l'intritalt punOttiint. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1868 REV. JOHN W. MEARS, WD., Editor. No. 1334 Chestnut Street, Phitrictelphia. air The late King of Siam by Rev. V. D. Collins, Freedmen's cause in Pittsburg, Extract front Dr. Riddle's sermon, Rev. A. M. Stewart's Letters XXIII, Try it, by "Dorcas Ricks," Romanist. Church News, page 2nd; Editor's Table, page 3d; "Pange, Lingua," (Poetry), Foreordination of Freedom, by John . Todd, 2he Palm Tree, New York Women's _Hospital, page Gth ; -Religious Intelligence: Reformed Churches. Episcopalian, Congregationalist, Bap tist, Methodist, page 7th. ller The new Edition of Beggars of Holland just issued, is a very great impio‘MEn s enfin ex ternals, over the first. The volume is less bulky, some inaccuracies .of statement are corrected, the map is made to t face to' the right hand and the paper and typography are elegant. GOOD NEWS FRONi SPAIN.—A despatch dated Madrid, Aov. 21, brings . the 'beyiis :that . the re quisite formal authorization for the purchase of land and the'erection thereon bf a Protestant church in that city haateen given by the Provi , sional Government. plt is addressed to Colonel Fitch, the British resident at Madrid, 'who has so ihncrtried, in vain to get if.' It runs : "Tile Minister of Grace and . -Justice has duly considered your petition for permission to erect a tri)tObtarttnettiroin bhis Capital, and het.as seen fft - 6 1 '64 611driz`e it.' Toil NW' now pioctell 'to its conatructkon innattch a - Manner as shall conform to the municipal cirdinancea.,'—Madrid, Nov. 9, The Priestly organs are frantic at this conces sion:! •Tke' Rejeneration says "no man ever com mitted snali.in outrage on the Spanish people as Romero Cirtik, the'ridiaister who granted it. Since Spain existed such a disaraceful and suicidal act never vpl SUMMARY. foWit, liasTapproved the Joint Committee's Plan. The Synod of Wabash expresses a great amount iii-gratification.at the proposal of •The Standards pure and simple " as the Basis of Reunion. The same Synod, in confident expectation of immediate reunion,_has, appointed a Committee .to negotiate for the sale of the Christian Herald. We do not hear that it it is proPotied to sell out any 0. S. paper as the joyful conseciuelace of Re'union. One of ou'r ()hurdles in lowa (at Rossville) has ap plied, to an O. S. Piesbytery to be taken under its care. It needs $4OO from the Church Extension Fund. The 0. S. Presbytery is, proceeding very deliberately in the premises. The Second German church of Cincinnati was dedi cated N7.'22d.' The corner-stone of a German church at Shelbyville, Ind., was laid Nov. 15th. The 31st St. church, Chicago, was organized Nov: 20th, and their house dedicated Nov. 22d. A church of 37 members was organized at Nelsonville, 0., Nov. Ist, amid, deep spiritual interest; also a church at Flushing; Mich.; recently, of 38 members. The corner-stone of Classon Avenue church, Brooklyn, was laid Dec. Ist. The dedication of the Third church, Pittsburg, occurred Nov. 29th. The First and North churches, Buffalo, are engaged in great and costly improvements. Pew rents in the Third church, Pittsburgh, range from $5 to $125. . The Fortieth Anniversary of the Fourth church, Washington, D.C., Rev. John C. Smith, D.D., pastor, occurred Nov. 24th. 8 of the original members remain. A total of 1,489 members has been received, an aver age of over 37 per annum. During Dr. Smith's min istry of 29 years, 1,152 were received, an annual aver age of 40, within a fraction. In the same pastorate, 650 infants, an annual average of over 22, were bap tized. Fourcalls, accepted ; Rev. W. W. Collins tolekon sha Mich., Rev. S. A. Hayt. Jr, (Ref. D.) to 2nd ; chhidh Belvidere ;. Rev.**J. A. French 'to` ITor`ris N and Rei. I. N. Sprague to GehesOO; N. Y. and 4 installations, Ri:v. E. G. Read, s t Elizabeth, N. J., Rev. J. Portet;,..of Du Page Ills; ,Rev. N..Seaver, ISt church, Brooklyn, and. Rev. .Toel . S. Jewell at NotAliville, are among the new items of this week and last. The Church of the Covenant, Dr. Prentiss, pastor, gives $5,742.49 to Home Missions, an' advance of $2,030 on last year. Mr., Barnes preached a sermon commemorative of his attaining the measure of three-score years and ten, last Sunday. It was delivered extempore. The death, of Rev., A. S. Avery, .Presbytery of Pa taskala 0. is announced. In the 0. S. Synod of New York, Dr. Vandyke's Elder, Prof. Eaton, a signer of the "Declaration and Testimeny " against, the loyal action of the 0. S. As sembly of 1865, and hitherto excluded from a seat in the church courts of the body, appeared,; answered to his name and was enrolled, without objection. So pays the Ky. organ of that party. The flOward St. church, San Francisco, 0. S., are erecting a Vuilding to cosesl2o,ooo. The U. 