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Aier' Letters from a Garret, 111., by 'Z.
IT, The Upper Mississppi, by G. W. M., Rev.
A. Stewart's Letters, XI F., page 2d. Edi
tor's Table, Literary Items, Influence of the
Moon on the Weather, Bursting of a Glacier,
Ox or Horse Teams, page 3d. What is Life?
A - ,,trina and Katinka, Children a Blessing,
Temperance Jottings,. llaplated Amusements,
Power of Religious Training, "In I. Should die
before I wake,' &c., page 6th. Writing for the
Press, Two Ways of Reading the Bible, Lord
Brough - ltin's Favorite Hymn, Earnest Preach
ing, The Unitas Fratrum, page 7th.
Ser. Our readers will regret to learn that the
next of the Letters from a Garret" will close
the interesting series for the present. We.hope,
however. to have the pleasure of frequently pre
sentinectlier.prodnetiona from the same aedom
ptshed pen.
oar There are principles in morals so abso-
Ititely fixed that, it is immoral to seriously ques
tion them. One of these is that a man must
fulfil his contracts in the sense in which he knew
the other contracting party for understand them.
Do 'the Democratic party propose to do so with
our national promises to pay ?
r
air The apparent increase . of the public debt
is ,caused by, Secretary McCulloch reckoning the
loans to the Pacific R. R. as part of the debt.
Deducting these, the result shows that there has
really been a large reduction of the debt, and
that without making allowance for bonds, green
backs-and postal currency destroyed by accident,
it really amounts to little over 82,490,000,000.
The English national debt is over $3,945,000,000,
of which $240,000,000 is in the form of life
annuities, that beiug one of their expedients to
to pay it off
gir The English Low Churchmen are in the
main supporting Disraeli very staunchly, but be
is hardly acting in a way to deserve their support.
In his earlier days he opposed Sir Robert Peel in
resisting legislation to secure a decent observance
of the Sabbath. Since his accession to power
be has used his patronage to build up the High
Church and even Ritualistic party. He sent
out a bishop to Calcutta who so changed the ser
vice that a Highland (and largely Presbyterian)
regiment almost mutinied at the door of the
Ca thedial, rather than by entering " homologate "
with ROmiSh devices. He has bestowed some of
the richest livings iu the gifts of the crown upon
leading men in the Ritualistic party. His Sec
retary for Foreign Affairs declines to officially in
terfere to secure the release of a Spanish Protes
tant from the dungeon, thereby setting aside the
nobler precedents established by Cromwell and
Earl Russell.
A SENTIMENT FOR THE TIMES.-Mr. Ban
croft, in his account of the early opposition of the
aristocracy of Virginia to free schools and print
ing, says: "We rightly abhor the envy which
delights in 'debasing exc :Hence ; it is a still great-
er crime against humanity to combine against the
masses in their struggle for intellectual and social
advancement " Mr. Bancroft, we believe, is
at present. in favor with the Democracy, but we
do not think he would consent to the insertion of
the word " white " before " masses," in the above
noble'deelaration.
WHAT THE -LORD -RATH WROUGHT,
'Figures will tell stories sometimes. In your
list of churches in this week's AMERICAN PRES
BYTERIAN, that have received the largest acces
sions by examination, you say 18 have received
1432. When this figures of your list are all cor
rected it will - be 20 churches have received 1345.
But you have omitted some of the largest acces
sions, viz.: Third eh., New Albany, Ind., 171;
Homer, N. Y., 139 ; Second ch., New Albany,
Ind., 110 ; Marquette, Mich., 87. This will give
us 24 churches with an increase by examination
of 1852, which a better showing than we had last
week. [The ommission here indicated was cor
rected in our issue next following, with the ex
press exception of Homer, N. Y., which does not
belong to our body.]
