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been
60' h" Vth N o itions of the
our
events , the
, 1 . Ared the town
'honored thYonvention
no ticeable i i, t , s and tIP:'
r the SP iritaa - ' The." and paraded the
e. Circus.
-Burepean r ,• isplay " of—camels
flourish o_, ,
with great.ffr came with less noise,
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streets With a "Ann characteristic. Both
n -mousIONS. donkeys. ' I
NEWSPAPER -- regularly from an d t.,
NEWS lAght "hitch" in the organize
who takes a ci P t er,, r is inns! o r es !
1. AnY person
bether direct% n
dor 1213t--18 r v wee gotkvention. Women seemed to have
the p es t-office — vv. ho...,,beerz e . ._ e
0 ,,, ° .. but Emmet
Tible share in
ther, or whether he
p per d i s contitme d t o h n _ its management,. A wo
eible for the pay.
orders his i.: a p u blisher In " °
tiB nominated for Chairman or President,
or .:e
l i m a ° , a nd c ollect , the ,
. t. it . s person
arages,
all !Irre tit p,iyment isk
int f r om the office or y , . . ,
ak ( I ll,a'not meet with general approbation.
m eet paY
tinue to send it ut i l leaier it ts to e
m ount , 'l' r efusing
to t''' W
aft Ahei:t proposed that they should .have a
whole a „w e d that r°
not. c ourts have —."-- from the post-0 dual arrrangement, one man and one woman to
g, The ti periodicals .0 for, ._ .„,
I °4 gather to preside. Someleaxed that two Weeds to
newsPsPe"ifirlearina Or rn id "n eall u
re:rdeyniClegoaf int•ell- I ; one body might not be convenient, and so that
on a Garrett, .7 Mi.. was dropped. Finally a gentleman was duly ap,
ace- Letters f in r
the Upper d i t ro.t,ees and pointed President, with eight women and nine
. ri ; Letter fro , . u .. ete 4 —Prose and men to sustain him as Vice-Presidents. This
Tv. m. P , ; Rev. IL• ` lll
~ dn ," ,i Cirele,—A was not quite fair. As the women were evidently
!iaratOga a few tir .3' lr & ~.Airountain
tor's rable,—BOt e Jo i
,rdats;lte.• Page in the majority in the Convention, they should
Literary Items; „..21.1'!*Wical ictiue of have had the majority of Vice-Presidents. But we
Poetry; Page4trive; Page 7th. , notice that they had the majority in the praying.
Teacher's Cg l 4 .,, i .,!
Some of the meetings were opened or closed
•
Stream,/
g of thy " Synod of Wisconsin
with a sort of prayer, or "invocation " as it is
6th. 2
,w 3 SO. of Octob er.
the 4., culled, but it was the ,women who officiated in
eV," • that the "Dr. Covey," of in almost every instance. "Invocation by Mrs.
.oga,oliga.sindent is Dr., Hovey of New Watson;" or "Invocation by Mni. Clark," opens
or cleses the, record of' most of the gatherings , of
the. three days' session. What was the matter
~ ,
with the men? could they not pray?
But the Convention made a declaration of
principles. We gather a few particulars. Angels
and devils are human spirits let loose from the body.
All miracles are produced in harmony with uni
versal laws, and may he repeated at any time
under suitable conditions.. Inspiration is not a
miracle of a past age, but a perpetual fact, the
ceaseless method of the divine . economy. The
infinite Spirit is a forming principle (wisdom),
and an affectional souree,(love); thus sustaining
the dual relation of father and mother to all
finite intelligences. ' Each ion has b '''''t; e f;'
' • . 7 7 a .. w 7 .5 T.ir n . 9
this parentage, a germ of divinity, which in time
will free itself from all imperfections incident to
the rudimental or earthly condition, and will
triumph over all evil.
Thus 'we have the virtual denial of the inSpi
ration Of the Set ,, iptnres,Of future punishment
and of salvation ` - by Jeius diirist. - All this is I
laid down as solid, truth. . 1 4hese.are first . princi
ples.' And yet, in the' same connection, it Was
conveniently resolved, "that communications
from the spirit-m-00, 1 / 4 whether by ..mental im
pression inspiration', Or , any other mode Of trans
mission, are not necessarily infallible truth, but
on the contrary, partake unavoidably of the im
perfections of the mind from which they emanate,
and of the channels through which they come,
and are, moreover, liable to misinterpretation by
those to whom they are addressed."
