grati'innt Jtesinjfcttau. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 18G9, JIEV. jroil.v W. HEARS, I». I)., Editor. >'«• i 334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE. Rev. Z. M. Humphrey, D.l>., pastor of Calvary Cltnrelx• Rev. Herrick Johnson, D.D., Pastor of the First Church. Rev. Danl. March. D.D., Pastor of Clinton St. Chnrch. Rev. Peter Stryker, D.D., Pastor of W. Broad St. Chnrch. Rev. George F. Wlswell, D.D., Pastor of Green mil Chnrch. Rev. E. E. Adams, I). !»., Prof, in I.inColn Uni versity. JRev. Samuel W. Driffield, Special Cor respondent. Mr. Robert E. Thompson will continue to act as Editor of the News Department. Correspondents in every Presbytery and Sy nod will promptly furnish us with fresh items of news from their respective fields. «©“ Letter from W. Africa, A. M. Stewart’s Letter, XXVII, Inspiration, Two Parlors, Romanist Intelligence, page 2 d; Editor's Ta ble, Sydraulic Power, page 3d ; Thoughts on the last Evening of 1868, {Poetry) by “ Jessie Glenn," The Oiled Feather, Prayer-Meeting, Chicago, Axe in the Bundle of Rods, Respon sibility of Parents, The Dearest Name, Get tysburg National Monument, page 6th; Re ligious Intelligence, page 7th. SUMMARY The Presbytery of Steuben, after, approving the Assembly’s Plan of Re-union, indefinitely postponed by a unanimous vote, the Wheeling 0. S. Synod’s pro posal of Re-union on the “ Standards Pure and Sim ple.” The Presbytery of. Ontario votes in favour of Re-union on tbe Standards, provided the Tenth Arti cle be stricken-out, as Well as the Explanatory clause in the First. Niagara approves the basis and votes to authorize the Assembly next May to unite on “the Standards.” De Pressenoe does not hesit ate to attribute the great advance in public sentiment on religious liberty in Spain to the martyr-sufferings of Matamoros and Other Evangelical Christians in recent times. < Mexioo is open in every direction to Evangelical ef fert. f Recent explorations in the interior ,of China reveal numerous Roman Catholic missions and hundreds of thousands of converts to that faith. The Southern pro rebel students at Princeton are already in open conflict with President MoCosh in re gard to admitting colored students to tbe privileges of tbe College. The Mission Presbyterian church at Kolapoor, India, Rev. R. G. Wilder, pastor, has twenty members. The field is large and open, and there is great need of I .;v; . Hopewell ohuroh, Tennessee, the edifice- of which wns recently-destroyed by an ihdendfary, is' asking lot help, in rebuilding. . - ' iL - Tbe Jews are* agjdn agitating, of ob serving tbe first day of the week as the Sabbath, The Jansenmts, who still abide to the number of six thousand, intend to carry their appeal announced 160 years ago, to the coming Ecumenical Council at Rome. Twenty-four persons were received by the First church, Philadelphia, Deo. 20. The Supreme Court of Illinois, in the case of a majority transferring an O. S. Church to the N. S.) has decided, in conformity with the decision of the Cirouit Court, which had been appealed from by the O. S. minority, that the transfer was legal, on the ground that it was not perverting the church proper ty to the teachingof new doctrine, but connecting it self with another branch of substantially the same Church. The Maconoohie case of England, a prosecution for Ritualist practices in the Church, now near y a year in court, has been decided adversely to the RU- Sixty persons—half by profession and half by letter —have been added to the S. W. Church, Rev. John McLeod pastor, during the year. 5 Rev. Wm. H. Smith alone, of two ministers report ed in our columns as exchanging our own for the Southern P. Church, is named in our minutes. The church in E. St. Louis has a" building nearly completed, valued at ten or twelve thousand dollars. The church at Howell, Mich., have completed a very fine parsonage. In Chicago, a Church Extension League is said to bo forming among our churches. Forty-three persons were received by the Fourth U. F. church, Pittsburgh, Dec. 20th. There is n cry of poor receipts from the Mission Boards. The 0. S. receipts in seven months, fall off $lO,OOO as compared with 1807. The U. P.’s have re ceived in six months hut $13,000, and require three times the amount. The American Board have received •f* at the rate of less than one-half of their expenditures in the last three months. , Eighteen missionaries have recently left for the fields of the American Board. 