THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1809
REV. JOHN W. HEARS, D.D., Editor.
So. 1334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE,
Rer. *. M. Humphrey, D.D., Pastor of Calvary
Church.
Kev. Herrick Johnson, D.D., Pastor of the First
Church.
Her. Danl. Harch. D.D., Pastor of Clinton St.
Church.
Rev. Peter Stryker, D.D., Pastor of X. Broad
St. Church.
Rev. George F. Wtswell, D.D., Pastor of Green
Hill Church.
Rev. E. E. Adams, D. D., Prof In Lincoln Uni
versity.
Rev, Samuel IF. Duffleld, Special Cor
respondent.
Air. 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. ,
Sf&rßev. A. M. Stewart's Letters, XXIX,
Anniversary of Harrisburg Sunday-school,
Quiet by Dorcas Hicks, Old Congress Bible,
Dr. Bacon on the Assembly of 1831, Foreign
Items, page 2nd; Editor’s Table, Interesting
Flanetary Discoveries, Submarine Earthquake /
Scientific Items, page Brd; Red Biding Hood
(Poetry,') Julian Reed’s Punishment, Compass
and a Firefly, Old and Trite Sunshine
and Bain, Encourage- the Young, Letter from
Worms, Preaching and Prayer, Happy Re
joinder, Raibßoads and . the Sabbath, Items,
page 6 th; Religious Intelligence, Reformed
Churches, Episcopal, Congregationalist, Baptist,
Methodist, Romanist, Nothingarians, Jewish,
page 7th. '
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from Foreign Reviews, and for an extensive de
partment of Theological and Literary Intelli
gence, which, has always, been a marked feature
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The Jamiary number of the Princeton Re
view, just received, bears the names of Drs.
Hodge and Atwater on its title page, ’ and con
tains an admirable and varied. list of topics,
printed with an elegance, which- might alarm
even Dr. Draper of Andover. Of course, with
its present editors, it is quite as partisan as ever.
Vide article on Dr. Baird’s History, of the ,New
School, in which the main positions of Dr. Baird
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The Nursery, by John L. Shorey, Boston, is
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SUMMARY.
One New York Presbytery, Oswego, prefers the Joint
Committee’s basis, but consents to reunion at once on
the “standards pure and simple;” Utica presbytery
consents lalsoHo immediate reunion, provided the Xth
Article be also stricken from.the basis. Our last sum
mary mentioned Watertown jltresbytery as also agree
ing to immediate reunion—we should have said the
St. Lawrence.
One minister has accepted a call to a Congregational
church,.another to a church of the other branch; one
ordination, Wm. H. Bates, (overlooked in last sum
mary) —l4 Auburn Students received by Cayuga
Presbytery.' OnVO/S. licentiate called to twofof our
churches. Pour recent dedications, and one "re-dedi
cation are reported, in .the,new Presbytery of Lan
sing, Mich., and three more buildings, are about ready
for occupancy. ...
The committee of Home Missions have recently
chosen 'Mr. Mitchell, member of the Evangelical
branch of the Friends, and formerly agent of the Pen
na. Branch of the Freedmen’s Relief, a man of excel
lent spirit, and wide experience at home and abroad
as Secretary of its work among' the Freedmen. The
eall is chiefly for teachers, fifty of whom are at work
under the committee’s care.
A number of ladies, have lately presented-a fine por
trait of Mr, Barnes, by Marchant, to the Pastors’-As
sociation of this city.
One hundred thousand dollars were subscribed Jan.
28th, in New York, by the Methodist laymen, towards
a fund of half a million for building churches in des
titute partsi of the city. Four church enterprises are
already on hand, and others will be undertaken. Our
subscription of $105,000 is hanging for want of about
one-third of the amount.
Rev. A. M. Stewart, our popular correspon
dent from the Pacific Coast, started for the East,
if his arrangements of three weeks ago were
carried out, dn last Monday. He will" make the
journey across the plains and will not be in East
Whit eland before the Ist of April His arrange
ments are all made to leave for the Pacific coast
immediately after the’ meeting of the General
Assembly. Until that meeting, his address will
present, .Eraser, Chester Cp., Pa.
