W=M!..L." - Mria 3mititaa grfzbtjtrtiadn. TWURSDAY, JULY 23, 1868 REV. JOAN W. BEARS, D. D., Editor. No. 1334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. NEWSPAPER DECISIONS. 1. Any person who takes a paper regularly from thepost-office—whether directed to his n e or ano ther, or whether he has subscribed or not— am is respon sible for the pay. 2. a person orders his paper discontinued, 1 must pay all arrearages, or the publisher mia.y " timid to send it until payment is made, and cc e," whole amount, whether it is taken from 8. 8 . to take not. 3. The courts have decided tnat..riasst;°.*.Ceiro.r newspapers and periodicals frotri''. removing and leaving them mar • , evidence oi= intentional frau I.LreSpunses fk..7- We aeknow!4°hl we have lately swan - from subscribe -1 mail ... 10 04 s bilk, We not, '" ra r ni 's° gContim '• rccc• • tl upon.ed. "nd j jirt *ft vt tiniglip .. T i g. "'. , nether n r: im o ;:rie printed Aar. 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STEARNS AND THE TENTH ARTICLE.--• In' Me' July To. of tlie Ltfm Priibyt;- rian and• Theological Rtruiew, : Dr. Stearns continues the discussion, begun in the General Assembly on the Xth article. , We have no time to discuss-his whole'artiele, but would simply quote a passage which occurs near its close. Dr. S.' says: . ; • "It is'not the policy which we advocate . . . that the examination of ministers passing from one Presbytery to another, with a certificate of good standing, should be the ordinary. rule." Rem am tetigisti, —by which we mean that this is the very . gist of our difficulty. The Basis. of Union embodies the normal law .of the tencc, of the United Church, and provisions for extraordinary and exceptional cases (confessedly such) in such a document aro an intrusion. To place them there is unavoidably to give them the character of general principles: The extraordinary cane supposed ,by Dr. Stearns are cases'-in equity; but t e Basis of Union is meant to fig the law, not the equity, of the United Church. Stir The " Pittsburgh Circular" ‘ moiement—: to abandon all ,the explanatory clauses of the DoArinal artiele,ef the Basis of Re-union—" is in the interest of the minority in the Oi S. Church." So says the Presbyter, the leading Union organ of the'gCher Branch, which now endorseS the movement., Well, if there is to be so much consideration for the •minority of that Church, there:will surely be no - less for - the mi nority'in our own Church. If Dr. Hoqge is to have " the Standards alone,Why not give Dr. Patterson " the Constitution alone ?" If the Smith and Gurley amendments, go by the board, the iSecond tuld Tenth.ltrtidleit should gonlike wise. " Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." The,truth is this ".00ddline of minorities ns the sheerest un-Presbyterian folly. have given the minority the "power to defeat the Basis if it displeases more thai:,444urth pf the Presbyteries, and thus have done all that can be done for them. ser In an item on the meeting in the Central Church, we spoke of Ex-Gov. Pollock; as having signed the Pittsburgh Circular. We learn on good authority that the Jas. Pollook whose name is attached to the document, is, not the Ex-Gov ernor, so that no one who took part in'the meet ing has signed the,Circular._ Itir We have received from 3.lcKinney & Co., (Fine Art Publishers, 1334 Chestnut St.) a large and beautiful lithograph engraving, entitled " Retrospectvn," This is a new firm, kid we are happy to welcome it into the ranks of those who have done so much in recent years to beau tify and ennoble the life of ; the ge,ople, by bring ing the productions of artistic genius within the reach of the many. They have certainly begun their operations in a way that omens well for the future. This first engraving embodies the ar tist's idea in that most beautiful' of earthly ob jects, a beautiful woman's face;—beautiful not with the artificial delicacy an& refinement of a nun or an invalid, but with the glow of health and vigor. The dark eyes are gazing into va ,eeney,.in the way that the eyes 'of the body do, - when the mind's eye is gazing down the vista of the past,--in ,half pleasant, half melancholy re collection. • But so free is the countenance from the traces of evil; lthat surely ".