Ptigitats gutftlignta. TILE REFORMED CHEIRCIIES. Churches and Pastors.—Rev. Henry A. Boardman, D. D., pastor of the Tenth church, Philadelphia, has returned from Minnesota, where he passed the last winter. liis health has so far recovered that he is able to preach to his congregation. It is now hoped that his health may be entirely restored, and that he will shortly be able to resume his pastoral labors. —Rev. Mr. Sutphen, pastor of the Scotch church in Fourteenth street, New York, has gone to Europe. He has been very earnest and successful in his labors since he has been associated with the Rev. Dr. DrElroy, and his people have very properly thought it would be tor his - advantage, as well as theirs, that he should spend this sea son of relaxation in a foreign journey. —Rev. S. H. Wines has procured the dissolution of the pastoral relation between himself and the First church, Springfield, because he has been elected Secretary or the Board of Public Charities of the State of Illinois; and (eels himself constrained to accept the same. —Rev. Wm. H. Smith, from:the [Dutch] Reformed Church of Ephratah, New York, has accepted an invitation to supply the Presbyterian church of Bardolph, 111. —Rev. Dq.Puytren Vermilye, oft he same denomination, awepta a unanimous call to the church of Hamilton Union, at Guil derland, Albany county, N. Y. His in stallation was to take place on Tuesday, June 29th, 11 o'clock, A. M. —Rev. J. Kinnear, of the Presbyterian church of Ireland, declines the call from the First U. P. Church, Cincinnati. —Rev. J. G. Carnach an , of Danville, Pa., has been called to the pastorate of the church in Meadville, Pk., formerly Rev. Dr. Reynold's. —A Presbyterian church was organized at Bell Creek, Nebraska, on May 30th, by Rev. Sheldon Jackson. —Rev. Marshall B. Smith, late of the Protestant Episcopal Church, has accepted a unanimous call to the Reformed chu'rch of Spring Valley, Rockland county, N. Y. —The German Church of Portsmouth, 0., organized about two and a half years ago, by the 0. S. Presbytery of Hocking, with over one hundred members, have un• dertaken to build a house of worship. The members, mostly laborers, and some friends of the First Church (N. S.) of Portsmouth, have contributed their utmost; but the subscriptions are not sufficient to cover ex penses. They need from $4,000 to $5,000. —Rev. Edward Hopperwas installed as pastor of the New York Church of the Sea and Land, Sunday evening, June 27. Rev. S. Irenmus Prime preached the sermon. —Rev. Dr. Van Nest, for several years past in Italy, chiefly in Florence, is just now on a visit to America. He has lately, in connection with our Christian friends in that city, purchased a nronastery and church building, to be used as a Protestant Orphan Asylum, the first in Italy outside of the Waldensian Valleys . . —Mr. Leighton * W. Eckard, of the last class in Princeton Seminary, was ordained by the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, in the First church of Easton, Pa., on the evening of June 17th. The sermon was preached by Rev. J. L. Witherow, of Phil adelphia. Mr. Fckard has been appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions to Shan tung, in North China, and sails in Autumn. He was recently married to a daughter of the late Thomas Mifflin Longstreth, of. Phila delphia. —The chapel of the North'Reformed Church of Passaic, was dedicated on the afternoon of Sabbath, June 13th. The services were conducted by Rev. Marshall B. Smith, who is at present worshipping with this church. —Rev, Alexander T. Rankin, of Buffalo City Presbytery, is to be installed pastor of the churches of LOnaconing and Barton, M., on the 13th and 14th of July. Mr. W. H. Hillis is to be ordained and installed pastor of Gettysburg congregation on the Bth of July. Mr. Kelso, who expects to go to India ere long as missionary, is to be or dained as an Evangelist at Middle Spring church on the second Wednesday of AuJ gust. All by Carlisle:Presbytery. —The consistory of the Old Market St. Reformed church of New York, organized in 1819, has finally disbanded in, conse quence of " the continued emigration of the more substantial class of church mew l:a ra from the down-town wards." During Dr. Cuyler's pastorate, removal was pro posed and was still possible, but the pro, ject failed. The church property was sold to the Church of Sea and Land. The court having granted them permission to dispose of the proceeds without building a new church, St. Paul's church gets $15,000; the lxxxvth St. Church $8000; the N. W. Church the balance, about $lB,OOO. Some minor bequests were mentioned. —The most of the members of the R. P. Church in Eden, Randolph county, 111., who reside in the neighboring town of Sparta, have united with some other in the organization of anO.S.Ch urch, wh ic h 'started June sth, with 63 members. The last meeting of General Synod decided their church connection negatively at least. The church will be one of the best in South Illinois. Presbyterial.—The Presbytery of °bid (Pittsburg, Pa.,) adopted the overture on re-union on June 16th, by an unanimuns vote. —The Presbytery of Allegheny City, Ca June 15th, adopted the proposed' re-union, one member declining to vote. —The Presbytery of Albany (Old School) at a meeting held. June 9th, unanimously approved the basis of re-union submitted by the General Assembly at its late meet ing. The Cumberland Assembly. -- The Thirtrnititti Geneial Assernbly" at. Mur freesboro had nearly 200 delegates present. This body has one hundred Presbyteries. twenty-six Synods, twelve hundred minis ters, and one ,hundred and thirty thousand members. Its next Assembly will meet in Warrensburg,lB6:, in May, 1870.—1 t has now three schools of learning, in a flourish ing condition, at leasi as to students, viz : Cumberland University? at Lebanon, Ter. nessee, Lincoln University, in Illinois, ancl Waynesburg College, Pennsylvania. with an aggregate of near a thousand students, It is but little over half a,ceptury(l 0E40) when their first Prenbytery of three minie tens was organized in Middle Tennessee. The Waldenses.—Th e Synod of the Vaudois Churches met May 18th. The main interest centered on the missionary efforts in Italy, and the relation which such new churches as that in Florence should THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JU bear to the Committee of Evangel'zation. It was decided that the Committee had no right to impose any definite form on such churches, but that they should be at liberty to organize according to their own judg ment. The meeting was addressed by Pro fepsor 11. B. Smith, of our Union/Theologi cal Seminary, and by Dr.:Guthrie of Scot land. Dr. Leon ;Pilate :commends the work of these Piedmont Christians as the most extensive and valuable of all the mission enterprises of Italy. Educatimutl.—At a late meeting of the Presbytery of Newton, held at Blairstown, N. J., Mr. John I. Blair, of that place, transferred to the Presbytery a magnificent stone building, which he is now erecting for a boarding school, containing 75 stu dents' rooms, 9 other rooms, and 6 large halls, sufficient to accommodate 150 pu pils; together with 12 acres of ground. He added also to this munificent gift an en dowment sufficient to pay the board and tuition of at least five of the eons of minis= ters of this Presbytery at a time-,--amount ing in value, altogether, to the sum of $125, 000. The Presbytery appointed as Trustees of the property and school, Rev. Messrs. Sanson, Hand, Tully, McCauley, Barrett, Freeman, Stitt, Laurie and Town send. —The Theological Seminary at New Brunswick has, during the year, received a donation of $40,000 from James Suydam, Esq., of isTew York. This institution has now an endowment Of about $175,000, and Rutgers College, at the same •place, an en dowment of about a quarter of a million.' —3io Religious Newspaper's—n ere are no "religious newspapers iu Ireland," as we understand that term. The Rev. Ham ilton Magree, of Dublin, publishes a small religious and missionary magazine, called Plain words whose speciality is its fit nese for circulation by colporteurs, and others, among Roman Catholics, treating as it does, each month, in a kindly, and Christian way, upbn some point of differ ence between Catholics and Protestants. —Th e Presbyterian Church is represented mainly by two secular papers—The Banner of Ulster at Belfast, and The Standard at Londonderry. The Evangelical Witness in Dublin, 'The Monthly Messenger in Lurgan, and ,a children's.magazine in Armagh, are all Presbyterian monthlies. The first was started andlotig edited by Dr. John Hall. The Assembly's Boards publish a monthly Missionary Herald in Belfast. OTHER DENOMINATIONS. Episcopalian.