Seeing that their spirits, or their mediums, do,
tell lies, and have been- convicted of their false
hoods again and again, they are trying to make
out that the Apps i tles and the Scriptures do the
same, and so we - have - no "sameword of prophe
cy." We do not wonder at_ this admispion for
their own meditinifs;l6.l we rejoice in a, very dif.
ferent theory of prophets,and apostles. , We know
in whom we have believed; and we are told by
the Spirit that can never err, that in these last times
some should give heed to just such seducing
spirits and doctrines of devils. '
284
atll tt it ail tiEs4ittVag.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1863
NEAR*, Edit°r•
-11,410,
Chestnut Street, Philnfie4
No. 1334
qJB OF REV. MR. BARLOW.
WABASH, IND August, 1868.
DR. MEARS :—ln your issue of-July 30th
~I
find the following:
A young licentiate, a graduate of Lane Seminary,
was called to a church in the bounds ofAhe Presby
tery of , Elt:Patil. • On examination, the Presbytery
refused to receive him, or put the call into his
hands. ,Now., we know not on what points of doc
trine he w'as conisidered unsound ;- but we do_know,
that on the ground of doctrinal unsoundness he
was reiscled, arld Oat by a Presbytery Whose lead
metn-beis are quite favorkble to the re-union.
Within a few peke afterwirde he *as 'received, or
dained! and.installed by a New School Presbytery,
and without any dissent, of which we have ever
heard. Suppose the union had already been an ac
complished 'fact, would not •the old controversies
have- beetr'it once-revived, and all the old difficul
ties have broken forth
- in a renewed flame? Would
Lane Seminary remain quiet, and have her studento
rejected on acoonnt of unsoundness in thd faith?
Would the Presbytery of St. Paul have been con
tent to have a rejected candidate of theirs received
without question by another Presbytery in the same
communion with! the.mselveal—:""A Member of the
Assembly of 1838" in the Presbyterian.
The Rev. Gee. W. 'Barlow,
.now of Mason;
Mich., is the . young roan here ieferreit iO,'and
the facts ifs his case are these: Before 'finishing
his course in Lane, he receied . a call from thn.
0. S. Presbyterian •Church at St. St. ; Anthony,
Min. He was born and raised: in this neighbor - 7
hood ; within a year , had . been licensed by this
(Fort Wayne) Presbytery, end' Was intimately
known to r all its members. Being here on' busi
ness before the close of his term at_the Seminary,
at his request Prpsbytery met, examined, and or 7
deified:Ai:ln; to the work of the Gospel Ministry—
partly that he might go at once from the Semi
nary to his church, and partly because he pre
ferred'being examined and ordained by brethren
who knew him well:rather ,thanloy strnngera:
As let' lied within the year passed a highly
satisfactory examißation before the Presbytery on
points of theology, it was, decided not to go fully
over that ground again in this examination, but
to confine it more' particularly to his studies since
that - examination. in, accordance with that de-.
termination the examination 'proceeded—being
more fornial than thorough on many points of
doctrinal, theology.
The her. NV:B. Brovine 0. S. Presbyterian
minister at this place, and stoutly opposed to re
union, at least on. 'any basis yet presented, and
opposed', as ,he avows, to any 0. S-church ex
tending a call to a N. S. minister, was present
during this examination; Sitting as a correspond
ing member of 'Presbytery, and invited to take
part in the examination. Barlow',s answers
to a few queitions (the Federal headship of Adam
was one of them) were not satisfactory, it seems,
to Mr. Browne, (though he asked no questions
himself) and' iiith alacrity he wrote to the N.
W. Presby 4 e.ria,ll,, of Chicago, that he knew cir
culated ifi tte church at 8t: Anthony, and also
to the Ct..,Se Presbyterian paper published at
Louisville. Ky l ,'giving'a report of this . examina
tion that seemed to Indicate great looseness in
Presbytery in conducting it Had he stated
the facts mentioned by me as bearing on this ex
amination, in that report, the action of Presby
tery would have appeared • in, quite - a different
light to "that it bore in his report. No other
Presbytelmper examined Ltyr. Barlow, nor aid lee
ever go st''ore or apply to an,/ other for examina
.
don. '
Mr. Browne says Mr.- Bailow, before this ex
amination, had written iilettSr no a N. S. man in
the church at SC iinthorty;inWhich doctrinal
views were expreised, to which the O. S. mem
bers took c''ekceptions. I know nothing as to
this, but I know that Mr. Barlow thought best,
under all the' clibutnitannes, not tog . n. there, mid
accerctert a'call to the' N'S. Presbyterian `church
at Mason, where "`he is ow laboring to
great acceptanonin the Master's service.