-Rdtrespection" twat be mom eheeiful to this. artist's ideal than It is toanost of us. , -." THE AMERICAN TRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1868. "TIME AND THE MAUR OF s VENTO." rom Prof. Shedd's Lish an interpreta f DEAR BROTHER MEARS: I CV ' ut help think ing that you have given too tion to these words, quot- speech at Albany• cure, have intended merely He cannot, i. b hureh to . tolerate the three le men whom he named, by that,fbeing old men, they must e minent r i z t e i: t ane the c 9,1 s9O o ti bt!iV l Lat he cannot have meant this, pi'b thqvg ' that his language is not copal'' of being o construed, but on the groin....': o f : !Itinit.,..-him incapable of having sue 4061ined"" 7 ,‘„„o 'l le ,have an impression that blink ". . ... . -- - 7 - .% 'that I heart better than that ' . 4 , ' For a couple of §-4.16#6...... f.rv'S sentiment. si g ht o f hi s 0 , - ,?, know Bro. Shedd 's of face a 4 ... j '• '!. f` - A . 2 I have been his pastor. • oars I habitually enjoyed.; the ve flo,. - • J 43 '--.-', ii n / attentive, sympathizing,. brotherly , ! V• ~ m Olg - rt_ , y hearers.., I have sometimes been - tr..y near to him in fraternal intercourse, and once nad the sorrowful privilege of ministering tolim in his own home when the shadow of death. was darkening it. Like Abraham, he seemed calledio give up his only son, and dike. Abraham he. Was un expectedly spared the stroke, after fully consent ing to it, as I believe. I am, sure that that brother is ,not capable of what his 'words have seeined to you to imply. I hope, that yonund the and-many more brethren on opposite sides' of this walkof partition . that is crumbling ;down .so fast, will know .each other better some day. Yet doubtless I am. sorry that he used those words. : Who of us, does not, in such debates,. use some expressions that are ,infelicitous I' Lett us put the best, the most fraternalsense, upon each 4her'sespressions. Is not Ant .the best.way.? But suppose, that .Prof Shedd could have. ineint. what yourunderstood 'his words to ithply. Does it follow, as you infer, that after the depart ure of those three revered men, no more minis ters of like - opinions are to be 'allowed ,in the Church`? By vhat means 'are they' to 'be'-exclu ded ? Imagine such prosecutions- for; heresy 'll. , this age as that to which Albert Barnes Ntras'sub jected ! I mean prosecutions of such men, or of any men holding such opinions. 'Do you imagine that Ph& Sheddt:Obuld be induced to undertake such a prosecution ? Be assured, my brother, " the march of events" is not in that direction.- "Time" is -advancing: , The shadow is not goingbackward on the Pres byterian dial. Did you not.hear the noble lele gate from the 0..5. Assembly,.Chancellor.Green; eulogize Albert Barnes on our platform, more. emphatically than any of us did ? Since then, I have heard an 0. S. ministdr 'sky-that he thought Albert Barnes had "dale More tharray other living man, to commend Caliiniam to-the-people, and to increase the:'nuutbet ofmindd that accept it as the true system of Scriptural dectrine." Of course, it.does notofollow that either that 0. S. minister or I agree.. with ~ alls that Mr. Barnes has written. 'But -I do. insist that Mr. Barnes is a Calvinist,• and, cannot-fairly be other wise classified among k theologians o any more than Prof. Shedd, or. Prof.,lrlodge...l It mould_ be no more impertinent to talk„of. " k toleratine! either of them, than of " tolerating" either of the three, men named by Prof. Shedd. He did not' use that offensive term, I believe. ' Notice also the method which Prof. Shedd chose for answering, the Protest ,R.goln,st„ow. Plan of Re=unioti.l.lle.took ,`. - i, the.:4natrati ttabilar RATION as an authoritative statement of the N. S. type of Calvinism;" and he' diatinctly affirms that it embraces , ." all the fundamentals of the Calvinistic cree!' This answer was adopted by- the ; Assembly. Now let-us suppose that Dr. G-urley; in the; Joint Committee, had proposed the adoption of the Auburn - ,Declaratioii.4 illustrathi g the libeitik be "freely allowed," (not barely, ,"tolerated,") " in the unitefi - Church.," wonlid:yoir have had us refuse it ? Perhaps, you, wil,L think, that if we had proposed it, our 0. S. brethren in the Joint Committee would - not'have felt at, liberty to ae cork it. -- Very possibly—but what of -that? Prof.