—Rev. Charles E. Cheney, Episcopal rector in Chicago, has been cited for trial by the council appointed by Bish• op Whitehouse, of that city, to examine into his case. The trial will take place the 21st of .July, in the bishop's cathedral. Mr. Cheney's offence is that he omits the words " Regenerate " and " Regeneration " in the Baptismal service, and makes - .other variations from the Trayer Book. —The recent Low Church Convention in Chicago, prov,ed how impotent the party are even it united, and how divided in fact. The attendance was small to disappoint ment. The business transacted was the passageof useless resolutions urging Re vision of - the Liturgy. &c. —Archbishop Thomson of York, recent ly reminded the ministry of the Church of England, in a speech at Sheffield, that they had no business to mix themselves up with disestablishriient discuSsions, and that. whatever may be the issue of the contest, they have only to,deal with the enduring Church of God. ' • - —A. Ritualistic clergyman in the south east of London, recently desired-'his con gregation to pray for « Dissenters and other sinners." —Rev. Dr. P. H. Greenliac, re'dtor of Eminanuel church, South Brooklyn, was found dead sitting in his chair in the ves try room of the church. at 12 o'clock Mon day night, June 21st. He Was a brother of the late Dr. Greenleaf, Cambridge, and son of `‘the late 'Judie Greenleaf, of "IlarVitrd College, and, was formerly rector ,of St. Paul's church', Cincinnati. His death, was from heart disease. • —The N. Y. Tribune describes a recent haptism in. Christ church, in that city, by its "Failure-of-Protestantism" rector. A procession was formed, and, preceded by an acolyte, carrying a lighted candle, marched to the font. Having reached it, Dr. Ewer took the candle and dipped it in the water three times. The infant, who was wrapped in a white blanket, was • then given to him, and, instead of sprinkling it, as is usual in the Episcopal Church, it was 'immersed three times, the Doctor repeat ing, as he madethe . mark of the cross on the child's torhead, " I baptize' thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and'of -the Holy Ghost." This is after the fashion of the 'Greek Church. —The friends of religious freedom and equality in theTdthama Islands, have suc ceeded, after a sharp struggle of two years, in carrying a bill through both branches of the Colonial Legislature, abolishing the pre-eminence of the Episcopal Church, as an e6clesiastical establishment. The exist ing parties are accorded a life- interest in their offices, at the”public expense, but as these expire, no mew, appointments sire to be made, and when — the present 'incum bents are all dead, the maintenance of re ligious institutions by . Episcopalians will rest on the voluntary contributions.a the people. The church edifices and lands' are to be vested in a Board of Commissioners. --The Bishop of London is prosecuting the Ritualists, According to the ,London Globe, be has commenced a prosecution against-the Rev. C. F. Lowder, the Vicar of St. George's-in-the-FAst, in consequence of his violation of the directions laid down in the decision of t the Judicial Committee in the case /if Martin' vs'. 9klackoncichie." Mr. Lowder refuses to remove . his lighted candles, or to consecrate the Elements otherwise than he understands the Church to direct him, and for this he is to be pro-' secuted in the. Courts-of;Aliches, if Sir Robert Philtimote.consente - tcr. s accept the letters of requesi.