'P. PcUleign Missions arefive, with forty sta tions, 12 churches, 211 mzinbers contributing $763.. There are 42 American laborers. 4 The Editir of the Stand 94 cif the Cross, P. E. organ of Ohio, in response to a'question, says that he does recognize the validity of churclies of other denomina tions. The exparte Council called by Gen. Howard and his friends in reference to the troubles in •the Congrega tional church in Washington, emphatically disapprove the acts of Dr. Boynton, and suggest a mutual council to settle all differences. The regular attendance on this church is stated by Congregationalistsat over 150, membership about 200. The Baptists of San Francisco are cordially enter itining a proposal for union with the Campbellites. Bitter complaints from Methodist laborers at 'the South, of violent and murderous proceedings in con nection with their labors are being received. The French Bishops and Cardinals, meeting in Rome, have decided. o offer sweeping refOrms to the consid eration of the Ecumenical ConneiL Of 3,429 Jesuits employed in Missionary -work; 769 are said to be in thiiJ.lnited States. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1868. CHURCH MATTERS IN BROOKLYN. DR. MEARS :—Last evening the Presbytery of Brooklyn installed the Rev. Norman Seaver, D.D., as pastor of the First Church. The venerable Dr. Cox, for so many years the pastor of this church was present, and took part in the exerei ses. Dr. Duryea preached an admirable sermon from this 'text, "Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." The charge to the pastor was given by Dr. Cuyler, and the charge to the peo ple by Rev. Theo. S. Brown. The services gen erally, are spoken of as being well-sustained throughout. It is now about seven months, since Dr. Robin son vacated this pulpit. He left a people, who' with one voice desired him to remain; his suc cessor comes to a people, who.with one voice dq sire him to' come. It is ever a matter of thanks giving, 'when so large and influential ,a church can call a new pastor with such perfect unani mity. The First Church is the mOther' church of our Presbyterian family Tin Brooklyn.] She has wealth, and position, and intellect, and influ ence. Under the lead of Dr. Robinson, she moved nobly in the cause of church extension in this city. She founded-, acid now sustains a mission chapel,' yhieh Sheds the pure light'efihe - Gospel in a dark place. - She both directly, and'indirectly, - instigated and fostered the incipiency of the Classon Avenue church, which yesterday laid the corner -stone of its new edifice. She has done her Nil in the broader field of< the'"world. Seaver takes the helm under very favorable cir- ' cumstances. The ship is in good condition, tin der good headway. Dr. Seaver has but. little ex perience in our Presbyterian methods, but he will easily fall into our habits. We hope for him, a prosperous and happy pastorate. Rev. John A. French, ,a member of this-Pres bytery, goes out frbm us to the pastorate of the, old First Church of Morristown. He was licenSed,_ by this Presbytery, and ordained neariy two,years ago. Re has been preaching in. Flushing since his ordination. Mr. Bartlett goes from'euesity z to Chicago. He came here several years age, to take charge of a new enterprise. Be has .estab, lished a good church, with a good edifice, ,and seemed apparently settled for_ life,---having.very recently purchased a ;364'hOuse. Chieigo called too loud, and kept calling, and would'nt cease calling.; and so he has .consented to go, something as maidens say "Yes," to get 'rid of so,much beseeching. am told 'that he said " No," publicly and privately, but the Chicago church was very de4f, and still askei;for ai an swer. And She has carried her point. fi`ite..i.Elin Place Congregational church, (Mr. Bartlett's), the State reet church, Central Presbyterian, and the Lee Avenue, are now vacant. Our Presbytery has raised a committee - to con sider the - subject of church music, in gensral. Choirs, quartettes and precentors, will have a thorough sifting: We- wish to_find out whether singing is a part of worship; we want- -to know, whether it be the height of iinPudence for. the people even to wish, now and then, for a good old tune which they can sing. II it be a wil l. T cert pertermance, then we are interested to know whether we can't somewhere else get more music for our money. We intend to have our say