Mr. »Stewart prepared a lecture on the
Great American. Basin to be delivered be-,
fore/the Yi JL off Eastj |@Thitelandi "Eej
will be able to make engagements for a few de
liveries of the leoture, at othgr places. It will
prove useful, entertaining, racy and instructive.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1869.
FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT-
The Rochester Correspondent has been
“ abroad.” You may not have missed him, and
yet lie has been in a “ foreign country.” So, at
least, it seemed at once, on crossing the St. Law
rence at Ogdensburg, and starting for Montreal.
The little, low houses of the French habitans,
the small barns, the unthrifty appearance of
fences and outhouses, were, at least, in striking
contrast with what we see in travelling through
the farming regions of Central*‘and Western
New York.
But Montreal, although so unlike anything
we have in “ the States,” is a grand city. It is
built as though it was intended to last forever,
and its generous, graceful hospitality, if we may
judge from our; own .experience, knows no
bounds. .
But we were there I ,toattendthe>aumversaries,
and of those we must write. They do not occur
in May, but in January,'when ‘everybody' has
leisure to attend to them. That of the Uabb'ath
Association was, Reid on .jVlopday, evening, rat
.which the following . statement jyas ma3e, in re
spect to street railways,, highly creditable, to the
city of br'otheriy Ibve, if true: “ The railway
company .:jjwhioh one ?]• in the latter city (Phi-,
ladelphia) observed the Ssbbath while the Bos
ton company did not, and, though the traffic and
tariff of the Boston company were higher than
those.of. the Philadelphia.,company, the latter,
cleared $220 per horse during the year,- and the
other only $llO per horse. Sunday labor occa
sioned a wear and tear of carriages, horses, and
men, which were destructive to prosperity.”
The 32d Anniversary of the “Canada Sunday
School Union,” was held on Tuesday eVeniligjlEhe'
“48th Annual Meeting-of the Montreal'Auiili--
ary Bible Society,” on Wednesday evening ; the
French Canadian- Missionary,Society on, .Thjpfs,-
, day evening ; and the Tifaet Sbciety on -Friday ■
evening. This-is the series. ; * > B
: The place'of meeting was' the Weridyan Me
thodist church, in Great St James Street, a build
ing which they say will 'ac'commodate. threethou
sand hearers. This, we-should think, an over
estimate, but the: building is very large, and .has.
very deep galleries all round. When crowded to
its utmost capacity it reminded us of the old Ta
bernacle efNew Yorkjin-the-palmy days of the
Anniversaries thereA®E£ere : Was'% grand and in
spiring afriebSt^,on Wednesday
evening, intelligence and moral worth enough to
do for the Domimbn,' if theyesflj be
rightly directed. *. \ V
Prominent among the speakers at these- Diet
ings were Dr. Miller of Ogdensburg, and that
truly eloquent but. thorough Scotchman, f'fl)r.
Burns of'Chicago. We need not' say thato-Lr.
Miller gjioke well', and did honor to. his*
country.‘'' Thbre was anotherAmcrieao-- very
kindly heard on Tuesday and ;J?eSnebd&y even
ings; but we disparage no” one by giving Dr.
Burns the chief .honors of the occasion. JJ e is
quite at home on the platfomi'' He speaks, with
great.ease and power.
The reports of the various Societies indicated
a good degree of prosperity. Our neighbors seem
to be trying, much as we do in the States, to cul
tivate the waste places of their own land, and to
care at the same time; for the lands in deeper
darkness far away. ‘ We heard some of them
threatening very seriously to annex- the United
States .to the Dominion, and so get us to ' help
them do these various works of Christian .heneff
conce. We said, “all right; annex us as soon as
you please. The Dominion will be a great coun
try when that is doue.”
THE AMERICAN CHURCH.
It;has already; gonefforth that Rev. James B.
