ginitirait prtlnjtttian. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1868 BEV. JOHN W. HEARS, D. D., Editor. ye. 1334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,' NEWSPAPER DECISIONS. 1. Any person who takes a pap& regularly from the post-office—whether directed to his name or ano ther, or whether he has subscribed or not—is respon sible for the pay. 2. If a person orders his paper discontinued, be must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may con tinue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whdther it is taken froin the office or not.. 3. The courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the post-office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prima fade evidence of intentional fraud. 036 - G. TV. M.'s Last Letter from the Upper Mississippi, Graphic Account of Missionary Touring in India, A. M. Stewart's XVlth letter, Page 2d; ~Editor's Table, Literary Items, Use of Musquitoes., The ..fiVasp, Musk; Education for. Farming, Page,'44 Willie's Prayer, Dotty Dimple on Rich Aleri, - 11rovel Sab bath School Lesson, 'Smoking' Marinefi; Tem perance Movement, Leakage; Inner Volfe, Page 6th; The Earthquake in South America, Pategth. 7 ',The veierable, Dr.' Cooke ) * ,of 'Belfast, is apparektlYn*Aar the close of flizentful ca reer. Aethellist meetirig of tile' Presbytery of Belfast'prayerti Ntere besonAt in his liiharj, that the peace wlaieh he still enjoys may continue till he enterkinth the rest and Peacerof GOd. • ,ger- The churches of Horner and Lisle, N.Y., formerly connected with Cortland Presbytery, have united with five Congregationalist churches in forming a " Central Association of 'Congrega tinlial Ministers and churehes of New York." Ser We tare'recfuetmt to call the, attention of the paStOrs'azid'Selastoni of the Third Presbytery of. Philadelphia to the 'call-for a report 'on the state of religictil)4co44oleilti,a, the notice of the Stated Clerk. for the, next meeting, which will be found in another column. THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.-DF. Charles J. Stille,,well knownae one of the ablest literarY supporters of, our nation.al policy during the war, as an active member of the Sanitary Commission and 4,tsiliistorianovill be inaugurated s ProvOst Uf„this venerable.institution on Wed nesday ,noxt,. , tbe 30th inst. at ,the Akerican Academy of Music. ;,The Uhiversity has not received , that shareof the public patronage, and favor whic4 it mitY justly claim. Although founded and supporto by such men as Benjamin Franklin it long Vested Under a suspicion of Toryism, yhich led to the withdrawal' of the countenance and support of the GovernMent. In more recent days, although it points to graduates illustrious in the ranks of every leaping cleuop3ination, it has rested, under an 'equalVuujust suspicion of Sectarian' par tiality and exclusiveness. The denominational connections of the gentlemen recently added to the ports of instruction, show that such a charge has no foundation in fact, and that the governing body are determined to execate* the trusrcom mitted to them,with the most Catholic ends in Dr. Stille's provostship opeus with briglit au spices. The largest'. matriculani class ever ad mitted -has entered-A:Km its studies ; the au thorities are harmonious and hopeful; the course of study has been adapted to the most advanced and intelligent, views of l liberal education, and hopes of a large increase, in the endowment are warmly entertained. PROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT SYNOD "OF GENEVA. The annual meeting of this body was held this week in, q oping.. 'The opening ser mon was preached on Tuesday evening by Rey. W. K. Platt of 'Lltdleivville.' 'Rev. 'Horaee Eaten, of Elmira, was'elected Moderator; Revs. C. E. Stebbins > of Ovid, and Daniel Magie of Penn Yen, Temporary clerks. Rev. De: Cowles presented the Annual Report of Elmira College, showing the institution to be in a highly prosperous condition. He made ap propriate and touching allusion to the recent decease of Simeon Benjamin, the founder and generous patron of the College. The Secretaries and agents appeared and were kindly heard, for the various causes of benevo lence. Dr. Goertner,c4ne also among them, and spoke for Hamilton College. The institution is every way prosperouoc not:. yet eaten up by any new rival. The Freshitien. class number about fifty, and more are expeolteit,"Dr. Goertner pro posed that the Synod of Geneva should endow a Professorship in Hamilton, and have the right of nominating the incumbent. That would be a very handsome.thing ; ;only we fear Dr. 