on the subject, and.when we have it I will let .you know what is the bur - den of our Say._ T. KB. Brooklyn, Dec. 2d; las: FORTY YEARS CHURCH HISTORY. EXTRACT. MINUTES OF ' THE FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WASHINGTON Crry, Nov. 24th, 1868. The session met on ihe call of the lioderator in the session room on this . the 40th Anniversary of the organization of the church, as per first minute en the . first page of these records. The congregation engaged in appropriate ser vices of prayer, praise and thanksgiving, after which the 1 1 10erator:9Perre4- the meeting,: of ses sion with prayer.'' Present, John, C. Sinith, • Moderat4. -Eldds Moses Kelly, David Basset, Robert g. Jordan, Daniel MeFarlan, 'lll.OGill.ata Joseph H. Blackfan. ' . The pastor furnished the following statistics-: Total number received as per roll, 1,489 This includes the 23 members ,the `dr ganization of the Church, and' il7 add- • ed in the ministry of Joshua N. fOith, / • - Xl4O Miniatry of Rev. Mason Noble, ,„ . 197 Ministry or John C. Smith, begun Sep. 10th 1839 . • 1 152 Of this number "died " ,197 '"disniassed," "?61.0 _ • " " "Excommunicated," 94 Total now in communion as per roll,. 1: 588 Baptisms by J . : 45 - " " Mason Noble - . 94 - "Infants" 650 "Adults!" .1:23'.1?y John C. Smith, 7725 Total of Baptismti, Marriages by John O. Sinith as per reg;l: 591.• inter, Of the 337 on the roll; in, the ministry of J. N. Danforth, and Masen there remain 3 of the iniginal number of 23—and other 30, in all, • 34. During these forty years, there : have been in all, Ruling Elders 18. Of these 5 have died, and 7 dismissed to other churches-12., Present number of Elders, as named, 6. Thomas McGill, David Bassett,( ind Daniel Maarlast were appointed a committee: to prepare this "Church History of 40. Years," fur, publica tion, and, John Stiles, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, invited to furnish a history of that De partment. Session adjourned. Conchided with prayer. JOHN 0. S M ITH, Moderator. DAVID Beisrfr, aerie VeS f es. FROM OUR ROOHESTER CORRESPONDENT THE WAY TO DO IT. Quite casually there fell into our hands, a few days since, a paper purporting to be a series of questions propounded by the Romish Bishop of this diocese to all his clergy. They were in the form of blanks to be filled by each priest, and forwarded to his Bishop at Buffalo, by the tenth of January, and indicated a degree of espionage and an arbitrariness of control, such as we should have expected, a, few weeks ago, in Spain, but which seem strangely out of place in this free country_ The people. are treated as children, that must be looked after very closely by the big Padre, or they will be doing something very fool ish or very naughty. We have_Romanists here in Rochester who are quite competent to take. care of their own affairs, men extensively and pros perously engaged in business, men respected and trusted ;in all secular matters, by the business community, and yet, come to church - matters, they seem to have very little to dO but to pay and report to the Bishop. • . Suppose a set of questions,covering the,follow ing points-were sent bysome- big bishop-to one of.our churches, for one of, our pastors to answer —" Number in your parish=men—women—chil dren. About how -many have made their Easter duty ? Any additions to the property of your church in . the year'?"'What . anntanfof insurance on your church ? What onyour parochial house? What on 'your .schohl' house ? what compa nies ? Have the premiums - been regularly paid ?" • If Dr. Prentiss, in New York, Should receive such a set of questi'On, he would have to turn them over, we presume,- to. Mr. Dodge, or Mr. Butler, or some one else. But in the Romishchurch, church, we are left - to:infer that .the Priest looks after all these ,matters., Either the. people are supposed to be - incompetent* or untrustworthy. And it is only-a more, damagingfact that they really are in most countries, where Popery has had full sway, and wrought all the ignorance and degradation to which it tends. - `'Why that the more intelligent 'Romariists of this country do not see this, and assert their right to control their o*ln affairs ? . But these are not, al). the ,questions.,, A dark perpendieular line runs-'thiongh a -part of the page. On the one side the Priest is to put the " Receipts" to' the last farthing, and on the other the "Expenditures." , Among the receipts he is to report Pew. rents, Sunday collections, Cemetery, [how much they get . for burying the dead] Donations, Extraur'dindry. ,Collections." On the side of •‘ Expenditures," we have, "Pas tor's salary School Teacher's salary; Sexton's wages, Ordinary Church eipenses, improvements, amount debt paid, insurance, choir, extras." If any one is tired of his liberty and his man hood, let "him go over to` Rome, become a child again or an imbecile, and put himself in some Padre's leading strings. , 7; • A DAY IN BUFFALO. Every where we 'saw evidence of groWth and improvement. In. almost any, direction,'' away from the hnsinebs.,.centre, new Buildings, enough to constitute a griod-size,d village, may, be seen griing up, including, aojibehouses - of palatial niensiona add elegance. Buffalo is the gateway of the west. Commerce and wealth flow to it as naturally as rivers to the sea. It is now a 'city of 120,000 inhabitants, wherein 1804 there was but a hamlet of twenty families: Our four churches are all now supplied with pastors, since Rev. E. N. White came to the Westminster, whiph is now, perhaps,, the most prosperous f them all. It has a fine church edifice, beautifully . „ located, far, up, ,town, „where many, of the ;finer residences are to be found, and where the city is rapidly, growing We found also that the people have received their new pastor with „open arms. They think themselves highly favored in securing his 'ser vices, And in the other ,churehes •he is re garded as just the man needed in that Place. After considerable of discouragc men t in, • the past, it is pleasant to see this ' l chtirPh now coming for ward to the first rank. ,• , • • The First church have-really begun their con . . • template& improvements, "to which we have he t fore alluded. The plan is to put on a new front and towef, in advance o 1 .the present' building. 'The present Vest`ibilleis -to' be. thrown -iota the Audience : room, , making it so pinch :larger.' The wholb i riilding is to he remodelled'andinipreed. They ArOnois , slaying the fdlibdiiiions. Ibry ,the new tower , and f:ront, so ready•to put up the walls at the earliest opening of Spring. A part of the plan, we, trust, will be .to lower the pulptt, - apkgive l it - alworemoderfk - appeararice. It is now quite antirine. The North church are also progressing finely with their great 'imProvementa, their Lecture Room, Sunday-schoool rooms, Church-parlors, Library and Parsonage, all under one roof. The building is 'now. rip, the iroof i on,- arid it,is;nearly enclosed, but the inside. finishing remains to be done, and' will probably occupy a ,good part of the winter. •If we • may jUdgefrom present plans and ap pearance, it'is to be the Most complete thing'of its kind.yet erected. Tle Prayer-room icon-the right habd, first story, at the entrance; church 'arlors on the left 'hand, opposite; the Lecture room, across tilt whole building ia-the rear of these. The great Sunday school. Loom;- 'which will hold 800 persona; is 'ever the Lecture-room ; Infant Scheel; room over.,the church-parlors; church-library over the Prayer-room; ••and the pastor's study is alongside of, thil large church library; opening into it, so that this virtually forms apart ,of the minister's library as well. The minister's study ' also opens into"hi shOuse in the second,istoiy. The building fronta !on Pearl Street. The back of it stands right against the church proper, which fronts on Main-st: The two are connected, -by convenient passage, ways. We do not see how'anything could be More con venient..:, CALL ACCEPTED. Rev. I. N. Sprague, D. D., of Caldwell, N. J. has accepted the •unanimous and hearty call re cently tendered him by the churcli of our con nection lit 'Genesi°, and is to dater upon hid new field the first of January. Ris reputation as an able, judicious and 'successful pastor, has• preeed2- ed him, and he will find a warm welcoine in Western New 'York. — Ile goes also to an in- teresting church, in one of the most beautiful of all our charming villages; to an intelligent and cultivated congregation, well prepared al ready to give him their entire confidence and co-operation. There is a slight infelicity in the name of this church, which we wish could be corrected. It is called the Second church of Geneseo, whereas it is in fact the First of the village. The " First church of Geneseo" is now the church of Lake ville, three or four miles East of Geneseo, and in the edge of the town of Livonia. In earlier days this was indeed the First church of Geneseo, and its house of worship stood within the borders of that township, although three miles east of the village. If, when its building was moved into the village of Lakeville, a mile or so from its old site, it had taken the pleasant name of the Lakeville church, it would have left the second, situated in another township, in a village four miles further west, to call itself, as it is, the First church of Geneseo. This would be much better for both churches, and save• some confusion. Rochester, Dec. 5, 1868 CITY. CHIIRCITES .ftev. X. E. Adams, D. D., will hereafter preach regularly in the Western church, 17th [and Filbert Sts., at 10.30 A. M. and 3.30 P. M. • Rev. Dr. Humphrey of 'Calvary church has com menced a series of discourses on `the Life of Christ, the first of which, on the " Fullness of Time," was preached on last Sabbath evening. Wilmington, Del.