_ Itnittitarc ltetstoltiart. -- THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1868. ILEA% .1101-1111 MEADS, D.D., -Editor. Philadelp hia. No, 1334 Chestnut Street, -__.....----------;"-------.------ - ---- libr Letters from a Garret, by . A Summer Day in Switzerland, V ; Rev. .M. Stewart' s Letters, X 11.; Earnestness in the De blow of Sermons; 2d Page. Editor's Table-- Revieivs (Barnes on the Psalms, &v.). Magazines and Dr. Duffield's Library ; Page 3d. Poetry, Family Reading, Dr. Bethune on Babies, Dr. Duffield at Carlisle, Intemperance lit Wie, Coun tr;es and Rural F0C071077121 ;Pa ge 6th. German in our Public Schools, Ateulaol,its nature and 4 fects Cfront th e finirend"()' an"ther Sr P. A. . fic Articles ; l'age 7th. A34l' During the month of Aur , of the I"l".icAN PRESBYTEJ, diiit responses 9 A'DI. t° 3 "1 01 . from ' ,' . ye l a t ely sent -- ---- ttt vit,. 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For Fourteen New Subscribers and $42 in ad vance, we will'send free of expensetthe entire set of Lange's Commentary so far as issued—seven volumes in all. .• Jam- We notice among the editorial recipients of what Di'. Cox, ,while as yet only Rev. S. H. Cox, called "semi-lunar fardelsp—the name of the editor of The Presbyterian Banner—We had supposed that Dr. Allison had 'already received that honorary rank, and would have been likely to ask, had we noticed the omission, why it had not been conferred, than any is now to ask why it has. We are sure that he will do honor to the judg ment of Washington .and Jefferson College in centering it. Messrs. Erskine of the North Western Presbyterian and Merril of the Western Christian Advocate have been honored in the same. way. " OUR STATISTICS. DEAR BRO. MEARS:7,—Comparative statistical tables are valuable only when they are accurate. In the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN of August 6, publish the figures of our Church for 1867 and 1868. I observed'tivo errors Which are calculated to give a-false - impression, and to show that we are going backward. (1.) In the whole number of ministers we ap pear to have lost 70. We have really gained 30. Your figures are taken correctly from. the Minutes of Assembly. But lastyears Minutes are at fault in giving the Synod of N: Y. and N. J. (1867, p: 677) 384 Ministers instead Of 284; making the whole 'lumber 1,870 as you gave it, instead of 1,770. (2.)' The other error is that your types, cheat " Congregational Expenttes" for 1868, out of a whole round. thus making that item for this year seem almost a million less than last year, while 'it is* in' fact 'about tr z handred thou sand dollars ' greater.' • Excuse my interference. Perhaps .you hive observed and‘traced out these faults already. Yours cordially, • • -lE.:h. A. • CONGREGATIONALIST CHURCHES IN PHILA DELPHIA.-"Our Congregational pastors, except ing Rev. Mr. Lambe of the First church, 'have all retired to the country; Mr. Hawes is in Maine, Mr. Williams is in Connecticut, Mr. Wright is in Vetmont, ant Mr. Richards is in Illinois. Meanwhile, the North Broad street Presbyterian church and , the Central Congrega tional church are holding united services in their two houses of worship, rtey.- Dr.,Butler of Brook lyn, and Rev. Mr. Sturtevant of Missouri, preach ing for them. Before this Union Rev. Mr. Stur tevant had been preaching, with great accepta bleness, for the Central curct,' - for some Sab baths. The Second church, in the absence of Mr: "Williams, supplied . by various; Minikters. Rev. Burdett Hart is expected . to preach in part for the Ply Mouth church during the vacation of Mr. Wright, wh'o will be ordained, as is expect -43d, Qa the first day of October. Mr. Hirt has alib'preached, in the aliselice of Rai: Dr. 'Daniel Mar vf-the Clinton . street Rresbyterian ,elka7h, for the uniteilcongregatiens of the Clinton street and Iciinit , Pkestoeriatt :chuiches. These illus trations of the fraternal union of churches of different denominatiOnsisiggest yet closer affini ties in theif acifnmen'wbrk,irhitestill maintain ing, their w clftractepietie Cor, gonereSatioi;al.4. pR - F..)BYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1868. TILE A31.