'Groort nertwohld have to de the work ;' and in that case the Synod could hardly clainu the right of nomination, which would be quite as well for the college. and' tn. the • •'abl 'A full, elear, - . main, a y halal:eed diaper, in the. subject of . grape culture aria wine'making, was read ' by Rev. Dr. GridleY of Waterloo. Ile tdpes mot condemn the . raising of the grape,'ilbefronounee 4ine Making, neither all wine-drinking, astsinfal in themselves; but in view , of tbeisreat :dapgur of constant abuse of things . in themselves good and innocent, he weithlrhate4hitiiiiiiiVuseigioati aid. 'Wine THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1868. making, for drinking purposes, is not the best kind of business for them. Rev. Dr. Bell of Lyons read a curious essay on the " mobility of the ministry." Ile advo cates something not unlike the Methodist. system of rotation. He spoke of evils which often embarrass a pastor in his relations to his people. Many of these were admitted to exist by those who spoke upon the subject, but no one saw any remedy in the plan proposed; no one seemed to want any more " mobility" of the ministry than that which we now have. Surely it cannot be doubted, in this' day, that permaneney in the pastoral office is one source of its greatest power and usefulness. DEATH FATHER PORTER." . z We have tried before to notice the death of this good man, but could not earlier get the facts we needed. He was born in Waterbury, Ct., (that part now called Naugatuck,) in 1781. He graduated at' Dartmouth College in 1808 ; studied Theology with Dr. Woodhull, in Long Island; was licensed in 1810 ; ordained by the Presby tery of. Albany, at'Balislon, in 1812 ; settled in Ovid in 1816 and afterward .preached inrEl biNkOL:Ca4leten, Palmyri,.gescow and Wars aw. 'fle formed the Castleton church, and his minis in - try was greatlY'blessemong that people. But , for the last ten ,or twelve years he has been' laid aside, front active service, and has lived in.great quiet, IT iverally ,respectod T and - beloved, the beautiful village of Geneva. He was a, man,of; simple, sincere, fer Vent piety,. great benevolence, a genial, cheerful presence, always shedding joy and peace_ around him... ,He, as particularly gifted in love andlifayer.' ki'ed with all the in firmities of his great age upon him, his voice was , alKaytpeculiarktursiclotn - e7in the,sodial - He loied - the sanetnaq,,a4d, all the ordin ances of God's hoUse'i:Was .beloved by all who knew' !him ; s and waited peacefully `all his ap pointed time until his change came. , DEATH OF REV. N. P. CAMPPLELD We have been pained beyond measure to hear this. week of the sudden death of thiS 'young brother. He was but thirty years of age; was settled but. three years, ago, , with .every prospect of great and continued usefulness, in the beauti ful 41 4 p 'had/ o'ne of he best of' wiireS,' -i the' daughter of Henry Iveson, Esq., the distinguished publisher of, New York. Their home - was' like" it hale paradise, all so charming and , lovely an& now so utterly dark and desolate. it seems he was 09t well.; had gone to Sara toga., „I for, his, health ; n and so on up to Bellows Fall, Vt., where his precious, useful Jife was sud denly brought to a close by drowning. The re naius were taken, to,Netvark, N. iT.,'the house of his afflicted father, Rev. R. B. Campfield, for burial. He was a lovely pllristian man, a de ; voted mini4e;r 4 4 usefulness,; beloved was ju§tStielvart-onPao;ktliaito't know how to , spare._ But, hc, is gorie au . d we can but be* to this very, mysterious allotment of Providence. - • Rev. C. C."Kinzba; formerly of Le,Roy has received a unanimous and hearty call to settle as colleague pastor with „Rev. pr. Lyon, over the first Presbyterian Olturli of Erie, Pa. Dr. Lyon has now served this . church Most, faithfully and acceptably for nearly forty, years: His i ,health has suffered considerably of late, and last Spring his people kindly voted hitt' leave of absence for six mouths, they to supply the pulpit and con tinue histaalary.