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