Let us go a little.'farther and we will find that
the number of churches which have received 25
and upliards, is 112, the aggregate number re
ceived, in these being 3867•. Here then we have
one-fifteenth of-our that•eh l es receiving more than
one-third of the number received in the entire
Chureh.- Are not these facts significant? It
sureirw,ouldA be well 'for every minister and
ohsire)i, to be conversaiit . with the
,pi.o. , ress of
ourb o eZion, andespecia yo
know w e
.er they Vp • themselves,
,keeping pace with the
general Church. Not, that the number received
indicates, at all times, the amount of, good that
is accomplishdd. Balt does show us that some
thing WV -
rsr.l,k4.i
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1868.
Another
calculation
shows
ussl7 churches,
with an
that have 100 m embers and upwards,
aggregate membership of 121,693. Into these
churches there were received on examination
7,373, while the remaining 1,043 churches, with
anaggre gate
membership of 47,239, barely re
ceived 3,518. Here then we find that one third
of the churches have almost three-fourths of the
m embership, and have received just two-thirds of
the whole number added during the year. Tak
ing the entire membership, we have. in the larger
churches, one received to over 16, and in the
smaller, one to over 13i members. Thus showing
that, in proportion, the smaller churches are do
ing the most in gathering the poor, lost wander
ers into the fold of Christ. We have another
thing to look at. In. the eight Eastern Synods,
viz.: Albany, Utica, Onondaga, Geneva, Susque
hanna, Genesee, New York and New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania, our membership is 103,708, while
in the other fifteen Synods, covering over one
hundred times the territory, we have but 65,224.
Here are interesting facts , for the lover of Home
Missions. What a country to be conquered ter
Christ !
But the difference is not so, great now as it was
in 1865. Then, the East had 91,966, while the
the West had 51,679, making the increase dur
ing this time, in the East 121 per cent, while in
the West it has been 261 per cent This increase
in the West, is not, by any means, from the in
crease of population, and hence by letter from
eastern churches. For we find that during this
time 14,796 were received by letter in the East,
and 13,851 in the West. [This is not quite con
clusive. The receptions by letter in the Eastern
churches are mainly from the Eastern churches
and are no net gain to the East, while the West
receives many from the East and'gives feW.]
Another significant fact appears. The East
has 917 ministers, and 697 churches, while the
West has 883 ministers and 893 churches. 'When
I see these figures, I feel that we, who are in the
in the West, ought never to covet a situation in
the East, because the minister is better cared for
and his work is attended with less hardships
that it is in the West. Truly here is where the
Master needs laborers for His vineyard. And I
feel like asking Bro. " GENESEE " if he does not.
think we are as much interested in the Re-union
of the Church as they are in New York ? Sure
ly if any part of the country is to be benefitted
by this, it is the West, where small bands of
Christians may be united, and thus their efficien
cy more than dcCubl&l. 'We will hail with sincere
gratitude a real Reunion, for it will be our star
of prosperity. '• --
Then let us all work for this earnestly, and
faithfully, and for nothing else. And let the
figures we have given etimainto every .one East
and West, in our large churches'and in our small
ones, to enter anew upon the work our Lord hath
given us to do. Let us through our own beloved
Church, labor for the salvation of the perishing
millions around us. Then the Lord will bless us
and work yet mightier things in our Church and
J. R BRANDT.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 25, 1868.
country
BETHESDA CHURCH-.
Some time since we published the folio wing
circular. We call attention to it again: r l This
infant church is now engaged in the work of
erecting a house for the worship of God—the
walls being about half way up. But help must
be furnished, and it is earnestly hoped that-every
member of our city congregations,. who has not
already contributed, will make it a matter of con
science to do so.
PHILADELPHIA, :Tune 8,- 1868
DEAR Sin:—Your attention is respectfully re
quested to the following statement `concerning the
Bethesda Presbyterian church in this
'District
•
1. Six months • ago in the entire District of
Kensington and Port Riammid, - comprising a
population of about eighty thousand souls, there
was but one New School Presbyterian church.
2. Rev. William T. Eva had been pastor of
that church for seven years, and during that pe
riod, had received more than 450 persons to its
communion. The whole membership had grown
to nearly 1100. Their house of worshik was
crowded to its utmost capacity, every seat was
rented and the Pew Committee had applications
for two years in advance of their ability to sup
ply accommodations.
