futfriran fvfsiijteiait. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1869. RSV. JOHN W. HEARS, Editor. -Vo. 1334 Chestnut Street, FMladetphta, THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE. Rev. Z. M. Humphrey, D.D., Pastor of Calvary Church. Rev. Herrick Johnson, D.D., Pastor or the First Church. Rev. Danl. March. R.D., Pastor of Clinton St. Church. Rev. Peter Stryker, D.n.j r Pastor of Si Broad St. Church. Rev. George F. Wisiroll, ( Pastor of Green Hill Church. Rev. r. E. Adams, B. D., Pror.i in I.incoln Uni versity. Rev. Samuel W. Duffield, 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. ISP Visit to tfy tins, That Little Shaker, Limit of Three Score and Ten (from Mr. Barnes’ Setmon,) Rev. A. M. Stewart's Lettets, XXVIII , Colorado for Christ , Our Temperance'Governor, -Page 2nd ; The Well at Sychar, Page tint; What Jesus Is to the Believer, (Poetry.) How the Dolls c,ol to Nuremberg , Emerson on the Baby'Victor Hugo on Slavery in Spain, Page 6tA; Relig ious Intelligence, Reformed . Churches, Episco palian, Gongregationalist, Page Ith. SUMMARY. Two 1 calls' (one accepted), one ordination and in stallation (David Hopkins at New Rochelle), two deaths, Messrs. Dunning and Peck, one resignation, A. M. Parmelee at Livonia, N. Y., two churches ,or ganized, one each in Missouri and Michigan, a revi val with 23 additions at Parkersburg, Ind., are the main facts in the News of our. Churches this week. The First church in this city gave $l,BOO to Home Missions last Sunday, and it is hoped will make the amount $2,000. They have-made a very hanc( B ome present in money to Mr. Barnes, who preached the first sermon from the pulpit, of the New Year. Mr. Barnes’ sermon “ Three Score pnd Ttyi,”; is out in pamphlet form. One U. P. minister has gone over to the other branch, and one has accepted a call from one of our churches (Hanover St., Wilmington). A venerated minister of the other branch, Joseph H.: Jones, D. D., has been called to his rest, also, Hiram Mattison, D. D., a literary character of the M. E. Church. Rev. Halsey Dunning died in Baltimore on Monday. Rev. John Peck died at Paterson, N. J., Nov.*24, 1868. Revivals in the other branch are noted : in Sag Har bor twenty-eight professions ; Scotchtown, N. Y.,: one hundred and thirty. An 01(1 Sohool minister. of Duhuque, slgrrti ed a Seminary f6r training German' ministers. It is spvken .well of by a committee dfihspeciidn-appointed by the last Assembly, and has thirty,'students. f T The Home Missionary Board pf the other-branch iB recovering somewhat from its great financial straits, church-building at 18th and Master Sts. Episcopalian statistics sre really quite startling -as reported in the late Church Almanac. Their mem bership has risen to 194,092 with aggregate contrib utions of jslmost^four'and a half, millions,‘.or twenty thred dollars for each member. Twonly-two thousand persons were confirmed, and thirty-five •thousand, seven hundr d and two were baptised, of which four hfths were infants; making seven limes ns many in fant baptisms as in our Church.. The third of Dr. Tyng’s sons in the Episcopal min istry has just been ordained.. There ar© 245 students in the Congregational Semi- The Baptist Church Extension Committee for this city is no mere paper organization, but is working for a $lO,OOO chapel down Broad Street. ' * . A Japanese Btudent at Rutger’s College, New .Bruns wick, lately made a profession of religion in the M. M. Churoh of that place. Last year, the German immigration exceeded that from Ireland. The Lutheran Church is making largo' strides in numerical strength in consequenoe. subscribers in the city who have pre paid us for the delivery of their paper, and who now again are called upon for postage; will be credited one, two or three numbers of the paper, in proportion to the unexpended balance of the amount in our hands. s®“Do not pay more THAN TWENTY CENTS A YEAR FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE PAPER BY THE POSTMAN, ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. A large number of subscribers have paid since the first of the year. The accounts of those in arrears for mare than two j/ears will be put into the hands of a collector on the first of February. All who settle 'before that time will be allowed to avail themselves of offers heretofore limited to the end of the year. J®* Examine the figures on the printed label pasted on yonr -paper or on the wrapper. All monies received by Monday noon at this office 'will be credited by changing the figures on the next issue of the paper.. If the figures do not agree with your understanding of the matter, write at once. Receipts will be sent when a stamp accompanies the request. JB©“ Many old subscribers are getting their own papers free by sending us each two mew names and five dollars. Subscribers in Arrears will find this an easy way of paying off their old scores. j®* The Irish Presbyterian Church has open ed'a Jewish Mission in Tienna, and sends llcv. Dunlop Moore, a missionary returned -from In dia, to.take charge ,of it. a®* Dr. Freti." Wm. Kumtnacher the great court preacher of Berlin, died Dec. 10th. His Elijah -the-Tishbite will be a lastiag imemiment of his power and unction. