gmmtiitt Jfofsigttrait. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1869. KKV. JOHN W. HEARS, ».]>., Editor. No. 1334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, the editorial, committee. Rev. Z. M. Humphrey, D.D., Pastor of Calvary Church. Rev. Herrick Johnson, !>.!>., Pastor of the Plrst Church. Rev. Rani. March. D. 8., Pastor of Clinton St. Church. Rev. Peter Stryker, D.k, Pastor of S. Broad St. Church, * Rev. George F. Wiswell, D.D., Pastor or Green Hill Church. Rev. E. E. Adams, R. R., Prof. In Lincoln Uni versity. Jiev. Samuel W. Duffleld, 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. B©* Qualifications for a Washington City Pastorate, by Rev. Dr. Sunderland, Why did you wish to get rid of your Pastor fFootprints, by Dorcas Hicks, Appeal from Washington, Free Suffrage by Rev. E. D. Neill, Origin of IFesfern Churches, Deferred Items and News of our Giurches, Page 2d; Editor s Table, Li terary and Scientific ]terns, Page 3d; Saluta tion to Jesus Christ ( Poetry ) by John Calvin, The Blacksmith of Regenbach, Disadvantage of being a Rich man's Son, Fresh Air, a Rash Criticism,dec ,Pag'e pth; Religious Intelligence, Reformed Churches, Congregationalist, Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist, Moravian, Unitarian, Romanist, Miscellaneous. Rev. Justus Dqolit-tle, of Tientsin, China, hav ing removed to Fuhchdu, China, requests corres podents to address him at the latter place, via San Francisco. SUMMARY. ; [including two weekb.] Old Pine Street church, in this city, has added 94, by profession 62 during the year. Contributions, $19,18.5. Pew rents, $6,000. .. . . , , , Revivals are announoed in the First, Green Hill, First Kensington, and, substantially, in Oxford churches, Philadelphia. Also in Rock Island, Ills., Adams, N. Y., and a number gf other places in our Church ;in twenty.five 'places in. other branches of the Presbyterian Church, and in very many Congre gationalist and' Baptist chnrches. Mr. Hammond’s labors in Rochester are .greatly blessed, the House of Refuge sharing in the work. The four Elders recently chosen and installed in Clinton Street church, in this city, are Messrs. Geo. W. Mears. H. L. Lipmgn, D. D. Willard;and'John T. Sheaff. The Elder installed in St. George’s, Del., was Mr. lheo. F. Clark. ■ The Presbytery of Geneva has approved the Joint Committee’s Basis, hut empowers the next Assembly to make any modification of the Flan whioh our 1 Com mittee may suggest. The Presbytery of Ontario au thorizes the next Assembly to consummate Re-union on the Basis of the Committee’s recent action, or on such terms as may be mutually satisfactory. Two installations, Sprague at Genesee, and Parsons in thiß city; six oalls accepted: Hovey to Peoria, Teller to, Plainfield,, New Jersey, ; Wm. Aikman to New York City, De Luyster to Sheboygan; one resig nation, Kingsbury of Joliet, Ills.;J>ne minister (Hazel tine) received from the Congregationalists; one re ceived from the Dutch Church (Teller); three or dained in Minnesota ; three churches (in New York, which “ perfected' their organization ” by electing El ders (Pike, Prattsburg and Adams); one.minister, Rev. P. S. McCabe, gone to the other branch ; one German church, and seven others, organized, mainly in the North-west, and one building dedicated in Minnesota. Ministerial Relief acknowledges $3,962.05 for the quarter ending January 31 Bt. An effort is in progress to raise $50,000 to found a new paper for our denomination in Chicago. A Pres byterian League for'City Church-Extension is also be ing matured in that enterprising city. Hamilton College needs about $300,000 to put it on a footing with other high class institutions.