2lnittital ttihOttiaue REV. JOHN" W. NEARS, D.P., Editor• No. 1334 Cheatival Street, Phila./few/ora. regularly from takes a Pa per . NEWSPAPER DPOISIO". „ non whosame or sa a 1. Any lbscribed or De directed to his c_ia respou he has au tinned, be whether the post-office—whether Cher, or p r dis ec ' n eon sible for the PoY• his the sP p eublisber may t the r sigeo, Or . made, and collect or must pay a" " ritea til 2. If a person orders pay take is from the o ce tine to sen t refusing to whole amounti, • have decided whether it is ta tea the post-o, riot. S. The c ourts idicals e On pc the newslag a n d leaving -00 n .ret"ving f' ntioual fraud. m uncalled for, is id e nce " ..____.. ............. iiip----.11 , . -- ' 4lll ' ---.----- iiii • , eV *1„,,,, month Of AT4P' stir - Dur i ng M. _REsivirTritors: 'Mar of the AMERICAN AN Y Joitainiugithe 1:' . ' l b an 43 A..M., to 3 ' , AllbanfAisem or we have recee 4:141 Arch a tien a large I preslogrion, and v am * Debates and Ice of, , that 'paper-21 biy. The tr Triee . ,. l l9 iota. peered ititi:differAti#auppose that in may ,isßepek L age n pod country" the S , ot find any, ministers to carry out . ..Ammo af-thee-dilloeution, -they-will find ..14es very .. .h mistaken. On a recent .oath, ! r /Fts-,11 ~ -;d, of Chicago, took the occa- ' Agri to te erv 4 4. Papal deliverance criticized . on our age, showing that it was no"\new mldt finite in the line of the papal ~policy. ornrag, in the Common Councilof that city, Alderman Sheridan, one of " the faithful," of fered a resolution, which, after rehearsing the sins of "fanatical preachers", in bringing. on " the late bloody and .fratricidal war' )and de claring that such fanatics were again at their con genial 'work of setting one class of the communi ty against another, called. on ihe' Ma'yor to is sue a proclamation waruing all who indulged in "such evil and dangerous practices" tas preach ing against the Pope,] .that they would be pro ceeded against as disturbers of the public,peace. The resolution was, on motion of Alderman Wicker,: laid, on the table.: Such itethe Itemish- American spirit , of toleration. THE :MII4SICAT, DEPARTMENT of Tuscarora Fe male Seminary is under the exclusive care of Prof Carl F. Kolbe; a German gentlemanof rare musical talents, .who has uptiarilic of sixteen years' experieAce in, teaching muaini. Ile un doubtecilYstands at the head of his prohasion. Profche also teaches French -and Gertdan. Experienced and competent teachers are itp all therdePartments of this Instititiorr. See adver" tisement. t'jy,l-3t. FROM OUR ROORESTER OORRESF'OiTbENT " THE CHINESE EMBASSY'! •. Sev'eAt large trunks, labelled hboVO, arrived in Auburn. on Tuesday last: With .them came twelie men from the " land of Sinim," on a visit, for aught we see, something like that which the Queen of Sheba made at an earlier day to Jeru salem. And we do not beliitVe that "the half was told , them " of 'that which` their eyes are now seeing with evident wonder; or that the half of the sigiliOanee' of %13.,1iir visit tp thill = • can , - even those most gt.ft i e A d in po Mica resetence. • - -, • • ti The party at this place,coasistepl of Mr. Bur lingame, wife and'aaughter,witli'the two,Chinese Ambassadors, high Mandarins of the second rank, Mr. Orown,•first Secretary, Mr. De Champs,. second. Seeretary, besides ,two.:Chinamen who speak English, ,two who speak . Freyby, and two who Apeak Russian, to act "asihterpreters. Four a Chinese eetvinte were. llso -ofythe party and two scribes and,eleven Servants were left in New York to await the return of the Embassy to that city. a y : They came to. Auhurn to, pay their, respects tp,' Mr. Seward in his,own hprne; inasnuch ( as-it is. through him, as Secretery.of 'State, tliatitlit late treaty of amity and commerce, so fevprable tv both countries, has been, effeCted. They arrived on Tuesday afternoOn. The' were met at the station by a Committee - of citi zens with, carriages, and were escorted - to Sscre? tail