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1860. S@T A meeting of the Worn’s Missionary Society of the Interior, recently organized to co operate with,the A. B. C. F. M. in of the -Mississippi, was held in the First oliurch of Chicago (llev. R. W. Patterson’s}, on" Friday evening last. f ' Tiie Grace of God in the Low Places of Cincinnati. —Plum St: in-Cincinnati is a street of fine churches, synagogues aim’d cathedrals, but ends in a den of low wWch (sluhter around still viler ruin-shops, the haunt of white and col ored wharf-rifts of every class. Mr. Webb, a col ored member ol the Union Baptist church was called to the 'death-bed of a little girl, whom Christ had found for one of his own, even in this locality.. He was so impressed with- the spiritual destitution of'the place that he resolved to devote himself to the' wVrkl'sJf -preaching Christ there. An old negress lent,him her room, and amid curses, threats, and obscene songs, drunken carouses, and every possible species of riotous opposition, he held on, till the room grew 100 small for Iboge wjio clm&fiind the meet ing was transferred bar-room, „Por six months prayed and dance house and a gambling-saloon next door. Their pyayhrs JwerC heard, afid the<ipartitibns ,whi|h tWp th|ee rooms, ondi devoted to gross spdciel of? iniquity, werefftoiji down, andJ|ll became a house of prayer. Some thirty-five or for?y"hf s the'‘‘’aban ; dotiecl i ”'re'si'deiWs of the’heijgh borhodd 'have' 'come .o'afc’of their ’ gambling, har lotry, ruin-selling or drunkenness ,fojjqd Christ. -.Theydiave orgahized'a Relief Unidh to do for each other-what the perfunctory charities of the city once 1 them*,—?Jed the hungry, nurse itheisick, an.d bury the dead. . No 1 sort of sensationalism has been indulged in by Mr. Webb and" his humble assistants-’in the good work.•' '■ ” ' '' DEATH OP REV. HALSEY DUNNING. just previous to going to press, we received the follo wing note, from one of the elders of the First Constitutional Presbyterian Church of Balti •- . * ' •. - •: r .... .... •*' > more:, •’ ' : a't I'if Dear Sib. * — Rqy.- - Halsey Dinning for 14 years pastor of our flew School Church in this city, died at an early hour this morning. Yours truly, . jP. Ammidon. Baltimore, January jlf A, 1869, This is, the announcement of a long expected event, but which will carry a.tender sorrow; to a wide,circle of,friends ,in public and private walks of life. THE AMERICAN AND POREIGN CHRISTIAN UNION. An article in the last number of this' paper,! recited the action of the; General Assembly of -1 .yxjk»vtt<\V.ori' ilva oVvf>Ba„ named society its appropriate share in their con tributions,: and sanctioning the reckoning in of such contributions with those to the A. B. C. F. M. in the Foreign Missionary columns of the statistical reports. If was said in support of this recommendation, that this agency enables us to complete the circuit of our.,system of effort for all the various classes of men awaiting evangeliz ing influences, and also that its work is a pecu liarly vital one. because' of the hand-to-hand con flict, between the Humanizing and evangelizing forces.. Paganism is fearful as corrupting or de stroying the pagans themselves. Romanism, over and above all this, comes upon pure Chris tianity’ uj >the |ery homes where it {dwells* with purpose' to’ destroy it. ‘ ‘We how add as good reason® for the action of ;.the' Assembly, t r * » - 3;’ Th||now Confessedly fearful perifof bur country from ißomish immigration, is' biest. met at the SQUree of such .itqmigration. The Romish immigrant is unlike the, Prptestant in all the re spects that bode good or ill to our institutions, social, political, or religious. The ‘ latter comes among us witlupurpose Of con foriniby-i-icomes for fusion, and to.be as well as with us-—comes not to un-Americanize our country, but to Amer icanize himself. ' -With the former all is the re verse of this. The Romanists in' this country are as distinct a people as when the ocean ‘ lay, be|.v?een us and them—as far from .us on every subject where American ideas have'play. It/ ! they participate, in our political affairs, they com/ in as a distinct' element, with an - organization 1 I and leaderßhip'of own, acting #itn»soifie party only as an ally, bringing to its.