amtritan ErtArOiriait.
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1869
REV. BORN W. REARS, D. D., Editor.
No. X 334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
TIME EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Rev. Z. VI Humphrey, b.D., Pastor of Calvary
Church.
Rev. Herrlek4lllllsoll, D. D., Pastor of the
First Church.
Bev. Dail , March. 8.0.. Easter of Clinton St.
Ehureb. •
Nev. Peter Stryker, D.D., Pastor of N. Broad
St. Church.
Ser. George F. Wilson D.D., Pastor of Green
11111 Church.
Rev. E. E. Adams, D. D., Prof. in Lincoln Uni
vemity.
Rev. Samna W. Duffield, Special Cor
respondent.
Mr. _Robert E. Thompson will continue to aot
as Editor of the News Department.
Correspondents in every Presbytery and
Synod will promptly furnish us with fresh items
of news from their respective fields.
stir o.r Office will be open, till further notice
from 9 A. .111., till 3 PM.
—Hamilton College, now in a flouri:xhing and
hopeful condition, is one of the foremost in the
land. It offers some superior advantages to
young men seeking a liberal education., But in
order to its more complete success it needs a
more ample endowment and is every way wor
thy of this. Its efficient and' accomplished com
missioner, Rev. F. W. Goertner, D. p., has done
a work for , it, that never can be repaid; and one
for which he merits the thanks of 'all the friends
of Christian education. It only needs that
some of our men of large means of whom there are
many, should come forward and place Hamilton
College beyond the reach' of financial want, and
future generations will, give their benidictions.
--The New York Tribune predicts that the
proposed ecumenical council will either never be
held, or that it will disappoint the Pope's ex
pectations of a reaffirmation of the immunities
and the authority of the Church in and over
the State, and leave things nearly as, it finds
them. It shows that neither of the four leading
Roman Catholic States of Europe--France, Aus
tria, Italy and Spain—regards the objects — of the
council with favor, while of the smaller States,
Bavaria has openly shown her unfriendliness by
calling a conference of the Catholie, powers on
the subject, and Portugal alone can be reckoned
as faithful. The bishops from America will
necessarily shrink from any ultra-Montane ac
tion, however they may acquiesce on the results
which may be reached. Hence, the prediction
of failure, so far as the objects of the Pope are
concerned.
According to the title page, The Atlantic
Monthly is " devoted to Literature, Science, Art
and Politics." Frankness;""swe fear, would re
quire the addition of "Infidelity" as a fifth
object of its devotions. If not designed to dis
seminate infidelity, why admit such a shallow
criticism of the Scripture account of the fall of
the walls of Jericho, as " probably a confused de
scription of earthquake action ?" (Atlantic
Monthly for August, p. 142.) The confusion
must exist in the mind of the critic, who per
haps has never read the straighforward, methodi
cal account of Joshua. Some confusion, too,
must exist in the minds of the conductors of the
Atlantic, who do not exactly know, or are afraid
to say, to what their magazine is devoted.
SYNODS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST
PENNSYLVANIA.
The fiscal year of the American Board of
Foreign Missions closes with the 31st August.
Will the churches within the bounds of the Sy
nods of Pennsylvania and West Pennsylvania,
which have not forwarded their contributions flit.
the year, please attend to the matter as soon as
possible. We shall need the aid of all the
churches, and all they can do to meet the wants
of the treasury. JOHN MOLEOD• I
Dis't. See'y.., 1334 Chestnut St.
THE INTERNATIONAL Y. IL 0. A. 00N7
VENTION.
The sessions of the fourteenth annual conven
tion began at Portland, Me., July 14, and were
to close on -last Sabbath evening. Thane Mil
ler called to order, as chairman of last year, and
Wm. E. Dodge was elected President with ten
Vice Presidents, Mr. John Wanamaker repre
senting our State. The morning session was
occupied in conference, and in appointing com
mittees, receiving reports and making arrange
ments. The evening session was taken up with
addresses of welcome from the city, the Conven
tion being received in the city,. Hall. The Pres
ident, Gov. Pollock, Gen. Howard, Fre Wilson
of Canada, and Gen. Fisk responded.'
