to the Sy
l'nod, the Committee to prepare it was appointed,
and the sessions were enjoined to forward to its
Chairman, Rev. H. A. Smith, written reports of
the State of Religior among them, embracing
the points usually noticed in this connection, at
least two weeks before the meeting of Synod.
The condition of a vacant church in this city,
occupied the anxious attention of Presbytery, and
a Commission'was created , to consider and act for
its benefit.
The next stated meeting was appointed to be
lield in the' Predbyterian House , on the third
Tuesday in October, at 10i o'clock, A. M. The
Synod meets in Reading on the evening of that
day, and the time was so , arrange as to give op
portunity for a meeting of Presbytery before
taking the cars at 3 o'clock, P. M.
IloblEsnALz, PA.—The Wayne County Herald
ofJuly 2, reports the dedication ofa new and splen
did house of worship by our church in this bo
rough. The congregation was organized nearly
forty years ago, and worshipped successively in
two smaller houses until 1837, when,
by great
efforts, they erected a church edifice.4s by 60
feet, which was afterwards deepened to 82 feet.
The growth of the church in later years both in
numbers, and in wealth and influence, Made the
need of a larger house evident, and in April,
1866 the old church was torn down and the
erection of a new one-64 by 86 feet, to cost
s4o,ooo,—began, to be finished by the first of
the present month. The building is of pressed
brick, trimmed with brown-stone, and finished in
the interior with black walnut, carpeted and up
holstered throughout. It is thoroughly lighted
by two six feet circular reflectors, each of twenty
six burners. The spire is Placed to the left of the
front entrance. The organ-loft is built upon the
right side of the church, with the organ fronting
the middle of the audience-room. The instru
ment is a new and improved one by Stuart of
New York, costing over $2,000. The whole edi
fice is, spoken of as "a church not surpassed ihr
beauty or comfort in this section of the State."
Its erection has been carried on with great energy
and harmony by the entire congregation, Messrs.
Torrey and Kirtland of ' the Buildinet , Committee
taking the lead.
On Thursday afternoon June 25th, the new
edifice was dedicated to the worship of God with
appropriately simple ceremonies. Rev. Chas. S.
Dunning, the esteemed pastor of the church,
preached an able sermon from 1 Timothy
Several pastors of.churches in the neighborhood
assisted in the services.
TROY N. Y.—Oakwood Avenue church was
organized by a commission of the Presbytery of
Troy, July Ist. The mission out of which thi4 ,
new congregation has grown, is an enterprise et,
the First church, and has been ministered to for
some time by Rev. Mr. Van Deurs, lately of
city. The chapel erected for their accoinnioda .
tion will seat four hundred and fifty persons, and
'is fitted up with neatness and taste. Sheds hare
been erected to accommodate the horses of those
of the members who reside in Brunswick town-`
ship.
The colony dismissed from the first church
consists of thirty-three persons, including treed,
the best elders. To these, chiefly as the fruit et
Mr, Van Deurs' labors since the beginning
of the
year, have been added twenty-three by pr6fessiov . l
Others yet are expected. The organization hat;
ing been,perfected, "seven men of honest report
were chosen and.ordained to the office of deticon
and the two elders were instituted as the sessiod•
In the evening the new house of worship wa