This C.XIARIgt -is , the ..third ~instance- in which::
I hard-seen hiscase referred' to in the I piabl'M
prints Of w S. men opposed to fe ,, unifet, and.
eade . `tithe' ifity got further than before
from the time} tifite, Viright
to urge tbeir objections to re-union, but they
ought to be careful to keep 'Within the bounds of
truth in doing,mit TT' T ' ' , I t
Yours fraternally,
L lure
iEiticAs
?gr . YTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1868.
THY/ AN
GOOD REAbINO.
"Better late than never," and so, as we have
been' perusing the "Beggars cif gollaild and the
Grandees of Spain,"• by Rev. J. W. Mears; D.
D.; and as we understand the Editor-in-chief is
"not at horne' i just now to interfere with our
liberties, we propose saying a word ~about the
work. It is terse, sententious, graphic, and in,
tensely interesting. Once =having .Begun it, we
could 'not well lay it dawn, until' we reached the
end. The, interest.is at times, in4eed, almost too
painful to bear: - It ma.kertheblded Carale in
one's veins.' It excites Pity, indignation and
wonder. It also taxes credulity to the utmost,
Is it.th_e_histori of human beings?: i
ble for man ever to have committed:4mph atroci
ties as are here recorded? If ,the history were,
not most authentic it would be hard indeed to be
lieve
p ity.so many of the , ,agtors SegtcsojanCh
more like fiends than. men
And yet, alas, the worst 'of it is, it is true.
Roasting men alive because, theyware good 410.
tried to serve God, was a.mere pastime to Alva
and his followers • and Dr. Mears has gathered
the leading events of . the, tirne;:ini a graphic,.
touching, story, enough to make one weep tears Of
blood. How often, in going over ,, the bloody
track of wrong and outrage; Were 'ha ..to ex
claim, "0 Lord, how long r.- of the
deepest mysteries of the universe ihat,a-c4d . shonld
permit such heinga,te live and to, triumph, even
though it be but for a season. '
The patience of the Protestants, their merci
fulness, their fidelity, are set in beautiful con
'trast with the cruelty, treachery, and baseness of,
their persecutors., Wc,grently mNp.:4,lllf, this
is not one of ihe - best books { yet issued by our
oLot.llent Committee of Pdblication.
c.,44402: .E4IV6
Rep.. gr.'.P.'Yotogynigfikef mearty elgvexa:lyears'
5. 4 faithful and suggessgul,ssrTipe as pastor of our
church in Geneseo, has resigned his charge, and
asked to be released. He is not in good health ;
has been for some time under treatment at the
Water-Cure in Dansville ; and is told by the
doctors that he must " get out of the study or go
down." His people do not like to spare him, and
are proposing that he shall take time to recruit,
and then return to them; but an entire change
is thought by some, at least, of his friends to be
necessary, and it is probable he will press the ac
ceptance of his resignation.
In the meantime he has received 'the appoint
ment of District Secretary of the Church Erec
tion Committee for the West, to reside at Chicago,
which seems to offer just the change he needs,
ad it is probable he will accept the appoint
went. He is a brother esteemed , and beloved, an
able preacher and judieious pastor; and he will
be much missed from this region.
Drs. Shaw ay.,d, Campbell are, expected back
next week to resume' their •pulpit ministrations.
The Brick Churchbas been painted inside, and
the Centrtil Church outside, during their ab
sence on their summer ,vacation. They will be
warmly weiconma it!ticis by their respecrtive,
churches. .
.Rev. Dr. Dceggett; of New, : Haven College
church, was in our• city one day this Week, look
ing hale and hearty. lkeen'spending a
little time among his •former parishioners at
Canandaiguit., very much to their gratification . .
GENESEE.
Rochester, 4ugu5t,29„1868.
REUNION ITEMS.