-Shedd has proposedit, and the 0. S.,Gen eral' Assembly has accepted it. - Verily the, " march'of events" is in the right direction—ntit towards latitudinarianism,' but towards Christian liberty, and toward that mutual good understand ing which is :So Alvorable td - .O4Ri SV AN c `.T.T NION IN, CIIRISTIANvIAMERTY. , • . HENRY.A. SRLSOI.T. ' Walnut Hills, 0:, July 16; 1868 " ' rim OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT HAMILTON COLLEGE We have'jus passed through the anniversary, week of this .highlylavored and favoriite College— The yearnnw ended - has been - one sof:marked in- , terest and prosperityl* Thnirnw ' , President' con tinues to give the highest satisfaction. Students and faculty and friends, vit. with each other in speaking MS praiSes. =Without the; slightest pre . tensions in'inanner, he daily shows himself to be the riPe.sctOlar, the sincere Christiaiv and the true . gentleman. Easy and gentle, and yet dig nified, never violating the finest rules of good taste and propriety, he wins and holds the respect of all. We speak this, not for, adulation; bUt'because it is pleasant,to commend such a chief 'officer of a college to those who have sons to educate. It is worth about as much as all the learning in sci ence and art obtained within college walls, to come for four'years under the silent yet mighty influence of a character, so simile, tin cultiva ted, so just, as to be a model for young men to imitate. Character is worth more than learning. And with ~otherofficers of the College, so well known, and so much esteemed, it was no small acquisition to get such a'President. _ THE BACCALAUREATE was preached by Dr. Brown, on Sunday morning. His theme was, " The Eternity of •Godl" sufficiently grand and abstruse, but handled in a scholarly and Christian manner; turned also to a most solemn and prac tical account. If God be such, with plans cor respondingly grand and eternal, and, we are made in. His " image," it does not :become us to give ourselves always to trifles, or to waste our being on the interests of a day „ , THE ADDRESS before the Somety.of .Christian Research was delivered on Sunday evening by Rev. Dr: Campbell, of Rochester: The speaker is unquestionably one of our best thinkers, and his subject, "Faith and Reason," was one which gave admirable scope for his fine powers. His eand greatly things." Th e praised. discriminations were clear, sensible and practical. l a vas ha address e has mppuychwaryelioshd "putting ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, was the Kingsley Prize Debate, the second exercise of its 14.1211 • : C. Kingsley, Esq havingonlylast - rid' In '" ~ v . c foundation for thi ; • c"f 7 ) , 'od," 1 - - -"•-j • f ear laid the hand speaki gr ' '. crintat th;-- - lican Cl^ tr ribpOrts A s r • ' 1.):/ .. A.4 :is a stimulus to off- 4- 411 . P - : ..: ' The question was, " Is a Repub re' 1. • ' t factorable to the progress of „,{•,; ,ro•vernmen I i_aterature?” Two students spoke on each side, with fifteen minutes each for an opening address, and ten minutes to close; This was one of the finest exercises of Commencement week, and plainly illustrated the wisdom of the founder of this prize. "While the speeches were not equal in merit and! power, Tot all spoke well. It was a real debate vigorous and manly. Its discipline mint be admirable for subsequent life. The first prize, ($7O) was awarded to G. N. Snyder, of Honesdale, Pa.; the secohd,'(s3o).to C.' F.. Janes, Of Clinton. • • ' MO DAY EVENING was devoted toprize speak ing. This also was provided for by a generous gift of C. 0: Kingsley, KSq.ln.Spite of the in tens6,heat, the church wits! filled with an eager audience. • There' were /four .•coMpetitors from each of :the three lbwer claSSes''Of the College. The speaking' was unrisially good, and that is saying .much; for we dioubt if there is another institution in the land-O'er - 6 there is so thorOuh and so.suceessfttlinstrudtiori gi4en.On this point. There is, but one Prof: Opsbn ;• a 'master' of • his art.. An Ex. , Governorlof one of our States, well known thrciniihout the-Union,' sitting by our side as the speaking was going on, said he knew of no other institution whiell enjoyed so =great advan tages in this respect. " TUESDAY Ari.Euor the " Class Day" exer cises occurred, of wh ch. we cannot particularly speak; .and on Tuesdny evening there was a con cert. of sweet music ,by , Dedworth's Band, which was procured at 'gm% expense'by the graduatina. class,. to' grace the. various ..gatherings. of the' week. . ',. ON WEDNESDA . SI AFTERNOON :'came the .pre sentation of the new library , building; to the BoardtoflTrustees by , the Western donor's: It is called' the Perry H. Smith Library Hall, in honor'' of the principal ...loner, one of the railway kings of Chicago. ..