„ writer in The Southern Cliarelonan says: "Not leseihan One hundra and fifty of the dati - ghters Of-our.B44tterick4tm- Hies, mostly Emscolpalians, hiliveeirmOie war, been sent to , Romish honvents to school. As was certainlyiVnietteen ,by all but the foolish patents, perversions begin, to be reported thick and last. Three citsies have recently come to my knowledge. ...In one the widow of a Confederate officer was induced, by promises of non-interference, to send her two daughtera bne'of their• schools. When 'they wee thought suffi -ciently confirmed their new religion, they were allowed tq =return_ home. With the utmost difficulty: she persuaded the' younger not to returato school: The elder was incorrigible, returned, became a nun,' fell under the displeasure of the authori• ties, was removed to some other part of the country, and this is all the unhappy moth er can ascertain." —Three new Professors are to be added at the College in Benicia, Cal. Twelve persons are studying in the divinity school of the same college. Their support has come mainly from the East. Twelve mis sion stations are occupied by students and Professors of the Seminary, embracing an area of one hundred miles. —The Commercial Advertiser of Honolulu, says : "If the report of the speech made at Hilo on the 16th of May, by Rev. Dr. Lee, is correct, Ritualism does not flourish in that tropical burgh. It is stated that his audience comprised four persons, three of whom accompanied him from Honolulu. All great enterprises claim small begin nings." _ _ -Rev. Dr. Boggs, of New Brunswick, has resigned the rectorship of the church of St, John the Evangelist, to become General illissionary of the diocese of New Jersey. —Bishop Upfold, of Indiana, has brought one of his flocks to submission. Mr. Russ, rector of a church in Lafayette, having been found guilty of " scandalous and in farnous conduct," in 'going to see the "Black Crook" performed, was sentenced to receive an " admonition." The vestry of the Lafayette church objected to the,sen tence: and passed some resolutions which were Amoxious to the Bishop, and , he thereupon ordered that the parishioners must "be deprived of Episdopal services until in some'way 'the action of the vestry should be repudiated or recalled." On the 4th of June the vestry got on their knees and humbly begged pardon. Congregationalist.—Dr. Todd of Pitts field has been visiting. the Pacific Coast, preaching in the Churches, and admiring the country. Before his return his friends on the court presented him with a well fill ed puree. —Prof. E. A. Park, of Andover, sailed for Europe June sth, and will spend the summer in England, Germany and Switzer land for the benefit of his health, which has been impaired by overwork. Mr. W. P. Ward was ordained pastor of the Congregational church in Gretna, La., June lath. Rev. J. W. Healy, of New Orleans, preached the sermon. This church, says the Congregationalist, has just dedicat ed its new chapel, which was erected by aid from the Congregational Union. Mr. Ward is laboring under a commission from the American Missionary Association. --The Theological Seminary at Hartford (formerly of East Windsor), held its X XXIIci Anniversary recently. Drs. Hodge and Atwater of Princeton, were pre sent and welcomed at the Alumni`meeting, where they expounded religious Life and Doctrine, as connected in their relations. —The Chicago Association, at their late meeting, received five new churches and eight pastors. An interesting essay on the Diaconate, by Rev. Thomas Lightbody, led to the appointment of Rev. C. D. Hel mer, to prepare one on Deaconesses, for the next meeting. —A. large colony of Congregationalists bave settled on Diamond Creek, near Council Grove, Nebraska. They will con stitute a church of themselves. Rev. L. Harlow,.of Council Grove, supplies them. —A church.