* The Old School Board of Domestic Missions re ceived $55,117.16 in December. La Fayette College, Easton, has completed its addi tional endowment of $200,000, and it was -voted re cently that President Cattell go to Europe-on a pro fessional tour. The Congregationalisls in this country number 291,042. A Baptist Home .Missionary has lately been cordial ly received by the Mormons, and allowed to hold ser vice in the Mornion Teinple, in Utah. v Rev. Crammond Kennedy has been disfellowßhiped by a N. Y. Baptist church for holding and practising open communion.. The Romanists ore making scanty progress, by con fession .of their own members, among ,tlie Freedmen. , The Boston churches, give one-twelfth of all con- to the American Board; the Presbytery of New York (City) gives one-fourth of all contributed to the Old School Board-of Foreign Missions. Mr. McCormick'has written a six-column letter to justify himself for withholding part of the endow ment of Chicago Seminary. The Cumberland Bresby terian Colleges -of the North are flourishing. ‘ The Congregational church in Washington is be coming more quiet and harmonious. The Baptists have $200,000 s to*raise by March" to keep their Home a«d Foieign Missions out of debt. The enormously wealthy Protestant Episcopal dio cese including New York City raised last year, for all purposes, over $937,000, a gain of nearly fifty per cent. ", churches) the two tyngs’ and Cot ton Smith’s, raised nearly half of all given in New York City. Dr. Tyne’s Sr., gave $230,183 against Trinity and her.chapels, $108;238. The last Convent in. Rhenish Prussia has been sup pressed. Ojisic.oyma! , .. t The Methodists have baptized 188,508 children in 5 years, and the number hasrapidly increased of late. Dr. Stevens says the Methodist: is-a Presbyterian Church with Episcopacy as an executive office, nof as a divine order. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1869. REVIVAL IN LYONS, lOWA. Rev. J. D. Potter, the New England Evan gelist, came to this place on Tuesday, Feb. 2nd, for the purpose of holding a four days meeting, but op account of the great interest, he decided to continue it two days longer. His simple business style of address, his hapit of giving expositions of numerous texts —stopping to turn to them, seemed to surprise most of his auditors, and, no doubt, disarmed many of prejudice. The work was as remarkable for the influence of the Spirit in reviving and refreshing Christians, as in awakening sinners. It Was sustained by the united Congregational, Methodist, BaptUt, and Presbyterian churches, and had been preoeeded by a thorough canvass of the whole town. This had been looked upon as a work of peculiar em barrassment, on account of the large number of foreigners and Roman Catholics. But the Lord seemed to prepare the way and give the visitors in most cases an unlooked for acceptance. The preaching services were in the Methodist church, which, when crowded to its fullest ca pacity, held about eight hundred. After the meetings , the inquirers repaired to another church for conversation and prayer. At the last meet ing on Sunday evening there were one hundred and seventy-five present, of whom nearly all were known to be earnest seekers. About fifty had spoken during the meetings of having found Je sus. " J 'There! was great interest among the students of the Female College, most of whom attended twelve having come forward at the first meeting. The services Are being continued with interest in the several chiitches. 1 . , 1 - Let it he said of Bro. Potter, that in all of his many addresses, there was ho occasion for, and, as far as known, no complaint of denominational unfairness ;-and further, that though he exer cised continually the office of Moderator, yet there was none of that dictatorial tone 'that so often gives offence on such occasions. 'l-. Lyons, lowa, Feb. IOtA, 1869 OHTJROH WORK IN KANSAS. Dear Bro. Mears. You and the readers of the “Presbyterian” will be glad to know that the cause of Home Missions is moving on in this region with a good degree of hope and prospective success. On the 7th inst\, a new Church was organ ized con sisting of six members. This is a new church in a new field, and although quite smsifl, there is fair prospect for growth. The county been kept back from , settlement by bur Indian re servation, but that will soon be occupied, as most of the lodjans will soon remove into the Indian Territory south 'of Kansas, and those who re main will be citizenized and so lost as Indians. Wamego hi 'a pfetty? village, 103 milis frorp I£an- Sas 'City, on the Eastern Division of the: great Union Pacific Railroad.. ,It is about two years old, but has several and quite the air <of a place of business.