Bonar is about to retire from the pastorate of the 5
American church of Montreal. He preaches his
farewell next Sunday evening. ,* He leaves many
Warmly attached friends, and they, do'pot let him
go empty handed.. ' A purse of $1,500; has-been
raised, and is to be presented to him. The cleri
cal Association are .also to give him a sort,of fare
well ovation on Tuesday next in his church
He will' take up his, residence for the present in
New York; an able/ho'nest man, well qualified
to fill some important pulpit, which, we trust, .will
not wait long for his; services'. i f ? . : ‘/I, *
The American church embraces some strong
men among the most prosperous and influential in
the city. Its beautiful, new church edifice is also
well located, in that'part of the city fast' filling
up with good residences. It ought to be, may be,
find must be one of the most prosperous of reli
gious societies, if the great Head of the Church
shall be pleased to-Bend them just the right man
for their future^pastor. ■ For one of our. ablest
and best it presents a most inviting field, in’which
to reap a great harvest and get a glorious reward.
items.
Rev. Wm. 11. Bates, a graduate of the last class
of Auburn Seminary, was on the 20th instant or
dained and installed pastor of the Presbyterian
church of McGrawviHe, where he has been preach
ing very acceptably for six months past. The
sermon was preached by Rev.. Dr. Condit of Au
burn..
At a meeting of the presbytery of Cayuga (in
the 19th instant, the following students of Au
burn Seminary were received under care of the
Presbytery, with a view to, licensure for the min
istry—AlbertrC; Sewall, Granville P. Sewall, Jos.
G. Longley, Wm. C. Wetmore, Wm.R. Halbert,
James M. Boyd,v'Dav,id James, /Aleki B. Riggs,
David R. Breed, James G. Butler, Chas. P. Coit,
Chas.H.H. Wolffe’HenryM. Dodd!. and'Edwafd
A. Reed. ,
The recital of the religious experience of these
young men was unusually interesting, and brought'
out some facts which made a deep’ impression
upon the minds of the Presbytery. One was of
Roman Catholic parentage and efirly education.
He will hendeforth do what he cantot propagate
a-better faith. All the others were children of
Protestant Christian parents.!' Five Were sons of
clergymen, andfour .were sons of eldersin one,
church. It" is a goodly company. We hope they
are all destined" to'great usefulness somewhere in
the,vineyard.
. We hear from the pastor of a powerful revival
of religion in the little church, of-Branchport. It
13 thought that as many as twenty have, already
found the Saviour, and others are asking after
the-way" of life.- ;
PALMYRA
The enlarged and renovated church edifice of
the Presbyterian Society of Palmyra, of whose
improvements we have already given an account,
was dedicated to Almighty God oh Thursday, 28th
instant. Rev. Horace Eaton, who has served that
people most acceptably for twenty years in the
pastorate, preached an able and interesting dis
course, full of tender and touching reminiscences
toward the close. The prayer of dedication was
offered by Rev. G. R. H.'ShumWay of Newark;
and Rev. Dr. Campbell, of Rochester, preached
an admirable sermon in the* evening; after which
Rev. Dr.' Goertner of Hamilton College, once pas
tor of the chhrch, oh behalf Of two ladies, former
members, made a presentation of a new and-beau
tiful communion service.'’ This was quite a sur
prise, and was admirably'done. The ladies,-one
now living in'Albany and bneuh New York, were
life long friends, and were peculiarly' endeared to
each other, as they were'married onthe same day,
and-'in the same service,'to'their respective hus
bands, in- the old church-edifise of-*this society.
The gift iis highly appreciated -by the receivers,
and vrill prove a lasteg -in'etn'oriai; of thC'fair and
generous givers. ’ '• \ •■■'a,
,Re?. E.P. Hammond has* now been laboring
for a week in our beautiful oity. The meetings
commenced .with a great 1 crowd last Sunday’-even
ing, and so far have been held iri the- Central
church—dally morning prayer'meeting, full and
ieridbr,—and evening'preaching: ' Next week they
are to be in the Brick' church. Already there
are great'tokens for good. Some striking chflver
sions have occurred, -and - large numbers have
.arisen for prayers.' Wehope 'for’.'still greater
things: : ■--; l i-:' '" -■ 1 *- 7 -i;i;...'.
