~-v. The present membership is eighty one Sabbath services arc well attended. There are „vcr two hundred children connected with the .Sabbath school at the church. Mr. Winues has a ; S i> a Mission Sabbath-school on liice street, with an average attendance of over fifty. He re ports, during the year, 635 visits to families, to all of whom he gave tracts, and with ; many of whom he prayed. He visited the jail to converse with the prisoners, particularly those'who speak only German, forty-eight timesj visited the hos pitals fifty-four (jmes, reading, conversing tiud praying with the inmates. About 20,000 pages uf tracts have been distributed, Sunny Side.—-Rev. JV. S Dickey, of Columbus, 1 nd., had a visit from, a Humber of the members of his church on a: very stormy and unpleasant New Year’s evening., They left liberal tokens of their interest.— Reo.G. A. 'Li lle, of Oconto, AVis., had a surprise party,,Dec. 29th. A liberal amount of greenbacks was* left at the: parsonage. —Reo. Jacob Little, of Warsaw, Ind.. was visited by a large portion of theoihembers of his church, who left some well- filled baskets.' o.n< his .(premises. —The church in Ifoseville, .0 , kept Christmas with a festival forthe wee ones,” a grand and heavily laden Christmas tree figuring in the,fore j ground.—The chureK at-Girclevillej 0., observed die festival of' the Christ-child in a.similar way, and have got a fine new organ at a cost.of $2,000. — Ren. Prof.. D. Stein;/, pastor of the. West minster church, Chicago,treoeived presents from his friends in the above congregation *a} Christ mas amounting to over $BOO. . Rev. Jut ham SewalL recently of,, North Gran ville, N. Y., is at 724 Wabash avenue, Chicago, HI. , . ■ „ , ~i. -I , ■ ::,i Rev. A 11. Parmtkr, pa&tor Of dike church: in Livonia, N. Y., has resigned, to -take effect March Ist, 1869. This will end a faithful and fruitful pastorate of thirteen years; the last two have been the most prosperous of any in the history of the church. He goes to Geneva to take charge of the mission church about to be formed there. Rev. B. F. Willoughby has Signified’ his ac ceptance of the* call to Sanquoit, if the’ church and Presbytery (which meets this modfh,y Con cur. He is offered $l,OOO a year and a par sonage. - Churches. Parkersburg. Ind. —Our church id' this place had‘‘fallen off to a membership •of thirteen add seemed to be dead and hopeless. For two years they had had no preaching, and their house of worship was falling into ruin. By Appointment of Presbytery Rev. W. M Steele preached oc casionally during the fall of 1868; >and appointed the third Sabbath in December for the com munion. Some members weae’iwakened to a sense of the spiritual destitution around them, and wrestled in prayer for their neighbors. The meetings of the church'.were deeply -moved and increased in number as the interest grew until the whole community wad pervaded with it. A general revival and the addition of twenty-three members to our church was the result: Others are expected to join, and a new house of worship, is to be erected. Riv. Mr. Mitchell (O- S,)of > Oarpenterville, rendered valuable, aid, and all: the neighboring churches shared-in the outpour ing of tho Spirit. Elizabethtown,. lll.— Rev. C. C. Hart, formerly' of Logan, 0., having preached some four months in the to a bhdreh 3Psli*'Bie , nibers, received nine new members; and a dozen more will come in soon. There is no house of worship, in the town, and only two'(Baptist and Romanist) * in this “ Egyptian county Of Hardin. But it was said that there was not a school house in Hardin or Pope counties where the people did mot desire Presbyterian preaching. • Theyisay, We want somebody to explain the Scriptures to us.” The best place of worship in the c'ounty is “ Cave-in Rock,” once the dOn af gang Of robbers. 1 Osceola, Mo. —Rev. D. C. Milner, who was sent here ip Jun,e by the, Home Missionary Com mittee, baa been holding a series of. meetings, and six persona .have united with the church on pro fession, and two by letter. A number of others are deeply interested, The church expect to put up a briek building .in the spring, and some two thousand dollars are subscribed toward it. The building will be 40X60 feet, and will cost $5,000. “ This place we can say, without boast ing, can hardly be excelled in morals, as we have neither a gambling house nor drinking saloon; and in fact our whole county is free from'such de grading influences. Public sentiment is growing infavor of a still higher state of moralf.’