—The congregation of Central church have purchased of James France, his ele gant new brick house at 900 King street, for $B,lOO, tor a parsdnage. The house is, beautifully fitted up, has, a,pressed brick front and brown stone facings. The lot runs through to French street. -The Dela ware Tribune. • .Albany.:-- The Mission chapel of the Fourth' church. (N.'S.), was crowded at the Sunday-school Anniversary on a recent Sabbath ; addresses by Rev. Dra. Darling and Ifeckman„ and Mr. Ward. This Mission will soon be organized into a church. It is located On - Arbor nil' within the Northern liraits of the city. - 7 - CO. Western Presbyterian. • lirevipoit,'lty.=Rev R. T. Drake, (0. - S.) of Mandliester, Ohio, has'taken charge of the Old and New: School Presbyterian churches of Newport, Kentucky ; which have agreed to unite. s ax , Jose, .oal.--The organ in this church was completelY, ruined, by the falling of the spire dur• ing the "earthquake. The church will be closed for time for'repairs. The pastor has gone East for hie health: • New . York.—The Church of the Covenant,—The claims of ;our Home Missionary cause were pre sented on the second Sabbath in November, to this church, (Rev. Dr. Prentiss, pastor,) by Rev. Wil liam M. Martin, and. a contribution was made, amounting, with a few Subsequent additions, to $5,742 49, —nearly $2,000 in excess of the previous year.—C. H. Leonard,, who recently died at Ro-' cheater Centre, Mass., besides $5,000 to the Con gregational church and $l,OOO to the cemetery in that town, left $3,000 to Dr. Prentiss, pastor of the church of the Covenant in New York, to which he formerly belonged: • Neoga, Ill.—At the communion; Nov. 29, nine united, with this church. One. was from a sister church in Indiana, one fro the Other Branch,, two from the Cumberland nt Presbyterians, two from the M. E. Church, and two from the World: Nelsonville; o.—Reir. T. J. Downey 'has. been engaged - in missionary labors in this place since August Ist, a place of worship and a. 'support for the preacher being readily secured, The hall was dedicated to divineservice Oct. 25th, and a church of thirty-seven members organized Nov. I. So great a religious interest spread through the town that no political Meeting's were held in the heat of the presidential canvass,:. Elders•and deacons were or dained Nov. Bth; and the first Presbyterian corn;, munion in the' place was held Novi 29d. The church is now forty-seven strong in numbers, and equally well off in the quality and social standing of the membership. They propose to erect a house of worship, to cost not less than $6,000. The Sab bath-school contains from eighty to ninety scholars. Flushing, Mich.—A correspondent of The Evan gelist writes: " You will remeMber that I wrote you about a year ago of a settlement of Scotch peo: ple, some twelve or` fourteenMileS from here. There are front 'twenty to fwenty-five families. At that time there was.occasional preaching by a Methodist minister. I visited Om during the Summer, and found them anxious to- establish= themselves upon some organized basis: Accordirgly at Synod I got a coinmissiOn of Presbytery appointed, and by itr rangeinent with the people we met and organized a churclkof thirty-eight members, a. very niiited and. harmonious, body. : . I have since visited them as. •often ais Leonid. I attended , their, Society meeting, a:rid there is'a Very . unanimous 'feelino• to go forward and build a house to the Lord. They are beginning lotet, logs, to the mill for lumber, and ' will this winter get'out the timber in the woods, and have it ,ready for early Spring. They have appointed. a Building Committee ofthe right men, and they now have a minister —an earnest faithful man.' Hopewell Ch. Tenn. , -L-This morning, December 4th, at about two o'clock, the Presbyterian church of Hopewell was discovered on fire, evidently the work 'of•_an incendiary. Everything belonging to the church of any importance, was cortsumedqn the flames. Our church 