5 calls accepted, 3 in stallations, 4 resignations, one U. P. minister received, J. S. Mac Connell; 2 churches organized in Minne sota ; four revivals, one at Cedron, 0., with 52 arces s'ons, one at Sumner, Mich., with 16, one at Mulford, Del. Acknowledgement. We have received from Miss Rachel Wetherill, for Kolapoor Mission, ,*125, • - Dit. March’s new book, “Night Scenes,” in cloth, is sold at *8.15 and not at *3.50. We have received the first number of the Chronicle and Advertiser, issued in Manayunk, and edited by,James Milligan. It is a handsome si ejt and promise well for the future. We wish it all success. Mayor Fox’s inaugural address on New Year’s morning;,'has much of the “ new broom ” in it. He promises unwearied deligence, strict economy and retrenchment, judicious expendi ture of taxes, clean streets; and peaceful co-ope:- ation with the Republican Councils. lie .says : Strict obedience to orders, rigid sobriety, a’ THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1869. polite and courteous deportment, and unremitting vigilance in the discharge of duty, shall be re quired by me from every one holding police ap pointment. If any officer fail in either of these requirements he will immediately give place to a better man. The peace of the city shall be pre served.; and, as far as in me lies, every citizen shall be made to feel that he is living in a com munity where life and property are secure. The appointments so far made by the Mayor justify thehigh expectations raised by this speech. Competent Republicans ore retained in two offi ces, and the Democrats chosen for others are notably not party hacks. This line of policy is said to have produced the deepest- dissatisfaction in the ranks of the professional partisans. We are sure that it will rally to his support all right thinking men, and, if persisted in, will insure his re-election by the united efforts of reformers of all parties by a majqrity of which .thete ,can be no question^ The First R. 1?. Church of this city had a quiet congregational meeting on Monday evening. The only break in the usual, routine of business was on the presentatiotuof- a leStterjrom the pas tor —Dr. Wylie—in which, after thanking his ipeople for their many kindnesses, vfnd 'assuring them that he like Paul had “sought not pours but you” he-expressed histperfect willingness to ac quiesce in any reduction of his salary ($3,500) that might be,thought-necessary in consequence of the reduction of their numbers by the seces sion of a part of the membership. The letter was read in the midst of a profound silence," but it was with no ordinary [expressions of feeling that a resolution was unanimously passed declaring that no such reduction was called for. We give these facts publicity and ask our New York ex changes to do the same, because unworthy re ports have been widely circulated. in both cities, by some who ought, to have.known better, to.the effect that the recent-present of $1,600 ,tp Dr., Wylie was only a method taken to eke out the salary justly due-him, but which the congrega-- tion (if Was falsely said) were unable to pay him' without some special effort ofthat kind. ' , Another SMiNXSTER'C/HAißEp;#TTKeicusb>m seems likely to become, epidemic. , The. last case heard of is that of the' Marple ‘pastor, Rev. B. B. Hotchkin. The thing was gotten up at a Fair under the auspices of* the Methodist Episcopal Church in Media, and brought as a surprise upon Mr. H. in' the midst of a gathering at his par sonage for a general donation visit, on the even ing of the 23d ult. The chair (valued at $30,) was accompanied by the pastor and certain mem bers of the Media M. E. congregation, bearing a note of cordial'greeting* from Dr. Joseph Par rish, Chairman of the Managers of the Fair, The visit of the evening paid by Mr. H.’s own people, was numerically, socially and financially good, delightful to himself and family, and a time of general pleasure to all present. An Inside View of Romanism.