?. St. Louis, Mo —The first church in this city is once more disappointed in Dr. Wm. Hogarth, of Detroit, declining. heir ckll. Dr. Nelson preached for them Dec. 27th, and on the 29th they gave him a reception in the chdrcji parlor. A correspondent of The Herald writes : “ A large number of the Doctor’s friends were present, and cordially welcomed hint' back evep tor so brief a period. I almost feared for Lane Seminary as I saw the crowds of his parishioners saying so many kind and pleasant things to him.” Peoria, 111.— l Our,church having no pastor,, resolved about the first of August, to enlarge and greatly improve and beauiify their building. They entered upon the work with promptness and prosecuted it to a successful issue. For com fort and taste it is not surpassed in the city, nor in the Presbytery. They have put on a front surmounted with a neat Spiro on one corner and a corresponding tower on the other. There is a thorough Change within, comprising taste and comfort. The improvements cost $7,000 —a wise and judicious expenditure. Thus enlarged and beautified it was dedicated to the worship of God on the last Sabbath of 1868—a fitting deed for the close of the year. ; KeVs. Isaac E. Cary and. 8. Wyckoff, their former pastors, were present and took part in the dedicatory services. The former preached in the morning from Ps. 87 . 3-4, —the letter'll! the eVeiiittg f ffom[ Jno. d: d. The congregation is animated with new life and interest, "looking forward hopefully to the time when they will have a A brother is now with them with this end irt'view. Knoxville, Jan. 5, 1869. Malden, N. Y. The parishioners of Rev. J. I‘. Stratton surprised him with p purse of a few evenings since, which witfi a previous dona tion, makes a money gift of $360 during the first seven months of the pastorate., " The Church is now rejoicing in the presence of the' Holy Spint. Several have found Jeßus, and others areseejring Him with anxious hearts. ‘ THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1869. Chnrcb Courts. Fourth Presbytery of Ncm York. —Nov- 30th, 1868. Rev. Eben B. Parsons was dismissed and commended to the Presbytery of Onondaga. Nov. 24, 1868, Rev. John Peck died at Pater son, N. j. He was a graduate of Hudson Col lege, 0-, and of Union Theological Seminary, New York; licensed by the Presbytery of Por tage, and in 1847 ordained by the Presbytery of Salem. During nineteen years he was a faithful laborer in the Home Missionary field. ‘‘He was: was.a good man, and lull of the Holy Ghost and of faith.” Jan. 9, 1869, Mr. David Hopkins, a graduate of the New York University in 1865, and'of the Union Theological Semi airy in 1868, was ordained and installed as pastor of the church at New Rochelle, N. Y. Rev.' George W. Wood, D.D., presided, proposed the constitu tional questions, find'offered the ordaining prater; Rev. T. S. Hastings, D.D /preached serrimn; 'Rev.' E. H. firillett, D.D., gave the charge'tb the pastdr, and Rev. S. Charge people. ; The ' pleasantness of' the day, the ap propriateness and interest- in all the, exercises seethed ‘Ominous of iUplcasaiit.and fruitful' minis try amodg an affectidh'ate at|d faithful pCople. . QUESTIONS ON-TIE LIFE OF PAUL.’ BY A LAYMAN. The questions in the following lesson, the first of a series on the /Life of the Apostle Paul-, are taken substantially and by permission 'from a little work publishedby A. Randolph and Co. of New York, called “.A Year with St, Paul.” In the lessons which are to follow, the answers to the questions may be found for the most part in that work, but especially in Conybeare and Howson’s Life and Epistles of Paul, in Smith’fe' Dictionary of the Bible, or any other good Bible Dictionary. ' , , , , ; , ■ djb.e lessons will include everythiug of interest jin the. life of,the - great ■ Apqstle, ; and it, is. hoped may prove useful to Sjuuday-schools , or. ,Bibie classes, where the Bible, is, studieji, biographically [ ( of topically. ;ni v . INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD OF ST.PAUL. ' Ants 21: 39 oh., 22 : 3; ch. 23: 6,8, 16; chi 26 :5; Phil:’eh. 3: 5. - . ' 1 Samuel 10 : 21-24; Acts 16: 37-38, and 22 ch. : 26 1 28. ’ ‘ ' 5 I. Where was Paul born ? - i 2: Where Was Cilicia ?