-The exercises occurred ,in the new building which is not , y 6, completed, but so near ly se that it was easilkand neatly fitted up for the 'occasion.: The addrgss of presentation was made by Hon.! John - D. ‘ Caton ,-- LL.D., 'of Ot tawa; -Illinois. - He was i ' Clinton - - boy ; began , life cloie by the -college,' itt went West at an' early , day, where:he-has i en by his own enter prise,- acquiremerits and' e ergy to - ' a position of eminence and influence.. 6..iS one• of the libe ral- contributors - Ito theme* wilding, and was , se lected bythe Western don s , ..to , speak in. their behalf. - dlis address, ''-The Vnity of the Lath'," was,' like himself; 'solid and ensible With' well_ chosen, words' he . expressed -in cOhclusien, the deep interest which , the Al ni of the institution residing , at the - west still ch rich for the College,' and their :determination to o What they-Pan for its. welfare: and prosp4ity, Judge Colton is' himself-a man of great, Nteallh, and we doubt not will: some day again , re#urber its need. A brief address in.reply-was made by the Hon. Judge Denio, one of thel - Board of Trustees, ac cepting the,- gift; .and on admirable poem on " Nothing to Read,".. was , pronouneed' by Rev. Charles D. Helmer, of Citicaga. f I , I ; - . t On Wednesday eveni g came- -the , usual Alumnidffeeting;at whiel .we had a very able and stirring address on hristian Politics,. by Ex.-Governor. Hawley, Of onnecticut, agradir i ate' of this institution. Th sentiments he utter ed were worthy of the h hest !statesmanship ; and we were also.pleaged See that they were received, again and , again,pith enthusiastic , ap- Plause. This was partly e, no doubt,'to his admirable style, in which the plain, direct, Saxon strength, is the chief element. ` : And this, we know, he learned, in large part, by writing for the, press. Is there .any other,school like it, to teach directness and condensation of style ? •The. Annalist for' the 'year, was Hon. Gerritt Smith,--graduate of-181.8. He , ,kave the story of l l' the College as it . was' when,lLP was in it, fifty years ago, and only four years a ter it was found ed, with some allugion. to'its su sequent phan'ges and growth. , . . A beautiful Poe*, "The Song of the Shoe," exquisite in conoeption, in sentiment, in imagery, in rythtn, and in deliverys was next pronounced by Albert L. Childs, , Esq., of, Waterloo, of the ciass of 1861. It bad oily- one fault: there was too much of it for such en occasion. Indeed, it was evidently prepared or an evening's enter tainment, and would do dmirably as., a Lyceum, Lecture.- - -: - - `" ' . - ' ' '- Thursday was COMME CEMENT proper. Thir ty-fivelyoting men were raduated, and now corn mew the'work of life. , Thirty-two of them de livered, addresses, and . pleased. their .papas and mammas, to say nothin of younger and more tender relations. The Blass, indeed,• did credit to itself and to the institution. ,- Some'of the ora tions should receive special mention, if we.had room for it. We, were pleased to notice that three of our well-known clergymen, Drs. Nelson, of Cincinnati, Knox, of Rome, and Miller, of Ogdensburg, who gradiated together _here in 1840, had each a son in the class of this year, and each one, held a , fine position in his class ; M. Ramsey Miller,having taken the, Clark prize for Speaking and EngliO Composition; Edwin M. Nelson, the Salutatory :Oration;in Latin, which was admirable; and, John H. Knox, the Pruyn Medal. Oration, Which is a high -honor. Among the, honorary degrees conferred, we are happy to record the following, in which four worthy and esteemed pastors in our own Church are remembered: D.D.—Rev. William A. Niles, Corning; Rev. Milton Waldo,- Hornellsville; Rev. Francis B. Wheeler, Poughkeepsie; Rev. Thos. H. Robin son, Harrisburg, Pa. - LL.D.