- It‘ie hot likely to become a city soon,,but will be a thriving,.pleasant t®\yn. The new church will soon make an effort to build a house. The town company offers them eligible lots for the church- There is no Protestant house off worship in the county, but there are three Roman Catholic. We are gaining ministers in this region, but there is still a great demand for such as will en gage in actual missionary work. ,T.he Presbytery •of Kansas has ordained one mart since our. meet ing of Synod, and the Presbytery of Lexington now has five men within its bounds who are not yet members here. , . Rey. B,; ,8., Sherwood recently organized a churcli of‘2o" members “at Maryville, Nodaway Co., Missouri, a region in which we have hereto fore never had any organizations. ■ Some of our mission churches are making pro gress, in numbers and strength. Three years ago, we began at Holden, Johnson Co , Mo., with a smallrorgsnization, seyen; I think. Now>they have about'Seventy with a good : honsfe'finishedj and by the aid of the Church Erection Fund, paid for, a good congregation, Sabbath-school, apd all the means for progress, especially that West one, a good pastor. ... The young men who came out last fall, are all doing well and happy in their work. Their influ ence will be felt on the very foundations of so ciety. May they haye many others to follow them and enter into the good-work with them. ; , i Yours, . X. " Kansas "City, MeV, FeP 10,1869. OMAHA PEESBYTEEY—PEOGEESS AND WAHTS, Ma. Editor; —My Dear Sir: — I have just returned from the organization of the First Pres byterian Church at Onawa, Monona Co., lowa, within the 1 bounds' of J the Omaha 'Presbytery. Thdi-e were present: Revs. Geo. R. Carroll, J. M. Peebles and F. M. Dimmick. We held a series of meetings beginning Friday evening;' On Sun day the church was organized. Rev.'Mr. Carroll acted as Moderator in the organization, and Rev, Mr. Dimmick in the ordination and installation of a-ruling elder and deacon.t Mr.. Carroll and Mr. Peebles officiated in the administration of the Lord’s Supper The. new 'enterprise” is inaugu rated under very favorable auspices. There were sixteen who united in the. organization, and sev eral for the 1 first time made prefession of their faith in Christ. Elmer D. Dimmick .was ordained ruling elder and David Cold deacon. Probably in a few weeks there will be nearly as many, who will come into the new enterprise. ■ Our great want now is the immediate coming into this field of two or three more ministers. Within the bounds of this Presbytery we really need half a dozen new laborers for Christ. At the Missouri Yalley Junction, 20 miles above Council Bluffs, we hope to organize a church, next Sunday. I waited there only Jive houre to make connection with C. and N. W. R. Jt., whose train having been thrown from the track was very much.delayed. I, there found an old man who liad constructed a, “perpetual motion,” machine which can- be made, to drive ; inaeninefy with* any amount of lifting. fOEfiO l -jiviiiu. L , , [ He was on his way to set it up in Omaha—of course the only place where anything new and marvellous can be successfully inaugurated! The old man expects to receive a million of dollars for the invention just as soon as he can get it! We need a man at Cheyenne and have felt the great Deed of a minister there for more than a year. We hope to have a church also in Coun cil Bluffs in a lew weeks. Hoping and praying that the great Lord of the harvest will send more laborers into this part of his great harvest field, I remain, Yours truly and fraternally, F. M. D. Omaha Neb., Feb. 10 1869. FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT- We are sure the Christian public will be glad to learn, that the religious interest in this city, in connection with Mr. Hammond’s labors, seems to be widening and deepening. The daily morn ing prayer-meeting, from nine to ten o’clock, has been held this week in the beautiful chapel of the First church, the most central and delightful place in the city for’such a gathering. The attendance, has been large, the commodi ous chapel Sometimes . almost uncomfortably crowded, and has embraced leading represent atives from all the Presbyterian churches; and from some others. There is the most delightful spirit of unity prevailing among the Christians of Rochester. They are daily “of one accord and in-one place,” so hoping for still greater blessings than those which have already