On Thursday business began. The usual
committee to receive (and if need be, smother)
all resolutions offered before debate, was raised.
The report of the Executive committee was sub
mitted, and the subject of personal consecration
to Christ, on which, the Report laid great em
phasis, was discussed. By
. reselution, opening
sieeches were limited to ten minutes, others to
4ve
THE ADIERIOAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1869.
CALL FOR PLANS OF CHURCH BENE
FICENCE,
Mnssas. EDITORS :—The following call for
plans is of sufficient importance to warrant ns :in
asking you to publish it. The income of the
Missionary Boards of both branches of our
Church might easily be doubled or trebled if
there were in common use in the churches good
effective plans of collecting. To meet a growing
desire for such plans, the General Assembly
(0. 5.,) appointed a Committee to gather the
best in use and publish them in tract form for
distribution. Churches which have in use plans
of giving and collecting, which they consider
good and effective, may greatly increase their in
fluence, and aid in developing systematic benevo
lence in others by sending the details and practi
cal results of their, plans to Dr. Irving as below.
We appeal to churches out of our own bounds for
the sake of a wider experience, and we hope to find
good results from our work in all parts of oar
United Church. CALL.
"The late General Assembly passed the follow
ing resolution in connection with the Report on
Sytematie, Benevolence:
"That, in order tci aid those churChes that de
sire to adopt some more effective plan of col
lection, the, Rev. David Irving, the Rev. W. E.
Schenck, DD, and the Rev. Robert Strong,
ministers, and4.igcClure, Jr., and Robert Car
ter, , Esq ,:rulipg elders, are appoint& a commit
tee to , prepare and publish, in a small tract, a se
lection, of different plans which have been found
by cxperience to be effective, and the Board .of
Publication - is ordered to afford gratuitously a
suitable number Of copies of this -tract to such
congregations as may apply for it.
" Will pastors-and others; who have tried' such
plans in their congregations, and found them ef
fective in increasing .the bnevolence. of their
people, report the same. to me, at the Mission
ROOMS 23 Centre St.; New York, that the COSI
- may prepare, as soon as 'possible, a. suita
ble and suggestive 'tract on this'subject.
FROM 01:11 - ROOREBTER OORREBPONDENT.
HAMILTON (ALLEGE.
The, commencement exercises were opened as
usual with the Baccalaureate discourse of the
President. This was given to a large congrega
tion, on Sabbath morning, in the village church.
The text was, "Godliness is , profitable unto all
things &c.," theme, the elevating ,pow,er
Christianity. It was thought ,to be one of Pres.
Brown's happiest efforts. It was a 'subject well
fitted to his fine powers of mind, his admirable
methods of thought, and he handled it with a
master's hand, •
The elevating influence of a Christian faith
was il!ustrated by its disciplinary power; its
subjects of thought and knowledge; the experi
ence it involves, and the hopes it inspires. The'
influence of Christianity for good upon all civili-.
action, ail- art and-culture was also traced. The
ages' of highest Christian faith , formed the most
important epochs of hiStory. Church history is
the soul of all history.
These great thoughts, well put, and theitender
earnest commendation of this faith to the personal
interest of the graduating class, made the dis
course of great value to all who heard it, and well
sustained the reputation of the President for
sound Christian thinking, and a very chaste and
classical way of putting his best thoughts before
the minds of an audience.
WISWELL I S ADDRESS.
On Sunday evening, in the same' place; an
address of great excellence :was delivered before
the Society of Christian Research, by Rev. Geo.
F. Wiswell, D D., of Philadelphia. His theme
was: the Spiritual Kingdom and its final supre
macy in the earth. This kingdom was deline
ated in its principles, in its influence on the
intellect, on morals, taste, culture, and art in
their, various relations.