— Among those who left the Church of England with Dr. (now Archbishop) Manning in 1845, was Rev. Edmund S. Foulkes. He has recently published a letter addressed tp Dr. Manning, in. which he gives the result of his observation and study since joining the Roman communion, and criti cises freely the Roman' position. He says that people who have become Roman Catholics in England of late years have deteriorated as a body, and have notoriously descended to a lower level of Christianity, He infers from This that sacra mental grace is' equally derivable* from -thegame ordinances in both communions.' * His perfect ideal of the Christian family is still an'English parsonage and its surroundings. He describesUie apathy he found in Spain, and alludes plainly to the immorality of the priesthood there. He says lie. feels he could die equally well in ,the one Church or the other, and that as hd Was OYdiiined “priest” id the Church of England, he believes himself to be a priest still. He would- have no profession of faith required from any seeking to be admitted to communion in any Church, but the Nicene creed. ■ ■ , , * The ’Water; Street Movement. —We are glad to learn from a New York correspondent of an exchange that the fire that was lit in John Allens dance-house has not died out, He Says : Divested of every sensStional element, the Water street movement is very encouraging. Daily meetings are held at the hour of noon, are very well attended, and an evening meeting is held, which is very crowded. But, better than all, there is a very quiet religious movementfin this locality. " It is no uncommon thing for four or five persons to rise .daily for prayers. Men and women from the lowest in life, from the most abandoned clissesj who wore generally regarded as hopeless, 'are found earnestly seeking the Saviour. The building occupied by. the mission is used as a temporary refuge for suchas have no home, or who desire a new life. It is under the charge of a; very efficient Christian woman, who, with her hits,band, is doing a great-work among< the lost. are more signs of a revival in Water Streevthan there are in Fifth Avenue. J The Methodist of New York is rapidly winning a foremost rant among our national religious newspapers. We have had the plea sure recently of making large drafts in its columns, and especially from .its valuable Ger man correspondence, and think it 'justly due to it to say that few pipers are more readable, orig inal and spirited. It has “ fought a good fighj/.-’ on the lay delegation issue, 'but although on the point of a glorious triumph, we trust that it is far from having “ finished its course.” Orangeism.—Our time-servingpoliticians pat Fenianism on the back for the sake of political support, and thereby help to keep a sister nation in turmoil. How will they like it if John Bull invests a few hundred thousand dollars in rous ing and organizing the Orange sentiment among our Irish Protestant population, and thereby con verts our own cities into scenes of such disorder as characterized Philadelphia in 1845 ? The following item from The Presbyterian, Witness of Halifax, N. S., shows that, without any English influence, it is not unlikely : Orangeism is extending in the United States as the natural result of the grasping policy of the Church of Rome there. The N. Y. Obseruer recently referred with approbation to the efforts made by the brotherhood. Irish Protestants are generally the leaders in the movement: Harry Caldwell, Esq., “ Provincial Grand Master,’-' vis ited the Central Association of Orangemen of New York this Autumn, and" was very kindly received by them, They presented him with an Address expressive of tneit feelings of good will and brotherhood, to which he made a suita ble reply. THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CHRISTIAN v ... UNION. - " , Thjs So.cjety, now in th.e occupancy of some of the most important missionary fields in the world, comes before the people of our denomination with this cordial and emphatic endorsement by our General Assembly of 1868: * ' 5 “Whereas, The effort to extend the know ledge of the pure Gospel in Roman Catholic’ countries,'is"justly