—Edwin C. Litchfield, Brooklyn. A further-indication of the prosperity of the College is the new Professorship, that of Na tural Philosophy. Instruction has already been given In this branch, in connection with another professorship; but it is now intended to make it a special department, and give it special promi nence. Edward Walstein Root, a son of Oren Root LLD. the able and esteemed Professor of Math ematies, has been appointed " Childs Professor of Agricultural Chemistry," thus filling the chair which was provided for by the munificent • $30,000 by the late Silas Chi ds • Root graduated at th'• • "i 'Utica. Mr. in 1862 ; l AL i ti orffntit'oilege with high rank PegiryiihiaA-r,;tne studied for two years in Ger ' 4-..1.ny, and has been for two more years connec ted with the School of Mines in New York. He comes to his post richly furnished, and with the highest commendations of men of science. His department will add much to the value of the College course. And so every year is heaping up the advantages of this Institution. May its shadow never be less. GENESEE. Clinton, July 18, 1868. RE-UNION ITEMS. Coming so recently from our Albany General Assembly, which so strongly, endorsed the ortho doxy of our New School brethren, I made bold to attend morning service the. Washington Square church (late that of the Rev. Albert Barnes), of which_the Rev. HerriOk Johnson, D. D., is now pastor. The "heated term" had already set in, and, - on that account I presume, the congregation was' not large. What there was of it, however, looked very Presbyterian. If heresy was about, it was certainly latent. The singing was both orthodox and excellent. The congregation did not stand up to sing, as I no ticedsome of our Old ,School congregations do at Albany. And, will it be credited ?in this focus of New . Schoolism; a goodly number .actually rose in, prayer, showing thereby that they, had not al together forsaken, the old ways, in the pg.ths of which very few are inclined to stand in these de generate days of weak knees and slender verte bral: columns. It was with, pleasure .I ascertained that the new pastor was to be the preacher, of the day. Now,- thought I to , myself, if anywhere, the New Schoolism will crop out and show itself. But the :teat struck •me as beinc , ° anything else than the key-note of a sermon of novelties. , It was from Romans, viii., chapter, 28th verse: " And we 'know that all things work together.for g00d,,," • etc. A clear, forcible, telling discourseSollowed,, altogether free, from, the sensational .style, but elevating and impressive No man could have preached such a sermon who did not adopt our standards, in the "Reformed .or Calvinistic sense." It,had the ring of the genuine metal. for one, would be prepared to, take in that brother without examination. Nor did his sermon seem at all to startle his congregation. They appeared .to be drinking in ," the sincere milk of the Word," thus administered, as if it had been the aliment on which they had long fed and thrived.—Rev. S. H. Osmond, lowa City, in, N. W.,Presb. , ~ T he 10th‘Artiele recognizes the right of ex amination, but leaves each Presbytery free to ex ercise it or not, at its own discretion. We would puefer to. have the exercise continue,. as it is now in the. Old School, as a 'statutory duty; and as the , 10th Article does rnot secure , that, we regard' it, as valueless. , The right is inherent in every Presbytery, and an acknowledgment of its exist ence adds nothing. Drop the article, and the right is perfect. The Article gives nothing, and dropping it will .take away nothing. And ,what hat r.. Smith calls our "left foot" is, in our view, a nothing ; and if it is, in the view of our brethren, an offending member, cut it off. But,we do not so regard his "right hand." That is an entity, and an entity of vast.magni tude. It consists of two parts. The first, some times called " the Smith amendment," makes his tory, that is, TRADITION, the authoritative expo nent, of our o doctrinal faith. The second part, the "Gurley clause," substitutes u the Calvinistic sys tetn " for "the system of doctrine taught in, the Holy Scriptures;" and it brings within that sys tem, •as it shall; be administered in . the United Church, all the teachings which " 4 have been hith erto, allowed in the separate Churches." To this we cannot agree. We regard it as aiming at a fundamental change in doctrinal Presbyterianism. It is alien to our Church's spirit, and destructive of her principles. It is a " right hand " which offends ' and we insist that it shall be cut off.