descended. Mr. Hammond has preached ’every evening of the week* except Monday, to great and solemn congregations, and after the -preaching services’, many have remained to-'the inquiry meeting* and many are already indulging hope. . > The meeting on Thursday evening was parti cularly full and solemn. The,attendance was the more remarkable from the fact, that Mir. Gough lectured the same evening in’ our great Corinthian Hall, and had it cramined-full. One hundred and fifty rose for prayers, and agreat company Temained for conversation, and inquiry; On' Friday the city’ was canvassed by visitors, the whole being divided off into districts, and' Christians going, two and two together, through- the streets and lanes to Compel the people to come in. -At night there was not room in the Central' church for all who wanted to hear the" gospel. After the seats and aisles were 1 all full', a great com pany stood around the doors, and many turned away, unable to get_ where,they could.see or hear at all. F. A. Chase. Mr. Hammond is,tb.preach!next week again in the Brick church.' * -It -was ascertained by the visitation off yesterday, that thousands are more tender than usual, and are only waiting for some to take them by the hand', and it is confidently be lie ved,, that great numbers are soon' to be con verted to'Christ! ’ ' ' 'i But' the most remarkable feature of this revi val is, that’ which has manifested itself in our House of Refuge.' Here are 380 boys, ho.neover sixteen years ofAge, but many’of them’ already old' in crime: fortunately for this ‘time, the Superintendent, Mr. Carpenter, is a' religious man, a member of Hr. Shaw’s church, and knows that the best way'to reform these vicious boys, is to get them to be .Christians. ' :i 1 He brought some off them two or three times to Mr! Hammond’s meetings. They chme up first only for the sake of the ride, and to grUitify their natural Curiosity. But soon some were interested, and they carried the fires' kindled in their own breasts back to the institution itself. ' The flames spread rapidly. The boys are how holding meet ings daily Rinong themselves. • It;was bur privi lege to attend one of these gatherings. It was held at 11 A. M., the time of play; but instead of being out at their sports,lso; of the boys came together,of their own accord to spend an hour in prayer. ‘ '' :: ’’ This was one of the most remarkable meetings which it was ever our privilege to attend. Four teen of those boys stood up and spoke for Christ, expressing hope in His mercy; and exhorting their companions fnost fervently and touchingly to come and trust‘in the same Saviour. ' Five of them offered prayer, hp one being called oh. by name save the last ; ill volunteering, speaking readily and rapidly, losing no time, by waiting one for another, and speaking and praying with a fluency and propriety .wbioh could not be ac counted for except' by supposing them specially taught'by the Spirit. , And when the meeting was near closing; those who were indulging hope were requested to'stand up. Seventy were immediately on their feet. Next all those who desired to be Christians and wished others to pray for them were requested'to rise, and some thirty or forty more arose. The Superintendent then called upon one of the'old'er boys to offer the ‘closing prayer, especially for ,those who had just 1 said, pray for us. Tt certain ly seemed, as though that boy was taught of the Spirit, his’prayer Was so tender, so appropriate. We afterward lea'rned that he was a poor crip ple, made such.for life by the cruelty father, who showed his parental tendfernfess'by kicking the boy into the street and breaking h'is hip bone. We were also told that many of those how indulging hope in Christ wer'e among the worst boys of the institution. One had tried several times'to fire the buildings. Some have since confessed feafful crimes; which they had before 'concealed. I 'Some also, who spoke and prayed were very young, not inore than 1 ten or twelve j ears of age;,, We heed hardly’ add, that a great change has come over the entire institution. It is now truly a Reformatory. It 1 is much more easily managed than it was. And it is pleasant to think how much better it will be for those boys 'when 'they come out ofthat place, that God has met