irrightat Communitatim.p. A VISIT IN TENNESSEE, By Prof. H. A. Nelson, D.D. Leaving Cincinnati by steamer " Gen. Lytle," Tuesday evening, June Bth, we found ourselves at the Louisville wharf at day-light on Wednes day morning. The cars brought us to Nashville at 4 P. M. Shortly before, arriving there, we came through the national cemetery, which is neatly kept, and the sight of which reminds us im pressively of the struggle for our Union, and the many martyrs who gave their lives for it. Nash ville is somewhat uniquely situated in the cen tre of the Middle Tennessee Basin, whose en compassing rim terminates the view from the State Capitol. This is a noble edifice, standing on the highest ground, in the city, and, coupled ous from afar. About it are remains of breast worlA reared for its iefenee; while Gen: Thomas occupied the city, and' not far 'away IS' the field on whieb that wise here and hie' 'breve gave battle to the much larger army of Hood, and hot Merely repulsed it, but , utterly= routed and ruined it. In the State Libiaryl saw a reeeint full-length portrait' of that able COM mander, which' gives one the impression' of a modest and pure man; 'Whoth hiS neighbors and' his Country may trast. I 'doubt - if.' we 'have a living - Creneral whose' eliaraeteristick''are` More' sithilar 'to those-of Weithington. I spent several how's the capitol, and made some inquiry concerning the pOlitical and - educe,- tional prospects of 'Tennessee. The Superinteri dent 'of Public Education. 'Gen. Eaton; was ab sent from the city, an'd I had not thy expected opportunity of conversing with him. - I feund opportunity, however; to learn sbniethinecif • the situation of the - cause to which his labora are de voted: I find the people alleging that much corruption and waste has occurred in the admin istration of the public school funds. That this is true somewhere seems to be; generally admitted —but I doubt not that the popular estimate does . grievous injustice to some of the people's' most' faithful servants, and I greatly fear that politi cians will so use this prejudice aato deprive the people of much educational beriefit without, sav lug the people's money. however, they must work their way into a good arid permanent sys tem. Politicians can only hinder the onward movement—they cannot arrest it. The blunders' of to-day Will be 'corrected in sabiequent tempts. All the people of Tennessee are to have a voice in its public affairs and all : will-learn to demand and to get the means of leii•ning how to vote intelligently. The Fisk'UniversitY Was - an object of special interest to me.' This institution was founded by the American Missionary Association and Wes tern Freedmen's Aid Commission in : 1866. It has " Normal, Academic and Model School De partments"—in all of which it has had enrolled 357 pupils during the past year, with an - average attendance of 203. The annual examination was in progress, and I had opportunity to 'Viten to several exercises. Pupils of the Normal De partment, under the direction of the Principal, conducted the exercises, which thus served' is' examinations of themselves as well - as of the younger pupils. Some of these young persons gave evidence of possessing the teaching faculty, the art or knack of 'educing the pupils' knowl edge and powers in a very high degree, while many of the pupils showed great quickness' of apprehension and accuracy of knowledge upon the subjects in which they were examined. Some of these freed persons are as white as any-in habitants of our country, and some as- black -as native Africans. I did not see that this wide difference of complexion was connected with any evident difference of intellectual cepa : city. One of the 'very blackest little faces sparkled with as fine a light of intelligence and fun' as any, and its :owner wriggling ..and grinning as' he' did; worked out the questions in mental arithmetic with admirable quickness and accuracy.' If the colored people of Tennessee can all have the spelling-boOk and the Bible, her statesmen need not fear for their use of the ballot. Tile build ings Of -Fisk University were erected for army purposes, except the chapel, a neat brick edifice. It is• to be hoped that those who enjoy its bene fits; will, like the alumni of other institutions, have ability and generosity to replace its wooden, structures with more permanent 'ones, in due time, and to give it ample endowment. At pre sent; the nation, and the churches could not make better use .of : ,the funds needed for its. Support. Friday, June 1.1.