- ■ ■ 3. What was the name:of the'Western'part? 4. What kind of people IrVed there-? ‘ 5. What famous robbers lived near ? ' 1 6. Who drove the pirates from the sea ? •• a 7. What has this to do with Paul’s' life ?: * - ;j 8. What was the natae of the Eastern part of Ciilcia ? :■ 1 I 9. What were the principal roads out'of it ? 10i What traveled on these toads ?i ;;, - , | 11. What great Geudralsi hadqpassedmver these roads before Christ ?'' •■ ' ,t.' ,‘! I 12. What armies in the 10th''century passed 1 over them ? ' : < - /- cm ■ ’l3. What famous Roman was Governor of the province ÜbOutf 50 years before Christ? 14i Was Tarsus ’a place of much consequence ? 15. What river flowed through it? 16 In what respects was it no mean city 7 IT.' With'what twd cities didiif rank, in learn ing? • ' ' 18. What language'was spoken there ? 19. With what cities did Tarsus have rade ? 20. Of what,nation was Paul? : 7 > 21. Were his Father and Mother loth of same: nation ? 22. Had Paul brothers and sisters:? 23. Did hehave relatives yrhojwere not Jews ? Rom. 16 : 7, 21. ~, 24. ’What'lartguagf was spoken, in the house ? , 25., (Did Paul,learn, any other language ? 26. To what tribe did hipparentsbeloug ? 27. Whose,pame’inj,the . ;tribe did bis parents give him? '/ • ' \ ■■ 28. How.hac( he two names ? ■' 29. Which would his family, calVTnmby ? 30. To what.sect of his nation diti Jie.belotig ? 31. ’ Was. Saul’s father connected .with, any other nation? , . 32. IV hich tw- .n wi ~ .wo, way; a Roman Citizen,?' 33. Did he ietrer‘make use of this right of birth ? ' , 34 Do we know whether his parents were rich or poor? , •. v . 35. Were the other apostles rich or, poof ? 36. What trade did; Saul learn when young ? 37. What were tents made from ? , j 38. What nations did Saul' see in ’streets of Tarsus? ' /; * ' u " V f'* '' 39. he taught to read the Scriptures and pray ? _ , ' ,* ' ■ " 40. Did he cherish that habit? 41. When did'he begin to pray to Christ,? 42. Ought we to pray to Jesus? VVhy ? ‘ MAE El ED. Op Jan, let, 1869, by Rov W. W, Titylor, Mr. Hugh JBUkely to M!bs Hannah Knoeke, nil oi ibis city. OBITUARIES. CHAPIN. —Ofluflamnuatidn of theßraiin, at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the •’ih tiist, L nin Coieman, only child of, Edward lb ana Frances M. Chapin, of Rochester, N. Y., aud grand child of Louts Chapin.Bsq , aged 1 year/6 months, uud’26 daya. : fpttial Unite. The Presbytery of Oswego wilt hold its next annual meeting at Fulton, Tuo s d*y, Jau. 20tb, ** 2 o’clock, P. M. meeting > 11. M. MILLARD, Stated Cleik. Willlautßlown, Jun. Hh, 1869. Fox River Presbytery will hold its next meeting at Ru ral. Wl*, on Tuesday, Felirdary 2d commeaci ‘ g at 7:o clojk, P. M. Rural, Wis., Jan. sth, 1869. L •; S. H. ASfiMUN. 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The movements Are-made upon. tbe French, plan, have steel pinio .e, are finely polished, and dealers admit that they will rhnmoreshrely aud-conccflt than the FrrticU; while they have the qualities which have alwttys made the. French clocks dt-slrabl*, of zi<jtetle»g ticking and a pleasant, clear toned bell, striking the hours and: half- ho>r<B. Mauy thousand* of: these clock* have b< on rauuufet tured,-and the demand keeps pace with the, supply. The liberanty of our offer will be appreciated when it is considered lh*.t these clocks cannot be bought ->t the uteres throughout tbe coun trjr fur less than TWENTY FLYE DOLLAR'S; so that, as the regu lar subscriptfouprfco f.»r 15'copies of the WEEKLY POST is s3o, $32 fjr 8 copilot the SEMI-WEEKLY, the clock or the paper is nearly an ' ABSOLUTE GIFT. In .that all may be eoconraged to make fhe.attompt to procui e thy deEirablo HouSehold Ai tide, w * shall allow, in the event of persona not being able to procure the requisite number of names, a com.mis ion of Twenty-Jive Cents for each subscripti. u to our WEEKLY; or Fifty Cents for ebch Subscription to onrSBMI WJSKKL.Y so that all may be rewarded, for their effort, “it being understood thut in every case the money mtUf accompany the names. ' The clocks will be carefully packed and sent by express to any ad dress; and we have made arrangemeats with the Express Compa nies. which will capse their being forwarded at a much less cost to. the receiver than their ordinary charges. We have al*o