them there and made them new, creatures ; how much better also for society, that' they are truly reformed, and prepared to become good 1 citizens,' father than greater adepts in crime. The Work is, still progressing amohg them, and it is hoped that a much larger number may yet be converted. True, some of them may be de ceived ; but if .half of them hold out, it 'is' an uuspeafcalrie blessingi," But why *sbould ; we' hot hope thaf'a lhfgefiirljportiowjffe truly •cpittveffod? “?l's h‘fifdter'the!LpT‘d ?" i ' i 4 : Uhfmtmns'hhye taScen a' deep lateresii 11 in’ this' THE REVIVAL IN ROCHESTER. movement. Many have visited the Institution, and have had their hearts greatly stirred. Mr. Carpenter has been indefatigable in his efforts in behalf of the boys. How different the result might have been, if he had not been a religious man, it is easy to imagine. How important that the Superintendent of a reformatory institution should always be a Christian. Rev. Albert Erdman, of Clinton, accepts the call to the South street church of Morristown, N. J. His people part with him with great re gret. Rev. Arthur T. Pierson of Waterford, has re ceived a unanimous call to the Fort St. church, Detroit, which it is probable he will accept. Rev. Lyell T. Adams, pastor of the Presbyte rian church in Albion, is laid aside from the min istry, for the present at least, by hemorrhage of the lungs. Rev. James Orton, paster of the Congregation al church at Brighton:, three miles from our city, has received and accepted, an invitation to the Professorship of Natural History in Vassar Col lege at Poughkeepsie, and is to enter upon the duties of his new office in .May. - The Presbyterian congregation of Wateryille, are-moving for the erection of a new house of worship. They need- it, and can build a good one Rev. Wolcott Calkins of Buffalo, recently bap tized a young man : who joined his church, by im mersion, ;as he-preferred that method. The bap tism Was:: performed in the Freewill Baptist church, whose baptistry had been kindly tendered for the service. • - •; • The following are appointed Commissioners to the next General Assembly: From the Pres bytery of .Geneva, .Rev.'-A. A. Wood, D.D., and Rev. David, Magie,ministers; with. E. B. ; Jones of Penn Yan, and Harry Rice of Phelps, elders. From the Presbytery of Ontarift, Rev. Levi Parsons of Mt. Morris', minister, and D. D. Mc- Nair of Dansville, elder. We hear of revivals in many directions. The village of Sherburne is moved A great awaken ing is reported in Hamilton, a hundred conver sions,, meetings held in the Hotels, in Billiard Rooms, in drinking saloons, and business very much suspended in time of daily religious ser vice. ' The veteran Elder. Knapp is preaching there, Rochester, Feb. 13, 18,69, WOMEN’S WORK IN INDIA. On Thursday evening, the 11th inst., a large number of Christian ladies and gentlemen gath ered into the FiHt Baptist church (Rev.'G. Bana Boardman, pastor), to celebrate the anniversary of the Philadelphia-Branch of “The Women’s Union Missionary Society of America for Heathen Lands.” ' ... The services were, commenced with singing, followed by the reading of-the 67th Psalm. Suc ceeding'a fervent invocation j Rev. Dr. Boardman rea'd the annual • report'' ‘of ‘the Philadelphia Branch for the past year. This statement is of the deepest interest, to all who. aye conqprQed in the elevation of the women of India, and the success of missions in that benighted land. From it we learn, .that the object of the eight, years la bor of tjieiSoeiety lias been to carry the Bible to these heathen women, and by this means in troduce Christianity into the idolatrous homes of the far East. Gradually the work of the asso ciation has been increasing ; constantly new fields of .labor .are being opened; and the results al ready attained, and the assurances of still greater success in the future, call the Christian women of our own land, and men too, to exert greater ac tivity towards the development Of this noble la bor ii/God’s vineyard. In the great city of Cal ■ cut'a alone; the Society’s Missionaries have 800 pupils under'instruction, while at the different mission stations, there are 20 schools for girls, 78 'Bible-readers;and 30 children are under training by specific contribution. 