-,aid their balanOe of puwer, but keeping that bailee of power always in condition for transfer/ahd aU wiys setting for its price immunities, and favors lor its Church .institutions, Such as have never been given to Protestant Churches or charities. This body-politic distinctness, under the closest hierarohal rule, they mean to preserve,-and move as a phalanx toward the end, not so .utterly vis ionary as we have supposed, when they, to use their own boastful words, shall have the country. .Landed upon our shores, they are caught up, placed, put to work, impressed with the esprit du corps, and incessantly watched. The present re ligious condition of the countries from which they come, is found by experience to be {much more hopeful of effort. Ireland itself is not al together an exception to this remark. But it is more strikingly true of the continent, where, al most everywhere, that phalanx feature, so well compacted here, is deeply disturbed, and, in many places, hopelessly broken.* In Italy, Aus tria, Spain, and other Kentish States of Continen tal Europe, the zeal of religions superstition is not backed by so definite and malign a political purpose. It does not take the form of srerusade ■to enslave a great n ttion to the ideas of the middle ages, and lay it as a. maguificent offering at the feet of the Bishop of Rome., It is not to be supposed that Ireland will long maintain its present proportional \p'ercentage of immigration. The down-.trodden nations rope have poured -it upon-uSj not so much!4n proportion to their, oppressions, as in proportion to the light which, breaking in, has excited their aspirations for a better and manlier condition of life. The rebound of unfettered thought from the slavery of superstition, becomes an ambition to find somewhere in the world a scope as well as ardor for a better life. Henne we may now expect a fresh impetus to emigration from all the Romish parts of Europe; and, for reasons before stated, our highest hope from them lies in such labor as will briug them to us already weaned from the soul-enslaving Papacy, and pre pared, through a living evangelical Christianity, to add strength to a government which dies when such a Christianity dies out from it. Go to the fountain head of'emigration, and there we may best hope to purify its flowings. In Austria it self the Romanist is to : day ißore accessible to the Gospel than fin this country, after he has been socially fixed and got into the track. The vigil of Jesuitism is here more sleepless, its schemes for isolatng its people from ail reforma-' tory influences note complete, and its control more invincible; han. in any other part of the world. A-.r. ,t j* : i.l Another reasontwhich lends importance to the recommendation ojftStie'Assembly) will be offered next week. 1 1 —— W -t~~ : : ' FBOM OUB BOO.IESTEB OOBBESPOBDEITT. rtt*s*c ?A'N Ay'F'UJj'-OArLAjMUrY,.,,, .-». . . One of those frightful calamities which, send a thrill of horror through a community, occurred in our, city on Wednesday "night of this week. A part of the floor fi a new, school building, con nected ,}ftith, A ■German Catholic church in the north-wfcbtferh pan of the city, gave way, in the midst of a festival, precipitating some hundreds of people i'intp. strnggling, shrieking" h%tnan:;y, Killing eight' persons, and sadty .wouUding .id maiming some i forty ''hr fifty more. The building months, ,a large, at side,-the basement three portions, th< accommodate seve lad- been-erectisdbut a few peturp, ,three stories high, be jEach floor was divided into whole building calculated to tl hundred children. These {bad fgathered for a festival, o‘d. part of the evening tin the with theif pAfmita and lia.3 passim a -for the . At nine irior 'refreshments, whereupon i\o the frbnt pdrt of the build fben suddenly the floor of the t front part way, sinking of a funnel, and carrying' the manity above down upon the ng’all together in inextricable vkroaning, dying. exercises arrange o'clock was the he all were crowded ing in each story, 1 second story., of. th down shapt living mass of h mass below, croWi oonfusion, mangl snorted by an iron pillar in the trupbti one in the first story, eje pillar, sixteen inches square, Thisirbricls 'pillar s gav,e way, The floor wass centre.. This res and that upon, ab in ther basement. usand atoms, all falling down of the ground, and then the 'ell also, and let the floor down rd-atpry -was aljq and x'indheSj'but there held,-or the and limb would have been still crushed into a th to within two fee iron pillars abovi The flpOjs ofohe t sunkdownsome destruction of;lil more fearful. , , The scene ofnorrbr, when friends gathered aroUD&( to.rescui.the wounded and the drying from their awfulmprisonment, beggars ' all des orljpfcibilit' ■ Matj/ had- moeti-Tof rtheir clothes torn fr&fe I 4mu#Eand Mid jfifef wM had Mt Tout little chilifreg&t ho mil,waiting for their're turn, were claipedin each others arms near the bottom of the.he®, the sweet life all crushed out mptlgled