- We hear of more than unusual religious inter
est in Holley and Attiea. We shall' hope to hear
still naore'favorable things-erC long: '
r Rochester j Jan. 30,1869. ! 5 : Genesee.
i : - ITEMS FROM BOSTON;
Cur Legislature, ’ how iif session, is very differ-;
ent from: that, .of last, year, and the friends of tem
perance have; reason : to-expect, and do expect a
.repeal of l the License,' and rfe-enaetion. of the pro
hibitory law. In, this; we know, yquwilP rejoice l
with us, dur Gdyernor, 1 ,yours;is a, thor
ough' temperance man: y : ;.' : • ; , ,
* There are hopeful things in' some of the
churches 'here. The Ist Presbyterian church,
(0. S.) now under the pastoral charge of the
Rev. Mr. Dunn,,has been blessed ever since he
has been with>tbem. Their audiences are much
toger than they have been- at any former time ;
their .Sabbath-school and ■ Bfble-classes V much
more t eheouraging,‘ kndte SeenSs td'be “ the right
man in the right placd.”
Our community a(e,surfeited with lectures, con.
certs, lyceums, balls and gatherings of all kinds,
so' that ono would think there was no room, for
any religious m’eetipgs; and yet, therehaye been
some of considerable interest. * Rev. Mr. Earle
has been preaching at Rev. Dr. Eddy’s Church,
and several hope) ill'conversions are reported.
The first Sabbath' in this month additions were'
made to'quite'a huiriber of’thp churches.
Our Young Men’s'Ohristian Associations are ac
tive; hold' their' noon-day mectihg regularly,' and
are having,a Sabbath evening course of sermons
by the pastors of various denominations in “-the
old South : ehur-eh•”' which are numerously atten
ded. ’ ,f --'*'4' Oil J..; r.-.; o'i: : :I .. - >.',l -
, The-, Unitarian denomination' sCem-to - have
taken upon them a'l much more active spirit
than heretofore, and, are preaching Sabbath* eve
nings in the -Boston! theatre,*'-and' raising up*
ministers by a shorter course than usual to propa
gate their peculiar views.' •'
Park street church, you are aware, after a long
vacancy in the pastoral office, are happily united
in the Rev. Mr. Murray, and he is doiDg good
service there.' He is “ a Workman that- needeth
not to be ashamed.” . ...
Rev. Dr.: March’s books are taking well among
his. numerous friends in New England. I hear
them well spoken of everywhere; ,/ , , >
We miss, the fraternal gatherings of the vari
ous denominations here which ,we used to enjoy,
in your city.; There may be as, much fellowship
among these, here as there, but it does not ex
hibit itself, in the Barne .way. You know: we, had
a , twenty weeks’ prayer-meeting..following the
Week of Prayer with you, and no flagging. Such
a .thing would be a marvel here. We hope it
will come; Yours, ~, i; W. ,M. ,C.
ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON.
Sabbath evening; the. 24th inst., at Ti o’clocks
the Assembly’s church was ; filled well with a
highly intelligent and interested congregation, on;
the occasion of the installation'of the Rev. Wm.
Hart as pastor. In the absence of the acting
Moderator; the writer presided, proposed-the con
stitutional questions and delivered the charge to
the people. The sermon 1 from John xiii. 15, : >‘l
have given unto you an example, that ye should
do as I have .done to you”--was, preached by the
Rev. J. N. Coombs, of the Western Church. The
charge to the pastor was’by Rev. Dr. Sunderland,
and was one of the Doctor’s happiest efforts. I
hope for the sake of clerical "aspirants'to the cap
ital that the Doctor will publish it. The' bene
diction was pronounced by, the pastor, after which
he was cordially greeted by his people. The church
edifice has undergone a thorough renovation; the
pulpit and pews have been modernized, the floor
beautifully recarpeted and the house frescoed and
outside painted. The whole' appearance of the
builffingis much improved, the congregation is
increasing and the prospects of, success quite en-"
couraging. 4 . The salary raised for the present
pastor is,three times that paid to any of its' for
mer pastors. , : ■
It is announced in the Chronicle January 27,
that the congregation of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian church, gave a unanimous call Jan.