Paginism used art to' despoil morals; Chris
tianity uses .it to improve them. Christianity
teaches self respect, and, as a resultant, respect
for others. Christianity alone, of all the religious
system, recognises the rights and social
position of woman. It touches all legislation ;
while science, art and literature acknowledge its
supremacy, and are simply its agents. In the
increase of commerce, , the multiplication of rail—
ways, telegraphs and the like, the speaker recog-.
nized the means by which the spread of the,
spiritual kingdom is to be hastened.
THE KINOSLEY PRIZE DECLAMATIONS came
off on Monday evening, with four - speakers from
each of the three lower classes, and two prizes,
the first and second, to each class. These are
given in valuable books. The Committee of
award were Dr. Geo'. F. Wiswell of Philadel
phia, Dr. J. J. Porter of Watertown, and Prof.•
J. B. Rundell of Boston. At the close of the
speaking, they announced their decision as fol
lows:
Freshman Class —lst prize, Brainard G.
Smith; 2nd prize, Hezekiah - Webster.
Sophomore Class—lst prize, Frederick G.
Kendall; 2nd prize, Edward C. Wright.
Junior Class—lit prize, Thomas D. Jester;
2nd prize, James S. Root.
THE KINGSLEY PRIZE DEBATE was held on
Tuesday afternoon. This is confined to the
Senior Class, with four contestahts. The Com
mittee of award were Hon. Francis Selman and
Rev. Samuel Hanson Coxe, Jr., D. D., of Utica,
and Prof. Theo. W. Dwight of Columbia Col
lege Law School. The question was, Is a writ
ten preferable to an unwritten constitution ?
Upon this the boys were to try their extempora
neous powers. The , object of the noble funder
of the prize was to stimulate and encourage this
kind of speaking . There are two prizes, one of
seventy, and aother of thirty dollars. The
first was taken by W. M. Lillibridge of Holland
P w atent, the second by C. A. Wetmore of Nor-,
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ALUMNI MEEtmds:
At the meeting of the Alumni tuesday
forenoon, Rev. A. K. Strong of Syracuse, class
of 1842, was ettlled to preside. Prof. North,
the Necrologist, reported the death of twelve
graduates within the past year ; among them
Rev. Lambert S. Fine, son of Hon. John Fine,
LL. D., of Ogdensburg. Born in Ogdensburg
in 1832, a graduate of Princeton Seminary, he i
was pastor of the Presbyterian church in Chem
'bersburg, Pa., also at Penn Yan ; preached two
years in California, and in 1868 was. called to
the Presbyterian church of Troy, Pa., where he
died, March 9th, 1869.
At the same meeting, short and spirited ad
dresses, in the interest of the college, were made
by several individuals, and a resolution was
passed commending the recent formation of a
Society of the Alumni in New York city, and
suggesting like associations of the graduates
residing in other cities, a'hint which it is hoped
the Alumni in all our larger cities will not be
slow to take.
Another meeting of the Alumni was held on
the evening of the same day-, to hear the orator
appointed last year, Rev. John McLean, of
Galena, Illinois. His theme was Climate and
Scenery as Educators; a fine subject well
treated by an able man and a ripe Christian
scholar. .
After this, short speeches were again in de
mand. Rev. Joel Parker, D D.. of Newark,
e l ms , o f 1824; Gov. Wells of Virginia; Dr.
Thoi. S. Hastings of New York;'Dr. Wiswell
of Philadelphia; Dr. Niles of Corning, and
Rev. Simuel;Scoville of Norwich being heard.
CommEtwEbtawi proper occurred on Thurs
day. The graduates cumbered forty-one, a fine
class. Addresses were heard from about thirty
of their number, enough for a very' hot day.