unrecognizable p their friends. Others seemed to *h4Ve ?dvhry'hme^ ! ihftbeir! bodies groans of the wundedand the dyidg, the shrieks ap’d teo’bs of fiends las they found their, loyed ones stiff and old in’ death, the ghastly, mangle'd, mutilated folds of the dead and the wounded— it was a sce4 which no one would wish to wit ness a secopi time. Singular}, only three days before a portion of the roof Skating Rink ,in Auburn fell in, killing a/onth of sixteen, and wounding quite a number f others, among whom we notice that a little dafehiter of A; H. G-oss, Esq., had an arm brokenf /Surely, too much care can not well be exercistd "to ,make all things safe where such numbp of human’ beings‘are crowded together. V>, THE WEEK OF PLAYER. Ifhks been well- observed in this city, the meeing largely at'ehded, the spirit of prayer and earnest. We can net but hope that some speial good is in store,-’close by, for these church ef, while we tnistdheir earnest supplications may call down blessings also on China and India and »ther lands of darkness and death.’ -CHUttCH RELATIONS. . - The church of Clarkson was organized in 1816. Soon after .the formation of the Presbytery of Rochester, Which occurred in 1819, that, church connected itself with the Presbytery, and remain ed in tliat connection until 1853, when, for some cause, we know not what, it withdrew from Pres bytery, and has remained an independent Congre gational. church until the 6th instant, when it voted itself a Presbyterian church again, appoint ed elders, and resolved again to connect itself jvith the Presbytery of Rochester, so coming back into its early'and proper relations. NORTH CHURCH,, BUFFALO. .According to his custom, Rev. Mr. Calkins, the pastor of the North church, Buffalo, preach ed a sermon last Sunday, reviewing the history of his society for the year. Six members were taken away by death; twenty-one dismissed to other chprches; thirty eight added'.qn profession, and thirty-four by letter, leaving three hundred and ninety-six as its present membership.. In the last year the society has given to Home Missions $1,400' to Foreign Missions $1,300, to other benevolent causes $3,900, and raised $25,- 0O0;foi its room .and parsonage. It is a strong*,vigorous", prosperous church,'working well with its able and devoted pastor. PERSONAL. Bishop Coxe'x lectures in Buffalo, on the con nections of science and revealed religion, are be ing pretty, severely handled by,the critics. Some seem to. think him-better on .surplices and vest ments than he is on geology. He will learn-,-'at least,* that he must look well to his statements, as others are more .likely tp be ;at home in the exact sciences than a busy, itinerat ing, Bishop,,,; Rev. Dr. Fisher of Utica, is to preach in the course, before the Young Men’s Christian Asso ciation of New York, on Sunday evening. 17th instant. We predict that he will give them a sermon of decided ability and power ; something that will be remembered for some time, even by a New York audience. Rev. Dr. Sprague has not yet reached Gcne seo, although he was expected the first of this month. It was found that his church in Caldwell had something to say in the matter. Thfey pro tested most stoutly against his leaving them, even though they d 6 live in New Jersey. They thought they needed the Gospel as much as we do in Western New York, and in that we presume they were quite right. So they sent a remon strance to Presbytery, with five delegates to back it; and Presbytery could but advise the pastor to stay vyhere he had labored so long and so suc cessfully,, and where his labors were so highly appreciated, . I Nevertheless, we understand that the church have had had another,meeting, at which the pas tor pressed his resignation and his sense of duty to come into this region, whereupon the church consented to make' no further opposition,'and Dr. Sprague is confidently expected. in Geneseo before the end of this month. - We quite forgot to mention last week that Dr. Squier’s posthumous volume on “ the Being of God,” is fiuely ornamented with an admirable likeness of jtbe author. His benevolent face ap pears as natural as,life upon the title page, and adds much to the value of the volume. Genesee. Rochester, Jan. 9, 1869. ' CORRESPONDENCE Iff CHICAGO. Dear American: A glance at the condition of our city churches and the general aspect of religious matters here may not be unsuitable to the opening year. The venerable First- —if any thing in Chicago is venerable—is renewing its youth under the faithful services of (ts hew and devoted pastor, Rev. A- Mitchell. Its evening meetings' this Week are /jargely attended, and solemn in , tone. Some few are rejoicing in hopes and experiences newly born, while others are seriously consider ing their personal relations to the subject of re ligion. . . The 'Second; strong