26th to Rev. Mr. Mitchell, of Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania"; to the pastorate made* vacant ’by" 1 the
death of the .lamented Dr. Gurley., The salary
is fixed at $5,000 per annum. -
A Pastors’ Association has been organized here,
composed of pastors from all the evangelical de
nominations of'the City and District of Columbia.
It meets every Monday at 2 o'clock, P.M., at the
rooms of Y. M. C. A., over Metzerott Hall, Penn
sylvania Avenue.
A Clerical Convention was held two weeks ago,
at which the usual subjects were brought forward
and the usual amount of speeches made
A Woman’s Rights Convention has also closed
its session. Very many, things are said in Wash
ington and very few done. And now “all’s quiet
along the Potomac,”
Congress. —The two subjects for declamation
in Congress are the Currency question and the
Washington Canal. The one is filthy lucre and
the other looks filthy j and when both aTe puri
fied and running clear the Millennium will not be
far distant. Geo. H. Smzth.
January 27th, 1869.
MR. HAMMOND IN* ROCHESTER.
S. M: : C. (Dr. Campbell) thus writes to the
Rochester Democrat, of January 25th, in regard
to Mr.: Hammond’s present labors, and the re
sults of similar labors sis years previously :. j
■ “Mr. Hammond'arrived iu town Saturday even
ing, and commenced- a series of; meetings at the
CeotrarChurch yest'erday. ' lie comes by a unani
mous vote Of tHe'united"sessions of the Brick
.Church, Westminster andCen.tral, and is, to alter
nate.between, these churches week byyreek. These
cjiufcheS'assume tHe initiative’ in the movement;
hut they cordially invite the co-operation of all:
'Christian people. Six years ago Mr. Hammond
(.held a similar series b'f meeliiigs in' this'city; "and it
is sometimes a'ske'd, f What has become ot; the con
verts?., Several liuudreds were. received into the
churchy at the ‘time, an’d nOWjaher the lapse of
six years, who- can,'find; theim.’ At" the Gentrhl
Church, a careful investigation of this question.has
been made, with the following results :
-• ! “As the fruit of thafevlval’sejasOn of lSGSyone
.hundred. and sixty-three ,(-l 63)., persons were re
ceived .into the Central Church. Thisisnotcount
inga large number who havejuhited w’ith the Same
church since that time Who refer 1 their conversion
to that occasion. ,t)f these '1)58,-153. are either in
good standing ip the church, to-day, or have taken
a regular dismission to olher, churehes, or have
died in hope. The remaining teri are marked
“unknown,”- they having mostly removed -from'thV
city, but, with the -exception of 'two or three, they
were, at last accounts, walking in an orderly,
Christian manner. This is the record of a church
that was, for nearly' two ysarS subsequent to Mr.
Hammond's labors, virtually'without a pastor. Of
the ,163, aeui,recruits,, only ten, missing at the end of six
years, ten most of them doing well attest
accounts. This statement can be relied upon, ind:
it showed condition of things 'almOSt without par
allel in the history of revivals." ■“S. M. C.”
In regard to the opening services, the Evening
Express, of the same date, says :
: “ MW Hamrarand, the'oelebraTed Revivalist, de
livered his opening discourse last.,night at the Cen
tral church. The house was denefeiy crowded, the
aisles being filled’with 'benches, and the ushers
hardly able fo force their way through the people
who were totally uiiaCle to obtain seats. Many
were-obliged to leave,unable to even enter -the
house.” '• "
• PRAYER TOR THE PRESIDENT ELECT.
The P,hiladelphia .Pastoral Association, N- S,
on- Monday last, ‘ took the following, action
; “ Resolved, That thidsAssOmatioh, having had
its attention called tdaVuggestibn that the even
ing bf the fourth of March lie' se'i ’apart for spe
cial supplication to the RuleYof hatiotis fot‘the
guidance' of his Holy Spirit over the incoming
administration of tlie government of our country,
cordially ’approves -of said 1 suggestion, -and recom
mends the assembling Of* 1 ' the' people in the
churcheS On that evening, to pray for siieh Di
vine blfessingtipon our chief magistrate Sis will
insure to the nation s righteous, prosperous and
peaceful administration. •
“-Resolved, Thaf the above resolution be com
municated to' other ministerial associations of this
city; and that it be’respectfully proposed to them
to concur in the recommendation.”