Seward's resideriee,.Where theywere receive& by the Secretary t himself4nd first in:troduced I the memberll,4 his family. heythen appeared •upon the -south- plaiko P rin, 'OverlOoks the garden, and were introduced' to the citizens pre- 'the' dhipege ie are told in the bobki tither shert Of stature. These filen are large, however; but they are of the Tartar race, and- belong to the riling class. In features, also l , they...aro : not as dacti,as the Chinese generally;' but are from O le rider " proiinces.of the north They have 'the thitminid - eye,"~the Shaved - liiidthe long queue, andtthe Chinese/ dieas. But they are tatelligent,andmapiftALtkereatastitttefest in all they betut anal see in'aegaidlo thin'land. On Wednesday-they Wenethroughttlio*cffiate prison; where some niiiezhandredAxinViets'are iu earcerated. They saw them at their work, and manifeeed • great interest ,in the machinery with which so much _of the priagn work is Accorn plieheilf the'llioad Atandarin, especially; neeined to look liatiliNgeltipat everything;; 4Ve are told that he , is himself 'toy' ingenious, and quiton rrie r ebille." ' Theme age ;Ai oianista—no Budkel . te; or T i auists, among them. Therdo not worship idols. And it may treidifilt l that they have no religion , in our sense of the tgrni. 't tan, gbt vothing in respect to GA •e`relaEiAEU - Wity. He taught-OnlyFaldtiesUitatrienrannil.bHQ wligititaii. in respect to this lificitnati thererhet,etepped. _ ,TriAs - pTv4SBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1868. TIIE ArZ , .111 11 . 1111111.1 __------ These men know and respect our misie,", Thep have seen the translationssof Of nne7a, about a know something of Jesus our ay.Engiiih, boy' .America, the Interpreters said he was tan= Rev. Dr. Martin, a roissiorur Univdsi ty at and now a Professor in th4,decrev; Pekin, established by T t:b —i,. lAD. Mfich of his Sear ago. Ile sem' ~ _ teacher. J , Ti n e: North The building• Iteth ' • church CourrEa. STO'.." i 9 erection of a chapel, "Buffalo, havelr;k*hath School rooms, to ernbracgtier 4M7, pastor's study 4:0 4 , i t. en. on Saturday, A Ch urcb :0! . f . i1P,..1k roof. and is pars&.,,, t: . ` 7118 corn t'°-ueitYfas laidedifice, to, front chmaerncehe d i n -- June, and -P-re*ce of alarge ugust concourse of peo- v. r . Calkins, the pastor explained the k n and d esign of the building. Short addresses ..re made by Rev. Mr. Ward of the Seneca St. Rev. Dr. Chester, former pastor of the cihnrch, Rev. Dr. Heacock, and others. The Stone was laid by Jason Sexton, Esq., President of the Board of Trustees. Among 9ther things placed in the box deposited in the corner -stone, were photographs and autographs of Rev. Dr. Chester, Dr. Henry Smith, and Rev. Wolcott Calkins, the last three pastors of the, church; also a list of its members, its Confession of Vaith, and a complete history of the church to the present time. This is plainly intended' for a chapel more complete in, all its appointinents than anything yet seen in, this region, and the North church people are perfebtly able to make it so. ITEMS.—Rev. Job. Pierson formerlY of Victor, more recently of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has re signed hii charge in that place, and is about to remove to lonia, as we are told, in, the same State; he having received an urgent,call to the latter"large and pleasant, field of labor., Rev. Dr. Gridley, of Waterloo, after ha,iing sold his former residence, and boarded for , , a time, recently purchased a small house nearer his church and moved into it. His people thought it not large enough, nor good enough: for their esteemed pastor, and so, requested' him to move into the back part of it ). and live as he could for a short n time, while they Should re build and enlarge the front; which they have ; now nearly accomplished:" It will'.make both pastor and people more, comfortable. n Tai SABBATH SCHOOL IN CLINTON ' Mealy,. held the semi=annual meeting Of. the Missionary Society. The School had raised over $lO9 in the last six months for missionary purposes; a n larger sum than ever before in 'the' same time. It is proposed. to place the money in. the hands of Miss Everett, who goei from Clinton': to, `'take charge of the large Female Seminary'at in Syria. - GEtqsxi. Rochest'e'r, August. 