3. In these circumstances, the 4th Presbytery
of Philadelphia passed resolutions urging the
foimation of a'colony;:and the establishment of
anew church in that quarter of the city. The
recommendation was received with considerable
hesitancy on the part of the congregation. The
pastor, regarding it as a call of duty, and acting
Upon the suggestion of the Presbytery, resolved
to lead off the movement. With 200.0 the mem
' hers of the Church, he went out from the crowd
ed ,home, secured a place of worshipand Sahhath,.
sehool, and began the new enterprise, at a point
three-fourths o a mile distant from the mothei.
church. ,
4. On the 4th of December last, the Presby—
tery organized this company,under,tle, name
,of,
the Bethesda' Prea;yierian Chureh of
phia. Since that time the new enterprise has
been attended with the most signal and encour
aging success. The church -has received 54 per
sons to its communion, most 4 of theiii on profes,
sion of faith, and 'a large proportion of these,
persons who had not for years been in the habit
of attending divine worship, so that now there is
a membership of 250, a regular congregation of
500, and a Sabbath-school of 406.
5. The services are held, in a 'public hall,
which though the largeit in that part of the city,
is entirely road, ditek t e#antliof the enter
prise. It is Asofutely wentialto the continuous
II a- - ' 47-
growt all prosperity iof the movement that a
church edifice should be erected at the earliest
possible day. Accordingly a lot has been taken
in an eligible place at the corner of Frankford
Road and Vienna Street, and arrangements have
been made for the work of the building. It is
proposed to erect an edifice that will accommo
date 1000 persons; were such a building availa
ble now there is not a doubt that it would be fill
ed at once.
Plans have been prepared for a suitable house
which can be built at a cost of about $50,000.
Contracts have been entered into with Mr. Win.
B. Ginnodo, Builder, to put the building under
roof for the sum of $32,000. It was not deemed
prudent to go farther than this at present.
The neighborhood is richer in people than in pro
perty. The congregation that has been drawn
together is not wealthy. The members are will
ing and anxious to give . or make sacrifices to
carry on their good work, but they cannot contri
bute more than about half the sum required.
Hence they are obliged to raise the question
whether the other churches of our city can help
them to the extent of the ether half.
Such assistance must be afforded or a most
important and.promising enterprise. will be dwarf
ed or crippled if not wholly defeated. Evidently
the movement is of the Lord and. ought to be
helped.. The work has been begun, the church
organized, the property secured upon' a thorough
ly Presbyterian foundation. It should be carried
forward and completed with the energy and li
berality characteristic of the denomination.
To you; dear sir, the undersigned, a Committee
in behalf of he Pastor's Association would most
heartily conapnd this enterprise. We deem it
worthy of earnest thought. and devout prayer,
and of the most Christian liberality. In a short
time, you will be waited upon formally by the
Rev. Ma. EVA or by some one of the Committee
for your response to this appeal 'which we make
in the name of Christ and' for His cause
• ALBERT BARNES,
DANIEL MARCH,
ROBERT ADAIR,
THOS J. SHEPHERD,
JOHN Mo.LEOD.
COLLEGE RECORD
BROWN UNIVERSITY (Providence, R. I.)—
On Tuesday, September Ist, a general meeting of
the Alumni was held in Manning and the
scheme of founding Post-Graduate Scholarships
was presented by President Caswell, and warmly n
advocated by Profs. Lindoln and Gammell of B.
U., Fisher of Yale College', bamsen of 'olniubia
College, and by others. The One Hundredth
Annual Commencethent was held on Wednesday
the 2d of Septemher. It was a clay of great in
terest among the 'Alumni, of whom many were
gathered back to' their Alma Mater. Thirty
young men were graduated. Twenty-five received
the degree of Bachelor of Arts; and five the
degree of Bachelor of. Pnilosophy. Seventten
gentlemen received the degree of A. M. in
course, and the sizzle degree, was conferred as
h ono. ary upon Albert Carey Morse of Providence.