--L-A railroad •ride of nine hours brought, me- to Chatta,nooga.. The route is directly through., the battle field of Stone. River, in sight of its remaining entrenchments, and .its carefully, kept,'eemeteries. An evening• ride of an hour,and -whalf--brought me to the Lookont M.onntain. Educational Institution," established by,the sagacious munificence of :C. R. Robert, Esq., converting to• this use the ex tenaive hospital _buildings .erected.on this height,- near ,the t elose ,of thellvar. I spent three days on thtssmountain, enjoying its.wonderful scenery and.lobservingne working'of this interesting in stitution. , Rev. Messrs—Bancroft and Carpenter with their. wives and . assiatants . here. take 'care of some, seven4,or eighty. young men and women, in a - , maniletl.-iliOh, , i .sure, will commend• itself to the approval of judicious parents and teachers who will visit them as I have done. I THE ANERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1869. do not undertake to eulogize the teachers or founder of this somewhat unique institution, but I have found my visit greatly confirming-my best hopes, and assuring my mind that the enterprise is not a romantic one, but a truly wise one Doubtless in some of its aspects it is an experi ment, but it is an experiment worth the fair and thorough trial which R. R. is able and doubtless determined to give it. I believe it will be as successful as the military movements which have immortalized the locality. WhaVworthier mon ument of such battles could be reared than a Christian Educational Institution, surmounting such a natural wonder as Lookout Mountain ? Wednesdai, June 15.—1 n company with Pro fessor, Lamar, of Maryville College, who -had met me at. hattanooga, I took cars toward Knoxville. Two hours brought us to. Philadelphia; where we spent the day, at, the pleasant ,farm-house home ; of Rev. Thos. Brown •a venerable.minister of our ,church, whose , merpory of the ,scenes , and, trans actions of 1837-8 is exceedingly vivid,, and. whose lifetime of faithful ) ,consistent testimony for, truth and liberty amid these Tennessee,mountainsi-de serves the ; highest -honor. May. God, give him and his peers some years of tranquility in a church whose , sad schism is healed ; and ; in, a country to whose re.sl,emption and regeneration their, patient a.nd•prayerful, toil and testimony ~have, so ,largely contributed. Thursday; , June' 16.---An hour on the railroad brought us to Knoxville. Its remaining entreneh ments remind one 'of the anxious days • when , the nation wailed - for the deliverance of Burnside and his besieged troops, and rejoiced when Sherman's army accomplished it ' , We 'called; on l'Senator BroWnlow, by:whom we: were :received-with' great courtesy, 'though . he: was lying quite 'upon a: couch. It is one' o f the : pleasS n testi experiences' of this journej; to find 'most- am ple,testimony to the blameless , private life; the habitual benefi cence, and the unquestionable' integrity of this brave man, whose public utterances , have 'had, a roughness:which, as they Were' , heard'iafar, gave a most erroneous impresaionl 9f -his real spirit. am-happy in helieving thatJhe Tennetiseean 'was not far. miong who said 'ef: , "He is , the no blest ROman of;them all?! Nay, his-intelligent neiglytors give me the comfort of 3 helieving'that he is more than 'a' Romari, 'a true-hearted 'Chris. tian: Yet one cannot help wishing he'had not said some:things. , I dotibt if he' can jhelp -wish ing so: Let his' deeds. 'praise hirni 'arid 'in 'his enfeebled:lealth, May God hive him 'His pence.' From ,Knoxville, a 'ride ':of sixteenrmileilby railroad.broUght me to Maryville. There 4 sPent six days in pleasant intercourse with the people, and observation 'Of liaryvilleiCollege. This ifl stitUtioni was, founded , fifty :years 'ago; by Isaac' Anderson, D. 