The impression which Dr. Patterson Corrected
[in his speech at Hurrisburgh]'was; that his op
position to imion was occasioned by Unfriendly
collision withhis Old School brethren* at Chica
go. And T." L. C. throws out:the insinuation
that all the discussion they had had was limited
to the same c ty. We can not`only indorse what
Dr. Patterson :aid with...reference to his whole in
tercourse wit , Old School men here, but say
farther. that , e question if-in any part of the
Church, the dating between the brethren of
the two Schos s have been uniformly more fra
ternal and cor'ial. The editor of this paper and
Dr. Pattersdn have conferred together freely in
regard to the qUestion orßeunion, and these
conferences h ve always been of the Most'frank
and friendly claracter. Perhaps one reason why
they have 'be, a so frank and friendly has been
that from tli Commencement their views have
coincided in 'r Gard to the differences existing as
to doctrine a d pohty between the two Schools,
and they ha*:-also'agreed that in order to a safe`
and practical nion,,lthese differences should not
be 'ignored o t suppressed, but fairly stated' and
duly consider:l; and if they could not in some
way be amica•ly arranged,- their union was not
desirable.• A ,i k ther- point upon which we were
equally agreed Was,,that brethren in 6 lare , e cities
like New York;Atliere ministers are-ca:lled over
all denbmitiationai 1 keg, and more' regard is had
to popular pulpit lents than doctrinal sound
ness; and where the- he- "like people, like
priest,"`finds a read int, is not the safest
portion'of the Chum ii,se a controllinw b in
fluence in the deergreat ecclesiastical
questioninvolving e and purity of the
two: great Churcht North- Western Pres
byterian.
Whilst many. pe: ijority, of the Pres
bytery- of St. Paul', ;he Basis of Union
sent down by the Gi 3sembly to be judic
ious and safe, yet i ' the honest convic
tion of others, vho first article, touch
ing .doetrine, open i objection a paper
was adopted signif •eadiness of Presby
tery to approve the _ ins, in the event of
a modification of the doctri I basis SO as to in
clude the standards of the C urcl, viz ; the Con
fession 'of Faith and the aro•er And Shorter
Catechisms, without any expla atien. Ii now ap
pears that our New-school b ethr h en have ' the
gold," and we do not:care to h ie, thpm tell - us in
what sense they receive the Co fession' of Faith.
We asked explanations, and hey 'gave them.
Now they n!iilly -recall them. Th khave got the
advantage of us; but •no matt{, tf we only get
on safe and/solid ground at last. I*he sentiment
in faior of {Reunions strong, and' centinually'inl
creasing, - The cloud is lifted from 04, tabernacle,
and beckons us on.—f° Itasca" in The Prrbyterian
A WISE CONCLUSION.—The PhVadelphi
i,
Presbyterian ()loses a leading editorial ilk a recut
number with 'the following 'remark : " We no
dismiss the /subject with the- remark 'that, fro
present appearances,' the subject of the Ren.nio
of the Northern ' and Southern ' Presbyteri
Churches -is one Which it would be wise ind
finitely to ;postpone This , 'is' a 'very sensib
conelusion,l and- we are somewhat Surprised th
the editor did' not reach it sooner. We'are gl ,
,
however that he is - there at kat, and hope t t
he-will now cease prophesying about the Sou
ern , Presbyterian Church, and devote himsel r
the question, of union between the Old and I w
School 'North. Thvlwhole matter is just "w
greatly in need of some one to unravel it, I I
show the people exactly where they are stan• it:'
and what is expected of them before the •xt
meeting of their G-earal As'seiribly.=-The re
Carolina Presbyterib .
.
I would ask , upon
what is this " strong p o' -
billy" [of Dr. - Belay's, that the next
,Ne
School Assembly will prefer the Pittsburgh Qi,
welar Basis to that EICIW befare the Presbyteries,
founded? Is it fouitded upon" the profound! ,
courteous manner itcqwhich the New School As-1
`sembly,„refused to act ' upon the amendment ? Is
it founded: upon the fact that the New' chool do
nott declare, but. only insinuate, that the New
School; Assembly, will demand the expurgation of
several articles of the basis as aocondition of their
acceptirwi the amendment? (American Presoy
terian, July 30.) Has the clause of ' the basis ,
~ t'mhich. was, so,. satisfactory to the New. School
'
members of the Joint. Committee when. the ißasis
was 4 ,• framed," become meaningless . to 1 them
now? . Or has the= libertyof , interpretation so
fiercely contended for by them thirty yearn ago,
and , so carefully guarded ever since, bectome'sud
`4lenly a. matter .of indifference; a something' that
they.will' abandont.. simply , - •becatise.. , : their Old
School brethren express a " preference " that
they should ? To my mind there is a " very
strong probability," that they will do nothing of
the kind. . . . Whatever may be our views
as to the amendment, let us vote against the basis
of the Joint Committee.—" W. B. N." in The
North-Western Presbyterian.