The title of D.D. Was conferred upon ,Adoniram
Judsr Huntington, Prof. of Greek in the Co
lumbia College, Washington, D. C , Rev. James
MeCosh, Pretaidet4, : of the College in Princeton,
N. J., and Rev. HOward Osgood, Prof. of Bibli
cal Interpretation in the Crozer Theological Sem
inary, Chester, Pa. L.L.D was given to James
B. Angell, President of the University of Ver
mont, Samuel Gridley Howe, M D., Supt of the
Institution for the blind, Boston, Mass., and
Nathan Clifford, Justice 'of the U. S' Supreme
Court. It was said, that Dr. McCosh, though he
has twice or more received L.L.D., has never be•
fore received aD.D.
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, (at Tusea
looia,) " has fallen (says the Central Presby
terian,) into the hands of those Northern adven
turers who, have come to thisregion seeking for
spoils. A Mr. A. S. Larkin, of Ohio, has been
appointed President; a Joseph Kimball, of Mas
sillon, Ohio ,
is to be Profess-Jr of Natural Phil
osophy; a J. M. Geery,,of, i oberlin, Ohio, has
been elected Professor of Mathew 'ties ;' and per
sons named 1). Itutuphreys and• T. M. Goodfel
low, both of Ohio, have been chosen Professors
in other departnien.s.7 The liontgornerg Mail
says : " What is i to be dono r ? These men will
not, of course, get a dozen students, to sit under
the, droppings of their genius. They do not ex
pect it. They only expect to draw annually
twenty-five hund led dollars for, the President, and
two thousand dollars.for each Professor, from the
State Treasury, and, occupy the public buildings
at Tuscaloosa free of rent." We are glad that
those of our, Northern people, who wisn to con
tribute to Southern educational, institutions can
now do so throtigh this channel without con
tributing to.the perpetuity of the Lost Cause."
We will trust the .Northern 'professors .in the
matter of gathering, students, Probably they
wont be particular in regazd to color. ,
EmouY ,COLLECIE. VA.—There are now ; .await-,
ing the opening of the next session, five Indians.
They are from the Indian Nation, and belong to
the Chickasaw and Choctaw. tribes. Several of
them are potnisincr young men, and speak the
Engliihdanguage fluently. •
4tiro Myr Ourtijcs.
CITY.--Dr. Johnson occupied his pulpit last,
Sabbath, morning and evening.—Dr. Humphrey
Will be in his place at Calvary next Sabbath.--
Mr. Allen was back at Old' Pine St last Sunday.
He has been preaching . in Frankford and at Cal-,
vary.—Dr.,March is in- his accustomed place
again.—Mr. Eva appeals ' again for aid in the
work of erecting the new house of worship for
Bethesda church.— he PrTss ; of Saturday says:
"It will be seen in another column that a new
feature is about to be introduced in the North
Broad street Presbyterian church service. The
pastor, Rev. Dr. Stryker, who is, a great friend
of the children,, proposes fo-Morrow afternoon,
and on the afternoon of the.firsc, Sabbath each
month, to.preach,s;sermon to the children. This
will be a Tegular church service; and 'We'‘dbubt
not will prove very populgr.'SintiplelrlitKisWhat
is \'demanded in - this age, and what interests and
Plses the children aP90Pt41?.19
to adults," Dr. Stryker is also introducing the
system of adult classes in the Sabbath-school.
LOMBARD ST. CENTRAL CHURCH.—This
church have thoroughly repaired their house of
worship at a cost of about $2,000. This mea
sure was found highly necessary with a view to
their continued and increased efficiency, and has
elicited very liberal contributions from the mem
bers of the congregation. There is, however, a
balance of some $BOO still due, to raise which
they are obliged to ask the aid of their brethren
in this city. We cordially commend them to the
Christian liberality of our churches, the more so
as they haye evinced a hearty determination to
help themselves. They have but recently paid
off all the old debt of the congregation, and have
secured the continuance of the services of their
able and talented pastor, Rev. John B. Reeve, by
an increase of his salary.
The church is to be re-opened on next Sabbath,
when Mr. Reeve will preach in the morning and
Mr. Allen, of Pine St. church, in the afternoon.