-vj _— -- t iolatE B TON. P -------- ESTVB - - , B , - 8 4 0011 NvEv rii,ol4- 0 u E ft s cch .ate, to s. Tr•A cg TuE STATE S ' the land, other roil at Elmira The Sabbath.,,,, from _ with friends • annead' as usual on they • t heir n ether e Med An • pani'Thursday even were a BS II ,h e ineetlll. , , k• I AAR it other ears, large this wee afternoon an ax ' b School Teachers oft'. Tuesday - die at meeting which always The mien A ing. de of the best people. usiastlib and enith A p, W.dodruff, of New York, ".,rather9 al frr iz Cook. of Buffalo, Taylor, of fr-, 'Faile°. t, e Itfrk of New Jersey, were among Wildthiel ~, . . \ .4 ~7 - PlAa,rl%,,Z. Case, of Eltuira, was chosen eht ; Hon. 0. J. Harmon, i of Oswego, and L R.StAtterlee, of Rochester,Vice Presidents. __.. Es fßochester,made, q., o was Ellie Chair man of the Business . Committee, the post of chief responsibility, next to that , of the President. The address of welcome was given by Hon. • Boardman Smith, of Elmira. He argued the , necessity of organization, discipline and policy; 1 1 we must organize victory. We have no less a job on hand than to move the world. The fulcrum on which our lever is to rest is the child's heart. 'Mr. lianifriond's 'method is that by which . the world is to be converted. In response, Dr. , . Niles, of Corning, made a happy allusion to the me , parting of himself and•Jidge Smith, twenty-one years ago, as class-mates, at Williams College. "You then, sir, told me that I should always be welcome at your home. I have often shared your hospitality individually; td-night I come with my whole family, a full thousand strong. We come as one family, having a common Fath er and the same elder brother." , Albert Woodruff, Esq., of Brooklyn, declared our work to be to create that'spirit which shall go forth and perfect the work in which we are engaged. A missionary spirit must be rekindled in these conventions. The Sabbath-school is the hope of the world ; it is God's last experiment to give His word to man. Rev. P. G.- Cook said :- Buffalo 'has 120,000 people, with only 50 Protestant churches. These are attended by an average of 20,000, leaving at least 60 000 who never attend Protestant-meet ings. The question-is how to reach those. We can reach them by going where they are. Do as politicians do, go to.the people. He then gave an account of his manner of • conducting street meetings, which he has been carrying on for ten years on Canal street, the " Five Points" of Buffalo. Rev. Alfred Taylor, of Philadelphia, said, be liked the practical turn which the meeting had taken. He had attended conventions where the first day was spent in addresses of welcome, the second in a pie-nic and the third in farewells. Our work is to glorify God. How shall we sys tematize our work so as to do this Y ' Study our lesgons with that view, prepare our illustrations wit that view.• He passed some severe strictures upon popular pictures. The pictures do riot con form to truth. He cautioned his hearers not to sing Roman Catholic hymns. 'The selections in Fresh Laurels, though that book was not named, did not escape criticism.. Lastly we must teach the children the Bible. The:report of the State Secretary, E. 7', Hunt ington, Esq., of Rochester, was pesented, as usu al, on the second morning. The number of schools reported for the. State, is 3,589.; Teachers and officers, 49,165; scholars, 342,054; conver sions reported in the last year, 8,261; gain in teachers., 3,429 ; in scholars, A 58,249. Reports of - County Secretaries were also. pre sent. J. H. Kellogg, of Troy, read a paper on Sabbath-school Institutes. The report of the committee appointed last year in regard to our International Normal School or Chllege for Sunday school ; . Teachers,- was read:: The whole i subject, was referred to a National.Sunday-schooP l Convention. which is soon to be called. . One of the noticable things of the Convention was the conducting of an Infant class by Miss' Mary V. LPe, of' Minnesota. For want of smaller. specimens, ,he . , J infant class . 