8, 1868: ' ' '7" REUNION ITEMS. Some,of our ,cotemporaries, and especially; the, New York Evaagelist, are analyzing the-,vote the late General Asserebly,at : Albany, ,the Joint Committee's doctrinal basis of:reun ton; ,find= ing the. location of. the, several classes of voters,' ,and intimating the influences under which the votes .were, east., ; They discover,, , 04 -negatives from the Border Synods, ifAlti,mor% Kentucky; Missonri, and Philadelphia, .and 20,4r0nt the l Seminary ; Synods; New Jersey, : Pittalturghy ghanY; and Chicago ; ; and 0n1y,14 from all ;the,- remaining territdry, of ;the. Church.; Theydnitct that the S,eminary,Prafessors,who wereen t„belloor, of the 4.ssem,bly, all votectin the negative;- anal that of the .Professoranot 41 the Assembly.; all ex-i cept, two or.three agree with their brethrenie sentk went. , The Seminary Professors' ioteisaecounted for by their 'being . 4 ,` elOieter,ed , m.eny having little. connection with. the outside.religious ,workV LNVe respond,,that the;" religions.wAld no means a good guide 'in i doctrinal .The insole, is far batter. 11V.,a5 .; notAtfact.thatitheyl are "cloistered'', „nip, ~IThey are ,ra.ther .thenre-t verse. They:mipgki very much with‘thezeligiousi world. Its spirit, ,mevements, t andiendeocies.:, they : know better than do, most other (men.. ,Not one ot i them /pay, be properly calledis,",reclase,Y, or„a "liookworm„' and if any apnreximate a claim. , to thatrAitle, they may, ;be; looked ,for, : among-44e' very,few, who favor• the un-Presbyterianshasts: eft the. Committee, ,The reasonof,,the. 204tegative: votes, in the Seminary, Sy,node was Tartly the in-. , finance ef,the sound,theolOgy-of the !,professors, and par,tly tic true Presbyterianism ofthe Scotch; Irish ,who,tlaeroabennd., ,The strength , ,of ~t he negative vote in , the, ',l3corder Synods,!' , heal been ,more , than once insinuated, proceeds; from, pro : Southern `sympathy ;; . : ; . The Old School; churches in Pennsylvania, Maryland,i and Kentycky, are gomposed:mainly of'chiactren of Scotch and Scotch-Irish immi.rents :-.Thel are hence," more pnrely Presby,tertan. ,Inlltiewi York and Ate, Northwest there is a ,large. ) adruity ture of other ingredients, corrupting the faith of the fathers. The,people of, the "border.Synods's't were brought up in, the. knowledge-ofi Christian. doctrine, and;under,p, sense of ,the ; deep impor- , Lance ofertliodoxy,., The lean "14 votes, against the platform from all , the remaining territory of the Church,'? was owing,muoh to the ; leaven of Congregationalism. Take East Jersey, Noy/Xs:irk; and on westward and northward, anti( wei find Presbyterianism -.greatly. relaxed ,and s flattened] The platformists rimy say that it is:improved. We, at present, but, say that it., is., changed. 'now, tends' muchloward 13readzehurchism, ind i hen the votein favor of a broad.platform,Wall not en tirelysunnatural.---rhe ../ti . o.ft4, , Westerly ReeskYte? 1.-have been, too, a- little fearful that our New` School. brethren were a little too much inclined to.faver Independency, and might•float, fully and • decidedly Presbyterian. In the bist N'etti School Assembly a judicial case was reported ; , witte the. opinion of the judicial committee as to , itsmerits. This .waylof deciding was consideee& so mii-Pres= byteriamthat,:the 'Case Vag recoMmittidliwith atractioni to -report :simply 'its -to-- t ine LtegilarltyP theu Seh 00l 1 Assembly ; 'caw Ne.14( 1 40 ported by. the r judicial ,ec t uimititeel.with,,their ()Pinion of the merits ~of. the :easet'i This vas adopted , without 'any 'opposition 'NOV :SW bhis is so clearly contrary tovGenerall ‘'le -40, so elearlylc ntrarytts oura3ook of Xoiseiitlitte;•(whrelh allows everyman; n chancy-ter - bp hdardviiteliegl , ularly, presents .his mise.)kitnego dirbbt,ly Vary mien Witb.the aetion4f.telAtexemblY :At 18541 41 t. • ,4 " ,t I 4 , Y T W I.9ltaijs. confess my estimate of New School Presbyterian ism is somewhat improved. We do need in our Church in some places a revival of Presbyterian ism, and if this can be had by union, may it not be that union is really desirable ?