We trust that many of our readers will be pres
ent, and will contribute according to their ability
to the cause then presented.
CHURCHES —Second, Ciricinnati.—The Trus
tees haye, an offer of $200,000 for the church
property, which is located on Fourth street, of
the "Queen City." The offer comes from Emery
bothers, who want to erect a fine block of stores
on its site.
Pittsburgh, Third, will send four of its young
men Co Auburn, next term
MINISTER I AL.—Rev. Benjamin Mills.—The
Cheyenne Leader of August 26, says-. " Rev.
Benjamin Mills, of the Rock Hill Presbyterian
church, of St. Louis, who has collie to the. West
for the purpose of exploring this extensive field
fbr missionary labors, favored us with a call this
morning. Mr: Mills will examine the prospects
for religious undertakings iu Wyoming and Utah,
and report to headquarters of the Presbyterian
Home Missionary. Committee." • •
Rev. James Walker, some one writes the
Eva;igelist," last year at Tekonsha, has just gone
to Pewamb. The warehouse was burned, and all
his household turniture, clothing, and books are
consumed. Cannot some church 'eud him a box
of clothing?. Will not 'some su r erannuated min
isters send him books ? " Mr. Walker is one of
our Home Missionaries. a most worthy man, and
a veteran in the service. He was a member of
the last General Assembly. His loss—a severe
one to him—should be made good at once by the
friends of Missions. •
Rev. Dr. Adams was to re-occupy the pulpit
of. ,Madison Square church, New York, last Sab
bath.• . • '
Rea. D. B. Campbell, late of Wenona; has ac
cepted a call from the churches of Dover ,and
Clayton, Lenawee county, Mich., and removed to
the latter place.
Rev. Willard If Hoyt, late of Chaumont,
N. Y., has removed to Mendota, Wis.
Rev. B. H. Kellogg has changed his post office
from Marsha'town to Des Moines, lowa.
Rev: Parregli, VOrtookian, of Constantinople,
an Armenian, preached on Sunday afternoon,
Aug. 30,' to. a score or more of Armenian .resi
dents of New York, in the lecture-room of Dr.
Burchard's church, in Thirteenth street. The
gentleman purposes buying lands at the
South for the settlement of an Armenian Protes
tant colony. The sermon alluded to the considera
ble number of Protestant Armenians at Constan
tinople, and their desire to live in a land of reli
gious toleration where a more extended commu
nion with those of their Own faith could be.en
joyed. The American missionaries had pointed
to the United States as that promised land, and
as being one that offered a climate in its South
ern section 'corresponding with that of the Medi
terranean. The speaker . expressed a desire to
receive any suggestions toward carying out his
views.— The _Evangelist.
PRESBY Crawfordsville met at Alamo,
Ind., Aug. 21. The young church there is hope
ful, and zealous in the work of erecting a house
of worship. The overture of the General Assem
bly concerning the reunion of, the, two' branches
of the Preabyterian Church, after a free discus
sion, was answered in the affirmative, without a
disienting voice ; two members, however, at their
own request, 136ing excuSe.l from voting. A. call
from Center church, Crawfordsville, to Rev. J.
Safford to become their pastot, was received and
put into the hands of Mr. Safford, and upon. in
formation of its acceptance the Presbytery fixed
upon the Saturday before the second Sabbath in
September fiir the installation. A committee was
appointed (as recommended by the Assembly) to
secure the holding of a Sabbath-school Institute
within bounds of the Presbytery. was
" Resolved, That tbr the more efficient, support of
our own benevolent agencies, this Presbytery en
joins upon each of the' churches under its care
to take up collections; so far as practicable in the
following order : For Foreign Missions, in Sep
tember; for ministerial Relief, in November; for
Education in the ministry' 'in January; - tor
Home Missions, in March; and for Publication,
July." . Rev. W. Steele
.was re-appointed as
Presbyterial Missionary.