00nsist,e4; of half a 1 dozen men clergymen and laymen, treated as in-' fahts. The class stood upon the platform, and she in.the middle of ,the house, among the eon gregation. - "Now f boys," she says ; .4ou-niust stand up straight, keep still, and give good atten tion to the. questions I shall ask you; and you must speak loud and ,plain so all can hear the answers." At first the nonchalance, or perfect self-possession; which the good body manifested in treating these men as mere boys, asking them also the simplest , qaestiops, was, almost too much for the gravity of the clew, or of the audience. Bat, " order,"jiyas the 4iext Iwordfof dom:rnand:=-- '".We must; have •perfectOtder; in the class• and in the house, or 'we.eannet. do .anything. Now, those in the .elass.tivho A can:Answer'the questions, as they are asked, lzmy, hold up their right_ hand. Where does•the 811tt ; rise'?" ' ‘Of•Oottrae, all hands were up. The " boys" all thought they knew that; and so they did. But this was the begin ning of a lesson on objects of beauty. The light is beautiful. The dew is2beeutiful. Infancy is beautiful. , ~Aa..hy question, and answer, and re mark, this j gifted lady drew out a great deal of instruction on the beautiful; and then the chil dren were taught tezecognize God as the Author of-all things beautiful. At her second lesson, in the char& proper, the subject was corn, and she had an ear in her hand for illustration. The lady was perfectly at her ease; not at all disconcerted , by being, gazed at by so large an assemblage.. ''Her concluding remarks, on death to self that we may live to God, drew tears from many eyes. We understand she is employed a part of ` her time by the Illinois State Sabbath-school Associ ation, to attend Conventions, and give just such illustrations of what can and should4oe dole with Infant. Classes. The subject .of " Sunduy.school appliances" was presented by Noah ,T. Clarke of Canandai gua; " How to get young men into our Sunday schools," by Edward Bristol of' Buffalo ; " How to reach the destitute," by B. F. Jacobs' of Chicago ; " Temperance in the Sunday-school" by Benjamin. Joy of Penn Yan, ttivt Rev'. P. A. Spencer of Syraeruse. One of the closing ad `dresici3 was made by Edward Taylor of Binghamton. The Committee on 'resolutions reported through their chairman, Rev. Albert Erdman of Clinton. In the judgment of some, the Convention was one of the most sensible and practical yet held. The meeting is to be held next year in Albany. A DAY AT ERIE, PA This is a thriving town, even though it is not in the Empire State. The indications of thrift are manifest in public improvements, private dwel lings and rapid growth. The town, it is said, has doubled its population in the last four years, and now claims twenty-three thousand. This has been caused partly by the opening of two new lines of Railway, one to Pittsburg, and one direct to Philadelphia. Erie also boasts the best harbor on the Lake and means yet to outstrip Cleveland in its commerce. Large blocks of stores are going up. Water works are being constructed, on -what seemed to us a novel principle, under the superintendence of an admirable Engineer, H. P. M. Birkinbine, Esq ,of Philadelphia. The water is taken' from the Lake, to be forced up a tall ironcylindei. by means of mighty engines, and thus distribUted over the city. Dr. Lyon, who 'has ministered 'successfully to the Presbyterian Church for almost forty'years, is still absent 'on his six, months' furlough; seek ing health. He is thooo- o bi, to be gaining and is expected back in September. Rey. C. C. Kim ball has in the mean time sup Plied the pulpit most acceptably. It is a large and pleasant 'con gregation, with a handsome and' commodious house of Worship, every way 3 prosperous' and flourishing. ITEMS. The Westminster church of this city, which was organized in the Spring with eighty-two members, now has, .one hundred. Rev. H. M. Morey, the pastor, has reason for much encour azement in his work. Their fine brick chapel is well filled on the Sabbath, with people who are evidently interested, solemnand attentive. Rev. G. P. Hamilton; of Vernon; has received a call to the Presbyterian Church of Pittsford, which it is expected he will accept; and ,yet, his people may object to that, and so,keep him where he is. • - Rev. Dr. Condit, of Auburn, has gone to New York, to supply the pulpitof the 23rd St.,Pres bytermn Church for three Sabbaths, the -Re= formed Church in the same street, (Mr. Ganse.'s), uniting in the.services. GENESES. Rochester, Aug. 22, 