to be regarded as a vitally im portant branch of the cause of Foreign Missions; therefore,, “ Resolved, i. That this Assembly earnestly commends to its Presbyteries the work of the American and Foreign Christian, Union, and urges, that effort made to secur.e.for this agency i'tl appropriate sharel in the contriWutioiis' of the churches.,: „ d ! ' ' “Resolved, 2. That the collections for this ob ject be included in the Sessional Reports to Pres byteries, in combination with the amount contri buted to the American Board of Foreign Mis sions.” . This action sets the Union before us as one of the regular/ objects q'f ,our church beneficence. Provision is made that all the ‘con tributions'of our Churches toward it shall be credited on our' Sessional-Reports, and so repre sented in-the sum-total of our collections for For eign Missions. It was the interest of the Assembly that a place, should be;- assigned to it in aur's'chedbl&T* for systematic' 'benevolence, along with the other causes there represented— all noble and of immeasUr.abie„impbrtance in the great work for the world’s salvation committed to the Church, are reasons for this action of the Assembly. \j/ 1. It completestWwlioleness of the enterprise. It fills a gap whicltshe late political changes, in the world have made a wide and fearful one. We had, along with other Churches of the evangeli cal faith,-?acceptpd ,qf the rheathen world,and from us the the word df tlieLord was sounding out where lnen had for geherationsbow ed only to stocks and stones: - In our Home Mis’ sions, we had consecrated ourselves- to the work of seeking and saving the lost of “our* own land. But in all the wide territories where, under the falsely assumed name of Christianity the Man of Sin held men, by millions, back from.direct access to Christ’Tor pardorij'.we, as a Church; were doing nothing.,, Contributions from our people, %v and sporadici'fejbinto the treqsuryjof the but as a Church we lost knowledge of the fact that there is an Italy, a Hungary, an Austria, a Tyrol, a Romish Germany, a-France, a Spain; a Portu gal, and a America. ,- It was time," and more than time, that these great blanks in our map of the, land tp ,be possessed,. s}iould be filled: Adding to our other enterprises, a participation in the work of the Union, we practically accept the world as our field. >t 2. The Assembly has,-by this action, laid be fore' us 'a Foreign. work which bears a most vital relation to the religion of. the countries of the evangelical faith, especially our, own.. In sending the Gospel to idolaters in India or Africa, the chief thought and-hope of our heart is that it may save*jt/ieir souls. They are all dark now, and going into the eternal darkness; and we' l justlyfeel that no sympathy for them can be too deep, and no sacrifice for their'redemption too great. '.But there is ho immediate*impending of the alterna tive'between the triumph of Christianity over paganism, or that of paganism oyer Christianity. The Buddhist or the Hindu does hot como*at ns with fingers outstretched to grasp our own throat, so that we must, in self-defence, aim' at his con version. 1 ' But in the spirituaPstrife with Bonian ism, and especially with' the Jesuitical arm of the system, the alternative is little short of victory or death. The countries of the evangelical faith', such as our own and Great Britain, became its mission fields -long 'before dJoinish Europe or America *became\Ours. The inroads which H is makingpurijdf)>f Jhe Christianity ofbpt|i the countries named, are the boast of its papers and palpits, arid hot all emtpy boasts.-ei.ther. We must meet missions with missions, money with 'trtWs-with r cohyerstpnsf the,; JBrevi money, perversions-w. _ - ary witli the Bible, and the altar with the prayer to God to save those who would destroy us. ilOthefisaaons of Ihe ; action of the Assembly await, a .subsequent articje.