The class' did themselves and their teachers
credit,. and received the usual testimonials of
having' honorably completed their course ‘of'
study. ! • ' ' '
Among the Ho - norary Degrees conferred were
~the following:— i '. '_ . '
LL.D. : Hon. .T.'T. Davis, Syracuse ; 'Daniel
Huniington, New York ; Hon: Ellis H. Roberts,:
Utica; (the able ad accomplished Editor of the
Utica Herald), au President ' David H. Cochran,
“BTOOklid. -' ' % I' , •-• .: l• • .
D. ])::•AddisoialLYStron e ,., , Syracuse I Geo. A.
Howard, Cattskill4 John L,,'. Selkirk, Scotland';
'and Wilbur R Paddfick, Philadelphia. ,-.
Prof Avery; :who' has been 'an officer in the
Institution for thirty-five years, ever faithful to
its interests, honoiably resigned the:chair of
Chemistry and , ' was !complimented' with some
very flattering resolutions.of the Board of Trus
tees. Hon. T. T. Bails of Syracuse,- Rev. Dr.
Miller of Ogdensburg, and Publius V. Rogers,
of Utica, were added to the Board of Trustees.
V. IRVING."
. Rey, Levi Conklin, late of East, Bloomfield, is
now supplying the, Congregational ,chttroh of
Brighton.
_ _
Rev. R B. Van Auken has become , stated
supply of the Congregational church of Church
ville. •
Rev. N. M. Cleo has gone from Clarkson -to
be.the 'minister of the Presbyterian church of
Olean.. ,
Rev. Lye,ll T. Mains, late pastor of the Pres
.
byterian church of. Albion, has- ; received an
appointment of Government. as Consul to
Malta. We doubt not the hand of. Hon.
Noah Davis, .ifetrft. of Congress from Albion,
was in , this. • lie.,,was a parighioner and ad
mirer of Mr. Adaifis, and would be ready for
any such kindly office. It will be remembered
Mr. Adams' health recently gave out. This
consulihip, in a genial clime, may give him the
best possible opportunity to regain it. His many
friends will hope so. '
On the first Sabbath of the month, 'Rev. Dr.
Wisner of Lockport, received thirteen niciii to,
his church, eleven by profession and two by let
ter. This makes two hundred 'and thirty one
received in theldstt rebeominitnio&seasons. We
not know of any 'arch in western'New York
more highly favored. ' GENESEE.
Rochester July 17, 1869.
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BIDDLE - MARKiT- SUNDAY SCHOOL, BT.
DEAR BRo. MARS :• I send you enclosed a
small photograph of the Biddle Market in :St:
Louis, Mo. ' It is interesting only, for , the:gfin.
day-school Nihiah,theets in the la - fie hall akiOve.
1 send you also a photograph of the excellent
man, Mr. Thomas Morrison, who, for more than
twenty years has been the Superintendent of
that school.
His work and hits worth should be known. A
visit to his house and his, school did me so much
good, I can but desire that others should share
my enjoyment and profit.
Thoumh a stranger in St. Louis;`,l Was not ab
quainted with the Biddle Market Sunday-school,
and on more than-one occasion before had met
.
the dear brother who now superintends, it.
I went directly from the morning service at
Dr. Post's church to his house in Car street. He
received me most cordially. I was heartily wel
come, because I was interested in his sChool,And .
because I was the brother of its former superin
tendent.
When we had dined, and he had made a se
lection of hymns to be . sung at a prayer-meeting
of the teachers and others after school, we lett
for the school.
By.the way; he gave me an account of, a most
remarkable conversion of an entire faniily from
Romanism by one of theft number who was = a
scliblar,—it is too long to repeat here, but it is,a
story of deep interest, and he threw his whole
soul into it. Yet as we came into the neighbor
hood of the school, it was interrupted at every,
sentence or two, for the sake of noticing the lit- ,
tie boys and girls who gathered around us—there
was a smile and -a pat on the back, or a shake of
the hand, and a pleasant word for each one, even
for those on the other side of the street there
was some cheery word of reco g nition.