1868. . , , REUNION ITEMS. On the one hand, the signers of the Protest, some of whom have, long stood, itobe front ranks of our ChurCh, as men of superior wisdom, abil ity, piety, and sound orthodoxy—suCh Men as Drs. Hodge, Breckinridge, HumphreY, _Halsey, &c., prefer the grave charge against. the New School body of tolerating gross doctrinal errors, entirely inconsistent with our standards. On the other hand the Answer to the Protest, represent ing a large majority'in the last Assembly,con sisting also of .mat eminent names, such -as Drs. Beatty, Shedd; Prune, &c., boldly deny the cot:, rectness of this, charge. The issue, therefore, is simple and direct. .. . And does not the bur den of proof fairly rest upon the , authors and signers of the Protest ? Surely it is not enough for a few men. no t a, t ter ho* eminent 'they may be, to establis4' a- fact by their bo d assertion when that fact is boldly denied. It, is not enough, therefore,.for the authors and signers of the Pro- test, after enumerating 'take grave errors, to say "that the New &theol body tolerate these errors, is a ?lotorious fact admitted by themselies. ; " 'As the majority of the list Assembly "emphatically de, nied this allegation, ought:not the authors of the Protest feel called upon to establish their dam aging charge, if they expect jile Church at large to,believe it? And, if New Scliool men have not only, preached these grave errors from the pulpit, but also published them in books andArapts. bpi easy it would be to Show it ? 'Andwould not be the easiest. way.in the,world to defeat ye: union'?—" in. The' North Western Presbyte . . Who is to be the.interpreter of the ambiguous expressions ? Why, the, United, Church. The. Old School may interpret thein as it pleases, and so may the New School ;.but the only authorita tive interpretation will be that ,Put upon them af ter we come together. , .. . ..The Old School party will have an'oVerwhelming. majority. . . . If every man in the New' School,Chureh were a Taylorite, they bould not outvote us in the Joint, Assembly. But Dr. Hodge himself admits that the majority in the Now. 'School body are as sound as we are. Dr. Musgrave, the Moderator of the late Assembly, said nine-tenths. Re-union, therefore, will prove an incalculable advantage to the came of sound theology : It is the unsound men in the New School from whom opposition ought to come. With a majority' of tom. three fourths to nineteen-twentieths in our, favor, we may laugh at any attempt upon their,part to con trol the policy of the Church. Let them license unsound men, if they are able. We will silence them. Let them leave the .Church. The sound men will 'remain and`they will be -shorn of their strength. , These are "`the arguments , which secured for the basis of the Joint Commit tee its passage in' oar Assembly. The writer was himself a member of the' Assembly, and voted for its adoption.' . . . . " As'in the ,Sepai ate Churchea." Iti'must be confessed that those words haVe to Old School men a 'very ugly look. But all the talk about Mr. Barnes and 'others, know: 'who agree with him is wasted Uptin us. We o 'what Mr: Barnes thinks. "We` do' not agree with him.' We do' not intend' to' license or ordain men who do. Prove to us that we will 'bg cOmpelled to do it.--"Ahti-Latitudinaria,n" 'in ThiNorth Western Presbyterian. ' What does this {Gurley, clause] meann s but ih a t every New School heresy . (which is their 'Meat, and substance), "shall hp al owed' without reb u ke or hindrance ? Who, can mistake the, purport, of 'this article? Kcow could the 9., S. members of the: Joint Committee he tial4eceive4 ? Whit'has been the 0. S. method, but thehOnest reception, thp,oandid adsi . #tiOn, and, the hei . ence to. the donfession, as it sprang from the Westminstei'Divines theniselVes 'What do,these other "methods" mean but heresy ?' :4waY"With , them: . . the use of this' gat' 4r., tide] when such eaamiinationas l strietly enhined in our Standards ? fYicherel] Mild and, cone , a n...