—" C." in The North Western Presbyterian. It would be repeating the mistake (as we must regard it) of the Assembly, to adopt first, and modify afterwards. In regard to this, it should be remembered that courtesy to the other As sembly was pleaded as the reason for such a course; and that this seeminc , ° self-contradiction, that in volves us in so much perplexity, was the result of a desire to do deference to the Committee's action and to the other Assembly ; and the Basis was adopted with the express undo-standing that the amendment should come in afterwards; and so, in all fairness, the whole action of the Assem bly on the Basis worked an important modifica tion of it, however awkward and backward, and however unfortunately too late for the formal adoption of the other Assembly. . . . It would be a great and mischievous mistake to adopt a Basis which we dp, not like—to adopt one Plat form„ and ,prefer another. The whole re-union project should' be regarded, not as a. treaty be tween different ,partie!, but as a coalescence of two parts. , "When will it'be remembered,," says the good Jay, "that union implies parts?" Let the Presbyteries adopt the suggestions of the "Pittsburgh, Circular, and act straightforwardly in view of the Whole case. Even then, if, there should be ,a year's:delay, it will be, far better to accomplish• such, a, greati work in the best way.— "Presbyter/nt"' The P resbyterian. It is a singular fact, which the Princeton Re view sets forth so clearly; that the majority of the last Assembly,; after pushing through the Corn mittees, Basis, without amendment, and by• the stern arid frequent use of the motion to lay on the table; afterwards. unanimously confessed that it ought to have been f amended ; and unanimously expressed dissatisfaction with it, by adopting first the Monfort amendment, now recommended in the circular, and alterwads the Hall resolution. ",Simplicity ' ins The Presbyt rian. We desire tosses them united, but only on a basis utterly unquestionable. ; If otherwise, and they once begin a controversy, it . will go on and. ramify into all the old dispute, bat perhaps with more bitterness, as there are now so many more to take sides. .In Bitch an unhappy event, the cause of Christianity would be damaged. But it ; would be a glorious ay for them if, submerging technicalities,. and rounding themselves on a plain tpasis—whethel it be granite or hornblende, only doctors of divinity.weuld• know—they should, e t march forwaid with onamanding faith and power. —Theßanner,ofP ce, (Cumb.rres.); Memphis. ' The issue raised Is-to defeat the' resent• Plan II at any rate, and ch . yon account of thealleged ' ambiguity of the ft ,or doctrinal, article.- What the Old'Sehool Min h ity failed to accomplish •in their 'last •Assemblyithey expect' to effect in this I way in thePresby ries,—that is, to ptit off re.: union;ai long as po ible; hoping, it may be i that in the meantime so ething else will turn up to embarrass 'or `preve t thtzt- consummation. thiCh' ,theiclislike: This 's ;not indeed the aim .of all Ilk' the Old. School ho favor the alteration in= the first, articte?lbut . i is 'manifestly'the aim of all .I .lx who are , opposed t reunion: • . ,: - ''. So far as we can , nowi judg,e; e New•Sehool. Presbyteries itill -just vote the,. resent Plan; and the 01d . School inuattakec f it so elects, the sole' and an, divided responsibi ty'of its Tejections. - 'When 'the' 'nest two Assetnb es .meat, ithiti -Will be the' gtite ; of the case (pt:ovi eibthe ; Old . 'School'clirry out the;Prineetoh;sett d).