^ tfatjL:'his have gone back to Bejrut, two unmar ried ladies (Misses to.that station. FROM OUE EOOHESTEE OOEEESPOEDEET. MINISTERS’ MEETING, BUFFALO. Being in Buffalo on a recent Monday evening, we were highly gratified in attending the Min isters’ meeting. It is held every week, com mencing on Monday afternoon at five o’clock, and closing at eight. The programme includes tea at six o’clock, and so the meeting is not •stowed away in some dingy Lecture Room, or Secretary’s office, but is convened in the parlors at the houses of the brethren in rotation. It is not “ coffined and confined” to any one denomination, but embraces Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians of all sorts, and others, for aught we know; and ■ yet we are assured that the meetings are delightful and harmonious, and have been so for years past. The Baptists are surprised to see how much like themselves the Presbyterians are, after all; and the Methodists haVe failed to find the hoofs and horns they had supposed to belong to Calvinism. All questions are freely and kindly discussed, especially those of a practical bearing; views are harmonized; plans devised for moving ydnitedly against the wickedness of this world. The ministers thus act mofe' ; efficiently, acting together, to maintain the sanctity of the Sabbath, to promote 1 the cause of temperance .and general 1 morality. They counsel and fortify each other in their plans for greatest usefulness. . Among the exercises of tne'meeting is the oc casional reading of'a sermon by one of the num ber for general criticism. We ! heard such a sermon read by Rev.. Mr. Calkins, of .th'e North church, which evinced great originality and beauty in plan and illustration, together with faithfulness and practicalness in the presentation of Evangelical truth. The sermon was also ad mirably read by the writer, and was received with marked approbation .by those who heard it. MISSIONARY SOCIETY. ‘' In connection with the Sunday-School.hf the First church of Buffalo/ a vigorous Missionary Society is now in the fourth year of its efficient operations. Its’ object is quite'comprehensive, in ! the missionary line, -covering h'om'e missions, city missions, and foreign missions. It was pleasant to see : how much interest e ven the ybungj children 1 manifested in its operations, how regu larly they were bringing their contributions/and how large - 'a sum'they wcreTthus easily raisirig every year, sending,'lightand.life to the lowly in their own city, to the destitute in the wide west, and to the more dark and desolate heathen lands of the distant east,, Their.sympathies and their efforts are net narrfewed'dbWn to' any one object, but go forth to all lands, Expansive as the bene volence which tasted death for every than. "Why is'not this the true pblioy in the spiritual educa tion of the children 1 from’ Sabbath schools.? - ':■■■■ DRV SQDIEft’S, LAST BOOK is on “ The Being of God.” We have read it, by' Casy stages, and worked hard at it, if we may indulge the , contradiction. It is not easy read ing; although written’'by a'very, good man,'all in' tbei interests of truth’ and religion'. In .'the reading we Were reminded of 'our eirly in geometry.' We each. proposition 1 by itself. Some we did'h6t‘understand ; s6toe "we doubted’;' add, others/ we‘ ’did "|fet : hold Of them',"wefO%lear; great ‘riugghts of golden 'tiruth. Dr. Squier’s style'is peculiar, sometimes obscure, always abstruse. B'lft' he whs a great thinker,' and a devout lover of the truth.' No one can doubt the general'soundness of'his views, and the ! good'ness''of his heart. . The book is his fare well legacy'to the truth. ‘lt is published by his dying request', well edited ’by Prof. James R. Boyd, and handsomely published fey E. Darrow, of this city. The friends and admirers of the late Dr. Squier, who'was'so long “identified with the interests of the church and of education in Western New York, will all wish ,to have it: BY WHAT AUTHORITY ?,,, '' We hear that a man calling himself Rev. Arthur Bogdan' is getting access to pulpits, col lecting" mimey” for the suffering and persecuted Christians of Turkey.” We have;been asked who he is, arid by wuat authority he is acting. We have made inquiry in various directions, and do riot ourselves get information which is en tirely satisfactory We understand he calls him self, by a singular confusion "of Geography, a “Nestorjan from .Eiii-npraa Turkey.” We Kaye had other messengers from the E ist collecting money, which did not always reach' its