• .; tpry yieldings this, was y1t,14,1y, do we find it met by the N. S. ? A prominent member of their Assembly, wrote during the ses sion, " There is strong opposition to the Tenth Article, it is doubtful whether it can pass at all. N. S. men will never stand such arbitrary and unjust procedures." Since then a still stronger opposition has developed itself, demanding still milder terms, or in other words no examination. What does this mean but that they are unsound.? If they are sound why cOuld they not stand a Presbyterial examination, when nothing but vital questions are asked, as: '• What do you under stand by the Atonement?" ." What by Regener ation?"No, they fear justly the repetition of the trial of arnes before the Synod •of Phila delphia, when that body, as was its. duty, under took to reprove, and censure false doctrine. . . . Our four Theological Seminaries recorded their vote against the Basis. Is not this a sufficient evidence of' the unsoundnesi of the N. S.? . . Our Church has increased and multiplied since the division. So has the New School. Each have afield of duty, which they cari best fill apart., They have grown up side by side.. They , can work, far more effectually apart.—" X" of ,lowa t'n The North Western Presbyterian. [N. B "Heresy" is the "meat an'd stibstance" of the New School Chure,h, yet that Church has a. providential " field of dutyr] If the Reunion of the. Old. and New School Branches of the [Presbyterian] family be speed ily accomplished, then by the very terms, of the union the question of 'the future direction and control of our Theological Seminaries will at once be raised. But it is now very probable that the union will be delayed. The tacticians of the obstructive party in the Old School Assembly completely outge.neraled the other side, and plac ed' obstacles in the way of union (which will at least delay it) very cunningly by the hands of its friends • whereat there must have been very con.: siderable internal smilino• on'the part of the anti union men. . . . Perhaps the desire to avoid any agitation of questions connected with the present. organization of our [O. S.] Theolo gical •Seminaries may. influence Dr. C. Hodg,e, and,his personal friends and followers, to that extreme bitterness. of opposition to re-union , which , has given a tinge of gall to their side of the controversy which ought4o,have been absent from the thoughts :and words to. Christian. men in this age of the Church when discussing the question of restoring unity to any of the frag ments. into which, by the sins of. Christians, the body of Christ has been divided.--Rezro Geo. B. Stewart of Burlington,. lowa, in The Indepen dent. - • 'The movers in the Pittsburgh Circular arethe real and 'honest friends of reunion;'that' is, of a peaceful,. happy; and effective ecelesiastieal or.. ganization. They plead for a union' on the basis' of doctrinal truth, and that truthietated satisfad:. torily. All this they have in' the Confes§ion pure and'Simple. They'want a union which shall embrace the two bodies entire, or, at least, all the sound men in the two bodies.— The Hawk western Presbyterian. ' It Ids pictorial - pamphlet, which he circulated broaddast in' the Gmieral Assembly of 1867, for the purpose mainly of defeating the transfer of &v.' Dr. Willis Lord to the Chair of Theology [at 'Chicago,] the" Editor 'of TIL .A rrth-wester n Presbyterian said . or. Dr. Lord: " Is he not au fa vor of union with the - `New School, and does 'he not, therefore, regard thi fioirita Of -difference as of -little or 'no'imptrtance, ind'Orould he not su treat thein'in his instructions?"— The Presbyter The Answer to 'the Protest enumerated nine " doctrinal errors," which it Says are, wrongly charged on the New School. :One of the errors is " there was no Covenant made with Ad tm, his imiterity did not' fall With him. and, every man stands or falls for himself." It affirms that these errors are "the distinguishing doctrines of Pe lagifanism , arid, Armintanistn." It further de clares that not a, man upon the globe, possessed of a sane mind, and acquainted with the subject of doctrine, would a-sert that the list of errors and 'heresies':mentioned 'bY the signers of this Protest' is Calvinistic,' or that their reception would "not impair the integrity . of the Calvinistic system:" il.ere the Assembly declares, in terais as plain' as Can be, that a denial of the Federal headship of Adam is Pelagianism or Arminian- ism ; that it does impair the,integrity of the Cal vinistic system'; and that no sane man can Intel ligently 'assert the contrary.' It follows, there- Tore, without doubt, that,' according to the views of the Old School Assembly, a denial of the Federal headship of' Adam is one of the things notto: be allowed in the united Church, although it' may now be tolerated in the other Branch. Once' more, it' is beyond - dispute, that the New School Church - does,'at this tittle, tolerate in its ministry 'men 'who deny the' Federal headship of Adam., The proof of this has been' given, in our colunins. Nobody'has' denied it. 