in numbers, wealth and in telligence,’ and its Widely and well-known bishop. Rev. Dr. Patterson, is ’ agitated and somewhat divided on the question of removal "to an “up town” location. The change may be delayed a little longer, but is' inevitable, Dr. Patterson is engaged upon a series l "of Sabbath evening lec tures growing out of his recent extended foreign trip, which attract a .large hearing. No man is more competent to make such a course instruc tive and profitable, i ._ ■ . , During the past year, the Third Church has extinguished the heavy debt which has hitherto burdened it, and, is girding itself under its able and universally esteemed pastor, Rev, A. Swazey, for, enlarged effort. .Few churches enjoy ah abler ministry or a more Steady,and solid growth. Westminster finds itself .Cramped and confined within walls, too circumscribed for its increasing' congregation,-' although' but recently enlarged. Thby d/fin/c themselves too weak to build, [they would do well to adopt the old Roman motto, Possurit. quia posse mdeniur~\ J and are said to be projecting a furlher enlargement of their build ing. Their, pastor, Rev. David Sewing, must be held responsible for this inconvenient crowd ing of the house, a good,many people appearing for some reason to have an extraordinary liking for the man and his preaching. His people, how ever, so far from dismissing him on this account,, have just raised his salary, report says, to $5,000, and made him the recipient of tokens of their regard whi'clf would be considered a lafge year’s salary of themselves by many a minister of the gospel. And, what is.morc surprising still, there are other congregations which seem quite dis posed to take, him off their hands, at the positive risk of incurring like inconveniences. Strange rumors have gone, abroad of consolidations and unions on the North Side involving the loss of this church to our body; but if such thoughts have found place any where they are now doubt less quieted finally. The Seventh Church seems to be ■ enjoying a degree of prosperity under the ministry of Mr. McLeish, pastor elect, to'which it has been for some time past a stranger. An accession of four teen members was made to it on Sunday last, of whom twelve united, on profession. They are holding well-attended meetings this week, and several persons are enquiring what they shall do. The Olivet needs only the watch and care of a competent and faithful under-shepherd to attain to a vigorous growth and a large influence. No church in the city is before it in proportion to its. members, in’enterprise and liberality. May they soon be blessed with'a wise and faithful pastor. Like the Olivet, Calvary chnrch is again va cant. This church occupies a position hardly equalled and not excelled- for. gathering a and flourishing congregation. With harmony and concert of action, and a man in the pulpit equal to the position, they ought soon to be among the very largest and strongest of our city churches. lam afraid that, in common with many others, they are more set on ! finding a man to '■ milk the goats” than one to “feed the sheep.” ■ f ;-. •!, The recently received, pastor of the Eighth, Rev. L. <H. Reid, is gaining for himself an envi able place in the affections of his people and the esteem of his brethren. Already does the church feel the impulse of a renewed vitality. Incumbrances are being removed, and a bright fu ture beckons them onward to new exertions. The dark days of this youthful congregation, we hope are past. * The Ninth in number, an I youngest but one of our sisterhood, is enjoying a lusty youth un der its genial and deservedly popular minister,, Rev. Alfred Eddy. Already has it been obliged to enlarge its house now scarcely ten years old and with this enlargement it emerges into a con dition of self support.. There is no doubt about the future of this enterprising organization. the formation , iofl the Thirty-first street Chwch, under charge of its founder, Rev. G. IV. Mackic. Highly pros perous in its beginnings, and occupying a fine position, it needs only God’s blessing to be as sured of a large success. From this brief survey you will fairly infer an encouraging state of things for our New School Presbyterian Zion in this metropolis of the In terior. And still it is by no means all that it should be. Hitherto there has been far too little of system and Goncert in promoting the growth of our communion hero. I am happy to say that we are attempting to remedy this defect, and to act with more efficiency in the future. I trust that before the close of this year several new organizations in the city or its immediate suburbs, will show that we are not unmindful of our opportunities and obligations. Of the other bodies of Christians here I have not space to speak at large.' ‘The .churches seem generally outwardly