—Ltinihe Net SchOol the IPian simply aecep ;in the Old' SchootthePlan .rejected, with a .pr posal:for a change, Which pro .posaldias not bee acted on •by the News School: : . . . [The rinceton Reiriete]• ahargethe 'Grtitlejr timentbn 't with the vise of'q fail ail' ;biguity,", since is somethet; diffetentlY inter preted by the t Schools. Bn this' iS-Vrecisely the objection , wit' hthe same ' view 'has •beent alli along urging gainst the ' aim le - formula for : thick it mew •co nas; viz that i was under Stood 'strictly 'by the ' I ' Sohool; =an loosely by' the • New School. W o can tell,rth n ' it"comes' to' :the point again ; hether- it wil not -make the 'shale objections 0 er again? • If its now believes' , thattthe New SO of will put a f 'rand orthodox interpretation on' he standards, p re and simple ,, j Why:cannot:it be eve: that it - wit do. the - Sante With .the:•Gnrle , amendment ?: t•' if • th'e'-Neva ;School' want to ut..,a) lciose!cons action. Orr the Gubleyamendm nt,What ii 'to fp vent its &lilt the same with &formula whieh PrincetOn ad='. vocates?. If it4can be trustetbin' 6 , one ease, it 'can.in the other Of it cannot be rusted in the' one, it cannotin•the tither.—The vtzngetist. 'Pres6yter; eitilyi lat, ' 1868. -" hY 'may theie not be some such uniform action as the follow ing: I , 4r,legati,on a lat• This : Pl.esb ~ y hereby:ap proves of the Red , ion of the Old a d Ikiew School Chu el i , - Presbyterian Chdittn'ibe'Bi is reported by the Joint !Commit ee, and'akprove by the Gen eraLAssemblies. • . • .•• I- _1,..,; ' - t i • ' IJE i ', .‘Resolutiint2d. , of the -Rennion; dfl byterian:Churehe Committee and a '. , an Ameruitnent?? !These mesolutio s'are cut .and fish or fowl, and the:ankwer is,mt suck uniform. action asthis, b - "nub.", • Some a F.:MLR() as to.eate theyituust :coneeatthelook..; B io believe that the.game has.aily s posing , them. tor:her:so. hungry as( thing they -beit.elesslyPthey re, r-ack here. , The design is to get those,who ItTeiso hungry for unio. vote for anything; by the first, 'an those.who want , the Standards pur: by , ,the second. , The plan would if we did not know that while a first, you tnightijerk end hook us, IPeallt.te _bite at the.second. hooked by. the Intl are yOu goin back and ,giie 1im . .4 - nother haft ing yoU !Utile:preferred the aecii • 1 faßkto the ground and the ~B "A., Z,7 in North. %Western' Pre It - daeettot Dr.' Chit see` Lhhfi# if'we'init'S kitt this all'opte lilt' or heretical' ;our f rdielr 'keit: 4 A t4I'ILLP4'I JIL t frP.l.Sulfil I is Presbytery reby iprotoves IthwOld and N Sehbo i l Pres - om the Basis r ortett by the !,.roved by the semblies with t.: t: 1)11,t ked to catch :re cannot' ause we hhe with fish and game; but. f; 'se, or.if sup! 7bite stany 1, 'net catch the. votes 'of hat they •will the votes rof and simply irk very well ening , of the hilareally we roit trappers bai diverse kindi the fish is 1. throw, him; ;? f „Gli4 no. is stands:" . ...4 terian.it , s Hodge: 1,45_ we rives out 'out of, edp .t the standards in the historical and Calvinistic sense, I was pleased, but time convinced me that that sense would be hard to find. The Gurley amend ment is intolerable. Some Old School men say the New School agrees with us in doctrine. This must be insulting to the New School, for not a few of their leading or prominent men say they do not. I doubt the expediency of a union at present, on any possible basis, but I suppose union will be forced upon us, and I want the best basis we can get.