'D., who'presided over it for thirty eight. years, and who wrote these' golden words: concerning it.: t." Let the Directors- and Managers of/this' sacred. institution'propose the glory of,Godland theadornment of-that kingdom , purchased'by the blood of His'onlybegotten'Sbn as their sole object." • Tlie memory of Dr. Anderson is embalmed _hi_ 'the hearts of the, people of East; Tennessee; as' that, of Di. Bullard, in'Xissouri ; and the: insti• tution which he fohnded' for Christ has rtpecti 'liar sacredness in ,their eye's. It has educated for the'_Christitua 'Ministry " more than ope.lun dred and twentiMen, nearly t all of Whom are na y. tive's of Diet Tennessee." SO says its catalogue and it 'might be added that most of 'these; and many more educated for other Callings, would not have been able to , secure the advantages .of education; :if obliged,to ,reek them further from home. Nor is it at all probible that our country , would have had such a stroeg hold for.the prin ciples that saved'her, sod, those .mountain nesses,,but for the enlighteningand evangelizing, poWer of garyville College, In the time of the; rebellion, however, the "treasury of the,,College, by a mysteriotis providence, was in the hands of a maii whe invested nearly all its fund 4 (pot by, directioU'of ifs trustees, as I under - stand) in Confederate " bonds. .Thus the institution was so'greatly impoverished that , .some of its friends have nearly , despaired of it. , A better , hope, , howeier, seems likely to prevail. The institu tion owns a beautiful tract of ground ,(sixty acres) admirably situated on whi e h'thetrusteee are about to lay the:fouridation of a . rlqw edifice, the one being much dilapidated and vfliolly in ,sufficient. , sucient. Vor this the; have ten thousand dollars, appilepriated from the Freednien's: bureau fends,, in consideration ortheir PriirileaeMbeina.("ranted to. youth without distinction - ofcolor.' Theyhope to raise anether ten thousand frOrnthe peppie r of the vicinity, nearly all of 'whom tire of very,lito 7, ited 'means, but who 'can cotaribute materials and produce, WhiCh the , contraeier.will accept Pro 7 fessor Lamar, who was reared and ed.ucate l i . among them, and has deserved and ,won, their confidence, devotes the summer 'to thie:,w ) erk. ✓ They have a' small endOwtriept,, and a suhscrip tion for its enlargement' has been 'liberally . Morn menced. When, the peOple of, the region shali have shown 'their own deeerminatien 'to dO what they, can, (as, trust, they*ill very seen), I see no reason to doubt that., they will, be igenerously aided.by friends who have watched froth. a dis tance the part theylave taken-in'.belialf of 'prin ciples and interests dear to.all„Christiaupetilke. Professor liama.r, t eri,.„Fresident ,and „Professor. Bartlett o are ..earrieetly_deiroted,to k . their Itworli, And are. in mest-perfept and: beautifulioniotinifth! each other. In such a spirit as that in which they give themselves to this enterprise, I do not see how they can fail to succeed. The examinations showed, a spirit of diligence. and fidelity and good intellectual powers in the pupils ;the exercises of their literary societies on Monday and Tuesday evenings were highly cred itable ; I had the honor and pleasure of address ing them on Wednesday evening; but another engagement called me away on Thursday morn ing,:so that I could not hear. the p t roper com mencement exercises of the more adVanced Btu- . dents. I left, believing in Maryville College, as an institution which has roots, and vitality, and believing, no less heartily in the noble capabilities of East Tennessee. BRIEF HISTORY • OF. THE CENTRAL PRES BYTERIAN 0111:110H, E. From its organization until the laying of the cor ner, stone of the new edifice; at the N. E. corner of Franklin and Thompson Sis., Philadel phia. Written by Ref. lames Y Mitchell, Pastor, and deposikinthe corner stone of the building July 8, 1869. • liISI'ORY. The corporate title of `this' 'church - Central Presbyterian Church;iii. the Nnitherri Liberties." The original limits of Philadelphia were the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, east and we'st, an'd Vine and Cedar"streets, north and South. All above Vine 'street . `was called "North' End;" and