made the same arrangements as last year with the pr« prieturs of the “ American Agriculturist'' and “ Riverside May ami to,those who.prefer to, club as formerly with pel we offer for s2l6u a yea» the Weekly Signing Host *i«d. the American Agriculturist; or for $3 a year HwweeMy Evening Jbi£ and tbe Riverside Magazine; or for $4 a year the Weekly Eve ning Post. Amei'icanAgriculturist and Riverside Magazine ; or for $4 » y‘Rr\h*. Semi-WeeklyEvming P either the American Agi'icuUttrist or Riverside Magazine. • The pioprietor* of the EVENING POST desire to add largely to the circulation of the WEEKLY,at d SE4IL WEEKLY editions of their journals, believing that tbe care"with which these prfpern are'mhdo up, the unusual variety of their contents, their high Lite ary character, fulness of news, both foreign and domestic,and interesting rpecial featares, contribute to make either the WEEK LY or SEMI-WEEKLY EVENING POST the best fondly Journal inAmerca. The Rest Family Journal in America. Send for^ree.Specimen Copy to. WM, G. BRI4ST & CO., “ TEE EVENING POST,” NEW YORK. A Cough, Cold, or Sore Requires immediate attention, and should be CHECKED.' If ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, Iri Itatlon of" the Lungs, a perma uent Throat Affection, or an Incurable Lnng Disease. ®JB OT7KS THB REBUIT. BROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES, Having a direct influence to the parts, give im- For Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, Consumptive and Throat Diseases. TROCHES aRB 4LWA.YB USED WITH GOOD SUCCESS. SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS will find Troches useful in clearing the voice when taken before gingingor Speaking:, atwf relieving the Throat after an unusual «cei t«*u of the vocal organs. TheTVocA&s are recommended auil prescribed by'Physicians, and have bad testimonials from emii ent in< n throughout the country. Being an article of true merit, ami having proved their efficacy by a test of many years, each y. ar finds them in new localities in various parts ot the world, and tue Troches are,universally pronounced better than other articles. Obtain only “Brown’s Bronchial Troches.” and do not take any of the worthless imitations that may be offered. SOLD EVERYWHERE. A GOOD THI.VG-A PICTORIAL MAGAZINE of Hums* {Science, for 1569, containing Ethnology, Physiology, Phreno logy Physiognomy, and Psychology. Their application to Human Improvement—Physically, Intellectually, and .Spiritually. lha Phrenological Journal is only $3 a year; or, to Cieigymen and to Clubs of Ten, only $2. Single numbers, by first p«*st, 30 cents. Addieas S R. WELLS, 389 Brood- ay, New Jfork. “It is a first-class, familj' journal.*’— N. 7. Evening Post “Edited with marked ab ii i ty Christian Inquirer. “ Very Instructive, i N. K Christian Advocate. “Always up to a high standard of lite rature.” —Wheeling Intelligencer. “Filled with valuable matter. — Examiner. “Deservedly popular ait over the loud. —Jivral ICeto Xorker. Agents wanted. Liberal Premiums g ven. deceiub 31—It SONGS OF THE TEMPLE THE SUCCESSFUL MUSIC BOOH OF THE SEASON. The fifteenth edition of this .popular work is now r> ady. 1' u b. lieve.HS is substantially expres-ed by londnoioiß.Teacliejs nnd Choristers iu nearly every Section of the country, “ that it is iho first new znaeic hook for C inventions, Singing Schools and Choirs now before the public.” We give a few of the many reatou-* c r these 8 1 * tom en ts. It is a work of real variety. In it may Mind the majestic Choral, the joyous Allvgio, the grateful Cantu io and ,1 he tender Andant-i. It i outains a clear, concise, accurate and pleasing fcieatfee on the Elemt-utary • riuciphs of Mu-skM o t a rion, su’ted as wvll to form a comet musical taste us io secu e the ability to read fluently. , . . The character of tho harmony de*erVs ppeclal COTlB ‘?fJ ft^°°,^ regard to variety, force and «nt*hleness for the pun**** . ship. Last but not least the of gi r , THB WESrBBK N«WSCO, Chicago, Til- ARents Vi an STEONfI’S EJIIJQ IOUS CYCLOPEDIA i eiuuniciui. tha y 1 Hhd Thool.. K hal ihctio.iiines. sold l>> BuDBtri,,«»u uijr, 'circulars and terms. address ' ' -. j,. . . « aw Ym k '>J#u7-tw' ,y lUbpsb A Uaoinsss, Publishers, Hew ioik. tfclv Addr«w* A. J. Piru.aU,Bpriiigftviil, vt. ocu^w A dccl7~4m
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