Oh the same; day the Ministers' Meeting of the
0. S. Church,and the Preachers” Meeting of the
M. E. Church,.gave their hearty concurrence to,
the proposition. : Other denominations will doubts
less give "it their sanction at the first opportu
nity , tC'V,. . / ’ J :‘
A Riotous Ecclesiastical Assemblage.
—The English Society for the Propagation
of'the'Gospel in Foreign -Parts” is the-oldest
Missionary Society in ' the Protestant Church,
and is made, up of churchmen of all parties. At
a meeting held, some months ago, while all the
Evangelical clergy were, attending another meet
ing, it was voted that the £2,000 usually granted
to the diocese of Natal (Bp' Cblenso’s) be dis
tributed by the High Church Bishpp of Cape
town, i. e., for the benefit off ,*the new illegal
Bishop hf Macrorie. Counsel decided this ar
rangement to be illegal}-‘and' another meeting
was held, which proved tojbe of a character that
beggars, description. The Archbishop of York
presided. As time progressed,; the confusion
continued to increase, and it was'said that a fight
was going on in one part of the rbom, but it was
impossible to see whether it was so or not. The
High Church amendment to a resolution provid
ing, that the .grant be .disbursed by the officers
of the Society; was .defeated by the Low and
Broad Church men; by a vote of 765 to 674,
mostly clergymen. The platform, invaded by
excited men from the floor, became a perfect
Babel. One or two speakers, after, contriving to
say that the real question decided upon was the
claims of Bishop Coleuso, 'were 'shouted and'
hooted down-, until, by and by, some hundreds
of persons joined in an unceasing' stamping.
Eventually, the original motion (the standing
committee’s) was put, and declared to be carried
by an overwhelming majority. Just as the, dis
turbance was breaking out' afresh, the ! Arch
il islmp interposed with the, benediction, and the
’'assembly dispersed, All this riot came from the
violence and ungoverned temper of the ritualistic
party. ' • d '•;*
flcfas flf ottt
march Causes.
Twenty-nine appointments by the Committee
of Home Missions are announced in the Monthly
for Februrary. For Home Missions there were
received $15,050.,and for the Freedmen $1,837.75
in December.
The receipts for Church Erection in Decem
ber were $2,719.17. For Publication, in No
vember and December, the receipts were $2,100.-
59. For Education the receipts in December
were $1,105.85. The Presbyterian Rooms in
New Yook are removed from 150 Nassau St. to
30 Vesey St.
The Treasury of our Church Ejection Board
is exhausted. Thirty churches have been aided
since last May, and many are waiting an answer
qo their applications.
Ministerial.
Rev. . Wm. Aikman, recently pastor of the
Hanover St. church, Wilmington, Del., has re
ceived a call to the Spring St. church of his na
tive city, New York, which has been so recently
left vacant by the removal of its young and suc
cessful pastor, Rev. S. R. Wilson, to a new field
of labor. The Evangelist soya: “We trust Mr.
Aikman will not only see his. way clear to accept
the call,but to regard'it as a permanency. His
brethren of the church Very well know that he
has talent and culture enough* to preach,quite at
the other end of the island, or anywhere in the
centre of it, where well-to-do Presbyterians who
seek material as well as spiritual g00,d, : most do
congregate, and he certainly will grow in their es
'teem as well as that of all good men , by becoming
the - faithful under-shepherd of this honored
church*. Tie will find the field in many respects
a very inviting one. The old church was never
more useful than at this moment. Indeed, there
is nothing about it that can be called old, save*
the edifice itself, and : that is as solid and substan r
tial,. and withal, neater, and better furnished than
ever before. A young, earnest, and intelligent
congregation meets within its walls, and the work
of the' Lord prospers under all exigencies. Dur
ing the past few weeks, and while deprived of a
jjastor, conversions have taken-place,; and at the
communion last Sabbath, Jan. 24th, nine were
‘received on profession of their faith; and four by
letter. No where in the whole city perhaps can
"One who loves • souls find a parish of greater at
tractions.”