belovir Cedar street " South 'End," or " Society Hill." With the growth of society in these sections, separate "municipalities" became necessary, and .the South En 4 became the. -municipality of- ' " Seuthwark;" and the " ` North End " the' municipality of the "Northern Lib erties." The district of , the Northern Liberties , was' incorporated. in the year' 1803,,and was not consolidated with the. city until the e year 1854. At the time of its incorporation its population numbered about 16,000, and at the time of its consolidation about 60,000 Inhabitanfil. During the latter half of the last century the spiritual wan ts of the people living aboie the city limits, awakened the concern of the Second Pres byterian ChUreh, then worshipping at the corner , 'of 'Third and Arch streets. This 'church' was part of the fruits of 'the great revival nnder'White , : field's preaching, and was characterized for its zeal to propagate the gospel. It still survives the s chinge: of years; 'and it is worthy of remark that ,Itui; about two weeks since — the congregation" of ,the Second Church laid the corner stchie, fcir a new church edifice at TwentjVirst and Vida* streets. Dr. Beadle is the present pastor. De. - Spioat, who suCceeded Rev. Gilbert Tellnent, D. D:, the 'first pastor of the Second church, instituted religious services in a swan house at the N. E: corner of St. lohn anaCoates streat, The, revolutionary war interrupted theSe smices, but soon, after its c,lose pr,,,Ashbel Green, afterwards. President of Princeton , Cdllege, becornino a Colleague' of bi:Sproat united with him in methodically ,Carryincr on the Services whieh; had 'heen, interrupted., At Jength the ,growth of the.congregation:detnanded the,build ing• of a church' edifice:::;hir.' Win. Coates, -a; large land owner,'; made of 'the lot on the' . N. W. cOrnet.'iirSeeimd .and Coates streets • z '"' then open grOund, and, as was, thought, too, re mote, from tle;•city to be ever disturbed. by the march of bushie4S. • , Thn.monies heeded to-erect . the building . ,were . , secured, by'honest begging and the buildingfinished. opened 1805. • Religious.worshiv were held.statedlrfer eight years, when theLgrowth of theloottimmaity.and• wants of the congiegatiOn demanded 'the' settlCL dement of a pastel'. • A church was now dulY oiganized, known as the First Presbyterian. Church, N. L., and Rey, James Patterson eleCted, its iagtor. He was elected September 2,7 th, 1813, and duly installed ,on Tuesday, Ja"nuary 11th, 1614.' , The labor's of -Mi. Tlatterson were abundantly blessed. He inangerated new measures to' win :souls to Christ; he preached Chi•ist in the Pul pit and out of the pulpit, ] n the churdh, and on the cc 11111101:1 j visited rnuch, sent all his ; members tO'yiget* tliesick and distreased. Ile organised the first Sabbath School • he educated ,young man for the ministry, and lahoied in every ,way for the' salvation of m'ett He saw 52 to _the inum ber of his 'communicants', rise from ,100, and in the twenty ` three 'years of his pastorate in, this church 60 Tiling men were introduced into the mini'stri•;l,7oo u periona were received, into the church thousands (if children instructed oTatui tously in - 'Sunday Sel'ocila, tens of tliousends of iramortall ones warned, counseled, exhorted, en treaied,'in the: streets, and in the place . of praym.. In the Sprint , of 1829 it was Concluded to sell the old church building at 'Second and Coates streets, and move into a westward location. 1 1`14 was because of the enCroachments 'of usmess and the 'increasing' demands ofancither After the usual trials attending;each a move ment, the FrsC.Presq 4 terien Chu,in the N. L, di'sappeared 'from the corner of Second and Coates streets, hut. appeared` again Buttonwood street, below Sixth, Where the new cliit•ch wai"openedMaY Its history has been graticr,eVgi' since ,. and to-. Iday it' doing . a'noble; rift ; for; God under the Pastoral care o'f itek% D.D. At the time the moving of the old church was first agitated, it had more than a thousand mem bers, and it is not to be wondered at that Chris. tiara men• should' differ as to the best location of a new edifice. Men did differ, and that difference was the origin of the