—" Senex" in the North Western Presbyterian. A cordial and general reunion may be accom plished on the principle set forth in the Pitts burgh Circular. On that principle we may have purity; and with purity we would be peaceful, and gentle, and easily entreated, and abound in good works. And if any shall join us on that professed principle, and then attempt to pervert the faith, every good man must say that the Book of Discipline shall not be a dead letter. . . . Everything will depend upon the manner in which the proposition now made in the Pittsburgh Circular to accept the Standards pure and simple, is recorded by our brethren of the other , branch. With no covenant to tolerate errors heretofore by them allowed, and with a unanimous, expression on the part, of the last Old School Assembly, that no doctrines hereto fore condemned by either branch shall be admit ted into the United Church, if our New School brethren are willing to' plant themselves thus fairly and equally upon the; Confession and Cate chisms, without note or comment, and solemnly agree' to require the doctrines as they are therein stated; to be held and taught, then as true Old School men, we can reasonably ask no more. But if; oii the - other rand; they refuseto do this, and insist that liberty.shall be,gnaMnteed to profess, hold, and teach ad libitum ;die errors for which Barnes, Duffield and Beecher were formerly ar raioned, then with Dr. Breckinridge, the signers of the Pittsburgh Circular, and thousands more, as much as they desire it, will be forced to con clude that organic re-union is, for the present, at least, iMpracticable; and having reiterated .our fimmer most cordial welcome to all who are minded with us to freely come to our communion, reconsecrate ourselves to the great work, to which, in the T,r6Vidence" of God, our Church will then' be renewedly called,— The North Western Presbyterian. gur eljuirttso. DELAWARE CITY CH CRCH, un der the pastoral charge of Rev. S. R. Scofield, is enjoying a good degree of prosperity. enlargeMent of the building, has been determined upon, at an esti mated cost of four to five thousand dollars. One of the elders of this church has lately experienc ed a severe loss in the destrucdon of his enor mous barn and large ingathered crops of wheat, `hay, old,rcorri, his farming utensils, dra., by a stroke of.lightning. ~The sympathy felt for this excellent brother is -, universal, , notwithstanding his' financial ability to bear We learn that his generous subscription to the church improvement is not affected by his loss. 'VACANT 'CHURCHES IN WILMINGTON PRES -nrattitt:Qiiesapeake City Churob, At the Wdst 'ern' terminus'` the' Dela Ware and' Chesapeake canal;; Port Penn •chnrch, nearlY opposite Reedy Island, Light House • ,Hanover St.,chureh Wil mingtort;. St.. George's church, Nei , Castia.43o.T and Bridgeville church, Sussex Co M'tNisT.En.TAL. = Rey. Richard Rentley having accepted the unaminous call of the First Presby terian Church,..Moutgoinery, N. Y., entered on, ,his labors 'on the f2th.,of July.—Rey. T. I. By ington,, for ten ~,,,,r , A p in Turkey, has, taken diimisson. on , account of the .continneti, ill health of his family,. alitl* desirous of'a call to labor at home:" His addre4 ! *lleliidel:e . , —The, Rev. Jeremiah yfoodruff, a prominent minister of the Presbyterian. 43,4ansing, lowa, died* Of, drOpriy ,the 25th ult.. His re mnins were taken to Chenatigo, N. Y., for inter,, meat. Centre church at Crawfordsville, whose pnlpit,has been for,,a yeey, past supplied:by the Rev: John Safferd, have given,this p.Tce,ltent callbrother a :so Settle 4P4tor,andhe i las'indi-. cate#,,h* wilflngness to ancept: i .—.,Tbn : a,d4r44 of Rev. 13: F. Minkel is ehangedfrom .Irving to Ar4iteha t - kAnses: ! wifere he is acting as stated suPpli'Ot the . young' churCh.—Rev. Dr. J. J. Osien, ,of the College of New York, widely known fOr his vahiable Scripture Commentaries, has so nearly re , !overedhis health and wonted activity, that he is looking Forward. bright! anticipa tions of i4i.imini.:ol.ldUtie's at the opening of the Colleg&intheiralt- , CHTfitcykE.s.