The joint reception of the common standards
amounts to no more than the Ca opbellite recep
tion of the common Bible. This is a mere trap.
The New School brethren have always received
the standards, and yet under that reception have
tolerated and sanctioned doctrines, or interpreta
tions of them, as adverse to the Old School view
as some of the Campbellite interpretations of our
common Bible are. I care nothing, for the pre
sent, about the proportion in that body holding
these erroneous views. They were evidently,
sufficiently strong to force the
. Joint Committee
to 'frame the First Article to suit them; for if
the whole body had held these views, that arti
cle could not have been more latitudinarian.
Individuals may say much .about the causes of
the division having passed. away, but we wish'
other evidence of the fact. The only percepti
ble change we have witnessed is that Old School
men are turning upon their past' record, and
going 'to the New School body. Where is there
a eingle case , of ours, or of their higher church
courts declaring a.,gaittst the"errors'eut of which
grew the division ? Instead- 1 a it,"they' profess
no surrender, but 'are very it:dependent," seeing,
doubtless, that their terms will be given. Do
we not become guilty of such errors by going, on
such a Basis, into a union which makes ns re
sponsible for what we have ever declared to be
grave errors ? . . . The tendency of this
age is toward IoW and emasculated views of di
vine truth, which in time can only lead to down
right infidelity.. This is clearly. seen in the-
North-eastern States, where correct views of God's
word have almost become extinct, and withthem
the Old School Church. Perhaps, after re-union;
our diluted theology may be again established
there. We may thus make churches, but we
cannot save souls. We are also opposed to the
Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Articles, because
they are only accommodating the 'Church to the
demoralization of the First.—" Lafayette Pres
tery" in The Presbyterian.
aitit . s-.ot.tlf#,Ctipt:ta
lowA CITY.—The Constitutional Presbyterian
church have permanently suspended public wor
ship, and leased their edifice to the State Histor
,
ical Society of lowa, an honorable - institution.
After the Congregationalist majority, led by their
minister, G. D. A. Hebard, and aided by anoth
er minister, Benj. Talbot, went off, and attempt
ed to take all the property with them, by a con
gregational vote, there resulted the interruption
of Presbyterian services, and protracted ligita
tion. The Supreme Courtof lowa, at the expir
ation of nearly two years, gave 'the Presbyterian
minority full possession of the church edifice,
and - all its appurtena„nees.,
Meanwhile, the Trustees of the Synod of lowa
purchased the Assembly, a mortgage to secure a
second mortgage of their own; mid have since
repaired the roof and whole edifice, with means
in, their hands belonging to the Synod.
The Presbytery, at its last meeting, advised
that the church edifice be retained, for a City
Mission, Much needed here - in our growing and
changing population. But no help being proffer
ed by the Committee of Home Missions and of
Church Erection, in New York, nor from any'
other source, the rent of the property became a
necessity, to'secure the interest of the funds in
*vested and insurance on the 'edifice. , •
There still , is left a small "remnant according
to the election of grace."
SAM'L STORRS HOWE.
lowa City, Aug. 24, 1868: 1
MINISTERTAL.—Rev. Roit. F. McLaren has
been called to the church; at Maumee city, 0.
Rev. Sanford TV., Roe, late of Germantown,
N. Y.,,bas removed to Brookfield, Conn.
Rev.SconueT J. White has been elected pastor
of the
Congregational church of Wilton, Dela
ware-county, N. Y. • ,
Rev. G. W. Goodale,hae removed,' from Wes
ton, to. Kansas City,No.,
Henry
Rev. nry Bushnell lately of Columbus, 0., has
gone to Oregon to take charge of a collegiate In
stitute established at Albany, by Presbyterians,
who hope that it will grow ere long to be their
College in that State.