— Northlreq - ern, Presbyterian. " Hereby know we the Spirit of God': every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God." Well; will that suffice for Christian _fellowship? Can you conscien , tiously object to receiving into communion a man who consents to. the Nicene creed and will an swer po further question ? Can you not con scientiously sit, down to the Lord's Supper with New School brethren ? Suppose in your village there ..was no Old School church. Would you not feel in duty bound to join the New School organization? Well, than, why should not the whole Church do what every private member will not hesitate for a moment to do ? In the,matter of high and low Calvinism, or of original sin, or of;the extent of the atonement, I am fully persuaded the time is not far distant when every man, as well as minister, will be al lowed to form his own judgment. As to elec tion, more, especially, I am persuaded no man ever, for two, hours, thought alike on it in, his own-mind. It depends absolutely upon the de gree of grace of which you are conscious while thinking, or even reading the Bible, on the sub ject. I remember a Methodist brother, who was once with me in the pulpit, whilst I preached a kind of a " Call to the Unconverted." " You have made a mistake, brother," said he, when we left the platform; u you told me you were a Presbyterian; now I tell you you are a Metho dist;•you are almost as lively and noisy as we are." "Well, brother," I said, come once and hear me in the morning, when I preach to the Church, to the elect of God, and you shall find I am the highest Calvinist possible. I have learned that kind of duplicity from my Bible."—B. J. 8., of Brookfield, Mo., in IV. W. Pres.. One of the curiosities of Re union literature is the claitc, at this date, of almost everybody, to be in favor of re-union. . . .' It was a very, common thing 'at the .A.s,semblies for men to say lam not opposed to Re-union," and tan to make a very bitter speech against 'it, reminding every one of the old saying of 'the same class, in view of the progress of anti=slavery i)rinciples "I am not in favor of'slivery, no . abolitionist." —The Presbyter' r ' The friends of re-union have great reason to admire the meekness and forbearance 4 Dr. Duf-• field and some others. ;`lf they had•. practiced upon the proverb " an eye for an eye and a tooth fora " unb .„ m ave postponed re-union nor some time to come.—The t res "It is better to unite on the Standards sim ply." But that is just what we are doing on the Committee's basis. That basis makes no change whatever in the Standards : it adopts them as they are. The Smith and Gurley amendments propose no change; they are simply on questions of interpretation. No change in the Constitu tion is implied in or by them. Just such inter pretations were given in 1729, when the Stan dards were first adopted : and in 1758 when Old Side and New Side came together. The position, that these amendments [7] make or imply any change in the Constitution of the Church, is wholly unwarranted. . . . Are not the Old School, in this [Pittsburgh. Circular] movement, doing just what their Assembly did not mean that they should do ? That Assembly proposed that the amendment to the first article should be sent down to Presbyteries, provided it was accept ed .by the New School. It was not so accepted. As we understand the matter, the Plan of the ComMittee, and that alone, was to be sent down, if the New School did not act on that question... . . .We confess that we do not like the way in which this matter has been; so to speak , sprung upon us. The,„ whole decision of the question rests upon the fact, that the same plan, in all parts identical, shall be adopted by the needful majority of the Presbyteries of both As semblies. One and the same plan was adopted by both Assemblies. But now leading men in one of the two Churches, without consultation with us, prepare a new scheme, and seem to take it for granted that we shall all fall in with it as a matter, of course. But we say distinctly, that this does not seem to us to be the right way of managing so important and delicate a matter. Such a scheme should ? never have been published without joint consultation. Our rights and du ties in the case are quite as important as theirs.. . . . Re union must be on a fair . basis,. mutually agreed upon ,by our Assemblies and Presbyteries. Such a basis has been adopted the. Assemblies. We take it as it is. We shall vote upon it as it is in our Presbyteries, Yes or- No. This is the only consistent,,course. If. the Old School pursue a different course, they must take the responsibility. As things now are, we go for the basis pure and simple; and in oing this we think we speak the unanimous mind of our Church.