—Rey.,l F ghullaw w,rit es ,to the. Eocrpbrelist from Thointtown, Ind ‘,‘ The Old and NeW - Selibol Presbyterian elanrehes, the foriner numbering 160 members, the latter 149 1 as yet I maintaining their, separate organizations, have cordially united in Calling Rev R: F. Patterson I of the Old Schoolbrap ! ch: ! His labers havn,heen, grentlY.' blessed. In !a few months ihirktuine have been added to the Churches, in town !and about the same number tEq a feeble outpostfeW miles in the couutry l Whe,re:he preaChes occasion ally" 'The' j eliurche.s . are waiting, for the action, of the Aisembly, and an Organie,union is confident ly expected: This Conanminated,, the - United Church' will be a power felt ail ,his, pari'of f tbe LL-3 'qhui!cli of, sixteen `mem bers was organised in July at Montague,.Mich., by Rev: Messrs. Evrins, ,Lord and Clarke, and three elders and a deicOn were ordained. , Sia months ago Mr. Perry, a principal property own er, since desd,gave,s).,2,ooo for the support: of a home miSsionary, and.'iledicated a hall to religinus pui.i4ea.' • Ry'labor and prayer,he hattbuilt a Sabbath school and'piayer . meeting: Montague is a beautiful manufacturing town, and' - is,soon'to. be abeeiaible from the lakes:-The 6 1:Larch, ift, Withek :feet' nift+i`:iie'itioont foundationto lay'the of a church ,lkt!g r e enough to seat; 350 persons :" T 1”; ifqn contains, 1,500 inhaVit . ants,p four miles t !west, qvie" . 4wori, bps li:rannit 'Of the:Pi eifidltailrOad running ,through throngh ioWeiful 'acid;inieresting'reMal, 'repoiiee'll4rlni,), ihn past inter ,, i.'ri the "ch*Ck Weiot . :Ha g a l 6, R:,,,l; 2 '..:, l ,n; i2 l 4l A l i t ittl i v i t t" , :gFikioAlie4 - before, this church received at its last communion twelve members by profession and seven by cer tificate. Though the church edifice has already been enlarged, it was found necessary this Spring to enlarge it still further, and the congregation which now gathers within its walls is one of the largest and most active in the neighborhood. They have established a mission chapel in a lo cation hitherto neglected, where on the first Sab bath when it was opened sixty children were gathered for instruction, very few of whom were connected with any other school. Interesting prayer-meetings are also held, and conversions have already occurred.—The First church of Chicago have unanimously called the Rev. Ar thur Mitchell, of Morristown, N. J., at a salary of $5,000, with expenses of removal. This con gregation declined to invite any candidates, to preach before them, but appointed a Committee to take charge of the matter of inquiry for a suitable minister, and report to the congregation. Members of this Committee visited the East, con sulted with the leading clergymen, heard Mr. Mitchell, united, upon him, reported in his favor to the congregation, when he was called as abovg stated. The reports that the congregation had tendered calls to Drs. Duryea and Cuyler, of Brooklyn, and Dr. Newman Hall, of London; were totally unfounded.—At the communion in Olivet church,, Wilmington, Sabbath before last, five were added on examination and one by letter. This congregation (Rev. A. J. Snyder pastor) is, growing and hopeful. PRESBYTERIES.—Rev. Lewis H. Reid was in stalled pastor of the Eighth Presbyterian church of Chicago, on the 7th of July. Rev. L. P. CraWforif of Somonauk, 111., preached the ser mon ; Rev. Glen Wood gave the charge to the paStor; and , Rev. Arthur SWazey the charge to the people.—Rev. Byron Bosworth was installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Greenville, iby a Committee or the Presbytery .of Catskill, on Tuesday, July 21. The Moderator, Rev. V. Le Roy Lockwood, presided and pieach ed the sermon. - COLLEGE RECORD. WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE, (Can onsburg, Pa.)