North Presbyterian Church,, now standing in Sixth street, above Green, and of the CentrallPfesbyterian Church, N. L., now in Coates street, below Fourth, but which to-day lays the co rner-stone of a new edifiCe on this spot. Differing from their brethren on the question of church site, and believing they had an inde pendent work to do for their Master, they with drew from the parent church, and denominating themselves "The Central Presbyterian Church in the Northern Liberties," they worshipped for •a time in a school room on Poplar street, above Second, looking, however, to the speedy erection of a 'church edifiCe on Coate§ street, beloW Fourth. This building commenced in 1835 wah not occu pied until the year 1836. " During. the time of its. building, the congrega tion, baring left the school room in Poplautreet, iyorshippectin ,the old, Commissioners! ,114, in Tbird,street belOw Green. Here it was that ou the 24th day of `Jnne, 1835, agreeably to the Forni.of dovernment of the'Presbyterian Chi/m . lr, , .21 persons were. organized into -a church. 'Of these 21 six still live, viz : Hannah R. Naglo, Margaret, Stewart Joseph Aitken Charles C. Aitken, Joseph Pond and Catharine Pond. The three first named belt* still in the comniartion of the church.' At the time of the Organization of the eburch, Rev. Jno. McDowell, D.D., and-Rev. .Cornelius C. Cuyler, D.D., by invitation, at tended. Dr. McDowell presided and opened the meeting with Trayetl: After, the usual, form of questions, was proposed to the persons - thus pre sehting themselVes, they proceeded to elect by ballots three individuals- to be ruling elders; when Mr .Charles. Mr. Benjamin .Naglee, and : Jolla, A., Stewart were unanimously elected. The elders-elect were then set apart'to the' of . of ruling , elders in this church; The constitutional questions were proposed to the elders and to the members by Dr. McDowell, and were answered in the affirmative ' which was followed with prayer by pr. Cuter. It was then declared that the church - under'the name of the Central Presbyterian Church, N. L., was duly erganized..l., This wilts :followed with an' address to .thee elders by Dr. McDowell, andto the church. .by Dr. Cuyler, ,The solemn services of the, eve ning were then concluded With the benediction. On the '29th' day June, 1835, this infant church electedi their 'first , pastor Rev. Wm. H. BUrroughs;:of New Providence , N: J. Mr.. .roughs soon, after ; accepted the .call,,and.was in stalled over the church.and congregation, by the Second Preshytery,of Philadelphia, on the eve ning of August -24th; 1835. • The services' were -held in , the Firat 'Presbyterian Church, N. L., by invitationifrom the pastor, Rev. James Patterson. The &crewcut. of the„_Tiord's sipper,was,. for the first time, administered in this infant church July 12th, 18 1 35'. The •labcirs 'Of Mr. Burroughs inl his pastoral charge' were of short'. duration'; disease invaded his system and lailhim aside, and soon'brought him, tolls grave. There was,: a. strong ~mutual, -attachment between, Mr. B. and the people of his .cliarge: He died at Newark, N. J. joly ,29, 1886, in the 36th year of hie age, greatlSt' be lovedanMeeply.lamented. - ' Con the 23d of August, 1836, a con'gregational. meeting was held for the purpose of electing a successor, to fill the place of Mr. B. • Rev. The.§. A..-J. Mines was inanimousfi elected. Mr. Mihes accepted.the call: and was installed the Septem ber. following. He sustained the.pastoral relation.. for a ,very.short period ; At the expiration- , of two. months he expressed ,a desire, in consequence of a feeble• state of health, that his pastoral rela tion be tlissolved. 'The Presbytery agreed to his disinisstom Mr: Mines Continued in a weak' and declining state till "the 2.oth of ,January, 1838,• when he was released fi:oin his earthly labors. For several months subsequent to Mr. Mines! distiiission,, this church did not enjoy the labora of i'pastdr; theydepended on supplies as they able-to secure thetni On the,23d , of October, 1837, the ;Rev. Anson Rood ; of Danbury,,conn„ was unanimously eleot ed pastor. Mr. Rood, having accepted the call, was installed December . 