We reached the Market half an hour or so
before the time to begin. He° likes to be there
tq 'receive. them all, scholars atafteachers with a-
welcome: The Assistant Superintendent keeps
those who come early interested in singing. The
school exercises were condueted much the same
as in other schools ; only with a sort of iough
PERSONAL.
ADDITIONS
LOUIS.
s '.•.GLasaow, Del., July 1869
and ready hearty good will. There were 793
present on that occasion, 400 of whom were in
the two infant classes. There are frequently
over 1000 present, and in the winter months 12
or 13 hundred scholars and 75 teachers. I was
informed that 3,300 children have since its foun
dation been regular members of the school, and
received religious instruction there.
This institution was commenced as a mission
school by the First Presbyterian church of the
city,, but for many years it has been sustained
With no relation whatever to any church or de
nomination, as an independent mission school.
A few years since it was found necessary to
enlarge the hall at an expense of about $5,000.
Mr. Morrison besides contributing liberally,
loaned from his own limited means about $3,000,
for which he receives no interest. Should any
of the wealthy friends of Christ be disposed to
relieve him of a part or the whole of this burden,
their contributions will be received and forwar
ded to him by the writer of this letter, or by the
editor of this paper.
More than half the children in the Biddle
Market Sunday-school are from Roman Catholic
families. Though the' priests make great efforts
to withdraw them, such is their interest in the
`school and their love for the superintendent and
teachers they have never succeeded.
It is essential' for its prosperity ' that this
school should be maintained on-its present inde
pendent basis—but because it is_so, it is left to,
and is dependent on die spontaneous and uncer
tain charitieS of the few' *liii become acquainted
with its importance and its necessities. The
teachers, none of 'whom are from the, wealthy
class can raise enOugli.forthe current expenses
of the school, but the Y-can 'do nothing towards
paying off the •$3,0Q0 ,due to their superintend
ent: He should not-be.permitted to carry this
load. any longer ;.1 may and should add that I
make this , appeal not,only without anylrequest
from him but also without his' knowing. of; my
intention Jo do so. ,
Youra very ainoerely,
E. W EBB
THE NATIONAL VIOE OP ENGLAND.
The London correspondent of The Tribzine
',Under date of June 29th, describes a recent de
scent of government officials upon the betting
houses of that city. The _letter reveals the ex
traordinary - prevalence of the betting-mania
throughout all ranks of ' English society, inso
much that hundreds of regular business-houses,
.exist with large connections over the country,
receiving and sending the latest betting quota
tions, advertising in the newspapers, and filling
commissions for gamblers without Concealment,
and to the amount of millions in a year, the
transactions having reference mainly to the great
races which•are such a scandalous feature of re
spectable society in England. The correspon
dent;' gives the particulkrs of the arrest of the
head of `One 'of these houses—perhaps the largest—
named Wright. He says:
There are many such houses in England.
Wright's is perhaps the largest. • Morris, who is
also . under prosecution, has another great one.
_y ou jud g e of the extent.of-their- busineis
fronitwo facts. On last year's Derby,,when - Blue
Gown won, the amount paid on that single horge,
by Wright alone, was more than three hundred
thousand poudds sterling—somewhere near two
millions of what now pass for dollars in America.