LANE SEMINARY.—Dr. William H. Mussey,
professor of Operative Surgery in the Miami
Medical College, and widely known as one of the
most skillful physicians , of the 'West, has con
sented to deliver a course of lectures to the stud
ents of Lane Seminary, during the approaching
session, on such subjects in the department of
Hygiene as will be likely to interest and profit
those connected with, the institution. There is' I
reason to hope that the lectures of Dr. Mussey
will be foll..wed in succeeding year by others on
kindred subjects, to be deliiered by professors in
the same institution, and by other distinguished.
physicians of Cincinnati. Such an mina] course
will, doubtless prove of great benefit to the stud
ents, and become , an . additionable attraction to
those who desire a broad and healthful tbeolog,i
cal culture. The next,tertn.at Lane commences
op. Thursday, , September 10th. The Facility are
making every practical preparation to welcome.
the students, ands mike them bomfortabld
the year. The:new Boarding Hall is
.apprOaeli
bug completion:; and iihen , finished,uwill be a farl
more pleasant'andi- convenient !Eiiilairm than ,( itii
wtedgicepsor: We solicit: Or,* the )Seminary,
=MMIEMIIMIMMMEMMIM
for its officers and students, a special place in tlic
prayers and sympathies of the the Church dur
ing the coming year.—The Christian Herald.
THE BIBLE IN TILE SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.—At
the Fall meeting of one of our Indiana Presby
teries—a correspondent of The Christian Herald
informs us—a ruling Elder gave an account of a.
Union Sab. school, in which the people represented
were so diverse that it was found unwise to in
troduce any question books, or any of the popu
lar Sunday-school literature of the day, because,
introduce what they might, it was likely to of
fend the prejudices of some denomination. For
this reason this reason the singular spectacle was
witnessed of a Sunday-school that had only one
text-book, the Bible. The teachers expounded
that one book, and found their scholars apparent
ly very deeply interested—as much so as is com
mon in schools having more machinery and a
larger literature. There were about thirty schol
ars in the school, and before the year was
through. almost all those scholars were con
verted and added to the several churches. " The
entrance of Thy words giveth light; it giveth
understanding to the simple."
frtigitato kittEltignitt.
THE REFORMED CHURCHES.
City.—The Tenth 0. S. church, which had been
clOSed during the month of August for repairs, will
be opened on Sunday next. Dr. Mcllvaine, of
Princeton, has been engaged to supply the pulpit
for a month, and will probably preach until the re
turn of Dr. Boardman.—The Ger. Ref. Zion church
on sixth street above Girard avenue, has undergone
repairs, which will cost about $3OOO. The congre
gation of this church is large, and strong financial
-1818, the German Reformed- Church had
but a single congregation in this city, which wor
shipped in the church in Race street, below Fourth.
Upon the introduction of the English language, the
German portion of the congregation left, aiid, in
1819, erected the - . church in St. John's street, be
low Green, of which Dr. S. H. Bigbighaus was pas
tor for over a quarter of a century. In' 1651, this
congregation commenced colonizing, and since that
time six other German congregations were organiz
ed in various parts-of the city. The first was the
one in Howard street, above Thompson the second,
Zion church. The membership of the latter is 700,
whilst the mother congregation, in St. John street,
numbers more thantwice as many members.' The
Howard street church has. recently been re-painted,
re-frescoed, and thoroughly renovated.
Chuithes.—"The Presbyterian church in George
town, Delaware, which has.been ministered to dur
in& his vacation, by Mr. W. W. Page, of Princeton
Seminary, haS been blessed 'by
_the presence of the
Spirit of God, in the ordinary means of grace. Dur
ing the month of August fifteen were added to her
me m bers h i p."—Presbyterian.—Th e little Presbyterian
church of Shanghai, numbering forty members,
has .selected one of its members -to tither as an
evangelist in one of the villages about Ka-Shen.
This missionary is supported entirely at the expense
of these native Christians.—On the third Sabbath
of . August, there was a" Westminster church" or
ganized in the south-western corner of' Pitts Co.,
Mo., on the line of the railroad now building front
Sedalia, Mo., to the'south-west of the State. Eleven
members fur the present constitute the organiza
tion, but others have made their arrangements to
Come.