*nine members, was organ ized May 20, at . Angola, Ind., the county seat of Steuben county. Ti ethodist —The Western Advocate says: " Some of our exchanges are reproducing the old paragraph, that it costs the Meth odisti a million dollars a year, more or less; for moving expenses of tbeir nreach ere. Suppose it ,does? What ministry, after all, more cheap, or usefnl, or efficient, and steadily -at- work- than the' ''itiner ants?': And, how much does it take per year -to pay the expenses of ministers in other Churches, who by scores and hun dreds are running-the gantlet of preaching trial sermons to over-fastidious .conarega• Lions,_ seeking a settlement and finatiig none? The.chtingeri in ihe Methodistitin eraacy, according to statistics, are propor tionately not so numerous as those among Presbyterians and Congregationalists." Our Methodist,brother may have a wider experience in regard to the length 'of -Pres byterian pastorates than we, but we think this estimate4ogross exaggeration. —The Congregation of bc. John's church, Brooklyn, on ,Sunday, JUne 20th, contribu ted thirty' thousand dollars to cancel the floating debt against the church, in addition to $125.,000 previously given by the same congregation to aid in the .erection of the new church. —'l he Atlanta Methodist Advocate reports the ,case of a colored brother, now in the South Carolina-Conference ,`who; When he heard of the t• Old'John 'Wesley Church " coming South, walked over a hundred miles to 'Meet one of -the preachers and unite with the church. He was a slave until the emancipation proclamation, trade him free. —Rev. Dr. E. 0. Haven, President of the University of Michigan. has accepted the Presidency. of the North-western Univer sity at Evanston, 111. —Rev. Charles W. Bennett, of the. East Genesee Conference, formerly Principal of the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and now travelling in the East, has been elect ed President of Albion College, Mich. '.-Missionaries; (remarks Zion's Herald,) are wanted for India. That Conference is now •-at our very door. Only a few weeks of rail and sail separate. the Punjaub from N4w•York. It is as pleasant there as in our southernmost cities. Who- , will gcri Two„yonng men will be accepted, if of the right stamp. There are hundreds Struggling slowly up . to the wealthier churches here, and'not sftre of .ever reaching them, that can strike ,the, best appointments in a bound.by . enlisting in this .work. —Rev. E. It. •Keys, formerly of the. Chestnut' street M..E. church, Portland, Maine, has recently changed his Church relationship' being , baptized into the faith of Swedenborgianisim. A kw' weeks before the change he announced himself in `heitd-and heart a Methodist, showing that his conversion has been very'audden. —The fine church in, San Francisco, for merly belonging to Starr King's Congrega tionki has -passed into the hands of the African Methodist Epieicopal Church. Romaitist.—ln'Viennilluityeax seventy pop Roman Catholics were admitted to the `Lutheran o , hurches, while but eleven Lu tb'eritiii turned Roman Catholics. In Gratz, the capital,of. Styria, fifteen Roman Cath olics bedame Protestants, and three Pro testants became Roman Catholics, The Reformed congregation at Prague wks also joined by forty Roman Catholics. ' —lt is said that at the (Ecumenical Coun cil in December next, there will be very nearly two hundred English-speaking pre lates. Of these, one hundred and ten will be from England, Ireland, Scotland, and British colonies; sixty from the United States; from ten to fifteen co-adjutor bish ops ; seven or eight bishops who have re tired from active duty, and about as many mitred abbots. According to tuis calcula tion, the a Anglo-Saxon element will form filth of the whole assembly. nearly HO USE SIGN PAINTING. h, CARD TO THE PUBLIC. 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ALEX. WHILLDIN, President. GEO. NUGENT, Vice President. JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary. JOHN C. SIMS, Actuary Assets $2,500,000. Income for 1868, - $1,118,530.20 The American—ls now one of the Oldest Com panies in the United States. The American—Has $2OO of Assets for every $lOO of Liabilities. The American—Never lost a dollar of invest ments. The American—lssues policies on ALL desir able plans. The American'—Mnlies ALL policies non-for feitable. The American—Pays Life Policies to the in sured at the age of eighty years. The American—Has no .unnecessary restric tions ontravel and residence. The American—Declares dividends annually at the end. of'the first year. The American—Pays all losses promptly. Where can you find Greater ADVANTAGES. HOME Life Insurance Co., MUTUAL. 