- lie Q its Teen at CliftoNArings, at; Baratoga, and at Plymouth, Mass. trying to reoain his health, Which has - been somewhat, im proved by the rest and' change. ` Both he and his people have feared; however, that .he' might not soon, if, ever r be able to =resume the entire duties of his large , and responsible pastorate. Mr. Kimball had, in the meantime, been en gaged supplying his pulpit for the six months. The result is as above stated; an arrangement to whiCh indeistiddl,lir: Lyon alio give',S his very Cheerful and Cohlial aSsebt.' Rev. C. I'• Mass vitnßatplite, las - a loud and earnest call AO., the Presbyterian' church of Ir ving, Kansas. .This is a comparatiyelpnew, but very important field, where foundations are to be laid for many generations. The interests of education, of society generally, are' to be loOked after; as well 'as tfie , pulpifof;;that church. Mr. Mtissey ernalified, by fine education, cul ture and faSte, for such a position. We shall greatly miss his genial face and form if he leaves Wester,n NewYOE ; ,tnd yetrtve , can,n4 Aph) congratulating prospectof Sitett.::great usefulness ' if he'sees fit to•:'g,o. • We Understand his church in' 'Batavia, 'are' `trying, to veto his going. Rev. N. S. _Lowrie, of the other branch, has received and accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church in Gorham, and is soon to be installed by the PieSbyteyy 'clf.,Gpneva.„.4 We hear also - , that Rev. William A. Niles, D. D., of Corning, has a.oall to the Ist Presby terian Church of St. Louis, to be the worthy successor of Rev. Dr. Nelson. . The good people of Corning, we know, will protest against, this, but finally acquiesce in that which shall seem best. Mr. Niles is a Wide,awake,Rielaian, , bo i and to succeed wherever he goes, but Well off where he is. , GE ! NESE.E. illichester, Sept. 19, 1868. "THERE ARE TWO ':HEADLEIS." Azg. PRESiIinfERSi N: —As ail ace Of iim ple justice, allow us to correct the unintentional mistakes IS Genesee." in his notes following the 'above correct announcement For, we.".happen to know " that, while.i'Jose phine,"'-" Women ' of 'the `Bible," etc., lire not " small books," there is in none of these, nor in the subscription volumes, includingthe!‘ Court and Cunt) of David, " the skciitow of "'imitation, -either in design, plan, or execution, of the more "fa mous writer." The idekof copying the story of the homicide ankdespotNapoleo,n 2. in writing the bistory a the royal penitent and - Psalinist, is 'simply absurd. And while P. C.; does not wish to be••'Confoun iled with J. T. we' are sure an antlioi'may be too sensitive in regard tObii identity in the pub ic recognition. ' ''' :' CALLS '461'5 )ai Our eturrlgo. CHURCHES.—Washington, D. C.—Dr. John C. Smith writes to The Evangelist : " The year just closed furnishes the following results : Sixty communicants added to our roll ; thirty-four bap tisms, of these twenty-five the infants of believ- ng parents in communion with us, and nine adults on profession ; dismissed to other churches, twenty-nine. Of our number sixteen have died. I have married thirty-one couples, nine of whom were in August, a larger number than in any other single month In my ministry. I have been at'work the whole year. All our meetings, seven of which are for prayer, were beautifully sustain ed, eminently social, and Markedby the presence of Jesus.' Detroit.—There is no certainty, as yet, wno be successor of the lath Dr. Duffield' will be. It is rumored'that Rev. W. A. MeCorkle (Dr. Ditf field's colleague) has received an 'ittitaiion 6be borne the successor of Dr. Nelson at Louis.— Corr. of The _Heral(l, , Metropolis, /// 4 4.-lbe church in ,th.place, Rev. J. H. Scott, pastor, nurnberin. , thirty-one mem bers, dedicated a new church edifice September' 6, Dr. Tt3ylor- of, qineinnati; preaching the ser mon.. Of, the, four thousand dollars which the house CAI only' 4240 rentained.due on the day; of deaication,"and Was promptly' contributed then. 4ie only, church,' we have between• Cairo and' EVansvilic,-aed is, groWing .41thoitg,i many `riwaVdetl'it'as diseoura.inc , '&ict • q 'Uarnett, - Ks.—A 'chilreh of ; twelve ; members 'was organized at'this place Sept. 4th, Rey. '',O. P. 'Blanchard; of, the' fast class at Union, has taken 'charge ; of i . Garnett: is a'fine opening a county seat and a Rail Road town:' of 800 inhabitants. Others are expected soon to join the church. The Sixth chitreh, Yetvark, N. J., Rev. James Dickson,Aiastor, which hasleen dOsed nearly two months: for cleaning and ;repairs,; was opened for divine service. last Sunday. The walls and ceiling haire been handsomely' reseoed,and the interior of the church wholly renovated and beaatified: The church luis never hefore pre sented so attractive an appearance, The Second `church, New Castle, Pa., Rev. W. T. Wylie, pastor', re occupied their bouse last Sabbath. : The audience room has been fres - coed and painted, 'arid the entire building 'is :now, bettercondition than. 