'We 'suppose nobody doubts it. We willisimply refer to the article in the . American'Presbyterian from which qtioted itwo weeks ago; in' which the writer denies' thii doctrine of the' "Federal - headship which the Westrninister divines have embodied in our Confession." These are . the writer's own words, in one of a series of papers on' the,,A.tone ment.' If the two Churches unite on 'the Basis proposed, what will:happen to the minister or candidate ;for licensure, who deniekthe doetrjJae, of the Federal headship-of Adam? Plainly, the Old &hood Asiemtly regards such - denial as a heresy; and - expects that,. under the' terms of union, it is not to' be alloired in the united 'Church. But does not the New School expect, in:the united'Ohureh r the same liberty in 'regard to this, and all otherdoctrines which is now al lewed in their! Church ? :What Ann will` be done( in such-a case? Is' this'matter understood to be , so clearly settled, and the two' contracting, ipartiei so clearly agreed upon it,las' that there will not be strife. over it? Will , Some one, ex-, .plain? Dr., ,Beatty, or Dr,. Shedd, or -any man, editor or'othrwise, will explain . this _nast ier, to thet Satitaacticn,of ;any reasons ble 'man that these differences, will, not eisult !strife, we will °heel:fully 'Of° place int. our eohunns. et), what they have to ,say r ,-- 7 Vier li r estern, Prksby. ~,1 1 .1 • j • ser The Cable rePorts that the Eclipse of.the sun came off /nest, 18 4 1 n s-1141er, circumstance's very favorable .4 for' the 'sa 4 3nti`S" 'Aim the Engliaht . tittliret : siti o6- tiexit - out!i(i'l.ridil,*to.Ot t iei r Ve it r The was'ainitfesti. 'WV are an eoliPse,, visible ii this lstikude this month, of neite COLLEGE RECORD. PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE, GETTYSBURG, PA. —The Baccalaureate sermon was preached by Dr. Valentine, August 9th, and, in the evening, Dr. C. W. Schaeffer addressed the Y. M. C. A. The Holman Lecture (on the Augsburg Confes sion) was delivered by Dr. S. S. Schmucker, Aug. 11th. The Alumni of the Seminary were addressed in the evening by the Rev. S. A. Hol man of this city. The Junior Exhibition took place next morning, and in the afternoon the Literary Societies were addressed by Prof. Park, of Andover, on "Taste as anAuxiliary to Religion." He alluded to di?, neighboring battle-field, itself so beautiful in its scenery, and yet to be adorned by the hands of a loving and delivered nation, with all that taste conldudd to its beauty. The Alumni were addressed by'Rev. Geo. Parson, of Milton, Pa. On Thursday morning the Com mencement was held in the church, Prof. Park opening the exercises with' prayer. Thirteen orations were delivered by members of the grad-' uating class, which received the degree of B. A.., while that of M. A., was conferred on the class of 1865; twelve in number, Of whom s.ven were Rev; The. honorary degree of D. D. was con ferred on Rev. J. G. Butler, Washington. D. C.; L. W. Bates, Baltimore, and Thos. K. Conrad, New VOA'. In the afternoon the Literary Socie ties held theirva-unions. Dr. Valentine; of the Theolog,leal Seminary, has at last'accepted the Presidency of the Col lege,ihand Prof. Ferrier has 'been 'chosen vice- President: The nomination• of Rev. Reuben Hill, by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania (High Church) to the . Franklin Professorship; was rejected. The bequests of the late Davis Pearson are to be used in founding a "Pearson Professorship" of Greek, and Rev. H. L. Baug'her, of Indianapolis, was unanimous ly elected. 'Prof. Wilken resigns the Professor ship of German. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, VT.