254 Broadway, New York. ASSETS, $2,000,000. &mired Members, 10,000 ADVANTAGES OF THE HOME. Ito Organization leotrletly first clots, inferior to no other Company. It is a Mutual Company,all the net profits go to the ae.nred. Its Assets are kept most securely invested, and are as large in proportion to its as auy other Com p-my. . . It declares and pays dividends to its policy holders annually on, all policies that at the dividend pod .d (Msy let), have run one year. Each assured member gets his full share of the surplus earnings of the Com pany, based exactly on his contribution thereto. 11 has Vectared and raid a dividend every year since its organization. Ice members have the choice of both the cash and loan systems,—they may keep one-third the premium in their hands as long as the Policy exits. or they may pay all . wh at rates very little above those of the non participating Companies and receive all the surplus which their Policies earn. Its Members who pay th•lr premiums wholly its rash may receive their dividends in cash, or it may apply to `increase the amount of Assurance on the life, provided the party at the time is in good health. Its Potide's are al/ non-forfeiting : i. a., its members wilt under any circumstances, get all the insurance that they pay far. ITS POLICY•HOLDEES ARE FREE TO RESIDE OR TRAVEL IN ANY PART Ot? THE WORLD WITHOUT 'SPEOIAL PERMIT OR EXTRA CHARGE. It affords every facility in making proofs in case of death, and is prompt in the payment of its losses. It makes a very liberal discount from its table-rates to all' ministers of the Gospel. OFFICERS , WALTE a 8 GRIFFITH, President GEORNE C RIPLEY, Secretary. I:'H:FROTHINOHASt, Trealtirer. WILLIAM .1. COFFIN, Actuary. GENERAL AGENTS. .DOUGHTY k Mutant, 2S Third St, Cincinnati. E. H. KELLOGG, Milwaukee. L. W. Cats, Hauttibal,:bio. B. H. Enna, Philadelphia. PHILIP POND, New Haven. N. G.:Srat.nona, Albany. - Joan tiltiset.wr, Boston. .Good local:Or. soliciting Agents wanted on liberal terms. • 'Addreis the General . Agents or the llama Office. Pamphlets and all requirtd, information will be sent , by mail on request. 04ARTER 1829 PERPETU A L FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY PHILADELPHIA OFFICE-435 and 437 Chestnut St. Assets on Jan. 1,1869 . $2,677,372 13. Capital, - Accrued Surplus, Unsetled Claims, $23,788 12. Losses paid since 1829, over $5,500,000. Perpetual and Teinporary Policies on Liberal The Company also issues policies upon the Rents of all kinds of Buildings, Ground Rents and Mortgages. CTORS. 1 Alfred G. Baker, - ' Alfred Fitler, Samuel Grant, Thomas Sparks, Geo: ,W. Richards, William S. Grant, Isaac Lea, I Thomas S. Ellis, George Fales, 1 _Gustavus S. Benson . ' ALFRED. G. BAKER, President. - GEO: 'FALEG. 'VicePresident. JAS. W. McALLISIER;i Secretary. THLOOORE M. REGER, Assistant Secretary . , ' Mar: 25-.-Dec. 30 •3TE,ICT ECONOMY IN MANAGEMENT. • ______ PROVIDENT LIFE & TRUST COMPANY. OF PILIkADELPILIA. OFFICE No. n 1 ,s 4 FOURTH STREET Organized to extend the benefits of Life Insurance among meted*. sof they Society of Friends. All good risks, of whatever denomination solicited. President. SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY, Vice,President., Actuary, Will,. O. LONOSTIEET/t. ROWLAND PARRY. insurance effected upon all the approved plans at the "lowest cost. Noy risks on doubtnil or unsound lives taken...Pm:ids invested in first-class securities. Economy practiced in all the branches of the business. The adven t tages are equal to those of any company in the United Sta'tes. june4 ly PHOTOGRAPHS EXCELSIOR: - CARDS SiX FOR A DOLLAR. AU kinds of pictures, Of the finest quality. Porcelains one dollar each. Other sizes in proportion. • • J. W. RIIRN, 1319 Chestnut St. aptls-Iy. $400,000 00 1,083,528 70 1,193,843 43 Income for 1869, $360.000.
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