Rev. Dr. Br Cosh.—BeforeDr M'Corsh takes his
departure for America, his friends in Ireland intend
to present him with an address expressive of the
esteem and regard which they cherish towards him,
and their high sense of the services which be has
rendered to the cause of evangelical Christianity.
The movement has already made considerable pro
gress: and among those who have appended their
names to address are Lord Duilerin, Sir Edward
Coey, (the Mayor of Belfast,) and a nutriberof lead
ing public men in the North of Ireland belonging
to the different Protestant denominations. It is
most probable that a piece of plate will be present
ed to the reverend doctor at the same time. Ac
cording to present arrangements, he is - to sail from
Liverpool on the Ist of September. Elopes are en
tertained that he will be instrumental in drawing
together still closer the various evangelical commu
nities that exist in the two countries. One of his
first labors iu this direction will be 'to get up a suc
cessful meeting in the United States of that Confer
ence of the Evangelical Alliance which it is content
plattd to hold there: From his connection and in
fluence with the leaders of the . Protestant denomin
ations in Europe and America, his services in a
work t,f this kind cannot be overestimated.—Mis
lien World.
0 v eV-Sea Items.—The Irish Assembly's Church
Extension Committee have secured the erection
of a neat Gothic house of worship at Killarney,
which will seat 400 people, and was opened for divine
service August 16th. Ilia is mainly to accommo
date tourists to the lakes, similar provision having
been made in other romantic localities of the South
and West. In Cork .there are two Presbyterian
churches, elegant. and comfortable. Iu Queenstown
the Presbyterian church occupies. one of the finest
sites in the town ; in Mallow there is a beautiful
little church 'erected by a 'Mr. Baird; in Limerick,
Bandon, Clonmel, Waterford, Templetnore., Kilken
ny, Fermon, and Lismore, the General Assembly
has organized regular churches, and the Gospel ie
preached in purity and simplicity.—A tastetul new
stone church has been erected in Hull, England, for
the E; P. congregation. They have called Rev. W.
P. Mackay, a licentiate of the Free Uhuich.—.No
tice of a motion for an overture to the English Sy
mid Tor the establishnient of a Sustentation Fund.
was given at the last meeting of the E Presbytery
of Berwick. The E.. P. Chureh is in most things
modelled after the Free Church, but wants this very
characteristic feature. The Free Church Dina
(taking the whole Church) shows a : gain of .41,:300
in the two months succeeding the meeting of the
Assembly.—Rev. "Jaines Orr .Scott was recently
ordained at Beltast as. missionary to the Jews at
Damascus, in connection withtlelrisii Presbyterian
Church.. This is the mission with which Prot: J.
L. Porter was connected—Dr. Gleig expresses
unwillingness to let the Edinburgh Town Council
thrust him into the' late - Dr. Lee's pulpit at Old
Greyfriars', against the wishes of the people. The
'congregation -re•aitirm' their unwillingness to accept
him, although:he is' willing to have them stand in
singing, kneel in prayer; employ an organ, and to d' )
everything but use Dr. Lee's prayer-book. They
reply T tliat the. liturgy is not the difficulty in the way:
The Presbyterian church at Plymouth built (of iron
about two years ago by the 'lrish Assembly for the
use, mainly, of Irish Presbyterian soldiers, and ac
commodating nearl 700 people, has grown too
small for the - mixed y
congregation of civilians fo , i ,
soldiers who have gathered under the ministry 01
Rev. , Jos. Wood.. The corner-stone of a new etiitic e
ofstone_ and in the Italian style, to accommoda te
1100 people, was laid in the beginning of A110';
by a Capt. Hutchinson, amienaber of the Church
England, who pointed out on the:Easter their churtli
a RoMish nuiin.erY; 'cathedral and schools, and tr
the West, Ritualistic schools antraTractarian nu n.
'nervy, saying that tit ere wtts'n'othing. at hand too?:
bat tliese allies in error - butihia little iron chore n
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s.'=SOnie4f Eiitiah Officers stationed
:Canada having commenced to preach public4.'°