destination,. Due 'caution is necessary in such cases;' arid even the quasi endorsement of re spectable names is not always satisfactory, .when it is remembered how ‘easily, such; indorsements are sornetimes obtained; arid how 'little they are intended to iueari. \ ' ' I . , PERSONAL. , We learn 'from the Utica 11-raid that Rev. B. F. Willoughby, of Augusta, has. received a call to the Presbyterian church of Sauquoit. He has tendered his resignation;of the pastorate of the Presbyterian church of Augusta, with a view to accepting the call, arid so one church in Utica presbytery .is deprived of aii able and valuable pastor to. supply another; The Thanksgiving sermon of Rev. H. P.y. Rogue, of Potsdam, iS in full in the Courier arid Freeman ofthe place, filling four and a "half columns of that largo sheet'. The sermon is a rapid and well written ‘ review ofi the prominent events of the past year, at home and abroad, in which the writer finds lriuch cause for thanksgiving, especially in the remarkable pro gress , made by civil and religious liberty in England, Austria,'ltaly and Spain, and in the auspicious results of our nutunin elections. The sermon is sketchy, racy, radical, and readable. It presents a very hopeful view of the future of our race, and must, we: judge, have given great satisfaction to those who.read it. , .“ The Hand of God in American History,” is the title of a sermo.n preached on Thanksgiving by Rev. Geo. D. Baker,.of Oneida; and neatly published in pamphlet form by his-admiring people. The text suggests the drift of the'dis course, “ This people have I formed.for jnyself; they shall show forth my ■praise.;; Three good points are,made, and well illustrated ;by varied historical: references; God prepared this land for this people; He also prepared the people for the land; and the same hand is . still on the helm guiding the ship of state whither He will The discourse does; not fern: to call things byiheir right names. It speaks well for .the youn<» preacher, and for his attached ..people, that .SRch sentiments; should bp requested. fojt'pubiicptiqm Rochester, January 2,1869. Geneses. ' IJtta nf fttr ©liti’ttes. Ministerial. Rev. Jas. S. Dennis has gone to his field of labor in Syria. (The. A. B. C. F. M. have also sent ont since the meeting at Norwich, Rev. H. M. Bridgman and family to South Africa; Rev. Messrs. Page and Pond with their wives, and Misses Clark and Bliss to Turkey; Dr, H. K. Polman and wife and Miss Hartley to Madura ; Rev. W. G. De Reimer and wife and Miss Web ster to Ceylon, Miss Payson to China, and Miss Bingham to the Sandwieh Islands.) Rev. Chester Holcombe and his wife sail for China this month. Rev. James A. Little, of New York city, has declined a call to the church of Bath, Steuben caunty; as also an urgent call to return to his first pastoral charge, the Reformed church of Canastota, N. Y. . Rev. Jas. D. Wilson bade a cheerful farewell to his old flock, the Spring St. church of New York, Dec. 27, and Dr. Hatfield preached in the afternoon, giving an interesting history of this honored and oldest of churches in our connection, and declaring its pulpit vacant. Mr. D. K. Hindman has been licensed by the North Missouri Presbytery, and is laboring in the vicinity of Benbow, Mo. Rev. Human A. Ahirich, late pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian church! in/Cincinnati, was in stalled pastor of the Olivet Presbyteria n church in Indianapolis, on the evening of Dee. 29th, by the Presbytery of Indianapolis. The exercises were as follows: Reading of the Scriptures by Rev. J. B. Brandt, the former minister. Sermon by Rev. E. P. Ingersoll, of the Plymouth Congre gational' Church, Indianapolis, from John iviii. 38; “What is truth?” 1 Constitutional questions by the Moderator. Rev. H. Bushmll, Jr-; Charge to the pastor by'Rev. Robert, Sloss, of the Third (0. 5.,) Presbyterian church, Indianapolis; Charge to the people by Rev. H. A. Edson, of the Second Presbyterian church, Indianapolis; Benediction by the pastor: ■■ ’ ‘ • The services' were intcrestirig to a large congre-.