---Wednesday, Aug. 5, the Literary Societies held their reunions, and the Alumni met in great force. In the evening Dr. John Hall of New York delivered an address before the Christian Association, entitled "A Chapter of Modern 'Church History." It 'Was a survey of the United Kingdom at the beginninc , of the last century, and the great revolution brought c aborii by the Erskines, the Wesleys, Whitfield, and their great compeers. It was a charming dis course, a model of felicitous' diction, splendid in simplicity. Rev. Chas. Elliott, D.D., of Chicago Theological Seminary addressed the Literary So cieties. Thursday, August 6th, was Commence - ;Pent day. Senior Class of forty-seven received the degree of B. A. after a :dozen ad made speeches. The class of 1865, fifteen in number, received` that of M. A. The degree of D. D. was confek.ed on Rev. Samuel Wylie, Sparta, Ill.; Rev. Lewie'Davis, President of Otterbein University, Ohio; Rev. James Alli6on, Editor Presbyterian Banner; Rev. Alexander Swaney, New Hageratewn, Ohio; 'Rev. James McCosh, LL. D., President of the College of Nevi ..Ter sey; Rev. J.•. Grier Ralston, Principarof the Fe; male Seminary; Norristown,-Pa. A brief beehi latireate by the President, in Which he took - de cided ground imaiimiti diVers quackeries in wines- dot and politics,' closed the exercises. It Was'in- . nounced thattlie Trustees contemplate the 'local' conSolidatiO,h l of 'the two colleges. (Easton,. Pa.)—The Baccalaureate s6linoti'' wan preaChed on Sunday mornina, JulY'2o--by Rev. Dr: Newlin, of Ha:.' zletOrt, Pa., and wail followed by an appropriate address by President Cattell. The Sermon 'before' the Binh:ter& EVangeli cal Society'was • - deliVered in the evening by'Rev. .2V. E. Taylor.- 'The Literary Societies of, the College, held their, re--' unions Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Th'e Alum ni`Association'met in the 'College- chapel :the' afternoon. report was adopted;'fOr'tliehree tion of a monnthent to 'the' Alhnani who 'died! ir( the war.' It is to cost 45000;•Which a'CO`tifinittee-' of 'twenty-five was appointed to secure. - Soule' discussion was had upon the necessity pf ing a chapel,'toward "which $3OOO has already been subscribed. • In 'the' evening the"ad'ilreas before the Literary onietien was delivered 'by the' Hop. G-alusha Grow The pciinmencenient'took ' place on Wednesday, 'July TEI r After conferring the , degreci , of 41 . en theo - gradilating class of fourteen' members; the following hoiloraiy. degrees ' were conferred :, A. M.-L-Reir: J. P. ••Coitkey,' PennsylVarlia: Ph,. D.---R. W. Raymond, `Edith` Journal'Minting; J. H Schoemaker,'New York city;' Rev. M. Meigs, Ei-President Delaware College. LL: D:—,Jas.' Curtis Het-' burn, 141 D.. Missionary to } China. At. the conL elusion , of the exercise the torocession re4ormed. and Moved to the lecture'' room of the Gerinird' RefOrmed- church, where a bountiful' collation had been spread the.lacliei of tasten: RESOLUTIONS or THE NATIONAL TEN - PERANOE CONVENTION. ResOlved. 1. That the`friends of terriPer l arice in na tional .'conventicin. =assembled- 'render Almighty &id for thefavor' Efe has'showe this righteous cause, andyaelinowledgin g our continued dependencapnArn, Kith : renewed courage andLde votion, in the nanil.of•our ,God, we setup our , ban ner. 2. That sciipture, and `sciOice and history dem unstrate that, 1161" tifittinence ,frbm intexicaling • drink-a -is the onlY rtrue tbffitieiance,' and is therefere the , bounden duty tritte. ' .3. -That the Manufacture: and sale of intoxicating drinks is everywhere a public' injury, and Sliould.be held to be a public crime. 4. net the licensiiigof such an evil is wrong alai ruipouti,and wheiever adopted has proved' a failure either to extirpate-or even temperance.-- That prohibition is trio, only' safe,dtg 7 .. islation i end the:only legislatieniwhich can 1?a , ties . * enforced; and, therefore, thatAe lan:howner stringent, *tali ) recognizes ' the to sell intoEi • catilig kfriiikerbaff etiar li'-‘ l *iti." l , tiy=niOsElif pr.ofessicti of alcoholic liquorsoas.4 medical ftont constitutes one of the most serioun,bbidionoes of - .the temperance caupp, creatint,,lAaPiloof latemperaoce in mariyi jiho - ,htld n inclipo.,wit, them, befnre n and re ; estalifistivi'g them 4beis tifhelitiClieconie Par tiallY reformed : NoireAtli4Ore respectfully earnestly all • uptin tVd of ikuit hen- ' . ored profession" to! bearlivin.iiidvie griiselefolaY and . . 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