-117: Y. Evangelist. , ),(f PENCADOR CHURCH. —Rev. Edward Webb preached his second anniversary sernien , at Pen-, cador Church, last Sabbath, July 19. The re view of the year showed that the church is pros pering. Under the effect of a plan , of systematic beneficence which he has introduced, $3OO were were itirsed'last year for purposes ;of beneficence, being double , the amount ,raised, the year pre vions. Alr. Webb reviewed in a very impressive manner the different lines of truth Which he had presented from the pulpit in that period, showing that' the people had teen thoroughly instructed in the great Evangelical doctrine& His salary has been raised $3OO, and about thirty persons have added to the church since -his connection with it. . MINTSTERIAL.---ReV. Isaac W. Atherton is supplying, for a short time, the church at Carson City, Nevada. He reports an excellent spirit pervading the congregation, and regards the field as one of great promise for the future. The pas tor of the church, Rev. A. W. White, is absent on official duty as State Mineralogist.—An exchange for , one month between Rev. T. E. Taylor, of Virginia City, and Rev. F. L. Nash, of Alameda, Cal., is giving each of these brethren a mach ; needed change of scene, and rest.—Rev. James A. Little, having resigned at the termination of 'a four years' pastorate at Perth Amboy, may be, addressed at 54 Second Avenue, New York.— Rev. N. S. Lowrie has resigned the pastorate of of the churches of Conneautville and Ramona burg, Pa., and has accepted a call to the church of Gorham, Presbytery of Geneva, N. y., and has entered upon his duties.—Rev. J. S. Jewell is about closing his labors with the church at Preble, N. Y., having accepted a call from the First church of ' Genoa, N. Y. His address, is King's Ferry, N. Y.—Mr. Thomas L. Gulick of the senior class at Andover, has been invited to supply the pupit at Olivet Chapel, New York City, for three months.. Mr. Gulick is a son of missionary parents, and was born at the,Sand wich Islands.—The Rev. H. Lawrence has re moved from Peru, Ohio, to Brecksville, fifteen miles south of Cleveland, where he becomes stated supply of the church.—Rev. Halsey Dun ning, late of Baltimore, has gone to Minnesota for his health. His address is Minneapolis —Rev. C. P. Felch's post-office address is changed. from Danville, 111., to Aurora, Ill.—Rev. 0.. Richards' address is changed from Maumee City, 0., to Pardeeville, Wis.—Rev. D. M. Moore's address is changed from Yellow Springs, 0., to Lawrence, Kansas. CRuitcHEs.—At the June communion service of the Howard St. church, (Scudder's,) San Fran cisco, twelve persons were received to member ship, three on confession of their faith, and nine by letter, Dr. Scudder is spending his vacation in a trip to the Yosemite, the pulpit, being sup plied by Rev. E. G. Beckwith.—The Presbytery of Chicago met June 30th ult., at Lake Forest, 111., for the purpose of installing over the church there, Rev. James H. Taylor, recently of Orange, N. J. As the church edifice has been greatly enlarged since its erection, its re-dedication was made part of the service. Lake Forest is one of the most beautiful, and is perhaps to become the moat beautiful village in this State, and it is to be one of the most prominent centres of influence and usefulness in that part of ,tlie country—as there are - to be located there a number of liter ary and religious institutions of the first order. —Our Congregationalist exchanges (the Inde pendent, &c.,) say: "The large and important Congregational church at Homer, N. Y., Rev. Dr. Holbrook, pastor, voted on the 9th inst., 85 to 14, to 'perfect its organisation' by withdraw ing from Cortland Presbytery, to join its own. de nomination. It has been connected with the
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