Rev. Jas. Brownlee has left. the pastorate of
Lebanon (Ill.) church, and gone to South Easton,
Kansas.
Rev. Wm. P. Teitsworth, is laboring as stated
supply in Lebanon; 111. , .
Bps. E. Black was , installed. over ,the, church
in Tuscola, 111., July 24th.,
Rev. B. F. 1it:117d1 is the_name of the clergy
man removing from Irving to: Waithena,•,-not
" B. F. Mickel," , I , ', ,
Rev. Dr. Parker, of, Newark; ;preached his
fareWell,sermon last Sabbath; , . .
Cnunonns.—lrvington, ' , IV:. Y.-J-The corner
stone of a new house , of worship 'for - ciur church,
was laid on Saturday,i August 22d, in the pres
ence of a large assemblage. 'Eloquent addresses
were delivered' by Rev: Stephen' H Tyng; D. D.,
of New York, on the subject of,Christian Unity,
and by Rev. Dr. Joseph , T: Duryea, of Brooklyn,
in which the relation of the believers that com
pose a ehureh• to the sanctuary in which"' they
-orship were beautifully land'etrikingly eihibit:
\ :1
1 ' Rev. John DeWitt, the
_pastor, read a hrief
istory of-the . church, which Was ' afterwa4 de
sited in , the corner-stone. The St6eh was laid
the venerable Dr. Thomas DeWitt, 'of New
' rk, who prefaced the ceremony with a few ap
-1 p priate remarks. The new church,'When coin: .
p ed, will accommodate'abont fifio"persons. The
ar itecture is Byzantine. It wilPhe built of
iw e marble, trimmed with blue granite: It is
ex ted that .the edifice' •iilibibe'cOnkilei4d(in'
Ma )09 ; :, • ,1 , 1 P. 14
. . ,
nchester,. Mich.—The teh*li edifiee:*ste!.,
. ing , larged ' and moderniiedti '•
This ii "a town ith'fluvloiriabilig M:
r hiele ll sl..'
Humboldt, Ks.--Rev. Col. Jas. Lewis reports
encouraging progress in this new organization.
The Sabbath-school and congregation are grow
ing, and a considerable sum has been raised for
a new house of worship.
Mendocino, Cal.—Rev. S. P. Whiting has
been invited to settle over this church, where he
has been laboring for some time. Their house of
worship, just completed and dedicated, cost $lO,-
000. Rev. Mr. Hamilton, of Oakland, preached
the dedicatory sermon. The style of the struc
ture is English Gothic. In one angle of the front
is a square tower surmounted by an octangular
spire about one hundred feet high. The building
is well lighted by five arched headed windows on
each side, and a large triplet window in the cen
tre of the front, and having diamond-shaped,
lights and colored borders. The inside is finish
ed entirely in wood, there being no plaster on
either walls or ceiling. The roof is open timber
ed, twenty-six feet high inside at, the ridge, and
eighteen feet at the walls, with a large open
space above, between ceiling and principal raft
ers. The esign• is not very elaborate or expen
sive. The details are simple, but the effect is
picturesque and tasteful, challenging comparison
with any church of its size on the coast. It is
securely built, having a heavy frame, and double
boarding inside and out. No reasonable expense
has been spared to , make it in every way conve
nient and attractive.
Cur/isle, Pu.—The congregation have added
$2OO to the salary of their pastor, Rev. C. P.
Wing, D. D., and are expending as much more
on his house and grounds.
PRESBYT ERIA.NS IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS.-
The nannies of the two Branches of Presbyte
rian Church, furnish the items for the following
view of the coulparative strength of Old and New
School in different sections of the country.
Sections. Old School. New School.
New Jersey2B,l4o 10,031 .
Eastern New 'York .. . .... .....33,296 .29,402
Eastern Pennsylvania " 33,933 16,280
Delaware and South 10,287 3,755
Middle and Western N. Y.. 5,251 41,229
Western Penn5y1vania.......38,634 3,953
Michigan 690 11,030
Ohio (Ex. W. Reserve) ....35,036 8,611
Western Reserve 3,300 6;716
Indiana 13,698 8,301
Illinois , 18,247 13,528
Wisconsin
MinnbEiota
Missouri..
Kansas...