1 So inadequate are the'aceommodations for the missionaries in that the Society now con templates the purchase of a substantially built edifice'"(which with its extensions covers one acre), for $20,000 in gold. Of this quite heavy shm; the New York Society has assumed $lO - .0.00; the Philadelphia Branch’ $5,000, and friends of the mission in India, the remainder. The rep6rt concludes with an urgent-appeal to all people who sympathize with the extension of God’s Word t v this darkened land, to famish the means to defray the cost of this edifice. .The pamphlet containing the managers’statement, is filled with varied papers of interest relative to the mission work in India. Upon'the conclusion of these preliminary du ties, 1 the. Rev. Dr. Gracie, of the Lucknow Mis sioh, India, was introduced. In-his opening re marks'; he stated that he could not forbear con trasting the scene then before him with those he had become familiar with : in India. He remem bered seeing in one of its sections a great dome like structure, elegant in its ornaments and trac ■ery,'erected, over the spot where, seven Hindoo women - had performed Suttee—the . .voluntary self-sacrifice of wives over the graves of their husbands., This self-immolation consisted in ly ing on the ground with dagger : points against the breast, and.then being pressed down' by weights until the; knives, were slowly, -thrust through the body,;, other women threw themselves on the.burning funeral pile, and,were consumed by < the flames. The terrible crime of Infanticide has not yet been practically abolished in India, al though according to British Parliamentary en actments, in theory it has. In recently looking over a, book relative to one of the North west ; Provinces, the speaker learned that within one year. four .hundred children were returned as :■* stolen, by the wolves.” The peculiarity here was, that all the, children named, were girls; ,and' when we that in. India the birth of a daughter is. considered a misfortune by fathers and mothers, we may have well grounded belief that the* little ones were not stolen, but sacrificed . and cruelly murdered. There; is.in India to-day’ an orphanage containing 160 little girls, who’ Were, picked 'up, out of the cahe-bfakes, where they, had been buried in the earth' tip to their necKs andleft te .The women inlnd'ia'are ;npt^p;i4”jtfblie' ! aB''li^e, r! b®fc ! are shut up in ‘ close, What ife it .that' Has* made the home of the- HafeiA of the East ? What is it, that has made the women here different from the women there ? There are many reasons; but there is this peculiarity in re lation to the women in India; that education among the women there has heretofore been en tirely confined to those who lead lives of shame. Education now in India, if neglected, means reli gion neglected ; for all the culture there is of a religious character, and all the literature has a religious tone. The native women of India, when once brought under Christianizing influence, can do a great work in spreading the Gospel; but how are we to reach them ? All the respectable women there are shut up in the Zenanas (apartments for women) and no man can gain access thereto; but Christian women have gained admittance, and in the city of Lucknow with its five hundred thou sand living souls, where five years ago there could not be found a missionary who could avail his cause, to day we find our missionary women in vited into the Zenanas, to read the precious Gospel, and expound its truths. With the ex ception of a few days in the year, when all the people go to the sacred Ganges to bathe, the wo men are rarely seen, and then great care is taken not to permit man to speak with them. God, in His Providence, has settled it that it must be in this land a mission of women to women ; and the help of all God’s people is required to give suc cess to this great undertaking. There are pro vinces in India, holding ten millions -of people, into which no missionary bas yet set foot, and there is an immense territory which has not yet been covered with even the prospective Knes of any Society. What portion is occupied, is divid ed among the several Protestant denominations. The Methodists cover the region from the Ganges to the Himalaya mountains —with 17 missionaries to seventeen millions of