15th, 1837. .The Rev. Eliakim Phelps presided, and' propoeed the con stitutional queitionk. Rev: 'John 1. Grant •preached ,the sermon. Rev. George ;Chandler gave the charge to the pastor, and Rev. Albert Barnes the charge to .the people. Mr. Rood Continued the pastor of the church for eleYen years , and 'three months, iesigiting March - sth, 1849. on= account of thivhenith ;%.which, by rea son. of his labors, had been; .("ready impaired.. His ministry. was greatly, blessed. ' .Large congrega iione attended his services. He multiplied these services for 'the good of seals. He had added to his , eldership Mr. Isnac Ashtnead, electedt Oc 'tuber 13th..1840, also .111essrs Samuel T. 'Bo dine, and Milliam T. Donaldson, who were elect ed May Bth, 1843„ and ordained June .19th of 'the 'same year. Frequent were the . The church,'ana its mentberoip'ivas 'mere than four , fold .increasede'dtitinvhis ministry. •Hii health continued to, fail tarter , hinretil•ernent from! , the active work of .the teilAstry,-alAd. he 'died in the Lord November .17t,h, 1057. • ~! A period o( thirteen months elapsed after the' resignition , of 34i. Rood, - befere another' "pastor was calletl-andiinitalled. Jaii Wiry • 4th, 1 1850,- Rev. J,ttrues,P.;Wilsony AD., then President.or Delaware College, : was,, elected . p . astor, ancldn April l ot the same year he was installed pastorin, the presence Of a very large congregair . igreg,atiom. , Rev. Joel Parker; D'.)., presided,and 'pro'- pOsedrAlie7,constitutionab qtiestions.- Rev. 'Dr: Gilbert preached the sermon. Rev, Albert Rkrues delivered the • c4rgetto;.the pastor, and , ReV.. Robert Adak the char ,the people. The pastoral ' relatidn' - ef Wilson with' his peo- Plb continued but about fifteen' ni!Onths,4liett he re6igned to. accept the -Professorship- of •SystemJ atie Theology; ,in Union Theological .eminary i • New York. , Mterservingin. that T position.for soma tinie,'he resigned to become a l pastor of a church, J, where he. stilt resides iri the rnidSt. of an• admiring "and'•devoted •People': resignation -.as ,pastoelofilthis cluirch-tdok:plaee April Bth, 1851. About seven months elapsed when, on Novem- ber 17th, 1851, Rev. George Duffield, Jr., was elected pastor, and on May 13th, 1852, was duly installed. Dr. Gilbert presided, and proposed the constitutional questions. Dr. James P. Wil son, former pastor, preached the sermon. Rev. George Duffield, D. D., Sr., of Detroit, delivered the charge to the pastor, and Ref. W. W. Taylor the charge to the people. Mr. Duffield con tinued pastor of the church for more than nine .years. Daring this time he was the witness of many revivals, and was fully assured that his faithful preaching of the,gospel was accompanied with .the power of the Holy Ghost. His soul continually yearned for the salvation of men. He had added to his eldership Messrs. B. D. Stew art, Wm. Sanderson,_ H. H. Shillingford, and G. C. Bower, who- were elected and ordained to bffiice in April 1855. His resignation took place in the summer of 1861, when he accepted a call to the Presbyterian church of" Arian, Mieb., from which he afterwards went to become the pastor of the 'Presbyterian' chnrchl bf 'Galesburg, 111., where he.stilllibors, tieing - . blessed and blessing others. , Several months elapsed before another pastor was called. On the 11th day of June, 1862, the congregation elected Rev. James Young MitAheff.: then •of 'Newton Presbytery,- N. J. On the , 27th , day of September following, he was in stalled as pastor of the ! chim•ch. ,Rov. T. J. Shep herd, D.D., presided, and proposed the constitu tional questions, and delivered-the-charge to the pastor. : Rev. Dr. Rrainerd preached, the sermon, and Rev.E. E:Adains, ,'delivered the charge to the people. Up to the present time, for more thanlseven years,, he eontinttee the4astor. He moyes.with his people, in, this, movement, hoping, trusting, praying, that Gild will give it suecess. 