: Rev. N~. S. S. Beman writes to The Evangelist-.
“ The Tenth Article should ;go by the board,
if we have the Standards pure, without note or
comment. The Rresbyterian has a peculiarity of
vision: he is not;blind even of one eye, but sees
only with one eye a, time. Please to follow
him up, and make him see wisely and correctly.”
’ Rev. T.M. Sparks. —" While many pastors are
(jelling your readers of the kind remembrances
of'their people in the way of slippers, dressing
gowns, books for their libraries, and other things
which affection suggests .for the comfort of their
spiritual guides, Jet me tell you of a little matter
of this sort which happened to our dear good
Bro. Sparks of Minersville, Pa. A few weeks
ago, after ii temporary absence, most
he found that somebody had entered his sanctum
and. left, there a very elegant and expensive,
chair or lounge. This he afterwards learned was
the affectionate present of a number of the ladies
of the "Minersville church. To one so often de
pressed—so truly modest, and good—so devoted
to his work, and having in so many: hearts the
evidence; of his deyotedness to his Master’s work,
and his eminent fitness for it, such a token of af
fection is most appropriate. ' J. S. T.
■ Rev-. Jam'esA. Darrah has been pastor of oUr
churbh in West Ely., Mo., since 1857. In the
previous twenty-three years, this church had nine
pastors.. These, Dr. Norton writes to The Chris
tian Herald, “were freedom-loving men, or were
suspected of being so, and were driven away by
those who ' loved slavery.' The tenth ! had
diplomacy, courage and grace enough.to hold his
ground for three years.; /Then the war came,
and a great fight of afflictions began. Rebels
tried to frighten, him., But he ‘ wouldn’t scare
worth a cent.’ Once they ordered him'to leave
and cross the river before sun-dowh. He replied
that he would not go; and said further that if
they molested him not a rebel should be left on
that prairie. They let him alone. Once his
house was robbed, but a Union captain tracked
the robbers, shot them, and recovered the plun
der. Part of -it was Mrs. D.’s gold watch. This
was found 'in a hog-pen. But after Mr. Neil
shot that'dozen of. rebels in Palmyra ‘quiet
reigned in Warsaw.”'
Clmrebos.
Revival —The church in West Point, Ind., has
been visited by an awakening from on hi>h, and
has had an accession of twenty new members
within a month, fourteen being heads of families
five of them young husbands.—The church; in
Zionsville, Ind., has enjoyed an outpouring of the
Spirit while waiting on the Lord in the Week of
Prayer Nineteen have been added, fifteen on
profession. Less than a year ago the church had
Only four members, but it now numbers thirty
nine, and has a good house of Worship free from
debt.' In Marietta College -quite a number of
students have been converted in connection with
asenes of meetings in Mannar church, and in
the Congregationalist church of Marietta
The church of Amboy, N. Y, is enjoying
a delightful refreshing from the presence of
the Lord. Not less than sixty souls have
found the pearl of great price, and many
others are earnest inquirers—There have been
eight or ten hopeful conversions in Mt. Zion
c ure at Cave Spring , Mo. Six have already
united with it on examination—The church of
overly, AT. Y., received twelve members on the
last, communion season, and the pastor has re
ceived a beautiful .edition of Buskin’s entire
works, as a token from his congregation
T— Dr ’ Cher’s church, in
Brooklyn, received 47 members Jan. 17th.
Among them was a Quaker, commended in a
beautiful letter ,by the monthly meeting of the
Society of Orthodox Friends. Dr. Cuyler read
the letterfrom the pulpit, and expressed the cor
r lal «M d n°^ e j y I( £ e of himself and his church
for the Orthodox Friends, that body of Chris
tian,brethren who had; giyen to the Church and
to the worid such noble menus Joseph G. Gurney,
Wilhanr Allen/ Stephen dnd 5 Jdhn
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