—The Baccalau reate sermon was preached August 9th, by'Pres. Kitchell. On the 11th the Societies'were 'ad dressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Prof. Piste 'of Chicago.' On the 12th the AlUmni met. The oration was' by Dr. Sunderland of Washing ton ; the 'poem by Dr. M. L. Mead. The' Com mencement was held Angust 13111, when a class of fifteen took the degree of B. A. The honor ary degree of D. D. was conferred on Revs. J. A. Sheperd, Ellicott's .Mills, 31d ; and J. A. Taylor, Andover, Mass. That of LL. D. on Ja cob S. Spaulding. Kira Brainard succeeds Prof: Kellogg, as Pro fessor of Rhetoric. The Trustees have raised considerably more than half the proposed endow ment of $150,000. Of the 420 graduates, near ly one half are preachers; over 30 are .mission aries; and 63 are professors in colleges and sem marina.- CORNELL UNI - vEusrrv. 2 —Goldwin Smith's en gagement is merely .to deliver a course of twelve lectures yearly on. English History, while he re mains in this country. Mr. Cornell announces that young men who depend on their' own labor for support can obtain employment at the Uni versity' while attending its Sessions. CITY.—A Correspondent of The Cougregation , alist and Recorder, writing of the accession of DM.'llumplare,y, Stryker and Johnson to our ministerial fore,e, says: "These men bring to our minister large ac cession, of varied ability. Dr. Johnson is con sidered by some its:the foremost preacher of Phil adelphia; The loss of all his sermons by fire, just before moving to thiE city, a serious misfor tune in itself, maybe a real gain, if he shall use his fine powers in speaking to the people, rather tha.n in 'reading to them. He has a meat field. His large church, on Washington Square, is among the -homes of many of 4iur first profes sional and business men not only, but of thou sands of our, young men.who are boarding in that 'neighborhood, which is the most convenient for busineas otall kinds. It is his splendid task to allure them to the sanctuary." WARREN, Itc.—When I returned from As sembly, I fouril my people deeply engaged in btiilding. The work is already finished and we are now occupying the tasteful and commodious parsonage. My four year old church numbering only one hundred members, has provided a com fortable and permanent home for the pastor, at ati expense' of two thousand dollars. Have I not reason - to be pround and grateful? CnnacliEs.—The Second Church of New Al bany, Ind., has been thoroughly.repaired. About tw,e, years, ago, the interior was repainted, an iron fenceput up, and various.repairs executed. This Slimmer a new roof has been laid, the whole in terior handsomely 'painted, the of the lower rooms-finished in encaustic, and the walls and ceiling of the:main audience room elegantly fres coed. .Now gas-fixtures and chandeliers are is tioduced, the 'floors are newly carpeted, the seat , newly cushioned, and the whole building greatly improved. The entire , cost of the work thus done during the pasts,two years exceeds $ 7 , 000. It was re-opened for'regular Sabbath services on the morning of the 9th inst. ile pastor, Rev. Horace C. Hovey„(Who,liad just returned from a. vacation trip,) preached an appropriate dis course on "The :Sanetuary."—,-Our Church at .W,enotia,Station, 11l advertises itoneed of a pas tor -.We seciliz . ,Pie ! Evangelist that in, our item ontargei, Occessinii.v We by some oversight omit ted' the twolargest: Third - church, Nei , Albany , Ind., 111; Second church, New Albany, Ind., 110. The Svatigeliat adds "Hyner i New York, ip,7 but , that church is not in our body,—The - Second dhurch„ Indianapolis, Indiana, Henry Ward Beectier'i old Church, is ' finishing-a beau tifUl stone edifice,.While the old - white church. ince 'painted ly•Mr: Beccher's 'own hands is be ing.. 7 altered,t9 ) snit ether yorposes. lifirtyrrEßlAL. Act , . W. W. Wells has re 'ceived and accepted` a call to become pastor of 'bur °hutch itiYandalia, 111., and will be i n s tal led at 1 -the Meeting-of Preabytkry. in October.—Rev . 1)- -M. Moore, late.of3ellow Springs, Ohio, has re moved-Lawretice,lCAnsas.—Rev. Geo. V. No., hie lies ac`cfitted'O b eall to take' pastoral charge ot tt. , 4,4 .;, 0. , :mn :: :li t ~,,, -,,,,i , E. H. AVERY
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