The other fact shows the system as well aru'ai
tent of the business. The sums received are-en
tered in a book like a check-book. A receipt
for each sum is torn out of the book, and the
cdunterfoil, containing a corresponding entry, re
mains in_the volume: When Wright was arrested
.the police found his boolr—indeed there was no
concealment about it, for the business was car
ried on in daylight-in a public office with a great
number of clerks. The book contained '56,000
vouchers, of which 32,908 had been taken out.
ode'represented somebody's investment ; and
- this enormous number.- covered a period of only
two months.. They varied in amount from ten"
shillings to fiftypounds, and the whole sum must
have exceeded XlOO,OOO, and probably was
£200,000 or £300,000: • .• '
,
Considering that 'there are some hundreds of
such houses all over England - , and that their
operations are carried on.with every sort of pub
licity, that they.can only be carried on at all by
the-complicity-of the public, and that they have
gone on thus openly for years, it produces a sen
sation cif surprise to - ,find that it is all done in
flagrantviolation of law.. There is , a swat.: some
fifteen 'years old against betting houses,:known'
to lawyers as the 16 and 17 Vict. 109 ; which was
carried through Parliament by the present Chief-
Justice, the Attorney-Gen. Cockburn. It would
be very moderate to say that half the members
of the House of Commons and, more than half'
the Lords are habitual gamblers on the turf.
Nevertheless, they passed this law without -oh- .
jection, for it was understood that it was Meant,
to put down betting by persons of an :inferior
class, and it- is well- knoWn that betting. on the
part of poor men -who cannot risk more' than'ten
shillings at a time is an immoral transaction,
while betting on a large smile is a truly-gentle
manly sport.
- A few fellows of the baser sort;were first seized
by the police . two or three weeks ago. They
were , promptly convicted by the. magistrates.
Gradually, the pblice flew at higher game. One
of their _victims was a well-known, operator at
Manchester.: If you have -ever pursued your
studies of human nature inside the betting ring
at Doncaster or Epsom ; you have surely noticed
the cruel faces of the men who carry bags—as
Judas did—inscribed with their addresses in
large' lettera--as I suppose Judas did not. These
are the professional bookmakers, and some of
them- are " commission agents" of the Wright
and Morris pattern. So powerful and coarse are
their voices that one might suppose they had
formerly been costermongers and gone howling
their vegetable wares through London- streets,
but that having been driven by misfortune or
knavery to abandon a respectable calling they
had taken to the Ring,-. as less desperate men.
take to drink or to 'picking pockets. Upon a
good-many of these ornaments to society has- the
`law lately laid its hand, but it was not believed
that the'authorities were in: earnest till they fell
upon such leviathans as Messrs. Morris and
Wright.- Rich and , ,powerfal as these men are,'
they were arrested by police of f icers under special
instructions, and had to appear at the police
court—the immortal court still held in a dingy
little room in Bow st. These, like the other
cases, were prepared with care. There was no
want of evidence in either case, and the magis
trate showed himself perfectly ready to convict
—a thing not always to be said of magistrates
when the accused is a person of wealth and the
offense one which a great part of the community
think no offense at all. The evidence was so
conclusive and the-law so clear that there was
found a difficulty in stating a case with enough
elements of doubt in it to be carried up for final
adjudication. But the counsel for the prosecu.
tion being as anxious as the other side for a de
cisive opinion, the magistrate, Sir Thomas Henry,
finally consented that the case should stand over
for a fortnight to give the lawyers time to agree
on a case for the Queen's Bench. Messrs. Wright
and Morris pledge themselves that they will sus
pend business meanwhile, and all the smaller
fry are naturally in great distress at the possible
destruction of their trade, which they must
pursue, if at all for the present, less openly than
heretofore.
OHINESE SUNDAY SCHOOL, HOWARD
OHIIROH, LIN ISIHOISOO.
The following is taken from a report in the
San Francisco Alia of June sth :
Yesterday a large, number of the Chinese
merchants and strangers from abroad were pre
sent to witness the exercises at the Chinese Sun
day-school 'of Howard Presbyterian Church,
conducted by Hon..: George .Barstow, Superin
tendent, assisted ; by Cyrus Palmer and D. N.
Hawley. The,exercises consisted of reading,
eounting and singing. The school
nuMbers 125 Chinese, and has a corps of seventy
teachers. The Chinese all read and write their
own language, and show themselves very apt
scholars in , learning English, sometimes learning
the entireE,nglisn alphabet in thirty minutes.