'was a neat framed building 60 by 40, with basement, having a ,cupola in front, and a good Me neely bell, all consumed. We have no minister, no Sunday-school Library, and no_ house to . worship. God in. Pray that me may have _grace to sustain us in tbis trying hour. We are'few in number but we are, arongly attached to the New School General Assembly. ,Your brOther in .Christ ' .A. ,a,..Aeßßlnix JHnlsterial, Rev. , J. K. Trowbridge has returned home after a : summer's respite, spentin Europe., and is, again at his post, as District Secretary , of Home Missions. His address is No. 7 Custom House Place, Chicago, 111. Rev. R. ,punning :requests his ,correspondence to be direCted, hereafter' to 'Marion, N. Y., instead of Ontario, N. Y. . Rev. Samna' A. Hatt„ Jr., of the Ref. Dutch Church, late of N. Y., has received and ac cerited a call to lbe Second church Belvidere, N. J., Made vacant` by the'removal of Rev. S. - W. Dana to Philadelphia. • •' Rev. Wm. M. Martin, formerly of Virginia City, Nev., but more recently known in Home Mission service as " the man with the big map," has been : again . engaged by the Permanent Committee, for the purpose ,of aiding pastors in 'presenting the Home si Mison cause to their people. He can be addressed, care of Rev. Dr. Kendall, Presbyterian 'Rooms, 150 , Nassau St., New York. • Rev. S. H. Willey, the Vice President of the ;College of California has been ill . since October 22d with typhoid fever. -He is at times delirious, and is 'dangerously:sick, at his home in Berkeley.—The Pa- Rev. A. Blitchell.—The Central Presbyterian of Richmond,. Va., says: As. this :young minister mice labored in the Third Presbyterian church in this city, his many friends will be glad to hear that he is doing a good work in Chicago, to Which he has recently moved from New Jersey. Rev. Ed. G• Read was installed last month as a pastor of the Third church, Elizabeth, N. J. Rev, E. Mix of Orange presided, Rev. Dr. Wilson preached the sermon, Rev. Hollis Read (father of the gradu ate) made the installing prayer, Rev. Dr. Post deliv ered the charge to the pastor, and the Rev. Robert Aikman to the people. Plum ,trf tliekriltitant. DROWNING MEN ()ATOM AT STRAWS The November number of The Reformed Presby terian Advocate contains an article of a somewhat startling character. In its first paragraph we are in formed (we need hardly say by whom,) that "The Publication of the Minutes of Synod has opened the eyes of many to; the true state of affairs [in the Stuart Suspension case:] A reaction has begun. We copy the articles below from various papers, making extracts." GENESES . • - Considering the trouble which one Doctor of Di vinity (whose leading distinction is that he is the son of his father,): has taken to distribute those val uable Minutes, we might really have expected that he would have " something to show for it." We should especially hope for some' fruit of his labors in clear ing his own skirts of all responsibility for Synod's action. We looked dOwn the page, therefore, with some interest. 'A glance showed that of all the hundreds of religious papers and the thousands of se cular papers published in America, the writer ac tually adduces just Two of the former and ONE of the latter in defence of the action of General Synod. A beggarly show for a reaction. But to cbme to de tails. He adduces 1. "An lowa paper of June 18, published by Ed ward Pollock.' The name is not given,(possibly for good reasons') and mark the date. To prove a re action produced by the distribution of Minutes in August, a paper of June 18th is quoted. The nkme of the ,editor is notably a United Presby terianone, which of itself sufficiently accounts for the commen dation of Synod's' "faithfulness." 2. The Christian, Instructor is quoted to prove this great reaction, but the reader is not informed that the article quoted appeared in that excellent weekly very soon after Synod adjourned. So much for the reaction following the August distribution : .of the Minutes. 3. The United Presbyterian of Pittsburgh is (pro fessedly), quOted,. the article quoted . being really a communication, not an editorial. As the editor has himself endorsed Synod's action from the first, but, in a more'courteous:style than this anonymous cur respondent, we presume that-he (like the Orthodox Psalm-singing editor of the Christian Instructor, and probably also' of that "..rdwa, paper,") will not feel complimented by the statement that the Minutes of Synod had caused "a reaction" in. his mind, and had "'opened his eyes to the true state of things." He will hardly be , gratified by. this attempt, at his own expense, to make the Rev. distributerof minutes ap.