'it has ever' been •before The Synod, of Western Pennsylvania is to meet in this church on the 3d,` FridaY (?sth) of this month , ORGANIZATION.. — PL~BFEOTINI3 THEIR The church at Candor, N. Y., ten miles north of dwego, dedicated a, new and fine ,hone, costing sonie $15,000. Au g `. 25, ite:v. E. Taylor, of Bin.-- liarapton, preaching the sertuon. ;, The church have voted down a proposition "to perfect Omit; relations" to . Presbytery.=The Susquehanna As ionciation , met, at , Centre Lisle, Sept. E Taylor, moderator. Several new ministers were present, and several churches, heretofore connect ed with PresbYteo, will' soon unite with it.-One of NeWman Hall's subordinate co-operators in his mission work in Londcin,haa just,commenced la her as the minister f of the Congregational - church at Richmond, which'will soon probably withdraw, from Presbytery.—he Advance. MINISTERIAL -Mr james 'S.- Dennis, a grad , pate - or Princeton, -New 'Jersey, who has for some time being s.upplYing the pulpit of the,Rev. Dr. Poor of Newark, has ;dust been appointed a missionary of the American Board, and will go out to 'Syria with Dr'. Jessup in October. Rev. Barlan , P. -Wal4on, formerly,f . Chester, a member of the'rast graduating, class at tane, is laboring at Palma, Mich. Rev. rGee. W. Barlow, formerly,of St. Anthony,, Minn., and a member of the swim class, is preach ing at Mason, Mich. Rev. Job Pierson havinc , accepted a call to lonia, Mich.', the church at Kalamazoo is vacant. Rev._Nathan, P. 'CamlifiNld, of Cazenovia, N. was accidentally' drowned at Bellows Falls, Vt., *here he was spending n part of his vaca tion, previbus to a trip to Europe for-his health. He was in his 30th' year, and_ leaves a wife to mourn his' losS. He was the Son of Rev. R. B. CamPfield, of Newark, N. J., where the ! funeral took place. Ile graduated at Princeton, and was adtively, engaged in the meetings held by Mr. Ilamihond: PaEsnyTEuras.-LMonroe.—Metat Petersburt,, , , Mich: Only one Minister .was absent, and the charches were very' fully represented. Rev. 11. W. Shaw was diStnis,sed to join the Presbytery. of Kansas. ! Rev. W. W. Wetmore, of Clinton',pre senthd a ltter of dismission froth the PreabYtery of Knox,`and was ,received. 'The church of Rai sin,-formerly connected' with the. Presbytery on the Plan of Union, had elected elders, and be- comeanaiiimthislyPresbyte.rian. Mr. A. - Thirkei: 'Allen after examination,,was licensed to , preacti this.&apet i. Mr.l2fanna Palmyra' Was'ireceivv= ed under the care of Presbytery, as a candidate, for the ministry. vi e Basis of. Reunion overtured by the Ass6.nblylw l as aninausly:opii.oved. Dr. Mattoon of Monroe, delivered an excellent• dis course on The Connection between Calvinistic Doctrine and Christian' Practice." Every church on the roll is now ' supplied regularly with the preaching of the Word. Sabbath-schools are well sustained. Prayer meetings and Bible 'classes are prospereue., At Manchester the con gregation is enlarging its house . to obtain- more 'room for the increasing congregation. The house at' Tecumseh is nearly completed. At Monroe 'and Ida, houses of worship are badly needed. Scioto met at Rome, 0., September 2d. TAe Basis of ;UltiOn; overtui•ecl by the' Assembly was unanimously • approped. The ; churchea i. were as :iessed at tEd rate of eight cents per Member for :the Assembly's Fiind. Grand River met at Ashtabula, O. By pre ,concerted arrangement; the services of Ministerial members were secured', during the sittings in preaching the Word. The Basis of Union over-, lured by the Assembly was unanimously approved.' The :Treasure was unanimously recom mended as a good family magazine. Maumee met at Tontogany, 0., some twenty miles from 'TOle'do. Though , a feeble Preabytery r with a large missionary field, there is every indi cation Of growth and vigor in the chUrches.'Ttle enuich MaumeeCity has called Robert F. Mc ,laren, a liCentiate of the U. P. ChUrch, and he will be installed 'this 'autumn. The church at Weston (Rev. R. G-. McCarthy, , past f or),,whis.,ll three years ago, ii;ia thirteen members, and has' ince Al4 - reeetved' saty-seven,'mostly on prOns? sion, after having dismissed some seven or eight to form