- gregation, and were well,sustained to: the end., The Olivet church is a new enterprise in the Southern part of the city, begun' under the au spices of the Second" church. • This is the first installation over the church, and Mr. Aldrich be gins his pastorate under flattering prospects. C. Rev. H. B. Willoughby, for:some years pastor of the congregation at. Augusta, N. Y., has ac cepted a call'th the Presbyterian church in Sau quo'it, subject- to the decision of' Presbytery. Our informant says .Mr. W. has: tendered his resignation, much'to. the regrejt qf hisucongrega tion, who have come-to appreciate him,as one of 1 the ablest' and ' roost earnest preachers in the Presbytery of Utica,' and a pastor conscientiously faithful in all the duties of hi's offifce. H. N. M. . Rev. J. C. Ewing, of Winterset, one of our oldest ministers in lowa, and, one whose name has‘been long'identified with the proceedings of bur Church in-tliis part of the State, has recently gone to- his rest. •. liev. • Thompson Bird j whose name has been identified with Presbyterianism ever, since we had a church. in lowa, has been lai4 aside from his work by paralysis for two years past. He yet survives! although gradually failing.. He lies very low at his residence in this city, and his departure to the better land-may he expected very soon, .Thus God. is thinning the ranks of the ministry, and,out.,prayer is “Lord send forth laborers into, the harvest. A. more particular account of Bro. Ewing’s life and : death will, doubtless, be prepared' for the press soon : Res Muines, Jan. 2d, 1869 Churches. Milford , Del. —The pastor, Rev. R. A. Mal lery writes: our communion, Jan. 3d, 1869 , we received twenty-seven on profession and three by letter—eight werb baptized; Er dm! one Tamil ly four (all the children,) were’standing side by side to confess Christ, the, parents being members of long standing. Amopg those baptized were a mother, son, and daughter—-the'husband came last communion, and so now the family is com plete. From another family-three came together —all the others having years ago;taken Christas their Saviour. . From a, number of families came prie, in which before there .was notia single Chrisr tiari. Great rejoicing is thereThoufTitilechurch; arid we hope the end is not yet - ■: > f i iWest\ Dresden, M.'Y. —This little church have beeu for the. past four niPriths rebuilding their liouse pf ,worship, and it:was, dedicated Dec. 24tli, with .a; sermon by ,Dr. Wood of Geneva*. The renmerif of the debt, : sl,2oo, was raised on the day of dedication. . { . . . Stephentown, M Y. —This little church,,which has been self-sustaining for two years, past, had its house of worship burnt to the ground on the morning of Dee. 24. They had recently been expending money in the puriMse of air organ and new church furriitnre, papering; frescoing &c. . arid were hoping that the recent increase of their numbers would continue, as the town was growing and likely to keep so'. This misfortune is a sore trial to thein: Cleveland. The Euclid St. church, which was recently repaired and completed, supports a large cross on the top of its stately steeple. Cincinnati. -Poplar St. church, having beeu refloored, repainted, recarpeted, reseated, and cushioned, was reopened Jan. 3d. The seats have always been'free aridwill continue to be so. Clinrch Courts. From Washington, D. C— At a special moet lng of the Presbytery of the, District of Colum bia, held in the Assembly’s church, Washington ci y, on the 22d ult.; tho Rev. William Hart was received, from ,the Presbytery of jGatskill, N. Y.. and a committee appointed for'his installation as pastor of the above church; Also Rev. J. Sella Jlartin was "received Trims' the L Tliiid Tfesbritery o New York; and on Sabbath evening, Dec. £*£*( was regularly installed pastor of the oil teen th street church of this city. Rev. Dr. Sunderland preached the sermon; and, in the ab sence of-the Moderator, .presided, and proposed tbe Constitutional Questions. Rev. J.N. Coombs delivered the charge to the pastor, Rev. William Hart the charge to the people. TK'iri church sets their brethren an example that some of them not blush to follow;! Mr; Martin is called on a salary of ;. iet-w. Clerk. . At a late meeting of the PrSbytery of Niagara, h. Him
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