prosperous. A mostTinhap py controversy,’ connected with the affairs bf the North-western (0. S.) Seminary, is • exciting much attention, and arousing much embittered feeling. Just-now lam very glad we are 'two branches. • : . ,)i The Plymouth (Congregational); church, seems to be realizing its expectations in calling Rev. Mr. Bartiett to its/pulpit. He “ draws.” The N,ew.England Church since! the withdrawal of Doct. Gulliver, is vacant. The 1 Prayer-meeting .rborn iu the new edifice of the Young Men's Christian Association was yesterday thrown open for the first time for the noon day meeting. The fine room, capable of seating 450 persons) was filled. In opening the meeting Mr. Moody remarked that one'year ago at that hour their former house was. in- flames. While the firemen were:contending with the de vouring elemeot,-Christians gathered in aneigh boring place qnd prayed that a better edifice might speedily, succeed to the place of that then being consumed. They met to day to thank God for the answer to those, prayers. The present room was larger and more commodious then the old, and the “ Farwell Hall” above, to be dedi cated on the 19th inst.) wits a’far finer hall than its 1 predecessor. 1 ‘ Ferrbnt prayers were offered that this place of holy ' convocation might long stand a center of union, and' citadel of spiritual power in this city. ' , - As a supplement to the. Week of Prayer, and in orderto gbnera.l awakening of re, ligious -interest among the chjurches of the city,” a Christia%.pony.eptiottwill lie held in. this city next.week. The meetings which will continue from Monday until Wednesday evenings, will be held in the Second Presbyterian church. Chicago, Jan. 8. 5 S’fiS- 1 ' ! Nnn rI 'H-WEST. ifrfus uf fur tL'jrarrks. CI’TY CKIFIU! HES The First church took their annual collection fqr Home Missions last Sabbath; it amounted to $l,BOO. Last year it was $713. Meetings are beingjheld every evening, this week. North Broad St. has been holding meetings every evening, with two preaching services, which have been encouraging,-both in attendance and interest manifested. - - - TManayunlc. —At the communion, Sabbath, Jab, 3d, eight adult persons were received by profes sion, and others are expected to unite soon. The ; pas tor,of the Olivet Presbyterian church of this city, Rev, W.--W. Taylor, was agreeably surprised-ob New Year’s’day,by the visit of a delegation of gentlemen with a donation of $2lO, “ as a token of affection from the people of Olivet.” ’ F :1 . Rev. 8.8. Parsons, JD'. I). —At a late meet ing of the congregation of the Cedar street church, held on Dec. 22*1, 1868, the Rev. Dr. Parsons was unanimously-elected pastor of this church. The Doctor has been preaching there for several weeks, and at-the jcommuuion last Sabbath seventeen persons were added to the membership. The Congregation has considera bly increased since he came among them. We hope that he may see his way clear to accept this call, as it is in a location where a great work may be done for the cause of the Master. The Doc tor comes highly recommended from the people of his last charge, the* Westminister church, in St. Joseph, Mo. The Presbytery of Lexington, held in St. ; Joseph, for. the purpose of consider ing the resignation of Dr. Parsons, expressed their high satisfaction, “ that our esteemed bro ther has so fully and completely accomplished the work for which he was especially called to the city of St. Joseph, viz.: the establishment of a church upon a permanent basis, and the com pletion of a neat and, in every respect, pleasant chapel at a cost of about §17,000.” They also Resolved, That the Presbytery hereby express their fullest confidence in Bro. Parsons, and their esteem for him for his work’s sake; and .that we commend him as a very able preacher, and an -efficient and successful minister of the Word to those churches of our denomination who may be seeking-a pastor. Ministcrtal. Rev. Lafayette Marks , pastor elect of the North Broad St, U. P. mission church, has ac cepted a call to the Hanover St. church of Wil mington, Del. He will enter on his duties next Sabbath. Salary $2,500. Rev. W. O. Dickinson received .from his friends in Calvary church, Chicago, on retiring from its pastorate, a prese ti of $l,OOO. Rev. Dr. Gulli ver, of Knox College, will supply the pulpit for six months. Rev. D. J. Beale, pastor elect of the church in St. George’s, Del., preached his first sermon as •settled pastor there Jan. 3. i Salary $1,500 and a parsonage: ,• r . v Rev. G. W. Winnes hasbeen laboring since 1851 among the .Germans in Cjncinnatti, (who. con stitute a third, park of the population of the city,) under the care or the Young 'Men’s Missionary Society. He has received to the church during the year thirty-two profession, and twobylet-
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