another church at a neighboring station, still reports fifty-seven members. And this in a small place of not more than five or six hundred inhabitants. Rev. P. C. Baldwin, Presbyterial missionary, reports one church organized and another about to be, besides a. new church edifice in course of erection, and another to be begun. Street and lay preaching in Toledo has met with marked success The Presbytery of Huron, at its last Stated Meeting at Greene Spring, consisted of e minis ters and 12 delegates. Te opening sermon by Rev. Mr. Walter of Milan, on prayer, was a timely and impressive discourse. Noth ng of special interest was reported on the state of reli gion in the churches. Rev. M. Kieffer, D.D:, was received into the Presbytery by letter from the Classis of Tiffin, and is to be installed over the church in Sandusky, on the 24th inst. Rev. P. E.' Wells was dismissed to the Presbytery of Winona, and Rev. H. Lawrence • to. the Presby tery of Cleveland.. The churches of Monroeville, Peru, Olena, and Margaretta• are vacant. The congregation in Norwalk, have commenced.build ing a church ediftce,to replace the old one built thirty years ago. It is of brick, and will• cost •at least,s2o,ooo. The, subject. of Reunion was, tak- en up, discussed "and committed to a Committee to embody the sentiments of Presbytery.a,nd re port at the next stated meeting: The points in the report of the. Joint•Coalmittee which caused any debate:were those,contained, in.> the 2d and 10th Artitles, particularly. i the,2d in relation to the .inixed "chux,Ches We on the Western servd, where many ;of, these churches. 'exist, and which .have: stood: firm with us • with all the changes of the •pas E--contending .for; the very things that we have— r cannot:think •it expedient tl:4 give advice.to them in quite so strong terms as that 2d.Article contained. Nor do we quite like the idea that a minister „going from: one Presbytery to,another with clean papers,.should be subjected to an. examination- But it. is. not proper ) to anticipate the report of the-Committee —and so I will close this communication; STATED CLERK. The Presbytery of Wellsborough, held its semi annual meeting at Oscecola, Pail The church in that place is a branch of the church at Elkland . , one mile from Oscecola ; this church is 'in ;com motion are Old School. Assembly, but its pulpits are ;suppliect by a member. t oLour body, the Rev. E. B. Benedict. The. Presbytery met here by invitation of the people who with a gen erous hospitality entertained ,us at ,their homes, and in large numbers joined with us in the pub limservices held in their recently enlarged and beautified house of, worship. The:opening ser mon was 'preached by the Rev..B. A. Ransom; a sermon on; Christian Union" was preached by Rev: J. F. Calkins, and the closing sermon by the Rev. ; EA). Wells. The business ;which ab- sorbed most of the time off the Presbytery was the consideration of the overture.of the General Assembly on Reimion. , ; the following,extractifrom the Minutes. will• exhibit, the , result: Toile :third order of the day—the. consideration ,of the over ture of the General Assembly. on Reunion—was taken up,; the;roll was called and every member of Presbytery was heard upon the subject, when it was,mmiecl and •seconded-that the overture of the aenerai. Assembly on Rtunion of the two branches of th&Church be answered in the affirm ative which motion was carried ; •there .beino , b but one,v,ote in the negative.".. The.discussionshow, ed„ that the, Presbytery, almost, if not 'quite unanimously, preferred a different basis; but they were.not,authorized to tinker at'the work,of the Joint Committee, and were not .willing to seem, to go against reunion by rejecting the pro posed basis. 119 rice, with : but, one 7dissenting voice', the-overture was, agreed to. The following extract from the Xtrratfvei prepired for the Sy-: nod, exhibits something of the destitution of this region ;, after speaking of the gracious visita tions of `the. Holy, ,z'pirit. to some few 'of our churches.and of the increasing power and usefu/ r ness ef nearly,all,of ,them that are supplied with ministers, it goes on to say, "We are sorry that our churches are, so poor, ministers' salaries,are so and.eur,collections for• benevolent objects so little. ; but, what affects us most is that scantiny) of our churches,are without the stated means of grace. Coudersport, the county seat of Potter, has been for several years without a Presbyterian minister,,though. we have , had a church there. The churches of .13lossberg and, Richmond are well nigh extinct by reason of a like destitution. Covington and Smetlinort, (the latter the county seat of McKean) ,are suffering with the same lingering illness. Tioga, as yet, has, found no successor to our good brother MeCullogh deceas ed. - Our cry must continue to be the harvest is great lint the laborers' are few; 0 Lord-send forth , laborers into the 'harvest.'" . • ' J. F. CALKINS, Stated Clerk:. Greencastle , ,Presbytery.