'He has added to his eldership Messrs. Joseph 4.itkin*Taines ;Neely, and; Abner 'Lincoln, . who were,elected and ordained to office in •Oct. 1.866. He has r ,had many occasionstothank God for the outpour i ng of His ,Holy Spirit upon his congre gation; and for adding to the. church a goodly ,number of such':as shallbe:saved: With thank .ful,heartlwe record the fact thatflin! the Spring ,0f.1,863, the:last of the debt,upon the old church building ($8,600) was removed.. _ . The Old Central Church has done, much for the cause of Christ, and though, because of re moials[to other sections of the city, it has lost many of-its once active members, these have not been lost to Christ., Many if not most of our churches in the city are now, enjoying the ben efits of faithfa workmen, who. first began to work for Chrisit in this old Aureh: 'Though much of her farmer ;glory has departedfbr the.present, we rejoice to believe.that the day ; is not far dis tant wheo it will return again... Her existence has not . been in vain. Hex : history is a history of revivals, of lirge benevolenee, and of con tinued labors for Christ. • The present movement of our church has long been contemplated. For many years we have suffered much because, of .our people moving farther north an& west.' Ont. dhurch was grow ing :weaker every-year,' This was said fifteen years, ago. The:.community which we now oc cupy, is largely German. It is: becoming more and, more so every years The material to sup pprt our phurch, or to attend it, is not in the neighborhood. We are-'solicitous for this Zion. It •his 'a grand: history. , In other days she laid her treasures at, the Savioues feet. She has largely helped , . to build new • churches and to support feeble ones. No object of Christian ob ligation,leve, or charity did she overlook. Mul titudes have been saved through' her instrumen tality multitudes who ;have-'gone 'up out of her to Iteavon,:now swell thatgreat Cloud of witness es which to-day encompasses us; and multitudes more who still linger in this' world, pillars in the church of God elsewhere, proudly. call it their spiritual birth-place: - We- have , gladdened their hearp, we have gladened , our. own in the trans for of the old edifice in Coates street to the Ger man Refornied Salem Chureh.' That'old build ing, where tears'of repentance and: tears of spir itual joy have •beeni shed, 'where sinners '-have been born again and saints,been gladdened., where the, waters of Baptism . have i been ,sprinkled and the communion table sprea.d-Hs not lost ~to the cause of God; it is gtilf to' echo the praises of our. Saviour. •'' We come. to this spot: We'i , come to be more central to, our, own peopte.%,,,We.,come to offer further church accomm y latipns r tothis rapidly vrowina neighborhood..&We Come to preach Christ and Him crucified. W'e l li t y 'the corner stone. _ , of this. new • church 'edificd'to daY. Soon the last stone will be placed, the - last arch:sprung, the last beam adjusted. When this is done, may we sayiikis well done? May God say it 'is 'May the history and hallowed associattoM of n'ui"-time-honored church be perpetuated, and .when, in eternity it is remembered, of ,mapy may it,. be said—They were born there. God grant it.—Amen. Thomas Potter, formerly' . a nieiiihur 'of this church, is now 'a ruling , elder , in , the North `Broad street Church.- . • • - Cceo, E.. Harris, formerly a member, is now an elder in Tibor Presbyterian Church. Norn. ; ---For the introductory, histoiy of the preced ing irticle, ihe writer is indebted 'l'6 T: J. Shepherd, V. D., author of the 4, Days orthedPast,'l a book- which all interested in ,the history of our church, in the north end of the 'city; sliOnid possess. GLEAPINGSi veterahomissionary in the last Presby ceiiniv Monthly- i considers - the. :publication of plaza news- in. .dairy papers tts "secularizing religion,",andlas keeping . .professors of religion from their. closets:! —A.' Hone' Migiionary in MiSsouri says he 'preaches ten - sehtions a month and rides one hun dred and fifty Miles on horseback." Much better medialland - moral liyAiene , than beinic mewed up in:a city iSastninte:of'`:edifOrship —The only Presbyterian organizations in Ne vada are New School. —ltois computed. thst the ineom&of a certain wealthy,congregatiOn, iiir ° cent., during ,the'one lidur and r~pSabbath is seven hundred and.nineten6l4.lr43, or-over eleven thousand dollars for the entire day. A good basis on which to compute their beneficence.
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