Tennessee
Kentucky
Pacific - Coast
The places where the two bodies are about
equal `are in the vicinity of the city of New York,
including Northern New Jersey, the'valley of the
Hudson, and Long Island, and also the &ate of
Minnesota.—The._Presbyter.
Religious World Abroad.
The English WesleyanCOnferenee.—The ltmea,
which this year, for tfie first time, reports the pro
ceedings of the Conference, infers from the meeting
that "Any union of the Methodists with the
Church of England is hopeless. The Methodist peo
ple would, on no account, submit to it, even if the
ministers were brought Over; and 'the ministers
themselves.are as much-opposed as the - people. The
Rationalistic. and Ritualistic movements in the
Church are rapidly alienating the Methodist people,
and' froin all that we can gather, the Episcopalians
must not count on the friendship of, the Wesleyans
as heretofore.". . . . " No motion in favor of the
Irish establishment, would have:a chance of success.
.For this altered state of things, the Episcopalians
have only themselves, to blame. Some time ago,
the Church of England was warned in' this journal
of the danger of-arousing Protestant, feelin:g, , and
the prediction has come:true as, far as, the Wesley
ans are concerned." It was in reference to the trans
parent desire of certain churchmen to buttress the
establishment, and the attitude taken by Mr. Bed
ford, last year's President, that the Rev. William
Arthur said ;—" Mr. Bedford bad been kept out; of
the well-baited traps'which had been laid for him ;
he had.not 'been dazzled. by the thought of some
thing grai* than Methodism."
Colenso's Successor (or "Duplicate.")
—The Archbishop of Canterbury has given his
formal consent 'to the consecration of the Rev. W.
K. Illac'foria, incumbent of Accrington, taking place
in Engltind; ail bishop of all in Colenso's diocese
who may adhere' to him. Before' starting for 'the
baths on-the Continent, hisgrace ordered his proctor
to sue out nroyal mandate for the consecration, and
it is underslood that the Duke of Buckingham does
not objectlo . this being issued. The Bishop of Cape ,
town leaves England on the 9th of September, and
the donseeration will, therefore, in all probability,
take place before that time.
Romish Ittisrepresentation.—Arelibishop Man
ning, ior (as the cable in forms us) Cardinal Manning,
has.been taking a leaf out of Father Hecker% book,
'and presenting the Church as the champion of liber
ty. At a meeting held to raise funds to restore the
church' of St. Thomas a Becket at Rome, he repre
sented that martyr has having"suffered in defence
of truths now advocated by!Free Church men and
Wesleyans, and that against atrocious inikinse of the
Royal prerogative. Those were the principles of
'freedom of religion and of. conscience, principles
embodied in the first % words of Magna Chltria : "The
Ghursh - shall enjoy liberty", The Free Churchmen
and the Wesleyari.respectivery decline the `honor
thrust upbn them' -by the Cardinal, and think that
there were a great many more issues in that day
at stake than , liberty of conscience, and especially
'the great issue of the rights of nations against the
See of Rome.
- •
Sit; Geo. BOw er, a prominent R,onianist, recently
informed the public that in front of the Scotch Fret , -
byterian•Catechiern is a declaration,signed by every
Scotch clergymen, in which it is declared to be the
duty of the, civil magistrate to extirpate with iire
and sword all who do not hold the faith professed by
*John linox ; Dr. Cummin, through the columnsof
the Tiirifeq, tl3 e baronetto produce this wonderful
docurnent and elicits the fact that in uttering
wholeside l islandbi its retailer was sneaking from LA
treacherous] Memory.
The Edreign-lffissions of the English PresbY
leriali. Synod have been remarkable for their en
larged success., Twenty-one years ago the Rev. Wil
liam ,Burns was ordained; and sentaforth as the SS
nod's first missionary to China. He it was who -e
,open 7 air sermon, on a sacrament Monday, preach
ed n'ear:liia father's church, at B*y:the, insug" r *
fateddieiloribus revival of 183 t and who, NVf le"
tAtcCheyne, of Dundee, was absent in Palestine, oe
,cupted hitt place andl“lio;spake”- that a multiunit;
believed and turned tolbe Loid..His career in Chin"
!.}W .itA bii,eh a romance alkeFyrearity. , Years ago 1
adopted ' the native Chinese dress and habits, caugo
3,209
9,323 3,108
1,694 1,956
6,457 1,693
1,013 430
511 2,707,
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6,0051
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1,834