—T'h'is Presbytery— , the youngest ot'lthe four constituting the Synod of Indiana—niet at Ciinton, Vermillion Co., on the 10th instant: • Of the ten ministers on 'the roll,• only fOur 'were present, but' each 'absented had a good excuse. lt was an unusual occurrence: Seven 'elders ;nobly represented that number 'of the sixteen churches on our roll. A small'body of this sort,—from no-'less than seven large counties—rich enough ,in land and all material• wealth to supply the population of an European State—and soon to teem with immortal souls— looks a large 'amount of work in the face.' And' the question is not how to avoid it, but hew' to do it. Of' course your readers are not interested in, nor could they understand, the details Of 'Our laborland reward. • There are; hoWeirei, live dis cussions and earnest workers in this Presbytery, , and the bond of union.founded on Christian con fidence is very strong: I find here what I know exists among lotir-other Presbyteries in this Sy nod, and Limy say,- throughout' our denomina-1 tion, a type , of -Chtistitinity which is well named American Presbyterianism. And . some `of us' are in no hurry' to exchange its peculiarities foe any , other—especially-not for an migradtical and Sus picious bigotry which ;would , rather see' a man drowned than saved from , a.' watery grave on a ", board' or broken piece-of the ship." 'On the question of Reunion, this , Presbytery voted. for the Plan submitted bpthe.Treneral -Assemblies with only one -dissenting.'vOiee. 'There is 'no doubt,'that- an overwhelming Majority of our ghureli is for ReUnimr—Reunion as opposed division-lir 1.9370 , But many of the , blese inge which. arcilraiti e lyated - May noVattend= the coritiummation-.=The • ohlyvothei item-of:general interesti was. the; ordinatibm bf Mr. Witiiain, Lee, of the last class from Lane Seminary. to the full work of the Gospel ministry. This young brother was received by us at this meet ing, on a letter from the Presbytery of Athens. He has been supplying for a few months the church of Danville in our bounds. His examin ation was very thorough and satisfactory, and he was ordained in a very solemn and impressive manner, according to the simplicity of our Scrip tural form of Government, viz : The Moderator of Presbytery Rev. Henry L. Dickerson preached the sermon founded on Rev. 2 : 13 —Antipas my faithful martyr. The charge was given to the Evangelist by Rev. Samuel Ward. And our prayers were expressed by Rev. Henry S. Little, as we placed our hands on the bead of the young brother. The report of Bro. Lee's labors as a licentiate lead us to hope much from him in his important charge. With only a few revivals dur ,ing the past year, our churches are in a very promising condition. J. M. B. Madison Presbytery met at Pisgah church, the attendance of ministers and elders being unusu ally, small. Four candidates for the ministry were, recommended. to the Education Committee. A scheme for the supply of preaching to vacant churches was adopted. Rev. Drennan was ap pointed to prepa're a past Oral letteronmanses and librarieS.' The subject of ReUnion was postponed till the Spring meeting. Pisgah church has four preachin , places, and,was once the largest Pres byterian ° chutch in the State. Ithas declined, since the elders learned that the pastor ought to do all .0 the pastoral work. The Presbytery of Erie met at Waterford ; Sept. lst and 2d. Sabbath observance and the utilization of the issues of our Publication Com mittee were under discussion. To bring the GOS lid home to the one-fourth or fifth of the popula tion, who are not now reached by it, several measures were recomniended—watchfulne.ss and thoroughness in pastors and sessions, preaching on week -day evenings and pastoral visitation,,by- the sessions, weekly prayer-meetings conduCted by elders, and Mission Babbath-schools and the dis tribution 'by sale and gift of the issues