-. pear as an efficient. champion of Synod's consistency - , and; therefore, as having new claims to the reverent obedience of his liege subjects. We• may add that the same Rev. gentleman has informed more than one member of his church, that they may in dulge in hymn-singing and open'communion to their hearts' content without fear. of molestation from We think that Des. Kerr and Dales will be still less willing to have that gentleman's prestige increased at their expense, when they become aware of the course which he has been pfirsuing on the Union question; and of the position which he and the editors of Tlie Advocate will; assume in the next Synod. Rich, however, as was the November number that for December surpasses it in its can daiand'in forcible proof of this "REAOTION." A long quotation :is thus introduced:- , We blip from The Occident, a high toned religious piper of the PreSbyterian Church, O. 5.,) published in Sari. Francisco. Its position in regard to the Stuart case is decided. Thus, from the tar West, as well as from the Eak, [Saha'. anpurn from beyond the seas' as well as . at home, testimony comes to us which endorse,s;General Synod, and. contradicts the assertion that its action is condemned by the whole Christian Who would suppose that what follows does not , express the,opinion,of The Occident at all, that that paper (which, by the' , day, is not 0. S., but 0. and N. 5.,) is not a Whit' behind the very foremost of our exchanges in ,condemning. Synod. On the Stuart question The Occident is very "decided." It gave a stinging editorill 'on the uncOmprehensible and un- Christian Sony of the Stnait Suspension, and then, for, the sake of fair play and a full'hearing, allowed the pastor of the U. P. Church in San Francisco to express in its columns his disient from its opinion. And this letter (with the sigttature omit ted,) is ksted on the readers, of The Advocate as the opinion of The Occident. We are glad to knoW that the attention' of Messrs'. Walsworth and Ells has been called to, this imposition, and that they will probably be heard from. In the meantime we can only' say, there ih'as no great 'addition to the sum to tal of human honesty and truthfulnes when the au thor of the Advocate's statement, was, born. To sum up—The .Acloocate proVes a reaction in fa vor of Synod by quoting the words of .four United Presbyterians, who always held strict views on Psalthody. It ascribes that reaction to the Minutes when all but. one of those opinions were in print be fore the Minutes were out. TWADDELL—IIIINT.--In Wilkes Barre, Pa., Nov. 19th, by Rev Thos: P. Runt, Edward B. Twaddoll of Philadelphia, to: Lucy .1 daughter of the officiating utiniste . Presbytery of Stenben.—The Presbytery .of Steuben. will. hold as next stated meeting at Cainphellun Tuesday, Dec. Bth at 3 o'eloc% P. ,11. W. A. NILES. Corning, N.Y. Nov.*, 1868: • • Stated Clerk. Phi.laclelpl4, -- ' Fourtipt.Rresbytery is called to meet in the Plesbyteritin House, Holdlay; 21st December, 1234 o'clock p. - J, SHEP;IERD, Stated Clerk. . C'A. LECTURES. JOHN .B. GOUGH • will oeliver his new Lecture, " CIRCUMSTANCES," ACADEMY O' MUSIC, ' • MON'DAY EVENING. DEC. 14. The sale of Tickets will begin at 9 orclofh,,Wednestlay morning, at J. E . Gould's Piana Wareroorris, 923 Chestnut street. Admission to all parts of, the house, 50, CENTS. Reserved seatsin Parquet, ParquefCircle; and Baleony, timid on the first day, 25 t ENTS extra. Atter Wednesday xo extra cba-ge rot reserved seats. • del-3t. While we sympathize with our friends of Oak Hall in the loss of one of their firm, we appreciate the opportunity that is now for a few days offered to our readers of securing a bargain in clothing which will repay ten-fold a visit to the city. We, the editors of this paper, will certainly not lose the chance, hut will either go or send for something from Wanamaker &. Brown's. We advise you all to do the same thing, for sure are we, that if you don't you will: regret it all Winter: it would not be a bad idea for us to go "en masse" and get the whole county "dressed up " for once— cheap for cash, and if any can not possibly go, let them send their orders along with us, and by getting such .a big lot at once, no doubt our delegation could secure even better terms than will be current. Whether we go singly or , together, let us go at once. lor first comets first-served, and-we all know what a'rush there will be as 'soon as this announcement is 'made publib. ' - . MARRIED,
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