people! Rev, Dr. Grade, after pathetically describing some of the incidents relative to the death of Miss Norris, (a former member of Dr. Board man’s church) who died on the vessel which was to convey her to a field of mission labor, fervently invoked the aid and in fluence of the audience to carry on the great work of Gospel extendon in this overshadowed land of India. Rev. Dr. Breed, of the West Spruce Street Presbyterian church, made a few remarks, re lative to the work of the Society, and closed with a beautiful illustration' of the influence of Christian women. - Genesee. Rev. Dr. Matlack of the Episcopal church of the Nativity, said : If woman shall be reached at all, it must be by Christian women. If the women of India are converted, they will exercise a, Christian influence over the men, and thus, through the women, we may reach more readily the whole population of that great land. Dr-. Matlack then gave a sketch of the work of the Society and eahed for aid in carrying it forward This Society has been going on noiselessly,, and a great work has already been done. At the conclusion of the addresses, which our limited space forbids giving in full, a dol lecrion was taken up. "After the singing of the hymn commencing, “From Greenland’s icy mountains,” the congregation was dismissed with a benedic tion by Rev. Mr..Haswell', returned missionary.. Mtks a! fur &jnirdr«. Rev. J. L Robertson, pastor of the 2d Church, Cincinnati, bas, been confined to his house by serious illneßS for several weeks. He is now slowly recovering. His pulpit is supplied, during his sickness, by Rev., Dr. Morris, of Lane Seminary. ■ Rev. A. H. Young, of South Salem, 0., accepts the call of the Second Church of Oxford, 0.. and 'expects to enter tipon his labors the second Sab bath of March. Rev. R. 11. Northrop has changed his head quarters as Agent -for- the Church Erection Com mittee, from Dayton to Toledo, Ohio. His .field is Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Rev. J. B. Smith, chaplain to the Water Cure Establishment, at Green Spring. O , has removed to another field of labor. They advertise for another, offering board and treatment, and want “ thoße who are poor in purse but rich in intellect and in faith.” Rev. S. M. Wood, of 'Brunswick. N. J., has been invited to the church of Williamstown, N.J. , Rev. H. F. Hirkfik, of Fort Edward, New-York, has been called*4o Orange, N. J. Rev. til. Allen, late of Edwardsburg, Mich., has accepted the call of the Stone church, Gene see county, N. Y. Rev. James B. Bonar preached his farewell sermon in the American Presbyterian Church of Montreal on the last Sabbath of January, and has since removed to N. Y. city, where he may be.ad dressed at No. 158 West Sixteenth Street. The Third Presbytery of New York in granting' .his request for the dissolution of his pastoral, relation, '■‘Resolved, That the Presbytery.have, the 'fullest confidence in the piety, scholarship, and eminent ministerial excellency of the Rev. James B. Bonar, and cordially commend him to the churches as’ an able minister; of the New Testament.” A fare well meeting was held in the. church previous to Mr. -Bonar’s departure, which wag attended by most of the ministers of the city, when an address was presented to him by the ministerial associa tion of Montreal, and a letter containing a check for $1,600, by the trustees of his former charge Wilmington DeZ.—Olivet church (Rev. J. H. Snyder, pastor), Was organized a year ago with 16 members; it now numbers 52, and the average attendance is about 130. Accessions have been hed at ever y communion, at the last one eight being received by examination and two by letter. The zealous and self-sacrificiDg labors of the pas tor are winning him the esteem of all the Churches. ; . _ Mew York. —The Booth Missionary Associa tion of the Mercer St. church, held its first an niversary on Sabbath week.. It has fifty life members, and raised $341.20 last year. Manistee, Mich.—A. new church of; twenty-six members has been organized by the District Sec retary of Home Missions, and will soon double its numbers. !i <!Reads Settlement, (Oceana C 0.,). Mich. — ‘Messrs. Clark and Baiker of Montague, have or ganized a church in; . Ministerial. Chnrebes*
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