They manifest the greatest eagerness to learn,
and are making rapid advances. Most of them
are being drilled in the rudiments of the Eng
lish language, but we noticed especially one class
in geography, and also heard -the Chinese sing a
hymn in English. Messrs. Fitch, of Auburn,
Y.,' and Tyler, of Boston, Mass., made - very
into r:sting addresses.
Ow Thing, Tom Quan, Fang Tang, Lee Kahn
and other prominent Chinese merchants were
present. The fact was mentioned by these mer
chants, with regret, that while in the British
proirinoes the Chinese can testify in Courts of
Justice, and have the full protection of the laws,
in California they cannot testify and have but a
partial protection, which prevents Chinese capital
from coming here. Fung Tang being called
upon by Mr. Barstow, without any preparation,
rose and spoke a few words in a most easy and
graceful manner, as follows :
" Ladies and Gentlemen : It gives me a great
pleasure to meet you here to-day, and lam glad
to see the American people are taking an inter
est in my countrymen. We have some schools
here and they have been a great benefit to our
young men; but . I think,we-ought to have some
more schools here. We return our thanks for
'the interest taken and continued for our welfare."
Pung Tang also• spoke a fe_w words to these
Chinese and said to them : " We have seen, now,
for ourselves, these Americans wish to do us
good. I would advise you .to learn all you can
tbr your own benefit. Knowledge and virtues°
together. If we are worthy the protection of
law, the Americans will find it out at last, and
we shall have it. There •is a great commerce for
both nations, and it will make us friends' if all
are right minded."
Lee Kahn (who is an accountant in the Bank
of California) followed with some well-timed re
marks, in which he urged the Chinese to show
themselves worthy of the protection of American
law, and in due time they would have,,
Miss Anna Dickinson and' her brother were
present; and Seethed , greatly interested-:in the
,proceedings. * ,
—The animus _ of the Women's Rights Move
ment must not, indeed, be estimated wholly by
that of its leiders, yet We are not in the least
surprised to letirn that Miss Anthony, at the late
Convention in Saratoga to further the Women's
Suffiage movement, expresied contempt of Paul's
authority on the position and duties of women.
According to the reptirt,.a t illnqiiiier put the
pointed question, in one " What,
then, shall we do with kiinril .declaration that
women should be subject' to their husbands?"
Miss Anthony's response was - toe silly to be very
damaging, yet it showedttiV'elOven foot as com
pletely as anything yet littered on that side.
"Do?" was her reply ; "Just what men do with
the rest of Paul's writings pass them by 1"
We have no doubt that the "Reform," as at
present engineered, is part' tif the ° creneral move
ment of our day for the overthrow of Chris
tianity in the prolcssed•interests of humanity.
The N. Y. Obseiver ipicites the following from
"a daily paper." We are not aware of any such
census taking by Presbyterians as is de9eribed,
and know of no authority for the correctness of
the figures. We give it as we get it
The Presbyterians of Pennsylvania lately took
a census of their ministry, in which it appears
that out of 541 preachers only 40_ receive $l.OOO
and upward ; ; 172 from $3OO to $1,000; 51 from
$450 to $G00; and 278 from $3O to $450 par
year. Most of these figures are ,lower than thy
salaries of ordinary mechanics, and the congrega
tions that pay them should feel ashamed of thir
meanness. Let the churches offer their clergy
nieti at least as much as the ignorant hod-carrier
gets, and the occasion of complaint will cease at
once. " The laborer is worthy of his hire."
The farmers, says a correspondent, in Cen
tral Indiana, are in the midst of wheat harvest ;
the most abundant ever gathered in the state.
The quantity and quality 'of the grain is superior
If the rains do not interfere with the preservatioi
- of the crop, bread wilt be abundant and Cheri;
The prospects of other crops and for fruit ar
- . .
proms/ ng.