of the re- ligious press. , The congregations were recom mended to furnish themselves with the •issues of Our 'Oommittee and to go from house to:l:rouge distributing books and tracts. Ths B asis of Re nato` in, oriertured by the General Assembly was unanimously'approved. - : • . Grand River Presbytery met at Ashtabula, September lst and 2d. By previous arrangement public meetings were held, in which the objects , of Church Benevolence were presented; among others, a Sabha.ollooa Meeting was held with interest and profit. The Presbytery has gained five ministers and two churches within a year, but, is ic4tered,.over three counties. The minis ters are to go. out two by two to visit the chnrches this year. The Basis of Union, overtured by the Assembly, was unanimously adopted, although the` Presbytery belongs to the exscinded Western Reserve. The churchs with one exception, have grown in strength,.- some quite largely, and Yonng ,Men's. Christian ,Associations. are being organized, as, aq,,county and township Sabbath, school . , associations. '' ' The Presbytery of Roc&iway held its Fall sessiens', in the church at Newfoundland, N. J., Sept. 1.,, The usual business was trans.leted i and a .unanimous expression was given in favor of Re union between the two Preabyterian Churches, Old and'New School. .. .Presbytery of Cleveland and Portage.—The Fall meeting of; this body was held in. Chatham, Medina county,; September Ist, 1808. The meet ing'Wai one of more ,than usual, religious interest, This'was attributabl e to thepresence of the Spirit still among that and, tp the - fact that the time of Presbytery, not, being m engrossed with bu- seas,,was devoted largely to the spiritual wel fare of the people, among whom , We, met. , TWo sermons wers ,preached and the, ,Lorcl's,Slipper administered. There was also and hour and a half ; spent in the 'discussion of the question, ilOw Can a proper religious interest be main tained through life ?" , , , The question of Reunion was taken up with some sense of the importance of the subject. The roll was called, and. each one had opportunity to express ' freely • his views. One brother said he could vote for the platform, hilt ,he would do it protesting against the 10th Article. The vote was unanimous. After the vote Preshytery united in thanksgiving and prayer. The Euclid I St. church, Cleveland seem to have 'heiv life Infased into them since the advent of, their new minister, Rev. Q. A. Lyman. They are' finishing their church building outside, and making"considerable repairs on, the inside.. They are also proieCuting a mission work in theitast ern part of the city, with great energy. they are building a chapel for this enterprise, and are hoping that their efforts may soon matnre 'gm A new, church. Rev. D. W. Sharts has, left .%tpt4 i where he has labored usefully for - severlitilears ' , and has taken charge of the Wass() v t lle Mission enter prise of the First churat,,, - veland. 4 0 Dr. G r oodrich has nod. Y returned ft:orn his European journey: , ''' : ' ' - ' The Second chttiofi l Cleveland, are Mill with out a pastor: ", Trumbull 4 3 4•Hesby'te'ry.—H.This body; met in New ton Falls, O.; this week. 'They unanimously'adopted the ‘. ( ll.ksig" for' reunion, recommended by the ArriernblY. ' The church at Neviton Falls,,has been connec ted with Presbytery on the " Plan of . Union;" but they have recently changed their polity, and during the,meetinc , , of Presbytery five elders Were ordained. The Annual Meeting of the Presbytery of Onondaga was held in Lysander, the 12th inst During its sessions, 'Rev, S. L. Merrell, was in stalled pastor of ,the church in that place. The only mar ' featUre of the installation service Was;''the charge to the pastor," by Rev_ F. A. Spencer' of Syracuse., It was one of the most sensible, solid, ' Pointed, and practical charges; that was ever aimed at ,a pastor's heart. Final action on the question of Reunion was deferred 'until 'our annual meeting in April, though the action of 'onr Assembly at Harris burg was cordially approved. B. - Presbytery of attario Met at Hernellsville, Sept. 9th. The.Cdthinititendu Bills and Over tures report& a'paper 'from th4t Second c hurch Oebeseo; in which" it appeciied i that Rey. G. P. Folsom had tendered to Wong hbi - resigtiatio' n as . pastor ; and that they had ,united with . 'hbn, in iasking - PiesbyterY'to'disitolVe the piiitbral-"vela=
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